:gra ZUttftlt Cftlitrbtt.. re , CO BLocK, (up sTAIego W. CO RNEA STATS 81. AND, Pamir. • ~.-„ieeaples, paid in advance,— .......... 50 . ',"„- paid until the end of the year, 00 "'"' t ' sent to ono address, 10 00- r r ge%••• ....... 00 vtnil ohseript ion accounts must Pe settled am No paper will be sent to any person • 7,,,,,, 3 ' re .ponsibilltY Is not known, unless the aald In: advance. pr:Ce r EITTIRING RATES. t,ilowing are our advertising rates which he strictly adhered to. In reckoning the ofallvertkements, an inchis considered y tan. Anything less than an inch is rated ;; square: •:"i s - ci 1(1%e ry• rtiO q• ••: 3, • • IA ari l : 4 cl 4 C .' 1 e. 1.7.5; 22i 2.75 t 5.00i . 7.00112. 1 X) , we ek. 1. - y '2_ .1.00 7.00112,00 . . 2103 23 4.00. 5.M: 8.50 15.ffli 25.00 1.71 . 4.50, a.no lO.M Ism; 30.00 mon , . lic . 1.71 5.59' 7.n0 $1.541 Ikon 2i,no 4.100 5.r.1 fi,01,10,011 12.00,7),03,30.10, _• ~, ., n tli. c 0)12.10 15.40 31.00 SO 00 50 al 115.00 " .._ 1109 :11.00 .W.OO 3.00 50.00 00.00 150.00 ,„i n ri nod Ad mlntatraMni Notice, &I 7. kw iltnre and Rstrny 'Notices ft 2 eneh: N o tice", set in Leaded Nonparlel, and before Zdarrinstes and Peatha. per i n aaditlon d ir etoreanar Mot : Local Notices, ' o m t bY the part ta. per line of Eight fer first insert ton. 12 eenta per line for see ',jar! ten cents for each subsequent. timer ' vAltartal .Nottces cents per line: Mar rents: Deaths 25 cents each. Adver -,rnt. In wrted svery other week, two-thirds peranns banding ill adverUsements I stlte the period they wiah them pub. ntberalse they will he eontinued tint!' out, at the expense of the advertisers. JOB PRINTING. r an. , of the hest Jobbing Oficealn th ,Tl are prepared to do any kind brze ~r small orders, at rut reasonab as good style as nnyeatabllahme •or.traunleatlT ons chnold,he nddry lENS'N WITTTM ' Editor r 4iuslniso flakes I•.I.7kIPIIAI7StEN, ~f the Pram, Farrar cV:11 nalWing, (M) fl: rTITT,Ert. n „,, T,Aw. Girard, Erie Cramtv, other hnalnosti attended to ~• midkpiteh. .4F.T,T)F.N NfAIIVT'S: ‘ll ,, novg nYvi rnmrum 111 , r1:. n c tir Nnith W thr. SqurirP, Erl pa. I' AG T,T , . HOTEL, 1. 'PI.: Robert TARII.•, Pronriett and rarefill nttPtitte rolll fort nr znnctc, I'n , . Whltewo,l. (Morn% Aqh .;• 1 , 11 Fl II: Lomhor, frith and Chin7lPc ctau , or p c t: North of li. It. Depot. Frti. mv2-t t. D.UtUNG. Ana Sartrqnnq. INryr,. r. 1.; Pear • vorn,, of ..I.tth. (Mire ope ell WOO. Dr. Whillaln•g re4l,innre Ql Ninth and Tenth mtror.bi nr.o. W. GITNNISO:k.7. -lee, nr T.s;r, and .Tnstiee or the Pe , and Claim Agent, Ontwevancer Oerlr. In Rin , lerneeht's bleek. ant ,rn.r of Firth and State streets, Erie, , R. M. COLE k RON. Nan Arri 111 , 1111 c Tinnle MAnnfnotiirprpt Rank. 101'67-If. 1 , 11. rt. L. ELLIOTT, qt,tte Fri". hours from Xi.; A. M. .tr. 1 from I t) 5 P. M. ot•10•67-tf S 3 .T,T4MAN .t CO., and Retail lienlem in Anthrne alnati , and Ilhieksinith Coal. °Mee eor .In 3 12th titreets. Erlr. Pa. =2=:i=l A. RING, Itr.n,.•r - and DeAler In h o p'.. narlo: • xi,,, 1,1[••r. kr. Proprlolor of Me an. - and Matt. WCarelion..w• Erlo JwIT64-tf. W. F.. M.IGILT.. Mi., In Rogonzwelg , t Mock. north . 9i, Park, Pa. 11. 111. PIr'KERING, n, P. S., French street, second crows -... , 4-111e•Ir., near the corner of the Reed net lg. fs4ON, WILLIAMN & CO., ,tort to Goon, .1. Morton. CommtPollon • xnt+. ❑nd \Phnlr•valo Ttralera In Coal. N. Y. h K and Poonle',, ne of St ram- Pubtle Peek. Erie, FTC \Ng. WINCIIELL & cO. on And rommlsalon Merehanta,ftnd Real tzenta, art Stab• sltreet ‘eorner tilath,l I`, Vlvanees made on enn4l g nment.4. vary Vendue+ attended to In any part of Avg WIVrIt}:I.I WM. 'Si A.RRS, 1., Int Clothes Cleaner, nano Block, Dr. Bennett . .., ()}flee. Clothes matte, clean .lt reietire.l on short not ler% Terms 11.9 rm. ,e .t. any. met:. •Ir, C. •41.1•VSCRIt.1111 , R , lITERAIAN. • SPENCE'? et StIfEIDLtS, • nt Franklin, Pn. OtTlee in •..t ,- 11 tins!. Liberty street. Pitlinle City. _..n....m•5r Kemp's flank, Hnlmften street. prmnptly made in alt parts of the - Jal2. :cont.:, BROWN t Co., In trtrd and Nnft coal, Erie, Ifoinz filsrplse.l of "tic drink property to slll-. 11.1111 rd tints. wt• nee,Narl R• retire from r' I rade; recommend Inz, our queee.o.orx nth* a orth y of the confidence a ri•l patron ' ,or rill friends and the poht lc. SCOTT, ItANKT CO. I.%ME.'; LYTLE, ,oaanald.• Tailor,Virth tit root, I,..tween State 1:r(,•, Pa. en,tom Work, Ttrraalrlng cuttiniz atton.l.l to promptly. Itplfrfla-tf. 1 - ',VI.IItY kNT) 110.k1IlING STABLE, ~ nt Fo.ordi and f.teventh Adrerts. r,t I , ,hmnn proprietors. Good horse , ' rill 4, Alwav, on hand 'at rnwierate • jyl2-tf. It. F.NSIGN, ••h4011,•,•, t ql .Ip:tler In Stationery, \Vrtll Pa n7,lle,. NoW,P tpera, &e. t`nttlitry deal o under ilrown'a Lintel, front - 1• NH; „inra7-tf. rll.trlx k 13ARRETT. • ins 3111sItirz , 044. o ,a lee N,, , n• t () 4 111,, orwrt .inv n I iit . yr. 41, rret t• • :Is We4tith wt. my113'67-Iy. ISF.NNETT 1101.'811, .n Mills, Erie Co., Pa., Cieorge Tabor, , tor areonnnodationa and mode my9.67-tf. (;Eo. 1. BENNETT. M. D., and Surgeon. Office, F.n.st Park at.. Irk', flour ctore,—boards at the reft , ~ E W. Kelm, al door Routh of the M. '1 on grtc,nfrnq street, Office hours ..., Intll n. ro. tnylnt.l-tf. 11. V. flAt'S, • 1 ,, r All kindg -of Family tiroverley; and `' .'N.Stotli. Warr, ,tr.. mut I(alrdrai- R',n,..,L{gnnr., Claarg, Tobacco, e.; So :A F.!:h ktr...t, Erie, Pa. 1 4;'67-t 1 ... P .1. Pli.ViPlt, M. 1).. . r ••p tt in • i•cCetim and Surgeon. °Mee t;2•4 Peae .t., opposite the Park h, rs from In to 12 a. tn., to Sp. 4'117 vn p. in. - JoIIN 11. [LIAR, Fnz,!,o,.r uml vun rrur. RF;shlenre strr,t an I East Avenue, East Erie. ''"`' f'ITY INTP:I3.IGF:NOE (11,FICE tarnished for girls of all clescrip •• .r tun Illes, at short notice. m ?L 1 Nurses. Housekeepers, Seitmstreast, 4111 of nil kinds. Also. Ho- Boodin4 Houses and Private Families sail servants of all kinds at short notice. • •'' . gt.t tr, Cali at thls °Mae, No. 12.12 State 'i , ErloFn. . J. F. CROSS. NEW STORE. I. : ,, rienbf•rger, at the new brick store, ‘4O, hw on hand a large: assortment Provkionm, Wood and Willow I.iquor4, Segars, Cc., to which he ..") call, the attention or the public, I ^l fist r.un offer rc , 4 good bargains as ,'"6 l-1 ‘) any turf of Erie county. RVCITY IRON WORKS. 