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    Proclamation by the President.
A DAY OP HUMILIATION AND PRAYER..
*ashington,- April 24.-by the Pres
ident of the United States of America :
A PROCLAMATIOX
Whereas, By my direction, the Acting
Secretary of State, in a notice to the
public of tho 17th requested the various
religious denominations to assemble on
the 19th instant on the occasion ct 'the
obsequies of Ala :ahem Lincoln. late Pre,-
ident of the United Statce, and toeserve
the same with appropriate ceremonies ;
but
Whereas, Our country has become on e
great house of mourning where the head
,of the, family bas been taken away, and
believing that a special period should be
assigned for again humbling ourselves
befere Almighty God, id order that the
bereavement may be sanctified to the
nation :
Now, therefore, in order to mitigate
that grief on earth which can only be as
sinned by communion with tbe Father in
Iletiven,. and in compliance with the
wishes of Senators and Representatives
in Congress, communicated to me by res•
olutions adopted at the national capital, 1,
.'Andrew Johnson, President of the - United
States, do hereby appoint Thursday. the
25th day of May uext,, to be observed,
wherever in the United States the flag of
the country may be respected, as a day of
humiliation and mourning. And I re
commend my fellow citizens then to*as
semble, in their aespective placeti of wor
ship, there to unite in'solemn service to
Almighty God in memory •of the good
man who has been removed, so that all
shall be occupied at the same time in
contemplation of his virtue and in sorrow
for his sudden, and violent end
In witness, Whereof I have tererinto
eet my hand, and caused the seal of the
United States - to be affixed.
Doue at the' city of Washington, the
25th day of April. in the sear of our
Lord 1865, and of the independence of
the United States of America the eighty
ninth.
• ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President :
W. Hunter, Acting Seeretry of State
PRESIDF.NT JOHNSON has postponed
the day of National humiliation ar , d
prayer from the 25th inst., until Thurs
day the let day of June, as the 25th inst.,
is a day sacred to large numbers of
"Christians as one of rejoicing for the as
cension of the Savior.
The Cup and President
Johnson.
ir •
Since the assassination of President
Lincoln, and the confession of one of
Booth's accomplices that the cup "had
Once failed," the theory is widely enter
tained that the strange conduct of Presi.
dent Janson when inauuuarted Vice
President was the result of poison fur
tively 'mixed with his drink. Wilkes'
Spirit of the Times has. the -fullotiing on
the subject :
There can be but little doubt left in the
minds of thOse who have attenti ely pe
rused the details of the plot to assassin
ate the leaders of the Government, that
Andrew .Johnson, who has endured so
melt obloquy for his singular aberration
on the 4th of March, was on that occa
sion under the tufluenec of spirituous
liquorS, not, eitlier: of a were disturbing
dr,ug, intended only to disfigure him, bur
of a deadly, puison'furively insinnsted iu
his driol ; : with the view to takelhis life
It is in proof that the assasinatioes
were to; have been perpetrated on the 4th
of March, and that Booth, the chief as-1
sassin, had posted : himself in a position !
where Mr. Lincoln n.ust pass cleseiy by,l
and it was doibtless expezted that about !
the time when the president hid p6r.l
ished; by the pistol the new Vice Presi.l
dent would have expied in the Capitol
from the effects of the poison he had
taken. Probably this view of the Matter
has never struck the mind of Mr. John.
son, and it is not to b supposed that
under the mystery of that strange occur.
rence, which must have puzzled hint
more than anybody else. he would care
to allude to the affair with any attempts!
at explanation that might have been I
misunderstood i I
The disclosure of the instructions dis- l '
tributod among the. assassins, that they
were. "at liberty to use the blade.. the!
pistol-or the bowl„-bat they Must pear in I
mind that the kilter had once fitiled i "!
seems to bei conclusive upon this point,
and will doubtlestt suggest smile iltuport
ant tecollections to the President's . mind
His powerful nature triumphed over the
internahtiraught, and. tittle, in addition to
an invaluable life-being saved to the na
tion, we arc gratified in the conviction
that one who- has always been a sober.
sclf.respecting statesman is now provi
dentially relioved from a passing cloud
on his career.
