Jterfai ISfclmttm*
OABBISBB, PA.,
Thursday Morning, July 0, 1860.
FOR GOVERNOR,
HIESTER OLYMER,
OF BERKS COUNTY,
DEMOCRATIC WATFOBM.
1. The States, whereof the people were lately In
rebellion, are Integral parts of tno Union, and are
entitled to representation In Congress, by men
dnly elected, 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,
2. The faith of the Republic Is pledged to the
pa3 r mont of the National debt, and Congress
should pass all laws necessary for that purpose.
3. We owe obedience to the Constitution of the
UnltedStates(includlng the amendment prohibits
ing slavery) and under Its provisions will accord
to those emancipated all their righis of person
and properly.
4. Each State has the exclusive light to regu
late the quaUdcaglon of Its own electors.
5. The white race alone Is entitled to the control
of the government of the Republic, and we are
unwilling to grant to negroes the right to vote.
6. 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
all who respect the Constitution and love their
country.
7. The nation owes to the brave men of our
armies and navy a debt of lasting gratitude for
their heroic services in defence of the Constitu
tion and the Union; and while we cherish with n
tender affection the memories of the fallen, wo
pledge to their widows and orphans the nation’s
care and protection.
8. We urge upon Congress the duty of equaliz
ing the bounties of our soldiers and sailors.
THE CAUCASIAN.
From the clubs already reported the
indications are that The Caucasian
will prove a complete success. We will
start' with a circulation of, three or
four thousand copies, and at the rate al
which names are now coming in, that
number will be largely increased dur
ing the coming week. Our subscribers
are not confined to Cumberland County
alone; handsome clubs have been sent
in frofn Adams, Franklin, York, Perry,
Juniata, Huntingdon, Wyoming and
other counties. Nor are they confined
to this State; we notice on our list
names from Indiana, Illinois, Ohio,
Kentucky, Maryland, Tennessee, New
York, New Jersey and the District ol
Columbia. We also have the honor to
notice fifteen Democratic members ol
Congress on our muster rolls. The tri
umphant success of the Caucasian has
thus been secured beyond perad
venture. Let those who have not al
ready sent in their names, do so at once,
as the paper will be issued punctually
on Friday of this week. Let those
districts which have not yet raised their
clubs be up and doing. The Cauca
sian will be a powerful engine in be
half of the cause of Democracy, and
should find its way into every school
district and every household in South
ern Pennsylvania. Wherever it goes,
victory will follow in its pathway; for
there is no more effectual method ol
swelling our ranks than by the circula
tion of reliable, fearless and spicy Dem
ocratic papers among the masses. It is
high time the Democratic party should
awake to the truth of this fact, which
has been the secret of the success of our
opponents. It is high time we placed
a Democratic newspaper in every man’s
hands, and bid the people cease to be
the dupes and tools of the designing
demagogues who now control the des
tinies of the nation. Send in the names;
swell the subscription lists of the Cau
casian to yet other thousands, and
success will crown our labors as surely
as the gun shall rise on the second Tues
day of October.
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THE SOLOIEBS SPJiAK 1
At a recent very large meeting of the
soldiers of Halifax township, Dauphin
county, the following among other reso
lutions were adopted :
Resolved, That having spent four years in the
service of our country to aid In suppressing the
late rebellion, to enforce the Constitution and
the laws, and to maintain the unity of these
states one and Inseparable, we are opposed ,to
any political party whose policy is to prevent a
speedy reconstruction of the Union.
Resolved, That the Southern States, having suc
cumbed tothe Federal arms and having expres
sed their determination to abide by the new
order of things, avejusUy entitled to representa
tion la Congress by true and loyal men"
we regard the reconstruction
policy of President Johnson as embodying the
only true and practical plan for the speedy adi
Justment of our national difficulties, and for re
country “ nity ’ hormony nnd Prosperity to our
ReSQtved, Thu.t we are opposed to the untust
unconstitutional legislation of the
present Congress; that wo approve of the Presl
tlleCWl «lshTs bill, nnd tlmt we
in n B p S? s i e , d L° Ilegro soPrnge and negro eqilalltv
in ail their shapes anti forms.
? ot regard the Soldiers’
recentlj l - held in Pittsburg os express
SlrSvnf *s! ran ?n andl< l opinion of a large ina
{J} e , Bo }£‘ le T r T S . of the State 5 the soldier
«Ka/ for the Union has no sympathy for
stroy u° r vdtras of tJle North who seek to cle-
erSSnm tf o^i h 8 t f0 M t , he . preservatlon of the Gov
nnd°?nf th? d P o Fi atl f u tion created by ourfathers,
interests Of tY. i i l 2 i i C i l i tlon of the superiority and
tnr?hffe?£fi "•lite man we pledge our support
!°i f 5™ d J, s , II C? i,lled statesman, tiro Hon. Hles-
Gov ;e™ or , nnd will exert onr in
h?s elec S ttc) I<i 1156 nllhonorabto means to secure
Resolutions similar to the above are be
ing adopted by the returned soldiers all
over the State. The “boys in blue” are
meeting together, not as partisans, but as
citizens who feel an abiding interest in
the perpetuity of the Government. Those
who have been divided in political senti
ment, now assemble in meeting, and,
casting aside their former political opin
ions, join bands in a common cause, and
hurl their anathemas at the Radical trai
tars who, with brazen impudence, stand
up in Congress and declare the Union
dissevered and the war a failure. The
soldiers of Pennsylvania will not put up
with this kind of treason, nor can they
be induced to. support a man for Gover
nor who lends himself to the base purpo
ses of political tricksters and traitors.—
Gen, Geary, in accepting the nomina
tion of the negro-equality disunion Con
vention, disgraced himself forever. No
soldier who fought for the Union and the ,
Constitution can or will support any man '
for Governor who endorses the treasona
ble designs of Stevens, Cameron and
Forney. These men—these traitors, as
President Johnson calls them—boldly
declare that the war was a failure, that
the Union is dissolved, nnd that a negro
is better than a white man and entitled
to more privileges. Expect those who
fought the battles of the country to en
dorse these men and these sentiments,
indeed! No, ho—never! If John W.
