FF-FCE |FCETTE. FRWJ MORNING I>EEEMBER 1. IMS. MORAL ASPECTS OF THE REED CASE, j From the day on which Jacob Crouse met his fate until the present hour, we ■ have not published a single line in re gard to the unfortunate affair which resulted in the death of that miserable man, saving only a statement of the facts connected with the killing and a , report of the proceedings in the trial of John P. Reed, Jr.' We studiously re frained from defending the course of; Mr. Reed and carefully avoided the; expression of any opinion as to his guilt or innocence of the crime with which ! he was indicted. Our silence in this regard was owing solely to our desire . that the law should have its course un obstructed by any possible impediment which our discussion of the case might throw in its way. For this reason our columns did not respond to the foui slanders repeatedly uttered in regard to the Reeds, and for this reason alone, we permitted the base libel ujon our own character, "THE BEDFORD GA ZETTE murdered Jacolt Crouse," to go uncontradicted and unrebuked. Rut, the law has had its course and we can now speak without fear of defeating the ends of justice. Our slanderers have had their say; let them not complain now that we shall have ours. The most conspicuous part borne in the trial of young Reed, was that taken by John Cessna, Esq., one of the coun sel for the prosecution. From the time of the killing until the moment of ac quittal, like a blood-hound in pursuit of his quarry, he was upon the track of the Reeds. When the fatal shot was tired, the crack of the pistol brought him in "at the death," and after young Reed had surrendered himself to the sheriff, he marched to the jail at the head of a mob, and with the froth of his malignant heart boiling over at his mouth, yelled like an incarnate devil, "Hang him! hang him!" When the Coroner's inquest was held upon the body of Crouse, he went before the jury tu counsel ami harangued them in favor of the finding he desired, a proceeding without parallel in all the annals of ju risprudence. When the case came up at September sessions, he resorted to all the expedients of the pettifog ger's trickery, to obtain a continuance; moving to quash the array of jurors, though the jury had been drawn in the same maimer in a hundred previous capital cases; and linally swearing the case off by making an affidavit to the absence of important witnesses. And just here, let us look at this affidavit of Mr. Cessna. We find him swearing that "John Williams," " Howsare," "Mrs. M.S. Hoke," "Win. J. Camp bell, "Lizzie Long and Lizzie Gordon" were "material to a trial of the case." Upon this oath of Mr. Cessna, the Court continued the trial to November ses- sions. Now, not oneof these witnesses, except John Williams, did Mr. Cessna produce at the trial, last week, though he had three: months time in which to have them brought here. We are in formed that when Cessna made his oath, John Williams was not faraway, and that he appeared :ui(l testified le -fore the Grand Jury at September ses sions. Wm. J. Campbell was in atten dance at the trial, last week, but this important witness was not even called to the stand by Mr. ('essna. Why Mrs. Hoke, Howsare and the two Liz zies were not forthcoming, Is, doubtless, l>est known to the "affiant" who swore that their testimony was "material to a trial of the ease." Rut, the black est page in sill the dark history of this man Cessna's connection with this Reed case, is yet to l>e written. Contempt for the meanness of the fellow's malig nity and pity for those, who must share his shame, almost constrain us to for bear. Yet, why should we hesitate to tell the truth concerning a creature, who fain would blacken and blast the reputation of others with falsehood ? Had all the evidence offered by the de fence, been admitted by the Court, the criminality of poor Crouse would have been considerably relieved by the reve lation of the fact that he believed, that as an officer, he had the right to kill John P. Reed, Jr. What gave Crouse this false and bloody notion ? lx't us see. We quote from the bill of excep tions sealed by the Court to the counsel for the defence: "The counsel for the defence offer to prove that ('rouse said he would kill Heed, if ever he returned to Bedford; that he had authority to kill him ; that he was not acting blindly, but that JOHN CESSNA had told him that he would not be hurt if he killed him.