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HELMBOLDIS GENUINE PREPARATION
HFG LY CUNCENTP ED"
cOPIEN UN) FLUID ES.PRACT,BUCHU,
A Posit aud Specific Remedy
For niwelViull of the IsLADDER, KIDNEYS, GRAVEL,
and DIOPnICA I. EiWELI,I NG:4
T 1,19. NiedlClOu tier ff:-e3 We power of Digestion, and
mites the RBURRS.NTB 1.111. botany action, by which
the WAT.iRY OR CALCAREOUS depositions, and all UN
NATURAL ENLARGE vENTS are reduced, as well se
PAIN AND INFLAM AWN end is good for
MEN, WOMEN OR CHILDREN.
HELMBOLTYS EXTRACT BUCHU,
For Weaknesses
Arising from Excess, Habits of Dissipation, Early !In
discretion or Abase.
ATTENDSD wrra THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS :
Indisposition to Exertion, Loss of Power
Loss of Memory, Difficulty of Breathing,
Weak Nerves, Trembling,
Horror of Disease, Wakefulness,
Dimness ci Vision, Pain in the Back
Universal Lassitude:of the yuscular System,
Hot Hands, Flushing of the Body,
Dryness of the Skin, Eruptions on the. Filet
• PALI 11l COUNTENANCE,
These symptoms, if allowed to go on, which this med
lulus invariably removes, soon follows
IMPOTENCY. FAIUIT V, ii.PILEPTIC FITS,
IN ONE OF WHICH THE PATIENT MAY EXPIRE.
Who can say that they are not &sous. tly followed by
those "DIREFUL DISEASES,P
_
"INSANITY AND CONSUMPTION."
Malay are aware of the cause of their Buffering,
BUT NoSK WILL CONFESS.
THE RECO PD3 OF THE I \ SANE ASYLUMS,
And the Mdancholy Deaths by Consumption,
BEAR AWLS WITNEnS TO THE TRUTH OF 1/341 .0181iRTION
Confal rural qi ONO AFFECTED WITH
ORGANIC WEAR" ESS,
Requires the mil of medicine to ttrengthen and
Invigorat, the System,
Which. HELareoLD , s EXTRACT SUCHU ivnariably does
=
FEMALEFEISIALES,-FEIIALES,
OLD OR YOUNG, SINGLES AIARRIED, OR CONTEMPLA
0 MARRIAGE,
I,IN MANY AFFECIIONS pEcumaa TO FEMALES,
the Extract Buchn is unequalled by any other remedy,
as in tailorosis or Retention, IrregularityiPainfulness, or
Suppresno nof Customary Evacuations, Ulcerated or
Ecirrhous state of the Uterus, Leueortwea Whites, Stara..
Ity, and or all complaints incident to the sex, whether
arising from Indiscretion, Habits of Dissipation, or in
the
DECLINE' OR CHANGE OF LIFE.
BEE STYPLOBIS ABOVE
NO FAMILY SHOULD BE WITHOUT IT
TARP lib ?ORR %Aux, NikCCO;II", OR UNPLICISANT MIDI
CNN TOR UNPLEASANT AND DANGEROOS DisTaiSes.
HELMBOLD',9 PrIRACT BtICHU
MASS
SECRET DISEASES.
In all their Raga?,
Little or no change in Diei ;
And no Exposure
It causes a frequent desire and gives strength to Urinate,
thereby removing Obstructions.
'Preventing and Curing Strictures of the Urethra,
allaiying -Pain and Imftammation, so frequent In the
elan id diseases, and expelling all Poisonous', Aseasecf
and worn-out
THOCOBANDS HPON THOUSANDS
' IWO HAVE BEEN .7HE VICIALS OE QUACKS,
and who have paid users' MS to be cured In a short
time,have found they wero deceived, sad that the "POl.
FON" has, by the use of "Frowns/1:d seraorasNis," been
dried up in the system, to brew{ out in an aggravated
form, and
PERHAPS AFTER MARRIAGE.
Use EinteoLD'kErraecr Roam for all it freotiomt mid
&teams of the
. _
tt INARY ORGANS,
whether existing in
MALE OR FEMALE
From whatever cause originating and no matter of
HOW LONG' STANDING.
Diseases of these Organs require the aid or DIDRE 1 I 0
EstAtSOLD , H EXTR;C2 RI:MEW •
Is THE GREAT DIURETIC,
sad is certain to have the desired mica in all Diseases
IOR WHICH IT IS RECOMMENDED.
