CARLISLE, PA.,
Thursday .Horning, April 20, 1800.
FOR GOVERNOR,
HIESTER CLYMER,
OF BERKS COUNTY
DEMOCRATIC PtATFOBM,
1. The States, whereof the people were laloly in
rebellion, are integral parts of the Union, and are
entitled to representation in Congress, by men
duly defiled, who bear true faith to the Constitu
tion and laws,and in order to vindicate the maxim
that taxation without representation Is tyranny,
such representatives should bo forthwith admit
ted.
I*. The faith of the Republic Is pledged to the
payment of the National debt, and Congress
should pass nil laws necessary for that purpose.
X AVo owe obedience to the Constitution of the
ITiitedStatesiincludlng the amendment prohibit
ing slavery) and under Its provisions will accord
to those emancipated all their rights of person
and property.
■I. Kaen State has the exclusive right to regu
late l he qualillcatlon of Its own electors.
The white race alone is entitled to the control
oiThe government of thrt Republic, and we are
unwilling to grant to negroes the right to vote.
C. The bold enunciation of the principles of the
Constitution and the policy of restoration con
tained in the recent anual message and Freed
men’s bureau veto message of President John
son entitles him to the confidence and support of
ail who respect the Constitution amt love their
country.
V. The nation owes to tin- brave men of our
armies and navy a debt of lasting gratitude for
their heroic services in defence, of the Constitu
tion and the I’nion; ami while wo cherish with a
lender affection the memories of the fallen, we
pledge to their widows and orphans the nation’s
care and protection.
8. We urge upon Congress the duty of oqiuttfz
mg the bounties of our soldiers and sailors.
WE DISSENT.
On the day of the final adjournment of
our State Legislature—an event for which
the people should feel thankful—resolu
tions were offered in both Houses (in the
Senate by a Democrat, and in the House
by a Disnnionist, i highly complimenta
ry and disgustingly eulogistic of Gov.
ft ttTtN’s official acts during.the last five
years. In both Houses the resolutions
were passed by a unanimous vote. To
our mind this is most extraordinary,—
For the Democratic members of the Leg
islature to approve of Gov. Curttn's of
ficial' net*—twin which every Democratic
editor in the State has hud occasion to
condemn, and which no Democratic Con
vention, State or County, ever had the
hardihood to endorse —is beyond our com
prehension. “What does it mean?'' we
have been asked a hundred times by stur
dy Democrats who have been disgusted
and shocked at (he corruption and un
blushing extravagance which have pre
vailed at Harrisburg ever since Gov.
Curtin has occupied the Executive chair.
We could give no answer to the question,
tor, ns we have said, the action of the
Democratic members in voting for the
resolutions is a mystery we are unable to
■•olve.
Since Andrew G.- Curtin has been
Governor of the State he lias delivered
numerous speeches before the political
gatherings of his party. In every one of
them he spoke of Democrats as “ copper
heads" and “ traitors," and in every one
of them he endorsed and approved the
high-handed outrages perpetrated by the
infamous Lincoln Administration. He
permitted the tools of the wretch ,Stan
con to come into this State, and, without
warrant and in defiance of law, drag
men to prisons and bastiles, confine them
there for months, and then release them
without explaining why they had been
arrested and imprisoned, tionic of these
men were his neighbors, and many of
theiji were those who had arrived at the
ripe age of three score years and ten. One
old man, aged TO, from Columbia county,
died in Fort Mifflin after an imprison
ment of six weeks. To this day his fam
ily lias not been told why lie was arrest
ed or by whose orders. Gov. Curtin
permitted these outrages, we say, nay
mure, Ac approved of (hem, and many of
his.hirelings assisted in the base work.
More than this. Gov. Curtin’s Ad
ministration lias been extravagant and
corrupt to the core. The very atmosphere
of Harrisburg smells with corruption.—
For the last five years scores of political
vagrants have hovered about the State
Capitol like vultures attracted by carrion;
and these creatures have been permitted
to draw tens of thousands of dollars from
the State Treasury without rendering
one iota of service to the State. Any one
who takes a look into the Reports of the
Auditor General and State Treasurer, can
form some idea of the reckless manner in
which tlie people's money has been lav
ished upon political toadies and stealing
vagabonds. And all this by permission
of Gov. Curtin, for none of the iniqui
tous measures of the Legislature became
a law without his approval. And yet
this is the man who is endorsed and com
mended by Democratic members of As
sembly 1
Hut, again, Gov. Curtin has pardon
.-ii scores of the very worst criminals In
the .State because they were his political
friends. When he turned loose upon ao
oicly the throe cold-blooded murderers in
this county, a few months ago, it was be
cause they were Republicans who had vo
ted for him, and their victim a Democrat
who had voted against him.
If Gov. Curtin's Administration has
been all right, then Lincoln's was also
right, for Curtin approved of Lincoln's
worst and most tyrannical acts. What
use then is there in contending for the
election of an honest man like Hiester
Clymeu? If Cuktin’s Administration
lias been patriotic, honest and proper,
why make any opposition to the election
of Geary, who proposes to run the ma
chine as Curtin ran it? Seriously speak
ing, this endorsement of the Curtin Ad
ministration by Democratic members of
Assembly, was ft most flagrant error.—
Here in old Mother Cumberland we may
be a little rustic and unacquainted with
political ‘'rings, 1 ' but be that as It may,
we are not quite ready to endorse the pub
lic acts of Andy Curtin, and in thc.nnme
of the four thousand Democrats whom
we represent, we beg leave to dissent
from the action of the Democratic mem
bers of the State Legislature.
On Dear!— The day following the
passage of the Civil Eights bill, a special
telegram in the Press informed us that
the disunion Senators and Colonel Forney,
the Secretary, were each presented with
a bouquet by the “ colored ladies” of the
District—a compliment well deserved
and gracefully tendered.
