£hc (titiscw. (far- The. Largest Circulation oj any Paper in the County. THOMAS ROBINSON. - - Editor. M. W. NPEAR. Publisher. BUTLER PA. WKDXENI».4Y JIXT 12. ISO.I. Or " Liberty and Union. Now and Forevar, One and 'naeparable."—D. Webster. REPUBLICAN TICKET. STATE SENATE. JOHN N. PURVIANCE. ( Subject to District Conferees.) LEGISLATURE. HENRY PILLOW. ,iOHN II NEGLEY. (Subject to District Nomination.) COUNTY TREASURER. WM. E. MOORE. DISTRICT ATTORNEY. W. H. 11. RIDDLE. COMMISSIONER. WM. DICK. AUDITOR. J. C. KELLEY, 3 years. G. 11. GUM PER, 1 year COUNTY SURVEYOR. NATHAN M SLATOTt LECTURE.—D. M. Harbaugh will de liver a lecture n the subject of Temper ance, in Butler on Wednesday evening, July. 19. Plaee of Lecture not yet select ed ; the same will be made known by Iland-Bills. Bta>- 'I he proceedings of the 4th of July celebration at Sunberry, came to hand too late for publication this week ; they will appear in our next issue. JtarOwing to the publication of the lengthy, able and eulogistic discourse of the Hon. Thos. Williams, on the life and character of our beloved and much la monted President; several communica tions have necessaiily been kept back, which will appear hereafter. t('£~ On "Show day" as we were ma- ! king a trip northward, accompanied by a little daughter, she lost har Parasol, about ! eight miles north of this place, on the 1 old Mercer road. It was a keepsake of a ' sister now no more, we will liberally re i ward any one giving us information of it. j tjSGF' We have kept back tho pub lication of the Oration of Hon. Thos. Williams, for some time, for tho pur pose of being abl • 10 place it entire before onr readers in a single issue ! o f onr pap r: wc have, therefore, given it in full, in the presi nt issue. It is a complete literary and patriotic production ; and fully sustains Mr. Williams' well earned reputation as a scholar, an orator and a patriot. Legislative ]Voiui ii ill ion. In the "Whig and Dispatch"—the lea- ! <ling Republican paper of Mercer coun- [ ty, we find the following : "We observe by the proceedings of the Republican Convcutiou in Butler county, | that the Convention has nominated two : new candidates to the Legislature, to fill ] the places of the two represent'-, tives from that county for the two past years, and ; also elected two delegates to the State ! Convention, without as much as saying, j "by your leave."' Mercer, Lawrence /Hid ; Butler are entitled to four representatives to the State Legislature, aud by express agreement, Butler county sent two rep- j reseutatives last year, with the understan ding that Mercei county should have two J representatives the coining term. We would ask fer an explanation of this on the part of Butler county, as our citizens \ are unable to understand this matter." Iu answer to the above, we would in form our Jlereer county friends that, much as we respect theuias neighbors we would have greatly preferred being iu a district by ourselves than to be hitch ed on with two other counties as we are, even had we pot but oue Representative. Having had a fractiou more than our share during the last apportionment, we would liave got along with oue this time and theu came in for two agaiu. This would have avoided thedaugorof giving offence to our neighbors by neglecting to observe that comity which is propel'when con nected with other counties, as we are at present. Different Counsels however pre vailed. and we iuu>it accept the situation as we find it. Our Convention iu appoin ting delegates to the State Convention, negl«"oted to say ''with your leave." Of course this was a mere oversight ; but still we think tliat, at least go far as rep resentative delegates are concerned, the better way would be to coucede to each County the number of delegates corres ponding to the number of Representa tive* ii has iti the Hotise—this would obviate all trouble- Though had we our choice, wo would have preferred having • larger delegation uext year, us the con- vention will be of much more importance. We hare no doubt this delicate matter can be amicably arranged by the '"high contracting parties." And now as to our offering two candidates for Assembly.— This we rtgard as a more serious matter; as it is one in reference to which there has been a good deal .of inquiry, by our own people as well as by our neighbors. It is quite unpleasant to express an opin ion which may seem te be adverse to the interests of our neighbor. For this rea son we have thus far refrained from say ing anything publicly, on the subject, al though we have frequently expressed our conviet'ons to Mr. Negley, himself. But seeing that the Republican press of Mer cer county is united in demanding an { explanation of our position, we feel bound in candor, to state it from our stand point. Our views may not be those of our entire people, but we feel safe in saying that they sue those of the nine-tSnths of our Republican friends. In the first place, during the 'a"t nppo-» tionment, we had a representation for j about one fourth more than our actual , population entitled us to, while Mercer I county had a large Traction of h< r< I unrepresentend, (we speak from general impressions not having any statistics before us.) This fact would have natu rally given Mercer county tlio right to two members Inst year, but there was an other matter which properly decided against her at that tiine. Messrs Ilaslett and Negley, had only served one year j each. and. should Mereor county claim ! two members, one of our Representatives j would have to be thrown overboard ! This Mercer manifested no disposition to j do—at least not a serious disposition.