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VOLUME EIGUT-NUMBER 90

'How much is there, George p ques"
tions the bewildered Jenny.
There cannot be less than three or
four Thousand dollars said her husband
--see-here is a hundred dollar bill close
to the pocket! T!
'Ah, Jenny, Aunt Bridget had a
meaning when she made the will be-
queathing to you, her truest friend and
tenderest nurse, the old brown Pongee
dress l am glad nov that / did not
distroy the paper. 1 wonder what Is~
abella and her husband will say.P
George said Jenny, reverently, Il
think God has sent us this money in
our time of need. had not enough
left to pay the rent, and dared not
think about the doctors BILL
The tears of fervent gratitude came
iuto my eyes as she spoke.
Little Kate had new dress to wear
to school but it was not the brown Pom
gee, Jennie Martin Treasured that up in
memery of old Aunt Bridget while
Emily Penford, Cousin Isabella, and
that class Of people, all exclaimed with
one accord
who would have supposed such
thing possible p
AS ii fact were not often times stran-
ger than fiction
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THE VICTORY.
Address of the Republican State Centrai
Committee.
Rooms OF THE UNION REPUBLICAN
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE,
purr Dpr pt1rA Oct ID. 1868. y

Rooms OF THE UNION REPUBLICAN
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE,
PHILADELPHIA, Oct IA, 1868.
Republicans of Pennsylvania Yesterday
Won achieved triumph at the polls scarcely
less important in its results than the victory
of arms on the field of Gettsysburg. The
integrity of the Union, the perpetuity OF the
Republic we secured by the one, its perma-
nent peace and future glory are insured py
the other ,,
Your verdict thus pronounced will be re-
corded by the American people III NoVem-
ber next in a most emphatic condemnation
of the party false to the country IN the h9ur
of its peril, false to liberty and the rights
of man. Every lover of peace and good
order congratulates you on your achieve
ments in stripping such an organization OF
all power to inhict future injury on the
country. Henceforth it must sink under the
same oblouuy that rests upon the Tories OF
the Revolution and the Federalists OF the
war of 1872. Entrusted with power, IL
welded it for the Acknowledgement OF the
Republic Confded in by its devotees as
the guardian of liberty, it eXerted all its en-
ergies for the perpetuity Of human bondage:
Processing reverence for free spet On ana
freedom of the press it silenced both WIN
bOwie-knife and revolver wherever IL hao
supreme control. Assuming to be the
guardian of the rights of man, 1t became
the champion of human bondage, and stood
seminal with baying blood-hounds to seize
and return the fleeing fugitive and at last,
dissatisfied with the result of a fair election
it raised its hand against the life of the Re
public and Sampson-lke, would have
uried itself in the ruins of the grandest
temple Of liberty ever reared by human
hands.
1t is beftting that party scared by such
a record should die at the hands OF the pee,
pie whose sense of justice it has outraged
and whose dearest rights it has trampled IN
the dust.
Republicans of the Keystone Your
brethren throughout the'Union have watched
the struggle which you have just passed
with intense interest, aud'its result gladdens
every patriot heart. Let not your victory
dampen your ardor or relax your energy, but
march on with closed ranks and solid columns
to complete yeur victory in November
GALUsHA A. GROW.
Chairman State Republican Committee.
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Gooiall0's G5crrnnu Conic

Il c7aJn.N'io1 of at TIE iqredj-rs Of the BiterS
tOth PuEg Santa Cft, RR, orange etc. Il is ussd fer
n sig,dscs the Buteys IL, cases ,Chere s5ue
pure a.cotohc stimulus is required, lou giI bclIr IL,
ntirld that Nse remedies entirely different from
dssy others ddr'rligtR for he cure Of the dis,dSss
flIps tless being scientific preparations Of medicinal
Sl-Irti tchie the 0iprs mere iecOctons of rlpt
tu fn Tie TONIC il drcifsdly one of Le most
DlsGsrfi. i GgrccIbl, r,plcGieS crer offered TO the
pEjltc Is tiIts IS eTglisc. Itis pleasure 10 take
~ uhils its iiic1ri,lg, celebrating, aud medicinal
yiiiteI h0re caused u 20 be k,0rCn the 9redett Of
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Eoofan0's German Bittrrs

ts entirely vegetable, ma contains no
liquor. It Is ~ compOuHd of Fluid Ex-
tracts. The Roots, IIeRbs, and BRrks
from which these extracts are made
are gathered in Germany All the
Guedi cinRl virtues are exsrfosted from
IICiA by q scientific Chs-tiIst. These
extracts are then forwarded to this
country TO he used expressly TOr the
Enanuf fs c tBre of these Bttters, There
is nB alcoholic substance OF amy kind
used in cOIupOuDcSng the Bitters,
hence - ~ 'he only BitIc-s that con
be used in cnses where alcoholic sttmI-
aalAnts are not aNNisa bic.
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CONSUMPTION.

