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4IINTIN I GPON,,.:PA.
Wednesday s morning, Deo, 18, 1867,
Wi OS; '" E DITOR'S
ERTGErlAlsibgi:lX-,
-Lita•FullYq one-third of the whole
amount: o f sugar . •elmsume - d in the
world is . : manulootared - friiin 'beets ;
and immense quantities Of raw beet su..
gyare imported intro - England for their
eilep ay successfully
wit 011;1 . )38 .
"th 1 . 11 - tI"
ditis'alid'elsowhbro:
e";.. eir .
party is-being crowded,td:a liack, seat.
Tll4,Pay:a:nd it,seauThiate'dititist r
pti:driite:tigro'p
euliticai equality or OA°
•
old 4 lifte.Deinocraey,Arf.a.;new party,
will iiinmpli lit tho , next;Prds'iddritial
cle'etionc`-t;tf :•11-: •
114.1 1 . ho . fep.der4 1 of dip !Ire riiberatic
tijFiscf
iz#l.9.riPitPhPilfigtjP°lo. the war fqr•
thej,l49l:l.:77.arP;.aok honest friends of
President _ Johnson i • li`ixoy are , - his .
fribiidslouly ad far ad'ile . Sr%uf 114 'his
opposition'advance
. , •
E 74 is ,only neoessary to.watch the:
progress ofreconstruefion iti - the South : :
ern' Statis fo •be 'citnVinced that the
white people ther'Wll,lnever be recon
-sttadteilshy4o radical Process.. Even
the_ colored- population..ire
.beginuirig
to zmurmur;aricl • divide into factions. -
Thiiinitnerice of - statesmen must soon .
•conr. to - Atte ,rescue;..o 1,, our, country or.
thi n pew anal prosperity, hoped. for
wiliAechut, - seArcata:- Recid - the news
froWthe , Sontheid gtliteS • copied from
:",.
a" few short
moiiths:,' - 'GodjukPrtiis6o, - befere the do
paZted , tyhlS - dhds'antl. l. PUV for his tai
"rennessee."-:4otirrial if;
AnOileaar - ,
de4pised..trai
tor g ..k4najority.of Republican Con-:
grossnian.couldn't see it, or they.Would
haio'lmpeiched him itfter- Eipcindjlig
hundred's of dol r lara of
the' peoples money bilking. up. Uvi
deuce.
_Buty_nuare excusable,
enbh insh zainrke—
you.,ureredisl,ppetp-tel in,the result of,
theAnifeachrretit,vote, anthfcel.bad. -
11...Th0 , Globe seems• to have a - pro
pensity:l:or publishing old,reeordd. Wa
wonder if iti:would.,*bave .any objee
tioas,-to.the publication of its dwu ex
pressed. opinions in regard to.the party
it now seeks to elevate to . power,• and
espeelidly ofecertain, individuals be
longing to the party.—Journal to Amer
ican,
Not the least objection"to the publi
eatloill'of :any of express&l,
:Opinlcips
. d.Uring the,
war'would be our opiniOns to-day un ,
der - similar- circumstances. We take
notbint, bnolc we then 'sai'd' of men Of.
parl,b4„- . .c`A notion: of
M
yours, essrs. Editors, that we are seok
ing to eti kivato to Power the:party we op
posed' IY:e'onlY seek:
to de - feal'ilie ra"diciliShier 'What should
bo
-
40. - .TniKe . .,Tec;plo
,from 'under tins in
fluence of' the mere . . partyr politicians
who:worlt• tinly,for * success, and
they 'tiro alinost - tinabirnditily opPolgod
to negro : politiefll l equa,lity 7 tthen, why
should, tho mischievotrs'party.leaders ho
.encouraged to_ con Linde a contest which
m net' reitilt to the injurY of the - blacks
as wellas. l tlie . :
4;4l 9 '..peopleang without distinction - of.
partyija,oppesition ito4thci tyrannical
rule of .party-loaders iS thafis nee!
essary„tusestare our. conalryi to peace
and proSpetity.. •Evyy , politibilp bais
at thO efid.tirrhis tOy# , l r kc'!'d ni
to nii'slaticl:theil i fieOple," . ,l4,
ti" : 01;144:19 0 0tITy mcier gig:PIP-9ff
the proliticlans nhouhlbOonbugh to con=
vi Glee lb - v.:great -Major! IT , f 'voters that.
they'l4toeO:a 7 ":miOnl. - , Nill'they be
freemen n,~i_ strike ; for,thoir,,inte eats
and thejr,pouutry, Inioro it is too latp;
nel o lt is Pretty. evident froin the
;light tbatcati be had , , tre' to the :politic
cal opiiqeins
. - Grant,,4ba't he wilt
not con , i,44 y tpfi eiulide l ;a;.party`eandi ;
date of t . clitlicr,lhc.,4',.ep,ublican:oi• Perm),
eratie;partiesi i,Thb latest-information
we have:qeifdr4Ptif : stand ;
poine;„ 43 written by,*
Gen:;#ent, brot . lier-in law • ,of, General
Orant,. to a friend %in.: NeW. York Who .
tooltlatisttotlVe , parHti the!Grant meet
ing
Tl3pletter 13 ays.,Gen. Grant, does not
the,Republican or
Demberatic nonsinei3 would' prefer
to be ejected by geepeoge.', E i fti'does not,
w a n t
lie policy until they, cOtrie•up, - ,and, will
not take .-office tied .by , party..applica,
tions:'' Ile has' views vibi4l3 Were pret- :
-ty cotieetlir;ixp'reSsed•ifi
dole Stdtes, _that if
olectA.be„willt make no appointments
on account'of.polineal'service's.
