Constitution will not only be unavail- ,
ing but mischievous. It will but )
multiply the present evils instead of ro ;
moving them. The Constitution in its
integrity and vigor throughout the,
length and breadth of the land is the ,
best of all compromises, besides ourdu- j
tv does not in my judgment leave us a
choice between that and any other. I
believe that it contains the remedy j
that is so much needed, and if the co
ordinate branches of the government)
would unite upon its provisions they
would be found broad enough and
strong enough to sustain, in time of
peace, the nation which they bore safely
through the ordeal of a protracted civ
il war. Among the most sacred guar
antees of that instrument are those
which declare that "Each State shall
have, at least, one representative,"and
that "no State, without its consent,
shall be deprived of its equal suffrage
in the Senate." Each House is made
the "judge of the elections, returns,
and qualifications of itsown members," i
and may "with the concurrenceoftwo
thirds expel a member." Thus, as
heretofore urged, in the admission of
Senators and Representatives from any
and all the States, there can be no just
grounds of apprehension that persons
who are disloyal will be clothed with
powers of legislation, for this could not
happen when the Constitution and
the laws are enforced by a vigilant and
faithful Congress. When a Senator or
representative presents his certificate
of electioh, he may at once be admitted
or rejected; or should there be any
question as to his eligibility, his cre
dentials may be referred for investiga
tion to the appropriate committee, if
admitted to a seat, it must be upon evi
dence satisfactory to the House of which
he thus becomes a member, that lie
possesses the requisite constitutional
and legal qualifications. If retusrHi ad
mission as a member for want of due
allegiance to the Government, and re
turned to his constituents, they are ad
monished that none but persons loyal
to the United States will be allowed a
voice-in the legislative councils of the
nation, and the political power and
moral influence of Congress are thus
effectively exerted in the interests of
loyalty to the Government and fidelity
to'the Union, and is it not far better
that the work of restoration should be
accomplished by simple compliant
with the plain requireinentsofthe Con
stitution than by a recourse to meas
ures which in effect destroy the States
and threaten the subversion of the Ge
neral Government. All that is necessary
to settle this simple but important
question, without further agitation or
delay, is a willingness on the part oiall
to sustain the Constitution and carry
its provisions into practical operation.
If to-morrow, either branch ofC'ongre s
would declare that upon the presenta
tion oftheircredentials, members con
stitutionally elected and loyal tothe gen
eral Government, would be admitted |
to seats in Congress, while all others
would be excluded, and their places;
remain vacant until theselection by the
people of loyal, qualified persons, and if i
at the same time assurance were given |
that this policy would be continued
until all the States were represented in
Congress, it would send a thrill of joy
throughout the entire land, as indica
ting the inauguration of a system which
must speedily bring tranquility to the
public mind.
While we are legislating upon sub
jects which are of great importance to
the whole people, and which must af
fect all parts of the country, not only
during the life of the present genera
tion, but for ages to come, we should
remember that all men are entitled at
least to a hearing in the councils which
decide upon the destiny of themselves
and their children. At present ten
States are denied representation, and
when the Fortieth Congress assembles
on the fourth day ofthe present month,
sixteen States will be without a voice
in the House of Representatives. This
grave fact, with the important ques
tions before us, should induce us to
pause in a career of legislation which,
looking solely to the attainment of po
litical ends, fails to consider the rights
it transgresses, the law which it vio
lates, or the Constitution which it im
perils.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
WASHINGTON, March 2, 18G7. •
Ktnrtliii? New* Tram Irelanl--The Fe
nian War Commenced in Earnest.
LONDON, March 6. —The Fenians
have torn up the rai is and blocked up
the roads between Cork and Dublin,
completely suspending railway travel
between those cities. The government
does not feel any alarm at the aspect of
affairs, as very efficient measures have
been taken, andare now making, tosup
press all attempts at insurrection
throughout Ireland.
London, March 6—Evening.—The
Fenian agitation in Ireland has been
renewed and is increasing. A meeting
of several hundred Irishmen, near Dub
lin, has been dispersed by the troops.
The telegraph wins have been cut in
various parts of the country.
Dublin, March 6.—An attack was
made by a body of Fenians upon Drog
heda barracks yesterday. The attack
ing party was received with great gal
lantry by the military and police sta
tioned in the barracks, and several vol
leys were given to the assailants, who
retired in confusion, losing a number
in killed and wounded, whom they
carried off the field. The repulse was
complete. Seven of the government
forces were wounded, including three
of the police.
