g)C American Volunteer.
~imLI»HBD EVERY THURSDAY MORNING
BY
HRATTONT Be IiENTSTEDY.
OfflCE-S oVni 0 Vni HABKGT SQUARE.
TkbMS HTwo Dollars per year If paid strictly
ia advance ; Two Dollars and Fifty ConU if paid
ffllliln throe monttis; after wblcti Three Dollars
«1U bo charged. Those terms will ho rigidly ad
hered to to every Instance.' No subscription dls
ontlnaed nntll all arrearages are paid, unless at
[lie option of the Editor. , : ,
fftofgggfottal <gati>g.
tTTM* J. SHEARER, Attorney &c.
VV AT LAW, Carlisle, Pa. Office near Court
finnst south side of Pnbllo Square, to 41 Inhofl’s
rvimer ” second door. Entrance, Hanover Street.
sS- Practicing to all the .Courts of this Judicial
nistrict.prompt attention, will bo given to all
hnsiness in the Counties of Perry ana Juniata, as
Mil as of Cumberland.
nay2l» 1666-lg*. , .
TAMES A. DUNBAR, Attorney at
•I Law, Carlisle, Penna, Offlce a few doors
Wist of Hannon’s Hotel.
Dec, 1,1865.
£E. BELT2HOOVER, Attorney
and Cotjnsbmb at Law, Carlisle, Penna.
ce on South Hanover street* opposite Bontz’s
ntore. By special arrangement with the Patent
Office, attends to securing Patent Rights.
Deo. 2, IMS.
-nr™, b. BUTLER, Attorney at
W Law, Carlisle, Penna. Offlce with Vra. J.
ITT P. SADLER, Attorney at Law,
W ■ Carlisle, Penna. Office in Building for
marly occupied by Volunteer, South Honover
•Bti.att , ' ■ '
\XT KENNEDY Attorney at Law.
VV . Carlisle. Penna. Offlce ennui Oe that ol
me “American Volunteer,' > South aide of the Pub
lic Square.
DeahlSOS.
TOHN LEE, Attorney at Law,
J North Hanover Street, Carlisle, Pa.,
Feb.ls,lB(W—ly.
r M WEAKLEY, Attorney at Law.
*1 . Office on South Hanover street. In the room
formerly_ocoupled by A. B. Sharpe. Esq*
MC. HERMAN, Attorney at Law.
. Office In Rheom’s Hall Building, in the
tear of the Court House, next door to the “ Her
ald” Office, Carlisle, Pcnna.
Deo. 1,1865. .
TOHN. C. GRAHAM, Attorney at
■ I law. Office formerly occupied by Judge
Graham, South Hanover street, Carlisle, Penaa.
Deo. 1, 186&-Iy.
OHAS.0 HAS. E. MAGLAUGHLIN, Attor
ney at Law. Office in- Building formerly
occupied by Volunteer, afew doors South of Han
non’s Hotel.
Doc. 1,1805.
all. BELTZHOOVEB, Attorney
. at Daw and Real Estate Agent Shepherds
town, West Virginia. Prompt attention given to
all business in Jefferson county and the Counties'
adjoining It,
Feb. 15,1806—ly.
E NEWTON SHORT. M. D., Physi
, clan and Surgeon, Mecnanlcsburg, Pa.—
ukful lor past favors, would most respectful
ly inform his friends and the public generally,
that he is still practicing Medicine and Surgery
in all their branches. Special attention given to
the treatment of diseases of the Eye and Ear, and
ail other chronic affections.
Office In Wilson’s BulicUn'ff. Maln St, up stairs.
Nov. 29,1806.
2R. GEORGE S. BEABIGHT, Den
tist. From the Baltimore College of Denial
ery, Office at the residence of hla mother,
East Louther Street, three doors below Bedford,
Carlisle, Penna.
Deo. 1,1865.
BtENTISTRY— Dr. W.B. Shoemaker—
’ Practical Dentist. Nowvllle. Pennsylvania,
ce In Miller’s Building.
Feb. 22,1865.—1 y.
3iHjotosroj)f)(ng.
POSITIVELY THE BEST I
. O. L. LOCHMAN
AGAIN TRIUMPHANT!!
The FIRST PREMIUM has again been Awarded
to C.L. LOCHMAN', for the BEST .
PHOTOGRAPHS
HU long experience In the business and his
Intimate knowledge of all that relates to the pro
duction of a PERFECT PICTURE, In chemistry,
art and mechanism, enables him to make Pho
tographs, unapproachable in most galleries, and
all work guaranteed to give satisfaction.
PINK LARGE PHOTOGRAPHS,
Colored and Plain,
CARD PICTURES FOR ALBUMS,
old and new size,
PORCELAIN PICTURBS
of exquisite finish.
Every lady should have one of these taken;
they give the most charming complexion.
AMB HOTYPES
In every stylo of oases, and all kinds. of work
done In a First Class Gallery. Copies made in
the most perfect manner. . _ . •
Negatives are registered, and duplicates ean be
hjid at any time..
The public Is cordially Invited to pay a visit
to the gallery and examine specimens.
A large lot of FRAMES ana ALBUMS i for sale
cheap*
Photographs made In all kinds of weather.
equally well.
Deo. 18.1866
■PHOTO GB APHSr
The subscriber, after over five years of experi
ence In bis profession, begs to inform the publlo
that he still continues bis business at bis old and
veil known location, in the building of Jacob
Zug, Esq.. South-East Corner qf Market Square, over
the Store of Messrs. Loldlob A Miller, where he
win be pleased to see his friends and patrons,
and whore bo Is fUUy prepared to take
PHOTOGRAPHS,
CARTES DE VIBITE
AND AMBROTYRES,
from miniature to life-like size, and to guarantee
perfect satisfaction In every cose. The arrange
ment of my Sky-Light enables mo to take perfect
/etc similes in cloudy as wall as in clear weather.—
An experienced Lady Operator Is in constant at
tendance at the rooms to waltoft tody customers.
Constantly on hand-and for sain at Jfftflsonable
a flue assortment of
ROSEWOOD, ,
UNION AND
<HLTFi*AMES,
93* Negatives of all Pictures taken are preserv
ed and persons wishing duplicates of the same
can have them on short notice, either by person
al application or by letter. Thankful for post fa
vors, will hope for • a continuance of the publlo
patronage. -
JOHN C. LESHER.
Oct. It, 1809—6 m
Mrs. e. a. smith's photo
graphio Gallery South-east Comer Hano
treot- and Market Square, where ejay be had:
all the different styles of Photographs, fnhh card
to life size.
IVOR-YTVPES, AMBROTYPBS, AN|>
MELAINOTYPBS :
also Pictures on Porcelain, (something new) both
Plain and Colored, and which are beaati/Ul pro
ductions of the Photographic art;. CoU ana see
them.
Particular attention given to copying from
Doguerrotypes Ac.
She invites the patronage of the public.
Feb. 16 iB6O.
ide27/.
GREAT EDUCATIONAL INDUCEMENTS.
A Firti Ctass Xutlneu OoXUge at OarlUU, JPenn'o.
rnHre Institution Is now enterlngupoh
X Itathlrdyear In its 1 present location; daring
WQioh.thne it has received a liberal borne flop*
Port; and also on encouraging share of patronage
from six different (States of toe Union, .we feel
encouraged from the ; result of past efforts and
shall spard no pains or expense la building up
an Institution second to none In the country.
Education adapted to all—the Farmer, the Mo*
chaulo, the Artisan, the Business or Professional
faan.
YOUNG MEN of limited education.