Geary places himself in the keeping of
disunionists, let them take care of him;
honorably discharged soldiers cannot give
countenance to his treachery or in any
way endorse the traitor platform on which
he stands.
CAPITA!. AND EUEBBI WASTED AT
THE SOUTH.
The Southern papers are inviting Nor
thern men with capital-to move South. —
Thousands of opportunities, they say, are
offered for making fortunes in that deso
lated country. All that is wanting is
capital and energy. But as yet few Nor
thern men have gone South. They see
and know that rare inducements are of
fered land of misery for the accu
mulation of wealth; but then, under the
ruling of the present Rump Congress, if
they emigrate to the South they are to be
disfranchised, and considered outside the
Union! Thousands of men who served
in the Union army, and who are now out
of business, would like to accept the invi
tations extended to them by the South;
they would like to go there, with a few
thousand dollars each, and engage in busi
ness that .would be profitable to them
selves, and at the same time profitable to
the Soutli and the country at largo. But
no; they will not consent to be deprived
of privileges dear to every American free
man—the privilege of the elective fran
chise and the right to representation.—
Southern men can come North —and hun
dreds are coming every week —and exer
cise the right of suffrage, and by their
votes say who shall and who shall not bo
returned ns representatives in Congress,
but the Northern man has not this privi
lege—he cannot go South without a for
feiture of his rights as an American citi
zen.
Now, is not this a beautiful state of af
fairs ? The great South, with all its slum
bering and hidden wealth, is to remain
dormant, impoverished and desolate, to
..the injury of millions of men and of the
whole country, merely because that old
sinner, Thad. Stevens, has said that the
admitting of the South to a representa
tion in Congress “ might be ruin to the
Republican party." With Stevens and
his fanatical followers, party is every
thing, the country nothing. This is no
new idea with him. As far back as 1838,
when he attempted to get up a revolution
in this State, Jie said to his partisans
“ throw conscience to the devil and stick
to your party.” Ho clings to thatdogma
with a tenacity that proves him an un
principled, selfish and unpatriotic man.
Rather than see his rotten, thieving, trea
sonable party endangered he would see
our land desolated and our people star
ving. He is a cold, selfish, brutish dem
agogue, as devoid of magnanimity and
honor as a turnip is of blood. He is a
disgrace to his species, a traitor.at heart,
and a foul scab upon the body politic.
How long will the people consent to be
ruled by those who, by their legislation,
declare a man disfranchised and out of
the Union the hour he sets foot on South
ern soil ? Can a policy like this be long
tolerated? We know not whether the
admission of the Southern States would
endanger thedisunion organization or not.
But this we do know, that the country
will not consent to a stupendous wrong
to save any party that ever had existence.
Much less will they see ruin threaten us
merely that a sinking, festering, lying,
swindling party may live. No, no—even
the honest portion of the Republicans
will not consent to this piece.of infamy.
They have some respect for the country
yet, some love forthe " Union asitwas,”
and will not assist to endanger its exist
ence by following the Rump Congress in
to the muddy waters of political debase
ment.
Certain of the Radical party are
endeavoring to make the people believe
that they endorse President Johnson and
are his true friends. Let not the people
be deceived by these wolves in sheep’s
clothing. There are but two parties in
the Held, the friends and supporters of
Johnson and his Reconstruction policy,
as opposed to that of Congress; and the
Radicals who endorse and support the
policy of Congress as laid down by Thad.
Stevens nnd Sumner. The two policies
are directly opposed to each ’ other, and
like oil and water, will not mix. There
fore when any man or association of men
tell you that they are the true friends of
President Johnson, and in the same
breath announce their adheasion to any
portion of the Reconstruction policy of
Congress, set it down as certain that
they are decieving you and would “ steal
the livery of the Court of Heaven to serve
the devil in,”.in order to secure office.
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How DO YOU LIKE IT, SOLDIERS? You
who fought for the restoration of the
Southern States to the .Union, how do you
like the programme adopted by Congress
to keep those States out of the Union? —
How do you like the expenditure of mil
lions to keep up the Negro Bureau, whilst
you. and your families must eatyour bread
by the sweat of your face ? How do you
like the continual, persistent and endless
legislation by Congress for the blacks,
whilst not a single enactment is made
for your relief How do you like the doc
trine of the Radicals that you fought for
Negro Suffrage and the Equality of the
Races, instead of for. the. Union and the
Constitution? If you like all this, vote
for Gen. Geary. If not, cast your ballot
for Hiester Clymer, the candidate of the
Union men, and the white men of Penn
sylvania.
A grand Johnson meeting was
held in Baltimore last week, at which
Gov. Swann, Hon. A. W. Randall, and
others, made powerful speeches. Gov.
