cc: -tk. m sa; s s sr srr k-t: 71 s: fj . in k r: -srz: 52: iss. Uriels iZ iZ iZiZ. zr. t 33. xjz; g Alii) or tjjjs en If erer there was a place on the gods of the Greeks an, V. be supposed to have !iv'' . . -t nr. i "im. tlutnlm im.''" raJo. Near tbr- tain knowD-,l'K'"R) one of ,,,e don of libera elect- from Armstrong jus the Assembly, died at his resi-j- m Lec'rbnrg one day last week. TiikNpw Yr.rl: World said one day lat v.rek tbtt what Judge Hlaclt writes every man rc.iris. livery person therefore ought to rcid bis a I nirable letters, published in another column, which it is needless to say spertk f-r them -elves. 1: another pnit of our paper vrill he fi mud a very important legal opinion ' livarcd ly Judge Dean at the last IIuu tineloa Con lily Court. V.'bile this deci- l HI K .-!" WUJ.l -.Villi.. i ..w . ... ... t ..rw,,.:-M sion is of gciieial interest. It specially -p- T t, it plies to evsry Jtt-tico of the Peace .n this Judicial district. As will be seen, It has yet to be icviewed by tho Supreme Court, and either affirmed or reversed. In oi J.t to eiscHpe itnpeachiueut by Con gress, the infamous Judge Durell, ef New Orleans, has sen, in his resignation to the President. Re was the guilty cause of all the bitter troubles nud misfortuaea whieu have beeu visited on the people of Louisi ana, and ought to have bcGii impeached l.mg ago, and would have been under any other administration than that of Grant. 5-4i a A Tr.i.E(Ka has been received at Wash ington from t!ie Spanish government an nouncing that Ppain has appoioted a Board of Commission! s, with tho renowned statesman, Castt'ar, as its President, to l-Mpmscnt thutcouutry at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. Castelar in Spain's mot diutiuguibhetl citizen and is beyond all controversy the moat gifted and bril liant orator in Kurope. a o e-s?" There are f.ce contested tents of moie beis of the House of this Sfate. One is froai Allegheny county, and was decided Ly the C'ouit laxt week iu favor of Carson, the Democratic candidate. Then there is the Venango county case, the Iltrriaburg city ei, ur.c from Luzerne anu one from Philadelphia. The last four cases are now before the Courts of the respective counties farther!- decision. William P. Hche'l, of Ilctford, who was the Deuioeinsie caiidi ihite f-r State S-jnator in the district cem osed of Fonoerset, Bedford and Pulton counties, also ciiitusts the seat of K. D. Y.ouw.y, Kepublicai), of Somerset, who was Seclarod e!ct.:d by a majority of 12'. We kuo.r nothing ab.ut the msiits of the e-ntcst. Tnc bill which passed the Houc on il i.i4.iy, to jueveiit membuis of Cengress j anl Heu.itoi-it iVwiti appealing as counsel for i rl:iiiidn'i against tho oveinmeiit, will m lain'.y meet with popular approval. Mr. vi iiri:' '.ilVv ioUod.u-fd the measure and hn-i fo: ti,'led hir.if!f wi'-u the facts in (ev-ml r:i.sci in nhicti both Senator Coup ling and Ge:i?:l IJutler appear in an un fav. cable position. By the record of the Com Ltihl iu Canandaigua, ii is shown that St u i'.or Ci:j'K'.iug was o(unsel for the New York Cential Kailioad, jirosocuted a suit ;t,L;:ii:ist t:ie Government, and obtaineJ a MiJict of ovwr i'."t.u;M from a judgo'vvho, J ding t Mr. ileck, was appointi-d through his' Mr. Conkling's) influence. 1 n t1.e cae .f Ciuietai 1 1 title r. Mr. Beck has btaiitel oCioial copies of the recoid in a Yashmftnii coiutin what are kuown as the Parragtat prize casss. fiencral IJutk'r obtained th-. ias';ngo of the law for the paynirtii, of th ; claims, and, as attorney, tlifcw about :J'JO,.r.o iu the oa.se as fees. Ci.. At the Inst (docliou, J. V. Faik, one of tho Di-mociatitf canlilates for Assembly iu Ycnanu co'inly, was ileclare-i elected b a tuajoiity of one vote ver McCreary, l;..prb,cuu, anil rrceived his certifioate of tUctijii. A short time aftorwards it was st At ad in several papers that a mistake of tTi vote had been discovered tgiinit 11c Cieary in the Emlentoit distiict, which wcstld make the vote i im. Assuming the statement c.f the error to be true, thoic was iifM-Uct ion as between Park and Mo ( "rrary, arid it h? b-.en annoanoed in some of the newspapers that McCreary will con test tho at before the nsrt Ifouti. This is a r.;i.?one 'p'.i m of his remedy, the law go.-niin cjiiics'ud elections in the Pen ato a id 1!(i mo having been changed at the last ession. Under the provisions of the law. a it n stands, twenty qualiSed UtUrs of Yetiar.go c-unty must present their petition to the Couit f Common Pleas of said county, complaining of an undue ei.-c1.ion, Ami the Court must ap-p-int a da for the hearing in open Court ot such omplaist. Tba pctiti.in t.nst be presented within thirty days after the election, and the truth of the fa;ls set forth stoiii to by at leat five of the petitioners. N ticc of the pelitioa ruust be given to the ronk'ii declared elected at least ten N.ji bfore the time of flitch hearing. The i Court has power to compel the attendance of any otliear of the election and other witnesses ; also the production of all books, p:ipoi. t.Ily lists, tickets, ballut-boxes, e.c. vuet i:ic ne irmg, nso Court tlecides j wliich .' the cand.daft's received the great- e-t. rubber of 1-gAl votes, and is required to seiid to tho Secretary of the Comnion- wr..Uh certXii'd copy J if its decision. I.i.herofte pi. tins aiay appeal from the d.-c:-io:i to the proper braneb of the Leg- i i'af ure within ten days, by petition, which sfcvt b, rererrsi to the standing emmittee ... i , . ,. . . I onehctioHS v.hiCh snail hoar the claim , of t'.ie centestmt at.-! rtspowdent, report the fa. ts as well n its decision, and the I ,no' "Prang anether on him, and rr-ade vote of the prouor hr.use on tho report ! him ,iue to airp,t frtr tr:90!