YOUNG MEN well educated In other respects,
but deficient lit the branches
taught In a first class Business
College;
yO.W(JMJSNbf limited means, who would
possess the best requisite to ora-
Jnenceond distinction.
YOmQ Who are desirous of receiving the
greatest amount of useful infor
mation at the least comparative
• expense are invited to investi
gate the peculiar merits of bar Model System of
practical training and eminently popular course'
of Study- ■ .
BBAMOHES TAUOHT.
Single and. Double Entry Booloiceaplng, lulls
various forms and applications, Including.Gon*
eral Wholesale and Be tall Business; Forwarding,
Commission, Exchange, Jobbing and Importing,
Railroading, 8 teatoboatlng. Banking.
. Paiin ersmp Be ttiem en ts, Businas* Colonial! ons
Mercantile Law, Correspondence, Pmotlool and
Ornamental Pennmm&m, Phonography, English
Grammar, Composition, Telegraphing, &a,
*Rt‘ Students eater at any time.
Ja*aione but competent instructors employed,
a sufficient number to insure individual in*
vtrimtion to oIL . ‘
ass 1 lat * Circular
- Carlisle, Fa.
Aog, 28,18 ml
QKECIAL NOTICE .—Every person
Ap 'Who Is in the want of Boots. Shoes, Mats and.
pW?u*®»» should call at the Bales Room of B,
leant prices. 8. W, Comer of North
vet street and Lootwt Alloy, Carlisle.
Nov, 18,1080-Sm
the Mmrtti Dolnntfer
BY BRATTON & KENNEDY.
• faints, Ac.
HARDWARE, IRON, NAILS, &o.
AT HENRY SAXTON’S
OLD AND
CHEAP HARDWARE STORE,
EAST MAIN BTRMET,
NEXT DOOR TO THE COKMAN HOUSE.
I have Just returned from the East with the
lamest and best selection of HARDWARE over
ofibred in old Cumberland, and am able to soil
the following articles a little lower than else
where in the county. All orders attended to per
sonally and with our usual promptness. Goods
delivered to all parts of the town free of charge.
Hammered, Rolled and English Refined Iron,
■ Horse-Shoe Iron, Russia Shoot Iron. Burden’s
Horse and Mule Shoes, Norway Nall Rods, San
derson’s Cost-Steel English and American Blister
Steel, Sleigh- Solo Steel, Spring Btee), Carriage
Springs, Carriage Axles, &c. The largest assort
ment of
CARRIAGE & WAGON FIXTURES
yet offered, euoh as
SPOKES,
HUBS,
FELLOES,
BOWS,
PLAIN and FINISHED SHAFTS
SLEIGfHRUNNERS, &0.,&c,
5,00 BARRELS
Bosondale, Scotland and Hancock Cement, all
warranted fresh. ■ Douglas' and Cowlng’s
IRON AND CHAIN PUMPS.
POWDER.—A Aili stock of Dupont's Rock,
Rifle and Duck Powder, Safety Fuse, Picks, Mat
tocks, Drills Crow-bars, Sledges, Ac.
, 1,000 KEGS NAILS,
Which we will sell low. Country merchants sup
plied at manufheturors prices,
i PAINTS.—2O Tons of tho following brands ot
White Lead and Zinc:
■ Whether lIP $ French Zinc,
Liberty, American do.,
JBudk, ' < Colored do.,
1 ' Crystal, Snow White do.,
Mansion, Florence do,
COLORS of every description, Dry and In Oil
n cans and tubes, also, Gold Leaf, French and
Gorman Leaf Bronze
OILS AND VARNISHES.
Linseed Oil, Turpentine,
Sperm do., Coach varnish do.,
Fish do., Furniture do.,
Lard do., White Domar do.,
Lubrlo do., Japan do.,
Neats Foot do., . Iron & Leather do.
Also, Putty, Litharge, Whiting, Glue, Shellac
Rosin, Chalk, Alumn, Copperas, Borax, Madder,
Logwood, <£c.
. HEIfRY SAXTON,
Sept. 13,1803.
ILLBR & BOWERS,
SUCCESSORS TO
LEWIS P. LYNE,
North Hanover" Street, Carlisle, JV»
Dealers in Amerloan, English and German
HARDWARE,
Cutlery,
1 Saddlery,
Coach Trimmings,
Shoo Findings,
Morocco and Lining Skins,
Lasts,
Boot Trees
' and Shoemaker Tools
of every description. Solid and Brass Box Vices,
•Bellows, Files, Rasps, Horse Shoes, Horse Shoe
NhUs. Bar and Rolled Iron of all sizes.
HAMES AND TRACES.
Carriage Springs, Axles, Spokes, Fellows, Hubs,
Ac., Ac. - Saws of every variety, Carpenters’ Tools
and Building Material, Table and Pocket Cutlery,
[Plated Forks and Spoons, with an extensive as*
sortment of Hardware oQallklndß and of the beat
.manufacture, which will bo sold wholesale or re
[tall ot the lowest prices. We are- making great
/Improvements in our already, heavy stock of
goods, and Invito all persons in wont of Hard
ware of every description to give us a call and wo
ore confident you will bo well paid for your trou
| Hoping that by strict attention to business and
ia disposition to please all we will be able to
maintain the reputation of.tho old stand..
MILLER A BOWERS.
[ Deo. 1, 1805,
ttardwarei
0 especially Invito tho attention of the publi c
generally to come and examine our new and wel l
[selected stock of,Pocket and Table puttlery, Sil
!ver Plated and Brlttanla Tea and Table Spoons,
•Shears, Scissors, Curling, Crimping and Goffering
Tongs and Irons. Riding, Driving and Sleigh,
iWfaipa.
BUILDING MATERIAL,
Such as Locks, Hinges, Bolts, Screws, Nalls, Ao.
[Carpenter, Coopers, Blacksmiths ana Shoema
kers Tools and Findings..
j GRAIN BAGS.
j Our new stock of Groin Bags are,the best and
/cheapest ever offered in town. Farmers and For
’warding men will.find it to their advantage to;
come and examine our stock before buying else
where, v
CEDAR W A R B,
A complete assortment of .Cedar Ware, com
prising Tubs, Churns, Buckets, Bushel and Peck
.'measures, Wash Rubbers,' Ao. Just received at
toe old and cheap Hardw^toroot^^
' East Mftfa Street, next door to Rippey’s Hotel.
J Sept. 18, 1860.
StJbertteemcntjs.
PATENTED MAY 29,1860.
: rnHIB is an article for washing without
I rubbing, except In very dirty places, which
requite a verysUght rub, and unlike other
PreWntlons ofifcred for a like purpose, win not
tot® ofotbps, but Win leave them much whiter
tbanofdmaryjuPtoods, without the usual wear
And tear, ft lempTOf) grease as If by maple, and
softens tho dirt oy seeking, sp that rinsing will'
!ln ordinary cetße/entirely tepwyp U, The now-
Ider ia prepared In accordance wltfi onemicoiscl
enoe, and upon a process peculiar to itself, Which
% scoured & Letters Patent. It has boeri in use
[for more than a year, and has proved Itself an
nmiVfersal favorite wherever it has boon used.—
'Among the odvantagoa claimed ore the follow
ing It saves all the expense of soap usually used
on cotton and linen goods. It saves moatol the
jlabor of rubbing,and wear and tear. Alsp.for
[cleaning windows it la unsurpassed. Wilb one
Quarter the time ond labor usually required It
imparts a heautllul gloss and lustre, much supe
rior to any other mode. No water required ex
moisten tho powder. Directions with
each paoKfigq* And. can be readily appreciated
by aalngfo6uU,‘ The coat of washing ibr a tona
lly of five orelx persons will not exceed three
cents. The mauqXacturers of this powder ore
[aware that manyuseless, compounds have been
introduced to the public which have rotted the
heretofore remained unsu^ei
y . 280 Broadway, Boston.
