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AREuARKABLE CURE OF 4 CASE or DROP.

4 REHARKABLB CURE OF A CASE or DROP.
ST CURED By MRS. MANCHESTER
This is TO certify that have been cured of the
Dropsy of fifteen years standing by Mrs. Haaches.
ter. have been to physicians in Boston, New York
and Philadelphia. They all told me that they could
do nothing for me. unless they tapped me, and as.
sured me that BY tapping could live but short
time. had made up my mind to 20 home and live
as long as could with the disease, and then de- On
my way home stayed over night in Portland with
friend Of mine. and told them what my mind was
IN regard to my disease. They finally persuaded me
to 20 and see Mrs. Manchester. She examined me
and told me my case exactly.
was so much astonishei to think that she told me
correctly. that told her that would take her med
cnes not having the least faith that they would do
me any good. or that should get the slightest relief
from any course whatever; finally took the medi
cine and went home. In one week from the time |
commenced taking the medicine, I had over three
gallons of water pass me in seven hours; and my fi.
low sufferers may be assured that was great relief
to me. had not been able to lie down In bed A,
night before this for two years Now can lie down
with perfect ease. have taken her medicine for
eight months, and am as well any man could wish
TO be, and no signs Of dropsy. ! would advise all
that are sick TO 20 and consult Mrs Mdmchestey,
even If they have been given up by other ply.
sicians. have sent her number Of cases of other
diseases, and she has cured them also. Go and see
for yourselves. had no faith, but now my faith
cannot be shsked In her skin in telling and curing
disease. CHARLES s. HARMON,
SARAH +. HARMON,
MARY A. HARMON.
Bangor. Maine, April2d
OFFICE HouRs-From A. II. till T. n.
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Eclectic Medical Ifssirnlary,
tn THE IkntES

nR. HUGHES particularly invites all Ladies who
IL need medical adviser, 70 call at his rooms No
6Tempe Street, which they will find arranged for
their especial accommodation.
DR.. IL Eclectic Renovcting Medicincsare unriy al.
led in efficacy snd superior virtue in regulating all
Female Irregularities Their action Is specific and
certain of producing relief ia a short time.
LADIES will fnd il invaluable In all cares Of oh.
structons after all other remedies have been tried In
vain. Ii Is purely vegetable. containing nothing in
the least injurious TO the health aud may be taken
with perfect safety at all times.
Sent to any part ofthe country with full direetions
By addressing DIR HUGHES
NOD Temple Street, corner of Middle, Portland.
N.B.-LADiIS desiring may consult one ofthelr
ownsex. lady of experience In constant attend
1nna. iulidawts3
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York d Cumberland Railroad.
WINTER ARRANGEMENTS.
r$zySSs.1 On and after Monday, Oct 20, lsss

The LOO L. N. train out and the go A. NJ. train
into Portland will be Freight Trains, with Passenger
Cars attached.
Fares cents less when tickets are purchased at
the Office than when paid in the cars.
Oct. %, 1853. diff DAN CARPENTER, Sup't
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MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD.
SUMNER ARRANGEMENT.

