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THURSDAY. JUNE Bth, 1865
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Interesting Reading Matter on every
Page of this week's Issue.
Demme& State Curreattes.
Col. Ward, Chairman of the Democratic
state Committee, has postponed the meet.
fug of the State Convention until Thurs
day, the 24th of Augtist, at 1 o'clock. 11C
gives - as his reason for such a course, that
ha has been advised by matiy leading
Democrats that •"a postponement to a
liter tiny will on many accounts be ac
ceptable, and. is generally desired." We
cordially approve of Col. Ward's action,
and trust our friends will learn some day
a little wisdom on these matters. It is
never shrewd policy for a minority party
to be the first to commence a political
campaign, and we were quite as much sur
prised as vexed to see so early a day as
the 21st of June fixed for the nominating
Convention. The 24th of August is a bet
ter day, and will be regarded us suclOq
the mass of Democrats in the State.
The New York 7libune assumes that
the Government " expenditures will, for
a very few weeks longer, somewhat out
run the receipts from taxation, and that
the amount. of unadjusted claims of all
kinds may possibly carry the debt up to
three thousand millions of dollars and of
annual interest up to one hundred: and
titty millions per annum." In this esti-
Mate it does not include the enormous
circulation of legal tender notes, *Welt
amounts now to over $650,000,000, and if
continued as at present, will swell the
Tribune's figures up to three billions, six
hundred millions. The importance of a
speedy curtailment of national expen
ses will be seen, when it is known that
within the two months, from the 31st of
March to the last of June, $268,250,000
were added to the : public debt. The wet
is now effectually ended,. the Union res
tored, and the gravest subject that can
clainsthe people's attention-is that of the
Government finances. , From all pirteof
the country, and from persons of every
political shade, should come up a demand
for an immediate return to economical
expenditures..
In connection with this subject the Tri
bune prints some views on the national
currency system, which will be read with
interest as coming from that paper :
" We fear too little is said and realised
of the mischief and peril of continuing the
irredeemable paper currency which the
gigantic expenditures of the war rendered
inevitable. We do not propose to submit
quietly to an indefinite suspension of the
privilege of habeals corpus, nor to any
other of the necessary though disagreea
ble incidents of a state of gigantic, des
perate war; yet rainy talk of a baseless,
balloon-like currency as though it were as
good as any other. :But no one ever im
agines this when not under the influence
of its exhilarating gas, which has been
known to make the soberest persons light
headed. Stich a currency may be sport to
brokers, speculators, and money-charisma,
but it is death to iteady-going butaness
and industry.
For the first time in a long period, we
have an official statement of the public
debt, over the signature of Hon. Hugh
McCullough, Secretary of the Treasury.
Ile reporti the amount of Government
bonds outstanding as $2,635,205,753, on
which the annual interest will be $124,-
638,874. In addition to these bonds, there
are $659,160,579 of legal tender notes in
circulation, making the total debt to May
31st, 33,294,366,322. When to this is
added the sums which have not yet been
audited at the departments, and the in
crease of debt that must inevitably take
place for some months to come, we run
little risk in presuming that the figures
at the close of the year will amount close
up to three and a-half billions of l dollars.
If the new fangled theory be correct, that
a vast national debt is a public blessing,
the people of the United States will stand
a fair chance of becoming the happiest
set of mortals on the face of the globe.
Tut notorious John Mitchell, it is said,
has become editor of the New York Daily
News: Not having done mischief enough
at Richmond, in his efforts to destroy the
the Union, he has come North, it would
seem, to try to break up the Democratic
party, and thus perpetuate power forever
in the hands of the men he pretends so
bitterly to hate. 'We have little patience
with the extremists of the News and Mit
chell school ;Ahoy assisted materially in
- our defeat last fall ; they have always
given the food for Abolition campaign
documents; and their advice adhered to
now, would send the proud old Democratic
organilation into irretrievable ruin. We
have reluctantly carried the heavy load of
this kind of fellows long enotigh, and it is
about time that they be given to-under
stand that they must modify their senti
ments, or obtain no sympathy from Demo
crats: -
Tar most. absurd and ridiculous reports
have been circulated in some of the daily
papers, in connection with alleged riotous
proceedings on the part of the miners of
Schuylkill county. The Pottsville DPW
cratie Standard, published in the heart of
the mining region, and the editor of Which
is probably a.& well acquainted with the
situation of matters in his section as edi
tors residing a hundred or more miles
away, pronounces these reports "totally
without foundation." He sap farther :
" There have been no-riotous demonstra
tions whatever, so far as we have been
able to learn, and we have taken pains to
ascertain the exact state of affairs." The
miners mostly vo4 the Democratic ticket,
and the war being over, it is necessary to
get up some lar sr - mltunnies in ord •t• to
prejudice pc.r.-. • • . ing jib, a„ .-
Abolition lead, retaining west L. id
upon the offline and purses of the people.
WY. F. Saw, of Philadelphia, a con
tractor found guilty of frond by a court
martial in Washington, has been sen
tenced to pay s fine of $2,000, and to im
prisonment until the fine is paid. All
right; but If punishment for frauds of
that sort had been oolumenced four years
ago, the public debt would be km today
by several hundred millions, and our rep
utation for national integrity better: We
have not much faith in the theory nails*
provides for looking the stable door after
the hone has been Atoka.
I Mddat tor itellestiss;
It is a eery legitimate causcof pride
and self- ir a t ulation, to the people of the
Northern L States, that this conntry has
come out of a civil onntest,.in which thii
largest armies—and when the ilreane of
destruction placed at their control are
taken irate consideration—much the
mightiest armies that have ever been kept
in the field, have been placed under the
control of one commander, without the
slightest apparent attempt on the part
either of the commander, the armies
themselves, or the civil executive to make
power permanent, or to change limited
into absolute and uncontrollable force.