Abidance of Me most reriabie and responsible character
will accompany the medices.
CERTIFICATES OF CURES,
from 8 M 2.0 yearn siondiy,
Wrta nous otower TO
SLIENCE AND FAME.
Price $1 00 per bottle, or six for $5 00.
Delivered to any address, securely packed from obser
Talton.
DESCRIBE SYMPTOSIS IN ALL COMMUNICATIONS.
Cures Guaranteed I Advice GratlS I
Personally appeared before me, an Alderman of the
city of Philadelphia, H. T. IisIMBPID who being duly
sworn, cloth say, his preparations contain no narcotic, no
mercury, or other injurious drugs, but are purely vege•
table
H. T. HELMBOI D.
Sworn and subscribed before me, this 23c1 day of No
vember, 1854. Wll. P. EU BREED, alderman,
Ninth St. above Race, Phila.
Address letters ior information in confidence to
H. T. FTELALSOLD, Chemist,
Depot, IP4 South Tenth St. 4 bel. Chestnut, Phila.,
811 Witte. OF atOUNNE
AND UNPRINCIPLED DEALERS,
Who endeavor to dispose "OF THEIR oww" and "OTHIR"
13LTICLIES ON Tall REPUTATION ATTAINED BY
Helmbold's Genuine Preparation s,
4, Lxtract he,
Sarsaparilla,
" " Improved Rose Wasb.
Sold by C. K. ti.eller, D. W, Gross, J. Wyeth,
Bannyart.
AND ALL DRUCIFISTS EVERYWHERE.
ASK FOR HELMBOLD 2 S. TAKE NO OTHER
Cat out the ailvettlFement and send for it.
AND AVOIDIM.POSITION AND EXPOSURE.
novlB-dly
DENTISTRY.
n. GEO: W. giblg, gtaduato of the
allamore Quite 4-e of Dental Surgery, haying permit
neatly iocatedin the city el Harrisburg and taken the
office formerly occupied ay Dr. Gorgas, on Third street,
between Market and Walnut, respectfully Informs his
friends and the public in general:that-he is prepared to
perform all operations in Die Dental profession either
surgical or mecoardeal, in a manner that shall be
Surpassed by operators in this or any other city. Me
mode of Maternal.; artillmal teeth is pen the lutes: m
proSedselentille priee.pies.
Teeth, iron, one to a tall set, mounted on due
Geld; 91-
yer, Mans plates or the Vulcanite Base.
Italie great plc...sure In recommending the anuva gen;
elernan LO all my ferner patients of Harrisburg and id_
ninny, and feel confident that he will purlorm all opera
tions In a soientillo manner, from my knowledge of hla
W 111 4 ,7- Imvil-dtfl Ir. 3 OL ftOROAS. D. D. 9.
PURPLE FRINGE
AND White Fringe, strong plants 50 to
75 cents each. KEYSTON NUPSBRY
DANDELION COFFEE !--A Fresh and
large supply of this Celebraied Coithei ast received
by na:3l W51.1)00( Jr., & Co.
CIDER 111 VINEGAR I! !
MADE from choice and selected Apples,
ana gua)auteed by us to be strictly
WM. DOOR k CO
No. 1 MACKERAL in Kitts, half bar
roe, and barrels, at tha Mew Grocery and Proyt
eon Store, Front and Market streets.
NicHOLS & BOWMAN.
FAMILY WASHING BLUE, an excel
lent substitute for Indigo, for as to at the wboiesale
and retail grocery store of
NICHOLS & BOWMAN,
corner of Front and Market streets
SALAD OIL.
Alarge supply of fresh Salad Oil, i n
Large and small bo ties, and of different brands
just received and for Bale by
W.K. DOCK, J. & CO.
CHOICE Teas, Green and Black, for sale
IL) 11w by lIICHOLaS & BOWMAN,
i,bll Corner Front and Market streets.
THE SKIRT:
UST RECEIFED.—The Na Shaped
J
skeleton Skirt, the finest article manufactured. For
sale at CATHCART'S,
&prey Neal door to the Harrisburg Bank.
No
VOL XVII
DR. JOHNSON
ri A. MOM" RECOrt.
LOCK HOSPITAL!
LT A S discovered the most certain, speedy
L 1 and effetcuel remedy in the world for
DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE
TEMP IN BEE TO TWELVE novas.
No Mercury or Noxious Drugs.
