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PerambuInuinR Com mi,,ee.

A number of Congressional commit
tess will swindle the public by iunket.
ing round the country this Summer st
Uncle SANS expense. They are part
and parcel of the "retrenchment and re.
form programme for which GRANT
wants credit, and will "hold up their
end of the log" in the way of silly aud
reckless extravagsnce. The Committee
on Retrenchment will recreate, which is
the loyal" phrase for spreeing to the
very modest extent Of two Thousand dol.
lars worth of bumming and benzine.
This committee could have spent more
but as it is a committee Of retrenchmcnt
and as two thousand dollars was all the
available cash left after the other com.
mittees had been provided for, the re.
trenchers graciously signifed their
willingness to draw it mild.
The Shipping Committee will also dis
pose of two thousand dol lars. Consid
ering the amount of extra. hazardous
tonnage to be shipped and transported
by the individuals composing it, and tn,
difficulty they will have in navigating
when their fluid freight is all aboard
the figure they will spend is not at al
out of proportion to the figure the,
will cut. GARFIELD and his Cen
sus Committee have three thousand dol
lars as their allowance for feasting an,
riotous living. GARFIELD, be it remem
bered, is q played. out preacher. This
prima tacie evidence of prime cspacit
for bug, juice and other festive appurte
nances. He is also sort of militsr
swell, and with this must be records
his vocation as "lOysl" politician; i
each of these walks men become partiC
ularly familiar with the rosy and th
roistering. Given a reasonably prope
set of colleagues, the Chairman of thi
Committee has probably enough of III
public money at his command to dispos
of the senses Of the Census Committe,
several jolly times before the bottom
dollar is reached.
Then there is the Election Committee
with Rye thousand dollars in hand anC
General PAINE at its head, to "investi
gate" the Louisiana election cases. Tt
be sure everybody knows what the re
port and the result will be, but then iti
best to go through the motions. Eacl
side may have q hearing, albeit but ont
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side is to have heediQg. Then the
weather down there will be hot, the wa
ter bad, and the risk Of pestilence and
fever imminent. Five thousand dol
lars will affsrd protection and juleps.
BINGHAM with another committee
goes to Alabama, to look after BUsTEEDs
impeachment, and while deyoting them
selves to the case ofBUsTEED, they have
three thousand dollars to procure the
requisite cases of "bustbesd." BANKS
& Co. have three thousand dollars for
trip to Cuba and such other pleasant
places as may be reached through the
Expenditure Of a sum 50 moderate.
ScHENCK, with his Ways and Means
Committee, has procured the ways and
means for trip to San Francisco
and back, amounting in the
aggregate to ten thousand dollars. The
inspection of Custom Houses from New
York to the Pacific is the avowed object
of the jaunt, but how many other houses
Of different rank upon the roll OF fame
they will inspect, may depend to q
great extent upon the tastes OF the CON-
mittee and the incidental charges.
But with free passes upon the railroads,
free eating, free drinking and all the
other freedom nouopolized by the" Loyal
Congressman c under "the freest Govern
ment the sun ever shone or" ten thou
sand dollars ought to enable the-inveSti-
gators to see both oceans, and all inter
mediate objects Of interest, and bring
them back in high spiths and full bloom,
Upon this subject the New York Times
says:
As to the plea that these wanderings
are undertaken in the public service,
with a view TO the acquisition OF knowl-
edge or the performance of work, we
attach no credence TO IT.. Ii the Ways
and Means Committee want to learn
something touching the operation of the
tariff or the machinery of the Customs
department, it should call to its aid ex-
perts and practical, experienced men,
who really have some ideas on the sub
ject. The Special Commissioner of Reve.
nue., we venture to say, already knows
more in regard to it than will the mem
bers of the committee after their return
from San FranciscO; and if, on some
specific point, more light is needed, he,
or some one like him, is the best man to
supply iG. The perambulatlng process
is more likely to confuse than to en-
lighreu; it may yield big blue books,
but of accurate, trustworthy aud ex-
haustive information it will almost
necessarily be barren. And as with the
Ways and Means Committee, so with
the Census and Shipping Committees.
Their Investigations, conducted on the
wing, will be farces or something worse.
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Manhood suHra Ee

