AMERICAN VOLUNTEER JOHN B. BRATTON, Editor k Proprietor Jl CARLISLE, PA., JULY 27, 1865 DEMOCRATIC STAXDKC CO3DIITTEB. - The Democratic Standing Committee of Cumberland county will meet at ShreiNer’s hotel, in Carlisle, on Saturday, July 29, at 11 o’clock; A. M. A general attendance of the Committee is requested. JOHN B. BRATTON, I ? Chairman. O* Wu. Blair & Son, Carlisle, juft re ceived fresh ti.erco llama. New and full as sortment small Irons. f Death or Wu. M. Beetem. —Wo regret to announce the death of William ,M. Beetem, cashier of the Carlisle Deposit .Bank, lie committed suicide, by-hanging himself" in the garret of -his dwelling, yesterday (Wed nesday) morning, between 5 and G o’clock. At about 5 o’clock ho was in the bank fur a few minutes. From there ho walked rapidly to the garret, whore he found <i rope that had been used ns a clothes lino. Mounting a chest some two feet high, he, tied one end to a joist and the other end"'to his neck, and jumped from the chest, itis death must have ensued in a couple minutes. When found (by Mr. ll.vssLEitand Mr. Underwood, clerks in the bank,) he was cold and stiff and quite dead. Fur several weeks most of our citizens no ticed that Mr. Beetem was much depressed in spirits/ and his family and others about him were also aware that he was seriously troubled in mind, but from what cause no one appeared to know. The last time wo met him (at church on last sabbath,) wo no ticed insanity in his eye, and wo expressed our fears U ono or two friends. That ho suf fered intensely lor the last few weeks was evident to all who had closely observed him. Mr. Beetem was ono of our very best citi zens. A man of wealth, he was ever ready to assist tho poor and to aid in all benevolent objects. No man could have been taken from our midst by tho destroyer, death, who?e loss will bo so severely felt. As a bank offi cer and citizen, he had the confidence and respect of all, and most sincerely is his un timely cud lamented. Ho is "one—go no we hope and believe to a world where tears and troubles are unknown. Rapiiescat in pace. The Returning Veterans.— Nearly every day squads of discharged soldiers arrive at this point on their way homo, after yoars of privation and hardship in tho army. Wel come home, bravo veterans. Wo all owe you a debt of gratitude for tho part you took against those who dared to strike at tho S.ars and Stripes. May you live long to wear meekly tho laurels you have so justly won. " Dorcs.” —Our Burougli is inftjstel with " Jurgs.” They grin nt tlio sun by day and bay at the moon by night, and snarl and • snap ind iscriminately at all they chance to meet. Not only is our rest disturbed nt night, but wo are all in danger of becoming mad. Some already show symptoms of hy drophobia in their talk about dorgs of hi'di and low degree. It is time our Council in struct the “ Burgess,” or “ some other man,” to issue his edict against therunningat large of unmuzzled canines. Tho fact is, nobody’s calves arc safe while these ill-mannered curs are snapping and snarling nt our heels. To the School Directors and Teachers of Cumberland County : The annual exam ination of Teachers will bo held as follows, Shipponshurg- Twp., Monday, July 31, School Room. Shippenshurg Boro., Tuesday, August 1 -School Rrom. Southampton, Wednesday, August 2, Lees burg. Penn, Thursday, August 3, Centrcville. Dickiuson, Friday, August 4, S. Grove S. South Middleton, Saturday, August 0, Boiling Springs. Monroe, Monday, August T, Churcbtown. Upper Allen, Tuesday', August 8, Shop berJstown. Lower Allen, Wednesday, Aug. 9, Shire manstown. New Cumberland, Thursday, August 10, School Room. East Pennsboro, Fridav, August 11, Fair view. Hampden, Saturday, August 12, Pike S. Nevvville, Monday, August 14, S. 11. Westpennsboro, Tuesday, Aug. 15 Grea eon S. 11. Mechanicsburg, Saturday, August 19. S- . North Middleton, Monday, August 21, Ba sin S. 11. Frankford, Tuesday, August 22, Blosers yilie. Mifflin, Wednesday, August 23; Centro S. Hopewell, Newburg, Thursday, August 2'l Newburg. Newton, Friday, August 24, Oakville. Middlesex, Monday, August 28, School Room. Silver Spring, Tuesday, August 29, King. «ton. examinations will commence at 9 o cloak, A. M., except Shippensburg Twp., which will commence at 1 4*. M. Reference of good mural character must bo given by all who are nut personally known. Teachers bolding professional certificates will bo ex amined in Mental Arithmetic, and also in such other branches as Directors desire. Applicants will bo examined in “Pace’s Theory and Practice of Teaching.” Priyate examinations are illegal aud will not he granted. Directors will please furnish pa per and chalk. All persons are invited to attend these ex aminations except Lazy and Unqualified Teachers. GEORGE SWARTZ, Com,/;/ Superintendent. SmaEUAHSTOwif, July 27th 1805. 07 Rev, Henry Johnson, of Chesterfield, Va. has been sentenced by a military’com mission to five years' imprisonment for kil ling a soldier who was robbing his gardpn. ST.mO.VS THOUGHTFULNESS, Everybody will admit that Stanton, See# rotary of War, is a thoughtful man. Ho , never takes a stop without first considering < whether it will operates for or against his po litical plana. lie makes everything bond to -the herisics of his ■negro-equality party. lie will do anything, permit anything, say any thing, provided ho is first convinced that it frill operate against Democrats, 110 is as blood-thirsty as a tiger and subtle aa a ser pent. It was Stanton who suggested the idea of parading the bleeding body of the murdered President from city to city and from town to town, for fifteen days, to be gazed at by those strange people who take pleasure in gratifying a morbid curiosity. The Sec retary had an object in view. By making a public show and parade of the corpse of Pres ident Lincoln, he hope&— and his hopes were not