J PA., FBIDAT, MAY H, IMfr state tick**'- JOHJTF. HARTKANFT, OF MONTUOMERV COUNTY. SURVEYOR CiE.NER.VI. : B ArcoRMN'S to promise, Ve issue the Is- j |' Qi-iRER this week in an enlarged form. We ( hope it will eoinc up to the expectat ions of j ■ our IViends. A\e will not make any change •' in the rates of subscription. nor advertise but we will insist on a strict compliance with terms Hotter. If subscription is not paid for Madvaaee. our subscribers will have to pay the advance rates. BE IT* AND DOING ! ' The Chicago Convention will assemble on the 20th of this month. -V few days later, at most, candidates to bo supjxirtod by the j Republican party at the approaching I'resi dential election in November, will be placed in nomination. This will be the signal for action. Friends of Progress, are yon ready? If you are not, take immediate steps to put —.iJtur "house in order. You must not l>e lulled to sleep by the assurance that the j Democratic party it dead ■ It is all very true that the death of Slave- J rv and Rebellion was in a measure a death j blow to the Democratic party as a great party, but for the want of some more cflfec- j tive organization and popular name, it is j still the common nucleus around which all I the elements in opposition to the dominant | party centre. In other words it is the camp I from which all the sallies ujton the hosts of j Liberty and Progress are made. It is: a well I known fact that the ranks are made up of j all the elements which compose the various grades of the body-politic, and in which j those devoid of principles and integrity aj>-1 l>car to predominate over those who may I be possessed of a limited amount of eon-1 science. It cannot be successfully denied that mere adventurers, who have no other object than self, and who oppose the Re publican party because it is not congenial, are the most responsible leaders. These creatures are all the worse opponents lo calise they are schooled in the arts of trick cry and fraud, and they never leave an op ,*>rtunity pass without bringing thein into requisition. They will go any length to carry their point; -top at nothing; and they must lie most skillfully encountered by those who are armed with the cause of Right. And the only way to wield the weapons in your hands successfully is to ''be up and doing." The forces which you must meet, will be a combination of every party, sect and creed. The Democratic party of itself is 1 a mere kelefon. but with the assistance of I the thousands who cannot be supplied with I offices in the Republican party, and who go j hungering for them into any fold, (and there I are none more vindictive than this class of I creatures.) it become- a formidable antag onist. Upon this combination of all the adven turers in the land we are obliged to turn our batteries. Though we might prefer foemcn more worthy of our steel, yet we have no election; we must take things as we find them. This being the . ase we must pre-1 pare at once for the contest. Immediately J after the announcement of the Chicago I nominations Jet Granf thAm be organized in I every township and borough in the county. I Nothing but thorough organization will in- j sure a great triumph; such a triumph as 1 the Republican party deserves for its mas- j tcrly conduct of the affairs of the nation | since its accession to power. Republicans, do not hesitate an hour longer, but proceed to canvass your districts, enroll every voter, take the necessary steps to secure the d sbtful c-t we will have no fears of the result. THE NEW LAW JUDGE. His Honor. Judge I\ Watson Rowe. j lately appointed an additional Law Judge J for the 16th Judicial District, by His Excel- j fe. leney Gov. Geary, paid us a visit last week, I atv.l tried several causes in the Common Wea- The profc ssion was delighted with I aitd not a few were the compliments His charges were delivered with He will make an PPexeeSeiit and popular Judge. He is said to be the youngest man upon the Bench in the frtate. which is certauialy a very high com pliment. Judge Binoiiam d the Impeach ment case, on the part of the Managers of the House, ot. Wedrn -day afternoon, at three o clock. Tlie case of Andrew Johnson j is now with the great Jury, which will ren- I dcr its verdict by the first of the week, we | think, at the farthest. Hie gentleman who j now fills the A\ ltite House, will soon lie a j private citizen of Tennessee. THE NEWS. With Thursday's proceedings the record j of the Impeachment trial found on the first I page of to-day's paper, dosed. On Friday thg Senate proceeded at once to business, Mr. Sumner having apparently exhausted his stock of orders, and at three o'clock Mr. Kvart's brought his four days' speech to a clow, having spoken over seventeen hours altogether. In opening to day he excused his, excessive prolixity by happily citing the experience of another rounsel who, having made * prolonged argument on contingent reminder before Lord Kllenborough, said, Jj. at the usual hour of adjournment, that "he Jrould continue his argument at the piea fflofthoCourt. To which the Judge aSnßed. "We will hear yon to-morrow, 9hß the pleasure of hearing yon has long Ift.' gone." The points of his argument gaMfev were chiefly on the power of the ft' nt to make cut interim appointments appointments made by Mr. gSrpln'm. slurring over the fact that they IS®? cases 'be temporary absence departments from Washing the question whether Mr. Sjajyiltt&jtiiliin the provisions ftlPir nure law. In dealing with gH. Evarts exhibited his forte 1H -,k kind of hits which, while arc found on exatnina b 11 the note addressed y ' Igfctiors to Mr. Lincoln, Mr. Montgomery " mat- declaring that opinion, of the al-o . - 3||| f |S' Hi | wii ir™ - Passed .r weald I resign. At the close of his argument, Mr. ! Evarts was congratulated by a large number of Senators and Jtepresentatives, Mr. Man ager