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Aryotlvo Impc(rtan: Supreme Cburt De.;
eigo#4,—Justiee ltfeld, oa Monday, deliv
ered the hpinkm of the Supreme Court of
the bruited States In the lawyers' arid
teat oath Pares. Both these
ninths aes deelsred übeoustitutional, and
consequently void and of no etteet. This
decildbia'onnoves another of the hindran-
Vim phiced In the pnth of constitutional
Melly by a usurping Congress, and yin
dicatee the wisdom and patri4tlsna of the
Pembendlc party.
A Washington letter, under date of
Monday; says: -
At coMparativaly an early hour this
morning the Supreme Court roornl was
well tilled with distinguished lawyers, •
_members of Congress and others, in anti
oipatiott of a decision on the teat-oath
mien before that tribunal. Promptly nt
31 o'clock the court was opened, and Mr. I
Justice Field proceeded to deliver the de
cision of thermajority of cite judges on the
IfsestToisth law of that State In an elabo
rate and learned opinion, the Court held
the law to be unconstaultoncd, because
was c.r postfaefo, and in the cloture of a
bill of pains and penalties, which is con.
teary to the constitution of the United
States; anti in the case of Garland's ap
plication for adinission to practice before
the Supreme Court, it was held by the
Court that the test-oath prescribed by act
of Congress for practitioners at the bar,
was illegal and therefore void,' and the
rule of the Court requiring them to take
it was, by:order, rescinded.
These decisions have created great en
thusiasm intiong all friends of the Consti
ftlthmi b.4h in anti out of Congress, and
it is hardly possible to over-esti Watt; their
importance, especially at this particulet
finte. They have struck terror to tho
learts of the Radicals hereabouts, and
t.helr denunciation of the Court is t4ll ,
measured and exceedingly bitter,
. -
...rug TANGEXT PUBSEM
Thaddeus Stevens wrote a letter to Ma
'or Harry White, on the sth inst., in re
gard to the , United I.4tates SepatorshiP,
which has attracted much attention. It
ikterribli severe on "bribery and corrup
tion" ati ' Harrisburg. bieConaughy's
friends May Judge from it what old Thad.
thinks of his vote for Catnerom. The
temper of the following extract is the
temper of the whole Letter_:
"Corruption, bribery and (rand have
been freely charged, and Ilear, too open
proved to have oontrollerl their actions.
.mattor how honest when chosen, the
atmosphere of Haerhtbary aeons to have
pierced many of them with a
.demoraliz
ing rifeet. A seat in the Legislature l,c
raine an -
ptir diem
vontributi
other largo
r
dates for
and to pia
the ballot,
known tot,
sad to J*.
mernora4l.
precious 11,l
proverb(i 1 I
10 win.
more dettel
do not her'
lia and it 6,
game."
SOLD OM,
The Laneaster Intellipeneer, one of
whose editors was present, draws the fol
fowing.skehth of sights and souuds out•
Ride the Radjical caucus which nominated
;
old Moccasin Tracks;
"Outsicito in the rotunda, there was
gathered quite a crowd anxiously await
ing the announcement of the result which
had alieinl/ been settled beforehand.
Among thee were a nutnber of promi
nent Philadelphia politicians of the Rad
ical persuasion, all Curtin men, Two of
these were boisterously incitint, One
of them, an ex-clerk of the muter Ses
siooe, made quite a running speech, In
it loud, clear voice, he began as follows;
"Bring ine a bell l 1 say, somebody
bring me a hell. There is an unction go
ingon here, anti I intend to cry it. The
4 .
Repnbil an party professes to be a party
of grea Moral ideas, and boasts that
it hast, )ted the sale of negroes, but here
br a sale o -bite men going on in the Cap
itol of the Keystone State. Sontelxxly
bring meta bells Talk about Republican
ism, and love for sold iers, and patriotism !
Why such a pirtV deserves to be datu ned.
The men it sends to the Legislature are
Only ; fit for - the basest uses. Yet they
are the pick of three hundred thousand.
Rah I The worst things the Copperheads j
ever said are not half bat enough. These
scoundrels profess to be voting for Cam-
tron. It is a lie, I will show you the'
ticket they are 1 oting. Here (pulling a l
grvibli)aaci. out. of his pocket and holding it
,up,) here is the ticket they are all voting)
—mid the candidate's name is written on '
it—Spinner—by GA. That's the fellow
they are ell votingfor, and this (flourish
ing the greenback,) is their ticket,"
Later in the night, after the caucus, a
number of excited Philadelphians (not of 1
the Winnebago tribe) went into the Mar- 1
kilt House and auctioned off the Phila- I
delphla Representatives who voted for !
Citnerun.- ! Decency forbids mention of
the bids offered and the consideration for
which they were knocked down. The
indignation of the crowd was Intense, ,
and nothing was left undone to exhibit'
the contempt for these who it was believ
ed lied sold theruSelves to the successful
Candidate,
I=l
"Cameron .Nominaled."—Under this
beading Fbrney's Prey of the lith eon
tains the following bitter reflection :
r "Simon Cameron was last evening nom
inated for United States Senator by a ma
jorlty of the Union members of the Leg
islature, nearly every one of whom vv.
led for him knowing that his selection
would be regarded as an insult by the Ile
publicans ofFhts district, and accordingly
by the great body of the Republicans of
the State, There has never been so stud
ied a violation of public sentiment and
public decency as this nomination. Al
though a large body of the trusted cham
pions ofour party appeared on the ground
,protesting against the selection of Cain
tren and warning the Union members of
the dangers of such a step, their appeals
and their admoultions were alike Were
- 'glinted,"
Good 11'ews.—Forney declared In - the
?moot Thursday week, that the election
of Simon Cameron "would lead to the
certain destruction at the Republican
Union patty in our State." As Came
ron hat been elected, the "Union party" Is
gone to smash. - •
leirThe 'Great Commoneel hi' the
Radical mucus for Senator, received but
I Votes. This shows the combined
- strength of Forney and Stevens, and is
the ninth of a whole season's ejection
„moue and labor. Hoy art the Mighty
tanta.t
"larThe Mewls of Senator Cowan ••wlll,
Be glad to learn that he has been noml
!wed as 31114Ister to Austria,
In PSACIIMIENIr
The fluandej editer Of the Plifladels
Phia DriLly Nerasta-la iris article of Mon
day, Makes Mae points which it would ;
be well for men of all parties to consider.
