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OLUME XVIII.--NUMBER 12.
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R JOURN.
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.P I CBLISEEED IST
M. 71.1cAlaRNEY, proprietor.
isrEevoted to the cause of Itepublicanism,he in
terests of Agriculture, the advancement of Edu tion,
and the beat gond of Potter county. Owning nb guide
except that of Principle, it will endeavor to aid in the
work of more fully Fre ' cdotnizing our Country.
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&Z'Advertisonaents inserted at the followlag rat eP "
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sxuept.where special bargains are made, A "quare,
is of Brevier or 8 of Nonpareil types :1
I square, 1 insertion , ' til 50
'square, 2or 0 insertions__ ......-- .... 200
I l Batah subsequent insertion less than 13.---110 00
40
1 square, 1 yetir
Bu Mess Garde, ,1 year
Administrator's or Executors Notices.--- .1. 300
Special and Editorial Noticts per line ' I 50
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IF - if - All transient advertisements must be ipaid in
isdvancemnd no notice will lie taken of advertisements
from utiistauce, unless they aru accompanied by the
'money...or satisfactory retereuce. I
- ear „Tob \Cork, of all kinds, executed with neatness
tind,despatch. 1 1
BUSINESS NOTICES.
itobt. .11.1awley. s IL Cuiumin.
-A.ttorneys-at -- Litcv" ,
AATlLL..vt,..ti,lll...Sil'cO,,llFer,,,t,ol'aei,;lll,.cliiSoi.iecha.. Itte,ntai
and
1330,11,Pay, and. all -elalm.s againdt. the National and
State Geverpments. . nov2.ltf •
Free and file ceptedl'incient York Masons
riGIULALIA LODGE., No.. :11'2, F. A. L .
jrjM.Ce:lllg3 Up the '2 , 1 and 4tlt wed nesaityii of each
month. 11.311, in the 31 Story of the rilnieti4l 131 , k.
I).C.L.tna.tnez.,Sec.
0.T.. EtLISON, M. ID.,
rtACTiCIN'G PLIYSIGIAN. Coudo,-sp6rt.
Preepectrutly infortn4 the citrzenv of the vilhttre and
'vicinity, that hewill promptly rmmond to all rallA for
profestionA set tines. °thee on Flr.t street ; tiros dour
tvestmf his resiaenno. 174 U
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• A-TTORN-r.II.AND COUNSELLOR. ATLiw.
1 - 1 CouderBport, 1!,.. ' wilt nt.teed the zieveriri Ct,ttrtf.
.iu eott,r,,Cat,leroti lintl licKean couuties. 4111,11.1-
/ LeSS • Ctitru ,, ted 1.0 his care tvi:t receive prompt acted.
th?n, ptlice eti;Mitin street, in ro,idenee. 1 t
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• ' ATITIEUIL G. °LASTED.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLE II . ATI LAIV„
Coudecsiort, Pa , attend to all.lntsit;, ,,
trusted to his taro pr-naptnots and _y Mee
la the bet.` od btorey of the (11m-4.ed Bloek.
lIENSON,I
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ATT.OItStY-~IcIAT-LAIV", Couderport, I.la.
'a tLend to bu,ineis entrurted to 111 m tyiti. care
and Iromptuese, At..entla Ca,orts of :clio , alp.4 cow . .
Iles. Office on Second 6trect,tear Alle...;:ely beolte•
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TT() PNEY 'AND C0U5e.1 % .1.1" , 0P. it' LAW,
tl Con7eraciort ? I's., v,-.ll:ttt..nhithe trour ain Pot
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'er and tht hdjoinnlg couvelea.
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Troll Si E VS-AT LAW, 11 a artustr, na, pentia.—
Ascot+ for the. ColleetiOiruf atintiag.til.:t. Ilic
. t itedticutes and StateGoitcrnnioit—r4,ll :t.slyeiziu:l,,
_ son u,ty, Asrea rs of Pay,..tc.--I,l.iress sus 95,.1.:.rri , 1. , urkr
vr •zr. if ILLsn; t. C. 31!..1.1...1.1[N.131..
