fflluutm. CARLISLE, PA., Tbnnddy Kornlafft Sfnrch 18, ISCO. ■•imuc tItF.DIT PASSAGE OF THE mix.” Mr. Schenk's so-called Public Credit Bill passed the United States House of Representatives on Friday last—yeas 97, all Republicans but two; nays 18, thirty-three of whom were Democrats, and fifteen were Republicans. The fol lowing are the provisions of the oil!: J}e it enacted, &c. That in enter to re move any doubt as to the purpose of the government to discharge all just obliga tions to tbe public creditors, and to set tle conflicting questions and interpreta tions ofthe laws, by virtue of which such ob 1 ations have bean contracted,lt is here by provided and declared that the lallli ot the United Slates is a--deninly pledged to the payment in coin, or its equivalent, of al! the interest-bearing obligations of tbe United States, except in ease where tbe law authorizing tbe issue of any such obligations has expressly provided that tbe same may be paid in lawful money, or other currency than gold or silver; but none of said interest bearing obliga tions not already due shall be redeemed or paid before maturity, unless at such time United States notes shall lie convertible into coin al the option ol the bolder, or, unless at such time bonds of the United States bearing a lower rate than tbe bonds to be redeemed can be sold at par in coin ; and the United States shall also solemn ly pledge its faith to make a provision al the earliest practical period for the re demption of United States notes in com. Pending its passage a number of speeches were made for, and against tiie bill. The Democratic members did not hesitate to speak in decided opposition to it. They considered it an attempt to prop up rich creditors of tii'q, govern ment, at tbe expense of the taxpayer. ••To pay off the public creditors in coin, ■ will,” they said, “ sooner or later bank rupt the Treasury and ruin the country. If green-hacks and National Bank notes are good enougli for the people, they should be good enough for the public creditor.” Beyond questien, it is wrong to have two kinds of currency for our people— gold for the public creditor, and depreci ated paper for the masses. And yet this Schenk bill recognizes this very prin cjple. A number of the Radical mem bers, we are pleased to notice, spoke very decidedly against the bill, and fif teen of them voted against it. Butler regarded it “ a stab at the tax-payer, and he was sure the hill did not strengthen the public credit,” Ac. Two Democrats voted for the bill. They arc “ public creditors,” and hence their singulai course. By the way- we notice that our member, Mr Haldeman, dodged the vote; he refused to vote one way or the other. Had Mr. Dlosbrenner still been in the seat now occupied by Mr. HaUle man, a stentorian “ no" would have been the response when the vote was taken on theSchenck bill. X. B.—The ,-chenck hill as it passed the House, was called up in the Senate on Monday. Mr. Carpenter ; Republican) and Mr. Bay°rd, iDem.i spoke in opposition to the bill. Mr. Carpenter . pin-ed it because he wu* unwilling to rt.MiiJl that there were o- uad ever been an\ auiM of the jiones (v of the people, and-because he beli M ved iliut by a fair cuiiHinu-tiou of the law. amt u fair consideration of the creum -tum.es under which ihe I minis wee is -u»-d, llie faith ot the government was as ; 1 1ly pledged as it could be. The pas -;‘ge of Ibis bill now might provoke smile mure Cougresa I«> repeal it. and lh>il v ould injure the credit of the nation fat more limn tite pa.-s»ge of the 101 l coulu benefit it. Besides, ii me country should love resumed specie payment- by Ho tline the bonds should become doe, that would settle the dilficuliv without b gj laliou. The bill was then passed in ilie fm in ii had been passed by the House— y**a-< 42. all Republicans ; nays 13. ten 1 ).*im»ci al and ihree Republicans 1 VIRGINIA ARRAIGN IN’ All* MY OFFlCr.il From the proceedings ol ihe Vniteh States Senate on Wednesday of lasl week we extract the following : Mr. Sumner pre eni**d i ; ’- p»*t itions <>• the Republican Stau-(‘onn«-ii oi Virgin! . repi esenling Unit ibe com mand nm • •ttitr*-1 In Virginia lines not pus pioper are. Him to Ihcapplicunoii ol colored men for office and asking that they have their due shun ol lheStateoffie.es. Kelerred to LheJudi clary Committee. Now the question is, who is this offi cer who fails to 44 pas proper attention to the application of colored men foj office?" -Let him be dragged from hi.- hiding place, and the same punishment inflicted upon him that was ordered for the heroic Hancock—b nbluncnt to Da kotnh. The 4 ‘ colored men" of Virginia must have office, without regard to their qualifications, and the officer who fails to see in the ignarant uneducated negro the “coming man,” is either very stu pid or very disloyal, or possibly both.— Grant and Congress will attend to him ! Seriously, is it not more than human nature can bear to see the Uni ted StatesSenute Occupy its time in giv T ing eurtotheimportunities of impudent negroes who clamor for office? How white men would be laughed at andrid iculed if they should dare to arraign an officer of thearmy because he refused to foi«t them into office?. And yet the United >tatesSenate gives serious atten tion to these Viiglnla niggers, and with a mock dignity refers their petition to the Judiciary Committee. We suppose the business of the committee will be to ascertain how far the offending officer has violated the u reconstruction laws,” and to name the punishment he ha made himself liable to. What next? ‘•JIT CABINET.” Grant has changed tin programme again—“ my Cabinet” has again been remodelled. It is now composed of the following planksof timber; .Secretory of State— Hamilton Fish, of New York. Secretary of the Treasury—Ex-Oav- Itontwell, of Masrasbosetts. Attorney General —E. It. Hoa l -, of Mas sachusetts. Secretary of IfVo—Gen. Rawlins. J’ott Matter Otneral— J. A. J. Cries well, of Maryland. Secretary 6j the Interior —J. B. Cox, o Ohio. When prepayment of correspondence by “tamp was made obligatory, a letter parsed through an office in the interior of this State, on which was written, “paid, if the darned tiling sticks.” To day “ my Cabinet” is all right “ if the darned thing sticks.” The Radicals will be convinced before long that they committednn egregious error when they placed a wooden man in the executive chair: The motto of Simon Suggs was, “first myself, second my friends, and third and lastly my kintry." History repeats itself at the White Hotu*. nnmiv manhaciil'Hetts, Massachusetts