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partment will be made at an earty rte,
day. and for thls and other nsthowto 4 f ,' x
believe the interval prior to th.„,,,,,,„;
jounied cordon of Congress! ' Lln " ---
for such a change. I tramoua toilaugh
rile Lettere or termination wad permit me to add ths .o l o isysoff the pub-
Acceptance.
.., acceptance of tt.i, - h e aui get hods
77te Swretarg's gwrivondevee with as
:cop v.... m
t h e Rep „biby, amaremioure
.c 0.... ~..%4 - 1.,:d0 It with, and put in another who
I • miitre—Hio chjiw i tiz o * or obixit $9O will loan these money s
long In!
WAAitt ~.- the ism wi ll tout% and then' divide
~...verytaaa,Wonut and child in the
place. • ' the proceeds among his "ring" Imo'
• elates In puhlie plunder! The "feel
ings," therefore, of Moak Rutin
and Sliurloelc are to be made to &-
ter Into a movement next winter in
the' eieeticm *of "a State Treasurer,
which—irsocassful--4111 cost the
tax-payers of Pennsylvania a million
'and &half of dollars! What do the
pecipleihlnk of tbe entertainment to
whlektitei are Invited • by our rep
resentitives themselves' , ,
SEiECT auscEttANr.
. .
,From the Pit h•botrh Cummerdal.
It .1 II) ON SECRETARY CO/i•
IN spite of the Etwoupsu War . Gold
steadily declines; Relined on Monday
at 1410 with a weak market ano o
Prospect of rallying, but rather 4: ten
&lntl' to fall still furtber,all of Which
Indicates the public confidence in
tbe
ability and honesty.ofour republican
adininlstration.
A siiviur.an divorce suit Is.on trial
• In i *ecv York city. AV. Peck Want
' • eilinoney, and his mother•agreedto
let him have 00,000 If he would get
rid °this wife. Then his wife,ln order
that hemight get Abe $30,000, agreed
to make no plea against a divorce,
provided that he would many her
again. But Peck being free did ha
feel like resuming his chains again,
• and bence s the litigation. •
POLITICIANS seem to be attracted
to. the , hotel beams, • The Lindy
House in Harrisburg has been sold
to W. H. Kemble Ex-State Trimur
ti, far 42,000, and has been Hosed by
le:X4ll 3 aaker E. WI Liavls and Wiwi . -
lit Selfridge, Clerk of the House of
Representatives. If the gentlenian
know as much about running a hotel,
1 as they do about politics, tho enter
prise will be a success In a certain
•iVay,
' VIE whiskey business in the Uni
ted States has recently been "figured
Up" witli the following results. The
distilleries now erected have the ea
patqty to make daily 910,551 gallons
of spirits, producing of these 759,377
gallons from, grain, 24,903 gallons
from molasses, and. 126,.T71 gallons
from fruit. It Is estimated that they
actually produce yearly 118,642,000
gallons. It is some relief *to know
that only 75,090,000 gallons of this is
isnimunied in this country. Suppose
It were all 'consumed here—what
the
THE . news during the past
week is unimportadt.. The negotia-
Gone for an aftnistice last week were
abruptly broken off but are now be
ing renewed. French accounts state
that the French troops gained a vic
tory over the Prussians wider Gener
al Von det Tann, but if an advan
•---'-tage was gained at all, it Is' highly
prebuble that it was one of such hi
significant proportions, • as to cause
the Germans but little anxiety about
it. While more or less of skirmish
ing has been going on Contlaually in
the vicinity of Paris, the regular
bombardment of that city •has not ,
yet commenced.
Tun elections held on the Bth o
this month conclude those to be held
this year. In some of the States a
good deal of Interest was felt in the
• .' result,and the votegenerafty brought
out; but in others apathy prevailed,
and a light poll was the consequence.
While the Democratic vote' in New
York, New Jerat3y,Rentucky, bhitY-
Ind he. was largely reduced, the
nyvatt_Liwvertlaelesis gulped a
,„„, „ r 11 ,-2 of Congressmen in the.other
beaded" The next Congress, as nearly
as we can now arrive at it, will stapd
145 Republicans, and 98 Dein..awits,
giving the Republicans a majority In
tlie House of 47 members. The Sen
ate will stand 57 Republicans and 15
Democrats. On the whole, therefore,
the Republicans can congratulate
themselves upon the fact that "It
wasn't much of a shower after p 11."
THE Republicans, here cud there.
over the State are beginning to look
around for a suitable candidate for
Auditor General. General Hart
rauft's teen expires next year, cud
as the office is a very important one,
financially considered, great care
Should be exercised in the choice of
'lesson to succeed hitu. Tltenatne of
tenentl James Beaver .of Centre
county, is often mentioned in con
nection with the nomination, and
every person seems to think ho
would fill the bill. General Beaver
is a lawyer of Bellefonte,Centrecoun
ty, is a good speaker, was a splendid.
Seidler during the rebellion, and lost
a leg in one,of the bloodiest battles of
the, war. lip belongs to the 0. 0.
'lower& type of
Convention
soldiers
and at the State Convention of the,
Young Men's Christian Association
held st . Scranton last weak, we mitie
ed that General Beaver was one, of
the Vice Presidents; as well as one of
the prominent speakers of the eau
odon. Should General Beaver, there:
fore desire the nomination for Aud
itor General, and If it Is conferred
upon him, there is no, matt In the
State whose name would amuse more
enthusiasm, or who would receive a
heartier support than himself.
'rug renders of the Irwin-Quay
t• Buten-and Sherlock controversy will
tie impressed with a factor two Ale- I
veloped during the discussion. It
.will be remembered that General
• win stated in one of his eommuulcs
. flop, a couple of weeks ago, that
during 'Mr. Mackey's year as Stale.
Treasurer, he had paid off but jfee
hundred aiousand dollars of the
state's indentedners •' . while he (Ir
. wlo) 'who had filler! NU* ORILV
but little over six . monthi, had al
. ready reduced the-Stite debt about
one and o hat/ million re dollars. .
'•Tliese tiguires • have not been contra
dicted•anywherri nor by anybody.—
• We therefore take It for goodalthat
they show the actual condition of
things, and are not susceptible, of sue
rxesfut refunitlon.. Now, lot* at an
-ether branch of this controversy: in
last week's hadleal Memo. Rebut
And Sherlock declare their puipose to
resist the re-election of General 'lr
. win with all the weans In thelipor ,
yr, and intimate very plainly that
grey intend to vote for Mr. Mackey
for State Treasurer next winter.—
They thus give public uottce that
. their moiled In the elettlea of a State
.• Treasurer, next winter, will be Iona
• , eneed by • their revengeful feelings,
end that the. public welfare 1610 be
wholly lost sight of In their desire to
strike General Irwin a blow. Ili not
that the 'Hellion they put themselves
in? The figures show that their pre*.
pective candidate paid off but live
bu t nired thousand dollars of the State
t during his whole term of office,
while u Is tacitly admitted on all
, gi pplls thlet are man they propose to
t i s bjr s o bard to defeat, will, at the
Miry j alfris Apia" base paid of
ISM
CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE in a letter
recently published alleges that Sec
retary Stanton was an anti-Slavery
man thirty yearn ago, and suPPorted
views which ho (Cl se) had pet forth
in resolutions prepared for an anti
slavery political conventioa. -The
Chief Justice also corrects the state
ment lately Made by Hon. Jeremiah
S. Black,,to the effect that Mr. Lin
coln's cabinet in 1881 voted "six to'
ono" In favor of-surrendering Fort
Sumter at the beginning of the war.
