THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBUKG, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1866.
an
oi:oncm it. moorr, juutor.
llUXl.MHIlUlUf, HATt.RDAY, NOV SI, 110.
mil Lincoln's folicy or res-
TOItATION.
TiiRntmexcd loiter nocdsnocomment,
Ijot tho country rend It. If President!
Lincoln lind lived, wo lmvo tho assur
ance of tills lntlmiito friend of Hint hon
orable man " that President Johnson's
policy, as enunciated by him, would,
ero this, have been carried Into practical
cfieet by Mr. Lincoln."
Coming from one who was tho precep
tor of tho lamented dead from his rel
ative from ono recognized as his por
honal, particular friend, this testimony
Is Invaluublc. "Vo commend every
word of it to tho calm, sober, thought
ful attention of tho Intelligent republi
cans:
DnOATflt, iLUXom, October !, ISM.
Editors Statk Krcuhtkr, For tbo
past 11 vo years there has been no warm
er supporter of tho Administration of
Abraham Lincoln than myself. My
HUptiort of him was to somo extent con
trolled by my knowledge of him. I have
known him from his infancy, and was
Intimately associated with him during
Jiis whoio career, up to tho day of his
death. In his schoolboy days I was
his teacher; und, when President, lie
recognized me as ills friend, and as his
relation. Knowing hlni thus intimate
ly, it is but natural that I should know
Homothlng of his intentions in regard to
tho settlement of tho grave questions
that were submitted to his control. 1 1 is
wholo Presidential career was a conlln
tial fetrugglo against tho rapacity, tho
cruelty, amlho recklessness of the rad
ical faction of tho great Union parly,
led by AVado, Duller, Phillips, Greeley,
Fred. Douirlass. and their confederates :
and, whenever any movement was in
augurated that promised a. speedy over
throw of the ltebollion, tho radical class
Imposed upon liini conditions before
they would pledge their support or tho
support of their representatives in Con
gress, that compelled him either to sac-
rmco mo country or yield to tneir de
mands. I have nrivato evidence that
ho was in tills way compelled to inau
gurate policies that were repugnant to
tho dictates both of his Judgment and
Jils heart. Unfortunately for tho coun
try, at tho hour when his power was
complete, wnon no tint not require tueir
aid to accomplish tho restoration of
poaco, tho hand of an assassin removed
lilm, and prevented him from acconi
plWiini: that eood ho Intended.
Mr. Lincoln was well beloved by tho
people. Had ho lived, tho Southern
Hlatos would by this time have been
ronresontcd in Conirross. Tim millral
curs would have burked at his heels, but
nie wnoio pcopio wouui navo nad conn
donco in his purity and his Judgment.
President Johnson's policy, as now
enunciated by him, would, ero this,
liavo been carried Into practical cfieet
by Mr. Lincoln; not becauso Mr. Lin
coln was a greater or purer man than
President Johnson, but becauso tho peo
ple had, during tho gloomy years ot the
dreadful struggle through which wo had
been passing, reposed conlldenco in his
Judgment and his honesty, and tho fac
tious partisan lash could not have de
stroyed his power with tho people. I
liopo that cvory honest supporter of
President Lincoln cvory man who
fought in the Held or battled a- homo in
behalf of this glorious Union of ours
will not only cast their ballots, but will
as well exert all their inlluenco against
tiio miserable combination of fanatics;
charlatans, and plunderers, who, under
tho namo of Union Radical party, are
now attempting to rob Mr. Johnson of
Ids good name, and our country of lib
erty. Yours truly,
Dunnis l' Hanks.
THE PUBLIC DEBT.
Tun statement of Secretary M'Cul
Ioch as to tho amount of tho public
debt on tho first of November, 1SG0,
shows a gratifying reduction. The ag
gregate is twenty-two millions less than
in October, and this averago of reduc
tion would show for a year tho largo
sum of two hundred and sixty-four
millions.
This, howovor, refers only to tho fund
ed debt of tho nation. There are Just
claims pending against tho Govern
ment, for wliich appropriations liavo
been mado in part, and for which furth
er provision must bo mado, amounting
to untold millions.
Tho forthcoming report of tho Secre
tary of tho Treasury, to bo sent into
Congress at tho commencement of tho
session, is looked for with an unusual
degroo of interest. Tho Secretary has
hcrotoforo given uudesorved nttcntiun
to tho clamor about u speedy return to
specie payments. Tho clamor is senso
lass, bccauso.lt Is urging an Impossibil
ity. wo hoar much about a redundant
curroncy by persons who scorn to have
.very limited Ideas of tho oxtoutof busi
ness of tho country and tho means of
carrying on oven domestic commorcJul
intercourse. Tho references to other
times and other nations might hayo
force if thoro was nny applicability to
iiiu present cunuiuon oi our country.
Tho example of Franco in carrying on
great wars by tho first Napoleon without
paper money loses itsslgtiificenco, when
it is remembered that ho marched
through fertllo regions, from which ho
took what ho wanted " without money
and without prico." Wo claim to livo
under a Constitution which provides
that "privato property shall not bo
taken for public uso without Just com
ponsatlon," though It must bo conceded
that this Just provision has been' in
many cases shamelessly disregarded.
Tho idea that there can bo a speedy
return to specie payments Is spattered to
tho winds when it Is stated, from ofll
clal 'sources, that all tho specio in tho
country does not amount to threo liuu-
dred millions of dollars. Secretary
Chnso, we hcliovo, estimated thoamount
at about two hundred and twenty mil
lions. Tills being tho case, how is it
poaslblo lo resume paymont with coin
upon such ribasls? If thowholoamount
,voro put fortli to-morrow, It would dis
appear In a weelc, and Und refuge in
privato vnulta aiid In tho stockings of
old women.
