She Borulnt,.M Deronber S. ING 3. THE NAME THING AT EAST. After all the carnage and destruction of four years of war, how much nearer are we to a restoration of the Union than we were when the Peace Congress was in session, in March, 1861? The question.which then divided North Car olina, Virginia, Tennessee and other "border states," from the North, was the status of the negro in the Territo ries. That which now operates to keep the Southern States out of the Union, is the status of the negro in those States. Had the proposition of Virginia, offer ed in the Peace Congress by Mr. James A. Seddon, been accepted, by that txxly, and adopted by the Federal Congress, not one of the "border states" would have joined the Secession movement. That proposition was simply the "Crit tenden Compromise." This was Vir ginia's ultimatum, and to abide by this, that State was solemnly pledged by her Convention. Its success in Congress would have saved Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Arkansas and Missouri, to the Union, and would have complete ly checked the "Cotton States" in their attempt at revolution. But, as is well known, it was defeated by the votes of Northern Radicals and war was the re sult. Well, lialf a million of fighting men have gone to bloody graves; the fair fields and beautiful cities of one half of the Union, are in desolation and ashes; a debt of untold millions con- traded during the war, oppresses the people; and, worse than all, our rulers have set such examples of usurpation and lawlessness, under the plea of "ne cessity," as will enable any corrupt or ambitious successor to make fair excu ses for trampling under foot that popu- lar liberty which once was the pride and boast of our country. But these dreadful sacrifices have not secured what it was represented they would accomplish. It is now six months since the war has come to an end. Congress, just convened, is still but a "rump par liament,'' consisting almost exclusively of representatives from the Northern States. The same subject which agita ted the Congress of 1861, threatens di vision and exacift-bation in the present. Jt u the everlasting negro over again! After all the horror and misery of the late war, it turns out that Congress, at last, must relieve the country of this black ''issue" which has so often (to borrow a phrase from Abolitionism ) "threatened the life of the nation."— Tho Congress of 1861, might have done this just as easily as the present one will doit. But the Northern Radicals wanted war, trusting in the fanaticism of the time and the sujieriority of num bers, to bear out successfully their schemes for the destruction of negro slavery. They succeeded in defeating the peaceful settlement of the negro question and it was referred to the ar bitrament of the sword. Though suc cessful through the agency of war, in their effort to abolish slavery, they have failed in their ulterior purpose, the en franchisement and potiticfd elevation of the negro. Hence they stand to-day where they stood in 1861, and hence they will not yet permit the restoration of the Union. CONGRESS has met and organized. The "cohesive power of public plun der" still holds the Abolition members together. The New York politicians, who were so loud in their protestation of friendship for President Johnson, haveunited with ThaddeusStevens and the Radicals to kick Johnson's policy out of sight. There isn't a single con servative "Republican" in the whole Congressional bear-garden at Wash ington. The people have been most e gregiously hood-winked by the pro fessions of the men who hast fall pre tended to support the President's res toration policy, but who now trample that policy under foot. MePhetson, the Clerk of the lower House of Con gress, has excluded from his roll of members, even the names of the rep resentatives from the President's own State, some of whom are the bosom friends, personal and political, of An drew Johnson. Of course, his excuse for this course of conduct, is, that Ten nessee is not in the Union. If this be so, how can we have a lawfully elected President from that State? The Ten nessee Congressmen have just as much legal right to occupy seats in the Fed eral House of Representatives, as An drew Johnson, of Tennessee, has to oc cupy the chair of the Federal Execu tive. Again, the caucus of Abolition congressmen, has adopted a resolution shutting the doors of Congress in the faces of the Southern representatives, and recommending the appointment of a joint committee of Senators and Members to inquire into and report up on their Qualifications. Now, each haute is, separately and independently, the judge of the qualifications of its members, but the appointment of this revolutionary committee, makes Sena tor.