He asserts that himpelf
Mont
gomery Blair both voted against
surrender. • Another point of inter
cst,ls touched upon' in this letter:
Judgo Chase states that Senator DAM
qua of this State was not obliged to
vacate the war oilice' during Mr.
Lincoln's first term. but that he pro-
Posed torlaillli IdPlSelf in' order to
accept the Russian rnlsslon, CAI, etr•
K. McClure of Philadelphia, who Is
supposed to know a thing or two In
relation to General Cameron's retire:
went from the War °Mee, has been
giving a veiy different version of the
affair, and wo prasnme this letter of
Chase's will induce ,Col. 4. to give
the public some additional light on
thesubject i : We shall therefore await
a letter from him on that point with
wnsiderable interest.
THE friends of General Schenck
here can obtain no definite conlirnni
tlon of the report that ho has been
tendered. the English mission; but
still the belief is very general that
the report is true. The following
names are furnished from a quarter
that'shoukl be accurately informed,
as those of gentleman to whom this
inhaling' luta thus far - been offered:
Senator Prel I nghuyeen, Senator Mor
rill, of Maine, Prealdent White, of
Cornell University, Senators, Trum
bull, Howe, , Edmunds, and Morton.
THE question o consolidating . the
Revenue Department' Is before the
President for final , decision. The
outlines of the changes deemed be . td
for the Interest of the sorties have
been Indicated by the Bureau of In
ternal Revenue. The decision in
yob/es so many questions concerning
the relief and transfer of otficers.that
more time will bo consumed at the
White House than was at first ex
peeled, and the order announcing the
consolidation may be delayed for
some weeks.. The estimate of reduc
don In the expense of collecting the
revenue by the contensilated Chang-.
es places It at one-thlrd. .
IT is not a matter of much conse
quenee now. but nevertheless many
people are curious to know what be
come of the money raised •by the
Congressional and State Committees
for the alleged pupa* of currying
on the campaign. We are assured
that none of it was sent into this dis
trict, and precisely the same story
comes to our ears from almost every
other part of the .Commonwealth.
Would any gentleman who knows
have the kindness to gratify the pub
lie by telling where these stamps
went to?- IVashington Reporter.
Respectfully referred to M. S.
Quay, who will no doubt take pleas
ure in giving the .Reporler the infer
niation it seeks. ' We are inclined to
believe, Lowever. that the Reporter
is mistaken when it a itegei that "none
of it(the money) was sent into this
district." It is generally understood
here that the' 4th district got its full
share, but that not a cent of it was
used to help Capt. Donlefi' through.
It is further believed- by many that
•one portion of the money sent into
this diStrict for the "purpose of car
rying on the ciunpalgn" was spent
in Dr. Shurlot'A's behalf, , while the
other portion was retained to defray
the current running expenses of the
Bever Radical. M. S. Q. "will now
rise to explain." . .
MERE lain scarcely bee doubt now
but that a consittutiutud convention
will be called. The Democratic pa
pers, as a general thing, are In favor
of the me sure, while at least three.:
fourths of the Republican papers of
the State have urged It in their col
umns.' If such a oonvention Is field
the following, among other subject*
will be brought before that body.
I. The restraint or abolition of ape.
chit legislation.
2. A return to ajudiciary appoint
ed for
• 8. Minority representation, or the
cinnubdtve system of voting.
4. Further restraints upon the pow
er of corporations.
5. The election of State Treasurer
by popular vote.
6. Fixing the salary of the Legisla
ture by the Constitution.
7. Making our Oonstitution conform
to that of the United Slides.
8. More definite and enlarged au
thority for populaindueition. •
Ma. COOPEU, the Republican um-
Mate for the Legislature from the
struog Republican county of Dela
ware, was defeated at the last elec
tion in consequento of having vine('
for robbing the Shiking Fantle( nine
and a half millions ofiluilam fur the
bezeilt of a few railroad speculators..
It is understood that the bill Is to
thine up agMii at the coining session
apd Flamed over the Governor's veto.
Taxpayers of Pennsylvaniakcepyour
eye%ors yourßepresenhitives. Some
Will no doubt bell thenweivin and
Will tint Aura about a reelection if
they Me well paid. Fur such Make
their homes Wo hot fora resting pica
for public rotitiers.—.Hines'.Journal.
Till: Scranton Repabliefei has
the reinarks in regard to the State
Treasurship "We woulil like to see
the itepublican • tairty uitited and
hannoniou.s hi this State;. working
together In a (vitamin maisei fur a
ixamnon aim, and against a
,eoninion
political enemy: But this,. it ap
pears, is not to be this year, for that
mama dual of dissenters and agitators,
that continually fermenting elenient,
which caused so nitich rou ble last win-
ter, is already at work-, renewing and
resurrecting theldentleal Issues which
It was hoped the contest of. last year
had burled in politlad oblivion. This
•
Ansa% but saftielently active to make
on for.any .deillelatey .In' numbers.
We te that the Harrisburg Itie
graph, Beaver Radical, and one or
two other; of the same class, have
opened their 'batteries upon ail Re
publicans Who reflex'sl to support, Mr.
Mackey for State Treasurer last win
ter, and they evinces determination
to renew the contest on the same is
sue when the Legislature meets in
January. Thedetenninationotthese
reckless and anti-Republican-spirited
Journals is to elect Mackey or disrupt
the party. We believe that all men
who have the future ,welfare of our
party In this State at heart should
set their faces against this suicidal
and reckless policy, which the papers
named have been mainly instrumen
tal In setting on foot, and the people
should bring a beery pressure to
bear upon their respective represen
tatives in the Legislature. NVe be
lieve that the composition of the
next PennaylVania -Legislature is
a decided Improvement upon Its two
immediate predecessors. The Re
publican party wisely refused to re
elect any, upon whom the stain of
corruption rested while most of
those whose records are bright and
whose characters are spotless - were
returned, with qtbers, who It was
thought, were innarniptlble. So far
as the Republicans In the next Leg
islature are concerned, we believe
that they can be trusted and will
prove incorruptible. A. large num
ber of the old members who were
returned will be looked to to wield a
salutary influence in the House, and
mould its policy; 'expose trickery,
ferret out, oppose anti defeat corrupt
schemer I In short, the Men who
have been elried and nqt Inund
wanting, must assort a proper power
and influence upon the next Legisla
ture. They are the mon upon whom
the Republican party relies to defeat
ail the schemes set on foot for the
success of the "rule or ruin" faction
which it is clear Mr. Mackey
and his friends propose to inaugu
rate. Not only the • Integrity and
welfare of the Ropiihiibiti party of
the State, but the honor and dignity
of the (kimmenwealtit is, to a very
large extent, In the hands of the Re
publiem members of the next Legis
lature. Let them sera to it that neith
er the future prospects of our party,
the interests of the people or the good
name and dignity of the old Key
'stone, la saerilitsai of Croillatomised
by a shtimeful contest over the elec.
Ron of State Treasurer."
REIVOUNG TUENTATE CONSTI.
TIUTION.
Proposed Mil Providing fbr a
VaaTeliglaa—rian Ibr
liepresonibilor.
,The Philadelphia Telegraph says
that the following bill providing for
a convention to revise the State Con
stitution has been prepared by Sena
ter CoMell;and will be presented by
him so soon as the Legislature
meets:
An Act to provide for a Convention to
ream the thnstilution of the hate
qf Penasykania.
