BBOFORD PA., FRIDAY. Ut.IST 4, 1865, UNION COUNTY NOMINATIONS. TOR THE T.EOISI ArWRKV Hon. . B. ARJtSTROXA. Subject, to4ecision of the Legislative Conl'creiu-c. IHSTRK T ATTOKSKV. S. T. KKAOY. B<<irorl. . ASSOCIATE jcixiE, .ipt. AItAR WKAVKRI,t\. Ron. trbascrek. ' < sino.v I>l4 KERHMtr. Mfertl. COrXTV SfRTRTOWj d rfm't'a Ye-sp <&si' > positions. To no one instrumentality yon except- the common school—A "f _ American ptrbHe more greatly indebt> for the universality of its k i i owl rdcet k a T - rv 3 newspaper pros.-. It is one of the 0 Arehiin id?:if -lovers that AnoVefrYbc tfrtli Hflf 1 'k# fofWfrflf* ? u provide and family with one or |t>n. oft Holiest papet s ptiblishe !in the omit - i- .-Rinding directly m the "way of his #° l> and family's prosperity and advaneeuq I shuts out tire light which brighten! the intellect of his hohsetioM. and will i.' ' find that he is outstripped fey Ins more u) eious neighbors. Another arficlethat i." most ihdisj,en.-ap!e-in home edm atioriff j. good d?dt!oYtary. lt'fs a daffrvrihit in ©V" inteUigdAtTaYrh'fv, aftd' h> Ts ,! "piofWy'-h., 1 ; and pound-fdMl*!*., who negleeto re* ( j V | v his family w'iflf the best standard lexienf'' • the languag#' 'The pagex of Webster's li'" Illustratedßno'S furnish such i vast ft. of useful information Thnt it -eon Id J*e-.cf . consulted in every family. >0 one who jj any aspirations to etilfure and ivfiAtei ' can afford to dispense with it. Thej' ltlX dollars that it costs arc soon chfnpcP.4. . for and returned tenfold. Better, for he" !"' live*on plainer food, or wear the old elof a I i tP* i*v/>jf" ~nct false returns from the army. This cry ra&ccf against innocent persons by those who were really guilty,- ift Order to conceal the part which they themselves took in the fraudulent action. It will be useless to no tice the various falehoods contained in the paper thus eiretilated. It attempts to prove that the returns rejected by the Prothooo tary could not be certified by him. This absurdity is fully answered by the He port of the Legislative Committee whose report we publish to-day. It was clearly shown, and is the fact, that not a voter in the army residing outside of the county, voted for any county candidate. It was just as clear ly shown, and Is the fact, that not a vote was cast for any district candidate by any soldier, who, when at home, did not reside in the proper district. A 'weak effort is made to show thai Messrs. Meyers and Findley were elected to the Legislature, and that F. M. Kimniell was elected Judge. A complete answer to this is found in the fact that this result is effected by the entire rejection of every vote cast in the army, noth by soldiers of Bed ford and Fulton counties. The return Judges of Fulton county rejected about one half of the soldier votes cast for that county. Out of -) J soldier votes east in that county only 2§> went counted. In Bedford county 139 votes were not certified by Mr. Shannon. All the balance were counted. There is an impression in many quarters that if the action of Mr. Shannon in with holding 139 votes, and the action of the Fulton county Judges in rejecting 25 votes, should be legal and proper, that Messrs. Kimmell, Meyers and Findley were elected. This, however, is all a mistake. The act of Shannon and that of the Fulton county Judges, in rejecting soldier votes, affected no candidate except those for Congress. True it diminished the majorities but did not alter the result- Admitting that the action of the Fulton county Judges and Mr. Shannon, was cor rect, still Kimmell, Meyers and Findley ; were defeated. The returns as made by the j •Judges of Fulton county and by Mr. Slum- i non himself, defeat the icholc three of these j men. The official returns of Somerset county, as made out, signed, and certified by every Judge iu Somerset county, of both parties; by every Judge of Fulton county, of both parties, and by every Democratic Judge of Bedford couuty. elected Messrs. King, Ross and Armstrong, and defeated Messrs. Kimmell, Meyers and Findley. The returns of the several counties were certified and copies duly filed with the Pro thonotaries of Bedford, Somerset and Ful ton counties. They are to be found in the evidence taken by the Committee of lavesti gation on pages 57, 58, 66, 67 and 6K of their Report. We give the official figures and defy con tradiction: OFFICIAL RETURNS. I>~ a ~ ' * i o is 5 ! £ " 5 s tH" as COUNTIES. P:J *| q Bedford, (home vote) 1741 1741 2407 2408 Bedford, (soldier vote)... 285 246 78, 101 Somerset (whole vote)... 2467 2499 1586 1597 Fulton (home vote) 516 514 802 800 Fulton (soldier vote) 21 21 5 5 District vote, 5030;5021 4878|4911 Armstrong. 5030 Meyers,.... 4878 Armstrong over Meyers, 152 Ross, 5021 Findley, 4011 Ross over Findley, 110 Now it must be remembered that these are the returns made out by the Democrats themselves and signed by every Democratic Return Judge in the District. In making these tables they had the benefit of Mr. Shannon's rejections in Bedford, the Judges in Fulton, and had thrown out every sol dier's vote in the district, to which even partizan prejudice and partiality could raise an objection. It may well be asked, in view of these facts, how does it come that some of the leaders pretend to say that Kimmell. Meyers and Findley were elected. The an- swer is simple. They had made up the re turns in the several counties to suit them selves, and after having excluded 139 sol dier votes in Bedford county, and 25 more in Fulton county, when they came together they found that they had not yet elected their candidates, and something more must be done. The district was represented by three ,Tudges—one from each county, Two of those three men, under advice, deliber- I ately threw away the entire balance of the soldier-' vote,of Bedford and Fulton conn- 4 j ties. These men had solemnly signed the return, at home, under oath which they 0 ivand the- every soldier in tie two eonntie - of Bedford and Fulton were fUxfrach>*' <l m order that the district might attain to tlx high