II II Th i 1 Biiir 6*k:a I. WEVAND. !adios Ana rao W. Besranr.l4lki Web:1411.11174:: • Dorm otihe ten Republican . papers published in Philadelphia, approve of Gov. Getuyils veto ot thelletropnl- Rau Polka MI. • Tho more the peo ple kern at thetinkpaitious ineosure, the ware will they honor our tearless Executive .tor daring to strangle • it. THIS is a bad winter for ',makes." Several rather slimy reptile! hays been uncovered at liarrisburg during the present session of the Legislature, but so far, tho.vigiktme of the anti ring papers of the State have so ex posed and directed public attention to them, as to bo the means of their speedy death. . Tuz groom minister at 'Washing ton, in On-sinners* of the action of *ogres" and thesenersd excitement throughout the Union on the subject of the recent murder of an American cltiscri in Havana: bas.ttlegraphed ken. De' Roder) to spare , no expense or trouble to bring the offenders to Justice. . > • • Is'the Ohio Woman Suffrage Con? vention, on Thursday last, the Com. mittee on Resolutions reported reso lutions asking the Ohio Legislature to take steps to summit the question of female fluting() to the voters of Ohio at,the next fall election.. The resolutions were discussed by Mr. Stewart and. Mrs. Langley, and adopted. At•. the opening session Miss Bales, Mss. M. M. Oole and ot. THE leaders of the ' •In this State are "striking out fro* the shoulder% et the present time inr4h er a frightful manner. While 801;1: of them are seeing for their charac ters, others ate abusing every person who issapposed to bevelled anything to do with putting the "spous" be yond their mu+. They realizejust now that their; political prospects hitve gone, as Jim Fisk would • say, "where the woodbine twinoth." IT might be well foi. the real Re public-am of Beaver county to keep Bade eyettlend cars open at the pres ent time. Last Ml our organization was secretly 'sold out' by Its pretend: ed friends, The. surface Indications, here now, go to show, that a heavier sale than t hen, is in process of making. If we are in error In this, we are not the only person in and about the county seat, who is laboring under the misapprehension. We th us souri d the note of warning, so that our Re publiean friends . may be able to un derstand by putting . them together, "what fhb and that means," Pity. Ways and Meani Committee I of the United States House of Rep resentatives, heard alarge delegation ,representing the whisky interests of Western Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Tennessee on Thursday .last. The Robinson eminty delegation state there are 13,000,000 gallons of whisky In bond which' will not be ready for market'under two or three years, and that its Withdrawal and payment of tax as provided by • the .present law would Involve serious foss, and in many instances ruin to owners. The delegation urged that time ter withdrawal be made three years instead of one.• Theargaments of thedelegatlon seemed to impress the Qiintnittie favorably. EIASR'IIEREin the Aim us the rea der will find Gov. Cleary's veto of the Metropolitan Police bill. The pur pose of this bill was to take the ap pointment of the police officers of Philadelphia, from the Mayor of that city and vest it In the hands of a ..hoard' of Commissioners selected by the State Legislature. The passage of this act-would have been a death blow to the local sovereignity of Phil adelphia. Similar laws anti for tho same locality, were vetoed by Gover nors Packer and Curtin when they tilled the Executive chair. The howl therefore, now raised against Gov. Geary, for setting aside an act fur more, objectionable in terms .than name killed by two of his predeces sors, by newspapers whose editors approved Gov. Curtin's conduct un der similar eircumstancei, shows a want of honesty anti liberality, that is truly deplorable. . . tirktivon Sumner has been "Inter viewed" on the Cuban question. The Senator is strongly opposed to recog nition of belligerent rights as the COa now stands, and gives as one reason that it would instantly In volve the United States In a war with Spain,. and as a consequence a financial crash would ensue that would shad) the pillars of the Gov ernment to their very foundation; des, he is not sure as to which Would come out first bost In the - event of a eon teot het wee,' the United States and Spain. Mr. Sumner believes, however, that bothCubdand Canada will be peiweably annexed to the Union Within ten years, and that we shall absorb Mexico, the West In dies and the whole Odle North Am erican continent. Wo have a moral' right nettonly to thiscontinent but to the whole of this bendqphere, and we, shall aequiro both. • • Tuk• story set afloat by the "ring organs" that lieu: Irwin was brought before 'the Treasury investigating committee, and that he "utterly refu sed teinswer uniquestrens touching his disposition of the public money under his control," proves t o lien lie made from whole cloth. Geb. Irwin has not been !wont by the investiga ting committee, nor has he been ask ed to be sworn ; •he has, therefore, very ' properly, "not answered any questions "touching the use of public money," nor has he been asked to answer any, by those authorized to interrogate him on that subject.' De siring to aid the committee In their search, for the facts, Gen. Irwin, unlinked, handed the committee a written statement bearing on the sub jeet, which was handed back to him . on the ground that until Mr. Mack ey's examination was concluded, no. other steps in the investigation would be taken: When the committee get through with Mr. Mackey, weappre hend,',Gen. Irwin will ,bee lled for, and take the stand and give the committee and the public all the facts in his poeseasion. THE report of geueral tlarfield's gold panic Investigating committee will be very voluminous. The report will show that no Washington °ni cht! was implicated la the affair., will Woo show that Ohre were made o , m nut and" General Herne' • Porter to carry half it/Anion oC, blot lam In gold for them ..loripg the;Mi . - [Elea* of the "minter" in IsiewAterk : 'int September,,: and thn - the said offers were in both owes indignUittlY spurned by the Partieiluined:-, The report will linpUeatetieneral Daniel Butterfield as having sone &libel , bletyitito..thetiareitetkii,r