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Thnri&v Jfornlmr, M* y 9,1807-
XUK THE SOUTH.
Wilson, Holly, Gibbons, and other (
demagogues- tt the negro party, are ]
now on a stumping tour In the South, ,
haranguing the negroes And urging j
them to ahtagonlEe tho Whites, “sot up
f
for themaelvea,” and.“ vote solid with (
the Republican party.’' It is a noticea- (
ble fact that ■ not one of the score or
more of Northern slapgwhangers who (
are now perambulating the South and |
.Instructing the. negroes how to vote,
gave any assistance to the Government
to put down the rebellion. They did
not show their ugly mugs in any of the ■
Southern States when live rebels were
about and when fighting was to be done. ;
No, no—they remained at home, every
mother’s son of them, where they put
in their time as Government contrac
tors, acting well, their part as “ loyal
.thieves,” A more arrant spt of co>yard,s,
ombre remorseless set of blood-suckers,
are not to be found fn all the Northern
States than these “distinguished ora
tors” who are now delivering speeches
before the negroes of the South. They
should be ashamed to visit the South at
this time, when all danger is over, and
when the decent men of that section
have no desire to see them. The people
of the South are in no frame of mind to
give ear to these Yankee adyentftrers.
With all-their efforts, scores of people
of that section are actually starving to
death; babes are fainting in their moth
ers’ arms for want of food; misery and
desolation stare them in the face at eve--
ry turn. And yet as if to add to the
distress of this sorrow-stricken and ruin
ed people, we see Wilson, and Kelly
and Gibbons, and other well-fed dema
gogues of the Radical-negro party inva
. ding their country-for the purpose of
creatlng a rebellious spirit among the
negroes. Such conduct would .disgrace
demons. No men having human
hearts under their jackets could or would
• engage •in a crusade like this. But
these men and those who act with them
have made money, aye, fortunes by pol
itics ; and now that they see the white
men of the nation turn their backs up
on, and threaten the destruction of the
Radical party, they enfranchise the ne
groes of the South, and then appeal to
them for their votes, hoping by this
means to retain their ill-gotten power.
But, we feel safe in saying, they count
without their host; the people, thank
God, are at last convinced that if this
Radical-negro party—this party of sin
and iniquity—is not checked and put
down, the destiny of our country is
sealed.- Wilson and his negroes canuot
save the Radical party from the merited
doom that awaits it. It has been weigh
ed in the ba'ance and fount] wanting,
and the people will rejoice when its in
famous career is ended.
GOVERNOR ENGLISH'S INAUGURAL.
Any one who has at heart the wel
fare of the country, will rise from a pe
rusal of the able, dignified and states
manlike message of Governor English,
with a feeling of intense relief. It is no
small consolation to know that there is
at least one State Executive in the
North who has the manliness to protest
against the shameless usurpations of the.
Radical majority in Congress, and the
ability to protest in such terms as de
mand a hearing and will enforce con
viction in every unbiased mind. Gov
ernor English believes that the cause? of
liberty in the South is the cause of Con
necticut ns much as of South Carolina;
for if the State government of Louisiana'
or South Carolina can be abolished and
all the safeguards of liberty overthrown
there to-day, the same thing may occur
in Connecticut to-morrow. We trust
the message will be generally read and
circulated.
Mrs. SurrattJ and her pompanions, were con
victed on the oath, of a fellow calling himself
Sanford Conover. Ho was procured and bribed
to swear ns he did by Holt and the bloodthirsty
hyenas acting with him. Conover has lust been
convicted of having sworn falsely on that trial,
and has been sentenced to ten years Imprison
ment at Sing Sing.— Exchange.
All right so far as the villain Cono
ver is concerned; but why is itthat the
much greater rascal, Holt, is not arres
ted, tried and punished? Holt deserves
a much longer punishment than his
dupe Conover. Indeed, if justice were
done him he would be hanged. He it
was who induced Conover to perjure
himself—-he bought Conover with a
price, and stole the government money
to pay him. Mrs. Surratt, who Butter
says “ was an innocent woman,” was
condemned and suffered death on the
gallows on the testimony of Conover.—
That testimony was perjury, and Holt
paid for it, not out of his own pocket,
but out of the pocket of Uncle Sam.—
He is the more guilty of the two, and
should be and we hope will be punished
to the full extent of the law.
The Baltimore AmeHoan, which like
Stanton, Wade, Wilson, Joe Holt, and
other “ grand moral” lights, was seces
sion in sentiment and expression before
the war, but Radical now, exults in the
belief thatßichmond may soon be
graced With a statue consecrated to the
memory of the philanthropic enthusiast
who died a felon’s death at Charlestown,
Virginia.” This means John Brown,
the traitor, horse-thief and murderer,
who was hung because he deserved to. be
hung.
The Louisiana Legislature appropri
ated $4,000,000 for the repair of the Mis
sissippi levees, to be disbursed by the
board of levee commissioners. Satrap
Sheridan, probably desiring to give his
friends a grab at the fund, abolished the
hoard and designated persons of his own
selection to take charge of the money.
The probabilities therefore are that the
bulk of the four million will repair more
pockets than levees.
Terrible. —lt is said that Bingham,
the Judge Advocate of the illegal, wit
ness-perjured, blood-thirsty Court that
hung Mrs. Surratt, is shewing symp
toms of insanity. What a terrible les
son these men are learning, and still,
with all the experience of the past, the
same fanatical tyrants are milita
ry commissions to-dny as one of their
appliances of oppression.
The leader of the Radicals in Virgin
ia, is a fellow by the name of Hunni
cutL "He professes to be a preacher,
and formerly was a slave driver. Ho
has been guilty of adultery, seduction,
and cruelty to the negroes. Yet, he is
one of tljese “ Republicans” founded
upon “ morallty and Christianity.”
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THCNDEB AT STEVENS’ BOOK I
Tiie result of the election in Lancaster *
city, the home of Stevens, is- ominous.’-
It goes to prove that the people ore
thinking, and,that they a.ro determined -,
to show their disapproval of the course
oftiio disunion blood-hounds ns often as
opportunity presents. It is n scathing
rebuke to the agitator and traitor, Thad,
Stevens, and a very proper answer to
his “ mild confiscation” scheme. Old
Thad, we see it stated, was exceedingly
anxious about this election, and distri
buted money with a reckless liberality,
hoping, by this means, to huy an en
dorsement of his treasonable course in
Congress, He was sanguine of success,
and so wrote to his negro-equality
friends a dnyor two before the election.
But the people of Lancaster city, firm,
defiant and ' angry, spurned Stevens’
money as well as his hell-bom schemes.