SSS" The House of Eeprcsentalives, at
Harrisburg, on the 4th inst., passed a bill
permitting negroes to ride in the cars of
the City Passenger Railroads. Every
vole for the bill was cast by 11 Republi
cans." The Democrats unitedly opposed
the bill.
THEY FEAR JUSTICE.
in the Rump Somite on Friday Inst, the
bill entitled “An net amendatory of an
act in relation to the habeas corpus,” was
taken up and passed. This bill grants
indemnity to officers of the army for all
unlawful acts committed during the re
bellion, aud exempts them from liability
to civil courts for such acts It is intend
ed to screen from justice the Stantons,
Butlers, Bakers, and scores of other
scoundrels who happened to have milita
ry authority, and who used that authori
ty to oppress and rob their fellow men.
At least one fourth the Volunteer offi
cers in employ, as well as many of the
regular officers, performed no duty in the
field during the war, but putin their time
in committing outrages upon their politi
cal opponents —sacking newspaper offices,
arresting prominent politicians, without
warrant and in defiance of law, ami con
fining them in prisons and forts. Nay
more, hundreds of innocent men were
niurdergd in cold blood by these hell-born
monsters, and thousands were ruined in
estate. It appeared to lie the object of
these cowardly miscreants to distress, an
noy and harass every man who refused
to go down on his knees and worship the
black god of the Administration. They
gazed with envy upon the property of
others, and in the name of “loyalty” ap
propriated it to themselves. The war
was purposely continued for four long
years, when it could have been ended in
one, for the express purpose of affording
the hounds of the Administration oppor
tunities to plunder, distress and outrage
their political opponents.
When the impartial historian writes
the history of the four years’ rebellion,
he will dwell upon the fact that when
M’ClellaN was about to take Richmond
by storm, he was'betrayed by the Wash
ington authorities, who instead of aiding
him in every possible manner at that crit
ical moment, actually stripped him of
twenty thousand of his most reliable
troops, and left him and his braves to the
mercy of the enemy. That was an act of
premeditated treason, and was so regard
ed by all foreign powers and by all impar
tial men. But it was a part of the plan
of the Administration. Lincoln's re
election was pending, and it would not
do to permit the war to be brought to a
sudden close; ids political hopes and the
robber schemes ol political gamblers
would have been endangered had M’Clel
lan ended the war so soon. Therefore
it was that the heroic young General was
basely betrayed, for having dared to at
tempt to strike a blow against the rebel
lion that would have ended it.
And now the Rump Congress—a body
combining more ignorance, treachery,
wickedness and fanaticism, than any
body that ever assembled on the face of
the earth —this body desires to pass a law
and will pass it, wiping out all the crimes
of the last four or five years, and grant
ing indemnity to all officers for the un
lawful acts committed by them! What a
convenient way is this for wretches to
escape punishment? What an acknowl
edgment is this that these men know
that they are thieves, murderers and
scoundrels? When before was it proposed to
wipeout laws to protect from punishment
apolitical party? But, their attempt to
screen themselves will fail. The present
Congress in nothing but a Bump assem
blage, but even if it were a full and law
ful Congress, it would have no power to
enact a law to screen evil doers. Thai
can’t be done. The man who commits a
crime is amenable to the laws of the State
in which the crime was committed. And
it is well that this isso. Could the present
Runup Congress pass a law to relieve from
trial the villains wto have been engaged
in murders, thefts and villainies, it would
be tlie worse for them. Those who have
suffered at the hands of the military sa
traps in the employ of Stanton & Co.,
must and will have satisfaction, and per
haps revenge. If scoundrels cannot be
reached by the law, they can be reached
by the strong arms and hard fists of those
injured. The Rump Congress had better
not attempt to protect them, therefore, by
any unlawful act, for the people have
sworn in their hearts that those who have
been so fond of acting the part of tyrants
for four years, must now be subjected to
the same treatment that they visited up
on better men. They must be punished
we say—kicked and cuffed wherever found
—and let not the Rump attempt to inter
pose.
AGAINST .THE
UNION AND FOR THE
NOCSRO.
The disunion majority in Congress,
are true to their antecedents. When we
were a united and happy people, blessed
with peace, prosperity and amity, they
and their associates attacked the Union
of the States, and the Constitution of our
fathers; the one was denounced, the other
vilified. Concord, amity and forbearance,
the silver cords that bound our people
in a common destiny, were rudely sun
dered, and in their stead came a career of
hate, vituperation and bloodshed ; love
for the Negro prompted its inception,
anxiety for his freedom nerved them in
their progress, and a desire for his social
elevation roused them to renewed exer
tion. As the peculiar friends Of the Negro
they nullified the plain provisions of the
organic ;law, and violated laws enacted
under its requirements. As his zealous
advocates, thoyrfow violate the element
ry principles of the Constitution, and
refuse representation to people who are
true to the laws and faithful to the gov
ernment. They were against the Union
at tlio begining, and they are but con
sistent in opposing it now. They are for
the Negro, and against the poor white
man, and their policy of to-day is but the
reflex of their sentiments in the past.
Their true rallying cry is : Up with The
Negro and down with the Union.
They are dis-Unionsts in thought, dis-
Unionists in word, and dis-Uniouists in
deed.
Diet Prices For Fast Houses.—At a
public sale of fast horses, owned by Henry
S. Hitner, Esq, of Montgomery county,
on Tuesday week, the famous Hitner
Mare, (thesame one we presume that took
the trotting premiums on the Berks Coun
ty Course last year,) was bought by David
Levan, of Beading, for $7,500. Mr Levan
also bought the maro “ Mountain Maid,”
for $7,200 A roan mare, “ Lady Moore, ”
was bid up to $4,250, —held at $7,000. A
bay c‘qlt was sold to H. A. Bilgcr, for
$2,750; a pair of sorrels to Leonard Grover,
for $3,000; a pair of bays brought 51,400.