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3f. W. .3.1cA1.. 1 1.113.i1EY,
lieliEAL ESTATE ItiANE /JINN - T:-
11. r Land Bought and Soldi Taxes ptid. and Titles
Investigated. Insures prnp , rte azainst fiteinthe hest
companies in the Country. and Persons again , t Acci
dents in the Tr. velers Insuranle Conipintyfol
llart
ford. lßtisifiess transacted promytly 17-29
P. A. 'STEBBINS at CO-4
-N,TkßtnA.N—rs—'-Dealers in Dry Goo , 1;, F:tocy
.01, Goods, Groceries.erovision,,Flour,Peed,Vork.'
and ocafyLhing usually kept in a goof con n:try auto.
Produce brought and suld 17 1
C. H. 5i31310..
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vrgttcrt..kvr—WELLSVlLLE N.
Jit. sale and Retail Dealer in Dry Goods, Fane!.. - and
Tsmple3oods.Clothing,Laaies Dre,sGoodri.ffro7erle,.
Flonr, Feed, Sic, 11-tapers sum - tiled on liblral terms
C. S. & E. A. JONES.
"((,~ERC`lAN.rS—Dealers in Drugs 3irdicinfe,i']iut_•,
Groceries, aze., Maio Street, Conatisport,
j D. E. OLMSTED,
r EP.CII.VST—DeaIer in Dry Goods, Realy-made
Clothing, Crockery, Groceries. Flour, Feed,
Pork, Provisions, &e,, Main street, Coudersport, Pa
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COLLINS ,
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G roceri es
' Vrovisins 11aTar• teenswtr, Cutlery.
and all Goods u.olally• found ins country . store. Ifni
U. J. OLMSTED,
ird..RDWARE Mercnant, - and Dealer in Stoles,
I Tin and Sheet Iron.W.kre.llain street{ (.:ontler
tport, T;a' and Sheet Iron , Ware made to
etder, in goOd 'style, on short notice.
COUDERSPORT HOTEL.
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D g. GLASSMIRE, PRopturron, Corner,of Main
and Secondstreets,Coudeisnortr otter Co. Pa.
A Col - cry Stable is also kept in coh,ection with this
Hotel. Dall} Stages to :andfrom the Railroads.
Pot er Journal Job-Of:Hee
HAVING ',lately added a fine new assortment of
JOB-TYPti to oar already largo ai-sortnient,
we are now. prepared to do all kinds of work, cheaply
and with taste and neatness. Orders solicited.
LYMAN .HOUSE.
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LeWisville, Potter ounty, P nsylvertin.
pinfroN! LEWI.4._ Proprietor: Having
taken tills excellent Hotel, the proprietor
o mako the4aCquaintance of the tmveling , publie and
ecle . confident of giving iatisfaction to all may
edrOn - hirrC—Pcb. 12,66 tf
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...: .. MARBLE WORK
1 . Monuments and TombStone n s a
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a: 7 * of all kinds, wi , ll'befurnit e ll . e ß d r o e n ti reas nie d .
t RI, ble terpa.sand short, notice by . t
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''''' Residence: Eulalia, 1.3.1 inil.rs. south of t
-. .:7 — ...Q - .." ' oindersport, onthe - Siunemahoning ,
Rbad, or leave "your orders P a a t " tbe I'd,t °Moe. feria
DAN BAKED, i
Exs:c.s.:. BOUNTY and WAR cf.,AIIII AGENCY
• ye..i.:,p procured for; Soldiers of the present
r'a
, t- who are disabled by reason of wounds received
ordisease contracted while in tho service ofb e United
States ~and pensions, bounty, and arrears Of pay ob
tained for widows or heirs of those who have died or
been killed While ,in service. All lettersi3f inquiry
promptly anstrore.l, and on receipt by mail of a state
ment of the ease of claimant, I will forward the ne
cessary paper's for their signature. • Fees in Pension
eases as fixed by law. Refers to Irons. Isaac Benson,
A. G. Olmstdd, John S. Mann, and F. W. Knox, Esq
-DAN BAKER,- -
June! G 4 " Claim Agent, Uendersport, l's.
