11 044 !quint. JULY 26/ 1866 • ros Gomm% NON. WESTER I OLYMER. \ ' - or MSS COUNTY. - THE great Democratic mass meeting at Reading is acknowledged by,all parties to have been the largest ever , held in the gtate. Thirty thousand people are esti mated to have been in attendance. _. . Tus Radical legislature 44f Tennessee having edopted the proposed Constitu- tional amendments, Congress, by a vote of both Houses, has•re admitted (we use the Radical term) that State into the Union; and a portion of. her members have taken their seats in that body. The President has sent in a message concurring in — ilie idims of Congress; but taking exception o the manner in which the amendments ere passed by the Tennessee legislature, and refusing to consider them binding. TI EURCIrEAN WAR., The sensational reports about an armed intervention on' the part of Franee are officially contradicted by the Moniteur, the French Government organ, which declares that the beat of feeling continueeto pre vail between France and Prussia. The latest dispatches even intimate that Franco has come to an understanding with Prussia and Italy about the proposi tions to be made to Austria. The main points of this agreement are the exclusion of Austria from the German Gpnfedera tion, which would be placed under the control of 'Prussia; but, on the other hand, the continuance of Austria as - a great power of Europe, with all her present do-- minions, save Venetia. and perhaps the Southerh Tyrol, which Italy, emboldened by its recent success, now claims in addi tion to Venetia., Propositions of this kind have been submitted to the Cabinet• of Vienna, which, rather than' abandon' her position in Germany, it is said will again resume. the war. The Government -announces that the French medi f made - - " Must be to save the position of - Xig I tria as a great Power. • The utmost efforts are again 'made; to re-enforce the armies, and the friends of Aus ria once more in dulge the fallacious hope that she will find it easier to replenish her armies than Prussia, and that in this circumstance there is still a ground of chance for u:ti mate success. It is superfluous to state that these ef forts to restore confidence in the Austrian arms meet'ffith no success. The Prussian Goierwittenti has gained a -success which" is drmost wit Out parallel in the history of iheworto,:4nd which his startled tot only all Geraany but the neighborinkfta • Lions. No *no thinks that Austria—des pondent; dislteartened, bankrupt Austria, ... • threatened as she is still- with insurrec tions in more than one of her crown lands -I—will be able to make an resistance to the next onset- of the Prussian army, which, after the victories it has achieved, deems itself almost invincible. The clouds' *men aro turilaudt,.... 6,.„. i„ i c e darker and darker. In Italy Chil -1 f d ni is advancing and has occupied Padua. • n its German Provinces a Prussian party ,is forming, which desires to join the new Confederation underi" the leadership of ) ' russia. An interview. of Kossuth with aribaldi threatens new dangers to Hun g ry. Should-as 'is almost certain—the n 1:t• appeal to arms b 3 agairi unsuccessful, I. 'conditions of peace will, of course, he e en more severe than those offered now ? Prussia and Italy, and it is difficult to B e how, in such a case, even the friend ip of France and Russia could save Au's t is from an utter collapse. Tits ' dical caucus jof Disunion mem bers of Congress, held in Washington, on Wednesday last, Was an exceedingly amusing affair. All that seems to trouble' these precioua.patriots is the fear of being turned out of office. Among the proceed ings Ofhe caucus we find the following: 4 0 Mr. k, of Illinois, offereilthe follow ing rese iition : , Mutakedi, 'j'h.sLt inaerress ougiss,i 4.. adjourn until it Tams 'some law to pre vent ,the removal sif Union' men from office. Mr. Shellabarger Offered" the following as a-Substitute for the above : Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed to lake into consideration the time of adjournmeht pr recess, and what shall be done iti.re!gard to keeping cur friends in office:: Mr.' Boutwell, of! Massachuaetth, then took the floor, and t an excited manner said that the battle ad commenced, and that the President; would take the:Caßitol unless the 'Chilli* men took measures to prevent him. I Mr. Harding.liaf Illinois;nsid he was not afraid of Johiason'a usurpations ' • still he thought something ought to be done, as was suggested in the matter of appoint ments. - I-- •• , • Mr. Ingersoll, of Illinois, said he would as soon trust a bull in a china shop as leave Andy Johnson in possession of the government untrammeled. Mr. Ashley favored a recess. Senators, he said, could stay in executive session, to prevent removals from office: He was sure that four members of the Cabinet would go out adtor Oz. Plailvadolph;el corm. vention. "What sisall be done in regard to keep : , : our friends in office?" Thu's the rub! . IF wt consult . hisirory, we ffnd that wise leaders, after internal - convulsions, have hastened to ipengthen thrir power among the * offending masses by a noble tnagnatumity. Unfortunately, from the nature of our government, the great ques tion-of the treatment of the vanquished is to'be settled by a: party, as a party ques tion. The interest of the party is one thing, the interest of the country