A number of other horses were sold at
prices ranging from $-100 to $l,OOO each.
WHO ROBBED THE WHITE HOUSE?
A few weeks previous to the death of
Mr. Lincoln, Congress voted an appro
priation otforty thousand dollars for the
purpose of supplying the Executive Man
sion with furniture, carpeting, dishes, &c.
This was a very liberal appropriation,
and was the third or fourth that had been
made during Mr. Lincoln’s Administra
tion. We say this sura, ($40,000,) had
been voted to Mr. Lincoln shortly pre
vious to ids death. When President
Johnson desired to take possession of the
White House, n few weeks* subsequent,
lie found the establishment literally denu
ded of its furniture and other valuables.
It hatl been stripped of everything. He
had to apply to Congress for another ap
propriation to rc-furuish the House from
top to bottom. Congress voted $50,000
for the-purpose.
When, a short time subsequent, a mo
tion was made in the House to vote Mrs. •
Lincoln a present of $lOO,OOO from the
people’s money, some one suggested that
her family had already got “ right smart”
from the Treasury. The robbery of the
White House was referred to, aiid-it was
shown that during Mr. Lincoln’s 'first
term in office he had been voted more
money for furniture, &c., than had been
expended by any three Administrations
previous. The appropriation ot $40,000,
just previous to his death, for furniture
for the Executive Mansion, was referred
to, and the fact mentioned that no furni
ture or anything else could then be found
in the house. Even the old gold spoons
—worth some sls,ooo— wliich had been
purchased during Mr. Van Buken’s Ad
ministration, and about which we heard
so much at that time, even they had been
carried off. Indeed, nothing whatever
had been left in the House.
Tlie history of the gold spoons may be
worth repeating. When Mr. Van Bu
ren was President, he purchased some
gold spoons for the mansion, and this be
came a subject of severe reproach during
the ensuing contest for the Presidency. —
One member of Congress, Mr. Ogle, of
this .State, devoted nearly a whole speech
to the subject. He was ever afterwards
known by the soubriquet of “Spooney
Ogle," and lie is supposed to have died
from mortification at the ridicule heaped
upon him in consequence of it. During
thediscussion on the robbery of the White
House, Thaddeus Stevens was making
a speecli on the subject, when he was in
terrupted by Mr. Niblack, of Indiana,
with the inquiry whether the stolen
spoons were the same that had been spo
ken of by Mr. Ogle in 1S40? Mr. Stev
ens replied;
" Vcs, they are the same. They were the gold
spoons which were purchased, I think, by Mr.
\ an Karen, at great expense, and I may say that
out of a large number of spoons, forks ami knives,
which wore very valuubfe, but one or two were
left out of two dozen, and nil that has been done
has been to furnish samples to the persons in New
York who furnish these things, and they are be
ing replaced, not to the extent that Mr. Van Bu
ren had but ns nearly us the present humble and
economical President deems 1 necessary. I can
say to the committee that nothing more is asked
by tlie President and his family than la absolute
ly necessary to make the house decent.
“ They left a sample or two, because they did
not want to make them got an entirely different
set. I have understood that some of those things
are —well it is no mailer where they are
During the succeeding debate it was
stated that many of the articles had been
sold in Washington and New York, and
that tlie persons who had sold them were
known. As there is a “lady” and a grave
in the case there will probably bo no fur
ther action on the subject at present. But
hereafter, when the people desire once
more a return to honesty on the part of
those in possession of the publieproperty,
this robbery of the White House may be
investigated. Mr. Stevens’ hint, and
his careless assertion that “ it is no mat
ter where they (the things stolen) are,”
may serve to cover up the transaction
just now. Thefts to the amount of hun
dreds of millions have been covered up
in the same way for the last five years.—
But time may bring some of these thefts
and robberies to light. “Loyalty” and
stealing have been synonomous terras
for some years past, but, thank God, the
people are again beginning to think, and,
it will not be long before they act on their
conviction.
During Mr. Stevens’ lame attempt to
account for the robbery at the White
House, and to screen the really guilty
parties, he intimated that the Steward of
tile Executive Mansion ’’ was responsible
for the theft.” The Steward was a poor
but honest man, and he at once, ns soon
as Stevens’ slur was brought to his at
tention, nailed it to the counter as fol
lows :
Washington, March 2,1860.
Since my return to tills city my attention has
been called to some remarks made in the House
of Representatives by Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylva
nia, on tile question of appropriations for refur
nishing the White House. Mr. Stevens is report
ed to have said “ that the steward was responsi
ble, hut had failed in his duty, by allowing the
spoons, linen, &c.. to he taken from the house
during Mrs. Lincoln’s illness.”
1 was appointed steward soon after the death
of the late President, and on the day I received
the appointment I took an inventory of every
thing m the White House.
I can but consider, from Mr. Stevens' language,
that tile slur was intended for me, and take this
method to contradict the assertion.
The Committee of Appropriations examined
me, and were fully satisfied that I transferred to
my successor all of the property I had received,
with one exception, viz: one set of chinaware,
which I had, by order of the Secretary of the In
terior, transferred to the Inmates of tile White
House. (Mrs. Lincoln and family'.) The value of
said china was one hundred and fifty dollars,
and this was all that was dellcient at the time or
transfer.
Mr. Stevens must have knowm at the time lie
spoke that lie made an unfounded assertion, and
one that future examination must have contra
dicted.
I would only' remark that whatever articles are
missing from the White house must have been
taken from thence either before or after my ap
pointment, - Respectfully' yours,
THOMAS STACKPOLE.
