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Frit
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2
1 . 0.1 . 1 tvt tins Cr 211,
4 ea
.ent to one ad.llos , r - ID 110
only to their , who Illy in
.11 t'o,t Y 1111.41 , 11A1t . .1 all
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ill be soitt 'to - L :111N' pl. 111111
I, :,,i6nee.
xtiVERTISINO itiNTEL.
r , i n2.:2lenurailvertl‘tlht uttc-s whin
),, •trietlN olherial to. In Tact:oiling the
ineio,, an ineh con‘iderial
An , Hoag letiv than 2211 ineh- I. rate,'
di no:
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Nip 4 C.)l c.
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7 2:7:5 1 5.111` 7.o.l'TitTo
LOU 7.0111.00 20.1 . 01
1,101 5.10 0.50 1.1.110 23.110
- .0 1.71; 1, - ,1 oifll'llol !Sal 30.00
'Co 7,00 ~ .(4) 400
1240 29.00 "01.110 (11, 1 01
91.00 K 1.41
12.'.) .')..110 ::.0)91,04A01.0(1150.110
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.‘• .I , lnanistrz7r...' :coffees
s' ' e$ :32 each:
-et in I.(ade, ,Noimariel, and
, ,Pn,•antriie.il ha, 21 per
, ,a t..rezular rata , : • Loe.il Notices,
1 , ,.• nat.!iov,l .etq. pl , r tlne Of Fah
2emit, per hue forsee
, , each
. ,; kne • mac.
Me; ee»tv ,a 01). .14IA r
,, IV .0 her w,•eh, te.mthirdc
, •••,'a Moulin!! In advertisements
,f, jl,l iof them they ‘ve..ll
1; I),• continued until
.• `e• •X nem., of t hemlvel t ken,
,
,„• •lobbitezikllees In the
•; on. m epared II) do any kind of
.-r small older,. at m; rimonable
• m .1 , vie as any e:t ab: elnuent
hr lo
131:N I'N
:111,1 Propriot,r.
flotiro.
C
Farrar Hall Ilu11,11n"
ocir64-tf.
WI
itlnurr,
. ,troot, above Union
r r.07'67.
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• Erie t•nttnly, l'a.
,•, im , •111, , ,att,•11.1,1 to with
101 •;-•: , (0 - h. • ,
\-•• LEV
tot •. ('berry, .\tth
t Lath antl
••••)o.' Ntit , ll ni It, Dopot. Erie
• my2-tr.
.71.0. W. GUNNISON
! LAW, an,l Ju.tlen of thr Tnarn,
•„I ronvfyanecr and
(WI illiulnrm Work. vast
r .1.11 Statc Erio, Pa.
•
• 1,•t , • m 1 Blank NlMmfartnrorz,
ELLIOTT,
.<•.• - .1; , -4.m•S , re,t.opp
()m e .• hours from S , •:* A. M. to
, m•I mon I M•I I'. o - .• 10174 f.
CO.,
: , 1111;. In Intlirneltr,
"n , ,n , ,n.l Fnlice corner
sl.ku I 12. th •trect , . Erb , . Pa.
, 31-it I. U. T. S VIANAIAN.
liIN4;,
ni' r Crew, r Dealer In Hops, 'Barley,
•... • E r, Pr,,nrletor of Ale :mg
r IlreNreme , an,l )1,111.. s, Erie,
f.
MlniMi!!
on., I n it north
ri • P uk, P.t.
'1 , .;) I, I Commission ltereinints,:tihi 1 al
• .t. Sr 2. Street ICornpr Ninth,
I' 'wide on consignments.
nitemi,sl to in :my part of
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ii=illtra3MNl
Pr. 11,nnet.t% offiee. Clothe , ' Tondo, el,att
' kn.! repaired on short notice. Terms as rea
:o,l, as any. rnr'22. •
p ,It
_ S111:Int \N.
I.aw. Frankltn, NV., In
Libt•rt v PAIn.:.• City,
ovor Kein . .p%c Rank, !,n rt.•t.
1,
..01 , 4 promptly , nunk to nil part. of tln•
lal2.
N , nu; k',VN
1h• •L^iL•r , In tuir.l oonl,
WU . lillllZ pr. tf its TID
.c.•11:1:11.1 r, t sr.• from
tl ut.•n~l,na , .nr
111111. IltIV Worths tsl - t 6.•
•f uqr 014 fn.•n 1. :111.1 the oit'illo.
vrr. n.ksb:lN k co:
I'. 1 . ..11111 , 0:. %. WILT/11R
• JUD.,:ON A; WILDER,
if 13e:ili-r: In Tin,
.1111.! St.s 0.,. 110. Si ovt?
Er:•• I'.'. I /r
-,1.•:.1 I y lilt.it pnflap( ly lt tetldoti to. jatl9.
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door ..mth .)f the• V.
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until jl. 111. n13.106-lt.
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'4.1/.005,E:1.1P,
'1:l' • , SI 7 .I.DE'S I.IIIVIN.
_i!tortli , v, :011 C.,till , ,ellorg
oil.
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t'..• Eriv, P.t.
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V, No. 2C
, :!I,trt .1, Erie, l t. j. t; 07-tr.
!ME
Fii.l) , Elt, M. D.,
. • I'n% ant 5ur.r.4 , 01. l $lll,
oppo-11.• Palk.
I all.. nom. team 1n to 12 a. iu., 'L. p.
1' p. in.
JulIN H. MILLAR, •
.: I:n:rt, rand Survo"or. cox*-
,trout Avontb,,
• nurrt ,s
w. V.ot
itt.tll hour,. Ta; , .1.: and
' - p;. , 0 I Iwo lc, t.
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:11. I l'caeli llntral,'
art ,:i1111,i11.11 ,, 11,1...kr
'. it Ilt• c QOM dtable tat:tehr d.
CZUIiN,
ESIESIME
BOOTS AND SHOES,
SS State F-11te!,-"Erie, l'a
ly rem.% II t yStOa\ into mon,
I , [ll 111, and plee. , :awiter quarters, I aw pi e-
ni tt Indtivono•tit, to Illy etnio•
I I, 0., oil hand it wt•lisoleel...,lstoek. nt
giTS AND SIIOES,
4 li. r ry !Mr.