• figcrialf /. •Be it enacted by the
Senate and Hume of Prepresenta-
Lives of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, and it is hereby enacted by
the authority of the same. That the
qualified voters of this Common
wealth shall, 'on the first Tuesday of
June next, at the UsUalplanes for
holding elections, decide Whether or
not a convention shall be held for
the purpose of revising the Constitu
tion of this State. Each voter shall
depoalte a written or printed ticket
labelled "Convention, ' and contain
ing upon the inside either the words
"For a Convention" or "Against a
Convention," and the election officers
shall make a true return of the votes
so cast in the same manner as the
vote cast for Governor is now requir
ed to be returned by law; and on or
before the first Tuesday of July next
the Governor shall* make_precianta
tion of the result of saki election,
via.: whether a majority of the votes
cast have been for a convention or
againsta convention, and if a major.
Ity of the votes cast have been for a
convention, the Governor shall also
certify in hisivroclamation the names
of the, persons elected members of
the convention, as hereinafter pro
vided. The meMbers of the conven
tion elected on the first Tuesday of
June, as herein provided, shall meet
In the hall JO the House 'of .Repre.
sentatives, at Harrisburg, on the first
Tuesday of September next, but in
case a majority of the votes east shall
be against a convention,then no con
vention shall be held, and the 'eke
(tom for members thereof shall be
void and of no effect.' The said elec
tion shall be governed by such laws
as are applicable to general elections
held in this State.
Sec. 2. The said convention shall
be composed of one hundred and
thirty-five members, elected in such
Manner as to give the minority party
In every part of the State a represen
tation in the convention. Thirty
two members shall be elected on a
general ticket from the State at large,
and one hundred and four memhers
from districts as hereinafter specified,
all of whom shall be elected at the
mid vadat election to be held on the
first Tuesday of January next
SEC. 3. The qualified voters of the
State shall at tne said election elect
.thirty-two persons members at large
of said convention : each voter shall
depoelte a printed or written ticket
labelled hmembers at large of conven
tion," which shall contain the names
of the sixteen persons only ; and the
thirty-two persons having the high
est number of votes shall be declared
elected, and the election ottithrs shall
make a true return of the votes so
cast in the !tame manner as the vote
for Governor is now required to be
returned by law.
See. 4. The members of the said
convention elected from the several
districts herea fter mentioned shall be
voted for on tickets labelled "District
members of convention."
Sze. 5. The qualified voters of the
city of Philadelphia shall elect eigh
teen members of the Convention in
the . following manner:—The quali
fied voters of the First, Second, Third
Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth and
Twenty-sixth wards,. which .shall
constitute the First Convention Dis
trict, shall elect five members; each
voter for three persons, and the five
persons having the highest number
of votes shall be declared elected.
The qualified voters of•the Sixth,
Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, .Twelfth,
Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth,
Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eigh
teenth wards, which shall constitute
the Second Convention District, shall
elect seven member: each voter
shall vote for five persons, and the
seven persons having the highest
number of . votes shall be declared
elected.
The qualified votem of the Nine
teeth,Twentleth,Twenty-first, Twen
ty-eetxmd, Twenty-third, Twenty
fourth,Twenty-111111,Twenty-seventh
and Twenty-eighth wards, which
shall constitute the Third Conven
tion District, shall elect six menii.
hers; each voter shall vote for four
persons, and the nix persons having
trite highest number of votes shalt be
declared elected.
Sze. (I. The qualified voters of the
other counties of the State shall elect
eighty-three tneanlnim of the said
Convention, in the following man
ner:
Viequalitted voters of each of the
:following Senatorial districts, as eon
stlttited by the iiiiportioninent of
1861, viz:
Eighth (lierks).
Ninth (Schuylkill). I
Tenth (lltrben, Munroe. Pike and
Wayne).
Eleventh (Bradroni, Susquehanna
and Wyoming).
Thirteenth (Tioga, Potter,McKean
and Clinton).
Fifteenth (Northumberland, Col
umbia and Montour). •
• Sixteenth (13.1uphin and Lebanon).
Eighteenth CIL oek and Cumber•
land).
' Nineteenth. (Mama and . Rank-
Twattrsiecond lambda, jndiana
and Jefferson). - -
Twenty-sixth (Wiishington and
Beaver). . .
Twenty-seventh (Lawrenee,Butier
and Armstrong), and
Twenty-eighth (Mercer, Vensuigo,
and Warren), -shall elect thkee mein.
hero;. each voter shall vote for two
persons. and the three persons : bay.
log the highest number of votes iduill
be declared-elected.
The qualified voters of the Fifth
Senatorial district (Chester 'Deletvare,
and Montgomery) shall elect six
members; &eh voter shall vote for
four persons, and the six persons hav
ing the highest number of votes shall
be declared elected.
The qualified voters of the Terady-
first ,Senatorial district (Clair, (enter,
Huntingdon, Mifflin Juniata and
Perry) shall elect live members;
each voter shall vote for three persons
having the highest vote shall be de
clared elected.
The qualified voters of each of the
following Senatorial Districts, viz :
Seventh (Lehigh and Northamp
ton).
Twelfth (Luzerne).
Seventeeth (Lancaster).
Twenty-fourth (Westmoreland,
Fayette and Greene), and
Twenty-ninth (Crawford and Erie),
shall elect four members • each voter
shall vote for three perso ns,i and the
four persons having the highest num
bers of Votes shall be declared to be
elected.
The qualified voters of etch of the
following Senatorial Districts, viz;
Sixth (Bucks),
Ffittleentit (.14sontIng, Union and
Snyder •
Twentieth (Bedford, Somerset and
Fulton), am)
Twenty-third (Clearfield, Clarion,
Cameron, ForeA and Elk) shall elect
two members; etch voter shall vote
for one person, and the two persans
having the highest number of y!!es
shall he declared elected.
'rho': qualified voters of the Twen
ty-fifth fienatorini district (Alle
gheny) shall elect seven members;
each voter shall vote for live persons,
and the seven persons having the
highest number of votes shall be de
clared elected.
Sl:e. 7. It shall be the duty of the
Sheriffs of the several counties of
this Cotomonwealtit to give noticei .
by prociamiltion In the WWII Manner,
of the time of holding said election,
stating its of jest and the number of
persons to be voted for in the several
districts herein provided:
SEC. 8, The return /Judges Of the
city of Philadelphia shall meet at the
State House at ten o'clock h, 111,, on
Thursday following said elevtion,aud
the return Judges in the other coun
ties In the State shall meet on Thurs
day ut the several places designated
by law for the meeting of return
judges in case of the election of fien
eters. • -
SEC. 9. The said convention shall
have authority to appoint such sub
ordinate officers, nut exceeding tea:
and to adopt such rules as may be
necessary•, and to provide for such
printing as may be necessary for the
transaction of its business; but no
record of the debates in said (Kim/et/-
Sou shall be published at theexpense
of the State:
SEC. 10. The said convention shalt
determine in what manner the pro
posed amendments to the - Constitu
tion shall be submitted to the people,
whether as a WllOlO or in separate ' 1
positions.
Sax. 11. The compensation of the
members of the convention shall be
twelve dollars per day for every day
while !nation' SCB9IOII, and the usual
mileage allowed members of the
1-louse of Representatives, and the
compensation of the officers Of said
.convention shall be the same as is al
lowed by law to similarefficers of the
Senate and House of Represtatives.
The compensation of the mernhers of
the convention and its officers and
expenses"shall be paid by the State
Treasury-upon warrants drawn by
the President of the convention and
attested by the Clerk.
