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49, 44s1E3Ia9 80
- There was q steady increase
Of yellow fever at Galveston, on
The 1st inst. Physicians urge the
unacclimated to leave.
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: 10 Godey's Lady's Book for Au-
gust is beforeIus. 1t is a superb
number Ne gentleman could
2 make his wife or sweetheart a
more acceptable present, for 50
small a consideration, as a years
subscription to this valuable mag.
azine. Terms, IS per annum. L.
A. Cooley, Philadelphia. .a3
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-10

Da u The agent of the ffeedmen's
bureau in North Carolina makes
q gloomy report. He says widows
and orphans are counted by the
thousand, and their efforts to OBJ.
tain employment having generally
been futile, they are on the point
of starvation. 4ijH9fG, b3l)eil
I5U Yu1 "a ynf. mo- hfs4s Ess...e,.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-10

: u. The Baton Rouge AAdlyoo--
cate, in it's local, reports that Nc
Gloughlin was charged with hav-
ing passed q twenty, dollar Con
federate note upon a soldier
This being highitreasOn there is
no telling but what there would
have been, an extra session, n Of
Congress about it, ifMcGloughlin
had not compromised by the pay
ment of seYenty-fye cents on the
dollar. 4
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-10

R We frequently hear men
say they are too poor to, take a
newspaper-and yet we happen
to know that most Of those, very
men-who plead poverty and hard
times as their excuse-spend mon
ey enough in cards, whiskey,
cigars and other follies eUegy month
r-7to pay for half a dozen newspa,
pers a. aohoolEe l.yearr.f--t IberYille
South. nua sit I'd hssqiIgs I'd 4or
Well, suppose they doe hasn't
every man a right to : do as he
pleases with his own money? If
he prefers whisky and cards, let
him have them. lfaEvery one to
their own taste, !" as the old d wo-
man said when she kissed the
cow All such talks the yeriest
twaddle, and editors go beyond
their province when they indulge
init.iI There is nothing obligato-
ry upon any one to subscribe b for
q newspaper, if he doesn't wish it;
and We never complain of any
ones remissness i'm that respect
But We do seriously object to a
man stealing our paper from the
postofices fromjo regular sub
Fseribefs who. have paid for the
same sam ,.sl This is an injury to the
subscriber, and a .tworfold injury
to the publisher. We hope some
drones will asee tip 93sYl1q bGa
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-10

70 TheSouthd w estern of We'd
nesday reports business quite dull
at Shreveport. Red River, oppo-
site that point, hasLbeen slowly on
the rise for the past week., aver
aging one and q half inches every
twenty four lhours--with 1T feet
above low water mark. Rates OF
freight, 75c. to 81 per barrel for
up freight, and % per bale for
cotton; cattle So per head; pas.
sage, $50. Cotton, ordinary 163 To
17ac., good ordinary Is to l93c.,
and low niddlihg 90 to 9lac.y tax
paid BY producer, Cotton re re
ceiyed from interior, during the
week, 361 bales; shipped during
same time, $40 bales; stock on
hand 9dl ,652 l bales 4sr.a Gold, 137 to 1873;
silver, 1913 to 135!uo MS .lTig sIffI
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-10

IA u Wendell Phillips says while
men are found SO fun Of prejudice
that they think q man should not
have office merely because he is
black, that very fact justifes and
demands that we should labor to
elect men to Office merely because
thev ara hlacl Y nfmf419i1 s ri
fr-1|1Jg y sNs-"S'~ ssF .s.5.-,.. FA ia.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1867-08-10

: - A woman writes to- the
Springfield q lass. Repub lican to
advise all women to carry revolv-
ems, to protect themselves and
their daughters from the Attacks
OF ruf 1ans. o Crescent,
Women carrying revolvers to
protect themselves from the in
suits of rufians! What a COM
mentalrya Z And This ii the, !; moral
and virtuous would:be exemplary
NEGRO, loyi4g :. hisdegenat phi
+lanthrepie Observation-Disclosures
ern men, "baRbafousg and unrecon-
structeds as they ARE, delight to
protect, honor and revere our wo-
men on all occasions. Out upon
you, yee hypocriitiical; puritanical,
Gallons hearted Isimps of Butler
you are unworthy of association
with even t6sHottehtots .2peo-
pie SO lost to- shame as not to hon
Ifi5B c. yi1gmQ7q hna}IH INV &
or and proteetd true Womanhood,
as is proven to be characteristic
of this vile FACE, Should net. be
fattered with the name of Ibarba-
| rid sd iTBq eat I'll aoi50s7q iliW f.
lAt0n.a 60 n..EnFE k..a. IN -
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-07

