Friday Morning January 12, 186.
RADICAL CIRCr.UTEXTIOX OF THE
I'KESIDEVT.
Trickery is the distinguishing char
acteristic of the leaders of the political
party which at present rules the coun
try. They juggled themselves into
power and they rely wholly upon their
skill In legerdemain to retain it. Their
prestidigitation in the handling of the
negro, has deluded the people, from
time to time, and they hope by the
same slight-o'-hand performances to
continue their successful practice upon
the minds of the gullible multitude.
They cry "protection" and obtain the
confidence of the public while favoring
the few and oppressing the many. They
shriek for "freedom" and the crowd
believes them sincere, even as they send ,
their political opponents, for opinion's
sake, to dungeons and into exile. They
nullify the laws of the Union, denounce
theC'onstitution as an "agreement with
hell," and when the Southern States
secede, tell them to go in peace, yet,
when they call upon the people to fight
for the Union, to vindicate by force the
authority of the Constitution, their sin
cerity is not questioned by the mob at
their heels. They declare themselves
opposed to all interference with the in
stitution of slavery in the States, fa
voring only its prohibition in the Ter
ritories, and when they obtain the pow
er to abolish it, they strike down State
Constitutions and blot it from existence
throughout all the South; yet their
honesty is not even suspected by their
besotted followers. They denounce and
threaten the President, style his messa
ges "white-washing documents," pro
nounce his restoration policy a failure
and demand its abandonment, but stiil
they are deemed his political supporters
and the peculiar friends of his admin
istration. Emboldened by their success,
they now hope to be able to accomplish
what was always nearest their hearts,
Disunion, by styling themselves "Un
ion men," and at the same time pre
venting restoration of the Union. The
President stands in their way, but as
he stands still, not moving backward
nor forward, they expect easily to cir
cumvent him. Their road makes a
sudden detour at the Executive man
sion, avoiding it altogether. They in
tend to reach their point bp aniendiny the
Constitution. They have a two-thirds
vote in each house of Congress, which
is all the Constitution requires to sub
mit any proposition for its amendment
to the people or the legislatures of the
Spates. The President's signature is
not required to be appended to such
amendment. They also have the re
quisite majority in three-fourths of the
State Legislature-, and thus have it ab
solutely in their power to change the
entire form of our government, with
out consulting the President or the peo
ple. The only means by whicli they can
be checked in their nefarious schemes,
is that of removal from office. Let
President and people "immediately
move upon their works."
CHEERIXU KM. >■.
Xegro suffrage has been defeated eve
rywhere; in Connecticut, in .Minnesota,
in Wisconsin, in the District of Colum
bia and in Colorado. Upon this is-ue
the hopes of the Abolition party depend.
It is the only plank left them upon
which to stand. If they cannot accom
plish the enfranchisement of the negro,
their party must go to pieces. Since
the results just referred to, election
have been held in a number of the large
cities and towns of the North, every
one of which gave gratifying evidence
of Democratic recuperation. A few
days ago an election for Mayor was held
in Pittsburg, which resulted in the
choice of the Abolition candidate by
only 53 majority! Pittsburg almost in
variably gives a ••Republican" majori
ty of 1,500 to 2,000. Such results show
that the Democratic party is fast recov
ering its former vigor, and that all thai
is necessary to success is thorough or
ganization. Let these cheering sign
inspirit us with renewed hope and cause
us to go to work with a determination
to win. In thi* connection we would
repeat our former suggestion to estab
lish clubs. Every school district should
have its organization.
ran iuh LKACtmB.
Seme of the leading "Republicans"
of New York have formed a "Free
Trade League," and are working hard
for its success. Prominent among it
members is WILLIAM ('ELLEN BRY
AST, editor of the X. Y. Evening Post,
one of the principal organs of the "Re
publican" party. A branch of thi-
Loaguo has been established at St. Louis,
one of the strongest "Republican" cit
ies in the Union. What say the Tariff
men of this country to this "Republi
can" movement? They denounced u.-
Dernocrats for advocating a tariff foi
revenue; what have they to say to tht
operations of Bryant & Co., who an
opposed to all tariffsand want freetrader
A CLERICAL PREVARICATOR.