This fact, in its magnitude and entirety
is without precedent. Taken in connec
tion with the fact of the two previous
wars of 1776 and 1812—one of them in
the formative stage of the government—
without such an attempt on the part of
civil or military leaders, the fair inference
may be drawn, that there is mingled with
our governmental arrangements, or, un
derlying them, some principle or power
which operates as a check on the ambi
tion of men, who de not, in other respects,
differ materially, in human c. k aracteristics,
from the towering vitas who seized on
Athena, Rome, France, and every other
prosperous country that has tried the ex
periment of either republican or demo
cratic government. Solon and other
noble men lived when Pisistndas grasped
the power of Athens ; Brutus and his pa
triotic band were contemporary with
Crease in Rome ; thousands of fierce repub
licans were in Paris when. Bonaparte be
came First Consul of France ; Senates and
Parliaments sat in all these countries, and
in England, but were expelled at the point
of the pike or bayonet, or treated as for-
mil nullities. We have had three wars
on our own soil and on our own watets
but no leader has yet made an effort at
supreme command ; yet - we And corrup
tion, peculation, grasping avarice and
"plotting assassination, existing in our
time, as they existed in ancient and mod
ern history. Why, then, is it, that when the
moral tone of the world, here as elsewhere
is not above doing great evil for selfish
purposes, we should be able to find lead
ers who act like purely disinterested pa
triota, and seem willing to let slip oppor
tunities which have heietofgre always
proved too tempting for • the 'virtue and
patriotism of guiding men ? 'Why have
Washington, Madison, Grant, Franklin,
Scott and Lincoln, and the men who hate
acted with them, never by word or act
shown the first tendency toward despotic
power I' The answer cannot be got entirely,
from the character of the men, for it
would be an anomaly in human nature,
to find so many persons, in oner line oi
conduct, above so controlling a tempta.
tion, when the cvdinary moral tone of the
people, from whom they were selected,
was not greatly above the common level
of human ambition andeelfishness. There
can be but one explanation of this rather
singular fact, and that is, the utter hope
lessnestof any effort to seize the govern
ment, even with large armies and bayo
nets ; and the great' and certain hazard
of any inch attempt. In what consists
this difference between the United Stites
and other republics and democracies? No
such government has borne so well the
tests we have come through safely. There
can be but cope answer, and it is clear and
satisfactoe—our safety and perpetuity
rests on the unquestioned sovereignty of
the separate States, bound together by a
solemn, indissoluble contract for the gen
eral welfare, but each one separately re
taining its republican governmental forms,
guaranteed to it by every other one,
singly and together. The madness, the
positive insanity of attempting to grasp
thirteen or thirty-four independent gov
ernments, with their Governors and Leg
islatures, would have appalled Caesar or
Bonaparte, reckless, bold, ambitious pr
able as they might have been: A Congress
might be bought or overawed, or scatter
ed to their homes, but who would scatter
the congress of Pennsylvania or _New
York, the (=grasses of New Ingland or
the Great West, each thundering their
bulls against the usurper and calling on
their, subjects to arm ; each with the right
of taxation and of levying troops? And
how long would the heresy that the States
are not sovereign last in the face of a real
effort to abolish them? All the elaborate
arguments we have heard for the last four
years_ to change the status of the States in
this respect, would then be found to have
been worse than idle, and each-sovereign
ty would stand, - the nucleus of a mighty
band of ' patriotic men, organized by a
regular government, to sustain the repub
lican forms of the United States, which
they have themselves created and which
they had pledged lives, -fortunes and
secred honor to maintain in thbir whole
integrity. Did the usurper subdue one,
there would be thirty-three left, through
which the healthy life-blood of patriotic
strength still flowed, invigorating „the
)heart and Oring the brain of masses that
could crush, by their l mighty weight, the
satanic oligarch who aimed to bend to his
own purposes the labors of au uncounted
population. The recent trials to build up
firm the central power at the expense Of
the several States, originated, no doubt,
in a fear of disintegration or feebleness of
effort, in a *lntuit likely to try the real
strength of the governments. 'This fear,
the late war has shown to have no i3OII
- The right of mansion is the same
right which one part owner of a vessel
might claim to take out his share of the
timbers, plank and spars, to the destruo.
tion of the whole sirloin's. The Govern
mental Union is indissoluble by absolute
contract of sovereignties, able to bind
thetaselves in perpetuity, aid indissoluble
because division would be governmental
destruction and ruinous to the wealth,
comfort, peace and happiness of the
whole—it is indissoluble from contract,
and from material causes, but on the soy.
erei,gia rights of the States must it rest, if
it is to remain firm and free from , the
danger of usurpation. Thus constituted,
the United States is a republican govern
ment, which may be rocked, but cannot
be overthrown, and such it mint remain,
if it is to be continued in perpetuity. t
Qua Irish and German fellow-eitisens
way as well prepare theamelvas at onoe
for a new crusade against their religious
convictions and political rights. The
spirit of Know Nothingiana it not deed
it has oily been shamborineiluting the
waroisuistot oven the fidelity and cour-
age shown by our Poldins of foreign ex
traction, will prevent it from spin at
tempting to rob t em of the privileges of
duieuehip-, We lee • indionions every day
of the ri existence or Nun 6.A and
loathsome sentiment, - aud demi it on
more than our ciiity to - forewiriii thottii
most - interested of the new difliculties
they must be prepared to encounter. The
following extract from the proceedings of
the New School Presbyterian Synod, held
lately in New York, is but a specimen of
the proceedings of • a similar nature that
have taken place in other parts of the
country :
"THE NZCIRO TO °MATT Tali IRISH, YOTL
"The consideration of the memorial
was the next busineis in order, and was
discussed by Dr. Spear, C. H. Thompson
(colored), Rev. Mr. Johnson, of Pittsburg,
and others. The principal theme of the
discussion was negro suffrage. .The last
speaker, whose name was not announced,
stated that it became, at this time, an
absolute necessity to give the negro the
ballot, to counterbalance the Irish vote,
and keep out of Congress and the Senate,
men from the South. The time has come
when such influences as Irish and South
ern politicians tbould be held in check.
The motion on the adoption of the me
morial Was put and carried."
