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The New York herald., 1866-09-18

ness into light" that d to say from the dark
ness which envslops the upholders Of the con-
shtution to the ethereal light Of radlcalism,
with its symbols Of blood and firs and . new
civil war. The other political preachers were
more delicate In their allusions. DR.. Tying In
formed his audience that he had bis TRADE
bottled up, but would open It on future occa-
sion. With such an example before them in
the pulpits filed by white preachers We cannot
be surprised that the poor blacks Of Zion
Church were entertained by their colored
pastor with somewhat similar, though much
more moderate and Christian language; nor
that when he announced that the Saviour had
died for colored as well as white sinners,
one Of the congregation cried out "Bully
for Him." and tho whole. crowd rose to their
feet, shouting, stamping and screaming. This
was, no doubt, most unsesmly conduct in
church, but not whit worse than the indecorum
Of the white parsons who introduce politics,
profanity, q spirit Of uncharitableness and
nrebrand Of discord into their pulpit speeches.
It s the general opinion that the business
OF ministers of religion il to save souls
and promulgate the doctrine OF charity to all
mon; but ministers Of DR.. Bsllows' and DR..
Cheever's and DR.. Tyng's stamp despise all
such old fashioned notions. They evidently
regard the pulpit Is political rostrum, and
instead of being the mouthpiece of the Gospel
they have become the agents Of the politicians
and the Evil One.
We notice with some surprise that the clergy
of the Catholic Church-an institution which
always attended to its legitimate business, the
cure Of souls, and Stunned politics alto
gether-show symptoms of meddling with that
dangerous and not over clean subject down
South, as between the negroes and the whites.
So, at least, We judge from the recent
pastoral Of the Catholic bishop of Sa-
vannah, encouraging the interference ol
the Church with the condition OF the South
ern blacks, and intimating that the National
Council OF Bishops about to assemble
next month at Baltimore will take special
evidence that the bishops intend to travel out
side Of their accustomed track so far as to med
die in politics except the pastoral address OF
the bishop Of Savannah, and we hardly think
they mean TO do 80. The Catholic Church has
maintained its influence for more than eighteen
hundred years over the consciences and
spiritual conduct of its followers. In this
country it is remarkably prosperous and pro
gressive just now. II has always kept alooi
from politics, and that may be one Of the
secrets of its success. We hope that 1t will
not follow the example Of The political par
sons, but will adhere relgiously to Its old
policy Of saving souls anu leave politics ant
the politicians to take care of tHsmselyes.
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The parsons having returned from their
summer vacation resumed their pulpi.s on
sunday for new political campaign. They
appear to be refreshed with the waters of
fashionable resorts, salt and frosh; but the
"waters Of life" do not appear to have inspired
them very much towards the fulfment Of their
supposed mission-the spiritual regeneration Of
their hoclss. With few exceptions the sermons
preached on Sunday were political harangues.
some covert and insidious, some open, bold
and almost hlasphemous. Henry Ward
Becchcr, more cunning than the rest of tho
political preachers, did not refer directly to
politics, but the whole tenor Of his address
had marked political sign acance. He dealt
rather with historical ideas and the great men
OF history than with local events, prospects or
issues, but nevertheless there was no mistaking
the direction In which his thoughts were turn
ing while his philosophy was relieving itself
in eloquent words. His sermon was o calm,
digniied and statesmanlike effort, altogether at
variance with those OF the other pulpit agita-
tors. Beechcr's discourse indicates the man Of
thought; those Of the others the cffusions Of men
Of froth, cant and illimitable uncharitableness
Take, for example, the language Of Dr. Bellows,
who ought 70 have sense enough to appreciate
the duties Of his profession rs he once before
appeared to comprehend the value Of another
calling - an elevating element Of education
and morality. DR.. Bellows. while taking his
text from the Bible, descsnted, not upon the
duty Of man 70 bis Creator, but upon the cleo
tons. dragged into the pulpit " tho glorious
news from Maine and Vermont" speculated
upon the prospects in Pennsylvania, Ohio and
Indiana, and concluded by . prayer to the
Almighty that lie might guide the people u
vote the radical ticket at the coming elections.
Such language, one might expect 70 hear In
the gatherings 1t street corners or In bar
rooms; but Jour political parson thinks that
they are subjects good enough for the house
Of God. These rcjoicings over elections pas,
and prophetic suguries OF the result OF cleo
tons IN come we're mixed up with the most
undignided abuse Of the President OF the United
States and bis administration. Are there no
souls al all 10 be saved In DR.. Bellows "Church
OF All soulsi" Are The ways Of the politicians
Of more importance 10 his congregation than
"ihe WY, The truth and the life" which hs IN
supposed 10 lead them TO-. Rev. Theodore l..
Cuyler, too. opened h,s discourse with aprsyer
that The rr,s;dcn, nav be led "throaxh dark.
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NEWS fss~ rss slcifc aalsr.