honor of hating Jfmrs. Mej/ers and Findley to represent it at Har rihhnrg. The only pretext for this action WAS the fact that six or seven of the Bed ford eotmfy .Judges had not signed the re turns —vet it was well understood that they did not refuse to sign by reason of anything that was in the return, but by reason of the fact that, something was left, out which should have been put in: to wit, the 13£ Votes iftjkfed by Mr. Shannon. The table of return's. for President Judge *liibits the same state of factor and the action of the Judges wis rfcd same except that the sol dier vote of Puhon county was counted. Not one, however; of the Bedford county soldiers was allowed a-' vote in this arrange ment. We. may add that? wp to this hour, not a man has ever prqteJded that any of the soldiers who voted in Berbhrd or Fulton counties were not lawful voters* although (>46 soldiers were disfranchised Bedford county and 51 in Fulton. The people of the State had decided by an immense majority that soldiers should enjoy the right of suffrage, and had uiade it a part of the Constitution of the State. But a jfbw of the so-called Democratic lead - ers. by the aid of a Democratic Protlionota.. ry. declared that Bedford county soldiers should not vote. These are now the espe cial friend- of the soldiers, and hope to ob tain their votes at the coming election. The very men who, of late rears, havo boon !t.u<ks*artd most frequent in their pro testations of lot* fcr the Constitution, are the first to disregard otta ©f its most sacred provisions. From the foregoing tables it mn-t not be supposed that Meyers was only beaten 152 and Find ley 110 votes in the district. It is true that Meyers kept 42 votes behind hind ley, But the true and real majority was much larger. It must be remembered that 152 was the majority against Meyers ac cording to Democratic returns. As already seen Mr. Shannon disposed of !?,<! soldiers. Only part of these voted for ' Assembly. The part so voting gave 14 majority against Meyers and Firidley. The Fulton county Judges threw out 2.) votes. These cure some ten majority against Mov ers and Fiudley. Some ten returns for Con gress were brought from Harrisburg which were not certified for Assembly. These gave eight more majority against Meyers and Find ley. Then, a return from I hila : del phi a, part of the 186 th Kegt., was not 1 counted for Assembly. By an oversight of ! the officers holding the election, these votes ' were not counted because, two names were ' contained on each ticket. There 10 majori ; ty against Meyers" and Findley were lost, j Aiding these and we have — j Democratic lahle majority against Meyers 162 Rejected bv Shannon ... 14 I ji'o. do. Fulton county Judges, 1( , from Harrisbure 8 j Not counted of the I Snip, ••••• T A elear majority against Meyers of.—. 203 Judge Kitumeii did not demand a com mission of election. Meyers did claim his scat. Of course he did not get it. Is it am wonder that he and his friends must, stir up a dust now and then to dupe and gull hi- mistaken aud misguided followers. This accounts for the anonymous pamphlets. PKOPUESIES FULFILLED. " )Vr soy to the President, make not a JJi onysim of yourself , firr there are yet i)aatom among the people of the North who will dure to resist any usurper. Your design against the libcrh/ of the people and the sov ereignty of the State is needless and wanton." —Bedford Gazette, Feb. 27, 1863. A Damon by name was not found, but one in character and spirit appeared in the person of John Wilkes Booth who took the adviw thus given and President Lincoln fell a martyr to the spirit breathed in the lan guage above quoted. " Winn the l\esixlcnt shall see ft to under take. an enforcement of the conscription, we shall look with some anxiety, and marc cu riosity, for the name of the wretch, who will not scruple to disgrace himself, and the com munity in which he lives, by accepting this odious office." (Provost Marshal.) "Let that man, whoevci he may be, make up his mind that he cannot lice a peaceful life, nor die an honorable death. —Bedford Gazette, March 13, 1863. In speaking of this article the Bedford (lazette of July 28, 1865. (last Friday,) uses the following language : "OLD TIIINCJB." A couple of articles published in our paper some vears ago, on "provostmarshals,' Ac., have been the texts of Abolition preachers, legislators and editors ever since we printed them. The howling and roaring of these delectable creatures, occasioned by those ar ticles, have furnished us infinite enjoyment. To give a new impetus to their yelping, ice say just now and right here, that ice- stand by every thing we ever said on the subject of ' l provost marshals, ' and add that what we prophesied about them has come true. Such miserable man-catchers and sellers of human flesh and blood as officiated in the capacity of township "provost marshals" in this county, in the language of the BEDFORD GAZETTE of March 13, 1863, "will be a stench in the nostrils of every true frieud of human liberty forever and forever! The people will brand them with shame, for to j do so is their only defense against the usur pations of power. They will put a scorpi on's sting into every pore of their bodies. Men will turn from them in loathing and disgust, shunning the contaminating touch of their political leprosy." In this article, it is true, he varies a little that is from the Provost Marshal of the District to township Provost Marshals. But "just now and right here," he stands by all he had said before. The peace of the life of Jacob Grouse, a j courageous and faithful township provost marshal, was disturbed as often and as much as the spirit of rebellion and resistance to law, was able to disturb it while he lived. If to perish by the hands of violence, insti gated by such advice, and to fall a martyr to devotion to duty and faithful adherence to the cause of his oountry in the hour of her peril, be an honorable death, then did this township Provost Marshal ' 'die an honorable death.'' THE TWO