Also, manufacturers of family Dye Colors. For
sole by Grocers and Dealers everywhere.
Got. 18, IB6o—Bm
T ATEST FASHIONS DEMAND
Aj J.W. BRADDEY’S
OBEEBBATED PATENT
DUPLEX ELLIPTIC
{OR DO VBLE. STRING) SKIRT,
The wonderful flexibility and great comfort and
pleasure to any lady wearing the Duplex Elliptic
Shirt will be.-experienced particularly In all
crowded assemblies, operas, carriages, rail-road
cars, church pews, arm chairs, for promenade and *
house dress, as the skirt can. be folded when in
use to occupy a small place os easily and conven
iently ob & sllkor muslin dress, on. Invaluable
nualfty In crlnollne r not found In any Single
enjoyed the pleasure, comfort,
and great convenience of wearing the Duplex
Elliptic Steel Spring Skirt for a single day, will
never afterwards willingly dispense with their
use. For Children, Misses and Young Ladies they
are superior to all others. - ..
They will not bend or break like the Single
Spring, but will preserve their perfect and grace*
fin shape when three or four ordinary SWrg will
hove been thrown aside os useless. The Hoops
or© covered with Double and twisted thread, and
the bottom rods are not only double BpringsJbut
twice (or double) covered; preventing them from
wearing Out when dragging down sloops, stairs,
& acimDuplex Elliptic Is a great fayorltewlUiall
ladies and Is universally by the
Fashion Magazines os the Standard Skirt of the
th6^/ollovlbg inestimable advantages
In Crinoline; vtesafiporlor au^lty. jperfeot man- ,
ufaoture, styllstehapo andnnish, flexibility, da
rablllty.com/omina economy, enquire for J. w.
Bradley's Duplex Elliptic, or
Skirt, and be sura you get the genuine article.
CADTWH.—-To guard against imposition be P^fr
assess
double) springs broiled togetha? therein, which
lathe secret of their flexibUityand and
a combination not to be found in any other
8 For sale In all Stores whore first class skirts are
sold throughout the United States and PlS®”
where. Manufactured by the solo owners of the
Patent. WESTS' ERAPLEY & CARY.
70 Chambers and 70 and 81 Reade Sts,, U, Y.
Got. 17,1380—3m
the nisTittcr semiAciE mw.
Tlib President's Veto brcssnffc.
To tho Senate of the United States ;—l
have received and considered a bill enti
tled 11 An act to regulate the elective fran
chise in the Dlstriotof Columbia,” passed
by the Senate on the 13th of December,
and by tho House of Representatives on
the suooeeoing day. It was presented for
my approval on the 20th ultimo—six days
after theadjournmentof Congress—and it
is now returned with my objections to the
Senate, In which body it originated.
, Measures having been introduced at tho
cpmraencement of the first session of the
present Congress, for the extension of tho
elective franchise to the persons of color
in th'eDistfict of Columbia, steps were tak
en by the corporate authorities of Wash
ington and Georgetown to ascertain and
make known the opinion of the people of
the two cities upon a subject so immedi
ately afflicting their welfare os a commu
nity. ■ The question was submitted to the
people at special elections, held in the
month of December, 1865, when tho quali
fied voters of Washington and George
town, with great unanimity ofsentimeut,
expressed themselves opposeed to the con
templated- legislation. In Washington,
in a vote of 6,556 tho largest, with but
two exceptions, ever polled in that city—
only thirty-live ballots were cast for ne
gro suffrage; while,in Georgetown, in an
aggregate of 813 votes—a number consid
erably in excess of the average vote at the
four proceeding annual elections—hilt one
was given In favor of the proposed exten
sion of the elective franchise. As these
elections seem to hove been conducted
with ontlro fairness, tile result must be ac
cepted as a truthful expression of the opin
ion of the people of tho District upon the
question which evoked It. Possessing, as
an organized community, the same popu
lar right os the inhabitants of a State or
Territory, to make known their will up
on matters which affect their social and
political condition, they could have se
lected no more appropriate mode of memo
falizing Congress upon tho subject of this
bill than through the suffrage of their
qualified voters. . .
Entirely disregarding the wishes of tho
people of the District of Columbia, Con
gress has deemed it right and expedient
to pass the measures now submitted for
my signature. It, therefore becomes the
duty of the Executive, standing between
the legislation of theoneandthe wlllofthe
other, fairly expressed, to determine whe
ther he should approve the bill, and thus
aidiu placing upou thestatute-booksofthe
nation a law against which the people to
whom it is to apply have solemnly and
with such unanimity protested, or wheth
er. he should return it with his objections,
. in the hope.that, upon reconsideration,
Congress, acting as the representatives of
the inhabitants of the seatuf government,
.will permitthem.to regulate a purely 16-.
oal question, as. to them may seem best
suited to their interests and condition,
i The District of Columbia was ceded to
the. United States by Maryland and Vir
ginia, in order that It might become the
permanent seat of government of the
United States. Accepted by Congress, it
at once became subject to the “ exclusive
legislation” for which provision la made
in the Federal Constitution. It should be
borne in mind, however, that in exorcis
ing its functions as the law-making pow
er of the District of Columbia, the authori
ty of the National Legislature ia not with
out limit, but that Congress is bound to
observe the letter and spirit of the Con
stitution as well in the enactment of lo
cal laws for the seat of government, as in
legislation common to the entire Union.
Were It to he admitted that the right “ to
exercise exclusive legislation in all cases
. whatsoever,” conferred upon Congress un
limited power within the District of Co
lumbia, titles,of nobility might be granted
Within Its boundaries: lawsmlghtba made
respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or
abridging the freedom of speech or of the,
press; orthorightof thepeoplepeaceable
to assemble and to petition the Govern
ment for a redress of grievances." .Des
potism would thus reign at the seat of
government .of a free Republic, and, as a
place of permanent residence, it would be
avoided by all who prefer the blessing of
liberty 1 to the mere emoluments of official
position.
■ It should also be remembered that In
legislating for the Districts of Columbia,
under the Federal Constitution, the re
lation of Congress to its inhabitants is an
alagous to that of a Legislature to the peo
ple of a State, under their own local Con
stitution. ‘lt does mt therefore seem to
be asking too much that, In matters per
taining to the District, Congress should
have a like respect for the will and inter
ests of its inhabitants as is entertained by
U State Legislature for the wishes and
prosperity of those for whom they legis
late. The spirit of the Constitution and
the genius of our Government require that,
In regard to any law which is to affect and
hava a permanent bearing upon a people
their will should exert gt least a reason
able influence upon those who ore opting
In the capacity of their legislators. Would
for instance the Legislature of the States
of New York, or of Pennsylvania, or of
any State In the Union, in opposition to
the expressed will of a largo majority of
the people whom they were chosen to rep
resent, arbitrarily force upon them, as vo
ters, all persons of the African or uegro
race, and make them eligable for offlce,
without any other qualifications than a
certain. tefQ) of residence within fcbeState?
In neither of the States named would the
colored population, when noting fflggthpr,
be able to produce any great Boolal or po
litical result. Yet, In New York before
he con veto, the man of color must fulfil
conditions that are not required of the
white citizen; in Pennsylvania the elec
tive franchise is restricted to white free
men ; while in Indiana negroes and mu
lattops are expressly excluded from the
right of suffrage. It hardly seems con
sistent with the principles of- right and
justice that representatives of States,
where suffrage is either denied the color
ed man , or granted to him on qualifications
requiring ffitolflgenpe or property, should
compel the people of the District of Co
lumbia to try an experiment which their
own constituents have thus far shown an •
unwillingness totestforthemselvos. Nor
does It accord with our republican Ideas
that the principles of self-government
should lose Its force when applied to the
residents of the District,.merely because
their legislators arp npp like those of the
States responsible, through top ballot, to
the. people for whom they are the law
-making power.