Bingtam, Senator Sumner, Senator j oakling, Mr. Speaker Colfax and other Republicans being among those who proffer ed these courtesies. Mr. Bingham iu his closing argument will no doubt take oppor tunity to reply to some of Mr. Evarts' sharp hits. It is known that he has pre pared himself with extracts from a speech made by Mr. Evarts at a Republican meet ing in New York, in which he charged the President with advising and encouraging forcible resistance to Congress. Mr. Stanbery arrived at the Capitol at 1 o'clock, but remained in one of the retiring rooms until after the recess which was taken when Mr. Evarts couclnded. He then ap peared, and taking a prominent position iu the circle in the front of the Clerk's desk, commenced his argument. After Mr. Evarts' elear and snonorous voice, and dis tinct articulation, Mr. Stanbery is an inflic tion. He has that sort of solemn gravity, which is apt to run into prosiness. He ap peared to be extremely weak, his voice was husky, and his delivery alternated so rapid ly between the rising and falling inflections that to the galleries one-half of his uttcian ces were totally lost. One could catch enough, however, to know that he was de nouoeing iinpcaehmeut as a partisan mea sure, originating with the bad men of the party, aud pressed upon the Senate by the bad opinions ot these bad men. What Mr. Stanbery said to-day was delivered orally and without notes. It is understood that [ behind this exordium he has a written ar gument which will be read on Saturday. There is no change in the position of af fairs. The Democrats are playing a bluff game in regard to acquittal; the Republi cans know they hold the winning cards, aud are confident of the result. From this time out you may look to see this confidence on the increase until it culminates in the re moval of the President. Saturday was an uninteresting day in the progress of the impeachment trial, and de serted galleries and inattentive Senators showed the weariness that is felt at the im moderate length to which the arguments have been protracted. Mr. Stanbery resum ed his argument at the opening of the Court, but had spoken but a shourt time when he became exhausted, and the remainder was read by his Secretary, except the closing paragraphs, which Mr. Stanbery delivered. The effort of the late Attorney General is remarkable only for the strong feeling it he trays, and for the quasi-apology it makes for Mr. Johnson in the use of that quota tion—which has grown hackneyed in its application to noted offenders—that he "has been more sinned against than sinning." In concluding he said that if the President was to be condemned it should not be in the Senate chamber, but in "the darkest and gloomiest chamber in the subterranean re cesses of the Capitol." Perhaps, however, the country will see a special fitness in his conviction in the very chamber in which, whilst being inducted into the second highest office in the gift of the people, he inflicted upon the country that disgracefl scene which brought the blush of shame to the check of every American citizen. The closing argu ment on the part of the Managers, bv Mr. Bingham, will be commenced on Monday. It is understood he will occupy two days, and will speak entirely from notes. The case will thus be given to the Senate for judgment by Wednesday. The first busi ness will be the disposition of the various orders regulating the final proceedings, which have been offered during the trial, and postponed until after the close of the arguments. It is thought the Senate may spend a day in the settlement of these preliminary questions. Then will come the discussion, probably in secret session, on the evidence and points of law involved in the trial. Upon the latitude given to the date of the debate tn this consultation, will depend the date of the completion of tbe trial. The feeling on Saturday was strong against portracted debate, and it was general ly believed that a consummation will be reached this week. The belief that the President will be removed grows firmer each j day as the trial approaches completion. Monday brought to the Senate the largest ; and most brilliant audience assembled since the commencement of the trial. The prcs j sure for tickets from those who wished to I hear Mr. Bingham has been immense, and j Senators, Ilepiesentatives and everybody j about the Capitol has been run down with applications for these coveted pieces of card I Hoard. The galleries ■ began to fill up as i early as 11 o'clock, and by noon every seat , was occupied, the throng overflowing into ; the passages and blocking up the door-ways, j The passages loading to the Senate wing • were crowded vqh anxious waiters, mak-j ing all sorts of excuses to the officers, to get i past the barriers, and importuning mem- | bers for tickets. The members of the House I also showed more tfian usual interest in the . proceedings, nearly one hundred following j the Speaker into the Senate. The Presi-1 dent's counsel table looked deserted, Messrs. ; Groesbeck and Nelson being the only two I !of his advocates present. Messrs. Curtis ; and Evarta have both gone home, and Mr. J Stanbery is still too unwell to attend the 1 trial. Mr. Bingham commenced to speak j at quarter past 12 o'clock, and with a brief: recess of half an hour, spoke until 1 o'clock, i The argument, as far as developed, will uu- , questionably be considered the great effort > of the trial. Mr. Bingham has far more of] the eloquence of the orator than either of j the President's counsel, whilst his power of conpcnsation, and of putting his points di rectly and forcibly before his auditors, was i quite in contrast with the unending wordi ness of Mr. Evarts. His exordium was striking and in good la.