Wig ALT -IT E NT. •
When the Illehtnond papers annonne
'ea, a few days before the 4th of March
that an event was :about to transpire
which would send a thrill of joy through
out the South; and-startle the world, it
probably'had refferenee to the traced)
which has since startled the whole coun
try bY, its enormity. It is known that
Booth intended to assassinate the'Prest
dent on that day. t but the want of co op
crdtion in those who were to assist him
de f teated the plan. ..-The world has been
startled, but. the thrill of joy which wa
to be felt throughout ilia South, is now a
feeling of fear for t4e emequencei of
their work.-
Judge Pierson's Charge.
GENTLEMEN UT THE GIIAND!
, .
Our country it the present period is
marked by an almost total disregard fur
law. A rebetlien, the most stupendous
of any known . in -tuodero.history, has*
shaken ourGOrerninetit to:ii .l i,reril fotin.
dation, and has only been partially sup
pressed afterlAututense wilitary efforts .
The war has letb to great sacrifice , ,ef ha...
Man life, and vast losi.of national treas.
ore. It has been marked, on the-part of
our enemies, by a. bloodthirsty *thy
and disregard for the usagJe Cf warfare
scarcely heard of in the Most . barbarous
ages. Soldiers iu (great numbers" have
been butelimed in coldbleod, after they
had surrendered, or been icruelly, starved
'to death, or, Oftefteing robbed - of; tlitr
clothing, left to perish froni*cold and ex-
posure in rebel pens and prisons. The
whole has culminated in the cowardly
and fiendish' assassination of the head of
Government, the President of the United
Stereo, to gratify the evil spirit of pub)ic.
and private :revenge. Thus! has been
stricken down, iu the pride of his strength
and in the hour of his greatest Useful-
OM, one of the bj.st men of the age and
Icountry, a man oflthe most kindly heart
and feelings, whose greatest efforts Were
'directed to the amelioration of the eon
ditiorrsof the whole human family) ant to
securing liberty and. equal rights! under
l 1
Idle law to all men ;—a man whose only
! ,
!failings arose from his unwillingness to
i n take proper and necessary punishment
'on crime—one of whom it may be truly ,
said that "even his fliilings leaned toi
virtue's side." The whole nation, and,
we believe, even a large portion of our'
renenties, mourn his untimely end: But,
l ate cruel hand of the assassin did not
only shed the blood of a !good :man, it
struck at the life of the nation;through
its executive bead. The evidence take?
shows pretty , clearly that there was a
conspiracy of no inconsiderable magni
tude, aiming to destroy not only this
President of the United States, but nearly
ail of his principal SecretaiJies and con
stitutional advisers. TH life of the,
ISceretry of State was attemptedl, and
l the attempt was only' !evidentially
frustrated. That of the Secretary f.
o
i
i War was sought ; add
d it "is more than
probable that ourl chief ttilitary-Yeout.
I wander waia only savd by 'his acciddntal
!absence. This fiendish sr iritAd violence
and bloodshed is but in keePtig with the
general doert no and practtice•of the South'
emirates from their advocacy Of the pistol
and the bowie !miff 1! It is our duty, i
we would preserre the ii i urity:of our own
State and people,L to fr syn upon 'every
T
threat of violence, iind . punish with *se
verity every violatio of the law.
)
This blow was not only struck at the
head of the nation,butl . at the prinCiples
of our Gorerntnentlril , aat liberty itself /
Hitherto our publc fell') etionaries, from
the highest .to th ITst, were looked
upon as perfectly .fecu e in, their perSons.'
so that every citizen could approach them'
freely and without restraint. Hereafter
their safety .will; requii.e . them to be sur'
rounded with gtiards aid ushers; and the
.
people, however urge t their business,
if unknown, witl be k Pt at a distance,?'
Although patriotic „hid intelligent Mee
throughout our country generally agrecd
in the national neee pity of preservieg
the United States 8 1 1 4 t originalifexiste'd,
and undivided, yet after the Kebellitin
broke, nut they grcatly .differed as to::he
be4t•tneans oielTeciing the reunion. .We,l
believe :that most of those who fiirrne4y I
, ,
differed with our late lamented:President
that his
have now conic to tie conclusion that his
plan was the wisest and best that could
be proposed, and, had he lived, a few .
Short months - would have:seen us again
one undivided people. Yet there ore
scitne few among us ifif such bitter parti
san feeling, or so silly and deprated; as
to express thqir approbation ; of this most
diaboiical murder, and thetr joy at !he.
destroction of thel Ihead oft the: nation.
