PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
military force in that region. Instigated
by real or imaginary grievances, the In*
diaus occasionally committed acts of bar
barous violence upon emigrants and our
frontier settlements; butngoneral Indian
war lias been providentially averted.—
Tho Commissioners under the act-of 20th
July, 1807, were invested with full pow
er to adjust existing difficulties, negoti
ate treaties with tho disaffected bauds,
and select for them reservations remote
from the traveled routes between the Mis
sissippi and the Pacific. They entered
without delay upon thoexecutionof their
trust, but have not yet made any official
report of their proceedings. It is of vital
importance that our distant Territories
should be exempt from Indian outbreaks,
and that tho construction of the Pacific
Railroad, au object of national Import
ance, should not be interrupted by hostile
tribes. These objects, as well as the ma
terial interests and tho moral and intel
lectual improvement of tho Indians, can
be most effectually secured by concentra
ting thorn upon portions of country set
apart for their exclusive use, and located
at points remote from our highways and
encroaching white settlements.
Since tho commencement of the second
session of the Thirty-Ninth Congress,
five hundred and ten miles of road h »vc
been constructed on the main lino ami
branches of tho Pacific Railway. The
line from Omaha is rapidly approaching
the eastern base of the Rocky Moun
tains, whilst the terminus of the last sec
tion of constructed road in California,
accepted by the Government on tho 2Uh
day of October last, was but eleven miles
distant from the summit of tho Siena
Nevada. The remarkable energy evinced
by the Companies oilers the strongest
assurance that the completion of tho road
from Sacramento to Omal a will not bo
long deferred.
During the last fiscal year seven mil
lion forty-one thousand one hundred ami
fourteen acres‘of public laud were dispos
ed of, and the cash receipts from sales
ami lees exceeded by one-half million dol
lars the sum realized from those sources
durlng-l he proceeding.year. Tho amount
paid to pensioners, including expenses
of disbursements, was *ls.(ilo,ooU, and
thirty-six thousand four hundred and
eighty-two names were added to tho rolls.
Tlie entire number of pensioners on the
doth of June last was one hundred and
lllty-live thousand four hundred and
seventy-four. Pleven thousand six hun
dred ami fifty-live patents and designs
were issued during the year ending'Sep
tember 150, 18G7, and at that date' the bal
ance in the Treasury to.the credit of the
Patent fund was $28(5,007.
The report of the Secretary of the Navy
states that we have, seven squadrons ac
tively and judiciously employed, under
efficient and able commanders, in pro
tecting the persons and property of Amer
ican citizens, maintaining the dignity
and power of the Government, and pro
moting the commerce and business inter
ests of our countrymen in every part of
the world. Of the two hundred and
thirty-eight vessels composing the pres
ent navy of the United States, fifty-six,
carrying live hundred and seven guns,
are in squadron service. During the year
the number of vessels in commission has
boon reduced twelve, and there are thir
teen less on squandron duly than there
were at the date of the last report. xV
large number of vessels were commenced
and in the course of construction when
the war terminated, and although Con
gress had tho necesj-ary appropriations
for their completion, the Department has
either suspended work upon (hem or
limited the slow completion of the steam
vessels, so as to meet the contracts for
machinery made with private Cstublish
lishmenta. The total expenditures of the
Navy Department for the iUcal year end
ing June 30, ISOt, were s:{],o34|oll. No
appropriations have been made or requir
ed since the close of tin* war for tho con
struction and repair of vessels, for steam
machinery, ordnance, provisions ami
clothing, fuel, hemp, &e., the balances
qnder several heads having been more
than sufficient for current expenditures.
11 should also be slated to the cricdit of
tlie Department that, he.-ide* asking tm
appropriations for tho above objects for
me last two years, the fcjeerelary of the
Navy, on the both ot September* last, in
accordance with the act of May 1, 1820,
requested the Secretary iff the Treasury
to carry to the surplus fund the sum of
MXty-live millions of dollars, being the
amount received from the sales of vessels
and other war property, uml tho remnants
n:‘ former appropriations.
I’ho report of the Po-tma-dcr General
Mimvs the hu.-inc-i, of the !\>-t Office De
partment and the condition of the postal
sei vice in a very favorable light, and tlie
attention of (‘ungre.-s i> culled to prac
tical recommendation 1 -. The receipts of
tlie Department for the year ending June
.*5O, JS;i7, including all special appmpria-
sea and land -ervlce and for free
mail mailer, were slu,b7S,M3. The ex
penditures for all purposes wen? sUl,2:r>,-
is.:. leaving an unexpended balanee in
favor of the Department of £7 P-5,210, which
can be applied Inward?- the expenses of
(he Department for tin* current year.--
The increase of ivvc.inc, indepen
dent of r'pt'cili‘* appropriation*,' for t|n«
year I>G7, over that of JSn,;, was SVjO.Olo.
TJie jii<‘rea«e of revenue !mm (lie sale of
ttlmnjw ami stamped vuvelnpos was S7K.V
4uj. ’l'he increase uf expenditures for
|SU7 over those of (he previous year was
owing chiefly to the extension of I lie land
and ocean mull service. During the past
sear new postal convention** have been
ratified ami exchanged with the trailed
Kingdom of Great Britiau and Ireland,
Belgium, the NetbevUuuU, Switzerland,
the North Gemma Union. Italy, and the
Colonial Governmental Hong-’Kong, re
ducing very largely the rates of ocean and
land postages to and from within those
countries.
The report of the Acting Commissioner
of Agriculture concisely presents the con
dition, wants, and progress of an interest
eminently worthy the fostering care of
(’oiigress, and exhibits a large measure of
useful results achieved during the year
to which it refers.
The re-establishment of peace at home,
and the resumption of extended trade,
travel, and commerce abroad, have serv
ed to increase the number and variety of
questions in die department for foreign
affairs. None of these questions, howev
er, have seriously disturbed our relations
with other States.
Tho .Republic of Mexico, having been
relieved from foreign intervention, is ear
nestly engaged iu ellhrts to ro-estnbiish
her constitutional system of government.
A good understanding continues to exist
between oiirGovernmoutand the Repub
lics of Hayti and San Domingo, and our
rordlal relations with the Central and
South American States remain unchang
ed. Tho tender, made iu conformity
with a resolution of Congress, of the good
offices of the Government, with a view to
an amicable adjustment of peace between
Brazil and her allies, on one side, and
Paraguay on the other, and between
Chißaml her allies, on the one side, and
Spain on the other, though kindly re
ceived, has in neither case been fully ac
cepted by tho belligerents. The war iu
in Valley of the Parana is still vigorously
maintained. On the other hand, actual
hostilities between the Pacific States and
Spain have been more than a year sus
pended. I shall, on any proper occasion
that may occur, renew the conciliatory
recommendations which have been al
ready made. Brazil, with enlightened
sagacity and comprehensive statesman
ship, has opened the great channels of
the Amazon and its tributaries to univer
sal commerce. One thing more seems
needful to assure a rapid and cheering
progress iu South America. 1 refer to
those peaceful habits without which
States and Nations cannot, in this age,
well expect material prosperity or social
advancement.
