M'liEA\
VOL: 5,
ill'tictiit 4.llo4;iiii.glcifOccit.
PUIILiSqED EVERY SATURDAY 'MORNING,
' By J. B: . OVIATT; •
SMETIWORT,, M'KEAN . COUNTY, PA
IFFIOE, 8. 11, CORNER OF PUBLIC SQUARE
TERMSI - 02-00 in Advanco
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' .•'• .. Rates. AdVplrtiing.•, ' . !•
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• -:1 Olumn one year '. • .
- , - -.335 00
is.' `t• ~ ‘,...,,' ..,.. .. .. :..‘:- . , ... : . —...... 00 00'
'....• • • ' i '' .1200
f —.: :six Inontb, s r.. 20 00
clni square of 12 linen or lens, 3 indertions,•, ll 50
lii subsequent insertion t ..... - ... ' ... ~..,.'....--...-:. • 20
..,at loess cards, with.paPer ........ ...;—...: .' .. '• . . 5•00
.1 1 121 i or figure work.will- be double the'kbove. rates..
Twelve lines ISt-evict: type, -or eight linei:nonpareil, is.
' .11.1 - :These terms will be- striotly , adhered 't0...al - '•
1311 . Lii1te6..5.',.:El1tictOri).
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IEATINGSAI.,OO.I - Nr.,:
THE SUBSCRIBER 'announces to the flollliC
~ that'hp haspurchust4 the stock of-the so-.
loop formetly•kept . by . W . I. 11. baker,' West aide
P2ifilic..,sqi.i4i6..
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'where he' is prepared to Jefrash the' inner man
vtiiih:all the deiicaeri asitally kept' tit :11
ela” RE.: , FrA un A NT. • ••:
11LE, CONFFC7TIONAmEs„NUTS,
• ,FRUITS, CHERSY6
FRESH 'OVST ERS.' seiycd, ,Oriter, ; eiihri :
Tit tv• or epoked ••..
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Thos %%lir; favor , f-ne ir pat o'nfvgrf
sh , rll lose njo can'ie (9 complain,, either ,as
price,; or goal 4. • •
• , IVC.MDEN
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F.,,nr;l4porcS,pt 2.111,1,
BENi , TETT HOUSE,
,
W. P. .Fi..oblVi
tor— cv.4,:ite-tho A ny. w ,' turn
'rnoaiouti arid ',ell fu a,lolwdLuu~c,
• Y M . 007, • •
• . , . 11 ; PI •
.L.J_L ll_E'Arillf;
TANNF,I3,;.. SL-:.CUR.RIEI-1;
PORTAGE, ITOCean C 0,,. Pa
. .
.7TO 1; . Sl,J3SC:ill . li,Eli...flatters. liiirselt,(fom
lot.g t : xperienr, drat b'e cannot Lie excelled, in
the Intsoteif , . • . . .
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• •P;dr . ficular at..tnttioti wilt be.partl to GUSTO l'
WORK. For 'ti.,. roily!' , nipiir. 1 1 1/ii, g
itt. a thstalici.:Wi! ! llirlZ t s i tat titoe rio'sbares
made with L. 11. 1)01-
Itli . at.Port A tteeany.
..,‘• •trtke . : tfte • de-:
ol the Hy!t!. e'n.l•th'e Liather. will he re:
turned to his,Storf,, taanml.
The 14igest 'price rr ilI he, pa i , ffor
; or' LEATH ER, BOOTS, SHOES.; :or
HARNESSi lel"' at 1)91 . 1py,',.i or
Eritite satislAetion gived. •' .
Connected wi.th'thy . ttpitf;ty I hay(; Boot &
Shoe factory, aid Hai Oss •Shop. '
• : • - L . HF.ATH
. Port4go, Pa ., .
PROSPECTUS FOR 1864
T.lll SATURDAY .EVENING
"Tho;oldost and' boss of the Weeklies."
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• The Peoprieters of the•Setu•itay Er, ni n e Pnsl—which
paper Is epic in •tr Forty-ihrt I lerr.'—wculd Ficiply •en•
.munce in Lieu Pri,spectog _ ler IMO.. that they' th;sice
.maintaining lot 11 i it weekly the high chitracter it has al•
reatly,awriui red as r• . .- . . •
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A. Fii, : i . Glass, Literary Paper: - •
. They have 'reason to butte te•that the storm; or MRS.
WOOD, author •• Rust 14,1110," BRADDON,
author of "Elenor'SVictor Ad.rMAIGON.IIARI, AND,
author of "Alone;'? Ac ; miss VIRGINIA A. TOWN.
lit.ENo, and numerous other excellentavriters••have been
generally regarded as possessing the greatest merit and
the most atisnrbing Interest; and they die•led procuring
for The P d3tin.phq ruttire as in the past,.the befit StOti+Ai
.ketches, and other tiornry No'reitis 'which they eon
'possibly obtain. They intond commencing In the first'
sniper in January, .' •: • , ; • ,
A NEW "NOVEL, BY MRS: woop;
. • • Autb:r
frOmottonie fortFordril to.:ut. from
England
Tlll6.atorirt3'eallea'
Cc
OSAVALI,II) . Grl A 7 N 7-
snit will be aim.* the le,tittli of i'Vernees Pride , ' and
t Lynne., • •
itdditipit to the Storms; written expressly for The
Li; Editor also strives' to lay before it s.roaders, the
,bestt:tteries frriut the . Enellith . . Period ice's, and gives in ad
tlftio,uf to the Tales and tiketc. left, more. or less Agrictil-
AnAlkittsolt4r, with a Riddle"; Jt eCtlipt,:NOVSi and Market.