- He said LMUl.r..i.. i. ' f i 4 i i I eTe,y tllne be came to town he asked men fcVaJ lie and conclude., -f ndopte.I by ; at the outskirts who was Governor on that : ii joi ity of all the members elected. j particular day, lost he might make a niis Wo roarI this law a a v.nt Improvement l3'1' lmrrahing for tho unpopular one. on the M practice, which was tedious as ! a? xhj? f n,Htt, mor, v, f 11 as expensive to the county or district In v. hi'tli th.J jiarties to the rontnst resided, and which was iiuali,v decided from a pol- i'i;:i! .-;:. o-l.oiut and I lot vl) the InOi'.tx if IIk' ae. Jones anrl Sharon. Xevada is called the "Silver State" in con I f radistinction to her neighbor, California, I which is styled the '-Golden btate." At ! the Presidential election in 1372, Nevada ! polled 14,0-19 votes, or about tho same I number that was cast at the same time by ' York county, in this State. She is entitled to two members of the United StatcsSenate, and thus exercises the Fame numerical strength in that body as Pennsylvania with a population of over three millions and a half. Of course this is an unequal and unfair disti ibution of political power, but Nevada is a sovereign State and ur.der the constitution ean claim equality in the Sen ate with the most populous State in tha Union. One of her Senators is John P. Jones, a Welshman, or the son of a Welsh man, who succeeded the immortal James W. Nye on the 4th of ilarch, 1873. Twcn-tj-two years ago Jones was a gold hunter . - in t aluoinia, occasionally had a streak of , Rood luck, but in the end was not much . . . TT , ... enriched. lie wns not without Fomc abil ity and possessed great energy, lie went to Nevada when the silver mining excite lcest ran high, secured an interest in a mine, or was lacky enough to discover one himself, and to-dnjr counts his wealth by millions. Iu 1872, he set his heart o;i a Eeat in tho United States Senate, and this bo could only accomplish by aa open pur chase of the Legislature of the State. Money is not only the sinews of war, bnt ic these corrupt and degenerate Jays, and in this debauched country, has become tho lever by which aspiring politicians elevate themselves to high and responsible posi tions in the govefliment. The virtuous and patriotic Nye did not relish the iJea of being unceremoniously stripped of his Senatorial honors, and, after a vast amount of threatening and blester, was induced to accept a prtttnt from Jones of $30 000 and modesly retire from the contest. The rest of the job was easily accomplished, and Jouc6 woke up on the morning after the election and found himself famous a Senator-elect to a body wLich was or.ee the ablest and mosi dignified legislative assemblage in the world. When this Senatorial Rothschild went to Washing ton, Grant, impelled by his chronic love for millionaires, gravitated to him as nat urally as a youug duck just released from its shell will seek tho water. Grant f-ticks to Jones closer than a brother; dines and wiues with him at Long Branch, and has installed this Novado Croesus as the Presidential guide, counsellor and friend iu all questions of finaneo, as well as in other important matters. The trim of the ether Senator from Ne vada, William "M. Stewart, of Emma mine infamy, will expire on tho 4th of Maroh, aud William Sharon, ef that State, has al ready;prcA'WJStewart"8 seat. Iliswealth injalmoKt fabulous, and Jones' riches, when compared with Sharon's, sink into insig. nifioauce. Some idea of his resources may bo formed from the fact that the outfit of his daughter, wh' was roontly married, c.tst rm iaHl!n of riollais. It is said in Cair.on city, tiid capital of tho Stuto, that he has a fe simple by purchase iu three fourths of the members ot the Legislature, which is familiarly, but expressively, call ed "Sharon' b Legislature." That body will meet in a few weeks and fulfil its part of the conttacl by making William Sharon the colleague of John P. Jones, and then Grant, Jones and Sharon will be happy. ihc open pincuase of Senatorial honors by tl lesc two Nevada silver mining kings is a burning disgrace to the country, and reminds one of the corrupt days of tho Roman Empire, in its speedy decline, when bribery w as omnipotent and when not only tho highest offices of the State, but even tho imperial purple itself, were exposed to public sale and knocked dewn to the high est bidder. Giantism, however, will con done it, a3 it did the election by tho uso of similar means of Simon Cameron to the Senate in this State in 1S07, and that of his Pennsylvania pupil and henchman, Joha J. Patterson, of South Carolina, in 1x7;!, to the same dignified and important tiutt. xa e e, c Tns prospectns of the New Yoik World f r 1373 tti'.l bo found in our present is sue. The World is t ho recognized organ of the national democracy. It is conduct ed with unequalled ability, occupying, in our judgment, the very foremost place among American political journals, and therefore without a rival. It has alwavs I - j been the consistent and determined foe of I corruption, whether in national, State or j municipal government. Following tho i lead of Samuel J. Tilden, who has just l en elsctcd Governor of Now York, the Vt'oril powerfully aidod that gentleman in unearthing and exposing the stupendous frauds and villainies of Tweed and his con federates who for years had b.