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VOL. 27.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA , AUG. 20, 1868.
NO. U
fubHsbeil by Theodore Schoch.
. 'JEBM3-Two dollars a year in advance and if not
paid beforethe end ofthe year, two dollars and fitfy
tt. willbe charged.
So paper discontinued until allarreniagcsare paid,
Except at th option of the Editor.
. IETA.lrertiemeiits of one fqnareof (eigl.t lines) or
lets, one or three insertions $ I 50. Each additional
Insertion, 50 cents. Longer ones in proportion.
J Oil PRIXTIXG,
OF ALL KINDS,
Executed in the highest Myle of the Ail.andonthe
most reasoivible terms.
HI. . COOLBAIGH,
ip and Ornamental Painter,
SHOP ON MAIN STREET,
Opposite Woolen Mills,
STUOUnSBURG, IA.,
Respectfully announces to the citizens of
Stroudsburg and vicinity that he is prepared
to attend to all who may favor him with
their patronage, in a prompt and workman
like rainncr.
CHAIRS, FURNITURE, &c, painted
and repaired.
PICTURE FRAMES of all kinds con
stantly on hand or supplied to order.
June II, 18G3. ly.
Drs. JACKS0N & BIDLACK,
PHYSICIANS AND SUKUEONS.
DRS. JACKSON &. BIDf.ACK( are
prepared to attend promptly to all calls
of a Professional character. OJJice Op
posite the Stroudsburg Bank.
April 25, 1667.-tf.
C. W. SEIP, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon,
STROUDSDUItG, PA.
Office at his residence, on Main Street,
nearly opposite Marsh's Hotel.
All calls promptly attended to.
reasonable.
Stroudsburg, April 11, lSG7.-tf.
Charges
DIC. I. I. S.TUTII,
Snxgeon Dentist,
Office on Main Street, opposite Judge
Stokes' residence, Strocdsbirg, Pa.
OCT" Teeth extracted without pain.Q
August 1, 1867.
.A. Caxcl.
The undersigned has opened an office for
the purchase and sale of Real Estate, in
Fowler's Building, on Main street. Parties
having Farms, Mill, Hotels or o'her proper
ty for eale will find it to their advantage to
call on me. I have noagents. Parlies
must gee me personally.
GEO. L. WALKER,
Real Estate Agent, Stroudsburg, Pa.
A Cai'cl.
Dr. A. REEVES JACKSOX,
Physician and Surgeon,
BEGS TO ANNOUNCE Til AT IIAV
ing returned from Europe, he is now
prepired to reMime the active duties of his
profession. In order to prevent disappoint
ment to persons living at a distance who
may wish to consult him, he will be found
at his office every THURSDAY and SAT
URDAY for contullation a ad the perform
ance of Surgical operations.
Dec. 12, 1?67.-1 r.
WM. W. PAIL. J- HOAR.
0HAELE3 "v7. DEA5T,
WITH
WM. W. PAUL &,.CO.
Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in
BOOTS & SHOES.
WARE HOUSE,
623 Market St., & 614 Commerce St.
above Sixth, North side,
PHILADELPHIA.
March 19, 1868. tf.
Itch! Itch! Itch!
SCRATCH! SCRATCH! SCRATCH!
USE
HOLLLNSHEAD'S ITCH k SALT RHEUM OINTMENT.
No Family should be without this valua
ble medicine, for on the first appearance of
the disorder on the wrote, betweeu the fcn
'gem, &-C, a slight application of the Oint
inent will cure i, and prevent its being tit
ken by others.
- Warranted to give satisfaction or money
refunded.
Prepared and sold, wholesale and retail,
v v uni i ivsiipaI)
troudsburg, Oct. 31, '67. . Druggist.
Has permanently located him
" Xselfin Stroudtiburg, and moved
ills omce iieit dooi to Dr. S.
