American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-06-27

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lures. entitled "Four Years in the Sad
die" ..-
Gen. Geary's receptions in various
parts of the State, which he is casually
visiting, are of the most enthusiastic char
acter. lie is hailed by the soldiers as
one of their ablest leaders and greeted
by the people as one Of their bravest de-
tenders. lie will be the next Governor
of PENNSYLVANIA.
The second section of the new con
stitutional amendment will not only pre-
vent the Southern States from obtaining
repre-. entation based on freedmen who are
not allowed to vote, but it will likewise
prevent representation based on a white
male population, ostracised by the prop
erty qualification. Thus such anti repub-
lican aud aristocratic laws as were main
tanned up to the. time Of the rebellion in
South Carolina will be counteraeted and
while every State will be allowed to reg
ulate the question of suffrage ior itself,
none will be permitted to lncrease its in
fueuce in the national councils by a class
of citizens whom it debars FROM partici-
tion in its elections
DIR. Manning, of Palmer, has bro't
a suit against W. 5. Nichols, Of Monson,
Mass. to recover two hundred dollars for
medical attendance upon his daughter,
who for several years has been unable to
walk or talk DIR. Manning says he be
gan treating her. in. January last, and
creed ID. charge nothing for his services
unless he could make her walk and talk
before the lst OF May. She recovered
previous TO that time, and her friends de,
cline paying the doctors bill, claiming
that her remarkable cure was cause by
the prayers of the church, aud not by any
medicine cf the doetors.
George NJ. Gayle, reconstructed in
dividpal, some years AGO gained a certain
notoriety by publishlng IN the papers OF
! Selma, Alabama, over his own signature,
an advertisement for contributions to a
fund of one million dollars to secure the
murder of Mr.. Lincoln. A few days ago
he was indicted by the Grand Jury of
the United States District Court for the
southern district of Alabama, on the joint
charge Of murdor aud conspiracy to ever
throw the United States Goyernment.-
Bail for his appearance was gwen ia the
sum of $4,000.
Captain Harry Roekaiellar, brevet
Major United States Army, has been
commissioned by the President Breyet
Iieutenant.Oa Oalonel, far gailant aud mer-
ritorious services during the war, dating
from March 13, 1868 Early in the wal
he won his eaptaincy upon the battle field
sacrifsing an arm for his couaGy Since
then he has been assigned to less active
duties, and the well.earned breyet of lieu.
tenant colonel tells how well the Depert-
ment esteem his services.
Agents of tho Government, acting
under instructions from the Quarternas
ter Generals Department, sipce the ter
minatlon of the rebellion have been ac,
Itively engaged upon every battlefield in
the Southern States, in gathering together
the bodies of the national dead, and
properly integring them 10 tho nation;
cemeteries The work Of establishing
! these mute tributes to those who have
fallen in defence of our country is Of DC
! mean. Importance, involving as it does
months of patient toll. In every South
ern State, from Virginia to Texas, eeme
teries have been established, in some o.
Fhich repose the remaias Of mora thar
10000 of our immortal dead, whose las
resting places, although they have no
been 1adorped by costly monuments have
been marked by simple, plain and expres
sive head and foot-b,ards, bearing upor
their faces volumes for contempla' ion :
In order to prevent desecration of thes,
sacred spots, and Keep the fences, grounds
Z &c, in repair, uperiatendents have beer
| appointed to watch over them.
1 IA inan named Conness, living il
Bridgewater, Massachusetts, was sho
dead on the night of the 10th, BY Geo
II. Morse, deputy State Constable. Thu
latter was called to quell rowfin Con
ness house, where he was savagely ysassaul
ted, aud fred 10 self.defeuee. Morse wa.
justified 10 the act and will not be prose.
cuted. ws
4 -It is stated Oh the authority of Jas
Ryan, District Center, that the item pub
lished in distant newspapers that all th.
Feuian Circles il New York had endorsel
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