LHzssTxzss5- On and after Monday next passenger
4r1Sessxxcss trains viii leave depot of Grand Trunk
hailroad IN Portland, for Lewiston and Auburn
1.45 A. NJ.
For Bangor and all intermediate stations at 10 p,
". on arri, val of trains from Boston.
Returning trains leave Lewiston and Auburn for
Portland at 6 80 A. ".
Leave Bangor for Portland at 80 A. N. Both
trains connect with through trains TO Boston and
Lowell.
Freight train leaves Portland daily for all stations
on line of this road al 5 A. N.
Tickets sold at the depot Of the Grand Trunk Rail.
road In Portland for all stations GU this rosd.
June l. 1868 ii
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ONE or THE GREATEST CURES on RECORD.
Mrs. MAsoHEsTER-Dear Madam - Thinking 4
statement Of my case may be of service to others
similarly afflicted. i hasten to give it TO You.
This Is briefly my easel wastaken sick about Is
months ago with the Liver Complaint In very bad
form. applied to four different ply sicisns but re.
eeived no benefit until called onyou. At that time
had given up business. and in very bad state,
but after taking your medicine for short time be.
gan 10 recover, and in two months was entirely
well. and had gained several pounds of flesh, and
can truly say that BY your skill am perfectly heal.
thy man. JOSEPH DAVIS
Boston Maine Depot Portland. Ne.
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Physician & Surgeon,
90 COURT STREET corner of Howard Ro,tor
on is consulted daily from 10 until O. and from &
TO in the evening on all diseases of the Urinary
and Genital Organs scrofulous Affections Uumors
Of all kinds, Sores, Ulcers and Erupions, Female
Complaints, &c. An experience of over twenty
years extensive practice enables DR.. NJ 10 cure al
the most difficult cases. Medicines entirely vcgeta.
ole ADVICE FREE.
Mrs: NJ, who Is thoroughly vtrsed n the affective
maladies of the sex, can be consulted by ladies.
nurses
Boston, April %, 1888. cody
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Portland Office. l66 Fore st.
JOHN W. MUNGER & SON, Agents.
sepi22tf
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Boston
Union Match Company.

THIS celebrated Company, though but of few
Il years standing, manufacture the various STYLES
Of FRICTION WITCHES, and have sales not ex.
ceeded by any other manufacturing company in the
United States. The celebrity of their matches is
honestly acquired, and exciteh the jealousy and i'll
will of older and less careful manufacturers. Com.
binng all the good qualities of the old with such
cceded In presenting 10 the public, aud obtaining
its appreciation, r match which, IN all desirable
qualities, Is superior to any other in use. The sub
scrIber Il an agent for this company, aud win be
constantly supplied to meet the wants OF the trade
at the lowest prices, wholesale and retail.
RUFUS QUSHMAN,
novl3 d2w rs Fore Street
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Portland and New York steamers
SEMI,WEEKLY LINE.

SEMI WEEKLY LINE.
The splendid and fast Steamships
rxaS "CHESAPEAkE." Capt. wILLErr,
~L~LEand POTOMAC" Captain SHEI.
E1Sszkfzs6 WOOD, viii until further notice run
as follows:
Leave Browns Wharf, Portland, every wEDNES.
DAY and SATURDAY, at4P NJ. and leave Pier
9North River, New York, every WEDNESDAY
and SATURDAY at O'Clock, +. NJ.
These vessels are fitted up with fine accommodations
for passengers making this the speedy safe ard
comfortable route for travellers between New York
and Maine. Passage $780, including Fare and State
Rooms.
Goods forwarded by this line to and from Montreal
Quebec, Bangor, Bath, Augusta, Eastport and st.
John.
shippers are requested TO send their freight to the
leave Portland
For freight or passage apply TO
EMERY & FOX, Browns Wharf, Portland.
H. b. CROMWELL & CO., No. So West Street.
New York.
Dec. 0. 1852. dtf
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4 nnn GALLONS OF PORTLAND kEko
Il .OOO sENE OIL. for sale at the lowest eash
price, by JOHN PURlSToN, -.
noyi6.edlw No. ls5 Fore street.
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STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION
-oF The
City Fire Insurance Co..