Thousands OF cases, when the pa
ficnt supposed he was AFFLICTED with
hts terri Ole disease, have been cured
by the usc OE these remedies. Extreme
-InSctstiOn, debility, snd cOugh arc
Tho usual attendants upOn severe
eases CT dyspepsia or disease OF the
digestive organs. Even I'm cases of
EenUiHe Consumption, I h csc re emedies
will be found OF the greatest benent,
strene Iheuing ana nviEOrating.
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BARBARoUs TREATMENT,--A Chi
nese shave and shampoo is thus descri-
bed by correspondent of the Chicago
Tribune: "The operator took a razor,
and strapping it upon his leg began to
cut the beard from my face, without ha-
wing lathered it. Upon my suggesting
that little lather would prove benef'
cial, he replied that it was entirely use
less and had . tendency to make the
hair stiff and tough, and therefore was
never used by any one who had any
knowledge of the human face divine
and its appendages. L, per iorce' acqul.
would rather thh be bsnRsVgd nSRsVgd fkB5s ssSssfSa 0at
than once without. After the beard
had been taken off, and it was done IN
very short time, the barber took a
long, sharp, needle.like spoon, apd be:
gan 20 pierce my ears. He explored
every avenue, and brought up, from
numerous little erivices, bits Of wax and
dirt which had been accommodating there
since my childhood, for never submit
ted to such an operation before.-Ha
wing become satisfied with the picking
about my ears, the barber suddenly
twisted my neck to one side IN such
manner that it cracked, as if the YER
tibrae had been dislocated. "Hold on y
"All right" replied the tonsor, "me nc
hurt pou," and continued to jerk AMI
twist my neck until it was as Timber as
an old womdn's dish.rag. He then tel
to beating my back, breast, armes and
sides with his fist, and pummelled the
muscles until they fairly glowed with
the beating they had received. b'
then dashed a bucket of cold wateI
over me, and heving dried my ski
with towels, declared that his work wa
done. I dressed myself, and havin!
paid my two cents, walked away, feel
ing like a new man. The sensation o
: soreness was gone, and one of elasticit,
remained l really never felt better i
my life, and must say that half an hou
5 under the hands of Chinese barbe
J would be far better than glass OF sod
5 after nights debauch."
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-, I-,o~-, and VII cure az diIeGI,s restsltir9 from
i-J.s h.o.-s
E,-D yrvr Jlop5 pt.r, k,S7r your Lircr IN ord,ri
L.~3 I7ur Igsfir' or.7rs S1iHt, t,d!thy coH1l-
1sr hy .s al u,ss r7feGisS, aEl dtselsS vii
et.-T dsr.t -0tl
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Weak and Delicate Children

are made strong by using the Bttters
or TUnic. In fact. they are Family
~ ecICiBrE. They eau he ad mas Mat cred
SxiL}I E-crTect SAFETY 40 ~ child three
uIontlSs old, the IL Ost delicate Hem ale,
or a M OF ninety.
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9 - GS$Es 2 : ISN

Ladies' who wish fEtr skin and
good { ON plcIi0n, free from yellow
ish tlHs,e and all OF her disnguremeni,
sNoUId use these remedies OCCASION
ally. The Liver I'm perfect order, aud
tbe EloSi pure viii result In spark
siNE eyes and blooming cheeks.
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H,1fHpTS GrI1Ha" RsmSdteE az, co'snh>TfTt'd.
The g~btt> ha>> h< sigr0'cre n q. M Jackson
an f- 81 tis 6Esi> tcrIppS- af zach JOI>, and
a, ~ ne aric.e Go'g'g each Gott. Al oheTG
are cJtlrtsrftt
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WHY NOT 2