Gen. Sherman is perhaps not the most
polished writer in the world, but his
published report and letters show that
few can excel him in plain spoken di
rectness. His pen is as sharp as his sword
Stanton got hold of the wrong customer
when he tried to brow-beat Sherman. '
[Written for the °teener.)
Letter &Om North Carolina.
SALISBURY, N. 0 , May 81, 11R16
DIAZ 01111111 VII : What • lazy, inactive,
monotonous life this is ! Now that hostilities
have ceased, we no longer , have rumors of
forthcoming battles or marches, nor orders
to be ready to move at a moment's notice,
with Ave days' rations in our haversacks.
We have been encamped in the vicinity of
Salisbury nearly two weeks, and how slow
those weeks have been expiring ! Why, It
actually seems so many. .months. Salisbury
contains about twenty five hundred people;
is located on the Greensboro and Charleston
railroad, about - 182 miles northwest of Ra
leigh, the State capital. The famous "bull—
pen," where so many of our boys were starv—
ed to &lath by the chivalrous sons of the once
Proud but bad•to.euooumb South, is located
here. I visited this " hell upon earth " in—
Irtitution, a few days since, and I assure yon
I considered myself a fortunate individual in
not being taken In and deposited in this
'+ Southern institution," for it was, undoubt—
edly, a very unhealthy locality. Bat now
that peace, welcome, long-looked for pew's,
prevails throughout our whole country, and
that the Sag of the free may be safely and
soludatently planted upon every obi - mm-0p
in the Union, we must try to forget the put,
be lenient to the guilty, and teach our chil
dren (I have none) to love and protect that
Sag for the maintainanoe of which so much
noble blood has been lost—but, thank God,
not in vain I
We belong to the 28d army corps, Major-
General Schofield commanding. - We seems
pealed Geo. Sherman on his tinparalelled
campaigri as fares *lleum, Ga., then return
ed to Tennessee, participated in the hard
fought battles of Franklin end Nashville ;
routed Mr. Hood, you know, at the latter
place, and pursued him to the Tennessee
river. Embarked at Clifton, Tenn., (formerly
a town, but now defunct,) for CinoinuttiCand
from thence by rail to Washington, D. C.
Remained at or near the latter place a few
weeks, when we embarked for Wilmington,
N. C., for the possession of which plies we
had to fight. We remained at Wilmington
but a short time, when we again received
orders to mere. Marohed to Kinston, arriv
ing there just too late to participate in the
two days' hard fighting near that place. Very
little has been said In the newspapers regard
ing the battle of Kinston - ; N. C., yet for stub
born, desperate fighting; it may be classed
among the hardest fought battles of the war.
Pushed on to Goldsboro, N. C., which place
we oomtpied without much interruption. Here
we were joined by Gen. Sherman and his
dirty, ragged, but brave and victorious army.
His army received new clothing while here,
which they were greatly in need of. From
thence the entire army moved on to Raleigh,
when Gen. Joe Johnston's army had been,
but thought it necessary to vacate, owing, I
presume, to . the anticipated arrival of Gen.
Sherman. The rebel Gen. Johnston moved
his army to Greensboro, N. C., near the ii
chilly of which place they surrendered to
Sherman, and moved from thence to their
respective homes. Sherman's army then
moved northward, where, I suppose, they will
shortly be mustered out. -
Thus ended the warlike career of the 28d
army corps, and I assure you it has not been
an inactive one. This, my dear friend, is a
very brief mention of our operations, but if
yen will investigate a twenty-five cent map
you will see that we have been over consider
able territory. This, ihowever, I will leave
to your own discretion, generous fellow 1
I mud say I do not like the is profession of
arms"--especially in title of war t Bat even
now—in time of peace—the soldier enemas
tars rather disagnieable obstacles. Short
rations 'Ad a good appetite, for instance,
Gannet agree, yet it cannot be avoided, unless
the quartermasters feel deposed to substitute
crackers and !moon for whiskey, or, in other
words, substitute honest men for qnarter
masters—l mean our quartermasters. By
doing this, whiskey will not monopolise more
than two-thirds of the transportation, and
that make some room for the necessaries of
life.
Large meetings are being held in the prin
cipal tome of the State, for the pupae* of
expressing their devotion to' the ljaien, and
obedience to the laws ; also adopting nisaures
for the mestablishount of civil law. A etas
oonveation is to be held at Raleigh en the
22d of Jane, when they will aoiniaate their
different state Mears. The contest for the
itemisation of Governor will umilonlAsily
tut between Messrs. Disk and Holden. I
think the bitter genital's" is the most popu
lar, though the numerous Mends of Mr. Dick
ue working hard for him. Has. W. W. Hol
den is the odium and proprietor of the Raleigh
Standard, and is said to be a very ibis man.
They are both substantial Union inea,. faight
bard spinet, esousion, and Using right ,hers .
is ths he, of mess* away, exprused
their unswerving devotion to the Union
North Carolina will soon be able to seed her
reprisestatives to Washington, and if they
repreiaat the seatiments of the people, will
be Nana& supporters of the Union. kyill
now, dies friend, bid you adisa, boring Wag
we too, gay soon be able to enjoy thou
pursuits which we have, foe throe lasi
piorl i or bloody war, boos doprind of.
Lake Coma►rfeh. •'t ' ,
Mn. EDITOR: In Minn+ in !Monthly"
for Jane. I noticed : en .. ;trio entitled " The i
Greet fakes Their Outlets mid Defenses,"
which elves soaks Insight into abe immensity
.of the lake somneree. • -...