SEe. 12. The said Convention shall
.adjettre:%sfire die on or before the Ist
day of May, A. D. 1812, and the Gov.
shalt - thereupon immediately muse
theihrendutents proposed by the
Convention to be published in at
least one iaufspaper in every county
of the Stater for the space of one
month ; and at a special election to
be held on the first Tuesday of June,
187, 0 the qualified voters of the State
shall decide, in the manner and form
provided by the Convention,whether
the sald amendments shalt be adopt
ed or rejected. The votso cast shall
1 ,,,q
be returned in the s corn manner
the vote for Gov. is now aired by
law to be returned ; and on or before
the first day of July followhig the
Governor shall make proclamation
of the votes cast for and ag,ahtst4said
amendments ; and if it shall Imp( r
that said amendments, or any por
Ron of them '
have been adopted by
a majority of time votes east, the same
shall become a prirt of the Constitu
tion of Pennsylvania.
An Island of Sliver.
The silver island, on the north
shore of Lake Superior, has exceeded
the most favombleauticipations. The
argentiferous vein is eight feet wide,
and eke-witnesses from there state
that for one-quarter of this width it
will average 70 per emit of pure sil
ver. On the first trial after the wa
ter was gotten out, six men took over
$35,000 in four days; and up W . last
accounts the working has been con
tinued at about this rate. Already
tutrrels of native silver, estlmat-
ell to be worth 875,000 to $lOO OOO ,
have been shipped. The yield of
the mine computed by the ton is not
has than a dollar to tfie pound I The•
mines employ now about forty men,
and will increase their force 'tame
diately. The "royalty" paid on this
to the English government is quite
small—not exceeding one-twentieth.
Eye witnesses of intelligence, Judg
ment and experience, report that
Capt. Frew will probably take out of
silver, up' to the opening - of naviga
tion next spring, from 81,000,000 to
$3,000,000 in mortify value 1 The
steamer Meteor conveyed down the
lakes on her trip before last sixty--
two barrels of silver. This silVer
island Is no humbug, but an actual
bona fide affair, in which the most
wonderful results have already been
obtained, and all bids fair to make in
yield and richness the meat iremark 7
able discovery in this country for
ninny years. Some masses of silver
went down on the Meteor larger and
heavier than a man could lift. A
part of the island vein, say two feet
of the eight feet in width, is wonder
fully rich, and it Is from this portion
that the large silver masses are ex,
traded. Other rich mines of silver
'are reputed us having been found on
the main north chore in the range of
the sliver island, and Capt. Hudson,
of.liortage Lake, lies gone East to
organize a company to work them.
Sr. Lotus, Nov. 2.—lntelligemst
from Southeast Misouri gives an' ac
count of a desperate and fatal affray
which occured on Vnrner'a river on
Friday last. Anderson Shephard, an
old hunter, 65 years of age, was in
his boat on the river, when he was
approached by another boat contain
ing three men, names not giyen, but
between whom and Shephard an old
feud existed.
As soon as the boats tune within
good shooting range, one of the men
tired nt Shepherd and broke his right
arm. Shepherd seized his rifle' with
his left, limed, resting on the side of.
his boat, end ' killed his es...atilatit.
Both the others commenced firing
on him, but he managed with his
teeth and left hand to load his rifle,
and finally after receiving seven bul
lets in the body killed the other two
tertkilents. lie then managed to
reach the•shore, where Ate wa s re
ceived by peisons attnicted to the
river bank by the,firint; and tuken
home, where he Mk itricerltlutl con
dition.
===
EDITon r- It is , welt kin:own
the exttrannw between Hr.. Quay
anti hls satejltes and myselflos been
conducted qn my part solel3r, In self
defence.; It originated throne' 1
.clutrge atiltist one pubikthed by Quay
fretting-Guth that I hail ()titled to fur
nish twetheristanri,dollaul to procure
ihrirlefeatirf two Republican candi
dates for the Legislature in .Philadel
phia at the late election. Who those
candldatea were he dare not name.
I denied this charge through the col.
tonna of the'lleaver Agnes and the
Pittsburgh ..thinmerclat, accompany
ing the dental with a letter from the
gentleman -to whom it was alleged
the proposition had been made, in
which he_prOnounced th e allegation
false. IFlttay, through the Cbra
mereial, reiterated the charge; and I
responded through the ARGUS, pub
lishing therewith un extract of a let.
ter from the same Philadelphia gen
tleman, In which ho not only square
ly denounced the charge basely false,
but gave a 'eh= .view of the estima
tion in which Quay's character for
truth and veracity was hold by prom
inent politicians of Harrisburg and
Philadelphia. In the latter reply I
had occasion to expose some of M. S.
:Quay's political tergiversations, as
also those of Buten and Shurlock. I
spoke of Quay's treacherous and un
grateful conduct in selling Ex-Clov.
Curtiu's chance of nomination to the
U. S. Senate to Cameron; of his de
positing stals anti throwing his note
Into bank for corruption money to
bribe legislators to vote in caucus
Mackey's notnination for State Treas
urer; of quay'li intentionto reimburse
the bribery 'expenditure, in euse of
Mackey's success—and so cock-sure
was he of such a result that he pub
licly Wasted in the Radical, three or
four weeks prior to the meeting of
the last Legislature, that "his slate
was, sure to go through"7-out of the
proceeds of the ptibl iv funds; of Mack-,
iv's subsequent defeat and Quay'
continued ; liability for twenty-live
thousand dollars; of ItlsCmatchlng
Rututi and Sherlock (after their re
peaks) voluntary promises to obey
the will of their constituents, us well
as gratify their personal Preference,
by supporting me,) up to the Lochiel
Rouse and compelling them to sign
a written pledge to support Mackey;
of Rutun's subsequent declaration
that he " was compelled to vote for
Mackey to save Quay;" of the extra
ordinary and fraudulent efforts sub
sequently made to secure the renew
ination'of Dr. Shurlock;pf the items
ally for his return Ili the Legislature
( !lo saps Qua? by currying the elec
tiori of the next Treasurer, or some
"South-Side Railroad bill" • through
he next Legislnture;:of% the names-
ing and iniquitous effortao: both Ru
tan and illutioelt for public endorse
ment; of the fraud upon the Repub
lican party•of Beaverconnty in the
carrying away and secreting the pa- .
pers,tally listsand unmet of voters at
the primary-elections In May last, by
persons id their Interest, whereby the
voice of a majority of the Republi
can party of this coanty was Ignored
and a candidate for Ass embly foisted
upon it who` id not call'ont its full
strength; oflhe smothering all at
tempts for rue investigation of these
fraurlq orCtertordl o tetrorts
to secure ir ; of the
mysterious d jauht Quay
and Rutan on the night preceding
the meeting 1 . 61' the Return Judgesof
this Legislative district; of the . trip
East by 3lessra. Rohm and Shurlock,
close upon the heels of the late gene
ral election, with the avowed pur
pose "of fighting Irwin," and offer
ing to vote for the "nine-million bill"
in consideration tha tCol.Thce.A Scot t
would withhold his influenen from
the Treasurycontest this wink.r. Ail
of which are legitimate . subjects for
discussion among politicians. In no
single instance throughout tills con
troversy thus far have I been charge
able with any' attempt to traduce or
malign the private character of either
of the men ,with whom I had to
deal. Hence 1 was surpristiti on
awning the two last issue's of the
Ractical, to find Quay, Ratan, Shur
lock Co, had left the field of legit
imate laditical discussion—as weak
...
minds generally do when truth puts
them to thCvall—for that of vulgar
ridleuleund fikt-mongertblllingsgatte.
ott t.
They make m gross personal at
tacks the' waits,' • wherewith they
think to drive me thus the field.—
They have mistaken their man.
Quay, in the last Radical, says he
has obtained my original ktter from
his willing •Aring-colicague 41. U.