Tho Exposition of Universal Industry
at Paris lias passed and seems (o have
fully realized tile high expectations of
tho French Government. If due nllow
ance be made for the recent political der
angements of Industry here, the part
which the United States has borne in this
exhibition of invention and art may ho
regarded witli very high satisfaction.—
During the Exposition a conference wins
held of delegates from several nations
the United States being one, in which in- !
convenience of commerce and social in- i
tercourse resulting from the diversestan- !
dard of money value were fully discussed
and plane were developed for establish- ,
ing, by universal consent, a common j
principle for the coinage of gold. These !
conferences are expected to be renewed 1
with the attendance of many foreign
States not hitherto represented. A re- '
port of these in lore-ting proceedings will
Ur submitted to Congress, which will no 1
doubt justly appreciate the groat object,
and he ready to adopt any measure which
may tend to facillate Its ultimate accom
plishment.
On the 25th of February, 18G2, Congress
declared by law that Treasury notes with
out in terest, authorized by that act, should
be legal tender in payment of all debts,
public and private, within tho United
States. Anannual remittance of $30,000,
less .stipulated expenses, accrues to claim
ants under the Convention made with
.Spain in 1.834. These remittances, since
tho passage of that act, have been paid in
such notes. Tho claimants insist that
thb Government ought to require pay
ment in coin. Tho subject may be deem
ed worthy of your attention.
No arrangement has ns yet been reach
ed for the settlement of .our claims for
British depredations upon tlie commerce
of the United States. I have felt it my
duty to decline tho proposition of arbitra
tion made by Her Majesty’s Government,
because it has hitherto been accompanied
by reservations incompatible with the
rights, interest, and honorof onreountry.
It is not to be apprehended that Great
Jiritian will persist in her refusal
to satisfy these just ami reasonable
claims, which involve the sacred princi
ple of non-intervention a principle
henceforth not‘more important to tlie
United States than all other commercial
nations.
The West India islands were settled
and colonized by European Slates simul
taneously with the settlement aud colo
nization of. the American continent.—
Most of the colonies planted hero became
independent nations in the close of the last
ami the beginuingof the present century.
Onr own country embraces communities
which, at one period, were colonics of
Grout Uritiun, France, Spain, Holland,
.Sweden, and Russia. The people In the
West Indies, with the exception of those
of the Island of Haj’ti, have neither at
tained nor aspired to. Independence, nor
have they become prepared for self-de
lonco. Although possessing considerable
commercial value, they have been hold
hy several European ."States which colo
nized or at some time conquered them,
ehielly for purposes of military and naval
strategy in carrying out European policy
and designs in regard to this continent.
In out Revolutionary War, ports and
harbors in the West Indies wore used by
our enemy, to tho great injury and em
barrassment of the United States. We
had the same experience in our second
war with Great Britain. The same Eu
ropean policy for a long time excluded tu
even from trade with the West Indies,
while we were at peace with all nations.
In our recent civil war the rebels, and
their piratical and blockade-breaking al
lies, found facilities in the same parts.for
the work, which they too successfully ac
complished, of injuring and devastating
the commerce which we are now engaged
in rebuilding. We laboredespeciaily uu*
der this European
steam vessels, employed by our enemies,
found friendly shelter, protection, and
supplies in West Indian ports, while our
own naval operations were necessarily
carried on from our own distant shores.
There was then a universal feeling of’tho
want of nn advanced naval outpoint be
tween tlie Atlantic coast and Europe.—
Tho duty of obtaining such an outpost
peacefully aud lawfully, while neither
doing nor menacing injury to other states,
earnestly engaged, the attention of the
Executive Department, before the close
of live war, aud it has not been lost sight
of since that time. A not entirely dis
similar naval want revealed itself during
the same period on the Baciticcoast. Tho
required foothold there was fortunately
secured by our. laid treaty with the Em
peror of Russia, and it now seems Imper
ative that the more obvious necessities of
tin.* Atlantic coast should not be less enre
fqhy provided for. A good and conveni
ent port and harbor, capable of easy de
fence, will supply that want. With tho
poses-lou of such a station by the United
.Slates, neither we nor any other Ameri
can nation need longer apprehend injury
or offence from any Tmns-A Humic ene
my. I agree with our early statesmen
that the West Indies naturally gravitate
to, and may be expected ulthnately to be
absorbed by the Continental Stales, in
cluding our own. I agree with themaho
that, it is wise to leave the question of
such ab.-orhlion to this process of natural
noliticul gravitation. The Islands of St.
Thomas and St. John's, which constitute
a part of the group called the Virgin Is
lands, seemed to oiler us advantages im
mediately desirable, while their acquisi
tion could be secured in harmony with
the principles to which I have alluded.—
A treaty Inis, therefore, been concluded
with the King of Denmark for the ces
sion <>i those islands, and will be submit
ted to the Senate for consideration.
It will hardly be nceeasury to cull the
attention of (.’ongresa to the subject of
providing for Die payment to Russia of
the sum stipulated in tho treaty for the
Ceylon of Alaska. Possession having
liyen lurnmlly delivered to our commis
sioner, the territory remains fur the pres
ent in care ol a military force, awaiting
Kuril civil organization us shall bo direc
ted by Congress,
The annexation of many small German
slates lo Prussia, ami the reorganization
of that country under a new ami liberal
constitution, have induced me (o renew
the effort to obtain a just ami promptsot
tlementof the long-vexed question con
cerning the claims of foreign Elates for
mllitaiy .service from theirsubjects natur
alized in tho United States.
In connection with this subject, the at
tention of (,'ongres is respectfully culled
to a singular and embarrassing conflict of
laws. The Executive Department of this
Government has hitherto uniformly hold,
as it now holds, that naturalization, in
conformity with the Constitution and
laws of the United States, absolves the
rccepicut from his native allegiance. The
courts of Great Britain hold that allegi
ance to the British Crown is indefeasible,
and is not absolved by our Jaws of natur
alization. British judges cite courts and
law authorities of the United Status iu
support of that theory against the posi
tion belli by the Executive authority ol
the United States. Tins conflict perplex
es the public mind concerning the rights
of naturalized citizens, and impairs lire
national authority abroad. I called at
tention to tins subject in my last annual
message, and now again respectfully ap
peal to Congress to declare the national
will' unmistakably upon (his important
question.
The abuse of our laws by the clandes
tine prosecution of the African slave-trade
from American porta or by American citi
zens has altogether ceased, and, under
existing circumstances, no apprehen
sions of its renewal In this part of tho
world are entertained. Under these cir
cumstances it becomes a question wheth
er we shall not propose to Her Majesty’s
Government a suspension or discontinu
ance of the stipulations for maintaining
a naval force for the suppression of that
trade*
ANDREW JOHNSON,
Washington, Decembers, 1807.