Starting out with the undeniable decla
ration that the "proceedings of Congress,
as reported from &ay to day, are anything
but encouraging," he comes to the move
ment of the Radical fanatics for the int-1
peach ment of the Presideut.
"Whilet," he says, "ninny view It as,
bat the ebulition of a violent party spirit , '
on the part of an Individual member,
other* point to the large vote by which
it was passed, and affect to believe that
It Is not only seriously intended, but that
the purpose of its mover will be aecom
plished,and all who reflect calmly see in
it an incendiary proposition which can
de nothing else but injury to every inter- 1
est In the country. It Is no small thing.
to attempt the impeachment of the Pres- ;
ldent of the United Slatee, especially'
when that facer is basked by the Con
stitution and supported by the Supreme I
Court. Mr. Johnson is no child, neither
is he a coward, and we assure Mr. Ashley
and his friends that he will ue found '
(Otte equal to any emergency in which
he may be placed through their lawless'
conduct. He will not yield the. govern
ment over which he has been culled to
preshle to a faction, and if revolution fol
lows the effort to wrest from him his just
powers, the men who make the eflbrt to
do ap must bear the responsibility.—
Whilst such a contest is in progress the
business Interests of the country must hot
only suffer, but be placed in great peril.
I Credit, be it private or public, cannot ho
inahit i ained when anarchy fills the air,
and capital will take wings and fly away
when threatened with spoliation by ren
shn either of the distresses of the people
or the foolhardiness of their rulers."
Referring them to the late etregglo, in
which the issue "was simple and well de
fined"—rebellion on the one side and sup
port of the Government on the other, in
which nuillhere of men, weight of credit,
' and power of endurance, made the suo
ems of the national cause only a matter of
time—the writer takes the ground that
"In arevolut ion the case would be altogeth
er different," and proceeds as follows:
Anarchy is a twin companion with rev
olution, and, aocOrding to the rule which
has governed the world for all time, des
: petism follows it, The American reve
-1 lution by which the celenies of Great
Britain were separated from the mother
country, Is an insolated case, and Its re
sults cannot be quoted as precedents .for
what would follow in the event of a rev
' elution which would necessarily attend
' upon the effort to depose a President who
is guided by the great charter on which
our institutions are based, and supported
by the highest tribunal in the land.
Such &revolution wouldbring in its train a
. duplication.of the already enormous debt
of the country, and in the end a practical
isepudiation of the whole; credit would
. vanish at once, and capital would imme
diately seek its most secure hiding places,
OW its owners might he safe from want
and starvation after it should be dragged
' away from them. In such a condition of
things as we are anticipating—and cer
tainly not without reason—there would
be no solid North acting as a unit en a
• single proposition, and fur a single pur
pose. Divided as the country now is,
with a powerful party on the side of the
conspirators, the President west needs
• ht the batttlo of the government wher
e r that party exists. and as we have re
marked on previous occasions, when re
• ferring to this subject, there would and
could be no dividing line, as was the case
with the rebellion. A great, strong, and
powerful interest, which sustained the
government before because it made mo
ney out of it, would not exist in the new
controversy, and this for the the reason
that there would not, be the same incen
tive. A United States government bond
which was nearly as good as gold to a
contractor duping the rebellion would be
next to worthless to the man who would
he asked to furnish supplies t 3 either side
in the contest which Mr. Ashley and his
friends propose to bring &built, and hence
the probabilities are that either side
would by force of might take what it
could get without regard to the wishes
, or position of the owner.
I We marvel very_ much if members of
, Congress ever consider this subject calm
ly,
and with a view to see what is before
them. If they did so, exercising ordina
ry intelligence, they would come to the
same conclusions that we do. It is Idle
!for them to talk about northern Geyer
'nors with northern troops sustaining
them in their revolutionary conduct. No
matter how parties are divided, and no
matter how well one of them has succeed
ed in poisoning the public nand against
j the President, they cannot deny that ho
is commander-in-chief of the army
. of the Union; and every one who knows •
`him is satisfied that be will use that 4r
my to sustain, save and maintain theg,ov-
ernment just as Mr. Lincoln did when
Ihe was President. Nor is it worth while
for congressmen to calculate on the de- I
feetion they think they have caused in
the army. In such an event as we are
considering, the people will form the ar
my of the government just as they did I
under Lincoln, and if RadicaLe could be'
Induced - to fight against it, conservative!
men who love the old Union, and who ;
revere the government under which our I
, country has grown to be so great, would,
+ and will come from the hills and the val
leys of the country, like so many spirits
rushing from the mighty deep, to over
whelm the poisonous crew, who under
pretense of loyalty and love for an infe
rior race, would seek to break up the
grandest fabric that was ever reared by
human bands, It is time to look this
subject fairly and squarely in the face.
The num who sees a conflagration ap
pmehing his dwelling' and takes no
means to secure his property from its ray
ages. is simply a fool; and unless we look
at this subject and adopt measures to pre- ,
vent what is so certaiubt approaching,
we will deserve to be tblEr scorned people
of the earth,
LOAN.
A Radical member of Congress from Mis
souri, rejoicing - in the euphonious name
of Loan, on Monday last, in the House
of Representatives, deliberately charged
Andrew Johnson with complicity In the
assassination of President Lincoln.—
When called upon for the proof of the
assertion, he declined to answer, but
coolly announced that "he would pursue
this matter in his own way and in his
own good time." Nat so good, Mr. Loan !
This will not do. A charge thus boldly
made must be sustained, and that quick
ly too, oroonsign the author tosomething
worse than infamy. The Pre*dent of
the United States has been arraigned for
murder, !Phials no common slander, and
it must be fairly and squarely met, now
at the threshhold. The honor of the
Republic demands this, imperatively,
and when the base and cal um n ions charge
has been properly ventilated, there is no
divinity that doth hedge a Congressman
which will save him from the conse
quences of has rash and 111-judged COn
duct.-4,ge.
