lit? i&nziiii. Tburaid Secretary of the Interior. SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interi or shall certify under his hand and seal the names of the persons who appear to him by the aforesaid returns to be e lected members of Congress or eiectors for President and Vice Presidem, and the persons who shall receive such cer tificate of election shall hold the office or exercise the authority therein desig nated, subject to the sixth section of this act. SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the United States Marshals in their respec tive districts to sustain the Commis sioners of Election herein provided for in the performance of their duties, and shall detail a sufficient force of depu ties to secure order at the Elections herein provided lor; and in the event of the force of any such Marshal pro ving inadequate, the Marshal shall have the right to call on the nearest commanding officer of troops of the U nited States to aid such Marshal to pre serve order. SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to so station the troops of the United States, immedi ately preceding any election herein provided for, at convenient points ad jacent to the principal polling places of the several Congressional districts, and in theprincipalcitiesacommanding force of such troops shall be encamped in the parks or other suitable places of such cities, at und preceding ny ©too tion as aforesaid. SE< . 6. AH questions in regard to the regularity and fairness of the election of members of Congress shall be refer red by the Secretary of the Interior to the House of Representatives who shall have exclusive jurisdiction there of; and in like manner all questions ; relating to the election of electors for ■ President and Vice President shall be ; referred to the President, who shall | appoint a committee of not less than j three suitable persons to examine and decide all such questions, and whose j decision shall be final and conclusive, j BKC. 7. This subject shall go into ef- J feet when Congress shall, by resolu tion declare that three-fo irths of the j States have ratified the proposed Fif- j teenth Amendment, and have decreed ! that the Constitution is amended accor dingly." This is simply a proposition to con stitute a member of the President's cabinet the judge of elections for the whole country. If it should be enact ed into a law, the Secretary of the In terior would appoint upwards of six thousand election officials for this State, and more than one hundred thousand for the entire Union. This army of Federal appointees would, of course, be expected by their masters to carry the elections for the party in power. With ihe ballot-box under their own control, they would not be very likely to disappoint such expec tations. But, if they should not suc ceed, the Secretary of the Interior will be able to redeem their failure.— H-e is to certify to Congress the names of the persons who appear to him by the returns to have been elected. It would, doubtless, appear to him, as it often does to the Election Committee in Congress, that a candidate to whom he is opposed was not elected, though I he received several thousand more votes than his opponent. Bnt if one part of this bill is more | atrocious and infamous than another, | it is that which provides that the Sec retary of War shall station United States troops at convenient places ad jacent to the principal polling places of the several Congressional districts and in the parks of the principal cities, whilst elections are being held. The country is to be made a vast military camp to be occupied by the Federal soldiery as a menace to freemen who dare to differ from the policy ol Con gressortho Administration. If this bill become a law and the States and the people submit to it, the prediction of Gene."al Blair that Grant means to perpetuate himself in the Presidency, will have come true. The coup d'etat of Napoleon 111, which transformed a republican President into a crowned Emperor, will have been, in effect, re*- pea ted in the United States of Ameri ca. Such is one of the results with which the country is threatened by the fraudulent ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment. It will soon be more clearly seen that the object of the men Sriifiwli ißrafwU# who forced that measure upon the peo ple, was not so much the enfranchise ment of the African as the enslave mentof the Anglo-Saxon, not so much the extension of the right of suffrage as the power to manipulate the ballot box in their own interest. NEGRO EQFALITV. Revels has at last been admitted to a seat in the United States Senate. — His brother Sumner, and other misce gen Senators, have at last got their peer, a proper associate. They are now in their glory, and with exceed ing great joy are revelling with Rev els. The colored man after being e mancipated and enfranchised, is now represented in the United States Senate. In the Southern States there are an a bundance of negroes to fill seats in the legislatures and to occupy other offi cial positions, but not enough of them to work on the plantations. The ne groes in the South attend to the affairs of the government, and the poor whites do the work The people will soon learn whether these extraordina- ry privileges suddenly conferred upon the emancipated blacks, will be