TERMS OJk" THE. "AMERICAW.
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.(II in jj Ul - . -. 1 1
Thee, term will Wlatijrftdkw4 totottitafc.
If nbMrfbMMKUattf NT tok 1Mb Btws
ptfm from seJOtewhh toy are dlrotcd,-eV
: are rananatbl uuil Uny hav tJtol t bill -I
ordered Him discontinued... - , . - - f
f"otmtr -wilt pleas Vet U iVf AgBj,a4
Ifranav letter otIkiag ttibtofipttoa ami.' Tkj
art permitted to d tbi eadet th Pot Oa 1,
.;,' :ou1 .rJv.grfQ,... ,, j.
W. twi n Ud with Oaf aalajLUfasect WU
- teleotod JOB-OFFlGBj'UVM WUI ! to
: icut, la th neatert itjrH,- wy'ttoWy of
PriatUc ' !' i - I -'.'t -. t
BUSINESS CARTS.
.i
ATTArtEV' A T LAW. '
ro doon MM of rrlllntj'i Itore, Market Square,
SUKBURY, PEKN'A.
Builnen promptly attended to la Northumberland
and adjoining ooantioe. It alio duly autboriied and
Llcenied Claim Ageat for the oolleotionof Sounliee,
Squaliiatioa fiountiei, Pemion and all manner of
laitni agalnet th UoTernment.
Bunbary, Sept. 1, 1HW. '
jATTOBNEY A.X LAW,
Korlh Side of Publlo Square, adjoining reildtnoe of
Oeo. JiUl, Esq.,
SUNBURY, , PENN'A.
Colleotioni and all ?roXekional butinest promptly
attended to in th Court of Noxthumberlaad and
adjoining Countiee.
". tiunbury, Sept. IS, 1868.
JaoaeiHiLL, , Simor P. Woltchtom.
HILL tt WOLVEETON,
Attorneys and CoanMlor nt Kmtk
axjJsrsxjfiTr. fa..
vv1
riLL attend to tb oolleotion of all kinda of
elaimt, including Back Pay, Bounty and Fen-
lona. P'. ,
JACOB 6HIPMAN,
riED AND LIFB INSURANOB AOBNT
BUNBUIIV PENN'A.
craisKKTi
Farm era Mutual Fir Inaurano Co., York Pa.,
Cumberland Valley Mutual Proteotioa Co.,
iw York Mutual Life, Girard Life of PhilV Hart
ord Conn. General Aooidenta.
Sunbury, April T, ly.
Dr. CHAS. AETHUB,
. ftyomccopatijfc Ijgsidan.
Graduate of th Uomoeopathlo Medioal College of
Pennaylrania.
Office, Market Square eppoait th Court lloua
TJNBURY, PA. .
. March 31, 186S.
JOBK low ax,
lbti laaaaOLTt.
Bowen & Seesholtz,
WHOLESALK RETAIL DEALERS
in orery variety of
ANTHRACITE COAL,
J. Haaa A Co 'a Lower Wharf, Knnbury, Pn,
Order aolieited and filled with promptneaa and
despatch.
Sunbury. June 2, 1868,
' SOLOMON MALICK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
8UNBTJBY, Northumberland County, Fa,
OFFICE in Eaat end of Wearer'i Tarern, Market
Street.
All buaineea en trotted to him will be earefnt y and
ounctually attended to. Consultation in th Eng
lish and German language.
Sunbury, April 8. lBoo.
AMBE0TYPE AND PHOTOGRAPH
Gr--A.IjXiBR"5er.
Corner Market A Fawn Street, SUNBURY, Pa.
8. BYERLY, ProPriktoh,
Photograph, Ambrotype and Melainetype taken in
he beat atyle of the art. apl. 7, ly
J. R. HILBUSH
STJBVfcYOE AND CONVEYANCES
AND
. JUSTICE 0' THE PEA CE.
fohonoy, Northumberland County, Ftnrta
)(Eo in Jaekaon townahip. Engagementa can
b made by letter, directed to the abor addreaa.
1 buiineaa entrusted to hia oare, will be promptly
tended lo.
April 22. 18n. ly
K. M. ROCKEFILLBK.
Lloto T. Robriacb.
ROCKEFELLER & E0HEBACH.
Kl'.Mtt'HY, PESS'A.
.FFICE the eame that baa been heretofore ooou.
" pied by Wo. M. Rockefeller, En., nearly op
ite the residence of Judge Jordan,
unbury, July 1, 1S64. ly
II. V. 91AS8ER,
llornoy nt I-nw, SUNBURY, PA.
. Collectiona attended to in th countiee of Nor.
oberland, Union, Bnyder, Montour, Columbia
Lycoming.
n. John M. Reed, PhfladelpbU.
U. Oattell A Co.,
in. Wm. A. Porter. -irton
MoMicha.l.Ksq.,
Keteham A Co., 289 Pearl Strt, New Trk.
in W. Aahmead, Attorney at Law, "
.tthewa A Cox, Attorneya at Law, M
ibury, March 2V, 1882.
'MfliEHTIHflB BIISTIS,
HOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER
In Try variety of
NTHRACITE COAL,
Dppor Wharf. SUNBURY, Penn'a. .
Order aolioited and filled with promptneaa ud
ch.
ury, May U, 1806. y '
7b. o. oobiist,
rey n4 Connsellorr nt En-vr,
ONVILLS, CCOPER CO, MISSOURI.
LL pay taxe on land in any part of th
tut. . Bay ud toll real Estate, ud all other
entrusted to him will receire prompt attoa-
i, 1885 aet, '64. -
IK. E. U. EU91EEV, "
8ICIAN AND SURGEON
NORTHUMBERLAND. PA.
UMLEY hae opened ao offio in Northom
and offer hit aerTioaa to th people of that
d th adjoining townaLip. Omo next door
jott't bho Store, where he aa feund at all
imberUad Aaguat 1,1864.