Piepartntent;, every week '
A ,s.4EviTiwo . 'mAl.Ei INI!:‘CiRATI:'7_;
sVe will gine le any parsou sendiitg thirty subscription's.
to The Post alitl.Sixvlla.ra. one of Whetter 4-
' 3O/03 Cileteralea-Sewer. , Ilfeti,h fees,. Hach thoy
for Forty-llye - tbollars. 'The tinachint 4 Will bc coterie!
new et the netepfactory in, it, based and for
warded free oft:wit, gent the exteption . effri !Ott.:
1,11 procuring the ititbscalbaCr, for this I 'remit:el we Pre—
fer that the thirty subscribers theuid be ',recurred at the
I:egulayttlrintrof Two..l.lcilard, for' each, but where this
cannot be done, they maybe'proeur red at ;tor club rates,
and the balance of the Sisty Defiers forwarded to us in.
isish by the, parson desirfol the machine: Th,' (oilier Witt
l;e sent to different Pest Qfiees ;tide:sired, Seery per
Noll tfolleutieg names shoul.leent - them 'with t lie. moony
an taut {lo Obtailliqt R.l that.the subScribers may begin at
once to receive theis papere, itnd not (teethe°. di ;satisfied
wi t clay:, eu the whide'n Livelier e Nnn' ( thir
ty.)'and the whole lune titt.of money (Sixty dollars. I is re-.
inured, the.mathine will be ditle'forwartthil; ~ • ••
; I.N ADVAN .
.Ipy, one year • • $ 2.09
topie4,otaa. ,: ~ ... 3NI
4 uoplee, °nit yemi. .. •.. . • .. ; . .OIY
elpioa, :tali mw grtriir-Iip.OE.CIL.b. r on
-copito4, mod one to
' - , kttet up,of chub.. ;.. !:$
. One copy of The Pas: and otto,nt 1741i - LotdY' s • ' '
Piot?! . 8.00
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Sttlnoirihera in British Notth America moat reinit MAR
tv tool in. addition, to the annuali..ubscripli.u, an we
hove Co cirepal. t..).'s , 0.131 ye on their •
trr An the price of The Pete to 010 same .as that or
The Lady's Friend; the' delta only be composed exe
Artily of the
. paper : or, partly of, nip .paper /111t1 pnitly of
the magazine. Of course the premium may be zither, otie
. or the ether, na • •
Kr The matter in the paper will ahsaya 'be diaftrent.
from that in the magazine..,
• 117 - Specimen pumbern .The Partatent gratin. Ad
dres!
DEACON tk: ITTERSOSV
No. .319, WO nn tSt.
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: • ':ADMINISTRAtORS . 'NOTICR. •.: ,
Whereas letfars%ot . - adolibistra . tion' , to . the
Estate of .Dsnick'.Vooankis, late. of Keating
lownaNip, decensed; liftve been granted' to,:the
undersigned; all 'persons indebted" to the said . .
Estate ate requestetffo ripl,ke immediate pay
ment, and those., having elaims or demands'
'aganist thp Estate el said bei:ick . yotirhes,
will, make k.,owil the sam,e . .tvithont Delay. to.:
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. . Arlmiqst;aiorv;
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Earrpera Yallq .Dec, 21'.18G3.` ' .:
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'• • COURT 1) ROCLABEATION,..•
REAS the Hon.. itobe'rt • Q.•• tV b ite WHE ßEASi Prelide'nt Judge; and the '•lions. J. * Dar,
ling. and li..K.'eaboify Associate'. Judges of .fie
ColirtS'of Oye.r.& tertnine'r and 'Geneful Jail
DelFvery, Quarte,r:Sessicins of the Peace;
Cou'rt And Court of. CdlllMOll-PllB for
the Cotuity . of M'Kean have issued thejrpreeelit
bearing date; Friday; the .tyrenty:seeenirday.of
February,, in .the year °four thou
sand:eight-hundred and sixty-four;, and to.. irre
ifireeted,. for holding a Cotlrt Of oyer. and
Terrninei and Ponerallair Delive - ry,.9narter
'Sessions -of the 'Peace, ,. oiphans' Court; acid
Court ..Of Common I?leas,:is the Borough of
Stnethiport,'on MOHday, the
. 21th day..cl June
[14.60;101d to . c,onlititie one week.' , ' •
lutice k the re tore hereby:gi JoAlitiro
tiers;- Justices -of the ...Peaee and L'aostubles
t he'eolinty; t hat they be' then and there
in their'pioper . p'ersons, at 10 A. M. of
said day, with theiuolls:; reeercis:, inquisitions,
e.xiirojnatio;u4; and other remeinbranees • , to-do
thing..slshiih their offiCes iippeTtain to'be
done. • And those isdiolare,bOutid their fric
tilfiroecute the prisotterS.tha t are . oz
shall be in the jail or i•aid• coulify , of NI 'Kean,
ale
,'to be then 'unit' there to, te,cgaiiikt
them as Will be Just; • •• . • • : • • • ••
• Itiated at S'iliathpor, nt . :\rw.ll,
.15:13j, •191i1 the'. year ,of• t lie liijelieod
ence of the United .tisit..7,r)f A mer,ica.....
•
• • , •N. L I LIA.I3RIDG
'Executor's Sale
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• •Thf , ,on.,l,,lstlipod Ilre F,Fiite 0
by vetipi-, , ;:'to.tll4ighrst bidtb , r.., oil Ilie per
unel proptity. of said d!ce'dePt., consistine i i
part rot IlLiw•blioid,Eprnitilq. , , Partpin - e. ritensits
f3raln &c., on tb ,
jrran iSO:S rd . !) etiii.ly the :30:h d, ! 2, , ,,,t M arc h
i PET.; at nid.o'Onek.,,A... ;\l. •
A. N. T . AYLCJR,.l.2;vocutor.•
11th, 186 :
1864.
PHiLADELPIIIA AND ERIE RAIL
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'Thi;; ; ..ar.•••,t line . !Tavf.irs:s'llie.'Northern iii:d
N . ., t hAye6f, ~,ifilit.tj.s of Penti.iyll.raipa ti) it'll. ('.iry
lil Ptrjt.;',ln . .liiike Er ie. . . •• - - . .
...It has b rG h.u5.,41 1,)'• tijeI•PEN , N . L.:ANIA R.
