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PENNSYLVANIA I» BE RECON
STRUCTED!
Thad Stevens, in winding up a speech
iu the House, recently, said:
“I dcnv that this government hns over been ft
ttemibbc. I deny that the Slate of Pennsylvania
has ever been n Republic, and I wish thin Congress
would take it in hami n»U make it a livpuolie.’
Until now (he people of Pennsylvania
have been under the impression that
they lived in a Republic—in a State
where they exercised the powers of
sovereignty. Butthcoldreprobate, Ste
vens, toils us that this was a mistaken
opinion—that Pennsylvania is not and
never was a Republic; and he expresses ,
the desire that Congress shall take our
old State “ in hand and make it a Re
public.”
As Stevens appears to he the leader of
the'Rump Congress, whose word thus
far lias been omnipotent, his suggestion
may possibly be heeded, and Pennsyl
vania may be “reconstructed” by the
Bump Congress before our people know
what they are about. Negro-suffrage
is what Stevens wants, and until this is
granted our State is not a Republic, in
his sage opinion. ‘What a mistaken set
of men our Pennsylvanians have been.
They supposed they lived under a Re
publican form of Government, and they
might have continued to entertain this
belief had not the imported Now
England Yankee, Stevens, enlightened
them. In 1838, this same Stevens ad
vised his partizans of this State to
“ throw conscience to the devil,” and
to treat the election of that year “as
though it had not taken place.” Tins
was his idea of “ reconstruction” then,
but he was foiled in his purposes and
was glad to'save his neck by jumping
through a back window of the Senate
chamber. But lie has nothing to fear
now, and he can insult the people of
Pennsylvania with impunity, and he
glories in doing so. His fanatical and
treasonable ideas are now applauded
by a reekless party, and some of the
men who were for hanging him in
1838, now defend him in iris libels upon
our State and her people. Who but
Stevens would dare speak of Pennsyl
vania in the derisive manner ho does ?
No native Pennsylvanian could thus re
fer to her, without receiving a rebuke
that would forever silence him. But
old Thad, being the recognized leader
of his degraded party, is permitted to
visit his assaults upon the State without
fear of consequences, and without re
spect to the natural feelings of a once
proud people. But Pennsylvania has
Jittle pride of character now. Many of
her Representatives in Congress are im
ported Yankees, one of them a jail-bird,
and it is not to be expected that these
men can have mud) respect for our
State or sympathy with the opinions of
her people. They cun threaten to take
Pennsylvania “ in hand and make it a
Republic,” for they are Forney’s “pro
gressive and earnest men,” whose
“grand moral ideas” are tolerated by
the poor dupe, who prefer party to prin
ciple or honor.
HOW IT WAS !)OXL.
Simon said “ wiggle—waggle—thumbs
up," and Simon was elected to the Sen
ate from Pennsylvania. Simon had
such a winning way about him that the
Radical solpns had to “come to time,”
The nomination of “ old Kickapoo” re
minds us of the story of the Irish wo
man, who had a drunken husband, who
refused to come homo to see his “ dar
lint Biddy and the ehilder.” Biddy
procured a bottle of the" oh! be joyful,”
and went on the hunt of her husband,
andfoundhimatthe “drinking saloon,"
pretty well “ seas over," Said the dar
ling wife, “can’t you come home Pad
dy, for the iove of your Bridget ?” “ No,
I wont,” said the husband. “Well,
then, won’t you come home for the love
of the childer/” “No, I won’t,” was
the reply—“ Well Paddy, said his wife
then, (producing ‘ black botty’ from un
der her apron; and holding its spark
ling contents up to Paddy's gaze)
“ Won’t you come home for the love of
this?” “ Yes, Biddy darliut, I with—
You has sich ‘winnin ways’ wid ye"
Slid the obedient Paddy, and forthwith
the twain wont home. Yes, it was Si
mon’s gold which had such “ winning
Ways” about it, at the sight of which
the legislative Paddies threw (them
selves into the arms of the “old Win
nebago”-“and whispering we will
ue er consent—consented."
Af Tn w W t I J' VI ' VI T “ ’ rHE I’liOPl.U,
Mr. Woncell Phillip*’ i lVil lnunifteto
■ demands the destruction of the United
Stales Supreme Court, H„ suglfMts no
mere reconstruction, and proposes no
substitute for it, that we cun discover
Pretending that “ the instincts of tlie
masses and (lie consciences of just men ”
were outraged, lie says that the
Constitution, with its time-honored
compromises, held up by the strongest
of parties, was dust in the balance
against such a current. This court will
prove the same ' H ore we
confession thattlnsparly hasovorthrown
the Constitution when it « u ,„v i„ tZh
way, and because the court will not
help to do this work, it also is to be sac
rificed. Surely there is no want of can
dor here, and the issue for the people of
the Worth is very plainly made up.—
They are forewarned, and if the edifice
of their liberties Js destroyed it will be
their own fault.
THE NEGRO MINSTRELS,
Who meet .daily in the Senate Cham
ber nnd House of Representatives, at
'Washington, and call themselves “ Con
gress,” arc sinking intocontemptdnily,
nnd Justly so. The obscene speeches
timt are constantly delivered, the un
constitutional nnd dovilidi propositions
that arc made, nnd tlie uncouth conduct
of tlie majority of the-mombers, stamp
them as men who have no regard for
their own characters or respect for the
constituents they represent. They ap
pear infatuated with the negro, and the
greater the love shown for tho “ Amer
ican citizen of African scent,” the higher
stands tho man in the Radical syna
gogue. Tho “poor colored citizen,” is
their theme by day nnd their dreams by
night, nnd the appropriations to the
Freedman's Bureau would carry on the
Government in nil its workings, if ad
ministered as formerly under Demo
cratic rule.
The people, however, including many
Republicans, are becoming tired of this
fanaticism, humbuggery and extrava
gance, and almost daily we notice Re
publican journals complaining and
grumbling. The New York Tribune—
Greeley’ editor —calls the majority of the
present Congress “negro minstrels,”
and advises them to black their faces
and charge for their performances.—
Even Greeley is disgusted with the fan
tastic capers of the Bump Congress, and
insists that there is too much time oc
cupied in talking about the negro, and
that members of Congress should pay
some attention to the wishes of white
men and the great interests of the coun
try. Greeley fears that the men who
control the present Congress are fast
sinking into contempt, and that they
“ arc dragging the Republican party to
the executioner’s block.” Old white
coat is right. If people who have minds
to think are not disgusted with tlio do
ings of theunlawful Rump Congress, we
know not what will be required to dis
gust them. Clever in tire history of the
world was a more corrupt, fanatical,
treasonable body of men assembled to
gether. The President would be doing
nothing but what Iris sworn duty re
quires, if he turned these disturbers of
the peace out of doors neck and heels/
and locked up the two Houses. It will,
wo believe, come to this at last, for it is
not possible that the people will much
longer submit to the usurpations of the
traitors who compose tho majority of
the present Bump.
Resolution Inlro«lucc»l In tho House of
Representative**, Xteccmbdr 4,1802,
l»y TtmtUlcus Stovcns.
"Resolved, Thai if any person in the employment of
the United States, in either the legislative or the Jxccc
ulivc brunch, should propose to make peace, or should
accept or advise the acceptance of any such proposition,
ON ANY OTHER BASIS THAN TUB INTEGRITY AND
ENTIRE UNITY OF THE UNITED STATES AND THEIR
TERRITORIES AS THEY EXISTED AT THE TIME OF
THE REBELLION, HE SHALL BE GUILTY OF A HIGH
CRIME.’ 1
The above resolution was offered in
the House by Thad Stevens, and adopt
ed, December 4, 1802. "We insist upon
it then, that Stevens has violated his
own resolution, aud is therefore guilty
of a “ high crime.” He is now opposing,
with all his might, the unity of the
United States as they existed at the
time of tho rebellion, and insists that
■ten States are out of the Union and
therefore not entitled to representation
iu Congress. He is guilty of a “ high
crime,” we repeat, and should be arres
ted at once, and punished as his “ high
crime” deserves.