$1.500 Pe r
Tear!
w 3 J entB
rywtro o cellsue
tad SewloOlae . nines: Three new kinds. !Under aod
upper feed. 24 arranted five }ears. Above salary
Cr largo cam issions paid. The ONLY machines sold
to the United States for less than $4O, which are lolly
licensed by Bowe Wheeler S.' Wilson, Grover dc. Ba
ker,Singer Bachelder. ALL other cheap ma
chines are infrtn , ements and the seller pr user are
pable to arr Pat, doe,"and imprisonment) CI renlars
tree. Addreiss„orcall. upon Shaw 4: Clark, Blade.
lard, Maine, iir Chleaco,lll.Doe:. 26,1665. 1 lowly.
" -.Something Ne‘v and Novel foi , Agents.
Peddlers, Cdnutry'Siores, Drugttlate,.and all seekin g
an bonorabbi and profitable bnaluera. Fred by mail
for fa eta: •, rabble/tale $9 pet doz. Canii•Weil realize
I'3 to $l2 ear day profit. ABBOTT & DOWD,
12 '9 22- 1 ml 11.3110a:tura:a, 196 Wataa N. X••
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ME
1 ON THE ICE,'
across the glittering ice I glide, '
'I he lone lagoon is• deep and wide ;
On steel-shodlept, with shrilly sound,
I' I trae' swifter than the hound. _
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s W ater skims the broad lagoon
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ho t* e skates Can tin sCi -blitlA a tune 5
And none there is who 's can compare,
In pint of speed With Harold Ware.
Proud - Ethel l'ane,l loved her. well!
She led me'on my love to tell, ,
'Then treated it aith cruel scorn ;
I cursed the day that I was born I
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Alone upon the ice we met—
Long had I striven to forget ;
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One glance upon her face I cast,
My love had turned to hate at last.
She siniledsdier sweetest smile, on me,
I knew how,cruel the - could be—
I knew there lurked a hidden store
Beneath that look, so calm and fair.
"Proud Ethel Vane, I loved you. well
You led me on my lore to tell,
You treated me with cruel scorn ;
I cursed the day that I was born."
"If you would win me for your bride )
The ice is smooth, the course is wide,
Then watch your speed with mine,"she said,
'And swifter than the wind she sped.
I kollowed her on eagetlfeet 3
Revenge," I cried, "revenge is sweet
And far across the broad lagoon
Our steel skates rang a ghostly tune.
'Her flowing hair streamed out behind,
As fleeter than ,the envious wind..
A swiftly moving shade, she flew,
While more and more the distance grew.
Still on and on she kept, her way—
The thinner ice before her lay.i .
I turned my face toward the shore,
But Ethel Vane' came back no more !
RECONSTRUCTION.
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Report or the Committee by remsendeo
The, detailed report of the. Committee
on ',lticonstruction wan made to-day iu
each House of Gongrest. They set forth
the reasons for the conclusions to-which
they come, reporting, hn amendment to
tho Constitlitiori of theLUnited States,and
the tiro bills with whi the public are
already fltniliar:
; speaking of the condition of the Con-
Mei ate States at the close of the rebel
t
I lion, the committee say :
Theso States: are in utter exhaustion
and without government. The President
h4l, no power except to execute the laws
of ;the land as Chief Magistrate. The
laws gave him nn authority over the sub
ject of recbustrUction. By the Constitu
tion lie was Commander-in-Chief of the
army ;Ind navy.'' It.was his duty, under
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the laws of patioris and the army regula
to rest re order, to preserve prep
' eaty, dud to; protect the people against
violenoe frond any quarter, until provis
ionr shill be i l ia:ado for their government.'