-te, From the very outset he took the close attention of the Senate and the galleries, and held it un broken. Very wisely he confined himself to a few points, refusing to follow the Presi dent s counsel in their wide range over mat ters entirely irrelevant, and nearly the whole of his argument was restricted to pre senting the one grand issue of the case, that the President's duty was to obey the laws, that he had no judicial power to in terpret the Constitution or decide on the constitutionality of the laws; and that any attempt on bis part to set aside a law, or j refused to obey it because he believed it un constitutional, Was an outrage and a usur- ] pation, and if tolerated would lead to anar" ' chy. In pressiug this upon the Senate he ! made several strong points that had a per- i ceivable effect, especially when ho quoted ! the opinion of the Supreme Court in the ! ease of Fend all n. The United States, wherein the Court decided against the com- ; petencc of the plea that the President could violate a law for the purpose of obtaining a judicial decision upon it. The Court then said that such a plea had no countenance in the Constitution, and that it would give the . President power to arrest the legislation of i Congress and paralyse the Government. I The reading of this authority, rendered I uiarb than thirty year;' ago by the Supreme - Court, and having at) almost literal applica jP|Mrta|hj> case in Court, was li-tct. i tbo Senate with an earnest attention that showed how strongly its application .was felt. In illustrating his argument Mr. Bingham referred to the Fugitive Slave law, and to the fidelity with which the peo ple of the North executed that law, though it was opposed to all their moral convictions and believed by thein to be not only uncon stitutional hut inhuman. His description of the law and its effects was as fine and eloquent a piece of oratory as we have ever listened to. Its effeet upon the auditory was marked. During its delivery there was an intense quiet and strained attention, whilst at its close the ladies in the galleries might bo seen wiping away the tears, and even grave Senators showed evidence of the emotion excited. So also was his defence of Mt. Lincoln, against the charge that he had violated the Constitution by suspending the habeas corpus law, fervid, impassioned, and delivered with ail the earnestness of sincerp feeling. The speech was also marked by many felicitous points in its genial ridicule throwu upon the labored and irrelevant es says of the President's counsel, the desciip tion of Mr. Evarts' argument is likely to be "immortal because it was eternal,' being kocnly appreciated by those who had listen ed to it. Altogether the speech is likely to be tbe one most thoroughly listened to and longest remembered. The statement made by the cotrcspon dent of the Baltimore Bun, that an effort was being made to postpone the result of the trial until after the Chicago Conven tion assembles, is, like most of his asser tions, merely the twaddle of the White House. There is no desire on the part of Republican Senators to procrastinate the trial, nor has any meeting been held on the sutijeet. There are no men at the Capitol more anxious for a speedy close of the trial than Speaker Colfax and Senator Wilson, who are the leading contestants of Mr. Wade for the Vice Presidency. Common sense would teach any one that such' an ef fort would be more likely to make capital for Mr. Wade thau to injuro his prospects of the nomination. Notwithstanding thisand other rumors put in circulation, there is no abatement among Republicans in the confi dence felt in the result of the trial. The Washington correspondent of the New York Times, writing under date of Saturday, says: Speculation as to the re suit of the trial is not so rife as early in tbe week. After much investigation, discus sion and feeling, the opinion has settled ; down to the faet that but two of the Repub lican Senators are sure to vote /or acquittal on every article. The impression also pre vails that the conviction will be on four of the eleven articles —the first, second, third and eleventh—those charging violation of the Tenure of Office act, violation of the Constitution in removing Mr. Stanton out right, violation of the law of 1865 in the ad interim appointment of Gen. Tuonias, and obstructing the legislation of Congress by trying to defeat the operation of the Re construction acts. The New York World's Washington cor respondent says: It appears that of twelve Senators whose votes are claimed or hoped \ for by the Managers of the Impeachment, and also by the President's supporters; : hardly one can be claimed as certain for the President. Besides the insecurity of the expectations concerning Senators, some of the Radicals here pretend to anticipate that i Reverdy Johnson, who is classed with the Democrats, is jest as likely as not to cast his j vote for conviction. But that, of course, is mere speculation. THE PEOPLE ON* IMPEACHMENT. The Republican party, who form an over whelming majority of the American people, and upon whom rests the responsibility of the Nationaland nearly all the State Govern ments, are a unit for convicting Andrew 1 Johnson and removing him from the posi tion he disgraces. The Republican press and all the Republican Conventions held since the impeachment of the President have sustained enthusiastically the action of the House. In Now-York, Ncw-Hamp- j shire, Connecticut, and Michigan the Con ventions had been held before the attempt ed removal of Mr. Stanton. From these there could be no expression of tbe senti ments of the majority of the people through their party organizations. But such of the States as have held conventions since the j President was impeached and during his trial—Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, and others—have-sustained and ratified the ac tion of Congress with their might. The President's order of removal against j Htanton was issued on the 21st of February, ' aud on the 24th he was