II '-ree, and the Increasing intercourse k e treen the Pacific Rates and A.M. e naval penTsion fund, which eon 1110IPty of the in ails of prizes 1 - tltured (larlnr the war, amounts to WO MN). Fxcept ion taken to the ''t' of id July lint , winch roluees *le kiterest ou the fund loaned to the • oternineut by the Seeretary, na trus ,e,-to three per rcul. , M 10(11 wa,4 or inatly f-tiptilatea when the incest (li was made An min whin-tit of e pt Shill tau % I. FiliZgeSlNl to Telne r otntrelnna and der,os 'r exiwllol• metmentti. The expenditures of the • •partinent during the la.t fiscal year ere 531,131„394 and the eatimahN for N p , coming year amount to $31,993,- The Poetninster General's report fur , hes u full and clear exhibit of the mentions and condition of the leis I service. The ordinary postal res e e for the fiscal year ending June :1(1, 5, was $1n,:292,60n, and hunt ex twit • ituree, embracing all the serelee for • deb special approprlal ions have been Lade by Congress, amounted to +,:- . ....2.,- 31),Ssff. Showing an excess of ei pe tures of $6,437,tra1. Deducting tram ' e ex petnlttnres the sum of $1,59.1,3ri le amount of m.proprialimis for rent! f.t.,lllZlMilip and other reecial eer ier, the excess of expend, titre , . we ~541,1.,e. By- using au unexpe wrist lulasice NI the treasury of $3.+ 00 . 009 le acmel sum for which n Flits dal al , ropriation is requited b, nicet the de ;limey is s7ll,4titt. causes wide!' endured this large excess of e (nJl 'n re over revendee were the re+ Luny i .1 service in the - late insurgent State .nri the putting In operation of new &vice entublielied by acts of Congress, ;Veil 'mounted within the last two cars and a half, to about 45,700 miles -equal to more than one-third of the thole amount of service at the close of he wa? New poets; conventions ith Great Britain, North Gerthane, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzer• ins! and Italy, respectively have been &flied into effect. Under their provi onsimportantimprovements have re titled in reduced rates of 'titan:intim]. I postage, and enlarged facilities with ,•oropeen countries. The cost of tile ;tilted States trans Atlantic ocean nail service since January 1, 15r,5, has men largely lessened under the opera ion of these new conventions, a reduc ion of over one half having hewn ef euted under the new arrangements • ocean- - mall eteamehip service, itch went Into effect on that date. ehe attention of Congress is invited to lie practical suggestions amid reemn initiation% made In his report by the 'otitmuieer General. No importent question has occurred wring the last year In our accustomed ordlid and friendly intercourse with Nedit Rica, CUsteinula, liondUraa,Sall ;111Vatinr, Prance, Au Ws, Belgium, tpitaertand, Portugal, the Nether .shitht, Denmark, Swedeu and Nora ay, ;reece, Turkey, Persia, India, Liberia, derocco, Tripoli, Tunis, liruscat, Si on, Borneo and Madagascar Cordial relations have also been ialutathed with the Argentine end lie Oriental Republics. The ex prese id wish of Congress that our national ,:oral offices 'night be tendered eo those tepublles, and also to Brazil and Par. ,guay, Tor bringing to an end the ca undtous war which has so long been aging le the valley of the La Plata, nut been euesiduously complied with, . id kindly acknowledged by all the miligetente. That Important nego teflon' however, has thus tar been ithout result. Charles A. Waehburne, late Unteti :fates Minister to Paraguay, having ,eeigned and being desirous of return lug to the United States, the Rear Ad nirat commanding the South Atlantic quadron was early directed to semi n 1 hip of war to Aseuncion, the capital e! 'araguity, to receive Mr, Wankburne n4l his (molly, and remove them (ruin situntion which was represented to e endangered he faction and foreign env The Brazilian conimander of the Mimi invading forces rt (third pertnim ton 14 the "Waepu to pass through he block ad-erig`f roes, and that vessel eturned to Its necustomed anchorage. temonetrenee having been made galnst this refusal, it was promptly tea:netted, and the "Wasp" therefore esttniee her errand, received Mr. • Wastitmrne and ramify, and conveyed hem to aeafe and convenient seaport. „It the meantime an excited con Grover .y had arisen between the President if Paraguay and the late United States 'ulster, which it is understood, grew tut of In is proceedings in giving asylum , the United States legation to alleged hernkes-of that republic. The gees len of the right to give asylum is one (ways difficult, a d oven productive .r great embarrassm'etft. In States veil orgautzed and e,tabi hated, foreign 'uweta refuse to concede or exercise hat right, except to persons actually _hat to the diplomatic service. )n the other hand, all Inch Powers in. !int upon exercising the right of say Min in States where the law of nations not fully acknowledged, respected did obeyed. ;---The President of Paraguay Is under. tood to have opposed Mr. Wash be rOseli rtmeedings under the injurious and cry Improbable charge of personal vimplielty in insurrection and treason. he correspondence, however, has not et reached the United States. Mr. Washburne, In connection