disappointed—.that the worst pas noua of men would bo stirred up. lie knew that the assassination of Mr. Lincoln had sent a thrill of horror throughout the coun try ; ho knew that the people were in a state of deep excitement, and that many of the partizanS of the dead President were ready and willing to commit any outrage, even to murder, upon their political opponents. Aye, he knew all this, and hence it was that lie suggested the idea—disgraceful as it was heartless—of making a public exhibition, in oltiea.aml downs, of President Lincoln’s coM and inanimate remains. lie had calculated well. From the time the corpse left Wash iiuon up to the hour it was committed to the tomb at Springfield, Illinois, a constant scene of excitement, fighting, and deviltry \u\% kept up. Some half-dozen men were mur dered outright, scores ware injured, many were rode upon rails, tarred and. feathered, insulted and browbeat. Pickpockets reliev ed thousands of their wallets and “loyal thieves" made piles of green-backs, by send ing in enormous bills fur seryices rendered in the grand pageant. Stanton was gratified—pleased that his anticipations had been realized. He made use of the putrid body of the murdered Pres ident, to carry on a system of firutishness that he so much delighted in. lie knew that by hauling the corpse over the country the excitement would bo increased, and would be followed by murder and scoundrelism. It was a hint to his partizms to become law breakers; a hint to them to assail, with mur derous purpose, every man who refused to fall down and worship the ashes of the “martyr to freedom.” Ho was gratified, wo say, in his hell-bnm object. But now we see Stanton occupy another position. After tho execution of Mrs. Sur ratt, who had been convicted by an unlaw ful military court, of which “ retreat Hu.v ter,” was tho President, her heart-broken daughters asked for tho poor privilege of ta king the body into their keeping, for the pur pose of burying if. Stanton refused (lie ro quest, hut stated that after the lapse of a tow weeks, when all excitement had subsided, he might possibly give the children tho body of their mother. To give it to them then, he said, fora funeral parade, “might provoke violence.” Provoke violence, indeed ? Why. he ordered tho body of President Lincoln to bo made a show of for the express purpose of provoking violence. Then, however, tho vio lence was to bo use 1 against Democrats ; now he fears it might burst out against him and his illegal military court. Mrs. Surratt was doomed to death on tho flimsy evidence of a drunken tavern-keeper, win was a witness to save himself from being* tried as a principal, and who has boon pro nonneed a perjure ! villain b/ a respectible man. All the condemned who were hanged with Airs. Surratt, state 1. just before their execution, that slits was entirely innocent. In deed, it is the opinion of rnanv that she hal no hand in tho dark crime charged agiinst her, and that before a court of justice she would have boon discharged. Ni wonder then that Stanton feared “excitement.” He felt that he had connived at the greatest out rage of the age, ami that ho deserved tho ex ecration of an outraged people. But, Mr. Stanton’s cunning will not save him always. The position ho holds now m;w enable hint" to create excitement when he pleases, and to prevent it when bo pleases ; but some of these days bo will find himself redu ced to the rallies of tho people, and then, pos sibly, justice may overtake him. Hundreds ol innocent nnd noble men have been impris oned, many of them to dio, by bis orders.— The day is not far distant when law and not brute force will again prevail and when ty rants can bo brought to punishment. When that day arrives Mr. Standn will not ho able to keep down tho temper of tho people by an order from tho War Department. The hillr.f expenses ol President Lincoln’s funeral in Washington amounted t> about ■twenty-five thousand dollars.— Washington Chronicle. We see it stated in another paper that tho entire funeral expenses of the late President from the time tho corpse left Washington un til it readied Springfield, 111., amounted to §100,000! This sum comes off the people, in the way of taxes. Of course tho funeral did not cost one-sixth tho sum mentioned, but the ” loyal thieves” were about, and were per mitted to mako the funeral pay. Cau a country exist where such heartless villainy is practiced ? 577“ The Bedford Gazette relates a of an old abolitionist, of that county, who, on the 4th, came to town, and seeing a preces sion with a great many soldiers and flags, turned in and drove his buggy with marked pride, for some distance, when ho discovered that it was democratic. lie immediately loft, and struck a boo lino for the “black oops,” who were nut in the woods, listening to the little talk of little “John Cessna.” The Caoi's.—Our farmers are through gathering aud housing their giain harvest.— The wheat crop, owing to rust and mildew, was seriously injured, and the yield is not much more than half what had been expec ted. The oats crop is good—seldom better; and t he yield of hay was heavy and of supe rior final ity. The growing corn presents a very promising appearance, and should noth ing to its injury intervene, a heavy crop will bo gathered. The same may ho said of the potato crop. 577' Market price of Gold, 142. EXECUTION OF MRS. SURRATT. The Selmsgroyo Tima of tho 21st inst. contains an article on tho late trial and ex ecutions of the “ conspirators,” from which we tako the following in reference to Mrs. Surratt. AVo agroo with tho Times that there is a dark mystery connected with this dark transaction. The flimsy and worthless evidence oa which she was found guilty— the luste to drag her to the gallows—tho re fuse! of Stanton to permit her spiritual ad viser to visit her until ho had pledged his word