impeached by the House. On the 26th the Republicans of: Wisconsin held their State Convention, and in their resolutions thanked Congress for the action which had been taken, aDd, while ; deploring the necessity, declared that the vital interests of the Republic required that tbe wanton acts of Johnson should lie ended by his trial. On the day following the ac tion of the House, the Maine Legislature, in a joint resolution of both houses, sanc tioned the measures which Congress had adopted, and sustained the course of the members from that State. On the same ! day a like resolution was introduced into the Pennsylvania legislature, and .the As sembly of California followed on the next day. Tbe Ohio Convention, held on the 4th of March, followed the example set by the : people of Wisconsin. Their resolutions de clared that "the chief obstruction to the pacification of the country has been the persistent opposition of Andrew Johnson," and that they approve and applaud tbe ac tion of the House of Representatives in the ; exercise of its high constitutional prcroga- 1 tive by his impeachment for high crimes and misdemeanors." On the Jlth, the Pennsylvania Convention called upon the | Senate, sitting as a Court of Impeachment, | "to proceed without fear, favor, or affec tion," and declared that "the people of tint j State would stand by and maintain the just judgment of the law." Massachusetts ad ded her voice of approval, in convention held on the 12th, and Michigan, New-Jer sey, and t ermont ail met in convention on tbe 18th, and were equally outspoken. Maryland, on the 6th of March, took simi- ' lar action. The Georgia Convention, on the 9th, as well as the Reconstruction Con ventions of nearly or quite all the Southern States, arrayed themselves on the same side. Thus, within a month after the attempted . usurpation of the President, the Conven- j tions and Legislatures of a majority of the States have indorsed the impeachment ot 1 the President in terms and under circum- ; stances that imply in every instance their : expectation of his conviction and removal, • and their sanction in advance of the justice and necessity of the verdict, j Many other bodies, representing the I popular will in a degree only less than the State Legislatures and Conventions, have been equally emphatiifcin support of Con- ! j Kress. Their action strengthens the evi- j ; dences that the majority of the people are a unit in the performance of this painful but manifest duty. The Republican General Committee of this city, the Union League Club, and the State Union League of New Jersey, were among the first, but only among the first, to express their approval. Other organizations were unreservedly out spoken. In every vilMJh where those who i ; upheld the Union and its armies in their struggle with the Rebellion were organized, i 1 that organization rallied to the Bupport of* 1 i the people's representatives promptly, and without pausing to ask what course "others would pursue. The voice of the people de mapdea that Andrew Johnson should have a fair trial, but that he should no longer with impunity violate the laws. Rut of all tho evidence? of the popular judgment upon a recreant Chief--Magistrate, the press, or that portion ot'lhem who represented the cause ot loyalty aud liberty in our late struggle, have been most hearty and unanimous. It was not to be expected that journals like The New-York World, Chi [ cuga Time*, and Ist Crosse Democrat, whieh demanded the impeachment of the President as soon as he was inaugurated, should now renew their prayers for the blessing which was then denied them. Nor shall we re | quire The N'w c- York Herald aud Times to ! renew at this late day that somewhat im petuous demand for the President's iin i peachment by which they, with commend able enterprise. long .-iiicu stole the march 1 upon the average public opinion of the day. ; But among more than a thousand tvwg nized Republican journals of our exchange list, only half a dozen delayed to sus' iin the action of Co ogress, and of this taiuy hand nearly all have since become cogvincod of the justice of Impeachment, sptil the no | ceasity of conviction. An opinion so emphatic and universal, in a e.isis so unusual, C'/u!d no have been ob tained bv the uiost wily aits of the politician. ! A conviction in the popular mind, as earnest and profound as it was general, that Andrew Johnson was irretrieiably fallen and aband oned, cou.'d alone draw out this popular verdict. Now that his protracted trial draws to a close, it is well to ponder this universal public opinion. It contains the deliberate conclusion of the American people that Andrew Johnson can no longer be permitted to disgrace and endanger the country.—A r . J'. Tribune. Liability of Railroad Companies in l'cnnsi Ivauia lor Injury and Loss of Life from Accidents. AN ACT relating to railroad companies and common carriers, defining their liabilities, and authorizing them to provide means of indemnity against loss of life and pes simal injury. Be it enacted, <tc., That when any per son shall sustain personal injury or loss o' life while lawfully engaged or employed ot or about the road, works, depots and prem ises of a railroad company, or on or about any train or car therein or thereon, of which company such person is not an employee, the right of action aud recovery in all such cases against the company shall be such 1 only as would exist if such person were at employee. I'roveled, That this sectiot shall not apply to passengers. Section 2. That in all actions uow o hereafter instituted against common car riers or companies owning, operating or usiDg a railroad as a public highway, where in steam or other motive power is used, to recover for loss and damage sustained and arising citlier from personal injuries or of life, aud lor whieh, by law, such carrier or corporation could bo held responsible, only such compensation for loss and damage shall be recovered as tho evidence shall clearly prove to have been pecuniarily suf fered or sustained, not exceeding, incase of personal injury the sum of 000, nor in ease of loss of life the sum of ss,o<X>. Section 3. That it shall be lawful for such carrier or corporation to insure the lives and persons of passengers against loss or injury from accidental causes, and however hap pening, while in their charge, and for thut purpose to issue and sell to such passengers applying for the same, tickets or po'.icie:- of insurance, specifying the name of the in sured, the premium charged, the particu lar trip, or time covered by the policy, and the amount insured, not exceeding (cx.