wise or unwise—a blessing or a curse. This equality which radicalism has thrust upou the black man was.accomplished at a fearful sacrifice of treasure and blood. It has cost three thousand mil lions of dollars and the lives of one million of white men. IN the Washington correspondence of the X. Y. Tribtuie, under date of day before yesterday, we find tlie fol lowing : "Mr. Brown, attorney for the Ken tuckey bourbon and Pennsylvania rye distillers, with other friends of the measure for the extension of time for the withdrawing spirits in bond, have delayed urging immediate action ow ing to the absenceof Commissioner De lano in New York and of Representa tives Covode and Cessna in Pennsylva nia, who are strong friends of the measure. Aha! In the whisky Ring is it that we find the honorable gentlemen from Pennsylvania! President Black of the State Temperance Union, is respectful ly requested to look after the first vice president of that institution, the rep resentative from the Sixteenth Con gressional District. Cessna should be told by some of his Temperance friends that he cannot ride their nag with a whisky barrel on his shoulder. THE morale of the dominant party in Congress has become utterly degrad ed. Corruption in Congress is the on ly theme talked of. Radicalism is ccr taiulj approaching a 1,1 lalo in ito pq. reer. In investigating the case of one of the members of the House, it un covered a dozen of others guilty of the same offense. Radical rascality has become so shameless and offensive that even some of the most radical are be coming disgusted with it. [From the Fulton Republican. J THE SCCLL'FIKULAY CASE. Mr. Scull has addressed 11 letter tothe Committee declining to prosecute his claims any further, arid this settles the question, while Fiudlay retains his seat. We now desire the Bedford pol iticians, composed of John Cessna as chief, and the smaller fry, Rus sell, Williams, Mintiich, Conley, and a few others to tell us what they gained by interfering with the Confer ence to break it up, and afterwards force the regular nominee off the track? We have lost a senator, and allowed a Democrat to be elected in a district strongly Republican; and why ? That John Cessna might over ride the majority of the District this coming fall. In the loss of a Senator, the District has learned that a corrupt, unprincipled politician cannot over ride the people. John Cessna when he promised all the district, ward, and borough politi cian of Somerset during the campaign of 1868, a position if they would work for his election, and then failed to ful fill every promise, opened the eyes ot the voters of Somerset,and disabled him from practicing a similar fraud in 1869; when he tried to appear so disinterested in the substitution of Scull forStutzuian. But it will not win. "A burnt child dreads fire." If you desire the confi dence of the people, speak the truth, and act honestly. You will not dare say that you are not a bare-faced liar, for if you do, we will convict you on the testimony of good, responsible men, that you wrote us bare-faced lie*. i Deny this if you dare, and we will I convict you on your own hand writing. No, Mr. Cessna, you can't carry this ! Congressional District in your breeches 1 pocket, though you boasted to us that i you could control the nomination, and ; always "did those little things." Prepare yourself Johnny, for you i have a big job on hand for next fall. ; Fulton county wants a Representa- I live, and of course you want to run I Jonathan. Bedford wants a Congress man, and of course you want tha j Franklin wants a Revenue position, i and of course you have not that to give since Scull was defeated. Stutz i man wants satisfaction to the tune of [ five or si* hundred voters in Somerset i county, and of course you can't help ! that, and we have a few prominent ! Republicans in Fulton, who have an i old score to settle about your running Jonathan for State Senator last fall in this county. For the present we will close, but give you the particulars as they occur. The Captain General of Cuba has is sued a decree granting liberty to 2.000 negro prisoners of war, who had been hired out by the Government with the understanding that they were to be come slaves after a certain date. ( OMiRKHSIOS \ 1,. WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. The features of the Senate's proceed ings yesterday was the onslaught of Senator Chandler upon General Fitz- John Porter. He opposed a reopening of the case, and made incidental de nunciations of General MeCielian and Franklin. His authority for a long re statement of the charges against Gen eral Porter was the redoubtable Pope whose reputation for veracity, the pub lic will remember, was none of the best during the war. Mr. Wilson re plied to Chandler in a moderate speech, expressing his willingness to give Porter another chance.