Wol :Lt (121 , 10 a to
VAT II IN DI A 310NDS
;, 5
:-11,VER WAL U ,
And a great variety of
C 0 0 El
N'S - ,
„I.:111J, 28 IT. Perk Place, Eric,
• .1* t?.Mt•r-Irtt., l'nttot Rspr.• Co
wort!) of 11,ganl .01,1 hel.-
k 111`.1)141:re , i,1 , /r t.ll - 12 11 ' 1 at t.
tI a ‘t IT great ro;ln,t lon in prl , e.
l ook nil now nua purohn,,l'at
th.oi now, a n d determined tow. nil
ei Mt me:small profit, and cash
notit nliko en,lontor and dealer.
Erie, in the ,a 111(
•••••, inlty la same guarantee that im great
~f misrepresentation will to enipl.*•thl,
1 , 11,,1101d FOgy anti - 011I1g A 111 k
Vtltrralit transac time, and gM.i
›PutiNs OF CuIN SILVLI
, •I utad, ord. IV.a.
~L 11.01.1"1. GIN Wl• ( au.
-
:kIE.VT
): tl,e bc,t ItitTl,
' :I. C. SELDEN'S
or every Rind, ln hire° 01
,wall quantities, plain or colored, done in
ancl ut umxterateprices tit the
.".ttrver
MEM
(I'l• 5r.1117.M,)
NI) PARK.
VOL. 39.
firocettro, Vcoburr, fruit, 6r.
CHEAP GOODS!
Wholep:ale and Retail
DROCERY AND PROVISION STORE,
W INEN AND LIQUORS.
F. SCHLATTDECICE.R.,
Succsisor to F. it M. Schlandeclzer, IS now re
cv lig a splendid assortfaent of
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, WINES,
Liquors Wallow, Wooden and Stone Ware
Fruit 4, Nuts, &e. A. largo stock of
T•OBA('CO A.NI) GARS,
ran and MY' 1 . 1 , 1. at the
Glvoi-evy IlEettart - tees,
Illckek, State St., Erie, Pa.
ml•`lraz-lL e F. SCIILAUDECICER....
Whole,ale and Retail Grocery Store.'
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERS;
North-East corner Park and French sf.,
Wouht r ,- ,l,eetfully tile attehtiou of the come
inunity to their lurtge-i.toek of
Groceries and Provisions,
THE VERY LONVEST POSSIRLE PRICEA!
Sugars. Coffees, Teas, Syrups,
IR t Sit rpas,(ll IR the city, :w they :tie prepared
to prow to all who i4l.re them a call!
'flaw also keep on hand a buperlor lot of
PURE LIQUORS,
for the whole , . trade, 10 which they direct
the attention of lho puh ule.
Thar loot t i 14, "Quick 1 , 11.1 e., small proittA and
a lull equi% ent for the money." aplittl-tf.
ITANLoN 13110.
I lave mi liana anpleittllQ to , ortment of
AWI`I t N vARE, ,
CHOICE NEW FRUITS, &C
ravfa ii us with a call will go away
E•atkilol that our priees are loner than those of
any other huuao in the trade.
Goods delivered to any part of the city,free of
cost.
lEEE
THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED .
Carpet & Dry Goods lionke
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Vnion Block
A complete stock of Sheetlugs, Prints, !Miens,
Cloths, sack Inas, Flannels, Irish aml French
l'opllits, Mohair., Alpacas, I)elatuesoke. Also,
W4IITI GOO1)S, I I OSI - E.. TVY •
Call:and get prices before purchasing
apra'67-Iy. No. 506, Marble Front, State St
Dry Goods !
BROWN AND BLEACHED MEETINGS,
riarrs, FLANNELS, LINENS,
Cloth., Clookint.ts, DeLatnes, Alpattaß, LPons,
Mohair:4, Silk-, Black Clolorett, TIMM,
Macre, silk, I lr.wl,a :mil Piusley
.411.i.trhiy late (rood.,
,
(Minh: ilmin to meet the inai kot.
ttotthioto,tott;ttooi.k. :mil examine.
::‘2 , 2r,117_1y, ItosEszw Eli:
cloi c ,. N., 10 N.:0.-
BERM
Nx rE (11 , 1 , 1:11. 1.,r4..a1e a number of good Fannie
1
In dttb•u id parts of the county at mate-,
rial reducthm from form,. r Buyers
should not nut to , e our list before purchasing.
I'l It.,T 1:A 5111UeS a est of the
city, lair Imildiuq., orchatd of grafted fruit, all
kn o l, of 1 111 11, sod all the best of grave! mat
Iddek walnut soil. We think we are safe In
saying Had no bettcr small place cAlt be fonenl
to the eon t et s 1,11 /rain More Partici/-
1a.. , ft , llll J. :1. Freneh,72l French street,a form
er owner, or John 11. Carter, tho present owner.
Si.rt eND FARM—I, the Ill) 11l Russell place,
anal furl IL mil of Mollie", McKee proper
ty: 7 1 nere:, nb, ,, it ten aer,;" timber which has
nI.I Leen ; '2 story new frame dwelling',
In•ase. new I,arte. Fences good. Price, :57,0(Ae:
1:!.!,0 , 1 it, SYni—all of the be,t sand
and glace!.
e the above fartmi in point of soil,
character of the neighborliood,,cliool , , church..
attr.Letiong seldom Italial in
eminty, anti more, they toe cheap.
NA Iti 131;ILI)ING LOl'4
" fina. In Out. tots
mid InO, north e.tst , eorner Rufra akll'h,tnot
r , tieeN. snahle property Is abort la ,
r,t , front the depot, dry graxel 'oatvr.
A number of line Dwelling+ and a large blurt ,
11 to seen Intl , 41 the Moe!: fhb. season, Ann
quite a nnml,er mote Will he bunt the muting'
eau. NVe think them to be the best InVest-
Inellts In a , dndll Way now offering. 'refixes Vil)
In hand, lad.anc On thne.
Modern Style, Cuiupljte all the Mod
rn eonvenh•nei,, situate on rtle, between'
Ninth and Tenth streets—the Whllldlit pro
pc,rty--! City Lot.
At areat rethetion. a Humber of Private Ites
idene,t., at prow much - reduced. Now Is the
time lc., get bargalte , % - -
A nWin's r on ' Tht rel rind Fourth strevt
hot winn hi', I Tt•rttis 2.10 li
in 12.0• "11 six y•-iirs:
1 [.l Y . K EPLF.R.
tiN ~trt r, for sale his vain
' :le farm, on the Kohl toad. In Harbor
Creek',ownship, one mile south of the Colt Sin
t ton rtgal, tout eight miles from Erie. It con
tains tilty-fire acres and eighty perches all Im
proved sod In the highest state of cultivation.
