Friday Wornlnc Mnrr'li in. isoo.
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
FOR GOVERNOR,
Hon. HIESTER CLYMER.
OF BERKS COUNTY.
THE TWO CONVENTION'S.
The Democratic State Convention
which was held on the sth inst., came
off very harmoniously, though largely
attended from every portion of the i
State. Its proceedings were conducted
in decency and order; its presiding of
ficer behaved like a gentleman; its
members treated each other courteous
ly and respectfully; and it- nominee
spoke the speech of an orator and a
statesman. Per contra, the Disunion
Convention (we call it Disunion, be
cause it refused to endorse the Presi
dent, who desirestlie restoration of the
Union, whilst it praised Congress which
is keeping the Southern States out of
the Union) whieh assembled on the 7th
inst., was a most disorderly and dis
cordant gathering. Its proceedings
were marked with a spirit of conten
tion and acrimony, as between the
friends of the different candidates, as
well as between the upholders and the
opposers of the President's policy; its
presiding officer acted in the worst pos
sible taste in delivering a harangue in
favor of his candidate for the nomina
tion ; its members accused each other
of attempts to "gag," and of a viola
tion of pledges, and of fraud and trick
ery ; and its nominee stammered out
somesenseless platitude.-, creditable nei
ther to his political honesty, nor his
claims to statesmanship. All we ask,
is, that the people will read the pro- \
ceeding- of both conventions and judge
concerning them without prejudice.
Ok R "GOVERNOR."
O nieum jecur! "Republicans," as!
well as Republics, are ungrateful. How
rudely have our fondest hopes been
blasted ! How sadly have our brightest
anticipations been disappointed! Our.
readers well remember how confident
we ail were that we would, before long,
have a Governor in Bedford. The Li
nton League had telegraphed that as!
that was wanting to this end, was, tha r
the news should go abroad that Bedford
county had instructed it- delegate to
the Republican Convention, for the
Honorable John Cessna. John him-eif
assured us that all that was liece-sary '
to give us the honor of furnishing tin
State with the next Governor, was for
the Republicans of the county to say
that he should be the man. Besides he
had received ever so many letters from
nearly every county in the state, pledg
ing him support, and as for Philadel
phia, he informed us that the delega
tion from that city would no nearly u
nanimous for his nomination. Ah !,
how deceitful is human nature:
This world is (ill a fleeting show
For man's illusion given :
The smile of friend, the steel of toe,
To office-seekers serve to show.
They'd better be in heaven '
Well! It's all over and in the lan
guage of the immortal Shakspeare, I
"there's no use in crying over spilled
milk!" Our "Governor"—oh! how j
we blush to tell it—could muster but
four votes in the Convention, to wit:
the delegates from Somerset, Bedford,
Fulton and Franklin. So he conclud
ed that he would not let his name go
before the Convention. Lt would have
bo'.; ' I ton bad, you know, to have been
set down in the papers as receiving but
four votes. The Union League ought
to be a shamed of themselves, and as for
the fellows who wrote those letters,
they must be great scoundrels. It is
really too bad. Why, even the Demo
cratic Convention, three years ago, did
hotter for our "Governor." Shame up
on the base ingratitude of the men who
know that the succes- of their party,
(and, therefore, the salvation of their
country,) was secured by the herculean
efforts of the favorite son of Bedford.
Pshaw! our heart is too full for utter
anee. —__
A CARD.
To the Editor of the BEDFORD GA
ZETTE: —Sir—Understanding that it
has been generally reported that I per
mitted my name to l e used as a candi
date on the "Republican" ticket for the
office of Justice of the Peace, 1 take
this method of contradicting this report.
I am a Democrat, have always been a
Democrat and will support the Demo
cratic ticket in the future.
Bedford tp., March 18. ISGG.
DAVID POINTS.
THE above card confirms our own o
pinion of Mr. Points' fidelity to the De
mocracy. The Abolitionists have en
deavored to injure him with his Dem
ocratic friend.' by placing him upon
their ticket, and we are glad that Mr.
Points has check-mated them in their
move.
THE new nest of "Copperheads" just
hatched under a defunct specimen of the
genus duck, contains somo very dark
skinned reptiles which hiss most fur
iously at 'the Government,' and which,
on account of their peculiar incubation,
1 "BROKEN DOWN OEHOfBAT."