Tho plan constantly liarpod upon is
mat or withdrawing from circulation
and retiring tho Government green
backs, What should wo have In their
stead'.' .Not specie, but uutloual haul:
notes pnjicr Issued upon paper n di
luted currency -which must, from Its
very nature, not being n legal tender
between mini und man, be nt n discount
tho nionient tbo greenbacks becomo
scarce. Washington Sunday 'Herald.
MORALITY IN ENGLAND.
I'mnti: has been of lalo some fearful
revelations of tho moral degeneracy of
the " lower orders" in England, but a
pleturo moro appalling Ihau that pre
sented to us of the stato of things in
Liverpool it Is hardly possible lo con
ceive. An inquiry Was a short time
hack instituted by the town council in
totho eauso of tho excessive morality In
that town, and tho report of tho Com
missioners draws a pleturo nt which
humanity must shudder. The follow
ing extinct from a London paper will
give some Idea of the "Slough of Des
pond" into. which that celebrated em
porium has been converted :
" Korfouryonrshasancitldcmleof ty
phus raged with liicrcasinir virulence
among the working population of Liver
pool. iM cnoiera once mho lioidor tno
masses Of fallen humanity, and it can
scarcely bo expected to leave them un
til it lias sucked tiio life-blood from
thousands. Children iro drunk Vi school
ragged schools of course. Women,
for love ui drink, sell every stitch they
wear, savlngjust the last shred of linen,
aim men neaven neip tno wretches
they sell their hair!"
Tills i9tlioovidencoof the Rev. Father
Nugent, who speaks of ono woman, tho
mother of soven children, who sold her
hair to a barber for a quart of beer.
Women havo been " had up" for drunk
enness ono hundred and fourteen times
and moro. In ono court tho women
wero discovered " all drunk" Ono Sun
day afternoon. The children club their
peuco together on Saturday night ,to
have a " spree," and get gloriously inc-
bruited llko their seniors. Tho master
of tho Hibernian school says : " You
might as well attempt to empty tho
Mersey with a bucket as to apply Chris'
tiau instruction while this Hood of in
tcmpcranco is overwhelming us. Chaos
has come over tiio people Their seems
to bo neither law, order, nor decency
among them. " Children dio wliich aro
never bom," says Father Nugent
Ronts go unpaid, for tho landlord fears
to bo pressing, lest his tenants should
"pull the houses down!" "I have four
houses In Henderson Street," says an
agent, and thcro is not apiecoof timber
leftiulhcm. They (tho occupants) will
take away tiio cupboards, tho stair
eases, and tho very slates of tho roof,
and wo cannot catch them."
AVe just quotoono moro horror. A
trademan and ids wlforuluedthomselves
by drink. Tho women fell ill, and lay
In indescribablo filth on her sick bed
for mouths. On a Saturday she died,
and remained untouched till Thursday.
The husband that day obtained ten shil
lings to secure tho necessary nttendanco,
but instead of devoting the money to ita
proper purpose, wcntaudgotdrunkwlth
it. Ho wont homo inthisstateandslopt
with tho corpse I On Friday somo per
sons sent a hearse to take away the body,
but when tho men saw no person to go
with tho funeral, they took her out nnd
threw her down in tho room again,
whero slio lay till tho police had her
buried on tho following Saturday." As
a sequel wo aro told, "an old womau,
who lived underneath, was so much
shocked that she died that night.'
Such is the account that Liverpool gives
of itself.
And all this under that aristocratic
rule of whjch tho "upper classes" of
English society aro wont to boast so
loudly, and of whoso excellencies thoy
aro so prono lo vaunt as presenting a
marked contrast to tho vices of demo
cratic government.
REDEMPTION OP PENN3YL
VANIA LOANS.
" Varikty is tiio spico of life,
Tills adago guidos tho Commissioners
of tho Sinking Fund for tho State of
Pennsylvania. Ono year, when tho
loans wero above par In the market,
they selected an over-duo loan, gavo
uotlco to tho holders that, on a certain
day, it would bo paid oif, and paid it
accordingly. In other years, the loans
being below par, the purchases wero
privately made. How, does not appear
in tiio Auditor-General's published re
ports, but they show that, unluckily.
tho cost approximates very closely tho
highest point in thomarketinthowholo
year, and very far abovo thp averago
rate of open sales. This year another
mode is adopted. Public notlco was
givn by tho Commissioners on tho
twenty-ninth of October (thodatoof tho
ilrst notlco which wo recall) that pro
posals for tho snloof two million dollar
Pennsylvania loans would bo received
until tho fifteenth of November, allow-
ing only twenty days, which precluded
all foreign holders from competln
This could not havo been designed by
tho Commissioners; but, as suspicious
peoplo abound, this clrcumstanco, com
blued witli tho possibility that tho tlmo
at which theao bids wero to bo invited
might have accidentally becomo known
early In the year to some cnterprisltit;
parties, and that the market prico has
been gradually creeping up, has not
escaped their uotlco, and the prediction
has been mado that forestallors will sup
ply this sudden aud unexpected do
main!.
