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MAN HOOD.

TN THE YOUNG AND RISING GENERATION, THE
Sos ,e Sf life are strong but In tey
ne Paa M nue. the eye ana
mental effort show It's baneful influence. It
6ace i oSeene the Saveonent of tho ogS gon
sumption s talked Jf and perhaps the youth removed
o ts the ogs sna the eSu9 This Is
7ersons Of the ever-changing scenes Of the city the
OF the body too much enfeebed to give Eest to
healthfu and rural exercise thoughts turned in
ward upon themselves
the patient DO female the approach Of the menses
s looked for with anxiety the first symptom In which
Nature is to show her saving power In dusng the cir.
Aas increase Of appetite has grown by what It fed on
and the enorgies Of tho system prosrated the
nj period in which body and mind undergo SO fascnat
hg change from child to woman Is looked for in van
grave but waiting for its victim.
HELMBoLDs EXTRACT BUCHU, 81.
FOR WealneH artsn9 ron. EScc'ses Early Indisere
Attended with the following Symphonic:
Indisposition to Exertion, LoBs OF Power LOSE OF
Memory, Difficulty Of Breathing, General Weakness
Of
Dimnens OF Vision Languor Universal Lassude Of the
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Drynesa Of the skin Palld Countensnce Eruptons
The Face Pain In Back Heaviness Of the Ryeds
frequently Black Spots flying before the Eyes WITH
Temporary Suusion aud Loss of Sight Want OF Alton
oiety. Nothing is desirable such patients than
Solitude, and nothing they dread for Fear OF Them.
selves no Repoae of Manner, Earnestness spscu.
lAton. but hurried transition from one question to
another 80 =
These symptoms, II allowed to go on-which this Me-
dctne invariably remoyes-soon follow Loss of Pooer
Faulty and Epepc Fits, In one Of which the patient
may expire. ,......-
During tho superintendent OF, DR.. Wilson. ct TIN
Bloomngdale Asylum, ths sad rssrit occurrad to two
patients; reason had for time left am, andh ,hdi I'd
OF epilepsy. They were Of both nda 1!t went,
yenrs Of age. -. ...I ''''..' 800
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most melancholy exhibition appears The countenance
actually sodden and quito destitute-nether mirh or
grief ever visits it. Should sound of the voice occur
1t 10 rarely articulate.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-04-25

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The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-07-26
SENATOR WILEY.

We take the following from the Nor
folk Virginian. If the facts be as stated,
and we have no reason to doubt 1T, the
political history of Senator WILEY, IS
but a counterpart of that of most of the
intensely loyal leaders OF the Radical
party of West Virginia:
West Virginia Wiley, ba sk-slidden
Southron, recently offered III the United
States Senate, of which he is accidentally
a member, a resolution restoring the
Southern States to the Union whenever,
and as they adopt Thad. Stevens Consti-
tutional Amendment. This renegade,
be it remembered. was member OF the
Convention of Virginia which adopted
the ordinance of secession. The day
that the ordinance WAS adopted, Wiley
met the writer hereof upon the street
and said to him, Well, l am going to
my home now and shall try to make
good our action Of to-day, but | appre-
bend that l shall have terrible fight
over it. And when ! have raised and
equipped my own company, as snail
at once do, and am about to be over
powered by the enemy. will you come
out and help me- !" Certainly | WILL"
was the response and then this thing
added, Good bye, now; | go to strife,
and perhaps death; Quit shall never be
said that | turned my back upon and
de erted my old mother in her hour of
distress and suffering" Such was the
attitude and language of Mailman T..
Wiley. Senator from West Virginia. in
1861 What "change came Ger the spirit
of that Dream" which then and there
swayed him. Plumber. loaves aud fish
es, Judas drops, the price of eternal in
fanny. COP help the wretch, who has
sold judgment and conscience for pelf
and place.
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-07-26
LAST DAYS OF CONGRESS.