* the judge* of the qualifications of Members, et vice verm ! But, we think the Radicals have overshot their mark. The people will, beyond all question, promptly rebuke these high-handed proceedings. If the Union is not re stored, and the war, therefore, has been a failure, the masses, so wantonly and cruelly deceived by the men in power, will take the matter into their own hands, and themselves restore the Union ! PRESIDEXT JOHNSON and his cabinet permit even "rebel" soldiers to vote in the Southern States; but a few unscru pulous partizans in this State, would disfranchise men who never lifted a hand against the government, but simply evaded military service in a cause which they could not conscientiously support. Now, it matters not how righteous ami just was the war in which these men refused to fight; they eonseienfiousti/ be lieved it to have been wrong. Are they to be deprived of their citizenship/or conscience 1 sake/ Are these men to lie denied the ballot, whilst the whole con tinent is ringing with the cry of "uni versal suffrage?". Are these white men to lie degraded, when we hear from ev ery Abolition stump and every Radical pulpit, and read in every column of every "Republican" newspaper, the de mand for the social and political eleva tion of the African? The next Legisla ture will have to answer these questions. The last one, under the lead of Colonel MeClure, of Franklin, and Mr. Brown, of Warren, decided them in the nega tive. But, John Cessna and some other political tricksters, will press the sub ject upon the coming Legislature, and will demand, in the name of the "Re publican" party, the enactment of a law excluding from the ballot-box all that clas- of citizens above described. We shall soon see whether partizan vin dictiveness will he able to override the Constitution of the State and to rob a large proportion of our citizens of the sacred franchises which it so solemnly guarantees. The he is a good deal of noise, just now, about a history of Buchanan's Ad ministration, written by the Ex-Presi dent himself. The Abolition papers are terribly exercised in regard to it and abuse it roundly. We have seen some extracts from the book, and judging its qualities by these, we must say that its author handles without gloves, some certain notabilities of the begin ning of the war. We defer our opin ion of the work, until we shall have read it. Suffice it to say, that it is, doubtless, a very full, fair and able ex position of the views, policy and cir cumstances which governed Mr. Bu chanan's administration during the four years it held the reins of govern ment. Another W kink re.—' The horn that is goring the sides of the tax-payers has just got another wrinkle. On Tuesday last we were served with a notice by the Revenue Assessor to the effect that every paper and hand-bill we print, will tie taxed ix per cent, upon it-val ue, and that we must make a monthly return of the same. Of course we can't afford to lilts. If was in the Spring of I*l—, whilst j yet the American nation dwelt togeth-■ er as a band of brothers, and were one i in affection, a- well as in name; ere j vet the demon of civil discord, causing * • I host to encounter host, had desolated large portions of the Southern States, reducing to ashes unnumbered stately I edifices, and consigning to untimely graves thousands and tens of thousands, steeping the earth with blood, and j rendingthenir with shrieksof anguish: that the Maryland Annual Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church, j had convened in the quiet city of Al- j exandria, nestled upon the hanks of I the majestic Potomac, in the -'Old I Jo-1 minion." At an early stage in the pro ceedings, theministers and delegates in J attendance were electrified with the ti- j dings that a Mr. S , a student from the Theological Seminary at < , a young man of extensive attainments | and brilliant talents, was on hand as a candidate for admission. Kxjactation was on tijitoe. The hearts of old di- j vines grew warm with gratitude, and i they were ready to thank the Lord of j the harvest for sending such an able la borer forth into the harvest field. "Un-1 cle Toby" (then a young man) thought j that possibly there was some mistake aboutthematter. Heinvitedtheyoung j prodigy to his lodgings, and by quiz-1 zing him, soou discovered that lie pos sessed neither literary nor mental stam ina. He communicated his impres sions to Dr. R ; one of the leading members of the body. "Oh ! -ir," said he, "you are eertainly mistaken; the young man has just enough of the Ger man brogue upon the tongue to make his speeeh interesting; I t<*ll you he will take like a top." When his ap plication was