The great object of placing the seat of
government,under the exclusive legisla
tion of Congress, was to secure the entire
independence of the General Government
from undue State Influence, aiid to enable
it to discharge without danger of inter
ruption or infringement of Its authority,
the high functions for which It wais cre
ated by the .people. For this Important
purpose it was ceded to the United States
by Maryland and Virginia, and itoertain
ly never could have been contemplated os
one of the objects to bo attained by plac
ing It under the exclusive Jurisdiction of
Congress, that it would afford to propa
gandists or political parties a place for an
experimental test of their principles and
theories. While, indeed, the residents of
the seat of government are not citizens of
any State, and are not therefore allowed a
voice-in the electoral college, or repre
sentation In the councils of tho nation,
they are, nevertheless, American citizens,
entitled as such to every guarantee of the
Constitution, to every benefit of the laws,
and to every right which pertains to.citl
zensof our common country. In all mat
ters. then, affecting their domestic afihlrs,
the spirit pf pur democratic form pf gov
ernmentdemandsjhctthehy WpashftHW
be oonaulted and respected. and WP?
taught to feel that, although not permit
ted practically to participate in national
concerns, they are nevertheless under a
paternal Government, regardful of their
rights, mindful of their wants, and solici
tous for their prosperity. It was evident
ly contemplated that all Joeal questions
would be left to their decision, at least to
an extent that would not be Incompatible
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 17,1867.
with tho object for-which -Congress, was’
granted Bxctaalvolegislation overtlieaeat
of government.
When the Constitution was yet under
consideration, It was assumed, by Mr.
Madison, that its inhabitants would bo
allowed “ a municipal legislature, for lo
caj purposes, derived from their own suf
frages.” When, for the first time, Con
gress, in the year 1800, assembled at Wash
ington, President Adams, in his speech at
its opening, reminded the two Houses that
it was for them to consider whether the
local powers over the Distriotot Col umbla,
vested by the Constitution in the Congress
of the United States, should be immedi
ately exercised, and he asked them to
“ consider it as the capital of a great na
tion, advancing with unexampled rapidi
ty in arts, in oommerce, in wealth, and in
population, and possessing within itself
those resources' which, if not thrown away
or lamentably misdirected, would secure
to it a long course of prosperity and self
government." Three years had not elap
sed when Congress was called upon tode
termlne the propriety of retroceding to
Maryland and Virginia the jurisdiction of
the=territory which they had respectively
relinquished to the Government of the
United States. It was urged, on the one
hand, that exclusive jurisdiction was not
necessary or useful to the Government;
that it deprived the inhabitants of the
District of their political rights; that
much of the time of Congress wos con-,
sumed in legislation pertaining to it: that
its government was expensive; that Con
gress was not competent to legislate for
the District, -because the members were
strangers to its local concerns; and that
it was an example of a government with
out representation—an experiment dan
gerous to the liberties of the States. On
the other hand, it was held, among other
reasons, and successfully, that the Consti
tution, the acts of cession of Virginia and
Maryland, and the not of Congress accept
ing the gradt, all contemplated the exer
cise of exclusive legislation by Congress,
and that its usefulness, if not its necessi
ty, was inferred from the inconvenience
which was felt for want of It by the Con
gress of the Confederation ; that the peo
ple themselves, who it was said had been
deprived of their political rights, had not
complained, and did not desire a retro
cession ; that the evil might be remedied
by giving them a representation in Con
gress when the District should become
sufficiently populous, and in the mean
time a local legislature; that if the In
habitants had not political rights, they
had great political influence; that the
trouble and expense of legislating for the
District would not be great, but would
diminish, and might in a great measure
be avoided by a local legislature; and
that Congress could not retrocede the in
habitants without their consent. Contin
uing to live substantially under the laws
that existed at the time of the cession, and
such changes only having been made as
-were suggested by themselves, the people
.of the District have not sought, by a local
legislature, thatwhioh has generally been
willingly conceded by the Congress of the
nation.
As a general rule, sound policy requires
that the Legislature should yield to the
wishesof a people, whan not inconsistent
wUh the Constitution and the laws. The
measures suited to one community might
not be adapted to the condition of another;
am} the persons best qualified to determine
such questions ate those whose interests
are directly affected by,any proposed law.
In Massachusetts, for instance, male per
sons are allowed to vote without regard to
color, provided they possess a certain de
gree of intelligence. In a poutation in
that State ot 1,221,060, there were, by the
census of 1860, only 9,002 persons ot color
and the males over twenty years of age,
there were 839,086 white, to 2,602 colored.
By the same official enumeration, there
worn In.thA.DlatriAt .nf-Columbia 0n.764
whites to 14i316 persops of tqp colored
race. Since then, hpweyer, tho popula
tion of the District has largely increased,
and It is estimated that at the present
time them are nearly a hurdred thousand
whites to thirty thousand negroes. The
cause of the augmented nuraners of the
of the latter class needs no explanation,—
Con tiguous to Maryland and Virginia, the
District, during the war, became a place
of refuge for those who escaped from ser
vitude, and is yet the abiding place of a
considerable proportion of those who
sought within its limits a shelter from
bondage. Until then held in slavery, and
denied ail opportunities for mental cul
ture, their first knowledge of the Govern
ment was acquired when, by conferring
upon them freedom, it becomes the bene
factor of their race; tbe test of their capa
bility for improvement began, when, for
the first time, the career of free industry
and theaveuuespf iqtßliigepco were open
ed to them.
Possessing thcßp advantages bi)t limited
time —the greater nujpber perhaps having
entered the District of Columbia during
the later years of the war or since Its ter
mination —we may well pause to inquire
. whether, after so brief a probation, they
are as a class capable of an intelligent
exercise of the right of suffrage, and
qualified to discharge the duties of official
position. The pepnie who are daily wit
nesses of tbelr mode or living, ana who
became familiar with their habits of
thought, hove expressed the conviction
that they are not yet competent to serve
ns electors, and thus become eligible for
offlce in tho local governments under
which they live. Clothed with the elec
tive franchise, their numbers, already
largely in excess of the demand for labor,
would be soon increased by an influx
from the adjoining States. Drawn from
fields where etpploynient is, abundant,
they would in vatu sgeg it hope and so add
to the embarrassments already experien
ced from the largo class of Idle persons
congregated in the District, Hardly yet
capable of forming correct Judgments up
on the important questions that often
make the issue of d political contest, they
could readily be made subservient to the
purposes of designing persons. While In
Massachusetts, under the census of iB6O,
the proportion of white to colored males
over twennty‘years of age was one hun
dred and thirty to one, here the block
race onpstltutea nearly one-fl;lrd of top
entire population, whilst the same class
surrounds the District on all sides, ready
to change their residence at a moment’s
notice, and with all the facility of a no
madic people. In order to enjoy here, af
ter a short residence, a privilege they find
nowhere else. It is within their power,
In one year, to come into the District in
aupii numbers m tjiesqprpmq cpn
trpi of tfie wfilto tops, and to B,°y ert + them
by their own officers, ana bjrtbe exercise
of all top municipal authority—iimongthe
rest, of the'BPWP r d f taxation oyhr'fjropet
ty in wbiofi they bavpnfli IntPtosft •
In Massachusetts, whew they have en
joyed toe benefltof athorougb education
al system, aquliflcation of intelligence is
requited, while here suffrage is extended
to all, without disorlniinatlon, as well to
the most incapable, who can prove a resi
dence in. the District of one year, as to
those persons of color, who, comparatively
few In number, are permanent inhabit
ants, and having given evidence of merit
and qualification, are recognized as use
ful and responsible members of the com
munity. Imposed upon an unwilling
people, placed by tbe Constitution, under
toe exclusive legislation of Congress, it
would be viewed ns an arbitrary exercise
ot power, and os an indication by the
country of tbepurposeof Congress to com
pel the acceptance of negro suffrage by
toe States. It would engender a feeling
of opposition and hatred between tho two
races, which, becoming deep-rooted gfifi
ineradicable, woulfi prevotjt them from
living together in a state bt mutual friend
liness. Carefully avoiding every meas
ure that might tend to produce o rpsglt,
and tallowing the' clear rinffipU nsRBFr
talnpd Epnnlar \ylll, we ghhqld assldlpui
ly endeavor to promote Kindly relations
between them, and thus, when that popu
lar will leads toe way, prepare for the
gradual and harmonious introduction of
this new element into the political pow
er of the country.
