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AMERICAN VOLUNTEER’
JOHN B, BRATTON, Bailor it Proprietor
oATthraiin, rji.., AUO UST.S,-1865,
STANDING COMMITTEE MEETING,'
In compliance with tho published coll, the
Democratic Standing Committee of Cumbtff
land oounty.inet at SnuEiNEa’s hotel, in Car
lioio, on Saturday, July 29. The following
resolutions wore adopted unanimously:
dissolved, That tho members of tho Demo
cratic party throughout the county aro re
quested to moot at the usual places of hol
ding their respective township, borough and
ward elections, on Saturday, tho 19 th day of
August, and then and there elect two dele
gates, to assemble in County Convention, in
Carlisle, on_Moriday, August 21, at 10!
o’clock, A. M., to form a County Ticket, and
to attend to such other business of tho party
ns may appear to thorn necessary and proper.
dissolved, That tho Delegate elections will
bo hold as follows—in tho townships east of
Carlisle between tho hours of 5 and 7 o’clock ;
in tho townships west of Carlisle, and in
North and South Middleton townships, be
tween tho hours of 3 and 5 o’clock ; in tho
different boroughs between tho hours of 4
and 7 o’clock, excent in Shippensburg, which
shall bo between tho hours of 7 and 9 o’clock,
P.M,
Resolved , That tho above proceedings bo
published ia tho Democratic papers of the
county.
JOHN B. BRATTON,
Chairman.
Jacob Rhoads, ) « . .
C. E. Maglaughun, I Secretaries.
Vfu, Blair & Son, Carlisle, offer a largo
fresh lot best Coal Oil to Retailors cheap.
TfuscARORA Petroleum Company. The
Stockholders of the above association mot at
the office of Win. OV Shearer, Esq., for the
purpose of electing officers for the association.
The meeting was organized by calling Wm.
J. Shearer, Esq-., to the chair, and appointing
E. M. C. Gring Secretary. The following of
ficers were then elected:
President —lion. James 11. Graham, Car
lisle.
Tice Resident— Dr. Joseph Crain, llogcS’
town.
Trcasuer —J. C. Coble, Ilogestown.
Secretary— Wm. B. Butler, Carlisle.
Directors —F. E. Boltzhoovor, Esq., J. S.
Kelso, Matthew Fisher, Wm. J. Shearer, Esq.,
Prof, John A. Ileagy, D. M. C. Gring, James
slcCulloch and Daniel Iluntsbcrgor.
On motion, it was
Revolved, That Messrs. Gring, Boltzhoovcr
and be appointed a Committee to
draft a Constitution and By-laws for the as
sociation.
j.. Resolved," That the proceedings of the meet
ing ho published in the Carlisle papers. Ad
journed to meet in the Arbitration Room, in
the Court House, on Tuesday, August 8. at
10 o’clock, A. M.
Bad on Farmers. —The wot weather of
the past week has delayed our farmers in
gathering in their harvest until much of the
-grain-is-spoiled—Som^lmriiffis^iTFearfy,"
and in the shock has taken the sunshine and
abowors for weeks, presents quite a green
appearance.
.Accidental Death.— Decently a return
lid soldier named Samuel Boutz, a corporal
of Co. A, First Pennsylvania Artillery, fell
from the third story of Oksinoeh’s hotel
(Gth Word House), Harrisburg, and was al
most instantly killed. It is supposed that he
arose in his sleep, and walked out to a hal
cony, from which he fell. Deceased was a
highly respected citizen of Shiromanstown,
this county, and his sudden death, when
about returning to his homo, will bo deeply
lamented by a largo circle of friends.
ICT* Patronize homo institutions, homo
manufactures, homo newspapers, and home
itself. Don’t run off after foreign goods just
because they are foreign, and when you can
buy just as well and cheaply at home. Sell
your wool, your butter—all you have to sell
to homo purchasers. Patronize your own
mechanics, craftsmen and professional men,
and don’t ho a hanger-on and dependent on
some other town. Take your home newspa
per if it isn’t as largo ns the far-off Weekly
Steam Roarer, or ns able as the Daily Pando
ra s box. It at least informs you of homo
interests, in which you are immediately in
terested. and by giving it a liberal support
you enable the editor to give you a better
paper. In short, spend your money at homo
and assist in building up your town nud sec
tion of country. If you don’t patronize home
institutions don’t grumble if homo institu
tions don't patronize jou.
Abolition editors are industrious and
unscrupulous in their efforts to deceive the
people into the belief that Gen. Sherman has
avowed his determination to vote for their
negro-sujj'rage candidate for* Governor. He
has done po such thing, although besieged
time and again to do so. ho has always out
flanked the politicians and up to this hour
remains provokingly non-committal, and not
having said anything against Gen. Ccx, he
has not said openly nor by fair inference
that ho would vote for him, nor advised any
body else to do so ! If any friend of Go’n.
Cox can show us when or where Gen. Sher
man said ho would vote for the negro-suffrage
candidate, we will also vote for him if we
live until the election day. So says the Ohio
Statesman.
ItT” Emerson Etheridge was nrreated in
Kentucky because ho criticised the acts of
euoh characters as Brownlow.and the charge
IS “ seditious language.” Heaven help our
country if we are to be gobbled up. impris
oned, and tried by Court Martial for disap
proving of the rascality of those in power.—
There is one noble characteristic, however,
of the American people, and that is that we
have plenty of men who would rather die
than be deprived of their constitutional rights.
' Tho colored troops at Savannah, Ga.,
mutinied a few days ago, but were soon
squelehed-.