The Disunion party are so scarce of
material, that they were compelled to
£0 to the ranks of the Democrats to get
timber for a candidate for Governor.—
The only trouble with their selection
is, that they did not make it from the
'live Democracy, but culled out the rot
tenestof 'Dead Ducks,'a real, used-up,
broken-down Democrat, who had no
show for further promotion among his
late political friends. Gen. Geary has
been a Whig, a Democrat, a Know
Nothing, a Democrat again, and now,
for the sake of being a candidate for
Governor, pretends to be a follower of
Thaddeus Stevens. What ho will be
ifheshoukl beelected, we cannot proph
esy; but we should not be astonished
if he would play John Tyler, on a small
scale. Such i- his character, at any
rate; "every thingby turns, and noth
ing long." We are pleased with his
nomination, because, first, we think
Clvmer will beat him easily, and sec
ondly, should he be elected we have
great hope- that he will turn Democrat
again about the time he writes his first
message. We find the following letter
in a recent issue of the Harrisburg T '-
egraph and re-publish it for the benefit
of the curious:
GEN. GEARY'S BETTER
To S. Maguirc. Esq., a priding Copper
head of Philadelphia, rrko icrote to him
to I nowhe icoa/daccept a nominntion
from fft I> mocratic party.
Hi* fidelity to party is such that he eon
conscientiously accept a nomination for
Governor from that party—Hi* follow
ing the flay has not caused any entan
glements inconsistent with fidelity to the
Democratic party.
NEW CUMR'D, Cumb'd Co.. Pa.. 1
August 14, lHtjo. j
S M , Esq.:
I>EAK SIR: —Having been absent and
just returned, I have the honor of find
ing your two letter-, viz.: That of the
2tth uit., covering your excellent letter
of S J , and that of the :ld inst.,
front Connellsville. The subject matter
of both, and of the letter enclosed, has
been carefully noted, and for the fratern
al mannerof it-presentation 1 feel deep
ly indebted to you.
I feel assured you will bear me testi
mony, that i have never personally as
pired to the honor of the Chief Magis
tracy of the State of Pennsylvania, for
which position you have the kindness
to indicate my name; and further, that
when l; lias been a subject of conversa
tion, that i have instinctively shrunk
from the responsibilities it devolves
upon its possessor. I have never been
an aspirant for that honorable position.
I never have, directly or indirectly,
given my consent to any person or parti
te use my name for it. Therefore, I
am perfectly free from any entangling
edliann s on the subject, and frankly say
to you, that if the nomination and elec
tion were laid at my feet, i would -till
feel my inability to fill so high a posi
tion with that exalted capacity and
sparkling intellect which is >o eminent
ly desired in the F.xecutiveelmir. ftn
press' d with the considerations which
1 havi just giant-d, to which I may su
peradd, the WEALTH with which it set ms
necessary for the candidate to jjossess is
not mine. I nncst, therefore, A T PRES
ENT, decline to he considered a candi
date.
I have been a life-long Democrat, and
amsfill a Democrat in the truest and
most ample construction of the word
and meaning of the term, without any
prefix or affix whatever, maintaining
all the immutable truths which under
lie thesuperstructureof our form of gov
ernment, in all their length and breadth,
height and depth—not as. mere abstrac
tion-. but as active, positive vitalities,
invigorated by the greatest intensity of
patrioti-m.
This letter has been written in haste
; for your own inspection only.
Again thanking you for your many
i kind expressions, I have the honor to
be truly, Ac.,
Fraternally your-,
J. W. GEARY.
P. S. Enclosed is Mr. Jenkins' letter.
—Come and set* me soon.
MILITARY HI MBI'UN.
Whilst the thousands of brave men
who bore the heat and burden of the
late war, deserve our admiration and
esteem, the "buncombe" Brigadiers
andgassy Generals with which thearmy
was so horribly afflicted, merit only the
contempt, and excite, simply, the dis
gust, of all who estimate the soldier at
his true worth. Far be it from us to
include in this category, all of the high
er officers of the army. We intend no
such injustice. We refer solely to those
fiashy, tawdry, garish, big-plumed,
specimen- of Congressional Brevets,
who smelt the battle afar off and whose
exploits were performed with the blood
less point of the pen of the army cor
respondent for the sensation newspa
pers. In a recent number of the X.
Tribune, we find our notions upon this
subject so well expressed, that we trans
fer a part of the article, as follows:
"Blessed be the man of sharp pen and
bold thought, who will write u> the
history of Military Humbugs—who will
tear otf the buttons and lace from adven
turers and show precisely what manner
of men they are, and whence they came,
and how it happens they are allowed
to wear stars like those resting upon
the shoulders of Sherman, Sheridan
and Grant. We shall see in that day of
judgment, that the honor of America
has, too many times, been traded off aud
bestowed unworthily, and madea thing
of merchandise and unworthy prompt
ing."
Military Humbugs! Let them be ex
posed. Let the Tribune's coming "man
of sharp pen and bold thought," come
soon, and by all means, let him fin
ish his work before the closing of the
Gubernatorial campaign in Pennsylva
nia.