The days of Congress, says the Balti-
more Ereniag Transcript, appear to be
drawing to a close. It has beeni in session
for nearly eight months. When it as
sembled, it found national unity, under
the policy of the President, being rapidly
restored, the States resuming their legiti-
mate functions, the Constitution vindi-
Gated. 1t Immediately set itself at work,
to undo all that the President had ac-
complished, and this is the whole history
of the session. Obstruction, not Recon-
struction; Alienation, not Reconcile
alton Confusion instead of Order, Agi-
tation instead Of Peace, describes its
whole spirit and policy. The "sick
man" Of the South, fast rising from the
bed of pain and weakness, under the
benignant treatment of the President,
has been thrown into a paralysis by
these political quacts. And, almost
their last act is TO pass miserable negro
Bureau bill over the veto of the Presi-
dent, and leaving the freed raven to tug
at the entrails Of the dead warehouse of
the South, they depart il peace.
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-07-26
CONTEMPLATING.

A very extensive band of counterfeit
ers of the National Currency was broken
up by Mr.. w. WOOD, Chief of the Secret
Service Division OF the Treasury De-
partment, Washington, aided by U. S.
Marshal MURRAY, n. Y, on Monday
last. The extensive factory where they
carried on their operations, was dis
covered at Rossville, Staten Island, n. Y,
and taken possession of, together with
all their tools, presses, plates and other
apparatus, which was of the most perfect
kind. They also found $50, 1000 in bogus
currency, in packages of 500 each, and
ready for delivery. Six persons were
arrested. This is supposed to be the
most important establishment of the
kind in the country.
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-07-26
THE CABIM!r1,Il,.

The Senate has confirmed the nomi-
nation ci Hon. Henry Stansberry as At
to.neyGeneral vice Mr.. Speed resigned.
The nomination of Gov. Randall as
Postmaster General has not vet been
acted upon. He is however, perform
ing the duties of that position.
Secretary Stanton. it is said will re-
main at the head of the War Department
and will give to the President his un-
qualified support
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-07-26

THE Radical rejoicing over the ratifi-
cation of the amendment to the United
States Constitution" by the Tennessee
Legislature, seems to be premature
Fifty-siX members of the House of
Deleg ties are necessary to quorum.
But fifty-four were present. The IRE.
siding officer of the House row refuses
it is said peremptorily, to certify that
the resolution to ADOPT the Amendment
was passed by the Legislature What
now becomes of the joint resolution of
Congress, to restore Tennessee to thv.
Union? The Preamble to the reso-
luton alleges that the Tennessee Legis-
lature has ratified the Amendment.
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-07-26

1t appears from an official documen.
recently submitted to the Senate of ~
United States, that private grants of
public lands have been made, since 1880
to the extent of fifteen millions two,
hundred and thirty-five thousand nine
hundred and thirty-nine acres. Th;s
estimate does not include grants to the ,
Pacific Railroad or to agricultural co ie
leges."
When true history of the present
dominant party in Congress shall no
written, it will reveal degree of waste.
fulness and corruption, unparalleled in
the history Of legislation. Protesting
to be the party of ''great moral ideas. y
their acts are marked by unbushing
lawlessness, and an utter disregard Of
every Christian principle and every
sentiment Of honor.
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-07-26
NATIONAL UNION CONVENTION.

The State Executive Committees of
the party organizations of Virginia in
1860, held a meeting in Richmond on
the 18th inst, and declared their APP
prevail of the proposed Convention al
Philadelphia, and recommended to the
people of the several Congressional Dis
trlcts to elect delegates to the Convention.
Virginia will he fully and ably repre-
scented.
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-07-26
THE WAR IN EUROPE.

The immediate restoration of peace
between the belligerents Of Europe is by
no means certain. Prussia, as a ccndi-
ton to the acceptance of the proposed
armistice demands what amounts to the
entire supremacy of Germany. Such
a demand the Kaiser declairs he will
resist with all the strength he can COM
mand, Italy, regarding the cession of
Venetia to France, as an insult to her
self, clearly intimates through her press
that the extinction of the Austrian En-
pire is essential to the peace of Europe.
At this juncture the.presence OF Napole-
on as one of the actors in the scene, deep
ems the plot and renders the future more
impenetrable. The French Emperor
will never consent to such an acquisition
of power by Prussia as to make that
power dangerous neighbor to France,
A Congress of the great powers of Eu-
rope is therefore desired by him, to re-
adjust the balance which the recent
events of the war threaten seriously to
disturb. Should his will in the matter
be disregarded, an armed itervention on
his part will probably follow, which
would result in a war involving all
Europe. The times are pregnant with
the mightiest issues for that Continent.
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-07-26
COUNTY CONVENTION,