“WHERE DO THE! FIN'D THE AUTHORITY 2”
Many of our Democratic cotcmpora 'ios, af
ter recounting tho many acts of usu :patioa
and tyranny resorted to by Secretary Stan
ton and tlio military gentlemen under, him,
arc in tho habit of asking “ whoro do they
find tho authority for doinjf these things ?”
This question has been propounded eo often,
that really it is becoming throad-baro. —
Whoro do they get authority, indeed f No
wlidro. Stanton and his minions have nev
er protended to ho governed by either tho
law, tho Constitution or decency. Thoy sot
all at defiance. When he or his accomplices
in crimo desire to punish a political cnomy,
they'at brico seize KK and cast Kill into
prison. If ho has, money enough to buy
himself out, ho is released ; if not, ho re
mains in prison, perhaps to dio.» When an
election is to be carried, all that is necessary
to defeat tho Democratic oandidatos'is to
place thorn and thoir prominent friends un
der a military guard until after tho day of
voting. Nothing is more simple, nothing
more efficacious. Again, when a “loyal
thief” is bought in tho very act of pilfering
from tho government, all ho has to do to got
out of tho scrape is to givo tho “ Loyal
League” pass word, and ho is at once set at
liberty. It is generally understood, howev
er, that ho is to givo a portion of his stolon
treasure to some negro-equality attorney.
Thousands of these ■patriotic gentlemen —'
many of them mere pettifogers—appear to
have an understanding with the Departments
at Washington that they are to be permitted
to got thieves out of difficulties, and to divide
the spoils with them. Lot a man get into a
scrape with tho Government, and employ ns
his attorney one who is a Democrat, and
his ease is hopeless and his punishment sure ;
let him dismiss his Democratic attorney and
employ a negro-equality pettifogger, and he
4s sure to get off scot free. So wo go.
But, these are small offenses in comparison
with others that might bo mentioned. Tho
suppression of newspapers, tho seizure of
private properties, the confiscation of estates,
military courts to try civilians, tho schooling
of thousands of negroes at the public expense,«
tho feeding of tons of thousands of others
from Undo Sam’s commissary stores, tho per
mission given to “ loyal thieves” to appro
priate to themselves rich cotton lands that
belonged to private individuals, tho hanging
of men and women wilhout proper trial, the
attempt to put mischief into tho heads of the
negro population of tho South—these and
other things that we might enumerate are
orimos—unlawful, uneonstitntional, wicked,
devilish crimes, that have been porpotrated
with unblushing audacity. Where dues
Stanton find authority for doing these
things T ask tho people and the press all over
tho country. Authority! Why ho laughs
when ho sees tho question asked, ilo is
above the law, above tho Constitution, in his
own opinion, and he acts on that assumption.
Perhaps never in the history of nations, was
there such utter contempt shown for law and
right, as has been evinced by our rulers for
the four last years. Members of Congress
too who had taken an oath to support tho
Constitution, admitted in their speeches that
they had violated that instrument in its most
fundamental features. Tho “ irrepressible
conflict” started by Seward, had to go on,
even if tho plain provisions of the Constilu
-tion-had-to-suffer.
*JSSC&
Wax. B. Butler,
Secretary.
Let us not then, when wo speak of our viola
ted rights ask the question where the viola
tors find authority for their devilish acts, but
lot us speak of them as usurpers and tyrants,
'and denounce them ns such. The people
have lost nil patience with these potty op
pressors. So long ns the war continued every
outrage, every violation of law rnd the Con
stitution, and every robbery was covered up
under the flimsy plea of “ military necessity.”
however, the Jacobins have not even
that lame excuse, but yet they go on as here
tofore, and put law, right and justice at de
fiance. Men are still arrested without war
rant and without an accuser—private prop
erty ip seized—presses are suppressed—the
right of free speech is denied—military up
starts dictate to the people their rule of con
duct, and “ loyal thieves” are about ns ava
ricious ns formerly. Wo have neither law or
Constitution to look to—everything bends to
fanaticism and negro-oquality. How long
must we suffer under this wretched rule !
Recqnstuction. —The old'proverb, that it
is easy to pull down, but hard to build up, is
being verified by the National Administra
tion. The fanatical party it represents work
ed industriously for nearly forty years to
break up the Union. They succeeded at last
by pushing a conflict of technical ideas into
a civil war. In that war they prevailed over
inferior numbers and resources. The- van
quished party have laid down their arms and
accepted peace. The natural consequence
of that surrender should be a restoration of
the rebellious States ”in statu quo ante hel
ium,” without any interference of the Feder
al authorities.
But the dominent party in the Government
will not allow the States of the South to swing
back voluntarily into their old relations to
the Central Government, and in-their efforts
to >econstrucl ’ the Union, or a new founda
tion that shall he accordant to their peculiar
views and wishes, they are likely to prevent
the re-establishment of the old Union, as well
•as the creation of any other that will be sat
isfactory and enduring. It isjperfoctly cer
tain that the politicians now in power at
Washington, never would have been able to
perform the work of these wise and just men
who founded the present Government, and
what they are not competent to have origi
nally formed, they surely are not qualified
to improve. Therefore, the less they do in
tho business of “reconstruction,” as they
call it, tho bettor it will bo for all concern
ed.
US?" American snobs are much gratified at
the fact that the Prince of Wales recently
took off bis coat and carried several buckets
of water to quench a fire that arose in his
residence. Wo have known bettor men to do
the same thing, but nobody though of prais
ing them for it.
