Jlmmajj SMtmte. CARLISLE, PA., Thursday Morning 1 , January IC, 18GS. THE REASON' It is gratifying to know that even some Republican journals have honesty and fairness enough to admit and pro claim the truth regarding the purposes of Congress. The Now York Times, Re publican, in a recent issue says: “The Radicals are determined, it seems, not to admit the ton Southern Slates, unless they arc so recount nu-teilasto sc--art tin ir vote for the Jiadival canditkde for the Presidency." This explains the whole object of the Radical reconstruction sebeme. To say tiiat the Southern Stales arc denied admi-.-ion on the ground of dis loyalty, is the veriest non-ense. Thu cry of treason is merely a pretext to give a shadow of reason to the action.- of Congress. The mie moiive of its legis lation is the eontinuathui of the power of the Radical party. To llii- end they concentrate all their rts, and thi-ob ject is at the bottom of ai! their lawle.— machination-. If tin- s-oiith were ad mitted upon a fair and equitable ba.-i-. the Radical party wouM be s;altered to the winds like ebalf, before the In -t hur ricane of the popular will. Tin* leaders of that party are overw helmiugly eon vineed of tills fact. Ihey are also aware that in the North oven, their days arc numbered. Their lost and only hope i in the negroes of the South. They pro pose to tic down the white njen and whip thw blacks to the polls, to .-tuft the ballot-boxes with Radical ticket.-. Up on conditions like these they will extend the hand of friendship to the South and welcome her into the Union. Such is the “reconstruction” of the Radical Congress, and such the purposes for which that policy was inaugurated. Ail Ohio Victim «r Itotllom Tyranny. Nut alone in the South lain the mer ciless hand of the Radicals crushed its opponents with every circumstance of cruelty. In the North it 101 l heavily and often on those who dared to protest against the shameful deeds done in the name of the Union. Vallandigham was the chief of thooe who were pursued re lentlessly fu vtiiu, hut l<•*>!». If* f individuals in that State suffered more | from the prevailing oppression. One of these has just died in the insane asylum df Columbus. This was Mr. .John W. Keyes, formerly editor ol the Circleville i_Ohio) Dnnfvml. In referring to the sad demise of this patriot, the Colum bus Crisis says; -Tlili imforuuiiU.- CKiitlriuiin 1« um..Ohta-M.-.l in llit! lung lirav<-i»uiill moil who havo I>c< n uuinlureil by iiu.-lu-'. ay th»* patty m ;-n\vur. Mi'. Iveyc.i whs lliu c*di lor •if :ui i iuh-p.■ inh-j,i m* wspa ji.T, Wlni-li (h*fL*niiM lihi'l-ty 11 1 1 f-m less niaii iloud. I 1 or this ha v. a-, i| c.ll to prison tuni in-aliiti »o brutally (li.it x«*ji -»■ >i• luitiMo.l ircim hi-r tluoiif. luul ho i n I. r. • \ 11..; 1U.H1..U-. All lorti lo if-toiv hiii. ! I..'' 'I ; in- vaiil; ’down m i-iolilisli IniVjfn-ilily ml . On* Hi-, f.uinJv, 1.-lI ilt-.-oriMihit** uni lin . .k n look tv An exchange po*ts the political hook-; of the year and show* a glorious work for the Democracy. Of (he twenty States in which elections have been held in the year past, tiie Democrat* have carried ten. They carried Imt three la’ slulll inherit it. married, on Christinas day to'll Pierre . o The “ Constitution isa league with .1 , ' ‘ I 0 ’ lu ' u . l lurl ° iiell and a covenant with death,” and J.emard, a tenor of the troupe. we, ns Radicals, discard it entirely. State Convention.— At the meet ing of the Democratic StateCcntral Com mittee, at Harrisburg, on Tuesday eve ning, the 7th inst., it was resolved that the State Convention for the nomina tion of candidates for Auditor Ueneral and Surveyor (tenoral, ami the selection of Delegates to the National Convention, ho held at Ilairisburg, on the -ilh of March next. A Uadu'ai. print suggests that “the vagrants u-ually confined in all county prisons ho brought out in gangs and made to work on the streets of the coun ty towns, cities and boroughs.” How would it do to take the -ame measures with regard to (he black Radical negro voters who are pampered in idleness by the Freednien’s bureau? Tin-: Chicago Times very truly says that “it is sheer humbug and bosh to talk of paying our debt unless we stop the va-t and useless expenditures c f the (.lovernmenl." The mo-l useless of tlie.-e expenditure.- grow out of the ef forts of the Radicals in Congress to Af ricanize the South for the benefit of the Republican parly. • Kvkuv Radical organ in the country i- denouncing (ten. Hancock because lie ba.- made lie military power subsidiary to the civil and judicial authority in bis Dependency, and becan-e he has declar ed that all men -hould be protected in the enjoyment of civil liberty. Wash ington was luited during his time, hy the same class of Radical moiiarchi-t.-. Till; New York 7V;nc.vtells its Repub lican friends that if they do not aban don their pre-ent wild scheme.-, ami re form their Congressional practice, they will assuredly be beaten in the Presi dential conle-t —whoever they may nominate. “All of whieh is respect fully submitted.“ They will be beaten any way—and it is a sound cun\iciion of such a catastrophe that makes them obstinate. Dicta Ton Sni s m: lias written to the Georgia moiigVel enn vein lon to go ahead, and, if they want any more legislation, they need only to a-k .1 of the Rump, and it will be granted, flic wishes of tho people of I he North and South arc of no account. Mongreii.-m is now “ the rage. M A Radical newspaper called the Journal lias been started in Jackson, Mississippi, since tho meeting of the black and ♦nn menagerie, and the cbn ventinn printing has been awarded to it. The organ will collapse when tiic menagerie adjourns. It is currently and apparently relia bly intimated that (Ik; Supreme Court wll -lurlly decide that the so-called-re eon-inirtiotr acts tire um-onstitutional. Such a decision is just what the people want and for delay of which the country is badly suffering. J3e»\st UrTLKit is in Richmond, ma king speeches to the negroes. A tele gram says that as soon as the Roast's ar rival wa* announced, all silver *pr ons and other valuable* wen* deposited in the sale* of the various banks for safe keeping. - Stanton Uki ss'i'ATr,i>.