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AT LAW, in SVancres
etr - Pet. Etio. Pa. ; mac 7%2
1, , ,C R. E PILLOW, 510.1%N.
tt 11 4 ft
A illPiriTH AN. C CY4ILLOYI4 AIT Law.
p y cou Mack, Nort West corner of the
rie Pa.
s•i
mil: 0 BlOS:Sicrr, r-
Jcwriai or rat Pamela ll Ofaen nnecnsd
A,..0 ;:,..k. i . rers . elh'itreel, •.nt. en FULb and
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il'IN A" NS'S I.lStl7t, . I
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ATIoR'&TB AT LAW, Ridgway, Pa.
~n glk, licßean,llLmoron and Jeliorson eonotiaa.
Ci[AFIV. flause , 'o4.-.' Ir..] W. W. WILBUR
tittigli., Waterford. Pa . ..
ROSIZIIT Lands Paersurt
'eteoviodeionir, and neze!nl attention Oren to
..nroTt °IV , " Aptrew.s , • iy.
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Alien
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TC2IICI 01 THE PEACE, ParllZOkilioCi
'dal WM of Farrar Rail, Rd., P..
.11 . • GUNNigOig t
ATTORTIT AT LA% AND Jramou OT TUN i'ILACX.
x And China coat, Conveyancer sod
Cazotr Falldiog, loctliavat corner el Fifth and
:Arta, Erie, Pa. arl3'3s t
• %TORE.
Jenne Clitl3Z-TrigZER. at
smt the nor
.Ire. i;szle Village , bat • n ha d a larart
iirormel, Provisions, Wood a d WLllov Ware.
Liquor.. Tobacco sre •te ..ito which here
!.g e.. the attention of the public. raitialled that
to la good itargatna as ean ho bad to am part
•initity• nvir3o.Bs-1v
C.OfSNNETT, M. D.
FUT:1101 VS /ND SC
rut :'irk 'tract, oncr C. Plop!'" atore—boardr zt
ideate of C.' W. Kelso, 2d donrwath cf tbs.
naersafras,strett (Vice boats frqrn 11 tie. ek
ruttl 2. P. )I. ^pulp tell
If. err ORD & CO.,
' Whnleaa'o and retail deal_irs in Anthracite,
'noun and illorainarg coal audi WOW!, Gellllll2l,
„Lump for f0 1 11:1driill..1.1 prepared for how, use,
on hand. Yards—`forcer eth and Iler le. wad
Myrtle and Ritrer ate., 2 Equates nest of the
Depot, Fria, Pa.
.1. VILAMBIti It. I D..
. lionvropattloPhy•ZOgo. and Surgeon
iod amide Jee 628 Pe enh st.. Opoadti the Ptok
mike hours front lq r te 11A. St., 3toA P. M.,
S P. M.
ars Gm°
U. IE , 4TATE FOR SILK. , _
.11 very thole., buelneee el tem on State Street, be
t Ser.nth and F:lghth •Itreeta, Eut Wt, area f
'..rvee on eery reasonoble term; if lipped
Empire of
. GA t,DRAITFT, Agrrit.
t
N C. OEEBB,
Dee tri Dar Gems. Gammas,
Flardwate, ,GI ~ Seed. Planter,
ete., ear
;Alb at.reet Juri Pu IteS!onare,C:tie, Pa. jalnt.
G. O%trOIINV.,
AT. SALE STADLT, on Eighth
‘er.on '.'tat. , l and Fre.len. Vine oriel; and Car
on tortaona , ,le term,. toy:l3'o4-17.
ER AND 'ill IX ST %TILES,
COR, tot nr FRIOCCII /ND itit STIIRITII,
Plopristor. lip o 1 11 .rzes and Carriage*
as hvni a' moderate pricec S opt. 212, FIRS-
MIMI=
.1.1t,1614 - n LIV n v a an ap
.SPITZ 91 . ...11RTVELN 3t OD 4111
to and in the ett'', And pricat as Londe
(rnarl.tt)
I•?I%" 14.S , SeiLE11,
• Llea'cr in Or >came+ 'Pc.lnce Provisiont o
3.110 w uad gt4na Wa», Wins., LSgnorx, key
-ert,erpluiite rowt.A.lce, grit., Pa.
mnrS'OS-ly
6. MAGI LI, #PM
Dzsylsr, 09 , e Rptra- _
lod. nor:LH - tie a I.be Park: Erie. Pa. 2P.
tilNe.O.l.l, %%I LL/ CUM de: CO..
t'reCTABORB to nP rge .1. ' , torten,
're ILre3antn, and Wbnlessls dealers lb Coth
'ler N. V. F end People's 1....c0 of Steemoro.
el, le Dock, Erie., Ps • jBOll5 ly.
. !JEST VIA;NCti
I IN AIai:P.ICA
rlzde by •
a. DAUCKRR
IX.I &Ile Them. anIOTS lj
TITY , 4 W/111.1.D1N, M. D.,
L PUTAICI....N .11rD Srro/011
1:1' floor neatty's Block, West Park, 'Erie. P.
n.hrd. Cheattan Etoth's 'itote. Resteenet
2. Ws W. street t.‘'d beano South of !Cloth.
• houin.t-S to 104. x., sod 2 to 2 r. X.
C. ETANSI. H. P.,
Tendon his prof Mobil ;ening to the
of Erie sod vtetnlty, ethos in LyVe's new build-
Pooch street, • few don:. 'Louth of the depot.
ttgm•
COLE,
tonic BINDER. ro.a.wx BINA. MANtYICITRILri
'top Or Rioderneclit's Mock, Frio, Pa.
RIR J. 111..AliELY,
Arrotwzr ar Law, Ridgway.,
tato peueUse In adjoining Counties.
s-eme
. MARKS,
TAILOR. AID CLOTRIR CLVAIRR.
MIA, shove Dr. Denaett•A Office.) Clothes
r.i.ored And eleaned on short notice. Terms iur
•`sts erl7, ms 72 ly
intiGDEN. •T" 0 'Mill . AT LAW.
'fi4AttP3l to prt It 041 ousi on in tie .na
:z: stifles. •I!en n !or. Lto 4:elm
n.5Av.,024
•,•.1 1 , 10( fO't •
•:••P jet fientpd
LI , y. DIVSTIs.T.
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nt.of the Penney Banta Colloid of Dental Sur-
Ct a to the second story of Stfrrett a building,
' Sr sorter of heßiked House,trie, P.
ACPIKEM)C! . V PzILIEISSION.
'...te, D D. S., N.) th Seventh street, Plalladel•
. Rosenibaso, ri. . S., No. 243, Vorth Nlei tb
'': . .ltdolphla.
viamt.CiAlicZ SWING.
HUM & EiVi t . 0, -
ATMAYIT6 411:1C.CISELLoRA AT /.411
, 1 OT SPRING St., oppchile Crittenden Hall
'•,. Pe Collections and all other 10,111 brig
: ensf,d, Venonco, trio, Warren and Porn
4, At:e.le.l to ea egully and proton tiy.
• iss , eti—ltos. A. Galbraith, Peopossln Whitman
,15, 4 ,, p:neer .h Mania, Cries Pa:. '
'. 7 . '''nett, Hon. 8, P.Johnnon, W. D.llsowni
0 ' ‘:..,:' Warren. Pa.
Ag• naowN az co.,
„ Wholesale dealers to hard and soft twat
Firing dttposed of Our d •dk property to the
:inq thin, we necessarily retire from the toil
:' , 'onrodlog oar itle690(11Z1111101911201aily Itnr.
