J|wmau iMuatm. CARLISLE. PA., HmndA; moraine, Mnrcli 35, ISO 9. "(ovoni: is to ao in,” Last fall the people of the Westmore land district elected Henry I). Foster to Congress by a clever majority. John Covode, one of the most ignorant and corrupt met. in the Slate,has represent ed, or rather misrepresented, this dis trict for the last four years, and was Gen. Foster’s competitor last fall. By electing Foster, the people of that dis trict congratulated themselves that in the present Congress they were to be represented by an intelligent and hon orable men. But, if we are to believe the Washington correspondents of Penn sylvania Radical papers, another great outrage is to bo perpetrated by the reck less majority of the present Congress.— i‘ Covode is to go in,” writes the malig nant correspondent of the Philadelphia Jnqwrer. We suppose this is so; we suppose Gen. Foster, who received a majority of the votes of the district, is to be deprived of his seat, and John Co vode, who was defeated, is to occupy it. The Radicals do not hesitate to resort to this kind of villainy to retain their two-thirds majority. During the last Congress every Democratic member who had been elected by a small major ity was ousted from bis seat.and his de feated Radical competitor put into it.— So we go. With the Radical, brute force , is the only argument used. So long as) that party is in a majority in Congress, it j is scarcely worth while for the people to hold elections for Congressmen. With | less than aone-thi#! in each house, the Democratic membersare utterly power less, and literally amount to nothing;— they might as well be at home. After the elections last fall, even decent Re publicans rejoiced that tile Radical ma jority in the House had been, as they supposed, reduced, and that the two thirds majority of that party had been destroyed. But it seems this crushing power is to be maintained, notwith standing the people had deemed other wise. Democratic members are to be deprived of their seats until the House contains more than a two-thirds Repub lican majority. Never, perhaps, in the history of the world, was such unmitigated villainy resorted to by a wiciced, demoralized i and infamous party to hold power. It ■ is enough to make a man swear who ! don't want to, when his attention is di rected to the doings of the scoundrels - who are in the majority in Congress.— The fact is, we have no government ; we are ruled by a moj); law is laughed at; the Constitution is derided; fairness and decency are alike cast aside ; noth ing but brute force is thought of by the party in power. A'o despotism on earth is equal to t tie despotism of our modern Radicals. We are taxed almost to death to keep, these desperate scoundrels in power, that they may rob the people at pleasure. Is there to he no end to this tyranny and robbery and brutality ? It seems not. The more power the Radi cals possess, the more reckless they be come. We can hope for no relief, no re dress of grievances, until the people, tired of their nlack and tan task masters, rise in their might and hurl their op pressors from power. KI'NATOII NIMtAGI'K •Tim iC < RKIHI J1i1.1..- ‘ In our lust we published the text of the Schenck •* Public Credit Bill." u< it passed both branches of Congiv-s. The more the provisions o( this measure an ventilated, the mure obnoxious thev appear. The fact is, it is a measure cal culated and intended to make the rich richer at the expense of the ta.x-pa,\ ers of the country. Mr. Sprague, the ii;uii cal Senator from Rhode Island, regarded it in this light, renaior Sprague is a practical man, and a large maun-act urer, and knows and leels that to saddle ad tional huruens upon the peupleat large is bad policy—a policy which, if contin ued, will produce disaster and ruin. We have not room for Mr. Sprague’s entire speech. These, among other re markable observations, occur in it, as published in the tongressio al Globe-. Mr. President, /do not ir.p.iihizr irifh thfd do.--- Of nun who art hobting up to the pore of tin prop', of Hu L'nUrcl starts the -so-/ - ■_.! dr a v | w-os opposed in your caucus. M r , President t*> an anieniimen! of the C'oio-titutioo.yinoy undue jiroteedon to that debt, and J am also now nppn-ed toatiy r- rood, j .... fion by the law cootempla'eti hv the bill before the Senate. I <j-> n-.t "think that there is much -tu-rehues- in the is sue ol bonds for the Pacific railroad which become a par: of vmir national debt: and t see nothing dial is sacred in tile thousand and one mmece— arv appro priations lhatare constantly made at e ch ses-inn ol Congress, “ The great bulk of the debt of the na tion has been created in pursuance of a necessary a> d important object, the main taming of the territorial integrity of die United States. In Great Britain m-da\ the protils on almost any one of her cre.ii Industries—her commerce, tier m-muiae ture.sofiron or of coal nr of cotton o r ~f wool—are su tficient to pay the t ntere.