another. It is the inter et of the party in control • of,dongress to k eg the South out as long as poSsible, becalil3e - if the South is re stored, the partylih power is weakened to the extent of tit 3 political power 'of the -South. This constitutes the real, practical difficulty of reconstruction: There has never been anything in history exactly like our pre - sent condition. While the interest of thei country is imperative for the admission of the South, and the ter mination of the present unnatural, unre publican and alarming condition of at \ fairs, the interest of . the dominant party ii the other way. Ttle Representat.ves c/ Novr E•ir land States in Congress claim to be toe especial friends of the four millions of Africans emancipated by the war, and yet urge not,caly a heavy duty on the'export of cotton which the negro's lubur produ .ces, but heavy import - duty on products i n he share of clothing which this imita tive sad soon to bo t xpensive taco coo -1 sumo. PROFLIGACY MW WASTE. / If there ever was a time when wisdom, patriotism and self interest united in de manding at the hands of a tax-buitheited people a change of their law-makers, 'that time is now. This fact has become so .evident to Congressmen ihemselves, - that C iaix one of their miser, in the hope of quiet-' ing the indi oat' of honest voters, has, 1 in the closin ays of the session, intro duced resolutions declaring it to be the duty of Congress to devise some plan for reducing the public] expenditures. Re ferring to thes_9 - resolutione, the New York Times, whose editor-in-chief is' himself a membar of that body, says : "Reprssentative Hale is not n day nor s.n hour too early with his resolutions in favor of retrenchment, for in all our na tion's history there is no parallel for the prodigality which distinguishes the pres ent Congress. Our representatives forget or ignore the great fact that we have a war debt of three thousand millions of dollars, and that war claims will add at least another thousand millions. Our enormous revenue instead of being bus banded for its legitimate use, is scattered right and left, io lavish and improvident, if not profligate appropriations. This waste of treasure, drawn from the people to pay the national debt,cannot and must not be tolerated. Taxation, in all the forms that Congressional ingenuity can invent, is upon us. These taxes are to be aggravated by the present Congress. The people have paid cheerfully, and will continue to pay' until evidence of the Congressional im providence and abuse comes home to them. T een look out for Congressional 'empty saddles.'" A short time ago we copied from the Springfield .Republican a complaint that, althotigh the government is -in danger of losing a thousand millions of dollars through the frauds of its cotton agents at the South, no effectiye step is taken by congress to prevent it. The truth•is, the resolution of Mr. Hale, presented at the very tail end of the session, is intended to save votes for his party at the coming Congressional elections. If this is not the case, why did he not cry aloud long ago ? Why did he not enter a manly protest months. since, when plunder schemes of all sorts and shades were being presented? When the Freedmen's Bureau Bill was passed—when a national vessel, at a cost of $lOO,OOO was sent on a nonsensical voy age.to the Czar—when a Bureau of Edu cation, to reate more offices for political when . theseioTiilidi l ifilgeblar E ry f gri.7. projeets were up, where was Mr. Hale ? Where were Judge Scofield aid the other Republican Congressmen from Peniilsyl- vania ? On what page of the Congressional journal can we find a motion made by any one of them to reduce the expenses of the government ? Oni what single quustion did eithei of them imake an honest, manly effort to lessen the amount of meney vo ted to be Taken from the public treasury f They can point to no action of the kind• to ssve them from the condemnation of their constituents. - They' have been dumb, to all considerations except drawing their pay and laboring to keep up the impres- sion that the country would be unsafe if entrusted to the care of any 'party except their own. As I long as the people allow themselves•to be'deceiced•by such a delu aion, they need not expect retrenchment. But if they really desire reform, they must drop party prejudice and demand a change. A WOLF IN NUR PPII:CEOTIIINILL The policy of the Radicaj party, as dis played in th — e action of its.'officials, is a complete contradiction of its platforms and pledges. Started ~Els. a Union party, it has now become the party of is union: Originally opposed' to slavery, it now attempt kto impose Northern slave drivers uponihe negroes, who were freed, llof by proclamations or politicians, but Ey the arrnies of Gen. Grant. More than his, it 4n tains that anomalous insti tution, the Freedmen's Bureau, for the benefit of agents and officials at a vast ex pense to the government, and connives at cruelties which, according to the reports of Geni. Steedman and Fullerton, exceed any ever' practised by Southern slave own ers. Promising financial reforms and an economical administration of the govern ment, it is more corrupt than any other party that ever gained power. Where Democratic politicians are accused of stealing thousands of dollars the Repub licans have stolen millions. Under their 617. m