! renins ov tiim "amemicam. T RMS TWO DOLLARS pee nnnam. fi Hit TERMS OF AIM r.UTlSI.M.,1. Thn following ara the ratca for atlverllsln In lbs Amkricaiv. Those bating advertising to do will Anil 11 Mnnvanlani Ait eta t-tnai et paid within the year. . He pipr discontinued BttlaJI arrearages ere paid. . .;. These terms will b strictly adhered to hereafter. . If subscribers neglect or refuse to lake their new, pan from the offioe to whloh they are directed, they . re responsible antil they have" settled the bill ana ' rdered them discontinued. Postmasters will please act M onr Agents, and .rank letters containing subscription money. They ,rs permitted to do this ander the Poet OSoe Law. JOB PBtNTlNQ. We bar eonneoted with our establishment a wall Isleoted JOB OFFICE, which will anabla til to execute, In tha neatest style, every variety of Fruiting j I . j a t. I Im. lira. BpTf 1 y. 1 SqUare," s i4.io,nnjin,no 6.60 T.ooi n un 1 column, 1 " 1 " 8.00 IVnn1 9ti nit u nn !n mi s;, im 25,00,36,00) 80,00 qUM.1'''" f tittd (n,inlon e on 13 M1" tSl!iiiimlK,ttaW Mi Eteototor.1' Notices which ii ?f, wTJ"pi.the ural nnounoeraant, PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, BY H. B. MASSER & CO., SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENN'A. NEW SERIES, VOL. 2, NO. 52. SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 6, 1866. OLD SERIESVOL. 26, NO. 52. lfl.Wl,o(ll2.0 1,00 4,001 4M I 0,00 10,00 H 16,00 BUSINESS CARDS. H. EASE, ATTORNEY AT UW, Two doors aattof Frillng'i ttora, Market Sonars, BUNBURY, PENN'A. Basinets promptly attended to In Northumberland and adjoining counties. Lialso duly antboritcd and Licensed Claim Aarentfor tha collection of Bounties, Equalisation Bounties, Pension, and all manner of claims against the uovernment. Bunbury, Sept. 16, lo6. So Wo ssMiWm ATTORNEY A.T LAW, Cffloo, three door wait of Bennett's Drug Store, SUNBURY, PENN'A. Collections and all Professional business promptly attended to in tha Courts of Northumberland and 'adjoining Counties. Bunbury, Sept. 16, 1860. SluRat Hill, SimokP-Wolvibtom HILL & WOLVEBTON, Attorney and Counselors) at l.uw, WILL attend to the collection of all kinds of claims, including Back Pay, Bounty and Pen Ions. apl. 1, '6l. JACOB SHIPMAN, FIBK AND LIFE INSUBANCB AGENT SUNBURY PENN'A. RCrRRBKNTi Farmers Mutual Flra Insurance Co., Tork Pa., Cumberland Valley Mutual Protection Co., .,s York Mutual Life, Girard Life of Phil . A Hart ord Conn. General Aooidonts. Sunbury, April 7, ly. Dr. CHAS. ARTHUR, l)omccopat!)tc $f)istc(an. Graduate of the Homoeopnthlo Mediool College of PennsyWania. V?rriCE, Market Square opposite the Court House 8UNBURY, PA. March 81, 18o. JOHN BOWIK, LITI SCESBOLTf. Bowen & Seesholtz, WHOLESALE & RETAIL DEALERS in eTery variety of . ANTHRACITE COAL, J. Haas Co's Lower Wharf, Sunbury, la. Orders solicited and filled with promptness -and despatch. Sunbury, Jnne 2, I AGO. ' SOLOMON MALICK, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SUNBURY, Northumberland County, Pa, OFFICE in East end of Wcavor's Tavern, Market street. All busincx entrusted to biui will bo careful y and riunctunlly attended to. Oon-ultntion iu the Eng ish and Uertuan InnguHgos. crunbury, April 8. 1865. AMBR0TYPE AND PHOTOGRAPH Corner Market A Fawn Streol, SL'NBL'KY, Pa. 8. BYEKLY, 1'norniETon, j Photograph. Ambrotypes and Molninotypes tnkon in j the best style of the art. apl. 7, ly SURVEYOR AND CONVEYANCER j AND ! JUSTICE OF THE HE A CE. I Mithoiwy, Northumberland Cmtuty, l'enh'u j "Vffice in Jackson township. Engagements can j J bo mado by letter, directed lo the atwvcatldreM. Ali businort entrusted to his cure, will be promptly attended to. April 22. 1SC. ly IV M. M. ROt'KEFELLKK. LtoTD T. KoilRSACH ROCKEFELLER & R0HRBACH. M lll 111, 1K.'A. OFFICE the same that has been heretofore occu pied by Wm. M. Kojkcteller, Ekj., nearly op iwaite the residence of Judge Jordan. Sunbury, July 1, lSa. ly H. II. 3iAssr.it, Attorney at Ijiw, SUNBURY, PA Collections attended to in the counties of Nor thumberland, Union, Suyder, Montour, Columbia and Lycoming. RErEBRMCP.S. Hon. John M. Reed, Philadelphia, A. (i. Oattcll k Co., Hon. Wm. A. Porter, " Morton McMlehael, Esq., " E. Ketcham A Co., 2H9 Pearl Street, New York. John W. Ashinead. Attorney at Law, " Matthews A Cox, Attorneys at Law, " Sunbury, March 2V, 1862. 'MiIEMMS MSBHE9 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER in every variety of ANTHRACITE COAL, Upper Wharf. 8UNBUBY, Perm, fy Orders solicited and filled with promptness and dospatch. Sunbury, May , 1866. y B. C. OOBI3ST, Attorney and Counsellor at Ijiw, BOON VILLE, COOPER CO, MISSOURI. WILL pay taxes on lands In any part of the State. Buy and sell real Estate, and all other matters entrusted to him will receive prompt atten tion. July 8, 1865. octlS, '64. Hit. K. I. LI .MLKY, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON NORTHUMBERLAND, FA. . DR. LUMLEY has opened an office in Northum berland, and offers his services to the people of that place and the adjoining townsMps. Office next door to Mr. Scott's Shoe Store, where he can found at all bours. Northumberland August 19, 1865. 