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A Fable.

The efforts Of tho copperhead press to
damn with their praise President johnson,
latter having literally damned him for the
past four years), recalls to mind the only
modicum of Spanish which impressed itself
upon our memory while employed in obtain.
ing the mere smattering Of that tongue pro-
vided for in the Bowdoin curriculum.
II is the fable Of bear that undertook to
display his proficiency Us dancer in the
presence Of q monkey and an ass. At the
close Of the saltatory performance he re.
quested the candid opinion Of the spectators
concerning it. The monkey, having secured
a safe retreat upon neighboring Tree, told
Bruin frankly that his style, figure and per-
sonal endowments were not at all adapted to
that sort Of exercise, and that it would be
well for him not to attempt to indulge in it
any further, il he wished to retain his repu-
tation as bear of wisdom and dignity.
From this unpalatable criticism the bear
turned to the ass, who dssented entirely
from the monkey: for his part, he never,
since he was an ass and wore ears, had seen
nor heard Of such an easy, graceful dancer I;
it was evidently natural gift for the bear
to dance. and it must excite the admiration
Of every animal Except the senseless, mis-.
chievous monkey, always chattering and get
ting himself and others into scrapes) to see
him perform the feat. Such pose such ut.
titudes! such ease such grace such dig
nifty &C., &c.
At the close Of the p,negyric of the ass,
and after few minutes. reflection, the bear,
with an humblcd, mortified air, declared he
should dance no more, since it was very evil
dent that he must perform execrably. "Whcn
the monkey spoke so disparagingly of my Of
fort" (said Bruin) al mistrusted that he
spoke the truth, and that it was anything
but graceful and pleasing but when the asa
praises me am fully convinced that must
have danced abominably."
We shall leave it to our readers to say
what "ths fable teaches"
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ETA New York correspondent has recently
passed over the track Of Sherman's army
through South Carolina. who states that the
desolation which reigns there beggars descrip-
ton. The country Is laid waste and the ruins
Of buildings only mark the spot where were
signs Of habitaiion. The white people arc still
rampant In their hatred Of the "Yanks" and
the "niggers," although acknowledging their
own utter helplessness. They persist In saying
II We had had no more foreign aid than they.
and had MT called to our aid their "nigs,' We
could never have conquered them. The quss.
ton Is not % much how Il was done, Is Il d
whether II we're we'll done.
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~0ur ov SORTS" expresses the feslinu Of many
that cannot b otherwise described. LAnguor.
weakness, sn,rvstion, listisss. rlsepiness mslsn'
choly, want Of appetite, &C., compose class OF
ailments greater than ill others combined. IL 10
exactly for these indsscribable complaints thse
PLANTATION BrrrEns IRE prepared. Il 10 for the
relief Of those same complaints they have become
30 famous. Hence Il is that they are 20 sxssnsivo'
iy ussd by clcryyrnen, merchants. ladies' and per-
sons Of ssdentary habits They are ~ pissssn'so
tho tasts a. they are bsnshoisi 70 the o'o~sen.
The extent OF their sale 10 almost insrsdio's' ""
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wuKw.-Rsv. Mr.. Stickney I've do not
know to what religious denomination no be-
longs, If any) publishes and edits paper in
Aroostook. called the Loyal Sunrise. II Is
charitable to suppose that he was drunk when
he penned the following paragraph:
We have some littleacquaintance with the
religion of York county. After taking out
about one person in Fifty who has common
sense on that matter, the rest may very prop
erly be divided in four parties. bigots, fanat-
les, ;nldels and fools.
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I"ro show the Union sentiment OF the
Democracy" Gas Il deslares) the Saco Demo-
crat quotes from q speech Of Mr.. Seward
m,de years ago in which he SAID that he
knew the Democracy and did not then know
"a possible dIsuniouiss' among them. II Mr..
Ssward's convictions are to be accepted rs
iull proof Of the existence or non-sxistence
Of an asserted fact. then !, would be equally
easy far the editor Of tho Democrat by sim
liar e,arse Of nedsoning (ileavsn save 'he
mark y to prove .hafwc have had no war,
or a, le,st very short ono. since MIR. Seward
repeatedly declared in the early spring oil
1851 that /, would not last sixty days.
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Gold Is quoted ut 80 and 4o..-Thc Copper
heads Of Vermont have nominated their can.
did.te for Governor. It's Of no CONSEQUENCE
Admiral Dupont died Of diptheria. two
I" democrats of the N. II. Legislature who
signed the minority report against ratifying
the Constitutional Amendment abolishing slave
ry, are to be exhibited to the people Tor ono
dollar sight, and the money appropriated to
pay the debt Of that State. So report says
AL the members Of the Tennessee Legislature
are candidates for Congress, about two hum
drcd Of them.-Prcsident johnson Is III from
over work; nothing dangerous. let US hope.
lie needs rest moro than pills.
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FL In this commonwealth there 10 not, AZ
far as we know. glass factory, u button fac
tory, u paper mill, broom factory, q panu-
factory OF wooden ware, brass foundry. q
porcelain factory. q chair factory. carpet
mill. q pin machine, an agricultural impic-
msnt factory. mandatory for cutlery, .
type foundry. n factory wherein single ar
liclo Of printers use 10 mado, brewery, u
calico print factory, u lock factory, q linen
factory. nor cotton factory above capacity
Tor the commouest work.-Peirsbury { Va.)
Neics.
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GEN. GRANTS VrEws.-The Chicago Tri.