SAs Fssscsrn, Sept. 10 fs0e
East
Tho brig Perspective. from China brings 1000 mats cf
rice and 5000 packages Of tea
Tho brig w. ID. klce forty three days from rsbiis,
has arrived, bringing as pssscnrcr Captain Cofnn. OF
the ~hang bark Alabama, wrecked on Chatham Island
The spanish feet, after making temporary repairs.
left Papuu for kanna, Jsly II Previous accounts
OF the forfon aspect of the nert fuliy confirmed
Tho bark Herman formerly n New YORK, had bcca
ccndcmued and sold Tahiti under the ntffuctons cf
the British Consul. Hsr commander, Captain Perkins
had previously bcsn drowned Her condemnation
caused much ronask. ocmpeent people thoprht Lx
sesworhy. and that lew supplies would enable her
complete her voyage 10 her port cf drsunstivD 10
thought her purrhsserB intended dc'vcring her up 10
her former owners
Mining stocks are dui yellow Jacket, s-S5 Beleher.
sIz5; savage, Si,izs; opLG 500 Lessi isnden un-
changed
The steamer Orrsbs, from Coilmris river. brngs
S27s, 800 In treasure.
mo oregon Legislators organised IN the f0ih ns:
Il Cornelius clsctcd rrcssdcnt of the SeI ue aud
A. 1hrnd worth Speaker OF the House
Many crngrsnt@, dtaeusef with The mining rrospccs
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Tho Southern States aud the Constitutional
Amendment.

The Southern States aud the Constitutional
Amendment.
The precise question now before the South
ern States still excluded from Congress is
whether they shall accept the advantages
offered them with the immediate adoption of
the constitutional amendment now before the
States for their ratification, or remain out in
the cold" for an indefinite length OF time-one,
two, FIVE, ten or twenty years, waiting for
something more acceptable as the price Of their
restoration.
This is the question, and We now feel il to be
our duty, in behalf Of the South, the admins
trasion and the country at large, to urge upon
the excluded States the saving policy and the
great advantages Of an immediate adoption OF
the conditions offered by Congress- In this atore-
said amendment. The great difficulty in this
matter lies In the alternative presented Of the
admission Of the blacks TO the elective fran
chse or their exclusion from the enumeration
Of the people Of every State concerned in
representation in Congress. The following
tables will show how this section of the
amendment will work in the excluded or un-
reconstructed States, with the denial or con-
cession of the suffrage to the blacks, according
to the census OF 1860 -
The New York herald., 1866-09-18

RADICALS ON Born SDss.-The Tribune il .
niggerhead radical and the World Is copper
head radical Both of them 60 to extremes
upon every political question and thus miss
the mark. The masses of the American people
are too sensible not to know that what Shak-
spere calls athe golden mean" is the true course
for all Intelligent men. The radical TribSns
and the radical World play into each others
hands to the injury Of the country; for, ~ Tho
old oroysrb says, extremes meet"
The New York herald., 1866-09-18

