SJfftfrYUg kintal $tm&. IQIS. It U Til C. lilt ATT ON , At Bratton's Building, East of the Court-House. . . TERMS OF bC'llSCKIPTION. ne year, $1 50 light months, 1 OO ruf mouths, CO Payment in advance In all rases. 12. A. Hratlou, ATTORNEY AT LAW, McARTUUK, OHIO, will attend to til legal buaiueas entrusted to bit caie in Vintou, At hern, Jaofca"ii, Kou, (locking, and edjoiniog counties, l'artic- aiar attention given 10 ma collection oisoiuiura claims fur pcuaicna, bounties, arrears ul pay, ete., against l La U 8 or Uhio, iucludi g Mor (in raid claim. juu8 Hack lay, Ilounty and lcu- WILL be collected promptly hr SDWAJiD A. WRATTON, M'iRTUVB, OHIO. All soldiers, who are by law, entitled to Back Pay, Buiinty and Pensions, and wld owa, fathata, mothers, brother, aud filters of deceaaed aoldiora' claim nil) la prunttly at Isoded to. jnj3tf a. a. MATO. ABCII1BLD ATO, II. H. & A. Iflaro. ATTORNEYS AT LAW,McARTHCR, O., will attend promptly to all legal butinosa enruated to fhera. Odice iu Court Hume, lie Arthur, Ohio. juu8y Archibald Mayo, CLAIM AGENT. Back Pay, BiuUy and Fenaiois will bo prom , tly coll'ietej. Of lea in the Court Uouae, Motrthur, Ohio. All soldiers who ar entitled bj law o back py, bounty and ponsions, and '.lie claima of wid ow!, fathers, mothers, .iroflioi and tutors will be promptly aitti.dtd to. jn8y J. J. McDou ell, ATTORNEY AT LAW & CLAIM AGENT, will piaciicoin Vintou ai da lioiuiog c tun tie. A loo, DqiWy Collector of Intern dltuv Sana. Oflico In tto Viutcn Co. Bank. janSl Homer C. Jones, ATTORNEY AT LAW.MeAUTUUtf, OniO, will attend promptly tt all baaiooi sutrns ted to hia care. Office otorT. B. Davla' Store, Alain a'reet, Mo Arthur, Ohio. - niU 0 . T . 11 O Ci U 12 S H , RESIDENT DEN'llST jAcitsoy, c. ii mo. tVTceth extracted by the use of LAiran- U. XV. J. Wolf, Tf T ATCII and CLOCK-MAKER V V Hulbcrt'8 lluildlnir. McArthur O Watclies; clocks ; jewelry ; Ac. always on aanu. itcpuirtug uone to oruer. janay $li5(rlt;mrou3. YIHSCM CO.BAHE UXIXCOKPOUATED. K'ABTHTJR STOCKHOLDERS: JOSEPH J. McDOW ELL, rres't. JAMES W. DELAY, Cash. II. 8. Bl'XDT, E. D. Dodok, A. Woi.k, II. F. Austin, D.V.Kan.nki.s, E. Sthono, A. A. Austin. Bank of Discount and Deposit. "Will buy and sell Government Secuil tles, Bonds, do. Collections niado nt the usunl rates. Jaii24tf Change or lime. M. A C. It. It., TIME TABLE. T?ROM and alter Sunday the lth day of Dec. 1. 1866, Trains will leave Station uatned ae rouows : G01N0 EAST. Mail. 9 15 a m 1 57 p iu 3 3G p m 3 (2 p m 4 13 p m 8 03 pm GOI.SQ WKST, - Mail. 6 40 n m 10 10 a m 10 33 a m 10 45 a ni 12 28 p m 5 00 p m Stations. Cincinnati, Chilllcotho, Ilamden, McArthur, Zaleskl, Harrietts, Stations. Harrietts, Zaleskl, McArthur, Ilamden, Chillicothe, Cincinnati, Niuht Ex 12 35 u in G 05 a in 0 23 a ni 6 41 a m 7 01 a c. 10 43 u m MM Ex 7 05 p in 11 06 p ni 11 31 pin Jl ii p m 1 20 a in i DO a in L. ENGELBRECHT, WIIOLESALL GROCER AND Pi2 OB UCE DEALER, Corner -of Front and Madison Streets, Portsmouth, Obio. B UY all kinds of Couuiry produce novKn.S Z. Tlioiiias, BOOT AND SHOEMAKER, Logan street.one door South of Mrs. Dud go's Millinery Es tablishment, MoArlh ir, O., raanul'aoturoi to -order all wo'k la bis line. Repairinj also done with ieatn-as and dis patch. Satisfaction guaranteed bd prices ' Moderate. feh28m8 TBACY, IRWIN & CO., 412 Broadway, New York, Dry Gootds Jobbers, ESTABLISHEU 1885. SJPSma TBADE.... 18G7. WEiequettthe apeoial attention of Country Merohanta to tin large and attractive took of all floods In the Wholesale Dry Good line, whioh we are now offering at bur new Warehouse, No. 412 Broadway, New Tork. . : Buyers visiting tbe oily are solicited to call We give particular attention to orders by r mall, whioh will be filled at as low prioea aa luiuuj,. pviBunauy pieaeut. laruuiaiv, with fall partlonlars, sent on request. We call attention to tbe high reputation oar lease has enjoyed for many years, and assure - til who may beal with us it fair and liberal . traeanuat. TBiCY. IRWIN A CO.. VOL. 2. II A A. ' : ...J - I. V fltff M'ARTHUli, VINTON COUNTY. OHIO. APRIL 25, 1867. NO. 17. Excelsior! Excelsior! CHASTELL AR'S iiaik iati inii.wion ! For lteinovlnff Suprrfluous Hair. To the ladiea tspociully. tliis invalutblo de pilatory reoommond itiwlf aa heiuft an almoat indpeiifiblo ar licit) to female beauty, 'a easily applied, doe not bntn or injure the akiu, but acta directly on the foots. It ia warranted to remove auj uruunus ban irum low ii.rtl ca.la. or Irom any vurtor tbe body, ctmplolely, totally and radically extirpatina the mini. Itu iiir the akin e'ifl. amoolh and aalural. 