Walton, where he is fully prepared to treat
the natural teeth, and also to insert incorrup
tible artificial teeth on pivot and plate, in tue
Jatcst and mort improved manner. Most
.persons know the danger and folly of trust
ing their work to thc ignorant as well as
the traveling dentist. It matters not how
much experience a person may have, he is
liable to have some failures out of a number
of cases, and if the dentist livea at a distance
it is frequently put off until it is too late to
save the tooth or teeth as it mav be, othe r
wise the inconvenience and trouble of going
bo far. Hence the necessity of obtaining the
services of a dentist near home. All work
warranted.
JStroudsburg, March 27, 1802.
DON'T FOKGET that when
you want any thing in the Furniture
or Ornamental line that McCarty, in the
Odd-Fellows' Hall, Main Street, Slrouds
barg, Pa., is the place to get it. Sept. 26.
LANKS OF ALL KINDS for Sale at
Expenses of the Government
LETTER OF COMMISSIONER WELLS.
IIovse of Representatives, Committee "i
of v ays and .means, washincton, V penses attendant upon the existence of In
D. C, July 9, 1868. ) dian hostilities upon the plains, in the Sum
Hon. DAVID A. WELLS, Special Commis-
sioner of the Revenue :
Sir. I shall esteem it a favor if you will
furnish me, at your earliest convenience, with
such official information, bearing upon the
following questions, as may be in your pos
session :
1st. What have been the National receipts
and expenditures for the fiscal year ending
June 30th, 1863!
2nd. To what extent has taxation been a-
bated or repealed since the termination of
the war, or since July 1st, 1865 1
3. What have been the expenditures, in
aggregate onl detail, of the War Depart
ment since the surrender of Lee, in April,
1S05!
4:h. What have been the expenditures of
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HIV M- v LSu I llllllll Dill VV i-ilV CUHWliUvl V
Lee, in April 1865!
5th. Wliat have been the expsndilures. ag
gregate and annual, of the "Freedmen's Bu
reau,,vand for "Reconstiuctiou," up to July
1st, 1S6S!
I am yours, most respectfully,
- WM. B. ALLISON.
Treasury Department, Office Special
ck Special
iKVENUF.,
y 15, 1SG8. )
Commissioner ofthe Revenue,
Washington, July
Hon. WILLIAM B. ALLISON ".!. C:
IR: I have the honor to acknowledge
tlie receipt ot your note ot July 9th, and in
reference to the tame I submit the following
statements, premising, however, that only
substantial accuracy cm be claimed for the
account ot receip'6 and expenditures for the
fis-.al year ending June 30th, 1668; inasmuch
as sufficient time has not yet elapsed to al
low of a perfect and ex ict settlement on the
books nf the Treisury Department of all the '
accounts of the last quarter ofthe last fiscal
vear.
FIRST RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
Receipts. The national receipts of reve
nue from all sources, for the fi-cal year end
ing June 30, 1868, were substantially as fol
lows :
Customs, (gold,) S163.500.000
.Internal Revenue, (currency,) 193,000,000
Miscellaneous, (currency,! 47,(!0U,LUO
Pub. 1-inds and direct tas, (car ) 00.000 j
Total, $406,300,000
EXPENDITURES,
The expenditure of tlic Government on ac
count of interest on the public debt fir the
fiscal yeur ending June SO, 1663, was $141,-
035,551 13.
The aggregate expenditures of the several
departments ofthe government fir the same
period were .229,91 4.U74 50, making a total
expenditure, for the fiscal yejr ending June
30, 1603, of $371,550,225, and leaving an;
estimated surplus of receipts over cxpendi- J
lUrCS OiC"l,',Hl.
An nnalvsis of the.c exoenditures affords '
the following results:
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Interest. The present condition of the i
funded and interest-bearing debt ofthe Uni
ted States, exe'usive t.f the bonds it-sued to
the Pacific Railroad Companies (the interest
on which is a chhrge upon the roads,) neces
sitates a present annual expenditure on ac
count of interest cf atcut $120,000,000.
The excess of expenditures cn account of.
interest, over this amount during the last fis
cal year, was due ma'idy to payments on ac
count of accumulated intereet on the "com
pound-interest not?," and will not again ap
pear in the future di.-bursements of the Trea
sury on account of interest.