— j She put two candidates in nomination, j but before a vote was taken withdrew one of thein, stating distinctly that it was done to enabl* our candidates to get the usual term of two years, anil that in lieu of this action on her part, she would ex | pect us to consccde two members to her | the present year; this was not objected to by any, and although there was no reso lution passed on the subject, the general understanding and belief was that there would be nothing in the way of her get ting her two members at this time, at | least so far as our coutfty was concerned. | In this we believe our Representatives participated. We know that Mr. Negley told us last fall—after the election—that now he had been liberally acknowledged and was ready to give way to others.— On returning home in the spring, howev i er, he seemed to feel quite differently.— lie spoke to us about the propriety of : putting two candidates in nomination, alleging that he did not believe that any one could beat Capt. I'illow, but that he thought he could come in next to him: —that if he were made the second can didate he had good reason to believe that Mercer county vould only offwt one— that be was the only one to whom they would yiel l, &<'. We told him that as a member of the Kxccutivc Committee, we were in favor of only issuing a call for ihe nomination of one member, and so far as we had beard, the entire com mitted were ol the same opinion. The committee finally met,and after the trans action of some business, we withdrew for a short time, and were quite surprised to learn on returning, thai it had been deci ded to issue the call for the nomination of two Assemblymen, and that the commit tee had adjourned. We inquired of the Secretary, Mr. Cratty, how it thus hap pened, and he told us that Mr. Negley, although not a member of the committee, had come in and pressed the matter— that when Judge Mitchell asked whether there was any motion to that effect, Mr. Negley uiade it himself, that when the vote was taken lie voted for it afone, and thus, while the committee had no part in it, they had not the independence necessary to vote no, and so the matter passed, and Mr. Negley, af'er a vigorous canvass on his part,* obtained the second highest vote of our county. It is worthy of remark, however, that three-fourths of the votes he ran were obtained on his representation that Mercer county was willing to concede us two members, if he were made one of them. This is the whole ca-jj. Few of our people hud muoh faith in his prospects, but were willing to give him a chance in this way. Mr. Negley's nomination is not asked there fore, ou geographical grounds, but he was given a liberal vote here, upon the assu rance from him, that the whole district was willing, if not anxious, to make him its candidate, in lien of emineut public services. Should his nomination, there fore be conceded by the district, it will not be chargable specially to our eouuty. In two years we expect to offer two can didates ut> Butler county men. and will then insist upon their nomination. Mr. Negley is our neighbor, and we would most gladly do him any favor consistent with our sense of right. In our judg ment he has made a fair- Representative, and would, no doobt, serve the district faithfully if re-nominated. Rut our con ferees must remember that they arcchar ged first with tho duty of pr curing the nomination uf Capt. Pillow, who received the highest vote; to ueglect this would be to disregard their instruction, of which we have uo fear. V\ e hope this statement may prove satisfactory to our Meroer couutj friends ( with whom we hope to remain on terms of friendship. While we have thus giv en our views of this matter, our columns are open to those who look from a differ ent stitad point, and we have so informed Mr. Negley. COWMIIKICITIOXS. For the Auieiicao Citizen V. S. Christian Commission Work. Part of a report made to Mr. Joseph Albree, Field Secretary of the U. S. C. C., Pittsburgh, Pa., by Rev. J. 11. Fritz. Delegate' from April 17th, 1865, to June Ist, 1865. DEAR BROTHER IN CHRIST :—Accord ing to your request and my duty as a del egate of the Commission, I hereby give you a more full yet brief account of my