-In tho Rump V. S. Senate, on Monday, Stan ton was reinstated in the War office, by a strict party vote. What line of policy tin; President will pnrsiiu in the matter, lias not transpired. Mrs. Lincoln’s Old Clothes. —Tiie telegraph announces that the Board of Aldermen of Providence, R. I*., have re fused to grant a license for the exhibi tion of the old clothes of “ Mrs. Gov ernment.” Tm: Mississippi black and tan men agerie wants tin* Rump to allow it to put the pre.-ent State otlieer* out and to till up with creature.*, with the black streak down their backs. A military organization of negroes has been discovered in Virginia by the military authorities and one of Us oili eers has been arrested. Prentice says the Southern negroes, like Shakespeare’s breeze over a bank of violets, are “stealing and giving odor.” Senator from Ohio.-— Judge Thur man, Democrat, was elected U. S. Sena tor, by the Ohio Legislature, yesterday. Good. Logan still vainly duns the Ohio committee for the six thousand dollars which lie thinks he earned making Rad ical speeches for them. The Rails Gelling Frightened. The New York Evening Post , a leading organ of the radical party in that State, sees the hand writing on the wall, and thus sounds the note of alarm : It cannot be denied that there has been a gooil deal of inconsiderate and even dani/crous UufislntUm in Conf/rcmt tinring the past two years. There has been a great deal more inconsiderate and dan gerous talk. There are still threats made by men whomigblto know better, which are nothing less than rcvolutionan/ y and of these tilings tiie people are getting wea ry. They tell their representatives in Congress that instead of listening to their enthusiasts, to their extreme men, to their Sumners, their Stevenses, and their Butlers, it would be better to listen to the dictates of good sense, to the strict requirements of constitutional Jaw, and to men of moderation and statesmanship. As for reconstruction, it is not so hopeful a condition now us it was a year ago, when the constitutional amendment-ar ticle XlV—was passed. Nearly all that Congress has since done has heen nerd hss, viulrni nnstatcsmanlikc— we might say, fanatical. Th« ICiulioiil Platform, An exchange give.-* the following as the Uadical platform: 1. The negro is better than a white man. Being black and ignorant ho shall vole. ;J. The white man, unless a lladical, shall not vote. •1. Greenbacks are a legal tender for the laboring classes, but gold and silver must be paid to bondholders. o. No tax upon the rich man’s bonds but compel the poor man to pay upon everything he owns. i). Love Xew Lngland because she demands your protection and your money. THE GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE Governor Geary’s message hag been published. It It a very lengthy docu ment, fully as Icing ns President John son’s last Annual' Message. "We have not the room for lit entire, but give below an abstract of the more important parte, which we extract from the Philadelphia Hominy The first part of the Message is devo ted to a consideration of the Stale finan ces. The Governor calls attention to the fact that during the entire year a very large sum of money is in the keeping of the Stale Treasurer. This sum nt pres ent amounts to considerably over four millions of dollars. It is unncccessary that the greater pot tion of this money should be kept in the Treasury. It can be loaned with ample security for its repayment when needed, for cer tain specific periods, at a reasonable rate of Interest, and the proceeds placed in the treasury for the benefit of the Slate. The fund thus acquired could be added to the sinking fund, and would material ly aid in the reduction of the .State debt. A glance at the condition of the Treas ury will show that at least four millions of dollars might be loaned, and at four per cent, would realize the inuUome sum of sloo,obO per annum. The total in the Treasury, November 110, ISO 7, was $30,205,395,34. Payments during the fiscal year $25 243,55*,.v>. Ral auce in Treasury November 30, $4,001, *30,40, of which $2,037, 07S, 55 are appli cable to payment of over duo loans, leav ing a balance of $1,723,557,1'1. Public debt November 30, I*o7, $14,700,431,22., Of the school sy.-tem the Governor then >peaks, recommending uniformity of books and gradation of schools, and re-- commends the --Agricultural College to the legislature, lie then relers to the Gettysburg (. emetery, protesting against the interment of Rebel dead therein. — The thorough revision of the civil code by Wa.\ he .McVeigh, David Dickerson, ami W. M. Hull, is said to be in satisfac tory progress, ami bills will be presented to this Legislature by the commission. The (I'ovenmr urges the passage of a general railroad law, and says it seem* that any person’can receive injury from its adoption, whilst, il.shene fij-~ may lie felt by all i lasses of citizens. Iv.en the chartered companies have no re isonable grounds for opposition. The intention of the proposed Jaw is not lo deprive them of any vested rights or franchises, hut to secure to others the same privileges ami opportunities f»r competilon. it will open new avenues to distant markets; impiovc the value of property: give now imp dse t«» immigration, ami add to our general prosperity. Other Slates have tried the experiment with satisfactory results, and there is no reason why Pennsylvania should be a laggard in the gram! march of progress and'im provoment. He recommends the establishment of an insurance department, as in New ’i ork, that shall control) all companies within this Stale. .Such enactments is rcM/iiiied for security of our citizens.