Swann declared emphatically against the
contemplated outi'age of forcing negro
suffrage upon Maryland without her con
sent. He declared that the registration
law should not be, as- heretofore, made
the instrument of degradation of the peo
ple of that State, in Ore hands of vindic
tive and intolerant radical agents. It is
not at all probable that he will call the
present Legislature of Maryland together
to act upon the Rump amendment, jmt
-will defer thq matter, ns he should do,
until the people have had a fair opportu
nity of denoting their desires in a newly
elected Legislature.
6®" Soldiers everywhere are holding
meetings and denouncing the Hartranft
Convention, held nt Pittsburgh, as hav
ing been nothing more than a “ trick” to
lead Democratic soldiers into the disuni
on ranks. The “ true boys in blue,” do
not recognize such proceedings, but go
for the preservation of the .Union, and
the repudiation of such men ns Stevens,
Sumner &Co., and will show the negro
worshippers when the proper time ar
rives for whom their votes will be cast. So
the work goes bravely on.
I,ED BT RENEGADES.
The leadership of the Abolition party
has passed almost entirely into the hands
of renegade Democrats. The fathers of
theiparty, so to speak—those who brought
it into existence, and labored for a life
time to place it in power—are cast aside,
and supplanted by the ambitious dema
gogues who were Democrats when the
road to office led through the Democratic
ranks, but who deserted as soon as they
saw tjiat the other side was going to win.
Thus John W. Geary, a “ life-long Demo
crat,” as lie calls himself, is made the
Abolition candidate for Governor. Bast
fall Gen. Hartranft, another original
Democrat, was put up and elected as Audi
tor General. And now, we have that no
torious renegade from Democracy, John
W. Forney, D. D., brought into the field
for United States Senator, against Kelley,
Cameron and others, all like himself, born
and bred os Democarta, but deserters from
the party when it could no longer keep
them In office. The contest of 1857, be
tween Cameron and Forney, will be re
peated at Harrisburg next winter; with
this difference, however, that one was a
Know-Nothing and the other a Democrat
then; whereas they both profess to be
loyal Abolitionists now. So, we shall see
a nice little family quarael, and it will be
the more interesting to Democratic spec
tators, because they won’t care which
one whips. Then, there are Cessna, Owen,
and a whole tribe of the "small fry,”
who once aspired to be Democratic leadi
ers—all put forward as grand represen
tatives of the doctrine of their life-long
enemies, Thad Stevens and Sumner.
AVhyls it, that the Radicals have so lit
tle confidence in their own men, that
they must be led by renegade Democrats ?
Do they find the name of Democrat still a
power with the people ?
The Union Party. —This is the name
assumed by the disunion party of the
North. They are for the Union. Oh,
yes; nobody but they are for the Union.
Well, they have all power, civil and mili
tary—have the purse and sword ; and the
war lias been over more than a year.—
Congress has been in session 7 months and
no Union yet. They have now a plan to
prevent a Union indefinitely. Like the
rebels down South, in 1861, they will not
submit this plan to the people. They
how want to make haste to call their pre
sent Legislatures together to ratify thoir
plan, lest the people elect different legis
lators who would not ratify it at all. A
Union party devising ways and means
how not to have a Union! Either they
don’t know how to do it or they don’t
intend to do it
flg?“The National Union Clubat Wash
ington has issued a call for a National
Union Convention, to be held in Phila
delphia on the 14th of August next, to be
composed of at least two delegates from
every Congressional district of all the
States, two from each Territory, and Dis
trict of Columbia, and four from each
State at large. The object is to hold
counsel together on the state of the Uni
on ; to take measures to avert possible
danger to the same; to maintain unbro
ken the Union of the States under the
Constitution, &c. The call ia signed by
Messrs. Randall, Doolittle, Cowan, Dix
on Hendricks, Norton, Nesmith, and ma
ny others.
The La Crosse Democrat says : “We
believe the country would be better oft
to-day if every republican, and abolition
traitor, meddler, sycophant, apologist,
thief, traitor, or tool of traitors, were in
Abraham’s bosom.” An emigration of
that kind would be such a blessing to this
country ns has never been visited upon
any people, but would be a little rough on
Abraham.
At their recent convention in Alleghe
ny county, the radicals resolved that they
owed “ a debt to tho defenders of the flag
that they could not repay;” and feeling
overwhelmed by a sense of their total in
ability to “ repay” the services of the gal
lant “ boys in blue,” they proceeded to
nominate civilians for all the important
offices.
The Radicals have been claiming the
election in Oregon by about one thousand
majority; but another spirit appears in
the dream, and the result is said to admit
of a doubt, and in that case the Democrats
will take the trick. Returns of elections
in Washington Territory show large De
mocratic gains. The entire Democratic
tickets in nine counties are elected, and
it is believed to be so in four others
The Legislature of Tennessee has been
convened for the purpose of considering
the proposed amendment to the Constitu
tion. Brownlow, in his proclamation,
enunciates the revolutionary doctrine
that all the Southern States have lost
membership in the Union. If this be so,
what right has tho Legislature of a State
not in the Union to pass upon an amend
ment to the Constitution ?
Geary, the disunion candidate for
Governor, is in favor of the British dog
ma of “ taxation without representation.”
He fully indorses the action of the Rump
Congress in keeping from their seats the
Representatives of the States lately in re
bellion, while at the same time the South
ern people are compelled to bear their
share of the burdens of the government.