and UV,- Ing beneatted himself and others thereby. This Inveatignims covers a'period of two 'Months • while the corner was being.orgunh;ed and . dnr; log the time of, the niacin -of: the Tun Harrisburg • Ategrtgair has been very Way for the last sleuth et so, in' throwing dirt et Gen. Irwin, and those who, supported him for the StateTreasureiship on the 12th of January. •-• It has been charging him with buying up the Whole Democrat; le party in order to reakri him Treas. uret ; and the;re charges have been re iterated by the Beaver Radical., "and other dumbles of the press" , that' fol low' in the, 7blerpaph's wake' ' ;truth we doubt not, that moat of th em be lieve there-is some truth in.the silly charge they have set; afloat. Poor deluded editors? While they think they: are building up a public senti ment prejudicial to Gen. Irwin and those who elected him to take charge of the finances of the State; they are only exhibiting their own mortifica tion and anger at being driven away from the public Treasury which them selves and friends , have plundered for the past two or thiee - Years. Their thieviog practices have been notori ous for some time past, and their of to fasten corruption upon others excites nothing but• laughter among those whoere personally acquainted with their previotui political history. - Tity.. 4 fTreasury ring" organaallege that aeorge•K— Andersen of TRU& spent 838,000 last Year, and i4o,9oo,this year to secure Gen. Ii witeS,election' to the State Tielsurer ship. If he" spent so much - of his money last year to bring that result about, it is a little strange that the Mackey organs never expoSed his conduct until now. But suppose, for the sake of argument., it is admitted that Mr. "Anderson spent the 478,000 Which ,he is charged with "shelling out".,in order to "bust" the "Treasu rY, it is not even hinted that this money was not, his own. To this extent, then, he has the advantage over his accusers: If he spent money at all to influence the election of State Treasurer, ho uged ,funds belonging to himielf, while they in .puisult of the Sallie object, are not suspected of having gone down into their men pockets for the needed "dust." The tmexpended balance—money belong lug to the tax payers .of the Finite— served their Purposes in that particu lar, a.s well Issln a good many others. A FEw days alter the Senate rejected the nomination of Attorney *General Hoar for est% on the Supremo Bench, the President sent in the name of Judge Strong of Pennsylvania for one of the viusineles, and the name of Hon. Joseph P. Bradley of New Jer sey, for the other, there being two appointments to make. Judge Strotig served a term on the Supreme Bench of this State, and is regarded a pure tive" In politics. ' Mr. Bradley is a Radical Republi can; and has heretofore stood ut the head of the New Jersey bar.. He Ls looked upon by all who know him as eminently fitted by eduCation, talents and character to adorn the highest le gal tribunal of the country. • It is hardly probable, however, that both of these appointments will be confirmed by the Senate of the United States. Thu Southern sena-. tors demand that one of these seats on the Supreme Bench shall be filled a gentleman from their own section, and we presume they will . not "let up," but decline to confirm until the Executive complies with their re f nest. The decision of the U. S. Supreme Court, lust week, on the legal tender question is thegreat tailject of discus- : stout in financial circles throughout the country. Generally understood tt decides' that the legal tender act was unconstitutional,' but Justifiable the necessity arising out of the li nanclat embarrassment WectualOnid by the war of the great rebellion ; but that. Congress has no peWer to con tinue the issue of such votts. That all contracts made prior to the issue of those legal tentiers--that is before the year 18112.—ato to be paid in coin. In this shape, the decision is certain ly a very important one. It will open the door to a vast det of litiga tion. Many peassons; by the rulings of the lower courts, were compelled to accept legal tenders ut their face for the antonnt'of their judgments, avben that paper was not worth more thaw forty cents on the dollar; the difference between that and gold hilly now becoileeterl.. Theinfluence of the decision on present values ap pears to be remarkably slight. It makes some hundreds of millions of ; nsilrrxrel bonds,'und an Immense fig- gregate of State anti city bOnds—both principal and interest—payable in coin.' For 'the last eight 3,-ears such interesthas been paid in greenbacks ; and where accepted by the creditors, Will remain valid ; but when accepted under protest, they will be affected 1 1 by this decision. it is possible that some of the poorer States, with heavy indebtedness, maybe driven to repu diation by the action of the Supreme Court imposing upon them obliga tions which they aannot honor. Ma ny of them—North Carolina and Tenitetsee were unable to provide for their debts, even Oh a currency basis. Immediate preparations for au early resumption of specie payments will necessarily result from the effect this decision has upon tint entire business of the community. First Congress has no authority under the constitu tion, ; to increase the circulation by a re-Issue of legal tenders. Secondly, the calling for gold on afield con tracts; and the demand for it to pay interest on bends and seOurltie!, will tend to contract paper currency and let the precious metal afloat. In the meantime considerable 'commercial depression may be the result. Hex. JosituA Site. and Dr. Mil ler, formerly elected United States Senators from Georgia, are still in Washington city, and will present their credentials at the proper time. .Should the legislature elect other Elenstors, ft will rest with the Senate to determine who are to have seats. The President has taken no side in ihe • Ont:liie4o: : 9relM# astkOselievs. 