DC?* The Anti-Slavery Standard says that
Colonel Ilalpino (Miles O'Reilly,) editor of
the New York Citizen, is the author of “The
Flaunting Lie,” the poem published in the
New York Tribune some years since. We
just thought it was some such chap;
MARTIAL LAW IN TENNESSEE—-MAT IT
MEANS.
Tho continuance of martial law in Tennes
see, after peace is established in the country,
and’all occasion for the use of tho military
power as a means of'preserving order has
passed away, is a monstrous abuse of author
ity, and should bo denounced by the friends
of civil liberty in plain, unmistakably terras.
Tho lato letter of General Thomas to Govern
or Brownlow lets in light upon the view
which that officer takes of tho duty ho is
called upon to perform in that fetato. Ho
says;
u I am only waiting a report from Colonel
Dcvassey to determine my couratT in'regard
to Emerson Etheridge. If he has been guil
ty of tho language charged against him,’ho
is clearly amendable to tho military author
ities in tho absence of tho civil, and is liable
to bo tried before a military commission. My
attention has been called to the speeches of
other parties, bat as yet I have not soon mny
report tlmt would justify tho interference of
the military authorities. If, however, there
should bo, in tho judgment of the govern
ment, at any time a necessity .for euoU, inter
ference in consequence of inability or indis
position on tho part of tho civil authorities of
the State to take notion, an expression of
such a desire on tho part of tho Governor,
stating tho inability or indisposition of the
civil authorities to act, .will be sufficient, I
will cause tho parties complained of to boat
tended to according to the nature of tho
case.”
It will be sofln, in this extract from'tho
letter of Gen. Thomas, that he assuages an
“ absence of the civil authorities,” as tho ex
cuse for his action. But that assumption
has no facts to rest upon. There is no ab
sence or abeyance of the civil authorities.—
They aro stillwilling and able to protest tho
civil rights of tho citizens of Tennessee, end
have done so except when prevented by Gen.
Thomas or some one acting under him. If
Governor Browntow would ail th« civil au
thorities of the State, as ha is bomnd to do by
his oath of office, instead of openly opposing
or secretly undermining their authority, in
order to gratify hie personal hates, or fill his
pockets by means' disgraceful to tho lowest
cheat and swindler in the nation, tho people
of Tennessee would not novr be insulted by
the military power in their midst
and tho open declaration that they hold their
lives, liberties and property on suffrage from
some general in command of that division or
department. It would have been time
enough for Gem. Thomas to act when the civ
il authorities were shown to be powerless,—
But he did not wait for any each eontingen
cy. lie arrested persons by military author
ity, defied the civil power, declared that mar
tial law existed, and mow, as an extenuation
of his offense, alleges the ‘'mbeeneo of the
cilil power.” But General Thomas does not
stop hero, lie notifies Brownlow that if he
will express a desiro for the arrest of other
persons, he (Thomas) ** will cause the par
ties complained of to be attended to accord
ing to tho nature of the case.” This intima
tion, to such a man as Brownlow is known
to be, of a willingness, if not a craving de
sire on the part of General Thomaa, to “ at
tend to the case” of any person or persona
denounced by tho Governor, cannot but bo
attended with the most serious Consequences.
The civil law will bo powerless before such a
combination ; and tho worst results of a mil
itary despotism will doubtless be inflicted
upon tho helpless people of Tennessee.
Lotas nn aggravation of thi- conduct of
General Thomas, it must be borne in mind,
that this taking possession of the State of
Tennessee by military authority in a time of
peace, is on tho eve of nn election for civil
officers. Members of Congress are to be cho
sen ; and under the Constitution of the Uni
ted States tho citizens of each State are enti
tled tq a free ballot, and free discussion of
the acta of .public officers. The people have
a right to express their views as freemen in
regard to the manner in which President
Johnson and Governor Brownlow have exer
cised the duties of their offices. Will this bo
questioned in a free land 7 Except by fana
tics. certainly not. They have no right to
libel men in office, or counsel resistenco to
law, or oppose public officers except in n law
ful and constitutional manner. If they do
cither of these acts, tho civil courts are open
for redress. The facta can be proven, and
the punishment awarded by those tribunals.
But what right, iu a time of peace, has a
general in command of a military department
to declare, that a State is under martial law,
and then send troops into all parts of it to
overawe tho voters, deter them from holding
public meetings, forbid the discussion of tho
questions involved in the political contest, or
upon an intimation from tho Governor, to
arrest his political opponents and break up
tho polls altogether ? This is what tho re
cent notion of Governor Brownlow and Gen.
Thomas is calculated to bring about. Gov
ernor Brownlow will halt at no violation of
law when a point is to be gained. He will
denounce the best and purest men and patri
ots in the State if they stand in tho way of
his dark, dangerous and dirty political
schemes nud machinations. Like Dug,aid
Dnlgctty, ho is in the market, and serves tho
hand that pays and feeds his coarse and vul
gar appetites. He has broken all oaths, vio
lated all private ties and attachments, dis
graced all professions to which he has been
attached, nud is an outlaw from all society
which has for its basis the common attributes
of our general humanity. This is tho man
to whom General Thomas writes‘that a de
sire on his part for military interference will
bo followed by prompt compliance, and, Cla
verhouse like, ho will let loose tho soldiery
upon the unarmed people of that State, and
on the eye of an important election.
