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New-York tribune., 1868-02-21
IFTTERS From THE PEOPLE, AND RE
PLIES BY THE TRIBUNE.
REPUTATION.
II D, Kdltor d " Trilane.


To o, Bdaor Of TE> 7ri5m~
SIR: l would like to ask you few questions
and hope you win publish them in your DAILY and
WEEKLY TRIBUNE, together with your answers In 1864
bought some OF the National Government securities
known rs 7s and took them par. and paid for them in
legal tenders Since that time | hayo exchanged them
for G2os and took them at par Now Wha' WISH W
st Now would like to know whether you really think
it would be rg or honest in me 10 demand m payment
3D. what proportion of tho Government securities do
Won suppose were sold for CONT II any, what cent
did the Government realize dollar Tor al such soid
al '"'' ~ '"' UNCLE SAM, JR.
Rep1.-As the above letter comes to us without
signature from person who professes to desire to be
swindlcd, we strongly guess-ndeed our guess
amounts to the certainty of prophecythat he never
loaned the Government dollar in its hour of peril
But as he pretends otherwise we answer him accord
ing to his pretense.
J. II our correspondent swindled the Government
ty selling it shoddy or cheating it in contracts or
any similar means he ought TO send in his bonds as
conscience money, and take pay for them, either
in rrecnbacks or otherwise. But if he fairly ana
honestly paid tho Government at the time the market
value of the bonds, whether it were par or 90 per
cent he is honestly and rightly entitled to the full
fillment of every promise contained in the bond at
the earliest moment it shall be in the power of the
Government to do so. Whatever the discount on the
bonds was at the time he bought them, it was the
exact measure of the per cent Of chances that the
Government like the Rebel Government. or like the
American Government during the War for Independ-
ence, would never pay them at all. When the Gov
erpments debts were at so per cent discount there
were lust GO chances in 100 that part of the prn
cipal would ever be paid. He who advances money
upon the security of ship on the rocks stranded,
wreeking. swept from bowsprit to helm by every
wave bilged, and mast and rigging gone, does not
expect 10 loan the par of tho amount he is to receive
when the storm is over, and through the aid Of the
services bought with his money the good ship rides
safely into port and is reconstructed and rendered
once more scaworthy. When he calls for the amount
of his loan would honest ship-owner or under
writer say Here is the amount you loaned me with
seven per cent interest 1t is not the amount agreed
to pay, but then my ship was in danger, and you
took advantage Of my necessitesp Would not such
a borrower place himself on par with thief, who
would never again be able to borrow under any cir
cumstaucesl In reply TO the second questi on, we
say that the Government realized on every bond 1t
issued the full amount it agreed to pay lie ~ the sum
which compensated the lender for the chances that
IL might never be able to paY at all
New-York tribune., 1868-02-21
PUNCH ON THE ALABAMA QUESTION.

HOITY! TOITYl
An Criminal Poem for he Infant Minds Of Master John
aud Miss Columbia.
How now my dear children, it's always the way,
You can't be cOntented with innocent play
But you wrange and squabbe with tempers too high,
And then there's scold, and sulk. and cry.
What are there games you can take a delight in.
But sneering. and jibng, aud scoing, ard fRhtingf
I'm weary Of telling You. time after time,
That you're cousins and therefore each quarrels crime
John do what she asks you no angry replies.
You're older than she, and you should be moro wise;
And Columbia my DEAR don't speak pettish and tart,
II he's sury sometimes you've place in his heart
You two well descended, well fed and well taught
You should set example, yes, that's what you ought
Remember how much your conduct depends
You're Christians and cOsnsthere kiss and be friends.
New-York tribune., 1868-02-21

In the Court of Sessions, Brooklyn. yesterday,
before Judge Troy and Justices Hoyt sud Voorhees, Neal
Cannon pleaded guilty TO the charge OF having stolen
barrel OF whisky, Patrick Muraghs store, in Column
blast and was sentenced to the State Prison for two
years and two months
In the Court of Oyer and Terminer, the trial
OF Richard Casey for the murder OF william Cornell In
January last which has occupied the Court for four days
resulted IN Disagreement OF the jury. AT 4SO p ~,
}sI,h, s e Jury inlorihea Juus1 nas al1o'
Having been out twenty hours the Court discharged
them IL understood that they stood eleven for YER
Diet OF murder in the 1rst degree to ono for lessor
offence
New-York tribune., 1868-02-21
ARE THE INITIALS U. 8. KNOWN TO THE LAwi
The United Mates agt lsAae n. Cooke