with , his controversy, represents that two nited States citizens attached to the egatton wens arbitrarily /Wised at his ode, when leaving the capital of Par. :grimy, committed to prison, and there übjeeted to torture for the purpose of I roeuring confessions of their own ,riminallty, and testimony to support die Presid , ."a allegations against the Jnited States Minister. Mr. Melia :ion, the newly appointed Minister to 'araguav, having reached the La eta, has been instructed to proceed flout delay, to Aseuneion, there to nirestigate the whet". subject. The • • ear Admiral commanding the United .tale. South Atlantic Squadron has n directed to attend the new Minis r with a proper naval force to truetatu aieb - net demands as the occasion ,• ay require, and to vindicate the fights of the United Staten citizens re :erred to, and of any others who may 'w; exposed to danger in the theatre of ar. With these exceptions, friendly elatlons have been maintained be semen the United States and Brazil ilia - Paraguay. ' Our relations during the past year Bolivia, Ecuador. Peru and Chile, oave become especially friendly and !ordial. Spain and the Republics of ?ere, Bolivia and Knuador have ex eressed their willingness to mutant the • imitation of the United States (or ter. ainatieg the war upon the South Pa ifie coast. Chile has not finally de .tared upon the question. In the .etuattme the conflict has practically "zhausted itself, sinter no belligerentor iostile movement has been made by later party during the laat two years, ; nd there are no indication@ of a pm ttnt purpose to resume hostilities on ahem aide. Great Britain and Preece 'iave eordlally Seconded our propos'. „„ion of mediation, and I do not fun eet, "die hope that it may soon be accepted ty all the belligerents, and lead to a se urn-establishment of peace and friend , y ,relations between the Spanish merlean Republics of the Pacific and ipairi—a result which would be attain ed with common benefits to the bet gerenta, and much sdvstrtage to all , mercial nations. I communicate, or this consideration of Congress, a orrespondence which shows that the .livian Republic haa established the ",xtremely liberal principle of reasie -wig into Its citizenship any elation of Ile United States, or of „fitly other of aro e Auseriessi Republic?, upon the ample condition of volunteer registry. -The correspondence herewith sub (tied will be found painfully replete ith aacounts of the ruin tied wiretob • dome prodeeed by recent earthqunkee f unparalleled eeverity, In the Repub .• of Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia. 'rte diplomatic agents and lisivip offi ce* of the United States who were ,resent la those ?toiletries at the time !UMW disasters, furnished all the re . In their power to diet/offerers, end promptly rewarded with grateful ,d touebing bakuowledgments by , e - Congress of Pere. An appeal the clarity of -our adlow-citi - ens has been answered by witch lib- Arallty. in ibis eoaciection I submit . appeal which has Mee made by the wise Republic, where government d institution; are kindred to our -a; le beheir of Its inhabitants, who ewelering estrous dertitutkin pro - wood by recent devastating Mends- THE GETTYSBURG COMPILER, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 18, 1868. Our relations wi th x leo during the year hive been /narked by an increas ing arum th of mutual confidence. The Mexican tio% eminent has not yet act ed upon Ilk. three treaties concluded here last , liiiitner for e.tablishing, the rights tit naturali/eil eitizemi upon Ilderal still Just tiaras, for regulating eumular powers, and for the adjust ment of mutual eliding. All coulinercial as well tut friends of Republican institutions, have oecastoo to regret the freiment lo cal illeturliatiees u bleb is eur iu 'dime 01 the et n•titticht States of Columbia Nothing has occurred. however. to t feet the harmony and cordial friend ship which ha% e for severs' years ex Islet] between that 3 out WI and vigor ous Republic and our ow n. Negotiations are pending with a view to the survey and ramstruction of a ship Ilmal across the Isthmus of Da- Hen, under the ampices of the Ulltted Mr tee'. I hope to be able to submit the re , ults of that negotiation ti the Sem at, during the present ar stun. The very liberal treaty a Well was entered Into lust year by the United States and Nicaragua has been ratilled by the latter Republic. Costa itica, u ith the earnestuess of a sincerely friendly nelghbor, solicits a reciprocity or trade, which I commend to the consideration "(Congress. The convent uv created by treaty be • tar eco the United States aud Venezue lie in N 45, for the mutual adjust ment of claims, has ',eel/ held, and its clowns have beer. received at the Depsitanent of State. The lieretufore reeug.liza d govern merit of •lie United States of Vetiezoi a 1. s b. :fil subver ted A Provisional g , -ninent hav ing been instituted under circumstan ces which promise durability, It has been formally recognized. I have been reluctantly obliged to ask explanation and satisfaction for I national injuries committed by the President of Hay ti. The political and social condition of the republics of Hayti and St. Domingo is very unsatis factory andpainful. The abolition of slavery, which has been carried into 014 throughout the island of St. Do minas) and the entire West Indies, ex cept/the Spanish islands of Cuba and Per*, Rico, has beeen followed by a profound popular conviction of the rightfulness of republican institutions, and an intense desire to secure them. The attempt, however, to establish re nounce there, encouutera many obsta cles, most of which may be supposed to mutt (coin loiirindulged habits of ()Motile' supineness and dependence upon Eu , opeau monarchical powers. While the United elates liave, on all occasions, profe.