Gbaby, the disunion candidate for Gov
ernor, is on the Radical platform, and ap
proves of all their doctrines. Of course he
is in favor of striking the word “ white”
from the Constitution of Pennsylvania.
Every vote cast for him is a hallot in fa
vor of negro suffrage and negro equality.
The Radicals now openly declare them
selves in favor of negro suffrage. This
is the great issue in thependingcampaign.
Geary, thediaunion,candidate for Govern
or, is squarely on their platform, and is
committed directly to all their pernicious
doctrines.
“I'll tell you what,” said a warm
friend of Gbabv, the other day, “your
party may say what they please, but you
cannot deny that John W, Gbaby is a
sound man.” “ That’s just what we are
afraid of,” replied an old Democrat,, “in
my opinion he’s all sound."
Poob Fellow. —An exchange says that
there is a negro in Virginia who is turning
white. Poor fellow—he won’t bo noticed
any more by hie friends in Congress.
A Message from tW President.
On Friday last the Speaker laid before
the House the following message from
the President, which was read and'referred
to the committee on reconstruction .
To the Senate and Home of Ileprcsen
tatives. „ ~
I submit to Congress a report of the
Secretary of State, to whom was referred
the concurrent resolution of the 18th inst.,
respecting a submission to the legislatures
of the States of an additional article to
the constitution of the United States.
It will be seen from this report, that
the Secretary of State had, on the 10th
instant, transmitted to the Governors of
the several States certified copies of the
joint resolution, passed on the 13th inst.,
proposing an amendment to the consti
tution.
Even in ordinary times, any question
of amending the constitution must be just
ly regarded as of paramount importance.
This importance is, at the present time,
enhanced by the faetthat the joint resolu
tion was not submitted by the two Houses
for the approval of the President, and that
of the thirty-six States, which constitute
the Union, eleven are excluded from rep
resentation in either House of Congress,
although witli the single exception of
Texas, they have been entirely restored
to all theirfunctions as States, in conform
ity with the organic law of the land, have
appeared at the national capital by Sena
tors and Representatives, who have ap
plied for, and have been refused admiss
ion to the vacant seats.
Nor have the soverigen people of the
nation been afforded an opportunity of ex
pressing their views upon this important
question which the amendment involves,
Grave doubts therefore may naturally
and justly arise as to whether the action
of Congress is In humor with the people,
and whether State legislatures, elected
withouUreferenceto such an issue, should
be called upon by Congress to decide re
specting the ratification of the proposed
amendment.
Waiving the question aato the constitu
tional validity of the proceedings of Con
gress upon the joint resolution proposing
the amendment, or as to the merits of the
article which it submits through the exec
utive department to the legislatures of
tlie States, I deem it proper to observe
that the steps taken by the Secretary of
State, as detailed by the accompanlng re
port, are to be considered as purely min
isterial, and in no sense whatever com
mitting tire Executive to an approval of
li recommendation of the amendment to
tlie State legislatures or to the people.
On the contraiy, a proper appreciation of
the letter and spirit ot the constitution,
as welj as of the interests of national or
der, harmony and union, and a due de
ference for an enlightened public judg
ment, may, at this time, well shggest a
doubt whether any amendment to the
constitution ought to be proposed by Con
gress and pressed upon the legislatures
ortne severaltitates for nnal decision un
til after the admission of such loyal Sen
ators and Eepresentatives of the now
unrepresented States as have been or may
hereafter be chosen, in conformity with
the constitution and laws of the United
States. Andrew Johnson.
Washington, D. C., June 22, 1866.
HAVE YOU HEARD PRO.II NEBRASKA t
Tlio Negro-Disunion ticket Roughly han
dled by the people 1
BOTH BRANCHES OF THE LEGISLATURE
MADE DEMOCRATIC.
Tho Omaha Herald of June'llth, says:
“ The Democracy have carried the Legis
lature notwithstanding gigantic swindles
above the reserve and in Richardson.—
Cass County elects the Democrgtic dele
gation clean, giving the Legislature to
the Democracy by a majority of eight on
joint ballot, thus securing the election of
two Democratic United States Senators.”
The Legislature stands thus; Senate-
Democrats, 7 ; Radicals, 6. House —De-
mocrats, 23; Radicals, 10. Democratic
majority on joint ballot, 8. The Radicals
are endeavoring to manipulate the sol
diers vote, in order to elect some of their
candidates in close districts, and the
Herald calls upon “ Democrats every
where to confront the men who, by the
basest acts of villainy, are seeking to de
prive them of their rights!” The tide
has evidently turned against the Radicals.
This makes it more important that the
Democracy should be on their guard, as
the men and party in power will pause at
no means to retain tbeir authority local,
State and national. They are familiar
with frauds upon the ballot-box. In all
the Northern States they have relied up
on frauds and the bayonet to hold posses
sion of political dominion. The latter
having passed away, the former will have
to fill the gap and supply the deficiency.
What is feared in Nebraska has been
felt in all the old States, and the Demo
cracy of that young commonwealth
should meet the issue in a resolute man
ner. They have the people with them,
and should demand and nave a fair and
honest election, and an equally honest re
turn of the same.