Henry, and has it fanned and`hung
up in his office. Well,,let him fifT
get a certified copy of:air indictment
against • Ilenry—who seems to have
a weakness in regatil to the Uttered
n••;,t of private letters—for malfea
sance in office while Postmaster of
the Pu. House of Repttsentatlve4
I tun furnish him with a certified
copy of theoriginal—and have it also
framed; hang them stile by side in
his Wilt; so that the people. may
have a fair opportunity of judging pf
those allied with-. DI. S. Quay in his
efforts , to traduce toe. The indict
ment rends as follows:
In the District (hurt of the United Mates
i for the Eager* District of Pennsylett-
R io of February ,Skesion in the year of
our Lord One Thouscusit Eight Han
dredend Seventy.
litsustern Dlatirtet of Pernerylivinta s ria. '
The Grand Inquest of the United
States of America, inquiring In, and for,
the Eastern District of Pennsylvanta;on
their oaths, and tillirtrustions respectfully
do present: Thst heretofore to wit, on
the sixth day of March, in the year of
our Lord, ono thousand eight hundred
and sixty eight, Albert G. Henry, late
of the District aforesaid, yeoman, at the
District afoebsaid, and within the Jur
isdlothar of this Court knowingly, wil
fully and unlawfully, . did take a letter
out of the Post-Otnissoit liarrishurgh,in
the County of Dauphin, in the Meta of
Penusylvania, which said letter, was
then and there directed to
JOHN MEDDLING, Esq., H. It.
11,43tutsuutto it,
Penn's.
before the said letter, had been delivered 1
to the said, John ?deciding to whom It I
Was directed ; and with a design to ab
stract
the correspondence and to pry in-
to. the business and secrets of the maid I
John Moulding, contrary to the form of
the Act of Congress, in such cake mode
and provided and against the peace and
dignity of the Unites, States of America.
d. And the Grand Inquest of the
United States of America, aforesaid, in
quiring as aforesaid, upon their renpec
nye oaths and animation's aforesaid, tick
further present, that afterwards-to witl
on the day and year, aforesaid:the said
Albert .0. lleury, Into of the , District
aforesaid, yeoman, at the District afore
said and within the jurisdiction of this
Court, knowingly, wilfully and unlaw
fully, did open a certain letter, which
thensofoishalibeen in the Post-palm at
Harrisburgh„ lathe County of Dauphin,
in the State of Pennsylvania; which
said letter; 'OSA tilOS and there directed to
JOHN lIECHLING, Esq., 11. R.
, llattatentrasu,
. Alia' a.
before the said letter, hail bees delivered
to the said John Mechllag, to whom , It
In
the traidlrected, With a dikign, to abaract
to
and pgo e
budget's and se correspondencrete ce, . of the ry said John
)telling, contrary to the form of the
Act of Congress, In such cme, made and
provided and spinet the peace and dig
nitY, of the United SOttos of AZDIVICIA.
3d. And the Grand Inquest aforesaid,
inquiring as Sforesal . d,upon their reopen
tlieToiths and affirmations, aforesaid; do
fupther present that afterwards, to wit on
the day and year, aforeasid, the said AI
but°. Henry; late of the District afore
said, yeoman, at the District aforesaid
and.within the Jurisdiction (gelds Court
s know et embezzlende st u r n loyaw a f u ce y rn
letter, which; theretofore had been in the
Past-0111ce ilarrisburgh t i GI the County
of Dauphin, and State of Pennsyl
vania; which said letter, was then and
them directed to
'JOHN MECHLIN°, Esq., H. R.
IiAMUSBUItOII,
Penn'a. •
bolo the said letter had.been delivered
to th said, John Mechling, to whom it
was, rected.
mad with a design to ab
stract the correspondence and pry into
the bushman and secrets of the said John
Mechling, contrary to the form of the
Act of Congress, in such case, made and
provided and against the peace and dig
nity of the United States of America.
AUBREY 11. SMITH,
U. & Attorney.
• ICINDOBSED :
1. "February Sessions 1870
ISAtelet Court United State..
'EastertrVistrict Pennsylvania.
Tboynß . ,ed Slates of Atuvriuk,
ALBERT HENRY.
JR°. Winsir,
Foreman.
Indictment.
I. Taking a letter out of me Post-Mile° .te
2. Opening a letter dm
3. Secreting, Embezzling and dmtroying
a lettter Ro
Iliad Petry. 21,1970.
i Witnesses.
John Madding,
James H. Penrose,
Franklin Sleebling.'
UNITED STATES OP AIIEIIICA, Bet
EadterS District of .I'ennsylvania,
I, 03.ILBEItT IL FOX, Clerk of Dis
trict Couiit of the United States. for the
Eastern District of Pennsylvania, do
hereby certify that the annexed and fore
going Ls a true and faithful copy of the
Dill of Indictment in the matter of the
United States, , against Albert G. Henry
Indictment No. 1 of February Seaton*,
1870; returned last February XI, 1870,and
now remaining among , the records of
the Said Court in my Office.
- •
testimony whereof,l have
SEA! } hereunto subscribed my
. ,
name and arnxed the seal et
the said District Court at Philadelphia,
thbi eighth day of June, in the year of
our! Lord one thousand, eight hundred
seventy, and in the ninety fourth
year of the Independence of the United
States. CUARLES S. LINCOLN. J'ro.
Clerk, District Coart, U. S.
[Stasnp]
Mr. lienry t was acquittedon a were
technicality, viz: that he was
mot:an officer of the U. S. postal ser
vice, but simply au employee of the
Pa.! House of Representatives; and
therefore the U.S. Court had no. Ju
risdiction in the premises.
The Radical charges me with hav
ing sold whiskey on board a steam
boat. It.la true. Mai:y good men
have done things in heir younger
days for which in afte t years they felt
heartily sorry.- But does such a charge
twee with a good grace from a paper
whisse editor has been seen reeling
with intoxication . on the pub
lic Streets of a city, and howling with
mania poles, but a shoit time since°
and whose fcetid,whisky breath drove
beck his mad familiar friends to a
distance of at least ten feet
Suppose i I did raffle old watches in
my younger
.days—which I deny—
how long is it since Quay lost live
thousand dollars at the gaming table
and compromised the debt next day
by giving his.individurd note for one
thriusand dollars, which remains un
paid in possession of a person whose
name I forbear at present to men
tion? 1 lever rained for one cent
in my life; never was at a shooting.
match, even ; never gambled in any
manner whatevu. Mr. Quay should
be cautious how he permits the use
of his columns to such charges against
me, otherwise self-defence will corn
pei the disclosure of facts which he
would wish tbrever concealed from
the public.
Mears. Itutan and Sherlock have
introduced themselves in the last Rad
ical as openly hostile to me; using
very hard language. I thank them
fir their plainness; but must confess
hat I place no reliance upon their
resevenniousefluatility. Theyprom
'ised one thing last winter, and acted
exactly the reverse, contrary to the
wislitm• of their constituents. They
are purchasable commodities. 111
desired their support, and was en
gaged in that line of negotiations—if
again a candidate—in the language of
the Grand high Priest of corruption
at Harrisburg, in his ioln . y days—
" They can be bought." -4. 'But; the
desire to.villify me was not the pri
mary object of their communication.
It was to embrato the opportunity of
one more attempt to instil into the
public mind that their conduct last
Winter has been "overwhelmingly
endorsed" in the re-election of Dr.
