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Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1864-05-31
Over Eight Per Cent Interest

III CURRENCY. anu are OI ds
permanent or temporary investment.
| 1t is believed tha, no securities offer SO
great inducements 10 lenders as the various
descriptions Of U. S. Bonds. In all other
forms Of Indebtedness, the faith or ability OF
private parties or stock companies or sepa-
rate communities only is pledged for pay
ment, while for the debts of the United States
the whole property of the country is holden
to secure the payment Of both principal and
interest in coin
These Bonds may be subscribed for in
sums from $50 mp TO any magnitude. on the
same terms, and are thus made equally avail
capitalist. They can be converted into money
al any moment. and the holder will have the
benefit of the interest.
Ii may be nseful to state in this connection
States on which interest is payable in gold,
on the 81 day of March 1864, was T76s, $685.
900. The interest on This debt for the coming
fiscal year will be Si5 1897, ,l26, while the
Su>tpus au r''u i'i tht Shs NSNoi
year, ending June 3Olh, 1864, has been so far
at the rate of over 5 90 100000 per annum.
1t will be seen that even the present gold
revenues of the Government are largely in
excess of the wants of the Treasury FOR the
payment Of gold interest. while the recent
increase the tariff will doubtless raise the
annual receipts from customs on the same
amount of importalions, 10 Sl50,oOO,0 900 per
annum.
Instructions TO the National Banks acting
as loan agents were not issued from the
United States Treasury until March 26, but
in the first three weeks of April The subscrip-
iions averaged more than TEN MILLIONS A
WEEK.
Subscriptions will be received BY all
NATIONAL BANKS
which are deposiraries OF Public money, and
all
RESPECTABLE BANKS AND BANKERS
throughout the country, (acting as agents of
the National Deposit Banks) will furnish
further information on application and
AFFORD EVERY FACILITY TO SUBSCRIBERS.
May e, ls64mir1co
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1864-05-31
ESTRAY.

~NEa Came 10 nv premises about the
s,LN 18th inst, THREE SHEEP AND
ONE LAMB. The owner is requested 10
prove property, pay charges. and take them
away. JOHN DlEHL
Near Laurelton, May 80, 1864
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1864-05-31

TcstimOni:lIs.-Th following opinion
of Dr White a. To the high esteem i'll which ne
holds the Dental Cream, must be sufficient
evidence of It's value. To quote others In
detail is needless, con,en,ing ourselves by
simply giving the names and addresses Of
persons who speak OF It's excellence for the
teeth.
PBiIADEIpRr,. April IL, ls62.
Having carefully examined 4 HA VLEI'S .SOLiDi
FLED DENTAL C3Ei N. I ch-erfully recommend 1t to
the public generally. 1t II excellent aration for
cleansing and preserving the eth, and be used by
ali persons with the utmost coufd its properties
perfectly harmless Besides preserving the teeth 1t
promotes a healthy sction TO the gums aud impsrts q
I" De. VI. r. WHITE, 1908 Arch St.
Taos I>GRAN, y, Dentist, i9l n Fourth st
RlEkEY, ~ : sixth st
T. EV.NDsEsIiCE. Surgeon Dentist i25 Arch st
&. 4. KiNSsEUEr, Dentist, ! Il9 Walnut st
DlLLINIH.S. u ID :. 75i Arch It
b. VI DIXON, 81 Arch 1t
EDWARD ToHN-tSI Dentist, 525 Fourth Sc
l. H. p0RPHIEY, Dentist, so: y Tenth st
NJ l.. Lose, Dentist 62y y Sixth ct
iyl050 II Sl5 Jw
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1864-05-31

RESIGNED Brig. Gen. Andrew Por-
ter, recently mustered out of service as
Brig. Cen, has resigned his position as
Colonel in the regular army.-L.cc,ange.
Good Andrew Porter was educated at
the public expense, and never rendered a
day's ac;ual or valuable service to his
country, and therefore his riidance by
resignation makes room for some good
man, whose heart is iu the cause Of his
Goverumcnt 1t would be well for the
country if more such men as this Porter
resigued. lie and his kind have long
been losfers on the Government, to its
scandal and its expense, and hence no one
will repine at his observation-disclosures
burg Telegraph.
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1864-05-31
Voice Of the German Reformed
Church.

