THE FREEMAN. 3&fSBUIi9. PA.. 'JftamOAt, i : : Uiki 1818W. i-LJi. SfStL J 1 QjHWno.- la an article rn cur last paper oa tie Inaugural Address we were made to stale the number of persons disfran chised Id the Santa at twenty-fi va thousand. What we wrote was, that there were Jive hundred thousand white men in the South ern States who are excluded from the ballot-box in order that Northern carpet bag gers may misrepresent the Southern people In the Senate and House of Representatives at Washington. Afraid of I lie People. It is the highest right of the people of a State that their constitution shall not he al tered or amended without their consent legally expren-ed through the ballot-box So jealous of this great right were tie mem bers of the Convention that framed the pres ent Constitution of our State, that they protected it with a triple shield, and re quired thst any future amendment to it rnut receive the sanction of two successive legislatures and afterwards be approved by a rote of the perple. The Concessional npgro amendment pro poses to strike the word vhitc from the constitution of this State. This is the bold est attempt that has yet been made toward centralizing power in the general govern ment, and is the weightiest blow yet deliver ed against the sovereignty of the States. If this amendment is ratified hy three-fourths cf the State legislatures it will work a com plete charge in onr t-ystem of republican goveramcnt. It will destroy the right of each State, heretofore held sacred, to regulate the qualifications of its own voters, atd will recognise in Congress a power dangerous to, if not absolutely subversive of, the well settled right of the people in their sovereign capacity to change or alter their constitu tion. No party that was not steeped to the very eyes in fraud and deceit would attempt to force this measure upon the people by the Bheer force of accidental numerical strength and in direct violation of its own solemn pledge. What did the Chicago Convention mean when it declared that '-the question of suffrage in all the loyal States j-roperly be longs to the people of those Slates'"? It meant that negro suffrage should not, by any action of the Republican party, be imposed on a State without the consent of ita people expressed through the ballot-box. And yet, in nine months after that pledge was given to the American people, it is openly, shamelessly and perfidiously violated. It seems almost like a dream that such an act of political treachery could be perpetrated without stirring the indignation of the peo ple to its profoundest depths. Why is it that the leaders of the radical party are afraid to submit the question of negro suffrage to a vote of the people? It is because they feel and know that an over whelming majority of the votes of this State are opposed to it, and being conscious of that fact they are about to usurp the power of the people and by a legislative ratifica tion of the negro suffrage amendment to' perpetrate a base and infamous political fraud. The radical members of the legisla ture are prepared to do what their party declared at Chicago last May should not be doue. The people are to bs villainously cheated and defrauded by their faithless and recreant representatives out of a sacred right guaranteed to them by their own State con stitution. The amendment has been rati fied by our State Senate by a 6trict party vote. When it is ratified by the House, as it surely will be, we would like to know where are the reserved rights of Pennsylva nia as expressly guaranteed to her by the constitution of the Uuited States. They will be at the mere whim and caprice of the great overshadowing power which now dominates at Washington. Wbea the amendment was before the Senate last week Mr. Wallace offered the following preamble and resolutions: Whereas the Congress of the United States has proposed an amendment to the Constitution thereof, to be known ns Article XV, which changes the rule of suffrage now existing in this Commonwealth, and substi tutes therefor another and a different rule, .which said amendment is now submitted to the legislatures of the different States for ratification, anil Whkreas. "All power is inherent in the people," aud it is right that they should have an opportunity to vote for or against the ratification of the said amendment and to determine whether they will or will not change the tule of suffrage now existing, therefore Resolved, That the Judiciary Committee fcf the Senate be and they are hereby instiuct ed to prepare and forthwith report to the Senate a bill for the submission cf the ques tion of the ratification of the said amendment to the peoj le at the election in October, 1869. Resolved, That the Senate will not act upon the question of the ratification of the paid amendment to the Constitution cf tha United States at its preseot session, but wii! await the action of the people at the polls thereon. These resolutions were scornfully rejected by the radical majority. The outrage must be inflicted note, and the people be deprived of the right of expressing their views on the question at the next October election. This is the last and boldest attempt of a revolu tionary party, aiming at peeuliarly political purposes, to undermine and destroy the Tights of the people of the State. - No effort has been made to defend the Iniquity none can be made. If the people have not been given over to otter judicial blindness thev will not Bubmit to it. Grant's independence as it U called In nominating busines men instead of ex perienced statesmen