TEE ASSASSINATit
Bea: 'Wood Implicated.
WAEMICGTON, Jnue 16, 1865
EXADIINATION 01' D. L. EASTWOOD.
" By Judge Advocate _MlL—Live in
Montreal, Canada; am Assistant Mana
ger of the Montreal Branch of the Cota.
rio Bank : am acquainted with Jacob
Thompson, formerly Secretary of the In
crier of .the United States, and with the
account 'which he formerly kept with the
Ontario Bank ; the moneys deposited in
that bank to his credit accrued, from the
negotiation of bills of exchange drawn by
the Secretary of the Treasury of the so.
called Confederate . . _ States upon their
agent' at Lisergoot
Q: State whether or not, io the course
or the disbursements made . by Jacob
Thoutp3on of the fund placed to his credit,
this requisition was drawn on the hank—
[exhibiting to the witness a paper given
below]? A. It was; it is in lay hand
writing.
Q. Please read it to the Court ? A.
[Reading the paper]: •
"MONTREAL, Aug. 10, 1864.
'Tented, from the Qatario Bank, on New
York, in favor of Benjainin Wood, Esq.,, for
$25,000 current funds, 'slo,ooo' debit ex
$15,000."
The paper shows that the requisition
wu originally drawn in favor of Benja.
wain Wood, Esq., and that the name of
D.S. Eastwood was afterward substituted.
Q. State the exact condition of that
paper ? A. As it reads now it is a draft
on Now York; payable to the order of D.
B. Eastwood, that is, myself.
Q. State, how that change in the re
quisition occurred? A. The name of
Benjarain.Wood,as it appeared oriniti - ally,
was erased at Mr. Thompson's request,
and my name, as an officer of thelbank,
ante substituted.
Q. That is the original paper, is it not ?
A. It is.
Q. Now look at this, bill of exchange
(another paper was exhibited to the wit•
mess) and state whether it was drawn
upon that requisition . ? 'A. It was.
By request of Judge Advocate the
witness then read the paper to the Court.
It is dated Montreal, August 10, 18E14,
and is directed' . to the Cashier of the City
Bank, New Yrk, and the wording is as
follows : •
"At thrce,days :fight pleas° pay to the or
der of D. S. Eastwood, in current funds.
$25,000, value received, and charge the satne
to the account otthis branch."
The indorsement on the bill directs
the payment to be untie to the Hon.
Benjamin Wood or order, sin'ned B. r.
Wood. _ _
Q. You state that the $25,000 . fur
'hich tbis bill was drawn, is the sine
for which that requi'sktion tyro made by
Mr. Thompson in the name of Benjamin
Wood ? A. It was.
Q. Slate whether or not the bill of cx•
change 'you have read is the original one
A. It is.
Q. mere did yon obtain it? A. I
obtained it in Now York, from tho cash.
ier of the bank on which it was drawn.
Q., Does it bear the marks of having
been paid ?, A I am not acquainted
with the usual marks of canceling in New
York, but I - understood that it was paid
The witness stated further that he was
not acquainted with the I.3enjami ,, Wood
referred Ito, but he supposed it to be the
'game 'who at the . date of that transaction
was a member of the Congress of The
United States.
Crags exit In bled ky 31r. d
Pitt recollect of . having cashed_ any drafts
or checks in favor of Janes Watson W,al
- Richard: : Montgomery, James B.
Merritt, or John Willits Booth about
the last of October Booth purchased a
bill in the bank at Montreal with which
witness was connected; never beard the
name of John H. Surratt mentioned
bef - tre.
The Judge Advocate exhibited to the
witness a list of localities on which drafts
bad been made, by the Ontario Bank, and
requested him to give the dates and
amounts of the drafts which, as shown by
the paper, had been drawn to New, York.
The witness stated that the following
were among the number of drafts drawn ;
On the 3d of October last, n &Lit for
1510,000 in gold; on the 11th of October,
one. for $5,000 in gold ; on Nov; 3, 4 and
8, bills for about $6,000 in United Stites
currency ; on the loth and 21. st of March
last, small drafts were also drawn.