0RFEED STORE
U0LE3ALE AND RETAIL. .
ubecribar raapeccfully tnfbrm th pnblle
he keep sonatantly on hud M hi new
JL'SE, nearth Shamokin Valley Railroad
gUNBUHY, float by th barrel aadaaok
da of Fed by th ton .
)t i all mannfaoturad at hi wn Mill,
e told at th Irweet eaah prioe.
i J M. CADWALLADIS.
Aprni, iB68.
jeremlIh enyder,
aey Jc 5ouJtacllor at Law,
KOKinY, PA. '
trlet Attorney for Iforthaun
I County.
March 91, 184j. !y I '
1 "W-HAUPT .
y mad CoantWlor mi Iw(
tth side of Market (trtwt, four doot wt
of Eyator' Store), ,
iTjrr-BTjRTr. i-A.. -
d promptly to all profatsaionai battaeea
hi (are, th oollaotioa of claim la
land and the adjoining cnU
ayer aid r Xuilder,
Ut, 4 doara Jtuk of third iC,
I VK Y, PKN'A.
VU'Jobijtnv-ViraMnrily
m l.tnt
f'TV II '"J ? i T T 7 V lT . 77 '1 7
ou-m,; .... mnw -n
'm.I ,Uii... . . tt
JV.vf J t. 1 a-,..,) 1
. 1
."Tim'i l lliun I- - . , . I - :. ' ,
PUBLISHEP' IVERT: SATUKDAY! MORNING,-, BY
NEW SERI; VOL. 3,' NO.
JACOB O. BUCK
MERCHANT . TAILOR, ;
;. '. - ..,., Aad Deal r la v . ;
CLOTHS, CASSIMERE8, VESTING, ifce.
lw atreet, aoaatl or WTer'
! Hotel, .
str -isr tr z ii Tf , i jl. :
March SI, 1868:'
GEO. C.WELKER & SON,
riBB ft LIFE INStJBANCB AGENCY,
Offioe, Market Street. SUNBURY, PA. '
Rlska taken la Flrat Ola Stock ud Mutual Compa
Die. Capital Reprwented 14,000,01)0.
Sunbary, May , 1886. y
COAL! COAL!! COAL!!!
GRANT Se BROTHEB,
Nhlppra V Wholeanlo eV Retail
. . .' . jveniertt in -.
WHITE St RED ANU COAL, ,
in erery variety. ' "
Bole Agentf, Weatwacd, of th Celebrated Henry
Clay Coal.
Lowe Waaftr, Scitivar, Pa. -
Sunbury, Jan. 13, 1868.
Pensions Increased.
The late Act of Cengree giro additional pay to
the following Penaiona, ri ! '
1st. To those wbo hare lost th tight of both eyea,
or both hand., or totally disabled ao a to require con.
atent attendance, the aumof $26 Ot per month.
2d To those who hav loat both feet, or are totally
disabled in th aam so aa to require eonttut attend
ance, the sum of S20 00. "
3d. To tboe who bar loat on hud or on foot,
or are ao disabled as to render them unable to per
form manual labor $1 00 per month, ud other
caaea in proportion.
The eubeoriber it duly prepared for th immediate
procurement of these olaim.
S. B. B0YER, Art y at Law.
Sunbury, Jon 18, 1888.
THE following persona are entitled to receir an
increase of Bounty under tb Act of Congren
paaaed July 1868, to equalise Bounlie.
let All toldier who enlisted after the 19th day of
April, 1861, for 8 yean, ud aerved their time of
enlistment and have been honorably discharged, and
have received or ar entitled to receive a Bounty of
flOO, are entitled an additional Bounty of tflOO.
2d All auoh soldier who enlisted for 3 years, and
have been honorably discharged on account of
wounds received in tb line of duty, ar entitled to
an additional Bounty of SIOO.
3d The Widow, MinorChildren, or ParenUof such
soldiers who died in the servioe of wounds or disease,
are entitled to an additional Bounty of $100.
By application to S. P. W0LVERT0N, Eq.,of
SuMBL'Rr, Pennsylvania, who ia an aulhoriied Claim
Agent, all auoh claima can be apeedily oolleoted.
Sunbury", Angnatt, 1866, tf
EQUALIZATION OF BOUNTIES.
X.. XX. KASE,
Attorney nt Law, Banbury, Pn.
IS duly authorised ud Lioenaed by th Oovern
tnent to collect all Military Claima against tho
United State. Bounty money da aoldiers under
the late Equalisation Act of Congrens, ud all mili
tary claima against the State, due soldiers of 1812,
for Penaiona and Gratuity. Claim due soldiers of
th Penusylvuia Reserve Corps from enlistment to
the date of muster, promptly collected.
Sunbury, August 4, 1886.
Uouutlea Collected.
O. W. HAUPT, Attorney at Law, Sunbury, Ta
offers his professional tervioe for th collection cf
bounties due to aoldiers under th late Equalisation
Act paaaed by Congren. Aa u authorised claim
agent he will promptly oolleot all Bounties, Penaiona
aud Gratuities due to aoldiers of th late war, or the
war of 1812.
Sunbury, August 18, 1888.
3THWnn.nAHsVaE:9
Sheet Iron and Stove
Market Street, near Engel'a Store, SUNBURY, PA.
AN immense stock of vry kind of Tin War,
and Sheet Iron War of all descriptiona.
STOVES,
COOK, OFFICE ud PARLOR STOVES of tbe best
Brands which ar unaurpaaaed for beauty of finish,
aim pi icily of arrangement, oombining cbeapneaa and
durability and each stove warranted to perforin what
they ar represented.
Coal Oil, Coal Oil Eamp,Enntern,
hade. Cbimny, and all artlola anally kept in an
etablishmentof thie kind.
COPPER, BRASS ud IRON KETTLES, of all
sUea.
FRUIT JARS and CANS of th lateat improved
ttyle.
lie ia also prepared to d all kind f Spouting ud
Roofing, Rug ud Furnae Work.
Repairing, cheaply and neatly executed.
v rJ BENJ. IKTELM0YER.
Sunbury, July T, 1888. ly
BOUNTY FOB SOLDIERS.