-3ed a decided oneii linguese that any part of this conti nent er of its adjacent islands shall be made a theatre for a new establish ment of monarchical power, too little has been:done by us, ou the other hand, to attach the C4)llllllunities by u bleb we are surrounded to ou row n country, or to lend even a moral snpnort to the efforts they are so resolutely and so constantly making to secure republi can institutions for themselves. It Is indeed a question of grave considera Lion whether our recent and present example is not calculated to check the growth and expansion of free princi ples, and make those communities dis trust, itnut dread, a government which at will consigns to military domina tion States that are integral parts of our Federal Union, and, while ready to resist airy attempts by other nations to extend to this hemisphere the mon archical institutions of Europe, as sumes to establish over a large portion of its people a rule more absolute, harsh and tyrannical than any known to civ ilized powers. The acquisition of Alaska was wade with the view of extruding natural ju risdiction and republican principles in the American Hemisphere. Believing that a further step could be taken in the same direction, I last year entered Into a treaty with the King of Den mark for the purchase of the islands of St. Thomas and St. John, on the best terms then attainable, and with the express eonsent of the people of those islands. The treaty still remains tinder consideration in the Senate. A new convention has been entered into with Denmark, enlarging the time fixed for final ratifivatiou of the orig inal treaty. Cum prehenuive national policy would seem to sanction the acquisi tion and incorporation him our Fed eral Cu lon of the several adjacent con• tineutal and insular communities as speedily as it can be done peacefully, lawfully, and without any violation of national justice, faith, or honor. Foreign possession or control of these communities has hitherto hindered the growth and Impared the Influence of the United States. Chronic revolu tion and anarchy there would be equal ly Injurious. Each one of them when nrinly established in an independent republic, or when Incorporated into the United States, would be a new source of strength and power. Conforming my administration to these principles, I have on no occasion lent support or toleration to unlawful expeditions on foot upon the plea of republican propa gandism, or of national extension or aggrandizement. The necessity, how ever, of repress' such unlawful movements clear , in Icate the duty which rests upo us n adapting our legislative action • sew circum stances of a decline of Eu opean LuOn arehleal power and In , slice, and the increase of America! publican Ideas, interests, and sympathies. It cannot be long before It will be come necessary (or this Coivernment to lend some effective aid to the selu tiou of the political and social prob lems which are continually kept be fore the world by the two republics of the Island of St. Domingo, and which are now disclosing themselves more distinctly than heretofore In the island of Cuba. The subject le commended LO your consideration with all the more earnestnese because I am satis fied that the time has arrived when even so direct a pmeeedlng as a propo sition for an annexation of the two re publics of the Island of St. Domingo would not only receive the t onsent of the people interested, but would also give satisfaction to all other foreign nations. I am aware that upon the question of further extending our poesessions it is apprehended by some that our polit ical system cannot successfully be ap plied to an area more extended than our continent; but the conviction Is rapidly gaining ground In the Ameri can mind that with the increased fa cilities for inter-ommuunieatloo be tween all portions of the earth, the principles of free government, ad em braced in our Constitution, if faithful ly maintained and carried out, would prove of eudicient strength and breath to comprehend within their sphere aud Influence the civilized nations of the world. The attention of the Senate and of Congress is again respectfully invited to, the treaty for the establishment of cowmen/gal reciprocity with the Ha. waibui Kingdom, entered into last Year, and already retitled by that Gov ernment. The attitude of the United States towar d s these islande to not very drift:trent from thatin which they Maud towards the Weld. Indies. It end felt by the Hawaiian Government