:Sherlock by the tremendously large
majority of fifteen! and that, too, by
, the use of 'the party lash in a vigor-
Ma and heretofore unheard of man
ihe ;\
amid not beyond suspicion of hav
ing been the result of a mysterious
railroad \excursion cm the night pre
vious to the meeting of the county
Return Joligia of Washington coun
ty. The truth is, my conduct last
winter wll3 not laffore the people for
endorsement. I was not a candidate
at the late election. The people of
Beavar county had the conduct of
'Messrs. Rutan and Sherlock before
them for their consideratiomand they
con& ed them at the primary elec
tions in May last most &Mistake-
bly. Through subsequent chicanery
and fraud, however, Mr. Sherlock
was placed upon the ticket; and, if
elected, it Was nut because ho was nc;
cePlable to the Republican Ixtrty,'but
in `
:spite of the dead weight of his un
pppularity, and thrbugh the aid or
Burl) Democratic votes as were pledg
ed, to hini in consideration of his tral
torious sale of Arthur Shields where
by a Democratic Sheriff was elected
in this county last year. More Dem
ociutic votes were cast fur him, as the
tried: of that treachery, than would
have counterbalanced that "river
whohning" * Veen: and elected his
opponent. Ile is, therefore, not en
darsed by a majority of the Repub
lii'an party of Ids district.
Rutan Mel Sherlock carry out the
wisheii of . their constituents! They,
have not the slightest idea of d oing so.
If they had the slightest inclination
of : respecting the wishes of their con
stituents they would instantly resign
acid W' the Republicans an oppor
tunity for the election of reprwenta
tligs,. 1Y.119..W0n1d command atleast
the ordinary respect of- their fo-leg
isbtors; • .
Iweontlnning "to hoe that stumpy
row's and clearing the party of the
ehoke-weediwideb inive heeomerank
through . neglea, it hfvotnes, necessi
ty:4r refer to maw& the means used
tof:*eure- Dr, Eihnrioekts election;
nfttoiveitetr, 'tcr•tenipeietnar men,-
_ ,
Ms bosom frkod--tbe redoubtable
Rutan—represented that Sharks*
was strictly temperate and le &vet
of prphibitory legislation. Among
those interested In the liquor .traflic
he represented Dr. Sherlock as In fa
vor of gmetinglicenresto sell liquor •
while - Dr... Dickson was represented
as • having .signed remonstrances
against the mine. Through such
means many votes were obtained
foi the "overwhelmig"Afteei.esqlor
ity "endorsed" Shurlockil Such m u.
duet is characteristic if.ltutan. • .He
pretends & s he a temperance man
while he drinks with Onebing before
an election, or 'With any Other person
*--at any other time—who will pri
vately furnish him with liquor. He
carries a flask when he travels. In
deed, it is said, he wilt lake whisky
without a prescription, When he ap
prehends he is safe Itom deteetion.—
It is said, some of his friends were
so seriously alarmed—knowing his
weak ness—t hal they felt it their duty
to call on him prior to his departure
for Harrisburg last winter, and cau
tion him to fortify himself against
the temptations which would be pre
sented to give way to his appetite.
Whereupon, he assured them "he
Would take his wife along for the pur
pose of exercising a' wholesome check
upon him ih this respect." Ho did
1 so. It was well. It would be advis
able he should act on that suggestion
this winter. Buten (linnet have for
gotten the time he acted as commis
sary of the Ale department of the
Beaver countyi jail, while he filled
the responsible office of District At
torney, and while a number of retail
liquor dealers were therein Incarcer
ated for a violation of the liquor law.
It was said by his merry companions
on that occasion, that " Rutan's legs
were hollow, and took a quart of ale .
to till each, aside from the enormous
quantity required to flli his
. lengthy
carcass.
Mr. Rubin has been a member of
different churches since he came to
Beaver. . Will the one he is now as
sociated with tolerate him in com
munion when it can be established
that he drinks, deceives and falai&
Gets? I think it will take more than
the fifteen hundred dollars which he
boasts that he made during the dra ft ,
as a "bounty-broker," to wipe out
these 'charges.
I charged Rutin, Shuriocit, Quay
and Mackey with going—iMmedi
ately after the election—to Harris
burg and Philadelphia with the pre
viously avowed purpose "of fighting
Irwin ;" and, that they hastened to
Philadelphia, and there offered to
vote for the nine-million bill in con
sideration that a Pa. Railroad man
tisTaiihi hold aloof from the Treasury
contest in the approaching election.
This Rehm and Shuriock deny in
their late communication for endorse
ment. Of course, they were expect
ed to deny it. Men act from motives.
What was the primary motive in
QUay's procuring the election of these
men? To fleece the Treasury by the
election of Mackey. What was his
secondary motive in the return of
Shurloek to the Legislature? To
save himself from the payment of the
liabilities he contracted to secure the
*success of his first scheme, in.which
unfortunately for him, but fortunate
ly for thepublie, he so signally fail
ed. How is he to accomplish this?
By electing a State Treasurer surer
vient to his nefarious purposesror in
the passage of some bill whereby
money may be filched from the Trea
sury. To elect a Treasurer of the
right stamp—Mackey, Ihr instance—
Quay thought it advisable that Col.
T. A. Scott should be induced to stand
aside and take no part in the coming
contest. The motive then prompted
Quay to "take time by the forelock"
and secure that nominterfereime;
nutan and Sherlock were rushed to
Philadelphia, and there made. the
proposition to vote for the "nine-mil
ion bill." Now, we have the incen
tive motive of aetion, the declaration
of :gunlock "that he was going East
to tight la in," itutsm, Quay and
Mackey .joining in the " ring " rind
accompanying him, added- to „the
statement of as truthful a man as is
in the State, that they did make the
proposition referred to. They were
watched, us they were suspected of
being after no good. But they deny
the fact, and charge me with being a
notorious liar. This is language for
gentlemen and legislators! In an
swer I have only to say I was born
uud raised in this county, Most of
its inhabitants know .s.e. Some of
them have been acquainted with we
from childhood. Many of them have
had dealings and business tninere
lions with me, and I sin cenfidently
refer to one and all of-' em to bear
cue witness that I have in no single
instance deteiveti, chatted or falsified
them. 1 eau safely•leiVe my charms
ter for truth and veracity with them,
were such a thing needed. I have
never deecived them. They know it.
IL say its them, then, it is true that
itulan and Shurlock did recently over'
to rote fur the nine-million but this
coming winter for the consideration
mentamed. On the subject of faisift
ration it, Is notorious that, whenever a
person in Beaver county is addicted
to that habit he is told to amend, "or
he will soon'beeitne us great a liar as
/LlOlll/." - •
liat/tu and Shurlock say: •• We
know him Llrwlnj to be guilty of
crimes that ought to secure his con
finement In the Penitentiary." I am
nut conscious of having committed
any crime against the laws of my
country. , I hapv tilled many offices
of public trust, and defy any person
to scrutinize my conduct to my det
riment. I have endeavored to do my
duty honestly and faithfully; and
have the consolation vi knowing that
my conduct is approved by the pule
lie ut large. ' 1 new say, einpluithal
ly, that I know of crimes of which
Itutan is guilty, that would, on con
viction, place him within the walls
of an institution of that kind. One
I may refer to, occurred while ho
was a worthless soldier on nip Pen
ninsula, in which he was interrupted
and his-purpose frustrated . by two
citizens of Beaver county.
1 here repeat what 1 lime before
averred, that ltutan's naked word,
unsupported by corrobbrative testi
mony, cannot be relied on in any
mutter, of importance. ills whole
carearldnee his advent in this coun
ty has been two-faced and deceptive.