that he would say nothing concerning her supposed innocence, tho faot that after her death-warrant bad boon signed, both the President and Stanton shut themselves up and refused audience to any one until after her execution—those and oth.or suspicious circumstances have a bad look, and are well calculated to create a fgelfng of indignation in the breasts of the people./ But to the re marks of the Solinagrovc Times ; To punish tho innocent for the misfortunes of the wicked, is a crime beyond measure. Those who convicted and executed Mrs. Sur ratt are guilty of this infamy. Tho evidence is not only accumulating that she was not guilty, but that those who convicted her and had her hung were aware of her innocence. There was less testimony to convict her than there was to convict Mr. Spangler, yet Span gler was sentenced to only six years at hard labor in a penitentiary. Why should there bo any distinction made in the penalties ? [f Spangler was guilty at all, ho was as guil ty as Dr. Mudd ; if not guilty,- then he should have been discharged. There was loss testi mony against Dr. Mold than there was against Spauglcr, yet Spangler goes to pris on for only-six years whilst Mudd goes for life time. These men were guilty alike, or inm ojut alike, and should have been treated alike. It was evident, however, during the whole trial that the Commission had resolved to convict Dr. Mudd anyhow, whither guilty or innocent; and this wo suspect was equally tho determination as to Mrs, Surratt. She was denied tho benefit of a clergyman, unless he would first consent to say nothing as to innocence. This fact looks very suspi cion-', The haste with which she was exe cuted is also liable to bo construed as damn -1 ing testimony against tho commission, for it i just looks as though they greatly feared her innocence might be yet established if her ex ecution was delayed. But the most damag ing circumstance against Secretary Stanton ' and President Johnson is tho fact that, as soon as tho accused were Convicted and sen tenced, these two men shut themselves up and give notice that they could not bo seen. They allowed none to approach them till af ter tho execution. Why was this? There is a dark and damning history connected with this affair that may never conic' to light. Batmen will have their opiiions about it, and the circumstances warrant the belief 1 that these men themselves doubted her guilt or knew her innocence. Tue Blairs and Other People. —Tho Yankee cynic who claimed the human family was divided into men, women ampfbo Beech ers, had bettor revise his classification and include the Blairs, as an’off-shot frem tho rest of the stock. While tho military Gen eral Blair is pouring the hot shot into Stan ton, Holt and Chase, In Kentucky, tho late Postmaster General Blair has taken tho field in Maryland, and la dealing in trenchant criticisms on the foreign policy of Secretary Seward. The point that Blair makes against Seward is, that tho latter has led, so far as his diplomacy could produce tho result, Na poleon to believe that the people of this coun try are indifferent to his Mexican operations. In his speech at Higerstown, Mr. Blair urged, time tho .way to keep tho peace be tween ourselves and Napoleon is to cause him to clearly understand that the American people will not submit to his Interference up on this continent. “It is necessary.” says' Mr. Blair, “ to prevent war, that the French Emperor should bo no longer deceived as to the feeling* of ihe American posple in regard to his position there. Wo need not say what* we arc able to do. He has seen that wo are able to hold the territory which our fathers bequeathed us. We should make it mani fest also, in a becoming manner, that we moan t> maintain tho g’ vernmont which they framed for us, and tho principles winch they assorted as necessary to preserve it—assorted too, when they were comparative,y a feeble p uvor, in defiance of the allied powers of tho whole continent of Europe.” That*is just li'Wivr A Pill for Lukewarm Repcbi icans.— Tho “Colored United Franchise League’’ [whew !] of Washington City, lately held a meeting at which tho following resolutions, demanding the suffrage, wore passd#';- “ Resolved, That we respectfully demand of tliis G ivcrnmcnt in equality of all our rights before tho law, first among which is the right of suffrage. ‘‘Resolved, That we regard as enemies all persons who profess to he mir friends, and at the same time counsel and advise that tho friends of freedom are too hasty and incon siderate in demanding tho immediate rio-lit of suffer ge for tho colored men ; tliat food, anti clothing, ami shelter and employment for freedmon should only lie looked after for tho present; that we consider such men and such newspapers as very unreliable friends, to say the least ; that wo ask only a fair chance tu live, and wo will earn our own “ salt,” and pay our own hills for all tho nec essaries of life.” This is rather an imperative bint for the conservative Republicans to hurry along in their conversion to'tho negro suffrage doc trine. The pennlty of refusing to do so will consist in being enrolled among the traitor ous copperheads us enemies of the black and ” only true loyalists.” Hurry up, yo halt ing latterday converts to Abolitionism, and thus avert tho sad fate tlmt awaits disobedi ence of tlie order of tho potential C. -U. F. L. “NOW COMES THE CRISIS, WHAT IS, THE NEGRO? WELL. I SAY, IN THE FACE OF ALL PREDJUDICE TH VT AMID THE GALLANTRY, THE PA TIENCE. THE HEROISM OF THIS W AR THE NEGRO BEARS THE PALM*”—’ [Great Applause.)— Speech of Wendell Phil bps at a kite meeting of the Boston Anti-Sla very Society. * “ IFe need the voles of the colored people; it is numbers not intelligence, that counts at’ the ballot-box—it IS the right intention, and not philosophic judgement, that casts the vote." Speech of 11. Winter Davis at Chicimo. 