as his Cabinet - officers is likely to result as did the independence of Slaymaker's bull when he disputed the right of way with the locomotive and en rteavored to butt it off the bridge. We all know what happened to the ball. Grant's Sccosid Wilderness. The overweening confidence In bis ability rnocecsfully to administer the affairs cf the government, which forrood so marked a fea ture in the inaugural address, brought Gen. Grant to sudden grief. It was the inevitable consequence of a man of purely military antecedents, like Gen. Grant, attempting to form a cabinet without consulting with the more experienced members of his party. If be had felt that natnral distrust in his capa city for the high effice upon which he was about to enter, which other Presidents greater than he have felt and were not afraid to avow, he would not hare iDVolvod him self in a very unpleasant position at thm very threshold of his administration. His great official blunder realized the danger which usually besets an inexperienced hand ia playing with edged tools. In less than forty-eight hours after le had appointed A. T. Stewart Secreiary of the Treasury it was discovered that he was ineligible under the provisions of an act of Congress drawn eighty years ago by Alexander Hamilton and ap proved by George Washington. The law rcfcircd to prohibits any ptrson frorn being appointed Secretary of the Treasury who may diiectly or indirectly be concerned or interested in carrying on the business of trade or commerce. Mr. Stewart, being Urgely engaged in commercial pursuits, culd not, of course, legally hold the office. To relieve himself from this dilemma General Grant sent a message to the S-eate asking that bdy to exempt Mr. Stewait from the operation of this statute. But that body not manifesting any willingnss to comply with his requtet, he withdrew his nsensag. A paper was tlei prepared and executed by Stewart, in which he transferred and set over to certain trustees all the gains and profits for four years arising out cf his business ns a merchant, the proGts to be devoted to charitable purposes. It was held, however, by the best lawyers to whom the question was submitted that, although this arrange ment might be a compliance with the letter of the law, it was an evasion of its spirit. Stewart accordingly resigned, and Grant appointed George S- Boutwell, of Massachu setts, in his place. This faux pas at the beginning of the new administration is not calculated to inspire the people with any great confidence in its future career. If Andrew Johnson had committed this stupid blunder the radicals would have blustered terribly over it, and would probably have made it the ground for another impeachment. It is very amusing to read the radical ac counts of this muddle which were sent from Washington. When Stewart finally discov ered that there was no possible way by which the law could he evaded, and when he wait ed on the President to tender his resignation, what occurred is thus described : "The In terview was exceedfaely pleasart anil en tirely satisfactory to the-parties interested. Mr. Stewart said that he had no desire to embarrass General Grant in any way, par ticularly at this period of his administration. General Grant replied saying that he appre ciated Mr. Stewart's kiod'y intentions," etc. One can readily imagine how "exceed ingly pleasant aud entirely satisfactory" it must have been both to Grant and his friend Stewart to be confronted by the positive prohibition of an ancient law which put a veto on all their nice arrangements. It was a time for the expression of mutual sympa thy and commiseration. Stewart admired Grant? magnamimity in delivering to him the kej-s of the Treasury, while Grant went off in exstacie at Stewart's patriotism in declining an office which the law declared he could not hold. It was a srt of mutual admiration party, and we have no doubt that both felt supremely happy. The final scene in this "Comedy of Errors" would have aff tr.led a rich subject fvr the inimita ble pencil of Hogarth. E. B. Washburne. the Secretary of State, after having held the seals of office just five days, discovered bis total unfitness for the place, and he ton has resigned and been ap pointed Minister to France. It is well thst there are no difficult questions to be adjust ed between this government and that of Louis Xapo'eon, for in that event Wash burne 's last appointment would be equally as great an error as his ft rat. He is succeed ed by Ilamulton Fit-h.of New York. Mr. Fish is a great ami decided improvement on Nashburne. Although not a brilliant statesman, he is a gentleman of acknowl edged ability and of irreproachable intesrity. He has been Governor of his Stte and has served with credit and distinction in the United States Senate. He is well advanced in years, and were it not for his admitted purity of character it might be feared that he would give to his dedartment "an an cient and fsh-he smell." Gen. Schofifcld retires from the war office to make room for Gen. John A. Rawlins, I although Grant had stated that he would appoint a civilian to that cCice. But it mnst be remembered that this is to be pe culiarly a military administration. - Thus ends the first chapter in the history of Ueneral (grant's first week's efforts at Cabinet making. A Statue to Stevens. The radical member of the late Congress from this State, prompted by their exceedin veneration for the memory of Thaddeus Stevens, have sent to the Legislature the follow iug memorial : Wheefas. The National Lincoln Monument Association of Wnsh