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FOR PRESIDENT
GEORGE Fl. PENDLET0N.I
Subject to the Decision Of the Ma
tiounI Convention.
THE NEWS.


Awashine,on telegram to New York paper
says {: Considerable interest is felt here. from
the indications that the leaders Of the Sol
diors' and Sailors Convention. to be held on
the 81 Of July, strongly insist on the nomina-
ton of Hancock. FAY sa
The President yesterday nominated Henry
A.smytbe. Collector Of New York. to be Min
lister to Austria. rnf-t
Senator Henderson was married at noon yes
terday to Miss Mary Foote. Among the sueste
were the Missouri and Vermont delegations
in Congress, the President Of the United States,
Secretaries McCulloch and Browning, Chief
Justice Chase, and memters Of both Houses OF
Congress, without regard to politics. and many
ladies.
The President pardoned yesterday Geo. W.
Wollingford. convicted in the United States
District Court Of Kentucky. for violation of
the United States Internal Revenue laws. to
sixty days imprisonment and fined ten dollars,
and also John II. McBrayor, convicted Of a
similar offense in the same conrt. N
Tho following letter was written by Senator
Sumner to citizen Of Norfolk. Virginia:
SENATE CHAMBER. June p.
DEAR SIR: Ihave your litter o. the 18th, in
reference TO the eligibility Of colored man 70
CONGRESS know Of no ground on which a. I'D Re
and 4 should We come the eer ton of cOmpe-
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GEORGIA.,

AUGUSTA, Ga, June rs Heavy rains
fell yesterday evening, which are very
favorable for crops, ~
| Governor Bullock has issued procla.
nation, dated June Is, converting the
Legislature Of Georgia in Atlanta, on the
4th Of July, under authority granted by
act Of Congress
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"A Card
From tho Baltimore Gazette.I

From the Baltimore Gazette.]
I observe in the morning papers ofthis
city that General B. f. Butler. in the
b ouse Of Represe ntatives, on yesterday,
spoke of Messrs. Brent and Merrick, the
counsel of Mr.. Wooley, as conspira-
tors" do not know that General But
Ter understands that such term implies
criminal conduct, and that nothing but
his constitutional exemption could Sc
cure him from just accountability for SO
falsefa charge. AA
Mr.. Wooley was q prisoner charged
with contempt at the instance oil, Gea.
Butler. The House had in spirit Of
Justice allowed him the benefit of counsel
in his housuef adversely. As one Of the
cou nsel Was for few minutes on. the
floor by the invitation of q member, but
had been in the gallery for sometime
before, and when the words were spoken.
II was my duty to explain to members
the material of my client then before the
House. This was the extent OF my i'm
puted offense. To what q condition
must the heart Of that man be degraded
who could perceive in the position of
counsel Just ground To- insult those
who we're dsfenseless2 No one but
being deficient in maguanimity.
honor, and true courage would
thus wantonly traduce gentlemen
engaged in the discharge Of high pro-.
fessional duty. / make this. statement
merely that the facts may be known, not
from any apprehension that my charac-
ter can be Injured by assaults from a
=. ~, -,ho xovar haid a fositi0u which he
did not disgrace. and whose name is at
this moment the foulest blot on bis
country's history. II ! needed any refu.
tation Of this calumny, inwould be found
in the prompt and manly declaration of
Speaker Colfax that the counsel should
not be called conspirators, by which he
showed his appreciation Of Justice.
- IIT1n' - r. j. BREET.
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CHICAGO.

! CHIcAGe, june 26.--A special from
Salt Lake City says the funeral Of Heber
G. Kimballwas attended by several thou
sand persons. His death is considered
the greatest loss since the death of Joe
Smith. The tabernacle and other public
buildings were draped in mourning.
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Bu,n aad Grant a, shiloh.

TTUm IIU UIIHI IHIII IINIHINsI
10 view Of the fact that someihiRg less
than lnenfy-ghnee thoosand loyal serb
blers are engaged in the laudable task Of
attaching nOtoriety 10 every movement
aud inciSsnt in the career Of the bond
holders faudiiafs for n. Presidency. 4
have decided 70 relate the f0ll0siuE Inci
dent Tor the bsneft psriiculariy Of the
Ledger readers, Who, owing toths pecu-
liar nsture q TIE affair, vii scarcely
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Cowles be begin 10 work about md
Nike he say: 1T was 10 hard TO take
life. and We talksd 'bout u; aud den -
say Il was hard for him 70 take de- life q
Ms wife for auoder woman, 1 speek
Kindly to- Mike. rested happy laes
night I dream about Il, but l believe 4
done my jest part"
Aftsr hearing this testimony ths Court
took under consideration the application
for new trial.
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FOR EIGN.