1 FLOUR & FE ED STORE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. THE subscriber respectfully informs the publio that he keeps constantly on hand at his new WAREHOUSE, near tha Shamokin Valley Railroad Depot, in SUNBURY, Flour by the barrel ud sacks Ol mi siuubui c ecu vj vnium The above Is all manufactured at his own Mills, and will be sold at the lowest oash prioea. J M. CADWALLADER. Sunbury, April 1, 1866. JEREMIAH SNYDER, Attorney Sc. Counsellor at I-utr, ttllVUl'BV, 14, tIMaif rlet At tornejr for Northum berlaud Couiily. Bunbury, March 81, 1866 lj O. "W. HAUPT, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Office en south tide of Market street, four doors watt of Ejeter'i 6 tore, 8TJNBTJRT, IJV.. Will attend promptly to ail professional bullosas ntrustod to his eare, the oolleeUoa of claims is Northumberland and the adjoining counties . r bunbury, April T, 1866. Bricklayer and Builder, Market BUeet, 4 doors last of Third U BTTNBURT, fNNA, If. U.All Jobfelaa; promptly nu tend to- Euubury, J una 2, 1(66 J-A-OOB O. BECK MERCHANT TAILOR, And Dealer in CLOTHS, CABSIMEBES, VESTING, Ac, Fawa street, south of Wearer's Hotel, SXT XT XT 33 I TT , I A. Maroh .11, 1868. ' GEO. C. WELKER & SON, FIRE LIFE INSUBANCB AGENCY, Office, Market Street, SUNBURY, PA. Risks taken in First Class Stock and Mutual Compa nies. Capital Represented 1 1,00,00. Sunbary, May 12, 1880. y COAL! COAL!! COAL!!! GRANT Se BROTHER, Shippers St Wholcwnle St Uelnil Ikenlers In WHITE Si. KEU A II COAL, In every varioty. Sole Agents, westward, of tho Celebrated Henry Clay Coal, Lower Wharp, Sdhburt, Pa. Sunbury, Jan. 13, 1808. Pensions Increased. Tho late Act of Congress gives additional pay to the following Pensions, vis : 1st. To those who hare lost the sight of both oyes, or both hands, or totally disabled so as to require con stant attendance, the sumof $25 00 per moutli. 2d To those who have lost both feet, or are totally disabled in tho same so as to require constant attend ance, the sum of $20 00. 3d. To those who have lost one hand or one foot, or are so disabled as to render them unable to per form manual labor $16 00 per month, and othor cases in proportion. The subscriber is duly prepared for tho immediate procurement of these claims. B. B. BOYER, Att'y at Law. ' Sunbury, June 16, 1866. THE VERY LATEST ARRIVAL 1 1 Spring & Summer Goods! JOSEPH EYSTEK, (Svccessessor to Juftn Jhiten.) Corner of Market and Fawn .Street, SUNBURY, PENN'A. Invites the public to call and examine bis elegant assortment ox SUIMMER GOOOS which he will sell at ercatly reduced prices. His stock consists in part of OASSIMERES CLOTHS, &C-, Silks, Delaines, Lawns, Uinghnms, Calicoes, Muslins, Miccttng, ncKings, Joans, and a tull assortment ol Cotton and Woolen goods generally. Iloslerv, Gloves, Hoop Skirts. Al.'o Handkerchiefs. Brushos, Comb. Hats aud Cnprt, Hoof m nnd Miocw, His assortment of goods will not, he is are sure fail to pleii.R tho fancy and suit tho wants of any do, sirous of purchasing. His stock of HARDWARE AND QIEF.XSWARE, and Groceries is largo in quantity nnd choice in nu ali i y. comprising generally everything needed in trio household either for use or ornament. He is always ready nnd glad to see his friends and tnkes pleasure in showing them bis goods even though no sales ura made. Ho only asks a call, and In sure that the stock will compare favorably in price and quality with tha cheapen. JOSEPH LYSTER. Sutihury, April 21, 1S66. NEW GOODS!! J II EN GEL H AS justrotumcd from New York nnd Philadel phia, and is now receiving a New Stock of , Spring & Summer Goods, at a great reduction in prices. Uentleinen's Wear. Fine Black Cloth at $4.00 that used to sell at fS.OO. Caseiuieres, Satinett, Casbmeretts, Kentucky Juaus, Cottouado and Linen Panting, at roduced prices. Ladies' Dress Goods. Silk, Wool Delaines, Mohair, Silk Stripe, Paul Do Chain. Alnncoa. Ponlett. English and Scotch tvinghnms, Challies, Delatnos, Lawn, Calico and Miulins, very cheap. White Goods. Linen Dress Goods, Linen Skirting. White Toilet Quilts, Brilliants, Swiss Stripe, Swiw Cambric, Jnc oonott, Irish Linen, bbirt Fronts, Ac. Ladies' Cloth and Flunnol Sacking, and other flannel at low prices. White Shetland Wool, Shawls, Bnlino.-al Skirts, Ao Skirting and the latest style of Hoop Skirts, very handsome and cheap. Yankee Notions in Great Variety Hosiery, (i loves, Pocket andkeruhiefs, Suspen ders, Neckties. Paper Collars, Umbrellas, a good assortment of Spectacles, Co".U, Spool Cotton, fancy Buttons, Triinuiiiigi, Ac. Carpets, Floor and Table O'l Cloths, brown and green Oil Cloths for windows, Gilt Shades, Fixtures for Window Blinds. Hats, Caps and Ladies' Shakers, Hardware, Nails, Forks, Shovels, Spades, iron-tooth Garden Rakes. GROCERIES, SALT FISH. Qneensware, Glassware, Boots and Shoes, Paints, Oils, Glass and Putty. School Books, and a new supply ol WALL PA PER, will be sold very cheap. All persons desirous of getting good goods at low prices, for cash or country produce, will please give me a cull. J. U. ENGEL. Sunbury, April 7th, 1866. Sheet Iron and Stove Market Street, near Engel's 6(ore, SUNBURY. PA. AN immense stock of every kind of Tin Wars, and Shoot Iron Ware of all descriptions. STOVES, COOK, OFFICE and PARLOR STOVES of the best Brands which are unsurpassed for beauty of finish, simplicity of arrangement, oombinlns; cheapness and durability and each stove warranted to perform what tbey ara represented.. Coal Oil, CoalOIlsLamps, Lanterns, Shades, Chimnys, and all artioles usually kept in an establishment of this kind. COFFER, BRASS and IRON KETTLES, or all ilses. FRUIT JARS and CANS of the latest Improved styles. He is also prepared to do all kinds of Spouting and Hoofing, Kange ana rurnaoe worn. Repairing, cheaply and neatly executed. BENJ. ZETELMOYER. Sunbury, July 7, 1866. ly A A r.nrri&7A Vn W ra Wnntjvl to hi IV Felloes. 1UUU Spokes, Hubs, Axles, Springs, Bands, Bolts Chean Hardware and Iron Store of J. H. CONLEY A CO DIARIES for 1880. An assortment of Diaries, largo aDd small, for Bala by ANNA PAINTER. 