4ANrFAcTI!ItI?, ionarland Portable Steam Engines, (II STILLS a TANKS, 'i'gPat,lit Engine, If lcles Putent Engine. r't .ketliii4 Circular Saw 31111 x, Geared .circular Stw Milli:, Y RILLS AND MILL GEARING, •11 \ FTING, Pi'LLiF.t, fir„ LIANt; TooLS, VOWING RIGS, %NI) i)IllVI\111•IPY (a) SELDES, Premldant,i W. J. P. LIDDELL, Sup't, VAIN 11. lILIs See'y and Treav 1•117. Engine. Manufitcture4 by the CITY IRON WORKS Lee am t w Ilan double the power of itrlS • other Engine of equal size. - • .r l " 4 who wish to inereaße their power changing theirboller, can doe° by using Eni.,ins, which workm the Idichaust give, double thepower from the ~ti7t=ie{, thaw navlng halt the fuel. ,V ItA C .'I`OI3ACCOI . , J. w. T A 31.' 1., 0R , . Stahufaeturer of a ' Y, SPUN ROLLS, Bs, 10s, -. llel all the other brands at 6 T 0 BA C C 0 : 1, LP: k, ESN riTlikET, tth.t.,.. . VOL. 38. eroctrits. )robuct ► Snit, &c. GrEOVERV, Confectionery Depot No. 8 Mouth Park Mee. Erte, Pa 114..111A:Cr: L. WIIITI♦ Ilam4purchnsetl the stock and leak+ of the above stand and proposes to keep the mast eotaplete stock of gOOllll in this line ever Whiled ilk Erle. The public can hereafter rely up= linding a full assortment of Groceries, Rome and Foreign' Finite, AND PRODUCE GENERALLY, Give me a call and see what ; calk do for you apr2.l'67-tf. IMPORTANT TO THE PO;. • Groeeries Retailed at Wholesale - Prieps I . . - • • JOHNSTON &BREVILLICER, The well known Wholesale Grocers-of 513 French street, have ; opened a RETAIL lIRANpft" STORE; - AT 75.:5.3 STATE STREET, Three doors north from Eighth, where they will keep on hand a large supply of CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, wrionEs AND wir.r.ow WARE, ETC.,. • Widen will be add-to CASH CUSTOMERS, AT WHOLESALE PRICES! • Being enabled, as Jobbers, to buy our Cloods at much lower figures than retell dealers, we pro pose to give our customers the benefit qf such advantage, and invite the attention of all those who wish to save money in buying groceries, to our large and well selected stook. Goods delivered, free of charge, to any part of the city. myibtf.• BE CHEAP GOODS! GROCERY AND PROVISION STORE, F. SCHLAUDECKER, 'iltieressof to F. et M. Schlandecker, b now re ceiving a splendid assortment of • GROCERIEN, PROVISIONS, Liquors, Willow, Wooden and Stone Ware Fruits, Nuts, &c. A large stock - of - TOBA.CCO AND CIGARS) G-roc,ery lioadquurtern, American-Block, State St., Erie, Pa my9T7-tf. Wholesale and Retail Grocery Store., P. A. BECKER CO., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERS, Nurth-Eamt Corner Park and French St., 11:21211EZMI Would respectfully eall thenttentton of flieeom munity to their large stock of Groeeriee4 and Provimiains, Whirl' they arailestrous to sell at TILE VERY LoWEII4T PCM4SIBLE PRICk:B! Sugars, Coffees, Teas, Syrups, In riot aurpavted in the city, as they are prepared to prove to all who give them a call. They also keep on hand a saportorlot of PURE LIQUORS, (or the wholesale trade, to which they direct the attention of the public, Their motto is, "Quick Raley, small profits and a full equivalent (or the money." apil'63-tf. , PRODUCE MARKET. M. F. WC.)I3I3'EN 41/4., Would reapectfully announce that they have opened a store nt No. 428 French St., between 4th and sth, ALL KINDS OF COUNTRY PRODUCE, 'nutter, I.4l‘ilt . r. 3,.. Milk, 144 m. Orders from allrOad will rereive prompt- at ention at the lowelt market Prices. 461- The highest. price In Cash paid for Pro duce. aul6'66-tf. For the Holidays ! WATCHES, DIAMONDS, .TEWELRY, Silver & Plated Ware ! The largest assortment In town, at prices that DEFY COMPETITION Ik, not fall to all on MANN .84 No. 2 Reed Block. Two doors East of main entrance. nolt-tf. THE GREAT UNITED .STATFA TEA No. 30 Veeey Street, New Yost. AGFNP 4 WA INTW,J) In every locality to get on Clubs amongst fan lies for our TEAS and COFFEES. We can save to families 50 et& to 51 per pound on Teas, and 10 ctn. to Met... Lon Coffees. We import direct and sell at cargo pricea r thus saving to consnni- Pm the live or six proflta made by, Middle;men. Satimlbctlon warranted or money retundect We pay a liberal commission to Agents to.get up Clubs for us, and hundreds of our Agents make a handsome and regular weekly income. Ad dress immediately, The Greet United States Tia Warehouse, Of T. Y. KELLEY & CO., ' No. 30 Vesoy Street, N. Y. Post Office Box 574. sua-4w. HAVING mold our entire stock of Furniture to J. W. Ayres, we hereby thank the com munity for their liberal patronage to us, hoping they will extend the same to him. We will de vote our time hereafter to the UNDERTAKING BUSINESS! With the consent of J. W. Aye we still-hold our Mike in the same old place, 711 iitata street, where will be found at all times ready toattend to the...wants of the community in our line o. trade. Heady Made, Coffins Trimnied to order. Idetalllc and Iron Burial Cases, of all st}•lea and sites, - on hand; also, Shroud and Coffin Trimmings. Undertakers will fled it to their advantage to titir them ca us, as we cannot be undersold west of New York. aprZV-Iy. MOORE & IMELBT. Assignee in Bankruptcy. INTIIE DISTRICTCOURTof tha united States for the Western District of Pennsylvania, in the matter of -Alvan Thayer, bankrupt, The undersignoill hereby gives nonce of his ap pointtnent as assignee of Alvan Thayer of the borough of South Erie, county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, within said district, who has been adjudged a bankrupt, upob his own petition, by thcqiistrict Court of said 418- triet, dated at Erie, Nov. I,_A. D. 1167. HENRY :M. RIBLE7', Aftslgnee, no7-3w. No. 1321 Peach St.. Erie. Pai HENRY H. MOULT, Attorney at Law, Peach street, above Untie) Depot, Erie, Pa. norlff. PITTSBURG fi. PA. TH.F ERI E ° BSI! , R VEn. 10331 VECIETABLY .4 .I, EGGS, (.70NFECTIONERIM, at., &O. ILL WHITE. Wholemale and Retail WIN EN AND LIQUORS Call and see us, at the SCHLAUDECKER. (C7II:APHIDE,I Their assortznPut of TOBACCOS, FISH, SC., 7.. FRIE, PA For the pgrehase and Ba le of WAREHOUSE, NOTICE. arli. Goobs. Diefendort Gross & Foster, NO. 7 REIM HOllBB., • Would respectfully call the attention of their Mende . and the public generally, to their large and well tuckered stock of goods • • FOR . THE FALL TRADE! VELVET, BODY BRtSSZLR, '• Three Ply, Hartford and Lowell Ingrain, VgNETIAN, DUTCH W6OL. STAIR AND HEMP O C_A.IRPETS. MATTRAERFA, LIVE GROW FEATITERR, COMFOIM, BLANKETS, II PT QtrILTEI, CTraT.A.IS7I4, AND CURTAIN MATERIALS, MATS, RUGS, MIUGGETR, conivrep_s, STAIR RODS, &C., a' PILLOW SLIP ANDS/MET LINN& 1.11,L0w SLIP Awn SIIEICT NIUSLIN, TABLE LINEN. NAPKINS, DOILIM, CRANUES, DIM.EIIB, ETC., ETC., ETC All of the latest will most fuldonablo at" ' los of DRESS GODS ! Irish end FrenehPoplins, Merinos, Emp . reis Cloths, Alapicaa, In Black aruleolorm, The Finest Assortment In the city (Granite Popllnettn, Malange CUM", Camlet Clothe, A beanUful stock of VELVET RIBBONS ! In all width:. and color. BUGLE GIMPS, FM IVIES & READINGS FLANNELS, OLOAKINGS. CLOTHS, • The largest lot at the low* price to he found In the city. Calland be convinced. Remember No. 7 ..d $012211 and 19 Fifth St. Dirfendorf, Grows & Foster. ECM WIIOI AI.E DRY GOODS STORE, 112 S STATE STREET, ERIE, TA Southard & McCord, JOBBEIIB IN IDIFETIC GCPCITIS NOTIONS, HOSIERY, GLOVES, &C Our stoek is the largest ever brought to the city, conKisting of • PRINTS, DELAINES, SILKS, CLOTHS, CA.SHIMERES, BLEACHED & BROWN SHEETINGS A complete assortment of Drew Goods, every kind of article in the Notion Line, and, In short, a general assortment of everything needed by Country dealers, TO BE SOLD AT NEW 'YORK PRICES: Country Deelen are invited to give us a call. We do a strictly wholesale trade, - and propose selling at such prices as will make it to tile ad vantage of merchants in this section to deal In Erie, instead of sending East fur their goods. 11. S. SOITTHAUD. J. 71'conD. nty24-tf. - TICE OLDEST BSTATILISICED .Carpet & Dry Goods Haase IN N. W. PENNSYLVANIA. A complete stock of Meetings, Prints, !Awn, Cloths; Backings, Flannels, Dinh and French Poplins, Mohair, , Alpacas, Delaines,ite. Also, WHITE GOODS, GLOVES AND NOTIONS, Call)uid get prices before purchasing. WARNER .111tCk9., apr3ll7-Iy. No. NO, Marble Front, State St. 512 WEAT.E. t4TIVIEEM. . . Dry Goods ! Dry .. Goods ! WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 1 , The largest and beat stock of „ BROWN AND BLEACHED SHEETING% PRINTS, FLANI.M.9, LINENS, Cloths, Cloakingn, DeLaines, Alpacas, Leons, Mohalrs, Silks, Mack and Colored Thibit, Cashmere, Brocha and Paisley Shawls, _White Goods, Hosiery, Notions, &e n &e. • Goods marke&down to meet the market. No trouble to show goods. Call and examine. myN67-Iy. , • ROSENZWEIG & BRO. Dissolution. THE CO-PARTNr.B.SHIP heretofore existing I between the undersigned In the Planing Mill, Door, Bash and Blind business, under the firm name of Jamb Boots & Co., was dissolved by mutual consent on the 21st day of Juno. NM The business will be continued by Jacob Bootz, who is authorized to settle all' Ike accounts of the late Arm. JACAB BOOTZ, ANTONY STRITZINGEIL The undersigned.lntending to continue the above business, at the old stand, west side of Peach, between 12th and 13th streets, desires to call the attention of the public to Ms facilities for supplying them with anything in hht line, Lumber planed to order, and scroll sawing of ali kinds done. Bash Doors and Blinds turn. ished to order.- All kinds of Lumber on hind, together with Shingles and Lath. In tact, eve rything that is usually dealt In or done at first class establishments of the kind. Thankful for test kind 'nears. I respectfully solicit a con tinuance of the same. oer-ene JACO 13BOOTZ. ERIE, PA., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DECEAIi3ERIB67 KAILDWARE! 11 , LNOPERING OP THE RETAIL TRAIDp 1 EMI HcCONKEY & SHANNON, No. 4507 Fi•encli St.. Announce that they have juat re-opened their RETAIL DEPARTMENT! And Inytie gni attention or all wanting Hard ware to the same. Their Stott Is the Largest ever held In North-Western rennsyrania! Comprising a general assortment of all the arti cles In their line. ' - FARMERS will find what they want. BUILDERS will find what they want. BLACKSMITHS will find' what they want. WAGON MAKERS will and what they want CARPENTERS will and what they want. MASONS will find what they want. PAINTERS will find what they want. GLAZIERS will And what they want. MACHINISTS will find what they want. LUMBERMEN will and what they want. COAL DEALERS will and what they want. In short every kind of Hardware used by any class In the community, will always be found on hand and sold et We most reasonable prices. ialrbank's Standard Scales! Hay, COOL Platform; Wheelbarrow, Grocene, DruggLsts% Butchers', Post Ottlce - and Counter. Croton Glass Works Striper, etc., etc, All sizes of Glasx congtantly on hand at lowest chetah prices. 1:1101Nr, NAILS, PAINTS OP ALL KINDS, CUTLERY,. LOCKS, •HINGES, &C., &C. 'The. public are invited to call and examine for themselves. Reinetnber the place, DOMES TICS Wayne Block, opposite the Reed Muse mY2137-tf. J. ,PICOENL.tI,IB & CO., BOOTS & SHOES ! RETAIL DEPARTMENT. We have Just finished, and prepared for pub lic Inspection, a mammoth stock of Boots,Shoes, Gaiters, Rubbers. etc.. embracing every descrip tion and variety of kinds,. and which for style, -quality and finish cannot be surpassed in the market. all of which are offered at late reduced rater, We also pay especial and strict atten tion to For which the finest collection of Leathers are kept on Wind. and every facility Lq secured for accommodating customers promptly, and In a style to render perfect satisfaction. Particular attention is also directed to our WHOT I ESALE ,DEPARTMENT, Where we 'manufacture at Wholesale, Men's Boys', Ladles', Misses' and Children's hoots, Shoes, Gaiters, etc., of every variety and kind. Having lately enlarged our manufactory by the - addition of new buildings and Unproved ma chinery, we are prepared to supply the Trade on 'short notice and at the lowest market prices. Adjoining thig de'parttnent are connected our LEATHER AND FINDINGS ROOMS! Embracing French, German and American Calf Skins, of best and varied brands, Slaughter and Spanish Sole Leather, French and Ameri can Roans of all colors and prices. With our increased facilities we can sell as low as any Eastern manufaeturer, and make to order any kind of work wanting by the Trade. Thankful for the past liberal patronage of the pUblic, we respectfully solicit a continuance of the same. se26-ef. J. EICIIENLAI7II dt CO. HAYES it- KEPLER, Real Estate Agents ! A Farm of 123 acres, two miles frori thevillage of North East,fair buildings and orchard of NO a p ple treesnth, and 2XO grape vines, can be bought ts mo for Farm for. Role In Greene toirmlblp, owned by Geo. t 3,. Wight; 100 nenex, one very good honae - and one tenant house.. Pelee t 9.000. Forty acre Farm for sale on Buffalo Hood, In Harbor Creek, seven acres wood, social house and barn. Price about $75.00 per acre. A number of dwellings on private terms. A two story new Dwelling House on East Tenth street. Price 81,4120. Terms auk. House well finished throughout. A first-class new two story Frame Dwelling, complete hi every respect. Price 