- Mr. Howard introduced a bill to estab lish a territorial government in Alas ; ka. Patterson, from the Committee on Retrenchment, reported a bill to a \ bolish the Freedmen's Bureau and ' provide for the Bureau of educa tion. Bills were passed by the Benate—to provide for the better se curity of the lives of passengers on 1 board of vessels propelled by steam, I and to organize the Marine Hospital service and provide for the relief of sick and disabled seamen. The re ports of the Committee of Conference on the Naval Appropriation bill, fix ing the amount of appropriation at $2,- o,ooo,- ! dOO was taken up and passed by a vote of yeas 110, nays 71. About forty members were absent. The commit tee are known to be opposed to any in crease of the currency, but they will be obliged rf course, to report a bill back to the House, when the struggle will be re newed. Bills were introduced —to en ; force the'fifteenth amendment, to pro i hibit the sale of arms and munitions of j war to foreign states while carrying on : actual hostilties, to abolish the office of Pension Agent, and to reduce the income tax to three per cent, and exempting $3,000 therefrom. B. F. ! Butler reported favorably the Senate ! hill removing political disabilities from five huudred people. A long discus i sion followed, in which many of the members took occasion to express their ; opinion on a general amnesty, and M essrs. Cox and Covode piously quo ted .Scripture. The bill passed by a two-thirds majority. The Committee on Military Affairs reported through General Logan the result of their in vestigations in the sale of cadet hips, andjreeommended the expulsion of B. F. Whittemore, a Radical member from South Carolina, for bribery and corruption. The report was signed by | c.il th committee. At the suggestion i of Mr. Poland, the matter was postpon ed until to-morrow, in order to give Whittemore an opportunity to prepare his defense. Butlerand otherextreme Radicals fought desperately for delay. WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. The I'uited States Senate yesterday declared emphatically against the issue of any more paper money, in a resolu tion presented by Mr. Williams. It passed without a division. The Sen ate concurred in the House amend ment to the Political Disability biii.— Speeches on the Funding bill were made by Mr. Fentou and Mr. Patter son. The Mississippi negro Senator matter was taken up, and Mr. Sauls bury delivered an elaborate argument in opposition to the admission of Revels, taking the position that he had not been nine years a citizen of the United States. A vote was not reach ed when the Senate adjourned. In the House of Representatives the Whitte more case came up. The late member then attempted to make a speech in his own defense, but was checked by the Speaker, on the ground that he was no longer a member of the House. The original resolution of expulsion w r as laid upou the table, and General Logan offered a resolution declaring that 11. F. Whitteinore, the late mem ber from South Carolina, had been guilty of conduct which rendered him unworthy to occupy a seat on the floor. Tie resolution was unanimously a dopted—Butler and a few others re fusing to vote. Mr. Whitteinore then packed up his papers and departed.— The House afterwards went into Com mittee on the Appropriation bill. WASHINGTON, 1 eb. 26 The negro has taken his seat in the Senate Chamber. After a longdebate, in which many of the leading Senators on both sides participated, the Senate voted down the resolution of Mr, Stockton to refer the credentials of Revels tothe Judiciary Committee, and admitted him by a strict party vote, 48 to 8. Senator Wilson ostenta tiously conducted his black brother to a seat, and the Radical Senators crowd ed around with their congratulations. Mr. Hamlin introduced a hill to pro vide a territorial government for the District of Columbia. Mr. Wilson in troduced a bill to prevent and punish prize-fighting in the United States. Two years' imprisonment and $3,000 fine are the penalties. Mr. Howard introduced a bill to divide the State of Texas, and to establish the Territo ries of Jefferson and Matagorda. The bill carves the State into three equal parts; Jefferson being to the east and (Matagorda to the west pfwhatL left of Texas. In the House of Represent atives bills were introduced to estab', iish a Department of Justice and a system of national education. Bu.ler from the Rcor.structjon Committee, ported a bill to admit the State Georgia to a representation to Con gress on the terms accorded to Virgin ia. So much objection was made that the bill was recommitted. On motion of Mr. Shanks, the Military Commit tee was instructed to extend its inves tigations into the actions of officers of the army and navy in respect to the purchase and sale of cadetships. The House, while considering - the Indian Appropriation bill, entered into a gen eral discussion of the late atrocious massacre of Indian women and chil dren on the Plains by order of Gener al Sheridan. Mr. Eldtidge (Detn.) characterised Sheridan's order as in famous. Mr. Stevenson (Rad.) stood by the order, and believed that when we tight the Indians it must be to kill. Mr. Mungen (Dem.) thought fighting the Indians vigorously was well e nough, but he would not "jump into a little Indian sick with small-pox, and kill him." Both House adjourn ed over till Monday. If the State of Pennsylvania is to be gin to pay out millions of dollars for barns burned and haystacks consum ed during the rebel raid, how* much ought she to pay out to the widows of the war for the loss of their husbands and the orphans for the loss of their fathers" Is a barn a greater loss to a well off farmer than a husband to a working woman?