In the u. s. Supreme Court, on n certificate
Of division from the Circuit Court for the Southern Dis
trct OF Ohio the defendant Is Indicted for ebezzling
from public moneys In his custody paymaster OF the
army, the sum Of $4,000 while stationed at Cincinnati
In September 1861 Ii appears from the indictment that
he had In his custody $OO0OO On the trial below the
Court divided Oh the following duestions Whether
the defendant being, charged In the indictment,
additional paymaster 10 the army and net otherwise an
officer Of tho United States was In such capacity, by the
Act Of Congress approved Aug 8, 1916, entitled IAN
act 20 provide for tile proper Of the Treasury
and for the collection, saekeepng and transfer and dis
bursement OF the public revenue by any other Act Of
Congress specified IN the several counts charged with
the keeping transfer and disbursement OF the public
moneys within the meaning Of the act named. and
nable " the penalties OF the sixteenth section thereof
Whether the indictment Is not insufficient In law,
that In addition TO the allegations certain specified
and enumerated acts OF Congress- set forth by their title
aud date VI approval by virtue of which alleged that
New-York tribune., 1868-02-21

agencies of political education free Play bnt for five
years more aud the people north Of the koan iron
49,, now when all Europe is living from
month 70 month in uncertainty of the future.
One thing however, seems TO me toleraDly certain
that the temporal power OF Ihe raP@0y WIZ clo
with Plus IX. d. l.
New-York tribune., 1868-02-21
THE DRED SCOTT DECISION.
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SIR: The following question has been dis
cussed this place considerable length Of late
whether by the Dred Scott Decision in the opinion Of
the premc Court OF the United States the Congress Of
the Uibtci sates Territorial Government have the
right 10 eNCddc Slavery from Territory Oi the United
States" Notwithstanding the fact that Slavery now
abolished and question is not OF today yet 10
satisfy large number Of the readers OF your paper In this
pace and vicinity will you at such time and In snch
mauner as yOn may zee ~, give plain and concise
the columns OF your paper and oblge many constant
Ieadersl Very respectfully yours, WM II. ROUNDS.
Hil0, Ne. Feb. 10, 1868
Reply.-The question whether a aTerrtorial Govern
ment had the power to exclude Slavery did not come
before the Court in the bred scott case and not
discussed. The question whether the Congress OF
the United States had that power was regarded as
coming before the Court in the point raised as to the
constitutOnaity Of the prohibition of Slavery in the
States north of So 80 by the Missouri Compromise
act Six Judges (Taney. Daniel. Grier. Campbell,
Wayne. and Catronl held that Congress had no such
power and two (McLean and Curtis) holding that it
had Judge Nelson did not discuss the question. OF
course the inference irresistible that if Congress
had no such power, Territorial Government could
derive from the act of Congress creating it no higher
mower than Congress itself possessed ana hence the
Territorial Government cOnld not possess the power
This was the point on which Mr. Lincoln broke down
Mr. DOUGLASS theory of Squatter Sovereignty or
pr owed its Inconsistency with the Dred scott de-
cison.
New-York tribune., 1868-02-21
RIGHTS OF CITIZENS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES
To M gdItor Of The Trlbunl

To ~ BdiOr ol The TrIbHD<
SIR: Among the rights of citizens in foreign
countries stands prominent the rights Of conscenco-o
erty TO worship God they please whoutinfrlnrng the
rights OF others There has been hitherto lanenable
nceiect in falling to spread the shield Of national pro
tection over Protestant citizens ia Roman Cath0Hc
countries. Not only have private citizens been subject 10
prescription OF their religious opinions, but
diplomatic agents aud high officers Of Protestant Govern
ments have been exposed tO the grOsses ndgnueS ana
Rave been denied tho rights and privileges freely con
coded 10 the humblcEt Roman Catholics IN Prutcstant
States The recent evidences Of this spirit Of Intolerance
toward American citizens and others, at Rome impera
lively demand the interference OF Congress Could not
tins important subject be embraced In the bill OF Gen
Banks before the FJusef -
There singular manifestation OF 1ndlHerence
upon this important subject, both In Europe and
America, hut the time is now auspicous for applying
the remedy.
Reply-The above proceeds upon the assumption
that American citizens have the same rights in
foreign countries that they have at home in other
words thai the municipal laws Of the United States
are in force throughout the world. This is great
mistake Our citizens whether native or naturalized
derive all their rights in foreign countries from the
laws OF those countries or from their treaties with
us If those liberty OF public worship there
then they have il. If not, any laws OF the United
States on the subject would have no more force IN
Spain or Italy than the ordinance Of the New York
Common Council have over Cheyenne war dance.
We can only secure the night of public worship in
foreign countries whose laws forbid it, by interna
tional conventions and treaty stpulatiOns.
New-York tribune., 1868-02-21