-ept at the option of the raid carrier or < rjoni tion) the sum of *2.". for each week ul disa bility, for a period not longer than twenty six weeks, in case of personal injur*: not more than SIO,OOO in ease of death, and all premiums so received shall be kept - irate aud apart from the other receipts of .-aid carrier or corporation, ami shall not 1 lia ble for any other claim, debts of demands against such carrier or corporation than those arising out of said policies, and the amount of said premium ; aud the securities in which the same are invested for the benefit and protection of such policy-holders shall be reported to the Auditor General annually as a part of the operations of sueh carrier or corporation as is now provided for by the act entitled "An act to require railroad com panies to make unilorui reports to the Au ditor General," approved April 4, 1859. Provided, nevertheless, that it shall be law ful for any such carrier er corporation, in lieu of issuing tickets as aforesaid, to keep on sale at their ticket office the policies of insurance or indemnity against personal in jury or death resulting from accidental caus es, issued by insurance companies incorpo rated for any -uch purposes as shall have an actual bona jidccash capital invested in se curities approved by th:• tiov rr.or, State Treasurer and Auditor I ieneral of tin- Coui monwealth of at least SiiOO.ixiii. /'-■ ruled. That a recovery upon any policy issued or sold under the provisions of this act shall be uo bar to a recovery under the provisions of the second section of this act. hection 4. That all ac's or parts !' acts inconsistent herewith, be and the sum • are hereby repealed, and any provisions in the acts incorporating such common carriers or corporations inconsistent herewith, shall he repealed upon the acceptance of the pro visions of thi - act i>y such carriers ■ r cor porations, and upou the acceptance if the provisions hereby by any carrier or corpo ration, the same shall become a part of its act of incorporation. Approved the 4th day of April, JWL Jolts \\ . GEARY, Governor. The State Elections Sontii. Notwithstanding all the report- to the contrary—not even the dispatch of General Meade that tlie Democrats had a majority in the Legislature of Georgia—that State, one of the most powerful aids in the rebel lion, and having a large preponderance of white voters —has declared for the Re publican policy of Reconstruction. Sho has ratified the by from seven to ten thousand majority: has chosen the Republican candidate for Gover nor by about the same majority; and has elected a majority of Republican- to the Legislature—thus securing two Suited States fßenators of the same po'. ticai com plexion, and adding one more State to the number ratifying the Constitutional Amend ment. A majority of the members of Con gress is-also RepuHßran. Considering that Georgia, like North-Carolina, contains a population in whieh tin- whites largely out number the blacks, if, affords the agreeable i assurance that the whites are beginning to sec aud understand their true situation and thatthey will no longer be willing to sacrifice their mateiial interests and future prosperi ty by clinging to an idea which i- dead and buried and bey ond thejpowei' of resurrection. As to Louisiana, alt the first telegrams were unfavorable to the success ot Recon struction there. Even within the last four days it was reported on what wa- regarded as good authority that the enemies of the I. uion had succeeded in electing a majority of the Senate, which would be sufficient to prevent the ratification af the Constitution al Amendment But like ail the rest the report had no foundation in fact. Tho Re- j publicans have carried everything as in Ar- : kansus, North-Carolina, South-Carolina I and Georgia. The majority for the Con- j stitution is set down at over seventeen thousand. The majority for Governor at least as much: a decided majority in both branches of the Legislature, and all the members of Congress except one whose seat will be contested on the ground of fraud- I ulent votiag. Hero are five States practical- , ly reconstructed under the laws of Congress, and should these—Arkansas has already done so —ratify the Amendment to the Con- I struction of the United States, it will be ! come part and parcel of that precious instru- ' rnent Thus, with all the hostility of JOHNSON, j and that of his neeuliar as well as new-made i friends to the Reconstruction of the late ' rebel States as provided for by Congress, and all their many secret and mischievous schemes to thwart it in the interest of unre pentant traitors, it is triumphant. The States yet to hold their elections should learn an impressive lesson from this result, lay aside their old, hurtful prejudices,--wed join in the work of regeneration.—German town Telegraph. The Fifteenth General Conference at* the >l. K. Church was called to order at Chi cago on Friday last, and will sit four week-. 