Liverpool, March 6. —Dispatches have
been received by the government sta
ting that an attack was made by a
small force of Fenians upon Castle
Martyr yesterday, but the enemy were
repulsed aud driven off. One of the
attacking party, said to be an American
officer, was shot.
London, March 6—Evening.—ln the
House of Join mons Lord Nass, Chief
Secretary for Ireland, stated to-day that
the Fenian rising around Dublin was
supposed to number I, (JIM) to 4000.
London, March 7. —Despatches re
ceived during the day from Dublin and
Cork, give the following particulars
of the last outbreak in Ireland:
A ti£ht took placeaboutS ruilesSouth
of Dublin on Tuesday night,at Tallegh,
between the armed police and a large
body of Fenians. One of the latter
was' killed an* 1 five were wounded.
The police captured 80 prisoners and
six loads of ammunition, and up to
dark to day over 200 prisoners had been
brought into Dublin. Toe main body
of the Fenians engaged in the fight re
treated to the hills, with Lord Stratt
novin, the commander of the British
forces in Ireland, in pursuit.
Tiie Police station at Kilmallock, 19
miles south of Limerick, in the county
of Munster, wasattacked by 200 Fenians,
who were repulsed, leaving 3 of their
number dead on the field, and losing
14 prisoners.
The barracks of the police at Drainore
county, down in the North, had been
forced by an incendiary and totally de
stroyed. .... „ , ,
Tne manager of the Lnion Bank and
a mounted police messenger, had been
shot in Dramore.
—There are o,oob starving peop.e in
Oherokee County, Alabama.
Frldny Morulns Jfnrrh 1.1. 1H67.
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EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
WASHINGTON, March 8, 1867
DEAR GAZETTE:— I have seen the
Thirty-ninth Congress die the death,
and the Fortieth, Phoenix-like (pardon
the novelty of the figure) spring from
the ashes of its predecessor. I have
seen Cowan depart from the Senate and
Cameron occupy his place. Ben. But
ler, of the baggy eyes, Fernando Wood
theshrewd, James Brooks the eloquent,
John Morrissey, the observed of all
Congressional observers, I have seen
them all "in all their glory." Butler
has already spread himself on the im
peachment question. He out-Ashleys
Ashley on thatjsubject. The insomnious
had better look to his laurels, or they
will go the way of—Southern spoons.
There are two factions in the im
peachment wing of the Radical party.
One, led by Ashley, desires the refer
ence of the whole question to the Judi
ciary Committee. The other, headed
by Butler and Covode (of Pennsylva
nia) wants a special committee raised
to investigate the matter. There is
considerable sparring between these ri
val factions, but the Ashley party ap
pear to be the stronger. There is also
a considerable portion of the Radical
members entirely opposed to impeach
ment. Of this branch, Judge Spauld
ing, of Ohio, is the leader. He is an
able, shrewd and determined man and
will give the impeachers considerable
trouble. As matters look at present,
it is next to a certainty that articles of
impeachment will be preferred against
the President within sixty days. The
Radicals in Congress dare not halt in
their revolutionary course. It is the
mere momentum of headlong progress
that has thus far carried the people
with them. They must go forward—
forward. If they stand still, the mas
ses will have time to think, and reason
and reflection are certain death to Rad
icalism. To retrogade would be still
worse. It would be nothing of
annihilation. But, on the other hand,
to advance, is to challenge fiananeial
ruin, war and anarchy. Between the
horns of this awful dilemma, the For
tieth Congress finds the Radical party.
That it will be impaled upon one or the
other, is almost certain.
The veto of the Military Reconstruc
tion Bill, is considered by men of all
parties, the ablest state paper of mod
ern times. If people would but read
this veto message as good citizens
should, with minds void of prejudice,
they would be convinced of the correct
ness of the President's position, as well
as of his true and lofty patriotism. Can
it be possible that any sane man is
willing to hand over the destinies of
the whole Southern people to the keep
ing of negroes just emerged from the
"ignorance and barbarism of slavery?"
Yet such is the effect of the Military
Reconstruction Bill. Under it the ne
groes will govern the South, not in
telligent, educated negroes, but "Sam"
and "Joe" and "Bill," the late field
hands who, we are told by the Radicals
themselves, are "ignorant, degraded
and barbarous." What is to be the
end of this fearful experiment I ask
not to foreknow. "Sufficient unto the
day is the evil thereof."
The conservative people here are
much cheered by the result of the
spring elections just held in New York.
Almost everywhere in that State, the
Democrats have made very large gains.