Thus it will he seen that a poor honest
man clears himself of the brand that
Thad. Stevens attempted to place upon
him. We repeat, the day may come
when the enormous robberies committed
during the. Administration.of Mr. Lin
coln and after his death, may be brought
to light and the guilty' parties exposed.
Negroes and the City Passenger
Cars. —11 appears that the negroes of Phil
adelphia are determined to assert their
right to ride in the City Passenger Cars
with white people. All the roads have cars
for the accommodation of negroes, but
the blacks refuse to ride in them, and in
sist upon entering the cars provided for
the whites. From the Phila. Inquirer of
Monday, wo clip the following!
On Friday, Garrett Hunter, conductor on
the Market Street Railway, was arraigned be
fore Alderman Reitler, being charged with as
sault and battery upon Maria C, Kendall, colored,
riding in the car as a passenger. The prosecu
trix testified that she was coining from West
Philadelphia, and was going to Germantown;
that she at first attempted to enter the car by the
/back platform, but was pushed off, and was told
to go to the front platform, which she did, and,
the door being open, she succeeded in entering
the ear, though tnc-defendant tried to close the
door to prevent it. The car was then run off the
track, and she left it. The counsel for the Com
pany argijed that, ns the conductor was acting
under, the orders of his employers, ho ought not
to be held to answer a criminal charge. On the
other side, the'decislon of Judge Allison was re
ferred to in which It was held that the directors
of railroad companies have no right to make a
rule excluding persons from the curs on account
of color. Alderman Beitler considered that de
cision binding upon him, and held the accused to
answer,
WHAT IT MEAN'S.
We have been frequently asked what
are the provisions of the “ Civil Eights
Bill,” recently passed by the disunion
Bump Congress over the'President’s ve
to. It provides that “ all persons born in
the United States, and not subject to any
foreign power, excluding Indians not
taxed, are declared to be citizens of the
United States.” In other words, it declar
es that this is not a white man’s govern
ment, and was not intended for white
men. It asserts that a negro is just five
times better than a German or an Irish
man, for under its provisions the negro
is made a citizen immediately while the
German or the Irishman, coming to this
country from abroad with his skill, his
labor and his capital, must undergo a five
years’ probation before he can vote. It
declares that negroes may mingle with
our refined ladies in steaming hot thea
tres, ball rooms and opera houses, and
imposes fine and imprisonment upon any
one who shall deprive them of this inali
enable “right.” It means that if a land
lord shall refuse to entertain a kinky
haired contraband who may demand a
room and meals, the party thus guilty of
“discriminating between the races” and
denying the negro this “ right” secured
to him by the bill, incurs a penalty of
$lOOO, or twelve months Imprisonment,
or both. It imposes a similar penalty
upon the conductor of a railroad train
who shall refuse to permit some presum
ing Sambo and his Dinah to enter ajcar
especially reserved by company regula
tion for the exclusive use of white ladles
and their escorts. It means that the farms
of tlie great West shall be owned by ne
groes, and white labor be made subservi
ent to negro proprietorship. It declares
that negroes shall sit in the jury box, in
our Legislative halls, in the Cabinet and
in other high stations, side by side_with
white men. It means that a negro may
elope with the daughter of a white man,
as was recently the case in Somerset
county, and no punishment can be in
flicted on him, all State laws to the con
trary notwithstanding. It means, in fine,
the complete breaking down of all the
social and civil barriers heretofore erect
ed between the white and black races in
the United States.
AX ATTEMPT TO VOTE FORXET $30,000,
In consequence of Forney's infamous
course, Secretary Seward very properly
notified him that his paper, the Wash
ington Chronicle , need no longer be fur
nished to our foreign legislations, consular
agents, and commercial agents abroad.
This was a severe blow on the dead
duck, who has vitality enough left to feel
the loss of any chance to plunder tbepub
lic treasury. On Monday last Thad Stev
ens undertook to pass a resolution through
Congress directing the Clerk of the House
to send three copies of the Chronicle to
each of our foreign agents. Tho-Demo
crats objected, and some few Republicans
were found honest enough to refuse to
squander the people’s money in any such
way. The vote stood yeas 60, nays 44, a
decided majority of the Republican mem
bers thus voting to give dead duck Forney
some $20,000 per anum. That is about
what it would cost acording to a correct
calculation, but, as it it required a vote of
two-thirds, to suspend rules the resolution
fuled to pass.
SSf" Congress having ordered that the
likeness of no living man shall hereafter be
printed on the currency, the St. Louis
Republican says it is probable that the
next issue will bear the head of Forney.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER,
Pap Tor tlie 44 Dead Dnclt”~A Nesro Jubilee—
IKlaclcsrna&lism in Congre**--Another X*nw
to Shield Guilty Scoundrel*—Award* of
Blood Money—Another Broadside horn
“ Old Iron Hide*”—A Kick Tor Badleal Can-
Kansan n ♦* Twin Barbarian”—The Fenian*
In Trouble-Theßeconstractlon Committee.
[Correspondence of the American Volunteer ,]
Washington, April 23, 1860.
Your readers doubtless all know that “Dead
Duck” Forney uses his two papers, the Washing
ton Chronicle and the Philadelphia Press, to vilify
and abuse the President of the United States.—
The Secretary of State has notified Forney that
he need not send the copies, heretofore officially
forwarded by the State Department, to the lega
tions and consulates abroad. Whereupon Forney
redoubles his editorial abuse of Johnson, and
drags in Seward, and calls him every thing that
Billingsgate can suggest. Old Stevens then gets
up in (ho House and moves a suspension of the
rules—motion lost bufc likely to succeed any day
—to allow a mgtlpn to send three copies of the
Chronicle to every legation, consulate and com
mercial agency abroad, the expense to be paid
from the contingent fund of the House. Thor©
are thirty-two legations and precisely five hun
dred and eighty-two consulates, consulates-gen
oral and commercial agencies abroad, six hun
dred and fourteen in all, to be supplied with three
copies a-piecc, at three dollars for each copy.—
This makes the pretty little sum of $5,526, to be
paid by the people of the United States to John
W. Forney, for abusing and blackguarding An
drew Johnson and William H. Seward, and for
the sake of securing another “ triumph” for Con
gress (or Stevens, who is this Congress) over the
executive. This is a small item, but it is proba
bly the coolest piece of swindling that has been
Introduced this session.