EXAMINATION Or GEORGE MIRES.
By Judge Advocate Holt.--Aca ac
qaainted with Benjamin Wsod -of New
York, and know his handwriting. [The
andorsomentrß. Wood," on the back of
the bill of exehange given above, was
exhibited to the witness, and the hand
writing identified by him as that of Ben
jamin Wood of New York.] Witness
stated, farther, that at the time at which
the paper appeared to have been dated
'Mr. Wood wai a member of the Congi-ess
of the United States, and ho believed
editor and proprietor of the New York
Daily Netos.
EXAMINATION OF IJR. ADRATIAM D.
RUSSELL.
By Judge Advocate Holt:—Am na•
(painted with Benjamin Wood of the
City of New .York, .and know his hand
(writinm. (The endorsement on tile hill
of exclange•exhibited to the proyions
witness was identiiied by this witness to
Fe the handwriting of Mr. Wood) At
the time of the date of, that bill of en
change, Mr, Wecti was a metober of the
Congress of the United States, and editor
:and proprietor of the Need York Daily
Ae l tos ; witness bad been in the habit of
rkiieiving totters tram Wood,
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Tlrr, TRIM EXODpS TO TH,Iu tiOuNTAY.
—A Cork paper se!y.s that eMigration has
commenced again more actiyalY than was
expected, The ,triny of. the National
Line took away 850 Persons#om Queens.
towu-on the 26th; the InMau steamer
.450 . on the 27th,iand,over pOO could not
accommodated`,baccommodated`,were left, behind. The
!Inman steamers are were
engaged pp to
Caa y:l43db! of il4y, ereey.lbe4h having
been taken a week ago. ' l crrespondent
in the county of K.e . rry I states that the
emi.tiration from Ireland year is like
ly to exceed that of nny :past year since
the famine. The ' Persons ; leaving "the
•ontry are all young and able-bodied,
and comfortably clad. I
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,
REBEL DlABoLism.-4-WM. P. 'Ripley,
Esq., of Rutland, yt., has ih his possess
ion an ingeniously i tiontrtved torpedo made
to exactly resemble 'a large lump of coal.
This was the artful contrivance employed
with so much succeSs by the rebels in
blownig up our transports on the Missis
sippi, and it is suspected that the- awful
disaster to the Sultana was accomplished
by one of these' diabolical things. r The
ono in possession of Mr. Ripley Was sent
to him by his'son, Brevet Brigadi r Gen.
E H. Ripley and was foUnd in t e pri•
vato cabinet of Jefferson. Davis a ter his
flight from the city. -- — 1 - -
A drunken soldier, in the army in In
dia, having been. lately cdnfihed in the
blackhole for intostMtion, somethkg
crawling over him., Knowing it to be a
serpent and fearing its deddly bite, kept
quite still,nrhile the reptile, crag ledinside
of bia jacket and boiled himself up for a
nap. Wben tbe guard came to release
him some hours after, a snake—a cobra
quickly glided away. The guard noticed
with surprise, that the l ptisoner's hair
had turned:white, anAhe died a few
hours after telling/his story.
Gen. SIIERM.kieS "bummers" were
death on digging for hidden treasures.—
Different squads 4lthetu dug up a newly
buried mule sia owes ifs quick succession'
and the boor,errwer was not allowed to
rest until his head and ears was !eft abote
ground as - a
sample of the kind'of treas
ure below. •
A St.Lonis dispatch states that the
steamer Martin yiralstrect was recently
robbed of $lB,OOO in money and $20,000
worth of goods•by guerrillas, at Main's
'Landing
IThe Union Leag,ue of San Francisco
pr.,pose to raisa a monument to the late
Prenident Lus;c9LN an the Pacfia coast,
at a cost of a qUarter• of a tnilliOn of dol ,
lace.
It is reported that a. detachment of
cavalry is in pursuit of Governor Ma : ,
grain of South Carolina,;rho was last
heard from wbdu übout lea ing Spartans
hurg. i I•
News has beet received; t San Francis
co of the commencement of'tho Russian
overlanq telegraph. It was proceed
from NeWAYe4ininister northward..