— Millions ol dollars arc paid out by them annually for insurance-much of it un der such circumstances as to render it impossible for a private individual to know‘whether the company to which he pays is or is not reliable. Consulting the insurance journals, we find that, as a general thing,’ Pennsylva nia insurance companies are acquiring an unenviable reputation abroad, aflec ting the Junior and good name of the Slate. The great purposcof the proposed department should be protection. He advises the creation of an ndieo for tlie inspection of gas and gas meters to enable the people to appeal for redress from alleged hnpositiunsof the gas com- 1 panics. Of national aOliirs thoOovornorspeaks earnestly, insisting 1 hat the Congrossion al plan of reconstruction shall not be sur rendered. He thinks the general financial condi tion would bo greatly benefited bv reduc ing the number of articles taxed. A strong tariff is necessary for the protec tion of home labor and resources. The mcs.-age concludes by invoking the bles sing of Hod upon the Legislature—which there is reason to fear will lie greatly needed. .VOKTII (’AUOIJVA C'apliii'o «r n <;nnc of IS'psrro I»ON|»oi-af a gang of negro desperadoes who have tor some lime past infested the eastern portion of the State, committing nightly murders and outrages to such an extent that the people were comple tely terror-stricken. About the latter part of December, the people of (freon county were tlu-own into the utmost ex citement and alarm by the presence of a band of negro robbers who were arm ed and in the neighborhood fur purposes ot murder, arson ami incendiarism. Their capture was elfeeled on infor mation furnished by Uyo negroes, re spectively named John Dixon and Har ry Coward, who, with a number of both whites and blades, combined to arrest the banditti. After careful reconnois sam-e and considerable strategy, Need ham Speight, alias Needham J-ivans, John Dunn, alias Curtis, alias John Miller, were surrounded and captured. They wore found to bo armed with three double-barreled guns, two pistols and one dirk. They laid also three sacks of clothes, a large quantity of lino dresses for Indies, ladies’ underclothing ami u quantity of old peach brandy. The day after the camping place they had occupied previously was discovered, and hero were found the notes, bonds and bank stock of Willis Uriorly, the man whom I have hitherto reported murdered in the presence of his wife and who was also robbed of a trunk’ containing a largo amount of specie and State money. The desperadoes confess ed to the above murder, also that tliev they robbed and beat a Mr. Taylor that they shot Mr. C. M. A. (friilin, ami that it was then their intention, before arrested, to pillage and destroy the stores and residences at Fountain's Hill n village close by, as well as a Mr. Pit man’s residence, about a mile distant from where they were arrested. A num ber of the gang who were with the two arrested had left them the moi-iiiim be fore to go to Kingston for additional belli to effect the, numerous nndertii ings in their extensively laid out pro gramme of plunder, incendiarism and murder. Over thirty of these desperadoes are now lodged in the jail at Greenville Hnow Hill and Kingston, and the whole country is thorougly aroused to a sense ol its danger. The special forces order ed by General Canby may possibly have some effect in restraining these ontrii"- es.—A r . JlrnUil. “ Vai.i.axdici'ham ox liixcnrAM hnuliglnnn in a recent speech, thus re ferred to John A. Bingham : " liinghum Ims chosen to speak of Val hnnliglnnn as ‘ sticking out his neck like a crane ami gibbering like a ghost.’ I fM n ;‘, tel . 1, . (m tlu>t ‘t is tire gliost «1 \ allandigham which disturbs his su runny. Vaihuidiglmm is still alive and able in the llesh to vex his foes. [Ap plause.] 11 is tlie avenging spirit of that unhappy woman which Hits before his stsion at noon-day and glares across the meditations ol his guilty conscience at midnight. It is the ghost of his victim that dogs Ins footsteps, mocking threat ening, tormenting and driving him to the doom of suicide. Says this counsel lor of a murderous conspiracy, the ‘ ne gro Is just as lit to vote as the tail end of a wheelbarrow,’ meaning thereby the hard working Irishman. Has ho not read the history of the Emerald Isle?— Knows lie nothing of her statesmen her scholars and her warriors? Hus he nev er heard of her orators, carrying multi tudes captive with the resistless power of native clnquem-e? Of her poel>, thril ling the hearts of humanily wlti* their songs, and immortalizing the laud of their birth and the race from which they sprung? Must tiie great, the gifudami the good be thus insulted , by ignonuiee and malice ? I shall dismiss the unman ly reviler of genius from further conside ration, and if ho wishes to discuss the merits of the Irishman and African let him produce for his negro pets a record that will eompalr with that of the people he assailed. THE DANGER AHEAD. Under this caption the Morniny JW, anew daily Radical paper published nt Philadelphia, discourses os follows : “ The second number of The Morning Font, October 30th, predicted the defeat of the Republican party in Pennsylva nia. . The third number unfortunately confirmed it. We recall this fact to show that we arc not idle alarmists when wo now say that the danger increases that the Republican party will lose the Presi dential election. It has made no pro gress since the war, and its purpose has been shaken, its spirit cowed, its leaders demoralized by the Democratic victories in the fall. It is to-day without leader ship, not from the want of men capable of directing It, but from the dissensions of those who, born to be subordinates, assume the rights of generalship. These false leaders have turned an army into a crowd of foragers; they have made' the success of candidate the highest good, blind to the truth that the mission of the Republican parly is not to elevate men but to enthrone and establish principles. The Democratic part on the other hand, likely the ragged and hungry troops of the rebellion, have been starved into courage and whipped into discipline.