On the lst of August 100000 was
paid ont Of the State Treasury to the
holders of PENNSYLVANIA bonds, for the
interest due on that day. This sum,
says the Harrisburg Telegraph will be
paid in National Currency, the lawful
money of the United States, and not in
goid, as Judge Sharswood and his sup
porters would have required.
The act repeating the old law re-
quiring payment Of interest on the debt
Of the Commonwcalth in coin, and au-
thorizing payment to be made in Ma
tional Currency, as it now stands on
the statute books, came from the pen
of Senator Conncll, of Philadelphia,
who, as chairman Of the Finance Com
mittcc Of the Senate, perfected and re-
ported the bill, April |, 1864, and sup
ported the same in an able speech on
that occasion.
The bill was strongly opposed by
Senators Clymcr, Wallace and other
Democratic Senators, who then avowed
the Sharswood doctrineth that our Nation
al Currency was not a legal tender for
debt that are merc bouod to pay for
eign bond holders IN gold or silrer, and
that payment IN the money Of the United
States w0s repudiotion but 10 the
credit Of the Union Republican mem
bers Of the Legislature of 1861 the
bill became a law, and has already saw
ed the State more than three millions
and a half of dollars.
While every Republican in both
Houses voted for the bill, every Demo-
crat, except Senator Kinsey, opposed
it. We give the yeas and nays in the
Senate as found on page 679 of the
Legislature Record Of 1864:
IEAs-NIessrsChampneys, Connell,
Fleming, Graham, Hoge, Householder,
johnson, Kinsey, Lowry, Nichols,
St. Clair, Turrell, Worthington and
Penny, Speaker-14.
NAYs-Messrs. Beardslee, Bucher,
CLymer, Donovan, Hopkins, Lamber-
ton, Montgomery, Reilly, Smith, Stein,
and lVdlLdce-1l.
Messrs. MSherry and Wilson stated
"that they were paired OIL" showing
that this was regarded as Il party qucs-
ton, the Copperheads being arrayed,
with one solitary exception, against it,
and the Republicans unanimously for
it.
We append a statement showing
THE AMOUNT OF INTEREST DUE SEMI
ANNUALLY, since the passage of the
act THE PRICE OF GOLD each day the
interest fell due, and the ADDITIONAL
COST TO THE STATE if the interest had
been required in specie
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-07
A Child with EH0 Heads and Four Arms

On Tuesday of this week, we wit
messed with our own eyes, and not
anothcr'>, one Of the most remarkable
objects that ever brcathcd the breath
of hcavcn-thc body Of child with
two perfect heads and four complete,
well formed arms. The lower limbs
are natural, and also the extreme lower
part Of the body. Just above the
hips the body begins to increase in size,
the back bone branching out to right
and left and divcrging sufficiently to
give room for two shoulder-blades
between them, in their proper position,
the distinct two forms beginning their
separate existence just below the arm
pits. In front, the body below the
navel appears natural. Above that
point it gradually branches out into
two separate organizations, the breast
bones being joined. The vital organs
are all double. The shoulders and
nccks arc all perfect, and the heads are
well formed. The features are regular
and well developed, one hand appear
ing to be that of male, while the
features of the others resemble those
Of female, The genitals of the male
are perfect. Altogether, this is a Won
dcriul specimen Of the genus man.
Like the Siamcsc twins, the two faces
inclined towards each other, the back
of the body being broader than the
front part. The inside arms are in
such position as to naturally twine
around the little necks, each of its
fellow, giving a pleasing effect. The
weight Of the body, after having been
somewhat reduced by the process of
cmbalming, was eight pounds.
The child was born in this village,
on Sunday, the l4th inst, Drs. j. A.
Macdonald and Alex. Mclean, being
in attendance. One side lived a few
minutes after being ushered into this
strange world, and then died, while
the other did not BREATHE Chippe,cd
( U%.) Union, July 20.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-07
THE sURRATT CASE.
tent Statement Relative 10 signing her