A,Chioese thief, having stolen a mis
siouar)'6- watch, brought it back t) hiui
tho,uort day tcilearn how td wiudit up.
President Johnson's Amnesty Procla
mation has heen received in England and
was discussed'hy all theiEnglislr papers.
The Star regards the terms, as wise and
generous, Wh!ile the Rebel papers de.)
flounce them its harsh. • The Army andl
Nary Gaigtedermulicce the designs of)
the Presidentias blood thir;sty,but thinks'
that ho will shrink from executing them.
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The Prog,re`ssive Party the Elena?)
Legislative Body+iutena tb tend an ad•
dress to PteSilderit Johnsen, reminding
him that thegrotich 114 public. of 1848
abolished motel ;punishment for political
offences,and recotneuding the application
of the same principle with regard to our
prisoners.
The French Legislative 113udy had an
interesting dtbilt;e on the l'ilexican ques
tion, the opp, at ton depreciting the expe
dition, and apprehending .complications
with the ;United States: The Govern
went deniedithat there was goy reason
fotlipprelieddini such Complications.
* The Prosideo4 is . .reffrolvoi ;on cottin,,r„
down expenses to the lowest point. He
is known to fa ; or ir+enehment as a
means for retnriiing to specie payment,
which lie will - cconiriacod to Congress.
It is expected that the army will ha re.
Iduced to 100,000 men! . l.y . the - .Sm rear.
T7te *efts jays that the Rebel
Gens. Tayler and Chekerill, lately ex
pressed the. widh 641 the Government
would; sillottbeM to take their cernmantit ,
and join the Lleion . ftices to aid in main
raining the ;Monroe doctrine in Mexico.
The transpott henfucky with 1,200
paroled Rebel troops cm board, struck a
sna g 12 miles , fielovr Shreveport on the
9thinst., and sunk iMmediately. Over
200 lives werOost. the officers of the
vessel taro said to be to blame.
Go v jgolderi of North Carolina thinks
that th'e enrollment of4the loyal voters
can be.ooMplet)ed, so that the election in
that State of (Thlegates to the State Con
vention maibb held by the middle of
5
August next. I •
Gov. Ilahnibas pnblishefl a card, in
which he deelires"that the Legislature of
Louisiana• addpled the Constitutional
, amendment abolishing ..Slaveryl the re
ports to the contrary being untrue:
All the bustnes portiOn of .Rolia, Mo.,
Was burned one the 19th inst. Loss esti
mated at S 200,000; but little ineuzince.
A SIVINDLE.
Tbenuniber.of people wha like to be
swincllsd is always large, and the number
who like to accommodate them does not
seem to be'stnall. It is no matter of aut.-
prise when a new method of gulling the
unwary is 'exposed, but the remarkable
thing is how often the old triks are
played over again; and with svhdt,•,per
sisteuce a - systetn of roguery that stns been
thoroughly laid open is adhered to, and
what i success ii meets with. Last year,
for instance, the certificatejetvelry busi
nessmas so completely unmasked in these
columns that the enterprise of its con
ductors was a good deal discouraged.
But this year we find them again at work
under another and more ambitious name.
then it. waS as the individual firm of
Brown, Jones & Robinson they.did busi
ness. Now, in Boston and Washington,
swindling has become a joint Stock en
tet prise, rascality gets itself incorporated,
and under the name of •the New York
Jewelers' Manufacturing A ssoc i at i on ,
volunteers to relieve the public of its
superflUous cash.
' This concern advertises gold and silver
watches, jewelry, silver ware, gold pens,
and many other articles of great value,
to, be sold for SI each. ' Not an article in
i i ,,
tire' llit is valued at lesjlhan SS, yet n ne
is to cost more than a dollar, and tl t
ere
a'e no blanks in this lottery, but all Ni t es.