. Wo repeat our hitherto oxtfrorisot
opinion that tho modes of redeeming the
public debt adopted by tho Commis
sioners aro wrongs on tho community
aud upon tho reputation of tho Com
monwcaltli. There aro about twenty
millions of oyer-duo loans, which, not
having been paid when thoy matured
ought at least to bo paid in tho order of
their maturity. Tho law docs not pro
scribe either of the plans adopted by the
commissioners. It contemplates a re
doniptlon of tho loans. Hut common
sense and common honesty Indicate the
only course satisfactory to a community
whoso nrst euro is for tho honor of tho
Commonwealth. Philadelphia Ledger.
The livo Swann got tho better of the
Dud Duv'k iu Maryland cu Tuesday.
GENERAL PRESS DISPATCHES,
From Washington.
Tint Titoora aiiout Washington.
It has been qutlo froquontly stated of
Into, and was on Wednesday positively
reiterated In tbo Washington corrcspon-
lcnco of a New York Journal, that thcro
aro ironi twclvo to 11 neon thousand
troons In tho forts around Washington
and Baltimore, and much speculation Is
Indulged in ns to the meaning of tho
presence of so largo a forco in this vicin
ity. Tho facts aro that the entlro num
ber of troops in tho Department of
Washington which includes tho Dis
trict of Columbia, and tho States of Ma
ryland, Delaware, West Virginia, and
Virginia combined is less than fifteen
thousand, all told. Certainly nobody
need bo alarmed at this forco.
THE I-AClriO lCAII.llOAl).
Tho lino of route of tho Union Taclllc
Railroad, Eastern Division, having been
changed from tho Republican Fork to
the Smoky Hill Fork of tho Kansas
River, tho Commissioner has Instructed
tho Register and Receiver nt Junction
City, Kansas,to rcstoro soineslxtccn hun
dred thousand acrcsof land to settlement
and entry under tho pre-emption and
homestead laws, and tho Register and
Receiver at Hiownsvllle, Nebraska, to
restore about llfteen liundrodjthousiiml
acres. Tho restoration docs not make
tho lands subject to sale at privato entry,
but only renders them accessible to tie
tual sottleif.
Till: lUIlKLT TAX IS SOUTH CAItOMSA.
The ilnal accounts of the commission
er appointed to collect tho United States
direct taxlntlioHtato of North Carolina
havo been submitted to tho Treasury
Department. Over four hundred thous
and dollars hao been collected at a
small oxpenso to the Government. Tho
resignations of tho Commissioners,
Messrs. John R. French, 11. Potter, Jr.,
and E. II. Sears, liavo been accepted, , to
take ofiect December first, by which
time it Is expected that most, if not all,
tho commissioners for collecting tho di
rect tax will bo closed.
iwrcuNAi. unvjiNUG recmits.
Tho Internal Revonuo receipts to
Wednesday for tho present month are
?1',SS 1,013, and for tho month aro likely
to reach about $l!l,u00,000, which is a
material falling olf from tho same month
last year. The receipts of tho present
fiscal year to Wednesday are, in round
numbers, $111,000,000. Commissioner
Rollins is now exclusively engaged on
his annual report, and ono featuro will
bo a comparative showing of tho work
ings of tho new law, as contrasted with
the law of last year.
TJ1K raiAlMCU'IIIA BUIlVKYOn.
The indications aro now that Joseph
Soverns, Esq., will bo appointed Sur
veyor of tho Port of Philadelphia.
AIHIIVAI. Olf OONOKESSMEN.
Thocity is becoming quilo lively by tho
arrival of Members of Congross, lobby
ists, ofnec-huutors, and others who fre
quotitheroduringtliosessioii of Congress.
Iho lobbies of most of tho principal
hotels were crowded this evening, tho
first time for many weeks. The Whlto
House was visited on Monday by an un
usual number of porsons. Among tho
distinguished persons who called on tho
President OA Monday wero tho Hon
John Morrissey and Minister Dix, of
Now ork, Genemls Frank P. Blair and
Fenian Sweeney.
j.iUKiiAi.on-'EB.
W. W. Corcoran has mado a proposl
tlon to donato to tho Government his
magnificent estate, lying two miles from
the city, for a Presidential Park, on tho
condition that tho committee appointed
by Congress to select a suitablo spot shall
locate the park on and nrouirdit. Coun
ter influences aro being oxortcd, with a
viow to tho location of tho park north
west of tho city, where tho faco of tho
country prcsonts superior natural ad
vantages for oxocuting tho designs of
tho G&vornment on a magnificent scale,
and tho chairman of tho committee has
appointed an early day on which to ex
amino tho advantages of this locality
with tiio senior Mr. Blair. It is prob
ablo, notwithstanding Mr. Corcoran's
liandsorao offer, that tho northwestern
part of the city will bo selected, on ac
count of its excellent adaptation to tiio
landscape and ornamental gardenings.
ASOf JIUIl COUNTEKVKITEll AlUIESTEn.
A person named P. E. Reim, of Wil
Ilani3burg, Now York, has been arrest
od by one of tho vigilant detectives of
tho Treasury Department, for countor-
foItingUnltedStatesfractloiialcurrency.
A plato for a fifty cont stamp was found
In his possession. It was abstracted
from tho printing bureau of the Treas
ury Department.
recall or the siAnticii dc HosniOLos nis
SUCCEH-JOU.