The weather interfered with the grand negro
“pow-wow” in tills city, on Monday last, In honor
of tiie abolition of Slavery in the District, and the
consequentgenoral introduction of negro pauper
ism. There was to be a grand procession of citi
zens of color, of negro regiments, of negro wench
es—fresh from the Senate reception room and
still redolent with the odors of presentation bou
quets and fragrant with other smells. Such a pa
rade of “ the saviours ol the country” with their
glittering bayonets? such a gathering of Senato
rial Venuses with stupendous waterfalls, was ne
ver before conceived of in the Federal Capital.—
The whole arrangement presented “ a combina
tion of attractions not to be witnessed In any
other show.” But all was spoiled by the rain, so
the negroes came in shoals to Congress; and as
the weather was too unfavorable for white visit
ors, they had the galleries pretty much to them
selves. In consequence of the large attendance
of darkies the behavior of their abolition friends
In tlio Senate and House was rather worse than
usual. The words “ contemptible copperhead,”
“traitor,” “minions of Jeff. Davis,” and other
choice and elegant epithets were freely bestowed
upon the Democratic members by the “ moral
idea” men from New England and other sinks of
Iniquity. The more the little nigs in the galler
ies applauded, the more insolent and over bear
ing the disunionlsts became. I regret that some
of our Democratic friends so far forgot their
dignity as to reply to the billingsgate of the black
guards whoso language was scarcely fit for a
brothel. They should remember that while the
audience was adapted to the capacity of "Wade,
Wilson and Conness, whoso arguments only ap
peal to negro bantlings that are still very far from
years of discretion, they have better business to
occupy their time than devoting their efforts to
amusing the negro babies, or the older gentlemen
of color who find so much elegant leisure to at
tend the sittings of Congress,
The Senate to-day passed the House amendato
ry habeas corpus act, which virtually prohibits
any Federal officer from being prosecuted for ma
king arbitrary arrests during the 7/ar while act
ing under orders, it also removes to the United
Htatos Courts all suits pending in State Courts
against such officers for false arrest and impris
onment, There are said, to be three thousand
such cast* in the State Courts of Kentucky, se
nators Revertly Johnson and Cowan made excel
lent legal arguments against the bill. Here Is an
other iniquity attempted to bo enacted intoa law;
and it will afford a fine opportunity for the exer
cise of the veto power on the part of the President.
' The Secretary of War has sent to the House of
Representatives the report of the commission ap
pointed to examine and report upon the claims
of parties to the rewards heretofore offered by the
government for the apprehension of the assassin
of President Lincoln, and of his accomplices, and
for the capture of Jefferson Davis, The rewards
In question are payable, generally, as follows
To the parties effecting the arrest of Booth, 850,-
000; to the parties effecting the arrest of Herold,
823,000; or to the parties, for they were the same,
who.arrested both Booth ond Herold, 875,000; to
the parties effecting the apprehension of Atzerodt,
825,000; to the parties effecting the arrest of Payne,
810,000.
The commission In the case of the reward for
the arrest of Booth and Herold awards as follows:
Brigadier General L. O. Baker, 83,750; Captain E.
P. Doherty, Sixteenth New York Cavalry, 87,500;
E. J. Conger, detective, 81,000; Luther B. Baker,
detective, 81,000; Sergeant Boston Corbett, Six
teenth New York Cavalry, 82,510: Andrew Wan
dall, 82,515; Corporals Charles Zlmenor, Michael
Uriah, John Winter, Herman Nowgarton, John
Walz, Oliver Lorpay and Michael Hernsley, Six
teenth Now York Cavalry, 82,091 each. The re
mainder of the reward, namely, 835,000, Is distri
buted among seventeen privates of the same re
giment. 82,030 each.
In the case of the arrest of Atzerodt, the awards
are to Major Artman, 213th Pennsylvania Volun
teers, 81,250 Qemmill, Ist Delawaero
Cavalry, 83,593. The remainder of the 825,000 Is
distributed among seven others.
In the case of the arrest of Payne, the reward Is
thus distributed. Brigadier General H. H. Wells,
Provost Marshal, 8025; Colonel H. 8. Olcott, Spe
cial Commissioner, 8025; Bievet Major H. W.
Smith, A. A. G., $2,600; Richard C. Morgan, Chief
Assistant to Colonel Olcott, $1,790; Ely Devoe, de
tective ; Charles H. Mosoh, detective, and Thom
as Sampson, detective, each 81,600.75, making
810,000.
As to the reward for the arrest of Jeff. Davis,
the award is; to Colonel Pritchard, 810,000; to
Captains John C. Hathaway and Charles T. Hud
son, 8729.50 each; to First Lieutenants Ripley,
Palmer, Bontell, Buchers, Stauhury, Fish and
Hazleton, Second Lieutenants Treat, Bennett,
Rlckford, Southworth, Purlnton, Rcmmlngton
and Murphy, 8555.85 each. Three others receive
8600; one, 8555; one 8271; one, $239; one, 8220; ton,
$250 each; llfty-one receive 8250 each, and about
five hundred receive from 8166 to $lB7 each.