• tothdtore dud patrolling. of our old facade
[epl2-t'] sc'orr, R h:iILAN 4CO
I. l = S miti.oust:,
tatturnable Worm, Fifth greet. between
Ent fa. to Wdth, Repairing and
wird •t 0 prOti2tly. cleselrg dune in the
•019 Ai if
t‘ell NCI(
235 E.s,sf.TEsta 'STREET
u.:r Cno aqd eattea 0.0/14 pm's , *
'4ll P 4 Irma and Yarna dyed and colored to the
''?• tn 1 It
EeirisAlms parcra.
r' 4 F.rers d and rethatabed brio.* delivery.
Jod. KOLI [Amaze
UOII.IIISItVIAL eq1."13-E.
FAC
tetp UTY:
°,-- item lent Pri%l. L
Gosartaon RN,
Pro!. of Commercial Law.
tt.
pa; ' , imputed , new Olasalscation of Ae
;kd.l! RU.in.3.5 Practice, Ornamental and Buil.
CommerelarLaw, Commercial A ritb-,
..snoeu terms, ke., for ladi•a and gent; The
Cvda eomprebend the Whole bash of
411t,t m , uncits, aid exhibit every pouible Taril.
•ad cloCD‘books. No expense will be
-.2,,xltke thle • oteasant,practical and perms
,:
~sies, "The City of Wools." Practical As
,- ?tubers •111 be met - need. Terms—Tuition
The bait Utilities sod greatest le
.4j.:ll4uslble. 2ead for Cii:-stars.
O, •QUE NILE POTTERS,.
MI:CANAL, BILTWO:1; SECOND & TOTED Sr,
YAM, POsA.
-- "qtleC bays soodated Ott=mol2,l3l l lev
;sad style of Webb & Mild& I Om PitE l ... 7 2 1
ota stand, on the tostud,66fireen m*2
. I trata.
c., - "t the Atropairs of the eadoirkiro of he old
tbe cutout of the pablle giset‘ll7.
_,,roulls,_tilt
41 12 a t oedema to glee perfect gatLail"." 4
010.1. WEBB.
JAY S. CHILDS.
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VOL. 37-NO. 6.
POTTER'S CYLINDER PRESS,
FOR NEWSPAPER, BOOK AND JOB PRINTING.
A i coup.,Ny.
NINETY-THIRD STATEMENT
netf•4tf,
Cash Assets. 14.087,445 SO
- StahlMier; - 244,49143
Net Aatetts. - 3,84063 34
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TILE VETER.-1.1 , 1 OF 16,000 FIRES
STILL
HARD AT WORK!:
BT 43 •
Eideleht organisation f four thousand Underwriters,
from Nova Scotia to lifornia, and Like Superior,
3, 'aim and the Gulf, harnon'ing the seletm, of average
with coat petsatlog rates to the Adria% cement of the
public welfare.
FLITTERING TESTIMONIALS
0/ 7011 •
ETNA / INSURANCE COMPANY !
IRON TiIIII2XINT
OF THE STAfE OF Z,TF:I9 YORK
The Isungraace COVIIIIIiBSiJIIO to as Legislature:
itte Eta% loatirance Company, If Hartford, one of
be moat recresaful Hie lasi:nano Conical:lle of this
or coy :theq . o tta try."
.COOtleCtietit COL:3;1112411(0110w the rules and praetl•
ors of the Etna eimnat as cut Ily es if the: were =-
bodied In dilute law."
irairt, pointing , to error of practice in Nee York
Cordtsuicl, the itoa•s successful roacairemeut Lod
so Id valuers Galled to their e.teettott thus:
"It atil remains more a matter of wonder than halts
lon In the Insurance wor d "
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Tr What robtle alchemy ham this corporation bean
ettahl•d to tern (to full pail capital into. be PhLoa.,
pber's atonal"
• • • •
uThe exleaordloary events febleh hare dtatiognlalLed
ita unparalleled financial hfatory."
The a erage loeres per diem ID tl•• rotted Staten at
tots pertod of the yelir, in, bon; two handrfal and lift
tbnoatoo dollars. The telegraph daily gonads ahrtlinj
notes of warning to alt prudent parsons.
DO NOT NEGLECT Tile BteUßlrt eV 11.11kLIMILik
INS an
Polieie.s'iented ieithout delay.
sure,: Agent •
T. W. LTC! TE" - L
—L 1 Company.—
.
HOUK IMI1311.1,511:11 COMPANY
OF NIX' YOEtK t
OIFFECE, NO. 13 5 BROADWAY
cArta c VITAL -
As4F,Ts. Ist January, 1565,
kiA.BILITIM, -
AMMACT OF TEE
25TH SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT
Showing the e •oditlon n( the Coneetey on tha 1d day
0 Jaantry, ISCO.
Cash balance in bank
Bondi & most., Ist lien on real
estate 195 892 50
Loans on stocks., pay. on drand 97,392 08
United States stocks,marke val. 1,350,834 90
Slate & mun. stocks & ban s, do. 405 425 00
Bank stocks, do 1 113,550 00
Interest duo on Ist Jan., 1865 27,431 16
Balance in hands or - agents and in
- course of transmission 173,010 51
Bills Rec , for pre. on In. Riska,&c 43,153 44
Government stomps on hand 110 00
Other Property, Alio. Items , 13,505 18
Pre. due and awl on Pol. leaned
at cam (fire, inland & mar) 43,141 88
Steamer Magnet- 84 wreck, apps: 83,483 94
Total Assets, $3,648,674 14
LIAII.UTI64.
Claims for los. out. on Jan. I,'oo $152,848 24
Due stack on account dividend 800 00
Notwitbstandlng the fiery trial of the put year, dur
ing which the company has naid losses to the amount
of $1,637,852 31, without omitting the - seml-annnel div
idends, •'The From•." with its -spite!, or Two Ilillicns
intact, and a net surplus of $1,444,957 90, continues to
offer to all•wbo meek reliable insurance. induces:a eta
sarpaued by no other company.
J. P. DOWNEVG, Ageat.
T. W.Crairoll, Sarreyor
is wisdom and economy to lows to the beet Cona
pmlet, and there is none better then the old low.
area Company or North Amulet."
INCORPORATED 1794.
INSUBAHOE COUP•NT
AMERITA!
OF TRY CITY 07 PUILA-DRLPSII4
144su BOIL ANNUAL STATEMENT
Argsfits, Jim 1, 1866. - . Market Pala&
Firstiaortgages or city prciperty 8444,300 00
8. Government bonds " 334.500 00
Pennsylvania Blatt, bonds 109.000 00
Phila. city bonds - 188,700 00
Bonds of Penna . . It R. Co. and other
corporations 190,440 00
Band & other corporation stocks 66,196 93
Notes Rea. (temporary loans) 150,471 06
Real Estate, office of the Co., 232
Walnut street - 22,000 00
Unpaid Pre`. Sr. debts due on ace't—
all good 107,081 19
Cash in B'k &in hands of Agts. 168,829 32
Total Angle $1,731,215 14
LOSSILF PAID IN CASE( 1 / 4 SINCE 1794
. OVER $18,000,000 001
72 TZACE etccr.savur. nvslSCes EXPIAIIeNCB.
Polities issued "Rhone ,elsy by
J. F. DOWIiINO,
T. W. CROWELL, Staieyoe.
PHOENIX INSURANCE CO3IPANY,
OF II ARTFOELIN COIN
• LO3SES PAID IN 186.5, $410,613 01.
CA3II ASSETS, MN 1, 18016, $1,006,790 33
TL. kit or it, witionanty. tha WO street it ass
rendentd patrol:tr./tad its guilty 11 pats through sea-
toss prolific of conflagrations sith honor and profit to
thous most totarosted. may Do inferred from h pronto!
ths follosing titans of
LOssEq' PAID.