Gen. Hancock, on taking charge of
the Fifth Military District, on the 20th,
■ declared in special orders that hencefor
ward the civil authority should bo held
superior to the military in all cases ex
cept armed insurrection or forcible re
sistance to the laws. Ho announces
that “ tho great principles of American
liberty still are tho lawful inheritance
of this people and ever should be. The
rigid of trial by jury, the habeas corpus,
the liberty of tho press, tho freedom of
speech, and tho natural riglds of person,
the riglds of property, must be preser
ved. Free institutions, while they are
essential to tho prosperity and happi
ness of the people, always furnish tho
strongest inducements to peace and or
der. Crimes and offenses committed in
this district must be referred to tho con
sideration and judgment of tho regular
civil authorities, and those tribunals
will bo supported in their lawful juris-,
diction.” There is a notable contrast
between this commencement and that
of Grand Duke Philip.
New Hampshire is coming! Tho
Democrats carried Portsmouth by SO
majority, and came within CO of carry
ing Dover, at the late town elections.*—
Last year tho former gave nearly 200
and the latter over 100, Radical majori’
t>%
Awriani
.Volturtur.
. CARLISLE, PA.,
Thursday Morning* December IS, 1807.
PSKSIDESTtS MEiSAG
The annual message of President
Johnson will he found in* our paper of
(<why. It is a paper of extraordinary
merit. The temper of it is particularly
commendable, is calm and courte
ous, iu spite of the atrocious and per
sistent villiflcation with which ho has
been pursued hy tho Radical Republi
can party, in and out of Congress, since
he last had the honor to send a like ad
dress to the Federal legislature. But
the clear and forcible language i” which
Mr. Johnson declares his views of the
present situation of tho country, and
also expresses what, in his judgment, is
the only true means of restoring nation
al peace, unity and prosperity, ought to
command the respect of the pcox>le in
all parts of the land, irrespective of par
tizan prejudice. We have not space to
comment on the document ns wo would
like to do. But this is to be less regret
ted, for the reason that tho Message
needs no other comment than that
which every intelligent and candid
reader will make himself. To all who
road it with eyes unclouded by the Him
of party passion, it must be.a convincing
condom nation of the whole Radical
scheme of “reconstruction,” and a pow
erful argument in favor of a wiser and
better plan of national restoration.—
Wo, therefore, adviseull persons to road
it attentively.
■IMS, sceaK, ax:» savkvh v
Tho Radical conspir-dorc. who have
been so signally rebuked hy the people,
are now on their knees before Grant—a
man they despise--begging him to save
them from utter du-unr-tion. 4 Oh,
speak—speak, Grant; ib* God’s sike
speak, ami just say that : ou nave confi
dence in iw, and that you forgive us for
our treason ; speak, Grant, speak!”—
This is the language of the poor suppli
cants for Grant’s endorsement. In re
ply to one of tlie conspirators a few days
since, who was begging < Ir.uit to speak,
he said he had no objection whatever to
speak when and as often as he pleased,
“Now,” said he, “these aro my views ;
take them down and print them if you
please.” Gen. Grant then said;
An to my prlrioiuJo*, I haVo not meant (o
leave any one fu doubt. I would wave the coun
try; I would save .tin tlio shortest way under,
tho Constitution. If thoro ho those who would
not save tlie country, unless they could at tho
same time save their own party and their par
ticular theories, Ido not agree with them. My
wish is to save the country, and ns soon us pos
sible to restore all thg States, to their proper rela
tions, us such, and upon the principles of even
handed Justice. I nover considered the Southern
State# out ol tho Union. What 1 do in the pro
mises, I do because I believe it helps to save the
country, and what I forbear, I forbear because I
believe It helps to save tho country. J shall do
less whenever X believe that I am doing what
hurts tho cause., I shall do moro whenever I
shall believe that doing moro will help the
cause. I have now stated my awn sense of por-
Sl »nal and onu?hU duly, and I contend that no
modillcationof my oil icpcatcd personal wish
that all may be permitted to think freely, and on
all suitable occasions sneak out what thov think.
If by «o doing they can beuent mankind and help
save the country.’’
This is perhaps tho most comprehen
sive speech Grant over made. He
spoke with emphasis, and it is evident
that lie Ims no opinions in common
with the Radical conspirators who are
attempting to “save their own party
and their particular theories” by hand
ing over the destinies of this country to
ignorant negroes. The views of Grant
did not, we see it stated, come up to
the expectations or rather hopes of the
Radical who had been sent to pump
him, and he loft the General's presence
“ with a heavy heart.”
IffCEACIIHEMI’
The nation can breathe freer. The
House of Representatives have voted,
hy a majority of one hundred and eight
to fifty-seven, against impeachment of
the President. We can now hope that
Congress will attend to tho practical
business of the country. It should
henceforth bend all its energies to re
lieve the, people from tho crushing tax
ation that oppresses them to the last
point of endurance. Let it not he for
gotten by tho people that this attempt
to frighten tho President has cost, in
round numbers, tiihki? iiundiikd and
FIFTY THOUSAND DOT.LAHS! The
Radical conspirators were never in ear
nest iu this impeachment business. It
was only talked about for the purpose
of holding Mr. Johnson iu check. His
enemies know that they would not dare
carry their threats into execution. It
was a blind, a cheat and a baud from
tho first. But yet tho people’s taxes to
the amount above mentioned, were used
in this base political transaction. More
anon.
Hon. Geoiige Sharswood.— On Mon
day of last week, the Hon. George
Sharswood took his seat as a Judge of
the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania,—
On last Saturday .morning, Judge
Sluu-Bwood’s long connection with the
District Court of Philadelphia closed.—
The Court room was crowded and an
address of farewell was delivered by
David Paul Brown, Esq., on behalf of
the members of the Bar, to which tho
Judge made a brief reply. Ho was held
in high esteem by the members of tho
Bar of Philadelphia, and tho separation
of the relations in the Court over which
Judge Sharswood presided for so many
years will seem strange. Ho will make
an able Judge of the Court to which ho
has been elected, over which a Tilgh
man and a Gibson have presided.
In regard to the President’s policy,
Gen. Grant said: “ Mr. Lincoln, prior
to his assassination, had inaugurated a
policy intended to restore those govern
ments. I was present once before his
murder, when a plan was read. The
plan adopted by Mr. Johnson was sub
stantially tho plan which had been in
augurated by Mr. Lincoln as the basis
for his future action. I do not know
that it was verbatim the same. I think,
tho very paper which I heard read
twice while Mr. Lincoln was President
was tho one which was carried right
through.”
“Q. What paper was that ? A. The
North Carolina proclamation.”
Since the publication of this testimo
ny, the Rads are not so enthusiastic for
his nomination for tho Presidency. It
is doubtful now whether lie will be
their “chosen standard bearer.”
One of the darkies elected to the Mas
sachusetts Legislature, last year, as an
example for tho “ stolid Dutch of Penn
sylvania” and “ half civilized people of
the Western States,” was a candidate
this fall for re-election, but got badly
defeated. Mr. Ebony proved to be a
failure, both as a legislator and in tho
matter pf an example,
RADICAL DKFEATd— IHO2-1807.