EEOACIES, On the 4th of March, 1801, the adminis tration of the imbecile Buchanan yielded up its political life and left as its legator to the American ot opk', a divided country, with its treasury bankrupt *d without a shadow of credit, its industrial interests prostrated, its business of every l kind paralyzed, with all the world declaring the great republic a fail ure, and its own executive declaring that lie possessed no power to put down rebellion or to preserve the national integrity. Thus, with six states in relielUon. a provisional government established, an army organised, a war already begun, and all the forte, arms and arsenals in the riouth, with a few excep tions, in possession of the rebels, the coun try was upon the verge of anarchy and ruin, when Abraham Lincoln ascended to the pres idential chair and addressed himself to the herculean task of restoring the national in tegrity, building up its credit, suppressing a gigantic rebellion, reviving the confidence of the people, opening up the channels ofbusi uess and infusing new life into our industrial interests. In the short space of four years h > accomplished all. When on the 14th of April, 1865, Abraham Lincoln fell beneath the bloody hand of the assassin, he be queathed to the American people, a country regenerated, her national integrity preser ved, her credit restored, her industrial in terests enjoying such prosperity as had never before been known, while foreign nations, instead of pointing to us as an example of the failure of republican institutions as they had done four years before, have been brought not only to honor but to respect and fear the flag of our country wherever float its starry folds. True, many gallant heroes have fallen, blood has flowed like water, and treasure has been poured out by millions, but they have all been expended in putting down a rebellion, inaugurated, organized, armed and nurtured into strength under the feeble rule of Buchanan and before Abraham Lincoln bad entered upon his duties as pres ident. "With such a record before us, who can doubt as to who shall be permitted to control the country in the future? Can any one doubt as tow bother it is safer in the bands of those who plotted and labored for its destruction, or of those who have brought it safely and prosperously out of such immi nent per il ? These are questions for the people Let thcin be carefully weighed, and answered at the ballot-box. AN OLD SLANDER REVIVED. The (razrtff of last week contains a com munication signed *'Bnakc Spring" which states that "the Junior Editor of the In- QI'IUKR has often said that the poor men of the country ought to go to the army, Ac." The maliciousness of this infamous falsehood is only equalled by the cowardice? of its equiv ocating author. It is an old slander iwived and was first raised against us some two or three years ago, it did us no harm rhen and can do none now. The soldiers know who their friends are without resorting to the anonymous correspondence for information. The original publisher would hardly Ire believed on oath hv those who know hint best and it is jwobablc that itIUX- nt' gl'Vi |rwOMvirjr <7 tils urtsrrtJWKis are in quite as bad a predicament. Even with the bad repute attending anonymous communications, the slander was more like ly to receive credence than if the author's name had been attached. The Kichmotul Elections—The .Les son* they Teach. However grieved our people may be at I the result of the recent Richmond elections, no one will he much surprised. The party j lines, although somewhat disguised, were i still distinctly drawn. The candidates were either ex-Kehol soldiers, or men who, al ! though submitting to the necessities of pow i er, yielded a submission under protest, and 1 conduced to do .-ceiet service for the Union, j The candidates did not appear to make any concealment of the part they played during | the war. One boasts in a card that he lost a j leg in the Confederate service, while another | claimed the votes of his fellow-citizens on account of the number of his sons who had I died in the cause of Rebellion. In fact, an open rivalry appears to have existed as to who could prove the greatest complicity with j treason, and Hturdivant. the successful candi . date, was also the winner in the contest for. secession honors. The whole ticket chosen were lately Rebels, and are probably Rebels still. The Union men were defeated, and the choice of the populace fell upon those who were traitors in the past, and are now to be the reeipientsof offiee under the restor | ed Government. It may be said by some that the posts of | Mayor and Sheriff are but trifles, and that no injury can be done by merely local officers; that the highest repositories of the State au j thority are the controlling power, and that i the Senators and Congressman being secured | the minor posts could go in default of exer tion. Tp such wo would quote the warning of De TocqueviHe, who says that, in America the whole motive power of the machinery of government is found in what he terms "town meetings;'' and that it is in the bor ough. and not in the capital, that the policy of our nation is decided. A careful exami ner of the system of politics cannot fail to agree with our foreign friend. It is at the little gatherings in our country towns that the candidates tor offices fight their battles; it is at the precinct meetings that all our contests arc decided. We, therefore, are not prepared to underrate the influence to be exerted by the local Southern elections. In them we see hut the precursor of other and .more fdirefully insolent deeds about to follow. IV e would not be surprised was Brown once more placed in Georgia s guber natorial chair, or the voice of Mason or Sli dell once more heard at the bar of the Uni ted Mates Senate claiming admission as members. If, therefore, we would save our selves from this indignity, let us deduce some lessons from the example of Richmond. The war power is still in force. Created by the exigencies of the