R. ComPANY, 4101:1/6(1 , 1 i- tliPir iittpico,:, is hying
Din . meift:Lreni2kont . its entity
If is tio‘%•l i II , ht .
b11 , 111e$,•• .1:::,111 , 1tirm,
p :15 ruit'f:s] the' • I:.;ster..t7 I), vis •
.ioa;
ThIE • 0 . 4.' VASS r ,I.,;•511 , 01;11 - M
• . Lea v e Eas • •'
Expres . tr'nin leaves
%It'as,
Arrives Eastward:,
AciomodauOn irnih,
. Gars' rnn• - throng!) Wll'llol7 , C11.1Ni":1:4)4,11,
wifys:nn.the.s.etruins bet wean:Philadelphia end
Lock Ilai•eni end between gait iniore
. und Ldel:
Sim Eri s ,: cars on }spiels trains
both waS , s, lo;tween Williamsport, and Balti
more and Philadelphia. •
For information rospeeting.V.l•sseatzerbasi
nesi'apply nt..ihe S. E. Conitir I lit and •Mar-
for.Fiefghi bOsiness , of 0:1O Cofiiany's
S. R.liineston,Jr.,,Cor. 13th - aptl :Witrket
Sts.; Plyilffelphht; • • •
.I..\V. Rry . nOlo,'l',:siP,. - - • .• •
Ajzeilt N, 13altirnot"!
Hoys:r6::;; •
( lenq 11, : eiglet A4't I'RP-a
LEwls L. iioupr, • .• . •
Ag't l'hil'a
Jos. A: —' • ' 7-.
. •
Zest s 6-1 7
efe
N.:E.-CornoT of Tenth and Chestnut Ptreets
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1•Si)so. TII E CM ENT ov .
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L..'F.4IkBANKS
for'the' last lour ye'ers:P.rrociparninl chief Inlst
110..trialin ger of IleiAN'e, & STliArroN's, Corn
rnercial College. "..
A.'3IODEL . EININESS co.r,LEG.E,
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Conducted on a new systeirrof Actual 'fitisine . ss
Tinkling, through the estrihlishnieurtil, legifi—
mate OfTices..androunting-Ilonseti,.represeitijus
:different depart rnents.'..t . Tratltt:Paittl.Corntnerte,
awl a regular 13,pi1: of Depnsite'and Isaac, giv
i'li., the•stiident all • thi.. advsittag'es 'of fret mil
. .. . .
•pract i i.e.. nfid:qualifyina btop. In'. I. e shortest ',
'possible time itritl:tnost•e. ff eetiv . e tnaniier or
the various tltieS'and empleynien s of busine=s
fits Chtirse of Hittrurtions in ttte.Theologiral
/
lieptirtment vull)rd res 130 . 0 . k .koppiti a, Cot - tuner ,
v i a l : ed lean t iOns, Li , ct tifefr onlinsiness,Alhiirs,
Pennirtntiship,.COnitnereirtl Litt%'•,.rotms,.CQr— .
'respondence, &c.. .. . , .
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In'the -• . ,
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BUSINESS, I)PARTME.NT
the student enters upon the.Groduating Critirse:
‘viiteli includes a coniinuittion of the above sty
lipprilicnt ion in ahl their,
SIVIiI'i]TIiPQII',I,,. , III'fiL'AN:: . .OO 3. UNTY . ,, .V.A4.. A - TUI:I:I).A)(',. : . A . iAii.CH.' 1,9;..1.'64!
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details.' ore the position of .
countant :and . I ) toprieto. in .the various pepart 7
!Dente Of 'Wholesale and Retail Tlatie,...Portowd•
inz,Jobbing:and Commi,rsion Bant•cnif
Plana faiq arinyl;.hlin ing, Sten ntboatini Ll•e., and
will :finally act tisCizAhlrY,. Book . ke.Aper and Tel.,
lei. in ih e .
each of which 'positions
previous, linowledge , will be grit to. : ,the ..011eSi
practic,nl . . ,
This iris.t.itntiort . ofreis to :somif men
.numet •
O9s stlyhrvh4es !lot kiosSess'ed by n'n'y other coin
merciaF culicee.M • the.StOtc. - .. It is coil - 4,14e. in
.all its iirinuirittoents. It is the: onlYlnstitmi,ii
in . the State conducted . • on 'actual litisiness'itrii.i
yinjes.. The, course of instruction .is unsurnass .
may hcctimpleted in about one lin)frtlio
time usually !pent in •Othet. institutions, in' ceui •
seiluenco.ut arthrigerni'mt•,
the adopticin of the netO; firacticid system.
Diplomas zwaided span the coMpletion of lit:.
Comine)cial Coier.c , tv hich'enibraces all • excetp
the higher' set's - of '1.1,1?,.kiti,„ illazirtfacturing,
liarlr.irel;4, 4:c. • . . . •.. • . .••
, Send•for u-eircolor.•; . •
_l(m6. •
...i -- lI.EAE,BOJ4I - Y.S .
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.G I,N U)EN.E . PIIE rARAI'IONS
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••• COMROUNI) 'FLUID I , ...XTRACT ni.1C111.7;
u Positive, and Spe'ciltc ilitmedy fiir'llis'en,ses
. 9f
the 111.1:iida.;KitIneysi and I)rdpsi.cal
tiivelain
~ • • - - ' •
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j‘leilicife. ineresses the power of Diges..
lion, snit excite the inbsorbente into healthy. ac
tion, by which the watery:or Calcare.ous tlep*O—
sitions,•.anil•all Lritnatural,Enlargtrients are re. ,
duped, an well s oS Pain Anil' Inflomution; , • .
14iTRAer•BUtlYt."; ••• •"
.For ‘Ve.liores iionf Exi•esse.. Hab.;
itc,'ol 1)i'.•01 . 3..'‘i0n,. t.ly Indisvretion of -Ablise ;
ttonde ty. u 6 ihr.lidlu eiq,o spnptomo.— . ••••
. . .
I t to Exertion,, toss:aPower,
Linis ui 'AfeinOry, . ••. Difficulty of fireathilig,
. Trembline:
Flnrror orDis'emie, • :• . • '
'Dimness of Visinp, ~ I mn Back,
12inivin.•••ifl..Liicifoil . of I,lle :)Itizenlnr S
not If 1110,1 S, 1 1 11 Sili . ng ' Uf . the nr . )lly,
Dryness ol lipt ions , on the Face,
P.llll.l:coimieflarle.. • • .