-er. system atically robbing and plundering tho tax payers of tho city of New York. It is not going too far to say that to the World in mainly duo tho lato brilliant victory of the peipte in the Empire State. It has con stantly and courageously stood by the South in her unequal struggle against car-pet-bag plunder, negro legislation and mil itary oppression, and that scctionowe tho World a dubt of gratitud i w hich it can never adequately repay. Let it bo goner- I ous'y sub aincd and thus norvo its strong , , wiib reuewed strength for the groat crowning work ef the next Trcsi den- tiaJ 'S"- cpa An ngsd citizen ef Arkansas went into the rooms of the Congressional Committee in Littlo Hoek to tell Jud Poland that "'nee reconstruction in ISO-? Arkansas had h1 sixteen Governors. Jt.5' that bo himself was rathe tal operations, and scart He oomplained man to live the'e; rathcrslov in his men- sercelv crot his rniurl mado up to support one Governor when ...j ........... i.uivik, uut Picciiy remrnen, asking permission to make a correction in his statement. It was fcventoeu Gover nors, be said, instead of sixteen he had remembered another one while ho was go ing uo'.tu stans. A shout time after the late election, Judge Black received a letter from a per sonal friend in the Western part of this State in reference to his being a candidate for United States Senator. A copy of the reply of Judge Black was sent last week to the New York World by the gentleman to w horn the original was addressed, and was published in that paper on last Friday. It will be found below. It is manly and straightforward precisely such a letter as any one who knows Jeremiah S. Black would expect him to write and does Lim infinite credit : "York, November , 1874. "Mt Dkab Sir: 1 thank yon for your letter. It is not very easy to define my posi tion. I have not nominated myself as a candidate for 8nator, but certaia friends in different parts of thft Btate have suggested that I ought to be chosen, and I have not said that I wonhl not serve if elected. So you see I am a littlo like General Grant with the third term. "Can I be elected ? If the Legislature were left to their own spontaneous choice I have some reason to think that a clear ma jority would vote for me without hesitation. I do not say this because I estimate my claims as greater than those of many others, but simply because I am assured of the fact by those who ought t know. The candi dates, however, are very anmerousand high ly respected for their ability, integrity, and great services to the party. They will all of them bo very active, and if I ant sup posed to bo in their way they will be very eft'eetive in making my demerits known to the constituent body. Oa the other hand, J have neither time, taste nor talent for per sonal selieitation; nor have I any skill i. the arts by which caneus nominations nro se cured. You will undorstaud how much this diminishes my chance when I remind yeu that no Senator since liuchanan has been elected without being on the ground con ducting the canvass for himself in his own proper person. To these disadvantages an other is to be added . I hapnen at this mo ment to he especially nbimxions to the cor rupt rings of the so--al.eI Republican party. Of course I count their dislike a very high honor the highest that snch people eouM bestew upon me anil their censure is a dee oration which I would not willingly prxrt with. But they have practical power which they can indirectly exurcisn to my serious injury in such a contost as this. "In any event hare no fears for the gre.it old State which you have loved so well. RIio Is red mmed from hr long add ignomi nious captivity. She will be represented in the Senate not. probably by me, but by seme othar Democrat who will do more than I can to lift her np and wine all the shames of the past from her queenly brow. I am faith fully, yours, etc., J. S. Blacx." The same gentleman (Judge Black), iu response to an invitation to attend a Dem ocratic banquet given at the Continental Hotel, Philadelphia, wrote the following able letter, in which it will be seen that he clearly and concisely sets forth the duty of the Democracy now that the reins of gov ernment aro about to pass iuto its hands : rDlt.AIEI.rs.i, Dec.I2, 1S74. Gknti.kiien: I am bui -red by your invi tation to the dinner ot" 1; :orra's te-morrow evening at the Continent il Hotel, aud I beg you to betiove tb;it noijiiug ort;ven:s me from attending but -in iiiip.-rativeUuty which cells me elsewhere. I think 1 can understand how sincerely you all rnjoice over t he grar. political cvsuts of the last two months. If yon wish to know w hat toy feelings are 1 must oecline to t;dl, simply because I can not do justice to the subject. Democracy which is the common eaonn and common hoin-sty of the nation or ganized fur public purposes was stipposad by its eneiiiis to bn etTcntiialiy kiliud. It a but natural that, the hrart of every pa triot should lnrn within him whn be siw it rising acain, facing the oppresser with a front as determined ts r ver, and denounuieg corruption in high places with the same Biighlv voice which in former times went orrr the hand like the tones of a trumpet. I'.ut let us not niere-ly eoncratnlate our selves upen the rocent pnst. Think nething done until the work Is liniebed. The victo ries of this year will pnt only one House of the Federal Congress into our hands, and we must wait a year to realim even that. Our perfect independence must Vis achieved in 1S7G by a struggle which will prove that we are worthy te bo descended from the mtu who proclaimed tho riphta cf ths States an-1 the liberties of the people a hundred years earlier. If we fail we must siwk into a ser vitude evea more degrading than that which we have endured for the last dozen of years. If we succeed, then will this puissant nation, like the awaking Samson, 'ahako her in vincible locks," and slirt the new century under auspices so grand that nothing can arrest her free career. We must bsar it always la tr.ind that Ihe triumph of Democratio principles means the restoration cf constitutional government on a basis which will give absuluto security to th- r.y.M of mcu airaiust