mid people that their Government anti institutions are feeble and preen' ions ; that the United States, being so near a neighbor, renald be unwilling to see the islands pees under Glrelgii control. Their prosperity is eau nnualiy disturb ed by expectations and alarms of on. friendly political proceedings, as well twat rho United States as from other foreign Powers. A reciprocity treaty, while It Gould ant materially diminish the revenues of the United States, wonld.tierz guaranty pf thewrit and forbears/um of all nation) good until the people of the islands shell of them. soave*, at (to distant day, cohlutarily apiSy 1444; mission into the Union. The Emperor of Russia has acceded to the treaty negotiated hareln %faun pry hurt fur the security of tradretuafird in the interest of !manufacturers anti torutneres. J friss , e invited his atten tion to the importa,we of establishing, now while It Wens end priteitce. bLe, a fair and equal resiliating of the vast fisheries to/raining to the PWII trans In the waters of the North ocean. The two treaties between the Liuited Sisals* sod Italy for the regulatiou of DDlMillir powers and extradition of eritniaale, tuarotlittalf atiii retitled here during the lasi arseiDD of brae accepted Lave accepted *DA Dooorfßeu skif the Italian govertimeut. A liberal consular eoalfection wttleh has been negollsted with Belgium will be sub mitted to the Senate. The very important treaties which were negotia ted between the United States and North Germany nod Bavaria, fbr the regulation of 11, right* of naturalized cittzen., lime hien duly ratified .ind eXelliingeli, and aitnltnr treaties have been entered into with the K1111;4011)4 of licitit um anti Wurletn berg and with the (]rand buchlea of Batten and I les,e. T tarinstatit. I hope anon to be aide to submit equally antis factory 4trinv ,•tt i ions of the same char• meter now in mrse of negotiation with the respective tliivern meats of Spoils, Italy, and the Ottoman Empire. Examination of claims against the United States by the Hudson's Bay Company and the Puget's Sound Agri cultural Com Any, on account of cer tain poesoo y rights in the Slide of , i ." Oregon and' ,ritory of Washington. alleged by (hum- companies in virtue of provhdow.ol hit' treaty between the United States and Great Itritain, of June 15,1846, lee. teen diligently prose cuted under the direction of the joint international ommission to which they wets sulonitted fur adjudication by treaty beta eer the two (Owen). merits of Joly I, 1543; and a ill, it is expected, be concluded at an early day. No practical tegulation concerning colonial trade ai ! the flatteries can be accomplished by treaty betaeeu the United States and Great Britain untr emigres» shall have expressed their jts I rent concerning the principle, Involved. Three other questions, however. between the United States and Great Britain re-nein open fir ad justment. Thesenre the mutual rights of naturalist ..a, the boundary question involving the title to the Wender San Ju.m, le Pi c• it coast, end mutual tla iris ar 'tig sin, tLe yea: 183.3, of t lie citizen, nil sir of the two countries for likinrire and depredations committed under the authority of their respective Govern ments. Negotiations upon these sub jects are pending, and I am not with out hope of being able to lay before the Senate, for its enneideration during the presen t session , protocols calculated to bring to an cud these justly-excit ing and long - existing controversies. ‘Ve are not silt iced of the action of the Chinese Government upon the liberal arid au-picious treaty which was recently eelelirated with its pleni potentiaries et this capital. Japan remains a theatre of civil war, marked by religious incidems and po litical severities lees liar to that long isolated mph, The Executive has hitherto maim dued strict neutrality among the belligerents, mid acknow ledges with pleastirg teat he has bees frankly and 11111 y sustained in that course by the enlightened concurrence and co-operation of the other treaty Powers, namely, Great Britain, Franoe, the Netherlands, North Germany and Italy. Spain having recently undergone a revolution marked by extraordinary unanimity arid preservation of order, the Provisional Government establish ed at Madrid has ',ten recognized, and the friendly intercourse which has so tong happily existed between the two countries remain. unchanged. I renew the reco:nmendation con tained in nr communicatioe to Con gress dated the 18th July last—a copy of which aeetenpanies this message— that the judgment of the people should be taken on the propriety of so amend ing the Federal Constitution that it bliall provide -Ist. For ati election of President and Vice President by a direct vote of the people, instead of through the agency of electors, and making them ineligi ble for re-election to a secoud term. 241. For a i 1 istno t designation of the person who bll.lll discharge the duties of President, to tire event of a vacancy in that office by the death, realguation, or removal of both the President and Vice President. 