has swjured two mem bers in the Grunt Cabinet—Boutwell as Secretary •of the Treasury, and Hoar as Attorney General. Truly Massachusetts has received *• the lion’s share.” That State one of the least deserving in the Union, actually rules tho country at this time. With a decided Radical delega tion in Congress, backed by the carpet bag “Southern members,” so-called, nearly every man of whom belongs to Massachusetts, the power of this Yankee State is overshadowing. She gobbles up more appropriations and receives mote political patronage than half the other States of the Union combined. It *vas “ cute” in Massachusetts to send her scallawags down South to be returned to Washington as members of Congress. It gives Massachusetts just so many more votes in the Senate and House ol Representatives. This was a Yankee trick, and was i.n a par with the tricks she practiced during the war, when she filled her quotas of men with foreigners and negroes from other States. Massa chusetts had literally ho men in the war. The Lincoln administration permitted her “ earnest men” to plunder the Trea sury at pleasure, and with this stolen money they bought up men at so much a head, and ihnsfilled upher regiments. Notwithstanding Masachusetts men clapped their hands witlvjoy when the war broke out, they had no heart for the fighting part of the business, but resort ed lo emigrant ships and negroes of oth er States, and put them in to the credit of Masssachusetts. And yet this State, always cowardly, treaeherousandgrasp ing, demands and obtains two members in the Grant administration. How the other larger and more important States that have received no Cabinet appoint ment are to be reconciled to this unfair ness and partiality, we neither know nor care. Certain it is, however, Massa- c husetti, aided by Southern negroes, now governs this country. God help us ! So pager was the U. S. Senate to con firm Grant's Cabinet that they did not take time to inquire whether they were eligible or not to the positions which they were appointed. After their hasty confinna’ion the newspapers showed th «t Stewart was ineligible because, lit V vas an importer. Grant recommended the suspension of the law for his benefit hut the coolness with which Grant parsed by “ representative men” of the party, also cooled the ardor of the Sen ate for their new President, and they postponed the matter for future consid eration. In the interval Grant with drew his recommendation and Stewal resigned. The Kansas Legislature has ratified ic suffrage. Amendment of Congress.— Only a year ago the people of Kansas took a vote on the negro suffrage ques tion. a*«d voted if down. And now the Legislature of the State, compos'd of politicians and party slaves, deliber ately. yet with most indecent haste, re verses and tramples upon the honest judgment of the people, and gives what will be claimed as the legal assentof the State to a system of suffrage that is odi on- and hateiul to the people. Such ia the tyranny of the Radical leaders. Gen. Guant assumes notonly to rec ommend to Congress, but to the States also, what they shall do. He recom mends to the Legislatures of the differ ent Males the adoption of A NEGRO VOTING AMENDMENT to the Con st.tution of the United States. We had better abolish the office of Governor, lor we no longer have any use for such an othcoMnce Grunt has assumed the su premo Dictatorship. T^*k Chicago Convention, in its plat orm, affirmed the right of the loyal -tale?' to regulate the elective franchis or themselves, and President Grant en torsed this platform ; yet he now g »e> n for taking away from the people ol .hp Suites this very right which he s.. recently endorsed. Can audacity and treachery go lurther? LONGSTiIKKI GETS AM OFFICE! The ex-rebel, General Longstreet, who Uee’s right hand officer at the battle o r Gettysburg, has been appointed Sur veyor of Customs at New Orients by President Grant. For tun.ing his polft ical coat and recognizing (he negro «- his “brother,” this distinguished rebel general has receivedjiis reward. AGrkat Man* Hath Fat.lkn.—The FTon/james Guthrie, late United Sta’es Senator from Kentucky, died athisresi dencein Saturday la«t, aged 70. He was a great and good man. and versally beloved. Our distinguished staiesmen are fast disappearing from eirth, and pigmies are taking their places. Who lied, last fall, when It was as serted by the Democrats and denied by the Republicans, that if Grant were elected. Negro suffrage would he forced upon the people without their consent? Grant’s Inaugnral proves that the Dem ocrats told the truth. Now, where is the honest Republican who can longer act with that dishonest and deceitful party ? There has been a riot near Hampton, Va.. in which the ncgio “squatters” re sisted the Radical sheriff and a guard of United States soldiers. The “ colored troops fought nobly” until the arrival of an entire company of soldiers, when they inglorionsly made use of their In dia rubber heels, and their shanty was torn down by the troops. Model citi zens, these dark=! Grant's Inaugural recommends (he repeal of the Constitution of Pennsyl vania which provides that only whi'e men shall exercise the right of suffrage. And this repeal is not to he made by the people, but by the present miserable, rotten Legislature, elected without ref erence to any such question. “Onward to Washington” is the rallying cry of the Radicals, and heavy reinforcements to the “ Uread and Rut tor Brigade" are arriving at the Capital Oity by every train, ,It is probable that the number of volunteers to fill offices will exceed the number of radical vob unteers to put down the rebellion. On (ho 21th ultimo, the House at Washinglon passed the joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to take possession of the National Ccmeteriesat Antietam and Gettysburg. Both will now be turned into political machines. EI-AIII.KITES IS THE WHITE HOUSE, I The -V. V. Times an non nees a classifica- tion of the assistants nnd Secretaries of President Grant at tho White House as follows: General Dent will have control of nil arrangements lor visiting the President, interviews, presentations, and the gener al ehargeof the reception room—transact- ing tiie business of all callers not nlwo lately necessary to be sent to tile; Presb dent. General Radeitu will attend, as hereto fore. to tho opening of the correspon denco. ' General Babcock w*ill have charge of all iipplUiuiioiiß forand matters pertaining to ujipoimnieniH to office. All such applica tions wilt be promptly referred to the sev eral