“ There are (hose who admit the Justice and ul
timate utility of granting Jmpar'laisiUlroge toivll
men, but they think it is Impolitic. I would nay
to those above referred to, who admit the Justice
nf human equality before the law, but doubt its
policy, do you believe inhclU" — Thad. Stevens.
Such were tlie words used by the old
infidel, Thad Stevens, in a speoch-in the
House, recently. How like a “great
commoner” his language sounds. He
was hectoring certain members of his
own party because they hesitated to en
dorse all he requiredof them. He applied
tlie lash vigorously, and after denounc
ing them ns “timid cravens,” wound
up with the words we quote above. Is
it uot wonderful that one of Stevens’
character—a man who disregards all
laws and commandments, human and di
vide —should bo the recognized leader of
his party in the House, whose heck and
nod are regarded with respect by men
who are his superiors in every point of
view? It is a bad indication, for those
who follow sinful men must eventually
fail into sin themselves.
Tjik Dri’FBBBNCB.—TIie Boston Post
very pertinently inquires, which is the
most indulgent—to sentence a negro to
two years hard labor on a Jam, or a
white man to two years hard labor in a
Male D risen f This is just tlie differ
ence between the treatment of black
aud white criminals iu Maryland which'
the assumed friends of the negroes cry
out against. It is tho white man who
should complain. But so it goes. Sam
bo is everything now-a-days, and tho
poor white man is nothing with the
Radicals, except so far as they can use
him to keep them in power.
EST - Every Radical whipper-in is
snarling and snapping because the De
mocracy of the Bump House had the
pluck (as they had the right} to keep
the Radical gaggors of free speech in
session ail night on the 22d. The Rads
had a bill up to control the Supreme
Court—a bill of a most revolutionary
and unjustifiable kind—and refused to
allow the Democracy to speak in oppo
sition to it. The “ unwashed” thereup
on compelled the calling of the yeas
and nays thirty-seven times, and thus
kept the gaggers in the hall till eight
o’clock next day. Right. Do it again.
ffjyOne of the two or three dozen
culprits pardoned by Governor Curtin
during the last week of his administra
tion, was a Republican politician named
Straw, who was serving a seven years
term ia the penitentiary, having been
convicted of forgery. Two days after
his release from prison he attempted to
commit a similar crime on a-bank at
Harrisburg. He was again arrested,
and is now in jail at Harrisburg, and
this time ho will have to apply to the
“ ignoramus” Geary, for a pardon.
£&y" The Cleveland Herald , an aboli
tion journal in the pay of Congress, says
that “so far as the defeat of Tliad. Ste
vens is concerned the mass of the people
will feel rejoiced.” But this is the way
of the world—kick a man when ho is
fulling; fawn and flatter him when he
is rising, and cheat him if you can, or
yon are not a good Puritan.
HSflnthe Ohio Legislature au amend
ment to the State Constitution has been
introduced, which extends the right of
suffrage to women and removes restric
tions on color.
THE STATE IN THE HANDS OF
KNAVES.
We take -the following article from
the Erie Dispatch, one of the ablest and
most prosperous Republican papers in
our State, and the organ of the Repub
licans of Eric county. Let our readers
of both parties peruse carefully itsstrict
-1 ures on Geary, Cameron, and the rest of
tho unwashed and nnrogenerated sin
ners of tho Radical faction who now,
unfortunately’ for our people, have con
trol of the State. No one can say that
the allegations wo quote bolo w are “
perhead liesfor they are the words of
one of tho ablest Republican editors in
Northwestern Pennsylvania, and what
is more, they are true to the letter. —
The State " is emphatically in the hands
of tho moat despicable and degraded
class of knaves Hint over disgraced a
Commonwealth.” Nino out of every
ten Republican papers in Pennsylvania
have, within the last two months, spo
ken of Simon Cameron as a professional
swindler, “ who never occapied'an offi
cial position that was not bought with
money,” and yet, with all these admis
sions and allegations staring him In the
face, Simon is endorsed by the Legisla
ture of Pennsylvania and crowned with
its highest honor! Geary, it is well
known, assisted Cameron in his corrupt
schemes—it was a money-making busi
ness all round—and hence it is that we
see so many Republican journals dis
charging their arrows at the hero of
SnickersviUe.
We say again then to men of all par
ties, read the words of tiro editor of tho
Erie Dispatch, and [in doing so remem
ber that this same Republican editor
only last summer and fall eulogized this
“ignoramus” and “miserable apology
for a man” Geary, to the skies, and
urged tho people" to vote for him for
Governor! What confidence can Re
publicans place in their party organs?
It was well known last summer by the
old foxes of the Republican party that
the election of Geary was Cameron’s
triumph. But now that, both Geary
and Cameron are snugly fixed in the po
sitions they sought, these same Repub
lican editors turn up tho dirty whites of
their eyes, and inform their readers that
the man they elected Governor last fall
is “an ignoramus and loafer,” and the
man they elected to the Senate is “a
corruptionist and knave.” What con
fessions are these? And yet they are
true ns Hoiy .Writ. And it was for the
accomplishment of these objects that
that great and god man, Booster Cly
mer, was slandered, maligned, and de
feated by as corrupt a set of scoundrels
as ever went unhung. But to the arti
cle from the Despatch ;
(From tho Erlo Dispatch)
Geiiry—Cameron—Fools—Knaves.
The State is emphatically in the hands
of the moat despicable and degraded class
of knaves that ever disgraced a Common
wealth, and tbotimeis not fardistant when
tho names of Cameron and Geary will
sound so much like Raphael Semmes that
no one w(U he able to justly classify them
in a different catalogue.
Wo do not know but that we are giving
too much prominence to Geary, as ho is
such an Ignoramus, and such a mlsreable
apology for a man, such a complete loafer,
who is allowed to spongeasubsistenco from
his more prosperous neighbors, that he
alone is not able to gain distinction as n
knave, or even as a loafer. The promise
Which he has already made and violated,
tho influence which he consented to have
, used to eflect his election, and the man
ner in which he is dovetailed with men
in tho State who are known to be knaves,
ought to be sufficient to keep him from be
ing inaugurated as Governor of the State.
But they will not. He will be placed in
tho office of Chief Executive with a howl
of triumph, amidst a tournament of sin
and corruption.
Our uninitiated readers may wonder
why we have not before given our opin
ions upon this subject, if jthey were held
from the beginning. We have intimated
them before, and have warned the people
of the State in general, the Republican
party in particular, that they were egregi
ously sold on John W. Geary ; but we
hoped that the management which had
him iu charge would be sufficiently pru
dent to cover up a portion of their naked
ness, and manifest by subsequent events
that it was their desire to foster the prin
ciples as well as tho Interests of the party.
But they have done nothing of the kind.
They seem to sacrifice every principle to
policy, and bury not only the honor and
power of the party but all its adherents iu
a grave of dishonor and oblivion.
The power of the Republican party in
Pennsylvania is for the present used up.
The imbecility andjineffioiency of our next
Governor, as a man within himself, will
disgust every member in both parties, and
tlie great public of the Commonwealth
will not dare trust the party with the se
lection of another man to rale over them.