THOSE who opposed the measures of
Ex-President Lincoln, were nick-nam
ed "Copperheads." Ought not those
who now oppose President Johnson
GRAXD DE.HOI RATIO REVIVAL!
TtuMl.Mfvrnx' Earthquake* Ooniinis!! !
Hurrah for the ground-swell! A gen
eral uprising of the people in behalf of
.Andrew Johnson and the Re-union De
mocracy, is going on over the country.;
For instance:
At the municipal election in Troy,
N. Y., a few days ago, the Democratic
candidate for Mayor was elected by up
wards of 30<Pmajority. Last fall the
Republican ticket bad several hundred
majority in that city.
At the charter election in Ithaca, N.
Y., on the 7th inst., the entire Demo
-1 cratic ticket was elected with an aver
age gain of 122.
The Democrats of Utica, X. V., have
i elected nearly their whole ticket, and
: made large gains.
The charter election at Cairo, 111., on
j the 27th ult., resulted in the election of
j the Democratic ticket, by a majority
! averaging from 250 to 325, a gain yi
• about 500.
Ellenville, X. Y., has elected the
whole Democratic ticket, by 2<!- major
ity. Last year the "Republicans" had
i 200 majority.
Rhinebeck. X. V.. which last year
j gave too "Republican" majority, now
S elects the Democratic ticket by {5 ma
! jority.
Alexandria, Va., which has leen un
der the heel of the Radicals 'for four
years, gives ion Denuc ratic majority.
i This is a glorious Democratic revival,
j No wonder Thad. Stevens imagines he
i hear- the rumbling of an earthquake.
I'!£AlSi: FROM S!lt 111 BERT.
The excellent character of Mr. Clv
mer, the Democratic nominee for Gov
ernor, compels commendation from his
bitterest political opponents. For in
| stance the Philadelphia Inquirer says:
i "TheDemocratic('onventionof Penn
sylvania transacted its business with
littledifficuity.and has, perhaps, placed
in nomination the l*-t candidate that
could have been selected from the ranks
of the party. Mr. Clymer is a gentle
man of excellent character and of lino
abilities. There can he no doubt that
he will do credit to the office, should it
be his fortune to he elected."
Again, the Philadelphia Press, filled
with venom and malignity toward the
Democratic party, as it usually is, feel*
constrained to speak, in terms of praise,
of the Democratic nominee, it sa\ -:
"It gives us great pleasure to hear
testimony to the iiigii personal charac
ter of Hon. Iliester < lymer, the Demo
cratic candidate fur Governor of Penn
sylvania. < Jen oral < Jeary may well say
that he has a "foeman worthy of hi
steel." Occupying position- exactly
; the reverse on ail the great questions of
the day, these two representative men
will <l<>iO-tl-ss I'uiKluri tHe canva— l •
that spirit which should characterize a
great controversy principles
that are eternally and unequivocally
! hostile."
When the leading newspaper organs
of the "Republican" party are thus for
ced to endorse the character of 3lr. ( ly
mer. it were a work of supererogation,
i to defend him against the puerile as
| saults of the "small fry" that will,
j doubtless, soon begin to nibble at his
reputation.
TIIADUKI S STEVENS ma(K' ;t sjieech
in the Rump Congress, on Saturday last,
hi which he referred to President John
son's late sjx'ei'h in the most cutting
irony, declaring with the most awful
gravity, that the President had never
made any such speech, and that it was
a cunning trick of the "Copperhead"
party, who were trying to impose that
speech upon the public and to make
people believe that the President was
(given to loose and maudlin practices!
This statement was received with roars
of laughter, and Thaddous seemed great
ly delighted with this his last perform
ance as clown to the Congressional Dis
union circus. The difference between
Stevens' joking and that of the Presi
dent, is: the former gets his up for stage
effect, whilst the latter makes his terri
bly practical, asThaddeus will soon find
out to his cost.
THK veto of the Freedmen's IfUreau
Bill, by President Johnson, has made
I sad havoc witht he schemes of the Rad
icals in Congress. The Representation
Amendment was defeated in the IT. 8.
I Senate, the other day, receiving but 2-">
votes, whilst 22 votes were east against
it, thus lacking 7 votes of the required
two thirds. The Radicals seem to be
afraid to push through any of their ul
tra measures at present. They are,
j doubtless, waiting on the New Hamp
i shire and Connecticut elections.
WHO would he a Disunion Dead
i Duck? If any there be who desire to
bear this new political appellation, let
| them follow the lead of Stevens, Sum
j ner, Wendell Phillips and Forney, the
; first three of whom the President of
; the United States denounces as Disu
j ionists, while he scornfully styles the
i last named, who is their fugleman, a
I "Dead Duck!"