If the General - should" be'qididn'ated
, •,.
and elected as tile , Republican condi,
date in opposition to his.protest, : aed.
he should eierlook the-cjaiinh of poli
ticians in Making appeiptm:entsi
wouldn't he be denounced es tilraitor
as- bitterly as Lionoln was and I Tdhiisoo
is, by"o - ii) more party, men,,,Of the Ito
publican = party?- :If elected: by . the
people outside ,of party nominations,
be would be free to appoint the best
mon to:•:pbsitions of t trust; and .wateh
only the interests' of the-Whole-people.
EFFECTS OF NECIRO - SUFFRAOFWO
have but to refer to the state of affairs
in the State of Alabama to see the ef
fects of giving the negroes the right to
vote. There they' have voted almost
unanimouslyin favor of holding a Con t.
stitutional Convention, in compliance
with the _reconetruetion la* of Con
gress. The Convention Wes hold at the
Capital, Montgoinery, and some of the
delegates were nog - roes. The Consti
tution was adopted by the Convention,
and bow goes to the registered voters
of the States, for their sadoption , or,re,
jection. The negroes hive become
dissatisfied, .and the leaders among
then:L o am, counseling their followers to
vote against the Constitution, pronoun
cing it "an infamous fraud upon the
rights of the people of the State, and
will, if ratifiincineVittibly result in the
debaseinent,,of.thes4ite: 'race and-the
destruction of the' biack!'- The cause
of this. dissatisfaction - is stated to be
the objeetionablefeatnres, of the Con:
stituthin framed by thn Convention,
,and the caucus Of members of- the con
.v,ention, who nominated for State ofili
cerstli White; and nearly-all the mem
bers of the convention, leaving the
:blacks out in the cold: - This is an .evi
deuce of the truth of our assertion that
give a black man,a-Voto 'and yeu:triust
give him an office. The' negroes in
Alabama are dissatisfied beettego' they
were not TaVored with a representa
tive of their race.ttud color in one.or
More of the Suite offices; and they
were justly dissatisfied; because they
have "as much right to have an office,
as they have to vote. Row can they
bo satisfied with
. the mere privilege of
voting for a white man; and thus leave
their own color out in the cold ? .There
is not a Particle 'of right, or.jnetiee in
that, but there is a mountain.of .wrong
and injustice, which will breed- dis- -
sonsion and animasitylaS king as it ox=
fists. negro the Office' he do,
mantis or . elso _withdraw, from him his
privilege to vote. The menibers of the
Montgomery Convention were confes
sedly mean' and ttrigrateful in not . hop
briiiiithoo Who honored' them:, They.
wore elected by the votes of .the negro,
'and now'they
_want .discard their
.supporters altogether.
s 'lt:ls becoming
; more clear 'every day that the'negrocs
Voto in the South merely to sustain
those who,gave them •the-right,---T-li.
Radicals gave them tho'iight And they .
141 so with the expectation that they
, .
wottlirvote . for and with them. And
they have s :done - so; but the sequel
shews that atnegro will have -his Ishare'
in the spoils 'as- mil 'as they. They
expect Office's, and if they don't get
thorn, they will bolt the ticket. What
the Radicals will do to mend - the mat
ter in Alabama, wo -don't know ; but
we do* know ;that they have an ele
phant. on their hands that'is hard to
-manage. One thing is certain, the
trouble would have boon obviated, had
they riot given tho;:ne6roes the privi
lege to voto, but now that they have it,
they will have a serious
s time perhaps
in taking it from them. ,
MEC
THE National *publican Committee
which met io• Washington on . the 1 ith .
inst Oo name a day tor the meeting
of their Convention to nominate candi ;
dates fi' President a rid Vico Pre'sident,
had niitler "pon : sideration striking out
"Republican" from their call, and call
ing-the Convention
, •as !•National
Union Convention." ' But the , propo ,
sitionOnade,by friendS : of Geit . :.Grant ?
was hitterlY,oppoped :by p.oritCO,Eirgo,-
lei and other advocates:ofnegro polit
ical - equality, and-rime . ofetted-t—l eav4
ing the gonc;ettiofi'd!‘bcUlled with .
the principles of! ‘ tlie*gro:s : utirage ad-,
vacates, recognizeci„;• ; The•ro may be
doubts , wliether`graut will. accept a
RepUblican poininatiOu. Fie could not
havo'Well robtried National
Unio'n nomination, "Reputtlican party"
repudiation of Alienegro
interest; • moans egro
ty" would htivi dOifre to
return to the principles oE. too U t nion !
party. of-tim :war.. It is ,evidnnt. that,
the extreme.radicals dill 'hold control
of the- Republicitn ,; naliMial'organia.