3d. For the election of Senators of the United Stumm directly by the peo ple of the severe etates, instead of by the Legislatures ; and 4th. For the limitation to aperlod of years of the terms of Federal judges. Profoundly immersed with the pro priety of making these Important nioditleationa in the Constitution, I respectfully submit them for the early and mature consideration of Congress. We should as far as possible reinobe all pretext for violations of the organic law, by remedyirig such imperfections as time and experience may develop, ever remembering tiled "The Constitu tion which at airy time exists, until changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obli gatory upon all ' In the performance of a duty fm pissed upon me by the Constitution I have thus cornintieicated to Congress information of the mate of the Union, and recommended for their considera tion such measures as have seemed to me necessary and expedient. If car ried into efitiet they will hasten the aecomplishineflt of the great and bene Scent purpose for which the Constitu tion was ordained, and which it corn prehenaively states were "to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the gen eral welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posteri ty." In Congress are vested all legis lative powers, and upon them devolves the responsibility as well for framing unwise and excessive laws, as for ne glecting to devise and adops measures absolutely demanded by the wants of the country. Let us earnestly hope that before the expiration of our re spective terms of service, now rapidly drawing to a close, un all-wise Provi dence will so guide our counsels as to streughen suit preserve the Federal Union', Inspire re, erenee for the Con stitution, restore pruaperity and happi ness to our whole people, and promote "on earth peace, good will toward men." ANDREW JOHNSON. Washington, Dec. 9, 1868. 11=31 Mkarettis, Dec. —The troubles In Arkansas continue., The families who fled from Augusta arrived this morning. They confirm the former statement in regard to the depredations of the Radical otidtla. The steamer De Sam put her p.tveingers off a few tulles below Augusta, the utUcers fear ing to trust ttut steamer within their reach, and returned here. The agents of the White River line have been In structed to bold all freight for Augusta, and points above, to prevent seizure by the militia, The Avalanche's Little Rock special, to-night, soya, the out rages committed by the militia are so tlagrant as to provoke the condemna tion of all parts s favoring peace and order. "JAPANESE TOMMY" KILLED.-JllB stated that in one of the late mitions near .Neegatc, Joy mos° "Tommy," who attracted to mud* attention from the American 11(lics in the duple( the embassy, was killed. lie was shot through the breast and leg, but died lighting (or his chief, true to She Pair. u• gawa elan. TITS 110/ATICULTUITT thinks that Apple Watt, In orchards, should be planted only Leo by ditseu feat, and standard pure tril by ten feet, dwarf pears six by eight fret, with an OCCa -610E141 evergreen tree. SIGNOR AGosriNu llottotn, a d laths guislied chemist of Florence; Italy, has discovered the mean. of reuieling wood and all other substances Nati:el*. Ore 'proof. A theatre has etready tteen construoled wmph O r ecllpett to burn when set flroLlq. THE Preis!dent of Libftria is Hato• r4I black republican.—Detroit 40V. Which js beP,r filial being in un natural one, vakOy Wow fespeefik Pte. Tits fialtimore gazelle 00111411 to us 1p a pew aulL of beautiful type, and looks 41 we its 9 reada—ln both re spects No. I. §tttgsburg FRI DAI, DEC. 18,,1863. =I Deeming President Johnson's last Message of too much Impottance to be disposed of by a mere al-tract. we pub lish It entire. Men of nil parties rimuid give it a careful perusal. A large por tion of It Is taken up with our cronies tic affairs. The President reviews at length the Reconstruction plans of the Radicals. He points out their evil ef fects upon the whole country, and shows their revolutionary tendency. Considerable space is devoted to the currency question. A returu to specie payments as early as practicable, and a reduction in the rate of inte are recommended. The Radicals ofthe Senate eghl ited their petuleoce and bad manners by refusing to allow the Message to be read, bemuse the President exereleed - , his constitutional right, as well as du y, to review the cork of Congress. le House behaved a trifle better. It dewed to the reading of the Melange, but the President was afterwards abused and vilified by the Radical members. Nothing. c'• il l /have happened so well calculate I to whet puLlie curiosi ty respecting the Massage, and to se cure Its 'ager perusal Ly every man, woman a , d child In the United States, at this 1 ettv attempt to nuppress it. It will be M. n that President John son has not receded one inch from his stern opposition to the revointionary policy of the Radicals, and that all their abuse and persecution have kept him nouo the less the fast friend of constitutional liberty. WE are unable to give our usual quantity of general news this week, be cause of the apace ocouplocl by the President's Message. IT is to be hoped that when General Grant commences cabinet making be will ship off the Freedmen's ItuiTao to the old lumber room. THE coolest piece of "cheek" we have witnessed for a long time is the claim by the Detroit.Postthatoutrages at the South have (leased on account of the election of Grant. HORACE GREELEY writes about the "Barbarism of the English elections." If there Is more barbarism In them than In negro voting In the South we should like to know It. TUE Flndleal leaders are about to re pudiate the Chicago platform on the suffrage questiou, just u they have re pudiated every profession they ever wade. 