-t on her national debt. But I- it the part of a people to drift into the condition of Mexican society, where the national debt is an oppressive burden m the communi ty ? It those whose bu-ioessit is to make light the public burdens neglect, eitber from ignorance or from any other cause to pursue a policy that will relieve, in stead of a policy to destroy ; if tbe people of .this country are to day, in raintciniencc of (he public debt bearing hccnilp upon them, drifting, os I verily believe, mud the condition of Spanish and Mexican sooietv. would any one demand that state of slavery rather than a cancellation ,>l the debt ? "Sir, you have provided for wholesale repudiation of private debts by your en actments at recent cessions cf* Curgreas. Vou cun cancel debts between individu als, between citizens of the country; and you look with holy horror upon a sug gestion that if you pursue a policy ol de struction I h is incubus tvill be sloughed off You look upon it willi holy horror tliut any one should touch that sacred circlet" You compel, hy law, the citizen to re ceive green-biteks us iawfut currency, lint the " public creditor”-the ricli man— must bo paid in gold! Is this right or honest ?” "Let ua Have Peace.”— President Grant,in his inaugural, says that he will have no policy “to enforce against the will of the people.” Then why does lie urge the adoption of the fifteenth “amendment” to the Constitution?— Why not submit it to the people direct for their approval or rejection? Had Andrew Johnson nominated General Longstreet (the Rebel Ei-Geu erni } as Collector of Customs of New Or leans, what would our Radical friends have had to say on the subject ? What answer ? : Ex-Congressman George V. Law- There are no further changes in tire rence of this slate has been appointed Cabinet to annouce this week. . J Firat Assistant Postmaster General. S®* We give place to the fo lowing note from Mr. Haldemnn, member of Congress from this district, with pleas ure. In calling attention (in our last,j to the fact that he was absent from the House, When the final vote on the Schenk, so-called “Public Credit Bill,” was taken, it was not with the intention of placing him in a false position before the people of his district. We stated a fact and nothing more. Mr. H. states, in his letter below-, that ho had “ voted to lay tire lull on tire taolu, hut was ah-, sent on the final vote,” and of course did not vote, He says too, that to vote to lay a hill on tiu- table “is always con sidcred a test vote.” In this Mr. 11. is, we think, in error, the test vote is on toe final passage or rejection of a bill.— Tliis is so manilest to every one, that we need not argue the point. Mr. H. however, is entitled to his opinion, ns we are to ours. He says he would have voted “ against the bill” had lie been in tlie House on its final passage. Veiy well; tins is evidence fo us that he re gards the measure in tire same lie lit we do, and we arp glad he does. But, to Mr. Haldeman’s letter: HorsE op Representatives, i Washington, March 19, ISU9. KilUor* of I'oluntccr Gkntlemen.— ln your paper of yester day. M..rcli ISlh. I find Hie following in no article entitled “ Passage cf the Public Credit Bill:” By the way, we notice that our mem ber, Mr. Haldkman, dodged the vote: he refused to vole one way or the oilier Had Mr. (Bossbreiuier still been in the seat now occupied by Mr. Haldenian. a stentorian " no - ' would have beeu the re sponse when the vote was taken oh the cwhtnvk bill.” I I.—lVriL'it me to ask your attention to ! 1 he Congressional Globe of February 25tb Jar-t, and also of March I3ih, which I here with enclose. You will tindlhaliu the ses sion of che 24th of February, Mr. Gloss brenxkk voted against laving this Uip >chenk bill, on the tat l e , against two dif fcreut motions to amend, and /or the bill on it* final passage. IF \on will tind that in the session of Ma’di I2th, reported in the Globe of March 13th, Mr. Kaldeiian voted to lay the same bili on the table. Voted tor the amendments ottered, but was absent on the dual vole. He showed his opposition to the bill ami placed himself <m record t>y voting to lay the bili on the table, which is always considered a lest vote* and by voting for the amendments, but was called away during the Un g session and after it whs evident that his vice could not change the result, which vote would of Cuuise have been cast against the bill. I have not contrasted my votes with those of Mr. Glossbkennek, with any -le-i'e to reflect on him, lor I have re curded Scheiick's bill as a mere declara tory without practical effect, but I have desired uohmv the injustice done to Mr. Glossbrenxek, reprtseui mg hiui opposed to the bill when he vo ted for it, and by leaving the impression that Mr, Haldeman might be possihlv in favor of the bi I, when he voted to lay it on the table. And 1 have also desired to express the sincere hope that there cun be nowhere a disposition to misconstrue me or my position even before I am warm in my seat. Should this session be prolonged and ati opportunity occur where a new mem ber may with propriety obtrude his views on the House concerning this whole suh jectof colo.-al delit and unequal taxation, there shall he im doubt of my opinimis.* which I believe will be satisfacloiy lomv constituency. hequesting you to spare sufficient space for this letter, I am gentlemen, Very •espectfnlly yours, R. J. H A LDi'.M aX, Fight between-White and Ne giio't hoops.