577* The Supreme Court of AVisconsin has decided that the law of Congress ror|uiring stamps on legal papers, cither at the begin ning or other stages of a suit, is unconstitu tional. The Court might have g-mo farther and pronounced against the whole stamp ar rangement. regiments of negroes have been put on duty at Richmond, much to the dis gust of the citirens. THE WORKING OF CONFISCATION. The work of confiscating the property of persona excepted by the 13th clause of the amnesty proclamation, has commenced at Richmond, and is creating much excitement and distress. The Richmond Times, in the following paragraph, confirms what wo have already stated as our belief, that a majority of those exoepted from amnesty because of possessing property in value more than twen ty-thousand'dollars, were most likely to bo leas-guilty of resistance to Government au thority. than those who have boon impover ished by the war. 'Says the Times: “ Wo happen to know the antecedents and political status of nearly all of the gentlemen of this city against whaso property proceed ings have been instituted by the United States authorities, and we feel assured that a largo proportion of them are men who have, through life, carefully abstained from all ac tive interference with matter*.— Very fcfv, if any of them/ were large slave holders, as they wore nearly all before the war and during its pro »rws, engaged in com mercial pursuits.’ NonCjOf them were mem bers of the Convention, ratified the Or dinance of Secession, h-fr were they, with a few exceptions, over connected with the Con federate Government, Zither officially or as contractors. Some of tpom voted against the Ordinance of Secession/ and as capitalists arc nearly always timid, tlpy were, for the most part, alarmed rather/ than pleased at the movements which prjcipifated civil war up on the country. Although a very large ma jority of the gentleman in question had noth ing to do with the treasures whiclr*brought about tho war, they havo already suffered most severely by tho destruction of their property by tho g’eat fire of the 3d of April, as well as by tho depreciation in tho value of all stocks and tccuritios. There is scarce ly one of these gentlemen who has not long since taken the different amnesty oaths of Presidents Lincoh and Johnson. And in tho cases of the fev exceptional names, upon tho Marshal's list, of gentlemen who were once officially connected with tho Confeder ate Government, they had. for nearly two years before tho fall of Richmond, become private citizens, ar.d were no-longor in either the military or the civil service of tho late Confederacy.” Under these circumstances tho objectiona ble clause under which these seizures are made is only producing evil, turmoil and ru in, with no presentor prospective advantage, except it bo to informers, lawyers, officers, and a shoal of conscienceless political hang ers-on. Tho little present advantage which tho Government may derive will*bo more than counterbalanced by tho general retard ing oWousiness and trade, which must result iu a paucity of revenue tax, in every form, for years to come. Upm tho evil effects of tho proceedings now being entered upon, tho Philadelphia Ledger justly observes : “ Nearly one-half tho persons whoso prop erty is thus libelled have been granted spe cial pitrdons by the President, from which fact it is inferred that final decrees of confis cation will not bo entered. Tho immediate effect, however, is to put a stop to all im provements of property, or rebuilding of hou ses destroyed by the war. Till tho title to nrooerty is established, no person can move in the way of selling or buying property or entering into business of any kind, for he knows not whether ho may have in a few months time any means derived from his supposed present possessions to make good his engagements. This is not a very satis factory or prombing condition for a revival of business in Virginia.” A Merited Rebuke.—A Card t.f Returned Soldiers.- -The undersigned, returned sol diers, have geen with regret, that tlio pro posed Festival, to bo given to the returned Mjldiera, on the Fourth of July, at Washing ton, has assumed an exclusively partizan character. While wo would have rejoiced at tee opportunity of meeting with our com rades in arms, on tlio ipproaching anniversa ry of our Independence, and to have exchan ged mutual congratulations on the restora tion of peace to our bleeding country, wo cannot endorse by our presence the gross in suit offered to our fathers, brothers and friends in civil life, who aio indontilied with the Democratic party, and who are excluded from participating m the proceedings. When we remember the thousands of our Democrat ic fellow soldiers, whose blood, in common with that of Republicans, stained every bat tle-field, from Bull Run to tlio surrender of Lee a army, wo cannot'but express our sur prise that i> few politicians should attempt to use us on the occasion of our return to our homes for partizan purposes. Whatever oth ers may do in the premises, we cannot lend -Ourselves to such an unworthy scheme.— (Here follow the names of 52 returned veter ans.) Wo clip the above frpm the Washington (Pa.) Review. It is a merited rebuke to the fellows who are trying to make tools of the Kali ant “boys in bluo” with which lo get their sfay-at home, negro suffrage politicians into office. The soldiers understand these petty tricksters and will show them a trick or two when the election comes around. Dj3atii of Bibnop Potter. —A despatch from San Francisco^announces the death of Bishop Alonzo Potter, on the 4th inst., in that city. Bishop Potter -was a native of Duchess county. N. Y.; graduated at Union College; became a tutor in the college in 1819, and was elected professor of natural philosophy and mathematics in 1821. Ho was ordained in the same year, andji'nvitod to a rectorship in Biston in IS2>. In I3JI he was male Vice President of Union Col lege ; was oh won Bishop of Pennsylvania in 1815. Bishop Potter has conlributed'inany works to the literature of the. country. Among them the “ Pnuciplos of Science ap plied to the Domestic ami Mechanic Arts.” 1 ulitical Leonomy, its Objects, Uses and Principles Considered,” “ Tho School and Solioolmaster,” and a number of discourses, charges, addresses,.etc. Ho was born in 1800. Ilia deatli will be universally regret ted. No man was held in higher respect, and none whoso authority in educational matters was mure respected. ti£2?