At the three hundredth anniversary of
the Heidelburg Catechisn, celebrated in
Reading, Pa, last week, by the German
Reformed Cturch-represen,ing half a
million Of intelligent and worthy citizens
ofloyal States-the following resolutions
we're passed, With only two or three die
senting votes:
Remirea, That this Convention deems
it right and proper to give expression to
the unfalteriug devotion With which the
Reformed Church in the United States
has hitherto sustained the cause Of our
common country, and We earnestly urge
our clergy and lairy to continue TO labor
aud pray for the success Of the Gotern-
ment in its efors to suppress the existing
rebellion aud to restore pesce and union.
Rcsolced, That we deeply sympathize
with the brave soldiers aud sailors, who
are enduring the dangers aud privations
of the military service, and We earnestly
invoke the blessings Of Almighty God
upon them, aud the patriotic endeavors to
uphold the honor of the National Flag,
and the integrity Of the Government.
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1864-05-31
US, 1910 BONDS.

THESE Bonds are issued under the Act
Il OF Congress OF March sih, 1854, which
provides tha, al Bonds issued under this
Ac, shall be EXEMPT FROM TAXATION
by or under any slate or municipal au hor-
ity. Subscriptions TO these Bonds are recelv-
ed in United States notes or notes of Nation
al Banks. They are TO BE REDEEMED
IN COIN, at the pleasure Of the Government,
al any period noi less than ten nor mne Than
f1r.y years from their date, and until their
redemption FIVE PER CENT. INTEREST
WILL. BE PAID IN COIN, on Bonds OF not
over one hundred dollars annually and on all
other Bonds semi-annually. The interest is
payable on the first days Of March and Sep
tember in each year.
Subscribers will receive either Registered
or Coupon Bonds, as they may prefer. Reg
istered Bonds are recorded on the books Of
the U. 5. Treasurer, and can be transferred
only on the owners order. Coupon Bonds
are payable 10 bearer, and are more conve-
nient for commercial uses.
Subscribers TO this loan will have the option
of having thel. Bonds draw interest from
Aarch lst. by paying the accrued interest in
coin-(or in United States notes, or the notes
of National Banks, adding fifty per cent. fOr
premium,) or receive them drawing interest
from the date OF subscription and deposit
As these Bonds are
Exempt from Municipal or State TaIs;lon.
their yalue is increased from one 10 three Del
cent per aunum. according 10 the raie OF lax
levIes in various parts Of the country.
Al the present rate OF premium on gold
they pay
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1864-07-15

Why ENGLlsHMEN SYNPArInzE WITH THE
REBELLloN?--The question is answered in
very plain language by tho Newcastle eng
land) Daily Chronicle of the Sd inst, in n
long article on American affairs, in which
that journal itself takes strong ground in
support of the national cause:
"1he real reason Of the prevailing sympa-
thy for the Confederstes intimately coucerns
ourselves. That reason was long since avowed
by the Saturday Review. The battles OF de-
mocracy and despotism, Of progress and re.
action, nre being fought on slaveholding soil.
The slave-dealing aristocrats of the South.
like the despotic Governments Of Germany,
arc waging the world.old fight against the
rights of man. But in America, 1t is not
only the reduction, but the diShonor Of de-
lnocracy that is sought. No greater .ques-
tion for the working man has arisen since
tho days of Christ for the South designs to
found on slavery and crime a new system Of
civilization In that system white and
colored laborers are alike liable to be includ-
ed. The slave-owners have therefore proved
themselves the enemies, not of tho negroes
only, but OF all mankind. Is it to such enc
mics, we ask again, that England should give
her sympathies?"
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1864-07-15

An English paper contains the following ad'
vertisement :-'.wauts o situation, Q practical
printer. who Is competent to take charge Of any
department In printing and publishing house
Would accept professonhip In any Of the
academies. Has no objection to teach orna'
mental painting and pcnmanship, geometry
trigonometry, and many other sciences. II
particularly suited to act as pastor to small
Evangelical church, or rs local preacher. Hs
would have no objection to form small but Sc.
ect class Of interesting young ladies' to instruc.
In the highest branches. To dentist or chi.
ropodist he would be invaluable. as he car, do
almost anything. Would board with o family,
II decidedly pious." ........
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UNITED KINGDOM.
UNITED STATES.

