IWorii Inquirer.
BEDFORD. PA., FRIDAY, NOV. 10, ISO
LIGHTS AiNIJ SHVUOWS OF THE
LATE ELECTIONS.
While the results of the late elections
present many features calculated to rejoice
the hearts of all good citizens, they also
present some features of a character to make
every patriotic citizen blush that even thus
much of alia in closeness and moral degrada
tion should mar the character of our na
tional political system. The grand aggre
gate majority of 450,000 is the most bril
liant vindication of our people from the
charge of sordid, mercenary motives that
ever graced the annals of political hi-tory.
That the people should condemn by snob
overwhelming majorities, a policy supported
by all the blandishments of power, the
emoluments of office and the allurement* of
almost unbounded patronage, is the most
sublime proof of the purity of the patriot
ism and the incorruptibility of the virtue of
an educated, intelligent democracy. Never
before were a people so tempted, by bribery,
corruption and veuality of every kind, to
support a party policy, and never was such
an overwhelming rebuke a lmini-torcd t<> i !ic
inflated pride of delegated power. Never
was nation so disgraced by its representa
tive head, and never was bloated egotism
and blinded bigotry in its pride of power so
completely emasculated by an insulted and
indignant people. Such exhibitions of pub
lic virtue, intelligence and patriotism are
the most cheeriDg evidences of the progress
we are making, as well as of the safety with
which we may rely upon a virtuous and in
telligent patriotism as the bulwark of our
republican institutions. But while we thus
rejoice over the general healthfulness of our
body politic, we cannot overlook the fact
that the seeds of a dire leprosy, though com
paratively dormant still exist in our political
system. That a few Judaseswere found among
the high as well as the low, that some grown
gray in their country's service and crowned
with her fairest laurels, that others distin
guished by deeds of valor in upholding the
"Starry Flag" on Moody fields, should be
tempted to barter their laurels for paltry
office, or sell their life long principles, born
of honest convictions, for the empty promi
ses of a defunct political organization, t hough
a matter of national humiliation, is scarcely
to be wondered at. That the filthy slums
and dark purlieus of New York City should
pour forth their druhken and licentious tide
of human depravity, to roll up a majority of
47,000 against cleanliness, sobriety, decency
and the observances of a christian Sabbath
is a dark and shameful stain upon our na
tional escutcheon; but even this has its
bright relief in the fact that the sobriety and
virtue of New York's rural population is
sufficient to hold this tide of wickedness,
crime, wretchedness and misery in abeyance.
That all the immense patronage of the gov
ernment should be boldly, shamefully, defi
antly, wielded for partisan purposes by the
chief executive of the nation, is a fearful
comment upon the integrity and virtue of
our public men; that it should accomplish
so little is the grandest vindication of the
moral integrity of our people. After such
an exhibition of the incorruptibility of the
people, the apostles of liberty and humanity
may take a long breath, assured that, though
constant and continued effort is ever neces
sary, the crisis is passed, and the long agony
and bloody strife of the past will yield, in the
future, a sure and rich fruition, in a larger
liberty, a stricter justice, a truer humanity,
a more abundant prosperity.
WIIITF.n SEPrWTIRES.
Vice ever shields itself beneath the cloak
of virtue. The father of lies doubtless in
vented the subterfuge. It has been prac
tised in all ages and has not been permitted
to fall into disuse in these latter days. An
dy Johnson and his parasites admonished by
the people's anathemas have proven them
selves but dull though willing students in
the art ot clothing their crimes in the garb
of virtue. Their latest effort in this line
has been to order the prompt dismissal of
all employes of the various departments
whenever they shall have been discovered)
to be fast livers, habitual tipplers or fre
quenters of public resorts of ill repute of
any kind. This is all very well ; but as long
as the President and his friends continue to
indulge in all the various excesses by which
1 hey have brought the White House into
such ill repute their efforts to reform the
departments, will avail hut little. They
would succeed better br setting an example,
before they begin to preach virtue to their
official employes. From all accounts the
White House at present is in more pressing
need of a thorough purging from these evil
practices than any other locality in Wash
ington. It would he a good place to begin.
Drain the fountain and the stream must of
course fail.
MORA I. ASPECT OF eOPPERHEADINM.
The most striking illustration of the utter
depravity of Coppcrheadism is seen in the
election of John Morrissey, to Congress, in
New York city. Perjury, bribery and the
most revolting political corruption wc were
prepared to see but tliata community having
the least reniainingspark of virtue 01 -en.-c of
shame should .o far forget itself a.s to insult
the moral sense of the whole country by
nominating, and electing to Ooncrt =, a man
like Morrissey, the convict, jail-bird, prize
lighter and keeper of a faro Lank in the
purlieus of that modern Sodom, is a more
deliberate display of cool contempt for all
moral restraints, than our people were
prepared to see exhibited, even by coppcr
headism in its worst estate. The disgrace
ful licentiousness and drunken revelries of
Johnson, the open defiance of the law in
Pennsylvania, the wholesale and deliberate
perjury in Maryland, are fitly followed by
the crowning disgrace of sending, to repre
sent them in the Congress of the United
States, and support the President's policy,
one who has frequently been indicted as an
accessory to murders, who has made a
fortune at prize fighting, and faro gambling,
and who has served his term in the peniten
tiary. Worst of all, Morrissey is a true
representative of the character, x as well as
the politic*, pf the majority bifegoetit-
TiSF. VERDICT OF THE PEOPLE 5
RECDXSTBHTIOS.
Congress acted wisely in going to the peo
ple on the basis of the amendments on the
reconstruction question. The people have
su-tained their representatives, with an
emphatic apd overwhelming majority oi
some 450.000, and the return of not only a
fully su-fained but even increased strength
in both houses. When Congress meets
again, it will not be fainted hearted and
doubting. It will not grope in darkness.