Scolding "Women. —Scolding women,
numerous everywhere, should be cautious
as to how and where they let their tong
ues wiggle-waggle, for in this State they
are punishable. The Supreme Court, at
its recent session at Harrisburg, has de
cided an important point in a ease taken
up from Lehigh county. "We refer to
the case of the Commonwealth vs. Elen
ora Mohn, who had been indicted in Le
high as a common scold, &., and acquit
ted under a ruling by Judge Maynard.
The defendant was indicted on two counts.
The first charged her with being a com
mon scold and disturber of the peace of
the neighborhood. The second with
being an evil disposed person and con
triving and intending the morals of youths
to corrupt and debauch. The Court be- ■
low, Judge Maynard, quashed the indict
ment, and held that the offense was not
punishable by the laws of this common
wealth. The Supreme Court held that
the indictment was good and the offense
punishable at common law, and awarded a
procedendo. Judge Woodward in deliver
ing the opinion of the Court said:
As to the unreasonableness of holding
women liable to punishment for a too free
use of their tongues, It is enough to say
that the common law, which is the ex
press wisdom of ages, adjudged that it is
not unreasonable. And the Legislature
have not changed the common law in this
regard, but on the contrary declared so re
cently as 1860 that this offense shall be
punished as heretofore.”
Death from the Bite of a Oat —A
Singular Case. —'Hydrophobia is usually
inferred to be communicated from the sa
liva secreted from the glands at the root
of the teeth of a rabid dog. There was a
young man at Manayunk who died re
cently with very violent symptoms of hy
drophobia, who had been inoculated with
the disease from ,the bite of a cat. He
was an apprentice to a blacksmith named
John Ascough, whose shop is at Front and
Morris streets, was a cat in the
shop when he went to open it some three
weeks ago. The cat sprang at him and
made her teeth meet in his leg. The
wound healed and the poor boy had al
most forgotten the occurrence. On Sat
urday, the 23d ult., at the sight of water,
he was seized with spasms, and suffered
unutterable agony until Sunday noon
when death mercifully gave him release.'
Fitz John Pobteb now resides in
Morristown, N. J.
WAR IN EUROPE.
Italian Army Preparing for Action,
SAXONY THE BATTLE GROUND,
THE GREAT CONTEST.
[From the London Times, June 10.]
It is the first move in this great contest
that was madeby Prussiayesterduy. The
crossing of tlio Saxon frontier brings tne
largest military levies that have ever ta
ken the field in Germany into necessary
and probably immediate collision. As
soon as Field-Marshal Benedek learns by
telegraph that the enemy Hits begun op
erations, he must at once put his great ar
my in motion. Beipsic and the northern
part of the Saxon kingdom will no doubt
be seized at once by the Prussians, but
the Austrians, having but a few miles to
advance, and the railway at their service,
will establish themselves at Dresden.—
Thus do we see that ill fated region once
more the battle-ground of great powers.
Benedek is probably not sorry that the
enemy have given him a jurisdiction for
entering Saxony. He will now be bound
to protect the capital of a weak ally, and
in performing this duty he secures the
bestpossible position for operating against
the enemy. From Prague to Berlin the
road lies through Dresden and across the
plains of Prussian Saxony. This road he
is now free to take, and no inconvenient
neutrality compels him to carry on what
may be called a provincial contest in Si
lesia. Yet the promptitude of the Prus
sian movements may even here obtain
for them some considerable advantages.
A large part of the kingdom may, in a
few days, be in their power; and they
will at least have the choice of new posi
tions, and be able to carry on war in a
foreign territory. The Prussian comman
ders know the country as well as their
opponents; indeed, every German officer
who has studied his profession must bo
thoroughly acquainted with the military
features ■of this region. Though the
Prussian army is ostensibly commanded
by royal personages, there will not be.
wanting men to use its strength to the
best advantage.
There is.certainly reason for the Prus
sian governmenttobestiritseif, if it would
make head against its adversaries. It
has, indeed, a powerful ally in Italy,
with its immense and increasing levies,
but in Germany itself Prussia is over
matched, and she mustj as underthe great
Frederick, make up fonnferiority ofnum
bers by activity and military skill; The
vote for the Frankfort Diet shows the
sympathy of the German governments
with the Austrian cause. AH the four
kingdoms, Bavaria, Baxony, Wurtem
berg, and Hanover, voted for the mobili
zation of the Federal force, as did also
Eiectorialand Grand Ducal Hesse, Bruns
wick and Nassau. On the other side, no
important government voted for Prussia,
except that of the King of. the Nether
lands. who is pretty certain to remain
neutral in the contest. In every element
of power there is an immense dispropor
tion between the two parties into which
the minor States have been thus divided.
* * * For the present all hangs on the
chance of ft campaign. In such convul
sions as the present, to be unsuccessful is
to be guilty. Should Count Bismarck
fail in the bold designs he has conceived,
there will be no reproach that will not
be cost at him by victorious enemies and
ruined friends. But if Prussia gains any
material accession of power, she may pro
duce changes in Germany which will
take away the remembrance of her ambi
tion. The questions-whtbh agitate Ger
many, Italy, and the heterogeneous prov
inces of Austria, have been discussed by
foreign secretaries and embassadors for
nearly a generation, without much effect.
Seven years since there was a partial de
cision through the victories of the French
Emperor; and since then the Impotence
of negotiation' has unfortunately been
even more strongly marked. The arbi
trament of war is again invoked by a mil
lion of men in the field, and we can only
hope that the decision to be attained by
so tremendous a sacrifice may tend to hu
man happiness and advancement.