NATIONAL EXPENDITURES OTHER THAN FOR
INTEREST.
Civil List Embracing the expenditures
ofthe Executive, Legislative and Judiciary,
Foreign Intercour.-e, Territories, Collection
ofthe Revenue, District of Columbia, Public
Lands, Mints and Assay Officer, Coast Sor -
vey Li-ht House,, Post Office Deficiency,
&.C
The expenditures under th:s head, for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1663, were $53,
009,846 05.
The estimate for the present hrcal year, as
deduced from the appropriation bill,, and in -
eluding permanent appropriations is about
$30,000,000.
Interior Department. The cxpendi-.
... . 1 f . r -1 1 I
ture. under this n
ing June 20, 1868, were 27,832,00 27 ,
which were appropriated substantially as fr-
,oWs: . cMoai rr
For Pens:ons, Arii ivwi 1
For Indian?, 4,0UU,uu"i
JN'avy Department. 1 ne cxpeiiuuure
under this head for the fiscal year, ending
June 30, 1368, were $25,77o,502 j2
The appropriations for the service of the,
Navy Department for the present fiscal year
are $17,300,0:0. .
Tbc following table thows the expendi-
ture ofthe Iavy Department since, auu in-
eluding the fiscal year 1862
18b2.
1866, $43,324,118
1867, 31,034.004
1868, 25,775,502
1862, $42,071, OOa
1603, 53,211,105
1834, 75,733.292
1865, 122,507,7 4 0
1809, ap. 17,300,000
War Department. The total disburse -
ments made under the direction of, or through
lhe War Department, for the fiscal year en -
ding June 30, 1868, were $123,246,648 62
Of this amount there were paid
For bounties, $ds,uuu,uuu
Reimbursing State war claims 10,J30,iaa
Engineer Bureau, mainly river
and harbor improvements,
Payment for property lost or de-
stroyed in the military eer
- vice of the United States, Act
of March 3, 1849, and supple
ments thereto, estimated,
Subsistence of Indians, estima
ted, Freed man's Bureau,
Expenses, Reconstruction,
National Cemetaries,
Commutation of Rations ot Pris
oners of War
C.132,620
5,111,300
1,799.270
152,000
TV.t-.1 JKrM).ooa soy
expenditures above given, indicates the reg
ular and legitimate army expenditures for
the fiscal vjrear ending June 30, 1868, to
have been !?56.713.410. of which no incon-
"siderable part is justly chargeable to the ex-
i mcr and a, of 1867, which largely and ex
ceptionablv augmented the cost of transpor
tation and subsistence.
The military, appropriations for the cur
rent fiscal year, are $33,081,013.
CLASSIFICATION of expenditures.
If we divide the total expenditure of the
last fiscal year into "ordinary expenses, or
those which are required to support and
maintain the government, and "extraordina
ry expenses," or those which have been the
unavoidable results of the war, we have the
following classification :
ORDINARY expenses.
Fiscal Year, 1367-'63 1863-69.
Actual, Estimated or
. .... . , .
Civil Lirt (Legislative, Ex
Appropriated
ecutie.) Sj3.of!l,mG 95 S.lfi.oOO.OflO
Interior, (Indian.) 4,tmiiM CO S.500,000
Navy Department, 23,775.5lJ 72 17.300.000
War Department, - 56,713,410 00 33,0b 1,0 13
Engineer Bureau, (Rivers and
Harbors.) R.lM.fiJO CO 1,500,000
ToUt. 146,231.379 67 90,3S1,013
EXTRAORDINARY EXPENDITURES.
Fiscal Year, 1867-69 lS68-'69
Actual. E.muiateii or
Appropriated
Interest Public Debt,
I'enMoin,
Bounties
Freedmen' Bureau-Rei-ons-truction
expense
$U1,fr5.551 SI?6.0O0,0UO
23.2SJ.fi: 23,000 000
3?,0IM,(KH) 40.000,(100
3.215,000 500,000
1.709,'7U
Parment for property lost or
10,330,163
il.-strnved in the military ser
vice ofthe United States, 5.111,300
Subsistence of Indians, 1,000,000
National Cemetnrie?, T'J'.PCO
Commutaliou of Prisoners, ra
tions. 152,000
6.000.000
1,000,000
Total, 8223,318,845 S193.500.000
SECOND. REDUCTION OF TAXATION.