OF NEW HAVEN, CONN.-NovENBgn lsr 1899
Capital actually paid up. ....... $4,000
ASSETS.
Cash on hand, se545 50
Cash in hands of agents, 510 az
Cash loaned on call and time, 2I3a5 a;
Cash loaned on mortgage of real estate, 49, Col 20
United States TIT asury notes. 3-l0, l3I9O 90
% Certificates OF Indebtedness
hoo.interest added, l4ls a. gold paying, 49, 4ls Il
,sl7,eoo-interest added, l72ls 90
United States $40 bonds, 81 OO0 90
gil shares bank stock, market value, 9e, 792 SO
45 New Haven Gas Light Co., 1875 %
lW water Company. 1900 %
sos Railroad stocks market value, s7745 90
Bonds Railroad and other. $3.50 90
Real estate owned by company. zoo 90
Amount OF all other assets. 1928 80
Total assets of the COMPANY ss9334o 81
TER CONTRA
Amt Of fire risks In force Nov 1, 1863 50 32s l6s 3S
ofiosses upon which the liability
ofthe Company Is not determined, 5000 %
Money borrowed at per cent interest 10
purchase L: S, $50 bonds. 1900 90
Amount OF All other claims. 800 90
JOHN FIELD, Secretary.
Ne,c Hdrea County SIS, Neic Hdrea, c. Nor L. 's3
Personally appeared Wells southworth, President,
and John Field, Secretary, OF the above Company
and seyerslly made oath tina, the above statement y
them signed is in their belief tue. Before me-
JOHN 3. GRAVES, Notary Public
JOHN W. MUNGER & SON, Agents,
No. l66 Fore St.. head of Long wifi,
Doy24 PORTLAND, NE.
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G. w. ROBINSON & co,


HAVE JUST OPENED large and rich stock of
French Thibets. Poplins and Alpaccas IN Wine
Color, Scarlet, Magenta, Brown, Blue and Green
Also, full assortment of Plain Doeskins, Beavers
spangled Beavers. &C., &c, in all the now shades
Scarlet and Blue Broadcloth in English and Am.
erican Goods, which they arc prepared to make TO
order in the latest style.
Plain Scarlet aud Scotch Plaids, Long and Square
Shawls, finest quality and best style
Superior quality of Plain Silks, in all the new and
desirable shades.
large lot of Extra Quality All Wool Blankets,
at less than the Agents prices
Winter Flannels, Balmorals, &C., &c.
Their Cloak Department contains all the new
styles of Fall and Winter Garments, at very low
prices.
gR-Corner of Congress and Preble Streets
ocl7
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Havana Sugar.
81. LoIlls Flour.

900 BONES BROWN SUGAR nov landing from
. bark Alton, and for sale at 20 SSn', MARI
noy20 d8wt nor I'M EAioN
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s42s, ls3 30
ASSETS, AS FOLLOWS.
Cash on hand and in banks, ss65i Of
Cash In hands of agents and others in
course of transmission, l5 90 O2
s25 coo IT, s. 5-20S per cent Bonds, 250o0 90
SIS, 400 L. 3. 80 Treasury Notes, l6.47S 90
s1 600 L. s. per ct Certificates and intst IS $50 co
Real estate owned by the Co. unincumbered So %
Loans on mortgages real estate within
the Common ealth of Massachusetts,, Sl,125 40
LOG. shares Bank Stock as per schedule, ll0320 so
ga " Railroad" S4l5o 90.
$3.50 Watertown and Rome X r. Bonds, 1850 90
Loans personal and collateral security, 26G42 s2
All other securities, 5,7l3 is
s42s, 1873 90
PER CONTRA.
All outstanding claims, Sl3914 "A
No liabilities 10 banks individuals. except Office
expenses.
Amount of risk Nov l, 1863 % AS. $50 90
(" necessary TO reinsnre the above. 9d03s es
tSignedl VIM. CONNER, Jg., Secretary.
Commonwealth of Massa .husetts,l
Hampden, IS.
Springfield, Nor. H. 1865.
Subscribed and sworn TO before me,
JoHs NJ. SrEBBISs Justice of the Peace.
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Assets. over Seven Million Dollars,

United States and State OF New York
Stock City. Bank and other Stocks, 81 SIG. $50 50
Loans secured by stocks sndothcrwise, l4l62 20 4!
Real Estate and Bonds and Mortgages. 233, 80 %
Dividends on Stocks, Interest on Bonds
aud Mortga yes aud other Loans, sundry
due the Company. estimated at 1872 sss So
Premium Notes nd Bills Receivable, 2.464 O62 So
Cash in Bank, e37te 20
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MORE TESTIMONIALS!
.
M II s. M ANCHES TER