HON. A. H. COFFROTH hits offered a
resolution (which has been adopted)
instructing the Committee on Military
Affairs to inquire into the expediency
of reporting by bill or otherwise, for the
relief of such persons as were charged
and who paid commutation money or
The nomination of John W. Geary
suits us exactly. We are always in fa
vor of Democrats for important offices,
and if a sound Democrat, like Iliester
Clyiner, cannot be elected, we, of course,
prefer a slightly decayed one, like Gea
ry, to an old "Republican" like Ketch
am or Morehead. It is well enough to
have two strings to our bow.
. Rt MORS areagain in circulation that
the Cabinet is soon to l>e recon
structed.
■
IIAURIXBA l<U LETTER.
L-.v ns FoHesmnu: The riviil I'oineu
lioiis: Clyuirr. Jolmsoii and slit* luion.
vs. Uenry. I'oiistiss hikl Disunion: Rill
for iln- rxlrnsloii of tiiuc of iH'eliinitiif
work l>) tlie 0. S. F. K. it. Co.: Rislriet
Attorney Dill: <iinirinanslii|iH of Folit
teal State Committees.
Harkisbcho, March 12, 18G(>.
Editor Gazette:— You will excuse me
for not writing my accustomed letter
ere this, when I inform you that my
services were called into requisition to
assist in preserving the morals of our
legislators during the memorable week
which, has just closed. What with the
two political conventions which assem
bled in this place during the past seven
days, and the desperation to which the
Disunion Members and Senators have
been driven by the course of the Presi
dent. we Uarrisburgers have had our
hands full in keeping our streets free
from hrau hand in preserving the peace.
But thanksto Barney Cam pi tell and our
efficient police, nothing serious happen
ed us, and tow, since the last rural pol
itician has taken his la<t gin cock-tail
and departed, order reigns once more
in Warsaw.
Your readers are, doubtless, fully ad
vised as to the doings of the two con
ventions which met here, on the sth
and 7th, in-,. Tin issue between the
two parties ar the coming gubernatorial
election is foldiy and clearly defined.
Mr. Clymer, the Democratic nominee,
stands upon i platform squarely endors
ing the Pre.-ident's restoration policy.
Mr. Geary, the "Republican'' candi
date, i- placed by the convention which
nominated him, upon a Disunion plat
form. with any quantity of negro planks
in it. The Geary platform endorses
Congress and refuses to sustain the
President. Thus, Mr. Clymer becomes
the Johnson candidate, whilst Mr. Gea
ry is placed in the position of antago
nism to the President. What makes
this issue the clearer, is the fact that
Forney, the enemy and detainer of the
President, wa-Geary's principal fugle
man in the tight for the nomination.
Mr. Johnson will not be likely to favor
the election of a man to the Governor
ship of Pennsylvania, who would nrob-
ably draw his political aliment from a
"dead duck."
A bill lias been introduced in the
House, to extend the time for the com
mencement of work upon theConnells
ville and Southern Pennsylvania R. It.
J have not seen the bill, but 1 under
iituinl tlnvt it .• tlu "<itn)>ttny 111rt-c
year- additional in which to omimonce
operations upon their line. It has pass
ed the House, and i am informed that
both Me>srs. Armstrong and Ross, the
members from your district, voted for
the bill, i cannot comprehend their
conduct in this matter, but hope that
they will be able to explain it to their
constituents.
The hill to decapitate your district
attorney has been changed into a gen
eral bill, by the action of the Senate,
and will likely go to a committee of
conference of the two houses.
The able and energetic chairman of
the Democratic State Committee, Hon.
W. A. Wallace, will act in thatcapaci
tv, under a resolution of the late Con-
vention, until the meeting of the next
DemoeratieStateConvention. it is con
jectured that Col. L. W. Hail, Senator
from Blair, will be the chairman of the
" Republican" State Committee. Should
this he the ease, the polities of the State
will be centred in the Senate, and the
respective champions of the two par
ties will have a fair opportunity of
watching each other'.- movements.
LEX.
I'EBSOXAI. 1 \l> POLITICAL.
—S. R. Mallory, late Secretary ol'the
Confederate Navy, has been released
from Fort La Fayette, in which he was
imprisoned, last summer.
—Great gains have been made in the
recent town elections in New York.—
The World says a complete political
revolution has taken place in that state.
—lt is said that John W. Forney is
a candidate for U. S. Senator to succeed
Hon. Edgar Cowan. There will hardly
he geese enough elected to the next leg
islature to hear this "Dead Duck" upon
their downy wings to a seat in the C.
S. Senate.
—(fen. Rousseau and < fen. Green < lay
Smith, both of whom fought valiantly
in the late war, are members of Con
gress from Kentucky, and though e
leeted as "Republicans," vote on ail
the issues now dividing parties, with
the Democrats.