They tumefr oUt in their might, met
the disunion, demagogues and traitors
in every ward, and routed them, horse,
foot and dragoons. The majority for
Mayor Sanderson (570) is a gain of 241
since last October. This result, we re
peat, is ominous—a good indication. —
The re-aetioh has commenced—the
whirlwind is heard in the distance, and
ere long the “ traitors at the other end
of the line” will be put to flight, and
an indignant people will cohsig-n them
to the obscurity they deserve., ’ •
' BSp During the delivery of a prayer
by a divine in one of our churches re
cently, ho thanked Qod that in this
“ the freest ‘ government on earth, we
enjoyed freedom of speech and freedom
of the press.” What a whopper was
that! The people .of ten sovereign
States of this government are now un
der bayonet rule, and not a man living
in those States dare open his mouth to
express a political opinion,, except by
permission of the petty military satrap
who lords it over the people according
fo his Will arid pleasure. At the satrap’s
beck or nod men are thrown into prison,
fined and tortured. The editors of the
State are “ cautioned” not to speak dis-.
respectfully of the Radical party or the
Rump Congress, and several newspaper
offices in Virginia have recently been
cl- ised by order of satrap S (piloid, And
yet in, the face of these facts, we see oc
cupants of the pulpit returning thanks
to the Supreme Ruler, because,the peo
ple of this country enjoy the “ freedom
of speech and freedom of the press !”
Here in the North we dare speak and
write nou) as we please, but how was it
during the reign of the “ martyr ?” The
over two hundred Democratic journals
that were mobbed and “gutted” by
cowardly miscreants of the Radical fac
tion, should serve as an answer. It is
worse than mockery, therefore, to talk
about freedom of speech and of the
press. These privileges were crushed
out when the Radical-negro party ob
tained power in 1801.
How it Works.— The- State Tax
was assessed mostly upon personal prop
erty, professions, tradesand occupations,
and was partially paid by a class of per
sons not owning real estate. The Leg
islature repealed this tax, session . be
fore last, so as to be enabled to make a
little ’political capital. Last session
they were compelled to restore it dr
short of funds for steal
ing Sci'they went to work and appor
tioned it among tho -counties, ‘ ttius’
throwing it entirely upon farmers and
owners of real estate. The Republican
farmers of this county will no doubt feel
elated when the tax collectors tell them
what their additional tax is for. At the
same time wo congratulate Democratic
non-property holders on having been
relieved of a burthen. An ill-wind that
blows nobody good. But ouf Demo
cratic farmers, who are in. the lurch
with their abolition neighbors in this
respect, should not wait until the elec
tion draws nigh to explain this matter.
They should make it clear to them at
once.
The Pennsylvania Legislature, before*
their adjournment, passed a new election!
law, providing for a registry of voters,
twelve days before election—similar to
the New York law. The election board
meets twelve days before the election
and sits from 9 A. M.to 6 p. re
ceive the names of voters, and decide on
the claims of voters, and no one can
vote who is not registered on that day.
An effort was made by the Democrats
to amend the law and require the board
to sit until 9 p. ji., so that the working
men in large towns and cities could re
gister after quitting work. But the Ra
dicals voted it down.
The Booth diary, says an exchange,
will be published just as soon Its Holt
can find a man who is willing to swear
that it has not been mutilated since
taken from the body of Booth and
placed in his hands. He is searching
Massachusetts now, and it is said has
found a man who is ready to take the
desired oath. -
The abolition papers in New York
State, and the same crew in Pennsyl
vania, are unanimous in declaring that
their representatives In the Legislature
had never before been so bold and un
blushing in corruption. And yet these
men are the representatives of “ Repub
licanism—founded on morality and
Christianity!”—Faugh! .
The new colored men’s organ at Char
leston, (with the name of a negro at its
head for editor,) denounces Wilson, who
is now making speeches in thefiouth, in
bitter terms. It speaks of him as a*
“ mean Yankee, adventurer, ’’ and says
the “ colored people of the South want
no advice from him or inen like him.”
Poor Wilson. ! .
A war with the Indians on pur wes
tern frontiers is imminent. Our gov
ernment is making preparations there
for, and the Indians'are-very belliger-l
ent and troublesome. They rob. arid
murder on every opportunity.
Two thousand rebel dead were disin
tered at Camp Douglas, Illinois, and
buried again at Rock Hill. Did they
die ofthe same disease that the Union
soldiers died of at Andersonville ?
It is said that Gov. Geary insists that
his five hundred dollar portrait shall be
painted in colors that will not run. We
think this is a very necessary precau
tion. • ■ ■ , •
The monthly report of the Agricultu.
ral Bureau feyn the indications for a
good Wheat crop are favorable.
EtTjucra FBOJI,
THE OF ; '
GOVERNOR ENGLISH, OF' CONN.
Hon. Wm. B. English, of Connecticut
; was Inaugurated as Governor of that State,
bn May Ist. ’ The city of Hartford was
crowded with people; there was a gener
al turn-out of the military of the State ;
a graud feast was prepared in a grove ad-,
joining the city ; and altogether it was a
grand jubilee In honor of the return of bet
ter days. Below. we givuthat portion of
his message relaiiugto national affairs and
we trust it will receive a careful perusal,
forthe suggestions itrcoii tains well deserve
the thoughtfulcorislderation of every citi
zen who desires to preserve the liberties
of his country from the insidious assaults
of despotism aud reckless fanaticism ;
. NATIONAL AFFAIRS.
The situation of public affairs is in every
aspect important. Two years have elap
sed since our country emerged Irorii a civil
•wdr such as the world had never witness-
ed; a war which had been waged to main
tain the supremacy of the federal Consti
tution and the integrity of, the National
Union. Over the ciilarnitlties of that un-
happy conflict which desolated so large a
■portion of our country and carried sorrow
into so'many households, we long shall
mourn ; but as citizens of a com naon coun
try we should strive to,'extinguish the
vindictive resentments it engendered. .
The right of a State voluntarily to with
draw from tlio Union has been abandoned
by those who attempted to carry it into
effect. Four years of sanguinary war
fare brought this‘result to the country;
aiid yetthe great object of that war has
thus far been defeated.. The Union is not
restored. Ten States are. by the-aetloh of
Congress, denied all participation in the
National Government, the laws of which
thoytare required to obey. Measures such
as these tend to empire not to union., If
persisted In they must inevitably destroy
the federative character of- our govern
ment, and transform the Republic into a
despotism. The course of legislation pur
sued by Congress towards the ten States
ol the South, is, in my judgment, wholly
unwnianted by our fundamental law, and
as fatal to the Union and the Constitution
as the principle of secession which has
been suppressed. ;
„ From the adoption of the Constitution
there have been conflicting opinions and
principles in regard to the powers which
have been delegated to the federal govern
ment and those which have been reserved
to the States. In the opinion of.one por
tion of bur countrymen the concentration
and exercise of Inoro poWer than was
granted is essential to give strength and
efficiency to the central Government.—
Another portion Insist that the authority
conferred ■ was ample—That indeed Us
tendency is constantly aggressive and in
creasing, encroaching upon the rights of
the people, and that if not carefully held
in check all the important powers of the
government will bo ultimately absorbed
in one great central empire. And around
thesecouflictiugopiuionapolitical organi
zations grew up at 311 early day in our
history. ■
Until a recent period the good sense of
our people so modified and tempered the
excess of party spirit that the public trau •
quilty has been preserved and the govern
ment and laws universally respected.—
But the passions of men at last gained
■ sway. The restraints of the Constitution
chafed upon those who Were striving only
for political power. One extreme begat
another, until n large portion of the peo
ple of the slaveholding States madly took
up arras to maintain tile asserted right of
secession. Few will q uestlon the sinceri
ty of hiost of those who voluntarily; took
part in this armed resistance. The suf
ferings, hardships and sacrifices, they en
dured too clearly attest it.
