Tht) Beaver Argus;
J. iitYAND, Emma
Sty Alearier, pit" July 10.--1567.
Ibnion State Nomination.
• } - 9R SUPREME JI:DGE,: • '
Doti.:IIENRY W.: WILLIAMS,
OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY,.
trntm County Nomtnntiotist
Nssembly.
THOMAS NICHOLSON; 'lleaver
Jt}NATHAN R. 0:1Y, Washington Co.;
M3ISMI
Associate -Judge. •
3'IILTONLAWHENCE . i, Greene
• • Prothonotary..
JOHN CAUcHIEY, boro. ;
Trtasuret.
'ELIJAH BARNES, Borough tp.;
Commissioner.
WSt. EWING, Racoon tp.
..
Jury Coitunissoner.
IOSEPII C. WILSON, Beaver born
Auditor. .
G. K. SIINNNON,
• - Poor. litotifie Director. -
SAMUEL :SIe3I.A.N.OIY, Economy tp: ;
Trustees of Academy:"
CROSS, 11()eheater boro.,
JOHN BARCLAY, Beaver I)nrci
ATTENTION is directed to a communica
tion in another.column.signad by "A Demo
&at," who resides on the - south-side of the
river. The writer. is, as he says. a Democrat,
and the points he maki , s shows a certain
- . gentleman up in anything- but an enviable
light. • •
- - _
• JERRY . B
LACK,' Buclianan's Attorney den
eral,and who declared there was 'nothing in
the Constitution to anthorize the PiJesident
to coerce a rebellious Statc,t•, claims !bat he
had Sharswood nominated foi:[Supreme Judge
as a means of seeking a vindication at the
Polls for -Buchanan's administratiOlf. Is this
one of the lott planks of the copperhead plat:
form?
.." ALL Europe mourns the death of Maximil
ian. The Government of England,• it is sta
ted, will recall the British Legation, andlwith
draw from diplomatic relations with the ad-
Ministration of Juarez. That:. of France tins
sbpt out.an 'order suspending all the functions
ofithe French Consuls in the RepUblic. The
' Preach Chambers denounce the execution as
a crime against civilization. All festivities
in Paris he been abandoned.
' • •
• ABOOMATE United lCE WAYNE Of the
States Supreme C o urt, died on last Friday
morning in Washington, D. C. He was in
his seventy-eighth ye'ar,,and was appointed a
Supreme Judge in 1835. Before this appoint-
Mein be htid held several offices of public
trust, among these that of Representative in
Congress. He was a native of Georgia, and a
fladtfide of Princeton College, N. J. • He was
I Den:Merit in politica and received his ap•
pointinent as. Judge from President Andrew
Jacludn: . • . • '
of Trenniyivan6,,Of wl ch 5. • R.Plantien
Esq., is Chairman, vroposes to have a meet.
ing at the Girard House in Philadelphia, on
Tuesday July 23d at 10 A. 31.. Immediately
after this , meeting, the Federal office-holders
:;of the state (those who believe in Andy
Johnson) will very likely receive. notice to
'walk up to the Captain's office and settle."
This convoention means money "with which
to carry on the campaign," and Revenue
- Officers, Postmasteni will have to furnish
' it. Look out for asSessinents! '
Dn. McMiLIA.N . , the surgeon of the vessel
on which Surratt crossed the Atlantic in his
flight froui this country after thO assassina
tion of President Lincoln, testified in the Sur
ratt. trial on Mondriy of last week., During
the voyage he became acquainted with Sur
ratt, who was disguised and passed under the
itssnmed . 'name of McCarty. In one .of hts
conversations, with Surratt the latter• admit
ted that in going to piehmond, onc6, in com
pany With several ~ other rebels, they came.
across some lutlf fitinished and fugitive Union
Soldiers, and shiit, them, because bantered tO
do balky a rebel. woman named Slater, who
was one of the Stitratt Party. Ile alsoitestifi
ed that Surratt Old him that he hoped to re
turn to this c.ourdty, and.serveAndrewJohu
..san, as President Lincoln had been served.
TnE legal opinion of judge Sharswood, the
"Lost Caitse7 candidate for Supreme Judge,
declaring tht; net of Congress. making Gov
eminent notes a kg,al tender, unconstitution
.• al, is published 'in the eastern papas. - We
shall lay it bet Ore our readers 'in the next
Issue . of the Aript.q. When it is -borne in
mind that this opinion leas delivered• - in the
'darkest hour of the Union canse,and when, if
l'iShitysworxx l's viewsiisal prevailed, the war for
the Govetuinent v;outd.have come to -an ig
' nomiOns end, the conelusion will force itself
upon every 141t1 mind that it, would be Al
Step toward financial ruin, and an outrage
on the public sentiment of the eountry -to
elevate this send-traitor to a scat on the Su-
preme Bench of Pennsylvania. , The war 1
for the Union was attended with a great ez
.: . Tense. 1 r It deranged our *hole monetary sys
- ten. • Gold and silver could not be found in'
sufficientmount -to carry it on. In this,
.emergene. rle piople,' through their Con.'
6 i ,
gross, resolved to make National notes ale'
. galtender. No sooner was this done than
• confidence in the ability of the Government
to maintain itself was restored, thewar went
on,onr currency was kept good, and trade
became settled. At this point Judge Shars
wood, delivered his opinion, in the ease of
Borie‘vit. Trott, in which he( assumed and I
supported with a long arguinent, the mon
,strous idea, that, Congress ,had no power to
Bare the life of the 'nation by regulating its
Currency.` This opinion gives no uncertain
bound, and had its author lived in the rebel
'-i3tates when it was pronounced, he could
: have delivered but few arguments that would
have been more acceptable to the people by
whom hewas.surroUnded.. It was a.vwickedt
blo% struck in the interest of treason, as
was ever given-by Lee or . Johnston; and it
:will be so, regaided by every 4axier who
gives it the atteuti which it dese rves.
Tat:platform adopted by the "Lost CanSe"
party of this county , last week is too lengthy
for our. columns. Independent of Its length
too it contains more nonsensethan we care to
cumber our columns with.