He signed 'the paper of a genttenum
fromjieuver county who was au up
plicaut for the office of Post'Surgeou
during the war • and , wrote a private
letter to our Cc:tigress:um to oppose
the appointment. He seems to be
aware f of the necessity of fortifying
his word by affidavit, since he is ree
dy to resort to that method of Impres
sing the public with the truth of his
averments. This was glaringly ex
emplified when it was charged upon
him, alter his nomination to the vat
ce which he now holds. that it was
gh bribery. Ile went
riT l V "ll iingtora county and told the
Repubikuns that It was not so. They
wouldn't believe him: Away he
went to a magistrate and made an af
tklavit that •ho had not offered to
bribe any conferees nor did he know
of any - bribe having been offered;
while It was confidently asserted he
was the'very man who had offered
them: and it Is still believed by many
prominent Republicans that his nom
i
nationn was dde to bribery.
In conclusion, for this time, I will
be - pardoned fur adding that I dlspise
that system of politiCal warfare which
resorts to abuse of an opponent be-
name hehappena to differ from you in
opinion. - W. W. Izmir*.
CAPIEKOWN fmiI'LVERICE.
Ilia Wan* at Washbigiox—His At
tempts to Get Obitaa►y- Notices—
' Armstrong Dellageci for his Came
ronianisor.
pritadngton Corm po . pa t] Phltatlplybla
Evening
There is an uneasy condition of
things here politically. 'You mistake.
in insisting that Senator Cameron
hail absolute 'Control of Grant'S ad
ministration. Ho doubtless OSSUMCS
to be supreme with the President as
to Pennsylvania affairi, but the late
election in your State has excited
grave suspicions near to the throne,
and Cameron's last visits here have
been barren of the coveted fruits. He
came boastfully, and had himself
heralded in newspapers of easy vir
tue as the man of destiny as to Cabi
net and other changes—but ho failed
in everything. From a C a binet offi
cer, which he demanded at first, ho
finsillyfell down to Doh lass for Com
missioner of Internal Revenue, and
it is well understood now that his
persistent advocacy of Douglass de
feated his appointment. It is now
widely believed and openly discussed
In close administration circles that
:Cameron deliberately owl systematic
:ally seeks (lie politiatt fleetruction of
;the President. It is notorious—ln
-deed, It was not concealed by the
President at that time, that when .
Grant was inaugurated he regarded '
Cameron as a most corrupt and dan
gerous man; and for months the ven
erable Pennsylvania Senator had to
reach the President through second
airy channels. He bore It with toler
able patience--submitted. to. all of
Grants marked indignities,—and
fawned, and bowed and smiled 'Biro'
it all. Finally, he won the ear of the
tor of the President, and for a time
was potential; but when, in New
York recently, Cluneron had it an- -
nounced in the &An that he was not
responsible for the innumerable blun
ders of this administration, he has
been regarded with some of the old
suspicion. He has bitterly and inso
lently. complained of the President,
recenUy because he Could not run
everything to suit his own purpoies.
These are certainly two Cabinet offi
cers who do not conceal their convic-
Boni; that Cameron wishes to rule the
administration while it has favors to
bestow, and then - ruin it, if possible,
in the end. Mr. Chase has had Cam
eron's positive aasurance of support
more than once in case of his nomi
nation for the Presidency by the De
mocracy. The defeat of six Repub
lican candidates for Congress in your
State, in districts now represented by
Republicans, is attributed to Came
mn's fraudulent 'attempt at leader
ship, with a view of subordinating
the party to his own personal inter
estspind the President and politicians
generally, here, have noted -the-sin
gular reverses which attended every
attempt of Cameron to elect his
friends to important positions. Pres
ident Grant and his friends are be
ginning to inquire seriously whether
they can afford to sustain a doubtful
friend like Cameron, when he proves
to be entirely without popular sup
port at home.
- The declining Senator is prolific in
explanations of his defeat in Penn
-pod-yenta, but he has thus far met with
unappreciative ears, in official circles.
In a tit of sheer desperation, after
meeting with manifest distrust in the
White House and through the Cabi
net, he called .his faithful Forney to
grave counsel over a dinner that WWI
'"excellently 'well served." It was
rather of the funeral style as S feast,
but mingled wine and wit conceived
the happy eipedient of a novel ap
peal to the lost sympathies of the
-.press. The case was desperate, and
nothing but a desperate remedy
would avail. It was finally resolved
that Omicron men
death, as a last hope of extorting a
Jeer friendly notiees from (lie new 29 a.
pern hence the paralysis storr so
classiadly prefaced by Forney's long
disgatcli to the leading newspapers,
and so mournfully given in most in
definite terms in despatches from
Baltimore. • I twon, but "positively
for one day only," and thou came the.
truth, leaving the last state of thede-
fatted pretender greatly worse than
the first. But he still persists in ex
planations. Ilia organ in your city,
tomes out to-night with half a col
umn of explanation of Armstrong's
defeat. It says that local divisions
in the party in the Republican coun
tiesofTioga and Potter cost him, one
thousand votes. Doubtless they did.
But what caused the local divisions?
and how was it that Republicans
would itacrifice a Congressman for
petty offices. If they had faith in
their Congressuuiu, would they not
have sacrificed the little loaves and
fishes?' And why had they not faith
in their Representative? They gave
him over two thousand majority two
years ago; now they defeat hint by
twenty-seven. When he was elected
he was regarded as free from the sli
my, fatal embrace of Cameronisni.
Just before the close of the - session
he allowed himself tote heralded as
wanting to be the hero of the assault
'upon a record against Cameron that
has been unquestioned for nearly
deco e. He goes beck to the people,
and h only loses 1.000 in the Repub
. Item counties, as Mr. Cameron again
says, but he loses another thousand
In the Democratic-counties of .the
district. What met him the I,(MX)
loss in Lyeotning, Clinton and Cen
ter? In 1860 he was elected to the
Legislature by Ls -coming and Clin
ton, and re-elected in 1861. His hands
were dean then of the Winnebago
pollution. Now he is beaten 1,700 in
the Kunio two counties which twice
elected him. Disguise and explain
its willing correspondents may, the
truth is- that 'when Armstrong ac
(*pied the friendly embrace of Com
mon belch hope behind him, as did
many other unfortunates in the late
election, and as will most of- such
candidates in the unpromising future.
--The Plialt7ltilda gentleman
(deceased) who left in his last will and
testament a protest against newspa
pers, as
, promotera of "disjointed
thinking; ' still lives in the person of
another gentleman who told the So
cial Science Convention in l'hiladel
phial that "min ds& the highest cul
ture derive no benefit from and sett
dons occupy themselves with news
paper nestling." . Now, there may be
some difference of opinion if we un
dertake to define what a mind of
"the highest culture" is; fur this,
according to some, is a mind satura
ted with antiquity nod , stared with
classical learning. Others are nil for
matheinatii•s; still others prefer nat
ural history, or geology, or eitends
try, or mental science, or something
elos.ises.t6llliumtiours-etarni fr ow e l i t irtß i
t Z l es i
n a t t er !
este! in hbritifScienee can work dice
:mil surely
t i ee l i e • v i
tu b o ' l l i l t a t f •t ro : i r l .;;: i k u i l t l i t e l o i :l4l l 4 : l l l l.l 4.. e ss 7 ' a d i e u !
d
winch lie can obtain, to leech pur
pose,: from fin other solute. 'rhe
stupidity which supposes that the
opinions of newspapers form their
nest important feature does., not
promise. from: thaw. of lieted by it,
- any very valuable contributions to
Social or to any other Science having
the material and intellectual advance=
ment of the macs of mankind for its
object. The main.value of a journal
is in its Collection of facts; and If
- nervous recluses In their libraries do
not want factii.or at least rash facto
It Is perfectly right for them t o t un ;
up their nice nowt at newcipapere.