To CORR, Dy sail.
Wheat Or, 7iss for orders. or 500 to dress
port.
Corn per qr n O7la for ORDERS or sas-i to dreOa
port.
direct port.
The transactions at the Office OF the Assist.
ant Treasurer were Receipts for Customs $5lz.-
600; Receipts for Gold Notes. $4,000 total Receips
$24S4904 81 total Payments, lSl5,0S3 al Balance,
SiOG,S95.46S 67.
In the new Arctic Mill of the Spragues. at War
wick Il. l., S25 hands are employed 2S,ooO spindles
and SCI looms rum and O0 yards Of print cloth
turned out per week The cost of the whole work
was S5OOO0O 1t was built during the past year, and
has been running several months The main mill 10
of granite 2 by 60 feet and four stories and atto
with an l. 80 by 4O and three stories. The boilef
house. also of granite is 80 by 40 and two stories and
contains fix large boilers All the wood work OF the
mill is oak chestnut, and black walnut.
From Mr.. Delmars report Of our foreign trade. the
comparison for five months would be as follows.
reckoning the imports at their gold value, freight
and duty unpaid, and reducing the currency value Of
the exports to gold at the rate of 40:
A.. ga az -Yx
New-York tribune., 1868-02-21

In the 2lst annual report of the Pennsylvania Gen.
trail Railroad just issued it is stated that the roads
of the Company have earned during the past veal
sl69iO l56- iS1 5OS from first-class passengers
sl2l, ,65S from immigrants s652iO from the National
Government for transportation Of troops during the
war; $Si. .9S2 for carrying the mails $500 from ex
press companies 81 s2 go from freight, and from
'other sources s474,O29. The Company spent for
different purposes $l2OO go leaving net profit Oh
slg59s57 The Directors remark:
The gross revenues for 1857 are equal TO $6a7 PEI
mile OF the main line OF railroad The whole number oi
paSsepgers carried IN 1856 was 2736S ad In 1867 aea
i6 but the ayera distance Travelled by each pnsrntr
In 1851 was 81 7lOO miles while In tho previous year
wa 80 miles, showing that the increase has chien
I'm the local business OF the road The number OF uss %
freight moved Qncludng 29lS tuns OF fuel anu ss s
material transported FOR the company was A~"'N''
New-York tribune., 1868-02-21

Excess or Imports t22O,o1
The details are as follows:
Fiye months. .sll4.75O.sO4 N2ls7.2o9 O
$50, ,6l9,O8s s0,456,s97

Included in the exports for five months are SS5,G7
pounds Sea Island cotton. valued at SSG7,5 l27o,
259 pounds Upland and Gulf cotton valued at So
sg76l5; breadstffs valued at s355l26 6i5 petroleum.
$9S6S 75S; meat provisions Sl4925 ci tobacco, sle-
9759i2.
New-York tribune., 1868-02-21
COURT CALEYDARs-THrs DAY.

CouHr-GSsERtt TEENAdiournsi 10 the 24h lost
srpEEEE -CiatUUPat L-llrd bJ hSKiHAR, J-CogH
| opsns al 10 A. rA-Shogi eaases
New-York tribune., 1868-02-21
lent shows the following

changes as compared with last week:
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a, 600 CUSTOMERS in -Four year.