ND IflterrarroL
The first resolution endors, nhe proceed-,
ings and platform of the Wmocratic State
Convention." That Convention declined to
avow itself in favor of a General Railroad law
for the State, "whereby the entapriso of the
people might be stimulated,aud the . iesources
of the State developed" 4. fair construction
of this non-action makes that convention an
meow of the free principle. • .
The second resolution approves of the nom
ination of Judge Sfiars - wood for the Supreme,
Bench. To do this was consistent and hon
est. A party that originally claimed there
no, power in the Constitution to quell the.
rebellion, and afterwards resolved in a nation
a convention that the war for thelJnion*as
a ilure," ought not to-"gp back" `,now .
one of its Judges who supported these views,
and in addition helieved that the money made
'l4' the Government for the purpose of saving.
its own life, was worthless. To not sustain
and endorse him would Ingratitude, and a
virtual repudiation of their- own course r.
throughout the war, besides.
The third resolution , secs something in our
State platform that propcces to establish a
despotism "that, in Comparison, the olden
time despotisms of Europe will stand out in
history as paragons ofnurity and magnardin
iiy." As we are not t od how this "despot
ism" isto be established, nor when, we can
give our readers but little information touch
ing it, Corifidentialy,_ however, we -advise
them to be on the look out.
The fourth resolution denounces "sumptuary
laws—prescribing what a man shall eat, drink
and wear," and distinctly states that if Mr.
White is elected to the Legislature, all , such 1
"Ault be repealed." 'lf there arc any laws in
force in this State prescribing what • a man,
shall eat and wear we have no knowledge of
them. That part of the resolution then, we
suspect, is mere clap-trap, and was only in
tended to confuse.those who would read it.—
The real drift of the resolution is opposition
to the temperance-movement throtighont the
State, and particularly to the anti-license law
for this county which goes into effect next
spring. ' Mr. White is said to be a very re
spectable man, influential, it may be in his
o;wn neighborhood, bdtit is hardly probable
that should lie succeed in getting a seat in the
Legislature, he would do melt a smashing re
pealing business; as is here promised. • There
might be other men there who would not feel
disposed to let Mr. W. run the whole legis
lative "machine." In. that 'event his repeal
in.- operations might be circumscribed.
• •
• The fifth resohition "comes down" on Tay
lor and Quay for "securing the passage of bills
j vac Ling , streets and alleys, and making pres
ents of the Same• tb members of the court-,
House clique." The .reiOlution does not state
, where these streets and alleys are located, nor
• any of the circumstan ces undek which they
were vacated. It is e nough for us to say that
they were in the Borough of Beaver, of no
use to the public; and if they were worth
. contending about, the proper time and place
'would have been at our. spring election, and
here where all the circumstances were known.
1 What the "Lost Cause" men of Greene or
New Sowickly have to do with the subject is
as much of a puizle to us as it no doubt is to
1 everybody else.
rsigtfhthalt - .'"fiti.Oir nin'B APte
son who reported this resoliition was a del
egate to the Democratic' State Convention,
was a Seemlier of its committee on resolutions;
offered nothing. of th4lnd there, nor did any
Tie else.. His offetin* an innocent. free rail
road resolution then, in a couitty l meeting,
after a State Convention of which he wits a
member declined to entertain it,is,thc best cy-1
idenee inrthe world to us that he was only
perpetrating a huge "goak" on the "Lost 1
Cause"'uien of this county when he repoitedt
this resolution. He is fond of "goaking" and'i
we take it that this is one of his best.
The seventh insinuates that somebody knows
who robbed the treasury. We arc without'
a particle of knowledge ourself as t& who
committed the . theft; . and if the' Loeal, its edk
tor; or tiny of its party friends, 'have any
infOrmation that will: lead to the detection of
the thieves and the recovery of, the Money,
weibeg them to make it known - at once. As
we understand it, too, the reward
_offered for
the apprehension of the robbers' was. never
withdrawn.; and if this is So, here 10inoppor
tunity of making $l,OOO, besideS serving the .
public, and performing one's duty. Let us,
•
then have light, if yOu have it .yOurselves.
gentlemcn.j -
The eighth pledgei The
. "Lost 'Cause" can
didate for i'reasurer, to be good for the funds
placed in his possession. In making this'
pledge, the Convent ion no doubt had Alen-,
tad as that its fultihnent world never
be required at his hands.
The.ninth reads as foll>,Ws:
Re.vart'fl, That the conduct of the Radical I
candidate for Prothonotary, in getting are-:I
lief bill passed to prevent his behig Compell
ed to pay back the bounty money confided to
his charge, is especially reprehensible.
- The bounty money here referred•to did not
belong to' the county—it was raised and I:lim
edl by 4 one of the school districts in Borough
-
township, and the amount stolen front, Mr.
Caughey was over and above what was need-
ed for bounty purposes. 'We hut.state . a fact
well known here, when we' say that almost
.every Democrat in this 'place,. believing that
Mr. Caughey should not be obliged to pay
this lo.st money put o f his own picket, signed
!fri4appUeatiOn for rdiel by the Legieledure.—
Thr4; if we remember 'correctly, out of the
four!delegates, froth this borough, in the Cen
' vention that pasSed this resolution, put their
names to that application, and in doing so of
course believed'it to be but an act of justice to
Caughey ; and ifthey voted for this reso
lution, their conduet, in,,the matter, to eay_the
least of it, needs ettlitaining. - It is . . a local
!question, however t ithe Cet i unty:at large having
! ririthing to do with it, and the resolution was
' put•
more than y in theldattorm only for
purposes of
_ption. -
' The tenth ictitto nongnsical to be referred
lIIMI
The eleventh is for retrenchment; At the
proper time, !we sh*publish a small chapter
or two on that safbject which will show what
kind of " retrenchment " we would have if
certain personstn the "Lost Cause" ranks tvho
are now talking loudly in favor of econdmy,
had political access to the public funds.
The twelfth says "the ticket this day•nom
inated is in, every - particular worthy the sup
port the:Derie6rats of the countyk"&c.4c.