retternattogCll2ol2t during the wow five dollars were wasted tor every dollar neces sarily expended. The people could have endured this with patience, however, for no price is too great to pay for the Union. But not only does the public plundering continue, now that the. war is over,.but the Union, for which we have paid so dearly in blood , and treasure, is not re stored. On the contrary, the President, whom the 'Republican Congressmen vow ed before the people to sustain, is now de ncunco as a traitor, and persecuted with the utmost malignancy for persisting in the work o , restoration aid for vetoing the Congressional swindling jobs. During the present cession alone Congress has engaged in transparent frauds amounting to over two hundred and fifty millions of dollars. The iufamcus Freedmen's Bu reau Bill; which the President vetoed, would have disposed of fifty millions, and another bill of the same character, appro priating six millions, has passed over his objections. Ben , Wade's Montana job, alai vetoed, gawp t r trooty livo Mt/HOW to a party of grasping speculators. The na tional banks are presented with a bonus of thirty Millions, drawn from the pockets of the laboring men. Jay Ccoke's con solidation scheme involved a job of forty millions. Twenty millions are to be be stowed upon the contractors for building Mississippi levees, if tho urgentappeale of the Radical , organs are to be heeded.— Jobs in regard to Mexico, footing up from twenty to fifty millions, are already pro posed—one of them by Mr. Thad. Stevens himself. The Internal Revenue bill, just passed, is 'crowded with private jobs.— Such corruption is unparalelled, and will be followed by . an unprecedented revul sion in politics. MIL Jens W. Folmar, some Li a ago, wrote and published a long letter, in which be nominated himself as United SttKes Senator., and asked for'votes. Mr. Thaddeus Stevens now writes a letter on the same/subject. in Which he says: • I beli7 v e that office (when tendered) is not to be declined without 60E130 strong reason. But it has always baen my opin ion that no.nsan .iihould make himself a candidate for it e 'or take any part in the canvass. A pefsot fit forlhat position ought to= be discoverable without notice from himself of recognized agent. We can forgi'o tile Radical leader many mean acts, in consideration of that clever tit of sarcasm: Tut New York -Tribune is deserting its friends when it advises the people of Kan sas, at their next election, to "oust all the thieved, discomfit all the cotrupt and choose no man to any position whose Integrity is not above suspicion." • Tun UNION AND TUN Daaoctutev.—The New York Time:, which ,has ,been ex tremely. conservativ e for several weeks past, cencludes an article on tneYhiladel phia movement as follows:—" The Union (Republican) party was proud, in the pre itinceof rebellion, to rely upon the aiaLst- SOCA of DemoCrats like Gen. Dix, Judge Daly, Mr. Breit) , and Mr. Winthrop; and in record of its 'gallant soldiers -wilt live the names of Sherman, Hancoak, Meade, Sickles, Mceferaand, Shields and Mea gher—all Democrats in the party sense, but the representatives of a class of Dem ocrats who are infinitely more worthy of recognition in a Unjon convention than sundry Republicans who might be men tioned. Instead of being ashamed of the call tar a Convention, because Union Democrats as well as Union Republicans may meet upon the tetras presented, we are disposed to look upon this circum stance as evidence at once of the desire, bleness of such a meeting, and of the lib eral spirit is which the movement has originated. In the present position of the country it were neither prudent nor seemly to quarrel about names. The great need of the time is a national, patriotic, constitutional Union party; and to con• struct this we are prepared to forego sec tional shibboleths, and to bury the prejo• dicer that would keep good Union men asunder." COMPLIMENT TO Ma. CLTMZIL—At a re cent session of the Supreme Court at Wilkesbarre, a banquet was given by the members of the bar to the Judges and others of the legal fraternity present.— Among those who eat down to the Least were all the Judges of the court, Hon. Robert J. Walker, Hon. William M. Mer edith, Hon. Hiester Clymer and other distinguished gentlemen. A large num ber of speeches were made, among others one by Mr. Clymer, of which the .Republi can, the Geary paper of the town, says: "Mr. Justice Thompson followed, and was succeeded by Mr. Clymer, who made the most eloquent speech of the evening" Tits sentiment of a considerable portion of the Southern people was beautifullyt expressed lately by the President of the Convention of North Carolina, whe'r be said that "they were going home again,!' in returning to the Union ; and if this is • r t at..e,the sad experience of the last few years, there is a ramp duty on on our part. The wayward son returning from his wanderings was met and welcomed home by his father. The Parable conveys the true moral of the oc casion ;. and if the party in favor would act,upon it, thh difficulties in the way of reunion would soon vanish. GEN - . SBEEIIAN in a recent speech at New Haven talked very plainly. He told the crowd gathered to receive him that the people of New England had been too hard on the South and were too strong in their prejudices, but perhaps they were not responsible for it, as-they have been so educated. Ho was for the whole coun try, North and South alike, and he was willing to forget and forgive all past dif ferences. These sentiments are those of nine-tenths of the gallant men who did the fighting during - the war. The Radi cals, who staid at home, are the men in r.vor of extermination. Tan miserable, filthy and degraded old vagabond, Brownlow, last week, sent the f fllowing telegram to John W. Forney : "IsTssuvms, July 19, 1860.