members in the House Of Representatives,
and that by adopting the other alternative Of
limiting the suffrage to the white population
they will only get forty Members dead loss
Of twenty-one. This, among the Southern poll
ticians, may seem hard condition either way !;
but as it is evident that the North will not con-
sent to . representation Of the Southern blacks
in Congress without suffrage, the Southern
States must make their election upon this
amendment, one way or the other Nor can
we understand why there should be any hesi-
tation, under the present state Of things, in the
choice Of the alternative. There Is q prejudice
Of two hundred years growth in the South
against the admission Of the blacks among the
Southern whites to a footing Of political equal
ity. This prejudice cannot be removed by
Congressional legislation nor even by consti-
tutional amendment It must be left to the
changing influences Of time. Very well. Even
SO this amendment proposes to leave It, Every
State concerned has the choice Of admitting to
or excluding from the suffrage its black popu-
lation; and as this prejudice against the blacks
Is the predominant idea among the ruling
Southern whites, their only course is to accept
the amendment with the distinct understanding
among themselves that they will exclude tho
blacks from the ballot-box IN toto for the pre-
sent, submitting to the loss Of their represen-
tation in Congress.
We recommend this course to the Southern
States with the adoption Of the amendment.
They will not in reality lose much in the House
in losing twenty members, considering the
overwhelming Northern majority against them
in that body. By coming in with even forty
members they will certainly put an end to the
power of the radicals to carry their measures
by two-thirds vote, and we doubt not that
upon their extreme issues the radicals will be
left in minority, with the union Of the North
ern democrats and moderate republicans with
the Southern members.
On the other hand, in the Senate these South
ern States remain by this amendment un-
touched. 1t is in the Senate, too, that the
its balance of power in Congress; and in the
Senate it can at once gain this balance of power
by the adoption of this constitutional amend
ment. The struggle between the President
and Congress upon this question of reconsiruc-
ton should have ended on the part of the
President with the passage Of this amendment
by two-thirds vote in each House, inasmuch
as this is the vote which makes q bill law OF
the land over the veto of the President. His
cooperation now in behalf Of the speediest
possible ratification Of the amendment is his
only true course. 1t offers him the same ad-
vantages over the radicals which it offers the
excluded States, and his object and their
object now paramount to all others ought to be
the full representation Of all the States In Con-
gress on the basis Of this constitutional amend
mcnt during the approaching session.
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him. This will be the true test The South
can hold the radicals to negro suffrage or not
at any time, just as they choose or - their
interests may determine. As the case now
stands 1t is manifestly the policy Of the South
to accept the constitutional amendment a. it
passed Congress and has been already en-
dorsed by two State legislatures They will
not assuredly obtain fairer terms II the ultra
radicals, North or South, should succeed In
obtaining the reins Of power.
The New York herald., 1866-09-18
NEW isssty srsrt cEsrs4l FAs

TnKSros. N J.. sept H. isss
Tn great Central Fair begins to-morro~. css1d prrps.
rations have been msds Among the novelties 81 Jose
A wrght OF TIE American Isicssaph Company has pei
no wres and opened an once on the Fair tsro ,nds
Tnere will ~ nne ethlhtpa ~ drck and ssrlrsitarAl
tn4ticmclsA
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way Of our progress towards reunionf How
can we be guilty Of "treachsry" to q party
when we were always and avowedly independ-
ent Of all partiesi Such talk as this about
"treachery" and "summersaults" may apply to
more partisan organ, but 1t cannot apply to the
HERALD In this spirit we might have answered
the clamors Of our contemporary but happen
ing to be in . very good humor, we have taken
the trouble to give him lesson in political
and newspaper strategy instead. We hope
that he will study it and adopt 1t, but we are
afraid that, like the original Mantilini in the
novel, his intellect will be too weak for the
task, and he will be unable to comprehend the
demnition total"
The New York herald., 1866-09-18

Here, for the sake Of round numbers, wc will
say is presented white population Of four mil
lions and half, and black population OF
three millions and half; and hero we have
the gains or losses Of the States concerned In
representation in Congress upon the admission
Of their negroes TO the ballot boz or their ex-
clusion from Il IN toto -
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-11-21
Spetial Hptires.
a HUM BUG.

HOW often we hear tins expression from persons
IL reading advertisements of Patent Medicines, and
IN nine cases out often they may be right. 1t is over
~ years since introduced my medicine, the VESE-
TIAN LINIMsST, 10 the public. had money to ad-
vertse it. so lett ii for sale with few druggists and
storekeepers through small section of the country,
many taking it with great reluctance; but told them
to let any one have it, and if it did do all stated
on my pamphlet, need paw for IT. In some
stores two or three bottles taken trial by per
sons present. | was, by many thought crazy, and
that would be the last they would see of me. But
knew my medicine humbug In about two
months began TO receive orders for more LinimenL
some calling it my valuable Liniment, who had re-
fused TO sign receipt when left it at their store
Now my sales millions of bottles yearly and all
tor cash, warrant it superior any other medicine
tor the cure of Group, Darrhoea. Dysentery Collie,
Vomiting, Spans and Sea-sckness as an internal
remedy. 1t IS perfectly innocent to take internally,
see oath accomplishing each bottle--and externally
for Chronic Rheumatism, Headache, Mumps, Frost
ed Feet, Bruises Sprains, Old Sores, Swelings Sore
Throats, &c, &c. Sold by all the Druggists. Depot
90 Cortandt Street, New York, octlO-7t
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-11-21
REASON WHY THE
AMERICAN WATCH
Made at Waltham, Massachusetts,
Is THE BEST.