— Counsel for Commonwealth object; ob jections sustained by the Court and bill of exceptions sealed." The evidence which the defence in t<tided to produce under this proposi tion, was that of some Ave witnesses, all respectable and worthy men, who were ready to swear that Crouse, at va rious times, in October, ibG4, and at biter periods, declared that he would kill Heed, if he ever returned, and when counseled not to do so, that he would say, "I know what 1 am doing; i am not acting blindly; L have a right to kill himand at least one of those witnesses would havesworn that Crouse said to him that JOHN CESSNA had told him that he could kill the Reed hoys and he couldn't be hurt for it. - We will give the testimony of this wit ness as taken down by counsel for the defence, at a private examination of witnesses. It is as follows: "After the election last fall (1864) I was talking to John P. lUvd, Sr., on business near his office: Jacob ('rouse passed, while we were talking, towards the Washington Hotel; I afterwards met Crouse, 011 the same day. He ask ed me what Reed had said about him. I told him he had not said anything; that we were bilking about business. He said he believed Reed had said something about him, that he was not pleased with him, that he had heard some of the threats that he (Crouse) had made about his boys, lie said he had threatened to kill them, and that he would kill them yet. I told him he should not do so; that he might get in to hocutties. He said, no, he wouldn't; that he never went into anything btindly; that JOHN CESSNA had totil hint he had a right to kill him,a# an officer, and that he couldn't, or shouldn't he hurt; and he said if he (John P. Reed, Jr.) ever came back he would kill him." This statement needs no interpreta tion; it speaks for itself. And, now, what shall be said of the lawyer who heads a mob, and, foaming at the mouth like a madman, demands that a primmer shall be lynched; who goes before a Coroner's jury to plead for a verdict; who moves for a postpone ment of a trial, upon his own oath that witnesses material to the issue, are absent, which witnesses, though with in his reach, he subsequently fails to produce; who advises as Jacob Crouse ; declared he was advised? What shall be said of the politician who goes over the State, traducing his neighlnirs by statements that they murdered provost marshals; making capital out of the blood of the man who declared that this mountebank had guarantied him im punity, if he killed Iteed; electioneer ing at the expense of the reputation of a man whose guilt, or innocence, was j yet to be established? Nay, more.— ! What is to be thought (for tongue can- j not utter a just description of such in famy) of the Christian who sits in the |>ew just behind you, hiking the sacra mental wine from the same cup in , which you drink spiritual fellowship with him, and who, nevertheless, finds it in his heart to demand your blood, ' even though he does it in the garb of his profession? What a lil>el upon the legal profession! What a disgrace to the political arena! What a shame to the church of the meek and lowly Je sus ! The pettifogger, the mountebank and the hypocrite all combined in one j nature; who shall describe the ineffable j meanness, the contemptible trickery, I the unutterable baseness of a compound so vile as this? LIBELS PROVED. Time sets all things even. The un- i parallelled mendacity of the Bedford j Inquirer in regard to the ('rouse homi- : cide, has at last received a fitting rebuke, j i nay, ha# Iteen branded by a sworn jury > i of the best men in the county, us a libel- j lour falsehood. Time after time tluit j sheet published in glaring letters, this j charge: " The Bedford Gazette murder |ed Jacob Crow*!" Time after time | ithis base lie was made the ground of j ! an appeal to the credulous, against the ; GAZETTE and the Democratic party, j Now, people can see how they were j duped. It teas proved on the trial of J. P. Heed, Jr., by eleven witnesses, and the jury so decided, that ('rouse WA> V NOT Ml 111) KB El) A T A LL, but was shot whilst in the act of tryiny to l:ilt Heed with a stone, it was proved by these eleven witnesses that ('rouse attacked Reed and injured him severely whilst Jhe was retreating from ('rouse. The ; writers for the Inquirer kuew this all ! the while, yet they persisted in saying that ('rouse was rhot because he was a sort of provost-marshal, the BEDFORD GAZETTE having declared that any per son accepting that office "could not live a peaceful life, nor die an honorable j death." Now, eleven witnesses hav ing sworn in open court, that Crouse j attacked Reed (and therefore courted ' death) and a jury under solemn oath ! having found that Crouse was not murdered, (neither because la 1 was pro vost-marshal, nor because of the lan guage of the GAZETTE applied to pro j vost-marshals generally) but was killed ; by Mr. Reed, in self-defence, therefore, the Bedford Inquirer has been virtual ly convicted of libel in saying "that the BEDFORD GAZETTE murdered Jacob Crouse." Yet, more. The I/upiirer published an account of the killing of Crouse, which clearly conveyed the idea that John I'. Reed, Jr., was guilty of murder. It declared repeatedly that Crouse was shot because he was pro i vost-marshal, thus attributing malice to Reed, and plainly charging him with murder in the first degree. It assailed young Reed's character in the most shameful manner and demanded that he should be chained in his prison cell, 1 like any common felon. But uow all 1 this malignity on its part, so longap parent to unbiased minds, is laid open to the sight of all. Eleven witnesses have sworn that the Inquirer LIED, and the verdict of twelve jurors, under oath, brands it GUILTY OF LIBEL I upon John I'. Reed, Jr. Such is the character of that sheet, proved in a court of justice. Can people be any longer misled by its statements ? <an its readers afford to risk their own rep utation for truth, by repeating what they see in its columns? Are its polit ical friends to la* shamed in the future, as they now are, by its falsehoods? If yes, then it does not matter in this country how great a liar one maybe, provided he belongs to the Abolition party. CAR voi mm IT? We ask the blood-hounds in human shape who have been hunting down John P. Reed, Jr., who among them can show as good a character before a jury as hedid ? ('an 31 r. ('essna ? ('an any of the men who counseled Crouse to pursue, insult, anil attack the Reeds? John P. Reed never stirred up strife among his neighbors; never indulged i n drunken brawls; never associated with rowdies; nor (lid he ever, according to common report, furnish a railroad pass to u reputed strumpet ami (rare! with her to Philadelphia. Let his persecutors j produce such testimony to their char acter, as the following, if they can, (we quote from the report of the trial): j The following gentlemen were then sworn and testified that the charm ter of defendant, John P. I Reed. Jr , for peace, good order and propriety, was always good : Rev H Heckerman, Major Rupp, Rev N H Skyles. Col J T Metzgar, Rev C W Hileuian, Capt. S S Metzgar, Rev C Court, John Sill, Judge Burns, Peter liewalt, Esq., II N'icodemus, Esq.. Job Shoemaker. Major Taliaferro, Rev F Benedict, 0 E Shannon. Esq., Thomas Jamison, I)r C N Hiekok, DrF C Reamer, Joshua Mower, J W Lingenfelter. Esq , j Wm Lyon, Esq., Ueorgo Blymyre, Joseph W Tate, Esq., Wm Bowles, Capt S Lyon. Samuel Shuck. Capt T Lyons, Samuel Statler, N J Lyons, J W Ltickerson. John Palmer, Esq., Espy M Alsip, Esq.. Hon a L Russell, Moses A Points, Esq., S J MeCauslin, Hon Job Mann, Wm Hartley, H C Reamer, I)r J Compter, Sheriff Aldstadt, John A Mowry, Wm R King. P. FKAZKK SMITH, Esq., of West j Chester, was of counsel for the Com monwealth in the Crouse homicide j case, having been retained tis such by • Mr. Cessna, who, it .seems, assumed the management of the (-a.se on the part of J the prosecution. We know Mr. Smith 1 well, having had the good (or ill) for tune to serve some five months with him in the legislature. Although a political opponent, we generally found him courteous in his opposition and a gentleman in every respect. We are only sorry that he should have per i mitted the demagogue Cessna to lug I him into this case for the purpose of shielding himself from the odium of a defeat which he knew to be inevita ble. Mr. Smith is too good a lawyer to have risked his reputation as a cat's paw in the hands of John ('essna. Ac- I cording to the statement of the latter | he had invited about a dozen of lawyers ! to take the position Mr. Smith was pre -1 vailed upon to assume, before lie ad dressed himself to that gentleman. j Among that numtier was Thaddeus j Stevens, who declined because he pre | ferred to remain within the line of pro j fessional honor and to follow the good i old rule of the true barrister, never to ! take blood-money. We doubt not that 1 Mr. Smith was deceived in regard to the nature of the ease, for Cessna had | his own tale about it, and boasted on ! the cars that the attorneys for the de- I fence did not comprehend it. But whatever inducements operated to bring Mr. Smith into the case, we are hound t to say that in the trial and during his stay in our midst, he deported himself, In all respects, like a gentleman. Tir K Franklin Repository talked very glibly of the murder of Jacob Crouse, some time ago, commenting with un , necessary severity upon the course of John P. Reed, jr. Will that paper do justice to Mr. Reed by informing its readers that eleven witnesses swore in open Court that Crouse attacked Heed, whilst the tatter was retreating from him, striking him {Heed) with a targe stone, and being about to