8,5030. Terms easy. A two story, well finished Dwelling, on West Ninth street. Price 1 17.000. Fine dry building lots, cost from $llO to 1f750 mar; MO in hand; balance on 6 years time; about SU rods from the Public Square. For flaw r Lafortnatton call at our office. • . - lAlet#l TrEvi...Ert, auls Real Estate Meta. Aced lions " And Tin .:Ware Establishment ! A GOOD ASSORTMENT OP TIN WARE Itzwaya ON, HAND. Call at lflmrod dr. Co.'s. 13134 Sassafras street; near the Buffalo Bowl Erie, .ay1617-t4 (FAUlattira, M. D., ITEGLICO3 I 1101106TATILICI • RS French Stiees, Erlek P. itlistellannuo. ACIEXTS FOR =II A General Assortment of 507 FRENCH STREET, MANUFACTITHERS OF No. 62S State Street. cue.rrcvm W(1011:1‘.. I No. 6 West Seventh Street, WIiOLKSALF FOR SALE.: NEW'. STOVE penal flottcto Address to the Nervous : and , Debli!itated whose sufferings have been protracted from hidden causes and whose cases require prompt treatment to render existence desirable, If you are suffering or have suffered from involuntary.; discharges, what effect i does it produce upon your general health? Do you feel weak, debit!- , Crated, easily tired? Does a little exertion tiro duce palpitation of the heart? Does your liver or urinary organs, or your kidneys, frequently get out of order? Is your twine sometlines thick, milky, Docky, or is It ropy on settling? Or does a thick Scum rise to the top? Or is a sediment at the bottom after it has stood awhile? Do you have spells of short breathing or dyspepsia? Are your bowels constipated? PO you have spells of fainting or rushes of blood to the head? Is your memory impaired? Is your mind con stantly dwelling upon this subject? Do you feel dull, listless, mopi ng, tired of company, of life? ‘ Do you wish to be left alone, to - get away from everybody? Does any little thing make you start or jump" Is your sleep broken or restless? •Is the lustre of your eye as brilliant? The blbom oh your cheek as bright 1' Do you enjoy your elf in ime:lety as well? Da you pursue your business with the same energy? Do you feel as much confidence In yourself? Are your spirits dull and flagging, given to fits of melancholy? If do not lay It to your liver or dyspepain. Rave you restless nights? Your back weak, your knees weak, 'and' have but little appetite, and you attribute this to dyspepsia or liver com plaints? Now, rcader,selt-abuse, venereal diseases bad ly cured, mid sexual excesses, are all capable Of producing a weakness of the generative organs. of generation, when in perfect health, make the man. Did you ever think that those hold, defi ant, energetic, persevering, successful business men are always those whose generative organs are I++ perfect health? Ym. never hear such omen complain of being melancholy, of ~.rvottgn es% of palpitation of the heart. They are nee , er afraid they cannot succeed in business; they don't beeome sad and discouraged;, they are al ways polite and pleasant Inihe'company of In dies, and look you and them right In the face— +tone of your downcast looks or any other mean ness about them. I do not mean those who keep the organs Inflamed by run ni ug to excess. These will not only ruin their roostUutlons , but also those they do hotlines with or for. Row many men from badly eured diseases, from the effects of self-abuse aqd exersses,liave brought about that state of weakness In-those organs . that has reduced the general system so much as to Induce almost every other disease— idiocy, lunacy; paralysis. spinal affections, sui cide, and almost every - other form of disease which humanity is heir to, and the real cantle of the trouble scarcely ever auspected, and have doctored for all but the right one. Diseases of these organs require the use of a diuretic. HEL3IBOLD'R FLUID EXTRACT BITC'Hr is the great Diuretic, and is a certain cure for diseases of tilt , Ttladder, Kidneys, Grav el, Dropsy, Organic Weakness, 'Female Com plaints, GenelDebility and all diseases of the Urinary Orga , whether existing in male or female, from whatever cause originating, and no matter of how long standing. If no treatment is submitted to Consump tion or Insanity may matte. 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In the matter of the bankruptcy of Lyman Thomas. Tile undersigned hereby gives notice of his ap pointment an assignee of Lyman Thomas, of Union Mills, Erie Co., and State of Pennsylva nia, within said District, who has been adjudged a bankrupt upon his Own petition by the -Dis trict Court of said distriet, dated at Erie, Oc te t. tat; A. D., ISM. no74we: If. L. CHURCH, Assignee. Assignee in Bankruptcy. ITHE DIRTRIcT COURT of the Un ItO litotes for the Western District of Pennsylvania, In the matter of Homer J. Clark, bankrupt. The undersigned hereby Oyes notice of his ap pointment as assignee of Homer J. Clark; of 01- rani tp., Erie Co., and State of Pennsylvania, within said distrietovho has been adjudged a bankrupt upon his own petition, by the District. Court of said district dated at Erie / 5, A. 1807. HENRI/ 7 m. EIBLET, no'-3w. No. MI Peach titff,,lnt Zen. Zhc Oborarr. THURSDAY, DECEMBE MORE ABOUT GOMM. The N. Y: Tribune continues to maintain its position against General GrAnt as the next Radical candidate for President, and Its efforts arc evidently weakening him in tilt esteem of the party. In one' of its issues of last week, it contained an editorial closing as follows : "As to General Grant, we hope to find Uzi on the Republican platform of Equal Rights to all citizens of the United States ; but we cannot now point to any act or declaration which places him there. He may he all right—we hope lie is; yet we cannot help seeing that those nominal Republicans whose hearts are with the adverse party, and who helped it to beat us badly on the sth inst., are all noisy Grant men. • We do not know a professed Republican who rejoices over the late Republican reverses who is not "iv Grant; and many of them • are venomously hostile- to Impartial Manhood Suffrage. When-General Grant demonstrates on this paint, we hope he will be found square on the, platform of Equal Rights. And, when •he does, we shall very heartily support him for Prisident,if he be the Republican candi date; but we suspect he - will then be no stronger than another capable and worthy Republican. Me may get some votes on per sonal grounds, in view of his eminent public services ; but •so would Gov. Chase ; so would Speaker Colfax or Senator Wade. Those who now - seem devoted to him on the fissuriiption that he is hot a