time, it continues to S l>e exercised until those exigencies have passed, and it is for President Johnson to deeide when such is the case. At that time by proclamation he will announce to the world that the power of all opposition is ended, and our laud iu complete peace. Un til that is done, the President, in securing to each State a republican form of govern ment, can use his discretion as regards the actions demanded by necessity. Let such a test oath then be applied, and let such an E&unination IKJ made of the records of the candidates, a< will effectually preclude any who might lx> elected |y Bebel volet from coining into office. in iiis recent message, Governor Rerponr, nude use of' a sound argument, when he favored the application of the testa of govtnnuent. not so much to the people as to the candidates. If I hey are all Joval, truly loyal, the evil-disposed will liave no means of mischief. JjCt care be then taken as to who are sworn into offi cial [tosition. If they be kept purged of treason, the bitterness of the people will have no vent. Until after some time he past it is necessary to keep an iron grasp on the throat of the scarcely dead carcass of treason. Unless our authorities awake from their fieemintr confidence in rebel honor, we will lose all the fruits of victory, and once more become the servants to a slave aristocracy. —Philadelphia Evening Telegraph. The Grand .March of Events—A Sl* Months' Retrospect. Once during the issue of Lord Macauiay's History of England, the interval of time be tween the publication of two contiguous vol umes was actually greater than the historic space spanned by the long-expected treatise. Such had been the suffocating wealth of ma terial disclosed to the gifted writer, so much in the realms of fact and opinion offered itself on every hand for Mm to examine and digest, such were the number and magnitude of events to be recorded, that he seemed, in a certain sort, to have slipped backward In his appointed task; or, as an appreciative critic said the leaves of history turned over faster than Macaulay could illuminate the pages. But, if such were the oppressive richness ot the vein which Macaulay opened and worked till his own life was spent, long be fore the historic mine was exhausted, what will be the embarrassment of the future his toriau of our times? To merely catalogue the striking military events of the war sincy the first shot of the rebellion flew across the bow of the Star of the West, would occupy every column of the New York Times, from margin to margin. Then add all the details in the realms of fi nance, of polities, of internal administration, of foreign affairs. Let all these be illustra ted front the millions of printed pages and manuscripts which are to be culled and stud ied. Consider the time, patience, intelli gence, genins, required for the elaboration of details, for description, elucidation, argu ment, inference, aud it will be seen what the historiographers of the rebellion have before them. Such an epoch lias never been known to America; few such to the world. To sweep in with one rapid glance the achievements of the republic, and its mingled experience, within the last six months ftfone, stnrt with the old battle-grounds in Tennes see, w here, in the two grand engagements of Franklin and Nashville. Hood's army of in vasion was dashed into fragments against the veteran legions of Thomas. Then comes .Sherman's daring plunge from Atlanta, through Georgia: the co-operative at ack of Foster on Graham sviffe and the Charleston I'ailroad: the storming of Fort McAllister: the siege ami surrender of Savannah, with its great armament and wealth. Terry's gallant assnnlt oi For< Ftslier next ctHims to which succeeds the surrender of Wilming ton. Within the same period Shermans's double columned army has swept across to the Caro linas. and added Branchville. Colombia. Che raw and Charleston to its list of triumphs. Sehofield's advance on the line of the Neuse, his two battles at Kinston, and his penetration of Goldshoro, are next in order, while Sher man is still marching on Raleigh, and defeats Johnston at Beiitouviile and Avervsboro. Grant now once more absorbs all attention, easily wards the terrific blow his adversary dealt him at Fort Stedman, and, quickly re turning the compliment "from his left," breaks down the whole fabric of rebellion at Quaker Road. Five Forks and Petendmrgh, carries the rebel capital, pursues the the rebel army, and strikes it once, twice, pausing with the magnanimity of a noble soldier before the • bird blow should annihilate the wreck of a foe left before him. Pari paitu with those .errand events, three grand expeditions start from the West. Can ity thunders at Spanish Fort and lilakelv, and forces his way into Mobile. Wilson with a clond of horsemen, rides over Alabama and Georgia, scatters the cavalry of Forrest, and captures Nelma, Montgomery, and Macon. Srtonoman breaks through Eastern Tennessee and North Carolina, riding at will, and driv ing all before him. bee's surrender ensues; then Johnston's, Taylor's, Kirby Smith's and the rebellion is over. Rnt the real complexity of this wonderful story is only half indicated. A Presidential election and inauguration, with all its attend ant excitements, lias intervened. A draft of .500,000 men has been ordered and executed. There have been changes in cabinets and rev olutions in finance. The government credit has been doubled at home and abroad, and gold has tumbled from TJ.H to 128. The Confederate navy has been swept from the ocean. A thousand lesser events have added fuel to the popular excitement ' 'the burning of Northern hotels; the Canada raids; the peace negotiations; the action of Congress concerning slavery; the affair in Lisbon Har bor; the threatening aspect of Maxainilian's Empire. As if the strain on the popular mind were not yet intense enough, the murder of the President that great murder-plot of the cen tury; the pursuit ana death of Booth: the funeral of Lincoln; the capture of Davis: the military trials at Washington: the impeach ment of Davis for treason: the grand review; the honors to our greatest soldiers; have driv en the nation from mirth to tears, from tears to joy agnin, as if it were the sport of fortune. •Such an era is unparalleled in the history of nations. — X. 11 Time*. A Wisconsin paper says : "Wc hear that at Orford, Rock county, the other day, a Copperhead, formerly postmaster under Bu chanan, who has run away at every call for men and prospect of a draft, returned home, when the neighbors in large force assembled" ami gave him notice to leave within twenty fouf hours. At the end of that time he was still in town, whereupon preparations were made to tar and feather him, alarmed by which he skedaddled. The people of that town don t propose to have those who have shirked the burdens of the war return there to enjoy the blessings of peace." The internal revenue tax for this year in the district composed of Cambria, Blair, Huntingdon, and Mifflin counties, amounts to $103,652 80. FROM MEXICO. Santa Anna Relinvm,Rto Proclama tion to the Mexicans. From the Phita. Inquirer : We have received a manifesto in Spanish, j by tltc Mexican General, Antonio de ' Santa Anna, dated at the island of St. | 'lTioma-, and addressed to his unhappv couti- i trvmen in Mexico, which we translate for 7 % Inquirer, as follows : Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, well deser- ! ving citizen of the country, and General of Division of the National Armies of Mexico, to his countrymen : Mexicans! He who has always addressed you on solemn occasions, whether to explain to you his political conduct, or to give you advice, or to offer you his sword, is the same who now claims from yon the greatest calm ness and attention, in order that you may listen to him once more. I speak to you from the heart. I have never deceived you because truth has always been my rule. The respect which in all times and under all circumstances I have paid the majority of the people, imposes upon me the duty to impress upon you that which you have al- ; ready read in my manifesto, issued at Vera j Cruz on the 27 th of February, 1864. 1 adhered to the system of government j which appeared t<v be proclaimed by a eon- 1 siderable majority in obedience to the prin ciples which I professed, based upon sub- j mission to the National will, under the con- ■ viction that the Mexicans were those who, exercising their civil omnipotence, had given themselves new institutions, and were trying to find the wav to conciliate order with lib- j erty. But what a painful error! From this hospitable island I contemplate with in- j creasing indignutiou the scaffold which the j tyranny of an usurping people are raising in our beloved country to stain it with the blood of our brothers, and for the destruc tion of our people. From this island I have contemplated also, with pride, your straggle for life with the invaders of your country, the soldiers called forth by the intervention, and the trumpet i of the free has piade my heart palpitate with j joy, as in the happy days in which we com bated toget her in defence of our firesides and our outraged rights. The hopes of those who sought in monarchy the repose which the Republic denied thorn have been disap pointed: the National dignity has been con temned ; justice derided; our holy rights trodden under foot ; thought enslaved ; prostitution elevated and virtue villified the sanctuary draped in mourning, and the Church afflicted with tribulations. Terror is seated upon the scaffold, brandishing over the patriots the knife of extermination. War to the invaders! Liberty or death should lie the cry of every generous bosom in which honor has her home, independence i her altar, and liberty her rites. We thought that the Archduke Maximil ian, of Austria, would restore to us peace, and he has been the new element of discord; that with wise laws he would enrich our treasury, and he has impoverished it in an incredible manner; that lie would bring us I happiness, and the misfortunes are innu- j merable which in so short a time he has j heaped upon the ruins of ensanguined Mex- { ic-o : that, in tine, he would be consistent in his principles and promises, and he accepted the views of President Juarez in all that re lated to reform, at the same time that he jiersecutcs him and gives him war to the knife. European adventurers formed his guard of honor. The French bayonets are the foun dation ot his throne, and in the meantime so many see themselves condemned to oblivion, to the contempt of the veterans of indejien dence once the glory of our nation, and now objects of derision and mockery for the for eign soldiery. Such insults cannot be toler ated any longer. The hour lias come in which wo should exterminate from the sa- J vf tKo fit® ilio fhrrial nilHt/lo wKo profane the land with their feet, and insult us with their presence. Liberals and conservatives! forget our fratricidal contentions and advance to the rescue ! Let us unite together against the common enemy! One banner cavers us, the flag of liberty. One thought alone ani mates us. that of war and death to the inva ders who destroy our towns and cities and behead our brothers. Eternal execration to the tyrants of our country ! Coin patriots! if, on reading my manifesto of last year your attention should be arrested by the expression that "the last word of my i conscience and convictions is constitutional j monarchy," remember that {I also said on j the same occasion, "1 am not an enemy of democracy, but of its excesses," and above , all do not forget that I was the founder of the Republic. A people is free whatever be j their form of government, when the head of the nation forgets that he is human. Let him remember only that he is the organ of the law. This, my belief, was also yours, j when the Republic was changed to an em- , pire. But we have been mistaken. The Prinoe whom you chose is not the organ of the law, but the usurper of our rights. He is not the defender of national