"When rogues fall out, honest men ;
get their dues." This truthful adage is
fully exemplified in the rupture be-,
tween Formi/'s I "rex* and the "loyal" ;
preachers of Philadelphia and Wash
ington. A short time ago the Pre** j
teemed with fulsome praise of these j
j same preachers, encouraging them in
their desecration of the Sabbath and de
filement of the pulpit, by the delivery j
of partizan harangues in the disguise 1
of sermons and the proselyting of vo- j
ter- by "prayers" filled with reflections
upon the principles and conduct of their
political opponents. But the Press has \
offended these superlatively pious gen
tlemen and they have opened fire upon |
it with great fury. The unpardonable j
sinscommittedby the Press, are its pub- j
licationof a Sunday edition and its ad- j
voeacy of the running of street cars on
Sunday. True, this is not half as had j
las holding political meetings on the
■ Sabbath, and the Press i- not at all in- i
consistent with it- past teachings, in !
pursuing theeourse which ha- brought
this clerical row about its ears, but its ;
editor -hould remember that he is not I
a preacher, and, therefore, cannot hope
to violate the Sabbath with impunity. ;|
j We do not intend, however, to discuss}
the merits of the controversy between !
the Press and these preachers. As the
caption of this article indicates, it i- !
our purpose to refer partieularly to an
individual clergyman, who, it i- inti
mated, does not adhere very closely to !
the truth. That clergyman i* the REV.
B. H. NADAL, of Washington, 1). U.
He is, we are assured, the author of an
article which appeared in the New i
York Methodist- , in August last, slander
j ing the people of Bedford generally and
I and the editor of this paper in partic- 1
ular. Among other gratuitously false j
statements contained in that article, was j
; ....
j the broad assertion that the GAZETTE i
had counseled the shooting of .Jacob i
jC'rouse! We have hitherto refrained
from noticing this outrageous libel, pre- j
ferring to let it go for what it was worth >
to Dr. Xadal or anybody else. But as
the Doctor has received a "showing up"
from a "toyaC pen, we have concluded I
■ to make this reference to the matter for j
> the benefit of those "whom it may con-!
corn." It seems that Dr. Xadal is one I
of the clerical gentry who have under- j
taken to call MR. FORNEY to account,
for his -ins of publishing a Sunday pa
per and advocating Sunday street cars,
i In the Press of last Sunday appears a
- communication from twenty seven "re-1
i *pectable colored citizen*" of Washing
- ton, in which Dr. Nadal is set down as
t either "ignorant" or guilty of "delib
* erate and wilful misrepresentation."
- As the Doctor believes the negro to he
i his equal, he will of course not object
- j to this testimony on the ground of col
■ or. But, if he does, we will call the
- 1 Press itself upon the stand. Surely
e | this "loyal" journal would not misrep
- resent so patriotic aministerof the Gos
- | pel as Dr. Nadal! In its issue of Sun
i day last, the Press has the following
, editorial:
We need scarcely direct attention to
the singularly interesting letter from
our correspondent at Washington so
completely exposing and refuting the
extraordinary statements of Rev. Mr.
Xadal, a Methodist Episcopal clergy
man of that city, who came forward
with such great haste to sustain theex
tinguished committee of three, compo
sed of Messrs. I'ATTISOX, CHAPLAIN
and COOK MAN, of Philadelphia, in
I their unprovoked and prescriptive as
sault upon this journal. We believed
that we had given this illustrious and
I enterprising triumvirate a sufficient
settler, but we think our correspondent
and his witnesses have made a comple
ter finish of this game Mr. XADAL.
That which transfixes him is the testi
mony of the colored citizens of Wash-
I ington, convicting him of almost in
tentional untruth. Thesignerson this
| list are some of the most respectable
and wealthy of their class. All of
j them reject, with natural indignation
and -corn, the attempt to hunt down
and traduce a newspaper and its edi
tor that were among the first, and have
| always been among the steadiest of their
i champions and friends. How any man,
least of alia Christian teacher of mor
j alsund an apostle of truth,should have
ventured upon -ucii a statement as that
of this same Mr. XADAL, in view of
the certainty of his rebuke and refuta
j tion, passes our comprehension. In
his case, as in the case of his most tol
erant and charitable brethren here,
j there was no provocation. The Chron-
Weand its editor had done nothing to
offend him. He must have spoken,
therefore, either from a natural malig
nity or natural disregard of the fact.