'ISMS& —Both Houses of Congress Lave agreed to adjourn from Mon day next to the 7th of Janu ary. For the country's cake, they might u well adjourn otos die. GOVERNQII BULLOCK, of Georgia, has presented a memorial to the Sen ate, asking that the newly electedSen store be refused their mesh', on the ground that the State hasnot been suf ficiently reconstructed. What will satisfy him? Mons Murders are now committed in Tennessee than In any other irlati cal community of equal populaSion. The telegraph wino are continually freighted with reports of slaughter, la which negroes and white Radicals fig ure conspicuously. Such is the mod el nigger kingdom of Brimstone B:ownlow. PUBLIC DEBT.—The published re ports show that the public debt yea been increased from November let, 1867, to November let. 1868, 5a5,,w.25,- 10'2.82. There was an Increase in No vember last. of /11,000,000, which makes $4 ,000,0 W in thirteen months. This Is the way Vat, Radicals lift Wahl:miens from the shoulders of the tax-payers. DEMOCRATIC MAYORS. Shortieff, Democrat, was re-elected Mayor of Boston on Monday, by 1,8011 majority, over Kimball, Radical. The Democrats elected their Mayor in New burs port the same day, by 18.2 majority. ' If the Thmocratle party be "dead," it }Hakes a very "lively corpse." • A RESPECLABLzand wealthy ultizen of lowa is in New York trying to die pose of We property with a view to leaving hie State. He says he will not live in a State where the white men do not think themselves any bet: ter than negroee. Be thinks that stri king the word while out of the consti tution most cause a reduction iu the value of property in t bat State. IT Is announced that Ben. Butler will take an early opportunity to de liver a speech on the tinanisia, in which he will Like the same ground he formerly occupied It will be re membered that he, ThAdetni Stevens, and other leading Radicals. agreed that the law creating the Five-twenty Bonds rendered them payable In cur rency. Cot, A. K. ?Ili:Cl:rag and several other friends of Goverr.or Curtin are In Washington looking out for places under Grant. McClure is pushing Curtin for a Cabinet appointment. The Ex-Governor is mid to have abandoned the contest for Senator. He has not money enough to go into the tight with a show of success. CONS OF TUE PAEBIDENT'a DEFENCE. —The New York runes and Buffalo Cbmmercial both favor the motion made In Congress to appropriate $50,- 000 to defray the expense of President Johnson's defence In the Impeach ment trial. The Ciminieretat, which Is a Radical journal, says that as the President was acquitted, the necessa ry legal presumption Is that ho was Innocent, and therefore should not be awn paned tO detrAy the expenses of his own trial, 8P2C13 PAYAIMI3.-14 the United Rates Senate, on NendaY, Nir. Mor ton, of Indiana, Introduced a Lilt to provide for the redemption, in coin, of the United , filate• notes and nation al currency, on and after the first day oquly, ;871, the surplus gold now 10 'bp Treasury, and all thatpuiy barest tee mamma, nap, *nu shove the aiet t uat necessary to pay the nein for other 'pies, specified by law, to he set apart for thlapurpose- The bill fur ther provides that national banks shall redeem their notes - in gnl4, ou and *NT " 4 144glity, vsn. GENTLE4eat who dye their has awl whisker should not ounip/aln of the ladles who use powder on their faces, Tit tar tat. I= The right to regulate the suffrage is one which neither people nor States delegated to the federal government In the Con:410100n. It is one of the rights which are reserved to them. No one can dispute this truth. Even the Chicago Platform. upon which Want was elected, acknowledges this fact, by declaring that the people of the "loyal States" 'intuit hie permitted to ?Olio the question of rulfintge for themselves. But, -now, a Congress, elected without reference to this mat ter, and upon the special denial of the Radical party that it Was its Intention to establish negro suffrage, is about to introduce a reticule by which the peo ple ate to be defrauded of this sacred right. The amendment reeulatrng the suffrage, is to be proposed to the legislatures already elected, the mem bers of which were chosen without a thought ou the part of the voters that the persons whom they were selecting to represent them would he called up on to decide a Tiehtion of this charac ter. These Legislatures are to rote away forever this dear and cherished popular right, and the people .them er live are not to be consulted in regard to it at.otl. 