49, ~ ~ &HA - ~ ~ - - ~ l. - ~
constantly receiving unsolicited testimonials OF
the astonishing cures performed by her. Among
many recently received the following. which are
commended TO the notice Of the Afflicted Mrs Man
chester may be consulted at
No. ii Clapp's Block, Room No. 9.
CASE or SPINAL DISEASE CURED.
This is to certify that went to see Mrs Manches.
ter last March with daughter of mine troubled with
spinal disease for which she had been doctored for
fseycars, and by number OF physicians of all
kinds; and she has had twenty-one applications OF
electricity applied, but all TO effect but she con.
tinually grew worse. | came TO the conclusion, as
the last resort, TO go and see Mrs Manchester and
did so; aud to my great surprise she told the first
cause Of the disease and how she had been from time
to time, which encouraged me to try her medicines
fdidso. and now my daughter is able to be around
the house all of the time. She also rides ten or az
teen miles without any trouble or nconvenieuoe and
Think in short time she will be restored 10 perfect
health Since my daughter has been doctorina, 1
have heard Of great many cases that Mrs. Manchts
ter has cured. ! think if any person deserves pat.
roDage 1; is the who tries to preserve the health
Of the sick and suffering; and know that she uses
every effort which lies in her power to benefit her
patients. SARAH l.. Ksraura
GEORGE KNIGHTS,
ABBy Z. KNIGHTS
EMMA KNIGHTS.
n.~... -.
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| n S u r A N CE.

r 1921, 62s 90
Faid for Claims by Death, on
26 Policies: .:.............. s5I,fo0oo
Balance of distribution to Pol
icy Holders. 2nJls;
Paid for Salaries, Rents Med
ical Examinations. &c,..... l545F
Paid Commissions to Agents, l525s5s
Paid Dividend TO Guarantee
Stockholders, ....,...,...... 10000
Paid for Reinsurance, ........ 393 81
Paid for Surrendered aud Can.
oelsd Policies, ...,,...... 22,o79o OF sll67 2s 10
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS. S604 1893 Al
Assets August /, 1853, invested as follows:
Mortgages on Real Estate tunincumbered) S213 $50 90
Loan Notes with interest accrued go. l77777 "a
Three Hundred aud Twenty-Three Shares
Bank stock. -. ;...."..: ........ 2752e25
Loans on COllaterals and personal securi.
ties: .....,.,.........,...... $1,000
United States Treasury Securities. 145A4 90
Michigan state Bond. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1000 90
Real Estate, lat cost. h................. 9632 "a
Deferred Premiums and Agents accounts 81 1922 As
Cash on hand, .....................,... 1872 81
S6o4 ,s9s IL
Whole number Of Policies in force .S,lo2.
Amount ri risk, &c, 400
c. RICE, President,
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STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION
10y THT-
Springfield Fire and Marine Ins. Co..

OF SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
On the first day Of November. lsG3, In conformity
with the Laws of the State OF Maine
Surplus. ..................... as, 1s3 90
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DIR. JOHN G., MOTT.

OFFICE HouRs-From A. n. TIL p N.
auglT III & outal ed
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-12-10
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT.