Arkansas $2'2,830 413111intiesota '20,080 42
Alabama 45,723 30 N. Hamp. • 25,309 19
Conneetieut22o,B3l 971 New York 643,530 82
California '181,320 54iNew Jersey 3,750 53
DI, of C 01... 196 351Nehraska 1,107 00
Florida - 20,468 42 Ohio 103,953 59
Georgia 22,138 75 Penn'a 13,274 40
ludians t 84,203 19 B. Island 20,771 21
Illinois 210,698 6718. Carolina 21,032 75
lowa 31,616 73 Tennessee 46,970 90
Kentucky 39,078 19 - i Texas 3,901 98
Kansas 13,410 07 Vermont. " 4.282 43
Maine - 66,893 45 Virginia 27 24
Mass, - 59,870 011 W. Virginia 2,000 00
Maryland 39.602 951'Wleconain 86,461 76
7dissisdippl. 20,832 _LS Canada ' 38,873 80
Missouri 80,535 36)Nova Scotia 14.285 78
Michigan 67,057 64 N. Bruns.. /5,380 76
/ I.sses Aprays Paid Prompliy,
P. DOWNING, Amt.
T. ,r. CROWELL, thuveyor.
V. COCIII
lIMEM
82.000 000 00
3,59-'4674 1,4
153,149 21
MEM
$60,744 49
1 . '''.
NIAGARA
RE INSURANCE COMPAN Y,
OF TU CM OP NtW YORK
CA Pirat,
Cash Cipital and'Surplus $1,2'86;729 60
ASSETS.
United States Securities 408,643 05
Loses on Bond Morgago ' 262,000 00
Gash in bank and tiands of agents 85,518 37
Loans on Stocks, pay. on demand 352,400 00
Real Estate, lu.erest, /co. 111.168 18
Wisconsin & California Bonds 8,000 00
LIA $1,288,729 60,
Losses in process Of adjustment 20,060 00'
Unpaid Dividends 1,826 50
$21,376 SO
Fair Rates, First—ClassSeeuriiat, Prompt Pay.
saute of Losses.
T. W. CROWELL, surve'.l. F. OWNING, d ivo t.
yor. .
M ETILOPOLIT i
NrSUItANCE COMPANY,
OP, NEW YORE.
Cash Capital $1,000,000
Meets, January 1, 1866, 4 1 4 3 1,644,000
The Assured moire
BEVENTY•FIVE PER, CENT.
Of the net meta without incioint say Lisbelity, or,
in lieu thereo4 at t h eir option, a Masai discount upon
the premium. •
ALL LOSESS PIEI9.IIIPTLT ADJUSTS]) AID PAID.
Scrip Dividend, declared 1865; Filly per cent.
P. I:OWNING, Agent.
T. W. CROWSL.I., Surveyor.
Romig
I NSURANCE COMPANY,
OF NEW rtarmr, CONH.
Cash Capital,
Shrplna,
, —..-----
'- - Jumbo,
c • v-ls,aaa
In-um, nui , ei g ., 'Manufactories, Ifetchandfse and
other property a ;last to to or Litmsge by Eire, Lod abri
i.e.......4...e .... rt.* a inlpetei Tra,areurtat , s_a_ _and
Thin Companyilles liaise irrpartme otei o striylng - erm
ita 6r s Etus;ness rr.
Orain ry or Term Department.
. Tart s term on. rear r °ludas, on ail et ! tn.
su , We proper V.tit fair and equitable rates. without soy
parttripa,tion to the prodta of the Company—the same
as other stoeY.Coulprnies.
I" . ttrticipating Department
Issues term rollei.s for one, timer. or fin years. kis
Puuaing.. Furniture and Fa-ra Bull3:ngs sod their
contents. ;tiring sn•h policies s participstion In the pro
9V , of the Company, without their ineurrier any lia
bility thereby.
Perpetual] Derartment.
Insures perpetual policies rsquiring • deposit ors
small amount of inonry. In lien of all rotors payments
orptrentittios, covering risks upon DereNegs a±d th.lr
Furniture. lime and their eontauts. Stores and st.acks
orgoods. Churches and Sew , ' Roues.
J. P. DOWNING, Agent.
T. W. caoWZLL,Surveyer.
STATEMENT OF Tile CONDITION
OF riir,
iRCT IC FIRE
_INSURANCE CO.,
No.lB Wall Ft , N. Y., on the lit do,: of Jan.,1666
Assrr3
Cash le bank and in ofilcr, $ Dams 94
Bonds Ind snort ages (being drat lien on real
settle to New York and - Brooklyn, worth
at least $303,000 ) 177,510 00
Loans on stocks , parable on demand, (market
•
rein. of seensitlei held as eoUatatat, $l9;
154 03 5%743 21
Caned States stock. calmed by the Company,
market vales, 25420000
State stocks owned by Co.. market value, 29.646 00
Rest Estate (aaincarabered) 3,00)00
Intereat 'ensued (01whIch treader part doe
Jan. Ist, Is paid.) 4,00 31
Balance In hands of Agents, and in course of
tranemirslon from Agents, 24,500 00
Bills 'emir/ibis for premium on inland risks
and other items 13,791 25
Cash premiums uncollected on policies Issued
at oCoe 5,89110
614,101 18
Clatraa for Laura ontatirrelag, ha. Y , 'B9, 19,082 00
Unpaid Dltidende, 86800
Total assets over Liabilities, $103,913 19.
The "Antis" has a Bret ease reputation for hal:ars
h', and Mend daallng. It fa • wand compeoloutd
dot a proveroto bugloss'.
.t. BLUM( SVITEI, Preet.
11. B. WII,LMABTEL. Vice Pres%
TILTOC, Ste],
CLAIMS DAMISCROI4•U't Saey.
J. Y. DOWBISO, Agent.
T. W. 630 WELL. Sal Toyer.
OUT V-Tlll BD ANNUAL STATEMNNT
Or VIZ COYDITIOX 07 TAX
NORTH AMERICAN
stet INSURANCE coNANY.
Of the Cit.* oiNew York, on the Slit kr of Deem
tor, 1865.
CeA Capital, =300,00000
Sarplaa, 51,05.167
A 85177 . 761.663 67
.1
Loans on Bond and Morton, being Brat on
real *state worth orer.so per nat. above
the moon too • ed,llA B Ol 00
Stocks. Bonds and other neurttioe cortvd by
the Company, ma value, - - - _.. BIM sn Ed
Cash to batik and dace, .V. 930 4 4
Loans on demand, *lth Collateral, . 3905000
Premiums dna andontraadlng, 14.703 111
Cash in agents' handy in num or trannals e 33.098 39
Intend amen on nomitles, 14 061 15 ,
Bills reeekible, - 2,59965,
Other property of Company, - 8,50000 ,
Total cues,
The lossesbytita threughont the United Staten dnr•
lag the past year bays been larger in amount than Dinae
of any one of the pre►loas twenty years, exceeding the
enorrnons sem of $43,000,040, and the aferers and direr
two, of tte company congratulate its storkholdrra
agents and customers upon be very flattering result of
the year's business.
In Ibis cnmpanv the assured may partirirate In 032
profls of the bosinear with nt Incurring any liability.
Dividend for 1465, ED per cent.• Aconttnurnreofyour
favor Is resp solicited.
JAB. 7.0173
R. W. Iltaienza, F. ee'y.
J. G2131/011; Gen. Agent.
J F. DOWNIZ:O, Agent.