The ticket ma be as good a one as the ma
terial to select from could supply ; but we
never' before saw a set of men placed upon a
more stupld, 41y platform.ln the language
of one of th e lotadeis of the p arty "it has nei
ther prinalplesl,wit nor good sense to recom
mend it to anyone,. °deals tie only person
who is believed to admire k,-and -as he is its
reputed author, it would hardly dkr him to
kick his own bantling. •
CONGREss met on the ad inst., as" was ex
pected. A consideralikplumbei averA
qho
rum in each house were present. When the
roll was called the Democratiabdented theni
selves, thinking that without them, the re
quisite number had not' arrived. Discover
ing their mistake, they returned, took their
seats and participated in what .was going on.
After a discussion of some length between
Messrs. Suinner, Fessenden, and-others lathe
Senate. Mr. Anthony offered•the following :,
Rewired, That the business of this sessioli
should be confined to removing the obstruc
tions which have 'been or are- likely to be
placed in the way of the fair execution of the
acts of reconstruction heretofore adopted by .
Congress when the same was passed, and that
further legislation at this session on the sub
ject of reconstruction or on other subjects is
not expedient;
The House of Representatives had previ
ously adopted - a resolution similarlo this.—
Hence it will be seen that : Congress at its
present session will consider no subjects but
those relating to former reconstruction meas
ures. In this it acts wise, as we think.
TIIE Local in speaking oflhe "Lost Cause' ,
convention held in this place last Week says:
"The convention was largely attended" &c.
&c. •
•
"Largely attended" indeed, when-according
to yourown showing (look at your list of
delegates and the townships they represent
ed) there Were•serediownships in the county
from which there was-no attendance at all !
Tim copperhead fraternity throughout the
country are just novicndeavoring to organ,
ize a new secret political organization which
they call the "Mighty II?st of Minute Men."
It is, of course,/ a second edition of the
"Knights of the Golden Circle."' Like its
illustrious predecessor, it will only add infa
my to those who connect themselves with it_
.> 46
SANTA ANNA appears to have suffered the
fate of Maximilian in Melico. "-Late intelll
- from that turbulent country is to the
effect that he was captured soon after reach
ing blexico,by the Liberals, and by them shot
in pursuance ofa sentence by court-martial;
A REPORT prevailed last week - that Gett
custar's cowhand in the southwest had been
massacred by tbe - Indians, and that the Gen
eral itlinself was among the slain. Later
intelligenceintelligence goes to show that the story was
a -hoax. Custar, however, has had several
engagements with the "red-skins," defeating
them in each conflict.
TRE . CMSC for the prosecution in the trial of
Surat was closed on Saturday, and Mr. Brad
ley„sr., Opened for the defense. The defense
will attempt to break clOwn the character of
the witnesses for the Government, and to
prove Sundt's absence . from Washington at
the time of 1 . 'nation
...!
SEVERAL ateDA \ h ave already been made
in Congress to hare the execution of Maxi
milian endorsed by ,this country. . But they
have invariably. fAled. .
- TnErtz is, alk in Democratiq circles about
the propriety of withdrawing 'Judge Shars
wood's saute for Supreme Judie, on account
1 of his anti-national currency opinion.
"HADES."
F.D. BEAVER ARGUS; In your issue of the
26th inst., I notice an article under the cap
tion of "Hell," by the Rev. Daniel Gqilallery. ,
A portion of his remarks thereon, Fcan free
ly endorse, but I think that he committed
hiniself by asserting that the word "Hades"
denotes "the unseen world," or "the spirit
land, the place of departed spirits." Where
does he find the evidence the Bible for
such. statements? It is such assertions as
these,that have flooded our land with spiritu
alism, and takes from Jesus Christ the glory
of giving life and immortality to his- saints at
the resurrection. If the term "Hades," so
often translated , "Hell," hial been-uniformly I
translated, we should not have had reason and -1
common sense shocked_ by the dtictrine of
endless torture,or the "spirit land,"the "place
of departed spirits," and all such like heathen,
mummery. Why do the translators translate,
and our theology teach. that the Old Testa- !
.f.tnent term sited. means "Hell," and some-
times "grave," and the "spirit world?" Let
us compare two texts—one found in the Old
Testament, where the term Sheol occurs,and
! one' in the New Testament, where the term'
Hades is used as the prdper correspondent of
!the term. Sheol. In Psalm 16,10. it is' said - of
the Messiah, "For thou Wilt not leave my
soul in hell, (the original is Sheol,) "neither
wilt thou suffer thy Holy one to see cot
tion." (Is this the'Rev. D. G. Mallety's "spir
it land?") In nets 2d, 31st,. Peter speaking of
David. says-,:- "He. seeing this before, spoke of
the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was.
not left in helL" Hades, not Gehenna, nor,
the "spirit world," but the gram. - Sheol of
the .Old and Hades of the New Testament,
we see, are precisely of the same import.—
Now
when the word Sheol is translated so
often "the grave," why
in
they not
translate the termilades in the same manner?
They did not do so,_becartse they believed in
natural immortality
! of the soul, and if they
had translated, - "Thou will not leave my. soul
in thegrave,"they would say that Christ's soul
!died as it did. "What! Christ's soul died?"r-
Yes sir, Christ's 'soul died. "You mean
Christ's body ? "No sir, whatever constitu
ted Christ, went into Hades the grave, and
died: ,and had the translator been faithful
translating here, we Should never have
heard of Christ's going to the theological
! hell, or the "spirit world. Rather
.than give
l'up the doctrine of the immortality of the
soul, they would send Christ to hell. Yea to
a hell of endless torment. But unfortunately
for their thitory, he got out of it, and ito oth-,
era may. The fact is, Sheol and Hades never''
mean a place of suffering, or the "spirt
world." The terms signify "covered," "out
of sight," and are used in the Scriptures al
most uniformly to signify the state of the
dead—a &tat e hidden from our view--atul this,
the testimony of the Bible clearly, confirms.
It says, Ecel 9, 10,!that "in Sheol their is no
know/edgeand consequently no sufferlngoula
if spirits, they eta dead; but in the Bible we
have no account of spirits, only the spirit of
God. I must charge our translators with being
warped by Alm - doctrine of , the . .naturtd
mortality of the flea . - I..tiattnqm, 1 Cor.