departments. General Purler will have charge of tho matter of milking out appointments. General Dent seems to be a sort of American Lord Chamberlain, who, in addition to superintendence of tho room in which receptions take place, will have charge of applications for presen tation. and possibly prescribe the court costume. He, too, will transact the bu siness of callers where there is no ne cessity (W the intervention of the Presi dent. He is to be, in effect; the Assist ant President. Badenu will break the seals or dissolve the mucilage or tear the envelopes of “ the correspondence,” and then by an orderly, we suppose, transmit the same to General Babcock, who, receiving a proper salute, will direct it, by another orderly, to be borne promptly to the proper department. There seems to be an omission in this schedule of duties of any provision for preparing nominations for the Senate. Probably another and fifth general will eventually he assigned to that duty; but ns commissions or appointments, and nominations are made in blank in tho different departments, it is possible that for tiie present, General Porter may lie able to get along with nominations and appointments. Mr. E. B. Washburn, appoint ! Secretary of State by President Grant. March 5, 1860, has order d the United states Marshal nt New York to “re gard as cancelled” a pardon passed un der the great seal of the United States, by order of Pn sident Johnson, twenty- uir hours before General Grant was in- augurated in the Presidential office. ’ It is not necessary or even possible, in be coming terms to comment upom-u ih an act? That it has no legal validity is ‘obvious enough. But that it should be attempted to be done I Is this a gov ernment of laws, or is it the “personal government” of Mr. U. S. Grant and Mr. E. B. Washburn? Mr. Commis sioner Rollins telegraphs to the District Attorney here that “ the President is in earnest about this” ! Other people besides “ the President” will be likely to “be in earnest” if ig norance and arrogance like this are to he enthrone d in the capital of the repub lie.— TTorW. Rev. Henry M. Wilson, a colored preacher, (not Senator Henry Wilson of Massachusetts, hut another darkey) has been arrested in East New York for stealing a communion set and other ar ticles, valued at $4B, from the African Civilization Society. The Society should undertake the job of civilizing the Rev. Henry. Collector Cake, of Philadelphia was removed by President Johnson, and Mr. James N. Marks appointed in his place. Mr. Cake and his friends hoped that President Grant would in terfere, but such was not the case, and Cake is effectually “ done brown.” A dispatch announces that the 44 ap pointment of Mr. Cresswell, as post- meets the almost uni versal approbation of his party in Mary land.” The party there isn’t large enough to give any approbation with a gre it deal of effect. In consequence of iirant having se lect'd. Washington a« his permanent home for the next four years to come, die city uthoriiies have re enacted an old defunct ordinance which forbids smoking on the streets. It is said that a man lately died in New York whoso fteart and liver had changed places. The heart was found, by the surgeons, on the right side of the body. In publics he had been a Radical. If Hole-in-Sky Boutwell does not manage the than he* did the Impeachment Lsue, Ins administra tion will be a sorry matter for the coun try. Is it not time that the scales fall from the eyes of the people, and they see, in all (heir naked deformity, the character of the rru n by whom they have been led to the very brink of destruction? Georgia has done another act of dis loyalty. On Saturday the Senate re. f n sed to ratify the fifteenth amendment, what will the Rump do about it? Besides the $65,000 house which Sher idan was presented with at Washing ton. he has received a purse of $lOO,OOO. 44 Loyalty” continues to pay! It is said that when God means to punish a nation, He deprives the rulers of wisdom. If that is the cose, what a terrible retribution hangs upon the fu ture for this people. Grant has the audacity to “hope” and “ wi«h” for the ratification of the Negro Suffrage amendment. What bu siness is it of his whether the people rat, ify it or not? Grant’s father's health is said to be improving. What a delightful thing it would be if as much could be said of the health of the country I In the Pennsylvania Senate, on Thursday, the Negro Suffrage Amende ment was adopted— all the Republicans voting for it. Grant figured in one surrender at App- mnttox, and another at the Whit House. , -Weston and Pin ue have made a match to walk “a uqnnre heel and toe match for tho sum of five hundred dollars a able, or as much more as may bo mutually unroot] upon, a distance ol one hundred miles.or tne distance between the following pla ces, In-wit: Walnut. Greek, Pa., and Buf falo Piiat-offlce. New York. The wain to commence at Walnut Creek, Pettsylva nia, the same place f ntn which the said Weston started in 1B68.” The time fixed is on or nefore the first of next mouth. EX-PKE»«I>F..Vr JailNSO.f, His Reception in Baltimore—Grand Pa rade —The streets Lined W ith People —. The Reception Dinner — Mr. Johnson's Speech. Baltimore. Md.. March 11.—Er-Pre sident Johnson arrived in this city aa its guest on a special train at about 11 o’clock, A. M. The committee of invitation on the part of the Common Council accom panied him from Washington and the other members of the Council met him nt Annapolis Junction. On iirnvini; at Camden Station, he was met by Govern or Bowie, and other State officials, and Mayor Banks and a number of city offi cers. The procession had already formed on Eutuxv st «et, and the line of march was soon taken up. A squadron of cav alry headed t lie proeess’on, followed by the fifth regiment of the Maryland Na tional Guards with full ranks' Follow ing the regiment was an open carriage containing ex-President Johnson, Gov ernor Bowie, and Mayor Banks. Next followed the third regiment, M. N. G. .Zouaves, and the curriuues containing : distinguished guests and ci’y authorities, among the former the Hon. Garret Davis, Senator from Kentucky ; Mr. Galluday, Member of Congress from Kentucky; Mr. Eidrldge, Member of Congress from Wisconsin ; Mr. Archer, Memberol Con greas from Murylauß; undoihern. The Fire Department, with seven steamers, and Hook and Ladder Company, in .strong force, followed by the Police Force. All along the iine of march through Eutaw, Monument, Eager, Ais quilti, Baltimore and Guy streets, to the exchange, dense crowds tilled the side