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The time was when the New York Tribune
presented straightforward, manly, and con-
sistent line of conduct which challenged
public respect, but that day has passed. 1t
is now fraud. 1t pretends to be nom
partisan, when in fact its utterances betray
its gross hypocrisy, and plunge it into depth
OF partisan abasement never before reached
in its history. Its columns are now filled
with tissue of abuse and traduction of the
Republican party and its administration Of
tie Government, such as it never found place
for against the Democratic party in its most
corrupt condition, and it's most shameless
mal-administration of public affairs. 1t has,
within few weeks, denounced the President
Of the United States as ga loaferu~-that is
the epithet it applied to the Chief Magistrate
of this nation. Such an example of indie
cent and malevolcnt Journalism is seldom
seen in any civilized land as its present con-
duct affords, and yet it pretends to be an
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SO GENRAL has the public confidence be-
come in DR.. Ayers medicines, and so great
the demand for them, that unprincipled vii
lains are attempting TO deceive the mwary
by imposing upon them their worthless nos
trunls under similarity of name. Cherry
Pectoral Lozenges, DIR. Ayers Troches,
Ayers Pastilcs for Coughs, Cherry Pectoral
Cough Drops, Ayers Fever aud Ague Cure,
DIR. Ayers Indian Pills, &C., &C., (none of
which are of DR.. Ayers manufacture or COM
position) are specimens of this villainy and
deceit. They not only defraud the sick of
their money but of their health, or the recoy-
cry of their health, which is far more import
ant than money. From actual counterfeits
the people are protected by law which the
Doctor promptly enforces, but these evasions
sometimes elude the law, and purchasers
must protect themselves by refusing to be
deceived by them.--Dooe' On. H. Bee.
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upon and make the most Of it. Some docu-
ments have disappeared irem the War De
partment, and were probably taken away
under the administration of Andrew Johnson.
1t is conceded that neither the President nor
his surroundings can have the least motive
for concealing them, and the fact that their
disappearance should be discovered only re-
Gently needs no explanation, for the simple
reason that nobody had occasion to look for
them any more than for piles OF other old
records. Yet the Tribune is determined to
make out a case analogous to the voucher
robbery in New York. Does it not know
that, if anything in General Grants career,
his military achievements are established
facts beyond the reach Of his most venomOus
antagonists? Why does it not at once set
out on the grateful task of bringing evidence
that the merit of Lees surrender is virtually
due to Mcclellan and Hancock?
The probable failure of the Alabama
Treaty has to furnish another handle for the
vilifications and denunciations to be used
among the means through which the Govern
mcnt is to be wrenched from the hands Of
the Republicans. by this time the bad faith,
the perfidy of the English Government, has
become manifest to the dullest intellect. We
recognize in its course the same hostile spirit
that prompted its attitude towards us during
the rebellion, and now revolts at the just de-
mand for repaation. No craftsmanship
could have effected satisfactory settlement
with such an antagonist, and we should be
truly thankful to the Tribune if, instead of
throwing the fault altogether on the Presi-
dent and his Cabinet, it would graciOusly
initiate us into that higher wisdom through
which, as it assumes, the conflict would have
been prevented. Such attacks, however,
formidable as they would have been only a
year ago, do but little harm now. The
Tribune, a tower of strength as long as it was
the faithful exponent of the principles of the
Republican party, has voluntarily surrendered
its power for good and evil the day when it
renowned those principles to become the
non-party mouthpiece of one man, for the
promotion of his own ambitious aspirations.
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school Examination at Barry
Farm.

The cOlored schools taught by Mrs. Vir
sinia l.. Douglass, Principal, Miss Hall, Mrs.
Sarah Shimm, and Miss Emma Patterson I'M
derwent their annual examination on Wcdnes-
day of last week with credit. Mu \ greater
progress could be made in our county schools
but for the fact that the poverty of the parents
of children makes it, in many cases, necessary
for them to take their children from school
and put them in employ at a time when they
can accept instruction to the best advantage
This difficulty has worked to the disadvantage
of the Barry Farm school to no small extent,
still the advancement made by the pupils
under the circumstances is very encouraging.
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Col. j. w. FOrmcy on Hon. Chas.
Summer.