.trrRrooaLs, June s2s.7 cottoai frm !;
sales, 10000 bales; Uplands, lad; Or
leans, llld, ,,,,-,..,e ,s,
LoxDoS, June 26.-1n the House OF
Commons yesterday the Irish Reform
bill was read for the third time and
passed the regnum donum.
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The Prssidsnsy -Hsv u Loeks % - Inv
at " N dspsndsnt Democrat. ~ ~,

=. A.
From The Man York citizsn ar.Dsmoorst).l
That Gen, Grant and Speaker Collsx
are strong men before The people---the
| former posssssing 4 great reputation,
and the latter q immense personel ec-
uuaintance and supsr6cial popularity
Among the many tens Of thousands
before whom he has lcctured or
spokeu In the United States--is a
fact which no judicious enemies or
persons who ara opposed to the Chi
capo ticket can either afford or should
desire 10 overlook. For oetssl1eo Ne
have DO such wish. con6dent 1hef q11nes
as widely known, aud more jew >opu-
lar, can be produced on the Converge
tive side; and also confident that when
issues so vital as now agitate the public
mind are before the country, 1t is to the
principles Of the platform more than to
the men who may be placed upon 4, that
the vast majority Of our citizens Will look
when deciding how their ballots shall be
$50 aT -
In 1850, when Clay, Cass, Calhoun,
Hunter and Webster devised the fatnous
compromise measures Of that year, the
general public brsathed more freely; for
shsv' ,haught An end could, be seen-a
rssyc.f,i snd-to the anti -slavery asits-
!; IL .,h;eb has s;nee drluced the country.
eo,,r sxer th;s' "A 1859. the Repu blicans
~ m;rsted Gen Scott for the Presidency
ana" wbo Then held. as conuueror Of
Mex;co The same position before the
people that Gen. Grant holds to-day
wrb;Ie against him the Democ acy trotted
ont Cen Franklin Pierce, one Of the OBJ
scurest of all military heroes during the,
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ST. LOUIS.

1 ST.. LOUIS, June 26 The City of Cairo
arrived from Memphis, and the Kellogg
and barges departed for New Orleans.
The river is rising here, and all the upper
streams are swellinr. - 81 - \
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The plan Of procedure on The part Of
thsRadical party for the coming cam
psign is based on Grants solIiers
and Sailors" speech. and is exhibited
and Aupliied By the Washington dailies
as follovs; In
Gentlemen 0 ffhe C5mmiftee II Sol
diers end Sailors: / vii say that u
vas never desire Of mine 70 be a can
didaie Tor any political oHice II y
source Of great Qualification . ne 70
feel hat have The s0pport Of these Who
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This leaves only ten votes to be secured
from all the remaining States, of which
many are doubtful Hancock may carry
Ohio. But when Thurman failed to Sc
cure it last year, under the advantages of
division among the Radicals upon the
deserter law aud negro suffrage, it is not
wise to be teo sanguine of success, when
Grant is their candidate, with all the
hurrah which they will raise for the sa-
vior of the country. New Hampshire
will more probably furnish s, Minnesota
A, Nebraska 3, and not at all surprising
If Kansas should add her mite of to
make up the desired compement
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,..tlf, ,h., .As prlsonsr. LIllsd ABB

to testify that the prisoners killed Ash'
'' " ho,s these souo msa y!ll have
the foriiiude 70 bear up ander th's o'' - :
opuression. The day may not be ~
dis(ant whom they will be relieved; yen,
when they themselves may have me
power 10 dictate little healthy oppres-
sion. Then will they remember year
Kindness, M Kpockknses aand Mr.
Hatchetface. -.
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WASHINGTON.

IVA snrsoros, Jane 20, The President
has sent . special agent to Georgia to
Inquire into the Ashburn murder.
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UnprincipIed classification.