'He Imin. et lit,las President, assemble Con
gross and submit the whole matter to the
tae--coshing power, or he might continue
milita'ry supervision and control, until
CQngl shoOld assemble oa its regularly
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'appointed day. As to the Governors ap
pointed by the President, it could not be
contended that they possessed or could
exercise any but military authority. They
had no power to organize civil govera
ments; nor to exercise ; any authority ex
teept that which loherddln their own per
-Isons, ,under their cothmissions ; neither
hid the President, as cOrnwander-in-chief,
'any other, than military power; but he was
din exclusive possessicin of the militar'y
!authority.
jlt was i for them to decide how far lie
could exorcise it, bow ;far ho could relaX
it; when and on wh4t. terms he could
ivithdraW it. He might, perhaps, permit,
the peOple to assembld and initiate local
,vertitnon.ts and to execute such local '
laws as they might chocie to form, not
.inconsistent with nor to opposition to the
!lain of the United States, and if satisfae
[ tory, they might safely' be left to them
se,lves) He might withdraw the military
force altogether, and leave the people of
any ; or all of those States; to govern them-.
selves 'without his interference.
'The committee, after speaking of the;
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' origin p
and leading incidents Of. he war,
say it was waged as a civil war of gigantici
magnitude. It was necessarily subject to.
all the' rules which by the laws of nations
I cootrol a contest of that character, and to
jail the; legitimate consequences following
lit: Oae of the consequences • was this :,
the limits presented by. humanity
the:cobqUered rebels were at the mercy of
their conquerors. The committee did not
deem necessary or proper to discuss the
qnestien whether the late Confederate
Stata are still Sales of this Union or can
ever be otherwise. Grant this profitless
abstract:lOn about which so many words
have keen wasted, it by no means follows l
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tnat the people of -those. States may not'
i place 'themselves in'a condition to abro
gate the Powers and privileges incident to'
:a State of the Union, and deprive them
; selves pretense of right to exercise
their power and, enjoy their privileges,
Thn committee' maintain no portion of
the people of this country, whether in a
State 'pr-Territory, hive the right, while
remaining on its soil, to withdraw frond or
reject:the authority of the United States.
"ie,botr.,B to 11)o Telirje!ples of Irtv, Dzhrohei, AO lip Vssehiiqqtiorl of iIToNIIIO,
WASHINGTON, June S
CaUDERSPORT, • PO'iltll - .COUNTY, PA t .TUESDAY, JULY 3, 1866.
They say it is quite evident from all tba
facts, and indeed from the whole mass of
testimony' subinitted by the President,
that in no instance was any regard paid
to any_ other consideration than obtaining
immediate admission to Congress under
the barren form of an election, in which
no precautions were taken to secure reg :
ularity of . proceedings, or the assent of
the people. -, , •
No Constitution has been legally adopt.
ed except, perhaps, in the State of Ten,
nessee, and Such eldctions as were held
were without the authority of law. _The
committee are accordingly forced to the
conclusion that the States referred to have
not' placed themselves in a coutlition to
maim representation in Congress, unless
all the rules which have since the foun•
dation of the Government, been deemed
essential in such _cases, shall be disre
garded. The committee then review, at
length the condition and feeling of the
Southern people, saying, among other
things, the latter claim as a right the
privilege of partionatinm c at once in!the
Government which ' for four years they
sought to overthrow, while their press
abound in abuse of the loyal States, and
efforts are made to perpetuate, the deadly
hate and discord I;etween the two sec•
tions, and excite hostility against the
Federal' Union.
The report, which is a long one, con
cludes as follows, which may be regarded!
as a summary of the whole case : I
"The evidence of tin intense hostility to!