During a recent debate in the U. S,
Senate, Mr. Hendricks and Mr. John
son, (Md.) reminded Radical Senators
that the people of most of tho Northern
Slates liad condemned tho Eadical
“policy” at the late elections. Messrs.
11. and ,1. expressed tho opinion that it
would be well for certain exireniisfs no|
to continue to outrage public opinion
and insult the people by their persistent
demands for negro suffrage, negro su
premacy, the intermarriage of thoraces,
&c. The great Massachusetts buffoon,
Wilson, replied to Messrs. Hendricks
and .lolmson. Wo quote"from tire pro
ceedings :
“Mr, Wilson. I think Senators should bo mod
est In predicting anything on the results of tho
recent elections. In 18b-2, after tho issue of the
Emancipation Proclamation, they had claimed
that the Republican party was condemned by
the people, but that parly went on with what it
iKjliovou right, and was Jnsthied in it. There
was, it was trno, and had always boon, prejudice
against negro suffrage. There were slow men in
the Republican parly. Congress had long been
ahead of tho sentiments of tho country, but time
would dissipate those prejudices, and real democ
racy would yet obtain throughout the country.”
No reply was made to Wilson’s sally,
and at this we arc a little surprised, for
ho could have been answered most tri
umphantly. It is true that in 1802 the
Democratic party was successful in most
of the' Slates. The result of those
elections was a calm verdict of the peo
ple against the venality, corruption and
supposed treason of the Lincoln admin
istration and the tens ol thousands of
thieves, shoddy contractors and dema
gogues who sustained it. It is truqalso
that in subsequent contests tho Radicals
regained the States they had lost, anti,
retained po-session of them until this
year, when the people again re
buked Radicalism. But how did the
Radicals regain the States they.had lost
in 1342 7—what means did they employ
to accomplish their infamous ends?—
iiy arresting, without warrant ami with
out law, thousands of Democrats; by
liiiing the .ort“ and prisons of the coun
try with their fellow-men ; by sending
out spies and informers to persecute
those who dared to differ with them in
opinion; by stealing‘hundreds of mil
lions of dollars bom the people’s trea
sury and appropriating it to the pur
chase of the venal and corrupt; by sys
tematizing a system of persecution that
exceeded in brutal severity the Spanish
Inquisition; by compelling soldiers :to
vote against their convictions, and by
destroying tiie I allots of those who re
fused to be bullied or bought; by sack
ing one hundred and tea Democratic
printing offices inside of eighteen
months, tho American Volunteer being
one of them; by calling Lincoln “the
government,” and making it a penal
offence to question his wisdom ; by cor
rupting tho clergy, and using the pul
pit for the promulgation of sweltering
lies, and most wicked sentiments; by
pretending to bo in favor of "a whole
Union ;” by preaching in favor of free
speech and a free press, and mobbing
every speaker and editor who dared to
condemn their damnable heresies; by
pretending to bo loyal when they were
in fact traitors; by denying most posi
tively that they were in favor of negro
suffrage and negro equality ; by plodg-'
iug the faith of the Government (by a
unanimous vote of tho House,) that the
war was prosecuted for no other pur
pose than tho restoration of the Union ;
by professing to support McClellan in
his efforts to take Richmond, hut be
traying him and depriving him of a
large portion of his troops at the very
hour lie was about to take the city by
storm ; by procrastinating the war pur
posely, so that Lincoln might use the
army to secure his re-election; inline,
by all the scotmdrelism, villainy, per
jury and theft that devils could devise.
These were some, and only some of tho
means resorted to by tho Radical con
spirators to carry tho elections in 1808
and subsequent years. Never in tho
world’s history was a parly guilty of so
many grimes, so many false professions,
such unblushing audacity. Wilson, we
say, might have been answered trium
phantly by being reminded of these
tilings.
Tho attempt of Wilson and Radical
journalists to take comfort from the fact
that tiie Democratic victories of 1802
were followed by Radical victories, and
that a like result may follow tho Demo
cratic victories of ISO 7, is merely
“ whistling to keep their courage up.”
Wo would remind those wiseacres that
they can no longer arrest men ami cast
them into prison, nor can they sad-:
printing offices with impunity." They
no longer have millions of dollars in the
treasuries of their Leagues, to bo used
iu corrupting the pulpit ami tiie people.
They have not a million of men under
arms and under their control, whoso
votes, without regard to how they were
cast, were counted on tho Radical side.
No, no—fraudulent soldier votes can
no longer be counted. Geary, it is true,
attempted it on a small scale lust fall,
but it failed, anti he is yet to he punish
ed for the fraud. The contest in tho
different States next fall, like that of
1802, will bo fought on principle, and
will result in tho same way. Tiie peo
ple, thank God, know the designs of
tho political freebooters who load the
Eadical party, and that is all that is
necessary to secure a Democratic tri
umph. Tho Radicals, never suc
ceeded, even when they had everything
in their own hands, except by denying
their principles and tiie objects they
had in view. They have deceived and
lied to tiie people, and the people in
turn will crush them out of existence.—■
The Hat lias been spoken— Radical trai
tors must die!
A number of families embracing
twenty persons, from Albany and
Green counties, New York, lately land
ed in Iliehmond, Virginia, on their
way to King Williams county, where
they intend to settle upon about a thou
sand acres of land which they have pur
chased. The Iliehmond Dispatch says:
“ We bid these New Yorkers a cordial
welcome and a hearty God speed, trust
ing that they may prove only the pio
neers of an emigrant movement which
will yet result greatly for the upbuild
ing of Virginia’s fallen fortunes.”
SoMEUow-or-other, the negroes in
South Carolina failed to come up to the
Radical scratch. Although outnumber
ing the whites two to one, they did not
carry the Reconstruction Convention, a
majority of the registered voters not be
ing polled. Is it possible that General
Apathy has got down among the Soutli
Carolina “ niggers?”
The editor of Iho Ilollldnyaburtf ti/ntulmil wns
presented with n twenty-two pounds turkcV for
his Thanksgiving dinner. -Ex-ShoriirFuuk' ;vus
the man who did It. — JZechanyc.
Sensible and thoughtful man is Cx-
Sheriff Funk,
COMING! I
1 ■ :'.v
Splendid Victory
Democratic Mayor Elected in
Pittsburg !
[Special to tho Patriot & Union.]
Pittsiiuho, Dec. 10—11:30. —Pittsburg,
Mie citadel of Radicalism, elects Biack
moo:o, Democrat, Mayor, by 2,G00 ma
jority.
NPiNEirn XEGUO RILL I’ASSEB!
Intermarriage of the Races!
In the U. S. Senate, on tho sth, the
following proceedings wore had :
Sir, Sumner moved to take up the bill intro
duced by him on tho first day or the Into session,
to provide further security for equal rights In i ho
District of Columbia, striking out tho word
“white” where It occurred in tho charter, and
removing disabilities from oilico and tho Jury
box. Ho stated that tho bill was the same as
that passed Inst session, and not returned by 1 he
President. Ho had read a letter from the Sccre
tavy of State in reply to an inquiry by him, sta
ting that no such bill had been received in that
department.