The amount of Taxes abated or repealed
since the close of the war has been estima
ted as follows :
By act of July 13, 1866, $60,000,000
March 2, 1667, 40,000,000
" . Feb. 3, 1663, (exemp
tion of raw couon.) 23,769,000
" March 31, 43,500,000
Total, $167,269,000
Ttw ihn svtfpm of Tnfprn.il Rpvpnne which
Lr ' iled A the close of the war. taxation
be ga;J lQ been al, fcut universaI
Un agricultura, pnducc. manufactured
i lumber, breadetuti and a lew other Jorms ot
nroDertv or products only being excepted. A
aggregate of ten thousand distinct articles
or proJucts made available as sources of In
ternal Revenue in July, 1665, would proba
bly be an under rithcr than an ever estimate.
At the present time, of all manufactured ar
ticles or products of industry, the following
only are subject to special or direct taxation:
distilled spirits, fermented liquors, manufic-
turcd tobacco, gas, matches and playing
cards. Perfumery, cofmetics, pttent medi-
cines, and a few other artic.es, arc subjected
iu a clr.-i., j- Urv l" "ye,
once. Since July, lztio, lurthcrmorc, the
i .
additional taxoffivc percent, on incomes in I
excels of $5,000 has been repealed, and the J
exemption in all incomes has been increased
f.om $600 to $1,000. The taxation former
ly imposed on the gros receipts accrueing
from the transportation of merchandise, has
al.-o been entirely removed. Coincident
with the above reduction of taxation, or from
the 31st of August, 1865, to the 30th of June,
1863, the aggregate of the national indebt
edness, inc'uding cash in the Treasury, ex
hibits a reduction, in round numbers, of
($250,000,000.) two hundred and fifty mil
lions! On this abatement of the debt, the
reduction of the interest, calculated at s;x
per centum, would be ($15,000,000,) fifteen
millions per annum.
THIRD. EXPEND IT UEE8 OF THE WAR DE
PARTMENT. .
The aggregate expenditures made through
or under the direction of the War Depart-
- , irw iprtl
1568, inclusive, were $917,117,043 43. Of
this nreate, the disbursements for nine
months, or from April 1, I860, to Dec. .31,
of 1 he same year, as slated by quarters, were
as fdlows:
April I lo June 23, 1865, $114,190,277 30
J June M - i o ept. rsoo, J.f i
Sept. 30 to Dec. 31, 180u, 03,1 22,o 11 60
- e . . - .iO 01
Total, $047,633,050 33
It' thus appears that ofthe above total ex-
of thc War Department, $647,-
fiQ0 Qf 7Q cent of lhe whoIe wer0
dirccty contingent upon the termination of
war and the disbanding of the army.
an(1 wore di'hursed within ihc nine months
immediately succeeding the surrender of Lee
in ADri iOj.
The balance of expenditure charged to
the War Department on the books ot the
Treacrv. iz: S269.428.987 10. covers a
pgrioj 0j thirty months, or from Jan. 1, I860,
1 10 June 30, 1608, and represents the disburse-
mentg further contingent upon thc termina-
t;on 0f ti,c war( eucij as arrears of py and
transportation of troops ; the regular expen-
' 8es 0f the military establishment; the cx-
0f ,jlC lnd,an War in the Summer
nn. Fall of 1667: the pavment of bounties
,.9 :i82.859 from July 1. 1806, to June 30,
' iurt. the navment for property lost or de
ctroved in the military service ofthe United
lSta(e8 (Al l,()00,000) ; thc reimbursement of
State claims $10,339,000 in 1867-8) j river
lanj harpor improvements, and the expenses
0f fortifications; subsistence of Indians;
Frecdman's Bureau; expenses of Reconstruct
tion, &c, Sec.