Overpowered by the armies 0/ the Re
public, they surrendered, acknowledged
their allegiance to the Government which
they had opposed, and,accepted the legal
consequences of their acts. Their im
mense armies quietly dispersed to their
homes.under the terms of the surrender,
and resumed their peaceful avocations,
To bring order out of chaos—to restore
to their legitimate functions the State
authorities, and to re-establish their brok
en relations with thefcderal government,
- Wccume'atronce-a'wurK ufucu—Uy. Ao
Commander in-Chief of the armies, Pre
sident Lincoln addressed himself to that
[ work. Under his plan, matured by Pre
sident Johnson, the States were reorgan
ized. In obedience to its requirements,
their Constitutions and laws were chang
ed, and, hy the aid of the people of each
of those States, slavery was forever abol
ished. By this process the re-establlsh
raent of the Union was essentially con
summated. Little more was thencefor
ward required.for the country to move on
ward in a harmonious and prosperous
career than the admission of Senators and
Representatives from those States to seats
inirongress.
Unfortunately the tendency to centrali
zation had received new impetus during
the war, consequent on the exercise of ex-:
traordinary powers by the Government,
and this developed a new and extreme
.partisan spirit. It demanded the exolu
rslon of the late insurrectionary States
from any constitutional rights within the
Union. Assuming that the war in . its
practical results was a failure, that the
Union is really divided, that the inhabi
tants of the ten States which combined
under the so-called confederacy are alien
enemies, and with the exception of the
blacks, are to be treated as a conquered
and subjugated people, Congress has ar
bitrarily excluded the Senators and Rep
resentatives of these States from the hulls
of legislation, and refused even to exam
ine their credentials. By this means,
Congress has taken possession of the gov
ernment, and under the dictation of a
committee, whose sessions have been held
in secret, has set aside some of the most
important and salutary provisions of the
Constitution, and even menaced with its
power the independent action of the ju
diciary.
Theleglslation of the Thirty-Ninth Con
grss was; to a large extent, a series of
usurpations and infractions of the Consti
tution, commencing with propositions to
enforce amendments of that instrument,
in the inception bf which nearly one
third of the States, and fully one-third of
the people, had no voice, and eventuating
in placing that people in a time bf pro
found peaoe under military domination.
The bill to establish military govern
ment over the ten Southern States and
which assumes to annul the State and
municipal governments and the legal
tribunals of that portion of.our country,
has justly alarmed the apprehensions of
considerate and reflecting citizens. It is
in effect establishing martial law over
those States. But whence does Congress
derive the power to subject any portion of
the citizens of the United States to mar
tial law ? Martial law is not military law.
It embraces the citizen as w?ll as the sol
dier. It is the substitution of the will of
the commanding officer, in an enemy’s
country in time of war for the municipal
law which previously prevailed. It is a
creature of necessity, and exists only
where no municipal law is -in force, or
where the success of military operations
fenders its suspension for the time being
necessary. The deliberate enactment of
martial law by a Legislature id a solecism.
For a Legislature has .time and opportu
nity to enact municipal laws to be ad-;
ministered, by civil tribunals in conform!-'
ty to the' Constitution or organic law. —
Congress has no power not granted to it
by the Constitution and martial law is
something wholjy without the Constitu
tion, existing only by the absence of law..
It has ho more power under the Constitu
tion to establish' military government in
Southern States tbamto institute an order
of nobility in New England. - - - !
Within the last month it has been au
thoritively deolared'-by the Lord Chief
Justice of England, in a notable case, that
the - -power to establish martial law has
never belonged to the British Crown, un
der any circumstances and whether ih thq
colonies or at home, and that “ it hfever
should be forgotten that whatever might
be the charge of which a man might be
accused, though he might be a rebel and
the worst traitor that whs ever brought to
the block, yet, until hewos convicted and
until his life was taken, he was still a
British subject, entitled when tried to
those safeguards which were of the es
sence of justice:’,’ z i .. - .-i I
It is strange indeed that this power so
extraordinary that no British sovereign
ever dared to claim it as a prerogative of
his crown, can-he-supposed to reside in
-the constitution of a republic, established
by a people' who revolted agahist;Great
Brltlan that itbey -might better secure
theirllberlies by of n writ-,
.ten cohstltutlon with llmitcllwiuiweUde
'flned iowlefti;
Butthe’evll consequences of this leglff=~
lationdo not stop with the establishment
'of martlqlllnw. Congress has assumed
tbat ppwer only for the purpose of more
Thoroughly accomplishing the subversion
of Stateauthority. By the military arm
IC.bas not only stricken' down all local
civil government In those Btates, but, by
its aid, it determines who shall, and who
shall not, participate In forming the gov
ernments that may be allowed to s thom
for the regulation of their local concerns.
It assumes the power, to disfranchise.the,
white inhabitants of thOse States and to
enfranchise the black—thus condemning
without Conviction or trial' a large por
tion of their , intelligent population, and
placing the political power, in the hands
of those who have never participated in
the affairs of government; and a large
majority of whom cannot read the ballots
they are authorized to Cast. This is not
reconstruction. It is not a measure of
peace,, but a measure of war.
Local self-government is the very cor
ner-stone of our Republican fabric. All
stable govern ments recognize power os a
mere principle of governmental policy.—
for a republic to discard it is suicidal.
It'must be borne In mind that when
these extraordinary, powers were, assum
ed by Congress, our armies had been
Withdrawn. and disbanded. Peace had
been proclaimed, Congress itself, had ac
knowledged the suppression of , the rebl
lllon by a public act. All departments of
government, State and national, were
peacefully and without obstruction exer
cising their functions in those States.—
The- people were adapting themselves
with unanimity and good feeling, aud
with remarkable order, to Ithe,. changed
social condition which followed the noo-.
lition of slavery and the, disbandment of
their armies. . 1
If Congress can thus legislate for . these
States it is not difficult to foresee, in the
not distant future, like Interference in
other States. If these powers, thus ex
ercised, have been rightfully exercised,
then the constitution of Connecticut and
•the ancient right of the people, so often
asserted when a colony of Great Britain,
to “regulate their internal affairs in their
own way,” are henceforth subject to the
will orcaprice ofa Congressional majority.,
The Constitution requires that tile Presi
dent shall take care that the laws be faith
fully executed ; but Congress has seen lit
to change the prescribed time of its meet
ing so as to secure a continuous session
for the purpose of enforcing laws by Its
own decrees, aud to hold the constitu--
ttonnj authority of the Executive subject;
to its will. For this change, uncalled lor
aud unexpected, the country was unpre
pared. In consequence of this, Connecti
cut was unrepresented in the popular
branch during the. late session, convened
at an extraordinary time, during which
laws of momentous interest were hurri
edly passed in the absence of the repre
sentatives ofseveateen of the thirty:sev
en States of the Union. Bo broken and
depleted was this fragmentary Congress
that it did not venture to appolnttheVog
ular standing committees, though adop
ting without hesitation laws of vital con
sequence to a large section of settled
policy of our republican system.