'eatiremelit bf thb questiOn - tests '',Arltlii:Onvro*. Tbero 'peals' no doubt' he' us .:full amtldgttio rOtitieubitiunii,:for , pin reportedlvitepTrutuOve Butler, from the Committee on Reconstruction on Thursday lost and recommitted, provides for the re !novel of politlealdisabilities . beans* of acts .committed. during' the late rebellion. A person do4rlngt tonvall :if of the provisiOnso!the hilt may petition.. to, the - . COurt In .. - th State or territory in which ho lives, giving a partieuhw description of the acts done by' hire valnst thetevem merit and declaring he intenris hereafter tenet and conduct himself ass loyal Citizen of tbe Milted Stites. Hp is required to Tway to be" Cored to hl rights and Oil he his a4 l by his wrongful,conduct. Publici notice Is to' be given that a hearing will be had. On proving his statements by witnesses the Oourt shall Issue certillcate restoring him 'to rights, thus removing his disabilities. False swearing, is to be Punished its In perjury casts. Removal' of dis abilities is not to affect property lost, captured or destroyed by the army of the United States. " WASHENGTON COIMERPONDENCE. -Labor anDred—Lidkin Arian— . The Last Plalladdphia Ainclay Neretuy WO per cipp—Sen afar Trienaltull!s IdU prohifriting ii a 8' initrjerf»g fl un Ocwin meld Ap _point:nen/a—Few privilego Chdetslifiaka r -Ziegca touler cfre,bion— cfc., WASHINGTON I). (1, Feb: 9; 1870. itdmor says that the Executive Piminittee of Luber Conga's. - is noel preparing an address which will "contain a clear statement of - their purposes and policy; ; that ; they will announce the determination to_forni a labor party. It is also understood that they will offer a - solution of the financial problem, exceeding in sim plicity and plain prieticability,:any thing yet suggested In the numerous currency bills. 'By thilr plan they pro Pose ntit only a reduction of inter- . est on the National debt more than' one-half, but the abolition of the present obnoilous system of blinking on bonds and - thereby, allowing the the fortunate bondholder and banker double interest. It Is claimed for their plan, thatit will supply if cur.:, rency which will contract and ex pand without cifecting cointriorcial values. . . The Labor Congress in the hall of the House on Thursday night, was. but poorly attended, and the speaker Mr. Guler of St. Louts, succeeded effectually in driving Out - before he was through, two-thirds of the audi ence. The whole thing was a miser able failure. No effort was made to secure a large attendance, or.pr t vide edmpetent speakers. Theresa( was the speaker seized on the occasion to deliver a labored presentation of his personal pet themes of land monopo lies and finances, instead of the ne ts: esity and purpose of the labor movement. „Sent forth under the auspices of the labor Congress, itpust work incalculable mischief, ant! if permitted to fro on in this way it will show Inefficiency in the maimgeMent I 'hthnfgls " :I,ea o__l fO u r 1 ciency, and WI a remedy that each individual should have his inditid ual share of the soil; uttering ignor ing tho.faet that the efficiency oflAg riculture depends on mechanics Who cannot and should not, associetyamd labor are organized, to cultivate the .1 Public and Congressional opinion seems to be rapidly changing on the subject of Indian affairs. The bill of General Ltgan,to dismiss offimM, re duce the army, cud cut down salaries* will lead to a thorough examination of the Military connected with In dian Allitirs. There is scline hope of radical measures this session mid a final adjustment of the Indian 4iffl cultie.s. In fact, the pressure is so great upon Congressmen, that 'they are forced to attempt something looking tea more immediate remedy for the vast waste of life and treasury connected with thetradipg anti light ing with the Indians. The last Philadelphia MercUry is sought after iu this city. with 'great avidity. Five dollar hills are Cheap about the streets in comparison, awl a good many copies would readily change hands at that figure. The causefor this is, it contains a good bit of 'Washington *mid. No names are mentioned of course, but the identy of the parties Is Msily recognized by all the haliitants of fashionable society. Although the name of certain fatsitinnahle ladies are very unonviably connected with a certain Senator,.we have seen them figuring in the last day or two at brilliant partim, apparently as hap- py as the happiness which only vir tue em bring. We know a Senator who is wealthy and influential, and high up in the Masonic fraternity, 'who had a lady, the wife, of al:de ceased soldier and mason, removed from °Mee because she resisted alike his threats and his promised But then what of these things? They on 1y muse a Mile stir in society Where the parties are know, and a ripple in the outside world, and then 1 all is placid and smooth again. It ,would be as ghastly a sight for virtue to walk the streets of Washington with het' eyes open, as it would be for the living to traverse a grave yard at a carnival of its stalking trey ores of bons and purifying flesh. It is de lightful to contemplate, but in a day' or two, all will be' quiet alien, the . . Potomac, Sonata - -Inutor Trumbull's bill to prevent the interference of Members of Con; groat with appointments to Office by the Executive and Heads of 'Depart ments, does not meet with touch fa vor In the - Senate. Senators are not willing to, relinquish n privilege which has dways been enjoyed, and which is in some, measure a source of popularity and power. There can be no good reason why the Repro scritatives of the people should not present anti press the claims of their o3ustituents upon the executive or the heady of•Departrments for °Meat or positions, which they feel they are justly entitled to. Should this bill become it law, it would undoubtedly •relieve Members of Congress of an immense deal of labor . and cantor- Tags:neut., but then it would impose more than a corresponding amount of laber upon the heads of Depart ments, and a responsibility which they should be loth kttake. Meat.; Joers and Senators can know their MEM =NI ownVn . Oinenb3, - . t . iia (in liettl*l terrnine:whci tire propOr and dell _ Ing persons, than -'!tho appolntri powoy: Wilder sari a law, ,wl. wontiiinent, fklratitnenta of• Clot enkinent, bug packed in the la* eitirat parilesand poisons; Otio s e - Al is aufllelonily tiow,. but lt*Otild . be leered:K*4 .teffteld weP .