Horrible Harder Near Medina—A Clenry
man Whips his Child to Heath.
We learn from Railroad men, who came
from Medina this morning, that there
was great excitement in that village aris
ing from a report that a Presbyterian
clergyman,, named Lindsley, residing a
mile south of the village, whipped his
son, three years old, so severely that he
died two hours subsequently, because he
would not say his prayers. Report adds
that the child’s fingers were broken by
the blows administered. The report seem
ed so monstrous and unnatural that we
telegraphed to Medina to learn if it was
true, and received an answer that it was.
The telegraph states that the minister
was two hours whipping the child with a
heavy rod, and it died from its injuries
within the time stated above. Lindsley
had not been arrested at the time the dis
patch was sent, but we learn that an offi
cer from Albion has gone to Medina to
take him into custody. For the sake of
common humanity we hope the story is
exaggerated, and it may bo possible that
it is.
Since writing the above we have re
ceived by special telegraph, the statement
of Mr. Lindsley, the father of the child,
made to a jury summoned by Coroner
Chamberlain, “On the 18th of June, the
child disobeyed his step-mother, and I
commenced correcting him, using a shin
gle for the purpose, and continued to
chastise him Jor more than two hours,
when the child began to show signs of de
bility, and I ceased to punish him and
laid him on a couch, and called my wife.
When she saw the child she said he was
dying, and before twelve o’clock he was
dead/’
The coroner’s jury returned a verdicl
yesterday “ that death resulted from chas
tisement by the father.”— Rochester Uni
on ■, 21st.
► POUTICAJD.
. —Kelly wants Senator Cowan’s seat.
—Tlio Johnson men In lowa are about to hold a
State Convention.
—A Democratic Soldiers* Convention is to be
held at Harrisburg on the Ist of August.
—ln. Ohio Hon. Geo. H. Pendleton, late demo*
cratio candidate for Vice-President, will run lor
congress.
—Morton MoMiohael, editor of the Philadelphia
North American, is wlUing and even eager, to suc
ceed Senator Cowan.
—There Is a report that Fredtlok A. Seward is
to be the Republican candidate for Governor ol
New York.
—Hon. James Humphry, member of Congress
from Brooklyn, N. Y., died in that city on Satur
day.
—lt is understood that General Dan. E. Sickles
Is_an applicant for the place of naval officer at
New York.
It is said that Mr. Edmunds will be reelected
U. S.',Senator from Vermont, and that Mr. Morrill
will succeed Mr. Poland.
—All the local elections in southern Illinois
show Democratic gains of from fifty to one hun
dred per cent, over the last vote.
—lt troubles the Geary Dlsunlonlsts vastly to
know that in York borough there is a Clyraer
Club, numbering over two hundred honorably
discharged soldiers.
—Since Forney became a candidate for the
United States Senate, he has largely engaged lu
what the vulgate calls the "licking of boots.”—
The latest lick is the following: " Progress in all
things, intellectual and material, is a chief ele
ment in the creed and conduct of such men as
Charles Sumner and Thaddeus Stevens.”
The Democracy of Fayette county have na m
ed Col. T. B. Soarlght, formerly a member of the
Legislature, as their choice for the State Senate
They have also renominated Ohas. E. Boyle. Eso '
for a seat in the House. ’
The Republicans of Venango county have
dropped the Yankee adventurer Culver and put
up S. P. MoCalmout, for Congress. Thomas Hoge
one of Culver’s victims, has been renominated
for State Senator.
-The Democrats of the Erie District ore said to
be talking of running Don. Rice for Congress -
The Republicans would not dare to object to him
on the ground of his being a clown, so long as
they keep Lowry in the State Senate,
OUB WASHINGTON LETTER.
A Pen and Ink Sketch of the Cnpltal-Lkeu*
Uoaaneii and Dlwlpation Ab®«|S*"3h« w ffi
Vekrnm are Served—Tn© Ad
journment of ConjM«i*AnoHicrSchcmpof
plandcr-The WlUidmTrnl of €Jcftra--Xlte
Trial of Dojrli'Thfi Con»tltntlonol Amend*
meat
Correspondence American Volunteer.
Washington, Juno 80,1800.
The “ city of magnificent distances” has nearly
doubled In population since the war commenc
ed. Now streets have been opened—horse rail
roads have been laid down, speculators have
gathered here to fatten upon the corpse of the
country, and money making is the order of the
day. The time was when Washington was a de
sirable place of residence—when the society here
was of the best order—when some of the first, and
best families of the nation made this their resi
dence and brought up families of respectability.
There are a few such hero now, but as a general
thing, licentiousness and drunkenness are the
prominent features of Washington life this-sea
son. Members of Congress spend their after
noons aiid evenings in billiard and drinking sa
loons, and their nights In houses of 111 fame.—
Five-sevenths of the Republican members of
• Congress spend their nights in licentious dissipa
tion. While a majority of the Democratic mem
bers are working for the good of the country, tho
opposition, relying on Its majority, goes in for a
« good time,” so called. Washington under Ah-,
olitlon auspices, is the most depraved city In the-
Union. Drinking saloons, gambling houses, hou
ses of prostitution and assignation are about the
Capitol os side-shows are about a circus. Harlots
and niggers occupy the galleries, smile on their
pot members on tho floor, and throw kisses to
tho •* God and morality” representatives of hon
est constituencies.