“ Old Ironsides" Johnson has poured another
broadside into the radical hulk. There was a
large mass meeting of sailors and soldiers In front
of the White House on Wednesday evening, and
in reply to ah address from them, President
Johnson delivered another characteristic phil
lippic against the disunionists of Congress. Ho
spoke In bitter terms of the hounds who are yelp
ing at his heels; and his allusion to the '* closet
patriots” brought forth hearty and long contin
ued applause from the gallant defenders of the
Union. On Tuesday he addressed the darkies
and told them: "The time will come and that,
too, before a great while, when the colored popu
lation of the United States will And out who have
selected them as a hobby add a pretense by which
they can be successful in obtaining and maintain
ing power, and who have been their truest friends,’
and wanted them to participate and enjoy the
blessings of freedom."
Mr. Kasson, the brawling member of Congress
from lowa, who has so much to say about
“ disloyalty," has Just had a decree Issued against
him in the Warren County Court for *• disloyalty”
in his marriage obligations. In other words, he
appeared in open Court and pleaded guilty to the
allegation of infidelity, made by his wife—to
whom a divorce was granted. Kasson is one of
those virtuous members of Congress who is anx
ous to put down the “ twin relic of barbarism" in
Utah.
It seems that our Fenian friends have been
checkmated in their projected movement upon
Canada. A. telegram from General Meade was
received by General Grant at his headquarters,
yesterday, in which ho announced that he had
captured a vessel loaded with arms, ammunition
and uniforms, intended for the Fenian army, and
stating that but for this timely movement they
would have soon made a formidable demonstra
tion upon New Brunswick, but that he has now
succeeded in breaking up the anticipated on
slaught.
It la reported that the so-called Reconstruction
Committee have agreed to recommend the adop
tion of sov eral constitutional amendments as pre
cedent conditions to the restoration of the South
ern States to the Union and their representation
In Congress. One of these amendments provides
that there shall be no distinction In civil rights
and immunities In any State on account of race
or color.
Another amendment to be proposed provide*
that after July 4 1, 1870, there shall bo no denial of
the elective franchise in any State on account of
race or color, and in the meantime or until July
4, 1876, there shall be no representation in Con
gress for persons not allowed to vote, on account
of race or color.
There Is still another amendment relative to
the repudiation of the rebel debt, and one, I be
lieve, disqualifying certain persona who have
held pffico under the Confederate government
from holding any position under the government
of the United States until after July 4, 1876. These
amendments are said to be accompanied by a bill
which provides that after they shall havo*beeu
ratified by the requisite number of States and be
come a part of the Constitution of the United
States, then Senators and Representatives from
the States lately in rebellion may bo admitted to
their seats in Congress if found duly qualified
upon taking the oath prescribed by law. This, I
understand, Is the substance of the Radical pro
gramme for the restoration of the Union, and will
probably be submitted to Congress within a few
days. Caucasian.
NEWS ITEMS.
—C. C. Clay has left Fortress Monroe for home
in Alabama.
—Sixteen murderers, five of them under sen
tence of death, are at present confined In the
Tombs prison, Now* York.
—Three boys were killed, and a girl was sever
ely injured, by the falling of a wall at Boston last
Saturday.
—Reason Houston, an old and wealthy citizen of
Whitley County, Indiana, hanged himself a few*
days since on account of financial reverses.
—The cellar population of Now York and Brook
lyn is to bo removed, and cholera hospitals are to
be established in those cities.
—A Little girl was accidentaly killed in Dutch
ess county, N. Y„ a few days since, by her uncle
firing at a dog-houso in which she was playing.
—The Indians are reported to be committing
outrages in the vicinity of Canon city. A detach
ment from Camp Watson has been sent after
them.
—The dwelling house of Mr. Nellson, at Chilton,
Wisconsin, was destroyed by fire a few* days
since, and his daughter perished in the flames,
Mrs. N. was algo badly burned.
—The Supreme Court of Massachusetts has de
cided that a revenue stamp Is no part of a note,
and need not be copied, and that a note is valid
without it. If It bo not fraudulently omitted.
—Extensive preparations are being made for a
fair to be held in Washington next May, In aid of
the National Soldiers’ and Sailors Orphans Home
for friendless Orphans of Soldiers and and Sailors
in every State in the Union.
—The Secretary of the Treasury has been in
formed that several prominent counterfeiters,
with their plates and implements, have started
for England, where it la supposed they w’ill cir
culate counterfeit government securities.
—Qov, Fenton,of Now York,will isauoaprocla
matlon in relation t 6 the cholera,
—A colored witness was brought luto the State
Court at Annapolis, Md,, recently under the Civil
Rights Bill.
—Dr. Maddox and Win’ Vernon fired at each
other in the streets of Richmond, Va., recently
and both were slightly wounded. *
—Official statements of the cattle plague In Eng
1 and show that up to March 24th, 203,350 cattle
were attacked, 120,831 had died, and 39,4ffr had
been killed. The plague Is now decreasing,
—The Mayo estate, known as Powhatan, near
Richmond. Va., has been sold to u New England
er for $26,000.
The corner-stone of the Douglas monument
at Chicago will be laid in a few weeks. Mr. Sew
ardhaa been Invited to speak on the occasion,
—An attempt was recently made to bum the
State Prison at Concord, N, H., It Is thought with
the object of liberating the prisoners.
—Mexico.— Although for some time wo have
made no reference to the state of affairs In Mexi
co, the war still continues; and to-day wo have
reports that the French, who are beselged In
Mazatlan, on the gulf of California, made a sortie
and were defeated by the X,moralists, being driv
en back to the city with heavy loss. The report
says that 700 were killed and wounded, and 350
captured. It is stated that the quarrels in the
Llbetallst camp, as to who Is the real President,
Juarez or Ortega, still 'continue, and threaten
great danger to the DlberaUst cause.