“John 1. lord, tho victim of Secretary Stanton and tho war preachers, will petition Congress for relief. Must tho people pay damages to every individual who suffers loss because bo will not sell his property at less than its value to political s]eculatora? Stanton, not tho people, should reimburse Ford for what ho has lost by the arbitrary closing of his theatre. ■ tC? 1 Iho Prince of Wales in an exhibitor m a dog-show in London. Ho has gray hounds, mastiffs and blood-hounds. We sug gest to the Philadelphia Loyal League the propriety of competing with tho Prince for tho first premium. If they were to send over “ tho President’s dog” and a pair of our “ Blood-hounds of Zion,” His Royal High ness would stand no chance at all. THE MONROE DOCTRINE. Montgomery Blair’s Speech—Does he Speak for the President ? —A Bitter Pill for Sew ard. IV Asn ingtojv, July 13. Tho speech of Montgomery Blair, at Ha gerstown, has occasioned much talk herd to day, and is generally conceded to moan a great deal more than might appear from a casual perusal of it. There arc those who affirm that-it has been determined by Presi dent Johnson to remove Maximilian from Mexico, and to accomplish that object neith er means nor money will be spared. At the present time thcro aro eighty thousand Uni ted States soldiers in Texas, scattered along tho lino of tho Rio Grande. Maximilian knows this, Louis Napdeon has by this time been duly informed of it, and the twain can not but be aware how slight ncod bo tho pie tensc on which these eighty thousand men could be transferred over the river and marched for Maximilian’s capital. Already wt havo news that General Steele has de manded of tho imperalists tho ordnance giv en them by tho rebel General Slaughter.— This demand, it is assorted, will be insisted upon, and enforced, if necessary. But this is only the first step. There are said to be ten thousand rebels in arms in Mexico, whom our Government may consider it necessary to secure ; and this will furnish a cause for a fresh demand upon Maximilian. If it bo true that President Johnson Ims made up hia mind to oust thin new Emperor of Mexico, there will bo no lack of pretexts for effecting this-purpose Montgomery Blair, as is well known, is a particular friend of the Presi dent. It was his father who took theJatter in after the inauguration, and kept him nt 'his (Blair senior’s) house until he had fairly recovered. What more natural, then, than that Mr. Johnson should employ Mr. Blair to inform the people, by means of a public speech, of the former’s intended pol icy toward. Maximilian. Mr Blair’s appeal to national pride, his reflections upon the pol icy of tho late administration, as regards tho Mexican question, and hia arraignment of Louis Napoleon as unfriendly to tho United , States, if not intended, arc admirably calcu lated to arouse a popular cry againot Maxi milian, and thus secure the support of tho people in case of an attempted enforcement of the'Mon»*oe doctrine. This is tho inter pretation pub upon Mr. Blair’s speech in official circles here. Some go so far as to say that Lauis Napoleon has’ been informed, in a diplomatic way that Maximilian must be withdrawn from Mexico, and that the whole question will bo settled with no stronger ar guments than such as.diplomats wield. But the general impression seems to be that the administration is determined to rid |Mexico of its Austrian ruler no matter what the cost he, and enforce to its last extremity the apparently forgotten*Monroe doctrine. Mr. Seward, of course, will- claim that this has been his plan from the start, and that ho yielded a point to Napoleon when we wore not in a condition to enforce all our claims upon him but this is hardly true. It will be a bitter pill for Mr. Seward but ho will swallow it so gracefully that but few will suspect how unpalatable he will find it to bo. Is it Constitutional? Andrew Jackson vetoed the Marysville Road BUI, because,he held that the Federal Government had no power to carry on internal improvements iu the States. Andrew Johnson professes to bo a follower of Andrew Jackson, but we see that, Federal officers, and military to boot, are detailed to keep nigger schods in North Carolina! The people seem willing to stand almost everything—to pay taxes to support the “ freedmen,” ami other things that once would he thought incredible; hut we d'o think this nigger school business caps the climax of Abolition indecencies. Mr. Lincoln scattered commissions among the niggers and women, and did a multitude of similar things equally absurd and monstrous ; but after all, wo don’t remember anything so utterly nastv as this nigger school keeping by the Federal Government. —Day Book. Wo respectfully suggest to the Day Book the propriety of “ lotting well enough alone/’ Government is doing the best it can . There is a reasonable hope that the schoolmaster may learn something himself while engaged in teaching niggers. Ho may bo able in n little while to teach’the primary department of a white school, if parents will trust him Mr. J dmson is undoubtedly a follower of An drew Jackson, but ho has not got to tlio Ma rysville road yet, and wo fear there are too many stopping places on tlio