The land is equal to the very best in that section
of the county. The Imlldings comprise a 2 sto
ry frame braise with It :story kitchen and good
cellar under the whole: wood house and work
hoe -e; 2 barns, eiedi ti let r; a shed 70 ft et
long with s•ahli• nt the end ; anti ill the
1 y out building, A 111.4 class well of scat water,
which never tails, is at the It lichen door. There
is an orchard with Ilu apple trees, all grafted,
and bearing • and an a:suntan, e of almost e`t cry
other kind of fruit grown in this neighborhood.
The only reason why I alsh to sell Is that lant
going West to embark hi another occupation,
Terms made known by applying to me on the
premises. or to 'Hon. IniJah babbitt Attorney
at-Law, Erie, Pa:, J. A. SAWII:LL.
dee.l-11. Prt Office Addrcsg, Fsie, Pa.
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.IVINt; ctur entire stock of knrniture
I to J. W.:kyres, we hereby thank the cowl
inanity for their liberal patronage to us, hoping
they will extend the tgime to hint: We will de
vote our time herl4tfter to the
UNDERTAKING BUSINESS!
With the tion,ont of J. W. Ayres xre still hold
our office in the ' , ante oil place. 713 State street.
where w 111 he nmml at all times ready to attend
to the want. 01 the community In our Hue m
Trimmed to order. Metallic and Iron Burial
Caws, of all tvics and S on hand; also,
shroud and coffin Trimming , . Undertaken.'
will Mal it to their advantage to tiny them of
uq, am we cannot be undersold west of N'exy York.
anrSi't,7-13*. MOORE ct ILIBLET.
J. , . 1). CLADIZ. JNO. S. GOODWIN.
G S. GOODWIN,
BANKERS,
Erie, - Penn'a.
I, •...•, Metcalf,
I - I •.. 1i..• Ono of Enot,
tt...11. t .I„ 14 It ,l,_. fur
•.. .1. • br.iiking bust
•ln •ill nlttlit. lit • .-itjt4 tl .11 'Wednesday,.
.Ipcd 15t,.111 the 100111 leL, lltly occupied by the
-4.• Now! .National corner sinto street and
l'Ark 11,,w; stier.e, ding to tho business of Clark
Meicalfcli ho dlssoi cri partnership on the Ist
of April, SIX The nrin of Eliot, Goodwin k
co., also dissolving on the saint) date, we hope
fora continuance of the patronage heretofore
f, , tven us. apr2-tf.
STUFFERS!
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,-... :.-.": .. ,".-, - -
A 0
P. A. BECKER & CO.,
(cif uni.+.slnE,)
Which they are desirous to sell at
aseurtmont..of
T.)I:ACCOS, FISH, SC.,
•GROCERIES. •
I:ttovl , loNs, YANKEE NOTIONs,
Cash is the Motto!
ILA BRO
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Orr Eloobs
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GLOVES AND NOTIONS,
WARNER BROS,
512 .TATS spirsn'r.
Dry Goods!
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL '
The largest and best stoelcht
/AltsrtllanColl.s
FarMS for Sale.
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Fon SALE.
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7':►rn► fbr Sale.
N Oz ral;.
Made Collium
It etitizi-
MORSE BLANKETS
Selling at Reduced Eatea, by
decl3-tf. J. O. SELDEN.
.ftlebiral.
lIOOFLANIPS GERMAN BITTERS,
LEO
ffoolland's German Tonic,
The great ItOnollm for all Tll,eanes of tlie Liver,
Stomach or Plgeßtlvo Organs,.
1100FLAND'S GERMAN 131TTEIIS
IA eornposcri of tho pure fillet...l (or, at they are
medicinally termed, • Est rnett) of !toots,
Herbs and Barka, Ili making a prepara
tion highly roncen- I trate! tt 4. , nt1re13 -
'
free fr,-,1 aleoltrllie mini ixtrir.."'of nay
kind. ' ,
lloolland's German Tonic
Is a combination of alt the ingredients of the
Bitters, with the - purest quality of Santa Criz
Runt, 'Orange, etc., making one of the most
!dement and agreeable remedies ever offered to
the publte.
Those preferring a Stedielne, fren from Aleo
botle admixture, will use
HOOPLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS
Those who have no objection to the combina
tion of the Bitters, 418 stule.l, will use
HOWLAND'S GERMAN TONIC
They are both equally good, and contain the
same nikdicinal-virtues, the choice between the,
two being a niece matter of taste, the Tonic be
ing the must palatable.
The stomach, from a variety of canes, such
as Indigestion, Ilys- pepsta Nervous De
bility, etc., 16 very ej
silt to have its func
tions deranged. The 1.1 Liver, sympathizing
as closely as it does with the rgonmell,
then becomes rittected, the result of which Is
that the patient sulters from several or mono of
the following diseases:
c.aistipatlon, Flatulence, Inwar , l Piles, Full
ness of Itlood to the Head, Avid It r or t he Stom
n,h;Nati,ea Heartburn, Dist tot for Focal,Full
itess or Weight in the Stomach. Sour Erneta
ions, Sinking or Fluttering at the Pit of the
fqoutach, Swlmming of the Head, flurried or
Difficult Breathing, Fluttering nt the Ilettrt,
Choking or Sutlbeating Sensations when in a
lying posture, Dimness of Vlsion,Dots or Webs
before the Sight, Dull Pain in the Head, Defl-
Metter of Perspiration, Yellowness of the Skin
and Eyes, Pain in the Sitle, - Bach% Chest, Limbs,
etc.. Sudden Flushes of Heat, Burning of the
Flesh, Constant Imaginings of Evil and Great
Depression of Spirits.
- The sufferer from these diseases should exer •
else the greatest caution in the selection of a
remedy for his case, purchasing 'only
that which he is as- sured from his In
vestigations and in- 1J quirt es possecses
true merit, is skill- fully compounded is
free from injurious ingredients and has e•dah
lished for itself a reputation for the cure of
these diseases. In this connection we would
sulonit these well-known
iroorr,AND , !-I
GERMAN BITTERS,
1I()OFI.AN D'r
GERMAN TONIC,_
Prepared by
C. 31. JACKSON,
Pk) iladelphi.k,
Twenty-two years sinee they were first Intro
duced into this country from Germany, during
which time they have undoubtedly performed
more cures, and benelltted suffering humanity
to a greater extent, than any other remedies
known to the public.