T. T. citbwzLL, Survelot- -
ENTBUPIMIL 8
INSITRA.NCE COMPANY
07 701 C 777 07 PRILADLLIIIIA
Cash Capital,
Scujilua, Jan. 1,'66.
Meath - 66EV0 0
The "tutetutbe:. with • pud up Cub Ceitel of Welt
• winkle, Wren sestuitp et the MU meet/ aura She
standing of the: Company Is "S, T`—libetel prompt sad
trusty maw -
P. it. STARR, Tre4fiet.
E. 110STGONZRY,Vhs Preet.
azaz. W. Warn, Beep
J. P. DOWNS% spat.
T. W. CitOWELL. Outtrut.
ERIE, PA, THIJR.SPAyi
1. Ar......" 1 V.A..
S PIUNUIPIELD •
INSURANCE COMPANY!
OP srimairuzb, •118. t
Cuh Capital tad Sapless,
The .dprtnelele Ime done is Imre 'nonmetal
bantam for newly twenty year% and la. of the fa
vorite eempantra balling Dom New Nattlead.
R. TRIZILAN, Proddent.
z. LANZ, Betty.
.1: V. DOWNING, Amt.
T. W. CflOW., &magyar.
rAlOs txrlumairce COMPirtr.
NORWICH, CONN.
Cash Capital and Biopics,
The "Thames. ls • contemn,* and well =inapt
Company, entitled to the full confidence of the toznAn
Losses tented promptly and Inman .
B. WHITTEMORE,
BUSE S. rteik.
Beer.
J. F. DOWNING, ♦pat.
T. W. CROWELL, Surreyor.
CON , MCTIUUT MUTUAL
NSURANCE COMPANY!
OF HARTFORD. CONN.!
Assets over , vO,OOOOOO
,
Number of Puller Holders over aamo
New Policies tuned during the ' , weever j 10 000
Reed vie for the rear over ' 4,003.1:03
Diefdead paid during the present o,ad year s t'lo per coot
totaTairld elute-paid, ov-r 31=000
Total Lo tee paid. or, r 3,600,000
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~. , _ • ,
l'i:br I ho Cionectl:ut %Oust should be preferred :
?..."?
Because it Is the
•
$1,090,000
273,8E0
,c:,14: et ft ovniet 414 Btil _
It hee been deenorotratel to be
THE GUZAT LIFE ONURANCE, coxpart OP TOM
coverwr,
1. P. has the largest ttatoter of ?umbels.
2. It bu the largest amorist Inured.
& It hes the largest earplas.
4. It hoe the largest dlvloble amble.
6. It ham the largest bullpen.
6. It hoe the Ingot masse.
7. It has bsi , ,tbrough Its whole h4tot7 the inelaBl
ereisge expenses.
8. It obtain/ the Urged average lutes of intend en
Its Investment'.
• •
9. It therefore farriehee loicil99ee et lea wet thaw'
any other: eorripany.
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Au Poll •tes lamed Of this Compeer are either non
forfeitable by their korai, or ¢i‘y be eourerted tato
there which are so at the option of like Inaered.
Now bat atrieby oneseopUocaldo . iisto'Aeceptod: and
only upon mes barium Fourteen and Bitty.
.14.Ku42001311714 ?real. Goy 8. Pmts. Step
Z. llUtirrox. Vies Pres% W. 13: Ofartrl/ID, Cub,
L. 9. Witco!, rbygletaa.
Tebrasiy 1,1806.
LIVE AND ACFIDENI%
TRAVELER 8' 11413IIRkli,CE CO.,
OF IWCT/RD, CONN.
OM
20,127 99
ALL KINDS Or ACCIDENTS.
The Traveller.' Istrarenee Company, of Mulford.
Conn wee the Drat to incessantly introduce I. Mir
country the practice of itinuCanee atria. accidents, ef
What/ or hindorhether thee Decor ttaTelley. or isa
bunting. Uhl*, milling. 'Mai, ikatleg.in the street,
store, elllce, et while motlang la shepcatilli s lectorks,
Oren the fain
A general sosidant volley covers every pueblo fora
of casualty, 'WOW/ the rick to treeellog; also, all
foray of distOestions,brolon booty ruptured UWl=4
swans, eonsossions. moshtuse, *stook cute, etas.
trotoids, poisoned some* horse and isalde,
hits* of dogs, unproeolted seroulte by burglars, robbers
or madams, the salon of tftbtolos or ens stroke, the
albedo of eutredcoun etioroicsbi. f oak sad earth
reaskuoind snifoestioa drorrolog or choking.
This Company bu rum loon to suceseefol punkt=
done April Irk MI, sat op toJas.2o., MS. hod hued
spear le of tbistpdve thousand pullets*; clad paid over
nine hundrod lorees—inoluding the line sum of WN-
W! to Leech-one polio, Midas within the year, for
$39,440 seared to preurkene.
Cash Assets; Fc&. 1860; $000,849 72
vra;catz. Atemsnr
The best i?olier for eters wan. orleither he bolds
mach or little, Li a moral sosidentioolley. width in•_
sures against every. poesible (brat of cunalty at all
tames and plums.
An annual premium of tau or VI (seirerang to seen.
nation )11,11.81Ferane a central netildeat pone, for 112.003
Inoue of fatal seeldest, o, $lO tor omen during diestil-
Ili matted by theeidenti, met mending tonst7-etz weeks
tor any one seeldent.).
AO annual promitna of or $30,4 in Ilk* man
ner, sane a polls' fer $5.000•141Z5 pas Teak eonipai
sstlon.
Any oilier Icm hers SSW to $10;000 at praportleerale
rein. Where rinetes &reissued against loot oflibionly.
or for eenupsnastion oral. thirsts' are imelh Wirer. A
liberal (Hanna on three lad Ave year polities.
7.51,653 57
OilE-MONTII O&9dlL £CCIDU POLXCX&
flu company noir !tail's a werioneeslaolt famed
onrataisth gamma mtlitent polish% it Illiosersolt Art
yK tkone•W.,-mlih $ pee weak aosodris brawl"
tboazind tooored. Moo aro moth Setts? Mu thine,
Policies, for borders fad Wien d•dilac Abut Mob oi
they eon be takes la may iudestat.trom UM* sway
th*y corer •Il arold•sts; sod mob policy Le swestarod.
so that tbs Inenesses to good. la vow tboyoUoy b led
or &Woolf. •
For morelootot litho; oho emitslinT quo
tho amount ot wi th. b pteobtoh boa would. like to
loom by the abort.tioropenaw aro Alt
the thing. To may mos oho toys at: month pal
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Wu to say oat you • OW tot batt,o year rill be
given without charge (=opts policy bo of s.),
Jaz G. na
taxonVasa, iboritorr. ,
0pt1.24m • . P.IIOWITINO. Afoot
$.00.000
80 000
1 , 600,000
SVC4, OO O
Ern
Y, DOWNINO, Ipsk
$500,030
~~e--•~e>I [CPS II
[atournatio.] ~,,
Y 5, 1866.
c
A GUA DE 5141 1 440 Ll. A.
♦ toilet &light , -supientor; s * any Cologne—tised to
bathe the face sad partioeirtii reader the akto soft and
hash. to allay Ladsansation. to perfanie clothing, for
headache, ha. It le insanfastored from the rich South•
am lingoolisi and La obtaining • p ttronsgs init.. on•
preeedented. It Ls • favorite with acteseses and opera
fingers. It is mold by all dealers, at $l.OO in large bole
tles,sad by DENS BARNES le CD, NOW York. whole'
'aids agouti
SARATOGA SPRING WATER!
Said by all Dragglits.