the iiiy'.N of men. The broken walls ef the Constitution are t bn built up anew and mado too strong to be thrown down ag-iin by thfl rmTians of the "Liuher law." Our opponents themselves will beeome reconciled to th? principles of American liberty when they puss into the minority and lin.l the magnanimous .Democ racy taking every possible precaution to guard thetu in thlr weakness agiinst the oppression which they indicted upon us iu the days of their power. Peace will uomo, too. soctional strife will be ended, and the public robbers who now swarm over Ihe boutbern States will cease th"ir nefarious occupatiou when we revoke the license which tho ''appropriate legislation" of the lat nine ye.Ts has piven them. r.nt we cannot reasonably hope to accom plish the object of our mission without much ialx..i- and faithful exertion after the ma- hiwery of the Government shall eo put into our hands. Fifteen years of domination by an anti-constitutional party has ntterly de moralized every branch of the public service. Those corruption havo become so numerous and se diversified, have sent down their top roots so deeply, have been practised so openly, and have become in a certain sense so respectable, thst for many of them mere change of administration will not speedily furnish a remedy. But tho abuses way be ended by the impnni-.n of tho same moral force which carries their author out of public life. When Herw.les undertook the task of cleansing the Augean stable be did not use the fork or tho shovel, but turned the current ef a river upon it and so swept all its filth t the sea. The stream ef public opinion if rirj'isly directed frill in like man ner aid a Icmo.-r:iiio Administration. This hydraulic methoi; of reform being necessary, the freedom ot the press and the untramelled rif ht of the people to speak their sentiments everything that lets the water on should by sedulously encouraged and securely guarded. So may it come to pass in due time that we will remember the days of the gag law, the practice of kidnapping freemen, and the murder of innocent pconie bv mili tary commission as we renu mber the years of mikiew aud pot.ile rot end cholera to oalv shudder at them and try to prevent their recurrence. If should close hero you might misun derstand me. 1 have not the least idea that we ought to unsettle anything which has been ft-iaa1 and determined, or take from any human hein( a right vested in him by exist ing laws. We propose no counter revolu tion. While we mean to be just, we aro de termined also to be liberal in the broadest sense of the word. The faith of the Govern ment, no matter by whom pledged, is irre vocable. The whole civili7ed world knows that the public credit is safer with us than with our opponents, and this is shown by the tact that since tho November elections Amer ican securities have risen in every market. We submit to the amendments of the Con stitution, though they were carried by fraud and force, and the two last were intended to take awa eur inheritance of self-govern-i.ieut and give it to another race of m.-;n without right and without ability to hold it or to use it. Hat we will execute ti.e whoje justruniehts, auicudiiK-ut and all, in a way that will save tbe rights of the honest white man as well ae Those of the abolitionist and the negro. Another thing: a l.irga and most respecta ble body of men who, until lately, acted with the Republican party, voted for our candidates last mouth. . We are not to forget bow much we owe them. - The debt can be paid by showing thft v dasfcrve their con fidence in our moderation and fairness to ward all classes of the people. I am faithfully yours, &., :. . J. 8. T1LACK.-' Synopsis of rresltleni'M Message. VYashixgtost, Dec. 7. The President's message was received at 1.35 o'clock. It opens by referring to the prostration of business. LABOR ASD CAPITAL have been largely unemployed, yet certain cheering signs have not been wanting. The debt abroad is the only thing that can cause continued depression iu the Ameri can industries and prosperity. Legislation iu this connection is urged. THE CUKISKKCY being of a fluctuating character, and there fore unsafe to hold for legitimate transac tions requiring money, became the subject of speculation itself. The two causes, how ever, have involved us iu a foreign indebt edness, contracted in good faith by borrow er aud lender, which should be paid in coin and according to the bot:rl agreed up on when the debts were contracted, gold or its equivalent, but our commerce should be encouraged to the advantage of tho whole people, but in my judgment the first step towaids accomplishing this object is to secure currency of a fixed and stable value, good wherever civilization reigns. This we should return to with the least practicable delay. There should certainlyjbe NO INFLATION. lie doubts the honesty of expanding the currency as entailing general loss, while benefiting the few. Every delay in resu ming specie payment partakes of dishones ty. Redemption will never come exeept by Congress, or by a national disaster, which will destroy temporarily the credit of the individual and the state. A sound currency might be reached by total bank ruptcy. 