These remed les will effectually cure Liver Com
plaint, Jaundice, Dyspepsia, Chronic
or Nervous I ebility, I'7 Chronic Diarrhea,
Diseases of the Kid- neys and all diseas
es arising from a tits- ordered Liver,
Stomach, or Intestines.
DEBILITY,
Resulting from any cause whatever; Prostra
tion of the System, induced by Severe
Labor, Rardships, Exposure,
Fevers, Etc.
- There is no medicine extant equal to these
remedies In such cases. A tone and vigor is im
parted to the 'whole system, the appetite is
strengthened, food is enjoyed, the stomach di
gests promptly, the blood is punned, the com
plexion becomes sound ancllwalthy, the yellow
tinge is eradicated front the eves, a bloom is
given to the cheeks, and the weak and nervous
invalid beer) tIleS a strong and healthy being.
l'er.ons advanced in life, and feeling the hand
of time weighing heavily upon them, with all
its attendant ills will find in the use of this
13ITTEIIS, or the Tosw, an elixir that will In
stil new life into their veins, restore in rt meas
ure the energy and ardor of more youthful days,
bnlld up their shrunken forma and give health
and happiness to their remaining year,
NOT tel.:.
It 1.; n well estahlkhkd fat that fully tificAinif
of the female portion - -of our population
are seldomin the en- T - loyment of good
health or, to 11 , 4,-44 'their own exprei
sion, el' t 0 c 1 They are tau
gold, do% ohl of all energy, extiontely nem, MIS,
and have no uppet ite.
To thl% pon-ork, tha uirrEns, or the
TUNIC, esiwk !ally reeonizowided.
Weak and delicate children are made ~strong
by the rise of t Wier in thc , e rethedle,. They
will cure every case of L .S3fUS, without
fail. Thou ands m certificates have :Iceman la
tx. d it the hands - of the proprietor, but space
Milt allow oh but h w. Those,lt will he ote,erve4l,
are men of note and of such standing that the
niu,t be he: ieved.
(2:S I Al i
IION..• (;',Eilltifi: \V. WOODIVAiIIi
Ju,hea of tho ~ uprenje Court of
Putilylv:mitt, NVriteri:
Iti..tnELi.ii I.. March IS, t11w;(."I m1I111001'1;ld,s I (n.:rtaun Bitters It. a
good tonic, tr-etul In ' k ' di.,ases of the II 1 -
ge...tivv mgans, and IV of great ht nent in
eases of debillty.and want of nervous ae
lion in the system. Yours truly,
OEO. W. 1Y01111W.1.1t1t."
ITON. JAMES THOMPSoN
Judge of tho Sttprunte ('out 0. I'. :111 , u ua
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••I consi.ler ihrioilnattl's tit rnian Ihtlers .t v..ln
able xnealcitto attackt. of Indh.:estlon
or illyr.pepsla. I coil certify- tills front illy exiie
rienee. hilt's with respect.
TI-10.111.1,SON."
FROM REV. JOS. 11. KEyNARD, •n. D.,
PaNtur of the Tenth lapt!,l Church, Phila
.I.AcK.s4s—llear :—I have frequently
been 11,111eNted to ( . 0111114't my name with rec
ommend:it ion. of different kinds of leedicine.;,
but regard: tut the practice as out of my appro
priate sphere, I have In :ill cases declined; but
With a clear proof lit various lm Lanees.
and particularly In Nl' my own family, of
the usefulness of Pr. Boolland's German
Bitters, I depart for once from my usual
course to express my fun conviction that, for
Cieneral 'Debility of the System and especially
for Liver Complaint, it is a s:ifo and valpahle
preparation. In some cases It may fall;
usually, I doubt not, It will he very benettelal to
those who stiffer front the above cause.
Yours very respectfully,
J. 11. KENNARD.
Eighth, beJovr Coates; St.
FROM REV. E. I). FEtiI)ALIJ,
Ahtibitilla Editor Chroinde, Philad'a
I have lerivetl tlechled bettellt from the es, of
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ERIE, PA., TRURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 11. 1868.
*ptcial flottcts.
• Address to the Nervous and. Debilitated
whose sufferings hav'e been protracted trent
hidden causes and Whose cases require prompt
treatment to render existence desirable. If you
are suffering or have suffered from Involuntary
discharges, what effect does it produce upon
your general health? Do you thel wink, debili
tated, easily tired? Does a litUe exertion pro.
duce palpitation of the heart? Does your liver
or urinary organs, or your kidneys, frequently
get out of ordert Is yournrincsometinietthick,
tlocky, or Is Ur ropy on GO:Una? Or does
a thick scum rise to the top? Or is a sediment
at the bottom after it has stood awhile? Do 'ran
have spells of short breathing or dyspepsia?
Are your bowels constipated? Do yon barn
spells of fainting or rushes of blood to the bend?
Is your memory impaired? Is your mind con
stantly dwelling upon this subject? Doyou feel
dull, Walesa, moping, 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 bloom
on your cheek as bright? Opp:mei:oy yourself
in society as well? Doyou pursue your business
with the suite energy? Do you feel as much
confidence in yourself? Are you!' spirits dull
and gagging, given to fits of melancholy? Deo,'
do not lay it to your Us er or dyspepsia. Have
you restless, nights? Your back weak, your
knees weak, and have but little appetite, and
you attribute this to dyspepsia or liver coin—
plaints?
Now, reader, sel t-abuse, venereal diseases bad
ly cured, and sexual excesses, arc all capable of
producing a weakness of the generative organs.,
of generation, when In perfect health, make rho
man . . Did you ever think that those bold, defi
ant, energetic, persevering, successful business
men are always those whose generative organs
are in perfect health? You never hear such
men complain of being melancholy, of nervous
of palpitation of the heart. They are nev
er afraid they cannot succeed in business; they
don't become sad and discouraged; they are al
ways polite and pleasant in the company of la
dies, anti look you and them right In the face 7
none of your downcast looks or any other mean
ness about them. I do not mean chose who keep
the organs inflamed by running to excess. These
will not only ruin their constitutions, but also
those they do busbies with or for.
}low many men from badly (-Tired diseases,
from the effects of self-abuse and excesses, have
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 causeof
the trouble scarcely ever suspected, and have
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Urinary Organs, whether existing in maid or
female, from whatever cause originating, and
no mirl ter of how long standing.