Ph" po 1"--"'Esultly I" Solon Shinier, raid; other
wore thorn. *tar/ tint+ •' If he felt a•owloy" In the
morning, be took Plantnt on Bittern; If he felt ran at
night, he took Plaotation Bitters; It he lacked app•tf
int yak. languid or mentally oppreved, ha took Plan•
ration Bitten, tout the) Dorn filled to sat kink on hit
plus Kam and firm.
, parsons want any bettor tr. thor:tr, bat u some
may,PuLtead the following :
• • • "I o•• mach to you, for i nrUr b•
Rim Plantation Bitters need my We." •
REV. W. U. WAGONER. MOM, N, Y.
• • • ' 4 l have boon a great ainnott Irani
Diumata, and bad to abandon reaching: • • Th•
Plantation Bitter* hare cant pa."
REV. C. A. KILL WOOD. N•r York Citi.
• • • "I bad lost all appetite—was so
•eati and VW'', tiid I coald hirdly via, and bad a per•
bet dread of society. • • TbePlaotatlooßlt
tm bare sat me all right " ,
JeYga maymwer. St. Louis,
fie • • / • 'The limitation Bitters here cured
me ofa derangement of the Bidoeys and Urinary Organ
that Mahn ad me f r years. They act like a charm.
C. CAMAS, 204 Broadway, N. ir.'"
Mrs. l o. 11 Anna, manager of the ruin Home
&hod for Soldiers' Child/ma. nye Al has giver: it to
Mho weak and invalid children tinder her charge with
the most happy aod gratifying results." We have m.
celled over I• hundred reams of Inch err•
Cantos, bat no advartisageent I• so fleeted' as what
*Pie tialmselves my oft good article. Oar fortune and
oar rerrtation is at 'take. The original quality and
high amoebae these goods will be sustained under
every and all circutoehnom. They have already ob.
tamed scabs to nary town, village, par sh and hamlet
among civilised nation.. Base i ..ittors try to come 11,
near menus. and style as possible, and becalm a good
article cannot be sold as ebeap as a poor one,;they and
moo support from parties who do not we what they
sell- B. co ion guard. Bee our prima* mark over the
cork. P. H. DRUM di CO., Nel Work City.
SARATOGA SPRINEi WATER!
Hold by all Druggists
OVER A BULLION AIOLLARA
eGeatleama: I had a mama ;+w worth 94 200 . •bo
took call kola* bad hart to the let and eras illation for
Orle a rear; I Ind toed enerythieg I could hear of
wtthost benefit, aatil / triad the ltealeria Lin •
twat. It soon etreatod a permanent care.
gootgomen, Ala , Jona 17, 'O9. J. i., DOWNING."
of take ptesture to rectomailading the Shaken Wai
taki Liniment se s ireinabLl sad la fispera.ble ar: lola
for Sprain; Bores. Serttonee or Golli on 'Tares. Our
men bare mai It for Bona, Bmisae gore,. Shemin
tics, le., sad all /ay it sate like. magic.
J. W JEWETT,
Forem►e for Accarleart, Wells, Forgo's sad ITarci!ews
she laSmive:
eatmerieml Enloe your
smolt. RI) sErr.Ev.”
Oloncest - r„ Hsu, Aug. 1, 1855. '
It in an admitted tact that the Itestean itaa'ang Lini
ment performs more cures In shorter time, on men and
bunt, than any article ever discovered. Permitter, liv
ery-men, and planters •bonld always hat • it on hand.
Quick end lore It eortattay to. 1 , 11 . genniaav Wrapped
In steel plate an treetop, be riot the rfrartn-e of G.
W. Westbrook. Merest, and the private U. if. Stamp of
DISH IB Balltig3, # CO., over the top.
Ale effort by b en roads to counterfeit It with a cheap
stool vest* ll• Lest closely.
SARATOGA SPRING WATER !
Solt by all Druniata
4u. most 61Ightful Mir &ening.
4.radiesteo scarf and dandruff.
Yt keep* tb.• bead cool and clear.
ttiashmslis hair tigib, iron ind glossy.
lltprovents the Imit tartans gray and falling iU. '
lit restores belt upon prematurely bald beide,
Inds iseettat Lpera'a Wharton will do. is I nits
tt b elemsp—demible , It Is IltMally sold by the carload
eta yet Its almost inonedlble demand tidally Inoiriselog
WO flair, is hardly a °wintry store that does not keep
It,(ia family tbst does not nes it. ,
in—Tlloll49 LYON, Chet:Met, N. Y.
SARATOGA SPRING WATER!.
NM* would not be beantlfol l Whq would not add to
War treaty::: Meat glees that amble portly and dla
tinge. appearance ere obeeree upon the stage, and in the
eft, bella tlt la no longer a writ. They as Bagmen
Singnolls Itshst. Its continued use !Grooves Teo. Frea
ks, Pimples and roughness from the twee and hands,
andhssies therareplexion smooth, transpsront, pions
tag sad ravishing. e' you., onufg cosmetics, It tontstun
no eseerlal Inlinions to the sea Any druggist
order It for Jon; if not on liana, it 60 rents per hotels.
W. Z. SAGAN, Troy, N.T., Che'reast.
DMUS Itelierth k CO., Who:rale lgents. N. Y.
SAR&TOGA SPRING WATER
Balatstrost's nabslaikk HO, Co/Adult 14 Dot a dys.
All lastsatiasseas Arising ommpessed of Mum essullie,
4nQahr*atiMsd•tnsdl.,tWitlandbsantyof the
bait. Shia Is *Am caigtaataalr colartag. and tam bum
amain la ftwassioais. It restozes way
bet to Its origin] test ett cradall absorption, in •
most samarketle soonest. _lt is oho a bustled Her
dement. Sold In tiroslue-60 mots and sl—b7 all
dolma. C. HISIUSTIE&D. Chemist,
BARATOGA SPRING WATER
ia-
LTOS'S FitIMICII. OP P 1721 JAMAICA GIIOIII,—FOr
Crones. Nausea, tlearthorri, Stet tisiensete, Cholera
Nimbus, Irlidulsiney. So. where a nom in stinestsest, is
required. Its careful preparstkin and entire purity
subs Its deep sad reLstde yields for calinart paw
M. gold •rarl'wbers. at 60 note per bottle. Ask for
•Lfon'P Pate Eatseat. Take no other.
SARATOGA SPRING WATER!
afßed•llls Sind by sit Drensistn,
fiCiTieffe--faittais of
atalolatratiaa towing bees granted to the owlet
sad upon tha wrist* of Sally Poole, deceased, tab of
ttio ett , of Ede, Pa, viatica. ter be alwan to all per
mg MAMA to salt carats to was immedEste
wont, awl thaw kolas elal•a taloa old Mate will
Palo tifellent UM, Sall wlthattested, far lettlirmwit.
w. P. SWVIET, Adar.
&ie. Nay iftla, 1.563,-411:
!MIX% NOTIZIG •
po,rams tostaratatar7 Thu Mate of ttoell nu
dusimid, let. of North Ituttlettrastis itiU coorsly.
Ps.. Maims team raalmt to the amtarrigoed. v ctiei Is
bulks east* ail Welted to raid ratite to ma Ito Im
taldlato_Amat. •aml hartos elates wig at too
slam prerrat them. daly_aatheatiratod. for a stile •
amt. MURIA lIIILLIPer
Xertia East, Jai *V66-43rptl • Itomitrix.•
New PICTURE. ()ALM; near the railroad
depot, Erie, Pa.—S. D. Wager & Co would
most respectfully inform the public that they
have fitted up a splendid suit of rooms
in llWes new-building, south of railroad
depot, (opposite the locality of the Into fire.)
a place particularly conrenient to the people
from the country ,atut Gm djvcent towns.