strike him again with another stone when Heed fired * also, that the jury decided that there was neither murder nor manslaughter of Jacob Crouse? The Repository might likewise do justice to the christian virtues of its friend Cessna, by saying that the coun sel for Mr. Reed offered to prove (but wgre prevented by the ruling of the Court) that Crouse declared that John Cessna had assured him that he could kill the Reeds with impunity. WE ask the readers of the GAZRTTK to refer to our issue of August 4, and compare our account of the Crouse tragedy publishe<l in that numlier of our paj>er, with the testimony in the trial of John P. Iteed, Jr., published last week. Then, we would, also, ask the readers of the Inquirer to make a comparison of the account of the same, published in their paper of same date, with the testimony as reported. the readers of the two papers decide which did tell the truth concerning the killing of Jacob Crouse. THE tVnnkiin RrpaUory, of this week, has an article on tha-übjectof the Reed ease, in which it sa;s that "Mr. Reed was confessedly disbyal,"and that "lie had no sympathy wth the government which guaranteed hm all his civil, re ligious and political rights, but, on the contra ry,notorioasljsympathi7iCd with its murderous foes."' Was this proved \ upon the trial of Mr, Heed? Was there any effort made by the prosecution to introduce testimony o such effect? Not a bit of it. Did Mr. Heed ever confess himself "disloyal'"' If so, has it been proved when and where he became "confessedly" so'.' K<>, never! How, then, does the Jieposfory come to have so certain knowledge concerning Mr. Reed's "disloyalty f Of course, that | journal will respond "Mr. Reed tied to j Canada!" Granting,for the sake of ar gument, that he did, the Reptmititry ought to be aware fis it seems to have pried into Mr. Reed's private affairs so carefully and diligmtiy) that he went to Canada long bel'de the Conscription act was passed, tint when he left his home he did so in the open light of day, announcing to all his acquaintaiuv that he intended to study law in an office in | Toronto, and tint, therefore, he did not Jin- to avoid inciting rebel bayonets, a la the immortal hero of "Rutherford's Lane." It is true that after a resilience ! of some years in Canada, Mr. Reed was drafted under the Conscription act. iie otieyed the law to its very letter, by j paying commutation, just as did Col. McCiure when that worthy received an invitation tofigld for hi-country. Why, j then, should the Ilepimtory thus assail Mr. Heed? llail it not better, to use a homely adage, "sweep IK -lb re its own j door?" For wherein is the difference 1 between one who goes to Canada, to keep out of harm's way, and a period-1 ical "skedaddler," who scents the tattle afar off, and leaving iiis friends and neighbors in the lurch, runs just far j enough away "to save his own bacon?" But weeannot believe that Col. Met lure ! is the author of the article in question. J it is beneath the standard of a gentle man. Yet, be the author who he may, J let him not concern himself as to the \ conscience of Mr. Heed. A creature whose heart is filled with such maligni ty as i- exhibited in that article, will have enough to do to smother in his own breast, "the worm that dietli not: and the lire that is not quenched." Let ; him remember that "each of us carries his own hide to market," and if his is not as thick as of the rhinoceros, he will feel the force of this injunction. PIIKSIDENT JOHNSON, it is announc ed, will soon restore the habeas corpus. Why not? Even the Abolitionists claim ed that the suspension of that great writ of right was demanded only in time of war and actual danger to the govern ment. What is tin- matter now, that we must still be deprived of this ancient and blood-taught privilege? Hasn't the war been "fought out," and isn't the "rebellion crushed?" "Yes, hut the Un ion is not yet restored," says some "Re publican." < )h! we had thought it was. Surely you toldusthatnli that was want ing to restore the Union, was to whip the South. That has been done. What is lacking now? ALL HAIL MINNESOTA! The Demo crats have either carried this State, or come so near carrying it, that there is no fun in it for the Abolitionists. At last accounts the Abolition candidate for Governor led his Democratic com petitor only If) votes! The "negro suf frage" amendment was defeated by a large majority. laist year Lincoln car ried this State by about 10,000. Well done, Minnesota! No wonder the Abolitionists curried the State. It now turns out that (>l,OOO Democrats who voted last fall, did not turn out to theelection, or were disfran chised by Abolition boards. Had these votes been polled, our majority in the State, would have liven 40,000. Hence, let Democrats organize in such manner as will enable us, next year, to poll our full vote.