experience as a delegate. On the third day, after being commis sioned at Pittsburgh, I reported at the lines, in Louisville, Ky., and was sent forward immediately to the Field Agent at Nashville, to whom I reported on the following morning. I immediately com menced the labor of the Commission, and visited the 45th Wis., 45th N. V., 2nd Indiana Battery, and other regiments en camped around Nashville, and supplied the soldiers with Testaments, religious tracts, religious newspapers, and writing materials, to those who were out of money, and descried to correspond,—searched out the sick, many of whom were diseased with scurvy, and endeavored to supply them all with sanitaries, suitable to their ,con<Jltion —also, when suitable, gave them private religious instruction, admonition* and prayer. On the following Sabbath day. I preachel to two regiments, in the English and German languages, at which officers and men attended. Tho 45th Wis., and 45th N. Y., wer' almost ex clusively composed of Germans, Swedes, Norwegians and Danes. Ou account of a large majority of these men being Ger mans, and the very few German-speaking delegates, these men had not been reached as fully as other sections of tho army, by the Christian Commission work. In connection with the regiments, I also visited several of the numerous hos pitals around Nashville, particularly Hos pital No. 2, and Cumberland Hospital.— The duties in the hospitals are somewhat similar to the duties in the regiments.— The soldiers in the hospitals are supplied with reading matter, in the way of testa ments. tracts, newspapers, and often with books from libraries. They are preached to in the chapels, and in larger collections of men, any where in the wards that is suitable—prayer meetings are held, and tho Gospel is simply and affectionately ' preached. But the principal duties are at the bedside of tho lonely and sileut sufferer, from the accidents of war, and the of camp life. With him we spealP—of his disease, so as to know his condition and gain his confidence—of his soul, so as to know its. state. riles, if at all a christian or susceptible ot Christian influences, wo preach to him the gieat salvation in Christ, which is oil and win to the soul; then prayer to Him who ; hears and answers them. Then his bodi ly wants, in the way of drinks an 1 diets arc endeavored to be supplied. Thus the sufferer,occupying bed No. 4'J, is approach ed by the delegate. His disease is bil lious fever, parched tongue, burning throat and stomach. He wantssomething sharp or aeidous to drink ; but he has nothing but a little cold tea in a tin cup. This sharp, aeidous drink, the delegate has not now, so he goes on farther. He finds him to be a christian soldier, a be liever, then the delegate cites the com fortable words of Jesus, and leads in prayer. The whole case, body and s ul, is presented to God in simple, believing prayer, and they both are comforted.— ! Then, at his request, we write a letter for j him, to the good wife and mother in lili- 1 nois, and state his condition, desires and j hopes. Having done this, we goto Mias Shaw, a member of the Christian Com i mission, who is the mistress of the diet kitchen, and whose praise is in the mouth of all the delegates, and the multitude of suffering soldiers, in that large range of hospital wards- She gives us two larize lemons for the use of the patient, lie prefers them in lemonade form, and tho Surgeon thinks it will do him good.— Miss S. makes the lemonade, aud puts it into a convenient bottle. The patient takes it in small but frequent doses ; and patient No. 4!) mends from that hour, and is met in the streets of Nashville, a month later, a healthy man. Does any enquire | how this has come to pass ? The chris tian answers: The lord hears and answers prayers, and blesses the means made use of by christian hearts for the healing of the sick. This case is only one of auiul titude of similar instances. On account of the gift of preaching in German also, I was detailed for a few ' days, to assist llev H. Eggers, chaplain i U. S. A., who has charge of all the Ger mans in the various hospitals, in and around Nashville, and whose labors are 1 immense, aud who, on account of his uu I tiring faithfulness, wa-s nearly worn out ' Chaplain K. Was the German Lutheran minister of Nashville for six or seven ; years, and was a true Union man, during the whole of the rebellion, and prayed fo r God's blessing upon that cau.