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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 "
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Spring & Summer j
DRY GOODS,
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AT
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D. T. PAPE 6c CO,
An Extraordinary lafgoStooki
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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 «
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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,
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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
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