^^^^^^^^^^ TAX on breadstuffs is the last wrin kle in the horn that is goring the sides of the people. The Assessors of Inter nal Revenue are now engaged in noti fying all manufacturers of flour, that (fct cents tax will be assessed upon ev ery barrel of this necessary of life they produce. Who pays this tax ? The consumer, of course. If things keep on at this rate, how are poor people to earn their bread? WM. KKNXKDY, Esq., lias retired from the editorship of the Shippens burg Valley Satinet. It is, we believe, Jlr. Kennedy's intention to become one of the proprietors of a new Democrat - ie paper in Carlisle. Success attend him. EIJITOHIAL VISITOR. —WO had the pleasure, on Thursday morning last, of a call from Brother TKAU&II, of the Hollidaysburg Standard , who, with some friends, was on a Hying visit to our borough. Vive le good-looking ed itor of the "gay and incomparable" Standard ! THE Pottsville Stan/lard has Itecii greatly enlarged and improved. It is an able exponent of Democratic princi ples. We wish the enterprising pub lisher much success. THE Abolition papers publish a pyr amid of States carried by their party recently. They forget to add JAMA I- < CA! For the Bedford lin/.ette. M 11001. BtrOHll-xo. t. CI.ASs 1 KIL'ATIOX —A WtIHD TO TEA- I ci i Kits.—Our common schools can nev er reach their full measure of useful ness, without thorough classification. Nothing is so necessary to their success ; yet, nothing lists been so much neglect ed. This neglect, up to the present time, lists been mainly the fault of di-, rectors. Teachers were powerless. The variety of books used made classifica tion impossible. Now, however, Os-! good's Spellers and Readers, Brooks' , Arithmetics, Mitchell's Geographys, ! and Drown'sGrammars, are adopted in nearly all our districts, and their exrlu- ; sive use will lie enforced as soon as the | schools liegin. The schools (except in j a few districts where directors, in deli-1 ance of law, still refuse to establish uni-1 fortuity) can now be classified, and, if they are not, it will be mainly the fault of the teachers. The classification of a school requires \ skill and firmness. The task is both j delicate and difficult; and many fail in its performance. If the teacher lacks judgment and knowledge of human nature, we can say but little here, that will aid him. lie must read works on i teaching, and study the subject as be finds it in the practical details of the ■ school-room. Even when lie knows what should be done, and how lie should i proceed, his task will not be without difficulties. Parents will refuse or neg lect to get books for their children; or | they will buy without consulting the ' teacher, and thus frequently get the wrong kind. In this way liook- hythe wrong author, or of too high a grade, j ; have been put into the schools. It is j true they have sometimes been bought by the stupid adviceof the teacher him self; hut they have generally come in- j j to the school without his knowledge,! I and contrary to his wishes. Once in- j ' treduced, they can not be got rid of. j ! Classes are multiplied and the teacher's i time is wasted. Pupils can not get a- ; | long because they are using books too ; difficult for their compensation, and the : school is interfered with and injured in ! every way, for many years, perhaps, j by what at first seemed a trilling and uii ! important event. Three fourths of the pupils in the county are using higher readers than they require. They use the Second in stead of the First, the Third instead of the Second, the Fourth instead of the Third, and the Fifth instead of the Fourth. Nearly all are A step too high fr\r !i(?p '<iw! iVup flfp jvl) content with being one step too high. Some are two and even three steps: that is, some who are only capable of using the Second reader, actually use the Fourth or Fifth. A pupil who is using the proper reader, can hardly be found. Almost every school has a class in the Fifth Header; when, in truth, there should not be a dozen such classes in in the county. We have no use for them, and they should never be formed unless there are 100 many in the Fourth Header for one class. The Fourth, if properly used, contains enough to make lirst rate readers, and far more than our pupils will ever learn in the common schools. What has been said of Heading, isal so true of other branches. There seems to be a kind of mania for big books. Pupils begin the study of Mental A rithmetie with the advanced work in steadof the primary. Dozens are study ying GreenleaFs "National" who will never comprehend half that is