Mr. Pomeroy, (Radical), would support the bill
under tho circumstances, though It was very im
perfect. Intermarriage of the races was still un
recognized, us well ns other rights of citizenship,
making It necessary to have piecemeal legisla
tion.
Mr. Sumner’ngrccd that oilier legislation was
required, and ho promised that It should not be
neglected by Ins committee.
Mr. Hendricks was surprised to hear tho Sena
tor from Kansas (Mr. Pomeroy) say that Hie bill
should go further, in view of tho recent decisions
of the Senator's State and other Stales against
that policy. Ho would vote for such legislation
hero ns ho would at homo, and none other, and
Unit course should bo followed hero by others.—
Intermarriage of the races was a proposition at
once monstrous and God-defying.
, Mr. Johnson, of Maryland, hud been unnblo
to bring himself to the conclusion that tho right
of suffrage belonged to tho black man. Suffrage
was not a natural right, but one to bo delegated
In view ofthe interests of the government. The
largo majority of white people iu tho United
States was a security against any undue predom
inance of tho black race. This was not tho case,
however. "Would Senators bo willing to bo tried
by a jury of ignorant blacks? Such n jury might
decide in favor of the interests of their race, In
defiance of tho court. They might bo able boro,
from thclrnumbcrs, to select every olllcor of the
District not appointed. Although ho would se
cure to them every light for their own protection,
ho would not give them such as would interfere
with tho rights of others. The lesson of tho i-c
-ccnt elections showed that this system of legisla
tion was obnoxious to the public sentiment, and
lie thought they should, therefore, pause and re
flect before they carried It further.
Tho vote was then taken on the bill, and it
passed— yeas 30,'(a1l Radicals;) nays 8. Jill Demo
crats.
Tho object of the above bill is to
transfer the District of Columbia, (tho
scat of government,) to the keeping of
its negro inhabitants. Host of these
negroes have collected in the District
during the last three or four years, and
a largo majority of them havo been
clothed and fed, over since their arrival
there, at the expense of tho people’s
treasury. They are now so numerous
that by coalescing with tho New Eng
land Yankee squatters and bummers
who have been attracted to Washing
ton by the smell of corruption, they
will be able to out-voto the real owners
and residents of the District of Colum
bia. Tho District is worth many hun
dreds of millions of dollars in real es
tate, and by the operation of Sumner’s
bill, the taxpayers aiid owners of this
property will bo deprived of n say in its
management, and will be at the mercy
of the vagabond negroes and mean Now
England whites who infest the District.
The passage of Sumner’s bill, then, is a
most intolerable outrage upon the
white citizens of tho District of Colum
bia; and as this outrage received the
unanimous endorsement of the Radical
Senators, it goes to show that wherever
they havo tho power they are ready
and willing to place the negro over tho
white man, and to make him the guar
dian and custodian of white men’s pro
perty.
But Pomeroy, the Radical Senator
from Kansas, after stating that ho
would “support the bill under the cir
cumstances,” reminded Sumner that it
did not go far enough. He complained
that “intermarriage of tho races was
still unrecognized,” and he intimated
that so long as marriages between whites
and negroes was prohibited he cared
nothing for the bill. He was opposed
to “piecemeal legislation.” Sumner
lelt tho force of Pomeroy’s objections,
and at once responded, assuring the
Kansas Senator that "other legislation
was required, and ho proposed .that it
should not bo neglected by his commit
tee.” This was as much as to say that
tho law which interdicted marriages
between whites and blacks, should bo
wiped out before long.' With this as
surance and explanation, Pomeroy and
tho other Radical Senators voted solid
lor the bill reported from Sumner’s
committee. Hereafter a bill will be in
troduced permitting buck negroes to
marry white women I
Such is Radical legislation. Let white
men and women ponder over these
facts, and then say whether they can
or will countenance Radicalism longer.
• The Radical talk about economy con
sists in tho Bump Senate refusing to
print the President’s message. That
“ distinguished statesman”—S imon
Cameron—made a speech against print
ing it: Howard, and others, did tho
same. Printing tons of impeachment
reports and refusing to print the mes
sage because it logically knocks the
Radical scheme of usurpation into
“ smithereens,” is certainly wise econo
my.
Gen. Hancock has revoked Mower’s
order removing P. R. O’Rourke from
the clerkship of tiro Second District
Court, Now Orleans, and commanded
the reinstatement of thatoffleer. He de
clnros that “if any charges'are set up
against the said O’Rourke, the Judicia
ry department is suffleientto take what
ever action may be necessary.” This is
the proper way to treat the acts of such
petty despots ns Sheridan.nnd Mower.
A Scoundrel Arrested. —The no
torious Hinmieutt, of Richmond, one of
the Radical delegates to the black and
tan convention, was arrested and held
to SS,OOO hail, on Wednesday last, to ap
pear before a military commission at
Charles City Court House, ten days af
ter the adjournment of the convention,
to answbr to a charge of using incendia
ry language,
Prom April Ist to Doc 4th the Radi
cal National committee collected and
Spent $40,073 in sending "stumpers” in
to the Southern Slates and organizing
negro leagues. The leaders expect to
Steal it all back from the Govermeut,
with quadruple compound interest, in'
case they succeed iu maintaining con
trol of the public offices. -■
Su.MNEa’s bill transferring the Dis
trict of Columbia to the keeping of its
negro inhabitants has passed the House
find is now u law, '
“Have we uo right to punish traitors
at all ? Andrew Johnson says no. They
hove rebelled, seceded from tho Union,
and since they have failed, let them do as
they please. This is his unlicensed doc
trine to-day.”—-//craW.
When will tho Herald learn to tell tho
trnth ? The one who said “ no” was the
very individual whose name the Herald
floats at its mast-head as its candidate for
President. In his evidence before the im
peach men I committee, General Grant tes
tified na follows:
Q. Did you ever give your opinion to
tho President that his proclamation in
terfered with tho stipulations between
yourself and Gen. Lee ? A. No, sir. I
frequently had to intercede for Gen. Lee
and other paroled officers, on the ground
that their parole, so long as they obeyed
the laws of the United States, protected
them from arrest and trial. Tiie-Presi
dent contended that they should bo pun
ished. I told him not so long as they'
obeyed tho laws and complied with tlie
stipulation. This was the ground I took.
Q. Did you not also insist that that
applied as well to tho common soldier?
A. Of course; it applied to every one
who took the parole, but that maUcr was
not canvassed except in case of some of
the loaders ; I claimed that in surrender
ing their armies and their arms, they had
done what they could not nil of them
have been compelled to do, as a portion
of them could have escaped; but they
surrendered in considcratin of tho fact
that they were to he cxcmjyi from trial no
long as they conformed to the obligations
they had taken / and they were entitled
to that.