'J'lii- ia the on ly article need by the trench, and la the only real tncc'.ual depilatory in cxlatcKco. rnco 75 cents ncr ruckmre. aent noatfaid. to anv a 1- dreca, on mcipt of an ortftr. by Uf-UHLK, SIIU l i t dt to., UdlnlctK, marSly 235 River at., Tfoy, N. Y. BEAUTY! Anburn, Golden, Flaxen and Silken Curls, IROI'U- KU l.y ti.o tireul 1'rot. i'r. hRECX' FKISEB LE CIIKVEIX. One applica tion wurianlud to curl tlio niowt straight and rtuhborn hair of oiihorrex into wavy ringlet, or nouvy musi-ive curia. Kua been m-ed hy the furhiouablca of I'i ria and London, with the moat gr tifyin rerulta. Dues no injury to the hair, l'rice b) miiil, acaled and postpaid, Si Descil niivtt CirLiili.r mailed free. Addrrns IthliGEK, SIIL'ilS & CO.,Chemh.U, No. River tt , T roy, N. V., Sole Atccnta for the Uniutd States. mar2ly PIANOS & ORGANS COST TIIiIEI Any one who cun Pay $10, 820, 830, $10 or $50 a .Honth, Cau l urclmau a Melodeon, Organ or Piano, By this y tcm. I will toll any of my largo and carefully ae loctd atock of Tiaiiost, Organs & jScIodrons on the fulloaiug eay toims: l'er month until jiuitlfur. Organs and Melodeons, worth 100 tr leas, at $10 do do from $100 to $200. 15 Pianos and Organs, worth from $200 to do do do do do do do do $300 to $100.. do $4H0 to $.i0.. dolrViOO to i'H. . do do $000 to $700. By !bia system of cu.y .Monthly I'ujmenU, ninny PJ raona who vould find it impoariblo to pay tbe full price of nu instrument ul once, arc euuldod ttt puichaae aud jy for one without tho leuBt liconvtnlcnce. For full particulars, adJreia JOHN CHURCH, JR., 06 Woet Fourth at., Cincinnati, O Wholesale and Retail Agnnt for Tin Knabe Gold Ikdal 1'iano, 8oiiniDT, kiiiiiut Co.'a Supkbiob I'iamub, Mason dt HahlinV Cabinxt Ouoaaa, SiioNiMeka'a Gkh Ohoans. And various other good I'ianoa, ( rguns and Melouoons. maixlnio 'I'licre comcth glad tidings of joy to all, To young and to old. to eruat and to small: The beauty whl.h onco was so precious and rare, la free for all, and all may be fair. By the use of CHASTELLAR'S WHITE LIQUID For Improving and Beautifying tho Complex ion. Tho mojt valuable and perfeot preparation in une, for giving the skin a beautiful pearl like lint, that is only louna in yontn. it quicaiy removex Tan. Freckles, limplos. Blotches, Moth Patches, Salloa-neas, Etuptions, and all impurities of the skin, kindly imaliug tin aame loavinir the skin whitn ana dear nu ala bailor. It if the only article of tbe kind used by tho trench, an 1 ia conxitlorcd hy tliu 1'nria inn ar Indlitien able to a uerl'cct toiler. Ul' wards of SO.Ut 0 bottlos were sold during; tho past year. a sufficient guarantee of iu efficacy. l'rice only 7,1 cents. Sent by mail, post paid, on roco.pt or an ordor, by BEKGER, 8IIU riS & CO., Chcmitts. n.ar!21y 285 River Kt.,Troy. N. Y IF VOU WANT GOOD PlIOTOGIlAPIIS, Ambrotypes, Opalotypes, Or Any Other Kind of Pictures, l-GO TOl C. J. UlLLlAGIIinST. Ho ia botter prepared than ever for Enlarging ricturoa to au nze. Take your old. laded, scratched , and defaced pictures to Mini aud you can have the flnotsl ol iiictnrHa made from thorn. If yuu want any kind of plclurea framed, large or small, ne is aiwaya prepared 10 uo inui kind of work. If jou want a FINE GOLD RING, or other JEWELRY, call and see him If yon dou't want anything, call and see hie pictures. He will always be found at his rocm. during bn.incas hours, 'n T. B. Savin' building, up stairs. mar'Zi CRISPER COMA. Oh I sh was beautiful and fair, With starrv eje and radiant hair, Whose curling tendrils aoft, entwined, Enchained the very bear: and mind. CRISPER COItI A, a For Curling the Eair of either Sez into navy ana lilossy limijMs or Heavy Massive Curls. BY usinc this article Ladiea and Gentlemen can beautify then selves a thousand fold. t ia the only artiole in the world tnai will ourl straight hair, and at the same tim. give it beautiful, glossy appearance. The Crisper Coma not only curls the bair, but invigorates, beautifies and cleanses it ; la highly and delight fully perfumed, and is the most complete am ela of the kind ever offered to