6unburj, Jan. 8, 1868 BREAKFAST SHAWLS, fur sale at the Fancy 10.000 st I ' J. H OONLST CO. j Busbary, June 16,)866. lendlna; Railroad. . SUMMER ARRANGEMENT. Tuna 11th, 1866. GREAT TRUNK LINE from the North and North-West for Philadelphia, New York, Read ing, Pottsvllle, Tamaqua, Asbland, Lebanon, Allen town, Easton, Ephrata, Litis, Lancaster, Columbia, Ac, Ao. Trains leave Harrlsburg for New-York, as fol lows : 8.00, 8 10 and 11.05 A. M. and 2.10 and S.16 P. M, eonneoling with similar Trains on the Penn sylvania Railroad, and arriving at New York at 6 00 and 10.10 A. M. and 4.10, 6.20 and 10.45 P. M.; Sleeping Cars accompanying the 3.00 A. M. and 9.15 P. M. Trains, without change. Leave Uarrisburg for Reading, Pottsvllle, Tama qua, Minersville, Asbland, Fine Grove, Allentown and Philadelphia at b.10 A.M. and 2.10 and 4.10 P. M., stopping at Lebanon and principal way sta tions ; the 4.10 p m. Train making connections for Philadelphia and Columbia only. For Pottsvlllo, Schuylkill Haven and Auburn, via Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad, leave Uarrisburg at 3.20 p. m. Roturning: Leave New York at 7.00 and 9.00 a. m., 12:00 Noon and 8.00 p. m.; Philadelphia at 8.15 a. ni. and 3 30 p. m. Way Passenger Train leaves Philadelphia at 7.80 a. m., returning from Reading at 6.30 p. m. stopping at all Stations ; Pottsvllle at all Stations; Pottsvilleat 8.45 a. m. and 2.45 p. m.; Ashland 6.00 and 11.80 a. m. and 1.05 p.m.; Tama 9.45 a.m. and 1.00 and 8 65 p. m. qua at 9.45 a m. and 1 00 and 8.66 p. m. Leavo Pottoville for Uarrisburg via Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad at 7 00 a. m. Reading Accommodation Train leaves Reading at 6.00 A. M. returning from Philadelphia at 6.00 P. M. Columbia Railroad Trains leave Beading at 6.45 A. M., 12.05 noon and 6.15 P. M. for Ephrata, Litis, Lanoaster Columbia, Ao. . On Sundays : Leave New York at 8 00 p m., Phila delphia 8.00 A. M., and 3.15 P M. tho 8.00 a.m. train running only to Renting, Potlsville 8 00 a m., Tamaqua 7 30 a m, for Harrisburg, 9 05 a m, and Reading at 1 33 a m, for Uarrisburg 7.30 a. m. 10.60 a. m. for New York, and 4 25 p m. for Philadelphia. Commutation, Miloage, Season, and Excursion Tickets, at reduced rates to and from all points. Baggage checked through : 80 Pounds Br.ggago al lowed each Passenger. G. A. NICOLLS, Qenernl Superintendent- Northern Central Railway. FOUR TRAINS DAILY to and from Baltimore ami Washington city. THREE TRAINS DAILY to and from the North and West Branch Snsquohanna, Elmira, and all of Northorn Now York. ON and aftor MONDAY, MAY 21st, 1866, the I'assengor Trains of tho Northern Central Railway will run as follows : SOUTHWARD. . Mail Train, leaves Elmira 4.45 p. m. " Uarrisburg, 1.35 p.m. arr. at Baltimore, 6.30 p. m. Elmira Express loaves Elmira, 5,30 p m. " Uarrisburg, 2.50 a m. arr at Baltimore, 1 00 a to Fast Line, loaves Harrisburg, 8 45 p m arr at Baltimore, 12 30 pm Uarritburg Accoin. leaves Uarrisburg, 6 05 p m arr at Baltimore, 9 37 p m 1'rie Express leaves Erie, 4 45 p m arr at Harrisburg, 8 33 a m NORTHWARD. Mail Train leaves Baltimore 9 15am " Harrisburg, 2 O.'i p m arr at Elmira, 10 45 p in Elmira Express leaves Baltimore, 9 45 p m " Harrisburg, 2 05 a in arr at Elmira, 11 35 a ra Fast Line, leaves Baltimore, 12 10 pm arr at Harrisburg;. 3 40 n ni Erie Mail arr at Baltimore, 7 20 p m " Harrisburg, 12 00 am arr at Erie. B 55 n ra Erie Express, leaves llurrisburg 4 10 pin arr at Erie (t 30 a m Harrisburg Acc, leaves York, 7 10am nrr at iinrrisburg o 40 a in Erie Express North and Hnrrisbiirg Accommoda tion South run daily, except Sundays. Elmira Ex press North daily, nnd South daily, except .Sundays. Fast Line North and Uarrisburg Accommodation .north arrive daily, except Sundays, ramira ex press North arrives and Fast Line South leaves daily Mail North nnd South runs daily, exoept Sundays. Erio Express South arrives dally, except Mondays. For further information apply at the Ticket Oflice in tho Pennsylvania Railroad Depot. tut further imormation apply at the umcc. I. N. Dl'BARRY Gen. Supt. 1NOO. IN. Philadelphia St IIe Ituilroud. THIS great line traverses the Northorn and North west counties of Pennsylvania to the citv of Erie on Luke Erie. It bos been leased and isoperatod by the Pennsyl vania Railroad Company. lime oi rasscnger trains at eunoury, Leave Eastward. Erie Mail Train, 11.45 p. m. Erie Express Train, 6.55 a m. Elmira Mail Train, 10.85 am. Loave Westward. Erie Mail Train, 4.50 a m. Erie Express Train, 6.45 p in. Elmira Mail Train, 4.46 p. m. Passcneer oars run throueb on the Erie Mail and Express Trains without change both ways between Philadelphia and Erie. !ew York Connection. Leave Xew York at 9.00 a m, arrive at brie 9.30 a. Leave Erie at 4.45 p m., arrivo at Now York 4.10 p. m. rvi.r.UA.M Mittl'lJU LAK3 on all Nigbl Trains. For information resnectinir Passenger business apply at Cor. 30th and Market St., Philadelphia. Aim lor freigiit ousinessoi toe uompnny s Agents, 8. B. KinestoD. Jr.. Cor. 13th and Market St.. Philadelphia. j. Yl. Reynolds, trie. William Brown, Agent N. C. R. R., Baltimore. II. II. Houston, Gen'l Freight Agt. Pbilada. H. W. GWINNER, Gen'l Ticket Ag't., Philada. A. L. TYLER, Gen'l Manager, Williamsport. June 2, 186S. Luckawanaa St Itlooiusbure Hull road. ON and after Nov 27th, 1865, Passenger Trains ill run as follows : SOUTHWARD. A.M. P.M. P.M. Leave Seranton, 6.50 10.06 4.60 6.56 11.15 6.20 9 15 8 53 9.50 9.30 " Kingston, " Rupert, " Danville, Arr. Northumberland, 10 30 10.15 NORTHWARD. Leave Northumberland, 8.00 3.05 Danville, 8.40 3 40 Rupert, 9.15 A. M. 4.16 Kininton, 2.35 8.30 6.65 Arr. at Seranton, S.45 9. 