bune says:
.Gcn. Grant in conversation with his
friends, says that it is too soon to declare that
the loyal blacks in the South shall not be al
lowed tovote. Aside from the abstract right
and the legal problem Of What authority can
confer or withhold the Neutrality-suspicious. it
he Congress or the States-the question may
assume the shape Of political necessity.
The government and people may have to
choose between keeping a standing army OF
100, 900 men at an expense of 800, 600 900
year to the tax payers, to support the white
minority in the South against the white reb'
el majority, or OF eniranchising the blacks,
and thereby enabling them to support the
white loyalis,s Gen. Grant foresees that
the suffrage question may take this FORM"
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Canada has pro6ted BY our war. but now
IL is losing its population. and the newspa'
pers of that country are distressed about it.
In somo quarters fully one third Of the peo'
ulc are leaving for the United States. In
The eastern township, families leave BY dog
ems together. while in upper Canada simi-
lar beeira exists. Bellsville. Canada West.
n iittls village with six or soven Thousand
peopIe, has lost ono hundred and City iuhabi.
tants within tho past fcw weeks.
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the most cordial. ''whsre did you steal tna'
pig. you plundsring rascalf "na' p's'
Geusrsl," exclaimed the culprit' 'arn, urn,
-o,,d With the most innocent surprise. why
tina. zig you have behind you. you V'i'a,n
.wsil. there, vow and protest, General re-
;o;nsd Paddy, nothing abashel, and turning
round to his four.footed companion rs u ne
hal never seen him before, at Is scandalous
20 think what wicked world We live In and
how ready folks are to take away an honest
boys character. Some blackguard, wanting
10 Get me into trouble. has tied that haste to
nv carsoueh box" The General smiled and
role on.
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Apollodorus lamented to Socrates that he
should be doomed to suffer death, having been
guilty Of no offence. The philosopher. look
ing beyond human limits, inquircd-"Wouid
Won have me die guilty? Melitus and Any
rus may kA, but they cannot hurt me-"
Ye, how common IL is to hear people lament.
ing. with Apollodorus las ii pain and
death. which arc inevitable conditions OF
life, should be the only, or the worst evils Of
humanity!
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There was lately shipped to the Charles.
town Navy Yard, an OAK log 6ity.nine feet
long and averaging thirty-six inches square.
II contained five hundred and thirty one sol.
ID ieet Of sound wood. and material for 6272
feet Of inch plank. Il weighed eighteen
tons. and was brought frvm Ohio Ia raft Of
timber via tho Eril Canal. n.
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The New York Evening Post thus condenses
liz platform In regard to the treatment Of lead.
inc rebels: IA fsw, Il Is the general wish
and expectation, will be ignominiously exc
cuted . such attrocious monsters ~ Davis,
Breckinridge, Benjamin. Toombs, and Wigtall;
others, like Lee, Stephens. Letnher, Wise. etc.,
win be sent beyond the seas; and . still larger
number will DO held ineligible TO Office and suf-
frsge. and stripped Of that property which has
endowed them with . greater part Of their
powcr of mischief"
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The celebrated DR. LOW :ongsnsS q ssvG y.
ndsrs - tss ssnsis systsm. An sxpsris.ee Of q
vs"rs snsSiss HIN 70 GUARANTEES speedy and pefms;
nsnt relief In she .'s,a essss ."ss,s snr
~ All isttsrs Tor sdvies must contain 81. Or
a. No Endloott street, Boston.
Nd board furnIshed 70 thoss Who wish 70 70.
main under treatment.
Boston. June -, 1865. iy1 -
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SPECIAL. NOTICES.