TliPse Fymotoros. it allotvoq triad on, .which
it lovn!tbly retooyo. Foim follows
• •1: , 11•41,1 :Nov,lFit .1,1 . .0/I'V,*
fn one of wlitch Ihr. Patiryit ni u y exitire:
• .Whotati cav that 11:eitntre,. not fli•tfiteittly ful
lowed
ANI) . GON.SUMPTION.": .
, caus,e'o.l their•.,tifier
1864.
Bv.r . Nosr. I;F:CORI,F. ON '111: JN
. .
lnd w.la it , holly ,; ha - by. C..rirtsunipt ion bear.
atr;ple witoesc in the Tlnth rl'tlir eikerrion.
•* - TlCe'Coristitation nnef:llreird.witi)
the. aid a ::11P(Ii . c . iile to
and Inviaorat,ibi• Syk!'r , rn,
AVlLieb f:TTRACT I3UCHU inva:
A...tria!Avllternivirrrerhe, too.st.dietitical.
.1 7 E31A L . ES- - FE:11 ALIS---FENA LES
j 6 .
Is Ill!f•tvlattgt py nycillwT : ri•m•
Cl/1610.1S 1
1 3 0111111 . 1p . ” - .5., essin'ir 0 - 1 cti,t.mhiry : hvn
or ;:zcir'll o ,ity ;stateof tfi«,
Si tt rility t !id ! !
for Of co . :1)1,1a ineicklit o . ! I'm SPX; .vOie!ll:er
I.l , lbi.ts•of
in t he....
3.40 P.M
A•IVP.M
DECLI . SE OR 91 - IA'N . W OF. L.ll.'E.
6:10 P. M
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T , cil.:l . tit) MOTP lialga'rn, .Nleret.iryi qr triipl,:as-:
1,,di, - . ..i,,,,. i„ r m i piertqa n I mid ddrige, mis ilisra.es.: '
IKOnio 1, j;'S EN. I'IZ A C.'.:l BUCHI7 A ND 1 ) ).L.,
1'.14.01'1::11 NOSE ll'A fill 'CURES: - 5"--
5.00 P. .:%1
SECRET. DI?4EASES
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wall their Stag. , s, Aj lade Expepse
:no chtirtlie in.Thet., No talconvetti'ence
'And tin ..Expostire.,. . ,
Ir v . a trie 5 a tr,-qin..puilesire and ai.ves'%tiviiitih
to Ulinitte;dbereby.Aternovillg r Oist ructions,
Pi , vent apd t.'sfirina St riettiraq .. of the Urethra,
allayinv Pain end 111114 mati,on i . so. frequent in
h s'n diseaQes, e nd expelling nil 'Poisonous
Diseased and wornout 1%1 atte r.
' Thousand: Upon thoosands vv.hp have iJeen the
victiim - , of qoaelt, , , and who liaye: paid benvy .
rees . to be cured in 41 short time, have loopil they
were deceived: a that .the 4, POISPN'? bask hy
the Mie of. Powerful A st - riiigent been dried
up•iO the §ysterp, to break opt in a u Pggruia—
ted tof in, and nef bap; rifler Nln iiege..
.'Use'tlnollOo's'ErizAcT lindur for all diTec•
t n,nl disease ol'Om URINARY ORGANS;
whether existing In MALE nr.FEMALE frOfn
origin‘o int; ant' no nnittei how.
LONG ,STANDIG. .
Dfseases,of these-Organ the nid of
n DI UR ET I 0,,1l E 1.111 HO I.'S - }qxTRAcT
cm'. Is THE ORE A T . .1) I IMIE FlC:and is cnr.:-
twin to.11ov . ;. ;11'e:desired eii•-•ct in, .11ise.qns
for which 'it is recorntnended.. , • •
Evidence:a the inns( reliable .and rclponsi".•
chatuctee will medicine;
•
Price, St.oo per bottle, tir Slx.for.ss.oo
t)eiiv e s•pd to any 7.-I.l.lress 7 s.,ctiiejy pAcked from
riberv4 . lliiin. • .
, .
lioscribo Sympthins , in all Coinnwhications,
Curry Gataraitati•cal.: •• - . - Advice (rails
•- - -A alai t ess tor. i Woman! iort •to
:1--f.13. I11)1;A 1i.“.51.1).•.Ch6ni5i
111.1 Smith Tent Chestnut,
I)Ppot. ,
ELDBiaI.D'S Prog'at.d.Chhinical War . olloose
501 ICroadw.ty Now York.:
Tilll 7 A ft:I) U[ Ct)l.l NT F. in Ts AN]) ri - N•
PR INC I PLED I)EA . I.I'.IIS . etitleuvor: to
,tioose "Ot. I It 11(1 "otli.r" itytti:les on
hr,'repul,ioinn aft a iv ell. by'
el tri boltl's Gi!nii I ne long, •
. ' Ex Li act I4uelm.
. • • SnrsuptirillT.
. ".. ilifiroved Kos.‘Vash
:Sold by all 1)1.02.41 , :ts i:Verywhere,
sk ' • : T.alce no Other
Cut, oii IbeAdi•, , rtisernent iptd:send
AND A votn hiPos:rrins . , Asp 12:XPostntE..
• TO CuAstflilYTl:V.ES,':
Constirnpipiii ro(`OVe a valuable
lirescOptinn, 'for , elle cure :of Consuraptipn,
As!liu(a,Tron . cliitis, and all Tlirnit • and Lung
aftee!ions, (free of char go.) by• • seeding % their
address . " ' .
Rev. E. A. WILSON,."