'Such Is the present pro gramme of the Radical tenders. In our Judg ment the member of the leghdature who votes for the ratifica tion of this amendment, is uo better than a highway robber and ought to be summarly dealt with by his constit uents. He deliberately robs the pro. pie of their undelegated right to settle the . question of suffrage for them selves. If he be a Radical, he know ingly violates his pledges to his own party, made in his endorsement of the Chicago Platform. Neither statute nor common law provide it for the pun ishment of such a criminal, because his offence Is against a natural right, reserved by the people, and uncon trolled by any written law. A coat of tar-and-feathers would, however, an swer the ends of justice. Meanwhile, let men of all parties, who would not sell their birth-right for a mess of pottage, demand of their repreeentatiete in the State Legislature, that they submit this suffrage question to the people for settlement. If suf frage is to be conferred upon the Ne gro, or the Chinaman, or the Indian, let the people, and not thepoliticians, do R. Who will dare to advocate the contrary T—Bedford Gazette, TIM NATIONAL DENT *TILL IN MEANING. The public debt statement for No vember shows an Increase of nearly ten millions of dollars! This to the old story—nearly every month shows that the nation's Indebtedness, is In creasing at the rate of from fiefs to ten millions • mouth. At this rate we would like to know how long it will take to pay oft' the national debt. "Our debt is sacred—every dollar of it mast be paid," say Radical spouters, but the very men who use this lan guage are working harder for repudi ation than any set of men In the coun try. They are the men who favor a Freedmen's Bureau, a standing army In the Mouth, enormous salariee to pub lic offlcers, and other extravagant measures, to say nothing of the mil lions they have stolen from the treas ury. It wounds very well to talk flip pantly about crar "plighted faith" and the "wealth of the enuntry," but we tall these wise men who thug talk, that the burtheno now upon the ghoul ders of the people are breaking them down; they feel Mit they are already taxed almost to death, and they will not submit to additional taxa tion. They see the national debt in creasing every month, and they see the reckless extravagance which was inaugurated by the Lincoln adminis tration continued. What prospect is there then that the national debt will ever be paid? Little Indeed. The election of Grant, It is evident, has unsettled the affairs of the country. From the hour it was announced that the Radicals had elected their Presi dent, gold advanced, and'netional se curities fell. The banks might as well lock their doors, for they refine to dis count. On account, of the fall in pri ces, farmers refuse to eell their grain, which of Itself creates a panic. Thou sands of workingmen are unemployed, imainess men are posting their books and making limitless efforts to collect, and men of wealth are boarding their money that they may be enabled to pick up bargains when the crash comes. Avid all these threatenings, Radical politicians, elated with their success, advocate an Increase of the President's salary fourfold, eulogise the Freed men's Bureau and advocate its contin uance, clamor for more troops in the South, wink at government thieves, and wind up by a mock profession of "loyalty," and a strong determination to pay off the national debt, "princi pal and interest, to the last -farthing." The people may get their eyes open be. fore long, when they will discover that they have been most egregiously nt bugged.— VoNnicre. NEWM /LED OTHER ITEMS —John W. Garrett has been re•elee ed President of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. —Beef In Zanesville, Ohio, Is only six cents a pound at retell. filatton tea cents per quarter—equal to forty cents for a whole sheep. ° Mr. Daniel Antrim, of Pottstown, caught a catfish In the Hchuykill riv er, near Reading, on Thursday week, that measured five and a hilt inches between the eyes, and a foot ,and a half in length. —The present employer of George D. Prentice was his Clef* twenty-live YOttra —President Timothy Dwight, of Yale, was the first man iu ,Arnerioa to cultivate strawberries. —A young man ebout jumping from a train while in 'notion, wits deterred by a reporter, who asked for his name, age, business end residence, fur an obituary item. —Prof. Newton, of yute, says that a comet, which is traveling at tbo rate of two million miles per day, has just whisked Its tun to our Mfg's. — The Tintldell 77rries uses sle;ieu tone of white paper a day. —On the Union Pacific railroad the cry Is "look out tor the Indian," in stead of "look out for the engine." —Some smart statistician Rays that the births since the comtion of our world have been 66,6.17,843.273,0;5,221; col )eg had better believe it, than twill.. macif• --There are only two saloons In Salt I l atte City, nud their license fee, loniatlitig hilllunir, le isls rod dpi_ lam a month, payable to Brigham Young. They are troth kept by (len gth. Haw U km, grocer, .1..0ek Bava n, ad vertises la the CP rtoo Jr 6 to the aiiount of $1000• anqttally. .13ep4iNe wan. focal ctpartirent Sno r es.—More snow on Wetlnesdny— hese Inches. Cu/A.