Mr. Berthomy. formerlvChief of Ciibi
net for M. Thouvcnal whilo MlnUtpr
of Foreign Affairs, latterly Minister to
uniun, succeeds tho Marquis do Month
Ion, who has received his instructions to
repair to Lisbon. It Is to bo regretted
mat mo larquis leaves. His long resl
denco In this country and Ids know!
edgo of its manners and customs havo
mudo him very acceptable. Ho mar
ried an American lady, tho daughter of
General Gratiot. Ills knowledgo of
Mexican nfrairs, having resided thcro
for some tlmo during tho usurpation of
Maximilian, rendorod him particularly
lit at tho present time, when tho affairs
of that republic aro about culminating
in tho downfall of the so-called empire
Tho doparturo of tho Marouis will bo
bourco of great regret to his numerous
frionus heroin this country.
awaud iif rum: movby.
Tho prlzo Mary Cllnton, captured
during tho RobolIIon by tho steamer
Powhatan, has been recently decreed hv
the Fourth Auditor for division among
tno captors. Tiio Subsistence and Quar
tormaster Divisions of tho Third Audi
tor's olllco havo J list suecedod in catch
Ing up with their work, having been bo-
Itind time since tho closo of tho Rebel
Hon. In consouuenco. a malorltv nf flu,
clerks In thoso olllcos will bodlscharged,
as It requires but a small forco 'o e mtlnue
wie rouimo uusiiioas.
LATEST NEWS.
P0REIGN AND D0MESTI0,
EUltOPJEA,. ,NEVS,
FRANCE.
A NOTE FRCTM T1IK l-'RKNCK MINI8TRR
I'OH FOREIGN Al'l'AllW.
I'aiiih, Tuesday, Novemlier 29.
It is understood that M. Moustlcr, tho
French Minister, is preparing a noto on
the Mexican question. It is understood
that It will bo crinclllatory toward the
United States, and will not Object to tho
recognition of the Juarez Government.
NAl'OI.KON AND THE KINO OP PRUSSIA.
l'Aim, Tuesday, November SO.
It is said that Napoleon has invited
tho King of Prussia to visit Paris.
ITALY.
THE rnEPANATIONS VOK TIIE EVACU
ATION OP HOME IlYTHE PUENC1I.
l'Aiitl, Tuomliiy, November SO.
Tho preparations for tho evacuation
of Romo by tho French troops will bo
finally completed on tho fifteenth of
December.
RUSSIA.
NEW IiOAN l'UT IN TIIE MAIIKET.
Losiioy, Tuosilny, Novel ubar 110.
Tho new Russian loan of soventy
million florins has been Introduced in
thu market.
ENGLAND.
THE MANCHESTER NATIONAL HEFOI1M
CONPEUENCE.
MiscUEiTfit, Tuesilfty, Novombor JO.
At tho National Reform Conference
hold in this city, it was resolved to uso
all possiblo efforts to counteract tbo tac
tics of the Tories, nnd to proparo tho
outlines of a Reform Bill.
DOMESTIO NEWS.
PENNSYLVANIA.
DISCHAKOE OP KAIMIOAU CONnUCTOIW
MUEIi SUITS AGAINST THE NATION
AL POLICE OAZETTE.
Pirrsiiuito.-.'fucHtlny, Novombcr 20.
Consiijeuaiile remark and surmiso
has boon 'created by tho summary dis
chargo of soven of the oldest and most
prominent conductors of tho Western
Division of tho Pennsylvania Railroad,
and their vacancies' filled by new con
ductors. Rumored changes will bemado
on other divisions. No cause Is assigned
for these removals.
Notices liavo been sorved on iiowb-
dculors of this city against tho sale of
tho National Palice Gazette, of New
York, wliich Is alleged to contain a libel
on a young lady iu Alleghany, in con
nection with tho Prestloy case. Libel
suits ure about to bo instituted.
FLORIDA.
GOVERNOK MAP.VIN'i MESSAGE.
Auucsta, Tuosilny, Novomber 20,
Governor Marvin, of Florida, in a
message to tho Legislature, takes ground
against tho Constitutional Amendment,
presenting at length the reasons wliich
call for the opposition of tho people of
tho Stato to its ratification. Ho also al
ludes to tho coAfllct between tho mili
tary authorities, and tho President's pol
icy, as shown by the interference of the
former witli tho civil tribunals iu disre
gard of tho President's proclamation,
and setting up special judicial tribunals
in violation of tho United Statoa Consti
tution,
TFNNESSEE.
THE LEOISLATUllE DEG'LAP.KD BOGUS.
Nasiivii.lb, Tuesday, November SO.
At Murfreesboro, on Saturday, Judgo
Henry Cooper, of tho Circuit Court, do-
cided that tho present Stato Legislature
was bogus, and tho Francklso Law un
constitutional. NEW ORLEANS.
OPENING OP THE STATE PAIR IM
POSING KELIGIOU8 CEREMONIES
PONTIPICAL HIGH MASS.
New Oui.KAN-9, Tuesday, Novombor SO.
Tho great event of tbo day lias been
tho opening of tho first Loulsiann Stato
Fair, nt thijfuir grounds, four miles from
tho city. Over thirty thousand people
woro prosont. Mozart'a Twelfth Mass
was performed by over fifty artists and
a grand orcliostra, and a pontifical high
mass by Mo.it Reverend Archbishop
Odin, beginning at noon. Tho regular
opening ceremonies began with prayor
by Right Rovftrend Bishop of Louis
iana, Dr. J. P. B. Wilmer, assisted by
tho Episcopal clergy. Addresses were
then made by Isami M. Marks, Ksq.,
President of tho Association j Judgo W.