1 Nine bishops JUKI 235 delegates comprise the Conference, but visiting delegare,- are expected from all part- of tlm country, THE new Congress Hall, at Saratoga, to be finished next spring, will accommodate from one thousand to twelve hundreA iieo pie. / Ilofit'old lilooded Murder is Plotted by the Ku-Klux Klan. Jak Campbell, the "Supremo Grand Cyouw" of tho Ku-Kliix-Kluu Jof Mem has been publishing several ex posixof the doings and designs of that in ; famOH organization. In a letter to the ' Memiiis Bulletin of May 1, he says: Btiire adjourning a meeting of the "Asifrination Committee" was called for noon text day, and they met in a building not alundrfd miles from Jefferson street, j and aocecded to discuss how it was best to maniulate "Old Unctuous" as I used to call hm in reporlorial days. The com mittee was divided into sub-comuiittees, and from f o'clock that afternoon until the next meeting. Judge Barbour Lewis was shad j owed, buv his shadow had strict instruct ion from me to commit no overt act until authorized. Had it not been for that, Lewis' hands would now be out of the C'ouufy Treasury. Various plans were suggested and discussed —tho rope, the | dagger, and the pistol—and ono of the committees appointed, was for the selection ' of a suitable tree on which to bang the ob iect of the enmity of ti.L "Bu-o Ball or Glee Club.'' It was selected; and I will also tell j you. Messrs. Editors, where it is situated. I In the rear of the Catholic graveyard, and j between Dunlap avenue and the Jewish | graveyard, on the left hand side going out J of town, towards the Jewish Cemetery, is a 1 vacant lot of large dimensions, on which is now growing three trees, whieh from an irre gular triangle, the trees being from twenty to thirty feetapait. It was the middle one of this trio, forming, as it were, the apex of the triangle, whieh tlie.-e "religiously ; nurtured" young men selected for my friend i Barbour Lewis benefit. <)u this tree, jutting towards (he street, comes out a limb square from the truuk: over this limb these religiously nurtured "sixteen" intended to have thrown a rope, and most religiously j hung the gentleman. So you see, Mr. Kditor, they had selected, through a mens ! bcr of your committee, the gallows tree, fce ! tweeu two veritable places of skulls. I j forgot to -ay in the proper place that the ' office of-Mr. Lewis, on Second street, was ' most critically examined by different mein | bers of the committee, and at one time it : was thought probable that it would bc_ a j good place for a little quiet, recreative ! strangulation. . NEWS AND OTIIEK ITEMS. j Lovis NAPOLEON was sixty years old ou April 20th. BUCK is said to be the prevailing fashionable color in London, J SENATOR DRAKE of Missouri has publish ed a strong address in favor of impartial ' suffrage. THE Legislature of- Arkansas has elected Hon. 13' F. itiee and A. McDonald, both Republicans, to represent that State in the j United States Senate. j THE Republican State Central c-ommittee'is : called by its chairman, the lion. GalusLu A. i Grow, to meet at 1105 Ches'nut street. May ; 12. We print elsewhere a list of the mein j bers. | IT is announced that the President ha-com j mand of over seven millions oj dollars', hat he i can use wherewith to corrupt the Court of ! f Jnpeachmeiit. We shall see. JOHN ill NOR BUTTS expresses ihe belief | that the constitution soon to be presented for I the endorsement of Virginia, is altogether j the best one she has ever had. j ON the day the Constitutional Convention : met. South Carolina Bonds were selling ut ; 25 cts. on the dollar: to day they are quoted at 53. Mark the difference. THE New York Sun goes into an elaborate calculation ot how the National Democratic j Convention will east its first ballot for Presi dent. It gives Pendleton l'J4, Seymour 08, ' and 25 it ranks as doubtful. THE principal Republican journals of Peun j sylvania, received at this office, urge Impartial Suffrage as one of the main planks to be adopted by the party at the National Con vention. THE Republicans have carried South Carolina by 40,000 majority. In Charleston, only, 75 whites voted for a Convention last November, while COO voted for the Constitu tion last week. MAJOR GENERAL- OKP AMI MCDOWELL ex change commands under the recent orders of the War Department. The officer who re cieves California in lieu of Mississippi, how ever, has the best of t'.-e bargain by great odds. THE amount of coin iu Treasury will be stated as exceeding $84,000,000 and the amount of currency $23,000,000. During the month several millions of gold were sold, as ! the amount on hand was larger than the ; necessities ot the department required. J DELEGATES to the National Republican Con | vention nt Chicago are to he passed free over ' tlie Michigan Central, Michigan Southern, i Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago, and the | Columbus, Chicago and ludiana Central roads. The passes are to be issued through I the State Central Committees, on application j to Dr. C. V. Dyer, Chairman of the Local ! Committee at Chicago. THE following arc the receipts from customs at the ports named below, from April 20 to 25, inclusive: Boston, $378.2'i4: New York, $2,257,000; Philadelphia. $286,975: Baltimore (April 13 to 25), $837,784: New Orleans (Aprils to 18), $224,418. Total, $8,484,441. WE consider it good law and logic, the re mark of Gen. Sherman, that "If you admit the negro to this struggle for any purpose, he has a right to stay in for all, and when 'be I fight is over, the hand that drops the musket I cannot be dented the ballot." HUNDREDS of applications are being re ceived at the Treasury Department for ap pointments. There art no vacancies, con sequently no more ppointuients can be made. Among the applicants arc many ladies, but as all the bureaus are full, their applications must wait until sonic vacancy occurs. NERUASKA suggests "Grant and Thayer" ss the ticket for the coming campaign. The State political convention, as well as that of the Soldiers and Sailors, held concurrently, passed