The earthquake of the election has puri
fied the atmosphere and driven the clouds
from the political horizon. Henceforth the
way is plain. The people and their repre
sentatives have met face to face, they have
seen eye to eye, they are joined hand in
hand, and their hearts beat in unison. The
peop'c have declared that loyal men shall
trie the country and fix the terms of recon
struction and they have appointed their rep
resentatives to enforce the decree. Ihe
recently rebellious States have it now in
their power to accept the amendments and
return to the councils of the nation, if
they refuse to do this, there will he no
dallying. The action of Congress will 1 e
prompt, decisive, radical. The country is
weary of uncertainty and suspense, andif the
amendments are rejected, will sustain Con
grass even to the extent of remanding the
rebellion - States to a territorial condition,
appointing over them Governors, and ruling
them as ferrritories until they accept the
lenient conditions offered them, enact con
stitutions in accordance with the cardinal
principle-of our republican institutions, and
display ,ueh a spirit, of loyalty as shall enti
tle them ouco more to a place in the
sisterhood of States.
t. The Republicans of Cumberland Val
ley raised a club of twenty-iwo far the X< >v
York Tribune a short time since, and for
warded the money, but owing to some
strange freak of the mail arrangements it
did not reach its destination. We hope
that our friends, with the a .i-tanee of the
Tribune , will hunt up the lost funds, and
that tiro Tribune will be sent regularly into
that region, where for thirty years the op
position to Democracy did not exceed ten or
fifteen votes. At the last election the Re
publicans polled 74 votes and with the as
sistance of the Tribune and INQUIRER, we
expect in a few years to come out square.
THE PEOPLE'S VERDICT. —Andy John
son appealed from Congress to the people.
Tim peoplo have answered. From every
State untainted by the virus of slavery
comes the same response. An aggregate of
450,0' 0 majority reverberates in thunder
tones from Maine to California the verdict of
the people. Andy Johnson has beenweighed
in the balance aDd tound wanting—wanting
in honesty, in sobriety, in honor, in integri
ty, in virtue, in loyalty and in patriotism.
A DIFFERENCE. —The weak-kneed Re
publicans who went over to Copperheadism,
under the impression that "mv policy' was
to be the winning card in the fall elections
but who, now that they have seen the error
of their ways, are coming back to the old
party, are receiving hosts of most ungrateful
wipes" from their new found friends.
Here is a specimen on Henry Ward Beecher
who, only a fow wenlcr ago iron
ally petted by every Copperhead paper in
the States :
"Bcecherhas slid back into the Radical
ranks, where he came from originally. No
better could be expected from the Puritan
ical. smooth-faced, glib-tongued AtninidaF
Sleek, who on a certain well remembered
occasion, had the impudence to nominate
beast Butler as the next President of the
United States. The Democratic party is
better without these dodgers than with
them. Never did the sun shine on a great
er coward than this whiffling parson ol Ply
mouth Church." .
BITTER experience forces the I nion men
of Maryland to the conviction at which their
brethren of Louisiana arrived .through a
bloody test —that impartial suffrage is the
only defense iff the loyal, and the oniy cure
for the rebel, in the South. The issue, so
long evaded and postponed, has ripened in
Maryland through the heat of a contest won
at the expense of those who fought to save
the State which others attempted to destroy.
They can now well afford to set the justice
of impartial suffrage against the wrong of
this mishap ; we doubt if anything but
defeat would have taught them, or any other
large class of men in the South, the lesson.
But it would be strange if the men of Mary
land could not advance to the same views
which even Judge lleagan, of Texas. ex-
Secretary of the Confederacy, has had the
sagacity to announce. — New York Tribune.
BgrUA Toronto, C. W., dispatch says: The
police authorities are instructed to cause
the arrest and detention of all the suspicious
characters in the city under the habeas cor
pus suspense act passed last session. The
act empowers magistrates to cause the ar
rest of any person suspected of countenan
cing or encouraging designs against the Gov
ernment or people, and commit him to pris
on, jhere to remain, without trial or bail,
till the Sth of June next. Yesterday arrests
began. Four men were committed ; James
and John Dudley, Charles Cash and Alex
ander Nicholson. The Dudleys profess to
hail from Brooklyn, and are moulders by
trade. Cash says he comes from Lanca
shire, England, Nichobon from Scotland. It
is cxpccu- J to be proved that Pudley i.i an
assumed name, the proper one being ITone
gan.
TUE PRESIDENT SURPRISED BET NOT
CONVERTED.—A Washington dispatch says:
"It is understood that the President lias
been assured so positively of certainty of
success in New York by Thurlow Weed and
others, if the course in relation to appoint
ments marked out by them was followed,
that lie firmly believed that State at least
would indorse his policy. The defeat of
Join Llogan in Missouri also considerably
surprises him, as he regarded liis re-elec
tion is unquestionable. His intimate per
sonal and political relations with Mr llo
gan makes bis defeat particularly unpalata
ble. There is. however, no reason to -op
pose that tlie emphatic condemnation of bis
policy by the loyal States will induce him to
change his course in regard to reconstruc
tion.
REEI S KINO, our diplomatic agent at
Rome, had lately a conversation with the
Pope, who seemed very much c mcerncd
about the Fenians. Pio remarked that it
would be for the advantage of all parties if
the United States should take possession of
Canada, and incorporate it into the Ameri
can Union, rather than allow the Fenians to
possess themselves of it. He thinks the
Fenians can never do anything to affect the
British rule in Ireland, but that they may
turn their arms against Canada. Cardinal
Antonelii, Mr. King says, is a cordial ad
mirer of the policy of Mr, Johnson.
—•, -
LORD CLARENDON'S health is rapidly
failing. A partial blindness which has
recently afflicted hint ia attributed to cxces-
THE ELECTIONS.
New York.
NEW YORK, NOV. 11.—The Tribune**
dispatches up to midnight, make Fenton.'s
majority 15,468.
.Missouri,
ST. Lor IS, NOV. 11.—Of the nine Con-
V suian from this state, seven Radnjals are
c rtainly elected. , . „
Our returns are .sufficiently full to render
it certain that the Radicals will have a good
working majority in both Houses of the
Legislature, though the exact number is not
yet definitely ascertained.
Of the Representatives, according to the
best information obtainable and the returns
thus far received, we judge that eighty five
Radicals have teen chosen, and twenty-three
Conservatives, leaving twenty-seven districts
to hear from.
The Radical majority in the State, by
Congressional districts, wiQ be about 23,000,
but Jackson fell largely, and Anderson con
siderably* behind t'ae ticket on the vote for
School Superintendent. The Radical ma
jority will be over 25,000. The returns elect
Blair to the Legislature by 14 votes.
Wisconsin.
MADISON, NOV. 11. —Additional returns
received here show the official vote of the
different Congressional districts with highly
gratifying; results. The Republican majori
ty on the Congre. ional vote in this State,
is not less than 20,000--a gain of over 100
per cent, on the vote of 1564.
ChailesA. Eldridge, the only Copperhead
in the delegation, will rejjrosont tho Fourth
Congressional district. His majority is
not large. The Legislature is more than
two-thirds Republican, there being in the
Senate twenty-two Union members and
eleven Copperheads. In the House there
arc seventy-four Republicans and thirty-six
Democrats. Thi- will render the re election
of Senator T. O. Howe to the Fortieth Con
gress a certainty.
Minnesota.
S ST. PAUL, Nov. 11.—As returns continue
to come in from the more remote counties
they show large in creases in the heretofore
reported Republican majorities. Donnelly's
majority become - greater by every return.
There are no Democrat c gains except in one
or two counties. The State will give over
10,'Xff) Union majority.
Illinois
CUR 'A'10, Nov, 11. —T'RO Republican
majority in Illinois will lie at least sixty
thousand, and probably in excess of that
number, i n the Democratic Congressional
districts the official result has not yet been
ascertained. G. B. Raurn has certainly been
elected in the Thirteenth district; Kitchell
has been defeated in the Eleventh di trict
by S. S. Marshall, Copperhead; and A. -f.
Burr. Copperhead, is probably elected in
the Tenth district.
In the Ninth district, the result is doubt
ful, though the Copperheads claim the elec
tion of their candidate, Lewis W, Boss, al
though future returns may put a different
face on the matter. Shelby .hi. Cullum,
Republican, has gained the day in the
Eighth district after a good fight.
lowa.
The official returns will show the .Repub
lican majority in this State to be very nearly
40,000. "
.Michigan.
The latest returns from the State include
37 Counties and give G '•v. Orapo an aggre
gate majority of 25.800 The 24 counties un
heard from in 1804 gave an .aggregate ma
jority of 1,215, as they :re mainly new
counties in which the population has largely
increased in two years, we have undoubtedly
made decided gain- therein, and our mu
fw:ifv in the Htnto * \,l OS.
000.
Nevada.
SAN FRANCISCO Nov. 7—A Carson City
di patch says that the Union party carried
the Nevada State election yesterday, by
about 1, 0< A majority.
Mnssach usatts.
The latest returns from the State leave
no doubt, that the Republican majority will
be 70,000.
Kansas.
LEAVENWORTH, Kansas NOV. 9.—The
Union Republican majority in this Sate is
15,000.
A large majority of the Republican can
didates are elected to the Legislature. The
indications are that Senator Pomsroy—who
carried e very di-triet in his county the first
time in fire year will be re-elected.
New Jersey.
NEW ARK. N.J., November 9. —As the
returns Lave become more nearly perfect,
we are enabled to state as the re.-nit of the
election as follows : The Republican ma
jority in the State is a li tie over 2,On>. The
majority for Hasjey, Republican, In the
Fifth Congressional District, is 921. That
of Hill, Republican, in the fourth District,
is 465, Iltiyler, the independent Democratic
candidate, receiving less than 290 votes in
the whole District. Newell, Republican,
in the Second District, is defeated by si
small majority.
Delaware.
WILMINGTON. November 9. —The
claims the following as tlie vote of the State.
The Commercial thinks it too high for
Saulsbury, the Democratic candidate: New
castle county, for Riddle, 179; Kent county,
for Saulsbury, 925: Su --ex county, for
Saulsbury, 707; total for Saulsbury, 1,695;
For Riddle, 179. Democratic majority : n
the State, 1,516. Sussex county, Broad
creek and Little creek united give Saulsbury
446 majority, a Union loss of 112. _ Cedar
creek gives Riddle 7<i majority) aUsiou loss
of 49. The whole of Kent county is -ti
mated to give Saulsbuiy 932 majority.
Maryland,
BALTIMORE, November 9.— Allegheny
county elects the Republican ticket for the
Legislature, as do all the counties in Frank
Thomas' district. The next Legislature
will stand as follows: Senate, 16 Democrat.?;
S House of Delegates, 59 l)om
oerals to 21 Republicans. The presiding
officer of the Senate, Lieut. Gov. Cox, will
also act with the Democrats. The Repub
licans only carry four counties in the State.
This is reliable, and there will he no
change from these figures.
GARIBALDI has written the following let
ter to Mr. John Jay, of this city, who i
now in Europe: "The syn pa thy which
comes to me from freemen, citizens of a
great nation like yourselves, gives mo cour
age for my task in the cause of liberty and
progress. I regard to day the American
people as the sole arbiter of questions of
humanity amid tlie universal thraldom of
the soul and the intellect. Please exprc.--
these my sentiments to your countrymen,
and believe me, yours for life. G. Garil ddi."
Ilcrald Washington dispatch .-ays:
A large delegation of prominent men from
Ohio arrived to-night to assist in the re
eciuiiiendatioii of Mr. -Spooner as the succes
sor of Mr. Rollins as Commi- ioner of inter
nal Revenue. Governor Swann advocates
the change.
TUB sole survivor oi tlie Wyoming mns.-a
crc Mrs. Deborah Bedford, is now living
with her son, Dr. A. Bedford, at Waverly,
Pa. S]ie is ninetytbree years old, but dis
tinctly rejpombers (ho incidents of the mas
sacre,
? THE WRITING ON THE WALL.
i Andrew Johnson Weighed by the
Country and Found Wanting.--Mora!
of the Late Elections.--Democratic
Mephistophelianisni.--Oar Accidental
President to he Saved by Foreign
Complications and War.--The Voice
of the Press.
NEW FORK, November 8. —The World
has a losgurtide on < lections headed "What
of the future?" ot wl ich the suUohied is the
gist: These unfortunate elections deprive
President Johnson of '.hat ought to have
been the chief glorv <<t hi - adtninistr -.(ion:
the paeiti ation of the country after the late
bloody contest. It is idle to ask whether,
hv greater promptitude ;u breaking with the
Radicals, he mi. ht not have averted this
mortification. He 111u.1l now take the situa
tion as he finds it, an l make the best of it.
Powerless during the A: due of his term, on
all contested questions of domestic politics,
his only chance of acquiring prestige is in
connection witlioar foreign relations. They
arc less subject to the control of Congress.
The step.-, he m understood to be taking to
resuscitate aiJl maintain the Monroe dec
trine, will be. "warmly approved by the coun
try. It wo aid be fatile for him to contend
longer with the radicals in respect so the
South, and. he will best consult the dignity
of his office by 1 cting his action cease with
hi resjiousibility. Against Congrc s there
was no appeal hut to the people; and the
passions of the war have not yet suffi •; mtly
subsided to per mit them to judge with can
dor. The ratification of the amendment is j
no; & questi n for him bur for the Star- 5.
He iuar hereafter stand alpoffrtim that .- no- j
jecs without- any loss of dignity or of coilsi:
touey. Against the incou titutional exelu- ]
sion ol Southern Stat-s from Cong re.-.-, it i
was his duty to remon trate, but having ap
pealed to the people in vain, why hould he
sharpen acrimony by further opposition?
"he elections, by via tally depriving him if
bis veto, have relieved liim from ail respon
sibility for the action of Ct-e.gre.-:. While. ,
therefore, ho holds fust to his oft repeated
views, he will serve no good purpo.-e by an ■
animated and aggressive prti> of:
them. A candid co-operation with (kingress '
on neutral questions, aud a dignified al-sti i
notice from pushing a controversy in which
he is poWi't lc -s. :. tho cours-- which Presi
dent John-on will doubtless think it wi o to
adopt.
The Times reasons in this wise: From
the verdict of Tue .-day there is no appeal.
'l*he judgment remitrc 'by four Stat a
month aeo was held up a.- one likely to i c
reversed. The :i ,v: at has been heard,
and nine .State - have disposed of the point*
in is.-ue finally, and with no chance <>i rever
iiiil. There i no further room for doubt or
equivocation; lb country indorses the ac
tion of Congrc...; upholds the Constitutional
A mendmcnt as'the basis of compromise, and
e. ji'iicitly declares the Democratic party un
worthy of its confident
I'pou the re. uit the Tribune says: Here,
then, is the reply of the loyal and still a J
valuing North to the challenge of the Pre:
ident in syllables as [ lain as the hand-writ
ing on the vvali; that one hundred and
twenty-six radical Congressman are elected
out of a whole re pi i mentation of on hundred
and sixty two. We recapitulate as follows,
showing a fatal policy i- weighed in the ! 1
ance and found v.-if-ina. Mr. Johnson
committed Li- i : i foe- to ruin; the
North responds with radical majorities in
nineteen Stale-. Nut an inch of -3
ha-'been yielded by the loyal vote, s i in
view of whatever . iod work may remain to
bo done, the North is resolved to maintain
its standing army ofloval majorities.
'J'ite New York II raid remark.-; The
m nerai results of the late elections, from
-Massachusetts to Mi- -o.iri, are .-.vc. vvlml
mingly in favor of the Constitutional Amend
ment ;i9 the ultimatum of the victorious
North to the Southern Stut,.- r.-;.-n<(V ..
the rebellion. This great L-.-uc at the cui.di
tivttttf op'*ortt'i (' > inG re.-turai wn of
States is now lix ■ I to the end of President
John. >u's term in the tv -third Republican
vote secured in I Oh Houses of Congress as
they now stand till the uli of March, ls'GT.
This is the grand, all important 1 ->n of
these Noviiuber elections —t le.-son whi in
the administration canno safely disregard,
even it so inclined, an i which the States
unrecognised by C nsgre will 'hi well to ac
cept as their only alterna -ive. The extreme
radicals, in the next piuc . have bceu em
phatically admonished in a!!these autumnal
elections, from the Atlantic to the l'a -ijc
ocean, that their revolutionary schemes-of
reconstruction are utterly repugnant to the
people of the North, and therefore utterly
impracticable. We are satisfied with all
these results, and especially satisfied as to
the wisdom of the cmr ; adopt cl by this
journal from the significant verdict of the
Maine September election m the great issue
which is to mark the new dispensation of
this Republic in the fulliHm nt of it-- mani
fest destiny.
The ( bmni'-rcial as.-eia . The question
at issue was the poli ;y of ret a-truction, an 1
the decision isa raiu • the policy of the
■President and in favor "1 that of Congrc. ; .
The people have vir:: ati" ratified the
Amendment, and they h r.e virtually .-aid
to tiie South, Accept tit ; e terms and < .one
?>ackto the Union with loyal ilepre-rnfa
tives in Congress." Congr. -s, bv admitting
the Tennessee members, have shownn will
in: ness to aflirm this method of recon (ruc
tion, and contact with the people will
strengthen them in their conclusion. It has
also shown them dial there i a feeling in
f. vor of strong guarantee.: and if the South
shall now turn it back upon the Amend
ment and ..ullenly fall i aek upon what it
deems its dignity, there are n, n in Congr.■
who will be .stimulated to enact severer eon
ditions, and so re open the closing wounds
made by the war.
The EK niny POT;' put it in this light.*
The Republican parfj. y tie . • elections,
retains power for two \ mere. Mr.
Bcccuer said very truly that, v.. i managed
it might return power half , e. .tui.; but to
achieve that, or even to keep if ■country
with it lining the next year.-., it needs
to act ] '■ tidently, t putablest .statesmen
ihv. . J, '. slio v cli.'tL it ptto.vcsuos UiO'iera
ti-.-n astt'i II ...- vigor, and that it knows of
othei interests in the country 1 hi - that
one to which all discussion ha ; fixed it. hith
erto.
®®The Iler'tld" * Washington special say
En-ign A. J. Kane, of the Navy, has arri
ved in Washington in order to answer
charges preferred against him by Mr Pock,
our Minister to Ilayti. It is all. " that
Kane gave up certain papers < ntrus '
him bv a prominent Ha.- ien rebel to Pre-d
--dent Geffrnrd. tb reby exposing a plan '•>
assassinate the latter and jhis Cabinet. by
blowing up the principal nr onals in Port
au-Prince, and burn the city." The charge
is that Kane received two thousand dollars
in gold for this *< : v•.
f/jy Tho Uerald'x Havana coric pondenee
says: Monsieur Pes. inior, Maximilian's
chamberlain, arrived r ei ntly in Havana, on
the Manhattan, from Mexico. His atten
tion seems to be devoted to an inspection of
untenanted knu-t in that city. G-cn. Mar
coo, the newly appointed General of Cuba,
arrived at Havana on last Saturday, to
relieve Gen. Lercundi.
THE Arkansas State L ci-latuve met on
Wednesday, and next day the Governor's
message was read. It deprecates political
excitement and favors the encouragement of
education railroads and improvements.
The Governor recommends the State Legis
lature to cary into effect the principle of the
Civil Rights Bill, and barely intimates his
preference tor the adoption of the Constitu
tional Amendment The general tone of
the message is mild.
A PROCLAMATION.
| In The Name and hi/ the Authority of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—AN
DBEW G. CURTIN, Governor of the
said Commonwealth.
WiIBREAS, It hath been the good and
worthy 'custom of the Commonwealth to set
apart, annually, forth ' special ack
nowledgment of the goodne of the
Almighty, and for expressing, by the whole
people, at one time, and with a common
voice, the Thanks an l Praise which through-'
out the year are : pringing from the hearts
of men; therefore,
1. ANDREW (I. CURTIN, Governor of,
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do by
this my Proclamation, recommend that the
good people of the Commonwealth observe
TM( RSDAY, THE TWENTY NINTH
DAY OF NOVEMBER NEXT, as a day
of Thanksgiving and Prayer, and do then
a -soluble in their respective churches, and
places of worship, and make their humble
thank offering to Almighty God for all Ilis
blessings during the past year.
For the abundant gathered fruits of the
earth;
For the thus far continued activity of In
du try;
For the general pre: erration of Health;
Attd : pocially for that in His Divine
Mercy, He hath stayed the threatened Pes
tilence.
An l, moreover, thatthey do beseech Him
to continue unto lis all His Blessings-, and to
c nfirtn the hearts of the people of these
( nit .1 States, that.bv tli lawful force ot
ihiir will, Deeds of good Justice. Wisdom
and Mercy may be done.
Go. mi under my Hand and the Great Seal
of fh State, at Harrisburg, this twenty-ninth
day of October, in the year of our Lord one
thou uid eight hundred and sixty-six, and
if the Commonwealth the ninety first.
BY THE GOVERNOR:
ELI SUPER,
Secretary of the. Commonwealth.
THE SOUTHERN PRESS.
Opinions of the Elections- Defeat of the
Amendment Rendered Certain.
WASHINGTON, NOV. B,lßfiG. —The Rich
mond papers of to-day all contain comments
ou the elections. The following extracts
-how the general tone. The Daily Dispatch
-Say .5^
''"The elections render certain the defeat
of the Constitutional Amendment, even
were it. doubtful before. That is something
1 lie grateful for. We trust that whenever
• Southern States go into the Union, they
will enter it without the humiliation of con
dition- precedent that degrade tlieui in the
dust. They were defeated in war, but pre
serve 1 their honor. Participation in the
Washington Government is not so dear to
them thai they should sacrifice this, the last
thing that i- left them, to enjoy it."
The Daily Times says: "Those results
have surprised none among us but that clns
of sanguine gentleman who were eonstantly
nrcdi ting miracles for the salvation of the
S uithcrn Confederacy during the dark hours
• fi:. briefhiito y, In what way the radi
cals will abu.e the vast powers which they
now po - ess. it i- as v< ; impos b'e to con
j■< tare. They may -ithcr in-iat upon :ho
a ioptaou of the Constitutional Amendment
as the measure of our humiliation, or they
may H-card it an 1 demand something still
" ling at our hands. Rut one
•u . is now open to 11?. which Leon -latent
with both honor and dignity. We can re
ft. -0 to be made parties to the schemes which
have b n devised for our degradation. We
■■ a i.hu* pr. -ervc that honor which defeat
could not take from us, and trust to the
h oiling influence of time and bettereounsels.
Bur come what may, the Southern people
should enter into no covenant terms which
will t!icu Th<>;* ort>
now f: ithfully ol>e\ ing the laws and the Con
stitution ol* the I uited States; they will do
nothing more."
FROM MFX I CO.
Tin Liberals Steadily Driving the
French and Imperial Troops lo the
Capital.
NKW OKI.FANS, NOV. 10. —Advices from
Chihuahua to October 17 have been received,
j uatvz is therewith his ministers and eight
j hundred toldiers. Th>- d 'psitment coni
; ii.-inders will not : nd him any troop.?. E*-
! cobado has moved again t Mejia, at San
i Lui.-- Potosi. Four hundred Finch and
eight hundred Mexican Imperialists hold
Durango. They are expect; d to t ill back
on tiie capital.
Both the Juarez and Imperial Govern
ments arcs exhausted in finances. Juarez is
levying forced loans, extraordinary contribu
tions and confiscating property. His hopes
are dependent on the quantity oi Liberal
loan taken by the United States Govern
ment. He has greatly oppressed the Atner
i an lv-ident . having taken $5,000,000 in
cash, and they have sent a memorial lo
Washington. Maximilian's prospects are
very l ad. He must leave with the French.
The Liberal generals and lawyers arc un
d irstoou to favor Ortega, and only recog
nize Juarez because he is recognized at
Washington. Juarez has annulled the
Loui iana-Teliauntepec grant, and made a
new one lo othei Americans, who pay
3100,000 in cash and re-imburse the holders
of the Sloo grant the money paid for it. A
fine cotton crop has been made in Chihua
hua. All northern Mexico, Durango. is in
Liberal hands. The Mexican territory is
li ce of Indians, I ut that of Texas is full of
thc.ii, the frontier military posts being
unoccupied.
FROM WASIiINGTOX.
Mass Meeting oi Fenian*- Our Rela
tions with i-.uglniid -U.S. Troops to go
to Mexico.--Granting of Pardons Stop
ped. •
NEW YORK, NOW tube a 10. — TH e ILiuM's
Washington special pays: A mas - meeting
of Fenians was held in Washington yester
day, at which Gen. Ileath, Capt. Geber and
others delivered speectn ?. Resolutions
were adopted protesting against the senten
ce- of Lynch and McMahon, and thanking
tit President and Secretary Seward for
ti; ir interference in behalf of the prisoners
It i understood in the diplomatic circle
that ur relation! with England are improv
ing. The British Government has unoffici
ally shown such a friendly spirit that it is
bs lieved the indemnity claims will he .•■- ttled
without an ultimatum for this side.-
It, is more than probable that such are
now our relations with the Juarez Adminis
tration (hat United States troops will soon
enter Mexico.
The President has almost ceased the grant
ing of pardons to residents ofthe Southern
State-who were engaged in the rebellion,
and it is insinuated by those qualified to
sj■' ak on the matter, that no pardons will
be granted for an indefinite period to those
who led in the late insurrection, or those
who accepted office in the United States, in
a civil or military capacity, previous to the
rebellion. The same authority states that
the reasons which have it fluenced the Pres
ident in'thus restricting the issue of pardons
are of a political character, resulting from
the recent elections.
New Jersey U. S. Senator Appointed.
THEN TON, Nov. 12.
G JV. Ward has appointed Fred. L. Fre
iinghuvsen U. S. Senator, to Oil the vacancy
earned by the death of Senator Wright.
<3S> > *
Departure of <cn. Sherman.
NEW YORK, NOV. 10.
Lieut. Gen. Sherman and the Hon. L. T>
Camholl, Minister to Mexico, sailed to-day
for Vera Cruz.
EUROPEAN NEWS.
fly the Cable.--The Mexican Qiiestioii--
Maximtlian to Remain in Mexico.
NKW YORK, November 9.— The pajtcrs
of this morning have the following aes
patehe over the cable : The If*raid's Par
is correspondent says : General Castelnau
will arrange forthc retirement of the French
troop from Mexico en masse, as Napoleon
thinks that a march by detachment would be
inconvenient. It wit* considered that France
wou' 1 be relieved of two incubi, Rome and
Mexico, about the same time.
The Km press of Mexico, now called the
Pi inccss Charlotte, is said to be afflicted
with a religious monomania, always bewail
ing the injuries done to the Church in Mex
ico, and that her case is hopeless of cure.
It is said the unfortunate lady had just at
tempted suicide by jumping from the win
dow.
Hie IlrmhVs Dublin Correspondent says;
The bright banquet in Dublin promises to
be a grand National affair. He gives ex
tracts from the letters received by tlie Ex
ecutive Committee from leading personages
in reply to the invitation- - . The sentiments
expressed by Cardinal Culleu and others go
to show that Mr. Bright is likely to effect
such a re union of all good and worthy
Irishmen a- will secure tie legitimate re
moval of cxi-isting grievances.
PA urs, November 7. —The ships which
h re been ordered for the service of remo
ving the French troops from Mexico arc
ready to sail. The Monitcvr of' to-day says
that Maximilian will remain in Mexico.
BkuLIN, November 7. Prtißwa futeg in
the appointment of Baron Bue-t as Minis
ter of Foreign Affairs of Austria, an attempt
on the part of the Cabinet of Vienna, to
interfere in questions considered settled. If
this view is correct it will compel the Prus
sian Government to complete more quickly
and surely its national work in Germany.
VENICE, November 7.— King Victor
Emanuel, the ruler of united Italy, entered
the city at 11 o'clock this morning. The
Patriarch of Venice received his Majesty in
the church of St. Marks, where a te denm
was chanted in honor of the event. The
reception given by the authorities and people
was magnificent and great joy was manifest
ed everywhere. The crowd w Irish turned
out was so immense that the troops were
unable ••••fib- before the King for want of
spa- •. . vtiorial Guard of Venetia has
been uoi-oized.
TEXAS. *
Hopes that the Constitutional Amend
ment *.vil! soon be Itatifted--- Disgust
of the < •-nservatices.
(>.vi,Vii-'ns, Nov. s, 1866. —A di.stin
fttishevl politician of this State, writes to
'lake s Bulletin, of this city, that Govern
or Throckmorton will soon cali an extra se.s
-ion oi the Legislature, on some pretext, in
order that it may ratify the constitutional
amendment, and thus prepare the way to
complete rehabiltation. By this mean- he
seek-; to avoid the inconsistency of sending
two mes a.: to theLegi.-latuie—oneagainst
and one in favor of the amendment —at the
same ses-ioo. The Conservatives are dis
cus- . and accuse Governor Throckmorton
of duplicity on account of his recent special
message.
n-r, < INDITION OF THE NEGROES.
GAL VISION. Nov. 9. —The committee on
the jud'dary of the Texas Legislature report
that the sudden change, as well as the pres
ent condition of the negroes, requires that
they should he protected by wise and just
legislation. Their removal, however, can
not te aplished for many years to
ecu)". It II governed and controlled by
out 'aw . ti. / wid be by th who know
noihimr <■!' their true wants and capacity, so
ttiat IN HI it- '—rpetnatcu which has
been acu tired by force.
Tbe Condemned l'eiiiaiis.--stuniored
Coin mutat ion of Sentence.
XI.\V VOUK, November 9. —The World's
Qui bee .special says: The correspondent
between tie Canadian Government and Her
Man- • ms illative at Washington, is
under : ■ .tl ; have resulted in the recall of
the death sentence recently pronounced
against the condemned Fenians, and the
substitution th ofor to imprisonment for a
term of ;■ . Wells, Bell and
Flanm; 1 lnvc been released without trial.
The ae : >f the Govt rnment in commuting
the tie;,; . nl< uci - will probably be made
known i v iy in a lew days.
The A iuis al (uizcile, tiovernnient organ
reiterates its statement that the British
Government has instructed it representa
tive to -ee that the Fenian prisoners are
only tiled by a regular tribunal, but
afforded 1! the benefit of the most humane
penal code.
The Unit i:n ore Imbroglio.-—The Matter
to be biought before Congress.
NKW YORK, November 10. — THE Trib
une's Baltimore special says: The action of
the President and Governor Swann in con
nection with the late election in Maryland
will la: brought before Congress for investi- j
gation. A. >■ "jority of judges of election in j
Baltinio . signed a memorial to Con
gnp. • against the admission of
Archer and Phelps .o .-eat.-, on the grounds
of illegal registration by Governor Swann's
registrars, and stating their belief if tlm
registry mv. had been properly enforced
that Thon; and Stewart would have been
elected.
Jf 3s T; to owing was publi hed in Huf
pc/f M> . .ten yeai? ago—long before
the pres nt "dead duck era:
A Memphis i '. respondent gives the fol
lowin .. passage on a debate between Andy
Johnson, a candidate for gubernatorial hon
ors. and Gustavus Henry, generally known
as Gus. the Eagle Orator. Andy closed his
speech with this annihilating declaration :
"We tact this Eagle, and 1 can say, with
an honest heart, that he has none of my flesh
upon his talons —none of my blood on his
beak.
This was good, and would have been a
stumper, but the undismayed Gus immedi
ately i to his feet and replied :
"'"Pi true ;he honorable gentleman has
u>'t t..- Entile, and bears no traces of having
L *t f i (■]■ iis talons or blood upon his
b" ... Ai. s tisi..t strange, my friends; for
tlm . u : hr.' know the habit--of our na
ti iii bird know full well that he
feeds upon carrion!"
Such a shout and such a discomfiture made
Andy quake, but didn't defeat him for tlov
ernor.
SCHOONER WRECKED, LOSS OF LIFE. —
( ;. iiii ■ '..-patches of Nov. 12th says :
Tli"* -liooijer Worthingtou, with ore for
(T aveland, went ashore on Sunday night.
In reseuiug the crew three men from the
life boat were drowned. The vessel wfts
not badly damaged and the crew are safe.
T:m: lu i.'l of the greathouseoftlio lloths
ehi Pamir lames Dollolhschild, at Paris
i - i• ito 1 in a critical state of health. lie
i- oni.i • dug sop of the founder of the
ho. .. 1i- at pre -cut the chief of the Par
i ; l-uucli, and is said to be the best finan
cier of the family.
A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF JUDG
MENT and Promissory Notes, either with or
without waiver of exemption, for aaio at this
office nov 2-CG
f \ 00K AND PARLOR STOVES, at
y B. Me. BLYMYKR <fc CP'S.
BARGAIN?' BARGAINB. BUT vour Tin
ware at It. Me. BLVMYBR k CO'?.
A tig.l7:3m
AGUA DE MAGNOLIA.
A toilet delight. Superior to any cologne, ac l
to bathe the the lace and per.cn. to render the
rain soft and fresh, to allay inflammation, to ner
hune clothing, lor headache, Ac. It is manufac
tured Iroin the rich Southern Mrguolia, and is ob
taining a patronage quite unpin a.lento I. It is a
favorite with actress - s ar.d opera . j, : s
sold by *ll dealers, at Sl.fcO in large bottles, aud
bj barfAs Baiists d- Co., New York, Wholesale
Agents.
S aratcga Spring H atcr, sold by all ltmggi*
S. T.—lß6o—X.
Persons of sedentary habits troubled v ith weak
ness, lassitude, palpitation of the heart, tack of
appetite, distress after eating, torpid liver, con
stipation, Ac., deserve to suffer if th- v will not
try the celebrated PLANTATION BITTEIIS,
which are now recommended by the highest med
ical authorities, and warranted to produce an t/.t
--iiinliutr beneficial effect. Thev are eiceei'n 'ly
agrceable, perfectly jure, and must supersede all
o her t iaice where a healthy, gentle stimulant jy
required.
'J'boy purify, aficug.'bon and invlgotaic.
'X'uey create a healthy appetite.
They are an antidote to change of wa>err. 1 d^c'
They strengthen the system and enliven the
mind.
They prevent miasmatic and int: rmittr-nt fever
They purify the breath earl amditv . .}' the
Bvomach.
1 bey cure Dyspepsia an IVor ;ip.i:;
They cure Liver Complaint and Ne voits ilc-d
--aehe.
They make the work strong, the languid hril.
liant, aud are exhausted nature's great resto-ei
They are e-mpoi - 1 of the celebrated ''ali-a- a
bark, wintergrcen, sassafras, ro -t, and herbs in
preserved in pcrfec iy purc'St. Croix !um 'for
particulars, see circulars and testimonial? around
each bottle.
Beware of impostors. Examine c\crv bottle
Hee that it has our private I'. S. stamp r.omutila
ted over the cork, with plantation scene, ar. ; our
signature on aline ?:oel {date side label. S c that
our bottle is not refilled with spurious end dele
terious stuff. Any person pretending to ell
Plantation Bitters by the gallon or i.u i:, is an
imp; stor. Any person imitating this bottle, or
selling any other materiel therein, whether called
Plantation Bitters or i . t. is a e;imi : i! under die
I", s. l.aw, ar,U will be -o prosecuted by us. The
demand for Drake's Plantation Bitters, from la
dles, clergymen, merchants, <t.„ is incredible.
The simple trial ola bottle is the evidence we
p-e-eot of their worth and superiority. They are
sold by all respectable druggists, grocers, physi
cians, hotels, saloons, steamboat? and count,y
el ores.
?• H. BRAKE & CO.
Saratoga Spring Water, sold bwli Drue i-t-
Have yon a hurt child or a lame horse? U?' tin
Mexican Musttmg Liniment.
For cuts, sprains, burns, swell in -.;-. a. i i- bi d
breasts, the Mexican Mu tang Linimci.t i- •• sure
cure.
For rheumatism, neuralgia, stiff joints, stings
and bites, there is nothing like .he Mcxivan M
tang Liniment.
For spavined horses, the poll-evil, ring' me
and sweeny, the Mexican Liniment trier fails.
i?., .i.. ——? - I .p/mf,
the Mexican Mustang Liuimcut U wortU a*
weight in gold.
Cuts, bruises, sprain? and swellings, are so ,• m
inon and certain to ooeur in every family, that a
botile of this Liniment is the bcst-inves'iiient that
can fcc made.
Li is more certain than tin- doctor—it saves
lime in sending for the doc >r—it is cheaper than
the doctor, and should never be dispensed with.
"In lifting the ketile from the fire, it tipped
over and scalded my hands terribly. t
The Mustang Liniment extracted th pain, r us
ed the sere to heal rapidly, and left v liltle
scar. CIIAB- FOSTER, i2<> Broad Phil.
Mr. S. Litch, ol Hyde Park, Vt. writer "My
horse was considered worthless, (spavin.) Lut
smccthe use -I the Mustang Linimcrr, 1 have sold
b tut for $l5O. Your Liniment is doing wonders
tip here."
AH jcnuinois wrapp din steel plate engravings,
signed ti "V. We.-tioout, Chemist, and also has
the private V. S. stamp of DEMAK BAUXE.S i CO.
over the t -p.
Look closely, and It .<#; decched by Ci<nlrr
cit-.
■d bv all Druggists, at 25, 50 cts.. audi-1.00.
Saratoga Spring Water,sold by all Druggists.
l! is a most delightful Hair Pressing.
I: eradicates scurf and dandruff.
!: keeps the head cool and clean.
It makes the hair rich, soft and glossy.
11 prevents hair turning gray and falling off.
1: restores hair upon prematurely ba'd heads.
This is just what Lyon's Kathairon will do. It
1 vctty—it is cheap—durable. It Is literally
s. 1i y the car-load, and yet its almost incredible
d. i :• : ily increasing, until there is hardly a
country store that docs not keep it, or a family
tl: i dee? not use it.
V. THOMAS LYON, Chemist, N. V.
Saratoga Spring Water, sold by all Druggists.
Mho would n't be beautiful? Who would uot
aid to their beauty! What gives that marble
purity and iliitinijve appearance wo observe upon
the stage and in the city belle! If is no longer a
s crct. They u<c llagan'- Magnolia Balm. Its
continued use removes tan. freckles, pimples, and
roughness, from the face and hand . end leaves
the complexion smooth, transparent, blooming
and ravi-hlng. Dnlike many cosiuet: it con
tains no material injurious to tie skin. Any
Druggist will order it for you. if tit n!i ml. at
60 cents per bottle."
W. K. HAG AN. Troy, N. Y . < bemist.
!.li.S BARMS A t'tt.
V. hole alc Agent*. X. V.
Saratoga Spring Water, sold by all Druggists
llehu.-trect's iu ir.it.ablc Hair Coloring i la
dye. All instantaneous die are eomp ■e l of
lunar cauntic, and more or less destroy the vitali
ty and beauty <!' the hair. This is the original
liair Coloring, and has been growing ; n favor
over twenty •< • Ii restore * gray hair to its
original color i y gru lual absorption, in a most re
markable manner. It is also a beautiful hair
dressing. Fold in two sixes—so ceuts and M —by
oil dealers. C, HEIMSTItEBT, Chemist.
Saratoga Spring Water, sold by ill Drug ,-i. ts
LYW'B fitlKAl T or I'lii* .IVJVVItA GiKiilm
—for Indigestion. Nausea. Heartburn, Sick Head
aches, Cholera Morbus, Flatulency. Ac., where a
warming stimulenl is required. Its careful pre
paration and entire purity make it a cheap and
reliable article for culinary purposes. Sold every
where, at 50 cts. per bottle. Ask for '"LYON'S
Pure Extract. Take no other.
Saratoga Spring Water, sold by all Druggists.
July 13th, 1866-cowly