It oanqot be urged that tfio prppqsgd
extension pi suffrage in the platelet of
Columbia is necessary to enable persons
of color to protect either their interests or
their rights. They stand here precisely
as they stand in Pennsylvania, Ohio and
Indiana. Here, as elsewhere, in all that
pertains to civil rights, there is nothing
to distinguish this class of persons from
citizens of the United States; for they
possess the 11 full and equal benefit of. all
laws and proceedings for the security of
personandpropertyasisenjoyed by white
citizens,” and are made “ subject to like
punishment, pains and penalties, and to
none other, by law, statute, ordinance,
regulation, or custom to tho contrary not
withstanding.” Nor, os has been assum
ed, are their suffrages necessary to aid a
loyal sentiment here; for local govern
ments already exist of undoubted fealty
to the Government, and aw sustained by
communities which were among the first
to testify thoir devotion to the Union, and
which during tbestruggio furnished their
full quotas of men to toe military service
of the country.
The exercise of the elective franchise
is the highest attribute of an American
citizen, and, when guided by virtue, in
telligence, patriotism, and a proper ap
preciation of our institutions, constitutes
the tone basis of a democratic form of
government, in which the sovereign pow
er is lodged in tbe body of the people. Its
influence for good necessarily depends
upon the elevated character and patriot
ism of the elector, for if exercised by per
sons who do not Justly estimate its Value,
and who are indifferent os to its results,
it will only servo as a means of placing
power in toe hands of the unprincipled
and ambitious, and must eventuate in toe
complete destruction of that liberty of
which it should be the most powerful con
servator, Great danger is therefore to be
apprehended from fin untimely extension
of the elective franchise to any new class
in our country, especially when the large
majority, of that class, in wielding toe
power thus plaoed in their hands, cannot
he expected correctly to comprehend the
duties and responsibilities which pertain
to suffrage. Yesterday,.as It were, four
millions of persons were held In a condi
tion of slavery that had existed far gener
ations ; to-day they are freedmen, and are
assumed by law to be citizens. It cannot
be presumed, from tbelr previous candi
tron of servitude, that, as a class, they are
os well informed os to the nature or our
Government as too intelligent foreigner,'
who makes our land tbe home of bis
choice. In the case of the latter neither
a residence of five years, and the knowl
edge of our Institutions which it gives,
nor the attachment to the principles of
the Constitution, aw tbe only conditions
upon which he can be admitted to citi
zenship. He must prove, in addition, a
good moral character, and thus give rea
sonable ground for the belief that he will
be faithful to the obligations which he as
sumes as a citizen of the Republic.
Were a people—the source of all politi
cal. power—speak by their suffrages
through the Instrumentality of toe ballot
box, it must bo carefully guarded against
tbe control of those yvho are corrupt in
pi'lnolplp and enemies of free institutions,
for It can only become to our political
and social system a safe conductor of
healthy popular sentiment when kept
free from demoralizing influences. Con
trolled, through fraud and usurpation, by
the designing, anarchy ond despotism
must inevitably follow. In the hands of
toe patriotic and worthy, our Govern
ment will be preserved upon tho princi
ples of the Constitution inherited from
our fathers. It follows, tfiewfore, that in
admitting to th® ballot-box. a uow class
of voters not qualified for too exorcise of
too elective franchise, we weaken our
system of government, Instead of adding
to its strength and durability.
In returning this bill to tbe Senate, I
deeply regret that there should he any
conflict of opinion between tbe Leglsla
tivo ami - Epccoutlvo Departments of tho
(government Iq reggrd to treasures that
vitally affect the prosperity and peace of
the country. Sincerely desiring to recon
cile toe States with one another, and the
whole people to the Government of the
United States, it has been my earnest
Wish to pq-qpevato with Congress in all
measures having' KIF Choir qbleat q, ppqper
and complete adjustment of the questions
resulting from our late civil war. Har
mony between tbe co-ordinate branches of
the Government, is always necessary for
the public 'welfare, was povet mote de
manded than at the present time, and it
will therefore be my constant aim to pro
mote, os far os possible, concert of action
between them. Thedifference of opinion
that has already occurred has rendered
me only tbe more lest the Ex
ecutive should encroach upon any of the
prerogatives of Cqugrpeq, qc, by exceed
ing, )n any manner, tbe constitutional
limit qf pis dutips, destroy tbe equilibri
um which should exist between tbe sev
eral oomrcUnato DapafNests. and wWoh
is so essential to the harmonious working
of the Government. I know it has been
urged that the Executive Department is
more likely to enlarge the sphere of its
action than either of the other two branch -
es of the Government, and especially In
the exercise of the veto power conferred
Upon it by the Constitution. It should
ho fememhpyed, hovfoyer, tfiat to! 8 pow
er is Wholly negative and conservative in
its obarootor, and was Intended to operate
as a ebook upon unconstitutional, nasty,
and improvident legislation, and as a
means of protection against invasions of
toe just powers of the Executive and Ju
dicial Departments. It is remarked by
Chancellor Kent, that “ to enact laws is a
transcendent power; and, if thebody that
possesses it be a full and equal represen
tation of the people, there is danger of its
pressing with destructive weight upon all
the other pacta qf the naaqfiln^ry 1 qf the
government, it ha B i therefore, been
thought necessary by tbe moat skillful
and moat experienced artists in tho sci
ence of civil policy, that strong barriers
should be erected for tbe protection and
security of the other necessary powers of
the Government. Nothing has been
deemed more fit ond expedient for the
purpose than the provision that the head
of toe Executive Department should be
so constituted os to seourea requisite share
of independence, qnfi that bo should have
a negative upon the passing of lawa; and
tbbt the Judiciary power, restlngonastlll
more permanent basis, should-have the
right of determining upon the validity ol
laws by the standard of the Constitution. 1 ’
The necessity of some such check In the
hands of toe Executive Is shown by ref
erence to toe most eminent writers upon
our system of government, who seem to
concur In thooplnlou that encroachments
are most to be apprehended from the de
partmeat'ia which alt legislative powers
ate vested by toe Constitution, Mr. Ma
dison, in referring to the qf pro
viding sqmo practical security wr each
against tho invasion pf too others, re
marks that "too Legislative Department
is everywhere extending the sphere of
Its activity, and drawing all power Into
its Impetuous vortex." “ Tho founders
of our Republics * ♦ * * seem never
to have recollected tho danger from legis
lative usurpations, which Dy assembling
ail power in tho same hands, must lead
to the same tyranny os is threatened by
Executive usutpauoua." “lu a repre
sentative republic, where the Executive
magistracy Is carefully limited, both in
the extent and the duration of its power,
and where the legislative power Is exer
cised by an assembly which is inspired
by a supposed Influence over toe people,
with an intrepid confidence (p Its own
strength! which is sufficiently numerous
to feel all tho passions which actuate a
multitude, yet hot so numerous ns to be
lildamule of pursuing tho objects of his
passions by means which reason pre
scribes—it is against the enterprising am
bition of this department that t|ip people
ought to indulge nt! toste Jftatbusy and ox
httUßtoiltobit precautions.’ > “The Le
gislative Department derives a superiority
in our Government from other circum
stances. Its constitutional powers being
ot once more extensive and less suscepti
ble ot precise limits, it can with the great
er facility mask, undef qqmßfipatqd qnd
indirect measures, the puatoaohiqente
which it on the cq-qrdiT\ato de
partments." ■Qn ttfe other sldPi toe ex
ecutive power being restrained within a
• .