ntrton, D. C.haa resolved to place in said monument a collosial broro statue of the late Thnddeue Srevena. one of Pennsylvania's most distinguished citizens Therefore The undersigned respectfully, but earnestly, petition the honor!, le tle legislature of our State to appropriate to said monument a sum sufficient to defray the cost of said statue. , (Signed.) J K Moorhead, Wm, Kountx, J. M. Broom all, II. L. Cake. Charles CNeil, Leonard Mr ers, G. K.Miiier, . O. J. l ickey. Thomas Williams," ' S. Newton Pettus, Join Oovode, c. N. Taylor, Daniel J. lion ell, William D. Kelley, 8. F. "Wilton. Representatives in the Congress of the United (States from Pennsylvania. We mies the name of Simon Cameron from this modest petition, but the omission ia perhaps not singular, since it is related that on n certain occasion, when Stevens was asked what his opinion was about Cameron's honesty, he modestly replied thai be did not remember of ever having heard him (Cam eron) charged with having stolen a red hot store. We have nothing to say against the erec tion cf a bronze, or what would le more apjiropriate, a brass statue to the memory of Thaddeus Stevecs, l ut we solemniy pro test against paying fjr it with the money of the people of Pet.nsylvaoia. If that is done, theee patriotic Congressman will perhaps ek the hyul legislature of our State to appropriate its proportionate share towards the erection of a monument to the memory of o-d Juhn Brown. If the memory of Stevens is to be perpetuated by a statue, such as is reftried to, we insist that the funds shall come from the pockets of his own political admirers, and not from the public treasury. We do not violate the an cient maxim, wherein it is enjoined npon us to say nothing of the dead except it be in tluir praise when we say that Thaddcus Stevens never had a tstrorg hold on the af fections of the people of Pennsylvania. He was a disturber of her peace and quiet al most from the very first moment that he entered the halls of her legislature.. We will not refer to specific and wellremember ed facts in his legislative career, although the foregoing petition, coining from the source it does, would be a full justification for our doing so. That he possessed uany excellent traits of character is not to be deceive'', and it is not surprising that his party, which was ultimately forced to ac cept his political leadership, should be desi rous of thus manifesting their appreciation of his merits. But it must be borne in mind that one half of the taxpayers of the State will not consent that their money shall be applie I to any such party purpose. There is surely liberality enough in the radi cal party of this Statf to d 'fray the expense of the proposed statne without filching the amount from the State treasury. To the shame and disgrace of the country, Washington's monument in the city that bers his honored name stands unfinished for the wapt of pecuniary aid. The legislature of every State in the Union ought to con tribute liberally of the people's money to enable that m ignificeut undertaking to be pushed to a succe.-ful and speedy comple tion. When we remember that Pennsylva nia has as yet done nothing towards the completion of that monument to him who presided over the immortal Convention of 1737, and who contributed so much towards the formation of our national constitution, we protest in the name of patriotism ar.d of justice against I er now erecting a bronz Ftatue to the memory (f one who did as much as any other living man to uproot and tear thit constitution down. CStary and C'orode. John W. Geary has again been doing some very dirty work for his friend and backer. John Covode. On the 6th of March, the day after tho meeting of tke present Con gress, the following proceedings took place in the House of Representatives : Mr. Wo dwap.d offered a resolution to refer to the Committee on Elections the contested case from the Twenty-first tli.-irict of Pennsyl vania, with i:istruc-t;o:ig to repot t as soon as practicable which of the tir claimants has the rcuA facie rlirht to the seat. 1 he House refu-ed to second the previous function . hihI then Mr. ScnciFtRLD moved -ns an amendment a resolution reciting that the Governor of Penn sylvani lint) declared in proclamation that no such returns had been received Irotn the Twen ty-first district a to authorise him to give a certificate to either of the two persons tla'tnins it, but that the tiiiTtrtior hd subsequent! v transmitted ufiidavits to the Clerk of the House, which he stated indicated the election of John Covode, end therefore directing that Mr. Co vode be sworn in as sitting member, without prejudice to the claim of Henry D. Foster, the contestant. When Geary issued his proclamation after the October election declaring the names of the members of Congress elected from this State, and in which he refused to certify that either Gen. Fitter cr Covode had been elected, his duty ceased and was at an end under the election laws of the State. After that he had no more right to interfere in the matter than any private citizen. Where did this "hh.mbuggede.tt Governor''1 of ours, as Covode in his own . elegant Saxon once styled him, get his authority to receive and send affidavits to the Clerk of the House on this question ? Of course they were manu factured for the occasion by the friends of Covode and withont any notice to Gen. Foster. Where did John W. Geary get his authority for the impudent statement made to the Clerk that these ''affidavits" indicated the election of John Covode? That is a question to be determined by the Committee on Elections on legal evidence and not by John W. Geary on ex-parte affidavits. The brazen assurance of Geary in this disrepnta ble business is as complete as it is certainly unparalleled, lie has shown his contempt as well as his ignorance of law on many other occasions, but in thir instance he en tirely eclipses all his other performances. The case of Foster and Covode was referred to the Gmmitteeon Elections, under Judge Woodward's resolution. ' "Treason Made Odious.'