in bin "common school." Pupils begin Gram mar with the biggest book they can buy. Mitchell's Geographys are used and nearly all have his large Geogra phy and Atlas—the largest and most comprehensive work, probably, that has ever been used as a text-book, in tiiis country. There should not he one of them in the county. No one ever learns half that it contains. It is time that we put a stop to these evils; anil the present is probably the most favorable time to do this, that wo shall have for several years to come. New books are being introduced, and care should be taken that each pupil gets such as are exactly suited to his age and capacity. <)f the new readers introduced, very few, indeed, require anything higher than the Fourth. Of the Geographys, the "Primary" and "Intermediate" are all that we need, of the Grammars, few require more than the First Lines. The institutes should be introduced, only where there are r/ooclefaxxe#, and thereare at present, few really good Grammar classes in the county. Ol' the Arithmetics, a few will need the Intellectual and the Com mon School, but far the greater number will do better to study the Primary .Mental and the Primary Written. J. W. DICKFRSON, Co. Sup't. A New Bedford paper gives a list of forty-six American whaling vessels, with ten thousand (wo hundred and fif ty two barrels of oil, destroyed by reb el pirates during the late war. The value of the vessels is estimated at one miilion one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and the oil at halfa mil ion dol lars. A getleman from Appomattox Court House, Virginia, strifes that there is nothing left of the apple tree under which General Lee surrendered but a red hole in the ground, and it is feared that unless the hole is fenced in that it also will be removed by curiosity seek ers. \ MinU K RKIMHI.MIV VMTORY ! lirliu Onl The UHMM'iHimli r !! What was the mutter with our neigh bor of the m-gTooispan last week Why didn't he pa rude the picture of that wonderful specimen of spontaneous, combustion, the tOOO-pminder cannon? Why didn't he come out in large job type,in daring capitals? I )idn't lie know that t here had been another great Black ltepublican victory? that his ideals of perfect men, the negroes of .Jamaica, 300,0(0 strong had risen up against the whites, some 10,000 in number, and 11 > a-sai;re< 1 a great many of tiuiu? If so, why didn't lie rejoice? It is likely that he postponed his re joicing until this week, hoping, that more of the good news would come in. If so, he will be wofully disappointed. For 10, the tidingscome that the rebell ion of the 300,000 brave, intelligent , hu mane darkies of Jamaica has been suni mariiy and ignominiotisly suppressed by a few hundreds of white men, and theonce negro-worshipping British ofii eials are hanging the niggers at the rate of over 1,000 in a single parish ! Alas! forthenegroorgan,and alas! for its idol, for the nigger lias acted hjmih the "idea" which the abolition pre— and speakers have for years endeavored to pound into his thick head, viz: the extermination of tin* white race, and the experiment has ended in a miserable ti/.zle. Where was negro chivalry, when whites were massacred by three hun dred times their own number? Let the Jamaica insurrection leach the Abolitionists the lesson they must learn ere long, viz: that the negro is in ferior to the white man in everything j but that which is purely animal, and that he is not to he trusted either as a citizen or a soldier. — PotLicilfe SUt/nhtrd. Fell inn H <i nrl <> is. The Fenians have recently purchased or leased, the residence owned by the celebrated patent medicine man, Mof fat, in 17th street, New York, for the "headquarters" of the "Irish republic." It is a five-storv brown house, onianien : ted, inside and out, in a most elaborate manner. Frescoes, carvings, paintings, slieilds, coat-of-arms, rosewood, eltnu.v and black walnut, stained windows and costly doors abound. < )nthe first floor the "financial opera tions" are carried on, where motleys are received, bonds issued, and the treasury department of the republic conducted. On the same fioor is the reception room and the "library," with maps made from the last Fenian survey of Ireland, and, for aught we know, the lives of St. Patrick, Smith(i'Brien, and ('olonel O'Mahoncy. The president has his of fice and private room on the second floor. Another suite is allotted to the secretary of military board of examin ation anil a secretary of matters civil are also to operate on this floor. The hall, offices, and committee rooms of the Brotherhood senate occupy the third floor. Mere, probably, fhe uneasy cons ciences of our Panada ncigio-n-s, who are reaping thistles from the tigs they planted at St. Albans, imagine are plan ned and projected those fearful raids which keep the youthful Kanucks in arms all night, and make "pursy" bank directors curseCoursol and his decisions. Whether they be right or not, we have no means of knowing, but it requires neither a clear eonseienee nor a very clear head to conclude that however much the old women, of hotli sexes in Canada,maysutfer, the" Irish republic" will probably flourish in spite oftheni. Pittxburr/ Post. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN — Bi T WAS- N'T. —A shoddy exchange gives the fol lowing figures of the vote of IKC>4 ami 1.803. Lincoln, 290,889; 1 lartranft, 207,- slCi—Shoddy loss, 35,378. McClellan, 1170,308; Davis, 21-3,292 —Democratic loss, til, Old. Assuming these figures to be correct, they show that about sixty thoumiul Democrats, who voted in isol, neglected to vote in 1803. Is this not too bad? After gallantly keeping up our organization during four years of the most trying and villainous persecu tion and misrepresentation ever endu red by any party, anil after bravely combatting the pampered and gorged hordes of Shoddy at every previous poll, thus to be beaten by our own in action and apathy, when the field was clear and victory within our grasp, is little lessthan ignominious. Just think what a different state of affairs would have been presented, had every Demo crat performed his duty and east his vote as in 1804. Forty thoumml , at least would burr been our majority ! We can't dwell upon this mortifying theme—l'u triot At 'iiion. Dot; FOKNKV ! —Poor Dog Forney has a great dread of Mr. Buchanan's Book, now in the hands of the publish ers. It seems to the poor dog as though hi* Hood of slander and lies would not be able to prevail against the pure and uncorrupted sage of Wheatland. There is no man living who can deny that Air. Buchanan is pure, honest and truthful. Who could say that the miserable turn coat Forney is either? Every man knows that he left the Democratic party, and went over among the Disunionists of the Seward, Chase and Greeley school for plunder and nothing else. Let the poor cur whine! Buchanan's vir tues will shine long after he and many another equally miserable dog has had his dav!— AOrt it u tnber/u nt I Denvwrcd. "A l.niTll AT THK WIItTK I lot So" The following oceurs in < 'oL M'l'lureL "Hour with the President:" "Soon the door opened and a </< uteri lady emerged from the President's room with ti large official envelope clutched nervously in her hand, and a iH'iiifjnity of countenance that tohl more plainly than word* that another citizen had been horn attain to the HepuOtief* The <lreenshurg Democrat prints the utMive and adds that "the incident is re markable, not only lieeause of the queer uses to which the White House upjiears to have been devoted, but the extraor dinary recuperative powers of the lady in question." The H> UfrI Trial.-.Aciiklllml F John i> Rmif. Jr. The telegraph announces the fact that Joint F. lleed, Jr.. of Bedford, wasar quitted on Sat urday of thechaigcoj l, a \. ing murdered one t 'rouse. The plea i t up in his behalf was that the siiootiu</ was done in self defence, and from win,- we know of thocilse, we have 110 donlr it was completely inside out. Theca— is one of those unfortunate one- -pring*. ing out of political animosities. Tj„. man who was killed had inside several assault:- upon John I*, lined, Jr., atui upon Ins younger brother, a Weak and defenceless. youth. At the time the shooting occurred, (."rouse made an ;t>- saulT upon John J*. Heed, Jr., struck him with a stone; knocking him down and was advancing with another stone in his hand, when Heed drew a 'pistol, .-hot him, and killed him almost instantly. The jury have pronounced the act jus tifiable, as done in self defence. We hope tlie time will.soon come when pa.-; politicalaniinositie- will have been for gotten. 11 is said that < 'rouse was urged on to his acts of violence by outside par tics in Bedford. If this be so, they were the most culpable.—Luhruxle,- /„. tetlhfeiHir. Coiitimtalioki <>!' Indian Ih'itrediulmik. [Correspondence of the Cliicngo Tim eg.! Four liAtiAMtK, Dacotah Territory, Nov. <s.—For lob miles on each side of Fort Sedgwick 1 Julesburgi there have been fatal encounters, almost every day, between Indians and traveller-, hist week a hand of delegates to (Un cial Sanborn's peace convention, on tltc lleptihlican, attacked a train near Al kali station, liam-strnng the oxen, chained them and two men to the wag ons, and burned the whole outfit. A few day.