walks, and the windows and balconies of the buildings were crowded with ladies. The welcome was cordial. The day has been bright and bracing. Mr. Johnson held a reception at the Exchange, and thousands c died on him. Dinner was served at 8} o’clock. Mr. Johnson took his seat with Mayor Banks on ids right, and Governor Bowie on ids left. About two hundred persons were seated, among whom were Ex Secretary Browning, Hons. Garret Davis. Golla day and Trimble, of Kentucky; Eld ridge, of Wisconsin ; Randall, of Penn sylvania; Keir. of Indiana; Ex-Govern or Swan, and Hon Stevenson Ar -her, of Maryland, and other*. After prayer by the Rev. I)r. McCTaw, dinner was parta ken 01, the hand in the meantime dis i-ouiMug imiMc. Tiie cloth having been i-nioved, the first toast was read a* fol lows : “Our guot: Thu patriot .statesman, Andrew Johnson. As President of the .1 in ited States the hnl wa» kof equal righ's, the champion of the only true and per iiiiiiient Union of these States, and tlie defender and martyr of ' he Constitution. History will vlndleite his fame, and re cord an impeachment of his impeachers, and a \ LMihct of '• guilty,” as to them.— Baltiaior* , landing at the irate of the Capitol, in front ol the urand procession advancing to meet ami welcome un illus trious citizen, In the name of that lung line of admiring thousands whoawailhi* coming, bids him welt ome to a place in tiie hearts of u cieat people for whose protection and happiness he hared his hreast to the shafts of calumny and for their sake hazarded all that is dear to the man and the citizen. In his retirement from the scat of the national government in the full vigor of his manly faculties, stimulated by (henpplause of all good cii izens, we look with great assurance to Ins future efforts ami influence for the liber ation of the captive Slates of the Union, •iud the rescue of their now true and faithful citizens from political slavery.— May his life and destiny ever he radiant in the list of the long-lived American pa triots, witli the blessings of the lovers of the Constitution and the Union, w-rich have been the glory of American citi zens.” The toast was received with much ap plause, when Mr. Johnson responded as follows: Gentlemen—ln rising after the res olution has been read and sentiments therein expressed, it is not tor the pur pose of making un address, but simply to return my thunks for the compliment.— I have no speech to make relative to pub lic aflalrs but what has been already ex pressed, and in rising now it is only to lender my thanks. lam free to say that during the last four years, hi the arduous struggle grdng on for constitutional liber ty, in its darkest hour, the con fide i ice and encouragement of Mu* State of Maryland has been an encouragement peculiarly su-uuhilng in Us character, for when the crisis arrived, Maryland seemed to lie al ways standing for the Constitution and the Union. I repeat my only purpose in rising i» to return thunks, but 1 will say, in retiring from the mod exa led po-’i lion in the gilt of u free people, and resu ming the position of a citizen, I feel nnue honored than I would to-morrow in th ing President. I teel more pride in lin ing an American ciiizen to-night Hum 1 would in being inaugurate I President over Hie ruins ol a violated constitution Yes, my deliverance is the greatest case of <-niancipullon since the rebellion. I stand a fiee man, ami would rather be ** tree mat. than be President and be a .slave. The speech you have made me to day and to-night shall treasured up ns I'-ng as one pulsation shall lie sent mmi my heart, and carried with me. Accept my thanks, not us simple utterances, but as the expressions of a In art ovcitlowlng wi«h thanks lor the kind reception y»*u have given me.” nUCCLLIKKOCN, —A wooden wedding—Marrying a block -head. —Georgia has a legislator named Tur nlpaeed. —** Twnicido" is the latest synmiymu for marriage. Queer piece of Cabinet work That put together by Grant* —Be temperate in diet. Our first pa rents ale themselves out of house and home. Au Alabama Paper announces that it takes payment iu dogs. , —There'are 550 American pupils at the German Universities, ami over 100 qao.e at German boarding shools, —The Union Pacific Railroad track hue passed Ogden, in Halt Lake Valley. The road is now clear through, and trams are running to the end of the track. —lt is noticed by the New York pa pers that the English flag appear* at the head of more mast* at the whurves in that city than our own Stars and Stripes. —Now that Columbus has been put in charge of the Internal Revenue, we trust he will commence a voyage of discovery among the whisky thieves. —Sarah Burris, colored, claiming to be 130 years ot «ge, and that her hushjnd w»h u drummer in the revolutionary ar my In 177 U, died iu Chicago lately. S—The following njlea arc posted in a New Jersey school-house; “No kl«slm» the girls in school hours; uo licking the master during holidsya. ,r —lt Is thought to he a good Moke in Milwaukee to charge a pipe with gun powder and tobacco, and give it to a man to smoke. The explosion and the loss ot eyesight which follow are much enjoyed. —A husband’s diarv of h\* wife's tem per ; “Monday, thick fog; Tu*sd»iy. gloomy and very chilly; Wednesday, frosty and st arp ; Thursday, bitter cold ; Friday, deep thunder and growlings; Saturday, partial thaw; Sunday, calm at dinner, earthquake at night!" —The Insurrection In Cuba is spreading and assuming very formidable propor tions. It is said the insurgents have been supplied with arms and ammuni tion from this country and England. —Jerrold says that “ when men make mony vs ilhout earning it, it is like taking a lot of spirits at opedruuglit—it gets in to their heads and they don’t know what they are about.” That’s the mutter with the extravagant fools iu New York—a tipsiness ot the pocket. -General Grant's first military order ms President assigns Bherhlan to the on y place for which his unfitness uintinooin potonuy had been completely demonstra ted J mud after sppding U> the nm-t prom inent stations generals of lower tank and less hriiiunt services than the only gener al named as his competitor for « 1 o Presi dency, Hancock namely.