? One of the mwt distinguished chieftains of the "Lost Cause," Genera! James L-ng-street. has been appointed by President Grant as Surveyor of the Port of New Or leans. Next to Gen. Lee, LoDgstreet bears th reputation of having been the Rbleat of ficial in the Confederacy, and. during the long and bitter struggle, he was active, un tiring and vigilant in his efforts to compass the destruction of the old Union, and over Its ruins to erect a government m the inter ests of the Southern people. - When the remnant of the rebel army laid down their arms and surrendered to the superior numbers of their adversaries, and President Johnson extended official clemency to a majority of the participants in the late rebellion, a howl went tip from the adherents of the more ultra portion of the radical party, and the President was reproached for not making treason odious. Every in dignity was heaped upon the people of the rebellious States and they were compelled to drink to the bitter dregs the cup which they had voluntarily pressed to their lips. But under the new regime treason has received a new definition. A class of men who were instrumental in upholding the cause of the insurgents are now locked upon with favor, providing they only exhibit a due regard for the tenets advanced by a class of men ho arc at present the self constituted leaders of the old Republican Party, and hence we are not astonished that Gen. Longstreet has been assigned to a lucrative position under Grant's administration. Had President Johnson made this appointment ere tlm close cf his-cfiicial career we might expect a pro longed howl from the radical press and peo ple, but now it in all right, and Gen. Grant has only acted in this manner because he has received incontestable proof that Ing street is thoroughly repentant, i. e., has ex- pressed himself ns bein favorable to the re construction policy advocated by the radical wing of our present C-ngress. On the same principle Cress well, of Mary land, originally a rebel and instrumental in raising a rebel company, is honored with a seat in Grant's Cabinet. Truly treason is being made odious with a vengeance, and we may ere long expect to see Jefferson Davis and Gen. Lee occupying responsible positions under the new administration. Times change and men change with them. Klarrlsburg Correspondence. TiARRi'.ECRa, March 15, 16T-9. Dear Freeman The resolution ratifying the Constitutional Amendment, known as the Fifteenth Article, passed fhe Seriate on Thursday by a party vote of 18 Republican to 15 Democrats, and wili come up as tho special order in the House on Wednesday, when there is no doubt that it will pass the litter body. The radicals don't pretend to deny that if the ratification of this amend ment were left to the voters of the Common wealth it would he defeated by a majority of from fifty to one hundred thousand votes, but ns the vote of the "colored cuss frum Africa" is becoming a n.riical necessity, it is now proposed by the representatives of that party to ghehim the right of suffrage without consulting their constituents on the subject. Djs proposition was discu-sed in the Senate on Wednesday, the radicals beincr magnanimous enough to set apart the ses sion of thr'e hours on that evening for the discussion, after which lime they gave notice they would call the previous question. Speeches were limited to thirty minutes. Messrs. Seartght, Burnett, M'Candless. Davis. M'ltitire and Wallace made able speeches in opposition to the measure, argu ing that the ratification of the amendment was with the people and not with tie leis lature. These speeches should, and I have no doubt will, be read by every bodj'. A proposition by the Democrats to submit the resolution to the people at the next election was voted down by the radicals. Mr. Low ry spoke in favor of the lesolution. There has been remonstrances presented, signed by some twenty th usand persons of both par ties, from nearly all the districts in the Com monwealth, protesting against the ratifica tion .f this amendment. How is Cambria on the question? I understand hercitizeLs have not been heard from on the subject. Divorces are becoming the order cf the day. It is said there has been ns many as fifty petitions praying f-r a divorce before the legislature this session some of such a disgraceful character that the House refused to publish the evidence in the Record. An exhibition was given in the Hall of the House of Representative!", on Thursday evening, by the pupils of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Blind. The entertain ment was very interesting. The object was to demonstrate to the legislators the bcm.fi cfcl results (f the appropriation to this in titution. It is astonishing with what mag nanimity the nations patronize an axhibilhui of this kind when the admittance is noth ing. I doubt if there were a dozen mem bers in the House, it having become jammed with outsiders an hour before the perform ance was to begin. If there were any in it was as much as they could do to find stand ing room. I do know there wao quite a number unable to get inside the Hall at all. In consequence of the unfinished business before the Houses, and the number of bills yet to be acted upon, it is not likelv the final adjournment will take place before tho 16th of April. 