'tion. • • s : • ''•••• ' •'" ' '
SeftTlib , .Neto York i ly'atfere, an ably
dendiicted .- Republican• paper - says
"The over'th'row Of the' impeach wont
projects ,shows dearly- that common
sense a:nd•moderation ure at last'r&as
sertiriltheir'sWay •
OVOL` • the majority
of Congressmen." We' have ,liarnis
iodo now, from every' -direction •that .
the majority of Congressmen have been
liehaving•badly. Until lately' no Re-'
pUblieati`;'Party Impel:had 'it 'Word of
complaint. to offer. Every, act of Con :
gross was deintided by tbe.pregs of the
party. ' We have been' denounced for
speaking the truth of • r tho majority—
lmt not until the people spoke, in lan
gauge not to be misunderstood, at the
late elections, would, the ; "party or ,
gans'! admit , that the, radicalism of
Congress was forcing the old Douro -
Cratic party 'again iiitotioWer. If the
.honest Union press of the - Country had
stood fast to . Union principles, and re•
pudiated, the radicalism of Steven's,
'Phillips, • Sum'tier & 'Co.," the party
would to-day ha.V4 thelconfidenea'and
respect,of.the people. • ,••••
.
"TILE h?ialth Of the '
country demands
.
reposo°, l . 7 -s0 says the
,report of the Di,
'rectors of the Philadelphia-, Union
League. ..A ;few months •ago,.the ,Di
rectors :•would.: have reported, "the
'health of the court try-di3mands_agita ,
tion." We are gratified that the' poll
tieians have seen the handwriting upon
- the wall and m.o. crowding
platfvxm:
---- Aation - of the REtdiealif.
The Radical leaders of the Republi
can party are determined to continue
to - rule tbai, party in the future, or
withdraw from the organization. The
failure toiropeaeh the President was
the first stop towards disorganization.
The followipg . :. extracts from a letter
to a Washtngton correspondent of the
Boston Standiad, under date of Dec.
0, will give the reader some idea of
tho trouble, Jo camp. The writer
says:, ~.
• Yesterday quite a number of the ac
tive and earnoet Radicals, Western
men mostiy; met at the 'residence' Of
Thad, Stevens. An informal consults
lion was held, and it was determined_
to bring up impeachment again by- the
presentation of ,different. motions to
impeacb,•to which their movers, who
are leading : Radicals, can speak at
length. This they have a right to •do.
Thera • will- be ,a ,conference d uri ng _dm
present week looking• to the parlia
.montary organization 'of the Radical
is understood that some
lea
•dor for the House will be selected, prb-.
bably General -Schenck, and around
•with .such aid as Mr. Stevens'
; health will alloW. him to give, there
will be a determined Radical stand:
.for the carrying of such measures as
tire now pending. : . _
Of the :effect of the failure to iin
peaoh,•the same letter says : • ' •
It is no use disguising theifact. Tho
•Rupublican party is not now ono.
There aro two distinct- parties in • its
midst. The question is really: which
shall keep the great name and maintain
the splendid organization. This honor
belongs by all that is just to•the Radi
cals. , The conservatives have no
claim, many of Ahem are petty_ and
peddling soldiers of fortune, while the
others are jaundiced -and , disappointed
whopoliticians, grieve at being so near
statesmanship and yet unable.te• make
the people recognize them as such.
What transpired on the black
twin disgrace-I—of last week has given
•tt final,lf yet unrecognized, blow at
the unity of the party. .Nothing can
keep these discordant elements togeth
er long, except the pressure of an out
side danger; overwhelqing. as that
which drove them into fusion when.
Sumter was fired upon: • The Republi
can party•in Congress miglithave sur
vived,-though that is doubtful; the de
'feat of impeachment. • There aro oth
er measures .that might have rallied
the shattered elements. . But it .can
never survive the utter wreck •of mu•
teal confidence which has resulted
from the tyrannical and shameless can
duct of•tho majority which destroyed
Alio nation's great hope. .
The, .First of the New - .ootestitutions._
If the new Constitution of Alabama
should be adopted, no man can bo re
gistered to vote unless he can take an
Oath "to support the Union and the
State of Alabama, to accept the civil
and political equality of all men, and
to agree not to deprive any one, on
account of color, race ; or previous con
dition, of any political or civil right."
Now, these words mean that no
man is to be allowed to register his
name as a voter who is unwilling to
swear be is in favor of the immediate
and 'universal suffrage of the neg,roes.
We have heard of a, great many tests
as qualifications for the franchise—.
property qualifications, educational
qualifications,
religious qualifications,
and various loyal qualifications—but
'it has neVer been required that a man
shoidd take an. oath to his belief in
the political capacity of others before
.ho should be enfranchised himself.
Cairy:out this test, and we shall next
hear of conventions that, require sub ,
scription to the Cliicago platform, or
the Philadelphia platform, or the 141-
timer 6 platform, or some other shib
boleth of a_ party creed. Parties, in
fact,_ will soon come to disfranchise
each other, as the Mexican and Span
ish Parties often do, till political eon
tee are no Ipnger a struggle of votes,
but a struggle of force.—N.Y. Post.
The Philadelphia Daily News of &It
-1.1 rd ay says :
"A gentleman 'formerly of this State,
who has resided fora, considerable.
time in North' Carolina, and traveled
extensively throughout the SOME; in-,
forms ue that the beet men 'of' the
South' nd the better class of people
who liavo gOne there from - the• North,
are leaving for the West, and other_
parts of the country; Tho situation
Of politicalaffairs,
,and the Prospect, in
their visw, of negfo rule•for an indefi
nite time, discourage, men from.invest
ing their capital in the, Sciuth and par.
alyze :every, kincl . ,of b,us,iness, enter
prize. Planters have no ou'eournge-.J
merit to engage extensively in. agricul- . '
ture, and
,many who • reside in .
ties .whore there . aro more_ negroe,s
than whites„ feel , that the.,lives, of.