An ARTICLE or TRuE MERr.-"Browns Bron-
chal Troches are tho most popular article IN this
country or Europe for throat Diseased and Coughs.
and this popularity 10 based upon real merit, which
cannot ne rnid OF many other preparations In tho
market which are really but weak limitations Of
the genuine Troches. lw
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Demorest's Mirror OF Fashions for July, Is 70.
ceiyed. II has national Jubilee song. words by
Charles Wilcox, music by Konrad Treucr-for
which prize OF 500 was offered fashion plates.
plain and colored patterns ready for use, and
many other attractions. rendering this the best
fashion magazine published. No dress maker nor
ladies who make their own garments should be
without II. Demorest, publisher, New York.
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Eve lsLx, on rHE LAST voYAGE or THE CALYPSO.
This Is the title Of q new romance, Just com.
monced In Tho Saturday Evening Post OF Philadel-
Eve isle herself Is singular creature. overlooking
with spirit and romance. and with q touch OF the
mysterious about her. We think any ono who be-
gins Eve Isle" will find II difficult to refrain from
gular girl. and Of the varied characters with whom
fate has connected her. Tho Post can he procured
Of tho Periodical Agents. or by addressing the pub.
fishers, $40 Walnut street, Philadelphia Price i've
cents single number, $3.50 year. or !25 for six
months.
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Harper's for July IL received. The preceding
number commenced tho XXXIst Volume, and IL
present circulation Is over one hundred thousand
copies It possesses o permanent as we'll rs tenn
porary value.
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Messrs. Ticknor & Fields have just issued anoth.
or Of their Companion Poets for the People, "Songs
for all Seasons" by Tennyson-price 10 ccnts, IL
Illustrated. They are entitled to much credit for
placing within the reach Of all such choice selec-
tions of the master poets. The next Of tho series
will be National Lyrcs," by Whittier.
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New Publications.

ILLUSTRATED LrYE, SKRvicp. AND FUNERAL
or ABRAHAM LrNcoLS.-T. B. Peterson q
Brothers. Philadelphia, Penn. have just
published the ILLUSTRATED Life, Services. and
Funeral of Abraham Lincoln" His career
a. Lawyer and Politician. his services In
Congress; with his Speeches, Proclamations.
Acts, and services as President OF the United
States, and Commnnder.in.C Chief OF the Ar
my and Navy. from the time OF his first 10.
auguration rs President Of the United States,
until the night Of his Assassination. With
q Portrait OF President Lincoln, and ten
other illustrated eneravings. descriptive OF
the scene in the murder and other principal
scenes In the work. Price rs cents In pa
per. or Sl.OO in cloth. Agents wanted ey-
crywhere to engage in the sale of this work,
who will be supplied with the paper.eoyer
edition at $500 q dozen, fifty copies for $40.
or S37 so a hundred; or with the cloth edi.
ton at So 90 dozen. fifty copies for $50.
or $50. a hundred. Single copies sent every
where, free Of postage, on receipt OF retail
price. .......
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THE MAN WITHOUT A CouSrRY.-Thls remarka-
bic narrative. upon Its original publication In the
general attention and comment than any article
printed for long time. II Is now ropublishei In
separate form, by general desire. aud Mt o price
(ten cents copy) which will give II universal cir
culatlon at this period.
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The Lady's Friend Is on our table The en-.
cravings and fashion plates are magnificent, and
II Is nicely edited.
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EXECUTIVE MANSION. }