1J. St. Patrick's Dat. Yesteivlav who b annivetsarv of Ireland's patron saint, ar.d was uoutuicss nrotier v commemfir.-itpil h the children of Eria in nearly all narts ..f J the ctvinz'tl world. Much of St. Patrick's life, sars the Pittsburgh Renublic. is nVisniro.l by tradition; even his biith-plnce aud the r i i - . . . .. yar vi niB oirm are matters oi oispute, the details of which would be scarcely interest ing to the majority of our readers. The 1 . . ' - pieponcerance or testimony tavors tha mouth of the Clyde, in Scotland, in 372. whilst others maintain that Gaul is entitled to the honor. Amongst the popular legends of miraculous events connected with his min:stiy, thoEe which relate to the ban ishment of venomous reptiles are the most familliar ; and the crosier or staff, by means of which this was achieved, was preserved with great veneration in Dublin, until near the beginning of the fifteenth century. Such an active life as he is reported to to have passed mn.-t have been prolific in interesting events, many of which are re corded by his historians. - He began his missionary labors in Ireland io tho year 432. preaching the Gospel with marvellous effect for more than thirty years ; hi3 death occurred at Down, in Ulster, about A. 1). 464. While preaching to the Irish, he used the Shamrock, or clover, with three leaves on the stem, to illustrate the Trinity, which is the origin of its adoption by the Irish as its national emblem. ; To the missionary efforts of St. Patrick may be traced the de votion to religion, their love of home and those domestic virtues which characterize this people, and the respect and veneration lor ms teacmne ana example are preserved to this day. There is no doubt that St. Patrick lived and died a Catholic. The ef forts of an eminent Presbyterian Divine cf Irish decent, in this city, did not succeed in shaking the faith of his countrymen in the Catholicity and orthodoxy of their SaTnt f blessed memory.' Saint Fatiick wa.3 no Prebbyterian. ; Not so fast. Messieurs Radicals ! You have not gained in New Hampshire over your last fall's vote, as you boast, but have lost upwards of 3,000! Grant's majority was 6 967 ; now Stearns frad.).is elected Governor by just 8,800. Such gains suit us exactly. JL.ATE JEWS IT CMS. Two brothers, aged SO and . 95, and their servant, aged 116, all died last week at Jamaica, N. Y. Mrs. Lydia Beecher, mother of Uenry Ward Beecher, died in Brooklyn on Satur day morning, aged eighty. m Two thousand citizens of Indianapolis signed the pledge at a great temperance meeting on New Year's dy. Eleven still keep it. Dixon. Elgin, and Rock Island, Illinois, have all elected Democratic city govern ments within a week. Last year they were carried by the Radicals. A man in Fairfax county. Va., ditd re cently of delirium tremens, and the next day hie wife died of the same disease. Io death they were not divided. A Boston firm has received an order from China for six hundred cases of cheap boots and shoes, probably the first consign -ment of the kind ever sent to the country. President Grant should now i-sue an order to have "that Galena sidewalk built." He has got just as much right to do it as bo has to recommend negro suffrage for Illi nois. They have had a velocipede race at Mauch Clinnk. Charles Biker coming our winner. The distance run was a quarter of a mile and Baker made it in two minutes and five seconds. Ono of the richest men in Berlin is named Miss, who has made a fortune in a fw years by an advertising agency. Roll ing rrcks gather r.o moss, but a lively Moss seems to have gathered the rocks. E. W. C- Green, late Pension Agent for Pennsylvania, has resigned, and it is said that he is a great defaulter to the gov ernment and which accounts for the long delay of the pensions due 1st of January. A house in Philadelphia, occupied by a family named Kidd, fell ow thursday. from bad construction, burying the entire family in tho ruins. Mr. Kidd was taken out alive, but his wife and two children were instant ly killed. One of the last acts of the Fortieth United States Senate was to vote to perpet uate and sustain the Whisky Ring and its plundering, by refusing to repeal 'the Ten-ure-ofOfilce law. They don't, want their pr fits reduced. Silas A. Ilartman, a brother of Mrs. Clem, who a few days ago made a confes sion cf the murder of Jacob Young and wife, committed suicide in bis cell in jil at In-! dianapolis on Wednesday, by cutting his I throat with a razor. Dr. G. W. Darden, who killed Charles Wallace, editor of the Clipjier, was taken from jiil at Warrenton, Georgia, Friday night, by a party of dissruised men, who1 took him seme distance f rem town, where1 they shot and killed him. j During a terrific snow storm at Quebec, Canada, on Wednesday, a wooden bouse at Point Levi was blown to pieces, and the people within, comprising a family of three persons, were buried in the snow. The bodieR hve r.ct yet been recovered. A gentleman who recently Jvipited Lanesboro. Minnesota, says there was not a single house in the p'ace last July. Now a $35,000 hoel is being built, the public schrol numbers ninety-five scholars, and the lowest figure for a business lot is Sl.COO. Grant has ordered several of Johnson's pardons to be cancelled. It would be grati fying to the people cf the United States to know whence the