—him Q-Wcml Grunt sends to Dakota. Taisia magnan imous, A Sorry Keene in the Nctmlo—Drown low 'lakiiiff the Onila. Parson Brownlow, the notorious editor of tbc Knoxville Whig ami Infamous Governor of Tennessee, took Ida seat in the Senate of the United Btntes, on Fri day lost, while in a state of great physi cal prostration. His crimes and dissipa tions have worn the old mail out, and lie presents to day but the wreck of whut he waa when he used h» preach the divinity of slavery. By a course of political ac tion the most perfidious ever practiced by the basest traitor, the “Parson” has managed to occupy the gubernatorial chair of his State, and has just attained to whatever little honor may yet bo left in thcSeiintnrship; but the avengerseema to be on hie track, and a dire retribution to await him. The following is the ac count of the scene in i heSenate Chamber during the administradon ol the oath of “office to the ducrepld old man : The Parson sat In a soft cushioned chair at Hie left of the chamber, and immedi ately under one wing of the ladies’ gallery. Being unable to rise and walk over lo the President’s desk. Mr Colfax said the Senator could go through the ceremony where he sat. This announcement drew all exes In V e direction of the Pa son, who certainly presented the most •extra ordinary picture of physical debility that was ex*er before witnessed in any legisla tive assembly. Tlnnl Stevens might have been considered, when brought into the Senate Chamber, on men’s shoulders to take ids place among the managers in the memorable days of the Impeachment tri al, the best illustration up to that time presented of the triumph of intellectual will over a shattered and prostrate bodi ly organism, but Brownlow’s appearance showed even greater indications of physi cal wreck and ruin, and yet the latter lacks nothing of the same unconquera ble mental fire and energy that marked to ids latest moments the character ol the “Gieat Commoner.” Brownloxv lay back in his chair, his head bent down, his face shrivelled, ghastly and of un earthly hue, his hands clasped in bony vice-like grasp and his whole appearance indicalix’e of great physical depression.— As Mr. Colfax read the oath the poor old Parson raised Ids feeble arm. which Hhook with palsy, ami dropped every mo ment to his side. Assistant Berceant-at- Arms. Basset went overand sustained his arm through Hie remainder of the cere mony, though the old man made on© or two’desperate eflbrts by himself to sus iain the right arm by propping it wit" the lelt hand. There were few in that Senate, no matter xvlmt their politics, but felt stirred to commiaseration at this appealing spectacle of guttering humani ty. Democrats could readily forgive their inveterate foe, at the sight ot so much llmt touched their belter nature. After he had taken the oath the Parson stretch ed forth ids hand for a glass of water, which shook wildly before it reached Ids lips- The ordeal, slight as it seemed, had completely exhausted him. GRANTS CABINET. We are enabled, at great expense, to Iny l>efore our readers, something definite as lo whom the honor of occupying a po sition In the cabinet of President Grant shall be awarded. Small papers, such as Hie New York /{era d, Tribune, Times and Scanlon Republican, have pub'ished al) sorts ol rum* ra, but we believe Hie following to be entirely authentic, and hence reliable: FIRST DISPATCH. Washington, Feb. 30, 1869.—1 t has been discovered that George H. Stuart, or some other man Irom Philadelphia or Pennsylvania is to have a seat In the cabi net, and that Grant has written lo some body about it. This is relit hie, from the fact that Sen lor Conness told the agmit of the *•* Associated Press” that Cameron should ha\ e suited privately to Minuter that he hud heard Chandler tell Wade that McClure (well-known in Pennsyl vania) hud an Interview with Grant, and that Grant tdlcl McClure a Pennsylvani an should be selected, ami that McCluie did not think Stuart was sufficiently Radical thief enough to have such a post lion ; ami that Grant said he didn’t k now what possible objection McCluie could have to such men. SECOND DISPATCH- Feb. 30,-5 o’clock A. M.—McClure ha-* just come from.Oranl’s head-quarters wiUa the tiews that he don’t Know now whether it is to he Stuart or somebody else—“ u boy or a gal.” THIRD DISPATCH, Feb. 30,-9 o’clock A. M.—tMcClnra, nut being certain which —probably for getting what lie knew uh ml Hie matter called again at Grant's headquarters at 8 o’clock, and hud-a prolonged interview with Hie chambermaid. From her he learned that Grant look a nap this morn ing, ami, dreaming himself t«> lie Presi dent. he blurted out ids views as to hi cabinet,one «»f whom I e addressed as S-c tvlury A. Dintcilm. This news look Mr McClure by sin prise. Heie was a.name laniiltar to all, \et never thought of he fore. McClure’now says Stuart is not the man. FOUUTH DISPATCH. p Feb. 30,-11 A. M.- Since it is roc* r tutned hey on i doubt Unit Mr. -A* Dime rim is to he chosHi in Grant’s cabinet. Washington Is lull of the wildest excite meat. Congressmen and Senators are i mining about in theii shirt-sleeves, wringing their hands, tailing a dnnk oc ca-ionully, ami, in fits of distraction for feiting that they ha ju>t “had one.” turn to the bur and take another, leaving b >me oitlee-seeker to pay for it; while od women and children are upsetting everything within reach, ai d the tings are running übolit the streets as if the « evil was after them. One old woman had Just declored that she" 41 knew it would be so, though she did not mention It before," McClure feels dejected. lie thought it would he somebody else, and was disappointed He did mo fora mo ment suppose the secret would be kept from him. Feb. 30— AU is quiet along the lines.— Grant is “ doing us well us could be ex pected." The new Secretary will be christened on the Fourth of March, and McClure will the know to a certainty whether It is “ a boy or a gal.” ntOH WASHINGTON. Washington, March o —The follow ing important military orders have been Issued: Headquarters of the Army, Adju tant General's Cilice, Washington, March s.—The President of the United States directs that the following orders be car ried into execution as soon us practica ble: 1. The Department of the South will be commanded by Brigadier uiid Brevet Major General A. Terry. 2. Major General George G. Meado is assigned to command the military divi sion of the Atlantic, and will transfer his military headquarters to Philadel phia, Pa He will turn over his present command temporarily to Brevet Major General T. H. Huger, Colonel 83d infan try, who iu aligned to duty acco. ding to his brevet of major general while iu the exeieise of his command. 2- Major General P- H. Sheridan is as signed to command the Department of Louisiana, and will turn over tiie com mand of the Department of the Missou ri temporarily to the next senior officer. 