The States now represented in Congress
and entitled according to the recent act OF
+he national legislature, to take part in the
Presidential election. cast 294 electoral
votes. The three States, excluded by that
act, Virginia, Mississippi and Texas, would
east if their votes were counted, ~ more
making total vote of 81. In the actual
case l47 votes are necessary to an election
In the other case l59 would be.
Now let us see how the already determined
,,ota stands Six States have held elections
since the Presidential canvass opened, which
have given Republican majorities and an
nounced their November vote in advance
as follows
Nyay,
Vermont.
NJ,ine
Indiana .........,... SS
ennsylvania
Total-.--.,...,....,.....---- '''''''''''''H
The following additional States are so GER
tainly Republican that under the best OF
circumstances the democrats would not have
dreamed of carrying them:
Massassachus ''''.------------''''''''l
Rhode Island
MiSbigan, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
| Kansas ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Tennessee
South Carolina. ''''....''-sN.'''''
| Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
These, with the States named above, make
up l6l electoral votes, or 2Taore than would
be required if all the Stat 3 voted, and Ia
more than in the actual case are necessary
to elect Gen. Grant. What then, is the us.
of the deROerats e. ing on any further witt
their canvass IN I'M ssborldn't seymour an
Blair withdraV WI! aare anv more funeri
expenses {
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THANKSGIVING,

PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT.
BY the President Of the United States oil
A unripa.
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Thousands OF letters have been re-
CoiVed, ,testIrying 10 the virtue OF Ihese
re <EIcdteH,
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q READ THR RECOMMENDATIONS,


FROM HON. GEO. W. WOODWARD,
Chief Justice Of the Supreme Co-rt Of pennsylyania.
PAN, ,DsazaiA, AARcH 10th, 1861.
fri "Ts1ddrd, Gs11SIn +3t'tc-I" IS mot an tutor
:-'H' H''-1g' Ut Is Sot to'''t "'if,a "a dt'or-
o,rf !'s fgft'r. organi, dn'' Qf great b'''>a 81
r1sr' o. ds5a'ty and udnt Of Irrrous action 81 ne
Gro Il WOODWARD.
FROM HON. JAMES THOMPSON,
Judge Of tAs sprrou,c Cont Of Pennsylvania.
PHLApripsIA, APRIL 2Sth, 1865.
Icons'Gsr "IToofuud's German Bit-
can certGy tkis from fS ~ 'eipeTienCo
JAMES THOMPSON.
Prom REV. JOSEPH II. KENNARD, DID,
Pastor Of the Tenth Baptist Church. Philndelpha.
DE.JAcEsoY-DEtE SIR :-Ihare J,er fr'gusntlyrs-
-1t,s9 n -rru-ct y yl-ae trifh recommendations Of
dtftr1 kinds Of medicines bat regarding NE practice
~ Of my appropriate ShfrS, ihdrs m all cases de-
=tHsf t,t tolu clear prOgE m udrtous i,'sd"ce' and
II aands German BterS, IdspGrt far once from my
H''NN-eotuG, 70 cypress my tUH c0tiction that for
Seusral debility m the system and especially for Liver
Con. plaut it is safe and valuable preparation. In
some cases may fail but usually idottJt not IL tOiH
Js r,ry bc,lefcal 10 those ,Dbo suffer from the dJoue
Oaaus' Io'T', r,'y rte,2G,e,,t,Rg,
ESiAh GslJI0 Coats 81.
Price OF the Bitters, 800 per bottlei
Or, half dozen Tor $500.
Price of the Tonic, $3.50 per bottlei
or, a half dozen for $3.50.
th. Tonic is put up in quart bottles.
EeroUect that Il Is Or. H0eldnFS Gs1TaHr Remedies
init are so 7iirerIsy used and 80 highly recommend
led and do mt alloi0 the Druggist 70 itdcs yon to
take any thing else that he may say Is just az go5d De
cause he makes ldTger proM 0it 4. These Remedies
Nu be sent by express 10 any i0catty upon alIacal'0'
t0Hs
PRINCIPAL OFEkGE,
AT THE GERMAN MEDICINE STORE,
NJ. U9l ARCH STREET Philadelphia.
cHAs. M. EVANS, Proprietor,
Formerly G, N, JACKSON & co.
These Remedies are for sale by
Druggists, StOrekeepers, and MedI-
cine DealerbeVeTywheTe
DO not frgr 70 e,apHs ,ocI tls article you Ly, ii
Ofdsy % NJ OtS g-sats.
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The following additional States are so GER
tainly Republican that, under the best of
circumstances the democrats would not have
dreamed of carrying them:
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ITEMS