The term of John W., Geary will be the
era from which will date thedecay of the
Republican party in Pennsylvania, and
which will furnish examples of folly to be
guarded against in the future. It will
constitute a severe, and, we hope,, a bene
ficial lesson to the party, which will teach
it that honesty and consistency must not
be sacrified to the pollicy of the time be
ing. Or, In otiier words, that availability
will avail nothing when itdoos not bring
with it an amount of brain and legitimate
power sufficient to control at all times an
honest majority in the party. The peo
ple are already disgusted.with Geary.—
Their expressions are loud and unmista
kable, and though they may be smother
ed for a time, it will bo but a little while
before they flame out all over the State in
all their truth and power.
We are not disposed to award him so
much honor as to,give him tho benefit of
having created this disatisfaction himself.
On the contrary, we know he has not the
ability to doit. It has beenbroughtabout
hy the knaves and demagogues who have
had the management of him. Tho party
has allowed these men to deceive and
swindle it, to barter it off for a mess of
pottage which has not the merit of being
either palatable or d/gestable, and it at
once gives the Democracy the advantage
of the sympathy of the dissatisfied, and
an opportunity of regaining power by
offering men whom tho peopfoure willing
to accept on account of real merit. The
conclusion is, that the Republican party
in Pennsylvania must either be washed
and regenerated—or conclude to hereafter
suffer defeats.
is currently reported that dur
ing the contest for Senator at Harris
burg, Gen. Geary sent a friend to our
neighbor, Col. M’Clure. to notify him
that unless he ceased talking about him
he would whip him before the inaugur
ation, to which the Colonel replied that
if lie (Geary) attempted that there
would be no inauguration. The Colonel
might have added that if Genry succeed
ed in whipping him he would be the
first man he ever whipped.— Val. Spirit.
Presidential Appointments.— On
Tuesday last the Senate confirmed twen
ty-six Presidential appointments, and
rejected twenty-one. Among the latter
are Wm. F. Johnston, collector of Phil
adelphia, and J. B. Flanigan, Naval
Officer,and John P. Kilgore, Appraiser.
Koontz, a member of Congress from
this State, has made a report adverse to
the petition, of citizens of foreign birth
of the District of Columbia, praying for
the same rights as granted to negroes.
Massachusetts has three negroes hi
her Legislature and three
thirty-four in the State Prison. ‘ .
WAS NEGBO SUFFRAGE THE ISSBB r
On Tuesday last, M. S. Quay, Radical
Representative from Beaver county, in
troduced Into tho lower House of the
State Legislature, a hill “ to provide for
holding a State Convention to revise and
amend the Constitution by striking the
word 1 white' out of U!” Now bo it re
membered that Milton S. Quay is one
of the leaders of the Republican party,
and was the Curtin candidate tor the
Speakership of tho House of Represen
tatives. tVhat have the Republican pa
pers to say now of their solemn asser
tion that negro suffrage was not an is
su'o before tho people of Pennsylvania
at the last election ? What -have their
orators to say, from Jack Hamilton even
down to Geary, who told the people that
the Constitution could not be amended
for four years ? Was negro suffrage not
a,n issue when Quay was elected? Was
dt not an issue when his Radical col
leagues, who will pass the bill, were
elected? Was it not an issue when
Geary, who will sign the bill, was elec
ted ? Lot the poof dupes of radical ras
cal! ty answer these questions; and when
they have been bound hand and foot,
and And negroes placed on a political
and social equality with them, let them
mourn the evil hour, in which they
trusted to the lying pledges, of Radical
politicians. If Mr. Quay pushes his
measure through the House, gets Ms
Convention together, and has a new Con
stitution formed by midsummer with’
the word “ white” omitted, they will be
attempting to vote negroes at every
poll in tho State at the next election;
and of course the poor dupes will con
tinue to believe the Radical leaders
when they tell them that “ negro suff
rage is not an issue.”
[From the Pittsburgh Post, January 17.1
Letter from CJilff Justice Goo. W. Wood*
ward, bcclclning a Roaomluatton.
By the follbwing correspondence, it will
be seen that the Hon. George W.. Wood
ward declines, positively, being again a
candidate for a seat upon the Supreme
Bench. This determination will be-* re
ceived with regret by the public ; though
his reasons for it aro digalfledj and will
command respect.
Pittsburgh, January 7,1867.
Hon. Qeo. W. Woodward, Chief Justice of
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ,
EearSiu: Nextfall thecitizensof Penn
sylvania will bo called upon to elect a
Judge of the Supreme Court. Tho public
mind would be greately relieved and the
public heart greately gratified to knqvy
that you would consent to be a candidate;
For fifteen years you have filled that high
position so ably, so acceptably, have
“ been so clear in your great office,that
you have won the confidence, affection
and admiration of*all men. We know of
no man in Pennsylvania of a more pure
and unsullied character, of more eminent
abilities as a jurist, or greater worth as a
citizen, and we earnestly trust that you
will permit these high qualities, embodied
in you. to continue to adorn the position
you have fil.led so long, and so well.
We are, with great respect,
Very truly yours,
Jas. 11, Hopkins, Alfred Kerr,
Geo. P. Hamilton, Thos. J. Keenan,
John H. Bailey, R. C. G. Sproul,
Christ. Magee, D. D. Bruce,
C. B. Kenney, N. P. Eetteuman.
Philadelphia, January 14, 1867.
Gentlemen: In answer to your very
kind note of the 7th instant, I am obliged
to say, as I have said in answer to numer
ous inquies of the same sort, that my pur
pose has long been unalterably fixed to re
tire from.tho bench at theclose of my con
stitutional term, in December next. Ido
therefore most respectfully,butdeftnltlely,
decline a renorainatlon, and X wish to be
so understood by all the deputies to the
nominating convention.
I have been deeply impressed by the
generality of the desire that I should re
main upon the bench. For a year past X
have been in receipt of such communica
tions on the subject, from every part of
the State, and from all classes of citizens,
as to leave no doubt, or room for doubt,
that tho Democratic people universally
wish for my re-election, and that many
Republican lawyers would cheerfully con
sent to it.
I allude to this fact, not merely to ex
press my gratitude for the public confi
dence which it implies, but also to say
that it has put me upon a' serious review
of the grounds of my declination. Not
meaning to state all the reasons that have
led me to my resolution, it is due to gentle
men who address me as you have done,
that I should remind you that thirty years
ago I maintained, in the Reform Conven
tion, that fifteen years were in general a
sufficiently Jong tenure for Judges of the
Supreme Court—that fifteen years ago,
when I took the office, I declared against
a renewal of the term—tlicfc this dclarution
has been repeated as often as X have had
occasion to speak upon the subject, and
that two years since I removed my resi
dence from this city to Wilkeabarre, in
anticipation of tho expiration of my term—
a change of residence which would not
have been made if any thought of re-elec
tion had been entertained.
Having advocated the substitution of
the limited for the fife tenure, I was un
willing to take any personal advantage
from it, and therefore peremtorily deolin*
ed a nomination in 1851, which would
have displaced one of these incumbents,
and the vacancy which I came on the
beueli to fill in 1852, was occasioned, not
by tho constitutional limitation, but by
the death of Judge Coulter. But now,
being the first Judge who has completed
the term of fifteen years under tho amend
ed Constitution, it seems to me to be my
duty, hi accordance with thoaentimentof
1837, to retire to give .place to a fresh re
cruit.
I know is is common to say, that as the
office is a difficult and responsible one, a
man with fifteen years or experience iu
it is better qualified to execute it, than a
man taken from tho Common Pleas, or
from the ranks of the profession. But an
observation of many years has led me to
. think that the public loses moreby the in
firmities of advancing age, and the per
functionary routine into which judges fall
than is gained by Jong experience.