LOCAL ITEMS
Court Proceedings.—We give below
the list of causes tried last week, after wo
went to press, on Wednesday ;
Joseph Lease, Administrator of Henry
Lease, dec’d.. vs. Daniel Bife, with notice
to Moses Bncker, his committee. This
was an action of debt on a promissory
note under seal. The defense was based
on the fact that Daniel Bife was a habitu
al drunkard at the time of giving the
note and not competent to attend to busi
ness. Verdict for defendant. Miller for
plaintiff - ; Penrose and Herman for de
fendant. " , .
John A. Bigler vs. Samuel A. Fhckin
ger. This was an action of debt on a note
for §900,00 given by defendant to John A.
Bigler, and protested for non payment
September 30th 1861. The defense alleg
ed that the note was given in payment
for a patent right for a churn, which
proved worthless, and there was there
fore not a sufficient consideration. Ver
dict for defendant. Penrose and Smith
for plaintiff; Miller, Herman and Bl'tner
for defendant.
Absalom Brown Jr. by his father Absa
lom Brown vs. Dr. Charles F. Zitzer.—
This was an action for malpractice,
against Dr. Charles F. Zitzer, of Plain
field. The evidence for the plaintiff con
sisted in the testimony of witnesses who
were present when the broken leg of
young.Absa'om Brown was set by the
Doctor, and that of one physician who
testified that .from the evidence detailed
the ordinary, indications were not met by
the attending physician. On behalf of
the defendant witnesses were called who
testified to neglect on the part of the pa
rents of young Brown in keeping him
quiet and following the directions of the
Doctor. Defendant , then requested that
the plaintiff be stripped and examined in
the presence of thejury and the Surgeons
summoned as witnesses by him. After
this was done he cilled dine physicians,
many of whom ha e been engaged in ac
tive practice for over twenty years, all of
whom testified that the case had been
well treated, and a number of them said
if the case had been under their own
charge, they would have felt pioud of
the result. The oldest and most experi
enced physician.remarked thatif the case
had been his own, he would have found
no cause of complaint, and did not think
there was any ground at all on which to
sustain an action of malpractice. After
an absence of five minutes the jury ren
dered a verdict for defendant, thus vindi
cating Dr. Zitzer’s character as a Surgeon,
and bringing forth in his defense a mass
of testimony of professional men of var
ied experience, that his treatment of this
case was such as did credit to himself and
the profession. Miller and Newsham for
plaintiff - ; Judge Hepburn, Sharpe and
S. Hepburn, Jr., for defendant.
Clean Up. —We are glad to aee that
means are being taken to clean the streets
of the Borough, and we hope the good work
will not cease until every street and al
ley in the town is thoroughly cleansed of
all rubbish and filth. There can no lon
ger be any doubt that the cholera has
crossed the ocean and landed on the
shores of this continent; and although
the passengers of the infected vessels are
detained in quarantine at Halifax, Port
land and New York; and other precau
tionary measures have been taken to pre
vent the disease from spreading; yet un
less proper precaution be taken at home,
the;, pestilence may visit every town in
the (‘country. It may bo that human
means are powerless to prevent this dread
ful scourge from spreading, but they can
do much to modify its alarming propor
tions, such as it assumed in the filthy and
overcrowded towns of Europe and Asia.
Medical testimony agrees on the fact that
although cholera is not exactly induced
by filth and dirt; yet where a single case
does appear in a town whose atmosphere
is tainted, this condition of the atmos
phere will convey the poison into every
street and alley.
Let us, by all means then, have clean
liness in the streets, cleanliness in the
alleys, the houses, the yards, the cellars
and everywhere. Let ho one be sparing
of water and white-wash. Let the fen
ces, the outhouses, the ceilings and cel
lars be well white-washed. Let the Bor
ough authorities do their part, and let in
dividuals see that their premises be kept
in neat and trim order. Let all decayed
vegetable matter be gathered up from the
yards and gardens. Providence helps
those who help themselves. A few hours
work or a few dollars expense now may
save us days and nights of agony aud sor
row in the future. Even if the cholera
should not reach our homes in its rava
ges, the work accomplished will not have
been labor in vain, for we will have con
tributed greatly to the beauty and the
general health of our town.
The Fruit Chop. —From present indi
cations there ia every prospect of a very
heavy fruit crop this season. The winter
was extremely favorable, the trees not be
ing injured in the least, and the weather
during March was also highly favorable.
The trees are now in full bloom, and
presenta very beautiful appearance. The
only danger to be apprehended is the
heavy frosts which sometimes occur about
the time the trees are in blossom, and
generally cause much injury. We hope
the expectations of fruit-growers and
others may not be disappointed, and that
we may once more enjoy a full and heavy
crop, which for several years we have not
had.
It is said that the wheat crop looks well,
and promises an abundant yield.
Bridge Broken Down.— On Friday
morning last, while one of the freight
trains of the Cumberland Valley Rail
road Company was crossing the rail road
bridge at Harrisburg, the track, from
some unaccountable cause, separated, and 1
four freight cars broke through and lodg
ed iu the wood-work about three feet below
the track. The cars were all damaged
more or less, some of them utterly destroy
ed, but fortunately no one on the train was
injured. Workmen were immediately
sent to remove the wreck and repair the
track, and this week the traiiis are run
ning as usual.
A Bath House.—While many of our
publicaud private housesaresupplied with
bathing rooms, there is undoubtedly great
need of some public bath house in or near
town. If there is no individual public
sprited enough to erect such a building on
speculation, let a number of our young
gentlemen elub together and put up a
batii house tor their own convenience.
Cold water has never been known to kill
any body, since the days of Noah; and
there is no investment which would pay a
better dividend in cleanliness, health and
comfort.
""I
To Postmasters. —lt is not only made
the duty of a Postmaster to give notice
promptly to the publisher of a newspaper
of the non-lifting of a paper by those to
whom it is directed, but it has been decided
by the Courts, that in such a case the
Postmaster makes himself liable for the
“üboription price.