His statements were not only strained
| from the truth, but were made in defi
ance of truth. Asked to become a wit
ness, he not only consented, hut volun
| teercd testimony, which is proved by
j the very people to whom he refers and
j whom he quotes, to be almost wholly
unfounded. Mr. XADAL spoke for the
I whole body of the colored people, and
j their representative men speak strong
! ly for themselves in denunciation and
j denial of his assertions. Thisisa most
melancholy exhibition, and results en
| tirely from a meddlesome and unchari
table disposition. Men of God should
be examples of toleration as well as of
truth.
So.M K certain "Republican" journals
seem greatly delighted with an opinion
' given by HON. J.S. BLACK, which takes
the ground that Gen. Koontz is prima
Jane entitled to his seat. Well, what
does prima facie mean'.' It signifies at
first appearance , that is at an (nitride
view. < )ne may have a prima facie right
to a thing, yet really have no right to
it at all. We do not dispute the cor
rectness of the legal points made in
*
Judge Black's opinion. They all refer
to the fact that Boards of Return Judg
es must count all return* certified to
them. In the case of Messrs. Koontz
and Uott'rot hall theeounty boardscount
ed all the returns certified to them by
the township boards and by the Pro
thonotaries. Some of the Prothonota
rie- refused to certify some returns, on
the ground that they were manifestly j
fraudulent, or were unintelligible. But
Judge Black says nothing upon this
subject.
H IHRISBI RU LETTER.
Convening: of llic Legislature—l *iiri>u
tion l>> the Ex-Speaker of the Senate—
Organization of the Senate— Demoemt
ie Lender* in that liody—•Republican"
Lenders—Franklin ami Adams Contest
ed Election—Organization ot the House
Are.. AC.
HARRISIUTRO, Jan. !>, 1866.
Editor Gazette: —The two houses of;
' the Legislature assembled in their re
spective halls one week ago to-day. The
Senate proceeded to business without
organization, the Speaker elected at the
| last session usurping the chair. This
1 was done in order to crowd down the
| throat-of the Democratic Senators the
doctrines of the "Republican" Senators
that the Senate is a body perpetually
organized. Among the business trans
acted prior to the election of speaker,
wa- the administration of the oath of
office to the new Senators. The Deni
| oeratic Senators newly elected, took the
| oath under protest, denying the right
! of the ex-speaker to administer it. Af
ter this petty exhibition of partizan ty-
I rannv on the part of the "Republican"
i Senators, the ex-speaker, Hon. DAVID
J FLEMING, was re-elected. Hon. WM.
HOPKINS, of Washington, wa- the
Democratic nominee. No purer and
few abler legislators than Wm. Hop
kill*. ever graced any legislative body.
But, alas! virtue and ability count as
nothing in these degenerate times,
i when cast into the halanceus against par
ty interest and public plunder. G. W.
j Hamersly of Germantown, was re-elec
i ted clerk. He has made an efficient
. officer. The Senate stands politically,
Democrats, 13; "Republicans," 20; Ite
! publican majority, 7. The leaders on
| the Democratic side are Messrs. Ciymer,
I Wallace and Hopkins. Hon. H LISTER
CLYMEK, of Berks, has served some
five or six years in the Senate, always
| taking a leading part on all important
I questions. He is in the prime of life
: and is a man of great energy and deci
sion of character. A*s a debater he is
i quick and very plausible, his manner
j as a speaker being of a very agreeable
l character. He is popular with hi* fel
low Senator*, as well as with his constit
uents, the latter always giving him a
i large vote ahead of his party, when a
candidate. Hon. W. A. WALLACE, of
Clearfield, was elected to the Senate in
1862 and was re-elected last fall, lie is,
by all odd-, the best lawyer in the Sen
ate. A* a sharp, clear and thorough
1 reasonerhe has few superiors any where.
He is at present chairman of the Dem
j oeratic State Committee and now that
I lie will have time to prepare for the
I campaign (which wa* not the case last
' fall 1 feci assured of Democratic suc
' ( cess under his leadership. Higher
honors are in store for Mr. Wallace, if
| true merit can command them. Of
Senator Hopkins I have already spo
ken. He has been in public life many
years. He was elected speaker of
the House of Representative at the
time of the "Buck-hot War," when
! Thaddeus Stevens and hi* compeers
I were compelled to heat a retreat from
| the Hall, by jumping from the win
dows. He was also at one time Canal
Commissioner. Hi* present term as
! Senator dates from 1803 and will expire
, next fall. Among the younger Demo
| cratie Senators. Mr. LATT.V, of We-t
-■| nioreiand, and Mr. DONOVAN of Phila
-1 delphia, are prominent. 1 can hardly
j determine who is the leader on the"Re
publican" side of the Senate. I should
think, however, that the leadership lies
'} between Mr. BINGHAM, of Allegheny,
and Mr. HALL, of Blair. The former
j i- a man of considerable legislative ex
perience and a tolerably well-posted
lawyer. The latter is facile in debate
! and a good tactician. The seat of Mr.