15, d 5, Wherein it ewe °O rivet:where lathy
victory!" The original term Is tuides., Why
did they not-tneudatiVtiphell" here; as they
did in every :otlittr Iriatince, where the terni
occur*? or "spirit• world." Bbcaustiii-they :
had done so, they would have proved that
there is to be a victory over hd.l. In llosea
18;14, It wire Mew= ! Mein from the
, power of the graye„.l will yedeem them from
death. : 0' death ! I will be thy plague.—
° grays, I will ;be thy destructioh." . Why
did they not translate the word Owl
In this passage "hell," instead of "grave," be
testae they would not allow the shadow of the
kiwi that a soul could be delivered from hell
Vibtilaught in the translation. The term
used here Is shed. I will redeem them from
death. 0 grave-0 shix4 . --"I .will be thy de
struction." Hid, it been translated hell in
stead of grave, it . would have preyed that
hell is to be destroyed, and consequently all
the wicked in It delivered or destroyed with
it. The fact is, Sheol nor hades have never
any such Sense AL theologians attach to the
term hell. The doctrine of eternal torments
or the theological hell, or the spirit world, is
not a doctritie of the Bible. .
Respectfully Yours,
ECCR TiEUS
The CtPlorado River—A Neii Ex
' ploratlon.
In 1864 air: Samuel Adams, of San Fran-,
cisco, floated down the Colorado 350 miles on
a small raft, He saw enough of the river to
induce hint to make a more thorough obser
vatinn. lie has embodied the results in a let
ter to the Secretary of War, which appears
in the San Francisco Times. It must be pre-
liaised that the question of the ,navigability of
the Colorado is not one of pure science. . Pr': I
vale interests of ,qreat extent arc involved.—
If it is proved to be navigable a railroad will
be built from San Francisco to •the river, and
the California Navigation Company will
rose the monopoly of a very jiicrtitive trade.
Accordingly, Mr. Adams and his coadjutor,
Captain .Trueworthypet with the most (bitter
and unscrupu k onsopposition at the hands of
this company. Their endixivor to procur,en
suitable steamer for the_exp . edition wilfs thwar
ted ag,ian . 1 11 `
lea were
surance.
injure t
boats w
sparsely
down w
hamue(l
ill t!i - 6 St
explorat
reported
'rho pa)
of which
creased
two ai
bugbea
to be a
surface r _- -
nel on'eltherside of fmin nirtety to one hun
dred and flfty feet in width, and from three to
fifteen feet in depth. The worst rapids were
ascended in precisely seven minutes. . At a.
trifling expense, says ltr4 ,Adams, the river
can be made perfectly navigable for !six hun
dred and eighty. miles from its mouth; th:it is,
to the point where iris crossed by the line of
the - Union Pacific Railroad.
This information, if trustworthy, is of great
importance. The country along the river is
very .rich in ores, especially of coppef:' The
valley at-,its inouth - ls of almost fabulous fer
tility. -Along the benks'are distributed for-'
ests of valuable tinaber..-Forney' r e Prensl
•
- --The writer of Abe - above evi dently labors
ander a mistaker‘spec ting the distance from
the mouth, of the Colorado- river -to -the point
cnc
Green, one of the. main tributariesof ie
Coloradb.'" Instead of the distance being 680
miles, it: i ts - about - 1500. It has been practically
demohatrattil by Mr. Adams and his eo-adju 7 .
tor Capt. Trueworthy, chat
' Abe river is Mit--
igable measosti, with Stttauters, tOr over
600 miles, and it is the opinion' ofthe former
that it can be made _navigable - for 1500 miles
Ma point on Green river al.)oV.i the interseel
, tion of the 4itlimad, and to a' point
.on the
Grand,near DCnver City, Colorado Territo-
ry. Our
_information. is 'derived personally
from Mr. Adams, who "has originated, and
been Associated with the enterprise , for, the
last 3 years. The opening up. of this importuilt
central thoroughfare, (drainineas it does, a
country of over 600,090 square miles,) will
save millions yearly to the GovernMent in
the transportation of siippllT alone, with
out taking into consideration immense
mineral andagricultural connyy. it is destined
to comlfect. with the Ocean. The advanta
ges flowing from this enterprise are far
more fulvantageouS to the country, than a
dozen Russian purchases. '
The statements made by Mr. Adams in his
report to the, Secretary of -War, and in fils
communication respecting the Colorado riF- .
er, can be relied upon, as we know him to be
a gentleman of strict integrity. All the lead
ing papers. of the country have .taken the
subject:up, and the power which has retard
ed the enterprise, will soon find it cannot
control the will of Congress,' as it.has, the
State of California.
ALREADY 'the guerilla journals of the . De
inocracy in the interior of the State are be
ginning to attack the character of and in
dulge in offensive personalities against the'
Hon. H. W. Williams, our candidate fur the
Supreme Judgeship. Some of them even
venture the bald assertion that he is not pop
ular in his own • district—a Us) weak and
palpable untruth to require contradiction.—
These pit and peanut papers am nothing un
less throwing dirt. A e trust that these vul
garities will not be noticed or replied to by
the Republican press, still hNti 'that any
Union paper will be provoked to retaliate:—
Let us endeavor to reflect credit on the char
acter of our . cuididate in the method of con
ducting th e ca mpaign, and not mortify .or
disgracwhim by championing his cause with
the manners and arguments of the brothel:—
Plats. Prep.
•
The Two Plattbruis.
The Republican platform adopted at Wil
liamsport last week, in its strong,vigorous
language and earnest loyalty, refl ecting the
devotion and patriotism of the party,
augurs
success. In contrast with -thq Ha rrisburg
abortion it is 'the living, breathing man,
pulsating with life and energy, aside of a cold
corpse. It tells of a party fighting for an end,
anti that end-their country, and not arra clique
of ruined and disheartened politicians. Poe
hive and clear in all its positions, and its
words fairly ringing, it is a power in itself
Our platform will carry a candidate; the
Democratic resolutions will sink one.' That
is the- ditferenoe.--Plura. Press,
Tim New Orleans Bepublicas,in announcing
the pardon of Gen. Longstreet; tha t
"other prominent generals who served in the
Confederate army are about to guarantee their :
sincerityby laying down their arms amt
knowiodging the Confederacy an' irretrieva
bly 'lost cause,' by followipg the
_footsteps of
Gen. Longetreet, and coining np to the,sup
port of Congress and the Repplican party."