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 4,-Ex-
Judge Pierrpont yesterday, in his argu-
ment to the jury in the Surratt case,
made an important statement, which
he verified by producing the original
record relative to the execution of Mrs.
Surratt. 1t has been charged, it will
be remembered, that the order for Mrs,
Surratts execution was handed to the
President by a member of the Cabinet
and that it was signed without consul
tation. The following verbatim ex-
tract from Judge Pierrpont's speech
tells the story. He said
81 have not come here for the pur-
pose of proving that Mrs. Surratt was
guilty, or that she was innocent, and |
do not understand why that subject
was luggcd into this case in the mode
that it has been. Nor do | understand
why the counsel denounced the mill
tary commission that tried her, and
thus indirectly censured in the sever
est manner the President of the United
States. The counsel certainly knew
when they were talking about that
tribunal, and when they were thus
denouncing it, that President John
son ordered with his own hand
that commission; that the President
signed the warrant that directed the
execution; that President johnson,
when that record was brought before
him, brought it before his Cabinet,
and that every single member voted
upon it, and that they voted to con-
firm the sentence, and that the Presi-
dent with his own hand wrote his
confirmation of it, and with his own
hand signed the warrant. | hold in
my hand the original record, and no
other man, as it appears from that pa
per, ordered it. No other one touched
this paper, and when it was suggested
by some of the members of the COM
mission that in consequence of the age
and the sex of Mrs. Surratt, it might
possibly be right to change her SEN
tence to imprisonment for life, he
signed the warrant for her death with
the paper right before his eyes, and
there it is" Handing the paper to
Mr.. Merrick. "My friend can read
it for himself"
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-07

c. CHAUNcEY BURR, notorious
Copperhead, has been lecturing in
Newark and elsewhere, in New Jersey,
before Democratic associations and re-
ceieing their countenance and approval
for his political sentiments. He edits
magazine called the Old Guard,
which is exclusively patronized by the
Democratic party. In late number
Of this vile publication, Burr says:
"We think we are safe in saying that
there are more intelligent white and
black men and women in this country
to-day, who respect the name of John
Wilkes Booth, than there are who
respect the name of Abraham Lin
coln."
He also used the following language
in the same paper, speaking of Prcsi-
dent Lincoln:
at is a year since Old Abe was
taken suddenly sick in the private box
of theatre, on Good Friday night,
with Booth on the Brain p
And he opens his editorial comment
in this last number with these words
"Thank God, l still boast Of my dis
lo5uhyW This man is the chosen
spokesman of the Democratic party
and an acknowledged exponent of its
views. What right has such party
to complain when we charge them with
disloyai sentiments
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-07
PIglE.. SHERIDAN.

Doughty "Littlc Phil" stands like
a levcc in himself, keeping back the
turbulent current of treason that
threatens to osweep over the lowlands
of Louisiana. His actions have met
with hearty approval by all, excepting
the same who condemned him and his
deeds in the Shenandoah Valley. The
President and his coadjutors have
finally decided to open a crcrasse by
his removal and we expect the official
news by next mail, We only hope
the same torrent that brings woe and
devastation upon Louisiana may be
the means Of bearing Sheridan to that
position beside Grant which he so
richly deserves.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-07

CoLFAX's speech which we publish
on this weeks outside fully meets the
argument which we have so often pab-
lished aud contained in the Presidents 5
last veto message. If weshould treat
the theories Of Democracy as advanced
by the President in the sophistical way
which he would impress them upon
the people, perhaps, they would be
difficult to overtun. Literally, if the
country was not contorted by political
throes, if the war, recently passed, was
a phantasy, no traitors seeking the life
Of the republic, no political heresies to
combat, no obsolete doctrines attempt
ing to be resurrected, all peace and
good will, then would they be correct
in the main. As it is, viewed in the
light of common sense and pure love
Of country who can deny but that
they stand for nought?
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-07