~,liyes,•
themselves,and families
.aye ,not-safo.
The effect of the teachings of Radical
politicians and oratorslas been to ex
cite a feeling of hatred .in the blacks
against the whites, and,, at, the same
time '
• to make thorn believe themselves
entitled :to the property of the, white,
landholders." „ , „
New York Totter, dated on
Sattirday,,says ; ,"The week jusi; Clos
ing Wililong bo remembered as one of
the Most trying, in mercantile` and
sineie circles, that has been eiPerien- .
ced for many year's. Tho,failures have
been many, and among them are sev
eral houses that have heretofore went!)
ered many a storM Without datnitgo.
Thera aro some who tbink'ibat there
are even worse experience ahead, - :
there are cbmforters; the "more
hopcful; - as Well as the More general
vicw,.is that we have about. touched
bottom, and,that though po relief from .
the existing stagnation Can reasonably
he looked for until we enter tho new
year, the situation will then `assuredly
beginbegin,to improve." , .; ,
A. NEGRO' membe'r of the 'Louisiana
convention said, in a speech o'n . the 7th:'
- "We will, rule until the last one of us
gees down forever. The negroes aro
going to have their rights, if it is by
revolution and blood, in spite of An
drew Johnson, or any-other man."--
!This illustrates the workings of Radi
:cal policy int. the South. It tends to
stir up, strife between the races, and, if
persistediiti,- mast 'result 'in s. wilt.' be
tween them, in which ease - the "last
one" of the 'negroes mtiflnave chaeco
td 0 1.30 down' fore'yiir:"
Items Gexieral Interest.
THE result - of th - e — iity election at
Boston on the 9th inst., has afforded
another opportunity for the Democrats
to rejoice and the Radicals to lament.
In spite of the industry of_the Repub
licans, their candidate for - Mayor hus
been defeated, and N.. B. Shurtleff has
been elected by a majority of 458—he
receiving 8333 votes, to, 7875 for Not.
cross, Republican, and present incum
bent. The Aldermen and Council
elected also include more than the
usdal number of Democrats, and the
whole election is - looked on as a genu
ine party victory, and the Democrats
and liberals tire rejoicing in a most
enthusiastic manner ini conacquenee.
THE Union League of Philadelphia,
on the evening of the,fith,yecommend
ed the nomination of General Grant.
The Radical Post, of that city, in its
issue on Tuesday morning, speaking of
the of theUtiaifue, riaYs i "We
speak deliberately, ad ; wo call it a
rash step for the reason that Grant is
as much Ll:Derinocrat, as he is a Ropuli
lican, and because if elected. it is, quite
possible that the politieal atmosphere
will bo in nowise improved.",
TUE Now York • Tribune, in notieirig,
the action of Congress on the - subject
of impeachment, remarks: "The' Na
tional Grand - Inquest - finds no bill of
indietment,against Andrew - 7ohnson.
Now lot us 'proceed to retrenchment,
'financial reform, and the final recoil
struction of the States." The, people
seconds the motion. The ship may yet
be saved from sinking, if Congressmen
will look more to the interests of. the
people than to the success of parties. -
ON the impeachment, the Congress
men present from this, State, voted as
follows
Yeas —Broomall. Rep.; Covode, Rep.; Kel
ley, Rep.; Mereur, Rep.; Myers, Rep.; O'Neil,
Rep.; Stevens, Rep.; Williams, Rep.; Wilson,
Nays—Boyer, Dew.; Getz, Dem.; Gloss
brenner, Dem.; Koontz, Rep.; Lawrence, Rep;
Millet .Rep.; nnorlmad, Rep.; Randall, Deni:
Taylor, Dew.; Van Aullep, Dem.; Woodwaid,
Dem.-11. - -
IN Lilo citylof Savannah, which
.con
tains hundreds of .Northorn men,,only
fifty-five 'white men 'voted 'for or
against n:conyenLion. Of every i town
and county in the State the
can be said. In several, counties ; not
a.white vote was polled. And yet the
Opinion, Pope's official. organ, at At
lanta„•cliserts . that thirty thousand
white men voted in the State of Geor
gia. , -
THE discontent among tbe middle
and li4er classes in Franco, is report
ed to be alarmingly on - the increas.e.=:
tlnrnrtnrla•few- , ynrhfin - --n
becoming loud and peremptory among
the idle workpeoplo. The elate of af
lkirs is said strikingly to resemble
what preceded the overthrow of Louis
Phillippe, in the winter of 1847.
TILE- amount of bullion received on
deposit at the United States Mint at
Philadelphia and its various branches
during the last fiscal year, is $34,537,-
148 39, an excess over the amount re
ceived during the' last preceding year
of 62,925,392 15. The total amount of
coinage for the same period is 613,218,-
113.
ON TtiesdaY, December• 3d, the' wife
of Aaron Rowe, living three miles
south of Mount Vernon, Ohio, present.
ed her husband with five•children at one
birth—three boys and two girls. Tho
mother and Children _are doing as well
as if nothing extraordinary had taken .
place.' • _ -'• •.
nu: Workingmen's party and the
Democratic, united' in. Pittsburg% on'
Tuesday latit and elected their candi
dates for Mayor and Cify Treasurer
over the regular Republican' nOmiriees. •
The Republicans' elected a ' large ma-:
jority of the Counbilrinin.% • = •
,
• IT is estimated that 016 expanses Of
the ,Impeachment Committee and of
printing their report. - will amount to at
least three hundred thousand dollars;
and some put. the' figures as.high as
half n, million.of dollars.. =And all this
to gratify a few desperate party mon.