before the conference, Rev. Mr. 0. made the following pithy sj>eech; "Brother S , stand up and let your brethren look at you !" S , rising with as much precision as the ghost of Banquo, cast an inquiring gaze upon tlie multitude of upturned facts. Mr. (.' continued, "There, now,is he not a fine looking fellow?" As a mat -1 ter of course, brothers- — was reeeiv ed almost hv acclamation. The brill iant young man was assigned by the president to the charge of a small con j gregation in the City of Washington, I). C. Arriving at his place of destina ! tion, the fiock were desirous of hear ing the voice, and forming a judgment of the abilities, of their new she]then 1. j They would not wait for the sabbath, l>ut had a meeting hastily improvised for Wednesday night. At the time ap pointed, a crowd was in attendance, embracing a uuinlier of classical schol ars. S arose in the pulpit, after some effort attained the speaking atti tnde prevalent in the schools, and then announced as the text, that passage in ! St. John's gospel, which reads, "The water which 1 give thee, shall be in thee a well of living water;" from which the young man discoursed as fol lows; "My blethering and my dear sis ter ing ! This verse in the horriginat, reads, Tekoali Tekoah Aekum. My brethering, we must b<*ar in mind that the water in the well of Samaria, was not like the other water in the wells and springs in that country down east. It was very goad. It was eery nice. It wa * eery wholesome. The wo man of Samaria was verg fond of it. And she drank, and she drank; ami she drank until.. she bursted lt may be readily imagined that the young orator jto use a modern phrase "brought down the house." Unfortunately for him, his peculiar style of ministering in holy things was not adapted to are fined congregation in the national me tropolis. Early next morning, whilst j yet the dew sparkled likediamonds up i on the tender grass and budding flow i ers, Rev. S , with his prospects | blighted and hit ambition sadly erush ; ed, was seen, w.th valise in hand, sev ; eral miles beyoid the city limits, ma king rapid striles toward his native mountains in tie Keystone State. If ever he attainet to eminence as asehol j ar, or theologian, the fact litis not come to the knowledge of UNCLE TOBY. Shadow or the tiorxTAis, Pec. 2, 1865.- For the Bedford Gazette. SI IKM). REFORM—!VO. 5. A Talk Ajoct Outline Mai's. — The directors ought one hundred and forty-three set, last winter, at a cost of about two thousand five hundred dol lars. During the anxiety and uncer tainty of war, such a large outlay was hardly to be eipeeted; but it was a step in the right drection, and a first step. Before this, w had few maps and lit tle apparatus of any kind. We taught after a primitive fash ion. Some schools were even vithout blackboards, oth ers had them but never used them. We remember three or four of the latter sort. There hang their blackboards just where they have been for two years, as bright and new as tire day they were made, unsc-atehed by crayon and un sullied by chalk dust. We need not say the teaeliers of these -chool- were the worst kind of dunces. But to come back to the maps. We think their purchase "turns over a new leaf." The maps are tumght. This is a living fact worth all the prospects and promises in the universe. It proves that directors are alive to the irnpor tanceof schooljrcforii); that, therefore, other apparatus will be likely to follow a- soon as the means of the respective districts will justify; and that the schools and their claims were not for gotten even during the great fieri I of the nation. Wherever teachers made f>e censured for the best thing they ever did, because teach ers neglect their duty? We shall see what we shall see. J. W. DICKKRSON, Co. Sup't. ORUAMZATIOX OF COARRK**. j \\ ashingtoX, Dee. 2. —Mr. McPher ; son haseompleted the roll of members, excluding therefrom the names of the i representatives elect from all of the ! States heretofore declared in insurrec ; tion. I The number on the list is about Ist. Messrs. Harrison and Peyton, from Alabama, and Messrs. Stubbs and Turner, from North Carolina, claiming seats, are here with their certificates. The Ohio Republican caucus last night j was attended by sixteen members, and | the absent Republican was represented. ! Their most significant action was the unanimous passage of a resolution, of i fered by Gen. Garfield, pledging their i vote solid against the admission of any I representative from any State lately in rebellion prior to the organization, or after it, until the credentials had been referred to the regular committee, and j the whole subject investigated and dis i cussed. They also decided to go in a j body for Colfax