—The Denver iVeirs of -Sat unlny last publishes a telegram from Puebla, reporting a tight at Fort Lyons on Thursday night, between white and rolored troops, in which several men were killed and four or five wounded. This is the old story. In nearly every instance where while and negro troops come together, n fight follows, . The ef fort of the Radicals to compel white sol dier- to mingle with negroes ami recog nize them ns equals, will not work.— M bite -oldiers know and feel that when lighting is to be done they have to do it. anti they cannot and will not be lon-ed into equality with the negroes who are pampered in idleness about torts and arsenals. Placing negroes in the army was an outrage in the first place, ami was intended as the first step in tlie direction of “ equality.” Becoming Desperate.—'The thou sands of office-seekers, black and white, at \\ ashington, are endangering the peace of the city. Many of these “ Inil” patriots are strapped,” that is, out of greenbacks, and they are becoming desperate. On Friday night last a party of them atten ptt-d to break into the hanking house of P.iggs A- that city. ‘1 hey removed three or four feel of the wall surrounding the safe, but could not force or break the -afe alter they had found it, ami had to abandon the job. It is supposed they had worked ail night, and the bank being in a pub lic place it is wonderful ihot they were not discovered, r ihe policemen in Washington are negroes, am! this mav explain why the burglars were not cap Hired, Leaving Demagogue —When Gen. Grant spoke, as he did in ids Inaugural Address, in reference to the subject nf Xegro Suffrage, ho went beyond the proper hounds of ids authority, and played the part of a demagogue. What right has he to dictate to the people, ot to any State Legislature, upon this im portant question? Ho consents to be made the mere mouth pece and tool of the extreme Radicals, when it is well known that he has always opposed ne gro suffrage, and that the plank in op position thereto, which appeared in the Chicago platform, was inserted for that reason. Such conduct must destroy con fidence in him as a man, and lesson be lief in his fitness to discharge" the duties of the high office to which he has been palled. The mothers, wives, sons and daugh ters of their slnip must be deeply con soled with the “ poetic justice” of the radicals which permits a man like Long street to be appointed to n lucrative of fice by Grant. It would be no wonder if nur slain dead of Fair Oaks, Malvern Hill, Chancellorsviile and Gettysburg, would rise from their graves to protest against such outrages. Governor Geary has nominated the following named gentlemen as trns teesof the State Lunatic Asylum. Hon. F. B. Pemiimnn, of Allegheny county, Dr. Baity, of Philadelphia, Jacob C Bomberger, of Harrisburg, ami Dr. S. B. Kleffer, of Cumberland county. These names were subse luently confirmed by the Senate. AFFAIRS IN lIAYTI. The whole of the American conti nent, south of the boundary line of the United States, saving some few small sections, appears to b« in turmoil. But such a state *f things io tiie countries under the equator, ami nearing it, has been for so many years chronic that sur prise is no longer produced by reporis continuing i'< continuance. Were it otherwise, the world uould be aston ished. War rages in Cuba, .Mexico, Brazil and Paraguay. And the island of Hayti now is, and long has been, inclu ded in the list. Salnave, tire ostensible President of that Republic, sits upon a scat of thorns. After assaulting, bom barding or sacking a number of the towns and ports of his country, which were held by his insurgent foes, just now he is directing his attention to the redu'-ion of the town of Aui Cnyes.— Do gue. one of tire rebel leaders, or rather opposition leaders—for Salnave has but a questionable right to his po sition—is there strongly entrenched, lias lefused all terms of capitulation and announced his determination to de fend tiie place to the last. Of course the inhabitants of the town are in great tribulation. Numbers of them have appealed to the commanders of the American war vessels stationed, there, for protection; and such a pressure was brought to bear upon Salnave to re strain bis attack until the non-combat ants could depart, that he finally con sented to allow all neutrals to leave be fore commencing hostilities. Thereup on, a large number of refugees fled to the f. uited States siiips. Oneof tiie in teresting facts, connected with the truth at this place, is the statement made by Domiiigne to the United States naval authorities, that lie bad written to W aslnngtoii oifering to annex to this ! country that part of the island under his control. He then desired our Min ister to use his influence, or tiie power of the country he represented, to pre vent Salnave from bombarding the town until a reply was received. Ol course, this intervention was denied.