Hon. Michael Hahn
Nv Dear Sir: congratulate you on hav
ing Gxed your name in history No the 6rst free
State Governor OF Louisiana now you are
about to have commission which. among
other things. will probably define the elect.
i've franchise. ,f m
barely suggest, for your private consid-
GRAFTON. whether some Of che colored people
may not be let in. rs, for instance, the very
intelligent. and especially those who have
fought calamity In our ranks. They would
probably help In some trying time to come
TO keep the jewel Of liberty In the family OF
freedom. But this 10 only suggestion, not
to the public. but to you alone.
Yours truly, A. LINCOLN.
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NEW Music--we have just received from IIor-
ace Waters, publisher, 4sl Broadway, New York,
two spirtsd and soul stirring pieces OF music, APP
proprnte for the Fourth OF July. and all patriotic
and social occasions The music OF both Is by the
popular COMPOSER. Mrs. Z. A. Parkhurst, who Is
destined To occupy the front rank among Ameri.
can composers. The first Is THE Peace Jubilee"
O national song with chorus,
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Hours ut Homo for July Is before US. There is
felt to he o lacking In other standard periodical
publications which this new magazine 10 designed
to supply-the religious element. Thus far II Is
oil It's friends could desire. and Its eminent corps
OF writers Is q guarantee for the future.
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Arthur's Magazine for July Is desirable mum.
Der. We always foel like saying good word for
this Magazine.
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Mr.. LINCOLN ON MORO SUFFRAGE The
following characteristic letter from tho late
President Lincoln to Gov. H,hu of L,uisi-
ana. written fifteen months ago. has just got
print: r.
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MXINE.
General Summary.

We SEQ Il announced that Col. james NJ.
Stone Of Ksnnebunk. has been engaged to de-
livor the grafton on the Fourth ut Augusta.
withou. doub. It will 30 finished produo-
ton. C\'/ -
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out receiveu severn tbJurleo. uiS uotoo pu
carriage were taken away between heaven and
earth. The horse Was subsequently, found In n
trce.top seventy rods distant. The dwelling
house OF Justice Chamberlain was totally do
stroyei, fragments OF which arc scattered for
miles. Mrs. Chamberlain sought refuge In the
cellar, thereby saving her life.
The family Of President johnson. now at the
White House, consists OF Mrs. johnson, who
il In III health, Andrew johnson. Jr.. the
Presidents youngest son, lad OF fourteen,
Mrs Judge Patterson, the Presidents daugh.
ter and wife Of S,nator Patterson, Of Tennessee,
and Mrs P.'s two children. Mrs. p. Will b
presidiug lady ut tho White House, owing to
The III health Of Mrs. johnson. ...
GEN. Grant gave reception In Philadelphia
ON Saturday 70 the Union League Club and
their families. There was On immense crowd
In attendance.
A child Was born recently 10 San Francisco
who had no opening for Ito eyes. Cuts were
made. and Q pair Of bright ones werc found
underneath. e..
Gov. Bramlette will soon commence to stump
the State of Kentucky tor the abolition amend
ment id
The lightning struck bed In Cambria. Penn,
shattered tho frame. and len unframed an In
FAINT sleeping. $50 rafl7l ai n3
By decision Of the Commissioner Of Inter.
nal Revenue. pianos belonging to or In pos.
session Of fesnalo ssninaries, except the
buildings In which they arc kept arc owned
by town or city corpnrations. arc liable TO
tnx under Schedule "a" Where kept In
town halls, town poorhouses, &C.. they ars
not liable. being placed In public edi6ces.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis has taken up her rea.
idcncs for tho time being ct Savannah, 0s
Shc is represented as being 10 . very dessi-
tutc condition.
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II Il So ali Over the Country.

The Chicago Times Of the 10th inst. gives
the following to the public:
ho.A prominent eastern newspaper charges
that our officers at Charleston have been
guilty of robbery, in taking plate, books,
furniture, and forth. from private houses.
4 1t is too late in the day to enter complaint
in this matter. The evil has been done, and
, it is now past remedy, There are men in
Chicago who have been three years in the
field, and who, on salaries Of from 500
to $500 per month, have been able to
erect brick blocks costing from thirty to
3 fifty thousand dollars. There are families
in this city who. before the war, were
in Strengthened circumstances, and who,
during the war, have been the unsal-
aried officials Of great charitable organi-
cations, but who now are living sur
rounded by every luxury, and are enjoying,
il not fortune, at least a competence. y
1t is SO In Chicago, and 1t Is probably SO
In other places. Some of our gallant pat
riots, both male and female, have made a
good thing out of the war and its charities;
and it Is entirely useless now for our well
meaning contemporary to setup the cry Of
= sup hftcl5tt NNtfI L-lt ~ n.If -. f.rQ i.
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BrenIxfast and an Hour with Gen.
N tl " Johnston.