If no treatment is submitted to Consump
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Blood are supported from these sources, and
the health and happiness, andthat of posterity,
depends upina prompt use of a reliable remedy.
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lot the alleviation of those suffering front any
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The Democratic party begins the campaign
under the :400 ausPitioua circumstantial,
with a consitlenee in Sams, an enthusiasm
for the cause;.and - a vigorous • self reliance
that has not been experienced in many years.
The late election) show conclusively that a
vast majority Of the nation are ready to-es
pouse our-standard if we only prove faithful
to our creed,aad continue to stand firmly by
the interests'of. the country; • •
But tb
,make' . victork certain something
more 1s necessary than mere dependence up
on the troth of 7iniiiiii -- "tapres.'"trtlft flush
of self-confidence, We are apt to forget what '
a vigilant enemy we have to overcome, and
what desperate measures he is apt to resort to
to attain his ends. Political battles, like those
of a more bloody nature, depend for their re
sults more on the skill,courage, determination
and energy of the contesting foes than upon the
sacredne.s of their cause, or theconvietions of
the participate. The Democracy of America
have always stood forth as devotedly attached
to the Union, the Constitution and the wel
fare of .the country as they do to-day, yet
for seven, years tliey have hem!. divested- of
power, and it is only when the people are
aroused from their delusion by the imperilled
condition of The" public interests, that they
haYe -again returned to us that confidence'
which it would have been well if they had
never parted with. '
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, of the
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- THE TIFF..
Ilia brow was bent, lie hissed, "ky Gad !"
You bet he u:as tremendous mad
I. er face was flashed; her heart on fire,
Twre conflagration to conic nigh ker.
Ire lit a cigar all for to smoke, .
And it malelam cry, and it - made her . choke
A bottle of camphor then slAo seized,
And snuffed it up her nose and sneezed
lie, • Pliffed and puffed, shicsnielt - and smelt . ;
Oh! nobody knows how bid they felt.
Brute. !" was the surcease of Lcr snuffs,
Flirt P' Interlarded all Lis puffs.
, -
She stared hiin, lie glared at her,
She wouldn't.hutlge, ho wouldn't stir
Puff;puff, puff puff, puff, puff, puff, puff,
Sniff; sue, snuff, snuff, snuff, snuff, snuff,
snuff, • ,
.
They_puffed and snuffed for hours andhours,
Till lost were puff and suutlluk powers.
Se dropped his eyes-because•lw could,
fitieVirew.up ber'sber..aute_alw Would.
Between the tiro 'twas'nip anil tuck,
And who would win would be mere luck
She hove a sigh—he' oro one. too ;
They both felt bitter when they got through
"Cruel !" 'she sobbed, with fainting snuff;
"Heartless!" he gasped, with feeble !puff.
He stroked his knees, she tapped 4er toes,
Then directly right up to their feet they rose
e•shtied that way,- she.sidted this,
And when they got sidled they swapped a
kiss
"Sweet Nance," said he she said, "Dear
Jim !"
And he hugged her, and she hugged him.
"How silly ()rpm?" they cried in a breath;
And they hugged each other almost to death.
WIDOW BROWN'S OIL WELL.
Mrs. Anaitabia Brown, better known as
the widow Brown, owned and cultivated a
small farm of ten acres in a little Pennsylvn
nia town. The .humble 'homestead correa-
voided in size to the farm, being a one-story
cottage, comprising ,but three rooms. The
land was not very productive, but Mrs.
Brown had only herself to proVide for, and
although her income would hardly warrant
her in living luxuriously, on the other hand
there was no danger or the almshouse. On
the whole the widow might be considered
comfortably provided for, though her boost'
and farm together would have been dear at
a thousand dollars.
But :Ili's. Anastasia wa-1 not contented:,
She was an ambitious wotnan,and bent upon
bettering herself if the opportunity ever pre
sented. To a lady under her circumstances
a second marriage with an eligible pasty
seemed to be the, readiest road to higher sta
tion. But the widow's Tetsonal advantages
were hardly of a character to inspire very'
lively hopes in that direction. She was tall
and gaunt,"and her share of the perishable
but rather desirable
gift of beauty had been
below the average.- Besides, she was now
foray-five, and therefore of rather doubtful
juvenility.
It chanced that the wealthiest man in
town was a certain Squire Ebenezer Pogram,
who, in addition to an excellent farm of three
hundred acres, had a comfortable sum in
vested in stock and bonds. He was a wid
ower, and in the market. Ilk wife would be
the foremost lady in the village. For this
position there was more than one aspirant,
but among them all none apparently stood so
poor a chance as Mrs. Anastasia Brown
But none the less the widow laid her plans to
capture the citadel, and circumstances, aided,
by her . own shrewdness, assisted her to ac
complish it.
About this time the petroleum fever was at
its height. There was a wild excitement
general not only hi the districts where petro
leum had been discovered, but speculation
was life in the commercial capital, and com
panies with flaming proqwetuses were daily
springing into existence. Farms which
would have been considered dear at twenty
dollars an acre, all at once enhanced in value
'to tidy, or even an hundred fold, and ilk!
owners, who had hitherto found it difficult._
to earn a scanty subsistence, all at once found
•
themseVes rich beyond their wildest dreams.
Among those who cherished hopes of
wealth from this source was Squire Pogram.
He saw no reason why his own acres might
not prove to be flowing with. oil, and he in
stituted some prelimitru y investigations
which had only resulted lu disappointment.
Though already a man of abundant means,
he was inclined to be grasping, and had no
objection to doubling or trebling his proper.
ty. In fact the love of money was the ruling
passion with the Squire, and this was not un-
I known to his townsmen.
Mrs. Brown, aware of this fact, determined
upon a map d' etat, if we may so call it, with
a view of tiking by assault the hand_ of the
Squire—for his heart she cared little.
One morning the expressman brought to
Mrs. Brown's house a keg, which was evi
dently full of some liquid. •
"Fitly cents, widder," he said, as he lugged
it into the back room, and deposited it in the
corner, "it's rather hefty:"
"Yes," said the widow, "molasses is
heavier'n most anything else."
"Molasses, Is it t Wall, now,l reckon it will
take you a mighty long while to use up a keg
full of molasses."
"I'm fond of it," said the widow shortly.
"res r but there ain't but one on ye."
"I don't know but I shall take a boarder
or two if I can get them," said Mrs. Brown,
impoverishing a fib on the spur of the mo
ment.
"Then yuu'll have to piece outyour house,
I reckon."