Inthis connection I may with propriety
allude to the course of the Senate in arro
gating the power to select, as well as to
confirm, aud in dictating to tbePresident
in regard, to his appointments. While
the President is.responsible for the faith"
ful execution of the laws, the Senate,
which' is irresponsible, by an abuse of
power, refuses to allow him 10 select
agents in whom ho- has confidence, but
insists that be,shall only appoint those
who are opposed to him, his measures and
the policy which'he believes to be for the
interest of the country. Estimable men
of admitted ability and integrity, many
of them having served with fidelity
through the war, have been thus rejected
for no other reason than they bud receiv
ed the confidence of the President.
It was In pursuance of this, purpose to
absorb , within its grasp the functions
which legitimately nppeitaln to tire oth
er brandies of the government, that it
was proposed to take the pardoning pow
er from the Executive where the Consti
tution has placed -it, and, by an ex post
facto proceeding, confer it in certain con
tingencies upon Congress. When the
insurgent armies surrendered, their sol
diers became amenably to the then exist
ing; laws. It..certainly could not, have
1 been supposed, that they'were .to hi.
oo ted under new ancf different laws which
were thereafter to be enacted. Yet it is a
lamentable fact that Congress during the
past two years has employed no incon
siderable portion of its time in devising
new laws for the punishment of past ot
ences—a proceeding bad in policy and re
pugnant to the great principles on which
free governments are foumiedj and to the
common sentiment of an enlightenedage.
I have thus particularly brought to your
attention these actsof the federal Congress,
because, in my judgment, their tendency
is to revolutionize the character of our
government, and, therefore they vitally
concern the people of Connecticut. That
the inhabitants of the proscribed States
will peacefully submit to the rule that
has been provided for them.no one can
doubt. The helplessness todo otherwise,
il nothing else, assures this. That a
Union of coequal States under the Con
stitution may result from submission, is
my most fervent hope. But questions of
serious import to us will still remain.—.
Will the precedent thus set'by Congress
be forgotten ? Will the Constitution
which Is impotent to restrain the fury of
a minority to day,' : become'the sacred
shelld it once was for the minority to
morrow ? Will the sword that Is so easi
ly drawn to establish a Constitution now,
bo allowed to rest in its sheath if needed
to overthrow a Constitution hereafter?—
ft has been the honest boast and just glo
ry of the soldier that he has saved-to our
people their old flag without a stnrdls-
C laced or a stripe broken—but useless has
een the sacrifice if the people no longer
retain their faith in constitutional gov
ernment. If the charter of our liberties
has been lost, nothing has been won.
More than ever at the' present time
should any infraction of the Constitution
be regarded as a public calamity. By the
vast increase of our public indebtedness
every question which concerns the gov
ernment credit comes home to every per
son in the laud. By that credit all yalues
are measured. It lies at the foundation
of all our wealth, our industry—of society
itself. No calamities of the past can ex-;
cued those which will befall us if.the pub
lid credit should give away. ■ But how is‘
it to be preserved if the supreme law Of
the laud is itself repudiated? In what
market of the world is that Government
trusted which is swayed by revolutionary
factions, Intent only upon the gratifica
tion of ambition or the Indulgence of par
tisan resentment? Had the effort of-
Congress been promptly directed, the in-;
duslry and trade of the whole country
would long since have felt the grateful
influence, and the public credit been
strengthened.,
It has long been the pride of-the people
of Connecticut that within their borders,
the first experiment was made to govern
man by a written Constitution.. It is not
strange that they have been quick to ob-;
serve thosesigns which, betoken.;danger
to their chosen government.. They are a
law abiding and freedohj-loying people;
biit, so long ns their own history is re ;
membered, they cannot forget that force,
oppression, military authority, :are not
-the proper instruments to.hind a nation'
together—that no government can enduro !
that has not its foundations laid in.the
affections of the people. ;
Trusting in tn# intelligence of the
American, people, let us indulge the'hope
thot, from our. experience of danger, we
may learn to secure our future safety,—
and that when calmer times succeed, the;
true principles of our republican system:
- may be re-established by means of a le
gally constituted Convention, and that,
the foundations of- the Union shall be re--
laid upon tffe, enduring principles of clv
il:,,liberty and the equal rights of the
States, ,limited powers of the
federal governmentand the indisaolubili-:
ty of the’ Union so clearly defined that
our continuance as a people—one and in-i
divisible—may ,be perpetual. c-’-J
-, The paramount importance which the
events of the past few years has given to 1
subjects affecting the federal relations of
our State is my justification for dwoi-;
ling thus at length upon them at' the
present time. To those nmtters which
are especially committed to our'local leg-i
delation, I now beg leave to call your at
tention;' ;. ■ '
An exchange yays: “ beef was never so
high since 'the cow: Jumped ,over ,thg
moon.”' ■ ' -
Ttirul. Slovens on Wilson’s Promises.
The-following was telegraphed to oil
-tbejjrlnolpal dolly papers by the associa
ted preSs-t
Washington, April 28.—The hoalthof
Thaddeus Stevens is muoh lmproved and
he expects to leave here for Pennsylva
nia next week. He torday wrote a letter
for publication, taking for hla subject the
following extract, from a notice of Sena
tor Henry Wilson’s recent speech near
Hampton Hoads. .He (Wilson) said there
would be no Impediment to Southern
representation In Congress If, they elect
Onion men, and closed his remarks by
saying that he “would.leave Virginia
with the full conviction that, a Republi
can Governor, Legislature, and two Sen
ators would be elected.” Mr. Stevens
comments on this os follows:
Washington, April 27,-1867.
“ Mb. Editor : Such articles ns this
are calculated to do much harm. They
throw obstacles In tho way of-future re
construction, being quoted and relied on
ns .pledges hy the Republican party.—
Hence much trouble arose from certain
loose and Indellnite expressions contained
In a bill which was reported by tile Re
construction Committee of the Thirty
ninth Congress,* though never passed.—
It was perverted by fiction and folly into
an argument* against the whole party and
Congress.
, “This generally arises from the care
lessness of tho reporters f sometimes,
doubtless, from the Inadvertence of the
speaker. No man should make promises
for the party. By what authority does
any one say that by the election ot legal
delegates they will be admitted? By
what authority say that Virginia will
elect two loyal Senators, while In truth
there is no Virginia?
“ Much Is to be done by the people and
Congress before any Representative, or
Senator, or State can he recognized.—
Who authorized any orator to say there
would be no confiscation, as In. another
place? These things are too flippantly
said, I think they had better be gravely
pondered. Who is authorized to travel
the country and peddle out amnesty ?
“ I would say to the most guilty, ‘ ex
pect punishment and then quietude, but
first a mild confiscation to pay those who
* have been robbed by disloyal* men.’—
These are my wishes, and mine only,
perhaps.; Thaddeds Stevens.”