The following editorial letter of j. w.
Foney to his paper, the Philadelphia Press,
we publish because in it we find much that
accortls with our own views of the speech of
the Hon. Charles Sumner. This letter, writ
ten by warm personal friend of Mr.. sum-
ner, and an advocate of the reelection of
President Grant, cannot be said to have been
written in mere partisan spirit, and is, in
consequence Of its sincere devotion to prin-
ciple and the means of carrying out that prin-
ciple, of great value at this time:
WASHINGTON, June l, 1872.
Mr.. Summers speech may be called the
first shot in the Presidential battle. 1t came
as sudden as Sumter, though not as meX-
pected. The great Senator, who rarely does
ANYTHING in haste, and whose speeches are as
we'll prepared as his exquisite dress and his
incompatible dinners, had carefully filled
himself with his subject, and had freely dis
cussed it with his friends before pronouncing
what may be called his indictment of Presi-
dent Grant. With his thorough knowledge
of parliamentary law, he watched and waited
for his opportunity, and seized ii yesterday
afternoon, when he knew he was in the line
of safe precedent and could not be obstructed
by any special order. 1t would be folly to
deny that his philippe is fierce ana able. II
would be weak to refuse to accept it rs a
bold and dangerous demonstration. AS such
I propose to discuss it. The readers of the
Press have not failed to notice that I have
never concealed my attachment to Charles
Sumner. l know him so well, and have
known him so long, and | cOnfide so entirely
in his personal integrity, and so honor his
requirements and his patriotism, that could
not help repeated efforts to establish good
relations between him and President Grant.
l have never concealed my belief that his
degradation from the craftsmanship of the
Senate Committee of Foreign Relations was
a mistake, deeply aggravated by its subse-
auent organization, and by the removal of
Mr. Motley. But there is strong resem-
blance in one or two instances between the
illustrious General and the illustrious Sem
ator. They have both been accustomed to
command. They are imperious, if not impe-
rial, men. The one constructed and led a
great party, and hung to his convictions with
the tenacity of Cromwell, captivating the
Senate and the country, and extorting, by
his tremendous abilities, the warmest praise
from his sternest foes. The other saved q
nation by the brave endurance of his charac-
ter, by silence like Wellington as to HIM
self, and by a lack of display like Napoleon,
when he endured the bitterest privations of
the private soldier. If it is difficult to strike
the balance between such services, each of
its kind unrivaled, and each dominant in our
national destinies, it is much more difficult to
bring two such men, after they disagree, into
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The Soldiers Protest.

One Of the strongest influences which con-
tributed to the nomination of Gen. Grantwas
his acceptabilty to the soldiers, and one OF
the most effective elements of the work of his
election was the vote of his old comrades and
subordinates. Many partisans of the re-
nomination insist that the same reasons now
exist in favor of his second candidacy. But
they are greatly mistaken. The American
soldier is not mere machine-not a creature
of discipline and pipe-clay. Our army was
composed of the best blood and best brain OF
the land. They fought for their country and
not for their general. At the first election
after the war it was natural that they should
vote for Gen. Grant, who was the candidate
of the undivided Union party. That was the
only means then open, as it seemed, to gar
ner the fruits of the war. But the soldiers
have not been blind and deaf ever since.
They have seen, in common with all other
citizens, the evils of the mess-room govern
ment which the present Administration has
given us. They have seen how discreditable
a throng of fiattercrs have gained the favor
and confidence of the President. They have
seen the work of pacitication shamefully de-
layed by partisan legislation, which has ren-
dered their labor and their wounds of no avail.
They gave their sweat and blood for the in
terests of the whole country, and they see the
fruits of the war seized by one man and his
clique of friends. They fought for the re-
establishment of constitutional liberty, and
they see every day nearer approach to the
principles and practices of personal govern
ment. They went into the army to vindicate
law, and they see this military Administra-
ton violating law in every direction.
The above, from the New York Tribune, is
the rantng of soreheadod disappointed
seeker of office for himself or friends. Our
soldiers have seen no mess-room government,
nor have they seen the throng of flatterers,
the laws violated, and the fruits of the war
seized by Grant and his clique of friends.
We see as one of the fruits of the war the
elective franchise exercised all over the ma
ton by race heretofore denied that exercise.
We heard General Grant urge the ratification
of the amendment giving the negro the bal
lot. We see the taxes collected, the debt
decreasing, and prosperity following a terri
BILE and protracted war. The CLIQUE of friends
of General Grant who are Selling through
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independent journal which advocates no
party, and bclittlcs its character by the cham
pionship of no mans cause.
The reader of the Tribune has no difficulty
in detecting it as fraud. Mr.. Greeley pre-
tends to have retired from its editorial corps,
and yet each issue bears the ear-marks of
his efforts in behalf of his own cause. He is
incessant in his trumpet-blasts against the
Republican party and in behalf of his own
betrayal of its principles and statesmen, for
the thirty pieces involved in the empty NOM
ination rendered him by an unauthorized and
irresponsible band of recreant politicians at
Cincinnati. He yet claims to be a Republic
can in the columns of the Tribune, while he
conspires with its enemies to encompass the
overthrow of the Republican party and its
principles in the Government. He courts
Democrats to join him in his crusade against
the Republican party, and reproves Mr..
Voorhees, for not walking into his parlor on
the first invitation. We doubt if the political
history of this nation affords another example
of such gross abandonment of principle
such utter abasement-suc hypocritical pre-
tence-such outright fraud and deception, as
is presented in the campaign inaugurated at
Cincinnati and engineered by Horace Gree
ley through the columns of the New York
Tribune. Mr.. Greeley cannot escape the
legitimate consequences of the course of his
organ, however much he may pretend to
have divorced himself from its editorial man
agement. In this excuse the fraud becomes
double, and the consequences to those i'll
volved will be three-fold. There is no es-
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Special Taxes.