& ongree9 to hold aloof tsciltitenitit the subordinate , offices: of the, Gloi eroinenTbe',bill, timelier, • buflittle chino:elof fitICMIEL Quito a ditlate has: been -piing in the Rolm upon the suffice' publishing the petitions which comming,up from every Post _Mk in t h e country, praying that ; tht franking privilege he abolished. ldr. :UM* of New York,obJects to publication in' the if:Hobo of tts numerous petitions On the groan( economy. Ho estanatat , that the cost - ..0f Will' be About $l,OOO It looks like!throudng away this amount of money very tuseletelY . when we consider 'that three peti tionsare subJect'aireody of. The Haus° ' heti - *Windy' passed the,, bill, and consequently thaw petitions are. not only: useleis, but a work of i superereittion. Although the hill paused the Mimi by a hurt - . myjority there seems now to he it strong opposition spring- Ing up against It. : it was remarked In the debate ofthe Alt inst. ,that the heading of the petition which:4W Postmaster General has, had so diligently elaulated and so largely signed, 11/11.4 11 atturney ou the Hea hers of us it charged them with •violuting law, and :Abusing the priviltge. Statements were Made, that lettere - from uiany Postmasters had been ratlved„:-standing that they only, eireelated and 'forwarded these petition» because .they were required to do so,bi the' Po:di:nester General. It Is posible that Mr. enzwell may yet coma to grief with his scheme. . The Committee apptiinted vestigution the ; alleged. selling of pities at West Pettit, and the Naval Accadainy Ls•yet at work. We of course minuet focal uu idea ,of what thefr rePottl will be, but there is ono thing very certain, and that is inquiries* were frequently made by lobAsts last ylutee for persons who had the means to buy those places. .The inquiry certainly Implied that they had places foi. sale, and no ono familiar 'with the "ring "doubted that $lO,OOO would; influence a place in either School. The decision of the Supreme Court, made on Monday, i - adVersely to the payinent•of debtainade Prior to the, 'War in National currency, is looked upon ty an indication that the Court would decide agatitst the Constitu tionality of the legultender. act.. We have had within the List twenty-four hours, the first snow storm of the season . . Only about one litchiell, and the San to-day IS vanish ing it, and i.viiseqtlently the streets are muddy. The following intenting letter was written to the Methodist Home Jour nal, Philadelpbia, by the late Dr. Franklin Moore, while traveling In the west during the past year: The Patine linfiroad This week Is a Memorable one in 44, 1 449;vAthwiNf2slithas1111ewint Monday last, the second day_ of the week, and the 10th day of May; A. D. 1839. The driving of the golden spike which clinches the silvermoun ted rail to the silver eased Mountain Laurel tie which binds the Central Pacific and Union Plwilic .• Railways into one solid Iron track from Ocean to Ocean, is an event never to be for gotten in the history of men. It Is said that telegraphic arrangements were to be made so that each stroke of the silver hammer on the golden spike would be reported simultane ously, by telegraph, at New York and San. Francico. Such a- report of these final strokes is eminently symbolical of the fact In the also; for every stroke on the famous golden spike, was a stroke of destiny which shall reverberate east and west, and girdle the 'entire' globe with- its echoes. 'rho strokes On that golden spike, will novereeaserosound while the earth endures in its present or ganization. The completion of the great line of travel from the Atlan tic to the Pacific is an event of high significance in -; many aspeets of thought. There can be no doubt that this continental railway Will contribute greatly to produce coin , pactoess ..of the nation, and give efficiency to the administration of the general government. The Argus-eyed vigilance and all , prevalent presence.of the power and majmty of the old Imperial Roman government,- is a theme of wonder to the thoughtful in our thum, mid InSpired a feeling of profound awe in the subjects of that government it- I self. But Modern railways pro nounce the well paved Roman reads of olden times, to be but the media of a sluggish conveyance,in compar ison with the arrowy speed of bur; (Jelled trains over themselves. The Telegraph and Railroad which work together harmoniously, are a brace of giants. The one speaks instanta -nwusly acrem a! Continent, and the other, promptly, as material - sub- , stances will permit with safety, exc.- taites the flat. With the aid of the Telegraph and Railroad, a Union of Continental dimensions can be- con trolled as effectively ; ail the nuichin ery of Government can be worked as harmoniously, us in former times of mud roads and lumbering coaches could be realized in a nucleus of a few not very extensive common wealths. Only !a few years ago fears were felt by some, as to tile solidi ty of our Union, in consequence. of the remoteness from the seat' of Government of the States of the-Pa cific slope. All such fears can now be cud to winds, for in these days, hours, not miles, measure the prox imity or remoteness of places. Strange as it may steel, there are interior districts of the Republic, of (Imper atively few miles, say a few hundred distance from each other, which are yet, actua ll y, more widely separated by lack of eotivenient •highways of travel, than are-New York and San Francisco at the vast space of 3,353 miles. The influence of the Pacific Railroad on the distribution of the population of the country, must, also he very great. ; All observation thus far halicatcs that the building of a Railroad which has important termini, secures the rapid dewier inent of the country through which the road runs. ; -What is seen to day along the routes of the NevrYork and Erie, the New ; York and Pennsylva nia Central Railways,will soon . be seen along the, trac k of the great Pacific RailrOad; flourishing cities and towns will sparkle along it, like dew drops upon the sides of a vine, all the way from Omaha to Sacra. mento City. -A vast flood of emigra tion will now rapidly set .in towards California and Oregon, and there are new - living in the Eilstern, Middle and the so called Western States of our Union, very many petiole; who will toil actively for years, and then die on the shores of the Pacills, leav ing their posterity to share the des tinies of the