—T0 Hon. J W. Forney, Secretary U. S. Senate.—We have fought the battle and won it. We have ratified the constitutional amend mentln the Huse— forty-three votes for it, eleven agiinst it—tcro of Andrew John son';; tools not voting. Give my respects to the dead deg of the White House. W. G. BROWNLOW." There is a fine specimen of the decency of the party of moral ideas. JAY Coosa, the well known banker, re turns an income for 1865 of $625,000. Ilia tax will be over $60,000. He resides in Chittenham, lifont,ctomety county, Pa., near Philadelphia. The war was a bles sing to Jay Cooke and his family to the remotest relationship, A MAJORITY of Linpla's original Cp.bi net support the President and endorse the Philadelphia Conventitin. They are: Sec. retak, 0.--.. a, ws+lll3.?. PoistmaP tgbtileral Bla* . Atti f orney General Bates. Speech of Hon. rlfiester Clymer. The following is an abstract of Mr. Cly mer's remarks at the great Reading meet ing last week : Hon. Theater Clymer, of Berke, the Democratic candidate for Governor, then addressed the assemblage. He said their previous kindness had hardly left life enough in him to enable him to address them at length. He was sure that _the men who had comet-here from all sections of the State would not be disappointed if he adds eased them briefly. The harvest. was over, and for its abundance they should thank God But there was another harvest to be reaped amid the frosts of October. when they were to be tha reap ers, and it would then be seen whether they bad strength enough to cut down the weeds of secession and rebellion every where growing around them. (Cheers ) Were they prepared to enter upon a can vass like that now opening? He could ask the whole State this question, as every section of it was represented in those he saw aroun I this -Democratic altar. Had they came here swayed by one purpose, that aft r all that had been expended in war, the Coristitutien and the Union should be restored? (Cries of "yes" ar.d cheers) The war is over. The armies of the South had melted away like snow be fore the sun. There ought to be peace ; but why was it that when open war was over peace had not followed ? The S wth had been obedient to the Constitution since, had chi:igen representatives and wished for peace, , but because they would not bow the knee to New England fanati• chin, they were kept under the heel of despotism. (Groans for the Radicals. A voice, "They never No, the speaker said, and they never ought. (Cheers.) It was not the Demo cracy who kept the Union divided, but a Radical faction in Congress, who proposed terms which honorable men. could not a'ccepr. The cenlervative men of all p ties were united against this faction, :.d in favor of a restored Union. (Loud cheers.) The question to he decided this tall was, whether there should be peace or perpetual war. The Democracy had throughout its en tire history been.a party eminently catho lic, for its sympathies extended over every inch of land covered by the flag of a corn moo -Union. This being so, the •party would be recreant to every sense of duty, if in this, the direst hour of the nation's necessity, it was not willing to strike hands and make plighted faith over the common labor of a common country with any man ( r set of men who were willing to pre serve it. That bad been the mission of the Democratic party, and the principle upon which it was founded, and on that principle; by the grace of God and the virtue of the people, it would continue to The speaker said, further, that the po- sition be occupied, by the voice of the - Democracy of the State, was one• so full of responsibility and care that, did he not know that throughout the length and breadth of this Commonwealth there was not the heart of a single Democrat which did not best in unison with his own, and who would not, in the bour of trial and danger, stand by him to the bitter end, be would shrink from the place. Brit he had been made the candidate by the unbought, unsolictted - and free, and almost unani mous choice of the Democracy of the State. He had no political history,, that was not recorded ; his history as a *lin e:lei was the history ofi the State for the last six years, and he would not to-day al ter a line or blot out a particle of it.— (Loud cheers.) He might have been mis taken, but'if so it was an honest mistake, and he challenged any One who did not believe in his course to - meat him before the people and discuss' it. (Cheers.) It was true ho had never bent the knee to power, end that in thO Senate of Penn sylvanta belied never quailed before the Abolition majority Cenci cheers) ; and tor this he believed the peOple were support ing him tr.