The Republicans orPennitlienhi.
The'Donut;heart State "Coniention Which.
met at WlilLeMsport this week has givert full
prose that the partrin Pennsylvania hait not
fnrsaken thole prinelpleti which governed Its
action from 11360 to the end of the war. .
Pennsylvania is thoroughly Radical, and hey
radicalism Means over 300,000 men sent' to
the war, end the titter defeat of Copperhead:.
ismut every general election. But Republi=
canism—Radicalism--has of lite a new deft-'
nition. We have been told that it means'
hanging, bloodshed, revenge, and confisca
tion. A few gentlemenin Conkress and out' ,
of it have made new issues, and inform ,
that a new '
creed will be supported by the
people. We don'tbelieve this; and Pennsyl
mina has strengthened our incredulity.
The State Convention met to nominate a
Judge of the Supreme Court, and the Hon!
Henry W. Williams of Allegheny is .a candi
date who , deserves election and will honors,
the position. But the resolutions-which iii
unanimously adopted make the issue one of
principles, and we take its admimble platform'
as a definition of Pennsvlmnia Republican-1
ism. Let us see what it declares. First, that
the South must give such . guaranitees as wilt
make treason impossible hereafter; second,
that Johnson's Ainistration has been faith
lesS because it reittst% to .fix in the organicla* the great principles which' the war has
settled ; third, that the:laws shall not be con!,
stmed to ,Palliate the guilt of treason . ; fourth;
that the Reconstruction laws are just; and
Met Congress should meet and clectsivelY
defeat the nullification intended by Mr. Stew:
bery's opinion; fifth, that Sheridan and Sickl.
les should be sustained by the ,country, and
that they deserve the support of Gen. Grant
sixth; that the President s 'determination to
compel the release of Davis, by delaying.;e,hiS
trial, was an insult to the natural course' of
justice ; seventh, that protection to American '
- titian; shimld be secured, by legislation. These
are the main resolutions adopted; and this iS
the Radicalism, of Pennsylvania. Not one
word is.suid of hanging men who have bur r ,
rendered, not one word of the confiscation.
of property; and, while we regret that the
resolution fo'r impartial suffrage was rbferred
to a conimittee,lve mnnot too emphatically
indorse thd moderation and justice, of the
,platform. The Radicalism of Pennsylvania
is as absolute and uncompromising its ever,
and it is the nobler and the more deserving
of the people's trust that it has not been wed
ded to the spirit of revenge and. bitterness ‘ t
We take it for granted that the great object
o . f the Reptiblicanqtarty is the Reconstruct,
ion of the Union, and .Pennsylinnia is on the
right,Wayrio effect it.—N. P. Tribune tf Jane
28t e
Petroleum' or Steam Navigation.
Bos•roit 'July 3.--The third trial of Petro-:
leum for generating steam in navigation wds '
made to-day on board the Government sttain
er Palas; - and the results fully contirined' the
great success achieved on 'the two. previous
taints. The distance steamed was 44 miles,
nocupying four hours and ten ,minutes, con
suming eight barrels of petroleum. Greater
speed would have been attained but . from la
derangement of the air-pumps, which were
tempOrarily connected.. On motion cif Dr:4l.
V. C. Smith,a meeting of the gentlemen on
board was clled, of which C.llr. Cartwright,
late President of the 3lanufactd . rers!lasuranix,
:•Company. was chosen President. Brief ad- j
dres_ws, relating to. the importance of the in
vention !maw • being . tested, were made by
Mes4re. Smith, Cartwright, Prof. Josiah
Cooke of Ilarvard College, and others. The '
following resolutions were adopted hutnii- . 1
mously.
• That we'. hav,e 'witnessed with
;..great interest t the third sea trial of the 17:..15.
Steamer Palas,tising - crutle.petroleum as fuel
instead of coal, and 'cheerfbily bear witness
that in':our judgment the apparatus is siiinfle,
practical, efficient and: safe;_tliat a inn of be-
tween 40 and 50 miles on the open sea, at
'speed 50" per cent greater than .ever was made
on thissteamer with coal, ard,Wlth a steady,
tuniform pressUre of steam,' 'denionstrates the
practicability of using petroleum as fuel, and
the great value of theinvention..
liodred, That, the COtritnercial and
faciaring interest- of Massachusetts and-, the
Wv!IF Country demand eUarolfreighis, lwith:
we have t
great results to be attained by this diseOvc,,lry.
- Ecsalrt, That the .thanks of the comnier
cial. world are due Col. U. IL Foote andliis.
associates for this discovery, which must p i ro-
I duce an important revolution in can and
I river steam navigation . .
1
A resolution of thanlts . to the United States
naval officers attached to 'pie Palas, for cOnr
i tesies eNtenc4l, Was also passed. The trial
I to-day was futnle under• the supervision of
[Chief-Eirgineer Kellogg.. ; •
Where the Toney Went to.l
As onr up street neikhbor.ha.sheetr"iee . p
ing his eyes almost out"':about three &filers
he contributed toward the relief of the-deSti
tute in the South, we can now tell him Where
his moneY'ha.Sgore to.. :Mr. Joseph S. 11 ra
velli, thelagent, into whose hands the tiMucv
raised here - was-placed, has made his ' odic ial
report, and from it N'e clip the following .ex
• •
tract:
"Though net directly .connected with,f(nir
Work, or coining into our aceounts, it may bel
proper t, - 01 stiste that within the 'last • f . w: -
I montlis the shod di nearly *2,00041,931 G)
has been-contributed and sent through • vour
eneral agent for the "relief of thd. destitute
l in the South, withbut regard to race or col :
tor." This money was contributed mainly
by the Harmony Society at Ebonomy, anti
by intlividuals,and churches, a large part I of.
it throuili•the Young Men's Christian; Assns
It was nearly all sent, at the difeetl .