Men are not ordinarily placed upon
this bench until they have attained ma
ture life and have had considcrablo expe
rience in the profession of law. A mere
novic would, Indeed, be greatly out of
place in a court of so large and diversified
jurisdiction. But when a man, past mid
dle life, lias served fifteen years, it seems
tome ho ought to hesitate about assuming
*bo onerous duties for fifteen years more.—
The question of the.renewal of the lease
ought to be considered not so much in re
spect to present qualifications, as to con
tinued competency. If his facilities fail
not, the tendency of long continuance in
office is to careless habits of study and
business.
If there is auy yirtue in the limited ten
ure, lam under peculiar obligations to
give the people the benefit of it, and
whatever others may do, it is especially
my duty to guard against the evils which
it was intended to remedy. My declina
tion therefore is final.
Renewing my thanks for your too kind
estimate of my public services, I am,
gentleman, with great regard, your obe
dient servant, Geo. W. Woodward,
To James H. Hopkins, George P. Hamil
ton, John H. Bailey, R. P. Flenkiu, H.
Burgwin, Esqrs., and others.
Bovs Out at Night.—The pratice of
allowing boys to spend their evenings in
the street is one of the most ruinous, dan
gerous and mischievous things possible.
Nothing so speedily and surely marks
their coarse downward. They acquire, un
der the cover of night, an unhealthy state
of mind, vulgar and profane language, ob
scene practices, criminal sentiments, and*
a lawless and riotous bearing. Indeed, it
is in the streets after nightfall, that the
boys generally acquire the education and
the capacity for becoming rowdy, disso
lute, criminal men. Parents, do you be
.lleve it? ‘Will you keep your children at,
Jbome at nights, and see that their home
Is made pleasant and profitable ?
THE SFPBE3IE COl/'BT.
Spee«li of Hon. J«romlnh S, Blnotc.
Tho following able speech was delivered
on the evening of the Bth instant, at tho
National Hotel, Washington, at the ban
quet given in honor of tho fifty-second
anniversary of tho battle of Now Orleans.
The speech was made in response to a toast
complimenting tho UultedStatosSupremo
Court:
Mb. Chairman : In the history of this
country it has never before been thought
i necessary either to toast tho Supremo
Court or defend it. But times have chang
ed. Very rccentlyattacksfullofbittorina
llgnity nave been made on that tribunal,
and measures aro deliberately taken to
break down its authority. Considering by
whom these assaults are made, and what
tho object of them Is, it would, perhaps,
bo better to encourage them, since it is
certain that In the long run they can do
no harm to anybody but tbolr authors. If
you have a viper to deal with, or a nest of
vipers, it is bettor to keep them biting at
a file than anything else they can lay their
teeth to. Still, it may not be Inappropri
ate to look for a moment at tho occasion
of tho present persecution.
Three private citizens of Indiana,, per
fectly Innocent of any offense—l say per
fectly innocent , because, up to this time no
human being has ever legally sworn oven
to a belie/ of their guilt—these citizens
were arrested, kidnapped, and carried be
fore a body of men wholly without power
to meddle with them—notauthorised even
to swear a witness for them or against
them—and there, aftoraproceeding which
It would bo mockery to call a trial, they
were ordered to be killed on a certain fix
ed day. In this condition of things tho
judicial authorities intervened, amh with
the aid of President Johnson, the victims
were rescued.
When the cause came into tho Supreme
Court the simple question was. whether a
citizen could bo lawfully deprived of bis
life without a fair, honest trial, before an
impartial jury ana a regular court. To this
there could be but one answer, and that
answer was given unanimously, ail tho
judges yielding their full and unreserved
assent to it. They held, in effect, that the
pretended trial was a conspiracy, and that
the execution, If it had taken place, would
have been a mere lawless murder. What
else could they do? To hang men with
out judge or jury Is an act so clearly for
bidden by tho fundamental law that no
one can make any mistake about it, if bo
has sense enough to know his right hand
from his left. The prohibition Is writren
down as plain as any one of the ten com
mandments; there is not a sentence in
the Lord's Prayer more simple; not a
moral precept can be found in the child's
primer-that is more easily understood. —
Vet the court is vilipended, and abused,
and slandered for saying it. The organs
of disunion, and anarchy publicly pro
claimed the* r determination to disregard
the decision, not because it is erroneous,
but because it confines their power by
limits inconveniently narrow. They de
clare that they will do, in defiance of it,
whatever gratifies their own passions or
promotes their own Interests; and they
impudently use this very expression : 4 * If
the law stands in our way x so much worse
/or the law.”
Mr. Thaddeua Stevens, the leader and
driver of the present Congress, denounces
this decision on the floor of the House. To
my certain knowledge he knows it to be
perfectly right. The senseless twaddle
about hanging American citizens by the
law of nations, on criminal accusations of
their own government, could hot for a
single instant impose on an understand
ing like his. But he slanders the judges
for deciding what ho knows and what
they know to he true, for no conceivable
reason except his desire that his particu
lar friends may continue to enjoy the de
lightful luxury ,of shedding innocent
blood. ”
The judges, and all who think with
them, are called traitors because they de
clare the Constitution to mean what it
says, and because they will not violate it
themselves or permit its violation by oth
ers when they can prevent It. If this con
flict for and against tho Constitution Im
plies treason on either side, the guilt does
not Ho at our door. It is not the man who
sustains and loves and believes in the laws
of his country that can be justly called a
traitor. But if there bean American citi
zen who, with an oath upon his consci
ence to support the Constitution, would
moke war upon it, subvert U by brutd
force, and take away the defenses it af
fords to life, liberty, and property, leaving
them to the mercy of mobs, murders, kid
nappers, military commislons, and bu
reaus of military justice, such a man’ is
thoroughly a traitor:
“ Ayo, from Iho extreme upwards of his head
ToThe descent and dost beneath his feet,
A most toad-spotted traitor.”
These arrows which they cast against
us, barbed and poisoned with tho accusa
tion of treason, rebound from our im
penetrable armor, and fall harmless at
our feet; for we are shielded and helmed,
and weapon with the truth; but if we
choose to take them up and send them
back at our adversaries, we. qtould leave
them quivering iu their very hearts,
A great truth, on which the safety of
society and the security of individual
rights must depend, is in its nature inde
structible. You may crush it torday,’ but
it will reappear and vindicate itself to
morrow. On the other hand, nothing is
so evahescent’or so fickle as the passions
that spring from the interests and the
prejuaics of the hour. Let the lesson of
history be heeded. Titus, Oates, Bedloe,
and Dangerfieid enjoyed a far greater
measure of popular confidence than ever
was bestowed on Mr. Holt, Mr. Conver,
Mr. Campbell, alias Hoare, or upon all
tho officers, agents, spies, delators, and
witnesses of the Miltary Bureau put to
gether. They—l mean Oates and compa
ny—were loudly applauded in Parllment;
they were the prime favorites of the
British people, and they were tho very
dariingsol’aU the clerical politicians. They
held tho life and honor of the nation in
their hands. If they but pointed a finger
at any individual he was doomed, and no
purity of previous character, no proof of
Innocence, however clear, could save him
from destruction. Such was their over
flowing prosperity one year; but before
the next cam© round those wretched mis
creants were bowling at the cart’s tall,
under the lash of the public executioner,
and the whole population of London was
clapping its hands with joy. Let the
man who puts his trust; in a false popu
larity beware of the rebound which Issuro
to come, sooner or later. It is written
down among the unchaugeable.decrees of
Almighty God that no lie shall live for
ever ; and especially la this true of a great,
raonstrousj bloody lie, like that which
the Supremo Court has put its broad foot
upon.