4. Major General W. S. Hancock is as signed to command the Department o Daotah. 6. Brigadier and Brevet Major General E. H- 8. Can by is assigned to command the Flrst.Mill ary district, anil will pro ceed-to Ida Post as soon as relieved by Brevet Major General Reynolds. 0. Brevet Malm* General A..C, Gillcm, colonel 24th infantry, will torn over his command of the Fourth Military dlstiict to the next senior officer, and join his regiment. A 7. Brevet Major General J. J. Reynolds, colonel 20lh infantry, is assigned to com mut'd the Fifth Military district accord ing to htu brevet of major general. 8. Brevet Major General W. 11. Emo j-v, Cavalry, |u assigned to command the Department Washington, according tQ ul- bievet of major general. By command of the General of the army. E* D. Townsend, A. A- G- rCIUONAT. —Dr Mudd la on his way home. —John C. Breckinridge is tube V •• - identofu Kentucky railroad —The President has indicated his in tention to appoint Governor Curtin as Minister to Russia. The Hartford Times wrote that Mr* Stexvart was the greatest” importer” in the country, and printed that he was the greatest “ imposter. " It apologizes for the blunder, but says it might have been worse. —The name of Miss Annie Surratt ap pears on the listol applicants who pass ed examination for teacher in the public school of Baltimore a lew days ago. —“ Mack ” says that Grant’s appoin tees to the Cabinet buvegiven him, on an average, $2-5,000 each, which is too little to pay for a seat, and a fafreraud more re munerative way would bo to sell the pla ces at auction. Joh.n Hancock gave a large party in Concert Hull, Boston, ju*t after the close of the Devolution, 1 lie invitations to which were printed on the hanks of play ing cards, there being no blank cards in the country —Stanton has the asthma, and what is worse, when t *e spasms seize Idm till lie is black in the face, he imagines that the lingers of Mrs. Surratt are at Idsthroator some other of his murdered bustile vic tims. . —Forney is praising the “temperance am] sobriety” of the peop'eof South Car olina. But alas ! tiie people of South Carolina cannot return the compliment. —Ti»© wealthiest man in America is paid to he vnnng Siex-ens. son of the late Edwin A. Stevens,ofHoboken.xvho when he reaches Ins majority, xvill lie xvorth $150,000,000 hy the advance of Ids estate in New Jersey. —A. T. Stexvart, the newly appointed Secretary of tiie Treasury, lias resigned, not being eligible lo (lie office untier tiie provisions of the act ot 1780, which pro hibits any one engaged in trade or com merce to hold the office of Secretary of the Treasury. —The citizens of Greenville, East Ten nessee, tiie home of Andrew Johnson, met in mass ineetingon the 3d hist., ami passed resolutions highly eulogistic of the ex-President, ami appointing a commit lee to make a* rangements for Ids public reception when he returns to Tennessee. STATt ITEMS. —They have a real ghost in Mohrsville, Berks county. . —The Pennsylvania Stale Senate lias ratified the negro suffrage Constitutional amendment by a party vote of 18- to 16, —McClure says he couldn’t assure Grunt that Geary won id write him be cause ” there was nothing but Gov. Gea ry’s promise to warrant the belief.” A mammoth hotel, to cost from 125,- 000 to $l5O 000 is to he erected on Foun tain Hill, Bethlehem, the coming sum mer. —The DemocraticS'ate Committee has been called upon lo meet ut Harrisburg. m the 30th iust., for the purpose of fixing the time of holding the State Conven tion. —The Huntingdon Globe says a citizen of that place has returned the Pennsyl vania Railroad Company for running curs on the Sabbath day. The case will t-e argued at that Court'in April. —As a flock of sheep weic being driven across the bridge at Danville,’a few days ago, one of Lin in jumped out of the win dow, and, slice]) like, the rest of them quickly followed. The result was that eight of them became food for fish. A Cask of The Retributive Justice op Hbaven.—The retributive ju.-tice of Heaven lias never been more clearly diown or exemplified than in the case of the judge and jury who acquitted the murderer of the lamented Boimeyer. The circumstances surrounding the case are lot) well known tojuaipv rehears al at this lime. Briefly,a brutal beast bear ing the name of Brown, in cold bioodund without Hie slightest provocation, as sassinated Boimeyer on a public street in Dayton, in braid daylight, in the pres ence of nqinerous witnesses, for the only reasons that Boimeyer was the editor in '•hlefof the Day ton Empire . aDemncta tc j aper. Brown, bring tearful of tin - just indignation of Hie people of Mont gomery county, prayed for a change of venue, hull his case transferred to the loy al county of Mrum, and after a mock trial was acquitted by u jury organized for that purpose by a loyal Court and Sneritf not withstanding Hie proof of guilt was in contestable and overwhelming. This was the judgment of man. Now withes* the Judgment of Almighty God ! Eve* y juryman in the case has since bten bc/ejtof reason, met unnatural death or cusslon. which the Radicals who favor manhood suffrage cannot support, and which all the rest will oppose as a matter of course. We have no idea a Legisla ture can be elected in Ohio to ratify it, and yet it must he made the main Issue of the election. The election argument would have no weight with us if the measure were right, hut it is not. We have no idea that it can he ratified by the States that are in a fit condition to he competent to act upon an amendment to the Constitution! Congress was in astute of mental chaos over thU amending, and it finally came to thin result, not because it thought it good,*hut because'the mem bers thought thev must do somethiug, OTJR WASHINGTON LETTER. A New Cabinet—The Wild- llnnt after Of fice—Abuse of the franking? privilege— Poor Grant and Ms f roubles. Correspondence American Volunteer. . March 15th, 18C9. Last week I sent you the Cabinet. This week we have a new Cabinet as follows: Secretary of State. —Hamilton Fish, of Now York. .Seer (nnj of the Treasury, —George 8. Both well. of Massachusetts. Secretary of War.— John A. Rawlins, of Illinois. "" Secretary of the Navy.— A. E. Borie, of Pennsylvania- Secretary of the Interior. —J. D. Cox, of •Ohio. Po-ii Mabtcr General.— well, of Maryland. Attorney General.— E. R. Hoar, of Mas sachusetts- It seems that Washburn declined the State department ostensibly on account of ill-health, but really because bo felt the thing was entirely too ridiculous.