. DI NCAN, Democrat, Senator elect from
■ the Franklin and Adams district, is
' contested by his opponent in the can
p vass,Mr.McConaughy. Thegroundson
which the latter bases his contest, are
j that Mr. Duncan received the votes of
deserters from the military service of
. | the United States and that votes were
cast for him (McConaughy) by soldiers
from the district, in the service in Tex
'' as, and that when the deserters' ballots
shall be deducted from Mr. Duncan's
. I vote and the votes of the soldiers in
Texas added to his (the contestant's)
it will be shown that he (McConaughy)
[ received a majority of the vote cast in
, the district. So far as the Texas soldier
, vote is concerned, it is clear that it is
fraudulent. The "Republicans" them
: selves concede that the returns were
| forged. Mr. Duncan, therefore, has
. nothing to fear from that source. The
other ground of contest, (the votes of
j deserters) cannot he maintained if the
| committee before whom this case is to
, he tried, have any regard for the Con
stitution of the State, or have sufficient
common sense to perceive the difficul
ties to which the view of Mr. McCon
-1 aughy and his counsel, if carried out,
would lead. Although this committee
. i* composed of six "Republicans" and
| only one Democrat, 1 cannot believe
that Mr. Duncan will be ousted upon
the grounds of which I have spoken.
! I cannot believe that so good a lawyer
as Senator Bigham, so honest a man as
Senator Lowrv, so fair a man as Sena
tor Worthington and so conscientious a
man as Senator Graham, will permit
so great injustice to be done. But we
shall see.
The House organized by the election
of James R. Kelley, of Washington, as
Speaker, and the re-election of A. W.
Benedict, of Huntingdon, as Clerk.
Kelley is a young man and a very bit-
partisan. He it- nothing butasopho
morle spouter. The "Republicans" of
the House must have been short of
timber when they raised sueh a pole as ;
that. Well, of a verity, they are. 1
see nobody on that side of the House
who possesses great ability; none who
can take the place of McClure,of Frank
lin, Brown, of Warren, Olmstead, of
Potter, or Cochran of Philadelphia, of
the last House. 1 also miss some of the
former ability on the Democratic side,
—Sharpe, of Franklin. Hakes, of Lu-'
zerne, Purdy of Northumberland. But
the Democrats still have Pershing by ,
far the best man in the House) Nelson,
of Wayne, Boyle of Fayette, (a very
promising young man) Barr, of t Marion,
Quigley, of Phihlelphla, and honest
Missimer, of Berks. The House is di
vided politically, as follows: Demo
crats, ;U; "Republicans," <>. Thiscon
dition of things is owing to the infa
mous apportionment which so gerry
; mandered tin* State as to give the "Re
| publicans" an undue preponderance in
| the Legislature. But, basing our ex
! peetations on that "ower true" line of
| the Scotch poet,
• The best laid plans o' mice and men.
I (iang alt agley,"
let us hope that the people will, some
| day or other, put an end to this foul in
iquity of the "Republican" politicians.!
Meanwhile we shall have to grin and |
1 hear it. More anon. LEX.
<rcit I Kobbi-r.1 —AChiiis Exitres-.
nv itobbMlof Haifa Million of Hollars.
NEW HAVEN, Jan. 7, 18G(i.
Thesafesof the Adams Express Com- i
pany en route from New York to Bo—
! ton, on Saturday night, Jan. U, were ri
fled of all their contents, with the ex
! ceptionol' two parcels which the thieves
|in their hurry overlooked. Theextent
i of the loss has not yet been ascertained, i
I but is supposed to lie not less than half I
! a million dollar- in money and bonds.
11. Saxfoho,
Supt. Adams Express.
SECOND DISPATCH.
New Haven, Jan. 7, 1800.
| The value of the amount stolen from !