route. The National Treasury*. — As regards the conditions of the National Treasury in the future, the New York Herald says : b “ Wc have information to tho effect that the Paymaster General will immed : ately make requisitions upon the Secretary of the Treasury for three hundred and t venty mil lions of dnllars for soldiers’ pay up to tho Ist of July, while tho total outstanding obliga tions of tho government will probably aggre gate about one thousand millions. Notwith standing all tho army reductions which have taken place, there remain about six hundred thousand men still on the pay rol I; In addi tion it is stated that there lire about eight months charter money due to the owners of steamers in tho employ of the Navy Depart ment. Under these circumstances there is a prospect of a large issue of certificates of in debtedness or unpaid requisitions, and of a forced loan, in making which the Secretary of tho Treasury would of course have to roly upon tho next Congress to indemnify him for exceeding his authority. Mr. McCulloch will do well to publish a monthly statement of tho national indebtedness regularly, and not endeavor to conceal, under a specious coloring, important facts, to which tho peo ple have an undoubted right by act of Con gress and otherwise.” The Uichmond Whig was stopped ou ihc llth inst., and the whole establishment taken possession of by tho Provost Marshal. Cause: an article containing tho following intemperate remarks: lam equally oppo sed to the mean, brutal and cowardly policy of confiscation. Tho possession of property, whether little or much, is not a crime, nords it recognized as such in any code, written or unwritten, of any nation, civilized or savage, on the face of tho earth ; and let not the best government tho world ever saw, make itself tho worst and most despicable, by the adop tion of a policy which seeks to determine and measure tho guilt of an offender by tho amount of his property.” There is much more of tho same character. Hence the step taken of seizing tho paper. All of which goes to show that freedom doesn’t exactly follow the flag. 017“ Tho Philadelphia Inquirer's corres pondent says, Jeff. Davis is to bo brought to Washington, and is to occupy Payne’s coll in tho old Capitol Prison. Mrs. Surratt’s late cell is occupied by Harrison, his private Secretary, and Gen. Harris of Missouri. It is reiterated that they will all bo tried by a Military Commission. IC7” Gen. P. P. Blair said in a recent speech at St. Louis, that General Sherman “lias been assailed by nobody except those who aro the enemies of their country ?" How do tho editors of abolition papers like that? [Corrosponclonco of Lbo Reading Qazotto.] LETTER FROM- EUROPE. Mainz, June 30, 1805. J. Lawrence Getz, Esq. Dear Sir :—Yesterday I-arrived hero from Basle. On my trip down th%Rhino I stopped at Straaburg, a celebrated French Fortress, and noted for its magnificent Cathedral, with the Highest steeple in Europe (GOO feet high), and monster clock within the church. After attending to official business, at 15 minutes before 12 o'clock I entered the Cathedral and found it crowded with strangers from all parts of the world, and people of the neigh borhood. to see the twelve Apostles, directed by the Saviour, appear in front of the Clock. As scon as the Angola below have struck the hour of 12, an immense Cock Haps his wings and commences crowing. I was shown the old Clock (the present is a new Clock) which performed * its duty for over four hundred years—every piece of it worked and prepared on the anvil—and many othelr objects of an cient art, from the third up to the eighth'cen tury. The present Cathedral dates back to the 10th century, having replaced an old chapel built by the Romans and the ancient Gauls. I would like to give you a fuller de scription of this very interesting Cathedral,' but nfy time is 100 limited. I visited the principal Wine Merchants in relation to tax matters. I was directed to a Mr. Kuff, who gave mo all the information I desired. lie took mo through his extensive Wine Vaults, an ancient Mo nastery. The floors of the Vaults are noth ing less than the tombstones of Bishops and prominent Ecclesiastics -of the Catholic Church. I tasted the Wine, which had so peculiar a-flavor, that I doubt not the spirits of the Good'Fathers resting below had some thing to do with it, I purchased a barrel of each choice kind. On my Irip down the Rhine, I visited Lan dau, Bcochingen, Rhodfc, Elonkoben, and Kirweiler, and had a pleasant time among my relatives and friends. I left them on the 28th for Manheim. and delivered several let ters of 'introduction to Inspector Reichard and others. At the request of friend Reich ard, I accompanied him to the Schtoasi or Castle of Heidelberg. I shall never forget this visit to one of the most ancient Castles of Europe—unequalled in scenery and beau ty. I passed by here in a hurry a few weeks ago. How glad I feel now that I did not lose a that is alonft worth a trip to Eu rope. Oa my return home I will give you a full hist/iry of this interesting place. The keeper of the old Ruins and big Cask is Rich ard Jouillon, an Austrian. lie and hia’wife and four others, thirty years ago", gave a con cert in Reading. They recognized me at once. In the evening we returned to Hei delberg, well pleased with our trip. Man heim has many attractions, particularly its beautiful Parks, Government Palaces, and numerous other buildings. • On the morning of the 29th I took one of the Rhino stearriers for this place. We passed numerous villages, and the ancient city of Worms, with its magnificent Bom , in which Dr. Luther defended his course on the Refor mation. Near the banks of the Rhino is the Frauen'Kirche, a beautiful Cathedral, with its surrounding Vineyards, where the cele brated Liebjraucn milch, or “Lovely Wife’s Milk” is obtained. The growth of this wine is confined only to a small spot, and its supe riority is owing altogether to the soil—a kind ot slate mixed with a grayish loam. The neighboring Vineyards produce something similar, hut not exactly of the full aramotic flavor. However, I was determined to got a small Iteg of this wine, which I procured from one of the mostextensive Wine Dealers on the Rhino, Mr Laucerer, to whom I In troduced myself by letter. X also obtained two other samples of Wines that never can be equalled in America. They are of the growth of 18G2, and the first, shipment—be ing'the only vintage of a peculiar flavor since 1811. No wine is shippe I from this estab lishment unless it U four or five years old.