THERE are an unusual number of mo.
Outline and laborers af i all deeeriptions .
out of omploymont in Baltimore, and
business is.daily growing duller. The
indieations.portend great 'distress.—
Money is scarce and poverty abundant.
.
BuotvtqoW's lions° of Repre.ionta
tives of*.Cennessee r matb'e 10th instant,
passed a bill repealing all, laws..disqual
ifying colored persons- from holding
offico anti sitting on juries'. .1
A FARM adjoining,Titusville,, Craw.
ford county, bough( in 1863 for 81,20,-
000, lately sold for $ 2 0,Q00, including
a number-of oil holes and machinery. •
• OF ninety:seven members' of tlio Al.
abama convention, only tvre'rity-4o of
the whitei are natives pf Alabama, and
twenty-four
,
'• 'ttgl. The Cincilinatilanznierciat says:
A lady, handsome in - form' 'and . face,
the young•Nvife of a once happy bus
-bank a former leader, of Society in*
"high life'," arid still wehlthY;: - entered
the drtig'stdre On" the corner of. Eighth
and Vine 'streets, rechOtly,` stood 'by
the counter, and'called fur a' piece of
writing paper and pen,and ink. ' The'
•clerk brought the desired articles 'to
her,.iind she commenced to - write a
note. A's she•dtd - so, - the clerk'fieticed
'that She: was dressed elegantly, and
that hundreds' of: dollars glistened
through diamonds on - her fingers:" He
noticed' also that her face was band=
some, but there Wits an expression up.
'On it then that rendered it repulsive,
thispito.its beauty. The *cheeks were
flushed as if'with strong fever, the lips
worked unerisily, and the eyes rolled
like those of a. - maniac:'While ho was
studying, the strange •exprossions of
face, ho noticed that the pen wandered
irregularly over the paper, and very
soon ho Bali it' drop:from the nerveless
fingers, as 'the face paled suddenly,
and the form; with its robes of velvets
and silks, dropped to the floor in a
limp, shapeless • heap. Several physi
cians were 'on hand immediately; and
they, in their 'efforts to restore the wo
man to her senses, discovered that she
was simply dead drunk.
Aar' Pot; -p4tin, ihney-and epreamen
tel printing, call at the "Globe" 011ie°.
.
Important - troll - a Washington.
.
Doe. 9.—The following is the state
ment of the public debt :
Total bearing coin Interest $1,840 : 367,691 80
Total bearing currency interest 379292,460 20
'Matured debt not presented for
payment - 14,176,303 63
Debt beating no interest 403,543,857 05
Total debt $2,639,692672 68
Amount In Troaaury, coin $100,690. , 645 69
064tency, 67.486,176 24
Total
DAL loss cash in Ticalury
The House to day passed, by a strict
party vote, the Senate bill 'allowing
negroes to hold office and act as jurors
in this district.
.It goes4e-the Presi
dent, where it awaits a veto.
The . liouse also, by a heavy majori
ty'reinstated Mr. Stevens in:his old po
sition as leailer'of the reconstruction
movement, - by" reviving the _ special
committee Of nineoil ttafr•sillbjeA, Of
which Iro will, as a matter of course,
be chairman.
A perfect avalanche of retrenchment
measuros-flooded both. Houses' of Con•
gross to day, and the work laid out for
the co_mnittdos therebyygi)ten"e'viduae
that the'se - ssion not billy" be Pi.ci•
longed, but.very : busy., •
Dec. 11.—The National Union Re
publican Executive Committee mot at
Willard's to day, and issued a call for
the next National Convention to nom
inate a:Pi•esident and-Nien
The Comniittee decided to hold the
next National Convention-ow Wednes
day, the 20th of May, 1868. Cinch'.
nati, St. Louis and Chicago were sug
gested as the place for holding the
Convention, and after a spirited. dis
cussion Onsthe s.ubjeel, the city of Chi
cago was - chosen'as the place. Before
tho Convention met, Governor Ward
wanted to-change the name of the par
ty, and calf it'tho National Union par
ty. This was strongly opposed by
Horace Groely, who said such a change
would indicate an- abandonment of
principle, (negro political equality.) . —
The preposition was said to have or!g
inated among the friends of Grant.
Dec. 13.—Thu National Council of
the Union League has been in secret
session here for several dayS, during
which several interesting and spicy de-.
bates'ilavti'tiCOurred, &owing out of a
proposition -to declare.- universal
.suf
frage one'ef the cardinal - principles of
the Republican party.. Very unes-
I pectedly, the opposition to this prop-
I position came frond a colored delegate
from North Carolina, Mr. J. AL Ear:
rig, who made 'an earnest speech on
the subject, arguing that the result':;of
the recent,elections . in.the North- pre
dicted, if aeything,„the.doNVnfall of the
party if it adopted such, a plank in, its
platform: The delegates present aro
mainly from the South, and Myer the
Inorninationiof an . ultra radical at the
,coming Chicago convention. The
league before adjourning adopted the,
following resolution :
Resolved," Thidthe Nationhl:
ion League of America . is utterly app . Osed
to any departure from the Sacied principles
of its organization or from those of the Re
publican party, and - that we do hereby re•
spectfully but earnestly and firmly urge,o the
Nations:l Republican Convention to phee no
man in nomination for the President of the
United States in 1868, who is not in himself
an irreversible guarantee that he is a true
friend of the cause of Union and liberty, the
equal rights of all men before the law and of
' universal manhood suffrage.