ufl with harmony and enthusiasm. Congress is strongly aud unequivocally en dorsed. • THE New York correspondent of the L'hii adelpliia Ledger predicts that the Copper heads at their approaching convention in New York, will nominate Senator Hendricks of Indiana, for President, and tiov. English of Connecticut, or Mayor Huffman of New 5 ork. for Viee President. IHE Republicans of Georgia have made a c'ean sweep, electing the Governor, a ma jority in both branches of the Legislature, and four out of seven Congressmen. Over forty-five thousand white men have voted the Republican ticket, and over fifteen thousand black men hnve been forced and swindled iuto voting tbe disunion ticket. THE minuteness of the new style of bonnets has enabled economical milliners in Paris to annoiiacc bonnets for three cents each, made of thin, pliable strips ot wood, woven like a net, and with the interstices filled -with very narrow ribbon. Of course these three cent bonnets muy be "trimmed" up to the highest possible price. fx (lie New York Legislature a bill has been introduced providing that it shall be unlawful for one first cousin to engage or to agree to marry another first cousiu of the same consanguinity. Any person violating tbe proposed law may be punished by u tine of not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisonment for not longer tbafi one year, or poth line aud improvement. PERSONS who intend aitendingthe National Republican Convention in Chicago, will be interested in knowing that a number of lead ing. Republicans hnve called a meeting at that place to consider the feasibility of erect ing a wigwam on the lake shour for the use of tbe convention. The movement contem plates a building large enough to accomodate 120,000 visitors. GENERAI. MEAPE has issued an order con vening a board of officers at Atlanta on the 4th instant, to count tbe returns of the elec tion and report the officers elected to the com manding general. The board is empowered to examine into the conduct of the election, abuses, frauds, ic., and report the fact* to General Meade. The board has power to send for persons, and all authority to make the investigation complete. LANCASTER made a vigorous effort towards rolling off the burden ol Democracy and debt which has smothered her for long years. '1 he eueess of oar friends in this aucient stronghold of the enemy we accept as an auspicious indication ot the result of the C * !N P B 'B ll OH JL[hich wc are entering, and to tbe State at Mrge it conveys a valuable les on. Earnest ana determined action is the assurance of victory. THE new Constitution of Mississippi is nearly finished, and the Convention will probably adjourn before tho middle of next week. The article o the franchise allows all men to vote with the exception of these who held office prior to the rebellion, aud per verted their official authority to aid in mak ing war against the United States, and in building up on the Confederate Government. A correspondent aska the Tribune, whether we are not insolvent as a nation. To which that journal replies, No ! We own $2,500,- 000,000, and we own 25,000,000,000 of proper ty —, e., we own a tenth of all we are worth. We cannot pay this immediately, but it is übsured to say that we cannot pay the interest on it, and ultimately so much of the principal as we can put to no better use than to pay it. GEN. St'HoriEUi refuses to lend himself to the machiations of the President. Ad interim honors have uo charm for his eye. The renown that springs from so doubtful a source, and that has already damned Lorenzo Tho mas. is set aside, not longingly, as Ctesar put j aside the proffered crown, but promptly, us: becomes a patriotic soldier. WHO is Andrew Johnson? The intellectual : agencies of the country are busy at work ou Mr. Nelson's enigma. The A ation of this week considers him to be in part a barbarian, while the New York Sun of yesterday pro nounces him an opium eater. We trust that by next week, we may be enable to de scribe him as a private gentleman of Green ville, Tennessee. A Goon deal is being said by tbe John sonites about Sergeant Bates carryinga United States flag from Vicksburg to Washington without being shot at, but they forgot to ex plain why so muiiy Union men are being : murdered in different parts of the same re- j gioa. Perhaps the Sergeant blew long and : loud that Rebel born which he carried. Andy j gave him fifty dollars when he arrived hi j Washington, but we reckon this latter ; "trick" will hardly affect the impeachment verdict. Al.rr.eii, the |>opular soil of'Qucen Victoria, he whom the people wish had come into this wicked world before thut queer bundle of imbecility and animalism, the Prince of Wales, has been shot at and wounded iu Australia. This was the work of a mau said to be a Fenian named Parrel, who has been tried, found guilty and sentenced to death. Alfred is a great favorite. He takes as naturally to sea aa a duck to water: and so long as the old country is content with moti urchy, it were a pity to injure such a good young man, as prince Alfred. A GALVESTON dispatch says: A special ex press from Monterey ou the 24th of April, brings an official complaint from Consul Ul rich to Secretary Seward of au outrage upou six American merchants of Monterey, by the names of Lockhart, Potter, Balbrens, Montgomery, Scaplba and Rice, who were sent to the. calaboose by order of the Gov ernor's secretary and detained among filth and Vermin and the vilest fel- is till morning, when they were commanded to perform the most disgusting offices and sweep the prison. I On refusing they were flogged by the felons at tbe order of the jailor, and arraigned be fore the Aleade. fined and compelled to pay for the return of their watches and money. No apology or redress has been offered. * THE work of reconstruction since the pas sage of the Amendatory act. has been