35 8.10 Trains leaving Kingston at 8.30 A. M. for Seran ton, connect with Train arriving st New lork at6.20 Leaving; Northumberland as 8.00 A. M. and Kings ton 2.30 P. M. eoonect with the Train arriving at New York at 10.55 P. M. Passengers taking Train South from Scrsnton at 6 50 A. M. via Northumberland, reach Harrisburg 12.30 P. 61., Baltimore 6.30 P. M., Washington 10.- 00 P. M. via Rupert reach Philadelphia at 7.00 p. m. Kingston, Nor. 26, 1865. ADUIfi EXI'Rt:KM COMPANY. REDUCTION OF RATES ON PRODUCE, OYS TERS, AC. THE rates on Fresh Fish, Oysters in the Shell, and Truck of all kinds, to places in this Division, where the rate is 76 oeots per 100 lbs or over, has been reduced 25 cents per 100 lbs. At places where the rate is between 60 and 76 cents per 100 lbs, the rate will be 69 cents per 100 lbs. Barrels of truck weighing leu than 100 lbs will be charged as 100 lbs in weight. -' - - Fresh Fish will require to be packed in tight bar- Prompt attention to tha collection of Bills, Drafts, As N. FERREE LIOHTXEK. Ar.nt ganbary, June 16, 1866. Pure liberty White Lend. The Whitest, tha most durable and the most eee somioai. Try it! Manufactured only by IIEULER A SMITH, Wholesale Drug. Paint A Glass Dealers, No. 137 Neath THIRD Street, Philadelphia. January 27, 1866-ly. TOILET SOAPS, Tootb-Biushes, Hair Brushes. Ae.,Ao. For sale by ANNA PAINTER. mURPNTIN8, Coal Oil, Fish OU, Um-i Oif, 1 ftw sale low (at Cash hy ' J- H OKUT CO. POLITICAL. the uiii:at citisis. Important Address or the National I.'silon Committee. Washisoton, Sept. 18. Tbe following Is the address of tho National Union Commit tee, to the American people. Fellow CUizent: Very grave differences hav ing arisen between your immediate represen tatives in Congress and the President, who owes his position to your votes, we are im pelled to ask your attention thereto, and to suggest the duties to your country which they render imperative. We blmll avoid the use of hard words ; of these there have al ready been too many, nnd that the matters in issue may bo brought within tho narrow est" compass, let us first eliminate from the controversy all that hns alreudy been set tled or hns been in dispute. The republic has been desperately as sailed from witliiu, nnd its very existence seriously imperilled. Thirteen States were claimed as having withdrawn from the Union, and were represented for years in a hostile Congress meeting at Richmond. Ten of tliefe Stutcs were for n time wholly in the power of a hostile Confederacy, the other three, partially so. Tho undoubtedly loyal States were repeatedly and formidably in vaded by rebel armies, which were only ex pelled after obstinate and bloody battles through four years of arduous, desperate civil war. The hosts of tho Rebel Confederacy with stood those of the Union. Agents of the Confederacy traversed the civilized world, seeking allies in their war agBinst the Re public, nnd iuciting the rapacious and un principled to fit out armed corsairs to prey upon her commerce by State authority, and in the perverted nnme of patriotism and loyauy Hundreds ol thousands of our coun trymen were conscrpted into tho rebel armies, and made to fight desperately for our national disruption and ruin ; and, though by tho blessing of God, and the valor and constancy of onr loyal people, the rebellion waa finally and utterly crushed, it did not succeed until it hnd caused the de struction of more than half a million of pre cious human lives, not to speak of proper ty, to the value of at least fivo billions of dollars. At lcugth the rebel armies surrendered, nnd the rebel power utterly collapsed and vanished. What then ? Tho claim of the insurgents that they cither now reacquired or had never forfeited their constitutional rights in the Union, including that of repre sentation in Congress, stands in pointed nntogonisra niikc to the requirements of Congress, and to those of the acting Presi dent. It wus the Exccutivo alone, who, after the rebellion wot no more, appointed Provisional Governors for tho now submis sive, unarmed Southern States, on the as sumption that the rebellion had been revo- Jutioniiry, nnd deprived tho people under its sway of all civil Koverntuent. and who required the assembling of a convention composed of delegates who nre to be chosen by that portion of the people of said State, who are loyal to the United States, and no others, for tho purpose of altering and amending tne Constitution or said Statu. It was President Johnson, who. so lato as Inst October, when all shadow of overt re sistance to the Union had long since disap peared, insisted that it was not enough that a State which had revolted, must recognize her ordinances of secession as null and void from the beginning, and ratify the Constitu tional Amendment prohibiting slavery ever more, but she must also repudiate every dollar of indebtedness created to aid in carrying on the rebellion. It was ho who ordered the dispersion by military force, of any Legislature cliosen under the rebellion, which bhould assume the power to make laws after that rebellion bad fallen : it was he who referred to Congress all the inquiries as to the probability of representatives from tbe States lately in revolt, being admitted lo seata in either House, and suggested that they should present their credentials, not at the organration of Congress, but afterward: ami, finally, it was he, and not Congress, who suggested to Gov. Sharkey, of Missis sippi, thut "If you could extend the elective truncuiso to