Q. Von looked on that in the nature
of a parole, and held that they could only
be tried when they violated tho parole?
A. Yes; that was the view I look of the
question.
That is your view still. A. Yes,
sir; unqestionubly.
Q. Did you understand that to apply
to Gen Lee? A. Certainly.
• Q* That was your understanding of
the arrangement which yon made with
Gen. Lee? A. That was my understand
ing of the arrangement which I gave vol
untarily.
(i. You considered that tho like terms
were given by Goa. Sherman to the ar-
rules which surrendered to hinv? A. —
Yes sir; and to all tho armies that sur
rendered after that..
Q. And you hold that so long us they
kept their parole of honor, and obeyed
the laws, they were not subject to be tried
by courts ? A. That is my opinion.
Mr. Eldridgc. Did you give these
views to tho President?
General Grant. I havo stated those
views to the President frequently, and,
ns I have said, he disagreed with mo in
those views. Ho insisted on it that the
leaders must be punished, and wanted to
know when tho time would come that
those persons could bo tried. I told him
when they violated their parole.
Q. Did the President insist that Gen.
Leo should bo tried for treason ? A. lie
contended for it.
Q. And you contended that the
parole which Gen. Leo had given would
bo violated in such a trial ? A. I did.—
I insisted on It that Gen. Lee would not
have surrendered his army and given up
all their arms if he supposed that after
surrendering ho was going to bo tried for
treason and hanged. I thought we got a
very good equivalent for the lives of a
few lenders iu getting all their arms and
getting themselves under control , bound b\j
their oaths to obey the laws. That was
the consideration which I insisted upon
we had received.
RADICAL PLOTS,
'i'lie SclicmtH of the Washington 'Radi
cals to Africanize the South.
[SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE WORLD.]
Washington, December 4.
A caucus of Republican Congressmen
was held to-night pursuant to tiie follow
ing confidential circular issued a few days
since ;
Rooms of the Union Hei'cih.icanl
Congressional Committee, !>
Washington, D. C.. December, 1807. J
Sir : A caucus of tbo Union Republi
cans, members of both Houses of Con
gress, will be bold in the Hall of Repre
sentatives, on Wednesday evening, De
cember 4, tvb 8 o'clock, to boar tbo report
of the Executive Committee on tbo pres
ent condition of tiie Southern campaign,
and to consult as to tho measures neces
sary; to continue and complete the or
ganization of tiie party in tho unrecon
structed States. Your attendance is ear
nestly. requested, tho object of tho meet
ing being important.
By order of Hon. E. D. Morgan, Chair
man.
Thomas L. Tuliock, Secretary.
Senator Morgan presided, and Repre
sentative Cullom, of Illinois, was elected
secretary. Morgan said the objects of tbo
meeting were to consider the best means
of promoting the interests of the Repub
lican party in the South. General
Schenck made a report of tile expenses of
conducting tho Southern campaign thus
far, and tiie funds collected for that pur
pose, showing that $40,072,50 had been
spent, $39,100,23 had been collected. Ho
gave a detailed statement of tiie labor
performed ami documents distributed iu
tiie rebel States. He urged upon the cau
cus a continuance of tiie committee and
tho renewal of its best efforts so that the
Republican party might get full control
of tiie rebel States. He suggested that
parties bo sent down Soutli to the con
ventions now in session, to see that they
aduptad the right kind of constitutions.
All tile information in tiie possession of
the Executive Committee, ho said, came
through the Frccdmon’s Bureaus and
ohurchea. He mentioned tho Baptist
and Methodist Churches particularly as
very valuable aids. He recommended
that tho committee have $20,000 raised im
mediately to bo spent during the winter
and spring.
Judge Kelly agreed with General
bcheck, except as to the amount to bo
raised. Ho thought $50,000 would be no
more than enough for the great work
that was yet to be done.
Mr. Ashley, of Ohio, thought tho Re
publican party ought to buckle on its ar
mor for a big fight this summer, and he
know of no bettor help than money to do
the work. Congress ought immediately
to amend the reconstruction act so as to
allow a majority of those voting to call a
convention. As it now stands it required
voters, and left it in the power of rebels
and copperheads to keep tho Southern
States out of the Union, He wanted
them all in to take part in the Presiden
tial election. Otherwisehe wasn’t so sure
about success next fall. Another thing
that must be done was tho removal of
every rebel now in office in the South.—
£ f Sl * cl i men as Hancock were to rule the
South there was no telling what it would
lead to. Bo Congress must step in and
put the rebels out if the generals
wouldn’t. •
Senator Chandler was the next speak
or. Ho said more had been accomplished
than bo thought possible with tbo amount
of money expended. There was no uso
l u tal “ in Si jt was a question of money af
ter all, and the Republican party must
walk up to the captain’s office and settle
very liberally between now and tbo next
Presidential election or tho South would
go to the devil and tho copperheads. He
thought if necessary half a million could
bo raised. Tbs party wasn’t broke vet
nor no signs of it. ’
Senator Corbett, of Oregon, followed in
a speech urging liberal assessments and
prompt payments.
J H ftyntu ' cl i of Tennessee, came next
and to tile same purpose.
It was then proposed that a committee
be appointed to raise funds, and that all
employes aboutthe Capitol and elsewhere
in the pay of Congress, be called on for a
donation. I his motion was carried, and
the caucus adjourned. No other subieot
but that indicated above was talked of.
MASSACHUSETTS.
nml Newburyport tUot DemScrSli?^ 0 "
Boston, Deo. o.— Dr. N D Kin,
was chosen Mayor of this oity to-day l r e ®
oeiving 8,333 votes, against 7,876 votes for
Ot sNcireross.llicpresent Republican in-
fhe result for Aldermen and Council
men cannot bo known without the olll
cial count. Probably a portion of oaob
ticket as elected. ul *
Newberyrot, Mass., Dec. 0-— Nathan
iol Pierce, Democrat, was elected Mayor
Worcester, Dec. 0.-James R. Clark
by m^o^y ra - OloCted Mayor ’mV.
OIISOEIXANEOVB.
\n American weekly newspaper Is to
be started in Paris.
—Two American vessels were lost in
tho West Indies during tho late storm.
—About 150 German immigrants arriv
ed at Charlestown, 8. C., last week.
—The people of St. Thomas have voted
in favor of annexation to the United
States.
—An ex-Coufeclorato Colonel of Caval
ry, now resident in Mobile, has drawn
$lO,OOO In the Havana lottery.
—An ingenious Frenchman, it is said,
has patented an illuminating cane for
bachelors who return homo late at night.
A black man jim! a white woman
wauled to get married in Providence (R.
f,), a lew days ago, but couldn't find a
clergyman to do it.
A recent raihoad accident in Ala
bama lot loose a menagerie of wild ani
mals, and there was a lively time between
the hoar and tiger for a while.
—An organization of Southern ladies
in reduced circumstances has been form
ed at Houston, to do sewing, and has
undertaken several largo contracts.