111111" At Delhi , Ohlo, on brew Year's
night, a man married his own aunt, he
being the son or tier sister.
etMIL. AriaLOME •% MIL mseN,alfieStue, liartered their vote /414th. rfaittet
teLititellerfit." - I rialto( Republican vinery air a ndee,
• must render their account,
That . the greet built of the Republican Th. Harrisburg letter of "Humes,"
petty preferred 6or. Curtin for United published in the same Irene of the Re-
States Senetor, is a fact beyond question. pository, concludes as follows
Throughout the entire State this feeling , After traged,y there usually comes the
manifested itself, and in the Southern farce, and the legislature does not depart
tier of counties wasimineasitrably upper- from theatrical rules. On FridaV last
most. Stevens had friends, earnest, but Senator MeConaughy manifested Lis in
, tense anxiety for the reputation of the
not numerous; whilst fJainerun seethe d iegi,hii,urev,e, h e iyux poilw borne
and
tq be almost destitute of supporters. wished a certiflesde for his constittients--
Actuated iry the prevailing feeling;' by asking in open Senate whether the
Col. 3leCture,
of the Chamberaburg Ire-, committee of investigation had discover
pottery, threw all his energy and intlu- ed
ques a t l iCin i . 11 i 1 1 5 0 twlCrisonSgenqi in t he
r t w6ler nraetolrileal
yi
ence Into the contest, determined that, if —"nary found." He had not onlynot
possible, so general an expression of pref- found anything, but be had not even found
erence should have decisive weight when a presumption, not even an imprudence,
Hot eve an e a r n ° indelicacy, a n o t %vr o e
u much nu tt e s
the day of choice came. No man ever the
ia worked with more vigor in a cause than Senator from Adams was content. They
did Col, McClure to secure the Senator.: forcibly illustrated the following dialogue
ship for Cloy. Curtin. But all to no pur,' of the two complacent but unsuccessful
:
pose—no effect. Why, he himself tells, ; putch fishermen
Huns—Anytiug bite you , Yakun
in his last paper. As few eV-Nets - may Yukup—No, noting bite
not be uninterdating to our readers, we l e //ans,Noting bite me too,
give the following. • ----sew*—
. In a letter from Harrisburg, under date
ofJannary 11th, Col, 3feClnre says;
All efforts to avert the blistering die.
honor of the election of Simon Cameron
to the first legislative tribunalof the na
tion,-have proved utterly futile. The
people believed that they had precluded
the possibility of such a result, for in no
single Senatorial or Representative dis
trict in the State does a majority of the
Republicans desire his election. On the
eon trary,nineteen-twentieths of the faith
ful men who have by noble, patriotic ef
fort given victory to our cause, are earn
^estly, iniplseably opposed to him, and de
; inand the election of a tried and trusted
statesman to the responsible position of
'Senator.
Knowing as I did, before the late elec
tion, that Cameron had debauched both
our immediate Representative and our
Senator, that he hiul wrung from our leg-
Native candidate In Perry a written
pledge to support him under the threat
of defeat, nod that he had contracted for
Senator and two RepresentatlVCS in the
adjoining Bedford district in the nomi
nating conference, I could not doubt that
elsewhere as here, he had corrupted the
delegated powers while the people rested
in confident security, I still hoped, how
ever, that a wrong so unexampled and
exceptionless could not be consummated,
and I committed the natural error of bow
ing in silence, rather than peril harmony
and success in a struggle involving the
most important officers who were to be
charged with the safety of our nation
ality.
When the members had got safely be
yond the power of the people by their
election, every appliance was made to
hear upon them that ingenuity could de
vise. There were offices for the ambi
tious, plunder for the venal, and promises
for fools. Many cattle here still strong in
their integrity and mindful of the noble
people who had confided in them, but I
saw them wither and fall like the blight
ed leaves of autumn; and fall like one of
old, to rise no more. Thus did the har
vest of corruption go on until the garners
of the master were full. * *
Why Simon Cameron was chosen, I
need not repeat. The story is familiar to
all, even in the humblest and remotest
homes of the State. 1 f written in flaming
characters on the dome of the, capitol, or
branded ineffaceably upon the brows of
the men who did it, no one would have to
learn thereby how the richestjewel of loy
al victory had beeu basely bartered for a
price.
From a leading editorial in the Repos
itory, the following is taken
In the midst of the appalling debauch
ery that compassed the nomination of
Mr. Cameron' for Senator, there are sever
al monuments of perfidy which tower
over and dwarf all others. That Mr.
Stumbaugh should vote for Cameron was
but natural, and none who knew him are
disappointed, although he was pledged
to at least three other candidates, and in
structed by his own immediate Republi-
Can constituents, for Gov. Curtin. Why
he voted as he did is as well understood
by every man, woman and child in the
county, who can read or comprehend, us
that water will descend until it finds its
level. But of Senator IlleConaughy, who
makes pretension to manhood and good
repute, and Senator Worthington, who
has reached the evening of a blameless
life only to cloud it with dishonor that
will endure with his memory; those who
have, trusted them cannot but bow in
shame under their deep humiliation.—
The Republicans of Adams, in their last
regular convention, passed a resolution
to guide Mr. McConaughy. When it
was presented, a motion was made to in
sert the name of Mr. Stevens 171 the place
of Gov. Curtin, but was lost by a vote
of 37 to 8, and then the resolution was
adopted unanimously as follows:
"Resolved, That Hon. Andrew G. Cur
tin is the choice of this Convention for
U..S. Senator."
Franklin, the only other county in his
district, followed the example of Adams,
and in a Convention regularly called and
chosen expressly to give expression on
the Senatorship, adopted the following
resolution by the decisive yote of 73 to 3:
"Resolved, That in obedience to the
emphatic expression of the Republicans
of Franklin county, our Senator and Rep
resentatives are hereby instructed, in the
name of the People they have been cho
sen to represent, to give a zealous and
faithful support to Andrew G. Curtin for
U. S. Senator in the Republican Senato
rial caucus."