new President derived rnch extraordinary powers as thce. Per haps he found the authoritv in the act of 1789. A devoted voung lady of Kansas City. Missouri, recently went to the neighboring town of Independence, released her lover from jail at that place, bv payinsr his fine, and then married him. Husbands are evi dently in great request in that part of the country. Mrs. Dianr.a Ties, who has a great great-ereat grand daughter of three years, and four hundred direct descendants, rides on horseback and flourishes vigorously, near Nshvil!e. Tennessee, though in her l'4th year. She has a blooming daughter of ninety, and drftws pension for three Rev olutionary soldier husbands. India has had a curious railway acci dent An elephant, seeing the red l;ght ard the smoke, concluded that the noisy loco motive was an enemy to be summarily de molished Tie accordingly placed himself on the tracV. nd mt the ptrange creature bead on, with trunk and tusks. The result was a slead elephant and eleven cars cap sized. A car coupling, it is reported, has been invented, In operating which it is not necessary to pas between the cars, and thus run the risk of beirg crushed. The other advantages of the invention are that by its use the disagreeable jtrrks in the starting of a train is avoided, a sprinsr be ins: so arranged as to play on to an adjusta ble head and take up the lost motion of the link. Massachusetts has two members of the Cabinet, and her two Senators are at the head of the important Committee? of the senate. The twelve Sena'ors from New England have Chairman for eight of the principal Committees, whilst Pennsylvania, with a population equal to all of New Eng land, can afford bnt one. Nothing like be ing of the Yankee nation, particularly of Boston. The Allentown (Pa.") Democrat Fays: The Hverage cost per ton frr the'produetion of ptz iron'is The selling price 0f pig iron for the last year has ranged from S3" to $42 per ton. Onr iron men have been realizing a profit ranging from $11 to $16 per ton profiits greater, perhaps, than are deriveed from any other business in the country, the cotton lords cf New England not excepted. . " A few days airo Newcastle was more than excited. She thought she had risen to the dignity of being visited by an earth quake in propria persotue. Alas for the hopes of the community. An inspection closed the fact, that only a portion of the upper surface or the. old coalmine upon which part of the city is built bad given away, carrying with it some out-house and a stack of straw. . - : -.-., Last November the Stabs of Missouri voted directly on the question of negro suf frage, with the following result: -For pe cro suffrage, 55.230 ; against negro suffrage. 74 053; majority against negro suffraae. 18 817. Tn the face of this expression of 1 a a a ' . a ' tne people's win, the Legislature of that State hastened to gratify the constitutional amendment giving the ballot to negroes in all the States. ; This is Radical respect for the wishes of the majority. Wallace, editor of tha Warren ton .'(Ga) Clipper, was shot and instantly killed on th morning of. the 12th inst. Wallace ap plied for admission into the Masonic Lodge at Warrpnton. and was black balled bv Dr G. W. Darden. who promised not to oppose his application. . Wallace then attacked Darden throngh the columns of his paper, denouncing him as liar and a villain. As Wallace was passing Darden's office, he him from his window with a ri fie. the ball passing through Wallace's head, causing infant death. The affair cansea lnf.. I excitement m Warrenton. Wallace was democrat ; Darden a republlcaa. The Island of St. Bartholomew, in the West Indies, aud the only colony of Sweden ia America, is reported to be suffering ex cessively from famine. An official report has been sent to Stockholm, that within four weeks, nineteen deaths had occurred from absolute starvation. Six bnndred persons were on the point of sharing the same fate, unless help was speedily afforded. St. Bartholomew has an area ef thirty square miles and a population of eighteen thousand souls. The most sensible proposition we have iven yet for th relief of Ireland is that emanating from the leading IrUhrnen of Chicago, for the organization of Irish socie ties all ovrr the county, to aid and protect those of their countrymen who desire to seek homes in the States Information is also to be prepared, transmitted and diffus ed throughout Ireland, giving reliable data concerning Die price of lands, labor, &c. accompanied with sncb suggestions and ad vice as will be of service to tbe emigrant. The Cincinnati Enquirer mvs z ' "Let us have j eace.' " One of the first acts of Tresid-nt Grant was to order General Sheri dan to New Orleans, among a people that he oppressed, and who consequently hate him. The President could have committed no gTeater outrage on their feelin?, and, of course, cannot but secure their ill-will in stead of their kind regards. "Let us have jeace' is to be treated like the suffrage plank of the. Chicago platform as good enough before the election, but worthless after." . . Two gentlemen in Providence have In vented an apparatus to be used in extin guishing fires. By a simple contrivance a fdatform large enough to accommodate two or three firemen with boss can be raised to the height of fifty feet in three minutes, thus bringing th firemen on a level with the upper portions of a burning building, and. if necessary, acting as a means of egress for persons cut off for escape fcy other means. Tbe apparatus is called "'the fireman's plat form," and with the