One of the most interesting facts
brought to light by the Surratt trial,
confirming the kind treatment of Rebel
prisoners in Northern prisons, was
the records of the Elmira Prison,
which were taken to Washington for
use in the trial. 1t was found record
ed that, during the spring of 1865,
five thousand and twenty-five Rebels
were confined there, and that only six
deaths occurred during three months.
In the face Of these facts we see it con-
stantly paraded by Copperhead jour-
mails that Southern prisoners were even
more barbarously treated in the North
than ours were in Andefsonville.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-07
Che 2Sogncsb,ere 2Republicon,

81, 300, 900, and that that measure was
only carried and became a law by the
active and earnest efforts of Republican
Legislators. And it is only fair that in
this reference to a historical fact con-
nected with important improvements
in our financial progress, full credit
should be awarded Senator Connell for
the influential and effective part he
took in reaching the results from which
the State now reaps such vast benefits.
1t isnotoften that a financier of George
ConnelPs ability is willing to serve in
the Senate. Intimately acquainted
with the great machinery of banking,
for years identified with the system of
finance as it is conducted in this coun-
try, Senator Connell was well qualif-
ed to prepare the work now so largely
operating to relieve the burdens of the
taxpayers of Pennsylvania. By such
acts the representatives of the Repub-
lican party strengthen its organization
and render its principles popular with
the people,
We are happy to endorse the above
andald that Senator Conncll is a native
Of Greene county. He was born at
Ryerson's Station, and, Of course, grew
up strong in Democratic faith. Like
many, however, who shake the dust of
this benighted region from their feet,
he saw the error Of his ways, and has
thus been enabled to act in the sphere
Of usefulness in which we now find
him, Philadelphia is proud Of this
Greene Countian and as often as the
elections come will confer upon him
the honor of her representation.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-07
"SHOwER OF MUDr-

1t is interesting, to watch the career
of public men, especially if their his
tory be known. Take Grant for an
illustration. Before the war he was
nobody, so to speak. Played out for
business he bought a commission in
the Confederate army, and was by M.
Fielding, of Arrow Rock, warmly rec
commended to Gen. Claiborne +. Jack
son, who promised Grant a commission
in the Confedfederate army. AT the
earnest solicitation ofGen. M'Clcrnand,
he gave upthis idea and accepted a
commission from Lincoln-went into
the so-called Union army, and-thc
balance of hishistory is familiar to all.
How small the rock that changes the
course Of the rivulet which grows to
a torrent intime, and is then lost in
the ocean
The above from a neighboring
democratic sheet is the ''premonitory
symptoms OF the disease. Democracy
is rapidly becoming infected with the
Southern hatred Of Grant and his pos
sible nomination for the Presidency by
the Republican Party sets them mad
with terror, They know the howl Of
"niggcr equality" etc, etc, will then
avail them not and that the only resort
for them is to "return to the wallow'
and cry out against the war, the Union
Generals, the soldiers, and all connect
ed in any way with the abolition of
slavery. Mark you, this is but the
beginning!
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-07

LONDON, August 3, 2p. M.-Dis-
patches received to-day from Athens
bring intelligence that the Greek gov
ern.nent has announced its dctermina-
ton of declaring war against the Sub
lime Porte on the first of September,
should the hostilitics against the Chris
tians in Gambia not be ended by that
time. Great military preparations are
being made for such a contingency, and
orders have been issued calling out the
entire reserves Of the kingdom.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-07

THE harmonizing of what promised
to be two hostile factions in the Repub-
licun Richmond Convention is another
blasting of Copperhcad expectations.
All things conspire to hasten the final
doom. Cursed at home and repudia-
ted abroad, Treason and Democracy
will find grave in '6S, so deep that
the "last trump" shall not arouse
them
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-07

Information having been received
at the Frcedmen's Bureau that the
extreme destitution in the Southern
and Southwestern States has, in great
measure, ceased to exist, and that the
provisions for its relief, already made
under the joint resolution Of Congress,
approved March, 1861, will be sufli-
cient to prevent suffering to prevent
suffering or extreme want. In accor-
dance, therefore, with instructions from
the Secretary Of War, the assistant
commissioners will be prepared to sus-
pend the issue of supplies on the Goth
Of August next. The issue ofrations
to the sick in regularly organized hos
pitfalls, and to the orphan asylums for
refugees and freedmen, will be con-
tinued for the present.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-07