FOLRTII. EXPENDITIBES CT THE KAVV PE-
PABTMENT.
The expenditures of the Navy Depart-
ment from April 1, 1863, to Juno 30, 1668,
were 133.119.300 07. Of this amount,
! fii59.647.bfe9 58. or 45 per crnt, were dit-
1,000,000 bursed within nine months Immediately suc
3,215,000 'ceeding the termination of the war in April,
, lmo. I ne Daiance ot ine atjove expcuuuuiu
I of lhe Navy for a period of ttirty months,
ending June 30th, 1863 ; as well as the dis
bursements on account or prize money, idu
lor iuo seiiiemnioi cwnrscia tmwuru iiuv
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FIFTH. FREEDMEN S BUREAU ' AND RECON
STRUCTION. According to the accounts ofthe Treasu
ry, the expenses of the Freedmeo's Bureau,
since its organization in 186C, have been as
follows:
Disbursements prior to June
30, 1867. 82,402,000
Disbursements from July 1,
1667, to June 30, 1663. 3,215,000
Total, - 5,617,000
Concerning the proportion of this expendi
ture incurred by the LSurcau for the relief ofl
the starving and destitute of both races and
for educational and other purposes, the Trea
sury has no information.
According to the account of the Treasury,
the expenditures contingent upon the acts of
Congress, regulating 'Reconstruction, have
been as follows:
Disbursements prior to Juno
30. 1667, $145,430 56
Disbursements from July 1,
1807, to June 30, 163 1,799,270 00
Total, $2,341,700 56
The above statement., derived from the
books and accounts of the Treasury Depart
ment, are believed to be substantially cor
rect. I am yours very reepectfully,
DAVID A. WELLS.
U. S Special Commissioner of Revenue
JUBAL EARLY.
From the Lancaster Express.
General Jubal Karly is now rusticat
ing at Niagara Falls. A correspondent
at that point, writing to a Democratic pa
per, says:
Gen. Early, late C. S. A., is frequently
visible in the Clinton House,, to which he
drives in from his residence at Drum
mondsviilo, a town a mile and a half-distant,
lie likes to meet and converse with
gncsts '-hail'mf;" from the South, lie is
very bitter in his opposition to Grant for
President. He says Grant has or had no
ability whatever as a general, and has no
civil capacity to Gil the otSee for which
be has been nominated.
This opinion should settle the question
in dispute, and we will ive the reasons
why. The relations between General
Grant and General Early were never very
cordial. In fact, they never came to
gcthcr without coming to blows, and Ear
ly always got the worst of the scrimmage.
On the 10th of May, 1864, at a place
called Spottsylvania, in Arirginia, Early
trod upon the corns cf Grant, whereupon
the latter turned upon him and gave him
a most unmerciful thrashing, whereby he
proved that he 'had no ability whatever
as a general." So, too, in July of the
same year, while Grant was hammering
away in front of Petersburg, Early quiet
ly crossed the Potomac into Maryland,
with the intent of capturing Washington.
ror several days all went well, and the
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g s pi.ir-aw.u
i.i i. ii. j i i i. ; t.-k -n
01 Jriy. nc uro.u ueiuio mui iu ia
troops which hal Decn guarumg ine outer
lines, and advanced to the very gates of
the capital, when lo ! thc bronzed veterans
of the old Cth Army Crops, in grim and
terrible columns, confronted him. They
seemed to have f-prung from the very
earth. Early 4 of course, wont back with
more expedition than he advanced. It
was Grant's foresight that sent the Gth
Corps forward, but, of course, this was a
great blunder, for the movement entirely
disarrauged the plans of Early another
strong point that Grant ''had no ability
whatever as a general." But there is yet
another and stronger proof of Grant's
waut of generalship. For several years
Early held control of thc Shenandoah
Valley, which he ''run" as a sort of big
farm, lor furnishing supplies for thc re
bel army. Grant proposed to put an end
to this, and therefore sent one Phil Sheri
dau to the valley with instructions Jo "go
in," very unmilitary language and
Sheridan obeying this stupid blunder of
Grant s "went in and sentivaily "whirl
ing up the valley," thus disturbing Early's
agricultural operations, and in his depar
ture causing him to forget to take 5,000
of his men with him. Once again, just
a month latcr,near Winchester, during
the absence of Sheridan, Early made an
assault upon thc Union lines, drove them
buck, aud there appeared every prospect
of u first c
Ufs rebel victory ; but just iu
lime, this blundering lieuter-
Ul v IA I w Ufc S A 1 I vAJ V j 'J rvv, )
It A fl f t' f 1 f
ant of thc blundering Grant arrived on
thc scene. His troops were broken and
scattered. 'Boy?," said he, "face about;
pencd if I'd been here. I tell you we'll!