oil persons of color who can read the Constitution of the United States in Englibh and write their names, and to all persons of color who own real estate valued at not less than two hundred and fifty dol lars, and pay tnxes thereon, you would com pletely disarm the adversary and set an example that other States will follow." If, then, there be any controversy as to the right of the loyal States to exact conditions and require guaranties of those which plunged madly into secession and rebellion, the supporters respectively of Andrew John son and of Congress cannot be antagonistic parties to that contest, since their record places them on the snme side. It being thus agreed that tho conditions of restoration and guarantees against future rebellion, may be exacted of the States lately iu revolt, the right of Congress to a voice in prescribing those conditions and in shaping those guarantees, is plainly incontestible. Whether it take the shape of law or a con stitutional amendment, the action of Con gress is vital, even if they were to lie settled by treaty. The ratification of the Senate by a two-thirds rote would be indispensable. There is nothing in tho Federal Constitu tion, nor in the nature of the case, that countenances tho Executive monopoly of this power. What, then, is the ground of complaint against Congress t It is charged that the action or tlie two Houses was tardy and lies itating T Consider now momentous were the questions involved, the issues depending. Consider how novel and extraordinary was the situation. Consider how utterly silent and blank is tbe federal constitution toucli ing the treatment of insurgent States, wheth er during their flagrant hostility to tbe Union or after their discomfiture. Consider with how many embarrassments and difficulties tho problem is beset, and you will not won der that months were required to devise, perfect and pass, by s two-thirds vote in either House, a just end sate plan or. recon struction. Yet that plan has been matured. It has passed the Senate by 88 to 11, and tho House by 188 to 80. It is now fairly before the country, having already been ratified by the Legislatures of several States and rejected by none. Under it the State of Tennessee has been formally restored to all the privileges she forfeited by rebellion, including repre sentation in either House of Congress, and the door thus passed through still stands invitingly open to all who still linger with out. Are tbe conditions thus prescribed intolerable, or even humiliating Tbey are in tubstanes) these: Ftrit. All persons born or naturalized in this country are henceforth citizens of tho United States, and shall enjoy all the rights of citizens evermoro, and no State shall have power to contravene this most righteous and necessary provision. Utrnnd. While the States claim and exer cise the power of denying the elective fran chise to a part of their people, tho weight of each State in the Union shall be measured by, and be based upon, its enfranchised pop ulation. If any State shall choose, for no crime, to deny political rights to any race cr caste, it must no longer count that race or ensto as a basis of political power in the Union. Ihird.Tle who has onco held oflice on tho strength of his solemn oath to support tho Federal Constitution, and has, neverthe less, forsworn himself and treasonably plot ted to subvert that Constitution, shall hence forth hold no political office till Congress, by two-thirds vote, shall remove or modify the disability. Fourth. The national debt shall bo in no wise repudiated nor invalidated, and no debt incurred in support of the rebellion shall ever be assumed or paid by any State, nor shall payment be made for the loss or eman cipation of any slave. Fifth. Congress shall have power to en force these guarantees by appropriate legis lation. Such, fellow-citizens, are the conditions of Reconstruction proposed by Congress and already accepted by the loyal Legislature of Tennessee. Aro they harsh or degrading ? Do you discern therein a disposition to tram ple on tho prostrate or push an advantage to the uttermost? Do they embody aught of vengeance or any confiscation but that of slavery 1 We solicit your candid and impar tial judgment. What is intended by the third section is simply to give loyalty a fair start in tho reconstructed States. Under tho Johnson policy tho rebels monopolize power and place. Even in communities where they are decidedly outnumbered their Generals are Governors and members of Con gress ; their Colonels and Majors fill the Legislatures, and officiate as Sheriffs. Not only are the steadfastly loyal proscribed, but even stay-at-home rebels havo little chance in competing with those who fought to sub vert the Union. When this rebel monopoly of oflice shall have been broken up and loy alty to the Union shall have become general and hearty, Congress may remove the disa bility, and will doubtless make haste to do so. We do not perceive that the justice or fit ness of tho fourth section, prescribing that tho Union public debt shall be promptly met, but that of the rebel confederacy never, is seriously contested. There remains, then, but the second section, which prescribes in substance that political power in tho Union shnll henceforth be based only on that por tion of the people of each State who are deemed by its constitution as depositaries of bucIi power. In other words, a State which chooses to hold part of its population in ig norance and vassalage, powerless, uneduca ted, unfrnnchised, Fhnll not count that por tion to balance the