I ion of the donors, to W. F. Mitchell, our Su
periutendent ; the remainder to Oscar. -M.
Waring, - tat Florence, Alabama. Mr. M,itch
ell's statement nf.the expenditures of thefund
have bee r ii received with Mt vouchers and
statements in detail. Hundreds were
These Were found, after diligent inquiry'
for the inpst needy, in various parts of Tea
nessee; Georgia and Alabama. Our loin.
teachers, teachers of other associations, cler
gymen, ellicera, and agents of ,the Bureau,
were the parties'through whom the distribn
tion was effected:. In one place' thirty seven
families were supplied, in -another fourteen,
Under the personal supervision. of
ell. In Macon; Georgia, • forty to seven y
persons were_supplied, daily, for nearly two
weeks, under the diretition . of Major General
Lewis, of the Bureau: Mr. Waring reports
a number of cases of widows and. orphans
rebel soldlers,.and sick, superannuated and
cast off colored people. On the whole, wedci
net believe that any considerable portion 'of
thblirge sums contributed ny the North this,
winter and sprint for this destitute hats been
more wisely distributed among the real ad
(ems!".
A Memor,atile Aiiiilvimsary
Jrily 3d was' the anniversary of the battle.
of Gettysburg—a 'battle which' saved the
country and made our State illustrious forev
er In history. Are the fruits of the dread ht
conflict of which Gettysburg was , but an in
cident to be frittered away by designing pol
iticians or loirt by onr own apathy? That is
the question for Pennsylvanians to-day. DO
we believ'e 'with the :Demperatic , National
Convention.of 1864, held ,at Chicago, that the
war was a failure? Do we believe with the
Slate Democratic Convention of 1866, that
its history was debt, slaughter, and disgrace?
Will we endorse these yet ithrepndiated con
fessions of Democratic faith by electing to
our Supreme bench a lawyer of that peculiar
school which ,belleves that the conscription
was untonstrmtional, that our legal-tenders
are' unconstitutional, and that the nation hl4.
no power to protect its own life?.._Will We
next October disown the field and yietory of
Gettyabtirg Are we willing that the verb
diet obt4ned there by blood and toil shall be
reverseM our wurU?--,PhtTa.. Prat ,
•
Booonstrnotion-4 Bill Finally
Agreed. on by. the Beconsiruc-
Cr"""iinilbT. •
( i i
.r,.. • A. , . - ~.
NEir Yonn, my i.f--4 Waihington spe
eat tfthe Maskdated July 6th, says that
ihaltskonstin t6a , i ‘ i COmmittee had a session
lm ' true this Morning, n promptly • agreed upon a
bill tn be repo ed ont3londay, as follows:
it
Section one - edam, the 'te intent: and
eating of C ogress to have been that' the
'Provisional go ernment hereafter existing in
the rebel State.were illegal and. Void, and
that they were to be Continued, subject in all
respects to the military:eommtutders and the
authority oteongress_ only.: '
Section two provides that the act to which
i this irrsupplimental, and sleet that- of March
•
20, shall be construed to, authorize the mili t .,
tary comman.deis, whenefer they deem it tie
; cessary,:to remove or 'stupid , any official,
1 State or mirnicipal,:exercasing authority by
virtue of such provisional government, and
tirappoint others* to 811 their places ; and tluit
' such commanders shall.aLso have power •to
prohibit, suspend or set aside any act of such
government; otof any subordinate authority
thereef; the intent= - of the aforesaid act being
that such goVernments shall be continued
1 subordinate to the military, land all acts'done
" brsuch cornmanders shall be deemed valid.
" I Section 0 provides that boards of 'registra
' tion shall adndt to 'registry only such persons
as they' shall deem entitled to registration,
' under the provisions of the acts aforesaid;
1 taking the oath prescribed' -by the act of '
1- : MarCh 3d shall not, be regarded as' conchisive.
ot the -right of 'registration, bin as prima faciel
evidence; they may receive such evidence
I tinder oath as they may deem proper from
brsons applying to be registered or others;
ards of registration . ratty strike from the
Mists the names of persons already registered,
who im their judgement improperly took the
oath, and are not entitled to be registered',
and they shall not be bound or: goverted in
their action by any opinion of any officer of
the United States 134 n-eminent.. Evidence to
prove participation in the late rebellion on ,
the part. of those applying for iegiltration
• skallnot be 'required, parole evidenee shall
.
be sufficient. : .. .
Sec. !4 provides that no Civil Court of the
United' States or any State shall lavejoris
diction,.of any proceedings, civil or crithinal,
agitinst any such District -Commander fur
any officialact done under these acts..
•
See. 5 declares that no district commander
shall be removed front the command assigned
toliita without the advice and consent of the
Senate, or unless cashiered or -dismissed, or
unless lie consents thereto. ,
The Judiciary Committee of the tS ehate al
so agreed upon a bill understood to be Simi
lar to that introduced by Mr, Edmunds, and
lesS stringetitgin several particulars than the
above. i :If ' • • ',• ' - 1 .
Brigham Young Excommunicates
Some:ollns Disciples"--The Indl
ans-rßritish Officer Murdered.
• .'Sr. Louis, July 7.—The Salt Lake Viddtc
of June I:ith •says: On. Sunday afternoonhi
Brigham, Young preached alengthy sermon.ll
boldly ad openly announcing that :Autasu
LyMan, Orson• Hyde and..; Orton Pratt had 1
•apostacized and had ctit tiff from the church. I
Orson Hyde had been chosen PreSident of a
tptormn of twelve apostles last April. Pratt I
is one of the twelve:. Lyman had been one
of-the apostles alsh. . Yoting.Was severe an
413-de, but patitieularly so on Pratt.- lie de
nouaced the latter IS an uuheliefer," now in
po-i eisioni of the Devil.
• Crops in ttah promiseto. Ibepetter than
I
! for live Vears. Jude Kenners,"GtiVernment
Conimissioner, thinks-. he', can •ruake
patee With the• Crow Indians, btit say a the
Cheyennes must be whipped befOre he can
• treat with them. . •
ThQSleanter Octavia,from . Fort Benton,
I arrived at' . St.