This is martial law in Tennessee. This is
a republican form of Government, which the
Constitution guarantees to every State as
administered .by Governor Brownlow and
General Thomas, and allowed and sanctioned
by tho President. This is the way in which
it is proposed to reunite the States and peo
ple' of this country. To proclaim martial
law in a time of peace, in a republican coun
try, governed by a Constitution and laws,
with judicial tribunals to interpret thoeamei
and civil officers to enforce their decrees, will'
certainly not meet tho approbation of tho
thinking men of the nation. Such an out
rage upon the people is unprecedented in
the history of any government with the
slightest pretense of respect for the popular
will in its construction. It is bald, unre
lieved military despotism ; and the people
fbould look at it jp spt light? What «-
prossion of , will can bo ex
pected under such a system as that inau
gurated in Tennessee? And if the election
bo not. free, fair and open, it is worse than
useless to hold an election at . all ; and the
military authorities might as well name' the
members of Congress, send them to Washing
ton, and present their credentials on the
.point of. a bayonet. Martial law in .Tennee
scc at this time, end in the hands sf suoh a
man as this Brownlow, is a degdly blow at
the (upreraaoy of civil law, a criminal ob
struction to the uttlement of. tho difficulties
which now surround all the Southern States.
— l'hilft. Aye. -
VitLANDieniM AfD Rosiciuss. — General
Itosooruns, in his testimony before tho War
Committee, in stating his endeaiors to ferret
out secret political societies, made this dis
closure;
“ About this time I ascertained that A’al-
Inndigham would bo t candidal* for delegate
from .12vitiecounty to tho Chicago Convtn
tkn, and would aiako a. eptoeh in Hamilton
on tho 15tb of May. Satisfied that this
would bt the casa I sjrJ a stenographic, re
potter, i oho obtained e letter «f credence from
tho diieago Tivtu , and arrived oa tho ground
in time to receive Mr. Valiandighan and re
port hie speech, a copy at which ha sent to
ills Chisago Timet, khs original of which lis
carried, by my order, to Uovetnor Brough
aud General Heintaolmau."
This testimony not only indicate* to what
an extent military surveillance was exerci
sed over the citizens of loyal States, for par
ty purposes; hut ebons Major General Rose
orahs acting'a* the stool pigeon of Stanton!
'flunk of itl One of tho higheit officers in
our army, hires a scoundrel to present him
self at the office of e newspaper, to obtain
employment, and then by worming himself
into the confidence of zho editor, secures ere
dontials, enabling him to gain the confidence
of other parties. It,was a feat worthy of
Jonathon Wild. General Sherman made
Boms hitter remarks at St. Louis, the other
day, about employing sowtota hangmen.
Will any one say, in the face of Roseorans’
confession, that his doing such dirty work
for the War Department was a particle more
honorable ?
y,WnAr in* Eniut Sat, —Tho Republican*
who, some time sines, wsro declaring tho
Democratic party dead, art now asserting
that it not only exists, hut that it is full of
vitality and hope of the future! The Indian
apolis correspoadent of tke Chicago Republi
can eays: ~
“ The political situation seems to ho night
ly critical. Prominent and influential lead
er# of the Reptblican party hate their hands
full in trying to stare off the negro suffrage
question, while the Julcanites manifest a
dogged determination to force it on the peo
ple, oven at the expense of a split in the par
ty, resulting in the triumph of the Copper
heads. In the meantime, the enemy, with
forces well in hand, and nothing of that in
evitable despotism of party discipline relaxed,
watches and waits for an opportunity to re
gain lost power. Democracy is hopeful—al
most defiant. It has pieaerrod its organiza
tion through a,series of defeats that would
hare crushed the life out of any system less
perfect.
*******
“■** is, at this day, the best representation
of strength—the most striking illustration of
the value of discipline—to be fuundMn the
world. Democracy is the bundle of rods,
weak and easily broken individually, but
showing wonderful powers of resistance when
compacted and solidified by the pressure of
party drill?’
Stand Back White Soldiers-b-Tlio noto
rious Black Republican Abolitionist, Won
dell Phillips, -who, with Snmner, Wilson, Kel
ley, Stevens, nnd onr woolly-heeded neighbor
of the Record, are Advocating negro-equality
by giving the negro the right to vote, made
a speech at Farminghero,'MasB., on the 4th
inst., in which ho proclaimed :
“ The negro bears the palm in virtue, gal
lantrt and.PATRIOTISM in this war."
Columbus Delano, a prominent Ohio Re
publican. says, in a recent speech :
“The heroism of the negro troops has ad
ded lustre to our history, and without the ne
r/m’s aid our armies would not have succeeded !
The negro has fought and conquered for us,
and deserves his reward. Re has a right to
sit on juries, to hold office, and to vote as a
freeman at the ballot-box.’’
All this plainly says, stand back white sol
tdiors; you are entitled to no honor for your
services in the battle-field ; it was the nigger,
not you, that conquered the rebellion; “’the
palm of patriotism’’ belongs to the nigger,
not to you. Such is black Republicanism,'
now the war is over.— f Vest Chester Jefferso
nian.
Soldiers Will not be' Hangmen.—Gener
al bhorman, in his St. Lauis speech, admin
istered the rebuke to'one of those persons who
“ have the hanging of Jeff. Davis on the
brain.” The General said:
“ You have cities to build, railroadS-tp,
build, commerce to develop, agriculture to
encourage—everything to build up a great
nation. [A voice—and Jeff. Daviato hang.]
Hang him ns much ns you please. [Laugh
ter and cheers.] On that subject I tell my
soldiers this: The soldier’s duty is to fi<dit
an armed foe; allow the Sheriff and tho jai
lor to do their executions. It is none of our
business. [Cheers.] For ray part, I nnd all
my soldiers hold ourselves in too much ro
spoct to ho hangmon."