With a superior light, impro v ie d back greund,,
and the best, of inairtitneo 1, they believe
themselves to be prepared to supply the wants
of the public in n'satisfactory merino-. 2
Pho
tographs, Ambrotypes, Ge s, and, in shoe',
every style of pictures, lug or small, taken
in unsurpassed styles. ere for outside
views and life size portraits, promptly filled.
Mr. Wager having been engaged most of last
summer in securing representations of scenes
in the oiljegions offers for sale a large vari
ety of Stereoscopic Pictures et that locality.
je2l'66.tf -,
Ross's ()annexes's Fusairsurno STORIC.
—Mr. Warren L. Ross has taken the store
lately conducted by Justice, Obeen Ft Galla
gher, and fitted it up with everythihg Demos
ry to make a complete gentlemen's furnishing
establishment. II is stack of Cloths, cassitaireti,.
vestiags and ready made teething is superior
to anything ever brought to the city, nod we
defy any one to visit the store without finding
something to suit his taste. Mr. Ross has
been very successful inENV a cutter who
is not surpassed anywhere. oder his skillful
supervision the concern is turning out wirk
equal to the best Eastern establishments. •No'
person can bare an excuse forgoirg abroad
to get clothing - while Rosi affords the coasts.
niencea that he does. In addition to his other
goeds'he has also a superior stock of bats
and cape, hosiery, collars, cravats,-in short
anything that a man wants in. , th clothing
lino can be got at Ross's. Call l and see for
yourselses. ' je2l tf
ger. Clark & Brother, Wholesale and Re
tail Dealers in Confectionery:Oysters, Canned
Fruit, Bt,tionery, Yankee Notions, takers'
Goods, Toys, Cigars, Tobacco, Pipes; tko.,
West Side of Peach Ftreet, I Square South
'of the l7nion Depot, Erie,-Pa Also, Dealers
in all kiads of Country "Iroduce. Particular
atteation paid to filling Ocuntry orders.
(Jan.2B.tf )
PICTIMICS.—Persons wishing to procure ior ,
traits of themselves or members of their tam.
flies, should call at the gallery of Mr. °Writer,
in Rosenzweig's block. His. specimens of
work convince us that he is an artist who has
few superiors. The throng of visitors to his
rooms are an itditation that his merits are
daily becoming better known and• appreciated
by the public.
$lO.OO It&WAWA—Lost, on the 12th of June,
a small tan colored dog, answering to the
name of Mute." When last aeon had on a
collar marked "A. P. Gillmore, Erie, 1 1 6."
Any information leading to his recovery will
be liberally rewarded, and the above reward
will be given on his being returned. Aidress,
Smith & Gilimore, Erie, Pa. je2l-4.t*
111 - 11 W. Hutchinson, United States Claim
Agent, Oirard,Penna.'*Pensions, Back Pay,
Bounty, and all other claims against the Oov.
ernment attended to with promptness. Charges
reasonable. • Applications by mail attended to
the same as if 'made in person. (jalB Sm.)
Tut Enssaa Fan? Jatt.—,This jar was
awarded the highest premiums at the New.
York State ram, American Institute and
Maryland Institute. For sate by Himrect
Dempsey, GO3 French St.
,jeld.tf
Tin fruit cane, with patent Belt sealing glass
t. , ps, for sale by ltimreil & Dempsey. jel4lf
CAMPAIMNS
OP ?BS
ARMY OF- TIIE POTOMAC,
Rr Illam Sarin on. The standard history of the
grand army The crecate.4 work on the war; uotrer
"1 kt. 11 bore celebrate the nuswerring loyalty of
this arm!, thst o !times when the bend of natary
eo
hee:on 1441, Le d It, unahckau or fortune, to a duty
aellintonarg.
• 1 khan bees to follow it th• °ugh a checkered cups
tioric.„ t o a tale commingled of great =Warbler*, great
triflers cad} great glories; but trona first to lest, it win
appear that amid many *effete fortnee, through 'sin
ter add rough weather.* the 151 the Potomae never
gene up, but mils a good fight and gut ly reached the
VAL
"Of tlfis drama there will be no other hero than the
&my of the Potonse Hoer; for It would seem that in
tb 4 s war of lb. proplecit was Goateed them should arise
no imperial presencello hscome the central agars and
Of notate cf coeds eta. woOcimen, in an onthuist of
haughty eloquence, exclaim, tr at to the great enigma of
history
. the Commander was everything. Th s proud
apothems has so app Icatio • to the army of the Foto.
peso. ...banns mast th nt— imlng it caner bat a great,
and generslly had mediocre oiramtniery it was that It
aright be said that wht rower Owen It owed not to genial
but l ought eith Its blood
This is the o ly Oistory of the lined Array, and no
a-e who ha. borne a pert is its eenflict.,r r is foterestad
In Its grand achlovernorita, should be without it '
Mit work presents a rare chance tomato mosey.
Agents wan•e4 Bend for etreatars, and SIN our terms
Address, h.S.TiONAL I'UttLISMNO CO,
141-Ime • 607 tfiaor 81 , Phrla.
Oh! it's nice I don't hate to work imily
when r wants to. Do poor white trash ~now
does all de work. Dey pay twelve mlltion
dollars e'vety year to make one burore to us
niggers, and der will be lots of burores.—
Reckon do bnrore for ns niggers will cost so
much Ist do white trash won't have no ocitrms
BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERS, I 'fore soon. Yeas! -
BOOKs FM 21113 311tAluri;
Sold by all Draggista
Are Dow opening The , s, gest and moat etretally eeteeted
sto.k of elegantly boo nd end bezettlfnlly illnatested,
Ewer brlght te tble toulytt, installing standard area;
nes Eonlith and America' Juvenile Rooky Bibles,
Prayer Books, and Church Borstesta, in dm eblee.•Abo,
yam STATION'EaIt AITICLIIBI
•
Writing Deglts, Fancy lok Stands, Ladies' Toilet and
Work Boar.. Pr rtfollus, iitereoseores and da►a,lPranda
Card Picture', the most beautiful Sunday tichool C
40 vest Taristy, Port liouristes, Card Cares, Gold Pea',
Propaiting Pend's, a large Tuley of Fancy Artleirs in
Satoh Plaid, Photograph Albans from tha beat mane,
Ltetori•a, in tha test
Seared tf CAl73l3Zir, YoCCFART & Co.
NEW TOICIAMP IVIICA111: STOUR,
The rinderolgned have °gourd a Ilty Tobacco starv'
Firth skeet, between Stilts and French, (cornetts nt
patch cancel and will keep constantly on band a chino
apply 01 to tars, ?ohm), Snuff, and everything u
mud to a first claao Tobacco store, which thy aril e 1
at wholetals and retail. Ping and tn. out chewinr to
bate° p 1 th e boat mat araebito. Smoking tobseco, pile.
and la ocela in gnat varlet/.
a pl.? y 110aCt k aggrgic
Sold by all Druggists
. l
R MMOV
GROCERIES ! ! .GROCERIES. !! !
The eabseriber ha recroseer la, stock of Growls'
from the stead above the Lake $b Depo - , to tie
room to the brick block as 'State itreet, carter or
Fourth, where be will be happy to se. .4 Mends ana
enetemers and ell their orders for goods Eli steak o.
Grocer's* la Wee and earefally selected en' ofte.td
it the lowest situ ennetetent with the original coil
Be !mites all in need of =plain/ ha his line gIT
r.
tn e call. SCHICKIARK
pY. Y. • IS.