In the case of Senator Worthington
the case was equally strong. * *
In the face of the positive, even impera
tive expressions of the Republican Peo
ple of these districts, Senators McColl
aughy and Worthington: went into the
caucus on Thursday last, and east their
votes for Simon Cameron on the first
ballot. Deeply as their treachery has
plunged their faithful supporters into
sorrow, there is still a profounder, a more
consuming sorrow, that will fall to them
and those who must bear their name, as
the legitimate legacy of this fatal step.
If it were possible to explain it consist
ly with integrity, they should have the
benefit of the charitable judgment of
generous but sorely aggrieved constit
uents; but with the high tribunal of the
People writing over this chapter of our
political history, in letters of unmingled
darkness, that shameless venally there
fought its boldest battle and won its
complctest triumph, the blistered laurels
of the victor cannot but encircle the
blotted brows of his lieutenants in this
crime against the People.
In an article on the "Senatorial Cau
cus," after classifying the votes for the
several candidates, the Repoattory re
marks :
In the list of votes for Cameron will be
seen the votes of Senator McConaughy
and Represcn tat' ves Stool bough and-Shu
man, all of whom have thereby offered
the keenest insult to their eonstituentN
end with them are eighteen others, whose
mimes are given in italiee, all of whom
were either solemnly pledged to, or in
structed, by their constituents lo vote for
Gov, Curtin. These twenty-one votes
added to the twenty-threk votes received
by Gov. Curtin would have given him
forty-four on tint ballot, two more than
enough to have nominated him. In ad
dition to that number, Se.nators.Bingham,
Billingtelt, Browne (of Lawrence) and
Fisher, and Representatives MoPherrin,
Richards, Webb and Wilson—eight in
all who voted for Stevens or Grow-.
would have voted for Curtin as between
' Curtin and Cameron. If, therefore, those
' who were instructed or pledged for Gov.
Curtin had not basely betrayed him sod
their constituents, he would have com
manded Anyitwo voter against Camerog
in joint caucus. Why he did not receive
that vote, is well known to the people,
and ti 4 them the mercenary puppets who
McCLEMJ ON GEJAIY,
(From the Chambersbarg rtepott tory.]
That Oen. Geary threw his whole per
sonal and official power in favor of the
election of Cameron, bartering his offices
as Cameron directed, can no longer be
concealed, and his administration starts
with this stamped upon it. Gov. Geary
may soon learn how easy it is to wreck
an administration, but he will prove
himself a wise man If he demonstrates
how it can be rescued and restored to the
confidence of the people who created it.
On this subject Mr. Penuirnap, editor of
the Pittsbeg Gazette, writing to his pa
per frOm Harrisburg last week, says I
"Gen. Geary has fully identified him
self with Oimeron. So far, ell his ap
pointments have been made with the
view of detaching support from ('an't).
and transferring it to Cameron. What
ever appointments he has to make of pe
cuniary, value, are all pledged to promote
the same end. This course on the part
of the Meowing Governor excites conflict
ing comments, according to the Senatorial
predilections of the individuals talking.
There are loud threats of ,reprisal at the
elections next autumn, and abundant
predictions that Geary's administration
will be in the minority in the next Legis
lature. how far these dolorous prophe
sies result from a definite forecasting of
the future, and how far from the bitterness
of present disappointment, it would be
idle to speculate.
"Gen. CameroWti friends are exultant
over his anticipated' election. In their
elation they more than intimate that a
persistent effort will be made to secure
the General the Presidential nomination
in 1868. This will interfere with Gen.
Geary's ambition. which aims at nothing
less than the Vice Presidential notni,.a
tion, and gives sign that it will seek the
higher mark."
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Washington correspondent of the
Age, in his letter of Wednesday, says :
An interesting discussion took place in
the House to-day, on Mr. Stevens' bill to
reorganize the government of the State of
North Carolina. Mr. Bingham (Republi
can), of Ohio, characterized it as a bill of
destruction and dismemberment, and re
ferred to Ashley's measure for the same
purpose, its a bill of anarchy. The con
serative tone of a portion of Binghtun's
speech was exceedingly distasteful to his
Radical associates. Nevertheless, he had
the stronger position, as between himself
and Mr. Stevens. hater in the afternoon
Mr. Dawson, of Pennsylvania, obtained
the floor, and made by far the ablest
speech yet delivered on the restoration
question. He was listened to with deep
attention. Both the bills of Messrs. Stev
ens and Ashley are wholly Impracticable
in their nature, and can never be carried
into effect. It is thought that in thee fent
of their adoption by the the Houso, they
will be permitted to die in the Senate—
at least no final action will be taken up
on them this session.
The bills for the aarniiston of Ne
braska and Colorado, upon the prece
dent condition of negro suffrage, passed
the Senate to-day, as amended by the
House. A veto in both cases is anticipa
ted, and the Radicals are making p re
paraticins accordingly.
M=2==l
SUE WAX AND XUE UMW!.
Hahn, last year, went to Washington
as a Senator from the StatZ of Louisiana;
now he is there to prove that Louisiana
is not a State; of course, then, he was an
imposter .lit.a pretended Senator ; When
Gen. Butler was in Louisiana, "it was
intimated to him from Washington that
it would be desirable to select two mem
bers of Congress from New Orleans and
the contiguous parishes;" to carry out
this suggestion he sent Gen. Weitzel
with an army through the Ltrfourche
country, to clear the country of "rebels,"
and thus make it "loyal" enough to rote
for a Republican Congressman. From
all of which it appears that a State is a
State only when Radieals want It to he a
State.—Boston Post. •
RADICAL TYRANNY.
Democrats! remember that the Mon
grel Radical Congress has forced unqual
ified Negro Suffrage upon the people of
the District of Columbia. in the face of
the fact that nia-tenths of the people of
the District expressed their opposition to
it at the polls._ If there be such a thing
as Tyranny, We have It in most mon
strous shape in this act of Congress. Lot
this matter be talked over among the
people. Call your neighbor's attention
to it. Above all, bring home the fact to
your friends in the "Republican party."