— Defeat has taught them how victory may bo gained. They, have no candidate; there is not one nmn'in the Democratic party of whom it can ho said, “On his nomination our success depends.” ,ThC3£) -stand upon a platform which declares that punishment for rebellion is uncon stitutional, and that the head of the ne gro must for ever be kept under the while man’s heel. On the popularity of these principles they mainly depend for Seymour js strong in the Hast, IVmilelon. is strong in the West, Han cock has military fame as an advantage on the niie hand, and repudition of the cause in whic'* he won that fame, on the oilier. Rut the Domacratic party does not de pend on Seymour or Pendleton or Han cock. Even when Grant was supposed to lie the man, the Democrats refused to toady to his epaulets. They are so firm in their convictions, so earnestly united, so enthusiastic in their devotion to what they consider the right cause, that they can aflbrd to .chose even an unknown man as their loader. This was precise ly the position of the Republican party when it took Abraham Lincoln from his obscurity. Who can say that we can now make that boast, that it is not upon the popularity of our candidate that wo ap peal to the people, but upon the gran deur and justice of our platform ?” FllO3l GEORGIA. Removal of Governor Jctildns—General Huger Appointed in 111 m Nlcml. Atlanta, Gn., Jan. 13.—The follow ing order was issued this morning : Headquarters Third Military District, Atlanta, Jan. 13, ISOS—Gen eral Orders No. B—First. Charles J. Jen kins,- Provisional Governor, and John Jones, Provisional Treasurer of the State of Georgia, having declined to respect the instructions of, and failing to co-opo rale with the Major-General command ing the Third Military District, arc here by removed from ollico. Second. By virtue of the authority granted by the supplementary recon struction act of Congress, July It), 1807, the following named olhcersaro de tailed for duty in the Dislrictof Georgia: Breyel Brigadier-General Thomas H. Huger, Colonel Thirty-third Infantry, to be Governor of the State of Georgia; Brevet Captain Charles F. Rockwell, Ordnance Corps U. S. A., lo bo Treas urer of the State of Georgia. Third. Thu above named officers will proceed without delay to Milledgeville, Georgia, and enter upon the duties de volving upon them, subject to instruc tions from these headquarters. By order of Major-General Meade. H. C. Drum, A. A. G. At 10:30 a. m. this order was read to the Convention amid much applause. miscellaneous. —Tiie sudden squelching of the ini poachment spoiled forty-six speeches. —A Baton (Ohio) stage horse has trav clod 35,0u0 miles in seven and a hal years. -—There are now thirty-seven thousan miles of completed railroads in the Un ted Slates. —1 fc costs just two dollars and a half to thrash an editor in CJuelph, Canada. —An exchange says the ladies would rather face a mad bull than not have their div.-i.-cs gored. A young boar wondered down the streets of Cheshire, Ohio, the other day. He was arrested. —A man in St. Louis drinks so much whiskey that several mosquitoes who have bitten him, have died of the deliri um tremens. Brigham Young is said to conduct his establishment on the principle of ‘‘ largo sales and small prophets.” —A Little one, after undergoing the dis agreeable operation of vaccination, ex claimed, “ Now E won't have to be bap tised, will I ?’’ Cough has identified and recovered a spoon stolen Irom him in Massachu setts hy burglars. There are several spoons still in the hands of burglars in ■Nassuebusetts. —lt is said that the whole black and tan Convention of Mississippi does not own property enough to furnish means for tlie burial of one of its members. —The custom house and fifty other buildings in Indianola, Texas, were de stroyed by an incendiary lire on the 3d instant. Loss $lOO,OOO and no insurance. ~A man in Indianapolis, Ind., has bet that he can walk on his bands from the bridge to the lunatic asylum, lie had better stay there if he succeeds. A Shrewd Arkansas editor advertised that his paper would be mailed free to the person who should send in the biggest turkey lor Christmas and that the fortu nate individual would be “ compliment ed from time to time with flattering no tices.” ° . —Helena, Montana, reports a carious instance of the Chinese mode of trial.— A Are tqolc place there recently, and all the Chinese residents were summoned to ballot for the olleuder. The person receiving the highest number of votes was to be punished. —There is now unbroken railroad com munication from New York to the lloekv Mountains a distance of nearly two thou sand miles, a temporary bridge bavins been ompletod across the Missouri llivcr at Omaha. —The anniversary of the battle of New Orleans was generally observed by the Ochlocracy. In Washington City three hnndreu guests, including President Johnson, sat/lown to dinner. Henry Morrison a laborer at the Jer sey freight depot, while moving some bars of iron not long since, took up one so cold that it adhered to two of the lin gers of the right hand, and when he threw it down, it stripped the llesh en tirely from the first joints, leaving the bones bare and rendered amputation nec essary. -Vu 1 “A gentleman writes to the New York Herald Hint he lias received a letter from Africa that confirms tho reports printed in English papers, that a white man, supposed to bo Dr. Livingston, is travel ling in that country. —Tho “ Soldiers’ and Sailors’ League” —the cow-catcher of the National Black and Tan Menagerie—is to meet in Chi cago on the 19th of May. It is a wcalc par ty that- has to resort to such t-leks and clap-trap. • “A. of Boston tho colored member of the Georgia convention, was convicted of riotous and disorderly con duct in disturbing the peace, and sen tenced to pay $lOO line or ninety day’s impnsonmen* s *aiid ton days imprlsou ment for gross contempt of the court.