The above letter furnishes another ex
ample of the perfidy of the Republican
leaders. It informs Us that,the pledges
ot the Military Reconstruction Law were
made to be broken, and that compliance
with the humiliating provisions of the
Act will not restore the Southern States
to the Union.' “ Much .is to be done!’ fee:
fore Senators and Representatives can be
received from the South. Much has.beefi
done In.th'e overthrow of civil liberty and
government, the appointment of Vice-re
gal satsaps, the exaltation of the negro
and the degradation of the white, at the
South, but it is not yet enough. Not
enough for mock-dukes like Siokled, Sher
idan and-Scofield, to issue ukases abroga
ting, laws for the collection of debts, to
depose and appoint Attorneya-General
and'Mayors, to dictate who shall vote
and who shall not, to set up military
commissions in contempt of tho Supreme
Court, and threaten editors for exercising
freedom of tho press Slot enough to en
franchise negroes and disfranchise whites
and make both colors the vassals of a
creature with the domestic antecedents
of the Lord-Lieutenant of the Carolines.
Notwlthstandlng.the express promise bf
Congress that, after the. South has.eaten
this dirt, some of its whites shall have
the same privileges as negroes. Stevens
informs Us that more conditions will b.e
imposed and exacted.
“ I would say to the most guilty, ex
pect punishment and then quietude, but
first a mild confiscation;’! The most
guilty where all were equally so! Ex
pect punishment, as if It had not yet
commenced. Slavery is no punishment
for whites I There is, if possible, butone
greater—Extermination. And ns pro
found quietude is .to follow, we presume
that this, is the punishment intended.—
“ But first a mild confiscation,” a gentle
flayingallve, then the capital punishment
of treason for the most l guilty, to wit:
the whole population, and, afterwards
rest. For whom ?• Probably the exeou- ,
tioner. This atrocious sentence Is the
natural.expression of the black heart of
its author. .Stung to:fury by the recol
lection that he secured- no position.:ln
. -Congress., until the talent of (he South,
had withdrawn, ho seeks physical »<=«.-
geance upon those with whom be could
not cope in debate, and tries to prolong
the exclusion from the National Legisla
ture of those he personally bates and
fears. —Lancaster Intelligencer.
Corruption in onr Legislative Bodies.
Never in. the history of any country f
were legislative bodies so corrupt and ve
nal as they are in the United States to
day. Since the advent of the Radi
cals to .power all sense of public hon- :
esty seems to have been lost.. In the low- ’
er House of‘Congress; in the Senate, in
each branch of the different Northern
State’legislatures, everywhere in short,
bribery and corruption have come to'be
the order of the day. So common has
it grown to be that it is regarded as a ;
matter of course. People have ceased to
wonder at it; arid by■ the fe-eleetiori'of
men known to be dishonest and merce-,
nary have seemed-to sanction it, /
Radical newspapers admit that mem
bers of Congress belonging to rhoi v party
are perfectly venalthey charge their,
own men in the United States Senate
with being corrupt and mercenary; and
acknowledge that the State Legislatures
which have been . rinder their control,
have disgraced the several'States in which
they have been assembled. How. com
pletely rotten must a party be when'll is
compelled to make such an exhibition of
its corruption. , ...
It cannot be long before .the people will:
have, their eyes opened. They cannot;
and will not Sustain such a debauched po
litical organization. The masses are hon
est, and they will yet brand offlolal dia
hnnesty with the stigma of disgrace
which should attach ‘to it. , , ;
■ ~ In this State and elsewhere the, Demo- i
ieratio members, of Congress and of the;
State Legislature have, os a.general rule, -
been men of. pure character. We must
see to it that none but .such, are nomina
ted, for office., Let the Democrats ,ot
Pennsylvania, in: the coming elections,;
, put forward; their very best and most re-’
-putable, men. .for office- This should .be
done in every ,county in the State, wheth
er we are in the. majority or the minori
ty, Let us present tpe saine.contrast. to.
our opponents in -the. future which we
did In the past. ; _W e can not afford ip send;
any ..map: to ths. Legislature;, who, Ihi.not j
honest above; suspicion. We,must see to;
it that no’.ope Is put. InpubUo position
who: might be induced, toyocamit an act 1
which would,oast a,stain .upon, theparty.;
We must prove to. the people of Pennsyl
vania that there la.no’ truth, in .thie’iafie-’
gution which is Sometl.meshhade/lhat all;
parties are equally, corrupt.- ft hosnot
been true hi the past. ; Tbe Dopaqoratlo:
party baa always required that Ifs qaridl-1
dates .for .office should come’ before the
peoplewith clean hands. , The'tlrnes de-l
mand that there shall, he, no iowerlngof
its high standard of priblio morality. Dpt
it.be .seen, to then, that jah nominees,for,
public position in thp
.men, of the, purest obaracter.,V,puoh‘a :
course will place our opporieritsin an odl-j
ous light, arid will add greatly, to our,
strength, throughout the. State, r-ianoos-;
ter Intelligencer. j I
: During the war. when drafting' was]
going oh, tile rich bought substitutes or
paid commutation. Nine out Of ten.of
that class were " loyal;” The poor' were
uriablo to do either,-and consequently
had to go;- Nine out of ten of them were.
Democrats. Now see how the ■“loyal”)
Congress is taking care of its stay-atrhoihe
patriots, The last day of the session : wlt-l
nessed the'passage or n blll paying' book
to the rich the mo Hoy they paid- for sub-|
' stltutes or commutation. That - : is for
those whostayedathome;'- The poor .Who*
wentget uotbingl Nelther do the famh
; lies of those 1 - whose : bones are bleaching
oii -.the battle' fields, of the- country.' Is
tbls'rlght? Is b' party thattb'ub outrages
Jdstloe, for political purposea.worthy of
confidence.. It seems to us ibat the ln-j
hate sense of right and wrong should pre-j
-vent behest people from -supporting«Uoh
' a parly,— JobationHdvertUerS ”>■ i.7*
I»EMOCBAXICT*UN»ER 1
i'"Trl«th' Criiiilud m Bl» Aaaln.V;
If fetECTioN nrliO^o***** cmnr.
' Is'-' ■ 1 •■■■■: »
": The municipal-election in Lancaster
‘city bn Friday lost, resulted in a glori
ous triumph for the Democracy. Mayor
George Sanderson was re-elected by 570
minority, being a gain of 210 votes over
the majority given for Clyraer last fall.
The Democrats also carried seven out of
the nine wards into which the,city is.
divided, and secured twenty-six of the
thirty-six Couricllmen chosen. AH the
city, officers by the Derap
■crata. 'Well done, Lancaster, tho home
of traitor Stevens.
BAlTinOnE AIX BIGHT I
An election was held in Baltimore on
the Ist inst., for Judge and Clerk of the
new City Court. The aggregate vote
was smaller than was anticipated. The
voting was done quietly, and the, result
shows the success of tho Democratic
candidates large majority. The
following are the complete returns:
Scott and George, Democrats, 11,818.
Kenly and Kenndrd’, Radical Repub
licans, 4,887. '
Johnson and Lynch,\ Conservative
Republicans, 1,960.
Kentucky Congressional Kloetlon.
LotnsvnmE, May 4.—Theoongressional
election In this State td-day passed off qui
etly. Asa P. Grover, State-rights Demo
crat, received about 1,200 majority in this
city. The returns from other points' in
fifth district will probably swell his ma
ority t 0.2,000. ■ *,
fcj. B. Knott, in the fourth district, and
James B. Beck, in the seventh district,'
State-rights Democrats, are probably elec
ted.