narrower compass, and being more sim
ple in its nature, and the judiciary being
described by landmarks still less uncer
tain, projects of usurpation by either of
these departments would immediately be
tray and defeat themselves. Nor is this
all. As the legislative department alone
bos access to the pockets of the people,
and has in some constitutions full discre
tion, and in all a prevailing influence
tho pecuniary rewards of those who fill
the other departments, a dependeuce is
thus created in tbe latter which gives still
greater facility to encroachments of the
former.” "we have seen that tho ten
dency of republican governments is to an
aggrandizement of the legislative, at the
expense of tbe other departments.”
Mr. Jefferson, in referring to the early
Constitution of Virginia, objected that
by Its provisions all toe powers of govern
ment— legislative, executive, and Judicial
—resulted to tho, legislative body, hold
ing that “ the concentrating these in tbe
same hands Is precisely tho definition of
despotic government. It will be no alle
viation that these powers will be exer
cised by a plurality of bands, and not by
a single one. One hundred and seveuty
threo despots would surely be as oppres
sive as due.” As little will it avoil us that
they ate chosen by ourselves. An elec
tive despotism was not the Government
we fought for, but one which should not
only be founded on free principles, but in
which the powers of government should
be so divided and balanced among sever
al bodies of magistracy as that no one
could transcend their legal limits with
out being effectually checked and re
strained by tbe others. For this reason
that Convention which passed the ordl
nance of government laid its foundation
on the basis, that the Legislative, Exec
utive and Judiciary Departments should
be separate aud distinct, so that no per
son should exercise the powers of more
than one of them at the same time. But
no barrier was provided between these
several powers. The J udlolary and Ex»
ecutive members were left dependent on
the Legislative far their subsistence in
office, and.some of them for their contin
uance in it. If, therefore, toe Legisla
ture assumes executive aud judiciary
powers, no opposition is likely to be made,
nor, if made, can bo effectual, because in
that case tony may put their proceedings
in the form of an aot of assembly, wbloli
will render them obligatory on the other
branches. They have accordingly, in
many instances, decided rights which
should have been left to Judiciary contro
versy; and the direction of toe Execu
tive, during the whole time of their ses
sion, is becoming habitual and familiar.”
Mr. Justice Story, in his commentaries
on toe Constitution, reviews the same
subject, aud sqys t
“ The truth fs, that the legislative pow
er is tho great and overruling power in
every free Government.” "The repre
santatives of toe people will watch with
jealousy every encroachment of the exec
utive magistrate, for it trenches, upon
their own authority. But who snail
watch the encroachment of these repre
sentatives themselves? Will they be as
jealous of the exercise of power by them
selves as by others ?” " There ve '»any
reasons wfilob may be assigned for the
engrossing influence of the legislative de
partment. In the first place, its consti
tutional powers are more extensive and
less capable of being brought within pre
cise limits than those of either of the oth
er departments. The bounds of the exec
utive authority are easily marked oi|t gm|
deflnqd. it reaphaa few objects, and those
are known. It cannot transcend them
without being brought in contact with
the other departments. Laws may oheok
and restrain and bound Its exercise. The
same remarks apply with still greater
force to the judiciary. The Jurisuietiou
is, or may be, bounded to a .few objects
or persons; or, however geqe'rftl Slid un
limited, Us operations nra' 'necessarily
confined to the more administration of
private and public justice. It cannot
punish without law. It cannot create
controversies to act upon. It can decide
only upon rights and cases as they are
brought by others before it. If cgq dfl
nothing for)tsglf, Hmusldo everything
for others. If must obey the laws; and
if it porrupily administers tbero, It is
subjected to the power of impeachment,
On the other band, tbe legislative power,
except in toe few oases or aonstitnUonal
prohibition, is unlimited. It is forever
varying means and its ends. It governs
the institutions, and its laws, ana public
policy of the country. It regulates all
Its vast Interests. It disposes of all Its
property. Look but at the exercise of two
or three branches of its ordiqqry powers.
It levies all taxes ; It directs and appro
priates all supplies; it gives the rules for
the descent, distribution, and devises of
all property hold by individuals. It con
trols the sources and the roaqiivpoa pf
wealth- It phanges at its will the whole
fabric ot toe jaws. It moulds at its pleas
ure almost all toe institutions which give
strength and comfort and dignity to soci
ety. In the next place, it is the direct,
visible representative ot tho will of the
people in all toe changes of times and
circumstances, It has top pride, well
as tofi bower q£‘hqmhpi’s-' 'lt js easily
moved and steadily moved by toe strong
impqisps of popular feeling and popular
odium. It obeys, without veluotanoo, the
wishes and tho will of toe majority for
tho time being. The path to public favor
lies open by such obedience; and it finds
not only support, but impunity, in what
ever measures the majority advises, even
though they transcend toe constitution
al limits. It has no motive, toerafljte, t'°
be jealous, or spiamuiqiw lq IK 'oivh nSo
of power; and it finds its ambition stim
ulated and its arm strengthened by the
countenance and the emirage of numbers,
These views are not alone those of men
who look with apprehension upon the
fate of republics; but they are also freely
admitted by some of the strongest advo
cates for popular rights and the perma
nency of republican institutions.”
“ Each department should have a will
of its own." “ Each should hqyq he own
independence sggqrfid hoVohfl toe power
of being taken away by either or both of
the others. But at toe came time toe re
lations of eaoh to tbe other should be so
strong that there should be a mutual in
terest to sustain and protect each other.—
There should not only be constitutional
means, but personal motives to ppsjat en
croachments of one or either Or the others,
Thus, ambition woalfl he wade to coun
teract ambition | tho desire of power to
cheek power; and the'pressure of inter
est to balance an opposing interest.”—
The judiciary is naturally, and almost
necessarily, (as has been already paid,)
the weakest department. It can nave no
means of tnfldenoe by patronage. Its
fowera can never he wielded for Itself.—
t baa no command over the puree or the
sword of the nation. It can neither lay
taxes, nor appropriate money, nor com- ■
inand armies, nor appoint to office. It is
never brought into contact with toe peo
ple by constant appeals and solicitations,
and private Intercourse, which belong to
ait the other departments of government.