X have spoken of tljQcourfcaaacollective
body. All the judges concurred in the de
cision of the question before them. On a
merely speculative point which lay out
side of the record there was a dissent. The
minority was wrong, of course, as all mi
norities are... Each judge, however, met
his duty to the case itself, and all aro there
fore entitled to the reverence and respect
which is duo to the highest talent, coupled
with the purestiutegrity, Butoneamong
them is primus inter pares, not because he
la better or greater than the others, but be
cause he is more fortunate. He was select-,
ed as the organ’of the majority, and gave
expression to their judgment. Th e
thoughts that breath and the words that
burn all over fchatqpmionarehisthoughts
and his words. The irresistible logic
which goes through and through all ad
verse argument, and the felicity of Illus
tration which makes the whole subject
blaze with fight, are his own. That great
production will be a guide and a landmark
lor all future time; it identifies its author
lorevev with tho sacred cause of constitu
tional liberty, and makes his
“ Ono of tho few, tho immortal names,
That wore not born to die.".
It gives him a position to which no
earthly station,can add auy dignity, for a
man of j ust ambition would always rather
be a public benefactor than to hold high
office.
Mr. Chairman, when you recollect, that
the court has saved us from nothing less
■than tho total overthrow of oujr free gov
ernment, and when you observe the roar-
Ing and loamingof the calumny which as
sails it, I think you will agree with mo
that it is the duty of every Christian man
In America to put up a morning and eve
.nine Player for the long life of all the
judges, and the perpetual preservation of
their judicial authority.
Hon. John Beal, a prominent citi
zen of Juniata county, died' bn the’7th
last., aged 08 years.
OUB WASHINGTON BETTER.
Aw. Eaceltlafr Seen* In Noble
Stand itor ttoo hl|U of X>ob»io--Tho Jm.
Maohment fitt»ntou
' TbtnKa of It—Wfier© It wiU Cou*
, sr«MJonnl rnttoafli-Anpllioi 1 Specimen of
Stadlcal Jnotice •<■ The Arrival of Snrrnjt
"lie i* to ben WUneu At»lu»t tbo Vm»l
-; 'dent.
Correspondence AmeHcon Volunteer.
Washington, January 28, 1807.
Tuesday afternoon and night witnessed tho
most oxciting acono of tho present session. Ear
ly in tho afternoon Boutwoll reported a bill Irom
tho Judiciary Committee, tho object of which is
to annul tho decision of tho Supremo Court In
tho test oath case, and to proscribe rules for tho
Supreme Court, and other Courts of tho United
States, as to who shall bo admitted to practice ns
an attorney before thorn. In' reporting tho bill
Boutwoll took occasion to remark that if the
Court had notsufflclent self respect to adopt rules
excluding traitors, It was high time for tho Leg
islature to step in and adopt rales for them. This
monstrous proposition at onco brought several of
tho leading Democrats to thoir foot, and they
asked for Just one hour to discuss tho bill. But
no, tho Insolence of Radicalism would listen to
no such proposition—tho bill must bo passed and
passed at once, without a single hour’s discus
sion. Tho minority at onco determined to assort
thoir rights, and commenced a series of dilatory
motions to stave oft action an tho bill. Night
came and drew apace—tho hour of midnight
sounded—but still that glorious stout-hearted
little minority stood firm. One o’clock, two
o'clock came and wont—tho morning dawned,
and every conservative member stood at his
post. They folt that tho freedom of debate, tho
last citadel of liberty, was attacked, and It was
their duty to dofend It to tho last. There was too
much tyranny In this last move of tho*Radicals
for American hearts to submit too.
The Democratic members did well to make this
stand for tho right of dobato, and it is to bo hoped
they will resort to similar tactics whenever tho
domineering majority attempt to trample on
them again. And tho right of debate was not
the only question Involved; this bill struck at
the very Independence of tbo Judiciary, ft was
not merely the question whether attorneys who
participated In tho rebellion should be admitted
tq practice before the Supremo Court—but wheth
er the solemn decision of that Court could he set
aside by a resolution of Congress. It has hereto
fore been one of the settled principles of this
Government that tho Supreme Court may set
aside an act of Congress; but never before bos
the monstrous doctrine been broached that Con
gress can set aside and annul a decision of the
Supremo Court. If Congress is to bo the final
Judge of the constitutionality of its own acts,
then tho Constitution may as well bo burned. A
more barefaced attempt at usurpation was never
seen; a more fatal blow to constitutional govern
ment was never dealt, Yet what may wo not ex
pect when Mr. Wilson reports a bill which de
clares valid and conclusive certain proclamations
and consequent acts which tho Supreme Court
can only declare valid? and when Mr. Boutwoll
docs not hesitate to declare, 1 with strong empha
sis, ’ that tho Supremo Court exists but by tho
breath of Congross-*-tho Supremo Court, created
by the creator of Congress, to Interpret Its laws
and bo a check upon Its action! Congress lias no
more right to define the powers of tho Supreme
Court than to define Its own powers or those of
tho President. But lot the crazy fanatics go on
with their hellish orgies, In open, shameless dis
regard of law and right. If this bill passes the
Senate, it will be tho greatest blunder tho Radi
cals have yotraado. It will enable tho President
to send In o veto message more crushing in ar
gument, and more tolling in'lta exposure of the
dangerous designs of tho Radicals, than auy
state paper .over before published In this coun
try. It will bo tho occasion of, an appeal which
will startle the country. Lot but the people ful
ly understand that tho most august tribunal of
tho nation, In which rests their only hope of lib
erty, has pronounced tho condemnation of this
Rump Congress, and that, smarting under its
Judgment, tho Radicals have renounced all alle
giance to the,Court and the Constitution which
it interprets—lot but tho people know this, and
they will swoop these reckless revolutionists from
the places which ttioy now,disgrace.
There is evidently some secret conspiracy go
ing on among the'.members of the “Impeach
ment ring." They are all remarkably reticent;
oven Ashley is silent, while; the Judiciary Com
mittee seem to bo perfectly unfathomable. They
meet regularly every morning, and go through
tho usual routlao—frequently,on. some unimpor
tant matter—while tho groat investigation (as
Forney calls it) is not.ovon alluded to, 1. in
full committee. There Is a conclave outside,
however, and that conclave Is at work. .Not
withstanding tho emphatic denials of Radical
, members and Radical papers,.! am thoroughly
satisfied that tho men who are managing the
business on tho part of tbo House, ore not idle,
and have no intention of yloldldg, ,lf by their
“drag-net" process, they can obtain the least
particle of evidence against tho President, or If
any swift witness like Conover, for instance, can
bo found to furnish them with some manufac
tured testimony.
They will examine Surratt, when ho arrives, as
a matter of course, but Surratt, unsupported, will
not do, and others must bo found.to corroborate
whatever ho may bo willing to swear to. Ono
thing is certain, they aro conducting tho matter
in tho strictest secrecy, and It is almost Impossi
ble to find out precisely what is going on. The
bill of Mr, Representative ’Williams, to susptSfad
the functions of any civil onicer of tho Govern
ment pending his trial on articles of Impeach
ment, has been pretty freely discussed by Radi
cal members, and they are generally In favor of
■ It. The difficulty, however,- Is to enact It without
letting tho cat out of tho bag.