'Mc widow was glad when the expressman
with his intrusive, curiosity NM gone. In
the country it is very common to comment
with the utmost freedom upon the plans and
proceedings of one's neighbors, and this some
times has its disadvantages.
• The widow did not open the keg until the
next day. Then, instead of molasses, she
found the contents to be petroleum oil. It
might have have been supposed that the sub
stitution would have proved vexatious, but
the widow took it very cooly. She managed
to get the keg down the cellar stairs, where
she locked it up in a e 1, ,, et. First, however,
she filled a common water-pail with the prd
eious liquid, and going to the well deliber
ately poured it down. Atter this rather sin
gular prticeeding, she looked carefully up
the road until she saw a horse and buggy ap
proaching, which she well knew belonged to
Squire Pogram, who always came over the
road about that time to visit a small house
which he was building for tenants a mile be
yond.
The Squire wa.l just abreast of the, cottage,
when the widow ran out and hailed him.
"0, Squire Pogrom," she said, "won't you
just drive into the yard a minute? The water
in my welt ta , les so strangely. I do,believe
it's petroleum."
"Petroleum!" The Squire picked up his
ears, and made all baste to do as requested.
"you ( bait say so,witlder !" he exclaimed,
"when did you notice it fast 1"
"I didn't really notice it much until to
day," sail - Mrs. Drown. "It might have
tasted a little queer maybe, but to-duy its very
strong."
"Let.me taste'," said. the Squire. "I can
tell if it's that or something else. It may be
some dead critter that's got drowned in the
well and poisoned the water." •
"0, I hope not," said the widow in a tone
of alarm. "I wouldn't have my well stilled
for a good
"Except by petroleum," suggested the
Squire. "I'atinpose you'd be reconciled to
that."
"Well, yes;' owned the widow, "I wouldn't
mind that." -
By this time they had reached the well,
and the Squire had already-commenced low
ering the bucket.
The widow was quitetonfident of the re
sult, the oil having been so recently poured
in. Still she felt a momentary alarm lest it
had become so diffused that the portion of
' water drawn up world show scant places of
admixture. But - when the bucket came
again to the top, she was reassured. On the
surface of the water was a coating of ail.
That was clear enough.
The Squire looked at it eagerly. His re
cent experiments qualified' him to judge in
the matter. - Ile was silent a moment.
"Well, Squire Pogram, what do you
think: asked Mrs. Brown eagerly."l do' believe you're right, wilder," said
the Squire . " Pm inclined to tko opinion
that it's genuine petroleum."
"Yon don't say . so, Squire ! Weil, I'm in
luck for once in a way." '
- "I ain't certain. Suppose you give inc a
dipper, and I'll taste on't."
The dipper was brought, and Squire Peg
ram did taste. The taste produced some
contortions of the face, for' petroleum oil as
a beverage can scarcely he regunled as pleas
ant even when largely diluted with fresh well
water. . _
•
"Well, Squire ?"
"Mrs. Brown, there ain't a donut of it.
There's a petroleum spring on your farm, and
it has broken out in your well."
sakes, Squire, who would have
the light_ it I and there ain't another petroleum
well m town
"No, that is none Lave appeared yet,
though I have reason to think some may be
found on my farm."
"It's so unexpected, Squire," said the wid
ow, meditatively, "I really don't know what
to do about it. 'What vonld you advise!
You've always been n friend, and I can de.
Pend on vo' advice."
"Well," said the Squ ire, clearing his tfiroat,
and speaking in a cautious tone, "I think I'd
sell the farm"
"Sell the farm!" ejaculated the widow.
"Yes," continued her adviser more eonfi
dently,"being a lone woman, you can't sink
wells, and work the petroleum yourselfl 4 '
"But, Squire Pog,ram, I'd ought to get the
benefit. o'
, urtaitily, the farni-is worth more than it,
was.. I shouhln't mind giving two, well,
three thousand dollars tor it, and that is more
than three' times what it would have
fetched befbre."
"I don't hardly think I want to sell it for
MO. Squire. I get my living off it." ,
"Yes, w•idder, but consider what would be
the Interest of three thousand dollars in
vested in Government bonds—seven-thirties,
for instance. Why, it would be more than
two hundred dollars a year." •
"Yes, Squire, but
,that wouldn't hardly
support me."
"11l tell you what, wilder, I'll give you
tineO,thommnd dollars, and you shall live iu
the house rent free as long as you choose.
Come, that's sayin' fair, isn't it ?
"On the whole, Squire," said the N 1 il}*
ONV, "I don't think I'll decide just yet. S'eems
to me the trim ought to bring more'n three
three thoui-and dollars. I'm obliged to you
for your friendly offer, but I guess I'd better
take time to consider, and perhaps consult
some other friends."
"Widder," said Squire Pogram, feeling that
the rich prize was in danger of slipping, from
his
,grasp, " Pll tell you what, I know it's
foolish, but, as you're an old friend, I won't
mind' making it four thousand dollars. It
may be my loss, but it'll be your gain."
"I'm sure you're very kind, Squire, and T.
hope I'm properly grateful for your kind in
terest, but I hope you won't be offended if I
don't decide just yet. I think I'd better go
and see lawyer Norcroes."
"Don't go and see hint whatever you do,"
said Squire Pogrom hastily., for he feared that
the lawyer would oYer-bui him. "Promise
me to consider my offer till afternoon, and
_until then not to tell a living soul about what
you've found in the well."
- "Very well, Squire, r'll agree to that.
'Tsn't long to wait till then."
"I'll call again at three," said the Squire.
"Don't forget your promise."
"I won't." said the widow.
The Squire drove nut of the yard, and the
widow, with a smile of triumph, looked after
him.
"I'm pretty sure of being, Mrs. Pogram, if
I work my cards right," she thought. _
Meanwhile the Squire drove away in .v rzi
"brown" study. To think that the prize for
which he had sought should after all have
fallen to the lot of the widow with her ten
poor acres. It was certainly strange. Now
how should he'find his own profit in it? If
he could buy the farm at even five thousand
dollars,he could readily make it pay him duty
thousand. The indications were that the
oil spring was a rich one. At any rate the
water he drank smacked strongly enough of
th e nil.
would the widow
more
was an
imp , ' taut que , tion. The more time the had
for thought the higher pmliablv would her
price advance. lishe consulted Norcros:loi
might as well give it , up as a lost chance, fur
the lawyer would be as
. anxious M secure it
as himself. That was not to be thought of
for a moment. But what if Mrs. Brown de
clined his offer! Was there no other way ?