laKO inose guns uacit again, auu iicn. iuo
fellows out of their boots before sun
down !" And they did. Theso are some
of thc principal reasons why Early has
arrived at thc conclusion that "Grant has
or had no ability whatever as a general,"
aud as the same high authority is of the
opinion that Grant "has no civil capacity
to fill the office for which he has been
nominated," we fear n great mistake his
been made, and that he will meet with
no better success in civil than he did In!
tuilitaiy life. Mr. need hardly add tl at
; , .....i
fievmour
J
Tho Democracy of Indiana are running
for T.i-,,t, nnnt P,AvnnP A. 1 Edeertou.
e giitst mui u viirnrWnties
unuv vi v j j u -
Capt Hays. Democratic candidate in the
Xtb Ohio District, is also a larga holder
of Government bonds.'and the Democracy
Urc reported as going for him. Consis-
, imn-rats 1
ltd
kes six or seven men nearly a week,
and involves an expense of upwards
ipward
i i j.ii .1.. i
one nunarca uonara 10 civc iuo "reai. oi
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Biograpical Sketch of Thaddeus Stevens.
Tbaddeus Stevens was born is Calo
donia county, Vermount, April 4, 1703,
and was accordingly in his 75th year at
the time of his decease. He graduated
at Dartmouth College in 1811, and the
same year removed to Pennsylvania,
where he became a teacher in an" acad
emy. While employed in tcachtug he
gave his leisure to the law, and was ad
mitted to the Gettysburg Dar in 1816.
He pursued the practice of his profession
in Adams county until 1842, when ho
removed to Lancaster, where he after
wards resided. ,
Mr. Stevens entered public life in 1S33.
In that year he was elected to the I'cnn-
(Tlr.nnia Assomfilv nml win rAtjfoil '
the two following years. lie was a incm- !
o y
ler ofthe Constitutional Convention of
1837, and he was again elected to the
Legislature the same year, and the last
in 1841. He was nppointed a "Canal
Commissioner in 183S, but held thc posi
tion for only a short time.
In the Legislature he was most distin
guished for the part ho took in promo
ting the educational interests of the peo
ple. So active was his zeal in behalf of
education, that he is often accorded the
great honor of being the father of the
common school system of Pennsylvania.
The connection of Mr. Stevens with
thc Masonic ngitation was the most im
portant point in his early political his
tory. He hated Free Masonry with an
intensity ' which fairly rivalled that of
John Quincy Admas, while he opposed
it with an earnestness which left the ''Old
Man Eloquent" entirely in the back
ground. The breach in the Democratic
ranks because wider and wider, from 1835
to 1838, and at last culminated in their
presenting two candidates for Governor,
when Rituer, the anti-Masonrc Whig can
didate, slipped into office between them.
Thaddeus Stevens became the leading
spirit of Governor Ititner's administra
tion, and was the head and front or a
grand crusade aeaiust Masonry, in the
shape of a legislative inquisition into its
affairs. The prosecution was conducted
with unexampled vigor, but the defense
was equally stubborn, and in the end,
successful. Principally through Mr. Ste
ven's consols, thc most prominent Ma
sons of the State were subpocn'ed and
summoned to Harrbburg. among theni
being the'late Gcor c M. Dallas and the
Hon Joseph R. Chandler, of Philadel-
phia. Men of tht3 standing were put up
on the witness stand and commanded to
divulge all the secrets of their organiza
tion. This they boldly and emphatically
refused to do, and their dignified demean
or and outspoken remonstrances gained
for them the victory. For once in his
career. ThadJucj Stevens was balked in
his purpose.