It is evident that Sherman has little re
spect for the hanging and confiscation spirit
of tho blood-thirsty radicals.
Tho Kow York Tribune’s Washing
ton telegraphic correspondent gives the fol
lowing under date of Friday night:
“ John, Cochrane of your city spoke from
. the portico of Willard’s tins evening, in-re
sponse to a serenade, making quite a lengthy
harangue, in which ho violently opposed ne
gro-suffrage. During the delivery of his
speech he was frequently interrupted hy hiss
es, cnesof Copperhead, and rather boisterous
intimations that suoh sentiments were not
tolerated, even in Washington. lie finally
concluded, and retired amid a sea of hisses,
softened by a few of applauding voices.”
Gen. Cochrane is one of the “ War Demo
oratji” who have been patted on the back with
so much show of affection by the Abolition
ists, But now that-the war is ended,'they
shout " copperhead” at him, and drown him
in “ a soa of hisses.”
(Fp’Gov. Curtin has gone to Saratoga again,
lie is widely known as “the soldier’s friend”
and Simon Cameron’s enemy ; hut wkat his
charity has done for the soldiers, or when ho
mustered courage enough to strike a blow at
the Winnebago, is altogether unknown.
C 7“ It is said that an enterprising chap is
building a hotel at Bull Hun, as a summer
resort. If, his hoarders stop no lunger than
some of the armies did in that section, their
bills wont be very ejttjjgive;
JjCorrespondonco ofllio Bonding Gazette.]
LETTER FROM EDROPE.
London, July 8, 18C5.
J. Lawrence Getz, Esq. ,
Dear Sir -I arrived boro this morning,
traveling in a moonlight night from Paris.—
Wfe crossed tho British channel before day,
when a high wind dashed the sea spray over
us like a shower bath, which was quite re
freshing before breakfast.
I had concluded not to write any more un
til my return homo, hut it is impossible to
keep jill in memory. I will thoreforn give
you a brief nooount of 'Versailles and Paris.
Versailles is built on about 2500 acres of
ground, of which nearly 2000 acres are in
Parke, Gardens and artificial Lakes and Re
servoirs.- Tho Royal Palace, Imilt by Louis
XIV., is the largoot aud most magnificent
building in,the world. The Picture Gallery,
containing the richest paintiuge, varying from
three to one . hundred feet in length and
height, is one of the wnndon of the world.—
Only think of a collection of over throe thou
sand of the finest Paintings by the oifist cele
brated Masters of the Avt 1 I should have
liked to spend two or three days there, hut it
wae- impossible—l bad to finish up in six
.hours.. X oily viek ear people could see the
seven Royal Carriages, all mounted with gold
and harness with the same costly ornaments,
all wrung by taxation from tho hard earnings
of tho laboring class. ,
Pavia has also many attractions—the Park
and Gardeis of Luxembourg, with their beau
tiful fountains; the House of Deputies ; the
Observatory of Arngc (the great Astronomer
is yet alive) ; tho Ilotel do Ville, also a Gov
ernment building; the Invalided; the Fere
le Chaise cemetery,, with thousands of splen
did mnnumente—that of tho Russian Prin
cess Elizabeth Demidoff being the most fcost
ly; the. Artesian Well, ICSO feet. deep,.tho
water rising in a powerful stream about 18Q.
■feat above the surface—excellent drinking
water, (I hope we will hayo something simi
lar in Reading befote long); the Tuilleriea
and .Parks, a delightful place; tho splendid
Boulevards, and numerous other attractions.
But, Paris, with all its gayety and magnifP
eenee, is the worst place for young persons in
tho World. Licentiousness prevails to an as
tonishing extent, and the painted lorettes
throng the streets every night until 12 and 1
o’clock. This is the great evil of monarchies
—the hundreds of thousands of idle soldiers
fh«t garrison all European cities, cause this
immorality.
- Strangers are awfully “ taken in" hero,
particularly Americans, who are unable to
speak French or German. Eitheria absolutely
necessary. I would cautisn every American
not to came here, Unless he ean speak at least
two languages. As soon as Americans come
hero they engage a guide to show them round,
and-also help them do thoir shopping. All
euch pay double prices for thoir goods. I
WBs'surprisod to see the clothing purchased
by our friends from America compared to
mine. I paid only half the prices that were
charged them. The fashionable streets, also,
ar# famous for their exhorbitant rates.
I have almost forgotton-to mention the Pa
noramo of Solferino, now on exhibition here.
It is a wonderful work of art. As soon as we
ascend into the building w» stand on a kind
of height, like a mountain, from winch we
look down into n country apparently from
ten to thirty miles in area, exactly like the
natural landscape itself. It is beautiful, in
deed. No stranger should neglect to see it.
On my return to London I went to work at
once to see what I was unable to see when
here Inst—among the most noteworthy places
the Parliament Houses at Westminster,.with
their beautiful Paintings and Statuary. I
also ascended the great Dome of St. Pauls,
from which the whole city of London can be
overlooked.
In my travels I have soon a number of an
cient and beautiful Churches—the Dom of
Mainz; the Minster of Basle, built by the
Catholics and afterwards converted into a
Protestant Church—in stylo similar to the
Mainz Dom ; and the Strasburg Cathedral—
L one of the grandest ecclesiastical structures
| of Europe.
I have settled up my letter of credit hero,
nnd purchased my passage ticket, ready to
leave in the Scotia on the 15th—before this
reaches you.
My respects to all of you and a safe and
happy meeting at homo.