The trade of tide chain of late, has lineage -
.4 at inch a rapid ratio, its oxtail, at this
diets, is almost Maloof%) to contemplate. The
writer of this ambers an years but little past
the meridian of life. and yet he has lived to
witens the growth of this immense commerce
-bind' 'argosy to its present gigentio pro
portions. It would appear lit as yesterday,
Man he sailed la command of a schooner,
fritighlad with pork, flour, butter, cheese,
whiskey, etc., from the port of Cleveland for
Wasp, as supplies for the then embryo city,
the inhabitants of which consisted of a few
westward boiled pioneers, domiciled in board
shanties. Now look at Chicago of the present
day 1 a say is reality, and a commerce of
world-wide renown !—the result of energy and
enterprise by her " go-ahead " citizens. At
the tune of the writer's earliest knowledge of
the navigation and ports of Lake Michigan,
Chicago was bat ao " Indian trading post,"
with a stookide fort and a few troops for pro
faction *Oast the savages. Tbe, now, flour
ishing oily and oommercist port of Milwattkie
was of less note, and all others mil:loth sides
of the lake, of trifling significance, many of
them La a state of nature. At that time the
settlement at the mouth of fox river at thi
head of Oren Bay, was of much more im
perious* than Chicago. Mere was established
a military post in 1816, being one of n tdielle
of similar establishments serele from. the lakes
to the Minissippi via Fox river, I.4ke Winne
!Ago, and the Wisoonaiu river. At this date,
and for many years afterwtrd4. nil w.s.iels
destined for points on Late Michigan, entered
and cleared at Ilsokinaw. tit Li being the port
of entry for all territory east or theVilississip
pi, including Lake Superior.
In 1810, there were !WM than twenty vessels
navigating =the upper lakes, and they :would
■ot more than average sixty tons burthen
each. The commerce conaiated of the follow
ing, via: salt ebippel from Salina, in the
State of New York, via Lake Ontario, and
round the portage at Niagara Falls, to Fort
Brie in Canada, thine , ' mostly to Erie, P•
and on by water via French Creek and Alle
gheny River to Pittsburg, for the supply of
that, sad the (ternary bordering on the Ohio
river ; the demand for points upon the lakes
being quite limited, except daring the fishing
season in the-fall. Merchandise, meetly from
New York, via the Mohawk and Oswego riv
ers, through Lake Ontario, and round the falls
to Black Rook at Fort Erie. Buffalo was then
only known as a small village, located upon a
sluggish creek of th.A name. Goods were also
brought by wagons from Albany to Schenec
tady to Black Rook and Buffalo, and shipped,
via vessels to the different points westward.
There were also previsions and grain, to some
extent, shipped from Cleveland and Erie to
supply the military and trading posts. In
return, the vessels received as cargoes furs
fish, feathers, maple sugar of Indian tasks,
and, in the fall, apples and cider from 1)e
-trait; that country having been settled for
many years by the French, fruit was quite
abundant. This comprises a fair sample of
the commerce of the upper lakes at that date
—the entire amount of which would not el
ated $5,000,000 annually. We will now look
Is that of the present day and contrast the
difference.
In the summer of 1857, the writer accident
ally haulms to data from which he compu
ted the lake oemmerce of the previous year,
which antomated to the enormous emu of
$880,000,000. Compare this with that of 1816,
sad vs have • difference of $675,000,000 in
forty years. Bat the greatest wonder is the
Warsaw since 1866.
In a memorial of the How S.r B. Ruggles,
of New York, to President Lincoln, on the
enlargement of the Now York canals, he sale:
44 The cereal wealth yearly floated upon
these wateri, now exceeds one hundred
liens of bushels." Mr. Ruggles then compares
this with the cereal trade from the Russian
empire, the great o& i npeer of the United
States in this respect. In 1357 but forty—
nine million bushels was the total exports of
cereals from that empire, less than half that
carried In 1861 on the American lakes. This
too, without taking into account the amount
carried via, at least, four continuous lines of
rail road from the great West td tide-water on
the Athatia. •
There is - also another branch of lake trade
which is in Its infancy ; this is the iron and
clapper trade of Lake Superior. In 1864 some
248,000 tons of iron ore, and some 17,000 tons
of copper ore and metal, were shipped from
that lake. This trade must increase very ra
pidly. :The railroad from Negannee, Mar.
quett Co., will soon be completed to Bay De
Noo, northern extremity of Green Bay, when
shipments will be, made from there ita well as
via Sault fit. Maries and the lake. The supply
is known to be inexhaustible; these' mines
would furnish iron and copper for the' entire
consumption of the United States for F e oen•
tury to come.
Aocordiag to this statement in the "
Atlsn
tie Monthly," and the memorial of Hon. S. B.
Ruggles, the lake commerce amounts, at press
eat, to shout $1,200,000,000 annually. From
this amount, some considerable deduction
should be made for the trade of the Missis
sippi, that great thciroughfare having been
closed to trade, in a great measure. during
the war, and the commerce that would have
taken that twirls, finding its way to and from
tide-watir via the lakes, and the various lines
of railroads through the Northern States and
Canada.
Secretary Seward is sai-1 to beoonstant
ly improving, and is- daily at the State
Department, transacting business.
Gen. Grant has isvued an ordet that all
released.prisoners shall lie forwarded to
their homes by Government transporta
tion, instead of being sent across:the lines
as hitherto. I
- Gustavus Webber, a patrolman in New
York city, went home on Saturday even
ing. sad Ending Mr. Albert Ainsley talk
ing with his wife, shot him thriough the
breast, killing him instantly. i. Webber
Bed, but finding himself hotly ! pursued,.
went into a vaca l iit lot on Avenue A and
shot himself through the head. Ilk is not
expeCted to lire.
A notice was last week issued by the
State Department to the effect that the
order of December 17, 11164, 'requiring
passports of all persons entering this coun
try- from foreign parts, excepting emi
grants, is rescinded, the reaaoni for this
enforcement no longer existing.:
The Government, it is said, his knowl
edge that the spirit of the Rebellion is not
yet entirely vanquished. The reports re
ceived at the War Department daily show
that many portions of the South Imust be
governed by military power for some time
to come. At least one hundred thousand
good troops, however, will he kept in the
field for garrison and patrol aersuos.
The President will not conaent to a
call for the meeting of the old Babel leg
islature of Alabama.