They must acknowledge now, what they
_lately denied, that their party is in favor
of Negro Suffrage, and they must either
endorse that doctrine, or they can no
longer consistently act with that party.
rat it at them
firirllen. nuttier has lately had another
batch of suits entered against him in New
York, by loyal Southerners, whom, it is
alleged, he robbed or defrauded. It is
altogether probable that Ben's idea Ii
getting elected to Congress was to secure
exemption, as a member, from arrest and
punishment,
yer.fiou. Roscoe Con kling was last
week elected United. States Senator.from
New York; Lymau Trumbull, Senator
from Illinois, and Charles D. Drake,
Senator from Missouri. ' •
Or The story that one million dollars
were paid last month to Southerners by
the Government, for cotton stolen by
"loyal" thieves, during the latter day's of
the war, has been omelally contraditted.
Itirlifr. E. IL Parker (044 , 10riii) Iff an
nouneed as an independent candidate for
Mayor of Allegheny City, Pa. So we go;
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VillantalikioN
llAtO AlllOlO/110.
[rams tho Itimiuter jateplgenMv ot Thursday.]
Yesterday Ifaj or General John W. Gea
ry, as his admirers call him, was dulyin
augurated Governor of Pennsylvania.
The day was an inauspicious one for a
display of the kind contemplated, and
this circumstance enabled the Harrisburg
Telegraph to frame an exeuse for the
very meagre crowd present. The proces
sion was a very poor affair. On arriving
at the Capitol, a prayer was offered up by
Iles. Senator Brown, of Lawrence; the
Clerk of the Senate then read the certifi
cate of election, and L. W. Hall, Speaker
of the Senate, swore the Major General
into office. This was all there was of the
show, except the speech of the Governor.
We venture the assertion that a weak
er address or one less suited to the occa
sion was never delivered. Judgingfrom
both the manner and matter we conclude
that John W. Forney has quit writing
J. speeches for John W. Geary. John W.
did get up a piece which John W. G.
la said to have spoken immediately after
the election, which was decent English,
and in which the ideas were expressed
with some clearness. IfJohn W. F. had
not been a candidate for Senator, and
had not quarrelled with John W. G.'s.
roaster, Simon Cameron, the inaugural
address of our military governor might
have been a respectable Radicle' docu
ment. As it is we cannot think or lumb
ering up our columns with it. A short
synopsis of it is all our readers will care
to see.
fn the very first sentence we have an
allusion to the Deity coupled with a re ,
minder to the crowd that the Speaker
was a great military chieftain. Proceed
ing in a train of thought which Is
In Its vanity, he goes into6a discussion of
the cause. of the rebellion, and an esti
mate of what it ooit to subdue it, and is
thus enabled frequently to call the atten
tion of the crowd to himself. On the
subject of slavery he expends about a
column of empty words, ringing the old
worm out changes upon the subject.—
That part of his address, if we are not
mistaken, he gleamed from an old tile
of the Harrisburg Telegraph.
He had to say something about the ne
cessity of education, if for no other rea
son than because he exhibited such 'a
lack of it himself. His remarks on the
subject remind us of the compositions of
school boys. He concludes that portion
of his .address in the following language!
"Pennsylvania should be the vanguard
of education. She should remember
that, as she hasbeen the mother of States,
she should also be the teacher of States."
What States was Pennsylvania ever
the mother of? Where are her political
daughters? We never heard of them,
nor any one else; until their existence
was tuns announced by Major General
Governor John W. Geary. '
The next subject to which the lumi
nous genius of our Governor addresses
itself is the military of the State. Here
he is quite as much stilted and no more
practical than in his talk about ueation.
The subject was lugged in to enable him
again to call attention to himself, as a
military genius. Merely that and noth
ing more.
Much of a muddle as 111.5 talk on pre
ceding-gublects Is, it Is not until he begins
to debate the tariff that the stupidity of
the speaker fully. exhibits itself. This
part of his address is made up almost en
tirely of qultations, but so bunglingly put
together that we defy any man to make
good sense out of the jumble.
Of course 'he had to ventilate himself
on the question of reconstruction. From
what he said it is hard to tell what wing
of the Radicals he belongs to. About the
clearest sentence in the whole clause re
lating to national affairs isthe following :
"The abhorrent doctrine, that defeated
treasonlshall not only be magnanimously
pardoned, but introduced to yet stronger
privileges, because of its guilty failure,
seems to have been insisted upon, as if to
strengthen the better and the contrasting
doctrine, that a nation, having conquer
ed its freedom, Wits best guardian, and
that those who were defeated in honora
ble battle should be constrained to sub
mit to all the terms of the conqueror."
That is about as clear and as states
manlike as most df the Radical clatter
upon the suhjeet.
We hope the friends of the newly elect
ed Governor will take him in hand.—
Frank Jordan can get up a decent docu
ment. We hope he will see to It that the
annual messages of this gubernatorial
prodigy are decent Esiv/i4h, even if they
ureuothing more.
"
Il'ApnlsaTo.v, 'D. C., Jan. IS.—Thle
morning at eight o'clock the conserva
tory attached to the Executive Mansion
took fire from the bursting of a fine on
the southwest side. The main building,
extending from east to west, and erected
over an old brick structure, is two hun
dred feet in length, with an addition of
twenty feet from north to south. The
flames swept through these buildings,
destroying at least one-third of the valu
able plants, many of them of the rarest
character of foreign origin. Horticul
turists and florists express the opinion
that the collection could not be replaced
for years, and not even then without a
eo;4t of hundreds of thousands; of dollars.
The buildings are damaged to the extent
of probably twenty thousand dollars.
Prize Fiyht.—Harrisburg, Jan. 15.
This morning a prize fight came ofYabout
fifteen miles from Harrisburg, at Golds
borough, in York county, for the cham
pionship of light weights, and a purse of
MO. 'rho combatants were Samuel
Col lyer,o f Baltimore, and John McQuade,
of New York, Forty-seven rounds were
fought, occupying 53 minutes, and the
fight was witnessed by about 400 persons.
from all'seutions. Coflyer was the victor.