"Thus II appears by the census Of each
nation" says Mr.. Walker, "that, each in.
crcasing in the same ratio respectively as for
the last decade. the wealth OF the United
States in 1880 would exceed that Of the Unit
cd Kingdom S23 743,5lS,S49; that in 1890
il would DO much more than double. and in
1900 approaching quadruplo that OF the
United Kingdom. When we reflect that
England increases in wealth much moro rap
idly than any other country ot Europe, the
value of these statistics may DO estimated, as
proving how readily our national debt can DO
extinguished without oppressive taxation"
Let us not forget that our nation Is yet in
its earliest youth; that II We take care to
establish liberty and promote intelligence
within all our boundaries, we may expect the
United States to endure rs long ut least ss
the English nation has lasted; that we have
as vet but scratched the ground with hoe,
while in Europe it has been already srenched
and manured; that our. greatest sources OF
wealth are untouched; and that while We
arc free we shall enjoy not only our national
increase, but the enormous addition OF pop
ulatiou and wealth which comes to US from
the fact that we drain over-populated Europe
of It's laboring clases.--N. Y. Evening
posf III 80. ...'-. .r.. 80 .NFHU I.
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Managing q Husband.

"How do you manage your husband. Mrs.
Croaksri 6ueh Job - I have Of is with
Smith," . l'.-g.r .Ia q
Easiest thing In the world. my dssri give
him twiteh backward when sou want him TO
60 forward. For instance. Jon zee, to-day
had Q loaf Of cake to make. r.r,., roir
Well. do you suppose because my body 10 10
the pastry.room, my soul need bs there tool
Not . bit Of t. lam thinking Of all sorts OF
celestial things al the while. '1'4l .'I'
Now Crosier has way Of tagging round 1t
my heels. and bringing me plump down In the
midst Of my srial fights, by asking me the
price Of sugar am using. "a, .,rr...r .',f.
Well. you sec II drives me frantic, and when
woke up this morning, and saw this furious
storm. I knew I had him on my hands for the
day, unless managed right, 20 told him that
I hoped he wouldn't 20 out to catch bis death
this weather; that II he was not capable OF
taking care Of himself. I should do It for him;
that Il was very lonesome rainy days, and that
wanted him to stay at homo and talk with
me; at any rate ho mustn't 20 out, and hid
his umbrella and India-fubbers. Well, OF
course ho was right up; Uust as I e.pected!)
and In less than ten minutes was stresking
down the street at the rate Of ten miles sp hour.
You zee there's nothing like understanding
human nature no woman should b married
I'LL shs Is thoroughly posted up In this branch
Of educstiop."l re''qmlrf fri'i roqH
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1864-07-15
1.-THE Contrast--l864."

Grant crosses the Rapidan. Again and
again Lee is fought and hanked, aanked and
beaten. Tho Wilderness Is passed, the Pc,
North Anna, South Anna, the Pamunky are
left in the rear. The campaign opens SIXTY
miles from Richmond. After four weeks OF
continuous marching and fighting our gener.
al is upon the Chickahominy, and the great
armies are seemingly at dead lock. What
now? Siege works upon the line OF the
Chickahominy with this fatal season upon
us? Is McClellan's failure to be repeated
upon McClellan's chosen gronnd? Not SO.
The past history Of the Lieutenant General
forbids the dreadful supposition. Gen. Grant
is equal to the emergency. He has studied
strategy to some purpose. The rebel works
cannot be taken by storm. He does not
"butt his head against them" second time.
Lee is hoodwinked by skirmsh line, and
the entire army. crossing the Chickahominy
and the James, suddenly threaten Richmond
from the South.
Grant is ut last upon ne,o ground! IL Is a
movement which the military historian will
never tire of telling. One whose counter
part would have shed additional lustro upon
the fame Of the FIRST Napoleon. The rebels
under Beauregard are surprised and hundreds
Of prisoners and many guns fall into our
hands, while Petersburg. the second town in
Virginia, barely escapes capture. The rail.
roads are efiectually cut, and Gen. Lee seems
caught in trapa last. Richmond is threat
ened from now and far moro dangerous
quarter.
The good news reaches Washington. The
loyal North is electrified BY the glorious re.
suits OF the last "fank movement" The
dispatches from the War Office arc read In
the Senate amid tumultuous rejoicing. In
tho House Of representatives Of the United
States, the Union (loyaD members "let them
selves out" in wild applause. in which tho
galleries heartily ioin-also, four members OF
the opposition. Four members? Yes, four
ONLY -FOUR! A burning disgrace. indeed,
that there wero no more, but, nevertheless,
tho sober truth. And We hazard guess
that these were the four bravo Democrats
who few days since voted for tho anti-sla-
very amendment to tho Constitution. But
where are the rest Of the "Democrats" !"
Do you see those silent forms--hfty or
more-occupying seats on yonder side Of the
House? You may not wonder at their 81.
lence. "Still waters" You say 'run deep
est" and perhaps their glad hearts are too
full, for noisy demonstration. All no, my
unsophistcated friend. II our "boys" bul-
lets were as wide the marks % your guesses.
isw "JohnuioS" would cvOr DO shot. Look
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1864-07-15