On the first page of TIE STATESMAN this
morning VIII be found the eaccount given by
a special correspondent to The Neac Yore
Tribune of an hour spent by him with Gen.
JOHNSTON, just after he had surrendered TO
Gen. SHERMAN. 1t will be seen that this
paragraph occurs in it: -,
upon parting with Gen. Johnston. one
feels that Providence must have ordained
that men of such marked character shoulu
have become identified with the Rebel
lion to give it that vitality without when
it could never have been prolonged for tue
time necessary to achieve the great purpose
Heaven had in vlew." ..,. ,,.....,.
The public have been generally given to
understand that the Rebellion was uncalled
for and atrocious in the extreme. DO not
assertions, therefore, that Providence must
have ordained that men of such marked
character as GensJ JOHNSTON should become
identified with the Rebellion as to give to
it sufficient vitality to prolong 1t until the
Abolition of Slavery was assured, very con-
siderably divest 1t Of its repulsive charac-
ter? And do not such assertions render it
very clear that there was at least a portion
Of our people who did not desire speedy
termination of the War, lest there should
not be an Abolition of Slavery? The peo-
pie who felt thus, certainly desired the War
to be conducted in slip-shod manner, so
that it should be protracted and an excuse
furnished to proclaim the Abolition OF Sia-
very. Had the Administration accepted
the 10000 men who volunteered in ne
sponse to the Presidents call for Ta0co vol
unseers, and pr-naPtiy hurried them against
the Rebels, who can doubt bat the War
would have been of short duration? To
have done so would have been economy in
the expenditure of life and treasure.
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gWhxI ahouIdI Thi. be soe

ft Ia given ont that reporters will be ex-
Toluded from the trial that is now going on
ssoftheI Ipartiesarraigned on a charge of being
ssSSFtjes to the assassination of President
LINCOLN and Secretary SEWARD, and that
5the Secretary Of war vim send to the coun-
sdtry,rthrough Mr.. DIX, an abstract Of the
HEDfoceedihgs of the trial. We can not see
Che propriety of this sort Of proceeding.
The assassination OF the President and the
attempted assassination of Mr.. SEWARD is
AalieSedit to have been instigated, concerted
Ian land procured by Rebels. win it do harm
rutoEiye the whole testimony to the coun-
uatry convicting them of this crimeP The
= country is anxious to see this testimony un-
!, abridged, instead Of after it shall have been
10 shaped to suit the Secretary of War 1t
% has not been considered necessary to inter
: dict the publication of the full proceedings
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'TseIerrnphic ISeports. ,.

bng The representatives OF unreliabillty are
. certainly telegraphic reports. h Yesterday
morning by. telegraph we were informed
that sthe arrest OF JEFF. DAVIS is now look
ed upon by the military authorities as GER.
tain, and that ''it is nowknown that DAVIS
and the two lbrigades of cavalry with him,
) areso completely enveloped by SroNEMAN,
oiMIlsoN and GRIERsosi that escape Is inn
possible except as disguised and solitary
= fugitive" This morning, through the
same medium, we are told that ''the SAN
o guine expectations of some of capturing
JEFF. DAVIS are not INDUCED to any very
great extent by intelligent army officers"
d and that while 'the Governments making
every effort possible for his capture If sue
cessfd '.itwill be the result Of accident
aud the fidelity of the contraband, rather
than through any assistance which will
be rendered blythe native white popula-
tihn,0i1nIGQ9IG 3di i1r i1tgnuu~
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Pure Catnysbh brandy.

CINCINNATI, ONO, March 49, 1868.
thereby certify that by authority invested in me
by the State of Ohio as Medical Inspector of alco-
holic liquors for Hamilton county, lave inspected
samples Of liquors, called Catawba Brandy and
Swedish Brandy. manufactured by c. w. Roback.
at Nos. SO, 5s go, and 81 East Third street, and find
said liquors free from poisonous impurities. The
distillation is conducted by the steam medium, by
which method purity and uniform perfection is at
tanned. rq.
In testimony whereof witness my signature, this
18th dayof March, 1868. ,.,u
'.ao 2i9Yo DAVID 0'CoNNEBL, NJ D.,
Chemical Inspector Of alcoholic liquors Of Hamilton
4 county, Ohio a-f" 1rE
ohC.W. Reback challenges the comparison Of the
hest French Cognac with his fine Catawba Brandy.
which has been pronounced by the medical faculty
superior for medicinal purposes to any brandy ever
made. aprl5-d&Wlm