and MePherson for speaker and Clerk, and follow the lead ' of New England in the vote for Ser geant-at-Arms, to support Hawkins Taylor for Doorkeeper, and Col. Given, ! of Ohio, for Po-tmaser. Kh lUlM'ntt 14* ( AIICI9V. The Democrats, about twenty-five or i thirty in number, heldaeaueusto-night I in the room of the Committee on the | Judiciary, Hon. Mr. Winfield in the chair, and Hon. Samuel J. Randall, | Secretary. They had an interchange 1 of views, and decided to hold an ad jjourned meeting on Monday morning at 10 o'clock, to nominate candidates in opposition to those of the Abolitionists. CsiiK'iiK of lh<- Abolition < 'omr r'*siu<-n. The Republican meinl>ersof< 'ongress, to the number of one hundred and twenty-four, met in caucus to-night in i the laill of Representative-. No mem | bers were present from any of the late ! insurrectionary States. Hon. Justin S. Morrill, of Maine, was appointed Chairman, and Hon. Ignatius Donnelly, of Minnesota, Sec ! retary. On motion, a committee of seven | was appointed, consisting of Messrs. Stevens, of Pennsylvania; Raymond, jof New York; Spalding, of Ohio; Washburne. of Illinois; Payne, of Wisconsin; Boutwell, ofMassachusetts, land Blaine,of Maine,whoreportedthe | following resolution: Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the I nited States, in (bngrrss assembled , That a joint com mittee of fifteen members shall be ap pointed, nine of whom shall be mem bers of the House and six of the Sen ate, who shall inquire into the condi tion of the States which formed the so called Confederate States of America, and report whether they or any of them are entitled to be represented in either House of Congress, with leave to report at any time by bill or other wise; and until such report shall have lieen made and finally acted upon by Congress, n<> member shall be received into either House from any of the said so-called Confederate States; and pa . pers relating to the representatives of the said States shall he referred to the said committee without debate. This resolution was adopted unani mously,anil will be offered in the House of Representatives by Mr. Stevens, the chairman of the special committee, who prepared it. The caucus desired to refer the con tested case of Koontz and Cot Froth, of Pennsylvania, to the Committee on E lections. when appointed, to report on the subject. The returns of each were considered irregular by the Governor of the State. The caucus proceeded to the selection of candidates for officers of the house, when Hon. Schuyler Colfax, of Indi ana, was adopted for the Speakership by acclamation, and so was Hon. Ed ward MePherson, of Pennsylvania, for Clerk. Sergeant-at-Arms Ordway of New Hampshire, was also renomina ted unanimously, Col. lngrahnm hav ing withdrawn as a candidate. The vote for Doorkeeper was, for Goode now, of New York, t!f>, and for Haw kins Taylor, of Kansas, AS. Mr.Goode now having received the highest num ber of votes, his nomination was made unanimous. Col. Given was selected as a candidate fo! - Postmaster in the place of the present incumbent, Mr. King. With this exception, all the of ficers of the former House have been renominated. The caucus then adjourned. XWl.ttli roi^roiti—Fir*( SsUn. HOUSE. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. At noon Mr. M'l'herson, Ulerk of the House, proeeeded to will, as required by law, the roll of the members elect. While the roll was being ealled. Mr. | Maynard, of Tennessee, whose name i not on the list, wished to suggest some thing, but the Clerk refused to be in- I terrupted. After the call was comple j ted, Mr. Maynard again arose, but the i Clerk*again ruled him out of order. One liundred and seventy-five mem bers answered to their names. Mr. ; Brooks, New York, made a speech, characterizing the omission of the members from Tennessee from the roll as unprecedented, if Mr. Maynard was not a loyal man, from a Union and ! loyal State, the President himself was ! not loyal, hut an alien and a stranger. ! He charged that the adoption of the; f resolution by the Republican caucus was designed a.- antagonistic to the President's forthcoming message. The House took noaction on the sub ject, but under the operation of the previous question, proceeded to thee-; lection of Speaker; Mr. Colfax, of in-l diana, and Mr. Brooks, of New York, being placed in nomination. The result was announced as follows: Colfax. 