Monday 8 request was received from
Major General ]. B. Steedman to be
called before the House Committee Of
managers as a witness in regard to prop
ositions of bribery in relation TO the vote
in the Senate on the impeachment al
ticles. General Steedman proposes to
testify that Senator Pomeroys's vote for
scquittal was offered to him for a vslu-
able consideration specified. The wit
nesses accumulate. Will the eager man
sgers call for the testimony, perpetually
asks the National LnteHi9encer.
On the 21st in Burke county, Geor-
gia, a negro woman named Charlotte
Bonn, was murdered by a negro man,
Jacob Wade, who, q short time previous,
had q difficulty with her husband. Cir
eumstances are almost conclusive. The
deed was committed with q Ratchet.
-Msdame George Sand tDudevant)
has Just finished in Paris a new novel en-
titled " Msdamoiselle Merquem."
About twenty gentlemen from Hale
county, Ala, are prospecting about Kan
sas City, with a view to locate there, to
get rid of negro supremacy, which they
apprehend in their own State.
One Of the Chicago resolutions adopts
the Declaration of Independence as a
part of the platform of the Republican
party. Another resolution, apparently
intended to be the logical sequence of the
FIRST, guarantees the right Of suffrage to
the "trooly loil " people of the South.
But, unfortunately, the same resolution
declines to guarantee the right of suf-
frage to the negroes Of the North.
Eugene has another little affair on
her hands in the matrimonial, or rather
in this case the snti-mstrimonisl way.
Her care is for the future OF the elder son
Of the Duke of Alba, to whom q certain
noble lady wishes & marry herdaughter,
The Empress has at last got the youth at
court and is Disabling him with its splep-
doris and entertaining him with its gage
ty, and taking such good care Of his COM
fort that her matchmaking schemes are
liable to succeed.
The Selma (Alabama) Messenger
says: One house in this city yesterday
shipped 800 sacks Of eanebrake corn to
Mobile. LAST year, every dollar In this
section was being sent West for corn;
now we have = surplus, and It is as low
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MAGAZI Is.

THE LAND WE LOvE.-This truly
Southern magazine for June) has beer
on our table for ONE time, and we did
not notice it in our columns, because at
some time we hoped 8 missing mail, or
some unexpected event, or dizziness in
the daily routine Of editorial life, would
open a column or two to some of its pc
culisrly agreeable and Interesting con-
tents. 1t is punctusl, and the editor con-
scientious. We regretted to see in a
former number that the regular corps OF
p~oetical contributors had been engaged
to furnish all of that sort of literary pro-
want that is needed. This is a dsmper
on aspiring genius, and, besides, it's a
pretty sure generator Of "tolerable
verse" We would have the embargo
raised, and more than a name acquired
to ensure enshrinement in its pages. To
be sure it is g terrible bore to be COM
PEELED to wade through pages Of unut-
tersble nonsense, but then, if unread,
80 Full msny a flower Is born TO blush unseen,
And waste its fragrance on the desert air"
This magazine is manly and elevated
in its tone and character does not pam
der to vitiated tastes, and deserves a
hearty support from the Southern
people.
SCOTT's MONTHLY MAGAzINE.-The
June number OF this interesting periodi-
cal came to hand in due time. 1t main
tains its character well, and i~nculcates
pure morals, intellectual culture, and
patriotism without the constant appliea-
ton of empty and h~igh-sounding phrases,
which degenerate into the merest balder-
dash of the demsgogue. The blending
of the useful and the agreeable is its
main object, in which it is highly sue
cessful. The present number commences
a well-written and interesting story
entitled Florence Switzerland" by a
new contributor, and Godfrey Aylmer's
History" by Leroy, is sad and pathetic.
J. Russell Barriek has a clever essay
on the useful and the Beautiful once
considered almost SYNONYMS, or one a
dependency upon the other. There are
some valuable papers in the present
number, of which Lieut. MaurvIs
contribution TO the Southern Educational
Record may be designated. The terms
are "a per year, and place of publication
Atlantis. The paper, if we must find
fault, might be improved without defri.
ment to the magazine.
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FOREIGN.

BERLIN, June Bismarck urges the
adoption by the nations Of Europe and
America of treaties establishing \ uni.
form international system OF tonnage
and capacity for shipping. He proposes
the English system Of measurement as
the best basis for such system, but sug-
gests it be modified by the application
of the metricsl principle. The North
German Confederation is prepared to
open negotiations with foreign govern
ments oil this subject.
ST.. PETERSBURG, June THE EN-
peror of Russia has issued an ukase set
ting free all persons Of foreign birth now
exiled to Siberia, and all natives, Rus
sian and Poland, who are sentenced to
less than twenty years exile.
BRUSSELS, June 7.-Leonard's news-
paper asserts that the opinion widely
prevails in Paris that wal will break out
10 Europe before the close of next Va
tumn.
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FOr President OF the United States,
ANDREW n n,
OF TENNESSEE.
Subject only TO the decision of the National
Democratic Conservative Conventional
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.