A school of theology after tho Book of
Mormon was opened in Balt Lake .City
on tlie 2d of this month, and called tho
“School of the Prophets."
—A foreign paper thinks that Russia
may show, its designs on Turkey by.
Christmas. That is exactly what the
United States will do whether Russia
docs it or not.
—At Clarksburg, Mass., las week, a boy
encountered u wild cat while out hunt
ing, and, falling to kill itattheiii'Ht&bot,
.was onlysaved from death himself by tho
assistance of Ills dog.
A San Francisco paper looks forward
to the time when grapes from California,
by the Pacific Railroad, will retailed
in the Atlantic States at five cents a
pound.
—The entire population of Holyhead
England, turned out a few days ago to
see a man walk on the water/ Ho wore
large shoes, nearly the shape of snow
shoes, and did not at any time sink be
low his knuss.
—ln Virginia tho Reconstruction Con
vention met on Tuesday lust, ami, after
electing a white man temporary presi
dent, and a colored man secretary, it ad
journed.
—A man In Sutton, Vt., hid .$5OO- in
United States bonds In a straw bed, and
when the straw was afterward changed,
and tiie old bed Hung into tho pig-pon,
he .suddenly remembered ills treasure —
too late. The pigs had made litter of his
bonds.
• —Mr. James Cox, a negro Secretary of
the Loyal League at Prattville, Ala. was
arrested in Montgomery, for forgery.—
ThcJ/r/zVsays the State Convention tried
to raise a bond to got him out of jail but
tho names of tho combined concern were
not good.
—ln’ the present condition of tho Pa
cific Railroad, It requires but fifteen days
to transport passengers and mails from
Now York to San Francisco. Between
Omaha and Salt Lake, the time required
for transportation is live days.
—A portion of the former country seat
of Joseph Bonaparte, at Bordentown, N,
J., has just been sold to a milk-man for
twelve thousand dollars. .It was only
a nucleus- of the estate, with the man
sion, and belonged to Mr. Millard, a sou
of Count Bonapart’s former Secretary.
—While a Pennsylvania court de
sides it legal for public carriers to provide
separate apartments for blacks and
whites, notwithstanding the “ Civil
Rights Bill,” a captain of asteamer play
ing between Savannah and Charleston
has boon fined $250 by a military court
for doing the same thing.
—Some of tho Virginia rads are getting
alarmed at the insolent demands of their
dark-skinned allies, and are declaring
themselves in favor of re-investing the
whites with tho right of voting. They
already see what an “elephant” they
have upon their hands, but they will
find it difficult to got rid of. the animal.
—ftenrSherman, Texas, recently, Mrs.
Beatty, a widow lady, met her death in a
most singular manner.. She was in the
act of getting on a horse,' when a com
mon sewing needle, which stuck in her
dress, caught in the saddle and was driv
ed in her body near her breast, slightly
piercing her heart. She lived only about
t hulf an hour.
—“ Appletoddy” is tho designation giv
en one of the Alabama Convention ora
tors. Ho worked himself into a fine
frenzy. His pants flew away up his legs,
and his hair almost tore itself out at the
roots ns he metaphorically rent tho “ fe
lug of the Union” into tatters. Tho Con
vention was so. affected that it adjourned
before he had concluded his remarks.
Con. Hancock has revoked the Sheri
dan jury order by which only Radicals
and negroes were placed upon the jury
lists in Louisiana. The matter is now to
bo conducted under the State laws, and
in accordance with the judicial system.—
Tliis was rendered neecossary by the im
possibility of seeming intelligent and
honorable men for juries. Under Sheri
dan's partisan regulation the courts were
fast becoming a glaring mockery.
—Tbe report of the Grand Secretory of
tbo Order of OddFollosbip in tbe United
States has just been issued. Ho reports
the membership at tbo present time to be
217,880, there having boon an accession
tbe past year 0f.33,754 members. Tbo
receipts for tbo past year have been SI,-
1)05,718 10, of which $1,700,123,50 were
from bodies under the jurisdiction of tbo
Grand Lodge and $505,593,45 from bodies
unedor the jurisdiction of the Grand En
campment. The total relief dispensed
in the same time was $000,075,97, of which
$025,820,25 were by the bodies under tbe
jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge. The re
lief dispensed by the bodies under tbe ju
risdiction of tlie Grand Encampment was
$04,855,12.
~ Jv 10 ashmgton correspondent of
the New York Herald, writes to that pa
per under date of November 15th : “ I am
informed that Gen. Schofield, in his in
terview with the President the day before
yesterday, gave a good deal of informa
tion relative to the arming of the blacks
in his district. The General stated that
the negroes were pretty generally armed,
and that the whites in this respect were
at a great disadvantage. The propriety
of taking some measures to prevent a
dangerous use by the blacks of their su
periority in arms and organization was
discussed, and it is probable that some
plan will bo agreed upon when the Gen.
returns here from his visit to Now York.
—Detective Baker, the veracity of whoso
testimony before the Impeachment Com
mittee has already been questioned in va
rious, quarters, has a new competitor in
Governor BroWnlow, of Tennessee. A
despatch from Nnshvllieeannounces that
the Governor, in a published card, gives
allat denial to the testimony of Defective
Baker before the Impeachment Commit
tee, wherein Brownlow is said to have
been cognizant of a letter written by An
drew Johnson to Jefferson Davis. The
Governor further says that he does not
believe Mr. Johnson ever wrote a letter
to Davis or any other man giving aid and
comfort to the rebellion.
NEW VOIfK ELECTION,
, £So.K > ““’ d wsa^ssarsa-ijsss
T K ti De r? mber 8 --Hon. John
£ • Hoffman, the Democratic candidate
for Mayor of this city, was elected to-dav
by a large majority over hath the
candidates, ifis majority over Tim-iir.
JS about 45,000; and over Wood aboSt4n e
his majority oOTfi’S,"*,";;.
New Yoek, December B—B p. jr Holt
by “ “«»«* ov oi''w<)Qd
New Youk, December 3—lo p M
Complete returns of the Mayoralty oiee
Hon give the following result ; y C '
Holimau,
Wood “ijul
Darling, ' s?’?^
Hoffman over Wood, aonnn
Hoffman over Darling;
OUR WASHINGTON LETTEr"
The Impeachment Flule-.lt I. it-r—.
nn Orenvholmlnv .T,„i or i, v I “ii n, e , l b.