It was just at this moment that the other
way suggested itself. 'He was a widower,
Mrs. Brown was a widow. By marrying her
he would secure the farm, and not be com
pelled to pay down a dollar, beyond the
minister's fee for uniting them. Mrs, Brown
was not exactly the woman he had - intended
to marry for Ins second wife ; she certainly
was not . hantlsume, but Squire Pogram was
a practical man, and he knew that she was
a ,rt, practie•:l woman, and n•ould keep
his househ , hi i.t uni order. Perhaps it
would not ',e A bad plau. At any rate he
could hol I it in reserve.
Punctually at three the Squire rode up to
the door of the cottage.
"How about the well, widder ?" he asked.
"Does it taste as strong as ever ?"
"Wuss and wuss, Squire. Here's sonic wa
ter I just drawed up."
The Squire did - not need to taste it. He
could see for himself that the proportion of
oil'was greater than in the morning.
widder," he said, 'have you decided
to take the four thousand dollars I oflbred
you ? You see that will ,ave you all trouble,
and you can live emathrtahle the ieAt ofyour
days."
"Thank you, Squire," said the widow, ':but
I've about made up my mind to. send for
some man who knows about these things, and
get him to attend to it for me. I'll see Mr.
Norcross tint,
This was enough. The Squire had made
•
up his mind.
"Whitler," sa:rd he, "I've got another plan
to propose. It may seem kind of sudden to
you, but I've been thinking o 1 it for some
time, (how. long Squire?) and that is, that I
need? wife. Things is gittiug slack at home,
and U. needs a woman to straighten 'em out.
I ain't a man of words. Widder will you be
come Mrs. Pogram?"
"0, Squire,' said the widow, "it's so unex
pected that it quite flustrates me. But I'm
free to say that I've, always respected your
character, and thought you a man that any
woman might be proud to marry."
"You consent, then ?"
"I do," said the widow - promptly,"and
glad to have this new burden off my shoul
ders."
- .
"Yes, widder, it ought to be attended to at
once. I think we'd better marry to-morrow
so as to lose no time."
"Just as you say, Squire. I'll be ready." .
The next day the clergyman's services
were called into requisition,' and to the aston
ishment and anger of all the aspirants to
Squire Pomm's hand the prize was carried
off by the widow Brown, "who's as ugly as
sin ; goodness knows what good he saw in
her."
The day alter there was another surprise.
A company of workmen were seen busily en
gaged in sinking deeper the new Mrs. Pog
ram's old well, and the rumor spread that
petroleum had been discovered there. But
for some incomprehensible reason the first
strong indications were not borne out by
subsequent discoveries. The water regained
all its old purity, and after sinkin,T, several
hundred dollars the Squire was obliged to
abandon the attempt in disgust. Mrs:. Pe
rain, now installed in the g:reat thrin-lquise
as mistress, bore the disappointment with
equanimity. She at least had got what she
had bargained fur. and was satisfied. Wheth
er her husband ever suspected her tauopliri
:ty Li not clearly known. It tray onti
tleutly. stated, however, that any gentleman
desirous of starting a petroleum company,
may obtain the Brown farm on reasonable
terms, with no extra charge for one oil - well
alr6dy sunk. ,
The l'ulfillinent of Propot•ey
• I The followim; prophecy n•as made by the
great commoner of his day, I lenry City, in a
speech delivered by hint before the United
Stat's So ate, on hebru:n•y 7th, 1530, in
which lie cdicted civil war and the subver
sion of the 'Mon as the let:itimate conse
quences of e abolition agitation, then in its
incipiency an I confined mainly to that hot
bed of heres es and isms, New England.
How literally, OW' fearfully has the predic
tion been 11110 in a little less than thirty
years from the dhte of its - utterance? What
a solemn refutation—as if coming from the
spirit-world—dues it give to the traitors to
their race and country, who seek to justify
their moral and political treason by charging
the cause of the ruin they have wrought up
on the unoffending South ? Mr. Clay said :
"The Abolitionists, let the suppose, suc
ceed in their present aims of uniting the in
habitants of the free States as one man against
the inhabitants of the slave States. *
* A virtual dissolution of the-
Union will have already taken place, while
the form of its existence remains. The most
valuable elements of Union—mutual kind
ness, the feelings of sympathy, the fraternal
bonds which now happily unite us, will have
been extinguished forever. One section will
stand in menacing and hostile array against
the other. The collision of opinion will be
quickly followed by the clash of arms. I
will not attempt to descilh e seen, which
now lie happily cimteab d from our VIM./
Abolitionists 111CM' Ic.. as 00111 racial, b.“
iu dismay and le.a tor ontempi..ciou
d&l , olated lieldn, cooll.mtated Col., 11{111.
&red inhabitaffis, and the i. erthrow of Ite
fairest fabric of human government that ever
rose to animate the hope, of civilized loan.
001, .Mr. 1 , ,,,,m en t, fritild
of slavery, * " but I preli r
the liberty of my on n country to that of au
other people, mutate liberty of my own race
to that of any other rate. The liberty of the
descendants of Africa in the United States,
*- if it were possible, could
0111 7 be established by viol:dine; the incon
testable powers of the states, and subverting
the Union. Anil beneath the ruins of the
Union would be buried sooner or later, the
liberty of both races."
N 0.4.
THEY SAY.
They say—Ali'. well,'suppose they do,
But can they prove the story true?
Suspicion may arise from naught
But malice, envy, want of thought ;
Why count yourself among the "they,"
Who whisper what they dare not say?
They say. But why thn 'nle rehearse,
And help to make the matter won. e?
No good can pr.sibly accrue
From telling trhat may be untrue ;
And i$ it not a nobler plan
To speak of all the he,,t you can?
They say—Well, if it should be so,
Why tiecd yoit tt.ll the tale of woe ?
Will it the bitter - wrong reare,s,
Or make the papa, of sorrow less;
Will it the crii.iz one restore,
Henceforth to "go anti -in no more
They say—() pan , e and look within ;
Sec how thy heart's inclined to sin;
Watch; lest in dark temptation's hour
Thou, too, shouid'st sink beneath it 3 power
Pity the frail, weep o'er their fall,
But speak of good or not at all.
Radicaiv Who Cannot Support Grant
TrLTON---Ite luig called Grant a drunk:v(l.