It Is seen only in controversies, or in
trials and punishments. Its rigid justice
and impartiality give it no claims to fa
vor, however they may to respect. It
stands solitary and unsupported, exeunt
by that portion of pubifo opinion which
ia Interested only in thq strlCV adminis
tration of juqtieg, It can rarely secure
the sympathy or zealous support either
of the executive or the legislature. If
they are not (as is not unfrequently tbe
case) Jealous of its prerogatives, tire con
stant necessity of scrutinizing the aotq of
each, upon the application qf guy private
person, and tljo pqlqfnl qqty of pronoun
cing judgujunt' that' 'those acts are a Uer
parfuTe from the law Or Constitution, can
have no tendency to conciliate kindness
or nourish influence. It would seem,
therefore, that some additional guards
would under such circumstances, be ngUt
esaary to protect this dqnar(meqt fteeft
the absolute fiqiplqiofl qf (fift qIbUW, Yet
rarely fiave aoy suofi guards been ap
plied'; anfl every attempt to introduce
them has been resisted with a pertinacity
W&loh demonstrates how slow popular
leaders are to introduce checks upon tbelr
own power, and how slow toe people, are
YOL. 53.—N0. 31.
to believe that the judiciary is the real bul
wark of their liberties.” “If any depart
ment of the Government hhs undue Influ
ence or absorbing power, it certainly has
not been either the executive or the Judi
ciary.” ,
In addition to what has been said by
these distinguished writers, it may also
be urged that the dominant party in each
House may, by the expulsion of a sufll-,
lent number of members, or by the ex
cclusion from representation of arequisite
number of States, reduce the minority to
less than one-third. Congress, by these
means, might be enabled to pass a law,
the objections of the President to the
contrary notwithstanding, which would
render impotent the other two Depart
ments of the Government, and make in
operative the wholesome and restraining
power which it was intended by the fra
mers of the Constitution should be exert
ed by them. This would be a practical
concentration of all power in the Con
gress of the United States—this, in the
language of the author of the Declaration
of independence,- would be "precisely
the definition of despotic Government.”
I have preferred to reproduce these
teachings of the great statesmen and con
stitutional lawyers of the early and later
days of the Republic, rather than to rely
simply upon an expression of my own
opinions. We cannot too often recur to
them, especially at a conjuncture like
the present.. Their application to our ac
tual condition is so apparent, that they
now come to us os a living voice, to be
listened to with more attention than at
any previous period of our history. We
have been and ore yet in the midst of
popular commotion. Theposslons aroused
by a great civil war are still dominant.—
It is not. a time favorable to that calm
and deliberate judgmentwblbh is the on
ly safe guard when Radical changes In
our institutions are to be made. The
measure now before me is one of those
changes. It intimates an untried exper
iment, for a people who have said, with
one voice, that It is not for their good.—
This alone should make us pause; but it
is not all. The experiment has not been
tried, or so much as demanded by the
people of the several States for them
selves. In but few of the States has such
an Innovation been allowed as giving the
ballot to the colored population without
any other qualification than a residence
of one year, and-ln most of them the de
nial of the ballot to this race Is absolute,
and by fundamental law placed beyond
the domain of ordinary legislation. In
most of those States the evil of such suf
frage would be partial; hut, small os it
would be, It is guarded by constitutional
barriers. Here the innovation assumes
formidable proportions, which may easi
ly gf(W to swell an extent as to make the
White population a subordinate element
iu the body polltio.
After full deliberation upon this meas
ure, X cannot, bring myself to approve It,
even upon local considerations, nor yet
as the beginning of an experiment on a
larger scale. I yield to no one in attach
ment to that rule of general suffrage
which distinguishes our policy as a na
tion. But them ia ft limit, wisely ob
served hitherto, which makes the ballot
a privilege and a trust, and which re
quires of some classes a time suitable for
probation and preparation. To give it
indiscriminately to a new class, wholly
unprepared by previous habits and op
portunities, to perform the (fust which
it demands, is jo degrade it, and finally
to destroy Its poweri for it may be safe
ly assumed that no political truth is bet
ter established than that such indiscrim
inate and all-embracing extension of pop
ular suffrage must end at last in Its de
struction.
Andrew Johnson.
Washington, Jttpqary S, ISO 7,
arau. SB UAVPIN.
This lady was one of the most extraor
dinary individuals recorded in the annals
of the French stage. Her life and ad ven
tures supply materials for romance, and
bear some resemblance to the history of
fitet eplpenp being, the Chevalier d’Eon,
whom she rivalled in bravery and eccen
tricity, and far excelled in personal en
dowments. It is also certain that LaMau-
Sin, despite her masculine habits, was
nowu and acknowledged to be a woman,
while the sex of the renowned chevalier
remained in dispute until after his death,
which occurred in extreme old age,in 1810.
De Maupln was born In Iflfg, pf a good
family, being the daughter of the Siour
d’Aublgny, secretary to the Count of Ar
magnao. Ata very early age she married
a gentleman named Maupln, of Saint Ger
main en Laye; and, through the interest
of her relatives, obtained for him a gov
ernment situation in n distent province.
During bis absence, the volatile lady, who
had a natural disposition for handling the
sword, became acquainted with an assist
ant In a fouolng-sohool, and eloped with
him to Marseille. There she assumed male
attire, and passed herself as a man. Ne
cessity compelled her and her paramour
to exercise the tajpntij wteph nature had
.yfiOh them; and aa both were
gifted with line voices, they easily obtain
ed engagements at the opera-house. They
remained there some time, until compel
led to fly from a prosecution. A young
lady of the city, with whom De Maupln
had become acquainted, formed an attach
ment for her, believing at first (hftt she
belonged to the male pn prxflr \yhioh
the fair disguised, pjfoft\\ri\gfa, from a
whlipsipM pamipa, until' the parents of
the damsel, disapproving of the aoquain
to%£removed hpr (a a Convent at Avig
non, Thither the pretended suitor fol
lowed 1 and, having resumed her own garb
and female character, applied to be re
ceived os a novice, ana was admitted. Af
ter an interval, a nun died, and was bu
ried in the convent. Da Maupln disinter
red the corpse with her own hands,
placed it on the couch of hW friend, set
fire to the bed at\d hgteohateber, and car
ried her o.flp in the consequent oonfosion.
AS aodii as the abduction was discovered,
Da Maupln wos arraigned under tlieuame'
Of D’Aubigoy, by which she hod only
been known In the south, and condemned
to be burnt, (par contuniace) In hqfqult
of appearance. In the meantime, ‘ the
young MarscUaiae was recovered by her
parents, the delinquent escaped, and the
sentence remained in abeyance. La Mou
pi(l met with several other strange ad
ventures while In Provence, and became
suoh a mistress of the small sword, that
not even the ablest teacher was equal te
contend with her. For this nopnipnlJsh
ment she was indebted te hwflrat lover,
M. Serannp, Returning to. Paris, she as
sumed nor husband's name, and being
announced as’Mdlle. da Maupln, made
her debut as Fallas In the celebrated trag
ic opera of "Cadmus and Hermtene, 1
written by Quinault and composed by
Lull. Her success was moat brilliant;
-for, though unacquainted with a single
note of music, her ear was good, her voice
of great compass, and her memory prodi
gious. She was also extremely handsome
and well' made, with fine hair, an aqui
line nose, and a mouth, teeth, and throat
of exquisite perfection, ghp came an the
stage seated In a ear, from which she rose
withpeeuUuFHroce; and, in return for the
grqUuatiftne ox the audience, saluted them
te telclng off her helmet.