There was little boy who mourned bitterly
the death Of pet guinea pig. The night aher
the bereavement bis watchful mother heard q
plaintivs call from tho slesplsss modrnsr In the
nursery, "Mamma, have great big elephants
soulsi" 'No. darling" A pause, and then
In fainter tones-"Msmma. have vxen soulsl''
"No, no, dear. Go to Sleep" Alopgsr inter.
val, and then the scarcely audible voice pipsd
agsin-"Mamma, have dogs souls!" The ten.
der mother sees at once the dritt Of the soologi.
cal cateohism, and grisves to answer a. her
conscience bids :-''No, precious, I an afraid
not" A silence-a sob-snd then . heart.
broken vail. "0h, mamma. haven't little
e.Le.s-n white guinea pigs soulsi" @
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Sfl1steQalteous.
Water.

The extent to which water mingles with bod
les apparently the most solid 10 very wonderful.
The glittering opal. which beauty wears as an
ornament. Is only aint and water. OF every
1900 tons Of earth which land.holder has In
in his estate. 400 arc water. The snow-capped
SUBMITS Of Snowdon and Ben Nevis have many
million tons of water In soldi6ed form. In
every plaster. Of Paris statue which an Italian
carries through our streets for sale, there Is one
pound Of water to every four pounds Of chalk.
The air we breathe contains Eve grains OF wa
ter to each cubic foot Of its bulk. The potatoes
and the turnips which are boiled tor our din
ner, have. in their raw state. the one 10 per
cent. the other 90 per cent, Of water. IL u
man weighing ten stone were squeezed fiat in
hydraulic press, seven and half stone OF wa.
ter would run out, and only two and half oi
dry residue remain. A man is, chemically
speaking. forty-fve pounds of carbon and nj
gen, difused through Ave and half pailfals OF
water. .
In plants ue find water thus mingling no less
wonderfully. A sunaower evaporates one aud
q quarter pints Of water day. and cabbage
about the same quantity. A whevt plant ex.
hales, in l72 days about 100 900 grains OF water.
An acre OF growing wheat. on this calculation.
draws and passes out about ton tons OF water per
day. The sap Of plants Is the medium through
which that mass Of tiuid is conveyed. 1t forms
delicate pump. up which the watery particles
run with the rapidity Of swift stream. By
the action Of the sap, various properties may
be communicated to the growing plant. Tim.
Der In France Is. for instance. dyed by various
oolors being mixed With water. aud poured
over tho root Of the tree. Dahlias are also coll
orcd BY similar proccss.-ptrmonf Chron.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1864-07-15
BIDDEFoRD, ME-, FRIDAY MORNING

closer. SEQ what an expression Of disap-
pointment their countenances wear.
You start suddenly, as q terrible suspicion
suggests itself to your mind. "Surely. sure.
w." you whisper, "these men do not grieue
at our SUGGEST" There You have found
the secret of their silence. Those men arc
coPPERuEAps-good rebels all-who sit yon.
der in that grim stiffness. Their "friends"
have been absent from Congress fer more
than three years. but these men continue to
sit here auxiously awaiting their return and
longing to welcome them back with open
arms.
They are a part Of Lees famous cleft
wing But as the army OF their choice
seems doomed to defeat, and the return OF
the aristocratio chivalry is more and moro
indefinitely postponed by each new success
that crowns our arms, mingled rage and
shame, sense Of grievous disappointment,
and the certainty Of final defeat, have en-
bittered their craven souls. These creatures
neper cheer at the news of victory won by
our gallant Northern "boys." Their exult-
alton finds words only when our arms meet
with disaster. They claim. for political rea-
sons, to DO friends Of the soldier, but he may
we'll exclaim. "Save me from my friends vi
they are such as these, ichose hearts only leap
at the ne,ps of his defeat.
These men are scdbs upon the body polite.
They are the unnistakabls evidence Of Its
presence which 'bad blood" leaves upon the
surface. You are astonished that such men
should occupy seats in the Congress Of the
United States ut the time when civil war is
convulsing tho nation and when all men in
position of authority and influence should be
staunch and true? So are We. But that is
q marked feature of our Titanic struggle in
defence of free institutions.
You think this scene would be On admira-
BILE subject for grand historical painting to
be placed In the Capitol2 None better. 1t
would servo to immortalize the infamy Of
Copperheadism. 1t would also show, by con.
trast, the beauty Of loyalty and the excellence
of true patriotism. 1t would be u standing
lesson to our Representatives, that justice Is
q grander thing than bigotry; that patriot
ism is more excellent than mere partizanship.
Carpenter. the artist. is busy at the White
House on picture which will take high
rank among the historical paintings Of tho
world. Let him, when he has given that
its last touches, prepare his canvas for nnoth.
er historical subject, 1.-The Contrast-lS64."
Ian. Express.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1864-07-15