-day. He had not intended to speak at lerigth, howeVer, end would give way for others. . I Mr. Clymer, amid great enthusiasm, re tired. The Press upon Geary. Random Extracts teem our Democratic Exchanges. It is a most remarkabs fact, says the Phil edelphia Mercury, that, nf the thousands who shouldered their muskets and left Philadel phia to engage in tSe•laie war, we lima not yet hearl of a corpbral'a guard who' intend to vote for Geary. They all have the sttnic.ppin ion of him, and that is certainly not ti' very enviable one. 'And what is still more remark able, those who originally weft out- -with, our modern Dominates, and )those who were un fortunate enough to beltlaced under his,com mond during the par, are the most bitter in their denunciations of him. It is only those whii do not know the man that may be induced: to vote for him. , If, hOwever, the Abolition candidate was really a' soldier, and could actually produce the record of his prowess, the .men—or rather thi military apologie•-- be has around him, beaded by the notoriously incompetent Josh. Owens, would politically damn any man, though he was as pure as snow and as bravo as Hector. Only think of it:: (leery and Owens Owens and Geary! Will our friend Myerit, of the Bedford Ga zette, look up a chapter; of the Geary record, which may be found ia letters published in the Bedford Inquirer during the Mexican war, and were written; - by David Over, Esq., then a membzr of the 2d regiment, P. w.. and atew publishing an Abolition paper somewhere in Pennsylvania. Whither he is supporting - /91 Geary we know not, but in a conversation, at wenn• we were asserted that he saw Colonel Geary "playing off," and "lettieg on ho was wounded," and skulking to the rear tinting the hottest of the fray at Chapultepec, and added that if be evinced any bravery in this war he "had changed the d—dest:." Hunt up the record, and let the curse of hils cowardly and tyran nical conduct come hoMe to roost. In 1854-56, the Lack Haven Democrat charges, General Geary was recognized - as an active Know Nothing, to-called "American:" Had he and Camerou,i Ulm nominated him, and his principal supporters now had their way then, (and tut for the almost superhu man efforts of the Democratic party they would have had their tray), not a single for eign .born person ore Catholic in religion would to-day possess the tight to vote! Not one of these would havi anything to say - as to whether ileister Clyrcer or John W. Geary should be Governor. 'Should (hay and his party, who advocate negro suffrage, be suc cessful now, what guaranty is there that they would not carry out tlieir , old doctrines and disfranchise the Oothor i pe sea r.. eign birth, while enfranchising the negro? Think of it, fellow citizens, before it is too late. The white men of reimaylvania—tbose who aro oppoied to negro suffrage and -negro equality—will soon have an opportunity of "showing their handa' at the ballot box Geary, the Radical candidate for Governor, is committed directly in favor of negro suf frage, while Mester Olymer, the Democratic candidate, is just aS decidedly committed against it. No attempt is made to disguise the position‘of either. 'lke field is cpen, and the fight a fair one—Geary and negro suffrage on one side, and Clymer and a white man's govern neat on the other. General 'Geary has been repeatedly naked to indicate his opposition to negro suffrage, which he has declined to do. Riester Clymer has openly expressed his unqualified dissent to the measure. Geary's platform is the equality of the races! Clymer's position is the supremacy of the White man. At the next October election the 'people of Pennsylvania must meet and decide 'this issue. Every vote our tiesry is a voteLror negro sus—, and negro equality. Almost every - mail things us intelligence of the decided manner which the soldiers of Pennsylvania are repudiating Gen. Geary. His record is such as to create no enthusiasm among the "boys in blUe,'"and it was scarcely possible for the Radicils to select a more un popular candidate. The soldiers who feught for the Union fully esiimato the services ren dered in the field by the radical nominee, and they will show their appreciation of Gesry's conduct in the army by solidly voting against him. • Gen. Geary, the disunion candidate for Governor, is on the Eudical platform, and ap• proves of all their doctrines. Of course he is in faior of istrittiog the word "white" from the Constitution of Pennsylvania, Every vote cast for him is a ballot in favor of negro suf frage and negro equality. Geary,' the Radical 'pandidate I'4l. Governor, is •armly supported by Sterols, Forney, Kel!e'y, and other advocates of negro equality. One of his most earne4 admirers is Frederick Douglass. Geary is tlteir candidate—On their platforin—and it he all: old be elected, would be entirely controlled!by such influences. CRAWFORD COUNTi,—TRO Democrats of Crawford county held their annual nomina ting convention lost week, in Meadville. All •sections cf the county were fully represented and the most gratifying reports of the pro gress of the cause were given Our friends in Crawford are well 'organized (much bettor, we regret to say, than here), and feel certain of increasing their vote largely. The follow ing is the ticket plated. It is regarded as a strong one: embly, Dr. J. W. Grier, Adamsville; M. Park Davis, Meadville; Sheriff, Wm. Hubbell, Riceville ; Prothono tary, J. A. Humes, Woodcock; Register, A. "illiams, Summit; Clerk of the Courts, Washington Bloomfield, Riceville ;- Commis sioner, James 8. Shellito, Sadsbury ; Auditor, K. - McArthur, South Blientinga ; Coroner, j, Shearer, mbridge. Instructions were given in favor of Gen. A. B.:McCalmorit, of Venting° county, for Congrees, and Hon. Gaylord Church for Associite Law Judge. Our friend Clark - Ewing, of Titusville, was one of the nominees before the. Convention for Assent. bly, and received 31 votes on the second ballot, a mark of confidence on the part of the Crawford county Democracy, which is highly gratifying to his man g y friends here. Let the fact hi remainbered by all the voters in the district that 6. W. Soofield drew the large sum of $928 erom the priblie treasury for two trips to WashDllton and back—ors 232 for each trip. This 'pan Scofield is almost sure to 'be the neat: Disunion candidate for Congeals, and the peOplishould lee to it that he to not put to . the trouble of making soy more such expo:min:o ips. , The Demoirsts Q f C,criy, ae Usual, are wide. . awake to their duty.• They have organiied . two clubs for each ward in the!oity, of which the officers are as follows : North Ward—President, Join Scott; Vice President, Jam9s Lewis; Secretary, Judson Terry; Corresponding Secretary, E Harmon; Treasurer, .1 Parsons. or, South Ward—President, Sherman B Gail; Vice President, if C Whitbeek; Secretary, F .11 Lockwood; Corrbsponding Seo!etary, Dr C S King; Treasurer, Jas_Pattehon.l Executive Commiuee—W SCutleri 0 E Tiffr- DY. Captain ()Smart., Wm Belcher, Chauncey Titus, - Jobi-Hezel, F A Sleeper, K Weld, CB Sleeper, P Kelleher, F hi Lockwood. The example of our Corry. friends should be imitated in every electioi district. By thorough organisation 'and hard work only can we expect,puccess. ' • - , . The peoplogs,Candldate for Congress. ;, Con. parrynici :—.Dear; Sii—We, the• undersigned, eitmeas of Giraril an Erie coun ty, lb view of - the patriotic servides rendered the Government, end the many thouradds of hard earned dollars you have expended - ' , to sustain aottearry on-the war sgSitist retell- Ion; having proved yourself the trio friend of the soldier, end knowing you to be, a true friend and supporter of AndreseJohnlon and his Administration in their effort's to restore i the Union, and having confidence in your in tegrity and ability to discharge he duties of Representative of the 19th :Dist let in, Con gress, we therefore request tbas .you allow your name to be used as the People's Candi• date for that &Bee at the ensuing election. George Smsyard, E. J. ,Kenyon ; J. Martin, J. GullifosllA.l. Trutt, IL Benham, James &indef. Henry Bell. It. Q. l Ely,l A. M. Os. born, Chas. U Grant, Louis Yeager, S. D: Cockett, &Mu Brecht. Hiram Deggett, J. W. Atwater, 0: Joliet, E. W. Clark, William Ty ler. G. S Hollifi:Tl, John flay, Jr ,'.l. L. Hart, G. W. Stites, A-Martin, HAL k, 'filen J. E. Pettibone:7A. Stone, James Callen, 13. L. 4., . Phelps o laWlLiGulliford, A. GI Ely, E. K. Smith, Feenk McCreary, Wm. H. Edson. F. 1 t. Costs;&John Robertson, D. Olin, John Hes , sel, E.& dieiknip, W. D. Webber' H. L. Carr, W. D. Martin, I. T.. Simmons, rA. White, S. F. Mason,iL. B. Chevalier, James L. Thayer. S. T. Williams ; . George C; Martin, C. W. Noyes, DAlison. Maxon OodfreY, 11. Kittel bargee, Jr.', Midhael Schunisker, Jr.. Hein rich Kittelberger, Robert, Calder; L. D. Hart, J. M. hfurphy, J. Bender. ALTACINA, PA., .Tune 2 6 th, , To the Citizens of Girar d ° and Erie County,' Penns:—Your letter, proposing to run me for Congress, is received. I //wild indeed be in sensible to the commonest impulses of ha malty were I not filled with 'the warmest sentiment ,of gratitude foe the friendly ex preeslons and personal regard'that your let ter contains, signed as it is by Republicans and Democrats; whom I know to be staunch supporters of the Government, and coley who 'have risked their lives fur the preeerdation of the Union. 'Stich distinguished consideration overcomes every natural !'objection I may hate for political honors, ;consequently I do ---a,„,t invittitiin to Tote my name to be used, but with; the nn erstattd log that I am not to .be the standard -bearer of either polities' party (Republicans or Dem ocrats) but if nominated it tnust be by a Peo plo's Convention, as I belong to the people. They are my friends and patrons, and in jus tice to them, composed as they are ,of all shades of political ilpintotts:-I meet continue to live 'a their esteem, and labor to promote their happiness and interests which ha. been 'the height of my ambition for twenty.fivo years Respectfully, Yours, jy6-tf: DAN Ric■ NEW Ptcrtnts GALIAMIri near the railroad depot, Erie, Pa.—d. l?. Wager & Co would most respectfully inform the public that they hove fitted up a splendid suit of rooms in Lyttle's new building, south of railroad depot, (opposite the locality of..the late fire.) a place particularly convenient. to the-people from the country and the adjacent towns. With a superior light, Improved back - ground, and the best of knetruments,, they believe themselves to be prepared to supply the wants of the public, in a satisfactOrY caantw. Pho. tographe, Ambrotypes; Gems, and, in short, every style of pictures, large or small, taken in - unsurpassed styles. Orders 'for outside views and lite size portraits, promptly filled. elberagegl anat.. of Lao. summer in securing representations of Scenes in the oil regions offers for sale a large rani. etrof Stereoscopic Pictures of that