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