Liverpool, July 14, 1855,
J. Lawrence Getz, Esq.
Dear Sir; —This morning I returned by
steamship from Kingston, IroiaTid. On Mon
day morning last (10th) I loft London for
Reading, on tho Kennot river. This'ancient
town—after which our own Rending was
'named—has a population of about'2s,ooo in
habitants, several Breweries, nnd extensive
Agricultural Implement nnd Engine Manu
factories. Ti e principal Brewers are Adolph
and Henry Simonds;. tho older brother,
Adolph, is Mayor of Reading, which is a
prosperous city, with a fine surrounding
country.
On my return I visited Burton-on Trent,
containing 13,000 inhabitants. The princi
pal part of the town is owned by two Brew
ers, Alsop & Son, and Bass, Rndoliff & Co.
Each Brewery'occupies about 50 acres of
ground, with buildings like castles. I was
promised by the proprietors of both a descrip
tion ol them, to bo sent after me to America.
It is very interesting to see to what extent
the Brewing business is carried on hero.—
Bass & Co. brow about us ranch as the whole
State of Pennsylvania.
From Burton; I went to Liverpool. The
country, from London all through England,
is in a high state of cultivation. Wo passed
several important manufacturing towns—
Bedford, with extensive Agricultural Imple
ments, Workshops and Foundries ; Welling,
borough, a rich iron oro district, with Furna
ces; Leicester, a considerable manufacturing
place of Pottery, with Furnaces and -Machine
Shops also, and plenty of coal mines in the
neighborhood. • All along to Liverpool, there
is abundance of coal,- and numerous Iron
Works,
From Liverpool I took the cars to Holy
bead. Tho country along the sea shore is
very romantic. The first largo country town
is Chester, in a fine broken country, with a
beautifully arranged race-course,which brings
thousands of people there. Along the hill
side, thonoo to Rhylo, wo see lead and cop
per works, and several old Roman Castles.
From Holyhead we crossed tho Irish sea in
a steamer, which, after a passage of four
hours, brought us to Kingston, a beautiful
little town, with largo hotels and extensive
sea-bathing accommodations for ladies nnd
gentlemen. From thonco we went by rail
road to Dublin, the capital of Ireland, which
is a considerable business place, with Cue
streets and largo wholesale warehouses. It
contains a number of important public build
ings ; chief among which is Trinity College,
with its numerous branches—tho Examina
tion Hall, the Chapel, the Laboratory, and
its-beautifully enclosed Parks. ’ln front, wo
see tho statues of Goldsmith, Burko, and nu
merous other qplobrated men. lit. Patrick's
Cathedral, St. George’s, the Post Office, Court
House, Custom House, and others, are also
among tho public places that deserve the at
tention of tho traveller. I took adrive through
tho Phoenix Park, containing at least 1000
acres, on a beautiful height. The Lord Lieu
tenant of Ireland resides in tho Park, Hun
dreds of deer pasture hero nmong the cuttle,
some ns beautiful in color as antelopes, and
all tame as sheep. The grounds are all open;
hut they never stray off. Dublin has also
several other Parks, as St. Stephen’s Green.
Jbo. .-1 visited the Irish and World’s Fair,
now open here. Nearly all nations are rep
resented, but I could not observe any contri
butions from tho United States. I noticed
several very important new discoveries in
manufactures; also, a remedy against the
bop yishtj/OT gggff VfJjiqJj IP TOTjK
prevalent in our country. Ilore, too, is a Sure
remedy against thp.potato rot.
I also visited thorill-go and extensive Por
ter Brewery or Mr'. Guineas, in Dublin, who
was the same day elected a member 6f Par
liament. Ho was very busy when I galled,
but bis managing Brewers kindly conducted
mo through -.the.,whole establishment. 1 Here
are brewed 1500, barrels of , Porter per day.
All the principal Brewers of Groat, Britain
are members of . Parliament. Indeed, the
Brewers of England, Scotland, and Ireland
are Ipoked upon as public ln
the evening I returned from Dublin to Kings
ton, well pleased with my visit.
As I had a few hours’ time at. Kingston, I
took a boat and visited our War Steamer, the
Sacramento, which is lying'in the harbor
here, to watch .for.the last rebel Pirates,. .Our
boys are all in high spirits. They say the
rebellion is fizzled out, and they desire to
come homo again. I was' anxious .to see the
Ship’s Surgeon, Dr. Kitchen, who is a Phila
delphian, I believe; but ho was on shore.
At 8 o’clook, P. M„ I left for Liverpool in
the steamer SI. PetcrsburgJi, which was one
of the Charleston blockade runners; The
Captain and crew are well posted on Ameri
can affairs. They are Englishmen. When
they found Sherman coming too near they
?uit the business. This morning at 8 o’clock
arrived here, after a rough sea voyage. I
shifted my baggage on board the Scotia, and
am now ready once more for our happy home.
To give you anything like a full history of
European affairs, I should have at least one
month’s longer stay. Before I close, lot me
add a few lines in relation to morals. The
English nation is looked upon as the richest
on earth; and still the most paupers and vag
abonds are found throughout England. In
London, a largo number of children run
about the streets begging, who have none tb
care for them. At night they creep any
where for shelter. -Astney gec no education,
they are all dertinod to become outlaws. In
Germany, I did not see a single beggar.—
Each town and village has its Amen Vcrein,
to protect the poor. Prance provides for hor
illegitimate children, which by the annual
statistics of births, are the majority. I saw
by papers here, that twe infants'
had been found dead, by neglect or strangu
lation. As there is no proof, the mothers
are at largo
Liverpool is full of prostitutes. On Wed
nesday evening, when I arrived here from
Burton, I walked up town from my Hotel in
clear day light, and» as I stood at the corner
opposite the Washington Hotel, a genteel
looking woman took hold of my arm, and
naked mo to go with hor, saying she had nice
apartments at home. I excused myself by
saying that I had already engaged apart
ments at the Adelpbi Hotel, and she left.—
But the most ragged and miserable looking
poor of both sexes, old and young, I saw in
Dublin. It is pitiful to look at them, with
as many as a thousand patches to sover a
single arm or log. They are in truth raga
muffins.