,Joseph yesterday with aigargo
of furs and seventy}-five thousand dollars in
gold dust. The Indians are, comparatively
I quiet •in the upper country. The Octavia
also had the remains. of Capt. W. D. Spear,
I t of the British army,, murdered on the boat
pear Fort Bice by a soldier. f •
A Nen !it Opin n of Sudge
'l '4 o
• tiiitinswood.
:MC fairly!estates
.the question at issue between Slot rswo o o
•:Williams. -as rival candidatese , •
. ~114.ge of
the Suprefue Bench, in 'the following 'para
graph : - - • • .
Though " the Telegraph is • not a partisan
journal, we are free to say that we cannot 41.!-•
commend any one to vote for'a judge with any
probability of his 4 , Ftlingonthe Suprenie
wit 4 the men . Mere - itha rutoid againxt - the rpn.iti:
tatipnality If the legal
. te - ialer and entmeripthni
acts.
.ttatind'the periadj.cl the Nation's
Judge Sharswood might - not do so, but we be=
sieve he Would. as we know him to' be a
thorough-paced Democrat at all points. We.
take %I:to:lento say this much its advance
when the canvass ;is only beginning, tlif4 our
-readerS may understand its as being um i ler no
:election exeitement; and soleiV 'frem
-our devotion tv'National principles. .!
ahore expresses the true idea.' Any
man who, during a period _of great peril to' the
national life,-could or world not sacrifice mere
opinion for:its safety, Is NQT
ED. 'Judge Sharswood did wit.at he 4Suld to
embarras'g the national credit at a tine when
it Was esential to the national safety. that the
confidence Of financiers should be
.stronk in
its.fayor.' For thus'actini, he is ,not ftt to he
trusted.—Har. 211.
Santa Annn.
WAstuNoToN, ,July 8,1867
Official dispatches received by the Govern
ment to-day show that it is not, improbable
that serious • ctimplicat iiinA may arise-out of
the Conduct& the Mexicans in taking Santa
Anna off iif; the Virginia;'and h insulting
the AtherilCuu flak •
Gen.. Giant, received dispatches also to-day
showing -that the, Mexicans, elated with
their recent triumph, have, acted most offen
sively towards American officers and soldiers
al()Mt the Rio Grande. The official &Om
Whvice this —newS ,' conies pars that if
fliC`Mexicatneontinue this course there-will
be an outbreak .
. ,
Gen. Thos. Francis •• Meagher
. 1 1 Drowned.
•
~.tnatxlA
• • -
CITY, ZIONTA,ZA, 'duly
Thomas Francis Meagher, Secretary and act
big Governor of this Territory, 'accidently
fell from the deck of the steamer. Thom psbn,
at Fort Benton. on the ov - ening of the is t
inst., Und was drowned. He had been absent
for thti past fortnight on pUblic business, thid
had succeeded in procuring arms for the
Ips engaged in defense of the .Territoo,_
and transacting other military business , de
manded by our present exigency. His death"
is greatly lamented, and the public 'demon
strations in honor of his distinguisbed'
ehxtr
acter ano sierveoes are.genendly felt, At list
account:oms remains had hot been found, the
darkness of the night and the,rapidity of tie
current e rOventin g any rtlicu j e.
' •
Tux Merlam Government begins its era of
pmceSsith Unquestionable resolution. A yol
bq of muskets makes short wiikk: of its ene
mies. Manta Anna was shot before he had
scarcely time to issue a proclamation, and 1:!p
-on the ground, probably correct, that he in
tendo a counter-revolution. It is very ques
tionable whether his death was necessary to ,
the safety Of the Republic. He was an qld
man—nearly '/O ycaps--bail long ceased toibe
thired by any party, and it is still rev doubt
ful whethei hts departure for Mexico Was
not altogether the result of a foul con.spircy
against the. old man's property. The He
publleana have begun without sowing mer
cy. It remains to be seen whether thissever
its is the evidence of strength or weakness;—
S.' Y. Tribuno,' ,
Shall FVe-have a Free Raiir oa 4
Law 1 •
To-day what as . much anything i s
t
distinguished - characteristic ofue r
r ettun t
tire zeal with Which inland trade is morph
for.
ting forth all The l
their reat railroaenergies tod eorporations
distant producing regions and form.
lions to control the ebb and ficiw of ititertZti
trade- and travel. Communities , . p !thud
small arc contributing to,the 'extent oe f
ability to encourage the einupetitinn
and
except in. Pennsylvania,whert.legislatint
is
asked for as a gener.ll thing it is tre t ,v
-!given not solely to' obtain and emtred the'.
trade and travelbetween the West and
- seaboard; not solely'tcr build reads and fon t -
connections across the Continent, bin tt - t.d t .
velope home reiourees,:to stimulate incti
provement, and foster home enterpri,e. • [
.We are t4impelled to except l'ennsylrani'
for the„Legislatuie of tins. State/N, bee.;
presistently deaf to the petitions oldie pt Y
pie for the kind of legislation that 'will po'•.
mit the bnilding- of railroads, except in. u ?.
intera4 of the great .. Central e
.
Had the Legislathre tftcen
sod the Free Itailioad Lakv,ithudreibTifluii,,
of new railroads would lie under cptitrt,a,;t.
thiS moment; and vast regions or tntr si )te
before undeveloped, but rich in the' w i .,.,1 1 1 1
of
nditerals and the torsi;
'with new life, henceforth to conitiiiin.
told millions to the indli*luaratia
,wtalth of the State.
After repeated fail - era; the
have an opportunity presented .
cure a general-Free itailroad
vision of the question:will reist uitli tit..
Legislature:- The'llepublican p:friy in
late State Convention dvc:larvl iroc! a , , , v ,„ uv
for the Free System, and the
, lof
have thus far been equaily cx.plicit. - G.
contrary, the Dentocratie State 6, 111 ,„ 0 „
ignored the question altogether, anti
conventions, as a general - thins. are
.
same thing. -Ir is a. Zvi
therefore, and in no way ran a
obtained but by sustaining , Ole l!viyhlit-4:1
party. That andthe titte i tion - whether ta t -.