the American public Tbe Crisper Coma will be sent to any addresa, sealed and toetpald for 1 . Address all orders to W. L, CLARK & CO., Chemists, . No. t Weet Fayette et., Syracuse, N. Y aartly Manhood and youthful vigor POETICAL. THE OLD HOMESTEAD. Ah! here It k the dear old plnco, Unehnnged throtifrh all these year J How like some sweet, familiar face My childhood's home appears! The grand old trees beside the door Still spread their branches wide; The river wanders as of yore, With swcetlv murmuring tide; The distant hills look green nnd gay, The flowers are blooming wild, itnd everything seems glnu to-day, As when 1 was a child. Regardless how the years have flown, Half wondering I $tnnd, I catch no fond endearing tone, 1 clasp nolrienilly hand; I think my mother s rmilo to meet, I list my father's call, I pause to hear my brother's feet Come hounding' through the hall; -But silence all around mo reigns,-- A chill creeps through my heart, Xo trace ot those I loved remains, And tears unbidden start. What though thestinbeains fall as lair, What though the budding flowers Still shed their fragrance on the air, Within life's golden hours? The loving ones that clustered here, These, walls may not restore ; .Voices that tilled my youthful ear, Will greet my soul uo more; Ami yet I quit the dear old place Willi slow and lingering trend. As when we kiss aelay-eold face And leave it with the dead. MAY MAURICE. LITERARY. How it Feels to be Drowned—Described by a Man Who has Tried it. a A few clays ago a workman em ployed at one of the tanneries on this side of the river, but living on east side, named Grace, attempted to cross to his work upon the ice. When part way over, the ice broke beneath Grace,and he fell through, lie sank immediatly to the bottom, but was taken up by one of those hook9 employed for the purpose, and bv strong efforts the spark of hfe,which had apparently departed, was brought back, and Urace sun lives, although having been as near death's door as a man could very well go and return to this subluna ry sphere. Yesterday a reporter of the Wis consin met Grace, and had a con versatiou with him "relative to his narrow escape. During tho con versation the man gave a sketch of the sensations which ho experienc ed while under the water, which we will endeavor to cive as the words fell from his lips. Said Grace : thought that morning, as it had been stiffening over night,lhat the ice would be stiff enough to bear me, as I was a little late that morn ing, and as it was along way round by the bridge, I would save time by going across the ice instead of around by the bridge. I went on, thinking about what I should say the loreman to save being docked a quarter of a day, and wasn't thin king but whatali was safe enough, when I trod on a weak spot. I then went right through. It was so sudden like, and the water was so cold and I suppose I wa9 so frigh tened, that all my senses went away in a flash. I hit my head on the edge of the ice, and that made me stupid, and that's what m ado it look so like a dream, perhaps. It seemed like I kept sinking, sinking all the time not going down like a man would in the water, but go ing down fast so fast that it took all my breath away. Although I know I kept my eyes 6hut all the time, it seemed like I could see all about me, and like 1 was in the midst, first of a geat field of black ness, which came up all around me, and was very thick. As I went down, this kept grow ing lighter and brighter, and from being sort of gloomy at first, soon began to grow pleasanter, and my head, which seemed at first all stuff ed to be clearer and clearer. I have heard a great deal about paradise, and all sudden like it seemed I had come to that place. I didn't feel like I was any . body else, but all my senses came to me, and the first I knew I was wondering where I was, and how I came there 1 felt as if I was just so fuil of happiness as I could be. Every thing I had done in my life seemed like it was written on a little page, and I had it right before me, and could teil it all, even down to the little things. Befoie me I could see great green and purple and red clouds floating along, and would hear angels and fairies singing, and I knew they were happy, and when I tried to help them, 1 felt as happy as they were. '' .. '," I tried to think it