DEMOCRACY declare, that, in time
Of war, no country has a constitutions
al right to arrest spies and traitors,
much less to arraign them before a
military tiJpao,, Abnegating the law
Of sclf-dcfcncc is one thing, and put
ting it in practice is another.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-07

A young gentleman Of Virginia has
contrived a new way to kill time-a
little pastime which he calls "ay-loo." "
This game, according to Lynchburg
paper, may be played by any reason
able number of fpersons. The players
names are written on pieces of paper,
and a lump Of sugar on each. Then
begins the eager excitement of waiting
for fly to light, and when it does so,
the name Of the player under which
the sugar has attracted the fly has to
treat all round. The game is very
popular in the South.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-07

THE ADDRESS ofthc Union Rcpub-
lean State Central Committee is on
the first page, We invite a close pc
rusal by all. 1t is sound reasoning
and gives the record for its assertions.
Rad and pass it around among your
Democratic ncighbors.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-07

Governor Pcirpoint was assaulted
at the Executive mansion, in Rich
mond, on Monday, July 20, a Mrs.
Driscoll, who was Immediately arrest
cd by the police. The assault was
made because the Governor had par
doncd a man convicted of killing her
son. The Governor was not injured.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-07

HORACE GREELEY is writing a
life Of himself for the New York Leiger.
Its publication will be commenced in
two or three weeks. The first install
ment is already in manuscript, and the
next will follow Immediately.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-07

Thus it will be seen that Copper
head Legislators, including all their
leading representative men, acting on
the Sharswood doctrine, strongly OPP
posed a measure which HAS SAVED
THE COMMONWEALTH ALREADY over
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-07

GEN. SHERIDAN on July 30 issued
an order removing Governor Throck-
morton, of Texas. f. NJ. Pease, a
well known Texas lawyer, has been
to the position by General
=
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-07

The commissioners appointed to
select site for the new lunatic asylum
for Ohio have chosen Athens, H.cking
county, and the work of erecting bull
dings is to be speedily placed under
contract.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-07

CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE, during a
recent visit to Frederick, Maryland,
expressed "the belief that Con ,ress
will be prompt in aflording relief to
the loyal men of Maryland, by pass
ing the Universal Suffrage bill, when
it convcncs in November"
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-07

AMERICANS AND THE EXPOSITION.
The large number of awards given
in the American section of the Paris
Exposition has attracted renewed at
tention to it, since their distribution
so says the PaN-MaU Gazette. Out of
524 exhibitors, 262 received rewards.
Of these there were four grand prizes,
ten decorations, seventeen gold medals,
over sixty silver medals, and the rest
bronze and honorable mentions.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-07
KENTUCKY.
Union Meeting Broken up by n Mob Of
Rebels.

CINCINNATI, August "A Union
meeting, addressed by VIM. ID. Gentry,
candidate for the Kentucky Lcgisla-
ture, on Saturday evening, was broken
up by mob of rebels, who pclted the
crowd, consisting of about three hun
drcd, with small stones and eggs. Pis-
tolls were ilourished. Mr.. Gentry
ceased speaking, and thus prevented
bloodshcd. The election in Coving-
ton tomorrow for representative will
be close.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-07

BRowNLow's majority in Tennessee
will be in the neighborhood of 25, 900.
The Congressman are all Radical, and
the Legislature almost unanimously
so. Had there been anything else to
carry, the Radicals would have carri-
ed it.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-07

DURING July, 1926 immigrants
arrived at New York. Nearly one
half of them remained in the State of
New York, while of the Western
States Illinois received the largest pro-
portion, 2,239.
The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-07
4 LATE Pnnln. kns. nnnnr

A LATE Paola, Kas., paper announ-
ces the final determination to build a
railroad to that point, and is confident
that ere Jan. 1868 they will hear the
scream Of the steam whistle. The
importance Of this is in the easy access
to Il valuable and rich tract of Kansas
land hitherto mapproachablc but by
the slower modes. 1t will stimulate
emigration, enhance the value Of lands
and otherwise give impetus to that
growing country, Ofall places, none
Dr. better inducements for emigration
than Miami County, Kansas, now that
this enterprise is decided upon.