A Convention Of the Conservative
Union men of Berkeley county, Will be
held at the Court House, in Martinsburg,
on Saturday. the 18th inst, at - O'Clock
to appoint four delegates to the Congress
sional District Convention, to be held at
Piedmont, oh the lst Of August, next
At the same time four delegates will
be appointed to represent this county in
Para ersburg on Wednesday, August %,
~ order of the Central Committee,
e. ". ANpREws, Chairman.
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-07-26
o. S. LONG, Secretary.
Wheeling, June % % 1866.
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT CONVEN-
TI0N

At the request Of several citizens, resi-
dents of different Counties of the I'd
Congressional District of West Nir-
ginia, it is hereby recommended, that a
Convention of Conservative Union men,
to be composed Of four delegates from
each county of said District, be called to
meet at Piedmont, Mineral county, on
the 1st day of August next, at II O'Clock.
NJ, for the purpose of appointing two
Delegates and two alternates to the
National Union Convection, to be held
at Philadelphia, August H. 1866.
1t is hoped that the several Counties
of the District will adopt immediate
measures to secure a delegation to thi~
Convention.
The above recommendation is made
with the approval Of the State EXecu-
tive Committee. BY request
q. d. DOWNEY,
S. V. WANTS.
/. ". ANDREWS.
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-07-26
NEGRO INDIANS.

The negroes formerly held as slaves
by the ChoctaW and Chickasaw tribes of
Indians, have been declared Indians, oy
the terms of recent treaty, formed
between these tribes and the United
States Government. The object of this
provision is, to give TO these negroes all
the rights, privileges and immunities of
the members OF these tribes, including
forty acre farm, and the right of tribal
suffrage.
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-07-26
STATE CONVENTION.

The citizens of this State who are OPP
posed to the radical party are requested
to meet in their respective counties, or
townships, at such time as they may
deem most expedient, and select dele
gates to represent their county in State
Convention in Parkersburg, on Wednes-
day, August %, at ten O'Clock A. NJ, for
the purpose of nominating candidates
for State Offices.
Where there is danger that public
meetings may be interrupted by violence,
we recomend that delegates be designa-
ted by written appointment signed by
the voters.
We also recommend that the delegates
from esch Congressional District be au-
thorized to nominate candidate for
Congress, at the State Convention.
By order of the State Executive Com
mittee.
d. LAMB, Chairman.
o. S. LONG, Secretary.
Wheeling, June %, 1866.
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-07-26

THAD. STEVENS, in one of his late
speeches said: :" Sir, this doctrine of a
white mans Government, is the most
infamous and atrocous of all time"
This Representative from Pennsylvania
is the CoRYPHEUs of the Radical party
speaks authoritatively and oracuIarly.
Throughout the present session of Con-
gress, his manifest aim has been to place
the negro population of the United
States, on the same social and political
level with the white man. His purpose
in this has been three fold-frst, to
satiate his fiendish vindictiveness to-
wards the Southern States-second, to
perpetuate power in the hands of the
Radical party, and third, to screen, as
far as legislation can do so, his own in
decent life from the condemnation and
scorn which he knows it deserves
Having for years placed himself on a
level with the negro by his personal
and private, but at the same time inn
moral relations, he is determined to
bring down his race, as far as possible,
to the same degradation. Hence, in
every measure which he has proposed
and advocated, relating to the recon-
struction of the Unian, or to he right of
suffrage in the Territories or in the Dis
trict of Columbia, he has demanded for
the negroes, equality of rights with the
whites Having failed to carry out his
views fully by direct action of Congress,
he has, in his last effort. attempted to
attain the same end by indircction, in
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-07-26
GEN, ROSSEAU.