A Cure Warranted, or no Charge, in from one
to Two DON.
•
Weakness of the Back o r Limbs, Strictures, Affectlone
of the b idn.ye and Reader, Involuntary die charges, Im
potency, General Debility, Nettousuess, GYePePsY, 1412-
v nor, Low Spirite. Confusion of Ideas, Pa Ipitatten of the
Heart Timidity, Tremblings, Dimness of sight or Giddi
ness, Di eem of the Head, Tonna, Nose or Skin, affec-.
dons of the Liver, Lunge. Stomach or Bowels—those ter
rible disorders arising from the Soblary Habits of Youth
—those am= and solitary practcas more immi to their
victims than the song of yrene to the Mariners of Ilya.
see, blighting choir most brilliant hopea or anticipations,
rendering marriage, &c., impossible.
'Especially, who have bedome the Evictions of Solitary
Vice, that dreadful and destrUctlve habit which annual
ly sweeps to an nnilraely. grave ttiourands of Young
Men of the most egalred talents- arid brilliant iatellea,
who might otherwise have entranced listening Senates
with the ,handers of eloquence or waked to ecstasy the
&log lyre, may call with foil confidence. '
Marriage.
Married Persons, or Young ?dad contemplating mar
riage, being aware of physical weakness, organic d.bi I-
V, deformities, dr.e. speedi y cured.
fie who maces himself under the care of Dr. J. may
religiously confide in his odor as a gentleman, and con
fidently rely upon Lis skill as a Physician.
Organic Weakness
Immediately Cnreo, end frill vigor hectored.
This distres,ing Atlectiorim-whWit readers 1 ife Misers
ble and marriage impossible— is the penalty paid by the
victims of improper indulgences. I oung persons are too
apt to commit Slew ses tram not being aware of the
eadtul oonseqi maces that may ensue. New, who that
understands the subject will pretend to r eay that the pow
er of procr.atiou is lost sooner oy Loose falling Into Mt.
proper habits than by the prudent? Besides being tie.
prived the pleasures of healthy offspring, the most sc.
rious and destructive symptoms to both body and mind
arise. The system becomes deranged, the thysical arid
&lethal Functions Weakened, Loss of Procreative. Power,
Nervimnitiriatibillty, Dyspepsia, Palpitation of. he Heart,.
Indigestion, Onistamilonsd Debility, a Wasting of the
Frame, Cough, Consumption,- Decay and Death.
Office, No. 7 south Frederick Strget.
Lett ham side going Dom naltim.re strea, a le* (near.
irem the corner. fail not to observe acme and number.
At little Expense ;
No Inconvenience;
Letters must be paid add contain a stamp. The Doc
or's Diplomas bang In his office.
A Cure Warranted in Two Days.
No Nercury'er /Unseats Drugs.
Dr. jO/11.111011,. •
Member ofthe Royal College ui id - urgediit, London, Grad
uate from one or the moat emluent Uolleges In the United
States, end the greater part of where the has been spent
in the hotpitals of London, Paris, Philadelphia and else
where, had effectedeomet of lido most estoniabing sures
that were ever known; many 'troubled with ringlog In
the head and ears when asleep, great nervousness, being
alarmed at sudden sounds, baehfulness, with frequent
blushing attended sometimes with derangement of mind
were cured immediately.
Dr. J. addresses ad those who have iojured themselves
by improper indulgence and sohiary habits, which ruin
both body mid mind, nidittluirthem for - either bitable's,
study, society or itiarilAke..
These are some of the sad and melaucholly effects pro
duced by early habits of youth, viz : We Linens or too
Bads and Limos, Pains in the Head, Dimness .t.f Sight,
Loss Of IS ACAllar Power Palpitation of the" heart; 'Lys.
pepsy, Nervous Irratibdty, Derangement of theD gestive
function.% General Debility, Symptoms of ConsumptiOn,
.llrarrauv.—The fearful effects on the mind are much
to be dreided—Loss of Memory, Confusion of Ideas , De
pression of Spirits, Evil Forbodiogs, Avers on to Society,
Serf Distrait, I ore of cathode, Timidity, kc., are tome of
the ea il4 produced.
THOUSANDS of persons of all ages can now judge what
is the cants of their declining health, losing their vigor,
becoming weak, pale, nervous and emaciated, having a
singular appearance about the ores, cough and symptoms
.
of eonsumption.