Pumurs—lle hai called Grant a drunkard,
Smr;Eit----I . le t-tty 6 Grant 1-3 nit an "irrc•vcri-
Mr guarantee," and "matte a
• Nvhite-Nva.siting report to tin-
tifv Andrew...l . olin<on."
Cii.‘l , r.----"Crant I, a of vik l ibit, :Intl
ANNA DICKINQC.N-"I am. going to England
to get out of advocating this
• bungler."
Mus. STAN - rox—"Grant slys nothing, and
hnows lees than nothim , ."
«ill 41evcroo help me (;od, sup
port any but temperance
num for office."
"The Presidency requires a man
of ideas and a statesman."
I devlare in advance no doubtthl
man shall have my vote ft.!:
President."
Wu , o•
G 10EELi T-`
COI A N:-
KELLEY—"I will die in my tracks before I
kill subzeribe to this white
washing report of this man
(Grant) who has joined his
testimony, and will join his
fate, to that public enemy,
(A. Johison
ClltTiS—"Onh-
OLD TILtD—"No - tr al: me to support
twaddler ^n,l a trinuner'for
oßice;
GEARY —"Drunk:llll4, like pirates, are public
enemies.;'
PnEt.moncy , :inr—`.`The Nation owes it to it,
'elf-respect to tolerate im
becility in politics no long
.
IVArkr.- - Grant knows nothing of polities.
" can t tIIc nothing but
horse."
YATE4—"I own I have been a drunkard:
will be One no longer, nor
will I longer cast my lot
ith such men."
The Profound Speech of the Age.
'it a invetimr ill N Grena,l:l, South
. .
Amenca, a gentleman, somi•time 'resident in
the United exprc,,ed the hope that ,
the adoption American in-titution. would
place Colutnhi.t on a level w ith the great Ile
public of North America. He was. himself
summarily levelled by the following, speech
from a full reconstructed Columbian. We
quote from the Panama t-itar :
Mr. President: Lt pr, .posing that we
should adopt North Americaninstitution, in
order that we may rank amongst the most
civilized nations of the world, our friend is
merely repeating a vulgarism against which
Ido most solemnly protest. We are repre
sented as an uncivilized people ; but sir, it to
do what the Americans have done, is to be
civilized, then, we are civilized; if to have
ddne it before them i; to be ahead of them,:
then we are at the head of civilization. For
what do the Americans boast of? They
have burreeently :Ilion -I,ed slavery ; we have
abolished slavery long ago. They have just
proclaimed the equality of race, and arc try
ing,to hold up the negro ;, we have pro
claimed that equality and held np the negro
long ago. They have only finished • their
civil war, rendered money scarce and made
a paper dollar not worth a dollar. We have
had dozens of civil wars ; have, rendered
money scarce, and made paper dollars not
worth a dollar long a c co. They are begin
ning to tear up their constibllion, impradi
their President, set up dictators ; we have
done all that tong ago. They are at 1.14 go
ing to the (ICI it s fast as they can ; we have
gout to the devil long ago.
The Most Coirapt Party that Ever
])onn Platt, one of the leading and most
active Republican politicians of Southern
Ohio, in writing of the attempt to impeach.
the President stlys the unpleasant fact is de
veloped, "that not Andrew Johnson, but the
Republican party has been on trial, and the
sentence is a sentence of death 1" Platt
sap:
-- We would-have survived a blunder great
as this is, had it come alone, but it is the con
'eluding net of a long series. Through the
unsettled condition, of a country suffering
from civil wars, we have developed mere ras
cality than any organization ever called into
existence. We have filled the offices with
thieVes and their pockets with stealings.
We have organized rings that in turn create
office-holders and control the Government.
Men go in pure and come out niillionuiresf
For one dollar paid to the Government from
hard earned taxes, hundreds stick to the
dirty fingers of official scoundrels. We have
whiskey rings, Indian bur( au ring`, manu
facturers' rings, National- Bank ring's, rail
road rings, land jobbing rings, and internal
improvement rings. From the lowe , t oil
, dal, up to Senators and Cabinet officers, the
taint of corruption runs until the people,
'dazed and confuQed, eon thund•the right and
listen with indifference to the threats of• ex
posure."
Het e is a photpzraph of the 'Radical party
by it good artist.
A Republioau form of Goveniment
It has generally hem considered that those
who sway the destinicm of a country 31.1011 bi
have some stake in thatwuntry. Let us see
how it k, in this view, NS ith the bogus State
officers of reconstructed South Carolina.
Annexed is the list, with the taxes paid by
each :
governor—lt. K. Scott, Ohio, $OO 00
Lieut. Governor—L. Boozer, S. C., 15 00
See'ry of State—Rl, Cordoza, negro, 00 00
Com lit roller-Gen.--J. C. ?..ieagle, N. C., 00 00
Tiemmrer—P. G. Parker, Mass., 00 00
Ittorney-Gen. D. 11. Chamberlain,
- - 00 00
Superintendent of Education—J. K.
JilLson, 34-75 , - 00 00
Adjutant and Inspeetor-Generzil—P.'
?fuss, Jr., S. C.,
OM
Untler the reconstructed Constitutions of
South Carolina the annual taxes will be
'~,-
1l•i ltl—against ti 250,000 in unreconstructed
time , —and of this the above $16,99 are
rept est.:l[oa be the attenuated decimal
.OUOUOt4o.i:-., so that, if it may^ please the
arithmetical reader to know, the eight high
est officers of the reconstructed State of Soot It
Carolina pay to tho support of the Govern
ment over which they preside an average
tax of one hundred thousandth part of a mill
per annum. •
Practical Application of Radical
It is reported that a gentleman, a Demo
crat, living in the Southern part of thisconn
ty, being desirous of iihr,trating the beauties—
of Radicalism, rind testing the Sincerity of
itS, votaries and advocates, invited a certain
Radical to his house to stay over night with
him, and at the same time invited a "man
and brother" to pass the night under his
1 100 n of
Bed-time arriving„ our Democratic fib ml
took a light and conducted the "brother"
the room and pointed out the bed lie n,,; to
occupy. , Soon miler, the Itatlicul golitle•
man (t) desiredtto retire, and our friend also
conducted him to the same room, and in.
[From the N. Y. World.",
and a:, "braillki•S sad-
II IN
of no 1,1,.:1,
,"Only a man in favor of negro suf . -
fragr can' .command my
vote." Grant declares "ne-
gro suffrage means a war of
TACOS."
MIMI
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