S that it is seen at once to be an eqtcr'•
priSt, of. the purest benevolence. That
everybody who. wants a gold watch for a
dollar may know how to get it, we copy
the following extract from the advertise
ment—without chi. pie,. osi tiaismccasion
'.One millior certificates, bearing upon their
face the names of the articles as above enu
merated, are each inclosed in plain envelopes,
and sealed, it ndiEtiuguishable one from an
other, mixed and placed in 'a repository,
from which they are drawn as ordered, with
out choice. The sealed envelopes containing
certificates marked with the name of the ar
ticle, descriptiOns, and marked price it enti
ties the holderito. will be sent by mail to any
address at 25ents each ; op receipt' of the
certificates, thepurchaser ascertains the e.y
act'artictle he lis eutitfed to, which be can
obtain upon the return of the certificate and
$l, to the Office of the Association!'
Not wishirig, however, to encourage too
sanguine hopes, we copy also our former.
jaccuu,at of the success of an esp'etiment
made last: year by en, incredulous
vidual who was so curious as to wish to
rGod out bow it tvas these people made
money by selling gold watches for a dot:
lag, Ile spent a hundred dollars for the
'-certificates" above referred to, and found
.himself
the lucky possessor of a lot of
i
paper tickets purporting to reptesen•l
property to the value of $2,153, and 0651
property ho was entitled to receive ou
' the further payment of $l5B. Not
ing, however, to impoi•erish these rashly.
Lbenvolent Sameritans, and refleatiH
I perhaps, that he had already spent $lOO,
for which he bad as yet received nothing
but "certificates," he selected a hundred
of those that promised the roost valuable .
artieles, and sent them fcr redemption—
'paying another SlOO- for the articles. He
received a lot of watches, jewelry, gold
penS, 6: , c., , 0f which the DM:Limit value
was 6590. ti•• •
Very geed investment of $2OO,- was it
not ? got stop a minute. We said nom:
inal valuei • As the articles were all gold
and silver;—at any rate, professed' to be
—it was '; easy to ascertain their actiral
value ; so' they Were sent to the United
States !As:say Office, melted up, and a
certificate of the net proceeds returned
I And how: touch does the ingenuous read
I , er suppos,e this $599 of gold and; silver
proved tcAe worth ? o-ust wine dollars
and sixty lice cents (.9.62)? That was .
what our friendp•ot for the Two LlUndrecl-
Dollars cash he had Invessed.. Atid that
is 'about what anybodt_ will- net.. 'trim
chooses to invest money in• the New
York Jewelers' Manufacturing Associa.
(too.
Oar tattention is just .now drawn to
this subject by ,remarking that the police
of 'Washington interfered last week to
stop the operations of the concern, and
even showed themselves so.hard hearted
and insensible to generonS impulses as to
arrest the principal and assistants on
charge of Swindling.' "Evidence was
produced," says the telegram, "to show
that the gift concern partook f the char
acter of a gambling' institution. The
parties:were held to }Ail before the critn
,
inal ,coUrt.r In l3ost i on also, they n/et
with dlscourag,ement from the police, :so
that in , two at least, their facilities
for stviodling have. met with serious
check.
certificate jewelry business is, in
rant, under whatever name carried on,
nothing but a gigantic fraud, extendilng
Far Ala W ilk over the eptintr - _;:, and caus
ing, many innocent but raeher'green pen'.
ple.lost;es they can ill afford. During.
the war, the soldiers were cheated enor
mously by it. Millions of dollars have
been )paid for utterly worthless stuff.
Somehow, the business) ought to bo
stopped.—Tribune.
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THE nASIEST WAY TO PI:7LL STUMPS.
—ll.li. Carpenter,:in reply to ad inquiry,
said that he had tried several plans for
gettig. rid of stumps, Wand the one be
found the cheapest and most satisfactory
is to! let the, tree pull its oan stump at
the tine it is felled. .Instead of chopping
off the tree above the surface, the t pfound
is dug away, and two or - three of the
principal roots are cut off at sufficient
depth to escape the plod; then the first
roodtrato wind blows the tree over; stuinp
and !all. I think the, espenta is fro
,reader than that of chapping the tree in
the usual way, ! and I !get an increased
t .
yieldl of wood. , , 1
VIE SERF'ENTINED ARQILIND
COUNEit. 1 .