golden States of the far West, that Wmt which is bounded by the Ocean—who, but for. the Pa cific Railroad, would have remained ut or near the scenes of their nativi ty: We may seem extravagant to Effl pips • . and: ' - imtions, pantie' With eartiland are. justlyjUbilant e l . cov - ken 'of a Railroad wh to ERlbEleiVe their In terests wiring' rously, there: are -'rea sena ofjoyiidso, upon the part of a Christian tan strives to "discern the siglisof thetimes," and is Interested In that "Wolk= of God" which Will te content with nothing ,short of a work!. submilnitte, . and nestling . .In sweet titptivkr, at the,feet. of Jaws. ...Thtroowlutie.. combination , of the comfortrand. elegancies which con stitute what wn call advanced civil!. aittloiniftwithoUt - the pervading presence e spirit of Clod,but as al shell Witlitiesweet sound in it. Yes 1 'ffithiltifllier stately majesty and beantyithemss like the Temple , of Selorricraithe Divine fire flamed on its altar, , and before its holy halls ' were fo•tlask with the excesilve brightunstat the Divine glory. :De pend upqn it, the merciful benig nate lief God hsthat all truscirill zalion, I, in someway, contribute to, and ukedwith 7 hinnan sacti fication. - ' ' • • The RallwayS which girt CUnti neuhr, and ~ he Telegraphic lines by which ilk speak intelligibly towel) other acrossthe thousands of miles, and - beneath - the thundering billows of the Ocean, certainly must be de signed, in the economy of that God who governs the universe. front, the stand point of the spiritual and hol to accomplish seine higher end-th an even- the transmission of tidings aboutoind the actual transmission of-goitl; - silks, and spices. - The material has its sphere, but it is subordinate, to the spiritual: "Man shall live not by breed alone but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." The days ore break ing on men when the prophecy shall be sublimely verified, that, in " the time of the end"—" many shall run to and fro, end knowledge shall be inerea' siM." - Now all virtuous knowledge is,doubtless, included In this prediction—fir knowledge expands by search and fiocial, inter boursoyet the pre-eminent Meaning of thepassage Is, that the knowledge cif God shall be increased in' the Earth.i ,While the men of trade will throng the highways of the world, the heralds of . Christ will throng them,Talio,—tutd, the day • is hasten ing on,' when, by Christian traffic and travel, ant by direct Christian efforts tee enlighten and save .men, "the earth shall be full.of the knowl edge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea." Whether, then, we regard the com pletion of the Pacific Itaiirciad as Pa triots, Bus Mess Men,Philanthro pists, Christians, we ave reason to rejoice. • Now that the Laura, tie is bound to its bed dug for it by the silver pick, and the silver decked bar is fastened thereon, by the gol den spike, which was driven by the silver hammer; now that the Loco motive screams triumphantly where silence reigned for ages, •let us all shout together, "Ail Hail I Jubilate!' God I" TIIE lIETROE&L i !ITAN POLICE Governor Genry'in Iteasonis for Vetoing it. -- • .7b the ,Senate s oand House of Repreeen latires .of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvata : . • GENTLEM} :11avingcarefullyam -1 sidered Sena bill No. 20, entitled "An Act to irovide for the appoint ment of a 3ltkopolitan Police for the city of Philanilphia," and although actuated by aanmre desire to am form my acti4l in regard to it to that of the Genera( Assembly, I am con stained to N !Mold the Executive sanction, androtted to the constitu tional duty o giving Lily reasons for It disapproving) In the first "lam, the title is not in conformity iith the Stli section of 1 the 7th Arthe of the Constitution, which 'declare that :`no bill sluelx) passed by the Legislature containing more than unsuhjeet, which shall be dearly expnied in the title." As I , ' read the bill eof its most impor tant featurta the erection of five Po lice commi,, tiers, and yet Allis Idosi i t is neither clot yexpres.sed, nor even remotely indfited by the title. ' • I I Another section to the bill is, that (he wholeixteen pagesarejuin bled tog,etheritto one section. It is usual and n i ftier to divide bills of such length ) sections, • meh em bracing soinniarked features, and to have sectionerrangeti according US sonic naturaltder. Although this Is only a mat; of fotm,l am aware' of no good relOn for this departure from usage attutter disregard of all kanul precl Much has said about the char acter and hie ency of the l'ulice (if Philadelphin.ti lain fully persuad ed many ofl are not such ItS the good order of city demands. But whilst this I. ucknondedgett evil, ti and a propertbject for legislative considerationitnore than doubt the wi s d om of titemetly proposed' by 1 this bill. ltainanittNt, however, that it is a in important one, and that it conte, UN an entire revo isa 1 lution in th nth of Ilie•eity gov ernment. ' The mow nal authority of the ' Legislature, period of profound peace, to c a power such as is contempiat the "Metropolitan Pollee Bill s rite over the whole State, or any . thereof, is a ques tion of greaignitude i• and one widel i ,' mud republican form of government , rves serious consid eration, as I o lves inherent and Indefeasible and other funda mental prin . in a goverinnent established ho benefit and hap piness of the le. The bill r consideration. is fraught with entous consequen ce" to the citi of Philadelphia and the State. 4 e pa-glen that the power am I - On away from so large a porti he pouple of Penn sylvania, wi their consent, for a period of y • and lodged in the i hands of six a s, is to me extra onlinary, nil . e and in violation 'of the spirit ing and Intent of the first an d sections of the .._ Twelfth Art The second • power is inh all free gore their autho their peace, The Constltu plain and princlpkm u gOVCITIMeht comment w would weak! the case., If there cx Hy in the 1 power, In a yttua, then i they have *1 number of yi petuity. - To recap% thusspeelall to acknowl. has nuthorit ments in ev village, ma littittiftt biThe seine rea py~aww Air , , or 14it n ittfr aridilnien` greed pp iry oßtan ?ace at Seettre s irsecallve, searnil laire in: the lOWins, thta ex sisaPettlhe *atom ipation hillie-goVernutent _.....)lVeir s ,* 'land Confess that „4 - ttrAgy, to sanction sayil*lslabailitlisiehieviousin its tendeockst;and so anti-repubikap in uallirbithis chatieter antedated Wool] a i nslistlestrros. the dearest slat said - prlVlleges of the pw- SI& undmite the'lastltetnaks Commonwealth. iceand tfje dictates the af sound Nib, I,Po - require that s ound Maud andeorporate diiriakm great " . 