M. Buswell lu Kngllsh, aud Judgo Vic
tor Burtlic in French, the orators of tho
day. Immense quantities of machinery
and Implements aro on tho grounds, and
moro arriving; also horsos, horned cat
tle, and othor Improved stock. It prom
ises to bo tho starting-point of a now era
of unexamplod prosperity to tho South
west. NORTH CAROLINA.
aoVEUNOH WORTH'S MESSAGE.
Eai,eiuh, Tueiidny, November 3).
Governor Worth's message was sent
to tho Legislature to-day. After dis
cussing purely local affairs, and tho
hopeful aspect, ho thon declares that
law and order oxlst at nil miints. Tim
civil authorities give adequato punish-
muiii, to an oiiuntiers. Justico Is meted
out to all colors, Ho opposes negro suf
frage and the Howard Amondniout, and
recommends tho Northern States to cn
courugo tho diffusion of frecdmen in
their midst. Ho says every tiling seems
to invito emigration to the dominant
States, but tho most of them aro too
poor to, pay tho expenses of moving.
Tho difficulty may bo overcome by di
verting tho appropriation to sustain tho
Frcedmen's Bureau to defraying the
expenses of thoso who may chooso to
move. Kach one chooses tho State or
Territory to which ho would go. Whon
loft free, and aided, thoy may go whoro
they think their condition will bo better
ed, and no ground will bo left for further
sectional strife As to their govern
mynt, the military and civil authorities
aro harmonious, Tho balanco of tho
message Is dovoted to the
of crime and pauperism j taking caroof
mo poor; uppreuttcing negro children ;
tho election of a United States Senator;
tho Military Academy ; and tho like. .
MEXICAN AFFAIRS.
Maximilian's Reported Attompt to
Loavo Mexiooi
Itifl Intontiona Accidentally Botrayod
wad Pruotratod by tho Pronoh.
WHY
A FORMAL ABDICATION
DEMANDED.
IS
WAsniJtaToN, THcmlny, November SO.
Ministeb Romeuo lias received the
following:
Vbiia Cadi, November 1, ISO.
Maximilian has not sailed yet, nor Is
it likely ho will sail soon, ns tho French
would not allow him to leave until he
signed a formal abdication. A llttlo in
discretion of tho Commander of tho
ustrlan frigate Dondala hoa boon tho
causo of this.
Whon Maximilian left Moxico Gen
oral Bazulno thought that ho carno to
Orizaba merely on a llttlo oxcttrslon, as
no liatl gono to Cuornavacn and other
places.
Day boforo yesterday tho Commnndcr
of tho JJondato received at midnight a
dispatch from Maximilian ordering him
to havo his frlgato ready- yesterday at
five o'clock p.m., at which tlmo Maxi
milian expected to bo hero, nnd wanted
to sail uUouce. As soon as the Austrian
Commander recelvod this dispatch ho
called on M. Peyron, tho French Com
mandcr, to take leavo of him, showing
tho dispatch he had received, and ask
lug orders for Trieste M. Peyron sent
nt onco this information to General Baz-
nino, who dispatched instructions by
telegraph to tho French Commanders at
Orizaba, Cordova, and Vera Cruz, not
to nllow Maximilian to escape, nnd ad
dressed himself to tbo Archduke, stat
ing that ho know ills plan to fly from
Mexico, but that ho could not bo per
mitted to do so uules3 ho would formally
abdicate.
The reason of this conduct Is, that
should Maximilian leavo without
formal abdication, tho position of tho
French would bo very difficult and ri
diculous j while, if ho abdicates in their
favor, they will bo released from their
engagements toward him. It is said
that Maximilian will bo obliged to re
turn to tho City of Mexico and submit
to Bazai no's terms.
FIENDISH OUTRAGES.
The Chicago Times gives the details
of Outrages committed by an old man
of slxty-fivo, tho liko of which could
hardly find a parallel among tho sava
ges. After giving accounts of provious
outrages committed by tho fiend, It fur
nishes the following, which led to his
arrest: "About two years ago George
Ilartman, a common laborer, whilo do
ing a job of work, becamo ncquaintod
with Frederick Beck. As both men
worked upon tho samo Job thoy soon
becamo Intimate, nnd Ilartman finally
invited UecK to visit him at his house,
Tho Invitation was readily accepted by
tho latter, nnd ho soon ingratiated him
self into tho good will of Hartman's
family, particularly that of his llttlo
daughter Susan, about cloven years of
ago. Ho mado her soveral small pres
cuts In tho courso of a week or two, and
finally invited her to his iiouso, for tho
ostensible purposo of making her
present. The day before Easter, 1801
the little girl went ;to Beck's liouso to
receivo tho promised gift. Slio had
howover, no sooner euterod thodwelling
wnon, as it is alleged, tho dastardly
wrotcii commlttod an outrago upon her,
At first she strenuously resisted his ef
forts, and cried aloud for help; but
when ho pointed to tho wall from
which hung a gun and sword, she be
came too much Intimidated to mako
further resistance, nnd his dovillsh pur
poso was accomplished. His threats of
vengoanco completely sealed the lips of
the young girl, and tho fear of his anger
put ncr unuor His compielo control
Beck now gavo up his own house, and
looitupnis pcrmanontabodowith Hart
man, aud for a year nnd a half the child
had to submit, nt intervals, to his tin-
holy embrace About two months ago,
witnin tno inpso of twenty-four hours
uotn ilartman and his wifo died of
cholera. This loft their child all alone
in tho world, and gavo Beck complete
control over tno orphan. Slio managed
nowever, to escapo from him, and, giv
ing iniormation, caused his arrest. Dur
ing the progress of tho trial tho office
of Justico Sclioenwold was densely
crowded by tho neighbors and residents
of tho locality, and it was with tho ut
most difficulty that tho officers could
restrain tho crowd from doing tho prls
uuvi uuuuy injury, tiio crowd woro
clamorous In their demands that ho
should bo hung on tho spot."