Ring Co., New York
A Sound Ran in the Cabinet—Letter from
At the...recent Sanitary Fair in Brooklyn,' there
Was.a . book..etautOgraphs on exhibitiens,
!among other distingiiished namee, -
that of Attorney . Gene.ral.llst?s;. 'of Missouri;
sjined at `tire bottom' of a letter 'addressed to:
t he' fady manager, which; for the tohls.setiti
trie'nla it 'contains, •vre....ag riff with the 'Jo,/tr??'Et/
of Com;neri! , ;.. 4, o9ihi to be written in lettere of
fold." We kfiew„ . .whin . 14 r..Liateis first ace'efit
ed. the office which he.stili .holds,' that he ;was
conservative' hia. views; :but- We supposed
•Thiiii like' enenf.othetsi he litt . l su c cumbed to
the pressure at iirtiehingtenotriti..e4opted the
new theories . olthe 'redical'sehobl with which
ho Is ue ocfated, officielly....ln this we are glad
to say we
,were 'mistaken.: Mr. - Bates retain . '
'his former sound opinion's,. and 'we. cannot but
w.uiiler.hoiv, holding. the sentiments:..be .
pressee, he can reconeile it •with his Tense pt
dtity to the 'country and to himself to remain
in the Cabinet of . Alr. tincelm we ere per•
suarled.:llnit every one iktioHieadi 'the letter,
will'share with us in our- surprise. •
IYASUINGTON ' CITY, Feb. 'i,
To----
Being confined to. iny' 'Sick
„roo.in,
'l% have.an npporionity..which'ileither -my pub.•
lie . office nor 'the cOilri:roaiii affords,;M' nee .
kecrWledgc yoor f .oote of. January, '3O, written
in tfebalf,of the Brooklyn and ti;ng island-Pirir;
and in .eiffor. the Sanitary . .Cominissian.
..'You ink ior.-an. autograph, .unconditionally,
and for a sentiment, ititogreeable - .' l ..Now ;: ny
dear lady,:ab autograph is a. cheap thing,. Out
ran be easily'lurnislied; whether rick -or well;
but a.sentirnent quite another affiiir, and doeit
'not 'sett very well iWii h -. l.l4,:titruseuus phyaic
rt to take to.day. .
• ,Nevertheless,-the being so ,gonit, anti .
Wit hat 'itS 'atlrwate a laily,'.(do i rrhicli . high• no•
lbw ity I.habirually hoW4•6 tnosi strain a point
and tty to give you. sotneihii.g. sentimental, but
tint tic die:sickly kind.. . . . .
I to,zrow oh!, and pm' a very
1 ohl.tuidlioned mom' for' in- spire of the. rushing
curreO'cif new opinions;'l' beliec'e 't ha we
otice•had otil thnes,.gcrod old principles,
al it, good old men to prot'ea'n theist and Oct' therm
out; and a 'e . ond Contitittirin ,to
sprt'oil . l , c) the laff , st posterity.
lii fact; begin . to•sit , p'ect rny , relfilb lie El litc
tie or nothine'betder than' tin ofd idicyr for if
can't help
,be.liecing,- with. Jackson; that the:
conit it u diona I firir•iiii el the Stat'es'errert be• pre
'iierVed; end I •st ild. have iiiiilriutkOtig
11'a.517111gIOn wheil:lrw.%rlis us tliat -we cannot
preserveotir bee institutions Without' -a fre;
goer); decnrtence to the .firsdprincipl es of Our
:government.
' ThiS is- my sentiment, madam. l•fearit is
growing•ver•y•iiiiprip i lar, but>l cair't 'help tlftit,
Choi-knows that I ',squid help it ,it I could, itir
I have lit tle kope of. iMprovernent from' the .
effort e s of.men who fancy - t hemael veS so-much
wiser than their (Albers Were, and so infirdt
. 1 !r than.rhe laws Whicli they made for our
• With love tor, your cause, and - .respect for
YO'fro - iii I remain Your obedient' 4!rvant.
... •
.. • • Ewan) I.3Al•gss
" lie 'doctrine this letter is the
doerrine held'by the'. hit liers•ainf oral' ttwi truly
great lurid pooh men thecount.rr.has pro
need: It is. Only in: thes , !lar fer irries,' since
power has intii this hawk of
charlatans and fanatiCs; that the wisdom of rho
' fathers • is. qiieStione'd, and neve ideas, 1.11211 7
tired in the frenzied .brairr` : .of party. bigots
and • spallow , rnitided'deniagng.ties, are !substitu
ted for the wisdomstateim . an ship -which
disstlegitislied the (liner . days - of the republic,
.We
.konw. that this must change—that jhd
Madness which.now roles ant israptilly
rout
ing the country connot Ins( .forerer-rhat•t here
will come a time of
. refleetido, when the people
-will reco'ver
..froin the halluoinatfons tinder f
-which•they-now labor and teStore the old gods
,ernment . and the..old ideas, This is our . faith,
and. the .letter - of dlr. Rates leads•tic to, hope
tha t• Its realization it: at , •
All will:soon - confess that the wisdom of the'
raiiicals • is f011y.. - ' 4 •The cotititry"—says :the
- : lo. 'irnal or CO Mm6rre-.A would have exhibited
`n.ilitreikut scene tostlay if Mir . .Linnolti had not
been ' much wi ser
men who think therniehret ,50 .
much wiser than'the fathers war. . •
"Mr. Rates'sletter isselcitplent. It will re
ach a great many 'hearts, We. , venture. to be
lie've, 'the t
.it ; 11, remembered , by
the historian. who Writes of ow: times, as a pa
thcric and efoquent*.exclamation, in the• und.st
of. hipehiling ruin, horn one when' remembers
. and lamtnts.the old glory, While heisees him ;
sell immettrately siirrounded.hy the instruments
'Of the national destruction„ • •
'He. is. right!' beyond qnestion: , There
ixere good old tunes, and' there were. good 'old
principles.' The greatness of 'the American
Union. was dependent .on those principles. :It
Was a good4mough.Uniontor us.. liut •we . see
a great :Political party devoted toahusing
that Union; decrying' its old ma Intficene,
its' Jountleis, and - Vocife.ring .fur,
thing better. . :It was• a. tdrinthiorrie Union,"
says one, !‘a hideous Union," says . annther.—
lii the very brnik. cif'autographs.• - . from which
we -have copied th'e letter of . Mr. Bates, we
fonnd expres•sioos; from . politicians,' . ol . seriti-,
moms indicating that they thought thetnselves•
wiser thou t tie fathers! . • ;
"Blit we cannot expect reform and return to
sound priticiPlesuntrl goon.men like - Mr • Bates_
open their eyes to .the 'true . character MI . the
the -party, and the men with whom they assn•
dated,. and come omit boldly and' nobly for the
old Union - anirr he OldConst itii . When 'Mr.
Bates leads the way, who will refuse' to' fol
low'!"
.Aoothir . Abolition. CuTummy Exp ord.
Every Aohliii,ni papir in the Union has pro-,
bably by , 'thls:',time• given circulation tn. the
qalurriny wi t ich,,n`riginated in ' the. Washington
'Chrottrle,' (Fpriley's: paper;)' or the Tiibiine,.
Iwo are not certain which,) -charging General
NlCClellan with having a secret interview, with
Gen; , Lee,. the night alter. the battle of An=
t tetarn, during 'which Gedi• Leg, informed:him
that.the rebel army was then ctossing.the Pot
omac is retroat. The stety.wailinblished on
the; authority of chi' Waldron'.. who it was
alleged was . .present at the interview and heard
part of the ennvereation between the two getv
erali. Walilron 'was; by order of the Wei De.
pertnienc . enprehenrieri and taken to Washing-,
ton; where he has: been .for leveret days' in
custody oh the . Departinent; lot the purpoteof
getting-14 testitnuny finder oath to the poblish-
. .
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ed,.etiitement, lO'thie they have failed•
nian.tr;ill 'hot eweer . to.wh.it Fie lcanive to - I).i
lie, end .what .tee Aboli 7
tiati papeis*new to befulse when ; they. pi int.
ed. it..
.
. The ..
..New • York Cernreeritat's ll'ashingtoti
correspondent, , : •
charge het' 6 . eneral \l Ulclhui,;lind'a
iecrer iittetview' with. Ceoetnl I,re the'
arter • tira:bedHe of Antietam' bits 'pri)v t `,. ( l .
• fiCtiori •of a : dierni . iderad :brain. The n
perto
whomadi the astounding rtaterbent is.
Waldron, a:Marylander,• vi , ho is .a school master
by Oradession.•antr who has in. years punt dicta ! '
someivkat addicted..to drink. il: He ha 'been In .
the,'ytietody dl hi; ' Sergenut-nl -: rirtiia . since
Weilnesday.attatitioit, hilt relnles initial:a' on
der ousth . the at et ement htt had: 11101mi...41. tor
iiiibljeation.. Ile hes also other stories ni e
ineraeloas natare, one .of which is ha. t he t . VIII .
for POMP iime-emplbr;.o night end
retery Chase in tbe. prepai at ion of ft•peay.finnii..
cial.: schenie,. which has, .nodatimi.itions in
In the Teiti;',nis'e Washington - iteinsiive find
the toltowingil •;••••. -
plt is state & :that •the:.tletective'•Who
hadWaitlroiriri charge haeo •Liot trnin , hiry) . .a
confession in wirling,lhar he was drunk When
of interview•h e tWeiT M!.•
•Clellanand.Leir,:and that•lie.pars nn j 61.111
tine eatircrihatne , qf trontilhig ..theWar
Deparrnwor and th,. War .dumcnittu4t 19iiivtja
,Ligat elite rna . ' •
The Responsibilities of .thelioni• . •
• ik.Sheilbwe, cloO(14 Hod diilkoes4-1 e.^t. • upon , "
.the
. prospi:c.t InfS. ,The toe() in pewei at
lVeithingion fihoivn hemc , d vec.otteilY
utmhl+or, Onivifling to grapplo,inec . ter. uto . i:}Oove
?(loal.to the et..at eine reenf.y which th . ey (horn,.
srlvrs hove hylped . ttOtOly to .Ineeiriitoto i)poii
I hei.ntiptry, Almost hi•re y-qts.of
.
(netde ;eluded the . ;hat' thoi.frort to piston. tr;
Unim 1.
.5, , force of orins is a inniv:Crpf,s.
of i•i•litil
liOn" is no nearer
the first Llow Was struck aiiiilthfp iirst nal
liluoilVasspillifil." . The hogiiini rig
[a he unforced tifthn filtl publie. migd.by.calrir
Ilitetion; that tribse who iituiied and proeUkeil it,
never dreamed, ut tbe . f itne ut its ineeptiilii,
the suee,essi but
that in ittt:inangiiintion
,
tion, tut. occation for a past 11114 '1411.1511rX001 , 1,11-
jUle.of tnentiviiiid 'money . , by which they could
enrich themselves, their •-polit ;Cal .•11 - itind, and
and rii.n tint ci
ses extrayilganci.a. conduct vt9nitl,
indeed, seem To favor :this "estirn•itirlp of their
ideas and their schiani.o. At since:
11 . 0' nssuqii.(l- the feiri;i:ol,
. .
they•arted fairly Inwards tle...penpie,'whnse
confidence they ha've aysturnaticalry abused and
betrayed. -.The newspapers ti,e.inle
et . st
the Admiriistretinn; cro,npetting with' the fel.
egialth, 'which boa been limier !he • celisciriiiiijs
of the Goerininerit, and suli,lifct .10 its wriilll.4:
and rept ices,hrs ve dealt •iri nothingbut!al ••i•ciinn.l
and misrepresentathsn in magnifying rethinkl
rietories rind r inniud'itytuting• or exaggerating
Confeileriite defeats, no! only lie older inilitiett
the e.1•e5.01,. the beetle hotri. the .. iro • e ir . ron:,
has 119 anirperulatioto that were heilig•conirnit %
ted•l),., high faccititc. contractore,
hut . ..tis reconcile them tn:dhe pltinderitigi
ing pructici.s:that were .giiing on, with t fin hope
that'the.tireliellion" was on oflwing
crashed and the.Uniun - riistrireil. • Thsts shipeto '
dons imposture is looming tip, in ell .itS.hideens
ref:lift : es, !whirr. the:eyes ..
Who . have
attractive'gliiKii•and is : priott
cing itslegitirnate
.I'he••resillt• of till
this is, tha! there.is.'elt earnest 1111fi , 'thspas!
sihnifie seeking lot *the:rrtith tinning the 'notes
of fillsehnnif With which the puldic eilr is s:eked •
and !footsie/I heyntirj patient' un rlq iir.t, enile•
ranee; and there is.also n cular, hiit'iteterrnfiledi;
ptirpoxeon the.partinf the penple - tn . . hold• their
r.nleri•t i n, strict uceptint of their stewardship
and to'visit:e just retr . ibutinti .ors the 'hOtifss or
dhose•whn basic deeeivea them. • ' • •
. ,
. They eel that when the ritler;s•df. ~creat
people' prove recreant to the bigli trust rc.ttnie , l
in them; it heco'nei the, people the:lv:Or:es to
see.to•ft . tPst -dime vit xf interests Which
einment Was' created . Iri . witteh : : over ai,d to
iitittirdin, shall pot stater, - thimrth 'they them=.
selves rosh.into thebreacb,and - bear. aloft the
and symbol of their sanCtity.atill in violir:
.This is the noble and-rp e ply•, ri p i t t ut
at piosent aninintes the mdsses.. It is now like
the entle breeadfhlit scarcely stifs the:
ing.lea yes' ol the fairest; trat.it [Pity 1..1 lie, pro
sage "of the r
oak
hurio to that :shall level
the giant oak anti Scat ter'vvreek ant) . rtrinj»
path.--SeJrilay ittercuy. ,
. .
• The Aiitiquity of Cannon..
.No • historian. has even_ given' tp4• the true
epoch the tine eantion;• it in c err, in,
however, that . they were ' . in
'die . 'of the fOurteenth ieentury;. The .•Sweith•ns
used lead cannon het weeo•the years and
I632,.which.were lined on the inside by tubes.
of wood or copper, and secured on the outi.ite
by iroe . tings.' • The general 'opinion that
cannon we're first.maile one of 'in 1336 or 1308:
They were certainly used •by. 'lSlngfisli in
1347, at the siege or nilais, and tiy the 'reiteli
aril at Chiaggia in 1 . .00.119.1 In th e w ai ', w i l l )
the Genbeselii atidd 15 . 0
.Turks 'ems.
PloYeiLthetn. Lt the corhohitic'emetit of the
tilteenth centtiry, .Maurtee.orSwitzerlanil.•
covered a method rif casting' Canoon whole; and
boring them .so as In dri!'w,ntit 't
IP; inierint in n
single piece, In 17.0 contain .way.. 'lpad e of
'iron >tt .Petershurg, and halls of re:4ov. poiiiiila'
weight, were projected 'will...nit injuring. the
pieces.
,Cantion• took their , , 11) the
11 , ; ..
1 rend{ .WOlll
. 1"11111,d .revel. BPflll , . 'their in-11
yention machi n es were un.:ll.iiir ilnov . ing...en-L . I
ormons stones; these were. iniit . iiied• from rhe
Arabs;. aigioi;;;;,- wilt-nee ongleeer,
The;first cannon were wond,,v..rapped
in numerous folds linen, ittail•i.vell-neelit ed. tiy
iron hoops::Even to this ilay.wOOden eaonon:
are saki to be used by the. Poles
.
A ' cli ri c oix' (rick .01 31)00i161.1 W 36 rier
formed at Paris on Tuesnay. A Swi , is
man backed himself to take aim
bid., then sitprinit it with his light aim, then
With his lelth:arkt rint.h:a hat tivcr tha'inuzzle,
arta Lit . the centre. of the target.: Thi s he did
three ties, and k , lastd. , tl" . 41m ',Jolley;
AIa:PfS.I.3IQ.I.S•Pn 141P= WNR."I-s l lr the,
.ing: of tII .e ri•wr rysi , itiarigu'ra•trull9rt
ehrititirfeiipitnissjon
01i/tidily
idant Filluitirtr . • rifioli•t•os
: Three yrnrs of civil 40 . 4171.04.1 N-
fa:rest port ilvi'of
erioirrinii,,:dy'bt lri t hp , tivreitt.rf'
woo niu.irshe ta . :,(ml .. to'....pliyfflyax i iit.l
br,titli r.n ttink . t..firother, j . thit nuttier against SAtt;
iri.toortat : combat; drliipilour, count Iy ,
.
the bones. of toe'; alOi», and I.larlt!itirl•thi .
wifb .thei pall
ink uila )iamb toirctit!lelOof,
city. more lattili•-..lbun any in .1 hi. lip tl6- . - hav t y.-
.
dotlym.which nitist bri •
koitipy . ly met:and generbucly.' iliaihir s ge4l:'•kinc
hordr:nt : frAtiently .
ellUt'a'rully e . caritiot, in our
rllpn rolbe. ivelits,pt , I kis' . it;qlolat
tour. hear . thonrkrs
•tYdrk - of deanlation, 'wart
.errivrg t 'ney•fis hest. wiryrin,
Gut nevei
.=.der,pair
of'thi itia•tintilrii.; HMV 10 'hither
whether it
,t brute ayho say k subject read' Vltash•
litgron'a Par eiy.r"ll No are vreowei,
.10 undue? of .thise motto scontrol ii
ii' , yarding prune .17C810%1112' vensu
dime; %The' ,
tio.this•
tui.llo6' , Yligelitlero.l by the-.itriter
mailgriont envy, and.intrigtil4inte,arthr •
nuibit inn 0 . 1911 tu . .. la ' , I in the 11(410,. -
:hoped,
bound in - : obi; y , :Aritl..mn . ch Vrer
.to'fn WhVp' or haw
'rhi fiat'
mu ill er.d. thug?, yvtio.c'eek lie:lit en thft
s t• read .G ene fat' J.' lare
. . .
. . , .