010M1111,'IshOtild . be I, *Out inherent_ight of self sinent wlthent"Mdous inter .iili]je-' from any qtiarter, to man tditdrs in their WritY, through h Onioenittelected at thaballot he; by teineelves. In' remarking upon this sublet have elsewhere - said : "The great prineipleS then; upon - which our. _the Institutions -Is3st Is the sinquanded and absOlute soVreignity of the.peo pie; and' onatituting, le temost posiats th atr'p orinoenl s p tlal tadturehtthgreatcVehadofteur liberties:wit isbetterealettlated than any other:lteOro elevation to ;oar hopes and dignity to our actions.: •go long as thepeople feel that the rower to elect tbel4ownofficersand admin. • later abater own governinent abides in them ~so long will they be impre]sed with 'that. senile of security, and of dignity which must ever spring from the consciouinets that they hold With in their own luilids a remedy for ev bry a correction for ev ery govern Mental abuse and usurpa tion. • This principle must be upheld cuid - Maintained at all hitrarda and ev ery iitcrifice—Maintained in all the poster and ness-sin all the breath I and depth of its utniost capacity and signifltation. .It Is not sufficient that it be acknotiledged as amen: abstrac tion,. or theOry,or doetrinesbut as a practical, sulbstantial, living reality, vital in every part.. I The city Of Philadelphia, in . order , to pay the neemary expenses of, her government; of ber sieW s treportant and extended sihiprovementss and the intereat on 'het immense debt' (now greater than that of the Com monsvtaithi is not lu a condition • to hexer*. her liabilities, and if she does, it ought to be with a perfect understanding for , what, purpose and to what amount. The salary 'of the Mayor, who now performs all the functions that are proposed to be plat:Win the hands of this,boaril of.polimtammissioners Is four thousand dollars, while the salaries of the Mx commissioners, at three thousand dollars each, one clerk at fifteen hundred dollars and one eta theusund dollars, a commit; ting magistrate the central station,' say three thousand dollars, and a clerk at tifttrii hundred dollars, rind that of thesexaralning physician s three thouSaili dollars, amount to twenty-eight:lhousand dollars to which may be iiddesl: rents, stat ion - ary, printing and incidentals, at least' twenty-twq thousand dollars more, making in all the sum of fifty thous. and.doffitrslfor salaries and expense] for the official departmint alone. The bill' says: "The said board shall have entire control of all the police of the city end shall have au thority to Enemas° the force of • pa trolmen, should they deem the same nem-story land it is hereby made the duty of thei select and common coun cil to appropriate sufficient moneys to meet the expenses of the board and said force:" This is le every respect the most , perfect surrender of plenary powers of the many to the few that I have ever witnessed. Absolute control of the police; power to increase the' I number atitheir pleasure, to fix the wages at any figure, without being irdm - thiy ioirititwtiac fIYVEXI 3 I* not exercised bss, the Autocrat of Russia. The Sity" councils and the people seeth to be entirely Ignored by the bill, except that i tthe baud shall, front timefto time, submit to the Councils their estimates of the sums required (Ur the payment of, official' sal:erica and expenses, and for the maintenance of the police force." r There isj no check or audit pre scribed, and no matter what may be the taint required, the Councils must pioVitle and appropriate the amount, mid the wapie,already over burdened, Must meet largcay increas ed taxation to supply the Ceubeils with the nects , sary means to satisfy the demands of the board. And of-. ter payingithe fifty thousand dollars before mentioned to got this "'!'rajas horse" main its legs, and introduce it into Philadelphia, no WIC 111111 tivate the inert:m.(l;m penses, and no one is to be ra.ponsibie for the dam ages that May occur after its machin- . 1 ery has been tally set in upper:diem 'rhe polidh Three is also to be put upon a wair footing. Every appli mut is to be submitted to an exam ination by ''ti properly qualified play- siciau," and if net found entirely com petent and finder the age of forty fire yaw; he Must be rejected. IVlay shall trusty, able bodied anti expe rienced police officers be excluded (rain the efficiency, merely because they are oler forty-five years of age? It is probably the first time in the history of the State' that a man in civil life, Who is otherwise suitable In every r6pect, shall be priseribed tilien he May have served his coun try faithfudy in . her armies and at tained the lage of forty-five years. This is moestrous Injustice, and an ostraeism Which I trust will never meet the sMiction of ; or be tlierated by, a braveiand generous people. I have not time to call your :Men tine to the' provisions of this bill as fully as I Could have desired, but I have pointed out sufficient wrongs in this attempt to credo such a force,np- Pointed by the concentration of the I pittiplea pOwer into the 'hands of a fent - inert chosen by leSiislatots • from every part Of the State, who are fully assured that their own constituents ' would not Submit to any such ionic lion of absckute government and tax- atiou upoli themselves for a single moment.. This is the kind of legisitt don whleli ntuler prekasserof seems lug the peace, creates discontent, dis sat isfuetionand disturlxince. It areas es in the besorn of every man who knows his;own inherent rights the must deteratined opposition, anti fre quently the most uncompromising hostility to every movement by which ho 'perceives his liberty is abridged, awl makes him wage a con tinuous wall:ire against all whom he conceives tis, be the enenth.s of liberty whether, coke or concealed. A Republican government cannot long exist under partial and