-e, in his public ministrations; and his congrega tion was generally like-minded With him. When Nashville was taken by the Union arms, le was appointed to his present po sition by the Government. Being intro duced to I'resident Lincoln about that time, the President asked : "llow did it happen that the rebels did not persecute you on account of your loyalty and pray ers for the Union cause ?" lie mildly replied : "I suppose it is owing to the fact, that God and my congregation un derstood German, but the rebels did not." But the fellowship in labor with this faithful minister was not permitted to en dure long. In the meantime the 4th A. C. had moved up to Nashville, from East Tennessee, aflcr l.ee and Johnston had surrendered. The first division of this corps.encamped west of Nashville, among whom I speut two days—the second di vision south-west, and the third division east of Nashville, each about four miles distant. To fully man a corps, it requires nine delegates, three for each division.— I was sent by the Corps Agent, Rev. H. Holmes, to the third division as my per manent field of labor. The third divis ion contained three brigades, among whom were veterans of many a hard contest with the enemies of the peace of our laud, [ while thousands of their comrades had J fallen. There were eighteen regiments : in this division, thirteen of whom had no ! chaplains. These thirteen regiments, with ! the Division Hospital, Division and Brig ] ade Headquarters, with wagon and Am bulance trains, were to be our special field of labor. To all these we were to give the same service, aa a faithful chaplain would do to a single regiment—to preach to them, if possible, every Sabbath, and as often during the week, as opportunity iu the regiment, and the strength of the t delegate, would permit. For some time ! a single Rev. brother and myself worked ' the whole field, until the help of a third j was received ; then we limited our several I spheres to a single brigade, and worked the vest in common. I took the first brigade, in which the 49th Ohio, 89th | Illinois and 51st Indiana, had no ehap j loins; besides the Germans in the whole division, with a share in the rest of the ! labor. To these, the Gospel was faith fully | preached, to the several regiments in the English language, and to the Germans in [ that language. .Many of the soldiers are true christians, and many arc intelligent, i educated men, of sound minds, and good and stout hearts, and they want the truth j as it is in Christ, told simply and earnestly, | or, in the language of an old minister, | they want sermons "heavy and hot."— j These shells from the mouth of the Lord, do the work of the spirit. Besides the ! preaching of the word, each soldier was | supplied with a testament, and, if possi -1 le, with a soldier's hymn book—the Lit - ' ter beiug scarce. much to the detriment 'of the interest of t'.ie public worship.— [ They were also supplied, at least once a j week, and sometimes more often, with re ligious news; apers, pamphlets, tracts and | small books, an 1 possessed the privileges |' 112 the C. C Loan Libraries, from which they could and did borrow books, when ever they thought proper. Thus the sol dier's spare time was profitably employed and the craving of the intellectual appe titc was satisfied, by lieal'hy, good intel i leetUal food, misod with the salt of di | vine truth. Besides papers, envelopes, i pens, and everything neci ssary to conduct his correspondence After the spiritual' and intellect'ial wants were supplied, the bodily wants were not neglected. It was never the object of the Christian Com mission to supply the whole army with ! sanitaries—this would require oue hund i red times more than they have ever re | ceived , but they supply the necessitous 1 cases, an I this is the primary object The Christian Commission has expended | upwards of four million of dollars iu this ; way, or in all its operations. Do the peo ple *ve much, then much is uiven by j the delegate, to all, if p issible, —do the I people give litile, then little is giv n at a i time, and that to the most needy. Dur j.ing my term, we had ample supplies, thank the Lord, to supply, uot all who who wished, but all \Vh i were really nee ly.— Some sick soldiers, and especially some of those scorbutic cijses of soldiers who had lately returned from Southern prisons, lived almost entirely from the C. 0. stores. Of the sanitaries. pickled cabbage, or krout, next potatoes, pickles, onions and dried apples, were preferred among the soldiers. They are strongly anti-scorbu tics, and substantial. We had barrels full of these, and as the former stock van | ished, so the new appeared. Alto bags of berries, black berries, the best anti-diar rhctic—with elder and other berries kegs of apple-butter, with cans of pre served tomatoes, peaches and other fruit; j besides numerous other articles of general ' ! and special benefit to the bodily health of the soldier. These articles were all kept in our tent, erected about the middle of the encamp ment. Here wa« also a writing ta ble, extending from one end of the teut to the other, where the soldier's wrote their letters, and the table w.is%iearly al ways fall. If the dele-fate was not out, engaged in the duties of the regiment, preaching and visiting, and attending to the wants of the meu in the tlieu he wunldbe found in the tent, giv ing out stores, and attending