The Spy an Indicator of the Weather.—
The color of the sky at particular times
afibrds wonderful good guidance. Not
only does a rosy sunset prestige good
weather, and a ruddy sunrise had weath
er, but there are other tints which speak
with equal clearness end accuracy. A
brightyellow sky in the evoring indicates
wind; a pale yellow, wet; a neutral
gray color constitutes a favorable sign in
the evening, and an unfavorable one in
the morning. The clouds are again full
of meaning M themselves. If their forms
arc soft, undefined, full and feathery, the
weather will be fine; if their edges are
hard, sharp and definit, it will be foul.
Generally speaking, any deep, unusual
hues betoken - wind and rain, while
the more quiet and delicate tints bespeak
fair weather. These are simple maxims,
and yet not so simple but that the British
Board of Trade has thought fit to publish
them for the use of sea-faring men.—
Scientific American.
terrible riot was raging in Fair
mount, Vermilion county, Illinois, on
the 3d. At last accounts seven persons
were killed and fifteen wounded. The
riot 'grew out of a controversy on the
question of a new county.
ear An extraordinary elmement took
place from the neigitborktoodbl
Vs., a day or two since. A gay nod fes
tive youth, of the tender age of sixty
summers, me ilfr with a dulelnea of
twenty. The num left behind h int a wife
and a large number of children,
D. K. Jackson, of Philadelphia,
and Milton Of irtwriglit, of Erie, Pa., have
purchased B,oooaeres of the richest Cotton
/ands in South Carolina, and intend
putting it at once under cultivation. -The
price paid was $l2 per acre.
iiir•A bin & girl at Shelbyville, Indi
ana, has commenced a suit against a
white man for breach of prom's() of mar
riage.
• This Is a case for the Civil Rights bill.
MET Col. D. Iteerea, of Erie meaty,
has been appointed A utialt. general of
Pennsylvania. He w illnot assume his
duties until spring.
- 5,7*
AND COON'W,AFFAIRS,• n A 11410 A IXELlicno maid ii'epori,
`--The Spinal meeting of the Stock hold.
s erj ammuo i 'court wifitortnnence ers of the Gettysburg Railroad ivas held
day: i in this place on rifonday. The following
cifloers were elected for the ensuing year ;
President—W. G. Case.
Managers David Wills Robert' Mc.
Curdy, C. S. Maltby, I.'. W. Northrop,
I Rowan/. S. Came, Robert. Crane, John
Bachman, Win. McConkey, Henry Kant
felt, Philip Small, Peter Diehl, Wrn,
NUJ - gigot
( Statement, of It. McCurdy, Sequestrater
of the Gettysburg Railroad Company,
showing the Receipts and Expenditure s
of the Company-for the year ending b e ,
comber 31st, MO:
sisr Rev. Mr. Bouse, of the M. E. Church
of this place, received a han , lsome gift
from members of his Church ou Christ
mas day. •
Exitisrrtox.—The "Grapevine Litera
ry Association" bare resolved to held
their first .B:chibition at Geapistita
School-House, in Butler township, on
Friday evening, the 22d of February, to
consist of Vaudevils, Dialogues, Speeches,
Essays, fie.
M Linn ASBORU. the annual election
for Directors of the "Muni inasburg Mu
tual Fire Protection Society," held on
Monday last., the following persons were
elected : E. W. Stehle, George Throne,
John Mickley, Peter Shall, Tobias Boyer,
Barnet Myers, Michael Dietrich, Sr., Ja
cob H. Plank, henry J. Brinkerhoff
Isaac Howe, George Thomas, and
Dietrich, Jr.
P9 l l9o,Piters. Freight. Tot.,
MS 4'7 $1,146 48 LI
775 5
84 1,04 14 1,400 xq
Oin 1./19 115 cr
Ll= 30 1,313 11 2,ne, i t
966 136 1,416 416 2,415 'l2
1,066 111 1,166 SI; 7,212 to
'1.121 51 911 I.ltti
1.678 214 1,413 SS 3,911 ei
1 ,10 76 1,469 se - 2,8v 7
1,420 at - 10 , 2.524 4/
MN IS 1,5 q j 1 2.530 39
tai 36 Lon 1,1114. -
.121191 93 1114,838 OS s.?7llrlig
_
blifln the State Senate, on 711ursday, I Pr°,2n, i Pos,t•Olneo Department, tramper-
Petitions were presented front citizens of F - rOn 3 ibii z Z l Elta l4 tes tbr 111111iss7 trans-
Adams county, praying for relief for pro- Fro P M rtati ezira n. trains and talseenoneous 4 ' 5214
70
perty destroyed at the hattle of gettys.: P0c 9 11 , 1 9 .
burg, .
_1
-I , Fli.rln't . ,
ji r uiry. o t t i t t re g ri. Ektrooralpary
l ' i re i rl .. .. 7
arsei — We learn that McConaughy has
started tho following bills in the Senate: February, 1,211 78
cvi 2 ifii7 ,:
.34nrell, 1,261 30 552 1,702 :15
"An Act to change the venue' n the ease April, - 1,370 1.1 1; 1 70 13
of the Commonwealth of Penylvatila ' May. 1,104 , I*
1;1114 25 11$ 95
2,137 20 1,7(31 50
3,151 45
vs. Henry Stevens and Jacob Artnan, Jun.,
1,119 72 119 00 1503 74
from the Court of Gener4l Qtarter Sue- I AukLst, lAt4 4.1 . laud ee 2,779 51
Mons of Adams county to the Court of Septemlo43. Lam en sal a 1,632.7
General quarter Sclisious of 'Dauphin l, ) T'.' ' .'" i i• Ira 10 103 0.9
14 so 1,09 41
1,709 47
oounty." I i/ec ('‘ ein nl o;7 r , ' 1.1 40 91 773 21 1,954 53
"An Act to ollange the venue In the , ..--...„, —
'case of Jesse Clironister vs. Howard 1111- I ..._. O 1 4 / 3 . 13° 48 66,809 44 ' 22 2, 419 92
rlnt rf of Ar•nt Kt Orttysbu r zatatioll. 550 to
lee, George Hollinger and Ottniel Hue- ssisiyufsequestrator,pere erofetairt, sou 00
bold, from the Court of OM 4011 Pleas of.