N. Y. Tribune.
That "Iliaterestles Parer raph,“
"There Linn Interesting paragraph
In a Harrisburg letter in the last
number of the Beaver Itadilml, m u t
has not el appeared in the columns
of the Etpress. After the brilliant
reasons, ttle ElprelS gave, Why the
L.runiner and the Wed Chester ite
pubfkan are' , returned to knew that
the nine mlillon swindle is to b•
brought up again this winter, the
nanigniph referred to, would lime/sly
interest the readers of th*
We have no special ,
(ist
now to publish it; it Is a iatragr np n
that witi keep, but, the reitl64 of thin
Esprit dr be intemsted i n
seeing it in that paper."—Exuaibier.
• The "Intermticig paragraph" n ,
ferred to by our neighbor
out notice for several days, not har
ing seen that copy of the Rodin-d un .
til It was handed to us by a ( r i m];
but as the Examiner thinks "t}B.
readers of the Krpreaß wr,ulll 811 1.;
interested In seeing it in that inppe ,
we cheerfully reproduce it. Thit H
the precious "tat-bit," a;mi
all:
"HARRISBURG, Oct,
7b the _Editor of the Itadi Nj i
..•• • • •
"If he (Irwin) id anxioni about
promissory flgt(l4, :LA: him what tae
done with the proceed s of tli ,, ,wm ai
In 's Bank here, mid Why it
ain't taken up.
'Also, what Wll , ,i,nl,• with the
proceeds Of Its for
WOO, elidor,(ll. by
an d discounted 1,: I).ivalierty,t hrm.
of this city, al.pit tip. tint', %,,„
last election of and
still unpaid. •t 11111,4,
question; wlieit the It - .4i•1:au7,.
meets. ..
. .
Now, it may or may not iiner... l
the Examiner:lllth', iricink tolinna
that the above paragraph lack , ...v.
eral essentials of being , 0 "intirttl.
ing" as they suppose: •
I. General Irwin coolil not po s .ii.i r
know what was dune with the
needs" of his note for
ed by Pesti-Jul & Geist," for tile were
good reason that no such non: 0,
even given by Gen. Irwin or any
other person in his interest, either di
rectly or Indirectly, "Mout the Mac
of the lust election of Irwin" or at
any other time.
.2. Neither General Irwin nor any
person representing hint. ever tr.ive
a note, check, due bill, or any Voill•
Ise to pay, to Team! & geese , or
anybody in their interest; nor &I
Pearsol & Geist, or either of Mein
eer receive,money or any other
per reprt.tienting money or any other
valnablo consideration front hue.
mitt his annual subscription of
dollars for the Daily Express.
3 No such note, for $4OOO, or for any
other amount, having been given by
Gen. Irwin or any one. reprsentin;
him, it could neither have ikAll
dorsed by Pearsol & Geist, our
counted by Dougherty do Bro., norty
any other person.
4. No snch note having been given
or endorsed, it follows that it is out
"still unpaid..
5.. The "paragraph" is a 3lackN
Quay Treasury Itiug lie cut out Of
the whole cloth, and both Gen. Ir
win and Dougherty & Bro. are at full
liberty to answer "these question,"
and any °then; touching relations to
Gen Irwin, that the most reckle,
and malicious friend of Mackey,
Quay . & Co. may clusk,e to ask,
"when the Legislature meets" or at
any other time.
We cannot tiud languagesutlicient
ly strong to properly characterize the
meanness anti maliciousness of the
man who can descend no low
concoct and print such ashler GM.
Cation ; and we have charity enough
to believe that there are but tau
men claiming to be respectable who
would do it. (Inc is the editorof
the Radical and the other his cones
pondeut "W. H. P.," though they
are probably one and the •mue.—
Lancaster Express.t---
-..
W A. R..;NT
French Victorious at °drawl.
Tours, Nov. 11.—A .li.pateJltno
Gen. De AurellN De l'aledine,
mander of the ariny'of the Loin, Le
been niceive4 by the Mine•ter orWar
and 11 just given to the public. It e
as follows:
"We have taken pO-4,....i0n at the
city of atter a tight a hid
lasted two 3re.mte i'^'
sea in killid 1„4
reach 2,000. 'a MI, :hi! en,-
my ore r. i ay..
made nnire •, tae
tsar, and an , mannunly
them as we t,,M , ,w illy tia• •'
toy. Ammig ti. propert:,! !Apr , :
are two elinnen of in , i'rtN-;an furls
el, twenty ammuniti ,, n %%ii;:nt,-
a great number of van- ;,m1
ion wagons. The hiittc.t 410,„
took. place around rolinier, on W,,i• •
nesday. Notwithstanding the 101
weather and other unfav, , mble
cumstances, the elan di-playtd by
troops was remarkable::
Gen. De Vacuities on ~ecupp:
the city issued the following eongrat
ulatory order :
To officers, under officer: and -vl•
dlers of the army of the Loire.:
action of yesterday WaS
one to our army. :very
the enemy was vigortiusly carrA
and the enemy Itself Is now flea:'
ing. I have Informed our (Msts•-
meat of your conduct' and am
strueted to return to you their ff,0::••
for your victory.. Amid ' the fiN ,
lets in which France is plunged, Ii
eys arc upon you, and she count
upon your courage. Let t , alt mai,
every effort in order that fhb , num ,
may not be mistaken.
[Signed. Dt: Autty.i,m ,
Commander-in-Chief.
The Journals report that the l'ru
sians have lust over ten thou.:lw!
killed and wounded and e ighte..f ,
hundred prisoners in 'the
luttls
around Orleans, and are retrcatal:
towards• Chartres and Etatois ,
large number of guns Ham; a away
by the enemy have been 0.01 LIP
and distributed among the Nati , am:
Guards at Orleans. The e ntin•Aris
of the Loire Is moving forward.
The military department f tbe
East has been atiolistomi ;n o Go.
Michel, who had chief cinua l
there. assigned to staff duty.
- A dispatch from Chagney
a large French forty there. ""
supplied with ammunition and -el'
dent to resist the advance of throw
my.
Troops from Lynn+ an.
to meet the Prussians.
Italian volunteers continue to joie.
Garibaldi's commabd iss large num
bers.
AlsiTts, November, iP.—Garihuid,
has been received here with the ut
most enthuiasm. .. deputation of
ladies waited on hint to Windt hits
for lending aid to rranev. Ile ltd•
visisl them to use their inners'
induce the peasants to take to the ,r
-pexsi6tt nnd hornets e ene y m its much
also to th sea to It that the
priests do not set them against Ida''
Republic.
November IL—The Orr'
Council dnanimously ine.sed a r.+.•
Whin tluit Marshal iltt.anie. iu t,
Mg the army whielf he t raitoron.:;
surrendered to the enemy that a.'
city of Lilie_and all Northern Frarte
craved iwace at any cost, lied
ly, and this body indignantly spew
the lie.
—When the bugle sound,d iian
ralt for the regiment of dron"
g"ar d4 (rru , sian t, on the creni: l ;
following the battle of Meti., fFL
riderless horses answered the familiar
signal of their own ntrtmL Some ol
then' mine dashing gayly 11P ; ( Aber:
again came up at a weary witik . am i
yet othersl prmtell, halting painfully
on three feet, or covered with Wood
anti wounds. But they fin toi)k fla
wonted places in the rank. of th ir,
_regiment, and as they ranged them
selves into line, the einpty saddle,
upon
_their backs were sad mohair! ,
of the probable fide of their abseil
masters.