A Rebel sympathizer in one of his dal
ly crawls through Weil l Street, hissed, at
the Government Loan ;hevery dollar wiH
be repudiated, one of tliese days ; and it
might to be repudiated.!. A debt.eoetract7
ed for the purpo.e of killing American
citizens, aad . dektoying:the 'Constitution
of the United Stetes, iq void.. It ought
not to be paid !" • h •
Instead of handing Elio viper over to
the Provost Marshal te,!be caged iu Fort
Lafayette, a loyal broher antidoted his
venom by saying •;.- "Repudiate 1 Why
yen Southern snake in l Northetp grass'', 1,-
716, 6:32 'men in' the' loyal States' voted
last November to carry•on the war till the
Rebels were whipped, land to raise the
money necessary to . carry it. on, either by
taxation.or by borrovring,or by both. All
this was included in their vote for the war
cdndiilate. There yu l e majority in favor
of Government War Lpanti of almost half
a million votes! That majority is a,
guarantee which will never be impaired.
It is a solemn! National: compact, made'
way down at' the base of the national,
poWer, at the pulls on the Presidential,
election day. ' From Congress at the top,
down to the People at the bottom, the'
Wei. Loans have been determined ou,'
ratified and confirmed. If ever anything
in human government was double rivetted,
it is our war debt contracted • to suppress
Rebellion. The covenant of the North,
East and We'pt to pay it,has been written
in th.l blood Of some loved soldier, son;
brother,father or husband, iu every fam•
ily te North, East and West. Repu
diate I Yen mighi as weloal4
ating the Christian religion
'But;old rattler;the boys that do day's
work witittools in their hands, and are
.I:6rue' at th 6 polls on election days, have.
a double interest in the Loans of tljetr
Goverumentf They own a biz slice of
those Loans. THREE HUNDRED AND
EIGHTY THOUSAND OF THEM ALREADY
HOLD FIETYI DOLLAR AND ONE HUNDRED
DOLLAR SEVEN THIRTY NOTES. ALONE
Let you - anq your friends, after you are
whipped bpour soldiers in the field, just
try to reviie and begin a war against
the Government credit, and against the
faith of theiNation pledged to the hold
ers of its Leans. Sherwan's march thro'
South Cartilina will be a fool to the way
the People will march throUgh you Re
pudiators. The People own their GoV
ernment; now ; but when, in addition to
the hundreds of thousiinds who have ta
ken the larger denominatiohs, half a loin.
iou of working men nod women shall have
their, snug little investments in Seven-
Thirties, and shall have got into a com
fortable way of scissoring oil the interest
coupons every sir months, the Nation
will feel like tigers .hovering over their
cubs, toward any influences that shall
approach the National Credit with hos
tile intent.l ow you bad better crawl.",
And the Southern snake in Northern
grass t‘erpeutqed arOund a corner. ,
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•
And titer Failure.
The Arise men wlt:ft net last sumurer at
Chicago to tutilie a creed for the Dernoe
racy,erred,vadly calculations when
they resolved—by i;uference of course—
that the rebellion was a success. Worst
of all they persistedl in their error,and 4
did all the memberslitip ofidle vcuerabl
society they represented,uptil the articles
of capitulation were, signed and scaled bV
Lee and Johnston. Tho . blunder was ;o
egregious that nos no one is willing to
confide iu the wisdom , Or sagacity of the
men who endorsed it. The 'Democracy
see this,and it is amusing to oberve how
they endeavor to escape from the evil cf.