1 believe in the power of Congress this session to devise such legislation as will renew confidence, revive industries and start a career of prosperity. Steps toward a return to a specie basis are the great requisites to this end. There are others which I may touch upon hereafter. A nation dealing in currency belew that of specie, labors under a great disadvantage. The prostration most adects workiugrrjcn. IIo suggests certain things as absolutely necessary to return to specie; first, the re peal of the legal-tender clause on a fixed day, but not to apply to the currency for salaries until resiimption tabes place. A provision should bo made for the Secretary of ihe Treasury's obtaining gold when the resumption commences. Also, an increase of revenue to cover expenses and insure an accumulation of gold in the treasury. I w ould regard KItEK BANKING as essential. It wofld give the proper elasticity to the currency. The experience and judgment of the people cn best decide just how much curreucy is required. The Secretary of the Treasury or lo executive Congress should make a regulation under which banks may . exist, but shOii:i not make banking a monopoly by limiting ibe amount, of redeemable paper curiency thai slall bo aitthwri.ed. FOKEI'iN K EL AT IOUS. During the pa.st j-ear nothing has occur red to disturb the general friendly and cor dial relatioii-s of tha United Stale with other powers. Ho calls attention to the CIJINK.SE lilMlliKATIOK QCKflTIO. Jlauy arc brought here for aba meful pur poses, and rearly ail are brought involun tarily. He reviews bis recommendations for a special court to hear tbeehumsof tho aliens against the United States concerning acts during insurrection. JIo calls atten tion to the TUV.qVF'iT RAIDS. on the Mexican frontier, and urges the co operation of the United States and Mexico for their suppression, and says negotiations aio progressing favorably in the American Mexican joint claims commission. TKK CTBAN I.NtiVlSUKCTIoX continues, but Spain has gained no stipcri-oiity.- The relations between the United States and bpalu nr till unsettled. Me defers further communication on tu; sub ject. natckalizatiok laws. I have again to call the attent ion of Con gress to lha unsatisfactory condition of our laws with reference to expati iation and the selection of nationality. In some cases the provisions of treaties furnish some guide; iti others, it rtemed left to the persons claiming citizenship, wlulo in a foreign country and cowti ibuting in no manner to the performance! cf tho dut ies of citisecs of the United felatcs, and without r.n inten tion at any time to return and undertake thrse duties. The status of children born of American parents residing in a foreign country, of American women who have married aliens, and of American sitizons residing abroad, where such a question is not regulated by treaty, are all sou rots of frequent difficulty. Legislation on this and similar questions can bo accomplished. Iu Ibis connection I will call the atleution of Cougi ess to .FRACm i.KNT X ATL'R ALTZ ATIOX. I earnestly recommend further rsgisla liou to punish fraudulent naturalization aad to secure the ready cancellation of every record of ovcry naturalization of frauds. RECEIPTS AND EXPEXDITTTREfl. The receipts for tho current year exceed the expenditures only nino millions, lie submits whether tho revenue ought not to be increased, or the expcuditui es dimin ished. Xot to provido for a siukinyr fund i.s a political failure to comply with the contracts and obligations of the govern ment. IIo suggests improvement in tho collecting of tho revenue. Tho Secretaiy of tho Treasury favors A BITURtt TO SPFXIH PATMKXT early; also eoonomical appropriations. He calls attention to a loss of revenue from the repeal of the tax on tea and coffee, and recommends an increase of ten cents per gallon on whisky, and a modification of the banking and currency bill passed last session. Tho President indorses these re commendations. IIo suggests the read justment of the tariff to increase the rev enue and decreasing the suimbor ef arti cles taxed. The report of the Secretary of War gives all the information concerning tho opera tions and necessities of the army, and con ta ns many suggestions and recommenda tions, which I commend to your especial attention. Th tifieieney of the navy lias been large ly increased under tho impulse of foreign complications. He recommends an in crease in the maritime service, and draws attention to the unsettled condition of tho southern states, lie recites THE LOUISIANA TROUBLES at some length, justifying interference on the gronud of clear duty. He had al ways believed that the present sTate offi cers received a majority at tho last elec tion, and hi the nliscnce of congressional action, will continue to take tho same view. He expresses great regret at the outrages. Possibly congress may find it necessary to truth and justico, to ascertain whorl, er the alleged wrongs to colored cit ieLe for political purposes are leal or nv.nufactui'cd. Lie recites the AitKAXSAS AHAIItS, As congress is now investigating be has declined to interfere. Tho whole subject of executive interference is repugnant to public opinion. Unless when most clearly on the side of the law, it becomes a crime. The President therefore hopes all necessi ty for executive direction in local affairs may become unnecessary and obsolete, and invites the attention of congress thereto. , It is a gieat mistake to say the general government should fail to protect citizens within a state where the state government fails to afford protection. While he is President all the laws will be cnfoiccd. lie considers the opp-siti;n to negro rule a delusive cry, and advises that the negro be treated as a citizen and voter, and sug gests an increase of the United States ju dicial districts to eleven, creating two ad ditional judgeships. Tho government Las adhered to CITTL SRKVICK with beneficial results, but it is impracti cable to maintain it unless supported ly congress. If the latter adjoin ns without action thereon, he will regard it as a dis approval and will abandon the system. The problem of capital and labor is dis cussed. He urges congressional consider ation of tho ship bnilding interests. The remainder of the message treats of the Disti ict