the Federal Union, and an equally intense I
'eve of the late Confederacy, nurtured by
the war, is decisive. While it appears
that nearly all are willio'g to submit at
least for the time being, to Federal au
thority, it is equally, clear that the ruling
motive is a desire to obtain the advantage
which will ba;daritied from a representa
tion in Congress. Officers of the Union
army on duty, and .Northern men who go
Saab to engage in business, are generally
&tasted and proscribed. In some locali
-1 ties prosecutions have been instituted in
State Courts against Union officers for acts
' done in the lino of official duty, and sim
ttar prosecutions are: threatened elsewhere
as soon as the United States troops arc
removed. ,
All such .demonstrations show a state"
of feeling _ against which it is tin mis tak- 1
I ably necessaly,-to guard. The testimony
!is conclubive that after the collapse of the]
!Confederacy the feeling of the people of]
!!the rebellious States was that of abject
submission. Having appealed to the tri
bunal of arais, they had no hope except
that by the magnanimity or their con
querors, the lives, and possibly the pro
perty might be preserved..! Unfortunately
the general issue of pardnns to persons
who had beea prominent in; the late re
the feeling oflkindliness and
conciliation manifested by the Executive,
and very generally indicated throughout
the northern press. had the effect to ren
der whole communities forgetful of the
crimes they had committed.. '
Defiant . towards the Federal Govern
ment and regardless of - their duties as
citizens, the conciliatory measures of the
Government du not seem to have; been
_met, even half way. The bitterness and
defiance exhibited towards 'the United
IStates under such circumstances, is with- 1
out a parallel in the memory of the world
] In return for our leniency we receive only
lan insulting dental of our authority. In
1 return for our kind desire for the resump
j Lion of rights and privilea es es ] long since
! forfeited. The crime wehave punished
!is paraded as a virtue, and the principles
of republican government, which we have
j vindicated at so terrible a cost, are de
nounced aslunjust and oppressive.
If we add to this evidence the fact that
althoutili peace has been declared by the
Presideat, he-has not to-tais day deemed
it safe to restore the writ of habeas corpus,
to relieve the insurrectionary States of
1 martial ] law, nor to withdraw the troops
from many localities', and that_tho-ecan-
I manding general deems an increase of the
army indispensable to the preservation of
order and the protection of loyal and weli
disposed people in the South, the proof of
] a condition of feeling hostile to the Union
and dangerous to the Government
i throughout the insurrectionary States
would aeem to be alarming.
We now propose to restate as briefly as
possible: the several facts and principles
applicable to all the States recently in
rebellion. - 1
1.. The seats of Senators and Repre
sentatives frond the so•called Confederate
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- States hecame Vacant in the year. 1861,
durirr , the sec nd session of the Thirty-;
sisth e Congress by the voluntary with
drawal of their . ti'cambents, with thevanc
tion and by the direction of the' respect
ive States.
This 1
was doe as a i hostile act against
the Constitution and ,Government of the
United States, with a declared intent to
overthrow, the same by forming a SCuth
, ern Corifedßittion. This act of, declared
hostility was speedily folloWed by an lilt?
ganizatiod of the same States with a con
federacy which lived and waged war 12s
sea, and land against, the United States.
This War continued more than four years,
within which period the rebel armies bes j
sieges the National Capital, invaded the
loyal States, burned their towns and cities, I
robbed their citizens, destroyed more than
two hundred and fifty thousand loyal
soldiers, and imposed an increased national
burden of not less- than 63,500,000,000
of which seven or eight hundred millions
have already been met and paid. From
tho time 'these Confederate States thus
withdrew from their representation in
Congaess, and levied war against the
United States, the great mass ofj their
people became and were insurgents trai
tors, and all of them assumed and occu
pied the political, legal and practigal re
lation of enemies of the United jStates.,
This position is established by ncts of I
Congress and judicial decisions,j and isj
recognized repeatedly by the President in I
public proclamations, documents - and
speeches.
2.; The States thus confederated pro
secuted their war against the United States
to final arbitrament, and did not cease I
until; all their armies were captured, their'
military power destroyed, their civil offi•
cers, State and Confederate,' taken pris-
oners or put to flight, every veiiige of
State and Confederate Governmebt
erated, their territory overrun and occu- 1
pied by the! Federal armies, arid their
people reduced to the condition of enemies ,!
conquered - in war, entitled only byjpublic,i
i ll A
to such rits, privileces and condi-I
r
tins as mialit be vouchsafed by the con-
I qcerer. This position is also established
by judicial decisions, and Is recognizedj
by the President in public proclamations,
documents and speeches.