The Northern Radical editors only
ask what news from the South will best
serve their purpose, and they at once go
to work and manufacture it. When the
President was acquitted, presuming
there might be some cxultation on the
part Of his friends, they prepared to
make the most oft. Thus, Fornsy, Jr.,
the managing editor of Forney's Phila-
delphia Press sent John E Hayes, editor
ofthe Savannah Republican, the follow
ing dispatch, as coon as the FIRST vote on
impeachment had been taken:
Please telegraph to Press to-morrow
Sunday, l7tb) short dispatch Of the
feeling 10 your city on the reception OF
the news from Washington to-day. ]
will reciprocate if you desire. Answer.
And the following is the reply OF Mr..
Hayes as sent by him, and also as printed
in the Press:
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As SENT.
q Maxl7. Is6a

SAVANNAH. Ga, May IL, leoo.
To the Philadelphia Prs rti
The telegram announcing probable ac-
ouittal of President received with JOY by
Conservatives. Radical ofice-holders
and seekers alarmed and disguised at the
news. Intense anxiety prevails among
all classes 10 hear final decision, while
il is generally believed by parties Presi-
dent will be acquitted The patriotic
and unselfsh course of Fessenden,
Grimes, and other Republican Senators,
has he'd most salutary effect upon the
minds of the ultra Southern people, and
will prove beneficial to our whole coan-
try s-- Ah
Isignedl JoHS e. HAYES. 3
AS PRINTED. tL
Special telegram TO the Philadelphia Press.1
SsvAsNAH, GA, May 1.-THE news
announcing the probable acquittal Of
Andrew Johnson was received here with
ior by the rebels The Union men are
cast down and alarmed; they fear the
result The so-called Conservatives Of
the city are more outspokeu than ever,
and we can look for an early expression
of their views aud feelings in q manner
peculiar 10 the ultra Souiherner. From
All parts of the State comes WORD oil the
reioicings Of the ex-rebel soldiers. The
peffidy OF the Republican Senators viii
canse no any Northern men In Georgia q
return home. To stay here has long been
scarcely possible. Now the Unionist'
will moi Be allowed 10 remain. Intense
excitement prevails everywhere to bear
the fual decision. but il is generally con-
ceded By both parties that the csuse Of
JEFF. Davis has this time beentriunpbaRt
How are the people Of The Northern
States ever 70 get at the truth, If they
depend for their informsdon on Journal.
which fabricaie aud color dispatches tC
suit their own wishes after this fashion
besides daily teening with falls kestiOni
Of the sOusssrn people which no ous
believes where they should be best know
Il true
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Produce Wanted.
For emit

TWO HANDSOME OFFICES OVER THE
storehouse No. 295 Front street: Apply to
r.. A, PARKER.
1Ole 10 Madison st. !.
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NEWS SUMNARY.
rIfv Amnirs.


The will OF the late Patrick Shern, admitted
TO proOate yes erday, contains the following
bPquests:- $3.50 to ST.. Johns Roman Catholic
Orphans Asylum and $500 10 the Philadelphia
Theological Seminary of st. Clarles Borromeo.
The Philadelphia aud Baltimore Central Rail.
road is nearly completed from Oxford Pa, to
the Susquehapna river at the mouth of the
Octorara creek. Near the SusquehaDna the
road runs through bill OF solid granite, and
the perpendicular rocky sides of the cut attain
an altitude of Go feet, while its length is some
800 feet. The 0ctoraTa is bridPCd by two struc.
tnres-one OF l92 feet span, and the other of
204 feet span.
A stated meeting of the Franklin Institute
was held last evening. The Secretary, Prot.
Henry Morton, having called The attention OF
the members to number OF important engi-
ncering and other WORKS in pr, gress, as well as
to scientific experiments that had been made,
both in Europe ana IN the United States, the
regular business was then ta6en up, Nomna-
tions were made for Offices to be filled in
January, as fOllOws:-President, j. Vaughan
MerIick; Vice President, B. f. Moore; Secre-
tary, Professor Henry Morton; Treasurer,
Frederick Fraey. Nominations were also made
for managers to serve for The ensuing year. Mr..
Briggs offered preamble and resolutions fayora
Bile TO an intern tiOnal copy right law, which. after
some discussion, the Institute declared 10 be
not embraced within the object Of It's organ,
a.
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MARsHALL's ELIXsR.