Ten o’clock, P. M.—‘ The following is the
full vote Grover, dem., 2,928.; Jacobs,
third’party. 1,537 : Bullitt, rep., 60 Qro
ver’s majority in the fifth district will ex
ceed 4,000. • The vote in the city and coun
ties is very small,hut the returns indicate
the election 6f the Democratic candidate
by a majority greater than Daral’s, of last
year, in proportion to the the vote cast.—■
It will be a day or two before anything is
heard from tho Blh and 9th districts.
THE CONSPIRACY ADMITTED.
11 0 no fact now presents itself in so gigantic, a
form that no person of the least Intelligence eon
fall to see it. The leaden of the party tohtch came
into power in 1801, were, even then, determined to de
stroy the Constitution, which is the supreme taw of the
national gigernment,"
The above extract, Italics and.all, is ta
ken from.a recent issue of the Philadel
phia JJQilg News, and we direct the spec-.
Tal attention'of our Republican friends to
it. The News is one of their organs., and ,
speaks by the book in words of truth.aud
soberness. ' The Democratic press, .from
the commencement of ,the wnr.uhtil'tKb
present, have all the while contended ;
that the leaders of the Republican party
were bent on the destruction of the Fed
eral Government, and determlned-to es
tablish a despotism upoh its', ruins of
which they hoped to have perpetual con-;,
ttoh Their conduct at the time they as/,
earned the management of national affairs,
showed this determination, and their
measures now boldly, proclaim it. They
•feel that they have succeeded so wbll in
blindfolding the people that they cai^ af
ford to lift the mask from their treasona
ble conspiracy, and; openly announce
their wicked intention. The work of the
fathers is to be wudoly thrust, aside—the
■Constitution to be trampled under foot—
the Union dissolved—and a new Yankee
nation is to be established, under the gui-.
dance of such men as Tbaddeus Stevens,
Charles Sumner, Benlamlh P. Wade, and
Fred. Douglass, to take its place.. ', , ’
. Are the people of Pennsylvania pre
pared for this yoke about to be imposed 1
upon them by their Radical task-masters?
; Have they so far degenerated from the;
patriotism and love of liberty that char
acterized their ancestors, as to basely con
tinue to bow the knee to : tbe vile .traitors
who are seeking the destruotlcm of the
beautiful fabric, reared by the of
Washington and his iilusttlo' lo eompeera
of a former generation ?■ We-do -not be- .
Hove It. Wo cannot for one .moment,
think that a free people will fold their
arms and look quietly on while the chains
are being forged to bind them and their
posterity in the embrace of a galling des
potism. On the contrary, We are of the
opinion that the public mind is being
waked up to the dangers that menace our
free' institutions. Reason and common
sense are beginning to resume theireway,
and the above extract from the News, an
independent Republican journal, is an ev
idence thatpopularopinion, even amongst
our political opponents, is beginning to
run In the right direction, and that the
time is not remote when these despots
will be hurled.from power, and the reins
of government again placed in the hands
of those who will rule ip accordance with,
the Constitution and for the restoration
and preservation of the Union.—Boyles
town Democrat. ..
* THE INDIANS.
Washington, May 4.—A, communlca-.
tion which has been received at the Bu
reau of Indian Affairs, from George W.
Bent, Superintendent of Itidiah Affairs
for Arizona Territory, and dated at Ija I’az.
during the month of March, reports an
other melancholy massacre’ of American
' citizens by tho Apaohes of central Arlizo
na, on March 2. Two teams belonging to>
a resident of La Paz, returning from Pres
cott in charge of two drivers, and accom
panied by live other men, were, fired in
to by a party of about forty Apaohes, at a
place in the open country, partly covered,
with sage bush, and the two drivers and
one traveler were killed. The scene of
this casuality was about eight miles on
the La Paz sldef of Date, Creek.< * Two of
the travelers were wounded, and they,
■ with the two others who were unhurt, es
caped. - .
The Indians destroyed part of the har
ness of tlie (jams, rifled the wagons and
ran off the stock, consisting of eighteen
mules aud four horses. About three,
hours after the occurrence, another train
of wagons came up,' and being prepared'
attempted to recover the stock. They fol
lowed tbelndiahstoacanohinthe moun
tains, to.the,north of the road,-when they
were charged by the Indians and repulsed,
and tbe ludiaue thus made off wlth thb)r,
entire booty. After burying the.dead by
. the roadside, they proceeded to the train
and reported,the foregoing. This depre-;
datlon occurred In a part of the road here-,
tofore regarded as sate against hostilities,
and is an additional proof of the inoreas-'
ing boldness of the Apaohes. ' ,
-Mr.. Dent further writes s, " By a,recent
order of the military commanding officer,'
a military patrol will be stationed between'
here and Date' CreCk, atfd the efficiency
of the troops will be tested.” 'lt la believ
ed thero.'but'hdt-olßolallyrepdrted, that
.some of the young- meu of I tne.,Yaripals
and Mojaves'.Joiu- with; the Apaches-,in'
their depredations, -apd, such is the
strength of .sentiment and .belief, that
ehould siioh ‘a' coalition be proved, - the
whites would' retaliate bn tne frletidly
river Indians, .and sacrifice - them'mercl-!
lesaly. Superintendent Dent-states that
holms' steadily aimed tokedp down, this
spirit while the real proof is pending’,.bub
should proof be had of such joinipg with
the Apaches, no Voice, neither the'iqflu-i
. once of the Indian Department, nojri the
mllltary power, can-prevent' a, general
massacre of the river 6ands,. It,ia to be
hoped tbat .the presence of a ; company of,
troops, sCon-to-be placed on the road
where the lafe massacre was committed,!
with orders,adequate to the ocoasloh,'will
cheek and-prevent anyooalltlouoftho
hands. v ;
i Bt., Louis, May 4.—The Democrat's vox-,
respondent with General Hancook’e In
dian expedition, writing from Fort Dodge,-
April 2S, saye: " General Hancock held a
.council yesterday -with, some leading
chiefs of the Kiowaa, at which tße. latter
earnestly declared for peace, and promis
ed to allow their young men to. act os
guides and scouts in the Fqderftl service.'
General Smith’s brigade.will remain to
guard,the Santa,Fe rood. *The .Seventh
cavalry will ket as patrols In the country,!
and mechanicsand laborersare to erect
strong buildings for. stations .along the
route, at which escorts sufficient.’to pro-:
teot the mall Will he kept. The Oheyen-;
nes have, gone south of jthe Arkansas Rlv-,
er. and ali-the-poste along tlmt stream
have beenhotlfled ofthe coodlUOhofftf*
stAteitems.
tilgUluliig struck the Western Union lele
ijtnph 6fllce jit Kltlnnnlhg during the lute storm
-and destroyed the magnet., |
• —The onorf famous Coquette Well, on tho Eg
bert Farm, [oil Creek, ConUnnes to yield two
■hhndredibnrrels day
- —The Commissioners of Luzerne oonnly hnvo
entered Into o contact for the erection of a Peni
tentiary In that county, for tho sum of 9189,575.