She soon became a general favorite and
subject of conversation. Her society was
universally courted, and her portrait ex
hibited In many windows, 'Wheneverahe
desired to indulge in a (teiUc, eir revenge
an insult, ah? teal aside the female and
assumed the team. Having received, as
She thought, an affVont from Dumesnll,
au actor of the company, she donned her
male habiliments and weapon, and, await
ing for him by night in the Place des Vic
tories, demanded Instant satisfaction, Du
mesnll declined, whereupon she gave
him a cudgelling, fynd teed bla snuff-box
and Wfttehs DumeanU, on the nest day,
itedlng toot his adventure hod got wind,
related it to the performers at the theater,
hut with altered particulars. He said be
had bpen attacked by three robbers, against
i whom he defended himself vigorously, but
being overpowered by numbers, was fl
-1 nally beaten and plundered. As soon as
; be had finished his gasconade, Mtete- he
> Maupln, who stood behind axnoogat the
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listeners, stepped forward and exclaimed, >
•fellow, thou
if Was I alone Who'assaulted thee; and as
a proof, I restart) thy miserable property;”
So saying, she flung towards him the
watch and snuff-box. : On another, occa
sion Thevenard, the celebrated basso of
his day, had the misfortune to incur her
displeasure, and, under dread of the con
sequences, concealed himself for weeks in
the Pallas Boyale. , At length, being com
pelled to emerge from his hiding place, he
savedrhls bones by publicly demanding
pardon of the offended amazon. In a
short time half the beaux esprUs In, Paris
Were afraid of her, while the other moiety
obsequiously courted herfavors. One eve
ning, being at a masked boll, given at the
Palais Royale by Monsieur, the king’s
• brother, and, as usual, disguised as.a man,
she indulged in some freedoms towards a
lady of rank, which were 111 received;'and
called forth the indignation of three of the
lady’s friends, who Invited the Intruder ;
to accompany them down to the garden,
la Maupln compiled on the Instant, drew 1
her sword, engaged the three champions
successively, and laid them all lifeless on
the ground. Then coolly returning to the
ball-room she made herself known to hla
Royal Highness,' and obtained a free par
don. The exploit) and the amnesty, re
mind us of the heroine in the ballad of,
‘I Billy Taylor”
•' Thao »ko coll’d for sword and pistol,
Which did come other command;
And she shot her Billy Taylor, -. ■
With the lady In his hand.
"When tho captain camo for to hour on't.
He very much applauded what she had done,
; And ho Inatantlyinade her first nontenant .
Of the gallant Thunder bomb.”
Ever on the search for excitement and
variety, Mademoiselle de Maupln quitted
the opera at Paris for an engagement at
Brussels, where she became mistress to :
the Elector of Bavaria. In due course ..
that potentate deserted her for the Count-'
ess D’Arcos, and sent a purse of forty '
thousand francs, (about $8,000), with an
order to quitßrussels immediately. The
selected envoy happened to be the bom- '
plalsant spouse of the countess. The sup- '
planted favorite received him as if ho had
been a valet, and threw the purse at his .
head with many opprobrious, but well
deserved epithets. She retained, howev
er, a pension of two thousand'francs,
which the Elector had settled upon her,
and, returning to Paris, resumed her po
sition at the opera, and an bid intimacy
with tho Count D’Albert, a highly ac.
conrplished pobleman, who had formerly
been her grande passion. While D’Al
bert, was absent, iu the bamp of Marshal
Vlllars, and a battle was hourly expected.
La Maupln addressed him' in a poetical
epistle, .which was undoubtedly written
by herself, although since attributed to
Beuserade, who had been dead for several
years. Those verses combine elegance of
thought with warmth of feeling, and are
not unworthy of being compared with
Ovid. ,
La Maupin was in the toll bloom of
her beauty, in the flower of her ago.-at
the summit of professional reputation,
and in the unrestrained indulgence of an
irregular life, when she suddenly awoke
to a sense of her condition, and became
serious and penitent. The oausesand de
tails of this change of character have not
transpired; hut being determined to re
form, she dismissed her lovers, restored
oil the settlements and presents she had
received from them, reserving only the
pension of the Elector of Bavaria, sum
moned back her husband from his pro
vincial avocation (who came obedient to
her call) and lived with him in perfect
friendship and honest harmony, until her
easy helpmate died in 1701. In 1705, the
religious tendency of her mind being stilt
more confirmed, she resolved to quit the
theatre, and retire altogether from the
world. Previously to carrying this reso
lution into efifeot, she consulted by letter
her former friend, the Count I)’Albert,
and laid before him all her motives. To
his honor it deserves to be remembered,
that, afthough he strongly expressed his
personal regret, he counselled her to per
severe In her plan, and encouraged her
by sound reasoning which no spiritual
director could have surpassed. Two yearn
later, this erring and inconsistent being
died, (being still young), with every ap
pearance of sincere contrition for the ab
errations of her youth, Ltr. Burney men
tions her in hjs Musical Tour through
Prance and Jthiy,” in the following par- .
agraph, which, with what wehave sketch
ed above, contains all that is known of a. ■ ■
very singular parsonage:
• “ This extraordinary syren of ihePreneh
opera fought and loved like a man, and
resisted and fell like a woman. Shemar
ried a young husband, and ran away with
a fencing master, of whom she ieamt the
small-sword, and became an excellent
fenoer. Soon after she set lire to a con
vent, and carried away in . triumph from
it a young lady of her acquaintance who,
was confined, there ; was condemned for
the offence, hut escaped punishment by
restoring the lady to her friends. She
weni tq Paris, and became an opera sing- _
er: caned every man who affronted her,
killed, three In duels, and,, after many ad
ventures, quitted the stage, was seized
with a fit of. devotion, recalled her hus
band, and passed with hiTOlhe last years
of her life in a very pious manner. She
died 1707, qfe thq' early age of thirty-
Thero are aotne aJSaht efiaeropancies be
tween this short summary and our more
detailed aooaunt, which the indulgent
reader is requested to reconcile by rctnom
hoiing whet Sir.Benjamin-Backbite says
of Crab-tree’s relation of the supposed
duel between Joseph Surface and Sir Pe
ter Teazle—“My uncle’s account most
may be correct, but mine is certainly the
circumstantial,”
H la Enemies.—Some years since, acler
gyman In Litchfield'county, Conn., was
reproving on oldlndlan for his cruel and
revengeful contract towards those that
had offended hlflfe- " You should love
your enemies,” observed the parson, "and
preserve an affection for thoTe that hurt
you.”
nay enemies.” retorted the
son of nature, ** and have a great affec
tion tor them that hurt me."
u No such thing.” returned fcbo
* you don't Jove your enemies,”
‘ldo,”
“ Who are the enemies you love?’ v
.* Hum and Cld&pf**
When Col. A was in com-
at a post, just as the soldiers were
called out for drill ou a certain morning,
it was noticed that one of them bad only
blacked the fore parts of bis shoes, leaving
the back parts unblacked and of a dlrtv
Colonel noticed it and
said, u Hinson, you have not blacked the
hack parts ofypurshoes.” Colonel,” re
a 600(1 Sold - er uever looks
S&* An old woman on a steamboat ob
served two men pumping up water to
wash the deck, ana the captain being near
by, she accosted as follows: “Well, cap
tain , got a well aboard, eh ?” Yes, ma’am.
?> wJn ?>3 one /’ Baid the polite captain
ol , ever - I always did clia
dogdays." riVW water . especially in
T«R Cincinnatians needn’t boast so
muott about their suspension bridge. fThe
bcripture gives an account of a man who
was six cubits longer than that bridge,
namely Goiiah, who was six cubits and a
span.
S&* A lawyer is something of a carpen
ter ; he can flie a 'hill, split a hair, make
an entry, get up a case, frame an indict
ment, empannei a jury, put them In a
box, nail a witness, hammer a Judge, and
bore a Court.
B&r | The man who can make hl« own
hre. black bis own boottkoarry his own
wood, hoe his own garden, pay bis own
debts, and live without wine or tobacco,
need ask no favor of him who rides in a
coach and four*
We should not forget that life is
but a flower, which is no sooner fully
blown than it begins to wither*