13. Having voluntarily deprtved them
selves of representation in Congress, for
ithe erlininal purposes of destroying the ]
Federal Union, atid i having reduced them
( selves, by the act ef levying war, to the
condition of public enemies, they have no
'right to complain of temporary exclusion
I from' Congress ; but, on thecontrisry, hay
; ing voluntaaily renounced their! right to
re,presentation,and disquali Sad themselves
Iby crime from-participating in the Gov
! ernment, the burden now rests upon them,
before ',Claiming to be reinstated in their
forwerl condition; to show that they are
qualified to resume Federal relations. In
!order to do this, they must prove that
I they Pace established, with the consent
lof the people, republican forms of govern
! went, in harmony with he Constitution
and laws of the United States; that old
hostile p rposes having ceased,and should
give adequate guarantees against future
treason end rebeliion, which will
against Isatisfactdry to the Governmelit against
which they have rebelled, and by whose
arms they were subdued.
4 Having by this treasonable with
' drawal from Congress ; and by flagrant
rebellion and war, fprfeited all civil and
political rights and privileges under the j
Federal Constitution; they can only be re-'
stored thereto, by the peruaission and ha- i i
thority of that constitutional power against
which they have rebelled, and by which
they were subdued.
5. These rebellious armies were con
quered by the people of the United States, ,
acting through all the cO l ordinate branches;
jof the Government, and not by the Ex- I
ecutive department alone.l The powers!
of Congress are not so vested in the Pres- I
ident that he can fix and regulate the!
terms of settlement, and confer Connes-j
sional representation upon conqueredreb
els-add traitors, nor can he in any way
qualify enemies of the Government to
' exercise its law-making power. The au-,
thority to restore rebels to political pryer
in the Federal Government can be exer-
cised only with the concurrence of all the!
departments in which pulitical bower isj
vested, and hence the several proclaina—
niations of the President to the people of
the Confederate States cannot be consid-1
ered as extending beyond the purpeses I
declared, and can only be regarded as prof-!
visional permission by the Commander-in- J
Chief of the army to do - ceitain acts, the;
validity whereof is io be determined hy
the Constitutional Government, and not
solely by the Executive Power.
6. j The question before Congress is,,
then, whether conquered enemies' hared
the right, and shall be permitted, at their I
own 'pleasure, and ou theirown terms, to'
participate in waking lajwsl for their con
querors; whether conquered rebels may I
charm , their theatre of operations from I
the battle-field, where they were defeated!
and overthrowc u to the halls of Congress,
and their, representatives seize the. Gov
ernment which they sought' to destroy;
whether the National Treasury, the army,
of the nation, its navy, its forts and arse.
pals, its whole civil administrations, its
credits, !its pensioners, the, widows and
orphans of these who perished in the war,
the public honor, peace and safity, shall
be turned over to the keeping of its iecerit
I enemies without delay and'lwithout impo-
I sing such conditions as in the opinion of
! Congress the security of the,country and
its instadtions may demand. I
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7. The history of mankind exhibits no
example of such madness and folly. The
he. Aria ffebs.
instinct ofseltpreservation protests against
it. The surrender by Grant to Lee, and
by Sherman tajohnston,would have been
disasters cf less magnitude_; for new armies
could have been raised new battles fought
and! the Government saved. The anti
coercive policy which, under the pretence
of avoiding blood-shed allowed the rebellion
to!take form and gather force , would be
surpassed in infamy by the matchless
wickedness that would now surrender the
ball of Congress to those so recently in re
-
lonian until proper precautions shall have
been taken to aecure the National faith
and the National safety. - •
S. It has been shown in this report and
in the evidence submitted, no proof has
been afforded to Congress of a constituen
cy in any of the so called Confederate
;States, unless we accept the State of Ten•
nessee, qualified to- elect. Senators and
'Representatives' in Congress No State
Constitation or amendment to a State'
Constitution ; has had the sanction of the
people. All the so-called legislation of
I the State Conventions and . Legislatures,
has been bad under military dictation.—
I If the President may at his will and under'
his own authority l whether as military
commander or chief executive, qualify
persons to appoint Senators and elect Rep
resentatives, and' empOsrer, others to ap
i point and elect them, he thereby practi
evilly, controls the; organization of the leg
'department. The constitutional
i forms of Government are, therefore, prat-!
tically destroyed, and its powers absorbed
in the Executive, and while your commit
tee do not for mo ment i m pute to th e
; president any such;design,but cheerfully
concede to him the most patriotic motives
they cannot bat dook with alarm upon 'a
precedent so fraught with danger to the.