In the city of Rochester, the telegraph
reports a Democratic gain of over 1300.
There are also good hopes of Democrat
icsuycess in Connecticut. There is no
doubt of a gain of one Congressman,
and, perhaps, two, for the Democracy,
in that State.
The present Congress is composed of
representatives from but twenty States.
Seventeen States are totally unrepresen
ted. Notwithstanding, this, the Radical
leaders are ready to legislate upon
matters of the gaavest national import.
How could an impeachment brought
by a Congress thus constituted, be sus
tained before the American people?
Is it not preposterous to expect that so
monstrous a thing would be endured
by any right-minded man? Vet Ben.
Butler and his followers, insist upon
this course and a large minority of the
Radicals in Congress stand ready to
adopt it. Truly may it be said, we
have fallen upon evil times. Excuse
this hasty scrawl and believe me yours.
B. F. M.
COL. MCCLURE, in his paper, the;
Franklin Repository, continues to ad- j
vocate his reform measures. He seems ;
to have gone into the movement in
earnest, and is urging it forward warm
ly and with marked ability. He pro-
I>oses to incorporate into the Constitu
tion of the State substantially the fol- ;
lowing provisions:
1. That the Senate shall consist of!
one hundred members, to lie chosen by j
single districts.
2. That the House of Representatives
shall consist of four hundred members,
each to be elected in a single district.
3. That all legislation relating to cor
poration interests shall be by general
laws, and that no special charters or
corporate privileges whatever shall be
granted but by the courts.
4. That there shall be no special ap
propriation of money from the treasu
ry to claims except upon a judicial find
ing-
5. That the members of the Legisla
ture shall be paid five dollars per day,
.for the period of sixty days; and be
prohibited from appropriatingto them
selves any additional sum fov protract
ed sessions, or for < xtra or adjourned
sessions beyond sixty days in tlie year.
G. That no subordinate officer shall
be appointed in either branch, or re
ceive any compensation for services,
unless a bill shall have been passed by
both branches creating the office and
defining its duties.
7. That no bill of any kind shall pass
either branch without receiving a ma
jority of the whole vote on a call of the
yeas and nays.
We believe these propositions are in
the tnain just and necessary; and that
their adoption would purify, in some
measure, at least, the polluted atmos
phere even of a Radical legislature.
But they cannot be adopted. Those
who control Col. MoClure's party, are
as he says himself, basely and shame
lessly corrupt. It is not in their nature
to do anything except to gratify their
lust for power and fill their pockets
with plunder. They have tasted blood
and can not be driven from their prey
until the people hurl them from power.
We wish the Colonel success in his
effort:- to reform the habits of these
men. He has undertaken a work of
great magnitude, and if he succeeds he
will deserve the thanks of future gen
erations. We are willing to give him
credit for good faith in what he propo
ses. But is it possible that such a par
ty as 'lis will consumate the work in
the same good faith. Under the pres
ent Infamous apportionment of the
State., any Convention that can be as
sembled, will, like the Legislature, be
three-fourths Radical. The voice of
conservatism will be smothered. Col.
McCl ure might perhaps wish this oth
erwist but he will be powerless to pre
vent it. Such a Convention is morally
certain to forget McClure's propositions
and c evote themselves to the task of
striking the word white out of the Con
stitute on and white-washing the negro
generally. Such, we have no doubt,
woulcl be the character of any Conven
tion got together under the auspices of
the present Legislature. But if they
will give all parties equal and fair rep
resentation, and submit the work of the
Convention to the people for adoption
or rejection we are willing to see the
experiment tried.
IMPEACHMENT, thus far, seems to
have proved a failure. The committee
having charge of this question, worked
all last session at it, but found them
selves unable, at the end, to make any
definite report. They say, byway of
covering up their failure, that "enough
evidence has come to light to justify
them in recommending the next House
to continue the investigation." Truly
the mountain groaned and brought
forth a mouse.
As soon as the new House was or
ganized, the "sleepless Ashley" arose
in his place and made a made a motion
big with the fate of the nation. He
repeated his tragic, '7 do impeach An
drew Johnson, Ac.,"and closed by mo
ving that the Judiciary Committee be
instructed to continue the Impeach
ment Investigation, lie madea speech,
but as it is the same one he made last
it will hardly he printed. The
debate was lively. Judge Spalding
(Radical) stigmatized the whole project
as "consummate folly and it leaked
out during the discussion, that other
Radical members were of the same o
pinion. They seem to have become
disgusted both with the "sleepless
Ashley" and his pet measure, and took
this occasion to say so. Gen. Butler,
however, and others of the same ilk,
favored Impeachment at all hazards
and whether there are any grounds or
not. The President was handed over
to the tender me*ey of the Judiciary
Committee. The investigation will
continue—not because any one serious
ly thinks there is any ground for it,
but to gratify partisan hate and fill the
pockets of gold gamblers.