locality. je2l'66•tf Ross's CERTIAMIN'III Enamel:Lusa STORE. —Mr. Warren L. Rois has taken the store lately conducted by Justice, Gheen & Galla gher, and fitted it up with everything necesPa ry to make a complete gentlemen's furnishing ptablishment. His stock of cloths, cassimeres, vestings and ready made clothing is superior to anything ever brought to the city, and we defy any one to visit the store without finding something' to suit his taste. Mr. Ross has been very successful in securing a cutter who is not surpassed anywhere. Under his skillful supervision the concern is turning out work equal to the best Eastern establishments. No person can haye an excuse for going abroad to get clothing while Ross' affords the conve niences that he does. In addition to his other goods he hag- also a superior stock of hits and caps ? hositly, collars, cravats ' in short anything that, a man waits in the clothing line can be got at Ross's. Call and see for yourselves. je2l tf WIIAT INVAINED BY ACCIDENT INBIJAANCN— A' STRIKING INSTANCE.—Wm. S. Leonard, a railroad engineer, was 'severely injured by a disaster to a train near Connersville, Ind.— Only the day before ho had taken out a pa. soy, to the AcoMent insurance complin, Columbus, 0., for $5,000; with $25 weekly compensation. Re suffered for eight weeks, during which the company's agent and physi - cian attended assidiously to his wants, and paid hie weekly beuefits promptly. At length death came to his relief, and the company im mediately dispatched an , agent to pay hie family four thousand eight hundred •dollars, the balance due on tire policy. Every man, no ,matter what his occupation, should have an accident - insurance policy. A small sum will procure it; and the agent of the company will issue it in five minutes. - For accidental policies apply to Werner & Gerrish, under First National Bank, Reed Howe. Go to Wager & Co's Photograph Rooms, No 1,323 Peach street, above the Depot, alarm what heantiful results can;be.obtained by the use of the mirror. No ditEmilty in obtaining &natural expression, as the sitters at the time the picture is made, instead of looking at a• dark hole in a box, look themselves square in the face. by mean, of a large life-size mirror being placed direetly in front of them, so that they can see every particle of drapery they have on, and whether they have enexpression on their countenance that-they would be satisfied to have ,an their *tore. All are welcome whether wanting pictures or not. 26-tf OITIOEBIS, ATTENTION t -.4.411 . officers in service March 3d, 1865, and honorably dia. charged after April 9th; 1865, can obtain three months pay proper,: by immediate ap. plication in person , or by 1 , to 8. Todd Perley's National Claim Agents , Park , Place, Erie, Pa. Qlaime cashed; jyl9-tf PIM:O.—Any of our readers wishing a first class piano from New York pan be informed where to procure one at lees than the menu• facturer's price, by calliig at the Observer office: It will be warranted to be equal to *e best. je2B-tt Tin fruittane, with patont self settling glass tope, for sate by Himrod dr. Dempsey.. j'el4tf Medical Notices'. Unsocgrao Tsta Rticss.;=-The great cost of kilver and gold arises not* much from their scarcity in the earth, as the difficulty of ex. tracting them from their itony combinations. Doctor J. C. Ayer, the well known chemist of Massachusetts, has cut this gordiar(knol: After having merited and;reoeived the grati tude of half Mankind, by his-remedies that cure their dimmers, he Is now winding the other bait, by opening foe them an easy road to the exhaustless tressuees of the kills. Ile has discovered end published a chemical process, which rendersi: at little cost, the hardest recite :and ores friable like chalk, so that the precious metals are loosed from their confinement, and easily gathered. Mines too poor to pay may be workad at a profit now, and the yield 'of rich mines is largely inareas: ed, while the cast itf extracting the metals from the ere is diminished. Either is a great achievement, to enrich mankind or cure their diseases. But we are Warmed our celebrated countryman adheres to! the latter awhis specialty and chief ambltion.-41teffalo &and. Dr. Velpan's French Pills are a benefit to the female sex, but ladle's la a delicate con dition should not nee them if they desire an increase of family. Soldiby all. Druggists. .1.76.tt ipir For nob-retention or ineontinence of urine, irritstion, inflammation or ulceration of the bladder, or kidneys, diseases of tho prostrate gland', stone in the bladder, calcu lus, gravel or brickminst deposit, and all Xs eases of the bladier, kidneys and dropsical swellings, use lielmbold'e Fluid Extract Bu- On. tf • gsgt. Belmbeld's Extract Dacha and Im proved Bose Wash cures secret and delicate disorders, in all their stages, at tittle expense, little or no change in diet, no inconventence,l and no exposure. .Isis pleasant in taste-and odor, immediate in its action, and free from all incurious properties. tf Helmbold's Concentrated' Extract Bu• chn Is the great diuretic. Helmbold's Con. centrated Batracr Sarsaparilla Is the great blood purifier. Both ate prepared according to rules of Pharmacy end Chemistry, and are the most active that can be made. I f Igg,,llelmbold's Extract Buchu eisei health and l vigor to the frame and bioom to the pallid cheek. Debility is accomplished