Adams county to the Court If Common
... _ ~.
Pleas of Dauphin county."
Are judgoa and jurors in -Clams county
no longer to be trusted with the trial of,
the roost ordinary cases? )ally, the re
peated insults offered to otr peopls by
this bogus Senator are enouji to provoke
universal contempt and indignation
elirThe Standing Committees In the
`"", ---
House were announced on Friday week. I unt"liand. -17,ste 00
I have purchased and put on the road
Mr, Heltzel is on the Coniraittees on
5,300 cross-ties during the year, 'ail of the
Counties and Townships, end Accounts'
bestquality of White oak aud-ehesnut oak ,
In the Senate, fir. McCosaughy is on
The cost of the ties delivered at the road
the Committees on Federal telations;Ju.
was 45 cents each, making a cost of $2,385,
diciary, and Estates and Escheats. I
In addition to this, It cord about one-half
atirWe are pained to belompelled to , more to deliver the ties ttiong the road,
announce the death of It. GI Harper, Jr., take out the old, and put in the new ones.
oldest eon of the editor of the Adams The spikes cost $250. I. had Corsowaeo
Sentinel. He died on the
it,' Bridge i rebuilt by-the erection of a tii se
.
Howard county, Md., when he
fast ,
he had boon' c su a rri ss or t7 B9 T i r dl g r n P t a r dAt ri e rt s i t t 1 1 .0 -
i
engaged for several years ineehool teach- bor done by the bends working on r i e " - -
ing. His remains were broight home on' pairs. I have also had Swift limn Bridge
bought, en. Tuesday evening, and interred in Ever- f i ebal i t ti alifit Creek re
green Cemetery on Wedneslay. He was I which u i have R ock
in his 85th yw.tr. Peace tohis ashes. , end items of new construction , t i og e eti t: se v ;
with several other smaller Items of per-
Stef - From time Annual !teport of fue l manent repairs, make up thu above item
StateSuperintendentorConmon Schools, I of $6,860 46 of Extraordinary Expendi--
just submitted to the Ibgislature, we ! tures during the year. The road is now
In
bat ef it e t e l
e l 1 e t n o t be eo e u x d p i t t ;n l o ( ti o
( a t and will i:oll s t r t e n cl o t t li t r n e k
espy, on our first page, tht Report of our
County Superintendent, karou Sheely,
I for some years.
Esq. It contains many farts 4u4.1 sugges-1 The account of the net earnings of the
tions of Interest, and will no doubt he Colepany up to Uec. 31, 1685, was tiled
i during the year, showing a net balance
generally read. of $5,571 97, which slim was 'distributed
4
by the Court to the Bondholders, as here
tofore. An account Aiming , every , Rein
of receipts and expenditures fur the past
year, will be flied mu Court es soon as the
outstanding bills are collected, and the
net balance will then be distributed
among the Bondholders.
__ _
'The weather was eseecalingly cold
during Thursday and Friday last, ren
dering out-door employment almost im
possible. The thermometers did not run
as low as in the latter part of Decem
ber, we are told. but itispect that the
instruments felt they could not "do
justice to the subject," atid therefore did
'not try.
tt
•
HaLuan. (o( Peter,) of this
platte, recently slaughtered a pig 10
• months old, which weighed 284 pounds.
That's certainly good fore pig.
THE LAMT FASHunis.—Since the In
vention and successful introduction of
the Celebrated Duplex Elliptic , (or double)
Spring Hoop Skirt, by J. W. Bradley, tit
New York, the ladies throughout the
country have given up the idea of dis
carding the fashion of wearing hoop
skirts on account of the peculiar and
graceful manner In which the Duplex
Skirts adapt themselves to every exigen
cy and emergency. So generally accep
table have these Skirts become ihst the
ladles regard them as n speeial favorite,
10 view of the superior Flexibility,
' Lightness and Durability combined in
their Manufacture. They also consider
them a far mere Economical and Com
fortable Hoop Skirt than ever has or can
be made for all Crowded Assemblies, for
the Promenade or House Dress. Any la
dy after wearing one of thee Skirts will
never afterwarda willingly dispense with
of an agricultural paper just started at their use. Long experience in the man
. uftwture of Hoop Skirts, has proven to
Philadelphia by. S. S.Teatit—U. W. & S. the proprietors of this invention, that
S. Foss editors. We have per usgl the Single Springs will always retain that
first number with Much pleasurit Its stiff, unyielding and bungling style
articles are of an interesting and useful which has ever characterised them,
. whereas the Double Spring Hoop, or tim
character, and its typography distinct Duplex Elliptic, will be found tree from
and neat. Published every Saturday, at these objections. Notwithstanding the
$2 per annum, strictly and always in ability of the manufacturers, Messrs.
advance. Wests, Bradley ot Cary, to turn out over
six thousand Skirts per day from their
Dom. fcholas Codorl, butcher, in this
place, slaughtered (Oleg, the other - day,
which weighed 666 pounda—the heaviest
of the season. Mr. C. purchased it at
Littlestown a week or tiro ,ago.
Stir3fr. Charles E. Armor him pur
olutse.l the house of Janes A. Grimes, In
En Middle street, for $7OO, cash.
16...5iz inches of snow fell last night
Mar The Farm and Fireside Ie the title
pe. ...ay fru... ....
.
Alii*B(4ll Houses of the State Legisla- large Manufactories in New fork, they
tune met at 3 o'clovk cm Tuesday, and •
d fe e e r l in o g bli h ed to request
Ellipti all m c rechants or-
the Duplex Skirts, to
elected Simon Cameron as United States "tut their orders a few days before they
Senator.. In the Renate, on the first are wanted. if possible, us they are most
ballot, Cameron re eived 19 votes and, constantly oversold some days ahead.
