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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,
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~, ., 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;
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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
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EN DISTRICTCOURTathe United States
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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
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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
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