YOUTIO' PATENT PERPETUAL BROOM,
Its peculiarity and whavelaqt. atolls all others la that
afterr your ant outlay. you hove only to spend TEX
CEISTA whenever • new broom Is requited. Evan this
trtEthtg.expenee an Ist avAdad by planting a Mr bins
of e)rtt in the garden.
A sly person CID an ant to t To, t ara your
own broom toaksr.
Township rlabta tot mile in Erte county
Fend for clroolu or call on !be subscriber, near
Merry ME, Erie Co:, Pa., and see samples. l-
castl..3rue • J. O.' 114IRD
Sold bylat drtiggis' a
p tap: LIBERTY %WRITE LEAD,
Will do move and better moil at 'a given east, than aloe
other. Try it. Manufactured only by
ZIEGLER & SMITH,
iniOLBS4LE IMP?. P 41117 4 , AL433 1)&41.
ER S .
. No. 237 North Third Street, Ph W.
[ebt'ed-le!
Tan MACK
TO GET YOUR irONZY BA&
E. COUGIILIN'S
BOOT AND 811 OE 8 TOT.E,
sugagtrat. mad, ovposits the Post 00Jon
S. Conahlln,riteot met gl. D e Duagr.
'ntsprettalty Worms es Plans that he
lase reamed his s. and Is I Wino?* Room
on Slats street, owns opposno th e Pest
O% 'where tie invites al! Ws old triands and customers
to gltrolthn a call. Particular attention giro to
D. PAIRI 11 GI
&vim cirstO weitaties. and saperlatenalng an his
tepinessAlmnattlisllsees tut can Om as good satlatao.
Goo and sell at ea low prices as any other town In the
cay. Good Pitt Warantad, sprffeatt.
BENPN 'WkITMAig, EDITOR I i AND PROPRIETOR
Business Notice
CAUOILEY, MoCREARY & CO.,
N. It NORM ?ARK ROW,
800 K 8 !
ICI
Aristocracy. t
I
_
DT JONA 0. NOM
Of all the notable things on earth,
The queerest thing IS pride of birth,
Among our "fierce Democracy."
bridge across an hundred , years,
Without a prop to save from sneers,
Not even a couple of rotten peers,
Di American Aristocracy I
Depend upon it, toy snobbish friend,
Your family thread you can't ascend,
Without good reason to apprehend,
ion will find it•waxed at the other entl
By same plebeian vocation ;
Or, worse than that, your boasted line
May end in a loop of stronger twine;
That plagued some worthy relation.
Because ion flourish in worldly affairs, ;
Don't be aughty and put on airs,
With insolent pride of station ;
Don't be proud, and turn up your nose 1
At poorer people in plainer clothes,
But learn for your mind's repose,
That wealth's a bubble thatcomes and gUes,
And that all proud flesh, ishere'er it grows,
Is SilbjECi to irritation. I
A. Freed Negro's Soliloquy.
ny .. nazcx " POMICRoY.
OM
This am a blessiti% Not only a blessiti' to
de °miter, but to de darkei !
The war was a God-send to us darko , e,
bress MIMS Abram, and all who 'trees 'dat
great and good name. Gorra 7 m4eyl But
didn't ns darkeps have to work on dem plin
!ashram down dar in de sour! tim-um glees
dat am so. We had to hoe de cotton, when it
wa'n't wort in de norf but free to seven (mate
a pound. And we had to weed de 'baCker
when it wan't wort but five dollars a loaf
Ana we had to cut de sugar cane down in de
soul when sugar wan't worf but free cents a
pOund in de big barrel And we had td do
all dem tinge. Now we don't, and lit's
nice .
And gorra, didn't we have to work jest as
de poor white trash of de norf has to wait
Dat was afore de war. And de darkey couldn't
go begging and stealing all over do haiipy
land as now. And it's fashionable to steal.—
Dat is do way de ablishnests got rich, and a
darkey Is better nor an ablisbnest, or de white
.rash of de norf wouldn't go to war and !get
killed and den go 'home to pay taxes for! us
children of Abna-Ham. Du's, wa.'s) de
matter.
No more work for die nigger". We'se
awpp
ped'our cabin fora burore. Don't know vat
dat it, but We a good tick if de / cosi .am de
criteriog, or wat you call 'em. Now de der
kw am der own bones. Yeas!
It cost .dis government more nor twelve
thousand million dollars to see us free, and we
cbutoya am now in honor bound to honor oar
librators by doing smite' while they support
us. Didn't know a nigger was wort so witch
afore! Goers! No more work for a geteuitan
when be l is wort so much as 'Peel Do cotton
and de corn, de sugar and de 'banter map ; l i go
I to de devil, for de darkey hob quit de degre
dation oh labor. We can now do as de blew.
tied ableshin e pgitical Linkum generals did in
de war —we can Steal mules, horses, ciitton,
pictures, pianos, bedsteads, books, silver Ware
and all dem little tinge. But gores, we'se:g6l
xti to go nort to steal dem, for de blessed chile.
1- ; tian generals stole all dey wash de sour, ;and
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and know hew to do dat ting. his latt:war
would have been , dno gon finished afore die if
dey hadn't been se much good stuff In do souf
to steal Gorra miry! Dere was so tench
to steal clown dere tilt I- thought afore God
leye'd never get de darksy free in de world !
Yeas!
Pee been l an over de country. I rides in
de care—l sleeps In de beet beds at de hotelt—
I ride on government cars nod eteambo'sts,
and I gets governthent food. It ain't so good
u de food massy gu► me, but it's more !open..
sive , and don't cost me one cent. Gorra,lbut
ain't die nigger in luck 1 Late of dem odder
niggers dun gone dead, cause dey has no hody
to care for dem. But dat am dere taut.
And it serves dem fellers up Nod-just right.
Dey can now pay taxes and support us ! We'ee
been de slaves long enough--now de white
trash am alarm Work on. you poor White
folk's. Support us darkcye, and de bond
holders, and de political. gemmen what are
abliehnests-*Wcall right!, Vett gwine down
to Washingt i on ttt get sit :Tarte.. A taint! told
tothor day oat 'twatildn't do ro good,
for I couldn't get , one, and now I'se gotta' to
see if de nigger ongress, de republican's, as
You call 'era, *dare refuse naniggers what we
wants! If an, We'll vote agin 'em, and' den
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cut dere (coals, as bressed John Drown tatight
us to do.
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OA, dear • .
• Gorramity! but die bein' a freeman "ain't
so nice. It's just like um! Dam de ablish-
Mats ! Here lem a poor old nigger, and no
one cares a cent for me. l'ee got no home
Pee got no friends. Pee got no cabin. Pas
got no milieus to visit me when ['se
mesa to Bend for de dotter—no little patch
of ground to lire on. Pis ;limply en oldgray
headed nigger. I can't,Fork, for I'se too old.
I can't steal, for ' , ain't 8o smart sa deer, dam
Yankee ablishnist Fgo begging over de
country, and folks asy; "go long, you black
whelp ! " Dis is de sad freedom die nigger
ever seed. Once I hada happy home twas
tat as de possum, and didn't work half sck, l
bard nor live half so poor es half, de white
folks up Hort. I had some one to care for me
when sick, and to bury me when dead: Now
I'se amply a poor old nigger. De, war ruined
Massa; it ruined me, too, for what was; mos-
Ws interests was my interest!. Virito he
done well I done well. Ile took care l a de
little plokanianies end de old tolics—he gave
us holidays and a christian burikil. But,. -
• Ur happy dale am -Oyer,
Sweet liberty hab crake ;
Do aountres got d*BIWT•
Bat de nterzor a got Do bone !
Do alisbnists took us , from happy p la
shuns in de Sou( and let us die in de streets,
de out houses and de gutters. • And die is dere
Christlike love for do peer slave.