Any person habitually costive cannot be in
the enjoyment of health. II not relieved COS
tiveness will result in confirmed cases of
rheumatism, Piles, Inflammation of the
Bowels, Diseases of the Kidneys, Bladder, aud
surrounding organs. When costiveuess is
radically cured, all the machinery of the sys-
tenn moves in harmony. Marshall's Elixir
permanently cures costiveness, and 80 pre-
vents diseases more painful and dangerous.
Headache quickly yields to its curative
powers. Being entirely vegetable, it may be
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perfect safety. Headache, besides being a
very painful complaint, is also weakening to
the nervous system, and may lead to palsy in
its various forms II not soon relieved. Mar
shalPs Elixir so strengthens the nerves that
they perform their duties without pain or un-
easiness.
By supplying the stomach with the medici-
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pepsia this distressing and common disease is
quickly cured by its use. 1t not only supplies
this to the stomach, but imparts strength and
vigOr to the whole digestive apparatus, so that
tensnce, is fully established. Read the fol-
lowing certiicate:-
CHESTER Delaware county
Dear Sirs-I have hBu sick headaches NJ time )
for many years. When afil ictsd with ~ was
UNIT t. attend 10 my household affairs Your
E1Xir partially cured me the hrst time [ tried
it. The second time IL cured me almost tmme-
diately. Since then, by it's occasional use |
have been entirely free from It.
Depot, No. 1901 MARKET Street, Philada.
NJ. MARSHALL & CO.,
lI25 thstuu PROPRIETOR9.
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Foreign Affairs.

LONDON, Dec. I6-The Telegraph, in a leader
on the financial portion of President Johnson's
message, and its treatment by Congress, COM
plains that the resolutions CondemuIng repudia-
ton, called forth by the message, still leave
open the question OF the payment OF the national
debt in green backs.
The American Minister, in short speech at
the anniversary Of the French Hospital, de-
clared that LoId Clarendon was of the same
mind as Lord Stanley in regard to the settle.
ment of the questions peDding between England
and America, and peace between the TWO cOun-
tries was certain.
LONDON, Dee l6.-A letter from President
Johnson to the London Workingmens Society
is printed to-day. MIR. johnson justldes his
friendly intercourse with Mr.. Lsird and others
friendly 10 the South during the late civil war
in America by the example OF Grant aud SheF-
man in their treatment OF the Rebel officers.
He says ii he is guilty OF treason so also are
Grant and Sherman. Grant has entertained at
hIs own house Observation-Disclosures leader.
The attacks upon him (Alr. Jol nsOn) IN the
American newspapers and elsewhere are due to
a secret dislike TO the preservation of peaceful
relations between the two countries.
PARIS, Dec. i6-rhe folio wing official news
from Spain is published to-dG Y:-"The country
is entirely tranquil, and the addresses pre-
pared by the Government to be for Rarded to
the heads of the various departments in the
provinces, enforcing the necessity for the resto-
ration and preservation OF order, have been
consequently withheld
MADRID, Dec. lG.-rhe leaders of all political
parties have united IN making a solemn pledge
10 use all their mauehce to preserve peace aud
order throughout the country until the Con-
stituent Corles has met and settled the questions
at issue. The prompt aud eff9Ctual suppression
of the revolt at Cadiz has greatly strengt thened
the hands of the Provisional Government, aud
dissipated the alarm which previously pre-
vailed.
The Minister of Finance has already COM
menced the payment OF the January interes
ON the public debt in Lonnon and Paris
Subscriptions TO the new loan have closed.
They amount TO five hundred million reals.
1t is officially announced that the election OF
Cuban deputies to the Cor es will be held imme-
diately after the arrival OF Captain'General
Dnlce AT Havana.
MADRID. Dec. l6-The appointment OF Maj.
riclO Roberts as Minister IRON Spain TO the
UnI ed States is officially announced.
LONDON, Dec, l6.-The ultimatum addressed
by the Sublime Porte to the Government ut
Athens demanded the disOandment of the Volun-
teer forces in Greece within tive days; prohibit.
ing further volunteering; the immediate dis
mautling of vessels used for carrying supplies
to the CretaEs; the restoration OF Cretan refugees
to the island; the punishment Of the persons
who assaulted aud wounded Turkish officer at
Syrs, and strict conformity with the terms OF
all treaties.
The Moniteur savs all the European powers
recommend King George to respect the rlgha
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AARON H, BURR.

