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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
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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,"