I thejiron car of the Adams Express Co., !
on the Boston mail train on Saturday j
! night was, as near as it can lie asccr- j
tained at present, about sooo,uoo. The
j ear was probably entered while at the
depot in New York. The theives pri
. j ed off the lock on one door of the car,
: also the locks to two of Adam- & Com
! pany's safes. Eight thousand dollars j
• | in greenbacks, and sixty thousand dol-
J lars in government notes were left by !
| the theives on the floor of the car.
i They got out with their plunder at Cos
; cob bridge. Otttcials of the company!
! are here investigating matters. The
| robbery was not discovered until the
! arrival of the train at this city.
| Boston, Jan. 7, lHflG.—The safe of I
i the Adams' Express Company was o- j
| pened last night on the train between j
New York and New Haven, and ro^-,
j bed of a large amount of money. \\ e
i have no particulars.
——
"No BODY HURT.—The words quo- j
ted above have become historical. In
18f!l they conveyed the assurance to
the people bf this country that there j
was no danger of war. Now, the same !
class of prophets are assuring the coun
try that the South has nothing to fear
from the four millions of barbarians re
cently set free in that section. The ab
olition managers of the telegraph al
m< ><t daily assure us that "all was peace
ful during the holidaysamongthefreed
menyet the same dispatch generally
closes with an account of a negro riot,
i?i which a jail was demolished, and
some colored out-laws set at large, or
"only" an attack by some armed ne
i groes upon the house of a widow with
the most devilish designs, or some
| 'Uchite man" l>eing xta/hi/)/ wounded by
I a colored citizen shooting him through
the head! or some other insignificant
occurrence, in which "nobody was
I hurt"—at least nobody but a "poor,
! miserable white man!"
IT lULS been computed, officially, that
during the war the deaths in the Fed
eral armies amounted to 250,WW, and
in the Southern armies to 225,000 —to-
tal 17">,<100. It is also estimated that
General Grant's losses, from the time
he crossed the Itapidan till Lee's sur
render, were 1)0,000. When it is con
sidered that all these lossesof life were
entailed upon the country bv the fa
naticism and malevolence of the anti
slavery propagandists of New England,
it is a source of wonder that any radi
cal demagogue or agitator i- now al
lowed to hold any official position un
der the Government. When it is con
sidered, also, that all this destruction
of life and all the waste of war could
have been averted and the Union saved
by the exercise of a small amount of
forbearance and enlightened states
manship, the wonder grows apace that
an intelligent people will continue in
the train of tyrannical and mercenary
men, whose only distinguishing trait
of character is strength and pertinacity
in tearing down the grand work of a
ges,of industry and statesninn-hi p.
BRADLEY, the mulatto ex-lawyer of
the Boston bar, who was condemned
lately by a military court at Charles
ton, *S. C., to one year's imprisonment
in Fort Pulaski, for inciting the slaves
to rise in insurrection and take posses
sion of lands and property, has been
released on parole by order of Boss
Stanton. Although thousands of white
men have suffered months and years
in prison for no offence whatever, una
ble to catch the ear or the eye of the
Secretary of War, or by any means to
excite his sympathies in their behalf,
not a single twist of wool in any parti
of the Union can be put in jeopardy i
without his notice and the interposi
tion of his succoring offices. That shows
the advantage of being orthodoxieally
colored.
The "Freedmen's Bureau" has issued
an order compelling former masters of
slaves to shelter and support the help
less and superannuated negroes, not
withstanding they have been deserted
by all the working slaves, and cannot
secure laborers to till the soil and se-i
cure a support for even themselves, in
many instances. One would naturally
suppose that when the "Bureau" can
en fore such an order it is sufficiently
powerful, but Trumbull, of Illinois,
has a bill before Congress to enlarge its
powers. The design undoubtedly is to ;
make its Chief more powerful than the
President himself.
A HARD HIT.—A gentleman recent
ly returned from the South called on j
the President, and told him that at
Richmond there were in a single school
two or three hundred white children
as poor and ignorant as any black to be
found in the whole of the South, and
urged that they needed the aid of the
philanthropic 'everywhere. President
Johnson replied that he was very glad
one Nothern man had discovered that
there were any white people at the
South.
BIUEI NEWS ITEMS,
('< i.\r. HESS reassembled on Friday last,
and the majority immediately began
to legislate for the negro. Any stranger'
reading the proceedings would imagine
that it was simply a convention called
for the purpose of providing for the
wants of the colored race alone, and
that the white population of the conn-;
try did not need any protection in the ;
way of legislation.