unequal laws. And to perpetuate this Re- public with all the !timings which cluster amend it, _the State Legi.sia tun) must J enact laws bearing, alike upon all, With equal underact justice to all, Without prejudice or partiality. A majority in a State undertaking to letrislateto perpetuate its power by the pas s age of laws unequal, unjust and oppressive toward the minority, is not Repablican in form nor Demo cratic in principle, and must soon sink into imperialism. .For these and other reasons I can notgive my executveaanctiou to this or any otheract which has a tendency to take from the people any portion ofthelrlnherent rights. Theelectlon of every loud officer charged with the duties of executive authority or with the execution of the laws, should be submitted ito a direct popular vote; and I can see no reason why the peo ple of Philadelphia should be made an exception to this rule, and be de prived of the right of choosing by their own votes thole who shall con stitute the commhstioners of pollee, as well as who shall be their mayor, select end ,antnnon council, or their representatives in the Legislature. It is an elementary axiom that ev ery government should have some responsible head; and 'in a Republi can Government, that responsibility the Constitution. deciarea "that all n the people, and to are founded on nd instituted' for and happinem." is faith, in such 1 terms, the iich .a republican conducted that superfluous and than stren e' 4 then . • right or author re to concentrate a for a • term of be admitted that to do it for uny to make it a per- right to legislate e city is virtually t the legislature Ito stroller wad er tow ns city, hip wit borougha, M *add he' lei the Peep? , the eourue of all tied power. • ..• eretofore the mayor of Pinioned ph a . has occupkxl thik. position of trust anti • romonstbility. To ..kinr the people looked, and hada right to look , for the mope} emigration of the laws and the preemoristion or the pro and good order of the city. If he has tidied to meet their just ex pectations they have their remedy at the ballet-box; and it is fair to presume they will avail themselves of it at *helmet iawfid- opportunity. would ij improve, the existing cow; dition of things to'divide this respon sibility among • six commissioners, otwlsom the Mayor would be. lint one? 'TO whim w,ould they be re, sponsible fora proper discharge of duty? Hardly:to legislature Of the whole Sakti._ which changes annually.' Not :to' • the .qualified electors of the city, for they did • not elect and cannot; under the machin erY'or the.bill, choose a majority of their auccessoni for this° years, nor a nevi board for five years. Divided resbousibility in government Is a political heresy, and nearly related to no tmOnsiblUty. What kW, of an army would that be which had six commanding officers, all of equal rank? And what sort - of a State. administration week' that be emanating from six governors, all of squat power and authority ? And wirat good could be expected of that pollee organization' which la to be governed by six equal aq_d irresponsible commissioners? II •-the people of Philadelphia desire a Metropolitan Police Bill let the commissioners be of their own choosing, at the ballot box. Let them be" of people and by the 'people." To my mind these objections are insuperable, and the bill is therefore returned for further consideration. JOHN W. GEARY. —The robbery of the Couurilssion ers' office of Indiana county is still a sensation. The greatest loss was a book of registry for county bonds sold and a number of blank bonds. ~." New Advertisements. rR Trzza „ .. . = .# Fray IIler; strong, dorable mid elastic Midi; will mw with ease evm variety or radon, woolen. ULM and silk goods trim the finest to the coar se st, and of any required thickness at greater speed and with less power and nob* than any other machine Agen n wanted omm — Mon al s kred. Fr ev te e m y s w d n eire L naadrerss. • - • S. 11AM ELTON. Ito. TOO enestant Bt., Phlladelpide, Pa. Sole Agent. A VISITOR'S NOTICB.—In the Orphans* LI. court of Bearer Comas', so. e, March Term, leak In th e matter of the sale of the Real Same of Samuel S. Mate, by his Guardian, John Pier- Esq— (L)Now, to wit: Deeemberßth, the Court..oo motion, appoint E. 11. SEAL. Daugherty, ea.. a Auditor tomato dlstribation of as much of the pro; male of the sale of said Real Estate a he may dad to ho now twiny payablifoot of the tame. Front the recent. Attest: - "JOBS C.41.11a, TlKiditar appointedappointed In the above Matta' will Tor'roastthe puipass.pf his lapotatment, at the Court Same in Beaver : on-Thursday Ma dap of Nara next, at one o dor-Sep. a, at which time and plats puttee In Maria may attend If they see proper-, S. B. SAUGUS:STY, Ard'r. febtolw ON's Tr co ra -or- B. L. Falinestock d, Co's. Pure White Lead JUST RECEIVED, 'ANI) FOR SALE AT Pittsburgh Pri6e: by 5.3. Cross dc ROCHESTER. rebl6.tf 'tL T Sa l of IN ROCHESTI•:I;. The undeleived Exec...tor of the lart will and testament of Jacob Young detecared, will sell at Ypublic vale on the premises 'lingo in the town of itochooter, Bearer county. Pa.. . On Tue.ulay, .Afarch tat, 1870, at 2 o'ilock is. h.., the following property, to wit : Being about one owl utte.fourlh acrro Of hind, .11. into iu liochester, sioreeeid, upon which I. eroded A Good Femme Dwelling. house, or bre raw and a collar; &good Stable and other otta bulldlng• ; ! Mlle 'Thirteen Hundred Graperines, Seventy.five nett Tres, and several different Varieties of small fruits, all Inmrine, upon said premises. The home and the entire . Improve ments are in goo 1 condi tiuo, and Lader good hoc,. and situate within lour minutes alk of the Rail road Depot, It, ootomoods a splendid view of some eight mien miles of the Ohio river and of all the anrreatidlng country. This doe pr lanky will 10, sold at the above time and place triThoul re...en-elan or stri4tr delay. Terms easy, and made known on the day of sale. • prvEu YOUNG, .f.4r. YOUNG, &wire, tebtOrlw Plant Celebrated s IAYMP.Late MADE AT Massillon, Ohio, Can always 1w 1141 at the Sion, of S. J. Cross & ROCHESTER, PA li•b l lia f BEAVEIt DRUG STORE, fi . V . q4 Yk.lqll,l•EiPisfill, Druggist fi Apothecaiw. 