National.Curreney; in aceonla - nee
o. p Sitarswood ; shall h e
c
talc issue in this otat e
bogus, d inion f
constitute
the pending canvass. It would ite as in .rt
to the intelligence of the I,eople doli I ! )
argiie Cum. , • .: -
TUE argument, that the lithei,
longer need military gm - crim:lit luis isu
many
,refutatiOns , to which arc ;,..1,!; t 1
murderolis .attack ' upon a peatm'&
Simi of colored men at Frtinkliii;TpllntwA,
and the disclosure of t 4 r ntditiin ri"f(L t s
in the Itepidilicati CfmventiOn or ilatt-
The delegates from manycountiesrl, , rt tint
justice is. a farce, and thattlie•live, ! ot llti , t
men are in_ perpetual danger. TNi . f it;rt .
Ritchie, one of the delegate , , r.ret.: l ;-
murdefed' for no other reason than Ito 1;,- . 4
had served! in. the Unien z . A roty, •anUJ,i inur :' ,
deter lives in safety:That Go•. - eriV‘iThrA.
mdrton tefused to interfere in s this is r o L :.
firMs the necessity of. thi.!
1 1 clan has adopted in TeAas.=X , .1"
I: W . ADVERTISE` E,NT:i
.
s tf drho,u?..
1 - [ion! on the • estate of I/ vrn z:ronEn.l,;,
of Puta•lki tOwn! , hip.
been granted to the unden•igned..::ll,l , e, ii..det , ! 1
to the .said ertate, tat' I M (:;;;;.P 1;m11..1.
ate .payment, mul th , t , •
wisinst the r4tate of mid u,-,.'edeut hno
the Same without derv..
m.‘i{(4A;ll . :.l . s 1,1;
- . •
jcIO•GTGt. •• • -
Estrays.
1 .
, WO , !'l . 111:S--tine .a Ilea. - wit': ,I,!; ,, aal r , .1.%?
. whlt, :o.oz hox .ho . ,:ml ! .,,,- .;1! - r.: , , , ,. -....,
•the . °ch..; a hht:k brir,saie. Lt ith , khif. - Fa'' 1!": ti'- :streak aroVoe. one eye. a put ..aw..e..0il -nro ,?-,
arid Itb.,ut '.r:l•ven year,: old. q'hy.'r vow. ;.,..• h.e::,
ine milli., acid are ranoithr ar lar.r. oa she , :' , ..11.r..•
near the 'premi.er: of the tluderphrni.it in it-i. =f
and by whom they are zollked ,rtelr 41:11',
Jt.)ll;\"! 4. 7.iflN 1v:177
1511Yri7:4t." t-Frll Nl-.. i 1:1% ;". • ,
.•. . .
BOUNTY ACcou,ST;
ocaL BOUNTY TAii.OF NEWT, FURY
towzrAip, fur the years - ISeei sitil ItiG,rrl .
Brunner, Treatsurur fur current yezr-Z.' • '
To Arlioll7lt.rNAVed of Collect.r>. •
To anion nt rvoqviii of ..ihn
To amount rcceive'd
By hand paid hy4litu.
By di..ount and . per ventage
By*Feyvice rendered,
CaAll to auditgri. •
Ca,lll)aidi L. Moromn.
Auniumt balance due
Datiiißrenuer:Trviiret
Atapctitt receii - ed oretvl'ozct..r
Atutmlit .111”.cription.
Alnuulat boLd, ' 1-
By bCrnda redeemed.
ltdere,t.. .
Per cent. alloweil for e:)1 - and -
Auditore fee.,
Balance on account for iFfar,
\ -11nJanie due‘tovrneblp.l
T.-F. ROBINsON •
JOHN KNOVESII" . •
DAWSON &.!FiI.CHRDSOff
MEE
Bedver Fall's,-Pa
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6 01r.g4E:D A 1,11:fr• ..`?7 -.41 '... 5
NOTIONS. ,• •
BOOTS S. 'SHOES,
BAILDWAIiIi. '
' GLASS'WAIZE,
-QUEEN - SWAM;
. TIN3VAItE,
NAILS. 't
! - B111:i3S; S:l7
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Window; (ilai=a all' eizei
cial attention paid to tillinz or k le.j. :::'••••• - •7•
'aize window
. . ,
. Alpo
'
. .• LINSEED OIL. ' • • '
- , • ..CIIUDE BURNI.NG . OIL,
.
BENZINE, la .- -
1
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I- .
.CO.LE'S-PATENT PRYER..
.
Palutiof.sll Cofore,Grop.b.d, Pr sad la eg-
Purchsseri L. , will "do well to cull 5it(1i , r1.' , . , f . ' ,. !.
1
stock:of l'uluts, Velem purihstkie!l,:s J , r -,..
Also; Choice Brspde of FloUr la 'Bar I :!..;,1 1 11 - : t 'S l ':',.
All - kinds of Coubtry produce taken, n,cr.,c la.-Vl'
GO4xis. , • . • . - I ' . :t r ,•.
Remember the place, drat dour st'Uie the`
opposite efde of Btrtwt.
Jylo-67:tf•
SPRING FASHIONS!
• . . • .. .
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BRIDGE STREET, BRIDGEWATI:II.', ,!
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'ILL Pil'
NEW - ASSORTMENT l3ll.l.litst ERI". . ~. ‘l ,l
. opened at my old stand, lalt.y 01..,i1p1.ti,
_..03,:.
Gialy„ on Thuceday, Starch 11th, I wish Le 11 ;:7,. i ,. 1 1
old friends, and as many. time one: a, sal k''. '4. ~41
tronize me. that I' am now ' l . retilving aa t . '...... ;. d
~,:,,,
stock of Millinery; of the latest Spring SLYIeN 4 '
be pleaSed with an early call: . - 4.5.
mar IS '6 Tfly." ' ' . I • ; Ilit-' 4 . S• R-- -'I
• -
DOCTOR A. w;
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.-:BEAVER. .L _:S 4.• • -
•
In thf' old t•iingh Anderson Properlf" '
a few dimes west of =the CovirOloox.
Jy3'6l:tf.
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debfra ;
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A Ephr.L. Smith. by mot. •
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