It Is rumored that ox-Doteotivo Baker Is one of
ihe principal pimps in the movement, and that
he has been authorized to huht up witnesses,,
.documents, &o. I am inclined to believe that
this is true, as it is well understood that he was
freely used to get up a cose against Jefferson Da
vis, at which ho labored* assiduously, and gave
tho Radical members of the Committee entire
satisfaction, so far as bis nefarious'efforts were
concerned. It is said that Secretary Stanton, In
conversation with a friend, gave it as his opin
ion that tho country is In more danger to-day
than at any time during the rebellion. Ho thinks
tho proposed impeachment of the President will.
If prosecuted much farther, lead to a war, the re
sult of which It la difficult to foretell, Tho Secre
tary is represented as being very apprehensive
lest Congress should take s6m<i fatal step la that
direction. Tills aouads.strahge- from Stanton.—
Nevertheless It. may be true... Stanton, War
Minister,' doubtless knows how. tho Presl fieiit
.will act in the event Of tho, Impeachment scheme
• being pushed,'and, though he acted
badly In many respects during the’war, his expe
rience in tho struggle, his wish not to see anoth
er bloody war, and his desire to retain his seat In
tho Cabinet, have combined, perhaps, to lead
him to oppose those Radicals with whom, he has
been so popular. .Stanton's advice, in connec
tion with other Radicals' opposition to this meas
ure, may have some effect in putting a stop to tho
movement. ■ *'
Tho result of tho whole matter will be that some
monstrous charges wlil be-“ trumped up" against
tho President, for political effect; and to give the
war on the South and the President some color'
of Justice, and there tho matter will be permitted
to rest, without attempting the Impossible task
of proving that tbolr charges bav6; ohy founda
tion In laot, recommending, In Radical twaddle,
that, “not wishing to disgrace the country by
such a scene and event os tho removal of a Pres
ident, we prefer rather to have him condemned
before tho popple," ' If they do proceed .with the
impeachment it wifi result in nothing less than a
hideous civil war in which men will be eager to
cut the throats of their nearest neighbors. It will
bo no such war as that from which wp.havo
emerged, in which the combatants were separa
ted by geographical Hues, There is no .part of
the country in which multitudes of the best citi
zens do not consider, the cause of thO President
as that of the Constitution, If an attempt is made
to depose him upon mere partisan grounds, they
will conclude that the supremacy of the Consti
tution may as well bo vindicated,, once for all,
and will accept tho risks and perils of maintain
ing it.
On Monday hist, about noon, tho Hon. E. D.
Holbrook, Delegate to Congress from the Territo
ry of Idaho, roughly accosted ex-Governor Cum
mings, demanding to liuow whether ho certified
that tho facts contained in ah artlcJoin the Chron •
icie of yesterday morning were true, in charging
that Hon. John A. Murphy, tho newly appointed
Governor of Idaho, had been Indicted formol*
feasance in oifico, and that tho. county safo #
which had been in tho possession of
had been broken open, and thatsomoof the mon
ey stolen therefrom was subsequently found in
his bed. To this Cummings replied that the char
ges were true, to which Holbrook took excep
tions, and said that tbo President might os well
be cbargodwlth appointing thieves to'office, and
struck Mr. ’Cummings lu the face with bis fist, af
ter which ho brought his cane into reqalsltlo n,
and knocked him down. Upon regaining his
feet Mr. Cummings tackled .Holbrook, but was
prevented from Inflicting thochustisomeatwhlch
ho deserved, Mr. Chadwick, the proprietor of tho
hotel, with some bystanders, Interfering and or
dering the parties irom tho house.
The House passed a bill on the 12tU increasing
the pay of amujority of thVdgljC thousand clerks
at Washington to the extent of twenty, per cent.*
—one-firth—tho Increase to date from June 1,.
180(1. The bill,provides, that no ono appointed
since January i, IWU, shall bo entitled.to this in-,
crease, in other words tho salary, of ©very oiork
appointed under the Iducolu dymwty ia.to bp in
creased one-fifth, whilst the. appointees of JProal-,
dent Johnson, for,a year / past-/ure t6'bb Jikt with;
thoir old salaries. Was over there such a dirty, .
low, Ignominious crow of thieved Id OflJfco befor' *
Tho steamerSwataro; wlthSur ratt. the conspir
ator, ou board, is expected to arrive liore about
the latter part of the month, but should the 100
continue hi tho river, she will probably, stop be
fore reaching the Potomac and communicate
with the Navy Department. Commander Jof
ftles, of the Swatara, was- directed by Admiral
Goldsborougb to proceed'lmmediately to tho
Washington Navy-yard and await orders from
tho Department.
mSCEiUNKOV s.
—They have oranges in Florida that weigh a
pound and a-half.
.—The country roads ate-impassable In many
places on account of snow drifts..
—A convention 6f Strong-minded women and
negroes was hold In Philadelphia last wpok. - ,
—A negro child was nearly all oaten by rats at
Henderson, Ky., a fow days since.
—How to make hens lay—Cut their heads off,—
This Is tho only way wo can got ours to lay.
—A colored man In Huntingdon, Pa., was poi
soned by eating deer. Ho saved blmsolf by an
emetic.
—A tree cut down In Indiana recently contain*
ed two coons and six rattlesnakes. „
r-It Is a groat satisfaction to know that the earth
weighs 000,000,000,000,000 tons..
—lSlght hundred years ago tho " water fall 1 ' was
a masculine appendage In Prhnco.'/iud quite the
mode among men of fashion,
—Thick shoes and underclothing, It Is estima
ted, have improved the health of the women at
least 25 per cent. Lot us hope they will always
continue fashionable. * S 'N
—Tho St Deals Democrai calhJupon unemployed
laborers to “ come West" wheub railroads,mines,
and all aorta of Improvements languish for want
of men to do the work.
—A Chlcago caterer has put cooking ranges In
to tho sleeping cars that run out of that city, so
that passengers may have a warm breakfast
without leaving tho cars.
—An oil well, In Unlontown, * ow d a Y*
since began to throw atones and water Into the
air to a bight of 100 foot; and kept up thopor/orm
auco for an hour’.
—This trying to live on Iboroputatlon of a dead
grandfather is Just about as enterprising na try
ing to hatch out rotten eggs under a tin weather
cock.
—At Pittsfield, Maas., one day last wopk, a fu
neral party wore compelled to abandon the corpse
in a snow storm, and It remained for several
hours In a huge anow drift.
—lt la reported that agents of the Pennsylvania
Railroad are In England for the purpose-of pur
chasing steamers to .run between Philadelphia
and Liverpool. • 1
—Governor Chamberlain, of Maine, In his in
augural message, says the State lost ten thoeand
men In the war, and twenty-five thousand had
come homo alive but hopelessly disabled.
—Trouble bos occurred in South Carolina, op
posite Bavnnnah, with the negroes, and United
States troops are now over there to preserve or
der. It ia reported that 200 to are
under arms to resist Qjcctmontfrom a plantation,
—A man In Chicago out his throat because ho
lost forty thousand dollars In oil speculations. If
all in this State, who lost money in oil specula
tions were to follow his example, thoStato wodld
soon ho depopulated.
—A boy of fifteen entered the National Bank at
Port Jervis, N, Y., on Saturday, and fired off a
pistol at one of the clerks, who was alone la the
Bank. Tho young rascal, whoso object la -sup
posed to have been plunder, was arrested.
—A bill providing for'a loyal-State'militia,
composed of both white,and colored men, has
passed one reading in the Tennessee House. In
tho same body a bill has been passed extending
the franchise to negroes.
-—'Two men working In a cooper shop at Bal
timore one day last week, got into a.quarrel, and
one of them nearly cut off the hood of the other
with a single stroke of a drawing knife, causing
instant death.