This gentleman has resigned his seat
a reprimand from the House, of which
he was Il member, for castigating Rev.
GRINNELL, for his insolenee in debate.
Under all the circumstances, proper self
respect would hardly permit him to
adopt any other course.
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-07-26
NATIONAL UNION CoNvENT1or

The Democratic State Convention 80
Massachusetts has recommended a ~
vention of all favorable to the policy 80
President JOHNSON, upon the subject -
the restoration of the States, for the mr.
pose of appointing delegates to the Con-
vention, at Philadelphia, on the 14th
August.
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-07-26

The Territory Of Nebraska has ap-
pointed Philip O'Hanter, George Francis
Train and Vim. +. Lockwood aeleo.tas
TO the same Convention. Hon. Mr.. Kel-
logg, chief Justice OF the Territory pre-
sided at the meeting that made the an
pointments.
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-07-26
LATEST FROM EUROPE.

No progress has been made in the
French mediation for peace.
The Prussian army was advancing.
The Austrians are receiving reinforce
ments and regaining strength.
The Italians had gained some slight
advantages over the Austrians.
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-07-26
DEATHS FROM EXCESSIVE HEAT.

and other effects of the intense heat of
the past few days, has been greater in
our cities and large towns, than was
ever known before, during the same
length of time.
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-07-26

The President has signed the joint
resolution Of Congress, restoring Iehhe-
see to her rights in the Union. Messfs
Maynard, Stokes and Taylor, from len
nesee have taken their seats.
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-07-26
HAYTI.

A fresh revolution is said to have
broken out in Hayti, and to be rapidly
spreading. All business, at last accounts,
was suspended, and communications cut
off between the Capital, and the country
North of it.
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-07-26
NEWS OF THE DAY.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, July 19.-Fifty-
four members of the Tennessee Legis-
lature, two less than a quorum, pre-
tended to pass the Constitutional amend
men. Williamsand Marshall were priso-
ners under arrest, and not in the House,
but detained in another room. Judge
Frazier has just decided against the
Legislature in the writ of hobeas corpus
case.
The House vindicated Hon. Roscoe
Conkling, and condemned General Fry,
lacking only four of being a unanimous
vote.
Henry S. Stansbury is in Wash
ington. He has not yet concluded
whether to accept the position OF At
torney-General or decline it. 1t is prob
able he will finally accept.
The great sculling race, for $1,000 a
side that took place in England on the4th
inst, between Hamill of Pa, and Kelly,
of London, resulted in the triumph Of
Kelly, BY over four hundred yards in
the five miles.
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-07-26

THE infamous Brownlow sent the
following dispatch to Edwin Forests
pimp, j. w. Forney, Immediately upon
the pretended ratification Of the Consti-
tutional Amendmet by the Tennessee
Legislature.
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-07-26

GEN. BEAUREG ARD.-A French paper
states that Gen. Beauregard has been
appointed General of Engineers in the
French Army.
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-07-26
"NAsHvILLE July 10, 1866.
Hon j. w. Eorne.y,#

Secretary United States Senate:
eve have fought the battle and won
it. We have ratified the Constitutional
amendment in the House-forty-thr
votes for it. eleven against 1.-TWO of
Andrew Johnson's tools not voting.
Give my respects to the dead dog of the
White House.
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-07-26
MARI ET REP oil rs.
MARTINsBURG PRODUCE MARKET.

CORRECTED WEEKLY BY c. NJ. sHAFFER)
July %, 1866.
Butter, 20 cts; Eggs, 20 cts; Lard, II ctss;i
Tallow, 10 cts; Soap, cts; Bacon Hams, 70
cts; Bacon Sides, II cts; White Beans, S2lo.
Washed Wool, 45 cts; Unwashed w Of, 90 20
cts; Clover Seed, $780, Timothy Seed, S4go:
Flax Seed. $500; Pared apples, 10 cts; m
pared Peaches, 10 cts.
MARTINSBURG FLOUR AND GRAIN
MARKET.
CORRECTED WEEKLY
Extra Flour, S14oo: Corn, 10 cts; Oats, 40
cts; White Wheat, s.. so Red, do, 20; kye'
Sl.25.
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-07-26
EXCISE LAW OF NEW YORK.

Judges SCOTT and GILBERT, of the
Kings county Supreme Court, n. v,
have decided that the Excise Law of
that State is constitutional. This de-
cision is directly at variance with the
decision of two Judges of the Supreme
Court OF the City and County of New
York. In this conflict of decisions, it is
impossible to know what the law is,
until the Court Of Appeals shall settle
the question,