Edgar Cowan 10. In the liouee, Cam-
eron had 62 votes and Cowan 37
EM:I
Sarin the procenlings of Congress, on
Tuesday last, the fallowing Is recorded:
Mr. Koontz, of Pennsylvania, from the
Committee for the , District of Columbia,
.made an adverse rtport on the memorial
of citizens of foreign birth, praying for
the same rights a.inegroes.
And yet the linilcals In ovary electron
district In the cotntry try to secure the
votes of "eitisens of foreign birth," and
in some cases bonit that they succeed!
t -The "Centtal Executive Commit
tee of the Eepullcan party" of Louisi
ana, (see Raclicalorgans,) was organized
on the 10th inst., by the election of "Mr.
Crane (white) PraidcLnt ; Judge Pluplan
ter.(white), Viae Preaideut, and Messrs,
Mantier, Mulfori and 'Dunn (oolored)
Secretaries and Treasurer." There's
"black and tan* for you• How do you
like it, PeOusstvania "Republicans ?"
YOU must make kb that at trust
ifirWe learnftum the Pittsburg Peat
that the workmen who erected the tri
umplfatarch onti Pennsylvania avenue,
epos the «leatfon of the Radii* "sot-
Mere! and Sailors' -Convention," at Pitts
burg, have commenced an action in the
District Court against the-Radical Com
mittee tor the recovery of their wages-
Ur Gen- 0111 1 114, approves of the Presi
dent's veto of he District 'White Man's
Dwradation MU. So does every body of
common seuse - sind patriotic principle.
/WOW Alstplee Chase Is said to be
oPlioto propoaed plan of getting
n the P trent by Impesobtaent,
10!2A you% 'Win in Teviot, Franoe,
has now be sleeping for about four
'weeks.
Stir* gentleman in nizabetii, 3r. .14,,
is the possester of the pistol with which
Cot• 'Duyvil/NW Hamilton.-- ' I
mar - sec s de !pe ils brothel*,
and his bre er-in-law and a coutin, ail
Vold LintBllllte.s offices,
lel
MARNINGFI,
' 1/kMI.
Jauui4ry,
Febnunry.
btu/felt,
Itlay,
June,
July,
Augu.t,
tleple
Octobemr, ber,
November,
ember,DeC
I=
ME
Medi, In
null WARY
Passenger rowel kW, N
FrOglitwecellitx, 14,~15 alI
Military trans., malls, &c., 5,512 el
03,241 4
11/5, 4:40
0 8 M 46
1,':1430 tat
Ordinary rxpenses,
14traordivary eSpeitSrl.
Salaries,
Amount of not fuming",
B Ih outat anti fug I ticluda.l Iu Use above
hatunee, 1.719 MS
Jan. 14, 1867
Latest Market Reports.-
6ICTTYI4I3URG
FLOUR, • •
WYE FLOUR,
WflrrE W 11 E AT,
BED WHEAT, -
colt-N,
BYF.,•- -
OATS. - •
8114 K W HEAT,
HAY.
CLDV 9:HALED,
FLAXSEED,
FORK, • •
VLOTM. • • - 21 OD • 11 50
WHEAT, • - 2sl ilO
RYE, • - • 111 30
coRS, - - • 97 1 90
63 • GO
hund . 0u4,6 9no
BEEF CTTLk, * 16 00 40 00 16
00
010
.1f Y, • • 2/4
-
WHISKEY, • • 3 25 • Y 30
Married,
on the PO MK., at the house of the bride's
mother, In Arcutitsvitls,l4 Itrvikt. Snyder, Mr.
4±...Moti LADY Su ] IIes LIZ,M, tivilwAitrz, both
of this county.
At thciresi.lenco of the bride's mother,mar To
teniburg Jan. Oth, by Rev,. H. Dieter r.
,
ur LOACIIMUTI4Ij ,y.
to MIAs IigIIECCA. A, NIILLiit, of Iluntin ,on
township. Atlanta county.
fly the }nine, Tao. Sill, et the residenee of the
brtdc's father, Mr. EPHRAIM C. RICE to MIMI
EIN fRA WALRA Y. both of fileoalien townahip.
On the lith Milk. by Her. Ur, seer Mr. NOAII
C. BROWN of Carroll Mft. to If ON A Wilt
CAROLINE; daughter of Wm. Rotifer, of Adams
county.
Or. the Bth inst., by Rev. Mr. Tams. Mr. AU
(JUSTUS 11.11.RER.of finals Middleton township,
Cumberland county - , to Miss NATE, tiOFFILtio,
of Adams county,
•
Died.
On Ratanlny inorbijig,geifirlide tannish, 34 Fs.
CATHARINE puticKLeY widow of 'Samuel
Sleekley. in the &RA year o f ace.
Pthd At oti Sabbath rning,
I Jailgr,Voalir UMISIta, Jr.. aged 34
years 8 months a.pd 1 der.
o n odivout tais.,BAri,Waig i gAitYdigant son
ofJohn outs En= 4eth tsmanim„Aged Iginnntha.
On the td Init.. am.; at co l um n .
tion, Um. ANN MANIA. was sr Dayitt Hartielt.
in the 58Ih yeas of be, age. - ,
On Monday, the 141,13 Inat.,ln BrnsbArn, Adm.
county, cif eauting9Mon. Mr. EDW ARD ClUarti-
MATOR, son of the late John (1 stator, cle.
et:vied, aged 30 and 19 dam
Open nreetanaL .. lballth that,. irk rover
CO Z
Mr, JA. tfrl, War 1 aged
about, 911 •
At Pew °Ward. Mow, MILEY.
aged 107•11181 IMMO. 1111614/144411k
XoteMpar weed. ea. ft lAMEE
WILLIA infant aon OT Esategmtid Clarissa
Kenthly, age N. d
Imonth and M dar.
, - _t
ii
se 50
EMI
1 1 X1,2 I I 07
szLeop tri
$9,571 - 66
ii. McCuicur
F.:quo tratoir
• 12 50 SI 1200
• 600
• 2SS 42 275
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77
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rn
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10 on
j i 16 SO
760
• 2a
60