We wisb all such to uudetAand that by
uttering,such s'enti . t lents they are*tv.;ine.
countenance and escooragetneut to the 1
worst of crimes ay.aost the haws of God 1
and the laws of tlai . land ; nad it isjthe
duty of all peice,o cers 11 cause' such
nt
j tft
persons to be int cliately arrested and l
bound over for the r good behavior, and,'
in default of bail, td cpmmit theuli to
prison. , •
I ' 1 i
It has been but' tool common within
the last few Weeks, and( especiallyince
the assassination of the President, fir the
loyal citizens to rcisort to violence against
those who use 1 Itin,gu'age . inimical to the
Government or ati.probatoryi of this ;cruel
murder. Such persona shoujd remem
ber. that they are tbeniselves l setting an
example of lawless violence. The land
is strongenoagh.to vilidicate itself,•and '
therefore their interference is wWiotit
justifization or excuse) Whilst we dep.
recale any intermeddling by l i tho military
authorities with thei Citizens for offences
of a merely civil character, we are. by no
means surprised that i their indig'nation 1
s'tould occasionally be aroused lay .the 1
use o f l aoc uage wiliCti they considered
a.ould only be punished through: means
of the guard house ; and therefore it wasl
rt-sorted to. and the ribald toeguet hereby
.1
silenced.`` Such a boiirse on the' part of,
tie military is both I,inlawful and nonee
esary. lit may be thought by ,Oule that
in this erobotrv, wbei.e freedom of speech
is secured' by the Constltution, that were
words cannot be Wished. Such is a
great wisialte. Advice orlencourogement
to crime can never be !tolerated: in any
land of peace. and 'lrv:. dik pprobation o f
crime is enecniragem i
ent, whether it be
of treason, - murder for any less; offence.
Therefore persons during a time of civil
war, may; be held tci.tbeir( good ,behavior
who utter words of hostility to the Gov
ernin4t, or approve "of the course of its
enemip. ,
• The spirit of lawlessness which Iwe
said is abroad seems to permeate almost
the;whole of society, commencing 1M the
domestic circle, and extending itself to
the .highest positions. Children. defy
pareOal authority.; the youths that of
their echool teachers; the citizen sets at
`naught the laws of the State, and the
States repudiate and attempt to overthrow
the owers of the Federal Government. I
IVithout law and order no community
can exist, andlsociety will dissolve iitself
into its original elements;
Iqtlierefore beboovs all who are en
trus red with the execution of the laws u,
enfo cc them with' energy and vigor.'
HAll, from the children at the fireside to
I those who undertake to rule States and
oatt&asounst be taught and compelled to
obey those who the law has placed over
IthetU,, and bring themselves within the
Imanclat:es of the highest law of the land
--tile Constitution of the United States
anal ofi the several States. Good order
and the safety of society I make this de
ast.nd, t'and without l it uo one is safe in
hisiprdperty hisliberty or his life.
13t4EN6E thous of people, half of
4tu were not able to act within bearing'
distanq, gathered ion Sunday week in
and around Plymouth church, Brooklyn,
it being the occasion of the delivery of
the Rev. Henry ;Ward Beecher's first
sermon since his return from Charleston.
M. Beecher's theme was tffe asskissina•
tion of Piesident Lincoln, and, as, might
have beeM espeeted, the spirit of leniency
a4l indifference towards leading rebels
wineli formed the characteristic 'of the
last discourse he preached to his congre•
gatio'n before startina on his Fort Sum
ter mission, was not by any means a prow
-1 inent feature in his remarks. He con
' efutiCd with the following eloquent pero
. .
' ration :—And now the martyr 12 moving,
I in triumphal march, mightier than when
alive. The nation rises up at every stage
of his coming. ' eittea and States are his
pallbearers and the cannon, speaks the
hours with eclemn progression. Dead,
dead, dead, yet he speaketh, Is Wash
im,ton dead Is Hampde'n dead ? Is
any man that was ever fit to live dead ?
Disenthrailed of flesli,arisen to the unob•
istructed sphere where passion never
comes, he begins his illimitable work.