By direction of the Democratic Gen.
trail Committee, q State Convention is
called, TO assemble al the city of Nash
Vile, on the 9Th day of June, 1858, for
the purpose Of appointing delegates to
attend the National Democratic Conven-
ton, which will meet at the city OF New
York, on the 4th day Of July next.
The people OF the different counties
throughout the State, are requested to
hold County Conventions and appoint
delegates to represent them in said State
Convention.
All persons opposed to the policy Of
the Radical party are cordially invited
TO participate.
Democratic and Conservative newsps-
pers Of the State are requested TO publish
this call
By order Of the Central Committee,
THOS. r. JENNINGS, Chm'n.
]. D. AK Seq.
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REVIEW
HONOR.

hANOOGA II OANR
In this work, the second from the
charming pen of the young and gifted
authoress of "~Ingemisco," we have the
rare combination OF intellect with feel
ing, and almost wonder that with such
keys to the human heart any writer of
fiction should fail to reach the goal Of
her hopes. The critic will detect many
crudities in style and plot, but the con-
slant appeals made in its vivid dellnea-
tons and faithful descriptions Of South
ern life and scenery often touch a chord
Of genuine sympathy in the heart of the
reader. With the skill OF q fin
ished lapldary, the young authoress has
strewn brilliant gems of thought
throughout her pages, but wanting
the experience Of the jeweler, she
sometimes leaves them in glittering con-
fusion with their sequential order not
clearly developed. This Is especially
true with her episodical stories, which
add nothing except volume to the book.
Indeed, creditRble in themselves, they
injure its unity and strikingly illustrate
how fruitless an intrinsically good effort
may be rendered by want of appropri-
ateness.
Her style is, technically speaking,
ford, and It's force often broken by q
multiplicity of adjeetives-a fault COM
mon with young and imaginative au-
thors, but in this instance somewhat JUS
titled by the passionate times and scenes
depicted. The plot is simple, but in GER
tain incidents too ~extrayagant even for
the privileges of fiction. 1t is gratifying,
however, to see it used for the legitimate
development of the characters rather
than as a frame upon which to hang
d" quaint and curious volumes Of forgot
Q love-"
No where are we offended with q Pc
dantic exposure of the base blue, nor are
We constantly presented with new por-
traits Of the Authoress.
The scenes, laid mainly in Virginia,
South Carolina and Arkansas, will pos
sess & local interest for many residing
from q distance in those States, whilethe
traveller, cannot fail to recognize the truth
and justice Of the descriptions as he pas
sesthe localities which this young writer
beautifully pointed.
The story, well calculated to please those
who believe in the divinity of Cupid, runs
through the war for Southern i~ndepend-
ence, and checked by the changing for
tunes Of that eventful period, so full of
interest to all, presents even in its TO
mantle incidents the history Of more
than one fair Fadette or earnest-hearted
RuJhOm Erie. The suthoress has woven
into her narration two beautiful poems,
each of which indicates more genius than
the long story they are made to illus
She proves herself more a fact
than a novelist, and we cannot help
that she had written more
and less prose. A.
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AND V E

CAIRO, June 7.-Passed-Minneola,
Cincinnati; Great Republic, st. Louis
to New Orleans; Julis, VIeksburg to st.
Louis.
CINCINNATI, June River receding,
with II feet in the channel.
EVANSVILLE, June The river is
rising.
Psssed-Norman, White river to Louis
vile; Dexter, New Orleans to Louisville;
J. II. Groesbeck, Cincinnati to New Or
leans; Cora S., Cincinnati to Arkansas
river; r. E. Lee, Louisville to New Or
leans.
LOUISVILLE, June 7.-Passed-Tndi-
ana, from New Orleans; Silver Moon,
Memphis to Cincinnati.
The river is falling slowly, with seven
feet in the canal.
ST. LOUIS, June 7.-ArriYed-Marble
City, from Memphis.
Observation-Disclosures and bsrges for
New Orleans.
River stationary and falling slowly.
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Andre L'Heriteu, the editor Of that
leading French paper in America, the
Courier des Etots URis, died in New
York last Wednesday, Of consumption.
He was but twenty-eight years OF age.
The Harrison, Texas, Flag of the
18th ult. says 1--WE notice from our ex-
changes that the regular cotton eater
pillars are making their appearance in
the valleys Of Red river and also in
some portions of Southwestern Texas,
and that they are rapidly destroying
the young crop. If this should prove to
be true, it is certainly very remarkable,
as We have no recollection that they
ever made their appearance so early in
the season."
The same paper says "The reports
from various portions of Harrison coun.
ty are truly tisttering In reference to the
growing crop, and an abundant yield Is
expected and should no misfortune
overtake the farmer, immigrants desir.
ing to move to Texas this fall viii
find a hearty welcome and q full supply
of provisions. The health Of the
try has not been as good In the last
twenty years IS It IL st present."