—An old rag picker died lately near Boston, ap
parently In great poverty. Just prior to her
decease, several thousand 'dollars in gold wore
discovered sewed up in one of her skirts.
—A tipsy loafer mistook a globe lamp with let
ters on It for the queen of night. ' ‘*J'lbo blessed,"
said be, “i/.somobody hain’t stuck an advertise
ment on tho moon. ■
—The State Agricultural .Society have re-elec
ted A. Royd Hamilton President, and have ap
pointed a committee to invito propositions for
a locality at which to hold the annual fair on
September 21,25,29, and 27th,oMhis, year.
—The Maryland Legislature has passed an act
abolishing tho article In the code porraltlng tho
sale of negroes Into slavery as a punishment of
crime. There will be, hereafter, no distinction
In the State In the mode of punishing white and
black criminals.
—Boston Is announced as returning toprlml
live customs, an Innovation having been made
■ upon tho rules of fashionable ilfoby issuing In
vitations to a stylish'.party. In which It Is an
nounced that tho Entertainment begins at three
and ends at eight In the evening. Tho good sense
of this proceeding cannot bo too highly praised
—.South Carolina darkles are emigrating to
Florida; Florida darkles are flitting to Georgia
and Alabama; and tho "colored citizens" of tho
latter States are wending their way to Texas—all
seeking tho Freedman’s Paradise, and not find
ing it. Hadn't a very large number of them bet
ter try Boston ?
—Tho greatest show storm of the past ten years
fell in New York and New England on thursday,
tho.lTfch, blockading railroads and causing an al
most stoppage of transportation. The same state
of affairs existed all over Pennsylvania. Wo are
informed from New Orleans that enow has .fallen
in that city for tho first time since 1852.
—Mark Haines, engineer at tho Duncannon
Nail Factory, was killed on Monday, by being
caught'ln tho machinery. It appears that h’e was
about fixing something at tho machinery , when
.he was caught In the bolting and thrown upon
•tho cog-wheels, then lb motion, which crushed
and cut his body in to two parts,
—On tho night of tho 28th lust., a disturbance
‘took place at what is known as tho Half-way
House, between Harrisburg and HJghsplre,.be
tween some colored men from Harrisburg, Du
ring the melee, Jacob Jones, stabbed Bonf.Mdoro
la the abdomen, lotting out his bowels. His
wounds wore not dressed untlll tho following
morning shortly after which be died. Jones wos
arrested and committed to prison.
—A terrible accident occurred in an ore mine
of tho Cambria Iron company, on Saturday last,
iby which two Englishmen, l named Dunn and
Hotchkins, wore almost instantly killed, by tho
premature explosion of . a blast. Dunn leaves a
wife and five .children in England. Hotchkins
was about 21 years of age, andhadbeoea bore but
a short time, and loaves no family. Wo hear
that tho family of Dunn was expected by him to
' arrive Ju Johnstown in a short time. ’How very
sad Is the story which a few linos of printers’
■types suffice to narrate. ;
POLITICAL.
—James W. Nyo has been ro-olcctod IT. 8. Beu
ato'r'ffom Nevada; '
—<3ov, Morton was re-elected V. 8. Senator
from Indiana on Tuesday.
—Geo, W. Woodward has declined a ro-oloctlon
as Judge of tho Supremo Court of Pennsylvania.
—Gov. Geary’slnaugaral places him In thosamo
boat with Btovoufl and his Radical ofew.
1 —lt Is said that the bill—s23,ooB—for the Radical
bauquetat the opening of the Rump yet remains
unpaid to tho honest German who prepared tho
feast. ; •
. —General Harrlmau, the Republican candidate
.for Governor of New Hampshire, and Hon. John -
G. Sinclair, iho Democratic candidate, have ar
; ranged to - stump Uio State together, conmaeuc
lug on Friday, February 8. -
—Judge Kelley duos not Hire Mr, McCullogh's
financiering. It the Secretary misused govern-'
raent paper us badly as the Judge does In print*
iug his speeches, national bankruptcy would bo
a relief.— Jiotlon J?osU
—A Match lor Stevens—Horace Greeley obtain
ed 7 votes for United Stales Senator la ‘the loyal
caucus of the New York Legislature, precisely
the same number thrown forlour.'own “great
Commoner."
. I Tho.hlllu establishing pegro suffrage lii the
‘Territories and-repealing the Amnesty act have,
become laws without the approval of the Presi
dent, ho pot having returned them' to Congress
within the ten days proscribed-by the Constitu
tion, , 1
—•Theßepublican Congressmen, from Pennsyl
vania,’ headed by Mr,‘Stevens, have protested
against the confirmation of Senator Cowan as
Minister to Austria.
—6. G. Pomeroy and B. G. Ross wore on Wed
nesday elected United. States Bonators by the
Kansas Legislature, Ross being chosen to 11U Iho
vacancy caused by the death of Senator Lane, ’
—The New Hampshire Democratic Convention
met . last Wednesday, and re-nomlnated Hon,
John O. Sinclair, for Governor,- - The resolutions
.adopted favor the calling Of p, National" Conven
tion, and affirih tUo'ywual Demodrotlq principles;
•■KCoh (lj Forney,Vlth two daUypbpers and the'
:patrbpagoLof,,the"; Rump ,Senate, at'hla’baok, as
Wolios the jolnt labors of the-watchdog—Bte*;
•vons—af loyal H, :B.^ r in. their' horoulean ‘ effort
Jto become. United Btatoaßonators, commanded
Wn volet, . 1 '
-Hnddopp, a murderer, will bn him, i; ■ „
town on tho sixth of February SlO
-Nelllo Doan, the twelve-year nl.i
gets J2ooa week and her expenses, l n Hit* 8 ’
—Thaddoas Stereos has boon elected a U ' e ’
of a are company at Lancaster. Jt is
whether tho company- Is black or whim ,Wkl
-A Mr, Bates, of Kentucky, twenty ...
ngo, Is seven foot eleven Inches Utah . . 01
growing. Ho Is tho " baby” of cloven cWw ' IIU
—The Into Gen. Cass was rocked la a tC °'
hand sugar trough. Think of ihot 'ef,™ 11 '
young men,' ’ - niJl hoiu
- -Mr. Holbrook, Dolegatofrom Idaho ,
a rough and tumble flght with Mr. Catnmi ° to
Willard’s, In WtuihlngtQu. lasL Tuesday • *’’ “*
—Brownlow astonishes and grathtei Ten
by tho announcement that ho wilt
public life at tho close of his term ss Qovutno
—Jcro Maco, Joe' Goss and other nohnlon
gitlsts, have been sentenced to throe month o'
prlsonment In Derbyshire, England tot ™ ' n ‘
patlon In a prize light." , . ’ Battlcl-
Caucasian.
—Onward-Opposltton-to-PresbyterlanlAtnn
c hinson, Is tho name of a son of a mni
Bahtlst In West Ely, Maroon County,Mlfflowi "
—Wm. T. Torbot, an ox-roboi officer of tfaost
ondoah, has made a bot of S5OO that tho omm?'
Booth la oil vo, and pledges himself to brine hr ,
for it within six months.' bproot
—Tho difference between,-Whittier's nQWpo .
and tho Massachusetts schoolmarms is that n
former is “TheTont on tho Beach," and Umi .
tor are bent on the teach.