— 1 here is much excitement among the ne groes. ° —i he Surratt case was a “ fat thiuo-” for loyal” lawyers, but not so to the tax-payers, whose pockets have to stand the expenses. Pierrepont was naid . OUO, Kiddie £3,090, Edmons, $l,OOO • anti reporter, Smith, *2,1150. Of course it is natural that the parties, and others who have fared equally well, should want to try the assassin” over again two or three times. THE HOOK OF PARDON*. We promised, the other day, to refer fo to the book of pardons issued by Governor Geary. The Hat of persons to whom Executive clemency has been extended numbers 74. The list of persons whoso fines were re mitted numbers 7, and the list of those who were released from the payment of forfeited rccognizauc.es numbers 7. ThcpaiVlons may *be classified as fol lows; Adultery, Assault and Battery, «l» do do Assault with Intent to kill, Assault ami Battery by overcoming an Elector, Burglary, Burglary, Larceny, Broach of Peace, Horse Stealing, do., Larceny, Tarrying Pistols, Conspiracy to Defraud, Deserting a Bastard Child, / ilitiirbiii;/ an Election, Fmhe/zlemonl, Forgery, Lummy, I.ihel. Malicious Mischief and Assault. .Maliciously Obstructing Hall Hoad trank, Manslaughter, Mayhem and Assault, .Misdemeanor, Obtaining Money under False pretences, do Clouds do do Passing Counterfeit Currency, Jteieetini/ (he rofe.tnf JJlretorn, •SW/pif/ hi'jiinr Without Liceme, do do do do do to Minors, Intern la-rale persons and on Sunday, These pardons were generally gran led upon the recommendations of the judges before whom the criminals were tried, the jurors, the district attorney and oth er ollicers of the Court; besides those of citizens of standing and integrity. The jjolitic'it cases, however—those distin guished by italics—wore invariably grant ed upon the recommendations of private parties—individuals “unknown to fame,” and who had no connection (except it be political) with the parties or the suits.— Patriot and Union. POLITK’AE —lt appears that “ my two newspapers, both daily,” will support Grant. Whith out subsidies they would not support For ney. —There is a rumor afloat of a move ment to place General Butler and Sena tor Wade in the Held as radical candi dates for President and Vice-President. —The Chase and Colfax Radicals have united in common cause against the “narrowminded blockheads' 7 who are begging the loan of Grant’s uniform to hide there criminal intentions. —lt is said that Gen. Grant was con siderably annoyed when told that ho had received the presidential nomimitiou of Josh Owens and other Radical poli ticians who call themselves soldier’s. —The mobile Time# hoists the standard of Grant and Fessenden for President and Vice-President, upon the universal amnesty and suffrage platform. - The Democratic Slate Convention of Ohio, on the Sth inst., by acclamation, nominated Hon. George H. Pendleton as the choice of the Ohio Democracy for President. —The following three kinds of wood are now in popular use: &haruwood t "Woodward aud Underwood. No nigger under the first two, bub an awful big one under the last “ wood pile.” • —Twenty-live of the Republican jour nals published in the northern ami north western portions of Pennsylvania have expressed a preference for Galusha A. Grow as the candidate for Vice-Presi dent. —The Post, the organ of the Democra cy of Western Pennsylvania, declares in favor of the nomination of the Hon George H. Pendleton for President, as the only outspoken representative of the policy of paying the national debt in na tional money—greenbacks for bonds and equal taxation. 1 —The Munlncipal Election, hold on Monday last, In the Borough of Colum bia Lancaster county, resulted in an over whelming Democratic Victory, for the first time in twelve years. Our friends there elected the entire Ticket. The Democratic majorities ranged about GO being a gain of 10-i votes over the elec tion of last October! Hurray, for “ Old 2'had." “ Confiscation” and “ Miscegen ation!” In a speech at the Sth of January celebration Attorney General Stanbery declared ; “I do not hesitate to say that the whole of those Reconstruction acts of Congress, from beginning to end, first second and third in the aeries, are uncon stitutional and void. There are times when men must speak out. I w ! li not attempt to school myself into reticence upon these great questions, and X could not, if I would.” It is said that Justices Grier, Nelson, Clifford and Field, of the Supreme Court agree with the Attorney General, and that Justices Chase, Miller and Swayno take the Rump view. Jus tice Davis is said to be undecided. PERSONAL —Jefferson Davis will spend the win ter in Mississippi. —Vallandigham has been lecturing in Ohio on the inspiration of the Bible. —Rev. Dr. Mnhlonburg, who wrote " I would not live always,” is contentedly going through his 71st year. Charles Dickens refuses to attend church in this country, because lie de sires to keep out of politics. —A. H. Lee, who drew the Crosby Opera House, at Chicago, is striving to get together the finest private library in the United Stales. -Caleb Cuslnng is hard at work on his codification of the Salutes at large a nor tion of which will he submitted to Con gress at tlie present session. -Sumnor looks worn and badly out un Die separation from Madame S will be final, owing to diverse tastes and views of social questions. I •“ 1 ,‘, u Revc|, °'id Bishop Hop kins, Presiding Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States expired at the Episcopal residence at Reel! Point, \ ermont, recently, aged 76 years. —Dickons made Ids first speech in this country on New Year’s eve. When lie had finished reading Mr. Bob Sawyer's laity, he said: Ladies and gen tlemen allow mo, from my heart of hearts to wish you a Happy How Year,' 1 1 --Uov. Hoberi J. Breckinridge ftadl cal Ims addreswd a letter to President Johnson, asking a pardon for General John C. Breckinridge, late Vice-Presi dent, who is now in Paris ia very reduced circumstances. —Colonel Ely Parker’s the remote con sequence of tho loves ofaF.