Who have injured themselves by a certain practice in
dulged In when alone, a habit frequently learned from
evil companions, or at school, the effects of which are
nightly felt, even when asleep, and if not oared renders
marriage impossible, and destroys both mind and body,
should apply immediately.
What a pity that a young. man, the hope of hie coun-
try, the darling aids parents, should be snatched from
all proupects nd enjoyments of life, by the con , equence
of deviating from the path of, nature and indulging in a
certain secret habit. Such persons MUST, before contem
plating
reflect that a sound mind and body are the moat neces
sary requirites to promote connubial beet:lnes& Indeed,
without these, the journey through lit: lit 00Ineli a weary
pilgrimage.; the proem ot hourly darken' to the view ;
the mind becomes ehadOwed with deeptor and hued with
the melauchol ly red ction that the happluess of another
become, blighted with our own. ' •
Disease of Imprudence.
When the ml-guided and imprudent votary of pleasure
nude that he has Imbibes the seeds of this painful dis
ease, it too often hapens that an tll-timed sense of shame
or dread of dutcovery, deters him from applying to those
who, from emc.tion and, respectability, can alone be
friend biro delaying t il l the eonstituli dial symptoms on
this borr (ideates mak' their appearance, such as al
cerated sore throat, diseased nose, nocturnal pains in
the head at.d limbs , dimness of sight, deafness, nodes on
the shin bones and arms, blotches on the h ad, face and
extremities, progiessng with frightful rapidity, till at
last the palate of the month or the bones of the nose fall
in, and the victim Of this awful disease become a horrid
obi ctof commiseration, till death pate a period to his
dreadful autierings, by sending h m to " that Urdiscov
vered Country from whence no traveler returns. l ' r
It is a rneancholly fact thai thousands fall victims to
this terrible disease owing to the uatittlfulmess of into.
•
act pretenders, who by the use of that Deadly Poison,
.411c , cury, , ruin the ooLstitutioa az.d make the residue o
lue miserable.
Trust not ymir lives, or health, to the care of the many
Unlearned and Wo.tbleas Pretenders, dennute of know
ledge, name or ebaracler; who copy Dr. Johisoc's &dyer
vertteements, or style timonielvea In the newspapers,
regularly Educated Phesictins incapable of Curing, they
keep you . triaing month after moan twang their Ibtny
and poisonousnrss compounds, or as long as the smallest
fce can be Lbtained, and in despair, leave you with ruin
ed health to sigh over your galling disappointment.
Ur. Johnson is the only Physician davertislug.
His credential or diplomas always bangs In his office.
Hls remedies or treatmtnt. are unknown to all others,
prepared rein a life spent lathe g eat hospitals of he.
rope ' the first in the country anu a more extensive Pri
vate Practice than any other the Adieu in Uni World.
Indorsement of the Pres".
The many tuoona-ds curee ! at tine insututton year af.
ter par, and the numerous important Eurecal Ope ra .
claw performed by Dr. Johnson, witoeassed by the re
porters of the 'Sun," "Clipper," and. many other pa
pent, notices of which have appeared akain and again
before the public, besides his standing as a gentleman of
character and responsibility, is a gt.Mdent guarrantee
tothe afflicted. . . .
skin Diseases speedily Cared.
Persons writusgebould be particular is airectiug their
letters to but Instittuicn. in the following manner :
JOHN M. JOHNSON, M. D.
Ot the saitmerel.,..ek Hospital; Baltimore, Rd.
UMBRELLA MANUFACTORY I
No. 69, Market Street, below Third,
ILIMIRBIJEO, PA.
la. H. LEE,
•
AjrANUFACTURER OF UMBRELLAS,
AIL PAREOLS and WALKING cAtirss, will. furnish
goods M LOWER PRICES than can be bought in any 'of
be Eastern cities. Country merchants will do well to
all and examine prices and quality, and convince them
eltralof thla fast an 13417.
"INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS-NEUTRAL IN NONE."
filtbitai
Young Men
Take Particular Notice
Young lien
Marriage,
Strangers.
WHOLESALE
HARRISBURG, PA. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 30,
SID. th. Gross Sc 41.4..
D W. GROSS & CO.,
iNDOLKSALE AND RETAIL i -
DRUGGISTS,
MARKET STREET
HARRISBURG, PEIvN'A
DRUGGISTS, PHYSICIANS, STORE.