John.on vtncllcnteil—AScrnpof
—The Ppe«lilent’.lT,cMnire--lfown
Ilmllcnl Fneh Uom-A Shu Seuiom" llc
Cvrre/ipomlence American Volunteer,
Washington, d. c., Dec o iBtr
The impeachment farce has ou.L.i''.
last. .The . “Impeachera" struck M.
colors and surrendered at dlscrcHn.V ,r
Saturday afternoon. The ball %^L 0n
ed on Thursday by a speech from I&
well, who also occupied an hour on ph
day. His speech was nothing more tl,l
a rehash of tho silly charges C
been made against the President, e™ '
one of which was disproved by tho'e.?
donee taken before the Committee ir
read froin a tremendous pile of
script, and his spooch, though camr.
prepared and Intended to be overwlm y
mg in the force of Its argument, faii e j
awaken the least enthusiasm, ami iJn
like a wot blanket on tho hopes of
who ed to depose the PresidentS
overturn the government. Ho was r
lowed on Fridayby Mr Wilson c m ."
man of the Judiciary Committee, w
though a strong Republican, took ho
ground that the evidence was not sun
cient to base impeachment on. U’ilsnh
is one of the best lawyers and ablest
speakers in tho House, and his stem log c
tore the majority report and the defense
of Boutwcll into tatters. In eoncludim.
ho moved that the whole matter ho hni
on the table. The impeaohers then coni
menoed “ llllibustoring,” by motions to
adjourn and other tactics usual on such
.occasions, and did succeed in staving n •
a vote until Friday afternoon, when the
previous question was ordered. The vote
stood : for impeachment 57; against in,-
peachmtnt 108. So the great bugaboo
died on the spot which , gave ithiftb-
Tho recent elections were too much for
tho weak knees of some of the Radical
brethren. The handwriting on tho wall
was too*mrniiatnkaniy plain “to me disre
garded. Sohenek remonstrated, Logan
iumed, Kelley raved and Ashley swore
but ail to no purpose. Tho craven
hounds, who had done so much boasting
were afraid to carry out their threats. They
felt that a squaro’baok down was prefer
able to an ignominious defeat, and Joined
the ranks of tho Democracy in voting
down tlie measure. So this treasonable
scheme to get possession of the Executive
department of tho government' was cru
elly slaughtered in tho house of its
friends, and President Johnson’s reeoul
lias been vindicated by the very men
who ihave been bounding at liis heels
ever since ho declined to endorse their
traitorous projects;
As a sample of this impeachment testi
mony, I give you the following, whieb
was actually alluded to by Boutwcll a
a valid reason for impeachmcnt-aad from
which you can see to what straits theim
penchers wore driven to make out a case.
Let it bo remembered that this testimony
is one of the “heavy points” made
against tho President. It is a great won
der the Radical House did not consider
it sulllcient not only to impeach the
President upon, but to haug him too.-
Let an astonished world read:
** Tho testimony of Stanley Mathews,
of Ohio, who commanded a regiment in
Tennessee, sworn July Ist, 1867 : Stale
whether you saw Andrew Johnson nl
Cincinnati, in February, 1865? Answer
—I had an interview with Mr. Johnson
in February, 1805,. at tho Burnet House,
in Cincinnati, Ohio. During ourconver
sation, and while sitting together on n
sofa, ho (Mr. Johnson), remarked
‘ You and I were old Democrats.’ I
said 1 yes.’. Mr. Johnson said : * I will
tell you what it is, if the country is ever
to be saved it is to be done through the old
Democratic party.’ Immediately after
wards I took my leave.” ~ .
In the report of the Committee, which
makes a folio as large as “ Webster’s Un
abridged,” there are hundreds of pages
of such trash as this. And for this the
people have paid two hundred thousand
dollars. Will they come to tho conclu
sion that they have got the worth of
their money? Or will they bo apt to
think that this was rather an expensive
a'ttemptat blackening the character of the
Chief Executive of the nation and bring
ing dishonor upon tho nation itself?
The Radicals, made a fierce attack upon
the President’s message, both in the Sen
ate and Houso v They, poured out the
viala of their, pent up .wrath, for the pur
pose of attracting attention from tho im
peachment “fizzle.” In the Senate,
Drake, of Missouri, proposed a resolution
to censure the*President for sending such
a message to tho Senate. Sumner re
peated for tho hundreth time that An
drew Johnson was the legitimate suc
cessor of Jefferson Davis. Mr. Howard
was opposed to extending the time-hon
ored courtesy to the Executive of even
printing the message. Mr. Wilson also
made his usual speech as to what Con
gress would do despite presidents and
newspapers. Finally the other side was
heard in a calm, dignified and earnest
speech from Mr. Dixon, defending the
message and declaring that the people
would read the document and form their
own judgment, no,matter what the Sen
ate might do,. In the House, Schcnck
railed at the President because some dis
honorable newspaper’ correspondent had
violated his pledge, and given the mes
sage to the world before it had been rend
to the House. Covode thought tho mes
sage in itself was evidence enough that
1 the President and oughter bo impeach*
ed.” Logan attempted a little stale wit
by offering a resolution that the pages bo
discharged in order that they might not
frighten the President. But through all
this whistling to keep their courage up”
it was evident that tho impeaehers thenl*
selves were the worst frightened of any
about the capitpl.
Speaking of the message, its fearless
and independent tone has given great
satisfaction to tho Conservatives, while,
as I have said, it has been exceedingly
annoying to the Radicals. With perhaps
the single exception of tho first veto of
the military reconstruction bill, it is con*,
sidered the ablest state paper which has
emanated from the White House, during
the present administration.
There has been nothing to call up un
usual excitement or interest, this session.
Even the impeachment question failed
to create a ripple. The Radicals seem to
feel that they have gone tho full length
of their tether and must subside ; while
the Democracy are quietly biding their
ime * Caucasian.
STATE ITEMS.
—Mr. Keller, of York County, who was
run over on the Gettysburg railroad, a
few days ago; died last Tuesday.
—The County Treasury of Snyder coun
ty was robbed—of nothing, on Friday
night a week. The burglars blew open
the safe, but there was no money in it.—
Fortunate, Snyder;
There are at present in the State of
Pennsylvania more than seven thousand
lawyers. This makes' one lawyer for
every eighty of the voting population,
and we think this is enough to answer
every need. °
—•The store and offices of the Delaware
and Lackawana railroad company, near
Scranton, were burned on Sunday morn
ing, Ist inst. The loss is about slo,o^
m^ofPouTtoVMrnT 0^16 col T d
dTs k a^ d ° U
disease, said to be the lung fe
ver, is prevailing among the horses iu
vhoster county.
At Swissvale, a station on the Penn
c^l V u ni ?r.^ ilroad » near Pittsburgh, Mrs.
Sarah M’Munn and her little. grand*
daughter, wore run over by the Cincin
nati express east, and instantly killed, on
Tuesday last; ■ •
Mrs. Flinn, of Woodvlllo, Luzerne
county, was run over and killed on the
-Lehigh and Susquehanna railroad on
Monday, 2d inst.
—Thousands of wild pidgeons have re
cently passed over Wilksbarre, going
South.
“John Rumbaugh, of Mount Pleasant,
Westmoreland county, committed suicide
by hanging hlmsoif in the barn of Jacob
Byers, on the 28th ult. Ho shaved him
self carefully, and dressed himself in a
new suit of clothes, before committing
the rash act:
One of tho negro delegates to the Vir*
ginia Convention stole a horse and rode
to the election in style,.. Tho Conven
tion will mjss him as ho Is now in Jail*