—Says the Aye: "Some of the "Re
publican" journals in announcing the
nomination of General Geary for Gov
ernor, are recapitulating his immense
services, in the,fields as a military hero.
They have not, however, got as far
back as the period of his service in
California as "Alcalde." Won't they
enlighten the public upon that subject?
Or shall we?
A fair for the relief of Southern
sufferers is to be held in Baltimore, as
soon as possible after Piaster. Contri
butions for this humane object can be
sent to Charles W. Woodward, ">23 Mi
nor St., Philadelphia.
—Rev. Alexander Campbell, the
founder of the sect known as the "Dis*
ciples of Christ," and popularly de
nominated "Campbellite Baptists," di
ed, a few days ago, at Bethany, Va.
Bishop Campbell was an eminent
scholar, and one of the greatest contro-
SCENES IX THE DISI XIOX COXVF.X
TIOX.
The special reporter for the Lancas
ter Intelligencer, gives the following
graphic description of the < losing scenes j
in the Disunion State Convention :
The greatest excitement and confu
sion prevailed throughout the Hall ; and
to add to the general disorder, the Pres
ident of the Convention -bowed him
self utterly unfit to preside. He could
neither preserve order, norcomprehend
the plainest parliamentary rules. Mr.
Benedict, the clerk of the House of
Representative, took his stand beside
him to assist him. But it was no use.
Honest John's head was too thick and
his brain too much bemuddled. He
was quite past help, oven from Mr.
Benedict. His stupid decisions, which
| were made one moment and reversed
tlie next, gave rise to shouts of derisive
laughter. Col. Met lure badgered him
with points of order until he was made
a really pitiable object. At about ev
ery third sentence. Mr. Met'lure would
solemnly remark," If IU in order, sir,"
and the mere enunciation of the word
order, invariably brought down the
house in shouts of laughter and ap
plause.
Finally John Cessna got the floor a
| midst the general confusion, and pro
posed to re-commit the resolution in
: regard to President Johnson, to the
Committee oil Resolutions.
Col. MeClur , said he rose to a point
of oi der. The crowd veliedand roared
with laughter, and the look of the Pres
ident was one of utter dismay. He
had conceived a holy horror of thegen
tlemau from Franklin. Mr. McClure
stated his point of order to he that the
resolution could not be re-committed'
without re-eommittiug the whole re
port, a part of which had been passed.
The President first said it could, and
then he decided that it could not; all
in about the -ame breath. Laughter
of course.)
Fortunately for Covode, just at this
point, Mr. Carnahan withdrew hisa
mendnient; saying, in an excited man
ner, that he had only asked the Con
vention to say that President Johnson
was not (i traitor, a tenure and a fool, but
that it seemed members were unwil
ling to do so.
The original resolution being then
before the < on vention, 31 r. Cessna call
ed for the previous question.
Mr. Kirkpatriek, of Allegheny, pro
tested against being gagged, saying
the gentleman from Bedford had vio
lated his plighted word in calling for
the previous question.
3lr. Cessna replied that he was doing
what he did for the good of the party,
and that he should not go to the gen
tleman from Allegheny to learn what
was gentlemanly.
Mr. Kirkpatriek replied: "1 hurl
hack upon the gentleman from Bed
ford the assertion that he has violated
his plighted word, a thing no gentle
man ever does."
Cessna subsided, and called for the
putting of the vote on the previous
question.
< >ne of the first delegates who voted
asked what question was before the
body. The Chairman declared the
vote to be on the resolution. This caus
ed another outburst of laughter at the
expense of the chair; hut the vote
proceeded by ayes and nays, resulting
in the passage' of the resolution by a
vote of ayes lu!to nays 21.
MVM'IIK, WAXTS CESSNA eoXTIXI KI)
AS CHA IRMAN'.
The other resolutions were then a
doptedasa whole, with the exception
; of the last, which refers to the State
<'..miyittop, \w-m amendment
to that Mr. Mct.'lure offered tne follow
ing:
Resolved, That the ability, fidelity
1 and eminent success with which Hon.
i John Cessna discharged the duties of
Chairman of the Fnion State Com mi t
j tee, entitlehim to the lasting gratitude
j of the Union party of Pennsylvania,
and that he is hereby continued Chair
man of said Committee for another
! year.
That gave rise to an excited discus
sion, it being apparent that many mem
ber- of the Convention regarded it a-a
cunning scheme for capturing all the
patronage in ease the nominee should
he elected. Upon some delegate re
marking that the resolution, a- it came
from the Committee, had received the
approval of every member, some one
asked if Mr. Cessna was not on the
Committee. This brought the little
dodger to his feet, and, making a vir
tue of necessity, he asked hi l - friend,
Col. MeClure, to withdraw hi-amend
ment.—John did not subside, however,
until lie had made a speech in which he
hid high for a reappointment. The
resolution in regard to the State Cen
tral Committee was then passed a< it
came from the Committee.