KEEPERS AND OONSUMERS,
We are daily adding to our assortment of
goods all such articles as are desirable, and
would respectfully call your, atention to the
largest and best selected stock in this eity,lof
DRUGS, CHEMICALS & PAINTS,
Oils, varnishes and Gimes,
Ore-Stun's, Glassand Putty,
Art Ist Colors and Tools,
Pure Ground Spices
Burning Fluid and Alcohol,
Lard, Sperm. and Pine 0111,
Bottles, Vials and Lamip Globes.
Castile, Soap, Sponges and Car4a,
&c., &c., &c., ac,, &c., &cl
With a general:variety:of,
I'ELTIMIER7 & TOILET ARTICLES,
selected from the best manufacturers and Pe
. omen of Europe and this country.
Being very large dealers in '
PAINTS, WHITE LEAD,
LLNSEED OIL, VARNISHES,
WINDOW GI AsS, ARTIST'S
COLORS, PAINT AND
ARTIST'S BRUSHES
IN ALL THEIR VARIETIES,
OOLORS AND BRONZES
OF ALL KINDS,
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We respectfuily invite a call,; feeling, coati
dent that we can supply the wants of all on
terms to their satisfaction.
TEETH 1 TEETH I!
JOHE' AND warms' B PORCELAIN TEETH,
PATENT MEDICINES AND HAIR
RESTORATIVES
Of all Undo, direct from the Proprietors
Saponifier and Oonoentrated Lye
Wholesale Agents for Saponifier, which we ael
OAS low as it can be purchased in the cities.
PHAYEa'S MEDICAL FLUID EXTRACTS
COAL OIL I CARBON OIL 1
Being huge purchasers In these Oils, we can
offer inducements to close buyers. Coal Oil
Lamps of the most improved patterns, very
cheap. All kinds of lamps changed to burn
Coal Oil. ,
FARMERS AND GRAZIERS,
Those of you who have not given our HORSE
AND CAT ILE POWDERS a trial know no
their superiority, and the advantage they are
in keeping Hones and Cattle healthy and in
good condition.
Thousands can testify to the profit they have
derived from the use of our Cattle Powders by
the increasing quantity and quality of milk,
besides improving the general health and ap
pearance of their Cattle.
Our long ezperience hi the badness gives us
the advantage of a thorough knowledge of the
trade, and our arrangements in the cities are
such that we caa in a very short time furnish
anything appertaining. to our business, on the
best of terms.
Thankful for the liberel patronage bestowe
on our house, we hope by strict attention to
business, a careful selection of
PURE DRUGS
at fair prices, and the deiire to please all, to
merit a continuance of the favor of a discrim
inating public. apl6-dly
ENV GOODS:—Are itivite:attention to
our neir;stookof goads just received. and torisolo
Wit 7 • NIMOLS &BOWMAN,
annex' °Mont and Market aneatal.
NO. 19
trkgtai.
BY THEM.
FROM CAIRO•
BOILBMI,DMENT OF FORT PILLOW.
The Fall of New Orleans Confirmed
by Another &moo.
Quito, April 29.
The Desota arrived here this afternoon from
the fleet.
She brings no news of importance.
No change in the movements.
The bombardment is kept up by the mortars
at long intervals.
Deserters from the fort confirm the fall of
New Orleans.
The War in New Mexico.
SANTA FE ABANDONED BY THE REBELS.
A. Junction Rade with Col. Canby's and Col,
Slough's forces.
THE REBELS PURSUED AND ATTACHED.
Capture of Sibley's Command Expected.
OFFICIAL DISPATCH TO THE SECRE
TARY OF WAR
The Obstructions to the Overland Malls.
Kelpies Orrr, April 28.
The through mail with Santa Fe dates to the
12th, and Furt Union to the 15th arrived to
day.
After the battle of Pigeon's Ranche, Colonel
Slough fell back to Fort Union, where a des
paten was received from Gen. Canby, ordering
a junction to be formed with him at Galesto.
Major Paul was placed in command.
The troops for the junction ordered by Gen-
Canby ; Arrived at Galesto on the ninth, in
advance of Gen. Canby, and learned that the
Texans had abandoned S luta Fe, and were re
treating from the territory.
Maj.. - Duncan, of Gen. Canby's command,
who was in command of the advance guard,
had fallen in with a large party of Tex
ans when a fight occurred ; the latter being
routed. Major Duncan was slightly wounded.