I HAVE mad arrangement in Waabington City,
for the prompt oolleotion of Bounty uodor th
lata Aot of Congrea. I bar also received tbe pro
per blanka to prepare the claim. Soldier entitled
to tbi Bounty ahould apply immediately, as it ia oa.
tiinated that t will require thro year to adjust all
theelaima.
All eoldier who nlited for three years and who
hare not received more than 8100 bounty are entitled
to th benefit of tbi Aot, as well a toldier who
hare enlisted for three yean ud discharged after a
service of two yean, by reason of wound received,
disease contracted in line ofduty, or re-enliatment.
LLOYD T. ROHKBACil.
Banbury, Angaat 18, 1886.
TINE Mvrtl Pomatum, at th Fancy Store
of
ANNA PAINTER,
628. HOOP SKIRTS 038.
HOFKIN'B "OWN MAKl."
Iiew Fnll Style) I
1 Ar In every rpot First Claaa, ud mbrac a
a eompUte aaaortmnt for Ladle. Miaae and child
ren, of th Nwt tyle,vry Length ud Sixes of
Waist.
OUB SKIRTS, wherever kaewn, are nor univer
sally popular than uy othar before the public
They retain their shape better, ar lighter, more
elastic, mora durable, aad roaly Cheaper, than uy
other Iloop Skirl in th market. The spring ud
nuiemng ar warrutea perieoi. vry uaay anouia
Try Them ! They are new tBg extensively told by
Merchant, throughout theOotry, and at Whole
sale A Retail, at Manufactory and Pla Room.
No. 628 ARCU Street, below Tth., fhHadelphia.
. Ask for TI0PKIN'S,"ow make,1' boy no other !
CAUTION,-.Noa; geaalu unless (taanped oa
eaeb Fid Pad .r'ltopkis . iloop Skirt Muufactory,
No- 628 Aroh street, Philadelphia "
Also. Constantlv on hud full 11b of Nw York
mad 6kirt, at vary low art.
Term net van. vaernoevniy.
bept. 1, 1869.--4n ' -
BOOTS, SHOES AND TRUNKS I
H. O. TIIACUER,
eCClOBTO
T W(iW, APBLIY, , . ,
I
N addition to our larg. atook, already ea hand, w
are now receiving a full supply of Fall and Win-
tr: good lor Udua, Qamtlanea, Miaeeeend CbU.
dfa twear. , . , ,
Alee a good assortment of Trunks. A Urge lot of
R. R. Bag, Gents' in leather Satchels.' We wish
it dUtinoUy aaderatood that wa iateni telling our
goods at small profit, axeiudvely to th eaah.
Don't fotg the plac. Apeley'i old stud, ia tb
well-known house of Mrt. Boultoa, Market aueet,
Sunbury, Pa. . ; : .. , .
NOTICE Boot and OTioet) neatly repaired at
abort notioe. If any bought of a ahould rip they
shall b tied for nothing. ' J f .
x,, TflACHEBf
y tuhary- Btftjf, M.
- n f rrtH. VkM Wo belt Falls.
J UUU Book at. Ha, Axln.Srrinta, Kaads, Bolt
end vrythiBg aortetatag to Sato -af at sn
CheBHwr4 Irwa "f,
9",";'nl Tn t'w
"-t i tf1" I i 1 1!.' mT'Ttwi
rtiM , .UiI'f
. t . M
9. ; : . : . SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER
: P 0 E' T IC A L.
, BLAIN, AT BADOWA, ,, , ,
Tb. following Incident ha been reported in th
( London Daily Telegraph Correspondence. J '
' The bsinnon war belohing their left, ' '
O'er the field where the routed were flying,
And shouting punuen strode fust
., Through the heaps of the dead ud the dying.
War's rage was beginning to wue ;
. The fierce cared no longer to strike;
And the good stooped to soften the pain
Of vlotors and vanquished alike.
A yellow-haired Austrian lad
' Lay at length on a sbot-ferrowed bank ;
He was comely and daintly elad
la th gltitaring dreat of hit rank. . ,
Not to white,' though, hia eoat at hi cheek,
Nor so red the aaah orosaing hi ohoat
Aa th horrible crimson atreuk
Of tbe blood that had welled from his breast.
Ilia foe approachadsWhere he wa laid, ,
To bear iiiui in reaclr-of their ekill ;
But he murmured, "Give olhen your aid ,'
By our Fatherland ! let m lie atill !"
At dawn they cam aearching again,
To winnow the quick from the dead ;
Tbe buy wa set free from bis pain,
And hi. faithful young spirit tad fled.
Aa tbey lifted his limbs from the ground,
To bear them away out ol sight,
Lo ! ander his boeom they found
The flag he had borne through th fight.
He had folded the ailk he loved well,
Lest a ah red ahould be aeen at hi lid ;
To wave it in triumph he fell.
To nv it from oaptur he died.
The bead of tbe sternest wa bared
Aa tbey gated on tbe shot-riven rag,
And the hand of tbe hardiest apared
To make prey of the Austrian flag.
O'er lha tomb of their brother tliov bowed,
With a prayer for a spirit tt brave ;
And they gave him the flag fur a shroud
In hit narrow ud nameless grave.
'I'll 12
UEESsilMS
YEAR.
OF THE
A THANKSOIVINO DISCOURSE, TREACIIED IN
TUB PRESBYTERIAN CUUI1CD, 8CKDCIIT,
NOVEMBER 29tI1, 1800, BY TUB PASTOR,
REV. 8. W. REIOART.
Text Wm L, H: "Offer unto God thanks
giving."
Iu accordance with a time-honored cus
tom, and iu compliance with the proclama
tion of tho President of tbe United States,
seconded by the Governor of ibis Common-
wealth, we are assembled litre to-day, to
oner unto God llianksinvini; " lor ins
blessings during tbe past year. In tbe lan
guage ot tbe President's proclamation: "Al
mighty God our Heavenly Fntber, litis been
pleused to vouchsafe to us hs a people an
other year of that national life wbicb is an
indispensable condition of peace, security,
and progress; tlmt year, moreover, bus been
crowned with many peculiar blessings.