— Philadelphia Press. If the Press knew the facts, it would be better qualified to speak on the sub ject. Some of the losses sustained, were sustained by very poor people, who had everything stolen and appro priated that they owned. Some of the claimants were widows, whose sons were in the army, and who, after giv ing their sons, had their property sto len. Did John W. Forney give a son or two? Did he have the (hron'ule de stroyed and ask no compensation ? Did he do all his advertisements in the Chronicle and Press for nothing during the war? If not, gratuitous advice is not at par in this country. If John W. Forney will pay some of the mon ey he stole from the Government dur ing the war, a good portion of the claims could be paid.— Fulton Repub lican. BEDFORD RKPIBEICAN MEETING. —At a meeting held at Bedford lately, a resolution was offered, (probably pre pared by John Cessna) endorsing Mr. Cessna as a Congressman. We would like to know whether the resolution was intended to cover his action in the Bedford Post Office matter? Did it also cover his action in the deieat of the Senatorial District? And last, but not least, istherea republican paper in Bedfoid County that dare speak the truth, and say what they think about those matters ?— Fullon Republican. SF.WN ITIMS. The long-expected trial of the Mor daunt divorce case began in London last week. It will be remember ed that Sir Charles Mordaunt charges his wife with criminal intercourse with a number of gentlemen, among them the Prince of Wales. The charge is based on her own confession and the attentions of the Prince and others to her. The friends of Lady Mordaunt plead that she is insane. It is said in English papers that the Queen sent for Sir Charles, and begged him not to press his suit, on account of the scan dal that would ensue, and that the wronged husband flatly refused. At the trial, iast week, (he Prince was on the stand. He admitted the aequam tanceship with Lady Mordaunt, but nolem nly asseverated tha 11 h ere had nev er been any improper intimacy be tween himself and the lady. The dec laration was received with immense cheering by the loyal spectators in the court-room. A girl in Chester, Vt., died a few days ago from tight lacing. For sev eral months previous to her death this poor victim had been obliged to sleep with corsets on, and tightened to the last notch, for the loos3ning gave such pain internally that she could not bear it. The workingmen of Paris receive a very small co mpensation for their la bor. Thus, in 1869, there were 17,203 females who earned from 10 to 25 cents a day ; 88,340 who earned from 30 to 80 cents a day, and only 800 who earned from 90 cents to $1 40 a day. Washington's birthday was celebra ted in Paris by a reception, and in Vi enna by a banquet, at the hotels of the American Ambassadors. Prime Minis ter Von Beust honored Mr. Jay's table, and the entire French Cabinet paid their respects to Mr. Washburne. At Port Chester, New York, on Thursday night, Samuel Bolton was attacked by two men, who cut his throat and robbed! him. He will prob ably recover from his wound. Episcopalians are more numerous in New York than any other State in the Union. Pennsylvania comes next, with 23,000 communicants, and Con necticut next, with 16,000. In Toledo, Ohio, last week, a little girl died of strangulation, produced by swallowing a straw, which lodgqfl in her throat in such a manner as to de feat all attempts to remove it. The fires of the revolution are kept alive in France by political banquets. There were many yesterday in honor of the anniversary of the proclamation of the republic in 1848, ' on. Anson Burlingatue, Chinese Ambassador to the United States and the European powers, died in St. Peters burg on the 23d ult. of congestion of the lungs. He was ill but four days. Han Francisco is just now having a genuine sensation in a monster con cert, after the style of the oue in Bos ton last summer, only on a smaller scale. An editor of a Chicago paper was publicly cowhidcd in the streets last week by Lydja Thompson and Pauline Ma kham, the blonde burlesquers. * The existence of a Cuban Junta was discovered in Santiago, and eighteen of its members were convicted and exe cuted. A police judge in San Francisco has been sentenced to six months impris onment for abusing a Chinese female. Nineteen babies are left every week in the basket of the New York Found ling Hospital. Awful! Four men were killed by the explo sion of a boiler in a saw mill near Ad ainsville, Tenn., on Tuesday. Minnesota will bo the first State for woman suffrage. The Senate, by a vote of 19 to 1:2, has concurred in the House bill providing for submitting to the men and teamen of theStateana mendment to the constitution on the question of woman suffrage. The bill provides that the ballots of the ladies shall be taken in separate boxes. It is understood that Governor Austin will sign the bill. His Holiness is now said to be sick of the Ecumenical Council, and anx ious to hasten its adjournment. A Vi enna despatch in Paris reiterates the story that Austria is willing to join the other Catholic powers in opposing Pa pa! pretensions. A great fire in Galveston, Texas, last week, destroyed $1,000,000 worth of property. SPECIAL NOTICES. ANTED WANTEJj 575,000 175.000 M E X ! BOYS! to attend the Great Daily CLOT HI N G SAL E S —OF— BENNETT . 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