The council adjourned to meet at
Chi6age on tho • day preceding the one
appointed for holding the National
Convention, at which every Congress
ional district of the Union, North and
South, will bo represented by'one dele
gate each. •
General Grant and the War Depart-
rant.
[Flom :kovrlroih: Herald.]
The radical gongrettspiOn.at Wash
ing, according to the statement of their
organ in this city; are extremely anx
ious to - gef
War Department, and are busily ;em
,ployed in hunting up all.inaprier, of
laws which,they hope may have a ten
deney to cut - short hig term 'cif:office.
In'the meantime, while the radicals are
displaying all 'their. restlessness;. jeal
ouby, and annoyance, the army esti
match are'cut 'down under'GraritVad
mirable administration nearly 'sixteen
million dollars. This amount is saved
to the country in_ a_single year by the
acting Secretary's system - of retrench ;
ment,"whilo the efficiency of the-army
is increased instead of diminished.
ThIS-fact is, General Grant has long
been satisfied that the offietha of Gener
al of the Army and Secretary of War
should - be united in 'one person. , Wliren
he commenced his work of army
i r . nediqti . sly after' Lee's'
•surrender,_he found
_himself suddenly,
checked by the autority 'of 'Stanton,
back .by, the approval of President
Li:Mole. It had been the desire' of
-Grant.to,putthe army, without any
'loos oftime, as nearly upon a peace
footing cs the -then' condition of - the
country would warrant. To this end
'he proceeded rapidly with the, work-of
mustering out the volunteer regiments,
cutting down tITI4 disposing: `of army
supplies, and getting rid- of a. host of
volunteer -officers 'who- had 'no com
mands aod.whose only duty consisted
of drawing paV , Quartorrinisters, com
missaries and other .epauletted- idlers
-felt the offeet'of his praning:knife: - But
a political- lireasure --wad brought- to'
bear upon Stanton and. Lincoln, and
the work of retrench - anent; .watf atom,
'pod. As seen as Grant, obtained pos
session of the War Department.it was
resumed, and lli&i.roelflt hits' been an
immediate saving of nearly sixteen_
million dollars from Stanton's esti
mates for a single year,.'and-lthe cur
tailment of expenditures in every di
rection in equal proportion,- •
These practical results will satisfy
the people that there is sound sense in
Grant's views in relation to
,the, ,onion
of the two offices' cif General of, the ar
my and Secretary of War. The for
mer, us the head of the military .of the
-United States, subject only, to the Corn
'mander-in Chief should not have a po
litical power exercised. over him to
cripple his plans and interfere with his
administration: The Generdl 'is the
, proper adviser of the President on all .
army matters, and should be a mem
ber of the - Cabinet. Now that such an_
office has been created, a Secretary of
I War is no longer necessary. General
Grant's course has entirely disposed of
all partisan agitation over Stanton's
removal, and the best thing Congress
Can do is to provide for the_ abolition
of the office of Secretary of War t und.
turn over all the duties of the Depnrt
tnent to the General of the Army.
From the Southern States.
11 IONTGORER1!, Dec. 12.7!Th0 Advertiser of
this morning publishes jim.:.hreamble and
resolutions adopted by the Montgomery coun
cil of the Loyal Union League: , denouncing
the. fieiv.clonstitutiorl, nifd, calling on the col
ored Leaguers to aidiri dared - twig it, and de
claring that: the,delegates to tlie convention
wont far•beyond`the;purview of their duties
and I,ErstractiOrts, and fraiaed cogitation
disfranchising and proscribing a large portion
of the law abiding citizens of Alabama, and
characterized in every feature by fiendish mo
tives of revenge and hatred, and resolving, _
First. That in the opinion of the council
the-said • •constitiftion an: infamous: fraud
upon the rights of the People of this State,
and will, if ratified, itevitahly result in tho
debasement of the whito mice and the destruc':
tion of the black. ' ' '
$138,176,820 93
$.001,205,751 75
That w.e.,cannct, consistently with
our obligations as, members.of the, Union
League of America, give aid' or support in_
any manner, to this nefarious scheme, to
destroy -atone foil swoop the peace, happiness
anla proiperiiy' for all trine dome; 'of the
whole people of the State of Alabama.
Third. That we as Union Republicans and
as menribeis,of thd Montgomery. Chunoil of
America, call on all law-abidingnml,.Union
loviriite-nien7of 'Alabama, tc; nnito-with udin
an effort to defet the adoption of the consti
tution which embodies prinCiples dangerous
to constitutionalili4rty, -- apd,te promotive of
civil war'befWeen the two raceis,nrid'destruc
tive of all the ends of good government.
Fourth. That we denounce as contemptible
an effort on the porter a few of the members
of this council, who ore merc,political advert
tuna's; to break up.the, dame, because they
have failed to make it subservient to their
vile political-schemes.
The above resolutions are put fUrth 14 au
thority Of the league as a• true .copy of' the
minutes of the council, and signed by the
Secretary.
Serious divisions in the Radical ranks are
taking place in other sections of the State.