Tun Radicals are having fine times
in Tennessee. They hold the offices
and the negroes do the voting. Whites
who differ from these favored classes
can do neither the one nor the other.
HON. EDGAR CO WAX has again been
nominated by the President as Minis
ter to Anstria. The motion to confirm
him, last session, having been laid on
the table by a small majority. It is
thought he will now be confirmed, and
we believe his confirmation would be
well received by the American people.
His bold and manly course has made
him hosts of friends among thinking
men.of all parties; and his statesman
ship erudition and unblemished char
acter, point him out as the right
man to be made Minister to Austria.
It is a shame and disgrace to the coun
try that mere partisan revenge should
prevent the confirmation of Such a man
as Edgar Cowan.
WE invite our countrymen, says the
National Intelligencer, to a strict scruti
ny of the character of those men who
clamor most violently for harsh meas
ures to the South. They are, with rare
exceptions, 'the fawning sycophants
who have eulogized the South in the
day of its power, or the fierce fanatics
who have breathed vengeance and des
truction for years, with a madman's
fury, and more than a madman's folly.
But the most truculent of to-day were
the most servile of yesterday. The bul
ly is uniformly a coward. The tyrant
stripped of his power is ever a slave,
for the man who would consent to im
pose a lawless rule on another is one
who has not the manhood heroically to
resist it in his own person.
CONGRESS will probably take a recess
of several weeks before entering fully
upon the duties of the session. The
people will thank them for this and like
them the better the longer they stay at
home. Better far to pay them for stay
ing at home than to keep them at
Washington to agitate the country with
their revolutionary schemes.
HARItISBURG.
The Railroad Dm ; Not so free a* it mi^ht
be; C. A- S. I*. U. It.; Politics in the
Legislature; Legislation for Bedford
county, Ac., Ac.
Correspondence of the Bedford Gazette.
HARRISBUKG, March 11.
MR. EDITOR:— The world moves and
the legislature of our State with it. A
"free railroad law" has just passed the
Senate, that is a law which permits any
seven persons to construct a railroad,
provided ten thousand dollars of stock
for every mile shall be subscribed and
ten per cent, of such stock paid up, be
fore application is made for permission
to build ; provided, also, the parties
interested become individually liable
for all responsibilities. Some people,
doubtless, consider this a free railroad
law. For my own part, I can't exact
ly see it in that light. I presume the
House will also pass the bill and then
we shall have railroads in abundance.
Apropos of railroads, I have been in
formed upon the best authority and in
the most positive manner, that it is the
intention of theConnellsvilleandSouth
ern Pennsylvania Railroad company,
to begin the construction of their road
during the coming summer. lam in
clined to think that there is some truth
in this, and, therefore, counsel your
people not to despair of this line of
railroad so important to their interests.
Since the passage of the Constitution
al Amendment, political excitement
has been at an ebb in the L legislature.
It was hardly worth while for the So
lons of that body to waste so much
breath upon the said Amendment, as
the Radicals themselves have already
repudiated it. It was intended to be
a cheat and snare, and having served
its turn, it is now cast off by those who
used it, as a worn-out shoe. The Mili
tary Reconstruction Bill, now general
ly known as the Force Bill, recently
passed by Congress, has taken its place,
and hereafter all who would be in good
standing in the Radical Church, must
swear by that bill. Your readers will
understand that it (the Force Bill) com
pels the Southern States to adopt Ne
gro Suffrage, or remain out of the Un
ion and under the government of mil
itary satraps. One of these inevitable
propositions the South must accept.
Are the "Republicans" of your county
so attached to their party leaders that
they will endorse indiscriminate* Ne
gro Suffrage in the Southern States, on
the one hand, or Disunion and Military
Despotism oa the other? The people
of Bedford county, I take it, irrespective
of party, are too soundly patriotic, too
conservative and magnanimous, to be
lieve in such monstrosities as these.
Even here the Force Bill of Congress
causes wry faces among the Radicals.
A distinguished Radical Senator, re
marked, in my hearing, a few days
since, that it was an outrage and he
could not approve it. But I presume
the petty leaders of the Radical party
will swallow it, as they have swallow
ed every other dose prescribed by the
Congressional doctors. I only hope it
will physic their party out of the coun
try.