The bill introduced into the Legislative
Council by Hon. John A. Gray, and passed
by that body, in relation to the payment of
special taxes, is now slumbering in committee
in the House of Delegates. The bill is an
excellent one, and is as we'll in the interest
Of the poor of the city as it is of the Districts
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Carl Schurz on Horace Greeley,

The record of the convention will not be
complete without recOunting what transpired
during n consultation of the Missouri delega-
ton. At the close of the first ballot, and be-
fore the result was announced, the delegation
from that State asked and obtained leave to
retire. Among the other members Carl
Schurz went, the chair being filled during his
absence by Mr.. Geo. W. Julian, of Indiana.
When a reporter found his way into the midst
of the delegation Mr.. Schurz was giving the
members his opinion of Mr.. Greeley. He
said Mr.. Greeley was the weakest candidate
the convention could nominate. The speaker
had known him for fifteen years, and while
he respected him, it was true, nevertheless,
that he was not the man, with his habits and
lack of administrative ability, to receive the
highest nomination. Moreover, he was a
weak man among the Germans of Ohio and
Illinois, and no one who could not secure
their sullrages could be elected to the chief
Office in the nation. Mr.. Schurz was very
much in earnest when he was speaking, evil
IDENTITY loreseeng the mistakes the convention
was likely to make. 1t was noticeable fact
that in his closing address he uttered no word
of commentator of either ticket or platform,
Probably lH did not feel that the statesman
he had called for in his address on Friday had
been nominated, and that the convention had
not been so free from the the tricks of politi-
'Hthp 90 NV i'h"l AopSus--NHteUWutt
Gazette.
MIR. GREELEy'S letter of acceptance has
by its peculiar tone called out this amusing
remonstrance from one of the Liberal Repub-
lican organs, the Hartford Post:
1--WE have all laughed cOnsmedly over
the fact of the nomination; but when that
honest old face comes up at the end Of three
weeks waiting to tell us-nO, he don't tell
us in so many words, but he intimates it
pretty clearly--that no has been all this
time considering the question of accepting it,
he imparts so much humor to the situation
that it takes the character of grotesqueness.
No, Horace; don't begin so; you've been
nominated because you are so eternally in
nocent, and childlike, and honest, and we
all know that it pleases you and that you
wanted it--and that you've no more idea of
declining than of flying, and never had
that there's no contingency in which you
wouldn't accept, and that though you may
have been curious to know how the mass OF
our fellow-citizens' felt about it, it was not
in the pins for the mass Of our fellow-citi-
zens' to induce you to do anything but ac-
cept. And now for you to come up in this
solemn way and say, you've been waiting
till you could learn, etc. mo, you mustn't
that won't dots too thin. Don't do so
any more,V
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FOR PRESIDENT:
ULYSSES S. GRANT,
OF ILLINOIS.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT:
HENRY WILSON i,
OF MASSACHUSETTS.
OF MASSACHUSETTS.

Complete liberty and exact equality in the
enjoyment of all civil, political, and public
rights should be established and effectually
maintained throughout the Union by efficient
and appropriate State and Federal legislation.
Neither the law nor its administration should
admit of any discrimination in respect of citi-
zens, by reason of race, color, or previous
condition of servitude.-A Plank IN The Piat-
form Of the Philadelphia Contention.
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D9s-The Republican convention in Phila-
delphia, spoke out in its platform for equality
before the law for all citizens of the United
States, without regard to race Or color.
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How doth the busy Horace G..
Improve each shining hour;
And look for Office every day
In every party's power.
How skillfully he builds his sells,
How neat he spreads the soap,
And when pig-iron will not avail
Takes free trade as his hope.
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The Pressure Cure.