Congressman Harris has been found
guilty and sentenced to three years im
prisonment and the forfeiture of all poli
tical rights. The President apprpved the
finding but remits the penalty, And Har
ris hail' been released. i
Minnesota has sent to the !jar more
than half her voting population, or 22,321
boys in blue nut of 42,437 voters.l
- . A corresponijent of the. Tribiaii at Fort
ress Monroe reports- that the ,rumored
manacling of Jeff. Davis was a fact, and
that the ex-President knocked down tic
of his guards during tile cperatien. .
- The Provost-Marshals will 61 y
in elk the States, save: Rhode: W . stained
the • systebi , extended .iirili , .and, and
South. i' twig the
In order lu recruit the
ular regiments, as soor ranks.or the rag
adjutant general • - .as practicable, the
stations at such ri• will open recruiting
ble prospect of Jints as offer a rettacine
enlisting good :men.
The Navy Department is just inaugur- The peopl ,
sting &gigantic step toward the reduction represents Jof Northern Mississip pi . are
a: the navy. The Atlantic seaboard enshed 4as in a4estitute and tmpov
squadron, 6041 all othetvessels in ocannais- Tb, condition. :
won have been ordered to be reduced, ate a trial of Jeff. Davis in the United 1
from their present smmber of six hundred,, y . .ces Court, in Washington. will take
I. ninety: This will be the most, radical 'tam a
by direction of President Johaso
chow via& aims the reduction of tb gefore a full Bench, COlllistinuof Judos'
gorenmoseg minim, service ammo% A Garter of Ohio, Judge Olin of New Yore.
,- - Ad.' sled Judge_Wylie of Virginia.
In amainsioa, let us sum up this matter,
and ask if out be disputediritat this is a - great
country, and that we are &great people ? Had
it at have been for this dreadful war, devas
tating and destroying life and property for
the last four • years, what might we not have
satisipatoi in the coming twenty years ? Let
the people now look to repairing the loss, and
with their aosustomod energy and enterprise
they will soon do it. Let politicians, both
North and South, baled to understand that
they are sever. to involve Ohs banditti, once
happy anntry is a fratricidal war again ;
that wiumifhigr "bag the stump" they must
'Waal. prosperity, not destailk—let the
thou It duds political 'donna e turned
to keeling the 'breach they hive made, and
Mama Mama feeling between the two
satins. Let the motto be, One Country,
ono flag "—au bastaid rag with stars and
bars," but the glorious old banner 'with the
thirteen motherly stripes, emblematical of the
diktat 'original Bates, and the fill number
of bright AM always to be Increased, never
redacted.
fin
GENERAL .AMVS.
The a mmerei..ll Advertiser, a lerviing ft&
publican paper in New York city,' asserts
that the story of Jeff. Davis having been
platted its irohls is correct; and gives the
following statement of the cape:
We learn through an army officer who
witnessed the operation, that Davis wee
placed in irons at fortress Monroe, as has
been previously reported.. It was not
done, however, from a spirit of revenge •
and hate, or to render the position of the
unfortunate man any more uncomfortable.
After being, confined in the casement I e
became very intractable, stormed about
thespirthaents, abused the guard, "bera
ted theGovernreent authorities. asserting
that noliajor-General had a right ti con
sign him te such quarters," and threw his
rations at the head of the attendant with
brought them to him. The shackles
were therefore applied to him, partly as
punishment, ane. partly as a precautionary
measure, in the sante-11117mor as a refrac
tory offender is manacled at Sing Sing.
A Philadelphia adds the following:
Theshackles have hoen taken from the
limbs of the arch-traitor. This course
aces rendered necessary on account of
the prisoner's hpalth, the gives, of course,
interfering with attempts at walking.
After the desperate outburst of Mast week
the prisoner has remained continuously in
a recumbent pnsition on his pallet. In a
very short tirn , his health became very
seriously affected. Ills medical attendant,
Pr. John J. Craven, represented the pHs.'
oner's case to ieneral Miles, and as an ab
solute means towards his recovery, re
quested the removal of the irons. On
these representations the irons were re
moved yesterday, and- he has now the
freedom of his cell. The diet, too, has
been changed. 19.1 f),) , 1 i• now supplied
him from Dr.c'raven's own table '
-A Washington correspondent of the
Tribune writes :
tiny. Brown of t leorgia, has been releas
ed on parole, :Ind k walking about the
streets and visiting old friends. Several
o f t h e po li t i,,,t itvtlers of the Rebellion,
who adhered to 11.4 lortunes and misfor
tunes to the very last, and who were
a mong th e ino.,t prominent exceptions to
the recent ~ intiesty proclamation, are
here at large, a. 1,1 some of them in daily
conference with President Johnson on
questions of reconstruction ; the number
of such men in Washington increases rap•
idly.
Among the little incidents that have
interlined the izreat events for the lest few
weeks, is one in connection with the con
ference between General Cinby and the
commissioners gent by Kirby Smith to
negotiate the surrender of the Trans-Miss
issippi army. The capitulation was di
rected on the part of the Rebel commiss
ion by S. B. Buckner. Lieut.-General C. 8.
A. By a striking cencidence, it will be
seen that the vane man who makes the
last formal turrerider of the Rebellion to
the National army, also made the first one
by the rendition . of Fort Donaldson and
its garrison to General Grant in February,
1862. Thus o,neril Buckner has been
the Alpha and the Omega of the downfall
of the Confedentoy.
Th e Mobile News says the Southern
General Dick T.oilor, soon after his sur
render, remarked to one of our officers :
"We are fairly beaten, and it is no use
prolonging the strife •, it. is no use either
in being hostile-or sullen in acts or appear
anoe ; but now that it is all up with the
Confedracy, it becomes the people to sub
mit and return to their allegianoe, and
become good and peaceable citizens of
the United States; and," said the Gener
al with emphasis. "I intend to do all I
can to isflnence the people to take this
course 1"
An order for the release of all Southern
prisoners of war under the rank of major
will soon be icsued.- Commissioned offi
cers will be required to give bends for the
faithful observance of the oath.
A call has been issued by Simon Camer
on for a meetinr , of the Republican State
Convention in Harrisburg, on Wednesday,
19th of July. '
Richmond letters state that members of
the English Parlament have offered Gen.