The Advertiser of to-morrow will contain
a statement substantially, and from the au
thority of citizens of 'Aiitagn county, that'
the colored Loyal Leagues have been irrevo
cably split because of the objectiOnable feat
ures of the Constitution framed by the con
vention, and the caucus of members of the
convention, who nominated for State officers
all white, and nearly all members of the .con,
vention, leaving the:blacks out irtithecold.;'
At the county seat of Kingstown, 'Vat two
Loyal Leaguers are left with white men. As
far as heard from, fl split of the Leaguers has
taken piece in Bullock,• Pike, and'Barbour
counties from_the_same,causes— .'rhe.Conser
.vatives are organizing- clubs 'throughout the
State to defeat the,constitution, at the,-coming
eloction,find certain 800'titill'El are .rec'ei'ving
large accession. of
,tlie colored element.- - dn
Atiiauga County,' on Saturday,
over fifty colored men -joined a. Conservative
club,-uniting With the whites in , denouneing
the constitution..: . , . - •
A call, signed - hyrcolured' men; for the-for
mation of It-colored Conservative olub here,
declares that its object shall be for'the' ctilti
vation of a spirit,of
. muttial, confidence and
good feeling between the two races of the
South, ;•Ivithout : which therpleen be i neithei
peacEi prosperity, nOirepb.4e to either.
Second, To support in the approaching
election the policy of, our own tried people,
neighbors arid friends,'whose capital furnish
es employment, and whose roofs shelter us,
in preference, te ithat - grated by, s tra n,-,
gers tid Al) ;:•,.•
Third. To discourage, by all moans in our
power; that war' of race+ which evil counsels
and ignorance 'seem' to be' hastening, and
which once inaugurated result - in-our
certain and speedy destruction. • ' - •
The Virginia ConeervatiVe'9onventicin.
• RICHMOND, December 12.—The, .Conserva
tire Contention met this morning. The com
mittee repOrhid a series of resolutions, which
were adopted unanimously as follows:
The first recognizes that by the result 'of
'the war slavery has been abolished, and that
it is not the desire Of" the people of Virginia
to reduce to slavery again a people emanci
pated by.the events of the war, and by - the
amendment to the Constitution of the United
States.
The second ro4plution eperbi, the ; right: of
Virginia:to - be `restored to the Union, and de
clares her intention, in good faith, to perform
her duties to-the Union. - •
The third protests hgainst the *gover,nink
of Virginia in any..vay.not defined -in, the
Federal Constituticlii.-
-_ The fourth_adopts the
-language of a reso
,
lotion adopted at the Cooper Institute in
New York, that military government is sub
versive of the fundamental ideas of our Gov
ernment, and its object, which is to •subject
the people of :din Southern- States.te the rule
of a race just emerged from . slavery, is ab
horrent to the civilization of mankind and to
the Northern people, in surrendering as it
does, one-third of theSenate.and a quarter
of the Muse of RepresentativOS, whiCh - aro to
legislate over til, to tle — dominion . of an or.
'ganized class of emancipated slave's, who are
without any of the,trainiog,,habits, or tradi
tions of self-government.
~ Resolutions were adopted, authorizing the
Central Committee to take' steps for testing
the constitutionality of ,the reconstruction
act in the United'States Supreme Court.
The president was 'authorized to appoint
a committee to-prepfire an address to the
;people of the United States, and the conven
tion adjourned sine die.
The Virginia Conservative, Conven-
RICIIMOND; Doe. .I.l.—The ConsCrva
:tiye convention assembled at:the theft
this
- morning. •_Eight hundred del
egates from all - parts of the State were
present. The .U.on. , A.- IL Stewart,
of Augusta. Was elected President: In
his speech he said that this was hot
the .Convention of a party, but -of Th.,.
ginians, who fit,- the 'close of. the war
were assured that Upon- the repeal - of
the ordioadee of secession, the - repudi- -
,ation of the confederate debt; and„tlie:
emanCipittion of the slaves, we would
be restored- intoltui Union. -Instead
of this promise beidg , felfilled,- the pol-_
joy has been inaugurated of placing
the Soutliern-States pi-the-control : of
an inferior - reed:- We have met-to, ap
peal to:the'North Jfiti I)eilkilt the
infliction of this disgrace upon us. Our
rights may - be. wrested iroml but.
we will never agree , to-the•rule- of an
alion'and inferior rade.. WOprefor.the
i•tile of the bayonet.
- Im. A correspondenl'Wriiii'ii , ' from
ittio thy West,-says Mexico,witb
all iis.discomforts, will some day be
ono of the wealthiest portions of our
country. Its lands, by irrigation, are ;
capable of producing.ps. fine props as
any in the world, while' for fruit I
think they cannot be equalled. It pos
sesses untold.wealth of:mineral resour 7
cos; and when ;Yankee ingenuity . and
energy are brought-into.this, country, ,
a most wonderful change will be
wrought. Instead of.hay being made
with a hoe, land ploughed . with a
•pickaxe, hogs chained and dOgS run
ning, loose, ;and 'wheels made.:Eof
,ono
block of WOod, - illings - Wilt bo - as they
Should.
A reply of one of the Witnesses at
the inquest in the easp,of the ,railyofisi,
accident near Cincinnati" is a curiosity.
Question and answer as .follows :—Q
—Suppose,the, rakes in, good. order,•
and the engine reversed, the, wheels
sliding, with the momentum of :the
train driving it along; how failWOnld
alio - go:. A—She would 'Rep, going
till she would stop. _ '
Alabama.
tion.