General Canby reached Galesto on the 11th,
aria an immediate pursuit of the Texans was
ordered, who were thirty miles south. No
doubt was entertained of the speedy cap
ture of Sibley's command, as they were desti
tute of everything, having lost at the battle at
Pigeon's Ranch ad their baggage and supply
trains, provisions, ite.
The health of the rebel army was not good,
and many had died. 160 sick and wounded
had been left in the hospitals at Santa Fe, and a
large number of merchant trains were passed
en route to this city.
Kamm Crrv, April 28.
To Hon. EDWIN M. Sraimit, Secretary of War:
The through Santa Fe mail, with dates to
the 12th inst., has arrived.
Col. Slough and Gen. Canby formed a junc
tion at Galesto on the 11th. Major Duncan,
who was in command of Gen. Canby's advance
guard, encountered a large party of Texans
and routed them. Major Duncan was slightly
wounded.
The Texans were thirty miles south of
Galesto in full flight from the Territory.
No doubt is entertained of the speedy cap
ture, of Sibley's command, as they are entirely
destitute of everything.
ST. Louis, April 29.—A gentleman of this
city who has just returned from Omaha, in
forms us that the recent troubles which the
overland mail company have experienced were
not occasioned by the Indiana, but by com
panies of their own employees. - It appears the
drivers of the overland coaches and other per
sons who were in the employ of the company
have not been paid their wages for several
months. Disgusted with this state of affairs
they determined to seiza upon the company's
property and thus obtain what belonged to
them. Nearly all the available stock of the
company has thus been taken away. Our in
formant says the Indians along the route are
peaceably disposad, and thus far have done no
injury to the rails or overland telegraph.
FROM SAN FRANCISCO.
..-..............-
REVIVAL OF TRADE•
San FruscaSCO, April 26.
The ship Joseph Peabody has been forfeited
to the government for smuggling.
Trade has recently revived to supply the
demand for goods suitable to Oregon , and British
Columbia mines in advance of anticipated large
emigration.
Business with the interior of the State con
tinues unseasonably backward.
Gen. Wright has issued an order requiring
the arrest of all persons charged with aiding or
abetting by word or deed the rebellion. such
persons to be confined unless they subscribe to
the oath of allegiance.
Arrived----istes,mers i Sonora, Panama, ;ship
Dauphin, Hong Kong.
Sailed—schooner, Endeavor, Shanghai; whal
ing bark Carib ; cruise whale ship, W. C. Nye ;
cruise ship Juana, Callao.
FROM MISSOURI.
State Convention Called to Re• District the
State for Congressmen.
JEFFERSON Crri, April 28
The Governor on Tuesday issued his.procla
mation convening the State Convention on the
first Monday in J une, at this place. The prin
cipal cause given is that the State ought to be
re-districted, so as to give Missouri the two ad
ditional iopresentatiVes in Congress, to which
She isle entitled under the late ratio of repre
sentation. It is thought that a full attendance
of members will be present.
862
XXXVIIth Congress--First Session.
WASHINGTON, April 29
SENATE.
On motion of Mr. HALE, the resolution au
thorizing, the Secretary of the Navy to dis
charge a contractor after the fulfilling of the
contract, was taken up. He explained that,
under the present law, the Department can
call for a larger amount at the end of the first
contract.
After discussion, the resolution was laid over.
Mr. Wlismr, (Mass.,) introduced a bill to
amend the bill passed at the last session, con
fiscating slaves, so as to include the wives and
children of slaves.
On motion . of Mr. Pownu, (Ky.,) the reso
lution calling on the Secretary of State for the
number of names, &c., of persons arrested by
his.order in Kentucky, was taken up.
Ur. &nowt, (Mass.,) moved a substitute,
that the President, if not incompatible with
the public interest, give any informatioj in his
possession touching the arrest of persons in
Kentucky since the Ist of September, 1861.
Mr. Pownt thought this was merely a dodge
to evade his resolution.
The special order, which was the confiscation
bill, was taken up.
Mr. COWAN moved that the bill, together
with all substitutes, and amendments, and all
bills on the subject be referred to a select com
mittee of seven.
Mr. Pnowivraa said if the passage of the bill
tended to crush rebellion and restore peace,
even then he should hesitate ; but he had a
strong conviction that it would tend to exactly
opposite results; and in addition to that he be
lieved its passage to be a gross violation of the
Constitution, and he could not hesitate as to
his duty.