( IMIKKNMOX VI. NEWS.
SENATE.— A petition of certain Sa
vings Banks of Rhode Island asking
that Savings Banks without capital
shall he exempted from tlie income tax
was presented and referred to the Com
mittee on Finance. A joint resolution
of the West Virginia Legislature, set
ting forth the claims of that State a
gainst the Government for troops fur
nished during the war, was presented
and referred to the Committee on Mil
itary Affairs. Mr. Poland introduced
a joint resolution to be proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution*der!a
ring that no person who has been or
shall he engaged in rebellion against
the United States, shall ever be allowed
to vote or hold office in the United
States or in any State. It was referred
to the Committee on Reconstruction.
Resolutions were offered by Mr. Hen
derson declaring the powers ofCongress
in reference to the Southern States; fa
voring negro suffrage, and directing
the committee to provide by law for
the re-establishment of State govern
ments in the Southern States on the
principles set forth in these resolutions.
They were ordered to be printed and
laid on the table. The joint resolution
fixing the basis of representation was
then taken up. Messrs. Morrill and
Wilson spoke in favor of the resolu
tion. Its further consideration was
then deferred until to-morrow. The
Senate soon afterwards went into exec
utive session, and at its close adjour
ned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—'The
Senate joint resolution appropriating
fifteen thousand dollars to repay Miss
<'lara Barton for expenses incurred in
searching for missing Federal soldiers
was taken up and passed, Mr. Bout
\fcdl, of Massachusetts, from the Com
mittee on Reconstruction, submitted,
as a minority report, the views of him
self and 31r. Washburne, of Illinois.
This report declares that the people of
the State of Tennessee shall allow ne
gro suffrage before they are admitted
into the Union. It was ordered to be
printed. A resolution was adopted
calling on the Secretary of War for all
orders and papers relating to the con
dition of the freedmen which are in j
possession of the Freedmen's Bureau,
and that have not been already sent in.
A bill to facilitate postal and commer
cial intercourse between the different
States was report**! back, with amend
ments, from the Judiciary Committee.
poned unt 11 next Tuesday. A bill was
reported from the same committee and
passed, declaring the number of Justi
ces that shall hereafter constitute the
Supreme Court of the United States,
and defining the different circuits in
the United States. A bill was reported
from the same committee, restricting
the fees allowed to agents for prosecu
ting claims for soldiers. After a long j
debate, it was recommitted by a vote j
of yeas 70 to nays 69, with instructions;
to provide for a system'of agents fori
soldiers claims in the several Stab's, to ;
be paid bv the Government. The Sen- •
ate bill to secure to all persons the same
civil rights in the several States was J
then taken up. . Several members made ;
long speeches on the bill. The House!
then adjourned without taking a vote, i
SENATE. —A petition from citizens of
Wisconsin, asking that the election for !
President and Vice President be tnadej
directly by the people, and also a peti
tion from citizens of Massachusetts as- j
king that treason be punished and iov- j
aity rewarded, were referred to the j
Committee on Reconstruction. The j
i consideration of the joint resolution j
; fixing the basis of representation was
I then resumed. Mr. Fessenden made
I along speech in favor of the resolu-
I tion. He was followed by Mr. Wilson,
I and at the close of his remarks, the
j question was taken upon theamend
j ment offered by Mr. Henderson, which
| provides that no State in prescribing
! the qualifications of electors therein,
j shall discriminate against any person
lon account of color or race. It was re
jected—yeas 10, navs 61. Mr. Clarke
! offered asan amendment for the amend
: ment of Mr. Sumner, that Representa
tives shall be appointed according to
the number of male citizens in each
State above twenty-one year- of age.
The amendment, after a speech from
Mr. Creswell, was withdrawn by eon
sent. The amendment of Mr. Sumner
in favor of negro -ulfrage was then ta
ken up and rejected by a vote of 69
nays to 6 yeas. The question was next
taken on the original resolution as re
ported by the committee. That resolu
tion declared that "representation -hall
be apportioned among the several
States, which shall lie included within
this Union, according to their respec
tive numbers, countingthe whole num
! her of persons in each State, excluding
! Indian- not taxed.—Provided, that
j whenever the elective franchiseshall he
I denied or abridged in any State on ac
j count of race or color, all persons there
in of such race or color shall be exvli>
| ded from the basis of representation."
| The vote resulted as follows: Yeas 2-">,
I nay-2-. Two-thirds of the Senators
not having voted for the joint resolu
tion, it was lost. On motion of Mr.