of Columbia and local affairs. If r in Vlclmburg. LATTLES hetwf.es whitr mex axd se- OHOES A LAKfiB XCMliKR KILLED AXD WOUXPED. Vicksburo, Miss., Dec. 7. Thoro has for some time past been trouble brewing between the. Taxpayers' Association and citizens aud the comity oifioials. Tho Sheriff' was acting without lesral bond, and the Board of Supervisors refused to order a new one, though the time for paying taxes had arrived. Two or three other otTicials were under indictment for forgery and em bezzlement, and the citizens, despairing of any relief from partisan courts, last Wed nesday held a meeting, and in a body pro ceeded to the Court 1 louse to demand the resignation of the Sheriff, Chancery Cleik, Treasurer and Coroner. All lied except Sheriff Crosby (a negro), and he signed his resignation ou Saturday. A card appeared on the streets signed by Crosby, calling on All the citizens of Warren county, Repub licans, white and black, to come to bis aid and supjiort him in his position. Crosby publicly and through the papers denied the authorship cf the card. 11EETIXO OP" ARM RI) FORCES. Vet this morning armed bodies of negroes appeared advancing on the city from six di.Terent road 4. Ihe alarm was sounded about 9 o'clock, aud citizens gathered en trt'iise, armed immediately, and advanced to meet the negroes on the Hah win's ferry road. The negroes were met just outside City Grove street, about two hundred strong. TTTK BATTLE COMMEXCED. The commander of the citizens warned the negroes to disperse, but they refused, and immediate!- firing commenced down both sides. The negroes retreated about a mile, and again made a stand in tho old breastworks a house but were 600U routed. TIITZ CAST? ALT ICS. The loss in this engagement was ono cit izen (diver Drown) killed, and about twelve or fifteen i.ogros killed, several wounded and about twenty prisoneis. AKOTI1KK BATTLE. On the Ilaifs ferry i-oa.J about C0 r.c groe. were fi.-.md ami routed after a short eng.i0-'mt'rH with several killed and woundcii- Andrew Owens, a negro who commanded the negroes on tho Baldwin's ferry road, was captured and committod to jail. The citizci' are still under aims, and tho roads pirttlcd. Tho excitement is subsiding. The tow n negioes took no part iu tho diiliculfy whatever. LxTErt. VrcKsarHG, Dec. h. Over twenty ne groes were killed during the fight yester day. There was a most dcwri.nnert strug gle at Pcuiborion monument-, where the light lasted four hours, the negiv s being finally llanked, fifteen were killed r-l ono white man killed. Intense excitement pre vails, and there are rumors of incendiarism. STILL LATH It. MESrms, Dec. 8. A special from Yicks bnrg to the Attilanehc says : Thirty-three negroes were killed and wonndod in yester day's r.i:t... A. number of horses," mules and arms were captu:.t kv the whites, who lost but one kilicd. Volunteers arriving hourly. Scon's are scouring the country rondo. The negroes aro now re taliating by burning the dwellings of the whites in the count ry, as well as gin-houses. Piivnto ilisjitches from Vicksburg say that ten or fifteen hciifc.es and two hundred balesof cotton have already been destroyed by the aegrocs. It is reported that they are again gathering in large bodies on different roads. Iu the northern part of the county it is reported that there is a full rcgimc-nt of negroes arsnod and equipped. Tiik PrnoLF.ns' Lock-Opt ix Pitts BL Koii. The Lpi ning Itle.grnph of Mon day says : The "lock-out" appears to be an accomplished fact, as a tonr among tho i.iilis this morning reveals that of the eight hundred puddling furnaces in Allegheny county all have closed to-day and dis charged their puddlors with the exception of fifty throe furnaces. Those are Lloyd & Elack's mill of twenty-three furnaces, which will close in about a week, as soon as their orders are filled, and the South Sine mill of Lewis, Oliver 5s Phillips, thirty fur naces, w hich are running to feed t heir spe cial hardware trade. The leading mill owners claim that thoy bavo no flintier ultimatum to offer to the puddlers, and that it lays now with tho lat ter to say whether the lock-out shall con tinue or not. They are satisfied that they have dom; all that, lay in their jower to avert the lock-out and" will keep their fur naces closed till tho strikers accept the re duction. Meantime, as many of them have large stocks cf muck iron on hand, and can import whatever quantities they want, their business will suffer no serious inconveni ence. Tbe manufacturers are of the opiu ion that the stoppage of the puddling fur naces will jnecessitato a stoppage of the other fnrnaces aud of the coal mines, as neither of these can find a marke t for their product if the look-out continues. The indications are;t hat the puddlors will accept the leduction before the end of the week, as many of them are w illing to accept $") if they thought the reduction would stop there. The fact that the manufacturers can import "muck" cheaper than thov can make it, looks as though they had the kev of the position. The United States Supreme Court re cently rendered a very in-qrtant decision, touching the interpretation of the legal tender act. The case was that of the Eal timore and Ohio Tlailroad t.. tbe State f Maryland. In 13o2, the Ocneral Assem bly of that State authorized a subscription of 3. 