-onch OHicer and a Seneca Squaw, at Port Du Qucsne during the last conto'y. Th«s circum stance Is adduced to account for his late French leave. —Ashley, " the linpeacher,” is out in a long letter llatly denying that he is a liar and a rascal. That certainly raises l\ ques tion of voracity between him and Dublin opinion. 1 —Miss Caroline M. Uichings the well known American primadonna, was mar ncd. at Boston, on Chrismas Eve to I icrre Bernard, of New York city. Mr Bernard js a member of tho Operatic Com pany of which his wKe is the star. —William Cullen Bryantis writing three poems for tho Now York Ledger for which Mr. Bonner pays him three thous and dollars. This Is the largest amount ever paid to a poet. —On Saturday last, Mr. Justice, of Lo gan, introduced in tho Kentucky House of Itepresentativcs resolutions suggesting to Senator Guthrie tho propriety of resign mg his seat in the United States Senate, to enable Kentucky to bo fully represen ted there, in case lie finds himself unable to attend the sittings of Congress. USS" Have you a cough, cold, paiu in the Chest, or Bronchitis ? In fact, have yon tho premonitory symptoms of tho “ insatiate archer,” Consumption? If so, know that relief is within your roach in tile shapeof Dr. Wisiw'e Balsam of Wild Cherry, which in many cases where hopo had lied, has snatched tho victim from the yawning grave. OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. .Ilui'o nndlcnl Infamies—TlioNuprrmc Court (<> bo Overruled—.A A'cir jnciimiro ofl'mir* pnlloa-Urnnt to be ftlmlo JOlcCulorOver the Soulli—Tlio Klshth ofJnmmry Celobrnlloa ••Judge IllaeU* Speech. (hrresixnuicnce American Volunteer. Washington, D. C., Jun. 11, 1563. Startling iniquities crow'll fast upon each other since the reassembling of the Rump, it is impossible to tell what now villainy n day or an hour may bring forth. The House Judiciary Committee has agreed to report a bill requiring a two-thirds majority of the Supreme Court to declare any law passed by Congress unconstitu tional. This will require a vote of six out of the eight judges to set aside a law for uneonstitutionality. The object of the Jaw is to prevent the court from deciding the reconstruction nets unconstitutional. A ea-e is now befoie the Court which will lost the whole question,and the majority of t lio Court are supposed to be in favor of upsetting the unconstitutional legisla tion of Congress. .Last week Judge Black cohered a motion to advance a case upon docket, which comes up from the State of .Mississippi, under a writ of errorgranted by Jude Hill, of that State. A person was arrested by the authorities under the laws of Congress, and a writ of habeas rorpun was refused. Attorney-General Slanbery was present in court on Friday, and staled that as he had advised the President that these acts were unconsti tutional he could not conduct the case for the government. This fact he had com municated to General Grant, as Acting Secretary of War, and the latter had tel egraphed it to the authorities in Missis sippi. General Ord replied by slating that the authorities in Mississippi would send counsel to Washington immediate ly to conduct the case. As soon as the counsel arrives the case will bo brought up for argument. The enormity of this attempt to tamper witli justice in her highest sanctuaiy, this attempt to destroy the independence of the judiciary, this attempt to degrade and subvert the Constitution by enacting that the laws of Congress deserve thrice the respect which is duo to it —the enor mity of lids attempt cannot be overstated by any strength of language. The pro verb that whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad, was never more fit ly applied than lo this last project of the Radicals. The very proposal of such a law is a confession that the Reconstruction acts violate tile Constitution ; a confession that Congress is aware that they cannot pass tlie ordeal of a judicial examination by an impartial and fairly constituted tribu nal. The bill so suddenly proposed is prompted by the expectation that the Reconstruction acts will be brought be fore the Supremo Court within the next few days. The bill of course cannot be retrospective; for in that case it would unsettle every constitutional decision ev er rendered by the .Supremo Court. A. disgraceful attempt is therefore to be made by Congress to run a race against the .Supremo Court, and huny an act through impairing the powers of that tri bunal before it shall have time to set aside an unconstitutional law. So many Republicans Jiavo openly questioned or denied the constitutionality of the Re construction acts, that it is no wonder Congress dares not trust the Supremo Court to pronounce an opinion on the subject. But a bill to deprive judges of their authority is so bold and so wild an infringement of the rights of the Court that it will react against the party more destructively than auytlrng it has yet done. The object of the bill is to punish judges for perceiving that an act of Con gress is unconstitutional, by depriving them of their authority. In party view, the Democrats need have no objection to the passage of this preposterous bill. It will give occasion to such a