- previous another party attack ed a government train a short distance above Sedgwick, and after a tierce tight of four hours, fell hack, leaving six teen of their dead behind. A vegeta ble train en route from Camp Collin-to this place, was captured a fewlay- ago, so that we shall probably have a sear eitv in the market the coming winter. At present potatoes sell for 35 cent- a pound ; cabbage, $2 50 :t head ; green apple-, £1 a pound, and everything cI-<- in that line in like proportion. But the boldest move on the inert of the Indians took place day before yes terday, when a band of five attacked a government train, camped only half a mile from and in plain sight of tin fort, and attempted to stampede the stock, but receiving a warm reception from two soldiers, who were hunting in the vicinity, they took to their heels after shooting six or seven head of cat tle. Their sudden dash was a piece of mere bravado. They were mounted on tin best horses their tribe afforded, and had fresh ones following them ; on these they would dash through a rocky can on or over a porous prairie, where it was difficult for us to follow, even wlien dismounted and leading our hor- Th Indians wereso much broken upJiv (leu. Conner's campaign that they fail ed to provide for the winter, and now they are crossing the Platte on their way down to the Republican, where the buffalo are plenty through tliewin ter season. This movement aeeounts for the preset/: hostilities on the Platte road. Terrible Steamboat Disaster on Hie Ml*- Kis*i]|>i—One Hundred l.ive* I.osl. MF.Mi'Hrs, Nov. 23.—A Collision <v eurred last night between the Niagara and Post Roy, on the Mississippi, seven miles above Helena. The Niagara sunk in twenty feet of water. One hundred deek passengers, mostly discharged ne gro soldiers, were drowned. Thecabin passengers and erew were all saved. The Niagara was valued at £!•'>(>,<Hi, and was uninsured. Two hundred and fif ty ton* of freight on xlie Post Boy \va uninjured. llttlx'iw Corpus to bo Kcslorol. WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. — President Johnson expressed this morning to a friend, his intention to restore the priv ileges of the writ of fuibeu# corpus at the earliest possible time, and todoa way with the secret detective service. (ioVKUXOK Parsons has returned to Alabama with two hundred pardons for citizens of that State. A IiIA'OCK S POIiOCS Pt.ASTKIis. A Druggist- sniii the other day, you have no need l" advertise jour Porous Plasters, for every one sold certainly causes a dozen to lie sold, and a dozen sells a gross, aud so on. You will not tic aide (•> supply the demand soon. But we can supply a thousand yards a day. AKKKI'TIOX or TUK SPINK Ct'llEll. Hartford, Conn., Nov. 11, ISfii Messrs. Tuos. AILCOCK A Co.—Please send with dispatch, twelve dozen Allcock's Porous Piastre tlur daily experience contirms their very sujieri" r excellence. At this moment of writing, a man ap plies for one, who. bj- entanglement in the shall et machinery, had both his legs broken, spine severe ly injured, and was for nearly a year entirely help less. This man found relief very soon by the ap plication of a plaster to his spine, lie was soon enabled to work, and now he labors as welt as ever lie would cheerfully pay $o for a single plaster it they could not be had at a lower rate. lam sur prised that surgeons do not make use of these per forated plasters, to the exclusion of all others, as their flexibility and adhesiveness are greatly in ad vance of all other plasters with which I am ac quainted ; while the perforations peculiar to them rendered them greatly superior to all others lor or dinary surgical uses. Knowing the Plasters t" be so useful. 1 have no scruples that my sentiments should be known. J. W. JOHNSON M b Principal Agency, Brandreth House. New \rk Sold by all Dealers in Medicines. jOet. -O-lm ])K. TdIUAS' VKSKTIA.V IiINIMI Ni Hits given universal satisfaction during the four teen years it lias been introduced into the I mtoi States. Alter being tried by millions, it has bo " proclaimed the pain destroyer of the world. I ain eaunot be where this liiiiment is applied. II use as directed it cannot and never has tailed 111 a glu instance. For colds, oongbs and influeuaa. • can't be beat. One 1(1 cent bottle will cure all the above, besides being useful in every family fcr sud den accidents, such as burns, cuts, scalds, insert stings, <te. It is perfectly innocent to take inter nally, and enn be given to the oldest person 01 youngest child. Price 40 and SO cents a bottle.-- Office, oil Cortlandt Street, Xew York Sold by all Druggists P*t 20-lni MAMMOTH SALTE BILLS, PRINT ed at short notice. Large Bills make large sales. We know it to be so. THY IT! It will much more than pav the extra trpettst of print ing. Call at THE (JAZETTB JOB Ornci.
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