During the administration of Joseph
Ritner as Governor of Pennsylvania Mr.
Stevens was the princip-il" adviser of the
Executive, and was proaiinent in the ex
citement at Ilarrisburg known as the
'Buckshot war," which originated in al
leged election frauds in Philadelphia
county and other places at tha general
election of 1S38. These disgraceful pro
cedings for a long time prevented the or
ganization ofthe Legislature, anl occa
sioned fears thc most wide spread and al
arming. Tlu episode was one ofthe most
rcinaikablc in the history of thc country.
Mr. Stevens wos ejected from the Le
gislature with all the ignominy that par
ty rancor could bestow. Sent back to
his constituents, Mr. Stevens published a
stirring address to the people of Adam3
county, and he was triumphantly re-elected.
An escort to the State Capitol wa3
offered him by his admiring electors, but
he declined this mark of popular eastern
as Cincinatus or the elder Cato would
have declined a similar honor. His let
ter refusing the domonstration is reniark-
ablo, taking his subsequent career into
thc account indeed, it was prophetic of
tho future that was before him lie said :
"Victories even over rebels in civil wars
should be treated with solemn thanksgiy- I
ing rather than with songs cf mirth."
From lSl2,"hcn ho removed to Lan-
caster, to 1848, when he was first elected
to Congress, and during thc ten years in-
tervcning uctween inc nrsi anu scsona
periods of his successive service, Mr. Ste
vens practiced his profession with great
success, and never entirely abandoned it
even amid the important duties of his ac-
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live career iu ino uuuw,
In Congress, Mr. Stevens wrought out
for himself a lasting reputation. Neither
the Thirty first nor the Thirty second Con
gress was coucerncd with measures to call
out his ureat ability. r to -v'C n new
member of thc House particular promin
ence before country ; but iu lhe interval
-t elapsed between the 1 huty-sccoad
aniiiuu i uu ji DIAL, vuuitco iidivi
tions had been sprung upon the people,
And on his return to Cougrcss in 1859,
j ovcn pro,,.,
position. DuriDu three sessions ho was
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chairman of tho important Committee ot
jWays and Means, an 1 he held tho posi-
ton of chairman of tho Coromittey on
' Recoustructiou of the Thirty ninth and
Fortieth Congress. Ho also served ou
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ouier comiuiuees, ma lasi impoiuun puai
tion being chairman of the Board of Man
agers, on the part ofthe Houso iu tho
impeachment of Andrew Johnson before
tho Senate. Mr. Stevcus was also a mem-
Ttior nf thft Baliininrft ('onveutioil. in ISG4
and voted with tho Pennsylvania dcleg;
of tion for Mr. Johnson lor ice i icsiuem
it .I ii.. .1.1a i' iidfiivoit;i
t .i i I'lt..! rliv lb." in
- now luuruuuiy u :
peach incut of Andrew Johnson will' at
test. ' ' ' - .
Mr. Stevens deserves a particular tri
bute for his straightforward course res
pecting the African race. The country
was as slow in accepting thc. negro as a.
soldier as it i3 now iu receiving him as rr
citizen. Thi question of employing neg
ro soldiers had been mooted in the Senate
as early as July, lSu'i, and a bill xfdS'
pas:-ed by both branches of Congress
granting to persons of African descent the?
poor privilege of constructing fortiGcations'
and performing camp services. This, did
not harmonize with the free and manlyv
spirit of Mr. Stevens, and cn the 27t& 9O
January, 1863, he offered a bill in tho
House for the enlistment ofthe negro as-
a s'J''er
After hard work and weary
delays this important treasure was adopt
ed. Xo ephithct was too forcible or tof -withering
to be employed by Mr Stsvens-4
in denunciation of the evil doer, no meta'
j.h or too bold to describe the punishment
or evil. It was this bluntocss of speech
and love of the week, allied with a pec
uliar and emphatic earnestness of purpose;,
that elicited such outbursts of denuncia
tion as when, on the death 0 the lata
Chief Justice Taney, ho said, iu a speech
in thc House, that the Dred Scott decis
ion Jhad damned thc Chief J ustice to
everlasting infamy, and, he feared, tv
everlasting flame. Even his humor wafr
grim and ghastly to those who, wedded to
injustice and oppression, had occasion to--fear
that he might turn against them
selves the barbed arrows of his displeasure-.