veto as will make tho country ring, and tho ears of the Republicans tin gle. If it should bo passed over a veto the Supreme Court would treat it as null, and the Republican party would have disgraced itself for nothing. If it bo meant merely ns a menace, to influence the action of the judges in the case about to come before them, it will equally fail, and equally recoil. It gives the Demo cratic party the advantage of a new ami strong issue. The independence of tho judiciary, tho great bulwark of all rights and liberties, is involved in tho result of tho Presidential election. There is still another iniquity—more startling than the one I have mentioned, if that weic possible—in process of devel opment. Tho Reconstruction Commit tee has agreed upon u bill virtually de posing tiie President from command of the Army, and making Grant Commau der-in-.Chief over all the Southern States. This is to secure the speedy Africaniza tion of the South and Lo secure their vote lor the Radical candidate forProsidoat. Here is the bill in full: Jic it enacted, cie., That in Virginia, uS'orth Carolina, South Carolina, Gcoigia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, P Jorida, and Arkansas, the”earc no civil Stale governments, and said Slates re spectively shall not bo recognized as val id or legal Slate governments, either by executive or judicial power, or the au thority of the United States. Sec. 2. Jic it further enacted , That for the speedy inforeement of the Act enti tled an act Lo provide for the more elli ciont government of the rebel States, passed March 2 ISU7, and the several Acts supplementary thereto, tho General of the Army of the United States is hereby authorized and required to enjoin, by spe cial orders upon all oillcers m command within the several military departments within said several States, the perform ance of all acts authorized by said several Jaws above recited, and to remove, by his order, from command any or all of said commanders, ami detail other olliceis of the United Siatcs Army, not below the rank of Colonel, to perform all the duties and exexcise all thepowers authorized by said several acts, to the end that the peo ple of tho several States may speedily re organize civil governments, republican in , lorm; in. said several States, and bo re stored to political power in the Union. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted , That the General of the Army bo authorized to re move one or all civil officers now acting under the several provisional govern ments within said several disorganized States, and appoint others to discharge the duties pertaining to their respective offices, and may do any or all acts which by the said severallawsabove mentioned are authorized to be done by the several commanders of tho military departments within said States, and so much of said acts or of any act which authorizes tho President to detail military commanders to such military departments, or to re move any officer, which may be detailed as herein provided, is hereby lepoaled. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That it shall be unlawful for tho President of tho United States to order any part of the Army or Navy of the United States to as sert by force of arms the authority of ei ther of said provisional governments in said disorganized States as provided in this act and acts to which this is sun plementary 1 . °* Lc , lt Jurihcr enacted, That any interference by any person with intent to prevent by force the execution of the or ders of the General of the Army, made in pursuance of this act and of acts afore said, shall be held to be high misdemean or, and a party guilty thereof shall, upon conviction, be lined not ss 000 and imprisonment not exceeding two years. 6 ' Sec. 6. Be it Jurlhcr enacted. That BO much of all acta and parts of acts ns ooulllct or 13 inconsistent with tile nro visious oi this act is hereby repealed. Iho Anniversary of the Battle of New •Orleans was celebrated by a banquet on Wednesday evening, at the Metropolitan Hotel, in this city, at which the Presi dent, the heads of departments, most of the Democratic members of Congress, and many distinguished guests were present A company of about 300 sat down to din ner. rho dining hall was appropriately decorated. The columns were covered with the national bunting, and two ianre paintings of Jackson and Clay hunir at either aide of the table of honor. Letters were read from Ex-President Buchanan Hon. George H. Pendleton, John Quincv Adams, Ex-Governor Seymour, Ex- Gpvernor Parker, and many others.— Ihrilhng ami eloquent speeches were made by President Johnson, Senator Keyerdy Johnson, Thomas B. Florence Judge Black and others. Judge Black said there was no day in the year except the lourth of July that'ought to be kept so sacred as the Sth of January, and that except the bather of his Country, there was no name known among men which was entitled to higher reverence than that of Audrew Jackson. Tho life of Andrew Jackson was one with tho enemies of constitutional (v to dom ; He had been assailed w Ith i species of slander, and oven to thi. ? y the foul birds who had Bcronmori 18 day him in his life time, from the same stock, liked to rio«* 10(1 deiilo him. One of the most& ttnU aspersions heaped on him was UmiT 8 which tho Radical party had dttemni^ cmnf f “J m nu ‘ hori ‘y for their 0 ”n P a°t tempts to trample on liberty and law if there was any truth in tlmr If then was General Jackson uttGrlvunw 011 ' thy of tho honor which the >\mi n^or ' people all over the country w , '^' 1 moment bestowing upon him. thls mi l r ?" B to the proclamation of Gen fnnl J!>c , kson 9 f , martial law In New Or leans, he said that that was no Ho tion, as war actually existed then, ami if,! declared that Jackson’s acts in New Or leans boro no sort of resemblance to tlin wanton outrage of declaring martial law foi the mere purpose of trampling down wmi aW lnn< * at places where there ueio no military operations going on. ° Caucasian. &ocal Jtemg C'AKP I’j.Avtxa.