mass meeting was held at New York on Thursday
TO have been great The Mayor presided and
the meeting addressed by several dstiDg gem
tlenen. The following letter from Presdeut Lincoln was
read and ELECTED much applause
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
HdShingfon, December 2, 1868.
Messrs Geo Opdyke Jos. Sutherland, Baoj f. Msnlerre
Prosper N. Wetmore, aud Spencer Kirby, committee:
Yours C the 25th utmo, inviting TO be present at
meeting to be held at the Cooper Institute the Sd in
san to promote the raising sf volunteers received
Nothing would be agreeable to my feelings or bet
ter accord with my judgment to contribute il cou
by my presence otherwise, to that eminenty patriotic
obJsct Nevertheless the early meeting of Congress-
together with temporary Illness renders my attendance
impossible
You purpose, also, to celebrate Western victories
Freed from apprehension of woundng the just sensbtes
Of our brave soldiers fighting elsewhere it would be ex-
ccedingy agreeable t. join suitable acknowledg
ment to those of the great West with whom was born
and have passed my hie Aud it is exceedingly gratifying
that portion lately of the Army of the Potomac but
serving with the great Army OF the West have borne
corspcuous a part in the late brilliant triumphs in
Georgia ...t..
Honor 10 the soldier and sailor every where who brayey
bears hs couutrys cause Honor also to the citizen who
Tor his brother in the field and serves ss he best
the Honor to him only less than to him
who braves Tor the good the of Heaven
and the storms OF BATH.
Your obedient servant, A. LINCOLN
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-12-10
OPENING OF CONGRESS.

We need not remind our readers that this is the
day appointed by law for the assembling Of the
Thirty-eighth Congress of the United States. 1t
meets under circumstances which will give to its
deliberations and decisions an interest second only
to that which attended the proceedings Of the last
Congress, when in its opening session, it was call
ed to devise ways and for the defence of the
Government from an armed sedition threatening
the safety Of the very Capitol in which the Repre-
sentatiyes of the Loyal States were gathered.
The time has passed when any apprehensions
of this kind can longer excite the socitude of the
people in behalf of the National Legislature But
when We reflect how largely the measures that shall
be adopted by the present Congress must tend to
give color to our national destiny in all time to
come, it is safe to say that rarely has any body Of
men been called to act as the depositares of inte
rests vast or the arbiters of issues involving so
much of good or evil to this great people Con-
vened under auspices which give so much of dig
nifty and solemnty to their deliberations, the Rep
resentatves of the Loyal States and people now
called, if ever men we've so called, to put aside
passion and prejudice, that they may keep single
eye to the welfare of the nation, and that, dis
charging all their duties under profound sense
of their responsibility to God and the country, they
may be able by their wise counsels and prudent
measures to restore union and peace throughout
all our borders, and transmit the blessings of free
constitutional Government to our latest posterity.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-12-10
P II o G. L A NJ A TION.

WHEREAS, in and by the Constitution of the United
Sates, 1t is provided that the President shall have power
to grant repreves and pardons for offences against the
United States except in cases " impeachment y
And whereas rebellion exists whereby the loyal
State Governments Of the several States have for ug
time been subverttd aud many persous have committed
and are now guilty OF treason agsnt the United States
And whereas, with reference to said rebellion and trea-
son laws have been enacted by Congress declaring for
eiures and c,nfscaiion of property and liberation Of
slaves all upon terms and conditions therein stated and
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-12-10
THE CONSERVATIVE PLATFORM.

The following are the resolutions adopted at
meeting of the conservative members of the House
of Representatives held on the 2Sth of June last.
They were promulgated at the time as the express
sion of the views which then obtained among their
authors with regard to the origin and objects of
the "war for the Union" These resolutions were
originally published in the Intelligenoer of July
lst 1862 .... . I'LL.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-12-10

We are happy to announce that Admiral SHUBRIcK has
so far advanced in his convaesceuce to receive his
friends The progress Of his recovery though slow has
been steady showing the perfect q his vital
energies.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-12-10