— He has since been nominated as Minister to France. Ashe cannot speak a word of French, and can scarcely write his own language correctly, many persons think this is rather,a stupendous undertaking even for a Washburn. A. T. Stewart found that he was disqualified from serv ing os betal of the Treasury department, by an old law on the statute book, which neither Grant nor auy of Ids brilliant ad vlsers-know anything about. This law forbids the Secretary of the Treasury to engngeliig in any commercial pursuit, and as. Mr. Stewart is one of the largest importers in the United States, of ooqrso he could not hold the office. He proposed to place Ids business in the hand-* of trus tees, and to devote the proceeds of thenext lour yeUra to some charitable put pose, but a number of legal gentlemen were con suite.l, who decided that the dodge , would’ntwork, and Stewartconsequently resigned. General Schofield also declined ,1m U a. olilce, preforing activescrvico.- Such Is the Cabinet for this week, what it will be next week, no one cun tell. It has been well said that no man is now safe; nr.v om* may be culled Into th- ner vine of his country at any moment. There are thousands who are anxious to be so called. A desperate scramble Is going on for olllco, amongst the truly " loil.” The city swarms with office-seekers from ail sections of the country, pushing forward their claims for positions, ranging from village postmaster to the most important foreign mission. Congressmen are be sieged by a myriad of these people for letters of recommendation. The Demo cratic members have (in easy timeand en joy tlie persecutions to which their repub lican friends are being subjected. The heads of departments have mo r e ap plications on file than would Gil all the public offices and ClerkshYps for the next century. The Postmaster General, in particular, has a happy lime "f it. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue is out in a piteous appeal to the “ loil” to stay away. Ho says “ there la such an over whelming avalanche of applicants as sub stantially to block all the business of the Department;” It seems as If every man who voted for Grant either wants an of fice himself, or wants to help a friend to some of the '‘pickings.” There are a hundred “outs” to one “in,” and .the “outs’** are the hungriest fellowsyou ever laid your eyes on. Many strange facts have recentty leaked out in reference to abuses of the franking privilege. The mail hags are utterly choked with, franked documents. Con gressmen never fail to frank any article presented to them, and hundreds of Com- Snittee and department clerks are author ized to imitate and use their franks. And then most Congressmen have a score or more of lady friends, for whose appear ance in the galleries they watch, with ceaseless vigilance, whom thev greet with corlenus bows and bland smiles, and to whose cards they always respond in promptness and in person. ’These ladies are often about the. Capitol and in the re tiring rooms of the Senate and House.— They have hosts of correspondents in' every section of tlie Country, and are never without (ranked envelopes. It is also a notorious fact lha* both Senators and members receive through the mail, not only for themselves, hut for other* not connected with them in any legiti mate way, letters, booksand even articles of clothing. It iaeveu said tbatsome mem bets of Congress have sent their clothes home through the mails to be washed.— And for all this the dear people have to pay. * Poor Grant! His troubles arennjy com menclng. The Radical office seekers are howling around him like n puck of wolves, and every new accession to the hungry crowd adds new zest to the appe tites of those now on baud. He envel opes himself in a thick oloud of smoke and tries to look indifferent, but it wont work. Smoke is nothing to them ; they are even ready “ to stand fire, and steal-” If they can only g.-t their bands into the Treasury, they will be supremely happy —and great God what hands they've got! In the midst of it all poor Grant tries to blunder through his presidential duties, and makes some new ridiculous mistak o every day in the week. A number of the leading Republican papers have already been criticising him severely, and others ore shaping their course to foliew. ilocal Items Busy—tlie Volunteer office Delightful—the weather. Lively—the streets aSST* Howodduliueiookawithoutspaces. Coming--Eggs and Easter Sunday come in* on the sWth of March this year. Goon Name.—Teetering is the term anpiied to the nee sawing goose gait adopt ed by fashionable young ladies now-a days. The Fashion. —Square-toed hoots anti .-hoes appear to be coming in vogue again. High Watkr.-The recent rains have caused u rise in the Susquehanna. Tire Chops.--The grain crop, in this county, is said to have a most promis ing look. Snow.—A slight full of snow put a white goown on the hare earth in this neighborhood, Monday morning. In A Bad Humor —lf you wish todls turb the equanimity of a radical ask him how he likes tho new cabinet. The ef fect is electrical. JSST* The belief is now pretty generally entertained that fruit will not materially suffer this season. We trust this view may prove correct. Kill It.—lf no untoward accident be falls a cotton caterpillar f y to-day, or her children, she will he the mother of sixty five thousand million worms by the mid dle of October. First Thunder.—On Wednesday eve ning last we had a heavy thunderstorm, the first of the season. If this was a fair sample of some of the storms we are to have during the summer, we advise our friends to have their lightning rods and umbrellas In good repair. It is an old saying that the first i bunder 11 wakes the snakes.” if such la the case the snakes must be all wide awake, or very bard to wakeu. Handsome Testimonial.— Rev. G. F. Cain, pastor of the Park Presbvterian Church at Erie, Pa., received a surprise visit from about one hundred members of his congregation, a week or two ago, who presented him a purse containing one thousand dollars. He had declined 1 a call from a congregation in Philadel phia, and his own people took this way of testifying their appreciation of his re gard for them. Mr. Cain will be remem bered by many os a former resident ot this county. --J, A. J. Ores Wilson College —The Rev. E. B. Raffensperger, recently appointed as their Financial Secretary, by the Trus tees of tbo Wilson Female College, baa, we are glad to learn, accepted the ap pointment and will soon enter on bis work of completing the proposed endow ment of $200,000. He will for the pres ent make ClmmUersburg his resin, nee and the centreof Ids operations, and from Ida well-known energy und ability, as well as Ida high sense of the importune© of his proposed work, we cannot toubt his entire success.