independence, for if he were he would not cede Sonora. He is not the sovereign of the nation, but the humble vassal of a foreign potentate. In order to inspire greater confidence in the new form of government which you have just adopted, and to carry to the throne for your benefit the advice of experience. I went to Vera Cruz to meet the proclaimed Empe ror. disposed to give him, without reserve, nil my support ; hut his arbitrariness and discourtesy closed the doors of my country upon tne. The decree of my expulsion was written in a language which our forefathers did not speak. I owe you an explanation. The public journals of the capital published mv recogni tion of the French intervention. This act of mine did not originate from my own will, but was imposed upon me by the force of cir cumstances. Scarcely did the steamer that conducted me anchor in t he port ere a French comman der presented himself before nteon board of the vessel, as the Chief Superior ol Vera Cruz, and made known to me that I would not l>e allowed to land, but, on the contrary, lie should oblige me to return in the same vessel if L did not immediately comply with the conditions which he presented to me, written in French. These conditions requi red me to recognize the intervention and the monarch elect, and not to address the people. Such great insolence could only excite my indignation. But the sufferings of my wife caused by the painful journey by the sea, and the advice of some friends who came to meet me, inclined tne to subscribe to these conditions, which, however, did not liberate me from the annoyance to which I was ex posed. All this proves that the intervention could not be supported without mistrust of the presence of the soldier who had always de tended with energy the rights of his country humbling on various occasions the flag of the haughty potentates, and making their so called invincible legions bow under the yoke of democracy. My friends, in addressing you to-day, I am only inspired with the desire for your hap piness and the glory of Mexico. No unwor thy sentiments dictate my words. 1 have shed some drops of my blood in your defense and 1 would shed it all, were it necessary, fighting in your armies, if not as your chief, then as a private soldier. In the meantime, while circumstances prevent me from join ing your ranks, I wish you to know the sen timents with which I am animated. Compatriots! on the memorable second of December, 1822. 1 adopted as my motto these words Abajo ii Imperial Viva la lie publica! | Down with the Empire ! Live the Rejmb&c /"] And now, from the for eign soil upon which I am exiled, I repeat that motto with the same enthusiasm. ~ A. L. JDK STA. ANNA. bt, Thomas, July 8, 1806, Probable Speedy Abdication oi' .Maxi milian, Immediately upon the receipt by Maxi milian, at the end of the month of April last, of the news of the death of Mr. Lin eoln, the surrender of General Lee, and the complete termination of our war. he des patched at once to Europe his especial friend and adviser. M. Kloiu.his Chief of Cabinet to advise with Louis Napoleon. Kias Leo |>old of Belgium, and the Emperor of Aus tria, as to what should be done under this change of affairs, the Empire in Mexico having been undertaken under the convic tion that the United States were permanent ly disrupted and that our civil war would continue for many years. M. Eloin leftA era Crult on this mission on the 2nd of May last, passing byway of this city, and now returns by the same route. It was then reported that while here he had an interview with President Johnson, and that that interview was of a very satisfactory character. This report was. however, en tirely without foundation, as M. Eloin only arrived here by the steamer from Havana on Friday, and left at noon of the next day (Saturday) for Europe, and his time was principally spent in an unavailing search for a person whom he ealled-"the ConsulrGene ral of the Empire," but whom lie found no body kuew or recognized here. We have reason to believe that the mission of M. Eloin to Europe has been fruitful of imjiortant results. I'o Louis Napoleon he was instructed by Maximilian to state that the empire could only be established in tran quility and .Mexico thoroughly pacified by tne aid of a largely increased force of foreign troops, and the outlay of much larger sums of money, which must also be furnished from abroad, as it was idle to place any reliance upon a revenue in Mexico for some years to come; that these reinforcements of troops and the necessary funds must be furnished by France, for they could be obtained now where else ; and further, that in view of the changed state of affairs in the United States, France and the other interested European powers must guarantee his throne against any attacks from without; that unless these conditions could be cour ned with, he (Max imilian) did not choWSe to stay in Mexico. From his father-in-law, King Leopold, Maximilian instructed bis agent to ask noth ing more than his general advice and good influence, as after the difficulties which had been raised about the last recruitments of the Belgian legion, and the sad fate these troops had met with in Mexico, it was idle to expect any further material aid. Besides, the fast declining health of the old monarch prevented the intrusion of any further vex atious cares beyond those of his own king dom. From the Emperor of Austria. Maxiiuil lian expected no aid, as his brother has al ways been opposed to the idea of attempting to set up a throne in Mexico in opposition to the 1 nited States, and M. Eloin was there instructed to confine his mission to Vi enna. to the single purpose of procuring a restoration to Maximilian of his rights of succession to the Austrian throne in the event of his returning from Mexico. This is the only part of the mission of M. Eloin which has Dcen attended with any success, and in this his success has been complete. Maximilian can now return to Austria and regain his rights of succession there at any