fects of their mistaken policy.,,They know
very well that the whistling' of the last
bullet in the struggle wrs the:- requiem
over the political graves of the men who
resolved that the war was a failu!re, and
they seek now to find some one irltididn't
view things in that light. They want
seine one to rally around whose faith in
the ultimate success of the Union cause
Was never shak.nn,and whose support of
that cause was unequivocal. President
Johnson answers these requirements.•=---
Disaster could not cloud his, fait h.neither
could persecution or temptation weaken
his arm. • Then, too, he was once a Dem
. Dent, and had reflected,great credit upon
the-party. They were not long in con
eluding that be was just the man they
wanted:, and they, forthwith be , an to try
their arts upon him. IDS character tin.
derweot a complete transformation. 1.11
was.no longer 4 '1,41030's hireling," or the
for the "desPot of Teti
nesse?' but he was recognized as the
'faithful among the ;faithless,' the 'able
statesman and devoted patriot who was
needed
,to, restore law- and order Lil rourzb
the Soutt.' •W thought we saw in
this just appreciation of the President's
• character a laudable purpose to support
his administration, notwithstanding the
fact that be bad been chosen by another
! party. It W2B not until they, became bold
enough to express their hopes, that we
learned that all their praiSe was based
upon the anticipated recreaney of Andrew
Johnson,and that they expeeted,by
ty laudation, to bewilder a tnan of st7ont
• mind and fixed purpose, and beguile him
from his, true course. ere Was sagacity
as' remarkable as that displyed at Chica
go. No doubt, the illus-trious rcsolVers
devised the scheme, and we accord them
the honor that ivtaches to it. They adapt
ed the ole English principle that the King
can do no wrong, and when any policy
was adopted that did not meet their ap
proval they exonerated the President from
blame and eha'rmd the respnsibility up.
on his cabinet advisers, y- This answered
well eaoug,ll for a limo but at last they
hive been compelled to abandon it. The
amnesty proclamation had the President's
own name to it,and there was uo dtsgpis•
in the fact that he was its author; This
bolte the toils that they were 'weaving;
and they have deserted hinr,as one joined
tn his idols. T4iy roust Pow. look else
Where for their hero. President Johnson
Will opt an.swer. . I3is cdreer as the able
statesman and defete.d patriot was very
tiller, and his relapse into his old eltarac•
ter very 'sudden. So at least it appears
from their shoWing. ,Who comez , nest .1
Negro Suffrage
The l'ribune, In the course
snarls on this subject, says:
"We arp very willing—and believe the
Unionists,' white - and blaek,would be will
ing—to accept an installment ofjustice,
and have the whole matter settled amic:
ably and finally. If the Southern States
will provide that, every black echo can
read ,intelligently, who owns real estate
and has paid a tai, shall be a voter, ice
'would gladly. accept this as a settlement
of a vexed question, though it, would
probably not, far the present, enable one
negro in a hundred—perhaps not, one in
five hundred—to vote. But if the blacks
are to be proscribed forever—if they are
to be taxed by the votes of whites Who
pay no tax, yet allowed no voice in levy
ing those taxes or spending those proceeds
—if they are to be held .evermore as cut
casts and lepers in the land of their birth
--if they are to be debarred froth all polit
ical rights by the votes of "Three Millions
of rebels," and told that this is their pin
ishinent for having aided to overthro,w
the =hire 'we think the
Republic will owe them at least a deteir
mined effort to see them riglitd, and we
shall incline to make that effort."
President Jobrison.
The, Washington correspondent cf the
Independent throWs out . the following
sug-gestions, which,no doubt, are timely :
Leti me warn impulsive!! Republicans
against a hasty judgment ofithe President
in this matter) He May prove as radical
as Mr. Sumner himself before the year
ends.' It is wise tb create a strong pub
lic sentitnent.on this subject—a sentiment
that Will support the ptesident in
. taking
bold ground hereafter sopport of uni
versal suffrage at the South, -But attacks
upon him before he has had time to de
cide deli/lately upon , his policy, are not
justifiable. Personally, be favors negro
suffrage: lie has said so repeatedly' of
1
late. 1-i . is in i doubt as to the Means to
used. Prollablyi be bas a little of the
old prejudice against the negto.
he has, can we of the free States cast
stones at. him ? Republican Philadelphia
is itra tempest because a black wan at
.
tempts to ride is the horse cars. The
black pan is-still disliked at the North.