— Mr.«Lautorer is also the principal bottler of Sparkling Hoclt and Moselle Champagne, equally as good as French, and to my taste better. I hope, in tho course of time, America will he able to produce some giod Wines also.— But wo must discover tiie soil first, which re quires centuries of preparation. It is impos sible to believe that such Wines cun be grmyn in America, without the proper soil, locality and climate. Wo may, perhaps, bo able to discover a grape to produce an elegant Wine, but it is bound to differ from Wines grown here ; just as they do in this country. Cer tain spots here, only 500 feet anart, will pro duce a different and inferior Wiae from the same grape. I am now through with Germany, and will leave for Paris this morning, via Bingen and Metz. It win take about 20 hours. Will give you a- history of my night’s trip in Franco. Yours trulv. FIIED’K. LAUER. ■ Paris, July 1, 18G5. . J. Lawrence Getz, Esq. Dear Sir :—l arrived here this morning. , Our trip from Mftinz to Metz was a very in . terosting one. We wont up the Rhino to , Bingen and thence to Kreuznaoh, through a beautiful valley along a small stream, the hanks and hills of which are extensively . planted with Vineyards, whore the fine Rhe nish Wines are grown. Our route took us . on to Sobernheim. Birkenfeldt and St. Wen del. Here a country begins similar to our . Coal region. At Otweiler, Neun Kirchen, Fredericksthal. Salzbaoh, St. Johann, Saar brucken. and Stiring Wcndol, there are nu merous Coal and Iron Works, fully*equal to , our Iron Districts of Pennsylvania; they be long to tho dominion of Prussia. At Fahr badi_ our baggage had to bo examined, as this is the border town of France ; but we had no difficulty. 1 only opened tho lid of my trunk when I was ordered to shut it up again. After this day a new state of things will take place in the whole of Germany and other States belonging to the Z/ll Veretn; so that all goods ran pass free from one State into another, except some few articles which am now unable to name. The whole of Europe is about adopting the free trade prin ciple. I have mot a number of business men who ridicule our Government for its high tales of duties, Mr. Schumacher, tho Secre tary of the Swiss Republic, undertook to show me, in figures, as the result of several years' experience, that high duties are an injury to any Government and its people, and low rates beneficial. I desire to get a copy of his fi-. ures, which ho will send me, as I am unable to decide tho matter unless fully proved. From Fahrbach wo wont on to Metz, a French city of considerable extent, contain ing about 40,000 inhabitants, where we stopped only ten minutes, and then on to loul, along tho Moselle, This is a fine grain country, but tho land appears to be much exhausted. Some fields are very light and some beautiful, owing to manuring. During tho night wo passed Comorcy, Bar 10-duo and Champaign, tho country of happy living. I saw a party at 2' o’clock at night enjoying it amazingly.. Wo also passed Chalons. Lpornay, Meaux, &c., and at five 0 clock, A. M. arrived here. I have been biiay over since, but intend to give you.a full report as buoq as I have introduced myself. 1 have sent my card to tho American Minis ter, Mr. Bigelow. I understand the glorious fourth is to bo celebrated by the American ladies and children. Whether any gentle men are to be admitted I am unable to say Sunday. Morning, July 2, 18G5. Looking out of my window opposite to a now Opera house Unit is building, 1 S oo tho builders and laborers hard at work, and tho dirt carts busy, as upon a week day. Sun day is not regarded here at nil. The princi pal steste of Paris are beautifully macadoiu izfld and coated with cement, so 'that a c I rittgo nr wagon rolls over as up,i n carpeted floor of a house, The streets of p, J ropoan cities; generally arc nil paved J!l‘ granite or other hard stone blocks ; un j , clerfli and healthy looking—a matter on,?' neglected in our new and growing cities i ’ cement is prepared hero that becomes as InA,' as a rook, la Genera it is heated in a lii r „ tank before being put on. The; same i„ i,? 1 don and Dresden, where it coats the carrij and wagonoroads across the Thames and Eif* is a groat deal to bo said b favor of the European city streets, which all well drained and clean. 1 As this is Sunday, I desire to observe m usual practice of atio.iding Church ; Imtse' vice at the English and German chapels doe, not commence before 12 and 3 o’clock : as business is going on like upon any’otln, day, with the stores and all public ph, ott open. I concluded to spend the mornirw n the Museum. 'This and the Berlin Museum are .the most extensive and interesting in H !t world ; hot this boats the Berlin Museum.