educated, intelligent, franchised, citizens of other States. Wc do not propose to argue the justice of this provision. We might us well argue tho shnpc of a cube, or tho correctness of tho multiplication table. Ho who does net feel that this is simply and mildly just would not be persuaded, "though one rose from the dead" to convince him. That there are those among us who would not have rati fied, sadly demonstrates that the good work of emancipation is not yet complete. But, say some, this section is deigned to coerce the South into according suffrage to her blacks. Not so, we reply, but only to notify her ruling caste that we will no longer bribe them to keep their blacks in freedom. Man kind, in history rarely surrenders its privi leges, no matter how oppressive, from ab stract devotion to justice and right, it must have cogent, palpable reasons for so doing. We say, therefore, to South Carolina, if you pcrsistly restrict all power to your three hundred thousand whites, we must insist that these no longer balance in Congress, nnd the choice of President, seven hundred thousand Northern white freomon, but only three hundred thousaud. If you keep your blacks evermore in serfdom, it must not be because we tempted vou so to do, aud re warded yon for so doing. Fellow-citizens of every State, but espe cially of those soon to hold elections, we entreat your earnest and constant heed to the grave questions now at issue. If those who so wantonly plunged the Union into civil war shall be allowed by you to dictate the terms of reconstruction, you will havo heedlessly sown tho bitter seeds of future rebellions and bloody strife. Already yoil are threatened with recognition by the Pres ident of a sham Congress, made up of the faction which recently coalesced at Philadel phia on a platform of Johnsonism ; a Con gress constituted by nullifying aud overri ding a plain law of the land ; a Congress wholly inspired from the White House, and appealing to the sword nlore for support. So glaring an attempt at usurpation would be even more criminal than absurd. Hap pily, the people, by electing an overwhelming majority of thoroughly loyal representatives are rendering its initiation impossible. We cannot close without a most deserved tribute to the general fidelity wherewith, in view of the President's defection, the great body of the people and even of the Federal office-holders stand fast by their convictions and their principles. Tbe boundless patron age of the Executive, though moat unscrup ulously wielded against thoso to whose votes he owes it, has corrupted very few, either of tlioso who shared, or ot those wuo would gladly share iu its enjoyment. Not one of tho twenty-two States which voted to re elect Abraham Lincoln, has given its adhe sion to the President's policy, while New Jersey, the only free State that voted against him, has added herself to the number. Our great war has taught impressively tho peril of injustice, and the lesson has sunk deep into millions of hearts. Tbe American peo ple, chastened by suffering, aro wiser and nobler than tbey were, with a quicker and more open ear for every generous suggestion. Tbe fearful lessons of Memphis and New Orleans have not been lost on them, as it proved by the result of tbe recent elections in Vermont and Maine. We cherish no shadow of doubt that Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Iowa first, then New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Kan sas and Minnesota will do likewise, and that true restoration, a genuine and abiding peace will thus be secured to our country ; peace that will endure, because based on the everlasting foundation of humanity, justice and freedom. Yours, (Signed,) Marcus L. Ward, of New Jersey, Chair man. Johs B. Defbees, Indiana, Secretary. Horace Greeley, N Y Benton C. Cook, III. b A. Purvianee, Peona Mus &id4.og, Mich. D. P. Stubbs Iowa. A. W. Campbell, W. Va. K. Judd, Wisconsin. D. K.Uoodloa, N.C. S. II. Boyd, Missouri. W. J. Corning, Va. Thus. Simpson, Minn. C. L. Robinson, Fla. N. Edmunds, Dakotah. A Soldier's Widow Answers One of Andrew Johnson's Kilty Questions. Than Andrew Johnson's habitual and pompous parade of his alleged sacrifices and sufferings by reason of tho war, it would be difficult to conceive more arrant and con temptible dttp-trap. nis appeals, in this respect, indeed, almost remind one of the trembling mendicant, who, cap in hand, and out at tho elbows, begs his way from door to door. But the sober truth of history is just this, that these tales of woe, peddled by the Presidential pilgrim from place to place, aro purely JittUwu tho coinage of his own distempered imagination. Their falsity is most effectively exposed in the subjoined letter, addressed to the President himself by the widow of one of the bravo men who fell it victim to tho slaveholders' rebellion. If the contrast, extorted by the President's silly interrogatories, insures most fatally to his own pretensions he has only himself to blame : To Mr. Andrtte Johnton, Pretident of the United State of America : Dear Sir: In the speech delivered by you at Cleveland, Ohio, on your way to Chi cago, and which, I suppose, was reported correctly, you ask : "Who made greater sacrifices in tho hour thnn I ? Who suffered more than I ?" Ac. Now, I take for granted that to theso questions you expect from some quarter a reply, or you would not have pro pounded them. So far as my knowledge extends, up to this time, no one has under taken the task. Therefore, I myself, although but a very humble woman, scarcely known beyond the street I live in, will venture to