Republican will of course be off whenever it shall be estab lished beyond cavil that he ix. Be sure. that Principle not personaj choice, will govern the issue or th. pending Presidential contest. There mill, there run, he ". oriking the _Vain Quortico." The Dispatch of this city is inclined' to go with the Tribune,and has severaltimes,oflate, taken occasion to throw doubts upon the propriety of selecting Grant as the Radical standard-bearer. This position, it is true, is not taken openly and boldly, but the charac ter of its quotations show its sympathies too well t to leave a chance for doubt: AS a sam ple-of these we clip from its lssue,of day the, following: "'The latest with regard to General Grant comes from- the fertile pen Of "Mack," of the Cincinnati Commercial. In a late_ commu nication to that high-toned sheet he says: "Among the.witnessea summoned bane the impeachment Committee-was Col. Hillyer, -formerly of General Grant's staff, now a Federal office-holder in New York. What he testified to, or was supposed to know det rimental to Andrew .Tohnson,4 cannot say,' but he yesterday met-Mr. Eldridge, of Wis consin, (a member of the Committee,) on Pennsylvania avenue, and addressing him,, said he supposed it would not-be necessary . for him to revise' the report of his testimony. "No," Eldridge said, "that would be all right." "Well," said Hitlyer, "there's one thing you might have got out or me if you had put the qut.tion to me, and you came mighty near doing it when vou were exam ining me about Grant." • "What's that l" said Eldridge. "Why," replied Hillyer, "I heard a conversation between General . Grant and the - President some time ago—the only time I ever heard him talk polities. Grant seemed to bee eery earnest about it, and bringing his hand-down heavily upon the table, said he, (Grant): 'Mr. Johnson, demagogues may talk as they please, hut this is a white man's government, and none but a white man should have -a voice in it" Now, the above is no figment of a Copperhead imagination. It is precisely what was related to me yes terday by Mr. Eldridge, with permission to print it, just after the . conversation between hint and Col. Hillyer.' " As appropriate to the subject, we close - our extracts with .a quotation front - the Milwau kie News of a late date : "When Senator Doolittle -tint returned home from Washington for the purpose of addressing his constituents upon the differ ences between himself and the Republican party, he was expressly commissioned by General Grant to say to the people of this State, that the contemplated reconstructio.: of the, South upon the basis of negro suffrage was an outrage upon the principles of-jus tice or statemanshilvand would inevitably result in a war of races. In leis speeches here, in Milwankie.and at other points in the State, Senator Doolittle gave General Grant'S precise words, communicated to him person ally and with the hope and expectation that they would be repeated to the nubile. In a recent conversation With Senator Doolittle,' he assures us that 'General Grant was not only positive and unqualified in these views, but • that he exhibited unusual earnestness and enthusiasm in urging. them. This %Is after Gen. Grant's return rrnm - his Southern tour, and after he had become familiar with all the features of the Radical plan. No one will refuse to credit Senator Doolittle's state ment on this subject. The factewere stated publicly at the time and widely published by the newspapers, and General Grant has never, denied the position on the question of recon struction then ascribed to him. * • * Inasmuch as General Grant's views at that time were positive and unconditional, and inasmuch as he has uttered no positive opin ion to the contrary since that time, the fair presumption is that he is still opposed to the Radical plan, and would refuse to become subservient to Radical schemes _should he ever happen to become the President of the Vriited States" IN every State where the Radicals hold or have held power the Congressional, Senato rial and Legislative districts are so gerryinan dered as to give their party large delegations on very small majorities of vows. In Penn sylvania, for instance, they have 18 members of Congress out of 24, on the trifling aggre gate Majority, in 1866, of 11,000. Were the State fairly aistricted, the Democrats would have had 12 and the Radicals 12. Knowing -this fact, they-are fearful tkat the Ohio and New Jersey Legislatures may abolish the un fair arrangement. Impeacher Ashley (one of the fellows who was repudiated by his con stituents in October) is preparing a bill for the Rump to pais by which the power and right or the Ohio Legislature to redistrict the State shall be abrogated, or:the time extended long enough under the Radical arrangement to al low his corrupt party another chance to get into power against the popular will vow. Such legislation will only serve to bent the Rads still worse next time. GIVE HER THE PANTS. An Ohio paper is responsible for the following: "Once on a time, not long ago, and not far from Millers burg, as it might be, a good-hearted man and his long-tongued style-talking Wife, attended a Acial party. Almost every three minutes his wife would check her husband' thus: "Now, William,don't lean back hi your chair in that way." "Come. William, don't 'talk so loud." "Now,' William, don't talk so loud." "Now, William. don't get so noisy over there." "Say, William, let the girls alone and sit by me !" At last forbearance ceased to be a virtue, and the husband, who was really pitied by all , in the room, aro4e and said : beg pardon of the company, but as my wife insists on being boss all the time it is right she should have these.' And he deliberately took off his 'pants and hand ed them to his ,wife, and then sat down in his boots and drawers. Ax ENTUTISIASTIC DEHOeRAT.—The follow- 1 ing petitition was presented to the Common Council of Lynn, Mims., a few days since : "WnrettE.tii, On the evening of the 10th of October. he illuminated his residence, on Union Park, on the outskirts of the city, and commenced firing one hundred guns in lion or of the recent victories in California, Ohio, Pennsylvania, etc., etc.: and "WHEREAS, After firing fifty-three (53) of the number, he was prevented from further Alemonstnitions by a peremptory order from the City Marshal. "Your petitioner craves permission to fire the remaining forty-seven on any evening your honorable body may appoint, and as in duty bound will ever pray. "JosEra LAKIMAN." Anour four months ago a few young men tried the experiment of starting a new daily paper in Brooklyn. They were good writers and. the paper was spicy and readable, but after a struggling existence of three months it suddenly expired from want of patronage. Theproprietors have just gone into bank ruptcy, and it is discovered that their debts for tt three months' experiment in journalism amount to over $39,000. • RANGING a mackerel to your coat tail and imagining yourself a whale,. constitutes cod-. fish aristocracy. THE. iMPEACHMENT MOVEMENT. • Minority Report of the Democratic Rem. here of the Judiciary Committee. 