THE President is reported, by a cor
respondence of the Chicago Tribune to
have ordered certain Heads of Depart
ments "to make no further appoint
ments on the recommendations of
Members of Congress at present." The
New York World says this is construed
to moan that the support of the Execu
tive policy of reconstruction is to be
hereafter the price of patronage.
During the month ol* December, the
Sanitary commission received pension
claims as follows: Widows' pension
claims, three hundred and twenty-five;
invalids pension claims, four hundred
and eighty-four; naval | tension claims,
sixteen; claims for arrears pay, boun
ty, Ac. one thousand eight hundred and
twenty-five.
Both Stanton and Holt decline to pro
nounce an eulogy on the life and char
acter of the late President. They havn't
time. If Lincoln was still living and
had the gift of power and patronage
they wouldnotonlv liavetime but they
would quarrel for the opportunity to
do so.
In his New Year's speech at Boston
Wendell Phillips declared that "Pres
ident Johnson, in attempting to lec
ture colored citizens, had reached the
height of impudence." Viewed from
the radical stand-point of equality,
we think so t<io. He ought to apolo-
A personal encounter took place yes
terday in Richmond between Henry
Rive- Pollard, of the Ezmuiiwr, and
Nat Tayler and Win. D. Coleman, of
the Enquirer. Six shots were tired
without hurting any one. The affair
originated in new-paper articles.
The committee appointed by the Chi
cago Board of Trade to investigate a
plan for the passage of Niagara Falls by
means of a canal have reported that
the project is feasible, and their report
has been approved by the Board of
Trade.
The Treasury last week redeemed
certificate of indebtedness amounting
t0544,000, and issued certificates amount
ing to $150,000 of legal tender notes
and $280,000 of gold certificates were re
ceived.
Miss Mary Watts, an aged lady, was
found brutally murdered in her house
in Gernmntovvn, on Saturday morning.
A reward of $5OO has been offered by
the Mayor for the detection of the mur
derer.
During the month of December, sev
en thousand three hundml gun- and
pistols, ninety four thousand pounds of
powder, eight hundred and thirty-two
thousand pounds of shot, and thirteen
million percussion caps were sent South
from New York.
The Minister from the Netherlands
has proposed an exchange of a complete
set of the coins of his country for those
of the United States, The* Secretary
of the Treasury has ordered the requis
ite coins to be forwarded from the Uni
ted States Mint.
Governor Andrew, of Massachusetts,
yerterday delivered himself of a vale
dictory to the Massachusetts Legisla
ture. llf urged negro suffrage, and
various other measures as applying to
the South.
Over twenty clerks were discharged
from the War Department on the 81st
ult. The citizen clerks in the various
departments are to be discharged as
far as possible, to make room for sol
diers.
The custom receipts of the United
States for the year ending June 80, JB<U t
were &54,01M)/HMI. The reeeijffs from the
four principal ports for the six months
ending Dec. 81, IKOb, amounted to *77,-
boo.noo.
-Mr. Tal. P. Shaffner having recent
ly made an excursion, for his own in
formation, in the South, has sent a
communication to the President, en
dorsing the correctness of Gen. Grant's
report.
The famous "Jowa Giantess," weigh
ing five hundred and eighty-five pounds
was married last evening, in the Union
Methodist Church, in this city, to a
groom of average proportions.
The Detroit Tribune says that all of
Jacob Thompson's private papers and
correspondence which were left in Can
ada are now in possession of the author
ities at Washington.
A majority of the Reconstruction
Committee are opposed to admitting
even the Tennessee delegation to Con
gress. It is thought, however, that the
Tennesseans will be admitted.
General Mejia has ordered the people
of Matamoras to take the oath of alle
giance to the Empire, and has forbid
den communication with the American
shore of the Rio Grande.
Governor Cony, of Maine, was inau
gurated yesterday. The message pro
fesses to approve of the President's pol
icy, and at the same time argues in fa
vor of negro sufi'age.
Brevet Major General K. < ). Tylarhas
issued an order merging the District of
Delaware and the Eastern Shore of
Maryland into the military District of
Pennsylvania.
General Thomas, in accordance with
orders from the President, issued an or
der on the 22d ult. removing the re
strictions on Episcopal worship in Ala
bama.
An American schooner, with arms
and ammunition for Brownsville mer
chants, recently got ashore near Bag
dad, Mexico, and was seized by Maxi
milian's officers.