—A temperance convention was held In Al
toona', under the auspices of tho Pennsylvania
State Temperance Union,tpnThureday, May M,
Firewood sells for 815 per oordln Virginia City,
Nevada. Chinamen who pick up faggots, sell
them'ln bundles at 92 each. One bundle will
make about throe'fillings for an ordinary box
stove. ; . -
r : _Tlio soil of Camp Curtin, at Harrisburg, mem
orable as the field of warlike preparations durlilg
the rebellion, Is now being turned up by the
plow ond the peaceful farmer.
—TliJfcWeiatmbreiand County Soldiers’, ilonu
m
iental Assoqjatlon have a fund amounting to
„.,282 02, oh which 8114 07 interest has accrued.—
In addition to this sum, it Is said that the Bor
ough of Greensburg bad subscribed 81,000.
—J. MoD. Sharpe, Esq., ofChomberaburg, had
his pocket-book, containing oho hundred and
thirty dollars stolen, from him lost Thursday, by
aclientwho was visiting his office,' Mr.feharpo
has turned prosecutor instead of council for de
fense in this co^e.
Mrai Baboo, of Petroleum Center,.was severely
burned on ■Wednesday night, 17th ult., by tho use
of Crude oil for fuel. The can exploded, ootura
tintf. her clothes with-(he burning, fluid, and
barnlng hor so frightfully that her life Ifl de
spaired of. J
Tho Alvbrd, .House, at Merdlth, near, Titus
ville, was destroyed by flro at two o’clock on
Sunday morning, the fllst ult. Two gnefite* Wal
ter Bradley and Charles Guyer, wore seriously
burned before they effected their , escape. Loss,
$O,OOO j Insurance In -81,250.
—Richard Edwards and Thomas Lewis, of
Pottsvilie. who were bhrned by tho explosion at
West West, bn, Tuesday of lost week, are recov
ering. The body of Watkins, tho missing .map,
has not been found, and probably will not bo
until tho water Is alhpumped from tho mine. It
is possible.thatho was entirely consumed by the
■Are. '■ \ •
—A daughter of Joshua Bless, (tanner) In Falr
fllold, York county, aged about threh years was
drowned In oho of . the vats In the tan yard, on
Saturday afternoon last. -Attention was attrac
ted to a bonnet floating on the water; and oh
searching; tho body of the bhUd was found In the
vat. It la supposed she was playing In the yard
und fell In the vat, no person being prbsent. ’■
' "'—The borough of Hollldaysbnrg seems to bo
prospering In the way of Improvements., The
.Ledger* says;. surveys .for, the water works have’’
been commenced. The now, seminary building
Is also going forward-, and. bur-Catholic friends
have commenced a largo building near St. Mhry’s l
Academy, which Is to be used as a boys’ school.—;
Scores of new buildings are going up and old ones
are being .
—The store of b. Murphy, at
Kane, Erie county was totally destroyed by lire
on Sunday morning lost, at 3 o’clock, Mr. Mur
phy hod barely time to get his wife and children
out of,the building before thollamostook full
possession. All-the goods In his store and his
furniture wore consumed with thebulldlnsg. His
loss was 80,009. Ho was Insured In the Hartford
for 85,000. .
—A mad dog was shot on Friday of last week.
In Locust Valley, Bhuylklll county, by Mr.
, Jeremiah Messorsohmldt. Ho had done a great
deal of damage before being killed, Starting from
Mahanoy City, he ran a course through Mbhanoy
-and Rush townships, Tamaqua and Tnaonrora.
-bitinga large-dumber of dogs,hogsnnd cattle*
and doing ■ more damage than all the dogs In the
county are worth.
—On Thursday of last week, Valentine Rodrl
an, aged twenty-pevon years, was standing on a
lump of coal or rook, at the mouth of the slope
at Potts’ Mines, at Locust, dale near Ashland,
Schuylkill county when the lump slipped and
fell Into the slope, and Rodrlan was precipitated
to the bottom, a distance of several hundred feet,
and Instantly killed, He loaves a wife and one
-child. He was a returned soldier, -Two moa had
been killed previously by falling down this slope,
-On' Thursday a man named Samuel Horst, a
pilot on the Susquehanna river, had his log
crushed whilst attempting to snub a raft at Hlgh
splre. it, appears that the rope with which, he
Was snubbing the raft got entangled. In. his leg,
and almost severed his foot. ' Dr. Ruthford, of.
Harrisburg and Dr, George Mlsb, of Middletown, 1
were called pn and amptutaled Mr. HorsPs foot.
' At lost accounts the sufferer was not expected jo
live. Mr. Horst lived In York county, at the head
of Conewogo Falls, and has a wife and soyera
children.
2,.. 0 cal - items-
Street Cleaning;—We are glad to see
that Street-Commissioner Kramer has been
giving some of our streets a good scrap
ing; and we trust be will continue the
good work until all the alleys and by
ways are thoroughly cleansed; of rubbish
aud dirt.. Nothing will more surely con
tribute to the health of the borough.
, Bow in Louther Street.—Historical
Louther became insurrectionary on Mon
day, and the eh the police force -w.asl'seqt
down to enforce order,' One. of the sol
dier* attempted to , escape from. officer
Swartz, wild fired after him several times,
and finally succeeded in arresting him at
the Garrison, and lodging him in S’oit
Jacobs.
- Improvement.—The work of repairing
and repainting the Court House has been
commenced, the contract being awarded
to Mr. C. 11. Hoffor. understand the
Commissioners have determined' to pro
cure an illuminated dial for the clock,
which will undoubtedly be a great con
venience to those from necessity or incli
nation are, out after night., .It Is to be
hoped the Work of renovation will bo.
pushed forward as rapldly as possible, for
the Court House In Its present condition
Is a perfect eye-sore to the town, ;;
Prof. Mills in Newvillb.—We take
pleasure in announcing to our friends in
and around Newyllle that Prof. Mills,
the- celebrated. Phrenologist and Mesmer
ist, will give a course of nine lectures In
Literary Hall, during this and next week.
We desire to say for the Professof that he
had crowded houses liere.andlhMeohan
icsburg for weeks; and his lectures and
experiments excited the deepest interest
In Phrenology, and' Mesmerism on the
part of all classes of our citizens,- while
many of his delineations of character
were strikingly accurate. - We wish him
abundant success in Newville.
'New Mode op Collecting Taxes. —.
ffbe-Legislature, otite Jastsesston, .exten
ded to this county the provisions pf a for
mer act applicable only to d few Counties.
This law provides that the County Treas
urer shall give public notice of the time
nt.which he wlll.be present in the dlllbr
eht collection districts for the purpose of
receiving the State and County tax as
assessed. The collection-of the tax re
maining .unpaid after tbe Treasurer’s
Visit, devolves!upon tbe Constable of the
Township or Borough. We would call
the attention'of durreadorsVto the adver
tisement of Levi Zeigler, Treasurefcof this 1
county,' In ’ another column, -whoglvea
notice of-the tlpnps and places at which
he will receive taxes.