Give Mr. Johnson a little time to watch
;events.l The Virginia eleetieh wlts worth
luitpre to us than a hundred severe criti
eistns, for the Presioent is detqrtnined
hat slavery and disunion must die. Ile
begins to see that be cannot destroy there
i
Iwithout the aid ofitho negro at the ballet
box, as we did not and could not cuegner
the armies of the rebeilioti without his
help.
1
COTTON.—Now that the ['reclamation of
the President has removed alt restrictions
on cotton—sare only' two cent, fax
—there is much speculatiin a-s to the
amount there is at thi..f South which will
be brought to nmaiket. Sot re ipersons
figure as high as 13,100,000 bides, while
other think the quantity will not exceed
800,000. The Journ/ qt . C'oin 71/ crec,after
a-careful comparison; of data Coln all
parts of the South, estimates the amount
at 1,500,000 bales---mueN of which is
ungioned . ancl still be found to be more
or less damaged. The valle of the stock
at tbirty . eents a pound 'would be little
over tyro hu-ndred taiiikons 'Of dolars. A
lamp amount of this cotton wtil doubt
less be shipped abroad,and materially
affect the price of gold and
.es.Chanr,e.,
A. Gun Spiked!
When General Shermari i accepted the
hospitalities of the Uniop Leagues of
New York citY he unwittiegly spiked one
of the most Ortuidable robed guns ever
directed a„vaihst the Government, in,
silencing the J fulsome and hypocritical
praise of hints& by the Copperhead press)
After the acceptance of fellowship with
his loyal friends Gen.tSherman is not
regarded by the cops as quite as Ut for
President, as .he :was when• be was on the
eve of a rupture with - the civil authorities.
It is said that es• Vice f President Ste
phens spends much of his time in writing.
Fin also reads Jonsiclerably, and devotes
a portion of each morning to singing
bytfloS.
Raleigh,N C., papers announce a great
rush of late‘Rebels Co that. city for the
purpose of availing tnernee,lves of Presi
dent Johnson's Amnesty, Proclamation.
Nearly all the Rebel. Civil Officers arc
seeing forOrdon. R. M. T. Hunter is
Ittoug them. About 60 civilians have
been pardoned -by the , President.
The South Carotinr delegation, now in
Washington,had an interview with Pres.
ident Johnson. The latter: insisted on
the entire abandonment. of Slavery as one
of the conditions precedent to the return
of South Carolina to the Union. In this
the delegates . acquiesced. jAfter some
conversation as t? the right man for Pro•
visional Governor, the conference closed:
Hon Henry Winter Davisis to deliver
the Fourth of July oration in Chicago.
WHAT - HORSEMAN
WILL BE WITHOUT
"1. . .
. - a_eacqs gorse
TAINToN, Mass. May 14, 1860.
Dr. Tobias: Dear Sir--Duriiig 35 years
that r lir e. been in the livery business. I have
used aud sold a great quantity of various
liniineats, oils, &c. Some two years since,
hearing of so many wonderful cures having
been made by -your Venitian Liniment,
tested its mefits, and it, has given the best
satisfaction of anything r ever used: I never
sold anything that gives such.universal nth.
faciton among horsemen: It is destined to
supersede all others. Yours, truly, &c,.
Sold by all truggists. Office, 56 Cortlandt
street, New York. Price for pint boittles, one
dollar. - .
of some ro
* * County Dealers 'are informed that no
ttarelers are now sent out.
AL S. 7-30 LOAN
THIRD SERIES,
$230,000,000. '
•
i
By authority tcf the Secretary of the Treas-.
ury, the undermrmed, the General Snbscrip
tion Agent for the sale of United 'States Se
curities, offers to the public the third series
of Treasury licites, bearing seven and three
tenths per cent, interest per annum, known
as the s -
. - ) 7-3LOAN
Ilse notes tre issued l untier date of July
15; 1865, and • are payable three yeare, from
that date in currency, or ar6 convertible at
the option Of the holer into i
U. Si 5-20 Six per cent.
GOLD=BEAV4NG BONDS
These-Bonds are now' worth a handsome
premium, and are exempt, as are till the•Gov
ernesent Bonds, from Slate,: County, eand
dlu
nicipol taxation, which acids _Tram one to three
per cent. per annum to thcii rake, according. to
the rate levied upon other property. The,in
terest is payable semi-annually by Coupons
attached to each note, which may be
,cut off
and sold to any bank or banker.