Christ never taught dot kind of love.
now all I've got to do is to die as half
lion poor niggers have done since di haw
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war ! Dot tank de Lord for one flog—
gen hails% got to pay de colt of all dig
bigness—de poor whiti trash ob dqq
does die, audit Beeves dem just right f•
letten ue be whenire'se happy anddoin
good. • And now dis nigger is gyrinei
like a poor old dog.
'one pin 6 mightier then the 'woe
it hes achieved s military reputation to
which no eword-ever did or could no.
II
Political Ckuip.
The ;fee' York Tribusee asp that Its party
"is sloughing off effete matt*" What sem
be left of it when all the effete sutler Is
sloughed off ?
General James Shields has written a leitir
from Carrolton, M.?, heartily suirtaishig,she
a President and deosuncting the Congressional
'lls,dicals.
Negro suffrage now the seceptisiPlattorm
of the Radicals. %sry is in• favor of it.—
Every vote cut for him will be argils favor
of negro suffrage and negro equality.
The Eleijiagegrote (Fe:4l4 a disunion week-,
ly, has the name of General Grant in nit amt..'
unms for President in 1868. Grant do'l't
"tight it out on that line." '
Mumma Dews van Gni nett.—The
Easton Gevewtrt, the German organ of the
Republican!, of Northampten county, has
hauled down the Geary deg for Governor.— /
Tho editor oan no longer support the negro
•
suffrage Doctrines of Thad. Stevens & Co.
In a recent debate in the Senate, Mr. Wilt
. son said the euppotten of Andrew Johnson
could be placed in a street oar. Prentimrseye,
it is to be hoped that the Radicals will soon
become co few as to be all put into a greet
oar, and that the oar will run off the track.
Riveter Clymer believes that this is "the
white man's government." Every vote given
to him will be an expression in favor of the
supremacy of the white race, and in oppoai•
Lion to all attempts to degrade the white men
of the country.
Forney calls on the military heroes of the
war to "vote the way you' shot." This will
disfranchise Butler, Banks, Schnee, Schenck,
and pretty ranch every other Radical "gene
ral." If their voting is like their shooting,
nobody will be hurt.
-Beery was very unpopular in his old zegi.
uient.f4he 28th, where the soldiers were who
know him, and he will not receive one vote
out of ten among them. It is significant that
while several meetings of those who served
under him have been , held to espreas' their
opinion againit'. him, not one- has yet been
held i in his ftivir.
Geary's - platform is negro equality. Siery
vote cut for him will tberet ore bee belled in
favor of negro suffrage. If this is disputed
by the radical journals, let them define the
go•ition of their accepted, leader.
The punishment of rebels, says the Siring.
field how*, sr just in Itself, will
never give us a restored Union. A generous
end magnanimous policy has Its risks, tni
they are infinitely lets than those of the op
posite policy.
SQLI3O one has discovered among the "eon!
science letters," received almost daily by the .
Secretary otthe Treasury is n ot e s i gne d
P. B," inclosing five dollars. The initials
suggest a suspicion that further , remittances
will be needed to fully ease the conscience of
this penitent.
One of the favorite' accomplishments of
"Geary" Is to' attempt. to straddle two horses,
sind be has recently undertaken to ride a paw
going in different directions. He would like
to have the people believe that be is for the
President aod,Toogress both, and he would
be delighted if he could humbug pm honest
Inters into the impression that hetwas'in
vor of negro suffrage, and at the 'same time
opposed to striking the, word "White" frbna
the Coustittithis of Pennsylvania.
The movemen't recently inaugurated to make
it appear that "Geary" is the soldiers' favo
rite, is a dead failure. The i 7 boye in blue"
toow all about the "hero." They know sa,
actly to*, and where, and whoa he fought,
and that knowledge le net ewleuleted to in.
spire any-tl4Ett.t.tfLthirdeim In. their pie.
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- Notla.beiroms.
ThifTow York 20ier - (Bepultilion) rays
.IThe country will not !Omit dui!, the csi
ptriod through which ire ire Fusin tre
retail.; not ot the Ftleidell s" n'"dLpslea, et c
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NO "
Seneca, the ancient moralit,Ateftimm"
the Itoman_Empire,.eald: `"Whit would bus
empire have been to day had not the conquer
ed been permitted to mingle with the con
querors, as the results of a salutary policy!
Romulus, coati founder, showed wisdom in put.-
ening this policy to such an extol that ho
made citizens of his 'enemies the same day
that he conquered them."
It has prabibly pretty nearly gone out of
tharec Alsatian even of politialans that t3ena
toreViidtirtook to rule Mr. Lincoln. Re early
ssid to an intimate friend; "There is about a
dollen Senators who propose to use me as they
es \ oald • peaknife—open it, shut it, and petit
in their pookett . .'"----They are trying the same.
gtroe on Andrew;Johnson, with poor sue-
Ce9B.
Ooe oethe . German eithiaa of Upper 4..
Hannah Chunk, astiff Itepublioan, thae gave
vent to his feelings when he heard of the veto
of the Freedmen's Burns bill :
I dinke der Bresident ish right. Dealt
eight years an' patter bat I gebt house, an'
nefer bad • pureau in mine blue yet. an' I
gets along shun u gout as if I hat one. Now
our pardy want all de'golored heples to haf •
Fires's an dee , de poor vita beple to bay for
him. I stinde by der Itresident:"
A special Waslangtou dispatch to the Bos
ton Poet says: "A prominent and very Intel
ligent gentlenian of the Interior Department,
who has been journeying through Igdiato and
Michigan during the past two weeks, on oftioial
business, reports that there Is a reaction in
political sentiment to those States. Be was
surprised to find so great unanimity in favor
of the President.,
Thad Stevens, who is now so bitter against,
"rebels," WAS, mt many years since, equally
hitter against Freemasons. At one time he
was as demoniacally determined on the anni
hilation of the hlasonio order as he is at pres
ent to wipe Out the Southern people. He then
stt ink as furiously of the Masonic Temple as
hala now striking at the Temple of Liberty.
He failed in pulling down the superstructure
of Masonry,•_and be will fail ,of making •
wreck of the !Union.
Among the flock who “sit under" the rev
erend and bloodthirsty Cheerer in New York,
it•it-pleseant to record that there were many
whOivould not endure a declaration winch he
mado'recently from the pulpit, but left the
chutch as !moires it pissed his lips. Speak..
in gl:cf President Johnson the gowned blasphe
mer acid : ('You hove pima with God citat may
sweep hint :from the plate of power." If Booth
lived to-day and proposed another Prtsiden.
Oa) asea4ination, clerical benedictions on the
work ofibloed would not be lacking.
A .WEnutrui grand wedding
occurred at Mobile on the 11th, at the African
church. Samuel Jackson, a negro man, once
the slave of General B eauregard,i 'married
Mies Sarah Jones, a white schoolmistress...
The house was crowded by negroes. The
friends of the affair afterwards parade/ 1 4d
in a banquet at the house of the bridegroom.
The newly married pair left on an early train
to visit the bride's friends at the North. The
bridegroom has considerable property.--Bel
timers Linn.
The above item shows the result of the
teschirige of the Bei:Oilcan leaders. They
assert that a "negro is u good es • whits
man,v but this Yankee "fchool marsh" more
advanced than they, thinks* big buck negro
better than a white man, particularly when
the negro has "considerable property." -
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And
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fool-
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I ' game
to die,
Ptatio.—Any of our leaders "Ming a not
ease piano bout New York eau be informed
where to procure one at lent then the mane•
facto:We pries, by.. caning et the Observer
office. It wilt be varsaated to be equal to the
4st. ja2B.tt
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