WILLIAM f. ARNOLD, Esq, of Lewis
county, writes to the IRtelligencer in sp-
proval of the policy Of that paper OIL
the suffrage question. In his letter he
says:
Amnesty by Presidential preclama-
tions, has become universal, and / see
no good reason why manhood suffrage
should not now be made so too. Negro
suffrage. may now be regarded as An sc-
cOmpllshed fact; and it is but natural,
that we should ask ourselves if race
20 recently freed from slavery and ig-
norance, can be trusted to exercise one
of the most valued rights of the intelli-
gent American citizen, why may not the
intelligent White citizen having para
mount visible interest in the cOmmuni.
ty, aud yielding a willing obedience to
the laws, and who contributes largely
with his revenues to the support of the
State Government, be trusted alongside
with tho negro in the exercise of the
same political privilegesi
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Greeley 20 ThompsOn.

The New York Tribune overfows witt
delightful welcome to JACOB THoMP
son, the rebellious gentleman with
whom GREELEY wanted to get up peace
negotiations at Niagara during the war
To Monsieur THOMPSON come again, )
HORACE thus discourses:
This country of ours is the best on. the
planet--the best to earn in, to spendin,
to work in, to scheme in, to live in, to
die in-the best in the world for South
erners and Northerners, for Lee and for
Grant, for Stevens and Sumner, for ia
cob Thompson aud Frederick Douglass.
And with al your faults, Jacob ThOmp.
son, we shall do oar best to love you
and yours-to give you the heartiest
hand We may if yen care--te give yOu
the greeting OF plow and spade, of labor
and hberty-trustiDg that in right time
all things will be made quite whole
again, if one and all of us shall have
quite learned TO accept the situation
manfully, and 60 to work with a will.
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Sale Of Omces by Grant.

General Grant, since his accession tO
DO wer, has evinced remarkable im-
provement in his capacity for making
money, compared to what it was when
working for his father in the Galena
tannery at forty dollars month. The
following, from the New York World
shows that the President Intends to lay
by something for rainy day:
The trouble which Grant is experience
ing in reference to the appointments for
office in the District of Columbia, ac-
cording to al! reports, arises from acts
on the part of the President which
make him amenable under the bribery
Jaw. Ii is we'll known to the public
that Grant originally sold his house in
Washington to Mr.. Sayles }. Bowen,
formerly Postmaster, for forty thousand
dollars, entered into contract to deliv-
er the title, and Mr.. Bowen paid the
usual ten per cent. 30 bind the bargain.
Subsequently, a fund of sixty five
thousand dollars was raised in New
York 70 purchase the house for Gen
eral Sherman. Grant thereupon resold
it to those parties, but before he could
transfer the title, he found bis contract
with Bowen in the way, and that gen.
tleman insisting that the property was
his, and he the only person who could
sell it, Mr.. Bowen was willing TO sell
the house to the parties who raised the
money for the price named, for thereby
he could make a profit of $4,000. But
Grant insisted upon having the twenty
five thousand extra himself. How to
get it and get rid of his contract with
Bowen was difficult question.
During this time, Grant was pressed
by the better class of Republicans to
appoint a Mr.. Robbins postmaster of
Washington, had consented to do so,
and so notified Robbins friends. After
this promise had heen made, and the
paper signed for Robbins, the vision of
the twenty-five thousand dollars extra
on the house again came up, and he
finally agreed, if Bowen would give mp
his contract, and abandon all claims for
tho twenty-five thousand extra, that
Bowen should have control of all the
Federal appointments for the District
of Columbia. To this Bowen, it is said,
tinally assented Robbins lost the post
office, aud the slate has since been made
out by Bowen, and Grant has sold the
offices for the District for s25,0 ,00O He
has thus given another example that the
true meaning of his motto was, Let
me have piece"
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Declining XeRl.

The great ebony idol must expect some
falling off in the zeal, even of its ardent
worshippers. A certain amonnt of ada
lation of the negro turns, at last, even
the strongest stomachs. Yet of thi:
natural revulsion the more exacting
negroes now complain. EmanCipated
caressed, applauded, they are not suf
ficiently revered. The negro DOUG,
LASS thus complains of the veteran
friend of black men, Mrs. ELIZABETH
CADY STANTON. At an Equal Rights
meeting of blacks and whites, we read
that
Frederick Douglass followed in a for.
chile speech. He thought there was an
element of slang directed against the
negro in the address of Mrs. Stanton.
Some of the comparisons made in the
speech reflected severely, he thought,
upon the black race, and he was sorry
TO be compelled to say that he has no-
ticed the same evidence of backsliding
in the columns of The Rerolu'ioR.
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AOueer Hope.

The New York Times hopes thaFtsree
fourths of the States, exclusiVsoi ln'
diana, may ratify the Fifteenth Amend
nent, so that Congress may be relieved
of the responsibility of deciding upon
the legality of the Indiana ratification.
The Times hopes that Congress "may be
freed from temptation" in the coRting-
ency mentioned. Lead as not into
temptation" may be COED prayer for
those who want to stand but fear to
fall, but whore the party to be tempted
is determined to yield to the tempta-
ton, the prayer of the Times if granted
would relieve no guilt but merely pre-
vent a scandal. 80
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THE WISDOM OF WISE
Henry A. Wise on War aad Pea

Henry A. Wise on War and Reae
That eccentric politician and philos.
pber. Henry A. Wise. Of Virgins, -
written q letter which appears In G.
Methodist Adroeate, of Atlanta, Georgi'
on the war, its canses and results,
which he assumes that the war was d
dained of God as the only means
emsncipating the slaves. General Wit
says: -
That He ordered and directed af|
forced the result of the emancipation
slaves in America, knowing that thef
was no other way to bring il about, aE'
at the same time save all that is prs
cious, have not the least doubt. Au'
| feel that he who resists, or in any un
reasonable way obstructs the legitimat
consequences of this special providence
"kicks against the pricks." This bring
up the question: What should be rs
garded as the legitimate consequences
Nv answer il peace. The old strife
must cease and be hushed, and thoi
wounds be healed. Next, charity
liberation, brotherly and patriOtl
kindness. 1t is not for me to ap
OTAlu yOuJ VI yOu mo- Ut ~
offences and injuries Of this wa
Slavery was its cause, was our weak
ness, if not our wickedness, and God ha
purged out its sins and Satanic in1u
ences, by fire and blood, for the war va
His if the sin was mine. But woe unit
those, on either side, who shall csus
the fires to burn aud the blood to heat
after the sin and causes of woes havi
been burnt to ashes. We must not keel
the fires ignited-the ashes must be al
lowed to cool-and then, as from battle
fields, the green herbsge may be mad
to grow more luxuriant thaR ever, s
good fruit may be made to spring eve
from the ciDders and ashes of this hor
rid war. No men, or set of men, mus
dare to take any bolts of vengeance y
their hands. n
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THE pesple of Virginia will not have
All opportunity to vote separately on
the county organization" clause of the
UNDERWOOD constitution, a most OBJ
noHious feature, which provides for
il!imitable useless Offices at a cost of
nine millions annually. GRANT prom
iSeu separate vote upon this clause,
ana the people complain that be has not
Kept his word. They ought to have
known better than to trust him. Hav.
ing given the pledge he was compelled
10 bleak it by sheer force of habit.
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Interview Be.ween Well, and Grant.


correspondent of the Petersburg
Express makes the following statement
Wells does not report well of Grant.
To the exclusion of other items, | will
give his account of his last interview
with the President, as reported TO Inc :
Grant is an ass" said Wells bitterly;
"and what is more, he is drunken ass.
When we entered the room, he was
leaning over the table, with a cigar in
his mouth, and his chin resting on
both hands. His eyes we're tisby,
and he Intellectually attempted TO
rise as we came in. We introduced our
business at once. Mr.. Wells, said he,
my desire is peace and harmony
throughout the country, and will even
sacrifice my principles (if have any to
secure these things. OF course, as far
as can do so, without interfering with
my main purpose, / will favor you as a
good Republican, but you must not eX-
pect me TO venture the success of my
administration in your behalf. con
slider that the Nirginisns themselves
are chiefly to be consulted in this mat
ter not you. l say this after due dellb-
Vlal'on, anu shall put the same views
before my Cabinet"
Il told him." said Wells, that he was
acting IN a way very injurious to his
party" my party" answered Grant:
well know very we'll what YOU cali
my party but was elected by the peo-
pie, and can afford to do as please. in
spite OF politicians and their orgapiza.
tions: l intend to do so. Ibope Won
may be elected Governor of Virginia
but l shall do nothing officially To-
eHect that result. You must depe1d nm
Your own popularity aud the strength
OF your party. As for the Constitution
! intend to submit it, as far as possible
not to suit you and other immiqrants
but to suit the native Yirginians
always protecting the equality of the
negroes"
'Such was the comfort we got.n CON-
tinued Wells, "aud if we had not snc-
ceeded better with some of his Cah;ns,
the Constitution would have been sborn
of every provision that protects lovaI
interests against rebel invasions."
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Artificial Dinmoads trOm MOIt'


Artificial DIamoads trOn MoItez
1rOR.
The new method by which NJ. SAT
obtains artificial diamonds, comprise
the following rules: lst, To get color
less diamonds, direct stream of dry
chloric gas through the bottom ofa tanl
containing molten iron. Chloric acid
oxide of iron will be procured. Whef
it evaporates, the carbon remains in the
form of crystals. ID, If the object is tC
give the crystals blue, yellow, or 9th
er color, the molten iron is firSl
treated with metallic oxydes
such as chrome, cobalt, &c. Sd
Black diamonds are procured by
turning on chloric hydrogen, instead Of
chlorine gas. No peculiar ovens are re-
quired for the production of these ditfer
ent kinds of diamonds, but the tank OI
kettle must be covered, so that no iron
oxyde may form. According to Saix,
kilogramne ofiron will yield 60 grammes
of diamonds at an expense of 20 francs
Now 60 srammes of fine diamonds are
worth $4,000 francs. Somebody blum,
dered" in not keeping this secret long
enough to lay by a few millions. The
question often arises in our minds
whether or not some very rapid fortunes
and extraordinary accumulations OF
wealth that could not be accounted for
on common principles, may not have
been vastly facilitated by hidden pro.
ceSses to secure very precious substances.
The chemists laboratory is the true cav
ern of the genii
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WEAK AND DELICATE CHILDREN
Are made strong BIZ the use of either of these
remedies. They win cure every case of MA.
RASMUS, withoGt fSil.
Thousands of cd aOates have accumulated
in the hands Of proprietor, but space will
allow of the publiSSs Ssou Of but a few. Those,
IL will be observed, are men of note, and Of such
standing that they must be helierad
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GENERAL CANBY has issued his order
for the Virginia election. As the said
order does not explicitly demand the
election of WELLS, but leaves the choice
of the Administrator in doubt, there is
room to hope that GILBERT WALKER
will get the benefit of the doubt, and a
large majority of the votes
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lion. James T'ko&psOn,

lion. James TkOGpsOH,
Judge Of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia, A pril p, lsG6.
II consider 'Hoof4nd's German Bitters a
ualtidBle medicine in case of attacks Of Indiges-
tion or Dyspepsia. / can certify this from my
experience of IL.
Yours, with respect
JAMES THOMPSON"
From Rer. Joseph II. Eennard, D. d.,
Pastor of the Tenth Baptist Church, Phila.
delphia. .E
Or. Jaekson-Desr Sir IhSye been frequent
ly requested 70 connect my name with recon.
mendations Of different kinds Of medicineaf but
regarding the practice - out Of my appropriate
sphere, have in all cases declined; but with q
clear proof in various instances and particular.
ly In my own family, Of the use Of DR.. Hooaand' Z
German Bitters, depart for once from nv usual
course, 70 cypress my full conviction that Ioy
general debility Of ths SySte1g, and espeeiaIy for
Ltrer Complaint, q Il s9fs aud UdlaabLs pSSp1.
ration. In sSme cases IL May fail; but Usually
doubt net, It win - very beneficial 70 tboss
who suffer from the above eausss
Noura, vsTI respectfully,
J.H. KENNARD.
Eighth, below Coates st.
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They tell good story of HENRY J.
RAYMOND, of the New York Times, who
thinks he knows all about driving. One
of his friends said to him, "RAYMoSp
your great trouble is that when YOU
come to point where two roads part,
you hesitate, and never know which to
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\ e TIM ONIALS

Hon. Geo. ". WoOdWard,
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pa,
writes:
Philadelphia, March 10, 1867.
I And HOOhaRd's German Bitters Is a good
tonic, useful in diseases of the digestive organs
and Of great benefit in cases Of debility and
want of nervous action in the system.
Yours, truly, GEO. w. WOODWARD.
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afumtOu

sr.xroS has been converted" and
,,;n.d church. At his special request
the newspapers are spreading the iacs' .
STATION expects "old Scratch" to give
~ the chase and charge him mp TO
profit and loss"
True
while the lamp holds out to ourp'
The West sinner may return
but these words were written beiorothe !"
murder of Mrs. SURRATf. -
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take, YOu should not carry your Ia
vorite political policy to '"cH
Ions extreme"
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ST. CLOUD HOTEL.