Thei'nterest at 7.30' percent. amounts to
One cent peuday on a 8:50 note
Two cents" " " SIC° "
Ten " " r " " CtIO "
I
29 " " " SILOOO
bL u " " " $5OOO "
!Notes Drill the denominations named will
he promptly Ornlshed upon receipt of sub
. .
scriptions.
The Notes oft his Third Series are preisely
similar-in form and privileges to the Seven-
Thirties already sold, except that the coy
6mnient reserves to itself the option of pay
ip i inntereMgold( coin at G per cent., in
stead of 7-3-10thiin currency. Subscribers
1 I deduct the . g4erest in currency up to
at the time when they subscribe.
•
• The delivery of the notes of this third
series of the Scren-thirties Will commence on
the let of June, and will be made promptly
and continuously after that date.
The slight change made, in the Conditions
of thiii THIRD SERIES affects only the nutt
ter of interest. The payinerit in gold, if
merle, cqnivalent to the currency in.
Merest of the higher rate.
The returp to specie payments, in the event
of which only will the option to pay interest
in Gold be availedi of, would so -reduce and
equalize prices that purchases made with six
per cent. in gold would bye fully eilual to
those made with, seven sod three-ten/ha per
twat. in eurrenct. This is
Tie Only Loan in Market
Now offered by the Government, audits eu.
.rerior ath'antages wake it. the
Great Popular Loan of the
People.'
Less than 5230,000,000 :of tt , e Loan au
alarized by Colagress ate now on the
market. Thu amonnt, at the rate at which
it is being absorbed, will, oil be subscribed
for within sixty days ; when the notes will
oti.loubtedly ccmnn,iiii a premium,, as has
unifcrnily been the case on closing the sub
scriptions to otheeLoans. 1 •
. .
In order that citizens of every town and
section of the-country may be all:ordea
ficil
tics for taking the,, loan, the National Banks,
State Banks, and pqvafe Bankers thronghour.
the 'country have generally agreed to receive
subscriptions at par Subscribers will'seleet
their Own agents, whom they have confi
dence, and who ouly are to be responsible foi
the delivery of the notes for \Odd) they re.
ceive orders. JAY COOKE,
Subscription Agent, Philtidejphia,
May 15, 1865.
First National Bank of Harrisburg,
First National Bank of Lockitaven,
First National Bank of Philadelphia,
First National Bank p 1? Williamsport.
1794. iered, 1794.
INSURANCE i COitli*ANY
NORTH AMERICA,
PIIILADELpHIA.
01lest Insurance Conipany in ilingica
Cash Capital and Surplus, over
$1,750,000.000.
1_ -
SEVENTY-ONE Yeurs Suace3eful Business
Experience; with a reputation for integrity
end honorable dealingi unsurpasSed by any
similar institution.
LOSSES PAID singe organization, $17,-
500,000.00, without the deduction of a cent,
or a day's delay I j
LIBERAL .RATES for all the safer classes
of' property. Ihsuranee of Dwellings
Contents, a spedialty.
BRICK or STONE Dwellings insured per.
petually,if desired, on terms of the greatest
economy and safety to the insured.
It is Wisiom and Economy to insure in the
best Comp al es, and there is none better than
the old Laurance to. of North
America.
Apply to
PUTNAM:
Clothes Wringer
Wits wring anything from a single Thread to
a Bed-Quilt.
PIIICES-: $5.50, $6.00, and $B.OO.
P. Steblaina & Co.,
Agents for Potter county.—Jan 26, 1863
SAMUEL WILDE
M. W. MoALARNEY .
Agent for Potter coanty: