JkMort) Inquirer.
BEDFORD PA., FRIDAY, DEC. I, 1866.
{the southern states a field
FOR AMERICAN PHILAN
THROPISTS.
I The people of the United States are just
ify celebrated for the vastness of their phil
anthropic works. The sun ever smiles up
lon our labors of love. Every clime from
F'Greenland's icy mountains" to the remote
[[regions of the Ant-artic Continent, has re
ceived the substantial blessings of our liber-
Lality. Philanthropy has been taught until
[it is as much a part of our social system,as
| education itself. The infant first learns to
; lisp a demand for the smallest contribution
jjto assist in the education of far off "Afrie s
1 dusky sons ' or India's Buddhistic million-.
With an increase ofyears comes an advance
of charity : the penny increases to a pound;
from a few thousand we have advanced to
millions, and with the force ducaiioii
and the increase of wealth, we are destined
to advance year after year, until every ob
ject worthy of charity be reached through
out the broad expanse of the Globe. In
the of so much charity, great
care, tact and ingenuity must be brought
into requisition to secure its proper dissem
ination. We arc too apt to see the mote in
a'stranger's eye while we do" riot consider the
beam flowing from our own. All around
it* there are objects most worthy of our
most liberal donations, yet wc see them not,
and give our most special attention
and gifts to the regeneration; for the
moral and religious training of the anthro
pological Figi Islanders. I'his is com
monly denominated',- very properly,' false
Philanthropy.
"Charity begins at home.' This apho
rism is only observed when we speak o." our
individuality ; of our personal abilities to
contribute ; in the broader and more gener
al acceptation, in which it should be used, it
is seldom practiced. Not because the
objects of charity are less frequent in our
midst, but because we attribute too much to
our influences and associations, and too
frequently presume that our charitable in
stitutions are amply sufficient for all the
purposes for which they have been designed.
"Distance lends enchantment to the view
in this great religious impulse of the hu
man heart, as well as in many other practical
relations of life. We contemplate the mis
eries of Asia and Africa from America.
The instrument through which we gaze at
the heathenish masses, who worship gods
of their own creation, is of the largest cali
bre; while the miseries in every community,
which can readily be relieved by the expen
diture of a few paltry dollars, are visible to
the naked eye and are of such common
occurrence, that by their frequency, they so
familiarize themselves to us that we cannot
see in them the objects of a philanthropist.
And above all this man is an egoistic crea
ture, and not always disposed to follow the
scriptural injunction, Let not thy left band
know what thy right hand doeth. It is a
pleasant thing to see one's name iu print in
front of a fine array of figures, to be follow
ed with the eulogistic remarks of those who
prize such liberal benefactions, and who de
sire to impress upon the charitable the
beauty of imitating so illustrious an exam
ple.
If "Charity begins at home, and we feel
determined to individualize the phrase, lot
us apply it to ourselves as an individual na
tion, not as an individual man or wor, an.
In this aspect, upon close scrutiny, we can
find sufficient objects of philanthropy, to
employ the whole American philanthropic
system, for the next ten or twenty year? in
the States that have just emerged from one
of the most bloody and terrible rebellions
which it has ever been the duty of the his
torian to record. * For long years the histo
ry of these States portrays a system ot
exclusiveness and barbaric practices. i'o
men who held sentiments antagonistic with
the prevailing system they were as inacces
sible as the Chinese Empire has long been
to the worid without. The minister of
Christ who preached, Whatsoever ye would
that men should do to you do ye even so
to them, was unceremoniously ejected,
provided he did not define the sense to have
no reference to master and servant. The
literature that inculcated a higher civiliza
tion than that produced by slavery, was con
signed to the flames and its author notified
that a "coat of tar and feathers awaited
him if he ever dared to set his impious feet
upon the sacred soil of "Dixie." The man
who entertained liberal yiews of Church and
State and Morality, wbo believed Democ
racy did not mean slavery, was elevated to
the boughs of the nearest tree, became the
target of some inhuman monster, or paid
the penalty for his temerity at tlie glittering
point of a bowie knife. These were tlie
natural defences of an institution which
could not otherwise be successfully defended.
Thanks to the Gleat Ruler of nations, and
the strong arms of Northern freemen, these
relics of barbarism —this barbarism itself —
have been swept away as chaff before a fu
rious hurricane.
A field is now open for the reception of
all the philanthropy that the great North
ern philanthropists can bestow. And for
once in our lives let us be practical: let .<ur
philanthropy stay at home, instead of going
to the Hindus or Abysiniaus to find objects
for our material sympathies. Let us pour
our donations upon the object.a of charity
in the Southern States and bring them up
to the standard of the civilization of the
latter half of the nineteenth century ; after
we have done this, after we have considered
this beam, then it will be lime plenty to
turn our attention to the motes of our
brethren on the opposite side of the earth.
Millions of negroes, with minds as rational
as ours, have been emancipated ; millions of
whites, though not slaves, have been eman
cipated from a serfdom almost as bad as
slavery. These two classes, whose interests
are identical, must be christianized and edu
cated. They must be made intelligent be
ings ; advanced in the scale of human per
fection until they can fully participate in
every right, civil, political and religious,
which we exercise. Already two great lead
ing churches, the Catholic and Methodist,
y stepped forward to assist in the
Violent of the great work. Let
l Nshea do their share in eradiating
(he Wist vestiges of' barbarism and ignorance
from those .States which hare so long been
a by-word end reproach to our Democratic
institutions.
aetßorouTMiss vs. iu;O< RA< V.
Paris is France, London is England are
accepted axioms in the political world. Each
i- the metropolis of the nation and wieUls
the larger proportion of the powers of gov
ernment. We may therefore change the
wording a little without chungin? the sense
and read Paris rules France, London rules
England. In the same manner New York
lays claim to metropolitan honors, and as
such aspires to a controlling power in the
government, of the United Status Yv hat
her influence on our national affairs would
be in ease she should reach the goal of her
ambition, <-. in only be determined approxi
mately by deduction from the facts and ex
p u ionees of the past. The experiment has
never been tried in London, but in Paris, all
attempts to establish and admini tor a dem
a tic or republican form of government,
have heretofore proved signal failures. The
republics of ancient times have been pro
verbially short-lived and unstable until the
very name of republic had become thesyno
u> ii of mutability and political anarchy.
It has been the ambition of political philos
ophers, for centuries, to discover the inhe
rent cause of the instability, of what 111 the
light of human reason ought to be the
most permanent of all human governments,
but which all experience, previous to that of
our own nation, bad demonstrated to be the
most unstable instead. In all former repub
lics the governing power had been wielded,
for the most part or entirely, by large cities,
and in many cases large cities alone consti
tuted the republics. It was the vice and
corruption of the citizens (the inhabitants
of the cities) that wrought the destruction
of all the ancient republics. From the re
publics of Greece and Home, down to our
own, all h-tvc come to an untimely end
through metropolitan corruption. The
breaking otttof the rebellion was regarded
and accepted for a time by Europe as the end
of republican institutions in America. Since
we succeeded in putting" down the rebellion,
democratic institutions in the 1 nited States
have been pronounced a success by the civ
ilized world. At the very moment when
the most persistent declaimers against de
mocracies have been obliged to concede, not
only the practicability but also the extraor
dinary utility and vitality of our institutions,
our chief city, laying claim to metropolitan
honors and aspiring to the omnipotence of a
London or Paris in the conduct of our na
tional affairs, has been obliged to call upon
the representatives of the rural districts to
defend her from the hands of her own van
dal marauders. Despite a most rigid regis
try law and the best efforts of her best citi
zens. New York, governed as a democracy,
is at the mercy of the gamblers, thieves,
robbers, garroters, and other classes of the
vicious and depraved.
While millions of dollars are extorted
from her business men in the shape of taxes,
she is one of the worst governed and filthi
est cities in the nation, and is driven to an
appeal to the rural districts, not only to pro
tect her from'her robbers and cut-throats,
but to cleanse her from her filth in order to
stay the ravages of the pestilence. Now
York is our largest, richest, vilest and filthi
est city, but the vast proportion of the vi
cious classes that are there made available
to perpetrate frauds at elections, character
ize, to a greater or le. s extent, all our large
cities. Wo for the first time, in the history
of republics, have extended the govern
mental power to an immense, intelligent and
moral rural population. Is this why we
have thus far succeeded ? Has our rmul
population been the balance wheel in our
machinery of government that has thus far
regulated and preserved our democratic in
stitutions? Have we after all made no pro
gress in the science of government ? Is de
[ mocracy still a failure in large cities?
The proportionate increase of population |
in our cities is immensely in excess of that'
of our rural districts. If the tendencies of
large cities are prejudicial to republican in
stitutions, we are tending rapidly to destruc
tion and it behooves us to act promptly in
devising means to counteract these destruct
ive tendencies. Should we not under such
circumstances set ourselves to work to de
vise and enact sucli laws, as will encourage
the growth of small towns and the increase
of our rural population and thus divert the
current from those dens of iniquity, those
cesspools of iniquity, the large cities, and
turn it into our comparatively unsettled or
sparsely populated districts? These are
questions of the very highest importance to
our whole country and we would commend
them to the careful consideration of our
students of political philosophy.
TIIE CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MENT.
facts versus Theories.
Notwithstanding the palpable absurdity
of the theory, that the Constitution of the
United States cannot be amended by the
loyal States, without the aid of a sufficient
number of the rebel States to make three
fourths of all that once were States, there
are still those, who blinded by prejudice, mis
take their own childish wishes for the de
ductions of sound reasoning. Ignoring
facts and closing their ears against reason
they set themselves to theorizing to suit
their wishes. When one attempts to prove
that Washington never lived, or that Napo
leon was a myth, the faith of him less ex
pert in tlie science of logic may be shaken ;
but if the same person attempts to prove
that the party himself, whom he undertakes
to reason with, does not exist, the most con
elusive answer the second party could give
his opponent's absurd theorizing, would be a
practical demonstration, by knocking him
down. The same parties, who deny that
the passage of the pending amendment by
the loyal States will make it. a part of the
Constitution, acknowledge the amendment
abolishing slavery as a part of that instru
ment. This fact being everywhere accepted
is a sufficient answer to their present objec-
I lions. If the former amendment is legally
a part of the',Constitution, as they admit,
; it is so by the act of the loyal States alone ;
j the adoption of it by the rebel States was in
j every case under duress and therefore void,
| even if they bad had the right to pronounce
■ upon it, which we deny. True the I'resi
dent in his ejcjtcriments declared its adoption
aV.c q<w mox to (heir re-admission ami res
toration, but this is neither uiore nor less
than every territory asking admission as a
State i re'jaerod to do, and the President's
action, {outsiitt-oi* his own individual opin
ion, which is e£ jjoaocounrin the premises,
for it is a mat* r of legislation and not of
executive opinion), may with as much pro
priety be declared a pract.ujal demonstration
of their territorial' status, as an acknowl
iDeat of their rights ass f ates. As territo
ries. the President under the direction of
Congress might have bivl a right to dictate,
iti general terms, the character of their legis
lation, but as stases. neither Congress nor
the President, had the Jeast semblance cfa
right to meddle with their constitutions.
That self preservation is the first law of
nature applies to nations as well as men. If
we acknowledge that, the loyal States of
themselves have no right to enact laws,
amend the Constitution to suit the exigen
cies of the times, and carry on the govern
ment. without the con nt i f the rebel
States, then every act of Congress since
186U, iuoluding the "amendment, is void and
of no effect —slavery is not abolished —every
dollar of our national currency is worthless
ami illegal and the United States Bonds,
held by our people, are not worth the paper
they are printed upon. If this theory is to
he adopted and carried out, thou Cuiixrc.- i*
illegal—Andrew Johnson is not President —
wc are without a government, instead of
being victors we are the vanquished, our
gov rnment being destroyed, the whole
civilized world has beeu egregiously fooled
and the Southern Confederacy is a success
instead of a failure and Jeff. Davis ought to
occupy the Presidential chair instead of
Andy Johnson. The utter absurdity of this
copperhead theory is too palpable to deceive
any one not entirely devoid of common
sense. He who cannot sea its impractica
bility and absurdity is open to conviction
only by means of the knock-down argument.
80-.Uongress convened on Monday. Up
to the time we go to press, (Jse IVsident's
Message has not been received. Vie will
submit it to our readers in our next i--ue.
The President, it is said, will continue to
urge "My Policy,' in a mild way. It has
been said of the Bourbon's that they "never
learned nor forgot anything." Andy John
son belongs to the same class of stupids.
Well, we had no-right to expect anything
else.
SQuThe first number of The Leader , a
neat little paper established in the intern t
of Temperance, at Hollidaysburg, Pennsyl
vania. by John H. Keatly. has reached this
office. This number exhibits undoubted
evidence of ability and is certainly very read
able. The editor manfully announces the
course he intends to pui sue in these apro
priate words :
"Thegood we hope to accomplish will com
pensate, in an itnmcsurable degree, for the
terrors of the opposition we may provoke.
Our design is to publish a journal whose e >l
- will always be open to temperance men
of whatever school they may be : forwt be
lieve that all temperance soeietic are honest
in their purpose, and calculated to help us in
saving the drunkard from a terrible end. But
the work of good meb is not confined to the
reT<firtwg <>■• <>-•> jit is us much our
duly to save the young, as it is to rescue n •
grey-haired veteran of the no house, frou n
miserable death. No intimb'. ion. • pre
texts of a truckling policy, shall induce us to
deviate from the path which we conceive to
be right."
We cheerfully recommend it to every tem
perance family in Bedford county. The
subscription is .$2.00 per year, per ingle
copy, and $1.50 in clubs of ten or more.
Our temperrnce men must take hold, or
the enterprise cannot maintain itself.
The Message and Accompanying Doc
uments.
A special dispatch to the Philadelphia
inquirer says :
It is pretty well understood that the Pres
ident's Message will refer to the restoration
of the Southern States at length. Ilis main
point will he that Congress should admit
Soutlu-in re presentatives to seats in the
councils of the nation.
lie considers that ten States remain with
out representation and looks upon this a
injustice, while if they were admitted their
appearance in Congress would tend to
strengthen the Union. lie is not of the
opinion that disloyal men would be allowed
seats at the Capitol while the Senate and
House are judees of the rights of persons
applying for admission.
Secretary McCullcch's report will prove
of interest to the nation. It is prepared
with great care, and the Secretary ex presses
his views in reference to our currency and
the revenue system in a manner which will
attract the attention of Congress. The con
dition of the National debt is tvpr -cnted a
satisfactory, its diminution for the past year
and a half being over $200,000,000.
The receipts of the fiscal year ending June
30, are understood to have reached the sum
of $.355,000,0f>0, while tlie expenditures
were but $520,000,000. Reduction of taxa
tion is recommended.
Secretary Stanton's report gives valuable
information respecting the operations of the
War Department during the past year. It
will be concise, but will embrace a vas;
amount of information, such as will show
that we are ready for any emergency.
Secretary Welles will make an exhibit of
near three hundred men-ofwar. .-applied
with the guns known. He al-< nil in lor.-e
League Island as a suitable site lur an iron
clad navy yard.
l'ostniastcr-General Randall and Secreta
ry Browning of the Interior, have their re
ports made out and in type. They will he
perused with much interest, more especially
that of the Interior Department.
A DEMOCRATIC RE Olll).
The following condensed statement of
John Morrissey's court experience explains
the -ccret of his great popularity with the
party:
IN REXSEOAJSR COUNTY".
Twice indicted for assault and bafOri/.
Once convicted and sentenced to , j li/j'orsijrty
days.
Twice indicted for burglary. Once con
victed and sentenced to jail Jar sixty-days.
Once indicted for assamlt with intent to
kill.
IN ALBANT COUNTY".
Three times indicted, convicted and sen
tenced for assault and batt< ry. serving a total
term of nine months in the Albany i'oniten
tiary.
IN NEW YORK CITY.
Three times indicted for assault with in
tent to kiU.
Notwithstanding this record John went in
by some 2,700 majority. If he bad been
lucky enough to kill some of those he as
saulted, his majority might have been much
larger. One thing must be -aid in his be
half, that he was uot stingy of his money in
the canvass. Tt is reported that he spent
$75,000 among the b'hoys.— Chicago Tina*.
GENERAL. NEWS ITEMS.
CAVE JOHNSON, former member of Congress
from Tennessee, and Postmaster General,
died at his residence at (Marksville, Tenn.,on
Friday last, aged 74 years.
THE Fenian Stephens has left New York
for parts unknown. He was accompanied by
several military gentlemen. It looks probable
that within ten days an insurrection will take
place in Ireland.
THE Philadelphia Ni<U)g has an elaborate
and able financial article taking ground in
favor of the repeal of all Internal Revenue
laws and demonstrates the practicability of
doing i.o without damage to Government,
fi nances.
THE Legislature of North Carolina, after
four ballotings, elected M. E. Marley U. S.
Senator. He was Judge of the Supreme
Court under the Southern Confederacy.
A movement is on foot in Erie to organize
a transportation company, to ship oil from
that port direct to Europe— to any port on the
Continent. Mr. A. Brigham. one of the first
exporters of oil from the United States, is at
the head of the movement, which promises to
meet with success.
AT the Fort Pitt Work's, there was cast
another monster naval gun. The gun was
the third of the description and calibre ever
cast. Jt is 20-iuch bore, and"s designed for
the naval service on our iron clad fleet. In
the three I'tn naces UK <1 there wore 140,000
pounds of the best Bloonifiehl or Juniata pig
iron.
SEKATOR BKX WAIIK is spoken of as succes
sor to Mi. Foster in the presiding Chair of
the Senate- Whilst Mr. Sherman is probably
a better parliamentarian, the selection ol
Senator Wade would be good news to his
millions of friends.
THE ex-rebel General Edward Johnson, re
cently pardoned by the President, on Tuesday
applied to the United States Treasurer for
the payment of a check for S3OO, due to him
in 18>1, as Major in the United States Army.
The payment was refused.
A wife in Lewisburg, Preble county, Ohio,
whose huaband died of delirium tremens,
brought suit against two of the men who sold
him liquor, and recovered ss<K)from one and
S2OO from the other. That fellow certainly
increased in value by dying.
HORACE Gr.KKI.KY has published a card
affirming his willingness to be elected United
States Senator from New York. The Times
advocates Mr. Greeley's election in terms
which are honorable to all parties, consider
ing the disturbed relations between Messrs.
Raymond and Greeley.
Gov. GEARY will be inaugurated on the
loth of January next. On the same day a
United States Senator will be chosen to suc
ceed Cowan.
A Paris letter writer states that Queen
Isabella, of Spain, has offered the Pope, in
the event that he is compelled to quit Rome,
a residence in the city of Granada.
WEXDKI.I. PHIMJVR says "Grant is unable
to stir a plaudit in the Illinois prairies." We
should like to see Wendell and Ulysses there
together; then we could determine who could
stir the loudest plaudits.
A delegation of Kentuckiaus, who have been
to Washington, on office seeking bu.iness,
were told by the President that there would
be ua liiui'u removals fr*" •• f bce at present,
and that he intended to consider no applica-
tion. F. C.vnr.oLt. BREWSTER, of Philadel
phia, it is now pretty certain, will be the new
Attorney General under Gov. Geary. He is
recommended for this position by the Judges
of the District Court of Philadelphia, and a
number of ether distinguished jurists in the
State.
RKCOXRTRUCTION is progressing in South
Carolina. An agent of the Internal Revenue
has just been murdered. The assassins gave
themselves up, but there is little probability
that they will be put to any inconvenience.
It is no crime for a high toned Southerner to
kill a Yankee.
THE intelligence from Mcxie • is interesting,
Maximillian had not left thee wintry, although
his baggage was packed. II" was staying at
Orizaba, as a private gentleman—which
means, we presume, that he had ceased to be
an official personage. The Imperialists had
suffered fresh reverses, and an American Pro
tectorate was regarded as the only solution
the difficulties of the country could have.
THE lion. Jacob Fry, Jr., expired on the
28th inst, at his residence, Trnppe, after
a short illness, in the sixty-fifth year of
his age. Mr. Fry filled d '.ring his life a num
ber of important offices. lie was fir3t ap
pointed by the Governor Prothonotary of
Montgomery comity, and afterwards chosen
to the Legislature. In I*3l he was elected
to Congress, and re- iected in 1830. Subse
quently, in I*3o, he was chosen Auditor Ge
neral of the State. In 1863 his name was
prominently before the Democratic Slate
Convention for nomination for Governor, and
in 1864 Governor Curtin selected him one of
a committee of three to investigate certain
alleged frauds.
GALVESTON advices of Nov. 2*tb, inclusive,
furnish no later intelligence relative to Gen
eral Sedgwick than has been already tele
graphed. The report telegraphed from New
York that General Sedgwick had been order
ed under arrest is authoritatively denied. At
head-quarters the whole story of a move
ment of troops across the Rio Grande is set
down as entirely false.
In Texas efforts nrc making to get the dis
satisfied negroes, of South Carolina and
Georgia to emigrate to the former State. The
laborers arc- too few for the crop now in the
ground. The Texas crop is estimated at 260,
000 bales. Manufacturing enterprises are
springing up all over the South. Capital is
lacking as well as skill and the North will be
asked to supply both.
AT the lute election the total vote of Kansas,
exclusive of one county, was 19,247 for the
Republican candidate for Governor, and 7,865
for the Democratic candidate, or in the ratio
of two-and-a-half Republicans for every
Demoeiat. This vigorous and thriving young
State has evidently not forgotten the lessons
of her early history. The soul of John I'rown
is "marching on.''
A BILL was introduced in the Tennesse
House on the 19th, to rereal the present
Franchise Law, and give suffrage to the ne
groes, being a proposition for universal suf
frage and universal amnesty. It was laid ou
the table on first reading by a vote of 39 to 29
—the East Tennessee members voting solid
with the Radicals and Conservatives to lay oil
the table, and the Conservatives from Middle
and West Tennessee against. Another bill
was introduced strikiug out tho word white
in the present Franchise Law.
A PETITION is on its way from Louisiana,
asking Congress to erect a territorial govern
ment and provide for the appointment of a
provisional governor for that State.
AT the next Parliamentary session amongst
oilier measures it is' supposed, a Reform Dili
will be introduced, the Bank Charter will be
overhauled, and a bill for reforming the Es
tablished Church of Ireland will be introduced.
The Alabama claims will also be debated.
THERE are at this time in South Carolina
eleven cotton factories in successful opera
tion. running 27,200 spindles and 996 looms,
the largest one, the Kalmia Mills, having 10,-
000 spindles and 000 looms, and the smallest
one, the Valley Falls factory, having 500
spindles.
IN the State of Illinois, some time ago,
there was started a new secret society, com
posed entirely of honorably discharged sol
diers. and called the "Grand Army of the
Republic.'' It is said that the organization
already numbers in that State one hundred
thousand men. It is fast spreading through
the States, and especially in the West, and
promises to be a great power. It is not a
political organization, but purely for the ben
efit of soldiers and their widows and orphans.
A DESPATCH from Washington, by its ap
parently plausible explanations, gives a quie
tus to the sensational rumors about Mexican
affairs. Napoleon's reason for not withdraw
ing his troops in instalments is reported to be
that n diminished force would be endangered
l>y the advancing Liberals, and a positive
promise is given of a complete French evac
uation at an early day. The mission of Gen
eral Sherman is defined to be merely adviso
ry, and to issue military orders, in the event
of a necessity, for the prompt movement of
our troops on the Texas frontier.
Coi. Jos cm SEYKKNS was sworn in Inst
Snturday as Surveyor of (lie Port of Philadel
phia. He takes the place of Mr. Myers—the
last of the Republican officeholders in Phila
delphia appointed by President Lincoln. Col.
Severns is a thorough-going Copperhead and
has been an Editor of that puraunsion for
many years. All the National Offices in
Philadelphia are now filled by Copperheads
and Copper-Johnsons, except it may be a
few subordinates whose positions are of no
account.
THE FRESH insurrectionary rtfffvements in
Ireland have aroused the indignation of the
British public to white heat. The leaders of
opinion, instead of enjoining on their govern
ment the moderation and amenity they urged
our government to exhibit in its treatment of
the Southern rebels, breathe threatenings
and slaughter. The strongest measures of
repression have been adopted, and will be
vigorously pursued. The condemned Feni
ans in Canada will experience the full rigor
of the new bitterness. This is the last exem
plification of how much easier it is to preach
than to practice.
A CorttT was opened in Platte county. Mo.,
by the new Judges, as elected on the radical
ticket. The Court progressed without inter
ruption all day, and adjourned until the next
morning. Judge Allen, the old Judge, early
on Tuesday morning, opened Court upon his
own hook, before the hour. The Clerk re
fused to recognize his authority, and put the
docket and court record under lock and key.
Allen then issued an order removing Mr.
PltytMrj wliu it fVtnA*l iv :jr tilt) wild!
n P()nnd of Utuceii thirty and forty bush
wnckers threatened to kill him if he did not
deliver up the record. Moore refused te do
so. and escaped. The old Judges adjourned
the Court for a week, and a company of arm
ed bushv. ackers are guarding the Court House,
refusing to allow Court to be held by the new
judges elected.
THE Philadelphia Bulletin says: The re
cent trip to Fort Riley shows what can be
done in a single car in the way of saving time
and preventing discomfort. Mas the Direc
tor's car of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pnr.y the pioneer of a movement by which the
traveler, who is bound on a long journey . will
take to his car as he would to a ship for the
voyage? The Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany showed their Philadelphia guests that
the thing was capable ofaccomplishment, and
as General Palmer.the Treasurer of the Com
pany. remarked ou the trip, there was nothing
in the way of going right through to the
Pacific except the want of a railroad over a
portion of the route. As the company is now
grading its road at the rate ola mile a day,
and as the track layers follow hard upon the
heels of the graders the consummation may
not lie so far off as some persons imagine.
PRICKS.
Thursday's New York Tribune reported
beef cattte as having declined fully 2;c.
per pound, and stated that the market was
overstocked, and there was an average arri
val of 300 head per week in excess of the re
ceipts one year ago. Sheep, according to
the Tribune, have declined about le. per
pound, and pork 41c. per pound. Pork is
$10.50 less per barrel than the price last
year. Lard 12 to 14 cents per pound lower
thr.u at this time last year. The flour mar
ket is unsteady and prices looking downward.
Corn has advanced thirtv-five cents per
bushel in three months, but the Tribune
thinks prices will fall below present, quota
tions. Butter has declined live cents in
in three months. Coal has declined two
dollars per ton in three months. The Tri
bune follows up its statistics with these com
ment-:
"The things we cat are daily becoming
less eo-tly in the markets. The decline is
not so perceptible at the stalls and shops of
retailers, and to the actual consumer at the
hotels and boarding houses it is wholly un
known. The full supply of provisions in
the country, pressing upon the crowded
store houses in the city must eventually
break down all speculation, and force down
the prices to consumers, in order to induce
more rapid consumption of the peri.-Jiable
articles of food. Finally, in the course of
time, the decline will rcaeii the people who
buy to eat, and the good old days will return
wherein the laborer was able to sit down to
a hearty supper, without first balancing ac
counts between his appetite and his day's
earnings, so as not to leave the latter iu debt
to the f run r
To which prediction all persons who wish
well to the masses of our people will heartily
respond Amen!
Official Report ofthe Arrest ol John 11.
Surratt.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.
The Government has information as long
ago as last winter that John If. Surratt had
gone to Europe, The person who commu
nicated the facts conversed with him during
the voyage across the Atlantic, and also
reported that Surratt, believing he was
far removed from danger, was free and out
spoken about his connection with the assas
sination conspiracy. To-night Secretary
Seward received a dispatch by the Atlantic
cable, dated to-day, as follows :
I have arrested John H. Surratt, one of
President Lincoln's assassins. No doubt of
I identity. HALE, U. S. Consul General,
Alexandria, Egypt.
THE MEETING OF CONGSEBB.
The Galleries Crowded.--Good feeling
prevails among the Members.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.
The weather is as pleasant as could possi
bly ho expected.
The galleries of the two branches of Con
gress are densely crowded. Those of the
House are not sufficient ly large to accommo
date all set hers of admission.
The members of the House arc present in
full force. Long before noon the members
of both parties were seen shaking hands,
with marked cordiality, and conversing on
other subjects than polili -s. A mere look
••ron would n-arceJy suspect that differences
on any subject over divided them, so happy
are they in greeting.
SENATE.
, 1 hs Senate was called to order at twelve
o clock, precisely, by Mr. Foster, President
pro tern. Prayer was delivered by the
( taplain, Rev. Dr. Gray, of the Baptist
Church.
Mr. Anthony presented the following res
olution -, which were severally adopted :
I hat the Secretary^inform the House that
a ijuoruin of the Senate is assembled.
1 hat the hour for the meeting of the Sen
ate be twelve o'clock until otherwise order
ed.
That a committee of two be appointed to
join a committee of the House and wait up*
on the President, to receive his message.
Mr. Sumner said if there was no business
before the Senate he would move to call up
Senate hill No, 1, an act to regulate the
elective franchise in the District ol" Colum
bia.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The Rev. Dr. Boynton opened the llou-c
with prayer of thankfulness for the result
o£ the late elections, which tend he said, to
establish the principles of liberty to all class
es and conditions.
'I he roll of members was then called when
l-li answered to their names.
, Th ree new members were sworn in from
Tennessee, and two from Kentucky.
A committee was appointed to wait on
the President and inform him that Congress
had assembled and was ready to receive any
cotiiiuunicaH' u.
Mr. Eli -s.) asked leave to introduce
a bill to repeal the thirteenth section of the
act of July 17th, 1802, which section au
thorizes the President to grant pardon and
amnesty to persons who took part in the re
bellion.
Mr. Fink < thiol objected, and the rules
were suspended so as to allow the bill to be
introduced.
Mr. Eliot s hill was then put upon its i
passage, and was passed by a vote of' 111 to
20
A resolution was adopted calling for in
formation as to the arrest and escape of John
11. Surratt.
.V bill was introduced, and referred, di
recting tie -ale of $2,000,000 of gold, by
the Secretory of the Trea-ury, every Mon
day.
Also, a bill for the meeting of Congress
on the 4ib of March.
2. f. M. —The President's message has
just been received. Mr. Stevens moved tfl
postpone tli" reading until to-morrow. The
motion was rejected, and the Clerk proceed
ed to read the message.
Mr. Stevens introduced a bill to regulate
removals from office, which was made the
special order for Friday next.
Mr. Schenck (Ohio) introduced a bill to
equalize the bounties of soldiers, sailors and
marines. If red to the Committee on
Military,\f
The Alabama Legislature.
rrr. n r , r ,\ r>.„ . _.—em-ctai aespmci
state ti.ut in llu Alabama House of Repre
s.on'ativi - yesterday. Mr. Brooks, of Lown
des county, presented a bill to alter the Con
stitution of the State, to admit conditional
negro suffrage. The conditions are that the
voter shall possess property valued at S2OO
and shall 1 able to read the Constitution of
the Stat and of the United States, and
write a leg i f.- hand ; these conditions hold
ing good a is-- in ca c of white men.
Mr. Brooks was closely identified with the
C 'nlvdc-iate cause, having expended his last
dollar in its. port, and in presenting his
bill said t: > h - did so as a measure of poli
cy an Ip. Ie good. After an exciting de
bate the was tabled.
Meteoric Display in England.
Tiie amusing witticisms of the American
pres over the disa] pointments of Professor
Looiui ami other astronomical mvans who
who prom -cd us t> meteoric display about
the 12th it!;., will now cease, since wo are
assured by the English press that there re
atly was a shower on the 14th ult.. and a
very brilliant one. The phenomenon was
visible at London. Dover. Leicester, Not
tingham, Liverpool, Weymouth, Glasgow
and other points'. The Times says: The
spectator had soon counted half a dozen,
then he felt sure he had counted thirty, then
six or seven in a minute, then they appear
ed faster than he could count them. The
heavens - mod alive with this unwonted
host. Look where wc would, it was the
same; in the tar West, and throughout the
entire Notth. Mr. Bishop, of Weymouth,
estimates the number ol meteors at 7,tHJO
to is,ooo. Professor Grant, of the Glasgow
Observatory, writes:
'At lh. Ifun. the heavens had assumed an
extremely imposing aspect. Multitudes of
bcautifu' sn t is were now everywhere visi
ble but ( : •: illy in the Eastern regions of
the heav n-. where the constellation Leo
was to Ie -ecu as he gradually ascended in
his course towards the meridian. Hun
dreds of the meteors tar surpassed in bril
liancy the stars of the first magnitude. In
multitudes of instances they were brighter
than Jupiter, and sonic of them even equal
led Venus when she is at her greatest bril
liancy.'
As an incident of these meteoric times, it
may be mentioned that immense rains fell in
various parts of England, and that Lanca
shire and Yorkshire especially were deluged.
Tiu: pro cut inactivity of the Prussian cab
inet is subject a of general specula
tion among European politicians. I'he rea
son of this inactivity is to be found in the
absence <.f the - ul of the cabinet. Count Bis
marck. In some quarters it is believed
that the sickness which is supposed to have
detained him in the country is not real, but
feigned, in order to induce the King to rhake
certain changes in the cabinet. A Tribune
correspondent says : ''His sufferings have in
creased so much during the last few weeks,
that his advice cannot be obtained even on
the mnsl important circumstances. Huron
Laviguy, i'or instance, was directed to consult
him confidentially on various points in the
treaty with Saxony. But Count Bismarck's
family declared that such conversation was
impossible, because the excitement would
produce dangerous consequences. It is hard
ly to be expected that he will come to Berlin
to the opening of the Parliament, and as he
cannot remain on the Island of the Baltic in
the winter, his family are desirous that he
should go smith, either to the Lake of Gene
va or to one of the lakes of Upper Italy. At
the i. ke ol Geneva he would meet one of
his colleagues, General Roon, the Minister of
War, who is also staying there forhis health's
sake. Though it. is not at all strange that
both these statesmen have suffered severely
in health from the efforts and excitement of
the last year, there are many, however, who
do not believe in this sickness, but regard it
is a pretext.
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A Minister in Diittcnltiea.
For some time past Mr. Washbume,
I nited States Minister to Paraguay, has
been attempting to get to his objective point
which ie Assumption, thecapital of that Re
public. Ihe Allies operating against the
araguayan army, have objected to his going
on, an l.e ha laid idiy by, waiting the slow
progress of events before Huaiuaita. It is
now said that he has found a means of get
ting forward, and that the United Stab s
gun boat Shamolcm will take him. But as
the river is filled with torpedoes, this will
a very dangerous experiment, and it. may
end the mission of Minister Wa-hburne very
summarily. It is to be hoped that he will
succeed, and go through safely, but when
we consider the danger, and estimate of how
little importance his success will be to our
interests, we cannot but think that he is as
suming a great risk for a very small benefit
- I ' l '■ LINCOLN S fciSTIJIAIJ OF ANDREW
.JOHNSON.— -The Washington correspondent
of the Cincinnati Gazette makes the follow
ing statement: "Three days before the
muni rof Mr. Lincoln, he had made ar
rangements for an afternoon ride with cer
tain members of his family, and the hour of
two o clock was fixed upon. At that time,
the Pre-ident not appearing, word was M nt
to him that the party was waiting for him.
tie returned an answer that the Vice Presi
dent had called upon him, and that lie
si oul'l not he able to go. Mr. Jolinson re
mained about when the President
joined the family, and in conversation re
garding the delayed ride remarked, with
much apparent concern:—" 'Jhat miserable
' i■(> it ii*ijt tt_t tjtti 1 < the (rmiblt x he,
mill cause me during my second term of
ojpee.
buch were, with scarcely a doubt, the last
words spoken by Mr. Lincoln concerning
the present occupant of the White House;
and spoken as they were in the privacy of
bis own family circle, they were doubtless
the full and free expression of his real be-
Fram New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. L— There is an in
creasing disposition manifested in the South
to admit qualified suffrage, impartial as to
color. Fhe violent attacks on sucli papers
as do not directly oppose it show that it is
gaining ground as an equivalent for Uni
versal amnesty, but the Union papers not
edited by negroes oppose it.
s. T.— L A GO. —X.—The amount of Plantatie
Hitter? sold in one y ear is something startlinn
They would fill Broadway six feet high, from thg
Park to 4th street. Drake's manufactory is oto
of the institution, of New York. It is s lid thae
Drake painted all the rocks in the Eastern States
with his cabalistic "S. T.—1860.—X," and then
got the old granny legislators to pass a law "pre
venting disfiguring the face of nature," which
gives him a monopoly. Wo do not know how
this i", but we do know the Plantation Bitters
SELL as no other article ever did. They are used
by all classes of the community, and arc death on
Dyspepsia—certain. They are very invigorating
when langnid and weak, and a great apnotiicr.
Saratoga Spring Water, sold by all druggists
"In lifting the kettle from the fir. I -e.dded
myself very severely—one hand almost I *a crisp.
The torture was unbearable. * * Th Mexican
Mnstsng Liniment relieved the pain nlwo-; im
mediately. It healed rapidly, and leit very little
scar. On AS. FOSTEE, 420 Broad St. Phila.
This is merely a sample of what the Mustang
Liniment will do. It is invaluable iu all cases of
wounds, swellings, sprains, cutL bruises, spavins
etc., cither upon man or beast.
Beware of counterfeits. None is ge: nine unless
wrapped in fine steel-plate engravings, bearing
tho signature of (5. W. Westirook, Chemist, and
uiejntrore stump 01 I'iciis Jt.i RXks ,i CO.. New
York.
a rat oga Spring Water, s .Id by ail druggists.
AUOB I'E MAGNOLIA. —The prettiest thing,
the "sweetest thing," and tin- most of it for the
least ntonoy. It oi reomes the odor of perspira
tion: softens and adds delicacy to the shin, is a
delightful perfume; allays headn he and inti 1111-
raation. and is a necessary companion in the ,-ick
r m. in then -ry.andiq ntin toile* -id' oard.
It can he obt.;ined everywhere atoned Car per
bottic.
Saratoga Spring Water, sold bv all druggists
All who value a beautiful head of hair, and its
pi-is. n :,:ion from premature baldness and turning
gray, will not fail to use Lyons' celebrated Kath
airon. It makes flic hair rich, suit and glossy,
eradicates dandruff, and causes the hair to grow
with luxuriant beauty. It is sold everywhere.
E. THOMAS LYON. Chemist, N. Y.
Saratoga Spring Water, sold by all druggist.
WHAT Dm IT? —A young ia.iy, returning to
her i uuntiy home after a sojourn of a few months
n New York, wis hardly re "gnircd by here
friends. In place of a rust.'-, (lushed face, she
hud a -oft, ruby c< implex i.n. f almost marbla
sine nhness: and instead oi 2. she really appear
ed I t 17. she told them plait, pv -ho uso.l llugun's
Ma n lia Balm, and would not be without it.
An; lady can improve her personal appearance
vci y much by using this srtic',. Itean be order
ed.oi any druggist f or only 50 cents.
Saratoga Spring Water, sold by all druggists
lleimstreet's inimitblo llair Coloring has been
Itily growing in favor f> i over twenty years,
-d acts upon the absorber:.- at the roots of the
aair, anil changes it to it- original color by de
crees. All instantaneous <i; ■ - leaden and injure
tb: Lair. Heimstreet's t- i • a dye, but is cor
ntain in its results, promotes its growth, and i.-
bcautiful HAIR DRESSING. Price 50 cents and $1
Sold by all dealers.
Saratoga Spring Water, uklby all druggists.
LYON'S EXTRACT or 1' JAMAICA GINGER —
or Indigestion, Nausea, Heartburn, Sick Head,
nolle, CbolcraMiorbus, where a warming, ge.
ial stimulant:-as required. Its careful prepara
tion and entit purity make it a cheap aud relia
ble article forerctdiuary purposes. Sold cvery
ly here at 50 cts. per bottle.
Saratoga Spring Water, sold by all druggists
, s :wJo2lß6flly
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