pr. l!all ihc medical mLn. moi H..
diNimc) has said a good many sensible
things. Il, well rs s0Hi,. ycIy impracu
cal ones. Those who are acquainted
with s"!ne oi his poculiaIirics will en-
JOY The following hurlcsquc from tic
Chicago Republican:
Nh. Alexander Simpson. -ot Towand,
Is dead. lie Vas billions. Mr. Alex
andcr simpson was. and he saw the fol
loving paragraph from the pen of Dr.
Hall: IL 4 bilious man wants to grt
Well, and l. III uo special hurry, all
thai nc has [" do is t. lie down out OF
doors between two broad boards, and
stay there until he gets Tavenouslv hun
CRY. Nj simpson followed his advice.
and calmly fell 10 sleep With a broad
board OH top OF him. Under ordinar,
circumstances there would have been
no trouble: bat there was Fat Mem
bail III the lagcr-hccr saloon next dooi
that day. and the two champion ftt
men got n,or the fcucc, and sat down
with jerk on top OF Mr.. Alexander
simpsons upper board without know
ing he was there. ii sqUelched the
breath ont Of him II the first blow.
And the fat men. yoJ understand. they
SAT and sat there. and discussed poll
ties. and the Alabama claims. and the
Legal cAdcI I@r, itlld the weather, ami
Woman $ right. and the Harrison boil
c., ana uctap!Il Sirs. ami thry kept Oh
drinking glass after glass of beer, and
getting heavier and heavier. until one
oi ihem Happened To look under the
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Ihou | looked At John, aud he COW
cred beneath the witheiing contempt
and Indignation of lny glance
''Brintnn.' | said. grarrly and s,yclc-
ly, this is going to far. lnu have tIi-
fed with and insultcd M. My most
dciicat" and refined feelings and sym-
paihicS you have excited. merely for
tn" SAX" oI iidicnlin@ thcm. lou
have
Hold on , bold on . old fellow, cIicd
john, recovering. with great effort, his
power OF speaking. You mi>judge c the
matter cnticly. Vow Just listen 10 me.
You felt. Is you must acknowledge, 1
dep interest III Nuggin> You were
persuaded there must lac SOME ioman-
tie history attached 10 him You in
sisted upon my lcll1img t. yuu such Il
romance. | did the best | could tUr
You on tine ,puT Vi the m0mont; though.
liidc ii, yCu suggested at least half the
ideas yourself Is The tale proceeded, and
yOH corrected Ill my little :clt-cOuua-
dl,tioaz. For 10y part, I'm quite proud
OF the story. and l think you ought To
bc much obliged u lac ton il. suppose
nov. ! had instead ~ this thrilling llaI
a;iNe. merely GiE al YOu the facts lii
Nug5iEsa case that We list engaged
him tcn day ago, thut on tle fourth
day thereafter We gave HIM ! week
warning. and that the only reason he is
still with rs Is hcc.;Csc lie will stay IN
I'll tomorrow you have tclt the
= Iac iut,.-si ana Qualification IUu
'-:.o.. N"i! @uuldI't i"Hl smile con-
i,>srs il. b,-ilCs, H,u tailed 81 much
I
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= awepaper Morality


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country. Mhi,h i p"Iii"alIN ur5anLc'i
upon ." declaration "l equal ndiNiG-
IA, iight. the reasons Of this want "i
confidence III individual influence. ami
the Lack "f Il deep sense Of individual
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Patientin.

iu,l on, . troubled hIaiIr.
W iIh anNi"ds thoughts and busy scenes "ppIrst
he 'n. release shall reach 'hac = h'irt pain
lhrn-R.,t
Watch still h"ay! eye
And !.tiir Longer must y. vigil keep:
M lr' voug ii''s sirl cl.,s'. ~ 'l.rrtn- rise
Ia -lyri.-
Ihn"h "; u.;.iim- i,r..It
sid ,..-.- :hc flaaein.. onirci.s without
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7 IUI IHILDKEN HAN TIT HOD
ING GUCGH co FOR
Weeks Cough Cure.
New Steam Laundry.

he -uGocribcf, purchasing machinery and
HAtuIes: and are fitting up rapidly possible I.
nv" STEAM LAUNDRY in this village. AS soon
- IA working order shall announce the fact
We expect by doing good work at fair prices 10
ir,eive the patronage Of the public.
ELY 5 GASKELL.
l J.Lrsbury Dec =. I'll sttf
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\ rcnney lv.,nia editor, IN Itknowl
cdgiug tbs git; oi Il peel, "i potntocs,
says : 1T Is =Gch kindncaScs as these
that bring tears - our eyes. one peek
of potatoes makes the whole world Kin.
We have trusted i'll Providence. and this
IS our reward We would like Il little
kindling wood and some good rurnips,
but thar would be asking too much. 81
We Will t1v and do without them