to the uiuny calls. This teuf is quite a curiosity-shop. It is a writing room—ihwe tlie soldier* are writing letters to their friends, their wives, their loved ones. It is a book-de pository—testaments in seven languages, English, German. French, Spanish, Ital ian, Swedish, and Norwegian, are here, ready to be given out. It is a library— two C. C. Loan Libraries, with one ex tempore, lately made up from a lot of books sent by friends of the soldiers, be sides magazines and so forth. It is atract house—there they are in packages, most beautiful in appearance and in reading. It is a newspaper repository, of all sorts and denominations, for the 0. C. kuowa uo sect; but only Christ and llis cause— there they are assorted in piles, from the Sunday School papers to the largest size, ready to be distributed,either to the regt., or to the ones who come first in their ask iug. It is a little dry goods store there is the box of soldiers house-wives, contain ing needles, pins, thread, buttons; with other articles in the line, with bandages, pillows, and so lorth, for the wounded. It is a little grocery—here arc barrels of potatoes, krout, onions, pickled turnips, pickles, dried apples, kegs of apple but ter, sorghum, bags of berries, and cans of preserved fruit. It is our soldier cook's pantry of which lie is major general, containing his cooking pot, plate-!, tin cups, haw, dried beef, "hard-tack," bread sugar, coffee—the cooking is done out doors. The writing table is our dmiug table at intervals of meal time. At night we spread our blankets on it, make pil lows of the newspapers, and rest our wea ry limbs in usually sound slumbers, until arises from his eastern bed, and begins to rule the day, then we arise for all is again life in camp—the regimental bugle sounds the morning call, the drums beat, the brigade band plays, and, we, with the rest, begin the duties of another day. The tent is the ministers study—he digests and arranges his subject in the mind here, provided ho cannot find a more qui et place in the woods, which is preferable. It is the house of prayer—here the dele gates, with early and late visitors, offer their morning ;ind evening sacrifices; strengthen themselves by drawing near to God, and are strengthened by the Lord in the inner man, for christian Ihty. This tent is a tent of charity and religion—all the things therein are given to the needy soldier, even as they were given by the Christians of the land, in the love of God and suffering humanity. About Ci'tecii feet i'roiu this tent is the C. C. Chapel tent. This is a largo can vass tent, fitted up inside with lugs ) boards, and rails for seats. Here services are held for the benefit of the whole divi siuii. prayer meeting every night and J sometimes during tbe day ; also temper j anee meetings and (iornian preaching, du j ling parts ol the week. The idea of the Commission is, special preaching to each | regiment and if possible to each man, and i then general preaching and prayer and temperance meetings tor the whole divis ion in the tent. The night prayer meet ings usually began as the sun set, and continued to not later than uinc o'clock. Ihe services were conducted usually in the following manner: A liynin from the soldiers' hymn-book, was sung—a short section of scripture was read—pray er—-another hymn—a short sermon or discourse. This far it was always con ducted bp one of the delegates, then it was given over lo the solders for prayer, singing, giving his personal religious ex perience, or exhortation. Allot the del egates attended and usually took part, and the tent would be filled iusido and around almost as far as tbe voice could reach. A deep, devotional feeling always attend ed the meetings, and the interest increas ed night, after night. .Mighty prayers of faith went up to the Lord—the most interesting incidents were related by the christian soldiers, illustrative of the gra cious help "and providence of (Jod iu the time of danger and peri , and the guid ance of 0 >d's gracious spirit. Christians were brought out, encouraged, developed in the faith—back-sliders made e nfcssiou of their errors and ueglecl of chritjiiau duiies, an ! made resolves, by the help of the Lord, to begin the lile of faith anew —sinners were aroused, convicted, and converted to the new life by faith in Christ. Ol'ieu the deep I'ountuim) ol the heart of the whole assembly vjould be broken up, and tears of penitence and GoUly sorrow, would rolldown the cbeeka of the whole assembly. It was good to be at these soldiers prayer-meei ing -1 have never attended any prayer meetings so intiresting, and profitable, in one sense as these. 