Valuable Invention.— ln anothercol
umn will 'be found tbe advertisement of
Jonas Roller, offering for sale the patent
right of o very superior sub-soil plow,'
which we have heard highly endorsed and
recommended by farmers from tbedower
end of the .county.. Several townships in'
the county have been sold, but others re
main to be disposed of,' and those who de
sire to invest and make some money
woulddo.welhto. give! the .matter their
immediate attention.- Mr. Roller stands
high os a manufacturer of'and dealer 1U
agricultural implements, and bis 'haying
taken the 1 su6-So'U plow In band ensiftes
Its speedy Introduction to all parts of the
obanty. ’ • - . <-vv/
.'THE P01.10E.-We wnnot
testify our warm appreciation of
present Borough government. The ™
munlty.ln general will bearTestlmonV?'
the efficiency-abd faithfulness 0 f the* 10
lice. It Is a ,remarkable fact that we W
not had,a single flre.slucetho new I?
ough .government waB l naU g
(though tyro attempts at Incendlari!'
were ’ previous to thS
time scarcely a week passed without
destruction of valuable property by n *
It Is also a noticeable foot that there h
been no exhibitions’bf, .the ' rowdyi? o
whloh ruled thlaßoroughfor ycurj R m
far os we know, highway robberies mn?
ders and burglaries are. tilings uak'aon
at present”; and it has got to
for a man to be on the streets after t
An occasional "drunk” may bo J*‘
wending his way. to Port Jacobs In
of the police, blit'beyond this nothC
occurs to mar the peaceful' quiet 0 f h.°
town. Every man as ho retires to reatat
night, breathes a sigh of relief, Induced
by the general feeling of security which
pervades the community 1 ; and we nil tc.
allze what It Is to have an efficient Bor.
ough govornnieht. '
A PEW LEOAt MAXiMa.—For went of
something betterto do, " Bocals’ 1 has been
rummaging amongst some tomes (uot to
be pronounced Tommies) of ancient legal
lore, and lias raked out a few gems in the
shape of certain well settled and defined
legal principles which will be of interest
and advantage to the general reader.
“ Every gentleman ought to knowallt
tie law,” salth Sir .Edward Coke— and he
might truthfully have added " the less tho
better.”, . , ‘ •• •
Such knowledge will not prove a seri
ous encumbrance to those ambitious of
representing their country In the halls of
legislation, nor even-to Justices-of the
Peace and those who expect to practice at
the Bar—though it hath frequently been
thus considered, , -
Civil liberty is simply the liberty ol be-
ing -civil, which hath been considered a
great boon from the time of Edward the
Coilfessor.
■ During the reign of King Stephen, some
body picked up a law-book at some fore
ign book-stall and endeavored to Introduce
it into England, but Stephen arrested him
for peddling without a license—which no
doubt accounts for the deplorable igno
rance of the law amongst the Eugllsliaud'"
their descendants. y
The study of the law hath generality
been reputed of dry and unfruitful na- \
tiiro, hence at an early day;,"Jims of
Court” we’re established for the accomo
dation of young gentlemen of the Bar,
and have been well encouraged from that
time to the present.
The term law in its general sense signi
fies "a rule of action" whether animate
or inanimate, rational or irrational, and
perhaps there is nothing more animated
or irrational’than enaction at law.
Man, as all are aware, Is a creature en
dowed with reason anil free will; but
when he goes to law as plaintiff his rea
son seems to have deserted him; while If
he stands in the position of defendant; It
is generally against his free will. There
fore it is not considered necessary, to dis
cuss the question of reason aud free will
at any great length.
■ Justinian reduced the principles of law
to three; first that we should live honest
ly—secondly that we should hurt nobody
—and thirdly that we should give toevery
one his due. These principles have, how
ever, been for some time obsolete In ordi-
nary legal practice, ’ J&L
It hath always beam eapMdered that
justicei aud human felicity wore Intimate
ly connected ; but'bf'late years the paw
uernnip seenm tn have been dissolved.
The law, of nature is said to contribute
to the general happiness of mankind, but
It can scarcely be said to be the nature ot
law to do the same thing.
The rules established for interpreting
the law are a miracle of humda wisdom.
Words are to be taken in their popular
sense, without regard togramtnar, which
has always been beneath tKe wisdom ol
the law-makers —who seem to think that
as crime is a tax bn sib, it can be defined
without regard to syn-tax.
If the words are still dubious, after the
lawyers'* are, called In '(as of course they
are) It Is usual to refer to the context; hut
this In most cases is only getting out of
the frying pan into the, fire.
It hath been held that the English las
which forbid ecclesiastical persons to pur
obase "provisions” In Borne, while it hr
terdioted them from purchasing bulls"
from the Pope, did not render it unlaw
ful to procure portions of “. bulls’ ’—aucli
as rump' steaks or sirloins of beef— fWf
the papal butchers. " '
As to the effect and consequence of worn
taken literally, “ it hath been held” sallt'
Pu'ffendorf, " after long debate, that wbea
the words amount to utter nonsense, they
are notin all cases to be strictly followed"
—which Was not bad for “ Puffy.”
Klually , the reason aud spirit of the law
must be looked at—when there happen!
to be any.
What Fashion Does.—Fashion rules
the world, and a‘most tyrannical mis
tress she is—compelling people to aubmii
to the most inconvenient things imagin
able, for her sake. She pinches feet with
tight shoes, or ohokea us with tight neck
erchiefs, Or squeezes the breath out of our
bodies by tight lacing. She .makes peo
ple sit up by nlghtj Wheu they ought to
be in bed, and keeps them In bed In the
morning when .they ought to he up end
doing.'. She causes hosts of apparently
sensible persons In;other respects to pay
exhbrbitaut prices for the privilege of see
ing some foreign operatic dr dramatic
performers, puffed Into notoriety by hired
newspaper' writers, and to call the ex
hibition "splendid,” when they duh’tun
derstand a word that Is said, or enjoy the
thing ns .. wpli ,as an'.ordinary minstrel
show.; She makes It vulgar to wait upon
one's self, and genteel to live idle-an
•useless. - Hherequlrea pedple to visit when
they had rather stay at home, eat .wW
they are not hungry and drink'wne
they are hot thirsty. .She invades ou
pleasure and' Interrupts our business,
ejho compels jjedple, to dress gaily, wk®lll
- uponthelr .own; of an
other 1 ; Whether agreeable to the word
Uod'or the' dictates of pride, i She ruins
life, and oodasldns prenjature I death. »
-makes. tools! of', parents/, InyaUds of o
dren andservahtaofnll:,; -She Jg;a a»J? <
of the highest grade; full of Ijjtrlgue_a
cunning, arid -yotlhusbands WiveSf®"*
irs' ( ;;nioth«w; ; B6nei;' daughters'’TJJlfiij''
ants, black and white, hhve-vMunta
becomeher obedient subjects .Rh**-® 1 jjjj
and vie with one another to see who sn
be most obsequious;
' The Weather.— Jf our patrons 8«J.
eridly are nqt 'awarerthatithe yreat
• tbe : past;t6rtiUght,;haa^!been : peo *
cold, : wet add . unpleasant, It wou'
oruel in us to lhibrm.the.nl of the m
-We also suppose it misahoely
to inform the farmers that
! weather ■.
work'. ' ■ ■■