122s= ..........---
NEW, fADV
.TIXECUTOR'Nv 2
eger, dee •
• [Estate of -Samuel, _ I
Letters testamentary; on the • •
late of Lincoln township, Iluntingdd -•••••
'Peen granted to the Undersigned, all per.. •-• •
to the estate are requested to make Immediate pare •
and those having claims, to pieskut theM duly euthenti
' 'rated far aettlemeat.
AZAIIIAII KRIEGER,
Executor.
Dec. IS,. '.67-ot.
•
AVERN ' LICENSES.-- • y•
The'following persona, Julie filed in 'the office id
the Click of the Court of quarter Sessioue of Huntingdon.
county, their petitions for licenses to' koep 'lnfie or Tav
erns in sold county and which will be presented to the
Judge of said Court ou the second 31oildny of, January
for allowance: • •-- ' - •
Tolontino Brown, Huntingdon. ;
,•-
EATING ROUSE. - -
Sylvester 'IV. Haslet, Spruce Crook. " '-;
' ' • 'J. R. SI3LPSON Clerk. '
Huntingdon, Dec.'lB, ISBT. ' , • -
.
USSOIXTION OF".
811IP.
Tho partnership heretofore existing between H. ROB
LEY end ORO. F. fiIARSII, Merchant Tailors, hius beefs;
diseolTed byj mutual consent. The beettiC are-fn the
bands Of Geo. F. Minh, nhe 8111 math, the biseindu of , .
the firm. H. ROBLEY; -
, - - " • , GEO. FAIARSILL
The "noNrilgued 'sesitseafully announces to tlio
that he will cootinuff the business at the old stolid on trio , -
corner of the Diamond, oppoefto Terte!Boole Store. •
GEO.I.II.IESH.
Iluotingdon, Dpg..18,:1867.4
HERIFF'S pALES.4.,•lly_vittae'
k 3 %writs oat's. Fa: bad Veiad,'Expo.Airectod to ma'
X will expose to public sale or outcry, at the Court Boum
in tho Borough of Huntingdon, on MONDAY, tho 13su
of JAN UAItY, at 2 o'clock, 1. 3 !,,t 1 .1010/10Witla•
described prOperty to' wit: • • ' • •
A tract of sltuate.ia
in Cremn'ell township, Huntingdon connty, adjoining
lands of Thomas E. Orbisonia, Browet- r's holm Butler's
impyosemout, and others containing •100-acres, noes or
les,
Amore . tract of unscated land situate irs Cromwell fit,
Monty aforesal4 acklolhing: Mons of Brewster's heirs,
--31cConaughy, and Others, cOntalutng. ECG- acres, moro•
or leas. •
••• • .
AGM, n tract of unseated land, situate. in One tOWn
'ship, county.afomseid, adjoining Abram Taylor and Jos,-
Sten cr, containing 01 arias, more or lees. • ,
Asno, a tract of unseatediand situateln Csioatownsbip,
county:aforesaid, adjoining Made of Abram 'Taylor, Jos.'
Stever. and others, containing 34-acres, more. less. - •
ALco, a tract of unseated land situate in Casstownship,
county aforesaid, adjoining lands of Samuel B . Green aud,
Absnu Taylor, containing 25 acres, more or loss.
Asso, a tract of unseatod land situate logos, township,
county aforesaid, adjoining McConaughy'ar improvement,
Leas A 510fitty, and others, containing 100 acres, snore
or loss. , • . •
. , • ..
Also;a tinctof cultivated land situate lit Cass town
county, afercsaid.:edjolning , lande of Elijah Sellers.
and Abtant Taylor, containing I acreond 62 perckes, (no
bnildiuga.) Seized, taken in execute% and to be sold an
the„pruperty of Henry Taylor. .• •
ALso7,9,ll,tbat_ building iodated on
'lot of gromid innate in Warrioromark Township,-
Huntingdon County, fronting on the south - 14Se of the
Turnpike road lending from Huntingdon Furnace to War- -
rforstnark, ono huudrod inoranty-flre feet; the 'said e" ;
lot being a triangle nod the other two sides being shoat'
200 feet each, bounded on the oast by landrof 'Archibald -
llutchiton, and on the west or'Smith-west by lot of Mary -
Matthea Hutchison. The sold building, is a two storied
frame dwelling house,. tieothor.hoarded ontside and pho
tons' Inside, _with shingle roof, be10g%22 by 26 foot, in •
size, the first story being 7% feet high, and •th; soeond
story 6% teat high, three rooms on the Brat floor and fear -
rooms on the second floor, the ground covered by said
building and so much other ground immediately adj. -
cent thereto as may be neces.arjr" for the: ordloary and %
useful porposes of the same. Soloed, taken In exucutlens'_s
and to he sold as thotproperty of Sarah. Patterson, who
was unpleaded'Vrith John Fhtterson her inisband.
Noricz ra.Peutusesa.—Bidders at SherifFe Sales will; .•
take notice that immediately upon, the property being,
knocked 'down; fifty , per cont.' of all bids - ender $100: and •
twenty-flve+por cent. of all bide Lover Hun •imm, most be
',paid to the Sheriff or the property will be out up again
and sold to other bidderri - Who will comply with tho above
terms: 711" ."
If chart coritinhes two weeks * doed'acknewledged
-
Wednesday of second week: - Otui week's court, property
knocked down on Monday and deed acknowledged on the
following Saturday. - • • .••• •. ;
J. 14. F. itATfIIIRST, Shbrift.
HERM% Orrice,
Iluuttngdon, Deo, 1, 1.8p7.}
J. C. -GLAIR,
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