1 will only relate one 'among the many incident* related. A young veteran, who had passed through the whole war, stated that belure one of the battles, I think it was the battle of Nash ville, as the enemy's shells were flying around and over our hues, and as it seem ed probable, that they would soou be called into action, he a'.d three others re tired behiud a hill, where the shells of the enemy flew over them. Here they had a solemn prayer-meetihg. They here dedicated themselves anew to God, and whether living or dying (les.red to serve Him in righteousness-and true holi ness. While spending thus a short limo in prayer, the shells bursting near in their midst, the sounded for our meu to fall in. They made the charge—they gained the victory ; but dl of his three cuuipanioire in prayer foil ok the rigui ] hand and on the left of him ; and were found dead on the field, and now he was the only one living of that prayer meet ing. He felt that it' was good then to be a christian—he felt so now—ho felt so. For his companions sakes ; because he believed they were prepared to meet their God. I will only relate one other incident of the number reported to us. A young soldier was convicted of siti, by the preaching of the word of Grod in the reg iment. lie came to the prayer meeting at night, there the conviction was deep ened. At the close of the meeting, the awakened one came to the tent of an old er soldier, a very warm-hearted and earn est christian man, who often led in pray er. The elder soldier found the younger under deep conviction of sin and sorrow. He euvited him to join with him in pray er, in a more secluded part of the camp grouud To this he consented, with a request that a colored man, who had also given his christian experience at the pray er-meeting, should be envited togo along. They found the negro engago l in religousi devotions, and ha immediately went with them. They retired to a secluded spot iu the woods. The elder soldier led in prayer, then tho negro, and finally the young soldier was requested to pray. The elder soldier said it was hard foi him to begin to really humble himself, and to pour out his' Soul before Uod, but he did begin, and in the midst of his prayer, he began to praise God for His wonderful goodness to the children of men in Christ; having found peaco and pardon for his sins. The voice of the elder christian sold ier was often heard in some part of tho camp-ground, not, far from our tent, after the close of the prayer meeting at night, praying with some one, whom ho deiircd to direct to the Lamb of (Jod that taketh away the sins of the world. This shows how much good one real christian cau do, iu aid of the ministry of the word, by an active and wise zeal. Dur'tig tho progress of our labors as delegates, a decidedly religious sentiment seemed to gain tho ascendency in the whole camp. Officers and men attended tho preaching of the Gospel iu large numbers, listened with attention, and we trust with profit. Several other prayer meetings were in progress in different parts of tho camp, which our tent was filled night after night. After the close of our meetings, our cars would frequent ly be greeted with the singing of hymns, by companies of -soldiers. Swearing, drinking, and card playing seemed to de crease These and other evidences seem od to show that tho good leven, of the Gospel was at work, and that God had been pleased to own and bless His truth, and the ministry of the delegates; fur which, blessed be His holy name. Many thanks went up to God, in the prayers of tho soldiers, for the Christian Commission cause, and for its blessings, temporal and spiritual to the soldier. It docs a good work to the souls and bodies of our brave, and good men of the army —an anioun tof good known only to llim who knoweth all things. Upon the conclusion of my term of service, and my return to Nashville, 1 I took along with me our Christian Com mission orphan boy, Benny Watord, uow j nearly four years of age. Hcnny's fail)- { er had ilio l in the rebel army. His mother had fled to Nashville, because sick, and died in December last, in Hos pital Xo. 11. leaving this child. After the death of the mother, Mrs. France, wife of the Surgeon of the hospital, took charge of liertny ; but she r«moving this spring, brought him to Mrs. Rev. Smith, wife of the former Field Agent, and mis tress of the Christian Commission house, Nashville, who took farther care of him. Here Benny awaited the good pleasure of the Lord, and tho compassion of some delegate, to provide a farther homo for him. On the way to Pennsylvania, Benny found favor with God and man. and especially with the good brethren Hev. \V. A. l'assavant, 1). 1)., of Pitts burg, and Rev. G. Bassler, Director of the Orphans Home, at Zelienople, Butler Co. Pa., where Beuny now has found a permanent hi me. and where we may b'e assured, he will be trained in the fear of the Lord and for usefulness iu his day and generation. Other facts have already been reported to you, and lest my report should no lon ger be brief, I will her« close. Yours in Christian icllowship, J. 11. FRITZ, Del. U. S. C. 