139, Brooks, 80. Mr. Colfax was declared elected amid applause from the floor and galleries, and was conducted to the chair by Mr. Morrill and Mr. Brooks. Mr. Colfax made a brief but eloquent and patriotic speech. Having taken the oath of office him self, the Speaker ndn 1 inistered it to oth- j er members, who were called up by delegations. Mr Wilson. lowa, introduced a resolu tion declaring McPherson clerk, Mr. j Ordway sergeant-at arms, Mr. Goode now door keeper, and Mr. Given post- j master until their successors shall be da- j lv qualified. The yeas and nays being ordered, Mr. Wilson's resolution was] adopted—yeas 138, nays 35. Ttiose officers of the House were then sworn m. Mr. Stevens offered a bill approved in the Republican canons, for the appoint ment of a committee to examine and report whether any of the so-called < 'on foderate States are entitled to represen tation in Congress. Mr. Eldridge objected to the intro duction of the hill. Mr. Stevens moved a suspension of the rules. This was agreed to, and the bill was then introduced. Mr. Dawson moved to lay the resolu tion on the table. SENATE. The Senate met to-day at 12 o'clock noon, and was called to order by Mr. Foster, Conn. Rev. I)r. Gray delivered an impres sive prayer. Mr. Foot, Vt., presented the creden tials of L. P. Poland, appointed to till the vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr. Coliamer, Vt. Mr. Poland took the prescribed oath. Mr. Wright, X. .1., presented the cre dentials of Joint P. Stockton. Senator elect from New Jersey. Mr. Cowan, Pa., presented the protest of member- of the Legislature of New Jersey, alleging rhat a majority of that body had not voted for Mr. Stock ton, and lie was not therefore constitu tionally elected. The protest was ordered to lie on the table for the present, and Mr. Stockton took the prescribed oath. Mr. Sumner, Ma--., introduced bills of the following title-: Bill to carry out the principles of a Republican form of government in the District of Colum bia; a hill prescribing an oath to main tain a Republican form of Government in the rebel States; a Dill in part execu tion of the guarantee of a Republican form of Government under the Consti tution of the United States; a bill on the subject of appropriate legislation to enforce the amendment of the Consti tution and prohibiting slavery; a bill to preserve the right of trial by jury by securing impartial jurors in the courts of the United States; a bill t<> enforce the guarantee of a Republican form of Government in certain States, whose governments have been usurjted and overthrown. Mr.Sumner introduced the following joint resolutions: Declaratory of the amendment abolishingslavery: a-eries of resolutions declaring the duty of < 'on gross, especially in respect to the loyal citizens of rebel States; a series of res olutions declaratory of the duty of < 'in gress with respect to guarantee- of lhe national security and national faith in the rebel States. The above were all ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade, (J., introduced a bill to regulate the franchise in the District of Columbia, which was ordered to be printer]. Mr. Harris, X. Y., introduced a bill to regulate the judiciary of New York. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wilson, Mas-., introduced a bill to maintain the freedom of the inhabi tants of State- declared in rebellion.— Ordered to be printed. The Senate then adjourned. TKKKIIILt: KAVLKOin IHSASTEK. i Collision on tin* \'w Ouiru] lload—\iue(4fii Persons itill<*d :mi Woiimlfd. K ASTON, X. J., Dee. 1. —The Western express which left Harrisburg at three o'clock this morning, ran into a coal train at White House, X. J. on the New Jersey Central Road, about eight o'clock this morning, killing seven i persons and wounding ten or twelve others. Killed. —Tile killed are as follows: R. S. Chidsey. Easton: Edward John son, Washington, X. .iame-'Tavly}', Easton, X. J.; West Met tier, Phii!i|is*- burg; Ei I ward Davis, Relvidere: S. W. Eilinger, C'urpenterville. N. J. WovHdeel.*-! The following werewoun ded: Win. Rex. leg broken ; Mrs. Har "vey, leg broken; Mrs. Harvey's child also injured; AndrewO'Xeil, arm bro ken; W. W. Marsh, of Sehooiey's Mountain, and also Win. Htrekel, woun ded about the head; Geo. Walter, of Newark. X.slightly ; A. >. Strong, of East Hampton, Mass., badly about tin- head ; Mrs. A. S. Strong, slightly; E. W. Lowthrop, Trenton, not danger ously injured; John F. Stiger, Clinton, X. J., both arms broken : Wm. E. Na rys. Washington, X.J., side and arms injured. FKO.II SOI TH A.HEBICA, The War TliiOiii-—WhiT.-iilMtnlH of Cro fi'isnr IjjussSz—The Emigration f'rosn Hie t nileii Stales. XKW YORK, Dee. 1. - Advices to No vember Ith lmve been received from Rio Janeiro. It was expected at Rio that the war would soon be over. The victories of the allied forces over the Paraguayans were deemed decisive.— Gold was at par at Rio. There was 110 further news relative to the movements ofthe Paraguayans. They had receiv ed another repulse at Corrientes. Professor Agassi/, was, at the last accounts, following the upward course of the Amazon, and had discovered sixty new species of tish. I'nder date of September Stli Agassi/ writes that he had then obtained more than three hundred specie- of fish, al though he had, to that time, only ex amined one-third of the Amazon, with out trenching on its affluents. He had only counted on, at most, two hundred and fifty or three hundred species, and he says not a third of those he collected belong to known ones. It is expected that there will he a large immigration into Brazil from the Fnited States. Several gentlemen from Louisiana w t re into Brazil seeking suitable local ities for the intended immigrants. Colonel Woodward and party, who went ut to Bra/JI to negotiate for hinds for some six hundred Southern planters had met with an enthusiastic reception, the President promising all aid in fur therance of the project. V Witiott (irtsn Ycr!i<-I ul'HlO.wtHk. At the late term of the Court of 00111- nton Pleas of Chester county, Pa., a widow named Bailv, sited the Pennsyl vania Railroad Company for damages for the loss of her husband, alleging carelessness on the part of the railroad employees. It appears that in Septem ber, lst;4, Raily was returning with a number of other persons from a politi cal meeting- in Lancaster. The train, tilled with passengers, reached Penning ton ville towards midnight, behind time, and being on the south track, and tJic station house on the north side, Mr. Baily and a number of the passengers alighted from thenars, and were on the north track, when some one discovered a locomotive coming up that track at full speed, and not many rods below.— lie gave the alarm and succeeded in getting the people all off except Mr. Baily, who wasstruck by the cow-catch er, tossed into the air and fell with his head between the ends of two cross-ties, and was so much injured as to die from the effects of it the next morning.— ! The widow received averdict of f 10,700.! Vieksbr.rg papers report a most out- j rageousand disgraceful riot of negroes at Algiers, which would have ended in j much bloodshed only for the prompt I interference of the military. 1 H I SKITS It It A \ I.RY. Fhf ankee States have shared ly in the profit- of the war with the South ; hut they have in no instance signalized themselves by brave and meritorious dei-ds. Among the thou and-of officers furnished, Butler aim Banks stand forward as the most prone . inent and "meritorious." Butler prov ed 10 l* a thief, brute, ami was finally dismissed for cowardice. Banks, wher ever lie went, was used as a commissary by the South ; while in military skiii and bravery he could not cope with tin merest corporal. But the story of Mas sachusetts bninri/ is not new." It W;L equally prominent during the revolu tion. They were then noted for avarice aud cowardice. ()n the 29th of August. 17T'i, General Washington wrote from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Richard llenrv Lee: "I have made a pretty good storm a mong sucii kind officers as the Mussi i chusett phase—fraud, fraud, fraud! With the exception of a few insignificant scoundrels—just enough to keep the po lice force in organization—every thief in the country seems to lie either in <>l tice or to have a bosom friend or a blood relation who is.-— /'•itriof a- ( I. VTFK yKOM HKXICO. flnlli'iN oil tin- ICio (irniiili'—l)ariiir<' <>l tin' i:ui)>rt s. XKU YORK, l>ec. 'J. —Advices front Mexico to the Gth of November, hav been received via Havana. Zttluaga had been exiled, by order of Maximilian, to France. A French war steamer had forced tic passe> on the Itio Grande, and reaclnfi Matamonis. The Frefich transport Allier had reached Mexico, with4oo Austrian- ari.i a detachment of Zouaves, on their way to Matamoras. The Empress Olinriom stopped eight days at Vera Cruz, and left for \ ueatan on a merchant vessel. Maximilian remains in the city of Mexico. Further imperial successes in the in terior are reported by official paper-. Pirophimatioii I**- the I'rewidoul. WASH INI.TON, Xo\ 3H. The following- proclamation has just been issued by the President of fh< United States of America: 117/, red.", By the proclamation of the President of the United States of the loth day of December, 18(53, tlie privi lege of tin writ of halK-as corpus. in certain eases herein set forth, wa- sus pended throughout the Fnitod States: and wliereas. the reasons for that sus pension may he regarded as having s, and of the Independence of the I nited States tin ninetieth. (Signed! ANDREW JOHNSON, By the President: Win. 11. Seward, Secretary of State. Aktkmi's Ward says that his hair resembles lovers, on the eve of separa tion. It is hard to part.