—Last Friday morning was the coldest of the winter, the thermome ter marking 0 degrees above zero. Assigmacsit.—Mr. Patio Brougli, of Chamoemburg, has appointed Molars. Jeremiah DIAL and 8.1?. Greenawalt assignees, for the benefit of creditor*. Pretty Dirk.—Somebody has Matter ed Boston by saying it has the pretti est. women In America. That some body has never visited these parts. In Luck.—An editor in an adjoining county boasts of the Thanksgiving dinner be helped to eat. Poor fellow! No doubt warm victuals tasted good to hint. Money Is scarce, but not as scarce as some people try to make it. There are plenty of men who have money, but refuse to puy It out, simply bemuse the general seureitysglves them an ex cuse for withholding it from tinue Who should have it. Stock SssLNeriptiong.—lt will be seen by 2tll advertiseineut in auother column that theCommimioners of the "Adams County Railroad Company" have con eluded to open books lot subscriptions to the capital stock. A Rsilroad to Petersburg would open out a rich and productive region, and a vigorous ef fort ought to secare its construction. School Mow! Burnt —The public school house lit Whitestowu was de stroyed by fire ou Friday night last. Adarge number of books were also burnt. The building had shortly be fore been put In thorough repair. No one seems to have any idea as to how the building caught. Lc , ture.—George Alfred Townsend delivered his lecture on the “Pconsyl voids Butch," in Agricultural Hall, on Tuesday evening, to a good house. The lecture has many !Arresting points, and some tanits. ..1.6 /sonic Lrequre..— The Mason le Lodge in this place has determined to celebrate St. John's :'fight with a pub lic lecture, and has secured Rev. Dr. NfeCron, of Baltimore, Grand Chaplain of the State of Maryland, to deliver it. The mensberehip and the Node gen erally are therefore invited to Agricul tural Hall ou Monday evening, the 28th instant, to bear this brilliant lec turer. There will be no charge for ad mission, the Lodge bearing all the expenses. Literary Contest —A literary contest between the Societies of the College is announced for Agricultural Hall on Tuesday evening next. Each Society has selected a represenbttl ve Deci al mer, Orator and Debater for the occasion. The merits of the respective per formances will be left for decision to public sentiment, Instead of judges specially chosen. Everybody is fr uited. "Pacific and Atlantic."—The Pacific and Atlantic Telegraph Company have extended their lines In all directions, and their wires now connect wfth the pritiqipal towns east and west. Their office in this place is In F. D. Du phorn's store, corner of the Square and Carlisle street. Ur. Dupboris is himself the operator—a clever and ceorteous gentleman Jupiter.—The planet Jupiter,. with RA belt and sateldes, can now be plain ly seen with the aid of a telescope, any clearevenlng. This planet, the largest in the solar system, is about 1,200 times greater than the earth. As seen through the telescope, it presents a disk atunit the site of a ien plate, traces of its belts bang visible near and par allel with the equator. Store Sate.—On Thursday, the 10th Instant, Mr. E. Hiteshew, of Peters burg, Y. 8., disposed of his entire stock of goods and room, to Messrs. Driest & Bowers, for $15,500, cash. The popu• larity of this woll kpown house will HOC Stiffer in its new hands. They will make every effort to accoaunodate stud please, as did the outgoing proprietor. Abraham Sheffer has sold his farm, near Petersburg, to John Wagner-48 acres, at about $9O per acre. Judge Ziegler has sold one of his new houses, in East Middle street, to S. Stammers, at $3,000, cash. Fire.--Chritsuarin'e carpenter shop, on West street, between Chadibers burg and Middle streets, was discover ed to be on fire about noon on Tuesday last. All el:harts to save it proved una vailing, the flames Twitting over the budding in a few seconds. A large lot of tools, worth probably four or flue twitared dollars, were band, ai were a number of new doors, Nash, &c. Nothing was rescued but some Imp- Der from the tiled outside: There was an insurance of $lOO oe the 'shop in the Adams County Com pany. The stable of Win. Z. Little, adjoin ing, also took Ore; but was promptly pulled down—thus securing the lum ber, hut in a very wrecked coudition. This was likewise insured for $lOO in the Adams County Company. • The stable of Lewis aumnieraat, across the •alley, made a narrow es c ipe, and was saved, only by extraor dinary effort. Mow the tire origittatetl Is a myste ry. There was fire in the stove, but before leaving it Mr. William Chritz man gave It I'l'l4mi:sons' attention, se curing it against all chance of danger. Inauguration.—Rev. Dr. Wentl9e will be Inaugurated President of PeA. College, on llonday evening, Dec. 21, in Christ Church. As this is only the third ceremony of inauguration, in the history of the Institution, it will be an occasion of more than ordinarY In terest. It is expected that many of the alumni and friends of the College will be present. The following order of exercises has been adopted : 1. Address, - turd Alt:Ovary of the Keys, by the President of the Board, Lion, M. McClean. 2.