-Walter Bifown, of Portland has nttasM ,
rowing match with Hamlll, of Pittsburgh ? om ,
sylvaala, tor 8-1,000 ovora flvc-mllo course.
is allowod.s3oo for expenses, ' wn
-It Is stated that ;aen. Bhcrman;toia s tend
that ho always llkod-to obey orders, but ho b
d dlf ho was going to ride a thousand mile!
ou a mulo to hunt for Juarez, or Maximilian ollh
Mrs. Burdoll Cunningham, who was reported
among those lost on tho steamer Evening star la
at present residing at San Francisco, where sho
seven years ago married a gentleman ;natned
Hayes. '
—Rev, Dr. Prcstloy/.0/ Pittsburg, lately dlgmis.
sed from the ministry for gross misconduct has
commenced tho practice of law. For some years
past ho has. been a very zealous Radical stump
speaker, denouncing the Immoralities of hU
opponents at an unsparing rate.
—Rochester,Jan. 25.—Tho Rev. Joel Ltatoley
the man who whipped his child, three years old
to death, lost June, In Shelby, Orleans county, is
now undergoing his trial for manslaughter,' at
Albon. In tho court of oyer and terminer. The
excitement over tho trial Isgroat in Orleans conn
ty.
—A good looking Methodlstclcrgymau," Rev.”
L. R. Bunn, has been arrested In Loulsvllo. for
the ruin of a young Miss Nellie Davison, of Indi
anapolis. It was the old story. Tho fellow li
making shoes for-tho State, at a five years' peril,
tenlhiry engagement.
—Ben. Butler has lately, had another batch o(
suits entered against him in Now York, by loyal
Southerners whom, It Is alleged, ho robbed or de
frauded, It is altogether probable that Ben’i
Idea lo getting elected to Congress was to secura
exemption, os a member, fi;om arrest and pun
ishment. The " Beast" has In turn sued » Brick"
pomeroy for libel, laying ills damages at 3100,00),
Special ‘Notices.
Dr. Schenck’s Pulmonic Syiwp.—
This great medicine cured Dr. J. H. Schenck, tho
Proprietor, of Pulmonary Consumption, when U
had assumed Us most formidable aspect, cud
when speedy death appeared to bo luovltaWe.-
Hls physicians pronounced his enso incurable,
when ho commenced tho use of this simple but
powerful remedy. HU health was restored in a
very short time, and no return of the disease has
been apprehended, for all the symptoms quickly
disappeared, nud his present weight U more than
two hundred pounds.
Since Ulsrccovory, ho hasdovotcdhisaUcuUwi
exclusively to'tho euro of Consumption, and tb»
diseases which arc usually complicated with U,
and the cures effected by fils medicines libv«
been very numerous and truly wonderful. Dr.
Bobonok makes professional visits to several ol
tho larger cities weekly, whore ho has a large
concourse of patients, and it is truly 'astonishing
to.soo poor consumptives that have to bo lifted
out of their carriages, and in a few months heal
thy, robust persons. Dr. Schonck’s pulmonic
Syrup, Seaweed' Tonic and Mandrake Pills an
generally all required in curing Consumption,-
Full directions accompany each, ao that any on#
can take them without seeing Dr. Sohdnck.W
when it Is convenient It Je best to see him. ,lh
gives advice free, but/or a thorough examination
with his Respiromoter hls fee Is three dollars.
Please observe, when purchasing, that the two
likenesses of tho Doctor—one when in the last
stage of Consumptlon.and tho other as he nowli
in perfect health—are on thoGovornmcutstamp.
Sold by all Druggists and? Dealers. Price 81.50
per bottle, or 87,50 the half dozen. Letters for ad
vice should always bo directed to Dr. Schenck'i
Principal Office, No. 15, North Oth St., Philo., Pa.
General Wholesale Agents; Demos Barnes A
Co., N. Y.; S. S. Hanco, Baltimore, Md.; John ft
Parke, Cincinnati, Ohio; Walker d£ Taylor, Chi
cago, 111.; Collins Bros., Bt. Louis, Mo.
Nov. I,lBoo—Sd w ea mo ly
Bbmediali Institute * for Special
Cases, No. 14, Pond Street, JVcwj York.' 43“ Full
Information, with tho highest testimonials; also,
a Book on Special Dljea-ies, In a scaled envelope,
sont/ree.tEft Be,sure and send for them, and you
will not regret It; for, as advertising physician
arc generally imposters, without references
stranger Should bo trusted. Enclose a stamp for
postage, and direct to Dr. LAWRENCE, No. W
Bond Street, Now York.
. Nov.ls,lBoo—ly
To CoNSuarrpiVEA—The advertiser, bating
been restored to health in a fewweeks by a very
simple remedy, after having suffered for several
years with a severe lung’affeotlon, and that dread
disease, Consumption—is anxious tomakokaoiTO
to his fellow-sufferers the means of care.
To all who desire It, he will send a copy of tlu
prescription used (free of charge,) with tho three
tlons for preparing and using tho same, which
hoy will find a sure cure for Consumption, Ast
hma, Bronchits, Coughs, Colds, and all Throat
and Lung Affections. The only-object of the ad
vertiser in sending the Prescription is to benefit
’ thd afflicted, and spread information which ho
conceives to bo Invaluable, and ho hopes every
sufferer will try his remedy, os It will cost them
nothing, and may prove a blessing.
Parties, wishing the prescription, free by return
mail, will please address
REV. EDWARD A. WILSON.
, Williamsburg, Kings Co., N. Y.
Fob. 22,1800.—1 y
A Card to Invalids,—A Clergyman
while residing In South Amorlta aa a missionary
discovered a safe and simple remedy for the Caro
of Nervous Weakness, Early Deoay, Diseases of
the Urinary and Seminal Organs, and tho whole
train of disorders brought, on by baneful and vi
cious habits. Great numbers have been already
cured by this noble remedy. Prompted by a de»
alro to benefit the afflicted and unfortunate, I
ill send tho rocolpe for preparing and using
this medicine, in a sealed envelope, to any oao
who needs it, Free of Cliarge,
Please iftoloso a post-paid envelope, addressed
to yourself.
Address,
April 10, isac-ly*
Wonderful, but : True ! Madame
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SonambullaUb Clairvoyant, while la a clalrvoy
ant state, deUneatcstho very features of tbo P® ’
son you are to' marry, and by tho old of au Instra
meat of Intense power, known as tho prycliojno*
trope, guarantees to produce a perfect aud lu •
like picture of the future husband-br wife of t
applicant, with date of marriage, ocoupaho ,
leading traits of character, Ac. This Is no imp ’
sitlon, as'testimonials without number can
sert. By stating place of birth, age, diapoßltlo ,
color of eyes and hair, and enclosing fifty ® e “
and stamped envelope addressed to yourself, y
will receive the picture by return moll, tegoth
with desired information.
Addresslh confidence, Madame Gertrude Re
Ington, P, 0. Box 207, West Troy, N. v.
Nov. 16, iSWWJiu
Ekkoiib off Youth.—A Gentleman who Buffo *
for years from Nervous Debility, Promote*&
cay.andaU the afreets oL youthful indtaoteu •
will for the sake of suffering humanity, send*
to all who need It, the recipe, and directions _
making the simple remedy by , which “®
cured. Sufferers wishing to profit by the au
User’s experience, can do ao by addressing
- JOHN S. OGDEtf-■
. - No. 13 Chambers St, N. I-
Fob, 22,18WJ— 2y
* Sthanqb, Btrr Thue.—Every young lady J 1
goallemau In tho United States can hear *
thing very much to their advantage by re
mall (free of charge,} by addressing' 4ll6
signed. Those having fears of being humbugs
will oblige by not noticing this card. All otn
Will please address their obedient servant, -
-THOS. F. CHAPMAN*
831 Broadway, N* •
Feb.22;l6W-ly . • k
PERSONAL.
JOSEPH T- INJ4AN,
Station t>, Dibio House,
New York City*