WnAT WRITINGS REQUIRE
STAMPS.
Tho following Information will prove
valuable to business men generally, and
should bo kept for reference:
1. Instruments of writing dated bo-
stam ' 1BGU' l' nt rell,,r0 a
'liioso dated betweon Aiupnuf nt
ISC
mwl A 1 n.. .i -'
nnvv.i,f!ifn,,nyni0,,tof th0 i,oniilly tf"
nnl'i S,S!Sr Augustflrst .1801
- tituiiiiia i jiii. Iran
bo stamped upon the paymont of tho
And every assignment of a note,
flitCte,?,.,,lV0,lt, fs ,,m(1 f,i,,(',, 0c
first, W without regard to tho date of
tiio note, is to ho stamped as tin anSl
mont, viz: live cents, no inn tier l ow
largo or small tho note may be.
All persons having notes unstnmned
should have them stamped at once. A
receipt for money or"i roporty of over
twenty del ars, no matter what I o
amount, only requires u two-cent stniuj'
Ktumi
........ niiwu nr. uitcr use uv
tho Court, Register, or Recorder.
.!. Thoso dated August first, IKGil.nud
moro than twolvo months old, nmv bo
stuuinod before tlinTTnltlKt.w.L r...Vi .....
MASONIC CELEBRATION.
Au Immonso Gathoring of Masons and
, SpeotatorSi
Tho Knights Tomplars Prosont a Gor-
goous Appoaranco.
T1IR GIUNI) PHOOUSSION REVIEW
ED BY PRESIDENT JOHNSON.
IUltijioiib, Tuesday, November 20.
Contrary to expectations, tho weath
er thlsinornIug is clear nnd favorablo
for tho great Masonic procession, which
is now forming. President Johnson ar
rived at nlno o'clock, nnd was received
at tho depot by Governor Swann, and
taken to his residence. Tho streets are
thronged with peoplo, and tho turnout
Is immense. Tho procession is a very
brilliant nffalr. Tho Brotherhood aro
alt clad in full suits of black cloth, 1m
parting a lino uniform appearance to the
lino. Numerous fino bands of music
glvo tho display much additional inter
est. The various Commanders and
Grand Commanders of tiio Knights
Templars, in their rich and elegant mil
forms, Impart a degree of gorgeousnosa
which hoa rarely, if ever, been equalled
by any similar display in this country
Thcro aro many magnificent banners
and flags In tiio processlotij richly em
blazoned with tho symbols of tho Order,
conspicuous among wliich aro tho red
cross banners and Hags of tho Templars. (
It is estimated that from flvo to six
tho'usund persons aro in the lino of tho
procession. TliO Columbia Commimd
ery, from Washington, aro accompanied
by tho celebrated Marino Baud. The
procession is now marching to tho slto
selected for tho erection of tho now Tem
ple, on Charles Streot, adjoining St.
Paul's Church, whero thero is an im
mense gathering of peoplo. Tho stands
erected for spectators aro crowded witli
ladies. President Johnson and Gover
nor Swaun occupy seats on tho -main
stand.
BECOND niSI'ATCH
llAivriMourc, Mo., Novomlwr 7).
Tho President rovlewcd tho proces
sion from tho steps of GovornorSwann's
residence, tho entire procession uncov
ering as it passed boforo him. The Pres
ident woro his Masonic regalia. As tho
procession passod around Washington's
monumoiit the Brothers all again uncov
ered in respect to tho memory of their
Brother Qcorgo Washington, and tho
bands perforniod funeral inarches. The
head or the procession readied Its desti
tinatlon about ono o'clock, when tho
whole lino was halted with open ranks,
the Grand Lodge' and tho Commander
ies of Knights Templars marching up
through tho ranlcs of tho subordinate
Lodges and occupying their proper po
sitions wi thlu tiio inclosuro.
Tho procession was formed with, tho
Junior lodges in advance. Among the
lodges from othor cities were subordi
nate lodges from Washington, Alexan
dria, Norfolk, Petersburg, Lynchburg,
Winchester, Siioppardstown, and other
points in Virginia; and among the Com
manderics of Knights Templars there
wero thoo from Philadelphia, Now
York, Now Jersoy, Louisville, Ky., and
Washington.
As soon as tho procession had gather
ed around tho site of tho new temple,
and the positions assigned to tho vari
ous lodges had been taken up, tho Grand
Lodgo of Maryland was opened with
the ceremonies appointed for such occa
sions. Mot Worthy Grand Mmtor
John Coato3 directed tho oxercises,
which consisted of tho usual impressivo
ritual, ami tho chanting of soveral
hymus written for tiio occasion.
After tiic eorncr-stono had boon final
ly adjusted, and formally doclared to
bo "a foundation stone well formed,
truo and trusty," tho Grand Master giv
ing threo knocks upon tho stone saying :
"Know all you who hear mo, wo pro
claim ourselves free and lawful Masons,
truo to all tho laws of tho country, pro
fessing to fear God and to confor benefits
on Mankind. We practico universal
benotlcenco toward nil. Wo havo secrets
concealed from tho eyes of men which
may not bo revealed to any but Masons,
and which no coitwi has yot discovered.