But his repartees were never launched
against the poor and the unoffending, and
he never forgot the simplicity of his de
meanor, nor his love for the people, dowiv
to thc day when his battle of life was ca
ded.
A Wonderful Occurrence.
Ejfjs Hatched by the Sun. Tlie Lan
caster IntclU'jencer says : On tb&llth,?
of July, as thc wife of Bernard Byrnat' -hightly
respectable farmer, residing near
the Buck, in Drumore township, was go
ing through a field near the house, sho
found a nest with seven chickcu eggs in
it. To save thc cgs from the does sho
put them in a basket and stood it in tho
kitchen on a table beside a curtained win
dow. Thc basket remained undisturbed,
and cojht Jays alencarJs, as thc family
were taking meal, they were startled b
the peculiar cries of a young chick. Oa
investigation it was found to proceed from
a lively youngster in the basket. In the
course of twenty four hours sis chickens
were hatched out, and are now growing
finely. This story is true, and is vouch
ed for by Mr. Bryue and his neighbors,
by whom the birds arc called "Suu chick.
ens." This is certainly. a novel idea in.
chicken raising, and one the like of which
we conceive was never heard tell of be
fore. The sun has been shedding its
heat rather roughly on us of late, but we
did not think it was tempered so accur
ately to the hatching point. It is suppos
ed that a heu had been setting on the
eggs some time before Mr. Byrane found1
the nest, and that the curtain of thc win
dow tempered the sun's heat to the pro
per degree.
Moral Lancaster county is a wonder
ful region. As a producer of the fruits,
of the earth it is unexcelled, and as a
hatcher of chickens occupies a proud prc
emiencc. It can't be beat.
Visvring thepeart and Lungs cf a Livicg
Man. A man named Jack StcaJ who had
been shot by an Iudiau, was brought rv
centl' to the hospital in San Francisco-,
being considered almost incurable, and it
was there concluded best to cut thc man
opcu and take a look inside of him.
was placed uuder the influence of chjoro-"-form,
and an incision of six or seven in
ches in length made in his left sida
through the cavity containing the heart:
and lungs. Looking through the inci
sion, when it was held open, thc heart
could be plainly seen. The lungf ccvahk
also lo disttnjtly seen, and thc left onu
was found to be coihpsel, flat and dead
he was oaly breathing by the aid oS
his rijzlit lung. O-ic of bis ribs was
ound to be shattered, and a section soma
three inches iu length wa3. cut out of it,
caving thc ends smooth. Several pieces.
of splintered bons were taken out of hi
chest, and water or some other liquid was
then poured into the cavity of las chest,
agitated therein, aud afterwards turned
out when tho incisou was sewed up. Iho-
man was kept about half an hour tinder
thc iuaueuce of chloroform! It was not
supposed hi could recover. .
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The people of New York were some
what startled last week by the announce
ment that the yellow fever has male it
appearance at Quarantine. Two fatul
cises occurred on V cJut-sday morning.
Tho health vCk-crs arc tuakiug evory ef
fort to keep thc pcstilcuco out uf the city
,
The fires are doing a great amount of
damngo to the timber iu the Michigarv
ueric3. Judges estimate that 10,000
acres of pine timber have been already
burned, aud the Cres aru still raging.
Tho smoke from tho fire has hung in densq.
masses over the western shore of the hko.
for several days. ,
SSrA feil jw in Germany has gone era
zy under the impression that he is Pivm-
dent Johuson, !ud has been iu-je.icb.itf
EroJuh to maks any cite crazy.
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