was a dream; but I couldn't and I didn't feel as if it was at all like death, and while every: thing seemed so clear to me, ewemto what tha foreman would lay when he found I did not come. wondered if ever I should go back again, and if I did, what a time I would have telling the boys where I had been and what I had seen. Evry good action I had done came up and looked me in the face, and although some of the bad acpons, all of which I could see standing at my back, tried to come up, they could not. I can not tell you how happy I felt, and how long 1 feJt so. It was drowning, I knew and if a man only knew about it and there wasn't any danger ot being brought back again, it would be the happiest way to die that ever was i invented. But the coming back, oh! that was awful I While I was feelintr so erood as I Itj&i to, tell you about, and it didn't seem as 11 it was a nine wnne, dui like it was years and years, while I was thinking, it seemed like one of tho bad actions crowded away one of the good ones, and came up and looked me in the face, and in stantly all of the good actions, and all the angels and the faries, be came devils of the worst kind, and all the colored clouds became black and the devils closed round me, and they j elled in my ears, and pushed nie this way and that, and then all the clouds became preci pices and caves and holes, and it seemed as if the evil ones were try ing to push me into all of these at once, yelling and howling all the time, and when I resisted, tearing whole hands full of flesh off my bones and hair out of my head. And they seemed to go into my mouth,' and my nose, and my ears, and tear away inside of me until I was so full of misery that I prayed that they might kill me at once ; and when I tried to tell them so it wa9 like as if my head would burst asunder. As I can't tell you how happy 1 was betore, so I can't near tell you how 1 sunered now. 1 had heard a great deal about hell, and 1 thought I was there for certain. Sometimes the devils inside of me would be file and burn me, and then they would be ocean, and I would strangle and be drowning. And when I seemed to be suffering most, all of a sudden I came sort out of it, and the boys were 6tand ing about me and trying to bring me to life, and then I knew that I had been nearly drowned, but they had saved me. But I tell you as I told them, if I should ever come so near drowning again, don't try to save me, for I had ten thousand times rather die feeling like I did when I seemed in paradise, than to be brought to and suffer all the tor ments 1 did afterward. The Military Government Bill in the Supreme Court. Washington, April 15. In the U. S. Supreme Court to-day, tho Chief-Justice delivered the opinion of the Court in the case of The State of Mississippi vs. Andrew Johnson and E. O. G. Ord, on mo tion for leave to file bill, as follows: A motion was made some days since, in behalf of the State of Mis sissippi, for leave to file bill in be half of said State, praying this court to perpetually enjoin and restrain Andrew Johnson, and E. O. C. Ord, commanding the District of Mis sissippi and Arkansas, from execut ing or in any manner carrying out certain acts of Congress. The acts referred to are those of March 2d and 22, 1867, commonly known as "reconstruction acts." The Attorney-General objected to leave asked for upon the grounds that no bill which makes the Pres ident a defendant and seeks an in junction against him to restrain the performance of his duties should be allowed to be filed in this court. This point, has been fully argued, and we shall now dispose of it. We shall limit our inquiry to the question presented by the objec tion, without expressing an opinion on the broader issues discussed in the argument whether in any case the President of the United States may be required by process of this Court to perform purely ministeri al acts required by law, or may be' held amenable in any case other wise than by impeachment for crime. The single point which requires' consideration is this: Can the Pres ident be restrained from carrying out an act of Congress alleged to be unconstitutional? It is assum ed by counsel for the State of Mis sissippi, that the President, in exe cution of the reconstruction acts, is requited to perform mere minis terial duty. In this assumption there is, we