Governor Bullock, of Massachusetts,
was inaugurated on Saturday, in his
messag< lie gives the State debt of Mas
sachusetts as $23,122,872.
There are 10, boo places in New York
and Brooklyn where intoxicating li
quors are sold. ()f these over 8,000 are
said to be unlicensed.
The engine house of the Bellefon
taine Railroad, at Gallon, Ohio, togeth
er with twelve locomotives, wa burn
ed on Thursday night. Loss $.">00,000.
It is said that at the present ratio of
the government income the national
debt may be reduced $100,000,000, after
paying all contingent liabilities.
The Congressional Reconstruction
Committee propose to send a special
commission to the South, to investigate
the "loyalty" of that siM-tion.
Girard Hallock, the founder and for
many years proprietor of the New York
Journal of Commerce, died on Thursday
at New Haven.
Thirteen dead bodies were taken from
the surf at Nantucket last week, ten of
which belonged to the ship Newton,
lately wrecked there.
The New York Titties object* to the
new cold coin motto —"In God we
trust,'' because, it will be carrying our
religion in ourjmckets. Little fear of
that during "Republican" rule.
During the last two years the goyem
nient ha- received over *<;,(MHI,IHMI front
the sale of confiscated property in Mis
sissippi.
The Liberal armies in Mexico are
stated by a Washington despatch to
lw* within twenty-two leagues of Vera
Cruz.
A petroleum tire in Boston, yester- j
day, destroyed fifty thousand dollars
of property*. A colored man was shoek- :
ingly burned by the explosion of oil.
Oil and mineral discoveries have
been made in Mississippi and North
ern Alabama, and a company to work
the lands has been formed at Columbus.
Miss.
Semmes is still confined in the navy
yard at Washington. He is strongly
guarded, and is not allowed intercourse
with any one but his counsel.
Arkansas i,- represented! to U> in a
deplorable condition. Life and proper
ty are insecure, and portions of the State
are threatened with fit mine.
During the year 1 *(>.">, the Pen Hon De
; purtment admitted 1>1,21>2 pension
| claims, and rejected 12,27)2. There are
still s j.oiMi claims to l>c considered.
it i.- proposed to appropriate the pub
lic land in the South to settler-, in tracts
i of eighty acres under the homestead
law.
Despatches have Ik-en received at
Washington from General Sheridan,
reporting everything quiet on the Rio
Grand.e
The Way- and Mean- Committee
are going to work in earnest to raise
I the taxes, on tobacco, liquors, alcohol,
j etc.
The General Landoffieeat Washing
' ton has forwarded to the Governor of
! Missouri a parent for 171,00n acres of
swamp lands.
During the war L">,of>o persons were
confined in the military prisonsat Wash
ington. <>f these 4,/iOO were State pris
oners.
Four eompanies of regular cavalry,
serving in Cumberland, Md., have
| been ordered to report for duty in North
Carolina.
Business is declining in New Orleans
and stores have been sold for less than
I the bricks were worth.
j Secretary Stanton and Judge Ilolt
! have both declined to deliver the eulo
| gyon President Lincoln.
It is reported that large numbers of
Mexican refugees in Arizona are pre
i paring for a raid into Sonont.
Prescott City, Arizona, is tinder a
! snow blockade, and its people are in
danger of starvation.
| It i- -tated that Senator Jim Lane,
of Kansas, will make a -peech support
| ing the President's restoration policy.
There are fourteen large gambling
houses in operation in Boston, the an
| nual profits of which are about §oyo,<N(o.
There are twelve hundred "pretty
i waiter girls" employed in the consert
i saloons in New York.
Three Irishmen have been arrested
j in Toronto, charged with threatening
j to raise the "green flag."
Thursday's internal revenue receipts
| were one million seven hundred thou
j sand dollars.
A call for a public meeting t< favor
the Monroe doctrine, has been issued
j in New York.
The abolition of the Pay Department
of the army will he considered in Con
gress.
Nashville ha- seven daily newspapers,
one of them German. When the war
began there were four.
The steamer which sailed from New
York on Saturday took out SldojMKi in
j specie.
The Pension Office at Raleigh, N.
' ( '., has been reopened, and an agent ap
pointed.
The deaths of rattle from the plague
in Kngiand are estimated at J,O(MI week
ly.