000,000 to the stock of that road, and issued bonds to the amount, bearing fi per cent, interest. They could not be sold and 5 per cent gold bonds were substituted. Tho railroad company accepted these, but the difference between 5 per cent, gold and fi per cent, currency amounted to $080. W0. This the railroad paid and sued the Stnle for, aud has gained the verdict. It in volves the prior application of tho Legal leuuerast. iVtjv. atitl i'ittitleal Items. The rail for tho Missouri constitution al convention was beaten by eight vates This is the closest c;ill on record. The production of paper in the United States is 200,000 tons per year. The con sumption averages 17 pounds er bond. If the President's salary should be rut ii.pv.1. ii toiiuoi taoio to reiieci mai cm-- vilio can mako it up out of the Indians. A resident of Sewcll'a Point, Va., who had been the husband of seven wives, and is the father of t wenty-sovt-n children, has obtained a license to marry again. Over two thousand counterfeit tickets have been taken ou the Dost on and Maine Hailroad within three months. Where they are made or sold has not been found out. The greediest of carpet-baggers is Prtr nian, of i'lnrida. He was elected to Con gress and tho legislature by the negroes and is a caudidate for the United states Senate. Lisckily he can't be a senator, but it isn't his fault. The St. Louis llepvhlfran has a special saying that Dr. Push, charged w it li hav ing committed several burglaries and ar sons in the past few months, in Concordia, was hangod by a mob on Sunday night, six miles from (hat village. Von rig Gianice, who murdered Mad den, the editor of tho Tribune, at Merced, (Cal.) has escaped from the officers. A large number of people are sootuing tho country, searching for him. He will prob ably be kilicd if found by them. A iogan county (Ky. ) merchant of fered a reward for t he'oapture of the thief who robbed his store, but was subsequent ly arrested charged with having himself committed the robbery. Tho captis are now suing him for the reward. Four men. Hard Hampton, flee. Mey ers ami the two Purdons. have been arrest ed anrl held as tho murderers of .1. N. Don er, of Crntti, Grundy county, Tenn., on the 30th of November. The circumstan tial evidence leaves no doubt of their gr.ilt. A stock company in Springfield, Mass., proposes to furnish constant and profitable mechanical employment to the share-holders, as wcli as homes at the lowest possible cost, The project is the conception of workingmcn, and docs not seem to be a speculation. The Cardiff Giant is beard from. Mr. Gott, its proprietor, says that be intends to take the statue to Europo at an early day. It is now and has been for nearly two years housed in the buildings of the "Worcester North Agricultural Society at Fitchburg, Mass. John H. White, of Canal township, Venango county, died on the ?h tilt., after having been cor.fined to his bed for a period of thirteen years, w ith disease of the spire. Tho affliction arose from a se vere punishment he received from a school teacher when he was but twelve vears of age. The only prohibitionist who succeeded in making his title clear to a seat in the House of Representatives, John J. Shook, of the Third Assembly district in Luzsinc county, who wns circled by a majority t.f five votes, is to bare bis sent contested by Michael A. McCarty, his Demociatic op ponent. Edward Mad. Ion," editor of tho Merced, (t al.) J rtrmr.c. w as snot and killed bv If. ii. Radiee. a step-son of the editor of the San Joaquin Ar:;u.o. An attempt made on Monday night to l.vntii t lie mur derer, but t he moli round that ihc sheiiif bad lcoiovcd the prisonor and conceal.-.! him. In the event of ex-Governor Seymour cot being a candidate for the U. S. Scni torship from New York St:iU'. the chances are that Ponton's mantle will fill oue.tl.cr Francis Kiernan, who wa tho 1 eraoc nt ic nominee for Governor against D:x two ycrvrs n;n, or State Senator Henry C. Mur phy, of Kings comity. Uiislia Uohinson owned an oil sate nrar Parker city. He died the other d.ij at eighty four, full of years and gieen backs. lie loaves his wife, four sons ard a daughter -ioo,0o(i in cash in a Pittsburgh bank, some oil iu tank, a nine h undred acre fa nil in tie centre of the eii region, and other cr.ir, worth in ail 8l,0!0,0(0. The frequent recovery from the In .uKinsoi cap. io wince guis illuiirates the inmst grievous cx-peiicccc e.f the frontier dia ns of captive white giils illuiirates the 5otiloi-s. Nearly every girl thus roe nod has a eii?r.lfu! story to toll of ;he un-.i-dr of her f;i!ni!y, uia; r f subsequent su.b.uing by Jierslf. It is believed that hi.iidn ris of fem.-i'es are thus heid by the Indians. It was fr hfty years tiie sole aim e.f i , lnn.es i .,!iuw, cl ost Dudley, Ma.-:., to gci "-n I....HH cf 10s own." So fjod was his iniiid upon n.i uior that it almost r.troiiBtcd to a mania. He woiv.rri iot a sr.ntl", and sr.vcd his eainings j ar-iiiK)-nioru;l. until, a month ago. he was able to l uy a ,"v.iiri. He t'k possession and died twenty d.tvs aftcrwarels. What heeimi a the f;rco of tho fuli cui reaching ov.-r 'yom has scared, the superstitious people of jT.'iox villo, Tena. It was the effect of a sn;ar.' ctcss-shajcd cloud in an otherwise almost cioi-Tky, and the moon shining through mado it strange ly luminous. Many Advent ists iu hc tie'ghborhoo1 expected the immediate re alization of the new dispensation. Thomas Wal.-h, of Philadelphia, a fur niture dealer, on Sunday fired two shuts at his wife, both of which took effect in her breast;. Ho then shot himself be'ow the heart. Thoy wero boarding at tho American House, Cape May. which is own ed by Mrs. Wairh. Both still survive, but they aro in a dangerous condition. The traced v is nttributeil to ilnmao A physician of North tiuilford. Conn., ! recently attempted to collect a bill of ; l l'v:.a. Mrrvicei., wiicil U was ousel iy a tormiil.itile bill for dinners and horse b.iitings, presents of milk, fruit and vegeta- i bles, rll of which had been rendered os- ; tcnsitily out of goodwill. Strannfe to say, i the patient's offset was hold valicTin aNe.v llaven court, anel tho dector had to nav ! ? i to get square. liy the disobedience of a lad in 100. a garden gate in Rhode Island was loft open and a pig got in and destroyed a few plants; a quarrel between the owr.eia of the iui, a quarrel Between rni owr.eia or the , CO ftl ; and the garden grew out ef it, whicl The Semi-VcCly VVoi'u. I IT.. .