—Of nil tho besettlin sins with which this community is curs ed—and tlioy are by no means few hi number—that of card playing is one 0 f the most injurious. More boys and girj s anti some of a larger growth, who j a « claim to the title of young men ami la dies, are almostcoustautly engaged in Dm practice- thus neglecting their studies duties and employments. Parents some of them members of churches, who pro fess great morality and religion, permit card playing in their dwellings almost daily and nightly. Did these persons know the ruinous effects of this so-called amusement wc cannot believe they would permit it for a single moment. The vo tary of the card table and its concomi tants at first engages in the game for pastime—after a time for pleasure, and then, eventually, for gain. Wo know persons, women as well as men, and wo need not go out of Carlisle to find some of thorn, who can no more resist the desire for card playing than a continued drunk ard can resist that of indulging in strong liquors. Chess, Checkers or iiaeUgmn mon are by far preferable to card ploying, while neither of them has that appear ance of, and tendency to, evil which at taches to cujrds. Wc trust that the evil to which we refer will be discounte nanced, and that parents, church mem bers at least, will see that cards and card playing are excluded from their resi dences. We have seen, more than once, the evil effects of the practice whereof we spink, and write what we know. CuuKLTV to Animats.— We receiv ed a letter a few days ago, says (he West Chester JivpnbUemi, directing our attention ton subject we have not pre viously thought of, and which may not have occurred to the mindsof many oth era. It is tho practice of placing the front erhitin (he mouths of horses ! Wc ven ture to say there is not one person in a thousand, who use horses, that take the precaution to warm the hits before placing them in their mouths. yet were they to stop and leilect fora single mo ment, they would all at once recognize what an inhuman piaclice tins is. By placing your damp hand to these frosted pieces of Ivon, it wi'l almost carry the llesli off with it. If this is the case with the hand that has been rendered hard by constant and rough usage, what must bo its-effects upon the tender parts of the mouth and tongue of the poor animat. We feel assured it will only be neccessary to call attention to this subject. The hn mane man will warm welt the iron bit hi frosty weather. Hiot.—On Friday night last, a severe riot occurred at tho saloon of Philip Pritsch, in Fast Louther Street, former ly owned by J. T. Murray, between some soldiers and citizens. It appears that n party of citizens went to the saloon above mentioned and were engaged in playing dominoes, when some two or three sol diers from the Garrison came in to get a drink. After the soldiers had drank and were in the act of going out, one of them made a remark, which was regarded by the citizens as an insult, and a general row ensued. As there were no police to be found, the light lasted for some time, until finally Sheriff Thompson, being sent for, repaired to tho scone of tho riot, and succeeded in arresting some of the parlies and dispersing tho crowd.— We understand that both parties were considerably “ used up.” IjKap Yeah.—lmpatient damsels and bashful young meu should welcome the now-year in an unusually «• happy” iiiiui nei. Ihe former who now have uu op portunity of bringing dilatory lovers to the point without further delay, and many of the latter will no doubt bo re lieved of the dire necessity of “popping tlm question” by the voluntary offers of their dulcineas. Leap year only comes around once in a while, and wc trust that our fair readers will make tho most of their present opportunities. If anything comes of this advice, wo hope that the printer will be remembered.” How TO Foutell the Weather.— If you wish to know what the weather is to be, go out and select the smallest cloud you see; keep your eye upon it, and if it decreases and disappears, it shows a state of the air will be sure to bo followed by fair weather ; but if it increases in size, take your great coat with you if you are go:.ng from home, for falling weather will not be fur off. The reason is this : when the airiabeconilngoharged with electrici ty , you will see every cloud attracting all less ones toward it until it gathers to a shower | and on the contrary, when the fluid is passing offor diffusing itself, even n large cloud will bo seen breaking to pieces-and dissolving. ** Advertising Peopee. —People who advertise are smarter than those who don’t--better looking, too, nine in ten. Ihis is natural, if not logical. Advertis ing is an indication of intelligence, and intelligence is onoof the leading elements of good luck. At nil events the world be leives in those who advertise, and it plants its dollars in their pockets. Such are live people ; ’and in these lively days nobody wantsany thing to do with any but your live men and women. Our advice to everybody except in matrimony—is to advertise. It is sure to return largelyi increase your reputation as a business man, make hosts oif friends, and add to the number of shrewd and sensible peo ple in the world, of which there has nev er yet been an overstock. Anniversary. —Tho Young Men’s Christian Association’ of Carlisle, will hold its first anniversary exercises on Thursday evening, January 23, in tho First Lutheran Church, on which occa sion addresses may bo expected by G, H. Stewart, Escp,.Hev. Cullis, of Philadel phia and others. All are cordially invi ted to attend. Exercises to commence at Q\ o’clock, P. M, H. 11. Peeper, John A. Duke, J. C. Stock, Committee.