think, a confounding of the terms ministerial and executive which are, by no means, equivalent in import. A ministerial duty; the performance of which may, in prop er cases, be required by the head of a department, or by judicial process, is one in respect to which nothing is left to discretion. It is a simple, definite duty, arising un der conditions admitted orprcsum-. ed to exist, or imposed by law. In tho case of Marbury vs. Madi son, Secretary of State, First Cranch, 137, furnishes an illustra tion, in which a citizen had been nominated, confirmed and appoint ed a Justice of the Peace for Kis ton, Columbia, and his commission had been made out and sealed; nothing remained to be done, ex cept delivery, and the duty of de livery was imposed by law on the Secretary of State. It was held that the performance ot this duty might be enforced by Mandamus issuing from a court having juris diction. In the case oi Kendall, Postmas ter-general, vs. Stockton & Stokes 12, Peters 527 an act of Con gress had directed ihe Postmaster general to credit Stockton & Stokes with such sums as the solicitor of the Treasury should find due them, and that officer refused to credit them with sums so found duo. It was held that the crediting of mon ey was a mere ministerial duty performance, w hich might bo en- lorced in each of these cases. Nothing was left to discretion ; there was no room for the exercise of judgment. The law required the performance of a single specif ic act, and that performance, it was held, might be required by manda mus. Very different is the duty of the President in the exercise , of the power to seo that the laws are faith fully executed, and among those laws are the acts named in the bill. By the first three acts he is requir ed to assign Generals to command in the several military districts.and to detail sufficient military force to enable such officers to discharge the duties under the laws. By tho supplementary act other duties are imposed on the several command ing generals, and their duties must necessarily be performed under the supervision of the President, as commander-in-chief. The duty thus imposed on the President is in no just sense min isterial; it is purely executive and political. An attempt on tho part of the Judicial Department of the Government to enjoin the perform ance of such duties by the Presi dent, might be justly characterized, in the language of Chief-justice Marshal, as an absurd and exces sive extravagance. It is true that in the instance before us the inter position of the Court is not sought to enforce action by the Executive under Constitutional legislation, but to restrain 6uch action under legislation alleged to be unconsti tutional. But we are unable to perceive that this circumstance takes the case out of general prin ciple which forbids judicial inter ference with the exercise of Exe cutive discretion. It was admitted in the argument that the application now made to us is without precedent, and this is of much weight against it. Had it been support at the bar that this Court would in any case interpose to arrest the execution of an uncon stitutional act of Congress, it can hardly be doubted that the applica tion with that object would have been heretofore addressed to it. Such occasions have been frequent. The constitutionality of the act for the annexation of Texas was ve hemently denied. It made irapor lant any permanent cl anges in the relative importance of States and sections,and was by many supposed it to be pregnant with disastrous results to large interests in parti cular States, but no one seems to nave thought of an application for an injunction against the execution of the act by the Prerfdent, and yet it is difficult to perceive upon what principle the application now before the United States can be al lowed to similar applications in that and other cases could have been decreed. The fact that no such application was ever before made in any case, indicates the general judgment of the profession that no such application should be entertained.' It will hardly be contended that Congress can interpose in any case to restrain the enactment of an un constitutional law, and yet how can the right to judicial, interposition to prevent such an enactment, when the purpose certain to be dis tingujhedi in printipte, lirmi 'th ADVEltTlSl.NG Tiai3ft';T . One square, ten lines, V.f. 9100 Each additional insertion, ........ '4 O Cards, per year, ten lines. 8 OO Notices of Executors. Administra tors and Guardians, 2 OO Attachment notices before J. P, . . a OO Local notices, per line, 10 Yearly advertismenti will be charged $70 per column, and at porportlonate rates fur less than a column, ray able la advance y right to such interposition against the execution of such a law by (Le President. . - Congress is the Legislative De partment of the Government; the President is the Executive Depart ment. Neither can be restrained in its action by the acts of both, when peforraed,are, in proper cases, subjects to its cognizance. The impropriety of such interfer-. ence will be clearly seen upon the consideration of its probable conse quences. Suppose llie bill filed and injunction prayed for bo allowed, If the President refuse obedience, it is needless to observe that' (he Court is without power to enforce its process. If, on the other hand, tho President complies ' with 'the order of the Court and refuse to ex ecute the act of Congress, is it not clear that a collision may. occur between tho executive and legisla tive departments of tho Govern ment. May not the House of Re presentatives impeach the Presi dent for such refusal? and in that case could this Couit interpose in behalf of the President, thus en dangered by its mandate, and re strain by injunction the Senate oi the United States from sitting as a court of impeachment? Should the strange spectacle bo offered to tho public wonder of an. attempt by this Court to arrest the proceedings in that Court, these questions answer themselves. It is true a State may file an original bill in this Court, and it may be true In some cases such bill rrfay filed against the United States: but we are fully satisfied that this Coutt has no jurisdiction of a bill to en join the President on the perform ance of his official duties, and that no such bill ought to bo received by the United States. ' It has been suggested that the bill contains a prayer, that if the relief sought can not be had against Andrew John Ron as President, it may be granted against Andrew Johnson as a citi zen of Tennessee. An injunction against the execution of an act of Congress, by and incumbent of thd Presidential office, can not. be re; ceived, whether it describes him as President, or simply as a citizen"of a State. The motion for leave to file the bill is, therefore, deniedi.j A White Mule. A friend told us lately of an amusing scene he witnessed at the old river ford, near Natchitoches,in this State. A negro had a wagon and a team of six mules which ho Wished to drive across. The two lead mules took kindly to the wat er, but one of the hind ones, a white mule, obstinately refused to enter the stream. J umping from his scat in a furious passion, the teamster began beating the perverse, one with might and main, exclaiming, between the blows, "you thinks you's white, does you ? But I'll show you, dam quick, colored mules is as good as you is. Gee up l" [New Orleans Crescent. Napoleon, Arkansas, sends us an anecdote of a Texas soldier : ' ; While trudging along one day all alone, a soldier met a Methodist circuit rider and at once recogniz ed him as such, but affected lgor ance of it. Preacher. uWhat command do you belong to?" Soldier. "I belong to the tho Texas regiment, Van Dorn's army. What army do you belong to?". Preacher. (Very solemnly.- "I belong to the army of the Lord !" Soldier. "My friend, you'vo got a very leng way from Head Quar ters 1" The following was found posted on the wall of a country Post Office: "Lost a red kaf. lie had . a white spot on 1 of his behind legs. Lie was a she kaf. I will give three shillins to evriboddi wot will bring hymn hom. ', Weak doses of washboard are re commended to ladies who complain of dyspepsia. Young men troubled in the same way may be cured by a strong preparation of woodsaw. 1 . t "Well, mother, tho foundations of the great deep are broken up 'at last. "What do you mean, Tommy !" "My trowsers have got a hole in them, that's all." - , . . . ia, - j -. .. Copy of a sign out West: - Free man & Hucres : Freeman teaches the boys and Huggs the girl. '.;) To "ascertain the weight of a horse put your toe under the aai mal'tfiwt! 1 1 "''i '.) 7.1