1867. The following is the report of Messrs. Eld ridge and Marshall, the. two Democratic members of•the Judiciary Committee of the Federal Rouse of Representatives. It will be recollected that five of the Radical mem bers reported in favor of impeachment, and two, including the Chairman, Joined with the Democratic members- in opposing it. These two made a separate report, which is several times alluded to in the following, making three reports in all. An abstract of the re port of the two Radical members who are against impeachment follows the Democratic report in this issue : The undersigned, agreeing with our asso ciates of the minority of the committee in their views of the law, and in the conclusion that the evidence before the committee pre sents no case for the impeachment of the President, might, if they hail stopped there, have been content sitnply^ to have joined in the report which they have submitted. But as they, as well as the majority, have felt it their duty to go further, and express their censure and condemnation of the President, we feel that it is due to ourselves, and to the position we occupy, to present as briefly as possible a few additional remarks for the consideration of the House and of the coun try. Having determined that the evidence does not show that the President has been guilty of any act or crime for which, under our Con stitution or laws he can or ought to be im peached, this conclusion, it seems to us. is the determination of 'fie whole question sub mitted by the House to the.committee. It is the commission by the President of an im peachable offen.se only that can subject him to our official jurisdiction, or justify- us as a committee of the House of Representatives,' or e,et. the House itself, as such, in challeng ing his official acts. As the report of the majority dues not charge the President with any act recognized by any statute or law of the land, as a crime or misdemeanor,we can but regard the charg es preferred as a political or partisan 'demon stration, tending and intended to bring him into odium and contempt among the people. As an unjustifiable attempt to excite their sus picions. "Spargere ewes in Niigata anthigum," we utterly deny the right of the committee, or any member thereof, as such, to do this. As citizens, as politicians, we may criticise, find fault with and ' condemn the entire ad ministration of the President; but 69 a com mittee of the House, considering the dune referred to It as members of Congress, acting officially, we have no such right; power, or jurisdiction. The Executive is one of the co-ordinate departments of this kovernmeut, invested 'with certain defined constitutional powers and prerogatives, over which the Le;istature has no control; and with the Constitutional exercise of which the Legislative Department has no right to interfere. The original source of all executive and legislative power is the same—the people ; the warrant and measure of those powers the same—the Constitution. In his constitutional and legislative sphere ; in the exercise and conduct of his department, the President is as free to act and as inde pendent as Congress. While acting within the bounds prescribed for it by the Conslitittion, he is no more ac countable or responsible .to Congress than Congress is`to him; Congress has no more authority to censure and condemn hint than he has to censure and condemn Congress. His discretion, exercised within the bounds of the 'Constitution, is no more subject to the animadversion or reproof of Congress than are the constitutional and discretionary acts of Congress to his. ; Neither Congress nor the President has any powers or authority not derived from and found in the Constitution. The only ques tion with reference to which the committee were authorized to inquire Was whether the charges against the President were true, and constituted an offense or offenses subjecting him to impeachment. Certainly it this is not the only question referred to the committee, it is the only one which the committee, as such, as investigated. The political purpose by the acts of the President has not for one moment engaged the attention of the committee. We most certainly have no other motive than to serve our country and do our duty. In the mat ters referred to us we have never once, in the taking of testimony or the examination of witnesses, supposecLthat any question other than the impeachment was properly before us. The impeachment of the President, the chief officer of this great Republic, the bare inquiry with a view to ascertain Whether he had committed any offense for which he ought or might be put upon trial before the most august tribunal of the world, impress ed us front the beginning with most solemn awe. We endeavored, in the investigation, to ex clude from our minds every question of mere polities, and, as' far as possible, to be unin fluenced by party bias. We were admonish ed that in one sense, the nation, the people," in the person of their Executive head, were on trial before the world, and that personal animosity and party polities should be in flexibly and scrupulously forgotton and ig nored. For anv.cause, to have shrunk from a full and careful investigation of the great ques tion of impeachment, was Cowardice ; to have pursued it in the spirit of party, to have de graded it into a mere investigation of politi cal policy, with reference to partisan success would have been meanness, and would have disgraced the nation itself by scandalizing the nation's constitutional head. We repeat, theretbre, that the investigation of the committee was, so far as we teak part in it, with the sole view to ascertain whether the President, muler the charge preferred against hint, was guilty of any impeachable offense. Not only so, but with the belief that it was the Itnly question we were authorized or expected to inquire