-uJ read among their friands, defeated th j An es'ra civ t.. :t-r.u:. -s. !' -: ,,.B, leral candidate for the Legislature, at.i I Th Daily to (.T;wu?i.f . ".:'.; ',', "'.Vvr -l.o wit- n o - ... Tai -.t:ni- e. iv y c. u',i r i .1 V' - ... pig spr federal ...c 1 'uiooi-i iii ic oenaior, i whoso vote the war of 1812 with Gret Iiriti.in was dcclareel. King Kalakaua, who is new vising this country, is thirty-eight years of ags a native of Honolulu, stud a Graduate of the royal school. He is a fine looking ..an. r-.-.. 1, Llnl. I. . . ... I with mustache and aide whiskers, ad is said to possess considonible cuit.uie aid an extensive knowleelgo of intcrnationa law. iik i.-ucu v-aiuoruia in lMiJ in conpany with several native princes. He nairied in 1?f.: a daughter of a Hawaiian oiiof. Previous to his r.leetion he- held a Mtion as cleik in the Interior Depiirtmoit, and was Secretary of the Privy Couu.il under the last two king-;. The Jersey City PrcsbtttTuin mblisbes the verelic in tho r.vo of lb v. John S. (ilendenniiig. acquitting him on -he charge of seduction anej broach of promise of inar- nage, nut unci linn guilty of in minisU rial aud tuicl.i istian conduct in nuking Miss I Mavy H. Vomeroy presents. vjfiiing her so i rreqneiil Iv, p.iul nt nnscasonahA limim ami living ou such intimate tonus vith her as j to Occasion public SUSI.icioil of imnmi.n..lt- Tho Presbvtcrv Ti.is.scil :i i!4i., i,ti.,r. ing '.ho jiast.ors-1 .clations bet eeen C,londen- i.ing ami the Prospect Avenue Chimh in view of the dtvtnrbing iuihxuccs iuciJont to tins case. W .lie !,, j,. .jjL, K that the nine statt-sni'Mi itf Congressmen i-i G.,-.,:;i ' eicci .1 . tlCIV and nunv in a ,,, : 'e pl.;,...- ill ..! ! ocgrco. aro "thfl tint. tl... .' , !. smiitfst set. il.-.i .. .. Ui-v Jbavc in Congress." " ' -w.;i j fhe proprietors of U-n.pr, r . ' who wore c invioted of l ;,. .i. .?..' : : liosscasc- were in-.ui l-Ii' in f . 1 P. the court of coninio St'll-M... . ll ple:is :it il. ;:-,.! . , . on Saturday last. Jude A llis,.:,.' .j.'". -. v... - -. -.. ,,i llv; ri'- I , . newspaiKii s, said he recog;.i,v,i tho personal ignorance of the ,j y if M ..f ' .... !(.. i-.l !' -f : ot tlie libelous article, and i:i V tence of imprisonment, and iru of one thousand iloll.iisa.u! t ll number ef prominent cilii n- -, i fercslcel themselves in behalf llnwh-y and Hitter were p-e-i r C.atulated the defendants on i! the trial. A Delewnre farmer rcr uitlv kulcd a Iioj fMl- taking ch. --. place, and he was acquitted .v ' New Castle, on Thnrsd.-.y h.t. " , ; songs snng by the boys of J'j..,; ' foW V.!-fi AM. Kt.t r.utiitl ... i.-ii 1 ' at Mi. Ilia a von fur a rluu-tv rlmvn it. v r " ' ' -t . in i iii.i ll.i -v : :J " " -' im i ins can ue changed to n, -v o 1 f ... .......... ...... ,1 ,,, f .1-,. ; right f o protect e.r.e's proper; i by the law to every man. hi;f w;i re." .v i-- nr. , piinciplo is ctrri-d to a d:i!ige.-ollv r, ' V we ! i, t.t. .i . wiivii it lw i.ii uc KiiicM in c a fanner for pathciicg a f A 1 , ami ins iniiHiciTi, in t!ic- 1 I bo acquitted e.f .t!1 blaico. ri j The I tica O'rrrr,- t-;j,vr. i li'-f that Hiram Siniiu. v.i Watci'own. N. V., on Pii.i,,v. f. j eicr cf Charles Wcnhsm. was . I noccnt of the crime for which V 0' t.e. !'-" C- m r 'i'e ii, u; A nb'v i:. j The evidence on w-hich he wa o was mainly circumstantial, entrapped into a co;;f-i.,n amateur detect ive w In. kcrt :h he m-is "I C'i'f by a t a s:e:-p jH i-r-r. mage ami won r.n eo:( it: cc I v Mali- ' him a confederate in ha;i: H f?c .;,,fj'j,,;.t' transactions which be supp.. to be ir, lawful. Having iuri.bii.r.i Si.iuj. u ;.,', io,uuki, lie was i,ou ,i ;j a v.r.tit of . iiiience in his associates, and making good his claon to be c villain, he avowed his Conner:.-. . I killing ef Wenham. Msr.y r:i i this confession wa.s mere b-v ; there is a widespread impie?; ! executed man had nothing to ri . murder. " :h ti e ij. r.; & tl " .in Wi ! Iwnt-VAN Mr.?:t;ss. h; ;i t-.-, i in llh.lc Island tiie parent- i :"t w ; a boy and a girl, tin J. b ar,': i; ' e-old charities of the world. A r : the local authorities wa hi M tod. TV.bvan cl-1-..ire... -ui ; '.'" C:ih' li-.Tl . some action tuat would relieve- il. 0 t- w Ii ( ! .the expense of si:pj..uti:i ti ch 1.3: : 1 be matter was d-.c!'sse.j fici lv, nud at an ad journed meeting held ar n ; i ivnte j deuce the children wm- required t- ! : present, and tl:i- w ns the w.iy in v'.iiii tl n j cao was managed. The boy w.is t,,'d i . go in n adj. .ir.;ni room, where If v ou i : rind a man as'.'cp. in a vt-:';.'r. ; w hnsc clot long wa a f '..- it .- r r., lie wa to brii g t c ti e c r: :k . "i , obeyed the o;!er. Tl..- m ! other iirn wLr.e a wou,.t.i v-,;. -; from vrho-c poi-I.t r. :.:o f . . ,' wr." to be i .-ikon. ' ! si---. ' , st.ccti i tri'von her. ar o t;.- ,-; , Hf'coi w;rJ ;iirostt-ii i:;..--i i , ) laic.-cy. tiled, fmnj ci;r -to the Si ate n:-f..rn,a';.-.n- V"' . -' , the ir a--r.o:-ly. C-.: . : ..f Tfe --.- rt l .ill 1 ?r Mr p. . r. Hill c ? ft I, tj liAcUiolb iiULlLf ASinCwATiUS OT Xitltt'fH.X, VA. DAY fOSiTIVCLY FlF.D. TI ESDiY, '2?.h OF UKlKMHEiL T it wf tl SI I !.e XlTf I.: . 3-.- . . ( I Au'li rij-3 t-r Ac! ;,.r--'-" J t;n .i.-n T:-! -lc 'WV'tl Ci W r i vtVv 1 .'V ' t- " T- F!: iJiTVl li?ill. i i o : ft 1 1 . v. i uvr ( . ; I . K I D.N K I r - 4 ; i t i 1 1 li Ni, A -i.i ASM t:i . t . r I - i i. ; a.s ASM ( i r s.'; ! 'ts or . 1 r V ': r.v. .1 r- 0 l.i. II 3S. i:r-i. I'. 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