Republic. , •
I 9 The necessity of providing adequate
safeguards for thn future,before restoring
~tbe .
insurrectionary: States to a participa•
Itient in the direction of public affairs, is
apparent from the bitter hostility to. the
IGovernment and people of the ;United
States yet e Lting; throughout the con
; queeed territory, las* proved incontestibly
by the testimony Of many witnessea, and
by undisputed facts. ,
'lO. The conclusion of your committee,
'therefore, is, that the so-called Confeder
ate States are not at present entitled to
representation, in the Congress of the
United Stales, I and that before allowing
such representation there, must be ntie
gnat° ;security for future peace l and safe's) ,
I should, be
,required ; that this dan only ;be
I found ; in such changes of the organic law
las shall determine the , civil rights and
privileges of, the citizens in all parts; of
the republic ; shall plaCe representation
on an equal basis; shall fix a stigman upon ;
t l reason, and protect the loyal people'
;against future claims for the expenses in_'
I curred in support of the rebellion and for
manumitted slaves manumitted slaves ; together with an ex-;
I Press grant of power in. Congress to en
' force these provisions i i Jro this end they'
;Offer ajoint resolution for amendinn , the
j Constitation of the ' United States, and
the two Several bills designed to carry' :
the same into effect befcreireferred to.
llefore closing this report, your com- 1
; mittee beg leave to state-that the Specific'
recommendations submitt7d by them are'
the result of concession, after a long and'
careful comparison of coo fiicting opinions. I
Upon a question of smolt magnitude, infi-I
uitely important as it is to the future of
the Republic, it was not to be expected
that all should !think alike. Sehsible of
the imperfections of the scheme, your
committee submit to Congress,as the best
they could agree upon, in the hope that
its imperfections way be cured.and its de
ficiencies supplied by legislative wisdom,
and that, when finally adopted, it way
tend to restoroTpeacto and harmony to the
whole, country,' and to place our republi
can institutions on ,a more stable founda
tion. r ,
The report iS signed by Messers. W P.
Fessendan, James W.Gritnes, Ira Harris,
J. M. 1I ward, ,George H. Williams'
Taddeus Stevens, Justin S Morrill, Jno.
A Pi3gbatn, Roscoe Conklin/3, George S.
Bontwell.
The dissentients are Senator Johnson
and Representatives ;Grinder sad Rodgers.
1
A young couple had been married by a!
Quaker Justice, and after the ceremony,
remarked to the Husband / t "Friend, thou
art now at the end of
. thy troubles." A
few weeks after, the young man came to]
the good man, boiling over with rac , e,(hisi
wife was ia regular vixen.) "I iriouuht ]
you told me that I was at the end cf my
troubles." "So I did,`friend, bat I did I
not say which end.'' ] '
- A German Spiritualist who called up
the spirit of Cmsar at the request of a vis
itor,
was confounded at the Gentleman's
addressing questions to the dead Cmsarl
in the Latin tongue. .The spirit replied
that he could only ] converse in French,
1 qertnan or whereupon the ab
-1 snrdity of the thing 'broke up the seance
in laughter naifdonfusion.
I , ]
As the qnickestivay to make ,a Ackrtpne
it cotemporarPsuniest.s marrying a-fash
ionable young lady and selling her clothes.
]
TERBIS.--$1,50 PER ANNUM.
[Prom—The Chicago Post.]
A Fast Young Man Comes to arta.