His life is now grafted upon the infinite, 1
and will be fruitful as no earthly life can
he. Pass on, thou that bast overcome iI
Your sorrows, .oh people, are. his peans ;I
"Sour he 1s and bands and muffled dims'
1- -
sound triumph in his cars.: Wail and i
l lwcep here, God mak s it echo joy one
:triumph there: Pass ou I Four years I
Igo, Oh Illinois, we t ok from thy midst
an untried man, and from among the;
•
people ; we return bin to you a tifOty
conqueror) Not thin any more, but the ,I
nation's ; bot ours, bu the World's. Give
him place, Oh 'ye prai ies. .!In the midst,
of this great contioen his dust shall last, ,
a sacred treasure to the myriads who shall
pilgrim to: that shrine to kindle anew'
their zeal and PatriOtisni. Ye winds that
move over Ole inig,lity places of the . West,
chant. his requiem i Ye people, behold
the martyr whose blood, as so many ar
ltieulate woi-ds, pleads for fidelity, for
I law, for liberty!
SET EN-THIRTIEs.
On Monday last boy presented him•
self at the counter of Jay Cooke & Cu'.
in Philadelphia, and said that he wanted
to invest $lO,OOO in Seven-Thirties. He
uncovered that amount of money from
his person in greenbacks and notes of
Ohio and Indiana mits. It soon trans
pired that be 'lived in;the western part of
Indiana, and desiring to invest in the
Government Loan, and thinking with a
prudent simplicity that it would be safest
to get his,bonds right from Jay Cooke's
own hands, be trareled all the way, to
Philadelphia to tuAe the purchaSe.
While there he received the attentions
which his patriotism;' and devotion met•
ited.
On .17tiday of iast .week, a German
came into the National. Bank of Dubuque,
having whited thirtyliniles from his farm.
in 'the neighorhoodl of Bellevue.. His
clothes were lraggedif--the appearance of
the man,was that of a mendicant 'Twas
an a.rtifiec to avert robbery on tho road
Pot-, in the bank, he took out of his dress
813,000, his own money in part, princi
pally his neighbors, intrusted to him to
invest in the Government Loan. Every
dollarof the thirteen thciiisand had been
dug by 'those Germans out :Of the soil
witt, bard .day'a work.
These two incidents were narrated in
the hearing of an intelligent conductor
of a Freight train on the Ne* York and
Erie Railroad. .He spoke up : "The
Dutchman and the Hoosier were right.
They knew by instinct the resources of
the country. - I have got some-figures in
my pocket on which I would invest in
Seven-Thirties, !a . thousand million of
clullars'if I had the money. I know that i
the country has, grown rich durink Ow
war. I know that it is twice as richlas
lit was ! before the war. I know it as a
Railroad man. _ .Iknow it from the move
ment of Freight Eastward and West
ward. ; Here arc the figures to Show how
that inereat-cd in the first three years of
thd - war"--Und hej pulled , out this table.
TUNS OF NERCIIANDIE iMOVED lii TLIE
YEARS
• . . 1801 1862.
N. Y. Canals 4,507.635 5,557.69.2
N. Y.& E. Railway 1,253,481 1,874,635
Cen Railway 1.167,302 1,449,604
Penn. Railway 1,087,310 1,713,387;
'total 8,015,665 10,595,218
The President and C;uvf. Curtin.
Yesterday mornitig President Johnson
received a number of citizer4 of Pennl
sylvania, who presented Mtn the fol.'
lowing earnest and •patriotic letter from
Governor Curtin of that State. We
noticed among those present Colonel F.
Jordat, military agent of Pennsylvania,
and his assistant Colonel Gilliland ;Sane'
Wagner, Esq., of York afunty, and oth
ers. Colonel J. W. Forney read the
letter of Governor eclair' to the Pres
ident
ExECUTIVE CITA 3IBER,
Harrisburg, Pa., April 22, 1865.
Sm.: I have just returned from rever r
ently attending the remains of our marl, '
tyred President, and their passage thro,
this comumnwealtb,,and I avail myself of
i ll
t e first moment to assure you"that, as
ennsylvania has ithroughout steadily
a i ind effectively sustained the Government
ih its efforts to crush the existing rebel.
I op, so she and her authorities may be
oiled on to stand heartily by your Ad.
inistration, and that with an earnestness
, nd vigor enhanced by the just horror
' vhiCh all her people entertain of the base
nd cowardly assassination to which your
, redecessor has fallen a victim.
I 'know that it is unnecessary to give
. ~
you tots, assurance ; but tooltiptt to the
vast re4onsibilities that have been eV
denly cast upon you, it, has seemed to
me that an expressed word othearty en
couragement 'froth your friends cannot be
otherwise than agreeable to you. I should
have visited Washington to say this much
to Jyou in person, but I am unwilling just
at this moment to incur the danger of
interfering with the just discharge of
your public duties by occupyioT, your
time.' •
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obe
dient servant, A. G. Curtin.
To`the PRESIDENT
jrePly, President Johnson expressed
his f rient thanits to GoTernor ! t.,urtin
for the hearty manner in which. he had
proffered his valuable support of the gen
eral Administration, Soule of his most
interesting recollections were of the old
Keystone State. In the war for the
mainterlanceof the Governhient, she had
stirpriSsed herself in her contributions to
onfartnies and in the i-tilor".and sacrifices
°Him. sons, .many of whom he classed
aMong his best friends, having wet them
in large numbers during his trials in Ten;
nessSe. Pp , : sident Johnson trusted', that
his administration of the Government
would :not be unworthy of the confidence
of the loal people , of Pennsylvania.—
ilrf :shin:lton. Chronicle.
A 'BRIEF REVIEW.
We have followed the remains of Pres
ident Lincoln from Wpshington,t he scene
of his ,assassination, to Springfield. his
former home, and now to be his final rest•
one place. He had been absent from this
city ever since be left it February 1561,
fur die National capital, to be inaugural•
ed as President of the United States.—
We have seen hitn lying in state at the
Executive Mansion, when the obsequies
•were attended, by iiumerouS mourners,
some Of them clothed with the
public' honors and responsibilities which
our republican institutions cam bestow and
by the diplomatic repressentatii•es of for
elfin governments.
We have followed. the remains from
Washington through Baltimore, Hairis.
bnrg, Philadclphia„ New York, Albany,.
Buffalo, Cleveland, Columbus,lndianapo '
lis and Chicago to Springfieldi.a distance
in circuit of 1,500 1,800
On the route, millions of people have
„appeared to manifest, by every means, of;
which they were capable their deep , 4ensei
of the, public loss, and their appreciation ,
of the many virtues which adurued the
life of Abraham Lincoln. All , classes 4
without. distinction of politics or creeds, I
I spontaneously united in the-tiosthunioutil
lionors.!! All hearts seemed to beat ai l ,
;once at! the bereavement, and now fungi;
iral•processions are eoded; 'our mournfull
duty of escorting the mortal remains o(
Abraham Lincoln hither is performed.
'We have seen th i ctii deposited in the tomb.
Tice bereaved friends, with subdued and
grief stricken h'earts, have taken their
adieu and turned their faces hoinewari,
ever to retuccubp the affecting and in i t.
pressivesceues which they have witnesed
The injuriction,lSo often repeated on the
wei, "Bear him gently to his rest, has
been obeyed. acid the great heart of the
Nution 'throbs heavily at the portals of the
Tribune. • ,
Booth's Body.
WAsrt IiGTON, May, 2, 1865.—The
;vexed quCstion as to the disposal made of
John Wilkes Moth is at length settled Sy l
a statement which may be regarded as
final; After the head .and heart, which
have, beet deposited in the, army medical
museum in thi, city. liad been removed,
the - Corpse was placed in" charge of two
men, who. af'er various movements calcu
Wed to baffle impertinent curiosity, dug
a grave in a little spot of ground close to:
the penitentiary, where for some years
felons. have been buried. Booth's body
was deposited hare, and the earth over it
was smoothed and carefully sodded over.
The other graves of less infamous felons
had previously been leveled,and' a strong
guard is now in charge of the spot. and
will continue to keep it undisturbed until
the grass has grown so thickly that no
one will ever be able to distinguish the
place where the assassin's Corpse were
interred from the other nameless gravee
aronod it.
1 Arbitrary Arrest. !, 1
1 •
We have heard during the past four
years frothe enemies of the Government
and even from some of its weak kneed
and sque wish friends, doleful jereadads
ti
or vioien denonciations of arbitrary ar
t rests, an many a rebel in pantaloons or
petticoats has escaped seizute,or been set
at lar.e, because of the affected concern
thus reiuhed or fabricated for the invasion
of the right of per-oval liberty. We have
'also had the most hypocatical clamor
1 about tif , te speech" and 'free !Kest' from
quarters hostile to the Government and
1
I sympathetie with the rebels, for the pur
pose of t, creating, political capital.. Had
Booth een taken into custody .for the
various threats which he is proved to have
made, what a howl we should have heard
fromthe 'democratic' press, which would
have held him as a martyr, while it now
professes to denounce him as an assassin 11
Mr. Lincoln's life has been sacrificed in;
a ("teat , / measure to thii miserable cry
about t arbitraty arrests, as 'if when red-
hande' treason was abroad in the land!
ci
and its emissaries infested every , commu
nity, k epiog communications
secret comunications
with ti e rebl authorities, and giving ail
i
the ai and comfort in their power to the
pubh'e enemy, the cause of the country
was to besacrificed to give immunity to
its foe,. We can sit down ~now and see
e error 'in this matter has be* in
ing too much lenity, and its'expia•
• - ,be blood of Alyshain
that t
Wen
Eton
Lin
From a gentleman of inteliegence,who
arrived here to day on. foot from Danville
,
we ti .sotue, interesting particulars .of
events that occUrred•there after the sttr
tender of Lee's army. When this event
becauie known in the town and surround
ing country, a crowd of citizens of all
classes, ages and colors, and/ a large twin
ber of suidiers,eollected around the build
itig in which was stored immense quan
tities of commissary stores, and
: after, a
short , .-tieliberation Made a general rush
4pon the stores. The parties at tirtit
4tteuipted to resist the mob, but , yere
quickly forced to desist and seekheir
own safety in' flight. The individualiof
the nub scattered throughout everypart
of the building, each One plundering Ac
cording to his or her fancy. In one of
the bUildiniis it appears there was a,lar&e
quantity of aniroutiition and g 4 powder
in I;egs, and also a lot of gun caps. The
soldiers and country, people swarmed
around •t he powder to secure it for food ,
ing; purposes. While, they were th'us
enOged.by some means fire was commu
nicated to the powder, and in en instant
building and cotitelits, including fifty
people, were blown to atoms.
guying Goldin lilies one a 1100eI.
'There i• in-truction and example in
the following, incident narrated to us by
Pennsylvania friend •
An honest Schuylkill County German
Merchant, who had been prospered and
had accumulated /more money than he
could employ as capital in his business,
came to a patriotic banker in 'Philadel
phia and said : • , ,
"I have got some moneys, and I want
you to buy me some gold."
"Wtryf Schultz, what do, you want
gold, for ? That isn't a thing You sell
in your store." •
knows dat—bat I want to make
I
some money on de rise of gold. Beoples
say it is going up, and I tick I may make
tousand dollars."
"Schultz, you' dear old fellow, don't]
you know that if you buy gold, „you; will- .
be aißebel ?"
"No !" said SelLiultz, with a tone o fd re
sentiment in his wonder.
"Suppose you, buy $19,000;4 gold.
Suppose that some morning you read in
the papers in big letters: 'Terrible dis-.
aster to, the Uttion cause ! Grant's army
routed j and destroyed!! The Rebels
marehihg on Washington !!
"I should ray dat Was tarn pad ; news,"
excitedly interrupted the German.
'Yes, but wouldn't you 'say , right off,
`dis, however, will put
; rid ucl,--ipad for
the Union cause, tam pad, butt it is govt
for my 'ten
; thousand ?' Don't:.you .see,
Sebultz,that, in buying'goldiyou instantly
make the interests of the Rebels .your
interests—that you bribe yourself ;to wish
them to succeed, and .to Wish 'your coun
try and your countayrueb to. fat] ? ; And'
if these unholy desires, Schultz, 'don't
define a Rebel, there is no language ; to
define one. Don't . you see that buying
lgold inovitubly turns honest, patriotic,
devoted Mori like; you, away from
,the
cause which they 041 they ought to
support, and
,which they think they do
support, but Which they cannot support,
because theY liave 'made it for their in
terest aot to support it? Don't you see
it, dear old fellow ?",
"By tam! I do," said the honest man,
with gravity of manlier and humility ;
"and I ax pardon of the war j Put de
whole of dat .in Seven Thirttes.
money goes mit my principles."' ; •
gErThe grandiather of the late r President
Lincoln, also named Abraham Lincoln, was
murdered by an Indian in 1774,1whi1e at
work on his farm, near the Kentublty river.
Ile left three sons the eldest of whcitu, Thom
as, was the father of the President. Thomas
married in 1806 Nancy Halts, a native of
Virginia; and Elu
settled in de cc unty,where
the President'a - as born, Febrdary 1809. Ip
1816 the family; removed to Indiana. The
great giandfather of the President emigrated
front Berks county, Pennsylvania.. to Rock
ingham county, in the Shonandonh
Va.{ about 1759.