Henderson, the vote on the resolution
was reconsidered, and, after several a
menduients had been pniposeii.it was
agreed to postpone further considera
tion of the subject until Thursday
next. The Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—' The
| House took up the bill to protect all
! persons in theircivil rights and furnish
means for their vindication. Mr.
I Bingham, of Ohio, made a speech a
i gainst the bill. Messrs. Shellabarger
i and Wilson then spoke in favor of it.
j A motion was made to lay the whole
! subject on the table. The motion was
I lost by a vote of yeas 62, nays !1A
j motion to recommit the bill, with in
[ structions, was refused. It was then
! recommitted to the Committee on the
! Judiciary by a vote of yeas 62, nays 76.
| A bill wa- reported from the Commit
! tee 011 Appropriations to reimburse the
j State of Missourri for expense.- ineur
-1 red in equipping the militia duringthe
I war. It was referred totheConmiittce
of the Win.u. Mi. Motrin, of \ er
! Mont, from the Committee on Ways
1 and Means, said, in reply to Mr. Ray
! mond, that the committee would re
j port at an early day in regard to the
j cotton and income tax and reductions
j in other parts of the internal tax law.
j The House then went into Committee
| of the Whole on the bill regulating
! trade between the United States and
I the British Provinces. Mr. Stevens
j proposed an amendment taxing bitu
i mi nous coal one dollar and twenty-five
} cents per ton, instead of fifty cents, as
in the bill. A long debate ensued.
Mr. Francis Thomas, of Maryland, and
Mr. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, spoke in
favor of theamendment. it was final
ly agreed to by a vote of yeas 66, nays
f.N. The committee then rose, and
I without final action on the bill, the
House adjourned.
Ix the Senate at Harrisburg, on Fri
! clay, 2d inst., .Mr. Brow ne offered the
; following resolutions which were pass
| ed by a party vote:
" W ii KKKAS, Hon. Edgar Cowan, Ken
j ator of the United States from Penn
j sylvania, has not, nor does not now rep
i resent truly the majority of the people
I of the patriotic State that elected him
i in the paramount issues grow ins; out of
| the recent rebellion, therefore:
Resolved, That Hon. Edgar Cowan,
| Senator of the United States from Penn
j sylvania, lie and he hereby is requested
to resign."
In older times, we heard a vast deal
of the slave driver's whip being crack
ed over the heads of Northern mem
bers of Congress. Now, it is the radi
| cat whip which is presumed to carry
j terror in its crack. Of the nineteen
; gentlemen who voted for these resolu
j tions, doubtless each one holds himself
j peculiarly fitted to occupy the position
he desires Mr. Cowan to vacate. —So//<-
; easel lh rahl tfc Whig, [Rep.)
■ ■■■l ——— ——■ ■—
The <>ovrniiirnl and the Feminist.
NEW YORK. March 10.—' The ICvprexs
this evening says that several eonfer-
I enccs have taken place between Seere
! tary Seward and Sir F. Bruce, British
i Minister at Washington, on the Fenian
; movements. The latter has been assu
red that no violation of the neutrality
laws will be permitted. Should events
i demonstrate its necessity, a proclama
tion will be issued on the first attempt
; to violate the neutrality laws, warning
all engaged of the consequences.
-
Election nl m Democrati<- 'lavnr in >cn
Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, March 12.— John T.
Monroe, National I lemocraticeandidate
for Mayor, hits been elected over Moore,
National Union, by 31Hmajority. Three
of the four Recorders elected are Na
tional Democrats; the fourth is a Na
tional Unionist.
Another Veto.
Gov. Curtin has vetoed the Philadel
phia and Erie Railroad bill. The veto
takes the ground that the privilege ac
corded the Philadelphia and Erie Rail
road is an infringement of private
rights, and that its operation would he
conducive to the fostering of monopo-;
lies instead of the promotion of the |
general prosperity.
—The Surgeon in Chief of the Freed- j
men's Bureau of South Carolina, re
ports the small pox as spreading with
great rapidity in some portions of the
State.
—Rev. Martin Moore, for many years
editor of the Boston Recorder, died in
Boston, on Sunday evening, aged 7t>
years.
—The North Carolina Legislaturead-
THE FF.MA.VS.
Important Kcporl* from linrlin-n
Vermont-.- Oumititl,., „ f Xrl
nud luirormtt Acriiniiilnn.rt--.Prpt,-,,
Hon* for llairt—Rtnimrptl Denari,-.
°v. a A nl rt" fr,Mn TlHltimiir,'
AI.UA NY, March 11.
I have just received some verv itnpor
taut nevys through private and reliaiV,"
sources front Burlington, throwing,
siderable light on the movement-of 6,,.