The Post Office has long been regardQl
by fast young men of Chicago as• one of
the most desirably assianation institutions
in the city. Young 'radios hover around
there' for the purpose of gettieg, answers
to tender missives,sent in answer toequally
tender matrimonial advertisements, and .
young gentlemen, and sometimes those of
middle age, and even elderly,wait to scan
the pretty faces of the applicants. ‘r So
common has this custom been that; rc•
spectable ladies are frighi.ened to appear
at that place,lest the§ might be mistaken
for,those who come there ,with a different
object from that of finding letters. -
On Saturday last a youog man came to
grief by presuming too far upon whist. he
supposed to be the general characteristics
of ladies who were habitually waiting for
letters. I Ile had seen for severai days a
strikingly pretty young lady make inqui ,
!ries regarding a particular box, and each
time turn away disappointed. Herwas a
!gay, fashionably dressed, and rather au
attractive youth in appearance and pre
suming on these qualities be made up Li
the young lady,aud in 'the blandest Wall.
oer requested the the privilege of eseortii,g
her home. The request was at first indig
nantly refusedibut almost immediately .t
new idea flashed across the brain Of ! the
merry young wife, and she graciously
{consented to acceps the escort.
1 Proudly and happily Mr. L---,-(his real
name need not be given in the meantime
escorted the apparently enamored lady to
the Madison streetcar. Seatdd beside her
he entertains her with a liveliest talk,aud
upon arriving at Aberdeen street, he gal
-1
feu tly assisted her to allight and proffering
her his arin,the two walked on pleasantly
together. Upon approaching her resideuea
the lady became suddenly timid. She
was afraid that some of her husband's
ifriends might see them together, and re
-Iquested him to leave her in the meantime
land to steal in the woodshed behind the
1 house, and there she would 'come to hie.'
when the domestics had retired; Mr.
was speedily - ensconced in the place 'pre
scribed, and scarcely was he' so when a
hack drove up
,to the front deer add the
husband (he whose letters she had been
anxiously expe.cting) leaped out. Th e e
wicked wife merrily told him abaut I dler a
iveature,ancl described the animals:le bad
1 caged in the woodshed.
Oa tatfirday Inight, it will be remem
bered it was bitter cold. The husband
upon bearing his young wife's story, slid
silently from the house and Jacked the
door of the shed l in which the gig Lotharie
was concealed. I Through the opeoing, of
the shed they could see him as hiti crouched
behind a couple of empty barrels,and the
; h dsband and wife and a couple of servants
enjoved themselves hugely for a time
watching him as he sat shivering in his
wretched corner. The malicious young
wife then suggested that he should , be
,more thoroughly cooled and at her request
the garden engine was brought, the hose
of which was inserted silently through au
aprierture close ;behind his back.
I The husband' and servant then weiit to
work with a will, while the object'of his
; .pursuit directedithe n tream. In less than
minute he was do pl4ely deluged, and
pr more than iten minutes he danced
airound the wood-shed,bellowibg and curs' ,
ing like a maniac, while all the time the
stream, directed! by a vengeful little ha!nd
1
Poured upon biro. At , last upon Lbegin
ding to show symptoms of exhaustian,i,he
door was opened,and ho was brought forth
i 6 a most miserable plight. The husband
Conducted him to the gate by the ear, he
4hining:piteously,meanwhile,and in order
tb restore some' egree
~of twarmth to his
frame administered a series of vigorous
kicks to a portion of his body a few inches
below the_buttons on thd back of his coat.
This last operation wns. ! witnessed, by
several persons,land thel gallant,
.taking
them as witoesses,proceeded to the West
Side Police Station, and gave in a Charge
of assault against the gentleman.! The
young gallant after getting thaw ed,thought
it prudent to kelp out of the way,so that
no prsectition h&ei taken place.
. ,
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Cyrus W. Fitl i d has made tl.irty thrdd
voyages across t e ocean: on the Atlantic;
telegraph basiniss. r
There are teninewspapers in the ruited
States coaducte:d by collsled urea—wie
daily and nine Iveeklies.
In Austria One circusses have been
compelled to elcise up, beam:Lae the Gov.
eminent needs all the hems.
1 1
A new mineral has been 'discove t red , in
,
Chili, Cotaining iten percent. of iodine. A
cargo of it will represent a fortune,'
I
In , acidly it is the custom td crush
strawberries with white powered' sugar
and squeeze theejuice of an orange or two
over them.
The Raleigh, North Caronoa,
propose to" areet a monument over the
grave of Andrew Johnson's father
'buried in that city.
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