A glance at the other side of the pietnro.
The rich in Europe ar* well dressed, and
live splendidly. In the drinking Hat, par
ticularly, they are far ahead of America.
The Hotels aie well kept, with tables that
cannot hesurpassed. Everythingis well pre
pared and seasoned. The roast beef ia Eng
land and Ireland surpasses all the world, in
line flavor. I sould live on it all my life, or
on. tho delicious mutton, which owes its deli 1
oaey to the flue and sweet pastnro. At sev
eral places 1 found coffee rather inferior, but
by adding a little of the rich ssiik or cream,
it ia excellent. In P,.ris I would rather do
without milk or cream. Switzerland is the
finest country fbr fish. They nearly all taste
like our trout. The coffee and milk are ex
cellent. In Germany, coffee is made rery
strong, and the tables d’htte are rery flue,
comprising usually twonty-five rations dishes.
My next will close this correspondence
with a few words on European Hotels and
living. FIIED'K, LAUER.
[C7* Th# World’s Washington correspon-
Aeut—haa_the-following--ii—relat-io*— to—thc
health of Jeffersoi Davis :
Notwithstanding the reports that have
been circulated that Jefferson Davis enjoys
good health, the Governnaeat is well aware
that he is quite feeble and is apprehensive
Ustho should not live hnt a little while.—
The peculiar condition of his confinement, to
gether with tho fact of Ms being a prisoner
of tho United States, havo worn upon him
very greatly, and it would not bo surprising
if thoy should' prove ton much for him. It
should be added, however, that measures
Jiave hepu recently inaugurated nnder which,
it is believed, the ox-Presidenb of the so-call
ed Southern Confederacy will be-restored to
hia usual degree of health.
FREDK. LAUEII,
How long will the people, see,officials
rewarding crime and dsfyiny the liberty, the
honesty and tho decency of the country.—
Two weeks ago we published the revelations
in regard to Ct L. Baker, alleging that he
made Jrlbb arrests for .money and made : men
buy their liberty of him, and yet with these
great charges and a number of suits «om
mepced against him. Stantoat. 3teps.pl and
appoints Aim a Brigadier General! ! These
outrageous insults to tho aountry are what
the Abolitionists boast of. God saye them
when liberty and law again get the suprem
acy.
“ Bto Vacancies.” —A largo number of dis
abled soldiers have ixpplied 1 for offices in the
Treasury Department at "Washington ; but
the Secretary announces that “ no vacancies
exist,” No, but it would bp very easy, and
at the same time very just and humane, for
tho Secretary to make any number; of vacan
cies. And ha ought to do it. Butnowthat
the var is .over,, tho poor soldier is not an, ob
ject of,Biich interest and favor as lie has been
for four years past, and he will And it so when
he asks any substantial favor from his late
eulogists. ■ ’
What Does it Mean ?—AVhat Is meant by
sending regiments of soldiers, into our State
to garrison our cities and towns ? It is eaid
they are to do provost duty; but what duty
of this kind is there for them to do, unices
tho [executive and judicial power is to ho ta
ken from the hands of 'our Governor and
courts ? Arc wo to have the military rule,
with its military commissions and other en
gines of tyranny continued ? If they are sent
here to keep the people in subjection; they
aro too few; hut as there is no necessity for
this, they arc too many. ,
By The soldiers aro not in favor of negro
equality. A call appears in the Keokuk
(Iowa) Constitution signed by a large num
ber of soldiers, for a Convention to nominate
a ticket, “to bq composed of candidates op
posed to the policy of allowing the negroes
to vote." Tho hoys in blue do not admire
tho African as much ns do tho stay at-homo
loyalists. , ■ ;
By The Abolitionists were continually as
sorting that the negroes would stay in tho
South if freed. look like it in tho
West. They aro swarming like Minnesota
grasshoppers into Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.
Over 8,000 passes have been issued in Louis
ville by the military authorities for negroes
to com* . -
From 'Tennessee.
The Case of Emerson Etheridge—General
■ Thomas Spreads Uimsctf.
N-.snvfr.t.n. July 28. This morning’.
Pres: publishes a letter from Gen. Thomas to
Governor Brownlqw. Gen. Thomas
“I pm only waiting a report from Col. f)7.
vassey to determine my course in regard to"
Emerson Etheridge. If he has been guilt,
of the language charged against him fie j s
clearly amenable to tho military authorities
in the absonoo of tho civil, and is liable to bo
tried before a military commission.
“My attention has been called to tbo
speeches of other parties, hut as yet I hwo
not soon any report that could justify the in.
torferonoo of tho military authorities. If
however,-there-should'be, in tho judgmohtof
tho Government at any time, a 'necessity f or
such interference, in consequence of inability
or indispositionon tho part of the civil tttt .
thoritios of tho State to take .action, an ex
pression of snob a desire 'on the part of tba
Governor, stating tho inability or indisposi
tion of tho civil authoritieo fo act, will bo
.sufficient. I will cause the parties coinplain,
cd el to be attended to according to-tho an
turo of tho case," .
Governor Brownlow has called open Gen.