I have looked in vain in the dllTereut depart
ments for tho one-armed, crippled or veteran sol
diers, who wore to bo rewarded by the Republi
can party. The one-armed heroes are not popular.
The left-handed writers are not here. Once in a
while 1 see a poor widow in some of the depart
ments—merely to build a newspaper article on
for country consumption. But I have found hun- (
dreds of negroes swarming about these offices—
opening and shutting doors, as If those who pass
ed through could not wait on themselves—you
can see these dusky lambs of Abraham answer
ing bell-calls everywhere—you may see them In
the gallery of Congress, scratching their dirty
heads, chewing peanuts and Smiling approval
on their Radical deliverers. And you may see
one-armed, one-legged and otherwise mutilated
white soldiers, selling apples, pea-nuts, papers
and such on the streets—generously provided for
by—themselves.
It Is, however, announced— and it will be wel
come news to the country—that the Rump will
adjourn by the middle of July. .. It has already
•succeeded in retarding the progress of the coun
try a century by Us fanatical legislation, and a
shout of relief will go up from the entire Union
when the hour of its adjournment arrives.
Old Thad. Stevens, not content with depleting
the Treasury to the amount of twelve millions
annually forAho purpose of clothing, feeding and
educating hordes ofidle and worthless negroes in
the South, is now desirous of giving Mexico a
gratuity of twenty millions in order to assist her
in driving JVlaximillan from the throne. This is
very liberal on the part of Mr. Stevens, especial
ly as the money does not come out of his own
pocket, (how much of it might possibly find Its
way there we do not pretend to say!) and, under
other and different circumstances, might be
well enough; but in view of the fact that the
country Is already burthened with a debt of three
thousand millions of dollars, and that wo have
thousands of soldiers who deserve a liberal boun
ty from the Government, we think the proposi
tion extremely ill-timed and out of place. If the
Treasury has anything to spare, let the surplus
bo given to the gallant men who volunteered,
without fee or reward, in defence of the Union,
in the llrst two years of the war, so as to place
them on an equal footing with those who enlist
ed in 1863 and 1864. Charity should begin at home
—Mr. Stevens’ opinion to the contrary notwith
standing. It will be time enough to appropriate
our money to the support of the '* liberals” In
.Mexico, when the Treasury is.full to overflowing,
and after we have provided for the wants of our.
own soldiers.
One cannot avoid, In listening to the maledlc-.
tions now showered upon Johnson by the Aboli
tion preachers and politicians, recalling the lan
guage of these people at the time of Mr. Lincoln’s
death. Whilst the people of the whole land were
shocked by the dreadful taking off of the late
President, from a large portion of Northern pul
pits was heard the exclamation, in substance, if
not in words: “’Abraham Lincoln was too gentle;
God saw him to bo an unfit instrument to exe
cute his vengeance upon the Southern people,
and He has removed him to make way for An
drew Johnson, who will better carry out his pur
poses.” “ Like the sending of Joseph into Egypt,”
said Daniel S. Dickinson, i*the murderers of Ab
raham. Lincoln meant U for evil, hut God means
it for good.” “I thank my God!” exclaimed
Butler, “ that in taking that life the rebels have
left the iron hand of the people to fall on them!”
14 God,” protested Chittenden, of New York, 44 in
tended that Abraham Lincoln should be remo
ved, in order that punishmentshould be imposed
upon the authors of this rebellion.” 4, He has
gone from us,” shouted Cheever, 44 in order that a
miserable and mistaken leniency should not en
ter into the policy of our Government towards
the rebel chiefs.” And, summing up the glad
tidings of great Joy, Anna E. Dickinson exultlng
ly declared at the Cooper Institute, New York,
14 Abraham Lincoln’s special mission being ac
complished in the triumph of the National
arms. Providence saw that this kind heart
would not permit hint to hang quite so many
traitors as would secure our country against
future rebellions, and so disposed of him thro'
the instrument of the rebellion itself, for his own
historical Immortality, and to make peace for a
sterner and less merciful successor.” What do
these mouth-pieces of Providence think of It
now ?
Sprague, the calico Senator from Rhode Island,
introduced.a bill the other day to reimburse Mas
sachusetts for war expenses. That’s cool, con
sidering that she has already had one puli upon
the treasury. Somebody had better introduce a
bill now to reimburse Holland for the Dutchmen
who were Imported as laborers by agents of that
State, and then humbugged, kidnapped and for
ced into service to dll the State quotas. Holland
has the best claim, and South Carolina darkies
the next. The third claim is held by one of the
'agents who filled one entire quota with naval pa
per-credits.
“ There Is considerable talk hero Just'now to the
effect that John W, Geary, the disunion candi
date for Governor in your State will withdraw.
I sincerely hope there is no serioos intention on
the part of the disunion managers to change
their nomination, for Geary is the man above all
others whom you can defeat with the greatest
case. There is no doubt great dissatisfaction in
the ranks of our opponents with the 44 Ufe-long
Democracy” of Geary, with his sham military
record, with his equivocal position on the rail
road question, and with his endorsement of the
extreme radicalism of Thad. Stevens. It is inti
mated that there are 80,000 Johnson Republicans
in Pennsylvania who will not vote for Geary un
der any circumstances, and the leaders are un
doubtedly seriously considering the propriety of
withdrawing him from the canvass.