A sHoEMAxER's ALL.-Jim Jones, shoems.
ker in place which shall bo nameless, Is living
with his second wife, who Is neither the hand.
soonest nor the best natured woman In the
world. In fact, II Is not certain whether he
might not worship her without violating the
commandment, for It is doubtful whether she il
like anything in Heaven or upon earth. When
ever Jim praises his first wife. II Is sure sign
that wife No. 2 has been giving him lecture,
and II that lecture was not, like many modern
books. illustrated with cuts, why. so much the
better for Jim. Recently. after recountiug his
troubles to bis friend and orony. Billy Boulton,
Jim gave an extra blow to peg. and exclaim.
ed: ......
Ttell you what is, Billy. when my ars'
wife died lost my oil -
Very likely" said Billy, "but ven this one
dies, you'll lose your last"
Jim threw his hammer, but Billy ingeniously
lodged out Of the way.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1864-07-15
Speech of Andy Johnson, at Knoxville.

We think the following extract from Mr..
Johnson's speech to his fellow.citizens at
Knoxville, some time since, will be read with
new interest, now that his namo is presented
to the people as candidate for the Office OF
yice-Presdent. For glowing patriotism and
thrilling eloquenco it is rarely equalled:
The time has arrived when treason must
be made odious, when traitors must be pun
ished-impoyerished; their property taken
from them. whether it be their houses, their
lands, or their negroes, and given to the in.
nocent, the honest, the loyal, upon whom
the calamities of this unprovoked and wick
cd rebellion have f,hen with crushing
weight. It's easy to stand here and declaim,
but am not declaiming. It is easy to ut
ter mere bombast, but am not uttering
bombast. You know me. You know some-
thing of what have done for you-for Ten
nessee-for East Tennessee. But will not
speak of that.
If have made sacrifices, If Ihave endured
sutierings, X I have undergone hardships, 80
let it be. God grant that | may have helped
you, and that | may help you again. But
you must help yourselves. You must join
hands with me and with one another, and
swear to do what | have already told you
must bc done-to make treason odious, this
he said with tremendous emphasis] and to
make traitors suffer, as you have suffered, as
your wives and children have suffered, as
your country has suffered.
What has brought this war upon us? Let
me answer in one word; let me speak 1t so
loud that the deafest man in this crowd can
hear me: Slavery! Hundreds OF voices
That's so.' That's Gods truth Men
talk about the Constitution and State rights.
They sneer at the emancipation proclama.
ton, and call it q tyranical assumption OF
authority, despotic usurpation of power.
Listen to what l now say: All such talk is
the Language OF treason. But am not heie
to discuss the unconstitutionality of slavery
or the constitutionality Of tho Presidents
proclamation of freedom. ain here to pre-
sent facts; to address your intellccts, to ap-
peal to your common sense.
Here is enc fact to which want you to
attend: Why is the soil Of your beloved
Tennessee soil as rich us any in the world
30 far behind the States OF the North in its
productiveness? Why have you but few
such farms. but few such graneries, as they
have all over Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylva'
MIA? Here is the explanation, and let me
speak it SO loud that the dsafest man in this
multitude can hear me-Slavery! Thank
God that the people are beginning to see that
slave labor has impoverished the soil of Ten.
nessee long enough. ICries Of Good that's
so!]
Men sneer ut the doctrine Of emancipation.
Let them sneer; but this l tell you-mark
met is the white man We propose to eman-
cipate; it is the white man that is even now
being emanicipated. and may Heaven hasten
the work Of emancipation, and carry 1t on
until all are free. Loud and prolonged ap'
plause.