by. many alarming symptoms, and if no treatment is submitted to, ; consumption, insanity a* epi leptic fits ensue. t f ge" A ready and con - elusive test of . the properties oftlielmbold's Fluid Extract Buchu will btu a comparison with those - set f9rth in the United States Dispensatory. • If ter Enfeebled and doleate constitutions, of both sexes, use Helmbold's Extract Buchu. It will give brisk and energetic feelings, and enable you to sleep well. •tf 1127' Take no more unpleasant and unsafe remedies for unpleasant and dangerms die. cases. Use lielmbold's Extract Buchu and Improved Roso Wash. - if ter Helmbold's Fluid Extraci Buchu is pleasant in taste and odor, free from all juju nous properties, and immediate in its action. , tf • g The glory of man is;strength ;I there fore, the'nervons and debilitated should im mediately use Ilelmbold's Extract Mau. fr- toy- Manhood 'and youthful vigor ate re gained by lielmhold's Extract Boehm. if' 'Kir shattered constitutions restored by Belmbold's Extract Bilotti. tf Da. Kalman, Fednal Hill, selects iemedies from all systems, and cures his patients. jyl2 EIALL . 6 COLOR pUblle attention If solo called to the perits of this old and popular media:la— wman Arita TUC POST TROROUOR TRIAL DURUM A TZ. SIOD 01 TWLSTT•OSI TSARS IS ADRITTZD TOR ROST erre- DT LSD CSRTAIR CL' , I 1110WR lOa TILSOAT ARD LUSO COXPLALITS. Every considerate - 'arson knows the importance of removing lung affection" In their early gages and many from red ezpertecee hare Ponied 'rib,e Jaeger o f delay. Cough }remedy is aor recommended as a OYU• CAL PANAMA roz ALL UntAN ILLS, but only for a "peel fle dui of DISBASIX locatefin the same structure, inci ted by the same causes, and reuniting much the same treat"eut, vary lug only with degrees of violence. It 1■ pleasant :o the taste, HUI in We operation, thorough lad speedy to He action. Long experience proses it hu Do aurgaton or SWILL in merit Of enelency for caring 00CG11, ZIOARSZNISA I p anoscniris.OrP A 1311111• and 11[1001'1N0 COCOA. IC removes .;..... Aj!..l. sod !SA r expectora tion, loosens the tight and fall 'sensation in the lungs, restores the respiration to its slimy, witting conditteo. Imparts health and vigor to the !nags end also clearness and strength' to the 'voles. One bottle !scene:ally sufficient to cure an ordinary cough. Retail pries 60 cents to $1 re? bottle. Liberal indanmects offered to, the trade. Sold wholesale and retail by Hall & Warfel, proprie tors, at tbeir drag store, 630 State street. Erie, Pa., and by dealers generally. ja3.6ro FALL SICILIAN Bit& RILNZwilt Renews the hair Hall's tiegetahle Sicilian Bair Sanewer Restores gray hair to its original color Ha'l'o Vegetable Weillan Hair ripower .P . terents the hair !Tam falling i ol? Hall's V getable Sicilian Hair liciamar bin is the hair a ft and glow , Hairs Vegetabingliklablair 111.uswer Does not stain the IVO /11111 . 1 Vegetable Riollion Hair Renewer flu itself the hest Preparation for the. hair seer presented 1.1 the priblic. FOr tee by all druggists. ; Prite $1 00. It. P.IIALL & CO.. Nsshoa. N. 11., Pronrirtnrs. Tng. Costressioss Awn Exisatalmoz or As tervAun.— Published for the benefit and as a CAUTION TO YOUNG YEN, and others, who suffer from Nersone Debility Prematur3 Decay of lianhood,l he, suppljing‘ at the seas time Tna Mears or Sens-Crns.. By ene who his cured himself after undergoing eons demble gulch ry. By enclosing * poet•paid addressed enre'ope, single et p• tea, free of charge, may be had of the Author. NATHANIEL lIAYrAIR, Eau, Brooklyn, Kings Co , N. Y. - COE c.I.IIPAIUPts OP Till ARMY OF TIIEJ'OTOM.AC., By William Swinton. The standard history of the grand army The greatest work on the war; univer sally endorsed by army officers end the . men. The au thor Bays: .1 design in II& volume to reined what that army did and suffered in tn: campalcui and two score battles .1 chit have to celebrate the unswerving loyalty of this army, that ofttimes when the bond of military co hesion failed, held it, unshaken of fortune, to a duty self Imposed. "I chill have to follow it through ucherkered expe rience, in a tale commingled of great mieortunes, great follies and great glories; but from that to last , it will appear that amid many buffets of fortune, through 'win ter and rough weather; the Army of the Potomac never gave up, but made a good fight and llua'ly reached the 0 ,41 . "Of this dram there will be no other hero than the Arms of the Potomac itself; for it would seem that in this war of the people it wu decreed there should erica no imperial presence to become the. central figure and, cynosure of men's' eves. Napoleon, in an outburst of haughty eloquence, exclaims every a the great armies of sconce this Commander was ything. Th proud spottiest,' nee Co app`leatio • t• the esney of the Coto nue. and one must th nk—reeing it never had a mat, and generally bad mediocre commanders—it was that it might be said that whr rarer it won it owed not to genius bot f ought with it, blood." This is the o ly History of the Grand Army, and no one who has borne a part to its coofficte, or Is intorested in its grand achievements, should be without it This work presents a ran chance :Omsk* mosey. Agents waived. Send for circular., and see our terms. Address, NATIONAL PITHLISHiNG CO, f•trf Minor St , GOFF ? 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