He said his colleague complained of the bill;
misrepresented t if so it is entirely owing to
the language of the bill which certainly makes
sweeping confiscation. He contended that
Congress had no power to undertake to exe- 1
cute any law of confiscation. The Executive
only has power to carry such a law into
effect. We must refer to the law of nations
to ascertain what property can be confis
cated, and then the Executive only can ex
ecute the law. The laws of nations are binding
on this nation, an obligation expressly acknow
ledged in the Constitution. All exigencies are
fully provided for in the law of nations, much
better than by any legislation of Congress. No
greater mistake was ever made than in sup
posing that the Constitution in any way
hampers the crushing out of rebellion by
fierce or strong blows. Its passage could
have no other power than to exasperate
one side, and complicate and embarrass the
other. If we are kept within the limits
of the Constitution, we have no right to pass
such a bill—we must first ascertain what rela
lion the rebels are to sustain to ns during the
war—we cannot admit them to be alien ene
mies; that would be admit their independence
and the success of the rebellion. They must
stand in one or the other relation's:—
first, as citizens in so formidable a rebel
lion as to reach the dignity of civil war,
in which they must be recognized as belli
gerents and public enemies while the war
lasts, and to deal with them according to
the laws of war with the right to resume
authority over them when the rebellion is
subdued; or second, to treat them as , in
surgent citizens, entitled to no belligerent
rights, but subject to immediate convic
tion and execution for treason as fast
ash captured. We cannot do this last. It
I would simply lead to an indiscriminate slaugh
ter of prisoners on both sides. All admit that
we must recognize them as beligerents and en
I titled to the rights of war while the rebellion
lasts. If we recognize them as beligerents
while the war lasts, we are bound to deal with
them precisely as we would with a foreign na
tion. Could we pass any such bill as this in
regard to a foreign nation, or could we execute
it if we did pass it ?
Mr. BROWNING then argued at some length
that the bill in fact and effect is a bill of at
tainder which is expressly prohibited by the
Constitution, and closed with an appeal to stand
by the Constitution in all its force and purity.
Mr. Wens presented two petitions from citi
zens of Ohio for the confiscation.
Mr. Domarrns introduced a bill for the col
lection of taxes in insurrectionary districts.
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House then resumed the consideration o'
the report of the committee on governmen
contracts.
Mr. CONKLING, in the course of his remarks,
said he retarded the committee as one of these
ornaments too expensive, under the circutn
stances, to be indulged, and in this connection
humorously commented on the allowance to the
committee, by their own order, of twenty cents
a mile for traveling, and two dollars per day,,
besides other necessary expenses. He was un
aware that any other committee had thus pro
vided for themselves. If this committee have
been engaged in assailing men and blacking
their characters, it was proper to know how
much it cost. Asa fine point was being put on
such things, it benooved them all to know
whether any persons round the board had been
getting anything they ought not to have. A
little mileage was a dangerous thing. Like
liquor, if it was tasted too much the habit gets
fastened.
Mr. WASEIBURNE in reply said it was the un
kindest cut of all when the chairman (Ur.
Stevens) of the Committee on Ways and Means,
the leader of the House, and holding the purse
strings of the nation, recently rose in the House
and attacked the committee in their absence,
charging that they had committed more frauds
than they had, detected, the committee had
been notified that they should feel the biting
sarcasm and blistering invective, and to-aay
they had listened to what might be called a
pitiful imitation from the extraordinary mem
ber, (Mr. Conkling,) from New York, who had
attacked the committee for the benefit of con
tractors, thieves and plunderers, who had for
two weeks been holding Mgr' carnival in anti
cipation that the committee were to be de
stroyed.
In further reply, he said the history of the
department will show that in St. Louis alone,
nearly two millions of dollars bad been saved
by the investigation of the committee. Be
had been told by Mr. Holt, that of Congress
and the Government would sustain him, nearly
eight millions more could be saved by the com
mission on ordinance and contracts now in ses
sion here.
Mr. HorsAw 88 a member of the select com
mittee, briefly referred to the belligerents in
this debate, and after declaring his coolness and
3pefonatenees, proceeded to vindicate the
report, especially as to what it says about the
transactions of Alexander Cummings, of whom
he spoke as the protege of Cameron and who
had been put forward to shield his principal
ittaz Itinting firm,
having procured Steam Power Presses, we are prePIP
ed to execute JOB add BOOK MINTING of every descries
ion, cheaper than it can be done at any other establish -
meat in the country.