-, Thu Egyptian collection, in particular, g,,;, ahead of anything I over saw. Also the A,, ni.ory rooms, containing the armor of the an , oieht Kings, with their coronation Crown, Hero, too, are preserved many rolios of N a .' pnleim I, from the jacket ho wore when a In, up to his dross ns Emperor. All his saddle, and military dresses, camp bed, scat, A,;, aro here. 1 also spent two hours in viewing the extensive Picture Gallery, but it wmill lake n week to see all. If possible, I will make another visit. After Church service, Mr. Scherer (a rel,,. tive) and I took n carriage ami drove tlirough the Boulevards, the Place Vomlome, and tin Louvre, and to the Public Parks. Just a, wo drove through the Louvre, wo met a larg, cavalcade of horsemen in livery, and right after them came Louie Napoleon and Hu Empress in a carriage ; so I had a good op. portuuity of seeing the lion of the day. The new Park contains about 1000 aerosol •ground, all beautifully laid out with lakes an] islands between. The water is supplied from the rivor’Seine by steam power, which emp. ties it into the lakes over rock precipices, all artificially built. It must have cost many millions of dollars. In some places there an subterranean passages under the rooks an] waterfalls, There aro a hundred windin’ walks through the beautiful’ forests. lan unable to describe the splendor and boautj of the place. There are hundreds of flown,, beds along the avenues, before we enter tin Forest. Hundreds of thousands of people an walking'and driving through'those avenue, —the ruad for miles as smooth as a fl lor. I expect to bo very busy for a day or twu' with our tax matter ; but as soon as we are through, I shall make good use of ray fcitw hero. X intend to visit Versailles, the Em peroror’s residence, about 14 miles from here After I have seen the various sights, I will\ give you a fuller description. j' I have almost forgotten to mention abouf the cattle and horses of France. They ar{• both very fide—the cattle in particular—tlii' horses well built. The crops in general fairt but land rather exhausted. j The French are inclined to live and die ov the spot where they are horn. It is entirelf different with the Germans. We have raise/ 1 quite an excitement inGermany. Thousand** 7 ' are leaving, and-somo of them full of money, ; I went down the Rhino by steamer, and ove-. ry boat was crowded—all for America. L>ot out fur Western lands. They are helping (j pay our public debt. Yours truly, FREDIv. LAUEU. Hours op Labor.— A joint commitfee of tbf Massachusetts Legislature, instructed to in| quiro into the o xpediency of reducing tli/ honft of labor, report that the ten-hour spj' tem is very go norally adopted—“ the onlf exceptions being in manufacturing iownsai iJ, corporations , where they now require nW icoincn and children to work eleven hours dak; hj —mo hour more than in England—a disf= grace, in our opinion, to Massachusetts, an/ an outrage on humanity.” } the negroes, under the frcelj men labor system recently put in operations work buflfe/i hours per day in summer, mV; in winter, and have a half holiday ever)!' Saturday. Gen. Banks, a Massachusetts■ radical, has the distinguished honor of ori| inating this regulation, which places the di-- groes, who work in tno open air, at healtlift , occupations, in so much better position tlw.; the working men, women, and children (| his own State, who, as a rule, are “ cooped'f. up in largo factories, pursuing sedentary an;j, unhealthy occupations, eleven and tweh hours daily. M assachasetta goes off inL philanthropical hysterics over the poor slate .■ but is sublimely unconscious of the inhu manity with which her own white people a« . ground to the earth by poworfaLmanafactai log corporations. * v IC7* The Doylestown Democrat, whoso eii;,' tor served in tho army during the wur,u. - : ‘,t noticing a case of ill-treatment to soldie“rs ( K the Abolition General Hunter, tKfe presidin' :yi officer at tho late military trial at Washing ,i*; con, says : “ This is not the only instance of the bru{. tality and insolence of General Hunter. (K . . his rerteat from Lynchburg, last year, * wounded sergeant of cavalry who had walk-; : ' ed a long distance, overtook a big niggy> with two horses, and asked him to lend him..-,' one’ to ride to camp. Ho refused, and the sergeant took the reins of one. and sat down j on the road side, not having ridftn the hofss, a foot. The negro reported to Hunter that! soldier had stolen one of tho horses, when h*. * and his staff rode to the spot Where the sol[ • dier still sat. Hunter, in his brutality, oy dere l a member of his. staff to whip the soly' dier, which he dill, in his mean subserviency ,‘i until great wolfs were raised on his body.-'j fhat night the negro was shot. General 1 Hunter has not yet been oalledto account =• but will be whdn the stars are off.his shoul dors. The soldier who was thua cruelly out raged, lives but a few miles from here, an), himself and friends know how to obtain sflfj iafactioa for a great wrong." | Mrs. Surratt's Last Moments. —So mauji contradictory and false accounts have b« 3 | published concerning Mrs. Surratt’s last mo ments, that we feel compelled to furnish the nubile with, a true version. To all she da* clarod herself innocent. Tho parting of mo' thor and daughter was agonizing in' tho ei trome. _ Mr. Holaban next took leave, anil after him Mr. Brophy bid her adieu. Ou the scaffold she said to her spiritual attendants “shall I. say anything?" Father Waltot asked : “ Wliat do you wish to say, Mrs. Sur ratt?" She replied : “ I wish to say to W people that lam innocent." Father AValt cr told her it would be useless to do so now.-" 1 She said : “I am innocent; but God's holj will bo done I" —Waahhiaion Star, Osdon, the correspondent of Forney’s Ptts || who was so long imprisoned for to that paper contraband intelligence, 11 finite impoverished— to sell his watch and'gun to support his fanr-* ily. Tho Press, however, never suffered 4 ponnysworkh of loss for publishing that to l £ which its correspondent suffered. When the World and Journal of Commerce publisher; Howard's forged proclamation they were sufr verted. Bat, they wers Democratic and l*rcss shoddy, i; f £
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