moment by simply giving up his rickety and tottering throne iri Mexico. We have reason, also, for the belief that the mission of M. Eloin has been productive of a further result—namely, that he carries back with him to Mexico, as the advice of Louis Napoleon and of King Leopold, that, under all the citcumstances, and, seeing that it is now evident that the people of Mexico do not desire to have an emperor to rule over them, the best plan for Maximilian will be to abdicate at as early a moment as pos sihle. and return to Europe. That then the French troops, having nothing further to do there, will also retire : and so the whole of this disagreeable and unfortunate Mexican business will be ended without any further trouble. Napoleon and Maximilian will both have paid a noble tribute to the great doctrine of satisfied nationalities, and have very mate rially strengthened by such an act of wisdom and abnegation their present and future po sitions in Europe, and, above all things, will have avoided any difficulty with the United States. Such, we have reason to believe, is the advice which Maximilian's Chief of Cabinet is carrying back from Europe, and which we have still further reason to believe will be speedily followed.— K. Y. llf mid. RKORKAMZATIO.V GOING BACKWARDS. Louisiana, Virginia ami North Carolina. -'Major-General Under ordered to Washington. WASHINGTON, July General B. F. Butler has been sent for by the President, and will have an important duty assigned to him at once. The conduct of the amnestied, and the determination of the late open rebels to seize the reins of pow er in all parts of the South, show that the spirit of the Rebellion still lives, and is fast assuming a shape of great danger in the fu ture. An examination into the conduct of Gov ernor Wells, of Louisiana, shows that out of two hundred and titty appointments made by him, there is not a single Union man; and of the most important positions five are conferred upon men who inaugurated seces sion, and signed the ordinance. Field, who assailed Judge Kelley last win ter with murderous intent, has been made Attorney-General of lxjuisiana. To have served with "valor and credit" in the Rebel army is the main requisite for positiour Governor Wells refuses to carry out the acts of the new Constitution whenever it conflicts with the old regime. In Virginia matters are much worse. Governor Pierpont has attempted to concil iate the secessionists by conferring positions upon them of honor and profit, and turns a cold shoulder to the old Union men because they are in the minority. AH the recently elected officers are seces sionists of the vilest brand ; mast of them have been in the Rebel army. There is not a spark of loyalty manifest ;*no evidence of regret for the past ; no hope of any support for the Administration in the future. octter, but still bad enough. Governor Holden seems desirous of favor from the amnestied, and being himself a pardoned Rebel, selects men of that stamp for office. Should these men succeed in grasping po litical control all over the South, in keeping put Northern men aud capital, and make laws to re-establish tire old status of affairs with reference to the colored race, theu sla very is virtually re-established with a ten fold stronger hold than ever before. A po litical party will lie created in the South that will consolidate all classes of the whites, and who will act with Northern traitors in Con gress to repudiate the national debt, or to use threats of so doing to compel a recogni tion and adoption of either a part or the whole of the Rebel debt. Parties are now at work buying up Rebel bonds and certificates, and who openly ex- Ercss their confidence that thev will one day 2 paid off. The apathy and listlessness of the North is surprising under threatened dangers which are more alarming than the warlike movements of the South, to combat which millions of brave men sprang to arms. Now that the Rebels intend to adopt, with serpent-like cunning,_4ess bloody but surer means to cement their power over the Gov ernment, and re-establish a system of bou dage on a firmer basis, nothing is heard but gentle tones of tnerey and forgiveness, which we will do the Southerners the credit to say, fall upon deaf ears and defiant hearts. the President has recognized Adolph Ro senthal as consul of the Principality of Reuss tor the State of Wisconsin. It isascertaiued in inquiry- that there is a continued reduction of the aggregate amount ot certificates of indebtedness, the number redeemed being much larger than those new ly issued. The Postmaster General is gradually re storing postal se .■vice all over the South This morning the mails left the Washington Post Office to be cgnveycd directlv through to Richmond aqd Petersburg. Contracts have just been made for service bv railroad from New Orleans to Canton, Miss., and from Canton to Jackson, Teun. Other heads of departments are engaged restoring the civil machinery, in accordance with the proclamations of the President ap pointing provisional governors. The iticliiuond Election. WASHINGTON, July 28. General Terry to-day issued an order de daring the late municipal election iu Rich mond null and void, and prohibiting ihccan didates elected from assuming their office. Richmond papers received here to-night are silent on the subject, except the Tinles, which in a short article, states that such a step as General Terry took to-day was evidently un der discussion yesterday in Richmond, al tii .ugh the Times tries to console its readers that no interference would bo attempted by the military authorities. It says:— The question of objections of the military authorities of this city to certain officers c lectcd on Tuesday, and of their intended in terference to prevent such officers from as suming their respective duties, is set at rc.