running gear weighs about thirty three hundred pounds. . Od Friday week, sme men were cut ting a road through tbe snow drift near Peacham Corners, Vt.i they came upon the frozen bodies-of Mrs. Emmons, aged sixty years, hcrdsugbter and her grandson. . The old lady had fallen, overcome by the cold and tLe snow, half a mile from a farmer's hou-e, through the windows cf which a light was shining ail night, while the daughter' bad approached a little nearer, and the boy was within two rods of the window, lie bad evidently dragged him self ome distance on his hands and knees. The following is the present state of the great gift enterprise at Washington : A. T. Stewart, nominated for Secretary cf tho Treasury, lie subscribed for a bouse and lot in New York, aud another in Wash ington, for ehe President. Mr. Borie wag selected as Secretary, cf the Navy, ne was a contributor to Grant'a Philadelphia house. Hamilton Fish is Secretary of State. lie took a large investment in the handsome purse which was made up fjr General Grant, a ear cr two age, by the merchant princes of Ntw York. Mr. Hoare is Attorney General. Grant is indebted to him for the present of a hand some library. Mr. Washburne procured for General Grant his appointment to the army. He receives his reward in a buof appoint ment as Secretary of State, and by being selected for the French Gmmisi-ion. Mr. Sharp, the selected Marshal of the District of Columbia, is so fortunate as to bo a brother-in-law to the new President. Glonel Caey. appointed Collector of the port of New Orleans, is another brother in law. Mr. Cram, who is now Consul to Leeds. will be appointed Minister to Switzerland. He enjoys, also, the distinguished houcr of being a relative of Grant. So far the gift enterprise at Washinton consists in fat offices for the President's re- ations and sub&caibers to Graat fund. Cin. Enquirer Pbtttary. Hon. James Guthrie, late United States Senator from Kentucky, disd at Louisville on the 13th inst. Mr. Guth rie was born near Barditown, Kentucky, in 1703, and educated at the Academy iu that town. After studvinrr law. he was appoint ed Prosecuting Attorney, which office he filled in such a manner as to gain the en tire confidence of Ins fellow-citizens. He subsequently served oiue years in the Legis lature of the State, and six veru in the Senate; wa3 President of the State Consti tutional Convention in 185' : was Secretary of the Treasury in President Tierce's Cabi net ; a delegate to the Chicago Convention of 1864, and was chosen a Uuited States benator from his native State in 1865. which position he resigned in 1868, on ac count of ill-health. Mr. Guthrie was also a delegate to the National Union Conven tion of 1866. The deceased Kentockian wa a man of solid, rather than showy ac quirements; an honest citizen, a sincere patriot, and a gentleman who exercised a commanding influence in his native State. Philadelphia Age. Ffffct or Grant's Bibi.b Reading He Provideih for His oion Family. la the batch of nominations sent to the' Senate on Thursday there were only two brothers-in-law of the President, vi - Kiiam f.. XT .- shall of the District of Columbia, and Co'. tasey, lor UMJector f the Port of New Or leans. The latter position, it may be re membered, was tendered to General Walter Gresham, of Indiana, who declined it. He is the only one who will have declined an office under Grant's administration. It is said that another brother in law of Grant's Cram now Consul to Leeds, will be appointed Minister rM lent to Switzer land, end Orville Grant, the Presideut's brother, is to get something handsome at Chicago. This practice of nepotism is se verely criticised by politicians. A leading Radical, referring to the President's appoint" ments, says he was taking care of bis rela tions and the fellows who bad given him houses, -' - -WCTnER BooTn Story The Canton (Ohio) Repository (Republican) of the 9th inst.. has been nii.. K. o t; i, i :r. - - 1 'j it.iiiiiie im-.H iu- ant, who is also a Republican, that a few days previously he met J. Wilkes Booth at Alliance; that they took passage on . the tram to a small place, and there, in a pri vate room of a farmer's bouse. Booth relat ed his adventures since the assassination of Lincoln; told him that he was not in the barn. in which it wa- said he was killed ; and that he had wandered into Murope. but covdd not find any rest ; that he had re turned, been to Washington. Chicago Pptts burg. New York 'iod Boston. rand spent a thorough wandering life, everlastingly beset by horror at the thought of the great crime he had committed - - BALDNESS, CRAYNESS ANDOTUER imperfections of the Hair will be regarded a inexcusable after a trial of Mrs. S, A Allan's Improvbd (new style) II Aim Ra sto&eb or DgJcssiKo, (inontbotlU.Y E.very Druggist nlli 1. price, Oat Dollar. OUR kett yAnivr SEWIHG MACHINE ! ! Tke iseeria-r merits of Oie "JMe'er" Vfe ehines over all ethers, ebher for Fesaily -se er Manufacturing parp9es. are ao well ealitbtUk4 and a generally admitted, toil au oumen.ii of th irrelative excellences ia do looser cea idered cecesirv. OUR NEW FA MIL T 7uA C 7 TSE . which has been broufiu t rertection reraMVaj of tine, labor, nr exp rse, ia novr conSdeatly pretexted to the puU.ie as iixrrrnrably tat Btsr rwixe 2uaciixe 15 EXISIECK Tb mnchiuein O'icstie.n is 1M PLC COM PACT, DURABLK aol BEAUTIFUL. Ii is quiet, ii;ht ninninsr. and c.ri't r ria- rOMI!e A AX VA2ITT OF WORK BCTCT betcre attempted upon a einjtie M.ichin. aiiig either Silk. Twiat. Linen or Cotton Thread, end aewii.g with equl lci!isr the very finest