The civil war tbut was so recently aiiiong
us has not been anywhere reopened; loreign
intervention has ceased to excite alarm or
apprehension, intrusive pestilence bus been
beuignly mitigated, domestic tranquillity
have improved, sentiments of conciliation
have largely prevailed, anil the affections of
loyalty and patriotism have been widely
renewed. Our fields have yielded quilti
abundantly, our mining industry hus been
richly rewarded, and we have been allowed
to extend our railroad system into the in
terior recesses of the country, while our
commerce has resumed its customary ac
tivity in foreign seas. These great national
blessings demand a national acknowledg
ment." It is eminently fitting, then, that the Chief
Executive of this Nation should call upon
the people of the several Stnte9 and Territo
ries to observe a common day of thanksgiving
and praise to Almighty God, and that the peo
ple come together in tits temple to call to
remembrance his goodness, and praise him
for His wonderful works. Even the hea
then nations, ignorant though they were of
the true worship of Jeliovult, were taught
by the light of Nature and Reason the duty
of acknowledging the goodness of tbe Su
preme Kuler ot the u niverse, lievelation
declares it everywhere, and gives specific
directions concernincr the manner in which
the duty is to be performed. Guided by these
lights, the Fathers of the Republic set apart
a tiny in each year of tbe WBr of Indepen
dence, for public thanksgiving to God for
all their blessings and all their successes.
Their example, in this respect, has been fol
lowed by nearly all tbe States of the Union,
from that day to this. President Lincoln was,
we believe, the first President of the United
States who appointed a National Thanksgiv
ing on account of the sigual victories which
God had granted our armies. This was re
sponded to by the Governors of all the loyal
States, and observed throughout the enure
North. To President Johnson belongs the
privilege of calling rjpoo the people of the
entire country now happily re united, to
observe the tuvxtdny in this Festival of pub
lic rejoicing, and to day is witnessed the sub
lime spectacle of a Nation engaged in the
duty of giving thanks to "Almighty God
our Heavenly Father, for His blessings upon
us." This nay marks nn epoch in the history
of the Republic which will henceforth be
quoted throughout the world as one of its
holiest triumphs and highest honors. In
order suitably to discharge the duty we are
this day called upon to pel form, we must
ponder the man? favors to which we are in
debted to a kind Providence, and set in
order the mercies of the Lord. To aid the
people in this work is the duty of the min
ister of the Gospel. To accomplish this ob
ject, we have selected at tbe basis of our re
marks, tbe command of the fsalmist; an
injunction appropriate at all time, but par
ticularly on uch an occasion as this : "Of- j
fer unto God thanksgiving."
la the beclnning of the Psalm the Divine
Majesty and glory are exhibited. So glori
ous a Being is worthy of the highest homage,
and the most ardent praise. But He will
not be mocked with mere formal services.
Sacrifices, tbe most costly and splendid ; of
ferings the most munificent and pompous,
presented to tutn witnoui tue netri, are an
abomination in His sight. In praise, in
thanksgiving in all worship, the heart is
demanded. Bearing this ia mind, let us
consider torn of the reasons why we should
at this time "offer nnto God thanksgiving"
I say $ome of the reasons, for to enumerate
all Hhe mercies-which fall for gratitude
would-be a vaiw undertaking, aa utter im
possibility. More in number than the hairs
UDon our head, or tba tandi upon the sea
shore,-are the bleating vLlcb we receive
from heaven, Every morning brings with
it t mercies, and- every moment wa nave
occasion to bless God for kit. goodness to
us." For Individual merciea, awe should of
fer ante God thanksgiving every day of our
riven Iltivvralse should be continually upon
oar lip. Fassiug by, than, at ttit Wm those
mercies which we enjoy aa individuals, exis
.'oM.,
..., "fCi'i. rr.'' '! '
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H. B. MASSER & CO,, ; SUNBURY, , NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENN'A.
tence, preservation, health, reason, the spi
ritual blessings of His grace let us simply
notice tome of the reasons which call for
national thanksgiving and praise. Taking
summary in the Governor's message as our
guide, the first blessing for which we are
called npon tq thank God is "the abundant
gathered fruitt of the Earth." Everywhere
throughout the entire land have tbe labors
of the husbandman been richly rewarded.
I ant not furnished with statistics to which
to refer, but I believe it is safe to assert that
while the yield of the most of tbe produc
tions of the country lias been quite equal to
that of former yeurs, the corn and wheat
crops, the great staples of the land, have ex
ceeded those of any former year. Our barns
are filled with plenty. We have been fed
with the finest of tbe wheat. There is no
scarcity, at least in this highly favored com
monwealth, of any of the necessaries of life.
Famine has not been permitted to waste us,
nor have failures been allowed to stint us.
Here and there through the country, may
be found a region the people of which im
poverished by war have had to endure pri
vationshere and there may be found indi
vidual cases of sufferings, but, in general,
plenty has reigned; and it may be said that
tbe people of the United States are the best
fed in the world.
The commonest laborer here enjoys luxu
ries unknown to the peasantry of any other
country. Henry IV, of France,' who, more
than any other King of that country, studied
tbe interests of his subjects, expressed a hope
tuat the time would soon come when "every
peasant in France should have a fowl in his
pot." With us, not only has every laboring
man a "fowl in bis pot," but a larder well
stocked with the good things of this life.