'C. —A few nights since the lightn ing ignited the gas escaping from an oil well, being bored by James Ward, Nile, Mahoning county, Ohio, nnd we earn it still continues to burn. The water is drawn up s me twenty five feet, and there is so much gas that it does not eeem to be disturbed by this large flow of water. A Fortress correspond ent says: 0. CCtajr, whose health has be«n failing since his imprison ment, was taken out oil Saturday by order of his p|)jßiaianiaue allowed to promenade the grounds within the walls cf the fort. He w«s accompa nied in his walks by the officer of tine guard and two soldn-is. •. lib. GRAND OPENING " OP Spring & Summer j DRY GOODS, 1 AT ' I D. T. PAPE 6c CO, An Extraordinary lafgoStooki I I OF GOODS,' Purchased Before the Late AN VAKTCE, ! AndwlllbeioJA«t.iito«liliiA| LOW PRICES. 1 Call and Look Through oun STOCK Before Purchasing u.s. 7-30 LOAN THIBD SBRIE9, 230,000,000. Ry anthorlty of the Secretary uf the Twsisittf, thjs undersign*!, the (lenernl Subscription Agent tor th •ale of United States Treasury Notes, offers to th« public the third series of Treaaury Notes, bearing seven and three-tenths per cent. Interest, per snunra,4uowtt as the 7.30 LOAN. Those Notes are Isstted tinder date of Jn\f lMh, WW, and are payable three years from that date, In i%wiy, or are convertible at the option of the holder into U. S. 5-20 Six per cent GOLD-BEARING BONDb. Th rue bonds are now worth « handsome premium, anil ftre exempt, a* ere all tho (Jovornmens Itynd", Jrm* State, Onmnty, avd Municipal taxation, tohirh ad tit from tine tn thru per rent, fier annum to iheir vtilue , .ac cording to the rate levied upon other property. The Interest ta payable semi-annually by coupons attuned to each note, which may be rut off and sold to an y banker. The Interest at 7.M0 per cent, amountf to One «eHt per my on • 950 note Two eesUs «• • " |IOO «* Ten •• " «« h I'iOO •» »0 •« •• M • fIOOO « • t «« " - - tftOOO - Notes of all denominations named w|U be fomptty fhrntahed upon receipt of subscription*. The notes of this Third Pofie* are precisely similar fa ftirra and privileges to the Bwvea Thlrtle* already sold, except that theOovernment reserves to Itself the option of paying intercut In gold coin st rt per cent, Instead o 7 3-10ths in currency. Subscribers will dednct the in* terest In currency up to JuTy 15th, st the tifpe when they subscribe. The delivery of the note* ntthh third serfd* of th 4 Seven-Thirties will commence on the Ist of June, and Will be made promptly and continuously after that a*t© The slight change made In the condition# of this TIUIID SKKIKS aff'-cts only the matter of Interest.— The payment in gold. !f m*4*, will be equivalent to the currency interest of the Mpter rate. Tho return to specie payments, In the **en* of whfeh only will the option to pay interest in Oold be stall ed of, would so reduce and equalise prices that pooch »•.<•* j made with six per cent, in gold wonbl be fully equal tn 1 those made with seven and three-tenths per cent, in rescy. This ia THE ONLY LOAN IN MARKET now offered by tne Government, and its superior ml vnctagesmako it the Great Popular Loan of the People. Less than 5230, 1 000,000 of tho Loan authorized by tbe, last Congress are now on the market. This amount, at the rate at which It is being absorbed, will all be sub. scribed for withiu sixty days, when the motes will un doubtedly cammand a premium, as has uniformly been the esse on closing tbe subscriptions to otUar Loans. In order tftst citizens of evory town and. Motion rrf the country may be afforded facilities fhr taking the loan the National Dani.s, State Banks, and Private Bankers throughout the country have generally ssrreed to receive subscriptions at par. Hubscribers will seleft their own agent*, in whom they have confidence, and who only are to be responsible for the delivery of the notes fur which they rerelvoorders, JTA.Y CQORQ« GUBSEXIWIOFF AGE ST, I'UiladtXphitu SubucriptioH.i xcilt be receivrti by the First National Bank, of Butler, Pa. MurcL 15, 1866.-& tn. PHOTOGRAPHS, §= H <==> " DAGUERREOTYPES/ HAYING FTLLY COMPLETED ALL TI %E NJ5CES safy arrangements for Photographing, in all the various styles of the, ait, Mr. Husselton wouhl respectfully culll the sttsnt ad of Che public to bis newly Furnished Establishment, on the corner of Main and Jefferson streets, oppoaite V* eber & Trout man * Store, where he Is pow fully prsper red to iuuks at the shot test poeaible notice, PHOTOGRAPHS, AMBROTTPES . , FERREOTJPEFT. Equal to the very best Call and Examin SpcotmehA. B.C. HUdSLBTON. Cutler. Jnne 14, iMJU. " JT73T OPENED. HEW BOOT & SHOESHOP^ ON MAIN STREET. Opposite Boyd's Uuilidlßg* WHERE we are prepared to manufhCMiro Hoots ajuf, Bhoea of »n kind*, to order, or the best matcv&l.i in. tl»e latest «yle», andwl the Anstt .u. the shortest pox<ai.de nhticS: and at as reM<utabl« .rat«S' quality can t* hinlatany other est'l.'r.slv M'NT J. A. BUA.NOFT | OaiAr. afar 31
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