Burglars About.—OnSatufT
last, the residence of Gen. E. mV B '' H
in this place, was entered by ||
a largo quantity of silver ware nii'T’ 11 ' Hi
valuables, amounting in value to H
four hundred dollars, was carried""" H
The robbers gained an entrance n hi
the’front parlor windows, farcin o|
’shutters open, and secured their Z, ||
the parlor and dining room. Therh H
was not discovered until Sabbatli^ l jj
ing, since which time all efforts toT' 1 ' tt|
the scoundrels have proven unsuc" (ra
On the same night an effort was*!? J
to effect an entrance into the houseoi? 1
Geo. W. Bowman. Nearly every 'M
in the lower story was tried by th c i tffl
glars, but the shutters being seeurcl t
toned, they were unable to fa r ' co J
open. This attempt was doubtless iJ ti
by the same parties who entered Ot* $
Biddle’s house, as they seem to have""' $
the same appliances for opening th e
dows. ** tos
On the same night, burglars
house of-'Mrs. Maglaughlin on 5,?
.Hanover street and after “.runM ,
generally through a portion of the h O Jf
they left, having met with no success *
On the same night, the resident ,
Bobert Noble, corner of Pitt and lw 1 '
streets was also entered by burgle
a manner similar to Gen. Biddle's, an/
quantity of silver ware and $75 in'moj
stolen therefrom. The house had I**,
carefully locked up in the evening,
the morning nearly every door wastes
open.
On the same nightan attempt wasomj,
to enter the house of John Carothdts,ap.
poslte the residence of Mr. Noble, but lh«
villians were frightened away by some
means.
In view of the many recant ftres and 0
these burglaries, we think it is the phli
duty of the town Council to appoint
night police. Unless something is don
to put a stop to these vilianics, we fl i
some morning be startled by the news i
some horrible murder, committed by the*
midnight prowlers in quest of plunder.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound
of cure. There is at present a general
feeling of uneasiness and insecurity in
the minds of the people, and something
should be done to allay these well founded
apprehensions of danger.
Died. —On Monday afternoon, April 9U\, IRGO a
the residence of his son, Samuel Zug, In Soiiil
Middleton township, Mr. Jacob Zuo, at Haul
vAnced age of 08 years, 4 months and a days
The subject of this memoir was born
in Lancaster county, this State, and re
moved to Cumberland county sixty yeat
ago. He was married for seventy-three
years, his wife yet surviving him, iu her
ninetieth year. Mr. Zua was the father
of seven children and never had a dead
In his family, he being the first vietimot
the fell destroyer. He was strictly tem
perate in all things and his moral audit
ligious character was of the highestorder.
He always denounced vice and immoral
ity iu whatever aspect it appeared.
He remained sensible to the lost, imdi
few hours before he died he was asked if
he thought he was going to die, Hesaid
he knew not how long he was going to
stay here, but “to live was Christ and to
die was gain.” Thus convincing his
friends that he thought himself well
worthy of a seat at the right hand of the
Majesty on high. He was an elMonnte
husband, a loving father, and a kind
friend.
** He always spmpathized with the desti
tute, and was ever willing to extend the
helping-hand in the hour of adversity.-
When a boy 12 years of age, he heard the
firing of the guns of the American Eevolu
lution, and he loved to converse upon the
scenes which transpired at that early day
of our country’s history. He was a true
patriot, and during the progress of the
late Rebellion, he frequently spoke of the
madness of those of both sections of the
country who were alike striving: to de
stroy tlie Government. He was a groat
admirer of Democratic principles, mid
early in life identified himself with the
Democratic party. The last vote he poll
ed was for the success of that party which
all through life he deemed it an honor to
defend .
Shade Trees. —The fine growing
weather of the last few days is bringing
out the trees with great rapidity. Carlisle
is putting on her Summer clothes, ani
preparing for the hot months to come.
The Square is begining to look as fresh
and green as if it had never had any ac
quaintance with grim and frosty old
winter. Some lazy fellow once said
“ Blessed be the man that invented shade
trees!” and he was doubtless right,for
there is no greater ornament to a town
than plenty of trees, and no greater lux
ury than plenty of cool, refreshing shade-
The cost of trees is so trifling, that every
person having unoccupied space around
their dwellings, should improve it by
planting fruit, shade or ornamental trees.
Resigned. —We learn that the Re'’-
Samuel Philips, pastor of the Eeforracd
congregation of this borough, lias resign
ed his pastoral charge here, and has ac
cepted a call to become the pastor of a
similar congregation in Allentown, P fl -
Mr. Phillips has for a number of yca H
had charge of the Reformed church o
Carlisle, and during his sojourn hero ha*
gained for himself many warm and sincere
friends. He Is not only a popular a"
effective preacher, but also an able an
successful author. Our Reformed friends
will probably find it difficult to suppo
his place.
His Residence. —It appears to be *
disputed point as to where the residence* 1
Gen. Geary, the Republican Candida e
for Governor, really is; some of the pap®*
of that party aserting that he is a citi* 9
of Westmoreland county, whilst tlie -‘ f
aid of this place claims him as a resid®
of Cumberland county. We suspect 1
redoubtable General is as much of a cos® 9
politan in respect to residence as be
uncertain in regard to politics. He “
been aresident of Pennsylvania, Call 0
nia, Kansas, and various other places; »"
notwithstanding his assertion that he
been a “ life-long Democrat,” he has
longed alternately to the Whigi ® clU 3
cratic and Republican organizalbm •
After the election, however, his reside"
will be “ nowhere,"and his party “ am °
the missing.”
Warts.—The following recipe f° r
straying warts on the human body 9
least worthy of a trial: Make a stro
steep from red oak bark in hot ''" a ®
when cold, apply as convenient, the
tener the better. In a few days the
will disappear,'