Contrast the prosperity and plenty of this
land with the poverty end scarcity of some
other countries. Contrast it with the fa
mine that has been raging for some time
past, in India, end that has carried off, at
the lowest estimate, two millions of her
people. While we have been reveling in
prolusion, hardly knowing what it is even
to be hungry, the wretched inhabitants of
that sunny land, owing to the failure of the
rice crop, (the chief article of food,) liuve
been dying of starvation, the moot awlul
of deatliB. By tho roadside, In the jungles,
under the trees, to the shade of which they
bad crawled to die, their emaciated bodies
have been found, tbe prey of dogs and un
clean birds. The horrors of this famine
cannot be described, and yet it has hardly
caused a ripple of excitement in the Christian
world. Hud it been some part of Europe
or America tbut hud been visited by this,
awful scourge, what excitement would it
have amused what sympathy would it
hare elicited what contributions would it
have called fort hi But the sufferings of the
miserable inhabitants of India have scarcely
excited the attention of even philanthropic
England. England, that manifested such
pious indignation at the barbarities of our
civil war, has left the people of her empire
to arr by thomandt. Brethren, what
gratitude do we owe to the Giver of every
good and perfect gift, for the abundance
with which He hath blessed us, and tor the
verification of His promise to us that "while
earth remaineth, seed-time and harvest shall
not cease." But again, we find a special rea
son for offering unto God thanksgiving in
the general health , that hns prevailed
throughout the land. God has blessed us
in our bodies as well as in our stores.
While some of tbe cities of the old world
have been almost depopulated by pestilence,
we hove enjoyed a comparative immunity
from tho fell destroyer.
It is true that God has permitted the
pestilence that walketh in durkness, and
the destruction that wasteth as noon day,
to come nigh us, but Ha has mercifully re
strained its dread ravages. He has smitten
us but lightly, that we might recogniie his
hand and adore His power ; and then be
has benignly removed the plague from us.
Oh ! what fervent gratitude do we owe to
Him for His goodness. Our iniquities have
provoked his displeasure, our sins as a peo
ple have justly exposed us to his wrath, and
yet Ho has stayed his bund and averted tbe
merited punishment of our crimes.
He hits also spared wxr cattle. While hun
dreds of thousands of cattle have perii-hed
in Eugland and on the continent by the
plague, the cattle upon our beautiful hills
have been preserved and our supply of
wholesome beef hns not been limited. "Oh 1
that men would pruise the Lord for his
goodness, and for bis wonderful works to
the children of men."
Another matter for which we are called
upon by the Chief Executive of the Com
monwealth to offer unto God thanksgiving
is "the thutfar continual activity ol indue
try." Our great inanufactuiiog and I mining
interests have U-cn greatly prospered du
ring the pubt year. No branch of iudustry
within the State, so far as I am aware, has
been suspended. There have lieen nn alarm
ing casualties to interfere with the develop
ment of our resources; no long continued
strikes to stop our mills or factories ; no
panics to prostrate the trade and commerce of
the State. Our advancement in wealth and
in publio improvements has been, despite
the consequences of the war, unparalleled.
The immense mineral resources of the State
have been still farther cpened up, and new
sources of wealth discovered. Villages and
towns have sprung up as if by magic; cities
have increased in population and in coin
merce ; railroads have been laid ; canals been
dug ; telegraph lines erected, and forests
have been changed to farms. And what ia
true of the Stale is true in a measure of the
whole country. . The rattling of our mills,
the noise of our manufactories, the born of
our boatmen, the splashing of the oars of
our raftsmen, the rumbling of our wagons,
the putting of our steamltoats, the tickings
of our telegraphs, and the snorting of our
iron horses, are sounds that never cease.
The Pacific Railroad, that great highway
which ia to connect the East with the West,
to rivet together tbe extremes of our country,
has progressed to within 275 miles of Den
ver city, Colorado, aod bids fair to be speed
ily completed; while New York ami San
Francisco are brought by tbe telegraph with
in speaking distance pf each other. Our
commerce, too, interrupted to tome extent
by the civil war, has resumed Its customary
activity in foreign seat, and our steamers
anil merchantman are found in every harbor
in the world.' Every land constitute of its
products to promote our comfort, aad every
vessel that cornea to our shores brings its
cargo of burtly laborers to fell our foreatt,
build our railroads, till our fields, dig otif
mines, to populate and cultivate ' tbe great
and fertile West. ' For all these evidences of
national prosperity and growth, for all these
signs of in lustry and thrift, let os "offer unto
God thanksgiving," hnd pralte and bleas
His fl6ly Name. ""'- '. : ,
, Another blessing that demands onr fervent
gratitude it peoa. Peace, at well at plenty,
iaa feigned throuiopt our borders during
i. i .. n,.:ri "tt 1 w-
8, 186G. , ; ; OLD
the past year. " The flame of civil War. da
spite tbe angry windt of passion, hare not
agaio uurst lortn, and comparative tranquil
lity bat prevailed throughout the land.
urope uas Decn convulsed by war.
The armies of proud Austria have been
routed by tbe hosts of Prussia, armed with
the terrible Deedle gun, aud the thrones of
uermany nave toppled over like tea pins.
Mexico, poor Mexico, bat been rent and
torn by civil war. and oppressed bv the ar.
lilies of France and Austria, while the States
of South America have been engaged in
bloody battle ; but within our own borders.
no tread of martini hosts, nor clashing of
u -. : i I i- .... i , . , , . ,.e .
uueuie arms iihb tiiaitirneu me quiet 01 the
nation, nor uas any joreign, nation men
aced our peace.
Those empires that, jealous of our power,
while We were brought low by our internal
dissensions, waited but an opportunity to
attack ut and destroy os from the earth,
now siana oosequious, reaay to do our bid
ding. France, that a short time ago defied
us, now manifests her willingness to with
draw her troops from Mexico at our re
quest, and proui, and haughty England, that
mocKea at our distress, now shows a disposi
tion even to pay the Alabama claims. Haver.
ing the lamentation of tbe ambitious Roman,
we may say, -am yesterday, none seemed so
poor to do us reverence; now, we may stand
against the world I" God has restored to us
our proud position among the nations of
the earth; nay give us a loftier place than
we ever held before, and to Him tbatsettetb
up one nation and puttcth down another,
bo all the praise.