It seems that all attempts to have Jefferson
Davis released on ball or parole have proved
fruitless. The New York Tribune uses the follow
ing language In regard to the miserable subter
fuges which wore, resorted to to postpone his
trial: “If Mr. Davis 1s to be tried, as it seems to
us he ought to be, wo can Imagine no reason for
deferring his trial. If ho has been unjustly pro
claimed an assassin, he'should somehow bo re
leased from the blasting Inculpation, and If he is
not to bo tried, but Is merely hold until public
sentiment will admit of his liberation, we pro
test against the feelings as unworthy. The peo
ple of tho country are not children. Even If
the object of his imprisonment were to render
him sole Idol of late rebels, making them forget
all his faults In their sympathy for his condition,
It has already been fully achieved. Let us have
an end of sham s. Either try him or let him go.”
It Is rumored'here, that the Governors of at
least two or three Western States will not con
vene their State Legislatures for the purpose of
ratifying the obstruction amendment. The
friends of the administration are fully satlsfled
that It will not be acted upon by tho necessary
numbers of States (27) before tho fall eleotlons.-
It Is also considered very donbtftal whether o
quorum of the Tennessee Legislature can be got
together this summer. Governor Brownlow and
C f > . l ° n ?i sto^f s - who are laboring hard to accom
pllsh that object, are tho most unpopular men In
the State, and the chances are said to be decided
ly against them. CAUCASIAN.
Messrs. Cowan, of Pennsylvania j Green Olay
Smith, of Kentuoyj DooUttle, of Wisconsin-
Browning, of Illinois; Burleigh, of Dacotah, and
Knapp and Fowler, of the District of Columbia.
.K V t b ?. 6nappollltod 1110 executive committee of
the National Union Club for the ensuing yeari
—There la a very largo emir,...,
this aeoaon. mt Bratl on
-The Paris Conference has h.
and a European war la consider* iH
—Fifteen Fenian prisoner S
ted to Joll in Swcetsburg, CanaSl P '
-Colonel Roberts aays the Feci*
will not be used for Political py??''.
-It la thought the confederation 1
Provinces will be completed In a? tl
-Twelve hundred dogs were S?
York last week.
-There will be a general dlatrlbn,,
to needy disabled soldiers lu N„ “ !?“'■
4th of July, eff Volt,
-A Jury Just empaunelled l n u„,, v .
senls seventy-llvo millions of doll- Jo,i
Astor, Stewart and others composes ’
-The Mayor of Brooklyn, New y
toed an ordinance passed by the -f,"
Increase his own salary from S 3 cm ,
—The Montreal Gazelle nsso'rl’a tl?s
posed to confederation are scarcer ,
annexation to the United States ? “
—A man In Indiana applied for.
cause his wife wont skating a-aliJi.,
and he wanted to let her slide ° 1
Indictments have been f OUU(I oe .
Fenians who were taken to Cnnan ,
York, for trial. “"'“■f
-The constitutionality of the test
plied to lawyers Is-undor argnmentina
States District Court of South enroll! ' 1
-It is announced that 10,000 mhl
Pennsylvania Reserve Corns are
their services. 11 ®
-It Is announced that the Canudia,
meut will permanently maintain n for
men upon the frontier as a defense
slou. b 11
—The mother of Senator Uharlei %
Massachusetts, died on the Wlh last I"? 1
81 years.
—Tho whole number of sheep ton.
States Is computed at 32,093,707, Mlith
ted that 975,5 U are annually killedtofcn
—The position of Maximilian's govi
said to be precarious. Maximilian U(-
establish a national army and to mml
treasury. 8
—Tho St. Cloud Democrat states that a t,
one hundred wagons recently left SI. Cloni
•3asota, for tho gold mines of Montana.'
-It is stated that Ell Walker,- a gimsmli
Hartford, Conn., has Just Inherited an H(l i
England valued at thirty millions of do’’
He hasn’t got the cosh yet.
—Tho following toast was given nt n t«
etaatloh: -‘Tho rights of wornnn-Itsl,
he captain of a sh Ip may she always cot
smack.”
—Tho finder of a pocket-book, In Bosk
tnlnlng several hundred dollars and vnlnabl
pers, was generously invited by theeiatefUi
er to take a drink.
Au exchange says that there Is a negro ;
glnin who Is tunica while. Poor fclli
won’t be noticed any more Ijy his "frier
Congress,
—A statistical individual Is measurin',
heads, chests, anti stature ot the Congressv
Now measure the public chest, when the
and salaries for the session are taken ovt,
—A lady in Pike County Missouri has cs
her last baby Veto in compliment to the ’
dent.
—Even the severest censure may be sc
The editor of the Norfolk Virginian
noy is an unmitigated scoundrel, but
enough to go to Congress.”
—Three million people now in, Paris nr
ed by the latest census; and a million ma
ing are expected next year at the Exposll
—At the recent trial ofGallaher, inß&
murder, the' first Juror that was called
negro. It was supposed that the negro w
challenged, but he was not.
—The Huntsville (Mo.) CWuen, has in its i
printer with only one arm. He setsJusU
empties his sticks, and sets a most
“ proof.” He manages by constant “p(
to get up about five thousand eras a day.
“—The Democrats ofßedford County have
In nomination the following ticket: Sena
F. Myers editor ofthe Gazette, (subject to the
trlct conference); Prothonotary, 0. E. Sham
Sheriff, Robt, Steckman; Associate Judge
W. Gump; Commissioner,’ David Bouwe
Director, Michael Diehl; Auditor, Jolm
cas.
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