They are, howover, lawful and honora
ble. Unless our craft was good nnd our
calling honest theso secrets would not
havo oxlsted for so many tronorations.
nor should wo havo had so many illus
trious personages as brothers or our or
dor, always ready to sanction our pro
ceedings nnd contribute to our welfaro.
Wo aro assembled in tho broad faco or
open day, under the canopy or Heaven,
to build a temple for Masonry. May
God prosper our handiwork as it shall
most please Him. May this temple be
como a palace wherein just and upright
Masons may practise benevolence, pro
moto harmony, and cultivate brotherly
lovo, until thoy shall nil assemble in tho
Orand Lodgo abovo, whore tho world's
droit Archltoct lives and reigns for-os-or."
Then followed tho singing of tho
psalm () praise yo tho Lord." The
ceremonial was then concluded by pour
ing corn, wine, and oil upon the stone,
the Grand Master making a solemn in
vocation at cadi libation, and conclud
ing as follows:
"May corn, wlno, and oil, and all tho
necessaries of life 'abound u ong l 0n
hroughout tiio world, and may tho
bless ug of tho Alqilgh'ty God bo ... m
this undertaking j and may the Htn e
ro hero to bo erected bo preserved to
tho In est oges, Iu order that it m; y pro
Isitett fur W'l"'t,i: 11
The Grand Master (hen presents the
uiiuuiiium.s to inn architect, saying:
n.i'l!'(ym1'' ,5!'otlu!r Architect, are con
fided tiio luiploments of oporntiv" m -sonry,
with tho fullest co .11,1 , ,jj ,
by your skill nnd taste u , " .''
X n .n'4' My"Kluro lr many
!KS!l,l,wl or th0 ulHTOluy oV
Thon, aftor (ho performance of appro
prlato musiu by thu band, J. N. U, ut
robo delivered, an oration.
NEWS ITEMS.
PiiftAriAftTH aro said to bo abundant
in tho wood of Maine, nnd hunters nro
taking them down rapidly.
A London omnibus driver discovered
a packet of two thousand pounds in hit
vehicle Ho rcturuou it to uio owner.
Cincinnati la doing a big bushiest
shipping guns and ammunition South
for tho darkeys, Bo is Bosidifr
John C. Hay has been nppolntod fit
tornal Rovcnuq Assessor for tho Tenth
Pennsylvania District.
The Pittsburg Post says Jane Swiss
helm and Parson Brownlow aro "both
as ugly as mortal sin, nhd Jitat ns bad w
ugly." Fact, too.
W. T. Walker, United EJtntos Infer
nal Rovcnuo agent for tho Pacific coast,
has boon Indicted for maircasauco In of
flee.
An oxtonslvo business is carried ou fti
England huntlugup portraits for Amer
icans In order to mako galleries of on
cestors. The wlfo of Carpenter Daniol Jonos,
United States Navy, attached to tho
Portsmouth Navy Yard, was burned to
death on Friday evening by tho burst
ing of a korosone lamp.
Jane Swissuei.m, who was formerly
aGovcrnmontclcrk,wagsnnuglytonfa'tie,
Slio calls tho President " tho madman,
who. hv tho wrath of God nnd. folly of
the Republican party, now holds tho
capital of this nation." Jano must b&
first cousin to Forney nhd Bergncr.
The Essex (Massachusetts) JJanner
says that so many shoo manufactures in
IIuYerhlll havo shortened production
that several huudrcd workman have
left town.
The Memphis Commercial nnd tho
Memphis Argus havo been united, un
der tho namo of tho Memphis Commer
cial ami Argus. Leon Trousdalo is the
leading editor.
An extensive firo In Paris Inst month
was instantly extinguished by tho burst
ing of thred bottles of sulphuric ether,
tho contents of-which mixing witli tho
atmospheric air, put an end to tho com
bustion.
Taylor Dr.roT,at Nashvlllo, tho larg-
est Government depot Of supplies In tho
United States, containing soveral times
during tho war fifty million dollnr
wortli of commissary stores, is being
torn down and rcmovrd.
A rAv exists in Germany to prevent
drinking on tho Sabbath during Dlvino
service. It ruii3 thus: "Any pcrsou
drinking In an nlo houso during servlco
on Sunday, or othor holiday, may legal
ly depart without paying."
Five officers of tho Japaneso navy
aro now stopping nt tho Metropolitan
Hotel, Now York, having como to this
country for tho purposo of studying the
languago, customs, nnd army and navy
systems of tho United States.
The peoplo of Northern Georgia aro
still unable to talk of anything but tho
gold doposlts. Tho Atlanta Intelligencer
says it saw a pan of dirt so rich that It
is calculated it would yield five hundred
dollars to tho ton. The Kentucky Sliver
and Lead Company Is also doing finoly.
Tho mino near Russel's envo produces
lead and silver In considerable quanti
ties. Somo of tho lead oro is nvaitablo
for tho manufacture of whlto lead.