THIS NEW AND COMMOOIOUS HOUSE.
4 located corner Of Broadway and 42d street,
possesses advantages over all other houses for
the accommodation Of its guests. II was built
expressly for a hrstclass Family Boarding
Hou,e-thB rooms being large and en- suit.
heated by steam with hot and cold water, and
furnished second % none; while the culinary
department Is ia the most experienced hands
aforhing guests an unequaled table
One OF AtWOOds Patent Elevators n alsO
among the modern i'm UrOvemeBts" and at the
service OF guests at all hOurs.
The Broadway AID University Place Cars pas
the door every four minu' -, running from the
City Hall to Central Park, while the sixth aud
Seventh Avenue Lines are but shsrt block on
either side. sffurding AMPLE facilities for com.
municating With AL the Depots, Stsanboai
Of the great metropolis.
MORE HOLLEY,
rn.rtt er, Prourisfnrs.
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The Count De La Roche. of Paris,
was married at Pittsburgh Tuesday 70
Mrs. Mary c. Price.
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NOTICE.

II is well established fact that fully one.
half of the female portion of our population are
seldom in the enjoyment of good health, or to
use their own expression, never feel we'll. +"
They are languid, devoid of all energy, extreme
ly nervous, and have no appetite
TO this class of persons the BIrTERS, or the
TONIC, is especially recommended.
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Trains On the hEin Lns naks oonns.ti0ns
Al Baltraors Sfth trains Cor PbilaisiDtia, Esu
York End BostOs- ~ hslay HSaas. va Eask
ingtOn City, f0f 81 psiEts SOatb.
Central Ohio trains mAks direct o9ossetio1 81
Columbua for al pgaBts West EsS NOrts
Tisksts - Al principal paints can - Drocursd
q ths oelca.
JOHN T. WILSON.
hARtsr q TrAnspOrsafen. E.lunaFs.
r. +. DEYRfEa
Bvt0 0@ssrnf Agect Wkeaiina
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New Orleans Molasses.
.OO0 BARRELS YanfE. AND cRoIcH
S[U rsa@iysdby
nsys NAXWKLl q TTNaI.E
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HOTELS.
SWAMI HOUSE,
EVERETT HOUSE.

North Side OF Union Park, N. y.
DNHIs HOUSE IS KEPT ON THE EU,
i ropean plan; it is within three minutes
ride (by horse Sars) of the Now Haven
Railroad Depet, convenient 20 all the princip
places of amusement and for Summer tTavelle
will De found the coolest Hotel In the
Every room is provided with running water.
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DEBILITY,
PERSONS ADVANCED IN LIFE,

And feeling the hand of time weighing heavily
upon them, with all its attendant ills, will find
in the use of this BITTERS, or the TONIC, an
elixir that will nstil new life into their veins
restore in a measure the energy and ardOr of
sore youthful days, build up their shrunken
Sllkns, and give health and happiness in their
ram N
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TENNESSEE Radicalism is going to
pieces from sheer putrefaction.
From hour to hsur TO hour 1t rlped ana rlpeo
And nov from hour TO hoNr il rOts and rotS.
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These remedies will effectually cure Liver
Complaint, Jsundice, Dyspepsia, Chronic OF
Nervous Debility Chrsnic Diarrhea, Disease
Of the Kidneys, and all Diseases arising from a
DisoIdered Liver, Stomach or Intestine.
DEBILITY,
Resulting from any Cause whatever:
PR0STRATI0N OF THE SYSTEM,
induced by Severe Labor, Hard.
ship, Exposure, Fevers, &c.
There Is no medicine extant equal to these
remedies in such cases. 4 tone and vigor Is
impaired to the whole system, the appetite is
strengthened food is enjoyed, the stomach dl.
gests properly the blood is purified, the com.
plexion becomes sound and healthy, the yellow
tinge Is eradicated from the eyes, bloom IL
given TO the cheeks, and the weak and nervous
invalid becomes strong and healthy being.