Lee a splendid residesee in London, and
a mina of mon),y, the interest of which
would support himself and family for life.
The following dispatch appeared in the
N. Y. Tribune, dated at Washington :
The correspondent of the Tribune re
oeived a peremptory order on General
Townsend, A. A. G., for a document
which was in his possession, which order
General Townsend declined to obey. It
was •underst s eed that the request and
orders of Mr. Lincoln were occasionally
torn up by subordinates of the War De
partment, but it was not thought the
same liberty would be taken with Presi
dent Johnson.
Mount Vernon is once more accessible
to visitors, a portion of the Seventy-ninth
New York having been sent there as
guard. Mr. Ilerbert, who has had charge
there for six years, says the place has
never been visited by the Confederate sol
diery. It is in as good order as before the
war.
The Columba, ...ouch Carolina, Phaosix
complains that t,heit SUR*. 'overrun with
robbers and horse thieves, preying 'upon
what subsistence and property 'has been
left the unfortunate,-citizens.
The Tribune announce+ that the Pree--
dent trilleoon issue ei:prlelmn Lion, Tailor-
Wig the priOlege of lieba+ corpus, and
•wdering a eery.generat clearance or the
prteons. -
oiwner-stone of the Soldier's Mon _
t .n the Gettysburg Cemetery will be
laid on the next Fourth of July. An ora
tion will be delivered by Gen. Howard.
MAjor tl ui . Catlett, Washburn°. and
McMillen have resigned their commiss
ions. also, Brig. (lens. Lee, Starkweathet,
Sullivan, Weber, Meagher, Nicholson, and
Averill.
Howell Cobb, or Georgia, and the South
ern ex-Secretary Mallory, have arrived at
Nashville under guard. •
The shock ni au earthquake, lasting
nearly a minute, was felt itt 84 Lonie on
the morning of the 20th nit.
Zo-!a!'s lditertionnento.
Stray Cow.
STRAYED FROM THE PREMISES OF
tke Undersigned, in the city of Ens, on Parade
street, seam' holm north :of 12tb„ on Tharedly, Kay
Mb, a Red Cow, with black stripes, knee battles oa
her horns, stump tall, about sht years old.
Any Information. stout the Above Cow wdl be thank
fully rewired by PRANK HaRTItIt. -
jeS'll6-2t•
Livery Stable.
THE UNDERSIGNED HAVING PUR
ceAun well-ammo Livery stand, heretofore
oesupled by Wm. J. Sterrett, &eine te Inform tits Moods
sad the_public that Ito w il l contlatie the bitelnees, asul
WING their patronage.
THE STOCK
Rill be largely !perused and improved -4'4w convey--
anus have been proured„ and some of the best Livery
Hones in the country. lam determined to so cunduat
the establishment as to give intlalaction. noes who
want to obtaig the services of a good team will find me
ready at airtime to accommodate them. at reasonable
prises. Recollect the oleo*
. !STERRETT'S OLD STAND,
Fifth street, rear of the Reed House.
Erie, June 8, 1185 —tf - THOS. LIDIAIDN.
AMERICAN HOUSE,
Routtlevrefor Corner of this Park sod Stake bty
ERIE. PA.
, -
JOHN DErNOAN, PROPRIETOR.
THE UNDERSIGNED HAVING TA
sei chirp of the above well-known Hotel, and !a
lkali it in snpe•tor style, respectfully solicits a share of
Ike public patronize. Terms reasonable, end accommo
dations equal to any in the city.
Poe the convenience of persons from the wintry a
good stable has been attached to the premises.
je6'o6-ti • • JOHN DUNCAN.
• United States Tax Appeals.
•
_ Aigausweis Onion, U.S. Iwwww.
Of IihriIIfSTLVAXTA.
COIIwEISTILIA Nay 29th, 1888.
XTJTIOE is hereby given, that the assessment lista.
IN valuations and enumerations, made and taken with
in the 7th Hi ,i , ins of ito 19th Collection Dist. of Penn
sylvan's, composed of the city of Edo, and the Bth Di
vision compose I of We Boroughs of Wattaburg, Conn,
North East, and Union Mille, and the towns of Amity,
Concord.
Co
Concord. Harbor Creek.
La Brood', Wealeyville, Wayne, Venango and Lovell ;
widths 6th Div Hsi in, composed of the baronets of Eden
bora, Albion and Girard, and the towns of Springfield,
Counsel:it, Elk Creek, Girard, Franklin, Fairview and
Washington •, and the 10th Division, composed of the
boroughs of ifiddleboro and Waterfok..and the towns
of Kill Creek, McKean, Waterford, Summit and Greene,
of the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, by the
illisistaat assessors, under the taws of the United Slates,
will remain open to all persona concerned for examine
tan, for the space of 15 days from the 6th day of June,
1886:—for the 7th Division, at the office of Wm. C
gels% F.sq. '
assistant assessor, in the city of Fate ; for
the lith Division at the °Noe of Thomas 13111, Esq., se
distant assessor,Unlon ]fills; for the 9th Division ' at
'the one of T. C. Wheeler, Esq., assistant assessor, , bo
of Girard, and for the 10th Division, at the olio
Gunnison, Esq., assistant assessor, city of Erie.
• And the undersigned. Assessor of this Collection Dis
trict, will attend for the 7th and 10th Divisions at the
*Mee of Wm. C. Kelso, Seq., city of Erie, on the 281 day
of Jane, and for the 9th Division at the race of T. H.
Whinier, seas Girard, on the 24th day of Jens, and r
the Bth Dion at the ogles of Thomas SW, Esq., Union
son the= day of Jane, to receive, hew and d
tormise all appeals relative to any erroneous or seceeelve
valuations or enumerations by the said assistant sties-
la regard to appeals, the law provides, "That the ques
tion to be determined by the Assessor. on as appeal res
pecting the valuation or enumeration of property. or
objects liable to duty or taxation, shall be, whether the
valuation complained of be or he not In a just relation
or proportion to other valuations in the same assessment
dietriet, and whether the enumeration be or be not cor—
rect. And all appeals to the Agape/or as aforesaid; shell
be made in writing, and shall specify , the particular
cane, matter, or thing respecting which a decision is re •
quested ; and shall, moreover, state the ground or prin.
cipho of Inequality or error complained of."