— Uiambcrsburg Kai ley Spirit Another Barn Burned. ~\v e l ‘that the bright light seen in th e Eastern sky, on Tuesday evening , which gave rise to an alarm of fl* * caused by the burning of the barn of t* cob Whitman, on the Ridge, near He* town. Two colts, a numberof sheen*tT* grain and farming Implements were../* consumed, The balding was “ Insured. The Hre is supposed to h y been the work of an incendiary. aVe How to Gec Information if want to know who gets married or 1011 married—who dies or meets with on cident-who prosners-who runsio/'f flee who gels beaten-wlio is elected who keeps the cheapest and beat good,' who lure the best iawyers-wlm are tl~ test merohants-who get Into the mesh* es of the law, and how they.get out-ami want to be generally Informed of all transactions worthy of uotp, eubacdl. for and read The Volunteer. “ Judgment Notes.-The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has recently decided that a judment note should be stunned at the usual rate of promissory notes be log five cents'for eve.y $lOO, or Irani™ al part thereof, with five cents addition al, on ooonunt of the clause " without fa,cation.- This decision Is madi * 1 the clauses of the Internal Revenue law which provide that no stamp dutv shall be charged upon any warrantorattornev accompanying a bond or note duly stamp ®r RD Business.— Fruit trees in this Stale suffer from insects every year. It Isa note-wnrlhy fact that while great toll w ßetve f. ln P'»hU«S them and in making good aeleollous, and while they blossom In the spring, thev are generally unproductive. A. move raent is now on foot for the Introduction of Insect destroying birds throughout the State, as they are the only practical era dicators of insects. Various of or me ms have been resorted to to destroy these ene mies of fruit trees, but they have all proved abortive. Spring Elections.- Wo would re mind Democrats of the Spring election on Friday. This important election is often overlooked, and in some town ships it Is allowed logo by default i.. t the want of a turn out by our friends - We hope this will not be the case t'm Spring in view of th-Governor’s election next fall Let there lieu good turn out among Democrats, and seo to it that good men are nominated for the places to be balloted for. The March election is the skirmish that precedes the general elec lion lt> October. Constitution Bitters.-a friend of ours who had heen coruplainiiigof weak ness and general debility, hardly able to be around for several weeks, came in the office the other day, with sparkling eyes and ruddy cheeks, a perfect picture of health. Surprised to see so great a change, we asked him what he had been using. He replied; “Constitution Bit ters,” and added, “ I never before knew wiiat fine Bitters were. I had used oth ers, but they only made me feel the worse, causing headache and a bad feel ingln my stomach. The Constitution are just the thing, and I would adviseal! my friends to try them.” All who use, approve of Seward’s Cough Cure. it- Railroad Extension.— The Hagers town Mail understands that on Wednes day the 17th inst., a joint meeting of the Board of Directors of the Penna. Centra! and the Cumberland Valley Riilrnnd Companies will be held in Philadelphia for the purpose of finally determining the plan of action upon this subject. Wo are told that It is already settled that the road will be extended from Huireratown to Williamsport, and that ail'that now re mains to be determined is the point of termination on the Potomac, intersect ing with the Chesapeake and Ohio Ca na). The impression is that the orisd nal survey of'the Chief Engineer—Maj. W uts —with some variations of the line East of the creek, will be adopted, aud that the terminus will be on the W bauk of the Conococheugue. Caucasian. Cure for Sheep Chasing Dogs.—W. F., in the Field , says: “A large deer hound of my father’s {a prize winner it Birmingham), with not bung well look ed after, got into, the habit nt chasing • sheep, and killed them, too, whenever he hud an opportunity. He was sharply corrected and kept chained up, but when again taken out he was as had as ever.— My father happily remembered how lie had cured a large retriever of the same sin, thirty-five years before, and we have, I am pleased to say, made a perfect cure of the deerhound. After one of his cha ses lie was taken up to the sheep farm, securely tied between two old Scotch rams, and then let loose in the yard.— sooner were they let loose, than all three, being good jumpers, cleared the wall, and the dog was drugged about the park till all-three were dead tired. The poor.fellow w-ts taken home, and I can assure you sheep-chasing is the very last tiling of all others that he ever tlnuks of.” The Borough Ticket. —The Demo crats of the East Ward assembled, pur suant to previous notice, at the hotel of John B. Floyd, on (Saturday evening, and organized by the selection ol J. T. Uippey, Esq., as Chairman, and Wm.B* Butler, Esq. as Secretary. A Committee, consisting of A. K. Sheaffer, C. Adam Dysert, A. J. Welsh and John Dqrner, wa« appointed to report a ward ticket; and a Committee of Conference upon the Borough ticket, consisting of Chaa. Pi Sauno, John 8. Low and Chris tian Faber, was also appointed. The meeting then adjourned to meet on Mon day evening, when the. ticket reported below was agreed upon. , The Democrats of the West Ward met at the Hotel of Lewis Zitzer. Ephraim (’ornraan was called to the chair and Charles Cornman selected Secretary. A Ward Committee, consisting of S- H. Gould, David Smith, John P. Brimlle, W. J. Shearer and Joseph Buut£, was ap pointed, and a Conference Committee consisting of C* E. Maglaughlin, W. F. Henwood and L. T. Greenfield. The reports of the committees were unanimously agreed to, as given below: Chief Burges*— John Campbell. Assistant Burgess ~ Lewis C. Faber. Assfssor— John Gutshall Auditor— Morris W. Heckman. ( Town Council,—' W*J. Cameron. J«b n S. Low, C. F. Bhronr, Lewis Masonhei mer, Peter Rpahr- ol> __ Justice of the Peace— Edgar L. 8017 ock. • - . : School Director —Henry Faxton. ' Judge of Election —Fred'k. Cornman. Inspector— John S. Lyne. Constable —Clioa. P. Bunno. Town Council- Ji niw*' Mouonhoimer, Chas. E. Mngliiughlin, Dr. J. J. ZlKer, Wrii. H. Miller, ' „ Si hod Director—James Hamilton. Ju l/e of E’ectlon—M •'iry rf. Bitter. Jnnpecloi — Heury 1,.- Heuker. Cotuiable— Emanuel liiue. BOBOUQH. EAST WARD. WEST WABD.