I observe some legislation for your
county, "An act to change the place of
holding the election in Harrison tp.,
from the School House near George
Elder's, to the house of Feiglit
ner." (In such cases the court have ju
risdiction, and the Legislature has 110
business to interfere). I also notice a
bill to regulate the fees of the Poor Di
riectors of your county. This last has
passed the Senate.
The Democracy of Harrisburg met
on Saturday last to make their nomina
tions. The nominees are good men,
and the capital city will give us a
grand victory 011 Friday next.
LEX.
SEWS ITEMS.
—A negro woman in Virginia killed
her father by throwing a skillet at his j
head.
—lt is stated that A. H. Lee, of Pra
irie du Roche, Illinois, who drew the
Opera House, is Crosby's cousin.
—The CaliforniaStateCapitol, which
was to be granite, is costing so much
that it will be finished with brick.
St. Louis has three synagogues, and j
is going to have a fourth. There are
ten thousand Hebrews in that city.
I
—A bill virtually abolishing capital !
punishment has been passed by the
Legislature of Illinois. t j
—A woman in Paris fell in love
74, and then blighted affection induced
suicide.
—Barnum's Lightning Calculator is
in Connecticut trying to figure out a
chance for his patron's political suc
cess.
—The Southern Relief Commission
in New York have received the sum of
$48,7)09, all of which has been expend
ed.
—Postmaster-General Randall states
that there are two millions of dollars in
the hands of clerks in postoffices desti
tute of postmasters.
—ln St. Louis, a man wishing toend
the sufferings of a sick dag, struck it on
the head with a revolver, which,going
off', shot the man dead on the spot.
—Hon Clark B. Cochrane, formerly
member of Congress from New York,
died in Albany, Monday morning, in
the o2nd year of his age.
—Nebraska makes the thirty-seventh
State in the Union, says the Republic
an press. But what of the ten States
they assert are out of the Union ?
—Since 1821 Mexico has been govern
ed by twenty-two presidents, seven
dictators, two emperors, one vice pres
ident and one generalissimo.
—A friend of Forney says that-he
' grew like a rough oak among storms
and whirlwinds." Prentice says: "Nev
er mind, Forney, you'll probably be a
hot-house plant in the next world."
—Rheem's Hall was partially destroy
ed by fire on Tuesday morning. The
Herald printing establishment, which
occupied the first floor of the Hall was
also destroyed.— Carlisle Paper.
—The Missouri State Senate, by a
vote of 19 to 7, has rejected the propo
sition to strike out the word "white"
from the Constitution, so as to permit
the negroes to'vote.
—The people of Emporia, Kansas,
have been so long cut off from commu
nication with the rest of the world by
the present floods that they are reduced
to starvation diet.
—ln a prominent church at Indian
apolis, the execution of a fine piece of
music was applauded with clapping of
hands and stamping of feet, which caus
ed much disturbance inside, and sever
al fights outside.
—Under the provisions of the naval
appropriation bill, passed at the last
session of Congress, at least 10,000 em
ployees in the government navy yards
will be discharged during the year.
—The Radical law requires a five
cent stamp to be affixed to marriage
certificates to make them legal. Does
the lack of a stamp upon such docu
ments invalidate a marriage?
—lt is understood that the President
has selected Generals Sherman, Meade,
Hancock, McDowell and Schofield, as
Military Commanders for the South
under the Reconstruction act.
— A very "loyal" negro barber of A1
entown is under arrest for attempted
rape upon a child. The "wards of the
nation" have a peculiar penchant for
that sort of thing—probably owing, as
the Yankeessay, to the richness of their
blood.
—A. letter from Georgia states that
since the passage of the Despotism bill
Northern men are winding up their
business and withdrawing their capi
tal preparatory to leaving the State.
Business is consequently becoming
completely prostrated.
—A letter has been published in the
Sioux City Register stating that Fort
Union was attacked a short time since
by the Indians, but that after a pro
tracted fight the Indians' were repulsed
with heavy loss.
—Chicago was in a bad way a few
nights since, according to the papers.
An unnatural mother threw her infant
into the river; another heartlessly left
her baby on the door-step of a citizen ;
a worthless fellow deserted his wife;
and Wendell Phillips delivered a lec
ture. Enough of evils for one night.
—The colored citizens of Georgetown
and Washington are about organizing
a joint stock association for the purpose
of establishing a daily and weekly
newspaper in the national metropolis.