The Springfield (Mass) Republican says Somehow
radical friends who have been deaouucing the Cons
tuton for the last quarter Of century covenant
with death snd agreement with hell, to have got
the idea that the war has abolished the Constitution The
rebels thlnk too Both sra mistaken. Tho Constit,l,
ton still lives, and will not only survive ths war but bids
fair to stand for some blessed centuries o national pescs
aud prosperity yet To come"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-01-17

the said railroads and branches shall not be
commenced within FIVE years, and complet-
ed within twenty years, the said State of
Kansas shall be bound to pay 10 the United
States the amount that may be received up
on the sales of ANY part of said lands By
said State, the title to the purchasers under
said State remaining valid, and the title TO
the residue of said lands shall revert to the
| United States, to have and to hold the same
IN the same manner as if this act had not
been passed.
SEC. 5. And be IL further enacted, That
the United States mail shall at all times be
transported on the said railroads and branch
es, under the direction of the Post Office
Department, at such prices as Congress may
by law direct.
SEC. 6. Ind be 1t further enacted, That
there be. and is hereby, granted to the
State of Kansas, for the purpose of enabling
said State to indemnify hereelf for losses
suffered during the troubles of eighteen
hundred and fifty FIVE, eighteen hundred
and fifty-six, and eighteen hundred and fifty
seven, one million of acres of public lands,
to be selected, in subdivisions agreeable to
the United States surveys, by an agent or
agent to be appointed by the Governor of
said State, subject to the approval of the
Secretary of THE Interior, from any lands
within said State, subject to private entry.
SEC. 7. And be 1t further enacted, That
before it shall be competent for said State to
dispose of any of the lands granted in sec
ton six of this act, the Legislature of said
State shall consent to receive the same. and
to release the United States from liability on
on the part of her citizens, and every part
| thereof.
SEC. 8. Arad be 1t further enacted, That
there be, and is hereby, granted to the said
State of Kansas, for the purpose of aiding
said State in erecting deaf and dumb, blind
and insane asylums, thirty (3O) sections of
public lands; and for completing the capitol
buildings, twenty sections, in addition to
those already granted, to be selected, in
subdivisions agreeable to the United States
surveys, by an agent or agents to be appoint
ed by the Governor of said State, subject to
the approval of the Secretary of the Interior,
! from any lands in said State subject to pr-
vate entry.
SEC. 9. And be 1t further enacted, That
the lands hereby granted as designated in
section eight of this act, shall be subject to
the disposal of the Legislature of said State
for the purposes therein specified, and no
other
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-01-17
PROCLAMATION OF FREEDOM.


True to his promised word, the Presi-
dent of the United States, upon the first
day of the New Year that has Just opened,
issued the benefcent proclamation which is
to prove the boon of freedom to the Afri-
can race in this country. Over three mil
lions of human beings are enfranchised from
a thralldom which has been growing sever
er with the passing years of centuries, by
this gracious act. Unconscious though he
may be, and seems to be, of the fact, this
deed of President Llncoln's will make him
the great historic character in the annals of
the American Nation. The names of other
statesmen and Presidents may be linked
with great victories, with triumpbs of poll
cies, and the rise and downfall of parties;
but the luster of victories will fade as years
60 by, policies will be forgotten by genera
tons to come, and the memory of parties
will survive only in the condensed para
graphs of the historian; while great deed
for humanity. reaching to millions and their
posterity. lifting them at one grand eleva-
ton from the plane of goods and chattels
to that of men, will survive and grow
brighter and brighter as the ages roll on.
We could wish that the proclamation had
been less apologize in its tone. 1t may
need the basis of military necessity to rem
der it constitutional; but it needs nothing
of that kind to commend it to the "consid-
crate judgment of mankind and the gracious
favor of Almighty God" 1t is not an, act
to be apologized for, but rather to be glo-
ried in and rejoiced over. President Lin
coin should be glad that the military neces-
sites of the country have made it his priv
ilege and duty to strike death-blow at the
giant crime of the age-the most hideous
barbarism of the nineteenth century.
The deed cannot be undone. No matter
how this civil war may terminate, the fet-
ters of the slave once broken. can never be
reforged. 1t may require long years of
strife, and much wandering in the wilder
ness, before the Promised Land shall be
reached; but, of one thing we may be sure,
the Red Sea has been crossed, and the land
of bondage left forever behind!-Laa0rence
Republican.