That the sunlight of neace has shone so
brightly upon us, after the long night of
war mat, enveloped us in gloom, that senti
ments of conciliation have so larcclv urevail-
ed.and the aflectionsof loyalty and patriotism
ueen to widely renewed, our deepest groti
tute it clue to God. But while we bud to
much in the present peaceful condition of
the country over which to rejoice, it must
be a matter of regret to every true patriot
that the chasm which the civil war created,
though biidged over, has not yet been
completely closed ; that eleven States of our
glorious Union are Hill unrepresented in the
council of the nation ; that eleven stars of
our flag aro still obscured. To suggest
plaus ot reconstruction is not the office of
the minister ot tbe Gospel, but of the ttatee
man; but it it the duty of every minister of
the Gospel, of every Christian eititen, to do
all in his power to promote sentiments of
good will throughout all sections of the
land ; nor does a minister transcend his
spherar in urging upon all, legislators and
people, the importance of accomplishing as
soon as possible the complete re union of
the severed fragments of the nation. In my
humble opiuion, the longer we delay to ad
mit loyal senators and representatives from
the South into Congress, the more perilous
becomes our condition. The prosperity of
the whole country demands entire re-union.
I care not what are the terms upon which
the southern States shall be restored to their
full independence j provided they be just,
and posiiOler, but by all means let the result
be hastened. The chasm that remains un
closed w ill grow wider, and no man is a
friend to his country who places stumbling
blocks in the way of a speedy reconstruc
tion. Fr the sake of the freed men,
for tho sake of the South and its million of
our fellow countrymen, for the sake of the
whole country, and the great cause of free
dom and civilization I hope to see the
tpeedy re union of all tbe parts which rebel
lion and war have shattered. If this be
preaching politict, make the most of it 1 At
a great and good man once laid: "With
malice toward none, with charity for all,
with firmness in tbe right, as God gives us
to see the right, let us strive to finish the
work in which the nation is engaged, to
bind up the nation's wounds, and to do all
which may achieve and cherish a lust and
lasting peace among ourselves and with all
nations I'
But once again, I would enumerate as the
last but not the least of tbe blessings for
which we are called upon to offer unto God
thanksgiving, the moral and religiout pro
yen of the past year. This is not particu
larly specified in tho proclamation of either
the President or the Governor, and yet to
speak of the material prosperity of the na
tion, and ignore iu intellectual and spiritual
advancement would be a grave omission,
.Muteiial progress is nothing, unless morality
and religion keep pace with it. There may
be some who can discern no improvement in
this respect, but I tbiuk I can poiut to some
signs w Licit indicate moral and religiout
progress in the State ud Nation. Do we
find no cause for thankfulness to God that
the enemies of the Sabbath have not been
allowed to triumph in their attempts to secu
larize the day that the running ol the street
cart on the Lord's day hat been stopped t
Do we find no cause for thankfulness, in the
many organizations that have been establish
ed during the past year for the purpose of
ameliorating the condition of the poor and
wretched, of providing for tbe orphan of
tbe soldier, of protecting and educating tbe
freedman, of advancing the kingdom of the
Redeemer t Do we find no cause for grati
tude in the Sabbath Schools that have been
planted, and the churches erected during the
past year t Do we find no cause for gratitude
to Almighty God in the glorious revivals of
religion that have blessed large portions of
bit church in tbit land ; in the souls that
have been converted and saved through the
prt'Hching of the truth t That, despite the
wickedness of the timet, the advancement of
the Kingdom of Christ bat been great and
astonishing duiing the past year, what ob
servant mind can. fail to perceive t what
Christian heart cat) fail to acknowledge Is
it nothing that among a people wbo a short
time ago, mude no publio recognition of the
existence of a God the coin that circulates
from band to hand, bears the inscription, ('Iu
God we trust " Is not the very appoictment
ot this day f National Thanksgiving, a thing
unknown a few yean since, an indication ol
an advance ir. National morality and reli
gion For all these indications of religiout
progress, let us "offer unto God thanksgiv
ing." .
' Having tbut taken a cursory glance over
tbe country, and noticed a few of tbe bless
ings which demand nur special thanks this
day, aa a nation, wa might take loftier
point of elwervation ; and taking a survey
of tbe world at large, we would find much
In the tlgnt of the timet to call forth our
rooking, We might speak of tbe ra-uninn
ot Italv, the wane of tbe crescent, the de
cline of Austria's power, th coming fall of
Pspacy, the union ot the old and new world
hy tbe Atlantic cable the grandest scien
tific aohievameat of tbe 19ih century, and
th advancement of freedom aod civilization
very where. ' We might 1 dwell upon all
these aa subjects of.peclal tbanksgivinir to
God,bu4. tL titM will not permit; Tb
mercies w kava naotifd call for toegs of
loodttt praix Lt. , tboe, try torvatinj.
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SERIES VOL. 27 NO. 9
the greatnest of the blessings which we en
joy, and to improve them aright, and while
we offer unto God thauksgiving for the
nounuant Harvests witn whicn he bath
blessed us, for the preservation of health,
aua cue mitigation of tbe threatened pesti
lencc, for our national property, for peace,
freedom and the blessing of equal govern
ment, for the religious advantage which
we enjoy, let ut resolve to discharge our
duty faithfully as citizens of this mightiest
Republic on earth, td devote our treasures
and talents to the gloy of God and do all
In our power to promote tho cause of reli
gion uirougnout the land and the world. '
One practical suggestion, in conclusion.
Ve best show our gratitude to God by
deeds of justice and of mercy. We best
testily our appreciation of the favors of a
n'vi',ence bv remembering the poor.
When you sit down, therefore, to your
well-filled tablet this day, if Vou have a
poor or a sick neighbor, one upon whom
God t bounties have not been lavished as
freely aa upon you, remember tuch a one and
set aside a portion of your abundance for
htm. Thus doing, God shall bless you and
accept the thanksgiving of your lips. Then
"Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in His
sanctury ; praise Him in the firmament of
His power. Praise Him for Hit mighty
actt : praise Him according to His excellent
greatness. Proiso Him with the sound of
the trumpet : praise Him with the psaltery
and harp. Praise Him with the timbrel
and dance: praise Him with stringed in
struments end organs. Praise Him upon
the loud cymbals: praise Him upon the
high sounding cymbals. Let everything
that hath breath praise the Lord. Praite ye
the Lord." '
MISCELLANEOUS.