- 800, 900 CUSTOMERS in Four years
= PATRONIZE THE BEST.
Having the largest capital, most experienced
buyers, and extensive trade of aLy concern in the
DOLLAR SALE business, we
GUARANTEE SATISFACTION
in every instance, and also the BEST selection Of
GOODS ever offered at
ONE DOLLI i EACH.
No other concern has q ShOa0 lchersUer or
Agents are sailing. Our MOTTO prompt and
Reliable" Male and femi lie agents wanted in
city and country.
THE LADIES
Are particularly requested to try popular club
system of selling alf kinds of DRY and FANCY
GooDs, DRESS PATTERNS, COTTON CLOTH, CASToRs,
SILvERPLATED GOODS, WATCHES, &c. Establish
ed 1861 A Patent Pen Fountain and a check
describing an article to be sold for a dollar 10
cts 30 for 50; 40 for 81 90 for Sc; 100 for $40
sent by mail. Free Presents to getter up, Worth
80 Per Cent, More Than Those Sent By any Other
Concern,) according to size Of club. Send US a
trial club or if not do not fail to send for a cir
cular
n. B.-Our sale should NOT be classed with New
York dollar jewelry sales or bogus "Tea Compan-
les as it is nothing of the sort.
EASTMAN & KENDALL,
60 HANOVER ST, BOSTON, MASS.
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Stationery, Sc.

49, a=----
RooKs AND STATIONERY!
BOOKS AND STATIONERY!!
INQUIRER BOOK STORE,
Opposite Mengel House)
BEDFORD, PENN'A.
The Proprietors take pleasure in offering to the
public, almost every article belonging to the Book
Business, and that too at City RETAIL PRICES
Miscellaneous Books,
consisting of POETRY, by the leading Poets, all the
late and standard NOVELS, by the best authors.
Bibles, Hymn Books, &C..
Large family Bibles, Lutheran and Methodist
Hymns, and selection of Religious Books.
School Books,
Being a complete series of the Books now used in
our Common Schools.
Stationery,
of all kinds, and quality, from the smallest Note
to the largest Cap.
Wall Paper,
the cheapest, best and largest stock ever brought
to town.
Blank Books,
Day Books, Ledgers, Time Books and Pass Books
Inks and Ink Stands,
various kinds all convenient and durable.
Pens and Pencils,
of twenty five different varieties, good in kind and
quality. Also, all the very latest and leading
Periodicals,
always on hand, at publishers prices.
r[g@Any article called for and not on hand, il
desired, will be ordered promptly.
Give us a call, opposite the Mengel House, and
one door South of the INQUIRER OFFICE.
mar27 DURB0RR0W & LUTZ.
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nar6Inl0

MEDICAL.-DR. a. S. SMITH,
WI having resumed the Practice of Medicine,
sOicits a generous share of the patronage of the
community. Office in his residence, at st Clairs-
vile.
He would call the attention of the public, and to
those more Immediately interested to the follow
ing His health being too delicate to bear much
of the fatigues and exposures consequent on gen.
eraI practice, he has adopted a speciality in the
profession.
Soon after commencing practice, some twenty
years since he was attracted by the almost uni
versatility Of female complaints, bo tn in the mar
ried and single state. Partly from natural" incli-
nation and in order to obtain success in practice
these complaints were made the subject of incess-
ant study. These alterations, displacements and
deranged functions of the organs peculiar to the
female, are owing to that refined sense of delicacy
on the part of the female, who, ignorant of the
consequences, prefers to suffer in silence rather
than expose her situation. Seldom cured by the
general practitioner, who is prevented by this
delicacy from acquiring by experience that tact
and skill necessary to discriminate the exact
change present, and contents himself with pre-
scribing for the deranged functions overlooking
the cause simply for attendant nervous disorders,
founding his prescriptions on Plethoric Anaemon-
ic state of the general system and the result is no
benefit, as the number of the long suffering fe-
males bears ample testimony. Believing that he
has from long and special attention paid to them,
acquired that skill in discriminating and expert
ence in treating he solicts the suffering to give
him call. No charges for consultation or exam
ination. Visits made to all parts of the county.
Applications for medicines can be made in wri
ting by accompanying stamp for return letter.
Medicines sent when desired. TERMS invariably
cash for all medicines and instruments.
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MANHOOD: HOW LOST, HOW