Aiulltor'. N.i(lre.-i:Hle nf ClirliltnD
Eimbacb, docoanoil. Tlin unilcrMcmHl Auilltnr.ap
pointod by tbo Orihnns' Court of Columbia Coun
ty to innlco rtlstrlbutloii of iho Imlnnco lit thu
linmlanf .Tmmthnn i l'.tnnlnirlnn fwlmltiUtrfttnr
iirthoi'ktntiinfrhrlHtlnn Lnutmcli, Into of Colum
bia (!ounty, (li'efis.oil, will inept tbo part lux Inli-r-ostoil,
for tho purpohoof hla nppoltitniont, on Fri
ilny, tho SJIli day of NovomW Instant, nt 10
...,.'n ntn., M. UIIIVM 111 J 1I 1 Jl I ttlf II I Illll'll
anil whero nil pnrllcs luterrstod must nppcnr nml
prosont tholr claim, or ho deburrod from eomlns
In for n sliuru of tho fund.
'CO. IlARltLEY, Atulltor.
llloomsburR, Nov. 1, IMH.-it
AilmlnUtrator'a Notice I.tttemr ofAil-
mlnhtrntlim on tho attain of Abraham Rnbblii",
Into nf I'lsblni! Cirolc Townihlp, In Iho County of
f'olumbln, drc!m.nil, having Iwen grunted to llm
unrtrsli;ni!i by thnRi;Wcrf Willi, nil pornoim
Indebted to ald oitato nre roqiiontod to malm
payment, nml thoja hnvlnR elnlms ivgoltut tho
fcnlcl itato to prowmt them to
DIANA ROIUIINH.
. , . . JACKHON LABOUn,
('UhlDB Crook, Oetobor 21, im-tf
Notice. All pemons knowing' theinnlre-i
Indebted. In olthorof tbo undersigned, on Hook,
Notc.or Judgment, aro requested, to mako pay
mont without delay, If thoy would novo cost.
M'KEI.VKV. NHAI. A CO., and
WII.MAM M'KEliVEY & CO.
To Hotel ami Snlnnii kctpera of Illoomi-
ImrK'and Columbia fiounty. I liavo 'appointed
.Mr. II. Btobner agent for tho salo of my nlo, porter,
brown f.tout, ami lager boor, who will supply ) on
nt Iho Knino pi leo (nnd Willi tho hamo article), oh I
would fiirnlnh you from (ho browery. Knoowlnn
thut ho will bo punctual and attentlvo to nil hn
may favor lilm with their trado, I solicit, for hlni
your support. Vory respectfully,
' KURD I.AUER,
Kloam Rrowory, Reading, I.
Notice riiifiiies, UMaliof Levi Ashton,
laleof t'lnn Township, docewLlil, To tlioholrsnnd
legal representatives 'of Tm-i Aiit, iniArninA
Township, Columbia County, dccoasoit, to wit: to
Wllll.im .1. Spmwl, Ann Ashton.parali Kvm, who
rcsldo In Columbia County, Htepben fiprowl, ot
"'" nra, .nriuumnerlnnil County, Aponeth
lless. of Now Cnlumliiin. r ,ltrnn Pj-innlv rnl.,.
HouldliiH nml Alton lives, of nrim,,' urn. t-.i
County, Htnto of .Now Yuri:, l'arvln Rves, of'ciiy
iiin!j.i i-aui, wimnw uounty, Rtnto of Ohio, nnd
Jesso liven, of ('nlirornln, you nml each of yon
nro lioreby notified tlmt lu pursuance, of it writ ot
part Ulan or valuation IhsuoiI out it tho OrpliiV
Court of Columbia County for tho partition or
valuation of tho loal ostato of sal. I deceased, sit
unto III tiio Township of Tine, In fcnltt county, !
aoeriuin mus-iu.-igo nml tr.net of land sltunln
iu I'lno Township. In said count,- n,iiii 1a,i
of n.;nj.mln Hvon on tlin north nnd oast, lands ot
....in, ,,run mo Bouin, nmt John Leggot on Iho
wesl,ia)iitnlnliis Ion acres, moro or loss, anions
tho lu Irs ami leunl rinn-sr nl,uiv, r,r ,,, ni,i
ceiisKd, I will hold nn impicst on tho said premis
es, In Pine, Township, ,)n Tuesday, tho CTlli dy
iii"i-i in-Ai.iii iioeiwic in the forenoon or
Wild day, when nil. I whejo you aro requested to
attend If yon tlilulc proper.
BAMIIKU BNYDKR.Hhrrlir.
Sheriff's Officii, nioonuhurg, Bop. 15, lSfi0.-ltt.
Aiiilll..., .
ii,, i.'.fl ,'!V?,V 10 AuiUUiriipiKilntiid by tlin
h i i,'? 5 -".,1r' '!f ' I'''1 County lo make i ill-
iriliiUinLf 1 V in nniiils of Ilio au-
,.in v .1 . "'"-"u among nis creuuorr,
nlll meet tho parlies (Molested, for die pnrprxn
?7 nll ' 'ii'"0.". ,"" Baturdny, Nniember
lilt . "'i1''' at hi olllco lu
. , " vv." u,m wnero nil lwrsons in
!f. 'i "!l ln,',,IK,1 If they ,o proper, And pre-
(larollo m,JiJi.l"w0'WAV, AmVtor.
l..!nH,'l'f 0i,l:'AUV Munch, .lrcen.nl,-
riiiiiVin i. i , ."llilV11 "lKm iniiiisialooi ,o
I'm m?v tnTi'l !'f Township, 111 llm
..,.. . "'""'Mil, IMN'CUH , llfl Villi! lUMUl
f ilms' ,rl "'?W'Umtanl.U wVii" "wvln
de -u J.Vi , , l",in'.U Wi'"1 lo cstnl,, of llm s iM
,.i,i ,,. :! ' ""'"' nie snnm kiiuu
AM, I CRMO or
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