Social IJI'o In IVcw Orleans Mai
rlage Cuatom.
New Orleans. Oct. 29. 18BU Th In.
habitants of the city present a strange com
bination of incongruous elements. Creolpa.
Americans. Germans. Irish. Rnnninli nnrl
Mexican trash, with a goodly sprinkling of
bona fide Johnnie Crapeaus are to be found,
and a more reckless, pleasure-loving, pleasure-seeking
community does not exist any
where outside of Paris itself. Thev nri nur.
ticularly notable for neatness of ornaments,
for every other person you meet wears a dia
mond pin or ring. Even the darkies afford
Brazilian pebbles, and sport gold watches
and Malacca canes. To a Northerner, how
ever, the quadroons and oetoroons, who
abound plentifully, are the strangest parfof
the whole compound, suggesting very forci
bly the idea ol practical amalgamation which
would shock the sensibilities of theoretical
Oberlinists. The prettiest forms in the city
are those of the "quad" and the "octo" girls,
and generally they are the most tastefully
dressed. A neatly-turned ankle, pretty hand
and taiwring waist, with a naturally airy
and jauntly carriage, are almost a sure indi
cation of nearly extinct African blood. Color
is no criterion, aud a stranger will often mis
taken an olive complexioned Creole for a
mulatto, if not something darker.'
It will I news to many of your readers
to learn that these quadroons and octoroons
are semi-legitimate i. e., they are generally
the offspring of a place marriage, which is
an institution so peculiaily local that but
few, except the residents of this locality,
know of its existence or understand its obli
gations. Among the pure Creoles, the strictest
Catholics imaginable, a custom resembling
a mock marriage has obtained. A regularly
ordained priest officiates, and a white man
is 'placed with a colored girl in such a man
ner that, although tbey violate law, decen
cy and good morals by living together, they
satisfy the demands of the Church and con
fessional. The American quadroons, how
ever, not being so strict Catholics, and in
tome cases having no religion at all, accept
an offer to be kept aa a mistress from any
reliable white gentleman without ceremony.
Previous to tbe war the place obligation was
more frequently incurretl than since itt close,
and it it tbe universal evidence of those who
should know that it was seldom, if ever,
violated on the purt of the femaks. They
live as chaste and virtuous to their 'so-called'
husbands at they would have done if tbey
had been white and lawfully manied. It
was customary for planters who raised chil
dren by their "nigger queens" to free them,
with their mother, and tend them to this
city to be educated ; and in many instances
the girls were sent to Northern schools and
even to France. On leaving school and
reaching maturity they met their inevitable
fate ol illicit semi-marriage. Young men
"courtec." them after the usual mauner, "pop
ped the questiou," and were referred to
mamma, who generally decided tbe applica
tion with a view to money, demanding that
a certain number of slaves be given to her ;
and, in short, a regular establishment be let
up for her. These young women, many of
whom, aa I have alreaay stated, bear no
evidence of their African, blood, except a
magnificent physique, are thus pledged to a
life from which their cultivated minds some
times revolt with honest indignation and
horror. Having every sensibility that a re
fined and cultivated womau naturally pos
sesses, they are doomed to a hateful exis
tence, at disreputable and illegal as Mor
monism itself. The existence of a bona fid
white wile did not always interfere with tb
desire of a man to assume the place of obli
gation. If it it not the refinement of licen
tious amalgamation, I am mistaken. A race
of bastards it the result.
Cyrus W, Field, the Atltotio telegraph
pioneer, was bankrupted by tb financial
ttorm of 1837. Th tuccest of th cable en
terprise hat brought back a portion of bit
lost wealth. He hat tent a circular to every
creditor of bit house, requesting him to seud
a statement of the amount compromised,
and as fast as presented, a check it returned
in full for principal and iutcrest.
, On skate factory in Worcester, Mass., has
consumed duiiog tbe present year 6,000
groat of screws, two tons of brass, 1,000 IU.
of German silver, nearly tis tons of rosewood,
and ten tons of steel, which bav been work
ed up by thirty-five men and women into
23.000 pair of skates. It also utet annually
50,01)0 bras thimbles, which ar Inserted in
the wood, and to which th runnera ar af
fixed, effectually preventing th splitting of
th wood. j . , , ... , .... . ,
On of our Georgia exchange speaks of
tweet pntatoet beiug to abundant aa to bring
but fifty cents a bushel by th wagon load.
, There is to U erected lo Bridgeport a
large factory for tb niaaufaotui of th
Prussian needle gup, for tb bom and for
eign market,,,;,, , , ;.' ..' ; ' '
- A young man from tb South thought h
would fght tb "tiger," wail iq New Yotk
raeantly. H did, and got) ,wbl;p4 tb
t7W JltWtett..- ,-,..
AMRRreit. ' TboM fc.ting tdmlUu to 4o vlll
Bnd It 9onoint for r.ftrew t '
Jltlltllia. (Jmlliifj,,;
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1.001 1.00 4.60
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Tun line, of till tiled trsa Imlnfont m.L. ...
,s,Blnl'o m4 ExMaton' Nolle.
. OW'""'- etcopt tb araiU unouDoraea
blob la free,) to be paid for t dTetihir rtlei
L?fl NoUoe Boeiety KeeoUUooi. Ao" 10 MnU
AdTerttameoU for Relirlotw, Cheriubleaad Bd.
oetinn.l objeotn, ore-htlf the alrare ratn .
Trnri.nt tdrertliiniienM will be ptil.li.-k.d an tl
ordered to be diwontioaed, ud ebarged accordingly ,
FrlitUnff rortfae Illlnd.
The Invention of printing for the blind
formt a new era in tbe history of literature'.
In European countrlet, ono individual In
every 1200 or 1400 of tbe entire population
Is blind, and in America one in every 8000.