furnish an answer. And when I have done so, I will submit to the just judgment of the world whether, on the score of "sufferings" and "sacrifices" (if there bo nothing else). your claims to popular sympathy and sup port uear any comparison to mine. Before the rebellion, sir, I had a husbnnd, kind, loving, industrious, economical, who, for myself and our four little ones, made comfortable provision. Our homo was the 1 abodo of peace and plenty. What has be come of him ? lie mat ttarved to death at Amlcrtontille, and that by tho "chivalric" men whom your "policy" would fain restore, without repentance, to the head of our Gov ernment. Since then I have been trying my best, to earn bread for my little ones by ply ing the needle. At times, when that kind of employment has failed mo, I have even been obliged to stand, from early morn till night, over the uathtub! I had two brothers, steady men, kind and generous. Had the rcbelliou left them as it found them, pinching poverty I should have never known. Alas 1 alas ! Ouo of them perished from exposure and want on Belle isiaud, and tho other had his right arm taken off by a rebel shell at Antio tum. He cannot assist me. Tho privations and hardships I have had to endure have so shattered my own health and strength, that I feel, at times, unable even to endure tbe fatigue of plying the needle. So that, ex cept my trust in a merciful God, I have sac rificed for my country my am. husband, brothers, house, home, living hnd I am cast, a beggar on the cold charity of the woild ! And all this I owe to tho Southern slave holders, and to their iniquitous attempt to murder my beloved country, as they did mur der my husband and my brothers. Now, Mr. Johnson, since you invite com parison, what have yuu suffered I Exhibit your scars, and wounds, and bruises! Did you lose a leg or an arm, or were yuu even so much as scratched or bruised I Where is the blood you shed 1 Would it stain a white cambric pocket handkerchief? How much property did you lose? Why, if report speaks true, during most of tbe timo of tbe war you were living on the "fat of the land," in Nashville, out of harm's way, protected as you were, by Union bayonets. Out of Uncle Sam's overflowing commissary stores you drew plenty to cat and to drink the best of meats, and, what wus of still moro conse quence to you, tbe ehoiectt of liquort. Add to this your handsome salary as military governor. Then the great Uuion party, whom you have since so foully betrayed, made you Vice President, with a salary of $8000 per aunum. Then, to crown it all, John Wilkes Booth made you President, and there you arc yet, to the tune of $25,000 a year, with "fisint." The rebellion found you, I learn, comparatively a poor man. Now you are rich, with a sound body, not to speak of your mind, whose soundness is not so certain. You, Andrew Johnsou, talk of your sacri fices and your sufferings, and challenge a comparison. Fie, fie upon you ! Why, sir, ou that score, I ought to bo America's Queen, aud you ought to be sweating over the wash tub I And now, sir, are your questions as to who suffered more thun you, who sacri ficed more than you, by reason of the war, answered t I did, sir, and I know hundreds of poor women, tossed from the heights of affluence into the vale of penury and want, who have suffered and sacrificed ten thou sand times more than you, and are making no ostentatious parade of it, either. Yours, respectfully, Mary Jane CATiiEnwAirE. A Soldier's Widow, and tho mother of four Fatherless children. Philadelphia, Sept. 7, 18G6. A few days since Michael L. Sullivantsold bis farm of twenty thousand acres, lying six to ten miles south of Homer, Illinois, to Mr. Alexander, of Morgan county, for seventeen dollars per acre, or J74,000 cash. Mr. Alexander also bought the stock, grain, hay, and farming utensils on the place of Mr. Sul livant, which made tho whole amount of the purchase money nearly or quite $500,000. Mr. Sullivaot has yet a "place" of forty -five thousand acres in Iroquois county, besides more land. Mr. Wm. Cameron, of Petersburg, Vir ginia, just returned from abroad, brought home a pair of ostriches, which be turned loose upon his lawn. The Index says "two interesting colored children and several pigs" are missing since. Last year the people of Englaud paid to religious institutions 3,800,000, and the tax spirits paid to the government amounted to (70,000,000. New Orleans is tbe only city in tha Union that has paid a larger income tax this year ban last. Wm. Clafllin, Mass. N. P. Hmilhers, Del. H. W. Hofluinn, Md. H. II. Stnrk weather, Ct. R. B. Cowen, Ohio. John B. Clarke, N. II. S. F. Hussoy, Maine. A. B. Uarduer, Vt. J. S. Fowler, Tenn. Andrew Johnson's Npcc-b. " Brevity the Boul of Wit." dividual Wb addreMCS yu U Humble to 2. I have filled ell tnB offlcM wllich t nation has to bestow, from alderman up to President of the United States; I leave the Constitution in your hands. 8. I am very much abused by a subsidized, corrupt and mendacious press. 4. Pardon my alluding to myself, but t beg leave to inform you that I commenced as an alderman of one of the small towns of this nation; I went from that to mayor, from that to the Legislature, from Hint to Senator of the State Legislature, from that to the House of Representatives, from that to tho Senate of the United States, from that to the Presidential chair. 5. I am no traitor) Mr. Seward is no traitor; nobody tbot supports "My Policy" is a traitor. 