DANIEL LIWINGRTON,
Amasser of the Nineteenth Collection Dlatrict.
1e8'65-8w
itiENTLE:II.4 re cured of Nervous Debility, Pm
/1., mature Decay, and the effects of youthful ladieere•
Non, will be happy to tarnish others with the means of
mire, (Jr.. of charge). Thin remedy is simple, side, and
certain.
For fuU particulars, by ret urn mail, pious address
JOHN N. °ODIN,
60 Nassau street, New York.
1865■ 1865.
"18yeata eatabliabal In N.Y. Clty."
"Only infallible remedies known."
"Free from Poisons: .
"nnt dangerous to the Human Family.'
"Hate come out of their holm to die." .
"Costar's" Rat, Roach, ito., Extol.*
in a paste—ustst for Pats,
- Mice, Rosales, Mack and
Red stats,lko., k 4, ac.,,
"Costar's" Bed• Bug Exterminator
Is • liquid or wash, wood to
destroy, and slow) as a pro
venial, for 1301.11 n o, Ise.
"Costar's" Electric Powder for Insects,
- • le for Maths Musgritoes,
Thu, Dal- fogs, Imsed• ea
Pleats, Forth Awialahx, ha.
Eir Bold by all Druggists and Ritaliars ererywhirs.
I II Bowman i I t of W worthlees imitatiosur.
gar SOO that "BOSTAIOI" Irian la 011 each Box, LAU*
and Flask, before you buy.
HENRY R. COSTAR,
PRIROIVAL Duor, 4.32 BROADWAY, N. Y.
ap-Sold by all Druggists and DlDlllert la ECM, ra,
•
•
1865.
horn thetellowing r 4 , 0 ,,,, tel
MANUFACT , uREB:
Steinway & Sons, New Yor"
Wm. Kash* & Co., Bents
~,r ' u ,
Lindeman di Sons, New N' "'".'",
Wm. B. Bradbary, New 4..0r k,
John B. Dunham, Nee? • Yor k .
Grovesteen & Co., N , ,,
alio. A. Prine. & c 4. 4 Y ork.
Cifbert, Needham ,800, NY.
• &
Prices at A 7 Co.. New York.
RATS verses BlRDS.—Whoever engages in shooting ..svgs Discount bet 01 1:
• facturer's Prices.
'small birds is a cruel man; whoever aids in eartasinbiat. ' PLAI4.I°F 3 FROM $250 TO, l'i l '•'
Mg nits is a benefactor. Vii shonid like same of one
all/ inineepoadents to give um the benefit of their expecientse
.... , ~ Instruction Rooks and Sh.t kiss
, „
Le driving out these pests. We need something bssidu .. AI . 0 1 Dona Wishing a Stagnit• Plano Porte d : :
dogs, eats, and traps for this barium.— neapria . 4opi.. 'm at ' umt„,,l.,„ ) call sad examine our tunnel
see, ff. Y." 1 CCll27,larchaiiing elsewhele.
Lr Sea COSPAR'e " advertisement •in ‘ titta pi, lt , Ors lilock, State street, nearly opporis
-Plir• 1o W iie. VMS*:
1865, vr - P. S.—Erssy Instrument wamuited
"'COSTAR'S " RAT EXTIMNUS'
and mini—tha most perfect No
base me attended. Nvery Or
respired according to dtts•
OM that eats It will die
teat as lidalefr(4lll
Lk.S.i h&c&
Eir SH ' Ow
INOSEASZ OF .RAT d.—The Quint (rag.
lish) gamete and proves by agues that one pale at rata,
will have a progeny sadden:indents noting than 661,060
la three years. Now, adieus this immense can be
kept down, they would consume close food than would
sustain 66,000 human beings.
ar fies "-Corraa's " advertisement in this paps
1865.
4TOR is simple. sale
wastias es
4 1 that can pt it, Dowdy
,atlans, will wt it, and may
passally at swam place as
dfe
where the medicine was Wen.—
. Mirror.
area'." adrertiasaseat in this paper.
1865.
.003 gittr.PlNS tivabled with mime asedbe so No
=1 they see" OOSTAWS "-Ititeredaator. We have
OIS to oar matistietlon ; sad Ifs box ant VI, ire
amid have it. We hare tried polecat, but they elected
aotelat. bat "Costar's" attleU liaoo. the Mesa out
of Raub' sh, Anne, and Bed-Bap, welder
eie write it. It le in greet demised all over tbe
easel malliat s 9144, Gazette
VesisiVii•• advertisement la this paper
1865.
. A etiON tlii Tait WEST.—Spraidsg of "Cos
tan's Rat, Roach. ant, Katmai astor—m anon
grain sad provisions an destroyed annually in Gnat
soanty by vervain than iroahl psy for toss of this Bat
sad insect Yiller."—Lasesigrr; Mb, Herald
611111" COSTAMO idTsstiasisat In tat& raper.
1865.
FARKIII3 o.liD BOU3ZKUP2ll3—eboahl recollect
that hasdreds of dolls& worth of Chula. Pontius,
U., ore ananally destroyed by Bata. bUce. eate, sad
ether lames and ranels•—ell of tr blab be winged
by a dor dolls& wth of "Cowes' e" SA Bomb. Alt o
for, Bzlmstsatar Waite sad seed freely.
See " Ottifolf I" othortiosesest la tki=
Sad ia Bele, Ps, by aLt Tlssaiebs sad
Imo`
,GREAT SALE
Watches and j
1 .000,000 WORTH 1 Ti, BE Li:
of et Doe Dollar earl., teittoott I
in De raid ,or edit 36t1 k.. 0. v. 1,0 4 7 .