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NO. 99
as to the purchase of horses. Not one fourth
of those purchased in Pennsylvania and Louis
ville were servicable. There' was in this no
evidence of fidelity to public interest.
Mr. Mommeman protested against such
sweeping denunciations. If any persons were
guilty, let them be exposed, and he would go
as far as one for punishing them. If such
charges continue to be indulged in, honest
contractors would be driven out and business
fall into the hands of scoundrels. Thus: the
committee were destroying the very interests
we are trying to build up.
Mr. HOL2dAN referred to Mr. Cameron's pat
ronage to the Central Pennsylvania Railroad
which was enormous, as exhibited by the figu
res. The employment of Cummings in con
nection with the transportation, showed Cam
eron was willing to advance the interest of his
own family at the sacrifice of the public good.
On the subjectof arms Mr. C aineron bad made a
contract amounting to thirty millions of dol
lars, and on which the profits would have been
seven and, a half millions of dollars over. and
above the legitimate profits, yet Mr. Cameron
had denied ever making a contract. Against
these abuses General Ripley had stood up like
a breakwater against the tide of corruption.
Mr. Mookusen said that on the twenty
seventh of June, less than one month bolero
the battle of Bull Run, Gen. Ripley, in the
belief the arms would not be wanted, that there
would not be much of a war, disposed of ten
thousand rifled muskets, as good as audit the
world, to Colt in exchange for pistols—Cameron
directed them to be bought back at the price
paid for them.
Mr. HOL3IAN asked whether the gentleman
did not know that Cameron made contracts
for thirty million dollars worth of arms to
mere stock brokers and speculators. In con
clusion he concurred with the Secretary of the
Navy in the matter of purchasing vessels and
referred to other mattersdiscussed in the report
of the select committee.
After further debate the House adjourned
Sketches of the Places Captured.
Decatur is a thriving post-village of Morgan
county, Alabama, situated on the left bank
of the Tennessee river, thirty miles west by
south-west of Huntsville. It is on the route
of the Memphis and. Charleston Railroad, dis
tant about forty-four miles from Triscumbia.
Morgan county has an area of seven hundred
and fifty square miles. The Tennessee river
jorms its entire boundary on the north, and
the - Flint river flows through the country
into the former. The surface is hilly and
mountainous; the soil generally fertile.—
Population in 1860, 11,831, of which 3,702
were slaves. The following was the vote of
the county at the last Presidential election :
B reckinridge, 549 .
Douglas,
Bell,
Plurality for Breckinridge, 4
sTSVENSON't3 inscrios.
Stevenson, a post village of Jackson co.,
Alabama, is noted as being the junction of the
Nashville and Chattanooga and Memphis and
Charleston railroads. It is distant about sixty
miles from Huntsville and one hundred and
seventy-nine miles from Corinth.
Jackson county borders on Tennessee and -
Georgia, and has an area of one thousad hue
hundred and fifty square miles. It is inter
sected by the Tennessee river and numerous
creeks. The surface is traversed by moun
tain ridges. Capital, Bellefonte. Popula
tion is 1860, /8,284, of which 3,406 were
slaves. The following was the vote of the
county at the last Presidential election
Breckinridge, 1,760
Douglas, 565
Bell, 180
Majority for Breckinridge, 1,065
TEE PRINTERS' FR ES LlnaAßr.—The Prin
ters' Free Library is to be continued as a pub
lic institution, as heretofore, at its present
location, No. 3 Chambers street. The Com
mittee, consisting of Messrs. Baker; White
and Werry, appointed to consider the subject
and devise ways and means, submitted a report
on Saturday evening to the Typographical
Society, by which it appears that the friends
of the institution have nobly met the exigency
and that the prospect is that the library will
soon be placed in a position of greater security
and permanence than it has enjoyed for many
years past, besides receiving additions which
will add materially to its value. No appre
hension are now entertained for the the-fu
ture of the Printers' Free Library.—N. Y. Port.
WE relate a true story, which is a gratifying
instance of successful Yankee enterprise. A
girl, belonging to a respectable family in re
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operate sewing machines, and then went out
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Spanish girls and to establish the business in
that country. She has since enjoyed uniform
good health, and has realized between three
and four thousand dollars a year, beyond her
expenses. About a year ago she married a
wealthy old Spaniard, who, dying, bequeathed
to her a fortune of eighty thousand dollars, and
thus placed her in very comlbrtable and inde
pendent circumstances. She now writes to
urge her relatives to emigrate to Peru and share
her good fortune.
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