M AN HOOD: HOW LOSI, HOW
ASH RESTORED. Just published, new edi-
tion of Dr. CULvERwELL's CELEBRATED ESSAY
on the radical cure (without medicine) of SPER-
MAToRRHGA, or Seminal Weakness, Involuntary
Seminal Losses, Impotency, Mental and Physical
Incapacity, appointments to Marriages, ETC.;
also, CONSUMPTION, EPILEPSY and FITS, induced
by self-ndulgence or sexual extravaganza.
tCY7Price in a sealed envelope only cents.
The celebrated author, in this admirable essay,
clearly demonstrates from thirty years success
ful practice, that the alarming consequences of
self-abuse may be radically cured without the
dangerous use of internal medicine OF the appli-
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at once simple, certain, and efectual, by means
of which every sufferer no matter what his con-
dition may be, may himself cheaply, priva-
tely, and radically.
'L-g'This Lecture should be in the hands OF overy
youth and every in the land
Sent, under seal, in plain envelope, to any ad-
Dress postpaid, receipt of six cents or two post
stamps. Also, DR. Culverweli's Marriage Guide,
price % cents. Address the Publishers,
CHAS. j. C. KLINE & CO.,
l27 Bowery, N. Y. Post Office Box 1886.
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THE WEEKLY SUN,
A FIRSTCLASS FAMILY NEWSPAPER,
for 1867.
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approval consist of its excellent
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Late and Compact Details of News.
Agricultural Papers,
Reviews of Markets,
Poetry, Wit, Humor, Science and Art,
And General Variety.
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dividuals and clubs when sent from pos. office.
The money in all cases to be RENTED in advance.
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For the convenience of Oftemporary subscribers the
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VALUABLE LAND FOR SALE

VALUABLE LAND FOR SALE
The undersigned offers for sale the follow
ing valuable bodies of land
THREE CHOICE TRACTS OF LAND,
containing 100 acres each situated the Illinois
Central Railroad, in Champaign county, State of
Illinois, 8 miles from the city Of Urbana, and one
mile from Rentual Station on said Railroad Two
of the tracts adjoin, and one of them has a never
failing pond of water upon it The city of Urbana
contains about 4 600 inhabitants. Champaign
the greatest wheat growing county in Illinois.
ALso-One-fo fourth Of q Haet Of kaHd, situated
in Broad Top township, Bedford county, contain
ing about As acres with all the coal veins of Broad
Top running through it.
ALso-TRree Lots IN tile torn Of COatm0nt,
Huntingdon county.
Jan 26, '66-tf F. c. REAMER.
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% HOOP SKIRTS.
VIM. T. HOPKINS GOWN MAKE"


h Il > 1ON Il Chlh1S,
are the best and Cheapest Low Priced Hoop Skirts
in the market. Trail Skirts % springs, 81 90 30
springs, $l.20; aud 40 springs, $l.45. Plain
Skirts, 6 tapes, 90 springs, Sc Cents % Springs,
% Cents 30 springs 81. ; and 30 springs, 81
%. Warranted in every respect.
"Our Own Make" of "UNION SKIRTS, - Elev-
en- Tape Trails, from 20 to so springs, 81 20 to 81
80. Plain, Six Tapes 20 to 30 springs, from 50
Gents to 81 co. These Skirts better than
those sold by other establishments as first class
goods, and at much lower prices.
''Our Own Make of ''CHAMPI0N SKIRTS are
in every way superior to all other Hoop Skirts be-
fore the public, and only have to be examined or
worn to convince every one of the fact. Manu-
factured of the best linen-f finished English Steel
Springs, very superior tapes, and the style of the
metallic fastenings and manner of securing them
surpass for durability and excellence any other
Skirt in this country, and are lighter more elias
tic, will wear longer give more satisfaction, and
really cheaper than all others Every lady
should tIy them. They are being sold extensive
ly by Merchants throughout this and the adjoining
States at very moderate prices. If you want the
best, ask for "Hopkin's Champion Skirt" If you
do not find them, get the merchant with whom
you deal to order them for you, or come or send
direct to us. Merchants will find our different
grades of Skirts exactly what they need, and we
especially invite them to call and examine our eX-
tensIve assortment, or send for Wholesale Price
List.
To be had at Retail at Mandatory, and of the
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addressed. MANUFACT0RY and SALESRO0M
72S Arch Street, Between 9th and 9TH Sts., Pa.
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TIME CELEBRATED
ESTEY COTTAGE ORGANS.

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The Original Inventors and Manufacturers.
Combining more perfections than any other in the
world.
Have taken the lst premiums at all the principal
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