1t is made on the best principle. Its frame is com
posed Of SoLm PLATES NO jar can interfere with the
harmony of ITS working and no sudden shock can
damage It's machinery. Every piece is made and
finished by machinery (tself famous for its novelty
as well as for its efectveness and therefore prop
erly made. The watch il what all mechanism should
be-ACCURATE, SIMPLE, STRONG AND ECONoM-
ICAL. Except some high grades too costly for gen
eral use, foreign watches chiefly made bv women
and boys. Such watches are composed of several
hundred pieces screwed and riveted together and
require constant repairs keep in any kind Of
order All persons who have carried "ancres," ''le-
pines" and English Patent Levers" are perfectly
well aware of the truth Of this statement.
At the beginning of our enterprise more than ten
years ago, it was first object to make thorough
y good low priced watch for the miIhon to take the
place of these foreign imposons the refuse of for
eign factories, which were entirely unsaleable at
home and perfectly worthless everywhere.
How well we have accomplished this may be un-
derstood from the fact that after many years of
public trial, make MORE THAN HALF OF
ALL THE WATCHES SOLD IN THE UNITED
STATES, and that no others have ever given such
universal satisfaction. While this department of our
business IS continued with increased facilities for
perfect work, we are at present engaged in the
afacture of watches Of the very HIGHEST GRADE
KNOWN TO CHRONOMETRY, unequaied by any
thing hitherto made by ourselves, and unsurpassed
by anything made IN the world. For this purpose we
have the amplest facilities We have erected an ad-
dItion to main building expressly for this branch
Of our business. and have filed it with the hest work.
men in New machines and appliances
have been constructed which perform their work
with conSunmate deicacy and exactness The
choicest and most approved materials only are used
and we challenge comparison between this grade of
our work and the finest imported chronometers. We
80 not pretend to sell watches for LESS MONEY than
foreign Watches, but do assert without fear Of con
radiction that for the our product is in
comparatively superior. All our watches, of what
ever grade are fully warranted and this warrantee IS
good at all times against or our agents IN all parts
of the world
CAUTION.-The public are cautioned to buy only
Of respectable dealers. All persons selling counter
feits will be prosecuted.
ROBBINS & APPLETON,
AGENTS FOR THE AMERICAN WATCH CO.
nOvl4-lm 1s2 BROADWAY, N. Y.
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tries as medicine of indispensable necessity. In
Great Britain. France and Germany where medical
science has reached its highest perfection. it Is pre-
scribed in domestic practice, and constantly used in
the armies, hospitals and other public Institutions
where ii is regarded by the attending physicians
the most speedy and agreeable remedy that can be
employed. Scarcely any neighborhood can be found
where well known cases of diseased lungs, which had
haf1ed the efforts of the most skfn and experience
ed doctors have been permanently cured by It, These
results are the most convincing proofs of the superb
or curative properties of this preparation; and TO
them the authors point with peculiar satisfaction
While tn most powerful against diseases
II is extremely gentle as medicine IN infancy and
youth. being quite harmless to even the youngest,
when administered JudclousIy.
This health-restorer accompshes even, more by
prevention than cure. If taken in season, it heals all
rrations of the throat and lungs, whether arising
from Colds or Coughs from other causes and thus
rrvent that long train of painful and incurable
eases. which would arise from the neglect of them.
Hence no family should be without II. Influenza,
1trnIn Hoarseness. Whooping Cough. Pleursy Incip-
lent Consumption, and other affections of the breath
ing organs give way before this preemlnent combi-
nation Of medical virtues - .
Prepared by DR.. J. c. AVER Co, Lowell, Mass,
and sold by all Druggists and dealers IN medicine
everywhere. hoF-l-zhl'
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Allcock's Porous Plasters.