13 1CA:N 7 1?,11.. JPII7.I\TN. DEALER IN PUREDRUGS,CHEECALS,MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS, YARNIsIIES, DYE- I4TUFFS, WINDOW GLASS, 1 3 urry. &c. &( Chole.o Vanail;), ci-moomp,tms, CD UDR AND DIVINED OILS, LAMPS A; LAMP CHIMNEYS, 131.11INEItS, 6:07 Of the greatest Variety, and at the Lowest 11 4aZIEL. IklllllllEllailli Or-Physicians Prescriptions carefully and scientifically coinpnunded at any time day or night. CH - Agents for Faltnestock Hulett and Sam artz's Strictly Pure White Leatt, the oldest and best brand in tho market, at trutaukicturers' pricer.-pm oct6 I . ALDITOWS NOTICE.—WIInuit tintith. Admtier. Omega benith, deed. es. Thomas Jenkins and Williase - Jenaine. In Mb Common ?Rua/ Deaver county, Vendltionl Bananas N0..8 of Dept Term, Intak The Audittwappointed by die Ctlert laths above case—on atotbin of B. ar Chamberlain, eeq.—to distribute proceed* aside on the above writ. art I attend to the dollen Of his appolotteent at the Court Mate Is Dearer. oittitsnath day ot Peers. fr. Ina, at 1 o'clock p. ne., when and where all parties Intereeted may attend tra t e, feb o . WA raj W. S. MORGAN, JP= catunen. Mil .Q., . . S = Cr; O = ri et. • 1144 • SD 1:6 I mul th" ke # la 1 Eil _ co 0 r* i 1.P.... *NA " Ti NO • 0•••• lii O 6 et O i n • Om Mod owl II Pl l5 CC- - •a - : CA -cD 45" Bil 'I El jeuallklni -Miscellaneous. CASK R , TRADE A AI euirket price, 1.,r 2000 BUSHELS OF OATS; 10000--M1V141L111.164, itvr 1000 13Vslrims op coin JAMES DUNCAN, railikacon. lietavor co, 1.:, Wholist Juit remiviNi on, or ow 147.* cord moot complete stacks ever In ,11:1,11. Beaver county, consisting FOREIGN AND DOMEsTic a•—• • DRY - GOoifS Hats,Capsi Furs, 'SOO2'4l:l CLOTIIING, Carpets an Oil cloths, Hardware, QUEENSWAR E, GROCERIES, ALC2 Ilart+lll.innvl4 25 t•li. :LTA G0.1.1(.311}. 20 et s. an.l %, tartan Plaid Alpacas 1 i L, :tn,i ny.,4 Plain Alpacas, a 0 ut+,:in , l tills% 3pi A 41W 11::!.! , g 114111,4 10 1110 upward, 122,14 L. and nov Tv:jai:lTc ZA . 1 . 2,, A Valuable Farm In Raccoon Tour *hlp. Beaver Catagity, Penn's, Lying on Itaceman Creek, tiro and La, lan from the Ohio niter and .lc to k. (rum Pr. 0 containing One Hundred and Irb4rty -Fite Irm about re acres of wide] are tinder I L - rest wood laud, and Arty artro to.,t-of detlaid WITH GOOD COAL The Improvements connt.t 141 LA; C.. —lame .table. de. There 14 GOOD MILLA.ITE .0111 the prembes. Sale to fain plan on the or, loco, on !Friday March 1, 1470, at N. U.—The Above property L. ;ar. or whole, to putt totrctwre.' Tem. ntao 1111 , *: on the day of ate. CLIARLES LATTER NE? Feb 9, 15713.3w1 Holt F. 0 Best or in In .13/ROPOSALS FOR cu ovry The undersigned will rtiL 11, furnishing of the mak:flats and t•tonnnt: s ou the County Poor Farr.l.. mouth of Itaccoon Crett. OLwn n•s Friday :Ilarch dth, 13.u,al 9.. k. 5 The bonding to be nf brick. out f o unt hr :•.t7 four lest: Iwo stories. with stun- Kis u - ••'• Plana Inc spocitications can In, st, miasioners' Omee; Bearer,! n.,.15`,5 , raithful perfutuunot of the work eLi 1 n-q-. 7•1 All pinposahf to be scaled. and Ultra:4 to •11, t" o f the Nor." gayer,! Waits t'onnz.. and masted 'Proposals for County flour JOION sLtsri. .• S. IIcIIAIZA - I'. rt. feb..t3wJ IL 11. COOPIIIL ILatlicsl and Local copy 3 tittles and ••• ' • IL like. von SALE.--Tho tiodendreed %A.!,' • .Lm hee and tut lb Bearer...ld prop,. ~r ; bow occupied by Caps. E. armee w Street. Thohouor contain dee room.- • , ender pan of the hou.o—ettd a good w e = stable, .te., on the lot_ A Orb rrr, crir , door, and the lot le coclo.nit with t:. The above pevintty will he told crier,. I: dispoocd of bekno the flm ‘.1.. CI 1 be for rest. Apply to Joeepli nt imbeerlber. jattll:lS:thStrj WALlEtts PITTSBURGH BANK OF SAVINGS. 07 goiarth Avenu T . t•lttallaarab. - Chartered; in. 1s1;'!• Open daily from 9 to 4 o'clock, an.l ru , to EVIDIVi is. from Nlav lstto.Tiort•llob., I, 7. • clock and from Sorentlstr lot to tl.o 1. • : o'clock. interest paid int the rate of {— freoof tax. and It hot It ithdllittli Co1111;1,: •• annually to January sod Jolly. Boni, do., (unpt...ll at the uellea.i hOARD Or WINAUE.: GEOUtlk: A. I1E111:1 11 21.:74 " ./11. .. i f V I" D. E. ) 4.1 A. Itradley, J. L. Uralliktu, A S K.Nillulck, Juo. 1: , :,•, U. V.ltm+abmt, Joshua Moak., , Itoht C.tictimertz, ChrlstLto Zrll, antal:lsr) T.w.ot A. Not, •-• • " ['arm Fcir Sale. A VAR, coutalattig ,n vr )Il}L thereabouts, known t. the ro; ettY Small. docemed, In It too r1.1.1p, .1 1 •• r. collo from Demor and stmitt tip• ao a Pam, b - ton and Brighton, All L'aderhsid (1,1. Them ant on It a Mime IN mot s . 417 . ..any n at:iu m u r. nt eat varieties of apples, outdo , . and pe high stated cultivation. Ateo, .1 Pieee of Lila , ' belonging to the ,mate of the •ooe an the SaW•51111 property. op ErAdy'e log about statist:lv e servo, la.arly .11 6:of , r , ! * A Th;cc FeeC Yi . ol oaf ( ~. , f • It Is well Timbered. has n good Wait r t i , Ctlty of timber lu the ueighhorhool Them le a lob doe Wu; awl bin thereon meted. .140, Lot ro litcoll , rr , a" , , No. 40 In Ilmvphiirs pLoi of lot. All a. will bo solo on reamonable term. Drama Ingolm of_l t li.titr rp Janietro4l I Br Chippewa () For , sale. ^C the moot Va!utile !Iwolle,. zq.,c,'• the last forty )tan, I+ oC tad for ..r• `< 4°l '"rl , ,,,blitif henatuing nicht, sod the entire prutelt,i, 1. it The WllllllO2ll 000s6t 01 One Two-Wory iit rl. I Slate room on drat floor, tic:o Pro t Dittlag-rtioni In the rear of the sto, ro 'LL • One Frame Dul•/flog 1.1x:111 feet, &vented from the linos to a also rm.:a on the euwt ; • ' 4 '" • ' , '' t ..„„d•T•.,..•_•th. 1 1 reel tleep. The ft,: ...wet on the [Met 19 lalliketlpted. ato[ I. 0 .0 !), for bollilthit. (At the lot to I) A Good .Fninse tc ° 4 ; 00, .. Ci.tml by ttni blichen. nun ail Mit - 011114311nV OKCelilly. T. ere In, WI.II` w of hods on Um lot, and A Grape :A rbror ' running throush the 'thole depth n. L: n „.. are 11.• Cbakere griper.. All terpler arid idia properly to Justly; reuarkled a. 111cil „ ! ,. ) .A od to thy perpuoe for which it le t0. , ..1 I rMat. Ukot, and aztenila bark 13a1 Co. t. 11 Wed on Bridge amt, near the bridge_ The Natick acid Laturlo 'on lba purebarad if desired. Cull on J.ll. nry at Law„ Devoe& or do Menud, rri,u,l. Mideeorater. Hermon fociaelling7ill hre lb. /Uttar] bETKIL A Mai • LUtai eopyj
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