13111.1 0 iro.t nil . 1 1 1 1•vl tar. .nn ruer.cl-:
l'privaaviiee will iixlinr flue:: 01' .ttrei
ti, ilo . iire..:;Lll;kt lash.
with a lo s storeil:liiiiori,
.'njuler our •NVell.trie'd
` . 0‘.111.;1.11 . 11:1,10 ~ I,'
j or ploritu opinion,avio..iiir policy
lif?..pururd to re,lCh sir - drsi f uW e a t ;
etl. tow must be
. 1 01 6 veil, if. not lurgotti , ii, nn Lu'tl:siiia,.U'elore
• I; iiion if ;!1."`!. he ai,(l theireforp
it is , .to huNiljiit.ill•„lirmes , iiry.. acts' of
ri y, private prop.
itriplepc:;?
i.L,lh ti Inc :vhnuhl tio.avoideil; for all 'spell slots
idly lire , t.h! , heal.) virsal-);:.
anti revi;tige, nn,l.lliuv pi - Loraek
hoirots, awl I c.av'e... a, iiI;o4:
whir h will, reilikiei1:11 . 10111t; if 'fiat
hut unlNtUe ripplirent roan that'
lb! Cep Icii,s'itlit•brini,filit! this' War; tot
(;)i)1,; is In voi:gor'r 'Any
:gut:4ll,4+s beton . . This is i/liolesybilld •
Prove nu). professed rlethencr to '
thosl•lll':lrins,'sviits • -th.fy ..Our poWer,_ would' be
I; 0 1
Iliktlsarti Ave .havii . :cO!l....
.theirjea:
l , vs,.theri let us S11:111V Otif .Ipiigll4lli(TYlty land
by' . lVllllling
- vg I.o.vri
this riti4a(!iti.a, to them 'seers set
riern;!liciatiti ill ion. and by •
sit ! ting . . hitir
.paler th e.
'oohs [lt! soh ininveis'iY. to Le: isiiYtiari
10 i;ivrue=a poll: r bd. only
.upe ii.sto.liP..t . N.l -•
. ..
. . . .
' 121:• , it,;•.1...ii
vrtn. l / 4 .
or •riir.: A ro,r.-'—'.l l 6 l'ollnw.;
.ing:ltop'orta'nt or'ileiii . lis h!lcii.ppbl;sheih '''':',..,.
• • (.li.iNLiz",i'l t s.Thp'n.so; PO. PB,--The liro'.ii6nt a
The • 1....1; i;..1•5!'u , , , !; ot.l,;rs• a t(folloivs.:— .' • ',.
. . .
.
Pitt, . 1 1d..r General Halleek: ia,mt ni.r otirn
..
ierinost, ri.lievolirom dory anzGene . ral.in.Chiel
of the"a-roy,:- aryl LielltentunA•Geneiab U.
.0.
Grant b. asstgned ror::lte coolithilol of the Armies
.of Ow' Tfoilo:lia.,••q. • The ly , admuarteis,Ol.th•
..if my Will 10 in
_ . l‘'ashing.inn, and • alski tyik)! . i .
trentenunt-c3eneral.Prom in thy fieW,
.
See.O:nti. as,tigeodirt,
duty itt.WYashington. f the•
Artily ttetlt ,, it the direction:ot the . Siteretaty
N'ar tier the I,ieiiterra tt 1.11,”e. rals.Cotnerfott . ti
ortlets: Will he utteyet) tittif resfieeted stol.
Thiitl;',V;all4.Cooer. : ll Sherman itt i!••
• .• ...•• •
signed, in thtf command, of the nitittary pt.9stpri
61 . t ili:,•; , issiltpi, roinlinsell of the Depari meet
IVe ettinherltintl, the.
.Teuriessek,
and •
,
, ..
. ..
... Font th*, M,..izlrfA;;..,llCral J. 'ff. ' ...tn.rhers ,, li, it
a4 , ,ire. hod In.t li..;.riitnniand 01 thr . Dpilirtinent ind
Ai .my of Tho r,,,5i,,.. -
• rir.ii, hi. ~.:iipvipg - Major C;Piiernl '-Halleek
from Ainly ac Ceneral : in:4 , lii,ef i I he . President
't)e&irr.i, F 0 ~ ;::.pre'si,liis npnrn!ntion .nnil. 'thinkt!
•tar .thi ronlons Innnivir in which: lbo ai/P9nig . '
dn,' p.ponsible dutirs of,:that ilositicin - .have
brim p . , : rtorrn,q): . . ' -,' ; - ~ , ..,. , :,
ltj order of the Serre!afy c , rlV,ar.. • •
,E. D,TII!NIIST:ND, Asst. Adjutant•Ceners:
A Se Vert stir Jt•sr Cniricissi.--N. hook hos ,
jo:;t , 'wen ping .the spee6iies rnd.
I ,,, toie'slul \Vend:All Phillips,, The New York
Il'nrld, us its tevww of the' beek, 'elosesa two
eilt the telloWing stinking
rebuke: Ft is. sic is severe:
retpertsrles4'eatieiir is net as tiegniTe'd
nri; his •niii I ~ 1 1,!tistr; aid to tht .
rneriur v.ilearil his ett..
snit lectiire•Oh (h. Lnct Arts" knew how
'thi• cal) ol hu , nattire swelters.thrregh a reirely
literary sub . i.fot. - .10. F ro, 01ai) nur
thin „who .uniorminitely. an - reentd.
ethe,n Iticc.;r4l,l tie ! ! Ph
views of 'iern'erk
mitered with a fai/101,45,it . CCW!ili And a srcorp.)
gesture."
. • . . •
•
l'tns vkampion o t
evartgo4i;t'of m ne - w torm oj lave,"
ainlial3 Irc la) iderity4 4!1 it y we leleet
111,W . ite will lind,few ar,okigirts -affirm", 'IN.,.
re. 6.1,394 at thm bat. — tis .tea nhine inirvivesAt
ii ill ehly - tie icy reaioniif !Irma t rat . E.6ollet
I ign.rit events: Poaterlty..may hear cif
him as . we. l'rie •Nrprpion:t ha . t fasiette4f
upon. Cti!‘iptra's - •It played ,
.irririOi=
tapi pant. in 'Egyptian biaterY,:,tbaniti• it spit
its Ariniam into the warm veins orciiviartV4s4
proven . itself: the, liarbingt.r • *O.
. .
, • .
--Generdl Scot :.figs• •rtea4l7 - completed his ..
I . ll)tublography, trasinG I,is personal history:,
downviard-IrOm the eiirliest perlod to ,the lat.egt! -'publjm
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