rapid. Arkansas, Louisiana, North and South Caro lina have approved their new Constitutions, aud elected Republican State officers. Legis lators and Congressmen. The Arkansas Leg islature has met; chosen two Republican : Senators to Congress, and adopted the I'our : teentb Article of the National Constitution, i and its Senators and Representatives are now waiting in Washington for the termination of ! the trial of Johnson, before applying forseats in Congress. There should not and we pre j sume, vvill uot be- any delay in their admis j sion. IN the House of Commons last week Mr. ! Mcllougall, of Nova Scotia, moved resolutions of repeal, aud delivered a speech upon the -late of feeling in Nova Scotia, insist ing that if tbe people of thut province : were not released from the Confederation I bloodshed might be the result. The effort j to get the house into Committee ol the whole on the resolution was vigorously opposed, and after a long debate the motion was lost. An amendment confirming the principles of :be Confederation iu strong terms wus then carried by a large majority. I CUKIOCS, isn't it, that every time the United States have grown prosperous uuder protec ! tion they have been seduced into free trade? ; end every time they have fallen into bank ruptcy, national and individual, they have j gone back to protection lor a remedy and lound it? Witness 1812, 1845, 18.52, 1861, 1 four their periods ot protective policy, and j liie laritts of Isi 6, 1833, 1848 1857, for the , dates of their delusion. THE public debt statement for April will , not be issued until Tuesday, the sth inst. It will show a decrease of eight millions of dol lar-. which is larger than that of any previous 1 month this yenr. it is accounted for by the 'act that while the Goverment expenditures, particularly those of the War Department, ; which are usually very heavy, have been comparatively light. Tbe receipts from customs have been unexpectedly large, and :he receipts from internal revenue have not ! fallen off". A vote was recorded in the British House ; of Commons yesterday that clearly foreshad ows one of the most important events in the annuls of the United Kingdom. We refer, of I c ourse, to the adoption of Mr. Gladstone's resolution for the abolition of the Irish Church, by the decisive majority of sixty-live, and the humiliating defeat to which the Tory parly was thus subjected. With great earnestness and power did Mr. Disraeli, the new Promier combat this measure, sustained, r,s he was. by all tbe influence of the Govern ment. aud the final debate between Gladstone ; and Disraeli was fiery, eloquent and sharp. THE House of Representatives took up the resolution offered by Mr. Brooks relative to ; the singiiing of tbe Aha \ ela letter by the ' Managers cf the impeachment trial. The debate thereupon was lengthy and very per sonal, and carried on by Messrs. I organ, But ler, Brooks and others. Mr. Butler charged Brooks with calling him a gold robber. Mr. Brooks acknowledged this, nud claimed his exposure had caused Butler to surrender the gold lie had seized from citizens of New York at New Orleans. Mr. Butler alluded to Brooks' suit with Mr. Clark, to settle busi ness growing out of the ownership of the New l ork Kxpress. Finally the House tub led Brooks' resolution by yeas, sixty-uine. nays twenty-six, I'm AMERICAN INDLSTUICAI. LEAGCE met in New York on Tuesday, last. Horace Greeley, Peter Cooper, Col. Julian Allen, Rev. Her man Boker. of Tennessee, and others made addresses in favor of the principle of pro lection. Among the-resolutions adopted was one declaring that, at all cost to individuals, the public faith with national credilox-s must be maintained unbroken, and that any ut tempt to evade, on any pretext, the just oh | ligations of the country, would be at once . dishonest and unwise, exposing the nation to I ihe contempt and execration of the civilized world, and undermining the foundations of all ; private credit. A Washington letter to the Detroit Post '(Radical, and .Senator Chandler's organ.); I says that Ben Wade recently made lepry to -ome office seekers, us follows: "Gentlemen 1 am not open to buy or gall, and do not ex pect or iutend to be. It I shall be President lor a few mouths, 1 shall try to get the best and most capable and honest men to fill offices; and in doing so I shall have no preju dice against your Slate more than any other in the selection: but my great object will be to find such men wherever they are, and I shall try to do it, whether it makes or mars my being Vice President or being anything else. I don't care enough for office to turn from this course." MII.ES O RKII.I.Y. speaking for the War Democrats, disclaims all sympathy with or respect for Pendleton and his repudiation and surrender principles, and threatens most une quivocally to bolt if he should be nominated. ihe Wor Democrats,"' says he. "are only ■ retained in the ranks of an organization that • lias outraged patriotism for so many years, with the slightest link of association,' - anil "they will never help, directly or indirectly, by assertion or silence, by action or idleness, \ the election of the ultra Copperhead and false hearted Northerner, George H. Pendleton." I : I I VERY STAPLES, in rear of the "Merige: J House," Bedford, Pa., MEN GEL & BURNS, Proprietors. ; The undersigned wauhl inform their friends, and the public generally, that they are prepared to furnish IXorses, Buggies. Carriages, Sjwi-ting Wagons, or anything iu the Li very lino of husi nm.m, ia ffootl etjrle nnil at moderate charge*. Terms: rash, unless by special agreement, jan2 t'6S:tf. MEN GEL 4 BURNS. jpURJIITURK AND THOMAS MERWINE, t tk, lt „ri ikof>," has re-opened tho Cabinet and fnrnitnrc business in that part of the town, and i* prepared to furnish *ll kinda of Furniture, at cheap rale?. 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