into. Not u witness was called or examined with any view to proving la case for merely censuring or con demning the political action of the Presi dent. • sugge.stion was made, or intimation given by the majority of the committee, until the resolution of censure was offered, that there was any purpose of considering, as a committee, any but the question of impeach ment, nor was there then, as we. understand ' it, any purpose of reporting such resolutions in the House, for its official action. We think, therefore, that we are warranted in saying, that although,much testimony, irrelevant, il legal and experimental,was taken, much that had no bearing upon the question of im peachment, and much more that w1,, , s not tes timony in any case, or for any purpose; that none was taken with any view except the impeachment, and hence we insist that, if the committee had the right and jurisdiction, which we deny, to inquire into the political and discretionary acts of the President, with a view to his condemnation, that it has not in any legitimate and proper manner, inves tigated, or attempted to consider that subject. We do not impugn the personal motives of any member of the committee who differs with us. • Our intercourse upon the commit tee has been pleasant, and the courtesy with which we have been treated, uniform and un interrupted. We entertain none but the most kindly personal feelings towards every member, but candor and sense of duty compels us to de clare that we can find no warrant or excuse for this traveling outside or beyond the sub ject with which the committee was charged, to censure and conaemn the President, except in the prejudice and zeal of overheated.par tisanistn. The President needs and can ask uo de fense from us on party grounds, or upon any other than those which spring from oMcial obligation and duty. lie was not the Presi dent of our choice and was not elected by our votes; nor is itnecessary that we should agree with him or justify or approve all he lia.s done. Neither do we feel called upon to review all the great mass of testimony taken by the committee, to show that his censure and condemnation are not warranted by it, though taken as it has been, and unchallengd as it .was. In that regard we do not, however, believe the unbiased, the unprejudiced mind will be able in the testimony'to discover any just or reasonable; cause for condemning on impugn ing the motives by which he was actuated. Indeed, differing with him in opinion, as we have, as to the policy and propriety of many things he has done, and many more that he fins left undone, we feel compelled to declare that the proofs before us will not warrant a charge that he was In any instance controll ed by motives other than those pure and pa triotic. Ills greatest offense, we apprehend, will be found to be that he has not been able or willing to follow those who elected him to his Office In their mad assaults upon and de parture from the constitutional government NO. 28 Emma of the fathers of the Republic, and that, standing where most of his _party professed to stand when they elevated him to his pres ent exalted position, he has dared tO differ with the majority of Congress upon great and vita! questions. lie has believed licithe continuing and binding. obligations orthe Constitution ; that the suppression of the' re bellion against the Union was the preserva tion of the Union and the States composing it; and that when the rebellion was put down the States were all and equally entitled to repre'sentation in the Congress of the United States: Planting himself firmly and immovably upon this position, he has incurred the fierce and malignant hatred and opposition of till those writ) claim, by virtue of the alleged' conquest of the territory, and the subjugaffen of the people of the lately rebellious States, the power and right to dictate to them the constitution and laws they shall live under, and the liberties they, shall be permitted to enjoy. In this difference between Congress and - the President, and the desire of each for the adoption by the country of their respect ive views, is, we suppose, to he found not only the cause for the movement to impeach the President, but of his censure and con demnation. Out of it has grown the embit tered feeling and violent hatred of the Pres ident by his former friends. The majority of Congress and of the coin mittee have entertained, and bet% prepared to declare at all times,'in Congress and out of it, even more strongly than is - expressed in their, report, the san'e censure and con demnation. This opinion was not formed upon . any testimony. taken before the com mittee, or upon any facts elicited . by its in vestigation. It was a political opinion grow ing out of a difference of_ views upon politi cal questions. It was the opinion with which the majority of the committee entered upon the investigation. It WAS that which inspired . and atimulated all its inquiries and examina tions. But notwithstanding these-pre-exist ing opinions and prejudices, the minority of the committee have.:been compelled to find, after the fullest examination and the most pmtraeted deliberation, that the Prasident had committed no offense for which, under our laws, he can or ought to be impeached, and hence none, as we insist, subjecting him to the official jurisdiction of trio committee of the House. The censure and condenutation of the President, either by the majority or minori ty, is without our jurisdiction, 'not justified by the facts or becoming one department of the government toward the other, and calcu lated to bring reproach upon the committee, the House and the nation. We cannot ignore the fact that time has been spent, and testi mony taken by the committee, endeavoring to ascertain if the President, in his official carracity,ltn.s spoken censoriously or condemn atory of Congress, with a view to his im: peachment. Therefore, can it be more be coming in a committee of this House, -or in the House itself, to go beyond its jurisdic tion and censure and condemn The President than for him to censure and condemn Con gress? Is not the impropriety of the one as appa rent es the other? If one is impeachable, la not the other wrong F What would be thought of the Supreme Court if, after having been compelled, in a case properly pending before it, to decide nn act of Congress constitution al, it should, because it did not "agree to the propriety or policy of the enactment, declare its severe censure and condenmation of Con gress