To open up to this large and unfortunate
class such a source of profit and pleasure as
reading could afford, was long considered
very desirable, and also very doubtful ; but
while, of late years, embossed books bav
rapidly Increased, it is exceedingly gratify
ing to find that blind readers have far mor
rapidly multiplied. Tbe credit of this in.
vention belongs to France. In 1784 Valen
tine Hauy printed the first book at Paris
with raised letters, and proved to the world
that those for whom such books were inten.
ded could easily be taught to read with their
fingers. He teems to bare csught tb bint
from a blind pianist of Vienna, who distin
guished the keys of her instrument by - tb
sense of touch. After many experiments at
to the form of his raised letters, he at last
chose a character a little approaching tb
Italic A new institution was at once ea
tablishcd Imtitutxon Itoyalet del Jtunee
AteugUtn Hauv was Disced at tho head
of it. Twenty-four of his pupils exhibited
their attainments in reading, writing, arith.
metic, music, and rreocrnnhv. before tha
king and the royal family at Versailles, oa
the 20th December, 1786, to the very great
delight of those high personages. In 1814,
when Hauj was pensioned off, Dr. Guilli
was chosen in his stead. This enterprising
directeur general modified Hauy't letters,
and prosecuted the publication of embossed
oooks wun renewed vigor. Still, however.
very little progress was made toward the
extension Of Hauv's SVStcm nnrl thi-ir hnnlra
could only be read by those possessing a
very delicate touch. In 180(1 M. Hauy
established school for the blind In Ger.
many and St. Petersburg, but thev have,
made very slow progress. It was in Scot
land and the Uuited States that improve
ments were first made in embossed tvno.
graphy. To Mr. James Gall of Edinburgh
belongs the merit of revivinir and im.
proving this very useful art. After canvas
sing every form of letter, he at last adopted
his angular alphabet. Before 1826, when
Mr. Gall began bis experiments, not a sin
gle blind person using the English language
could read by embossed printing. On the
28th of September, 1827, be published A
Vmt Book for Teaching the Art of Reading
to the Blind, the first book printed for the
blind in the English language. In October,
1834, this zealous individual published in a
perfected alphabet Tlie Gotvel bu St. John.
for the Blind. The text, which was em
bossed, and, unlike bis former effort, printed
not with wooden but with metallic types,
consisted of 141 pages, with 27 lines on
page of 70 square inches. This book wst
counted a great improvement, but it was
objected that the types were too angular.
He afterwards printed a number of booka
with serrated edges. It is unquestionably
to Mr. Gall, more than any other man, that
the interest in the education of tbe blind
was awakened throughout Great Britain
and America. While Mr. Gall was engaged
in perfecting bis plan in this country, Dr.
8. G. Howe, of the Perkins Institution, Bos
ton, Mass., was busily engaged in develop
ing his system. In 1833, Dr. Howe began,
like Gall, by taking Uauy't invention at the
basis of his system, and soon effected those
improvements upon it which have given to
wide a fame to the Boston press. He chose
tbe common Roman letter of tbe lower case,
reducing it by cutting off the flourishes, etc.,
until it occupied but a space and a half,
instead of three. This alphabet remains
unchanged. So rapid was bis progress,
that in 1836 he printed in relief the who!
of the New Testament for the first time in
any language, in 4 small quarto volume.
i comprising 624 pages, for four dollars.
More than twelve times this amount has now
been printed, and seventeen of tho Ameri
can States have adopted Dr. Howe's me
thod. The Society of Arts in Edinburgh awar
ded a medal, on tbe Ulst of May, 1887, to
Dr. Fry, of London, for the intention, of aa
alphabet, which teems, however, to hav
been in use in Philadelphia since 1833.
Mr. Alston, of Glasgow, improved upon
Fry' alphabet, by reducing th tilt of th
letters, and sharpening the embossing. In
1840, Mr. Alston published th entire Old
Testament in IS quarto volumes, of 2,535
page, and 37 lines to a page, in double pica
type. Alston, in his just pride, designated
this "the first Bible ever printed for th
blind," in which be was wrong, however,
for Boston bad claimed tbe honor years be
fore. Some 70 distinct volumes hav been
printed by the Glasgow press; but tinea -the
death of Alston, on the 20th of August,
1846, it bat almost ceased to work. Sine
1837 it bas supplied England, Ireland and
Scotland, with embossed book in Roman
type. Th best of all arbitrary systems ia
that of T. M. Lucat, of Bristol, who tet it
on foot about 1835, and which "The Lon
don Society for Teaching tb Blind to
Read" bat been gradually improving tine
itt establithment in 1889. In May, 1888,
"The London and Blackbeath Association,
for Embossing tbe Scripture" adopted the
phonetic method of James Htrtley Frerc
A cheap plan of embossing or stereotyping
was devised by Mr. Frere in 1839. Hia
book read from left to right, and back,
after the style of the ancient Greek writing.
Mr. Moon, ot tbe Brighton Blind Atylum,
slightly improved on Mr. Frere't method.
Dr. How' typograpy ia judged, hwver.
to be superior to the British huh in cheap
nest and in tize. Ther ar at preiastt nn
lett than fiv different ayttema otjrcgj
pny in us in ureal uruain.
The Ukited State Ai-jfZ-Th Pr.
dent hat completed hit appfatmenta for th
new regiments, and they ar pow being re
cruited to th minimum strength, rin
45 regiments ol infantry, eso men
each,
10 regiments of cavalry, 1028 men
each,
5 regiments of artillery, 11)0 men
each,
Corp of engineers.
Corps of Indian scouts,
Total minimum strength of th army, 68,801
i Th total maximum ttrengtb would bt
76,38; men. Tb latest returns thow that
about 16,000 men wer necessary to recrMtt
th reginienu to their mini mum atn-ngth,
but aiuc then probably at least 6000 men
hav been enlisted.so tbatth actual strength
of th amy it about 43,000 men.
Two of the new cavalry regimen fa and
four of tb Infantry regiment ar cotcpoaad
of colored men, and there ar four rtgirnaatt
of Veteran Reserve. The vetor a"
employed aa clerks In tb Dvpartrsents,
watettnoa, gtitratang or attiveal oemttonet.
8I. . -
I Doom,.- . l
I column.. . ,..
0,
87,610.
to.aaa
8,650
752
1,000