BEST STRENGTHENING PLASTER IN THE
WORLD.
ALLCOCK'S POROUS PLASTERS resolve and as
suage pain by calling forth the acrd humors from
parts internal to the SKIN and general circulation
thus, in many cases, positively evaporatng the dis
ease. JAMES LULL, NJ D.
There is nothing equal, in the way Of plaster, to
the Porous Plaster of Mr.. ALLCOCK. Everything is
pleasant about them They the plaster of the day.
and fit type of our present advancement in science
and art. In Asthma, Cough, Kidney Affections, Gout
rheumatism, and local deep-seated pains, they afford
permanent relief
J.F. JOHNSON, NJ. D. Topical Remedies
From personal knowledge of these plasters, we can
state that they decidedly preferable any other
IN use Wherever relief isto be obtained by the use
of a plaster, we should recommend them.
A. INGRAHAM, NJ. d. Editor N. Y. Mentor
Agency, Brspdreth House, New York
Sold by all Druggists. no.2l-1m.
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House and Lot for Sale,

VNHAT fine, large Brick House and Lot
l. of Ground, situate on the west side of
Brown street, in the Borough Of Lewis
town, and now occupied by +. f. Locke,
is offered at private sale. There has been
a three-story brick addition lately built,
and the whole house has been newly pa
pered, painted and fitted with marble
mantels. For terms or other information
apply to A. REED,
nov7-3t Atty. for Mrs. L. Miller.
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NEWTON HAMILTON, Nov. II, 1866


At meeting of Aughwick Lodge, No.
472, /. o. of o. +. the following preamble
and resolutions were unanimously adopt
ed
WHEREAS, God in his alIwise PrOvi-
dence has removed from amongst us, by
the hands of Death, on Thursday morn
ing, November 18th, our well-beloved
Brother BARNARD GARRITY, whose in
tercourse with our Lodge has been long,
intimate, and most cordial. Therefore,
ResOJued, That in the death of our high
ly esteemed Brother we have sustained q
loss which we greatly deplOre; that We
deeply feel for his relatives and friends,
and that we tender them our sincere sym
pathy and coincidence
ReSOtUed, That these proceedings be
published in the county papers, with a
request to editors to have their exchang-
es copy, and they be recorded on the min
utes of the Lodge.
For any information with regard to
decd, address TO committee, Newton
Hamilton, Pa.
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A fine buck, weighing 300 lbs. was kill
ed in Armagh township few weeks ago
by Samuel strong.
There is considerable hunting going ON
after wild turkeys in the ridges and noun
taIns around town, but thus far the num-
Der of hunters exceeds the turkeys killed.
This species of game is unusually album
dant, but extremely wild.
We see notices in several papers of tur-
nips weighing from to pounds We
have three monsters in our possession,
sent US by Judge Morrison of Wayne
township, the smallest of which completes
with the heaviest we have seen noticed,
and the largest weighs 81 lbs.
Buckwheat Flour promises to be a IA
vOrite article on the table this winter
Hundreds will use it because they like it,
and hundreds of others because it is cheap
compared with the exorbitant prices of
flour. 1t started in price at So per cwt.,
next fell to So, and last week a considera-
bic lot was disposed of at So.
A short time ago prominent democrat
of this county visited the Shenandoah
Valley, Virginia, with a view of purcha-
sing lands, and being shrewd as well as
discerning man he made it his business
also to know what status northern man
would hold there. His general conclu-
sions are, that there is ample room for
good investment, but whether safe or not,
would depend upon the future course of
the southern States :. second, that radi-
cal or war democrat, or indeed any one
not III sympathy with the late rebellion,
would find social relations governed en-
tirely by such sympathy; third, that I'm
ion men are either Stunned, disliked, or
hated, according to the degree of acrimO-
ny with which rebellion endowed these
narrOw-minded people; and fourth, that
Union men are few and far between.-
When such state of society exists in
section but little over hundred miles
from Central Pennsylvania, can any SEN
sible man doubt the propriety of putting
such communities in a state of probation,
as proposed by the Constitutional Amend
ments, before again admitting them to po-
litical power?