fur having passed it? .Who would hes itate to pronounce tide an unjustifiable and even an unwarrantable interference with the rights and duties of Congress. by the Supreme Court, calculated to disturb the harmony of our goyernmental system, and to bring- into unhappy, if not fatal, collision, the co-ordb nate departments? Like this attempt to re prove or censure the President for ants 'or wrongs not amounting , to otTeu.ses subjecting him to the legal jurisdiction of the House of Representatives, such an act would; it seems .to us, he sheer impudence ; an net on the part of the-court justlvaueriting obloquy and re proach. Such interferences by one depart ment of the go,vernment with the others, without authority of law, meet and will most assuredly break off that courtesy which should at all times characterize their rela tions and intercourse. The end cannot but be fortseen ; the antagonism will ultimately produce enmity, open hostility and aggres sion, which must result in the destruction of one or More departments, and, as a conse quence, destroy our system of government. Altogether, with all due respect to the ma jority of the committee, we cannot-regard the charges made against the President as a serious attempt to procure the impeachment, without dwelling ttuon their utter failure to point to the commission of a tingle .act that is recognized by the laws of our country as a high crime or misdemeanor. The inconsistency of the majority cannot Nil to challenge the attention di' the country. Acts for which Mr. Lincoln was unanimous- lv applauded are deemed high crimes in Mr. Johnson. For every act so gravely condemned, the President had the aid and approval of his Cabinet, and yet while he is arraigned before the world as a criminal of the deepest dye, they are not only not impeached, but are recognized as especial thvorites of the party of impeachment. The latter have even Lorne so far as to upite in the passage of an extraordinary and unprecedented law to prevent the President from' removing these officers from the places Which they hold. - Mr. Stanton, thee late Secretary of War, gave his emphatic approval of the acts for which the President is arraigned ; and yet , the ex Secretary is a• favorite - and popular martyr, and the whole country is vexed with clamors for his restoration to power and place. The President is held criminally responsible for the acts of subordinates of which he did - not even have the slightest notice or knowl edge ; and yet 'those bringing him to trial enact a statute depriving him of all control over these same subordinates, and they are deemed worthy ()Nile especial protection of 12127=1 The President has used every means with in his power to bring the great State prison er, Jefferson Davla, to a speedy . trial, and yet he has been dendunced throughout the land for procrastinating i and preventing the trial, while the judges and prosecuting officers, having entire control of the matter, have been deemed Worthy of the most honored plaudits. Were ever inconsistencies more glaring and inexplicable than these. and can we possibly be mistaken when we - assert that, however honest may be the majority of the • committee, the verdict of the country and posterity will be, that the crime' of the Pres ident consists not in violations, but - in refu sals to violate the law ; in being unable to keep pace with the party of progress in their rapidly 'advancing movements,. or to stttp outside of and above the Constitution in the administration of the government; in pre ferring the "Constitution of his country to the dictation of an unscrupulous partisan cabal; in daring to meet the maledictions of those who have aimed at the accomplishment of a most wicked and dangerous revolution, rather than to encounter the reproaches of his own conscience and the curses of poster ' ity throughout time. If the subject were not too grave and serious a one for mirth, some of the grounds of impeachment presented by the majority would certainly be sufficiently amusing. The President is gravely arraigned for ar raying himself against the loyal people of the country in vetoing the miscalled reconstruc tion_acts of Congress, when, without dweling upon Lthe constitutional right and duty of the President in the premises, Con -gress itself has for the same acts just received the most withering and indignant condemna tion and rebuke of the entire people , from Maine to California. The iinpeachiirs, forgetting that they have been themselves impeached, and that the verdict of the tribunal of last resort has al- - ready been rendered against them, still per slid 4n trifling with the peace, safety and prosperity of the country, by precipitating upon it this dangerous question at a time so critical as this. It is wicked thus to trifle with the interests of a nation, and disregard the voice of a great people, when spoken, as in this case;so emphatically in favor of .the preservation of our constitutional form of government, and the rights and liberties es tablished by our Revolutionary fathers. We should not attempt to add anything to the able, and as we believe, unanswerable argument just presented by the Chairman of our committee, upon the law .of impeach ment, had not experience taught us the won derful diversity of human judgment and con clusions. We should find it difficult to be lieve that there could, upon the questions submitted to us, possibly be two opinions among candid and 'intelligent men. Blind bigotry and unbridled in rage, It is true, can see no crime in the most merito torlous actions, and men governed by these unhallowed passions do not hesitate to drag to the stake and the torture of the inquisition all who will not conform to their wretched creed and miserable dogmas. . They substitute their own crude and often crazy theories for truth and justice,-and un der pain of the severest penalties demand of all men to bow down and worship_ the idol they have erected. That their own judgmon% may be fallible, or that other men, differing from theta, may be &wally wise and honest as themselves, does not occur to their minds; and theywill,without hesitation, question the justice even Of the almighty, tf the ways ot. Providence do not conform to their owtl crude theories.- - This class of men has constituted a con siderable portion of mankind in all ages, and in none have they been more numerous than in our own. They have furnished the bigots [Concluded as fourth page.] •
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