It is stated that upwards of two thous
and dollars lias already been subscrib
ed.
Gov. Brownlow, of Tennessee, has
issued a general order calling for the
organization of a volunteer force to
serve three years and to be subject to
his orders as cotninander-in-chief. Os
tensibly the forue thus raised is to act
as a military police to preserve peace
and protect the people.
—An election for municipal officers
took placein Alexandria, Va., on Tues
day of last week. It being understood
that the negroes intended to vote, a
committee of whitecitizens waited up
on the Attorney General at Washing
ton to inquire as to the right to do so,
hut he declined to give an opinion ex
cept by request of the President. The
negroes offered their votes at the regu
lar polling places, but the judges refu
sed to receive thein,and they were re
corded by the Mongrel candidates. Ihe
Democratic candidate for Mayor was
re-elected by sixty-three majority. Gen.
Grant sent a regiment to maintain or
der. No disturbance 'lecurred;
.*-A. W. Lee, the Treasury clerk who
absconded from Washington last Janu
ary with some forty thousand dollars
in' United States bonds, which he had
stolen from the Loan Bureau, has been
arrested at; St. Louis under an assumed
name. Thirty-seven thousand dollars
were found in his possession by the of
ficers who made the arrest.
—On Thursday last Mr. Htevens in
troduced a bill into the House of Rep
resentatives and had it passed* th* ob l
ject of which was to take Alexandria
from the State of Virginia and incor
porate it in the District of Columbia, j
This is the latest invention of the Rad
icals to make negro votes, and was
prompted by the recent municipal elec
tion in that city in which the Radi
cals were defeated—by the white men.
—Boyuton. the shameless creature
who lectured God as "chaplain" of
Rump House No. 1, was re-elected by
No. 2. Remarking thereon the New
York Tribune says: "We do not believe
in legislative nor political chaplains.
All the good Congress will get by hav
ing a special man to pray for them, we
presume is not much." Sensible words.
Rump Second, like its predecessor, is
already past praying for.
—A proposition is under considera
tion looking to the erection of a third
penitentiary in the center or interior of
the State. It is urged that the Eastern
and Western PenitentiarJesare crowded
with criminals from the interior, and
that eastern and western counties are
compelled to keep their convicts in
their respective county jails. Harris
burg is mentioned as a suitable place
for the new penitentiary, and really
such an institution is needed at the cap
ital.
—Somebody lias been reading in a sci
entific journal an account of a curious
and recent invention designed to catch
safe burglars. The depredator no soon
er commences, in perfect ignorance of
the secret arrangements, to force open
the door, drill the lock, or move the
safe, than by so doing he sends a tele
graphic despatch to the nearest police
office, exhibiting the number registered
in the police books of the house in
which the robbery is being effected.
—CHARLES F. BROWNE, better
known as "Artemus Ward," died at
Southampton, England, on the (ith.
He was a man of keen observation,
and, under the cover of a quaint style,
often presented truths in a most forci
ble manner. The letters of "Artemus
Ward" have been*read in all portions
of Europe and America, and his lectures
attracted crowds on all occasions. In
private life Mr. Browne was a kind,
genial gentleman, and his death will
be sincerely mourned by his numerous
friends and admirers in this country.
NEWSPAPER SPONGES.—There are
many people in the world who make it
a business to sponge the reading of
newspapers without any expense to
themselves. This has often been no
ticed and commented upon. They are
not confined to any particular locality,
but are found wherever the newspaper
goes. An exchange from Maine thinks
there are more of this class there than
elsewhere, wliile the New Hampton
Gazette believes the Granite State is in
fested with them to even a greater de
gree, and says it has known men of
means to hang around a store where
the proprietor takes a paper for the
mere purpose of reading the paper, and
getting the news without its costing
them anything. There are scores of
families whose parental heads spend
enough in bad rum and tobacco weekly
to pay for a dozen newspapers, and
still persist in sponging what little in
formation they get of what is going on
in the world from their neighbor. Any
man who can afford to indulge in rum,
beet, cider or tobacco, can abundantly
afford to'subscribe and pay for a news
paper for the benefit of himself and fam
ily.
IViiian Excrement.
NEW YORK, March 8. —The excite
ment in Fenian circles to-day is very
great. It isstated that Col. Gleeson
has received a dispatch that the Fenians
had attacked a barracks at Tallegh,
near Dublin, and had succeeded in dis
arming 1">0 men. It is also rumored
that 3,000 fresh men are near Dublin.
The excitement has materially aided
recruiting here.
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