11!
UNT'S BLOult OF 1104S,—for the La
twit o wat FAVABINS'
SIMMONS' COLUMN.
FRIENDS AND CTSTOMERS :
• I return you r
my sincere thanks for your liberal patronage,
for the past' ew years, and would say to you
that r have located myself at Wellsville,
N. Y., and may hereafter be found at tho
EMPIRE STOR E.
NEW. YOR
(Hating bought out th
pied by Geo. Asher),
WHOLESALE
in both of the above
old fl `
.
all of my Ot. r , ends
are in want of Gobds, and will try to 'bell
them low enough 0 pay them for coming.
We are now selling the best PRINTS from
12 to 1S cents.
Extra GINGIIAMS from 15 to 25 cents
Good STIEETINGS Ifrom 12 to 25 cents.
TICKS, DEEIIIS, , ,STRIPES and all of he
Goods in proportion. -
ollow.
CL OTHIXG.--
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'Good suits for $lO Ito $l5 and Extra fine
suits in proportion. And as I have an Over
stock of Clothing.l will sell at WhOle'm
sale 15 per 'cent. less than the same cart
be bought in New York.
BOOTS & SEIOES,
1 HATS & CAPS,
SHAWLS, CLOAKS,I&CI
at reduce. prihes,
VGROCERIE
very low,
RICH DRESS sit,x,s,
EMPRESS gLOVIS,
' POPLINS,
at-14 all other styles of Ladies' Dresi Goods,
Ve;TV love. . -
!Hoping to receive an early call, I remain
your friend,
IL SIMMONS.
I , T Y., March 25, 1865.
1 , FOR SALE .
THE Subscriber oilers for Sale the follow
ing tracts of land, to it
One tract of One Hundred and Forty-three t
and set -tenths acres] in Pike township,
Potter county, on the Genesee Forks. Price'
51100. Sixty acres ar improved, with one'
log barn; frame kitchen, frame barn, forty
good fruit trees, and :two hundred sugar
maple trdes. The fermi will ct s it, grass, in a
good senson, sufficient,! at present prices, to
pay for it. i
Also, Another tract of Fifty-six and two
tenths a res, in Eulalia township. four miles
from Co : dereport, Thirty acres of which are
improve , with one frame house, log barn,
andso e fruit trees thereon. Price 5450.
Also, a-Wagon Shop and half lot in :the
Borough of Coudersport, one lot west of P. A.
Stebbis' & Co's Store near Glassmire's Hotel.
The to is, lumber, &c., can be bought rea
sons:hi.); ; or a portion of tbem.if the purchalser
so desires. One half csn'be paid in Wagon
,
Work. i 1
A reduction of teri per cent will he ma l e
for Ca.4h down. I
For ,urt er particulars enquire of the sub.
scribe at his Wagon-Shop in Coudersport.
Feb. 20, 1865. W. It. IYM.
ma
IEI
El
sh all .persons haring open **tat
e to call and settle immediately.
ill sell
1w
with
Cheap for Cash
ly stock of. Merchandise
All
Con - 1
CL!
,sting of i
(THING, . I
BOOTS, and ; ~
~ SHOES,
i I DRUGS,
CKERY, J i
GROCERIES,
TOOLS, Ste., &c.,
1 good Horse and HarnesS.
I 3 !Wagons,
Ileigh, 1 Gutter, I 1; Stake',
Th privilege ola good Asheii in cons %
A '
plete working
L or u d e 1
order. I
4 .
0.
15 Cents paid for good, ASIkEA,
firookland, Pei„ Sept., 1864.
WAGON suor t
CB
; HE subscriber baying loca.teil. in Lawil-;
rills is prepared, t g ifo•all kinds of work
in his line, on, .000 i ru?tice and ill tbe best;
manner. f
1 1
1 Malang and Repairing
Otll kinds.' lam enabled by the aid of mis
t)
I cbinery to do work in' the wagon4iiie better
and cheaper than any other establishment in,
the county. I aln Om prepared to make
O FFINS. • WSON HID&
Ulysses, r, l eintes3 Dee. 1,189 i
ANO
STORE
Store formerly occu•
shall continue to
'AND RETAIL
I
I
I I
Stores, and hope to Geo
and customers, as ttie'r
AND
CROCKERY
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