By A. H. ftoweu k. Co, t,i,rert. 4,,
No. 3d B e ekman street, hew yolk
or Held the followtog Litt i.l Ad
• WV - fa t u ti
104.1 Uold ttuntiug c 4.4.!
100 Gold wAttohoq,
200 Ladies' gold w*tcb..
600 Silver watches,
6,000 •Lato style vest ;• Ueck r‘•
6,600.0012t8'Ca1.L114E110011 j„„..
4,000 Cal. diamond ear drop.
3,000 Miniature revolving pin.,
2,000 Cal. diamond and enainedel
gents' scarf pins, new ,1:1t.
2,000 Masonic 3r. emblem pins
2,500 Gold band bracelet,
8,00() Jet and InO.flac brooches,
2,000 Cameo brooches,
8,000 Coral ear drops,
2,000 Ladies' watch chain,,
0,000 ;Gents' pins, splendtd Jr. !
4,000 Solitaire sleeve button:.
3,000 Sets studs & sleeve huttc,i,i.
0,000 Sleeve buttons, plain 4 ( 14.
10,000 Plain & engraved ring l , -
8,000 Lockets, richly engravi.l,
15,000 Bets ladies' jewelry, uew
latest styles,
6,ooollandsonse seal rings,
2,000 Sets bosom studs,
• ).
1,000 Gold pens & gold bolder 3,
2,oollSets jet. & gold pins 6: elr
drops, latest styles,
2,004) Gold thimbles, penoile,
10,000 Gold pens, & silver caeell,
10,000 Gehl pens, ebony holder•,
This entire list of Dewitt hit and taliabi,
pod for One Dollar each Certifier.'
articles will , be placed in envelooss sci
envelopes are Salt by mail, as orderet,
to choice. On the receipt of tLe certtaw," .
whatyou are to have, and then it ,e jo;
feud the dollar and take tLe article cr icc
Five certificates can be ordered for 11
thirty for $5 ; atzt:i-five fiir $lOl and i;;;
$l6. We will send a single Certificate o f
ants. Agents wanted, to whoa, we ofm.
send 26 cents for one certificate aid ever
terms A if. it(driv
36 fiesknnin cm. % g.
P 0, Box, 2.70.
Ring's Vegetable Am
A GREAT HAIR RENtpti
TPREPARATION LS WELL ASO:,
region as
"THE. HONOLULU VEGETABLE Mit
and has this new name on account of alnei
toner being consolidated with it by a tom
the proprietors of the two preparations r.l
an immense sale, for the following reason.
Ist. It reetoree Gray Hair to its original ea r
Sd. It imparts a beautiful Auburn to
faded hair.
It cures all Humors and diseases of ti. t
4th. It la an infallible eradicator of Llantr4
6th. It is a richly perfumed Hair Dreasini
Ladies 1 Do you desire to get rid of your ..
artificial Front Pieces Then use the An
restore your Gray Hair to the dark, Itum,
transits of youth.
&name° t Du your headashow the Ivey
of Baldness t Then use the Ambrosia andoi
more which are causing your Hair to come
It is not a dye 1 It does not color the skin
est linen I It Is not composed of noxfotis ,
chiefly of harmless vegetables, and a
Restorative. Try it and be convince.;
E. R. Tubbs Co., Proprietor:,
N. T. Hume, Union Mills, Erie to ,Wholestl
Northwestern Pennsylvania.
Local Agents—Ball & Warde, Fro, Ps ; ,
Co., Titusville ; E. B. Sleeper, Ws:effort
Wood, Corry.
ERIE AGENCY
7-30 U. S.
Bonds in amemis of
$5O,
$lOO,
AND UPW ARDS
On hard for
Immediate Delivery
THE SEBSCRIBER:!
ORME
Duly Authorized SU
ACENTS
JAY_ COOKE & C
mayire6 t
BANK NOTICE!
Keystone National Bank of
CAPITAL, $150,000
DIRECTORS:
JOHN W
BM=
SILLDEN MARVLN,
ILLIIII MARTEN,
0. NOBLE.
ORANGE NOBLE, President_
JOHN J. TOWN, Cashier
The above bank will be opened for the tr
hominess on ,
Mende, Dec. sth, hi Hu
West aide of State Si, between Se rwath es,
Satiaisetoz7 paper discounted.
Money received on Deposit. •
Colleetfona made and proceeds
. arcossi
rwciptneas.
Drafts, Specie and Beck Note. bought Lai
A Aare of .Pablie Patronage is respecual
Pie w Music Store.
PIANO FORTES AND II:610
Reeves' Ambr
FOR THE HAIR. ,
THIS EXCELLENT HA IR '
and wonderful Heir Restorative still
preesdenta in Oaahlonable circles. and a la•
other preparations, sot only it:tibia country
Mime and South Anseriea. Thousands .+1
sannally need in the Court sinks of nun,
Teter.bor g and Madrid. and the isle in Co
sons. FARSVIS* AMBROSIA is composed -
tenet from herbs of wonderful virtue, and a •
lied with a variety of exquisite perfumes.
prevents the hair falling out. and cauaei
ten thick and long. it mak , the hair ca
it a tawny appearance. •No t, I t to cool
it. Price 76 cent, per large t ;
Sold by driaggisti and deal.. fanil
TrOf the riviiised world.
a t :gista In every city, and at
ItrigirliitlißlioSlA DEP()
hi 0.02 Fulton SI
FRENCH, RICHARDS 1t Cu , l'hlladrlpl
Agents for rennsylranhs.
Pleasure Excursio
PAuriEs DESIRING To
110 F.:virginals on the El y, or to stilt
*Will end the undersigned ale r#l4
date them with goWil boats. I base 2 lac
alma oat for pio.usuro putle4; lo a !It on I
elf S9wßeets, itching Tackle and Bait . 11
•kela.
Persons desiring to Lase the use of
will land ma constantly on Lanl, at On 0 1
Or State street JAS B.
=I
E 31. COLS,
sooa WIDEN BLOM cos
sa://i Owed Very of itiaduseektra •
$5OO,
CLARK k RSI