The interna! revenue receipts since
July Ist last have l>een 5155,1('.4,4J7 04.
it is reported that the Indians in New
j Mexico are determined on an outbreak.
William C. McCarthy, Republican,
has been elected Mayor of Pittsburg.
I The fund for the Naval Hospital at
Washington amounts to $1(1,0(10.
it is rumored that Secretary Well
is to be superseded by Senator Dixon.
General Terry ha- returned to Rich
mond.
Tin: military authorities in Augusta,
Georgia, have sent about one thousand
negroes, who refused to work or make
coul rafts, to the valley of the Mississip
pi. If slavery is dead, what right have
the military authorities to force the ne
groes to emigrate, or make contracts, or
work? N'ot long ago, down in that sec
tion, the Freedmen's agents compelled
a negro to marry a negres- merely up
on the assertion of the latter that a year
or two before he had promised to make
her his wife, if now the military and
the Freedmen's agents exact obedience
in the matter of work and matrimony,
what will they not do, when the negro
come to exercise the freeman's privi
lege'of voting?
ABOCT OKDKH. —Put things right
hack in their place when dime with.
Never leave theni all about helter-skel
ter, topsy-turvy—never. When you
use any article, hoc, shovel, rake, axe,
hammer, tongs, boots or shoes, books,
slates, pencils, writing aparatus, pins,
thimbles, pincushions, needles, kitchen
furniture, every article of Housewifry,
or husbandry, no matter what it is, the
very moment you have done using it,
return it to its proper place. ()riler, or
der, perfect order, is the watchword,
Heaven's first law. How much precious
time is saved (aside from vexation) by
observing order, systematic regularity!
And little folks should begin early to
preserve order in everything. Form
habits of order. These loose, slipshod,
slatternly habits are formed in child
hood, and habits once formed are apt
to cling for life.
Young friends, begin early to keep
tilings in their proper places; study
neatness, order, economy, sobriety; in
everything be just, honest, pure, love
ly, and you will have a good report.
FOOD FOR FATTENING POFLTRV. —
Tin* cheapest and most advantageous
food to use for fattening every descrip
tion of poultry is ground oats. These
confounded with oatmeal, or with or
dinary ground oats; the whole of the
grain is ground to a fine powder; noth-
any kind is taken from it. When
it is properly ground, one bushel of the
meal will more effectually fatten poul
try than a bushel and a half of any oth
er meal. The great point in fattening
poultry is to feed them at daybreak.
MKTEOKIC EXPLOSION.— The inhal
haute of Charleston were much -uriV
sed by an unusual phenomenon th
occurred at about half past eight In
evening. The air at the time tva- -til
and a slight shower was falling. ,s u ,j
denly a vivid flash of light, cottsidi,
l>ly d'liferent in character from ordh,.
ry lightning, everywhere prevailed
and after an interval of about one niii
ute came a very heavy explosion, i, r ,
ducing in many instances ajarriic/
windows similar to an oarthquaki
Various conjectures of the cause \ve r
exprivsed, some supposing it to Ih* lie |,
ning, others that it was the agency,";,
I lowed by the explosion of one of q
forts in the harbor, as the sound se<V'
ed to proceed from the southeast, u'
inquiry this morning. I learn from
intelligent gentleman, who at the tin
was standing upon one of the wharvi
that the light was so dazzling that
involuntarily covered his eyes with I
hands, and was thereby prevented fro
observing whence it proceeded, buttli
the report, after an interval of m/,
than a minute, came from the Souti
He noticed also that the explosion u
followed for some seconds by a peeujj,
rumbling sound, more monotone!
than is usual in the reverberation- <
thunder.
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W H. Blair. Fallow Field, Crawford en., fa.
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G. Weiss. Pittsburgh. Pa.
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J. R. Foster. Adams, Armstrong eo., Pa
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Farnville, Louisiana, March S, 1;>0
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i and have tried everything known to the pra e
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REV. EDWARD A. WILSON
Williamsburgh, Rings Co.. New York
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( 'ATAIUCT, 4(1 YEARS. —Mr.-. Aslu'in"
from Bedford. Pa., stopping with her sistvr- a'r--
Williams, near the corner of Baldwin ami t cur
Streets, has had Cataract on both ey<e> over torti
years, eausing total blindness for Ike last 0 . ve,r *
Lately Dr. Storrett removed the cataract. &W
now sees to read without tW aid of glasses.
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