Fenians in that vicinity. UniformsV.""
fifteen thousand men, mid two ihou-;u
rifles of the very best pattern,
been transported quietly during th< !„.
ten day- from Xew-York City and
Troy to Burlington, Vermont, win-,
they now remain concealed, awaiti:
the advance of the Fenian ho-t. it '
more than possible that these arms -u
see the li-jht on St. Patrick'-day, v;
tii re is to be a grand demonstrntioi
some kind made by the lri-h
tion in that locality. Arm- in it l
dance are said to be stored at 1 >*-ti
Sandusky, Buffalo, (>gdensburg, l J ;at!
burg, and Montpelier. Three
i nies of Fenian volunteers have
i ganized in Burlington for service j,
| Canada. All old officer who lu>
j service in Mexico has command of u,.
j battalion. The Vermont Fenian- h - .
j received trustworthy intelligence 9,.,
Montreal that there was a secret i , ■.
ingof the leaders of the movement
that city, lu-t Friday night, in ahuii.il
ing not a hundred yard- from the B<,
sccours market, in which it wasn-,,iv.
Ed to give every hid possible to the in
vader.-. Out of t e 85,000 member- ',' i
that order in Canada, it i.- stated tl,;
(MM) will take up arms a- -oon . i
Sweeney'- advance reaches Canadiai
soil. Many of the Southern oliicer
wlto have been residing in Canada for
the last two years, have gone to
York for the purpose of offering their
services and a—istance to General Swee
ney. Lo I-le St. Helene, on the St. L ;v .
reuce River, opposite Montreal, an i;.
tary post, which is a key to the defence
of the city, is being put in a thorough
stafc of defence," ana no civilian i
lowed to visit the fort- under any > n
tense whatever.
Rumor* of Ifie Depariurc of a fi-ninn
Itrximent from Baltimore.
BAETIMOKE, March 11.— There are
rumors circulating here that a body
606 Fenians, will leave here to-morrw
evening by the Northern Central Ihtii
road, for Canada or somewhere else. I:
i- proper to -ay that said report
deemed utterly sensational.
The Search for Fenian 1 rino and floeu
nte ci Is--.Special Instructions of the (an.
iirtian ( iiKturn- AutSioritie*.
TORONTO, C. W.. March 10.
The government's call for volunteer
is ! icing responded to with the utmost
alacrity and enthusiasm. A circular
published by the ( ustoms Department
specially instructs officers to thoroughly
search all the baggage of passenger
coming into the Province, and detain
all arms, weapons and munitions of war
found, or otherwise brought in or worn
by passengers, who may be required '■>
give their names and connection, wUi
a ii-t of arms, etc.. taken from them.
Express goods are to be compared with
their manifests, and package's may. with
reasonable suspicion,be opened. Freight
trains arc to be carefully examined, ami
no package not mentioned in the man
ifest will be allowed to pass. The car
are to be securely locked or sealed h*
fore they pas- tile frontier. The great
est vigilance is expected from the on
cer-in seeing that the prohibition
gainst arms is enforced. The Depart
ment- have also i-sued another circular
to collectors, stating that it is consider
ed that the abrogation of the Reciproci
t r Teoatv will tio c-iToot c/ ivvjv
ingany pre-existing customs dutiw at
tached* to imports into Canada, of tV
present list of free goods, which are to
continue to be admitted free from any
part of the world until the Legislature
deems it advisable to reinipose dutir
thereupon, with the exception of dried
fruits, the growth of the United States,
fur skins, pelts, and tails undressed,
when imported directly from the Stairs
which will, after March 17, be liable to
a duty of twenty percent.
Croat Alarm lit Brunswick—lß-po*
itors making a ltuii on the Bank.
Sr. JOHN*, N. B. Saturday, March 10.
—There is much alarm hereabout the
Fenians, on account of our defenceless
condition. The government has done
nothing whatever to prepare for the •
mergency. There is a smart run on the
banks for gold by depositors of suw
sums.
Gov. CURTIN and the State Treasu
rer have gone to Washington for the
purpose of pressing the passage of a
law to reimburse Pennsylvania forth'
amount of money expended for the re
cruiting and equipment of troops er
ring the late war. Thiselaim hashuw
in Congress during the entire prcs
session, and it would be well fort:
people of the different Congressiow:
districts throughout the Comma!'--
wealth to urge on their Representa
tives the necessity of securing the im
mense amount of money now duet 11
the State.— Lnneasttr Infelligencr.
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a very simple remedy, after having suffered :
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| To all who desire it. he will send a copy
j prescription used (free of charge), with the .1 ••
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j they will find a sure Cire for Cons'
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I benefit the afflicted, anil spread informs''"" l "
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J Jan. 5, '6Ci —ly.
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