0. I have no wish to be egotistic, but I must sny that I have occupied all the places from aldcrmnn tin tn thn unolflnn T nnnr .. cupy President of the United Statog, i. me memucrs oi Congress who bpposo My Policv" opposes "My Policy" is a traitor. I leava vuu vunsmuiion in your hands. 8. It is not my habit to make mention of "yfclf, butitis, perhaps, my duty to say that I have been an alderman, a mayor, a btate Senator, a Representative, a Senator of the United States 8enate, and now I am o8Itnt- Wl,at moro do 1 want ' ?a T.h,e Uui,on Party may go to the devil. 10. My ambition is satisfied. First I was an alderman, then a mayor, then a menibcf ot a State Senate, then a member of the House of Representatives then a tncmbef of the United States Senate, and at this mo ment 1 am President of the United States. 11. Seward is my friend and I am Sew ard s friend; 8eward likes mo and I like Seward ; Seward is a good fellow and I am a crood fel low WA lilra a.M, n , 1 ur leave the Constitution in this town. ii. 1 have served my country in all capaci ties. I began life as an alderman, was a mayor durinc? mv infnnpr .. . cr.u c- - r- . " J , .. . i . l v uin- ator in my childhood, became a Representa tive in my early youth, attained my majority as a Senator of the United States, nnd how', in the prime of my manhood, am President. 13. Who want nliroi.f. in unto 9 if !.- x- i " ftn-- - niu Northern States want niggers to vote, why don't tbey let them vote at home J Niggers sha'nt vote i I desire them tn h chance ns white men. 14. Perhaps you are not aware, fellow-citizens, that 1 have been an alderman, a mayor. a State Senator, a Honresentntlvp. n 1'nitnr1 States Senator, and finally President of the . uiieu Dimes. 15. The f 'onrrrnqflmori txXxn v,fnl f,ii tn Frcedtuen's Bureau bill and the civil rights bill are a' I fools, l'r? likn tn fiirl.t 1m i. one hundred nnd eighty-two of them. I won't leavo the Constitution with nary one of them. 1 G. It IS ft llinftl.r flf ltiufuru tllfif aftor being an alderman, a mayor, a State Senator, a member of the House (if Representatives, n United States flcuator, I became President. Lincoln wasnssnssinated and Seward butch ered, and so I became Presideut. 17. I have great confidence in the Ameri can people, all except members of Congress. t-;,, ,i ! , .1 ii iun'iiroi, .nu uifis'-i'1 1 nisy ure an iruuors, and I mean to fight them, with the help of General Grant. 18. Nobody ever held bo many offices as I have. I have filled all tho various positions in life, such as alderman, mayor, State Sena tor, member of Congress, United States Sen ator, and at length I was mado President. 19. I repeat that Seward is a good fellow ; ho stands by me and I stand by him j I aiu not afraid of a subsidized and mercenary press, all loyal people may go to the devil ; the Baltiraoro platform is my platform ; Douglass was a friend of mine ; I have been to erect a monument over him ; I am not upon an electioneering tour; I haven't puu ibhed ony Southern traitors, but I mean to make it up by punishing lots of Northern traitors ; every man who don't go for me is a traitor; I nm no traitor; I can't be a trai tor, because I have been an alderman, then a mayor, then a State Senator, then a Repre sentative, then a member of the United States Senate, and then President. 20. I leave the Constitution in your hands, w here it is safer than in mine, for having been an alderman, etc, Syracti; (N. '.) Journal. Democratic ttnd Ilehel Itcpiidlu tlon of Andrew Johnson. The Journal of Commerce (malignant Cop perhead) of Saturday says : It is safo to say that President Johnson has committed a serious error in this regard, so far as relates to the Mlddlo States, and that the remit of hit recent tour hat been to make more compact the Republican rank, and to repel, rather than trin, thote where inclined to come oter. Tho Buffalo Commercial Adtertiser, hith erto a rabid bread-and-butter sheet, says : We aro forced to the conclusion that the trip was unwisely conceived, and still more unwisely carried out. We do not know from what source the idea emanated ; but who ever is responsible committed a great blun der. It cannot be denied that the President is not as strong with tbe people as he was two weeks since. The New York Courrier del Ettate Unit (French) of Monday last says : Although a partisan of the policy of Mr. Johnson, the truth compels us to say that that impression left by his recent tour is de servedly unfavorable, and that the chief of the nation, by his too numerous and often ill-timed speeches, has, in a measure, preven ted the excellent results which he bad a right to expect from the Philadelphia Convention. Tbe Augusta (Georgia) ConttitutionitU.it, of the 18th lost., contaius letter from New York, from which we take the following startling confession ! Mr. Johnson's tour hns done the business for him. It is impossible to express the vo hemecce with which be is denounced by men ot all parties. He has sunk to tho level (if be were ever above it) of Secretary Sew ard and Parson Browntow. He is no longer feared by tbe Radicals ; he is simply hated and despised. A fow who would apologize for him say that be is simply unfortunate in his temper. A tuuu who has uo record of principle to fall back upon, has no recouitoj except to scold. Mr. Seward is reported to bare said that Johnson has become mad, (crazy,) and that he (Mr. Seward) is content to be under the harrow for the next two years, to prevent him doing mischief, and save the country from destruction. Mr. Raymond is reported to have said, that they must stand by John ton, or in bis rage he would hand the dov ernmeat over to the "rebels,"
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