BURLINGTON, N. j., October 8, 1868.
This is to certify, that in the year 1864
was pronounced by the physicians who at
tended me to be in the last stages of PaLDlo-
nary Consumption, and that my end scaS near at
hand.
At this critical stage of affairs was induced
by a friend to give "Wishart's Pine Tree Tar
Cordial" trial. l did so, and was almost
Immediately relieved. | persevered, took
fourteen bottles of the "Pine Tree Tar Cor
dial, and was completely restored to health
once more Four years have elapsed since my
miraculous restoration to health, and 1 am
still III the enjoyment of most excellent health
and would say in all sincerity that, under
Cod l owe my life and health to CDR. Wis
hsrt's Pine Tree Tar Cordial" l advise all
poor, lingering consumptives, if they value
life and health, to give the "Piue Tree Tar
Cordial" trial. AARON 4. BURR.
MIR. Burr is one of the most prominent and
influential merchants of Burlington, New
Jersey. This Great Remedy is sold by all
Druggists throughout the world. Also, at DR..
L. @. C. Wishart's Great Family Medicine
Store, No. 232 North Second street, Philadel-
phia, Pa One of the most celebrated and
successful regular practising Physicians of the
age in attendance, who can be consulted in
strict confidence, either in person or by letter,
free of charge. This is an opportunity rarely
offered invalids in this penurious and money
making age: and those in need Of professional
aid or counsel will do well in making note
of the above liberal offer.
Send for Circular. Address all commuui-
tiops, al. Q. c. WIsHART, NJ. D.,
No. 232 North Second street, Philadelphia,
Ia II thstuIp
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WLSCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
eompo sed a song for herself

-Pattihas eompo sed a song for herself
"A New York paper com Hacently says
Rothschild would hardly have passed for q
rich man in New York.
Ed. Franklin, Denver desperado told
the sheriff he would never be handouf5d while
alive, and the sheriff took him at his word.
Promotion is rapid for long purses in the
British army. An ensign in the SD Foot has
just bought out his lieutenant colonel.
"A friend remarks that most of the tickets
nominated for our suffrages nowadays have
the true ''riDg" in them.-M. Y ErpreSS.
Lord Napier will reaon Bombay, a peer
and world-renowned general, less than a
year after he left it comparatively obscure
officer.
AN imaginative correspondent says the
belle of the South is SConewall Jackson's
daughter. The young lady in question is six
years old.
The N. Y. Nail makes an ungallaut an
nouncement in a clever way when i says that
"Olive Logan has not visited Elmira, her
birthplace, for thirty years"
There is a negro woman on Long Island
l0S years old, and the tough story is added
that, from extreme age, her skull has become
softened so that her head appears to be but
mass of pulp, physician stating that he
could squeeze it with his hand the same as he
would piece of sponge.
Verdi proposes that, in honor of Rossini's
memory, the most distinguished Italian COM
posers, with Mercadante at their head, should
unite in composing a Requiem Mass to be
executed on the 18th of November, 1869, that
day being the anniversary of Rossini's death.
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DIED.

CALLANAN,-on the 18th instant CAROLINE,
vile ~ George d. Callahan and daughter OF the late
george Wilson, in the 6lst year Of her age,
The relatives and friends OF the Iany are respect
fully invited 10 attend the funeral nom Ghe residence
OF her husband No 1920 Ellsworth street, on Friday
afternoon, the 18th instant, AZ O'Clock, InefmenT
donaldson $ Cemetery.
COCHRAN.-On the 10th instant, Mrs. ELIZA
BETH COCHRAN, la the 73d year OF her age
The relatives and friends family respect
fully invited TO attend the fuueral from her late
dence No. 39 Juniper street on Saturday afternoon
at O'Clock. ~
9RAVENSTINE.--On the morning OF the l8'h In
stRnl, ELIZA TROUT, wife Of George T. GraVenstine,
aged " years
fully invited to attend the I9neIa from the residence
OF her father-ln-law, Mr. JOha GraVensine, No i2Ol
Wallace street. Friday afternoon, lSth instRut.
at O'clock. 10 proceed TO Mount Vernon Gene
terry, -"
PANCOAsT-On the 1lth Instant, JOHN r. PAN
COAST, son Of Tacy X ana the late ElIakim Pan
coast, in the seth year OF his age.
The relatives and friends or the family are Invite
TO attend his funeral, rom the residence Of hls
mother No. $40 N. Tenth street, on 5NIhday mora
ing, the 18th Instant at IL O'clock.
wills ON.-Suddeniy. on Wednesday m nrning early,
the ION Instant, JAMES WILSON, formerly OF Bucks
county In the nty seventh (7h) year of his age
Funeral on Saturday at 10 O'Clock a, M from nus
late residence, NO. 1917 Race street. -"