aai coaraaet mituli, an4 nnrtrUpg livie the two extremes, in t!.e rr?rt bentuifal ar,i auhttantial manner. Iia a:tv.hrreute forHem rr.ir.g, Brtid ng, Cording. Tucking. Qa U.t, Felonr, Trimming, RiiiJiuiT. ic, are Xevii and Practical, and have bt-en invented, tnui adjusted especially for this Machine. New deaigna of the TJn q-ie, Useful aad Pop ular Foicin? Tops an i Cabinet Caaee, peculiar to the Uachinei caai.uJaeturr J by this Compa ny, hare been prepared fr eaciosir. tte Lev Machine. A faint lies, howerer. e at aat ba eoa Teed through tha rcediim of a (iteceeaTiy) limited adrertiseraent ; ard we thf ref e rg every peron in quest of a Swinr. llacl iitefcr all meana to exa-viue and teat, if can pot. a bly do so, al! tbe leading rival Machine be fore making a purchase. A e'eciion can hrx he aaade uudsrMacdiBalv. Urcolira cr frn ciea for supplying tha Slojer" Knchice aiii be found in nearly every oit and toij through out the civiliseJ world, whrre JIath'nes i.l be cbeerfiillv exh.it.Ued c any lf'i tiioi promptly famished. Or cr.safs;Jcir'et j be address-el to The Singer Minufacturlny Company, 4t aaorTvr, 1 B 1? Y O ft 5 . PaTii.AKr.HiA Owok, 1105 CreTrT rurpf ETC. T.EOBCrtTw., Ant lor Ihernhurj and vicinity, keep theae Machine conULi!y for sale an kis store on High street The pn- lie are repectfr!ly tavi evl to ca'l anJ e tht in operation. Inarrtictiona jfiren frre. Ma chines aold at city prices. NjitneiT caitett. Alto, Siuj;er'a aee'iee, Oil, ariik etrt Catt'e always on hand. ao20. iy. A NOBLB ARTICLE. The iea-.Ircr.T of intelligent men and women, in favnr ot any given thing, cannot be thrown aside, and r parded ae worthless. Da. HoorLAXD's Gebi B.rrra? have r ceived the eudorsenatnt and cordial aprr i tion of the most eminent men in this m i otiisr cotnmuniMes. Tie human ytem vcrv r.:'; neeis a Tonic to strengthen it, an.T a:.i ia the performance of it? iunrro:n wae:i it to fome debilitated. The Germin Iiters iloei this, and possesses the additional acivaritij? cf being-non-inloxiratiK. Forth cure oi .;v compl.tiiit. dvpep.''ia, nervous ih:hi:ir, !! s!l di!esea of the nervous system, hi i i::-r j'ii!eJ, and is recommended by phrsieisn of the high est standing. The w.in-ierr'u; i:ci tali .article ha, is of itself a euSjisiit guaratte of its surpassing excellence. This Hitters is j.ntikelt rasa tsom all AlCOF.OLIC APlI'XTrRK. HOOFLND'S GERMAN TOIC i combination of all the iucreoieiits of the B ! ters, with pore S."inti C us Rum, fr:in2, ai:i-e, &c, making, a preparation of r-re meuicil val ue. The Tonic is used fur the tame diw as the Bitiers ; in cases where ome A'cob lie Stimulus U necesarv. IYinc'p-il CfiVe, -l Arch St., Phila.i'a, Ta. Suid by Drujgi and others everywhere. fi 23.-1 iu. TIIE UNDISPUTED UPERIOHITT of the medicbial virtues of Uob.tch's Blood rV., Stomach li tters and Blood Purifier over ?.i other remdie, prepared to relieve suffer r; humanity, is shown m many ways, but e:-e-iii-ly is it evinced in this inuor' tant fact : That re sponsible druggists and merchnn's !1 ovor the countrv take active interest in introducing tbea to their best customers and fr.ftrds. hi;e. t the sine time, it is q:iite us nvich to the'r ' enn-nry interest to recommend other rrsed.'c '. The reason for this is obvious. Thev ere ia positions to gwe the pro-em r.rnt e'Mcu-V t lis pills in case-" of Liver Conip'ait.t : r,.i nil ob structrons of the bowels, un i, in tsct. ia a", cisei where Crtthnrtis t.'iedicin c-in r.e emrlovel. While the B ttt-rs, bv their getit'e totiht.'s inn lent and bixitive t rnpertie, and as a snie aii certain remedy in Dysrep ia hive won -le id miration of every one who h is tr'ro:i t'vm i trial, and the Blood Pu-ifior U kn o-v'eJrel to be or.e of the best remfvli to svar. h oa! disease, cure Scrofubi, 05d S.rrs. Lr-.iptioti and f kin IHseases ard to pr.ri. v the blood fx tint; hence the people m;it natnril'y gi their voices in favor ot rem -lies !i ch cif; much real goou in the worl i. CAUTION. AH person are herebj cfui'iined against interfr;ne in irv vjt with a Wagon and S 1 puri-lneei bv rr,. 'rom Kdwnrd Davi-j. collier. J:!ckon township, and wh'ch I have lett in the posse-sion of tbe ii Edward Davis during mv pleisie. V. S. BAF.SEK. Ebeneburg, March 6, IFfc'J.-t A pMIXr-TRATOR'S NOTICE !- Letters of Administration r. the eU' Micrari. Vohles, late of Carroll toirn!ir. Care'.ria conntv, h-.vii g been prar.tel to th undesigned, all pat ties indebted to s-uJ are required to make p.Tmnt, and t'i?e hsr irg claims against the same sre leq'-.e'ed t present then dulv authentic itol fr?e tlaxne21 NICHOLAS LAMBOURX, A-m'r. MART MOHLER Adr,.x. Carroll Tp., March 11, 169. Ct INSTATE OF JOHN JSKEU.T. S A DEC'D I ertei. of Admiir.-rt;on os the estate of John bkel'.y.er., lateor Summ'; hill township, der-eae 1. h.ivir g hcou grnt to me by-the RegitProf Cin.b. U cov-1 hereby notify all pernors ha vitij cHuns aci suid eatate to present tbcm" propeilv rruh for settlement, and thc-e indebted will pj ment without dol ty -ALFXJ SKRLLY. Adn'n:nitpr. Summerhill Td , Mutch II, 1-G9 ft- 1889. SPIIING ! 1853. OrtMiNo of NEW SILK, OrmiNG of NEW SHAWL9. OmtNoor NEW CHIN'TZEI., Ortsi.vfl o NEW l'OPLI. Full stock of ST AS'LK n 1 F VC S P R INC GOODS. KfKK i LtMlSllb. FOURTH AND ARCH '3 I'KKtTS. rillLAOELPIlM. N. B JOBS from AroTION i-i'T eeived. - fnrr.llj. "V7"ANrED Fifteen Thousand f V 000) Feet of HEMLOCK IXM'K Will pay cash or roduce Will '. sell LJ ber ot i.nv kind i.pon a ?mM eommN-i'" i ' Addrwi Box 4, Hillside, WesHDorelj!-dtB,, Pa, mar..- f
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