Thomas to send troops into tho various conn,
ties'to preserve order and the purity of tbs'
hallut-hox (!)
SurrOßT Till PIIBSIDENT WHEN RIQHT ,
Tlie Abolitionists are afraid that tho Demo
crats will win over Andrew Johnson to their
faith by giving the constitutional acts of his
Administration, a generous support. Judg.
ing the Domonratio party by their own mer
cenary, unprincipled party) they naturally
conclude that it might, forsake, principle and
do ■ any and everything that is mean, con
temptible and .hano lor il.q nako of tempora
ry success, but in this they will find them
selves most egrogiously mistaken! The Dem
ocratic party will in tho future, as it did in
tho past, give its entire support to every Ad
ministration, with whatever party it may bo
identified, that administers tho government
in strict accordance with the Constitution of
the United States and arrogates.to itself.no
doubtful powers. No matter what party was
in power, the Democracy have ever esteemed
it a duty and right to sustain tho administra
tion in every just, constitutional and
lawful measure, hoyondl'lCat they have nev
er gone, and will not now. As far then as
President Johuson does what is right and
takes the Constitution for his guide ho will
bo sustained by tho Democratic party, but, if
ho should sot up his own will against tho
Constitution add attempt to adminiater.tbo
government mdside of it, then tho Democrat
ic party, as tho defender oE the Constitution,
must and will oppose his every act of usur
pation. Tho Democrats intend to stand by
the Constitution under all circumstances and
the President that wants their support must
do tho same; Tho Democratic party has
therefore no coaxing to do, and no overtures
to make. Principles and not men is its mot
to and if Mr. Johnson courts its support ho
has a plain course to pursue. To tho Aboli
tionists, we would say, dismiss your fears.—
The Democratic party will never onduraa
your infernal nigger voting policy, nor your
•nconstitutional measures, nor any man who
supports them.— Somerset Democrat.
llox. ,T. S. liiiAcc.—lTo bad the pleasure,
, last-week, of meeting, at Bedford Springs,
the distinguished gentleman whose name
stands at the head of these lines. As Chief
Justice of the Slate and Attorney General of
the United States, Judge Black became wide
ly and most (arorahly known, and to-day lie
is regarded, at home and abroad, ns one,of
the ablest jurists in the United States, It is
a positive pleasure to hoar him talk upon le
gal and political topics. So clear.and cogent
is his reasoning, so apt are his illustrations,
so comprehensive and complete his grasp of
the whole subject under discussion, that his
argument goes straight as an arrow to tlio
mark, and the listener is ofttimes conrineailt
against his will; Uow sndThat so few men!
of his stamp are now to be found in publicL
office. But, certainly, when men like Iloltf
and Stanton govern the country, “ the postl
of honor is the private station,”— Bcd/orit
Gazelle. , |
O"" A follow-in Arostook, Maine, -adver
tising for a wife, describes himself as fol
lows :
“ I am eighteen years old,* have a good set
of teeth, and believe in Andy Johnson, tho
Star Spangled Banner, and-tho 4th of July.
I havo taken up a State lot, cleared up eigh
teen acres last year, and seeded ten of it
down. My buckwheat looks , first rate, and
tho oats and potatoes are bully. ‘I, have got
ni»e sheep, a two year old bull and two heif
ers, besides a house and.barn, - I.want to get
married. I. want to buy broad and butter,
hoop skirts and waterfalls, for the female
persuasion during mj life. That’s what'!
tho matter with me. But I don’t know hovr
to do it.”
A Word to tub Wisp.— Nbto is the time
to push true Democratic papers in every di
rection, for it is only by sowing sound seel
that we can hope for a good, harvest. Dcnrl
ocrats too often wait Until just before election
before thoy begin to circulate their paper?,
and that is generally too late , Abolition
tares have sprung up and the good seed will
not take root. Reader if you have a Demo:
oratio neighbor, or. one who. is a. moderate
Republican, don’t rest until you have indu*
ced him to take a reliable Democratic hews*
paper.
_ ID** The Venango Spectator say John M.
Dane, a member- of the 16th cavalry, who lost
a leg in the service, was a candidate for
Treasurer before the Abolition primary elec*
tions in that county, and was defeated byn
civilian. When it is remembered that this
P ai ’fy is continually harping about the poor
soldiers, the defeat of Lano is a fitting com
ment on its hypocrisy.—(Pa.) Obiervcr.
A private soldier, has a poor showing for
any fat place at tho hands of the party claim
ing to bo par excellence the soldier’s onlj
friend.;
Hate their Share.—lf, as the'financial
writers, of the abolition party ".declare, a
“ debt is a blessing" and is calculated to
“develop our resources,” we know of'soms
men who have “ blessings" enough of. that
kind to bend their backs, and ‘'develop their
resources” until there is nothing loft to dc'
velop. They should enjoy life with such an 1
rbundninco of “blessings,” but strange to say
they nil scorn exceedingly anxious to get rid
of thorn.
If “slavery” were abolished to-day; it ||
would give the South about"fourteen nioro gi
representatives in Congress and' that much H
of an increase in presidential electors. As™
that section is not particularly prejudiced ia %
favor of abolitionism, wo don’t see that that
party will gain much, in .a political point of
view, in trying to wipe out the “barbarous ‘t
institute.” . .. . %
Lewisiiuro Journal.—Wol/avo received ;s
tho first number of anew Democratic journal ;/■
with the above title, published at Lewisburg, £
Pa. The paper is well printed and boars oyi- £
donee of considerable talent in its editorial |
department. We wish tho now paper spo- g
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