-t by a declaration made yesterday by the Gen eral commanding the Department, that be had no objection to make to. any of the per sons eIR-ted, and unless the Governor chose to raise some objection, there would be no difficulty nor any opposition to a final and peaceful settlement of the matter, as indica ted by the elections. The promised interfe rence of the military authorities was based upon the interpretation which we were told they would place upon the election; but the sound judgment of these gentlemen and their just appreciation of the motives of our neople, have caused this promise to fail,— iV'e have no hesitation in venturing the o pinion, based indeed upon indirect informa tion as to his sentiments, that the Governor, who has had abundant opportunity to con si<ler and understand the public statements, will not Ire behind the other authorities in justice and judgment. The Itejmbfic state that the Commissioners of election having completed the examination of the book-, reported to Governor Pierpont oil Thursday. In response to an interrogatory, the Gover nor stated that the members of the Council need not await instructions from him, but that tliey could organize whenever they saw fit A meeting of Council has been ealicd this afternoon at ■> o'clock, when, by the di rection of the "Governor the commissioners of election will be present and administer the oath of office to the Mayor, and the other 1 magistrates will then swear in the other city officers. The Governor, being asked wheth er he desired to stay the qualifying of any one of the newly elected officers, responded that as they did not receive their commis sions from him, he had no such right, and would not interfere in the ca.-e of any otti ! ccr. Colored Exiidus. Information from good authority, now in Washington, points out a steady colored movement to the Southern States. All the Copperhead predictions that the free cities would be over-run by the negroes alter eman cipation and the close of the war, have been falsified by facts. Gradually the column is increasing, and moving to the tropical re gions. There the care of the Government is directly given and felt by the freedmen. The slave masters having left for foreign lands, or having consented to what they dared not prevent—the liberation of their slaves—the colored race have at last a chance to work for themselves, and to show whether they are lit for civil franchises, in the North no such chances are offered to them. There the necessity for aid from them to put down treason i ucit imminent, and there their numbers are not so large as to demand from Government the duty of vigilant guar dianship. Thousands who would oppose the elevation of the negro to civil rights in the North, would sanction it in the riouth, first from their hatred of the traitors, and second, from their inability to deny protec tion and political equality to men who are essential to the production of the necessa ries of life for all, and ready to offer their lives asa defence against treason. The I' <•< Enforcement oi the Franchise Law in Kentucky. The proclamation of Governor Brainieite, of Kentucky, 011 the franchise law, issued ou the 19th instant, requires a rigid enforce ments ot the legal enactment which disfran chises and expatriates every citizen of Ken tucky who refuses to take the oath of alle giance. The proclamation concludes as fol lows: "Loyal men throughout the State are re quested to report to the Governor any disre gard of the expatriation law, either upon the part of officers or citizens, giving the names of the offenders, that they may be proceeded against for such violation. The officer who shall fail to discharge his duty, as prescribed by law, or the citizen who, not being entit led to vote, shall do so in violation of law, should be promptly reported, that the pro per steps may be taken lor his punishment These plain words are spoken that none may act upon the supposition that they will ue permitted with impunity to disregard the laws made to guard and protect the purity ol the elective franchise,or over-ride the law fully established sovereignty of the people. ' The military authorities will assist the civil officers in the enforcement of these in structions, if any attempt be made to violate them, upon application to the officer mai est in command. Titos. E. BHAMLETTK, Governor. Look Out For Them. 1 lie new tit ty cent notes are already counterfeited, and some of the bogus "halves have made their apjtearance in Harrisbuig. Our citizens should be ou the loekout tor them. They are described a-i.iliews: Tlie pai>er is coarser and thicker 1.1.01 uie genu ine, and on close inspection 1- >,u,red and indistinct. The counterfeit may >c detected by glancing at the liue of stai.- ee. ween the figures "0U,,, at the top aud bus .11 of the back of the note. The stars out a counter feit have white centres, while tne entire stars ou the genuine are in green. The reading in black on the I'aee ot toe geuuino note is clear and distinct, while on .he coun terfeit the bronze is printed on i.w clack, the words "fifty cents being atuieo. oblitc rated. These defects can be easily 1 caiedied however, and when the notes became worn and dirty, will no doubt defy detection. —Harrisburgh Telegraph. There is a general arrival throughout the State of skedaddlers who have been residing for some time in Canada. It is well to re mind them that by President Lincoln's proclamation, made in pursuance of an act of Congress, all deserters who failed report before may Ist, 18tio, are forever ui.-ir.ui ehi.sed as American citizens. Randall Jaggard, of Pittston, Laze no county, is a successful snake huutoi. He has already sent sixty rattlesnakes to the different cities of the State, this season, an 1 has at his home a large cage filled with living reptiles. After catching the pets, h. x traefcs their fangs aud renders them nar tides-. The census-taker has found in Piatt-fourg, Vermont, a French Canadian who is in the one hundred aid sixth year of his age, and his wife is ninety-five years old. They are both in quite good health, have lived to gether seventy eight years, and had iourtcou children.
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