— All the foreign consulates in the place are crowded with refrugees. So far as American interests thereareooncerned, Salnave lias pledged . himself to exer tions for their protection; but if the threatened bombardment takes place they must inevitably suffer. But not only at Aux Cayes, but all over the is lanij, disorder is rampant. Acts of vi olence are of daily occurrence, and the perpetrators of them laugh to scorn any fear of punishment. Society is com pleteU disorganized, and the best fam ilies of tiie island leave almost all emi grated. Salnave is unable to conquer his opponents, neither are they able to conquer him, so thaf any hope of spee dy quiet is not to tie entertained What “Mack” says.—” Mack,” the famous Washington correspon dent of tlie Cincinnati* Enquirer (formerly of the Commercial ,) says that he has a decided objection to Grant felling Cabinet positions for 25,000 a piece, at private sale; that they are worth more money, and in order to get tlie highest price, they should he put up at auction. He further says, that the new President lias offered Bonner the mission to England, if he i B. i will give him (Grant) tlie celebrated trotting horse" Dexter.” Concerning the French mission “ Mack” says Grant offered it to Pike, of Opera House and distillery notoriety, provided lie (Pike) would supply tlie executive .Mansion with whiskey lor the ensuing four years. Pike declined, on tin* ground the capac ity of liis distilleries was limited,and if he were to accept the oiler, it would ruin him financially. Important to Office-Seekers.— We are now enabled to give to the nu merous seekers after office under the present administration, some valuable instruction, as to what constitute there quisite qualifications. Tney are first i Did you contribute anything lo the purch seof either of three houses for Grant, in Philadelphia. Washington or Galena? Second. Have you made any other gift- to him or his family ? Third. In what way are you related to the General. Fourth. Have you participated in the indivirlued promotion of General Grant, eitiier as General or President. If you cannot give satisfactory an swers to any of the above, then 1-ulh. M hat degree of affinity is there between you and the nigger? The ‘ brief sketches of the members of tlie Legislature,” as they appear in the Harrisburg Patriot, provoke a good deal of laughter, if nothing else. We think, however, that the Patriot might adopt some other mode of assailing our threat and pure members, than byresort ing to burlesqueand ridicule. They are weapons thatshould not be used against “ tlie members” with impunity, for a few of these members are really good and respectable men, and should not be treated with contemptuous sarcasm. The bill reported in the Senate to re construct Georgia, and put the State back under military rule, was part of thevillainnussystemof intimidation re sorted to, to drive thenegro amendment through the Legislature of that State.— Threats of this measure were freely used in the Georgia Legislature; there force was relied on—here, fraud. On these two pillars rest Radicalism throughout the land. Bv a law of England no man who is interested in Government contracts can be a member of Pat liament. Had such a law been in force in the United States during the late war, we would have had but few, if any, Republican niembers of Congress. Has Grant a policy? If so, what is it? He appointed Mr. Stewart, a radi cal free trader of New York, Secretory of the Treasury. Finding him ineligi ble, hcsnbstitutod in his place Boutwell, a radical protectionist. Grant is determined to provide for his relatives. He has a t‘ policy,” which Is to bunt up all his own and his wife's relatives, and appoint them to fat offices. Already thirteen relatives have been thus eared for, A Radical Senator wants flic Tenure of Office Bill repealed so that Grant can guillotine all “ the Copperheads” in of fice. This argument should bea weighty one in inducing Democrats in the Sen ate to vote for this "measure of relief.’ A “UED lIANUKD Rl.RKt.'* General Janie? I.onstreet, it is an nounced, has just been appointed hy Grant ro a most lucrative ofllce in New Orleans. Longstroet was an original rebel, and during the entire war, down to Lte's surrender, was one of the most active and distinguished Generals on the rebel side. At Chickamnugn, Get tysburg, and many other bloody fields. Longstreet and his command bniuid fiercely; and ho and they are responsi ble for the death of hundreds of brave men of the North on the battle fields of the war, and for much of the sorrow and mourning of widows and orphans, that was brought to many a once happy fire side. But—ah, the power of that but! But when the rebels were thoroughly beaten, when their armies had surren- , tiered, and the Confederate cause *\vas i irretrievably lost, then XJongstrect, lucky fellow, turned Radical, and now the late distinguished rebel general, and still later distinguished “scalawag,” has received the merited punishment of his treason in the shape of a fat of fice. This is a glorious comment on the charge made by the Radicals in the last Presidential contest, that the success of Mr. Seymour would result in appoint ing “ red handed rebels” to office. If (here is a rebel whose hands and whose Garments are “dripping with northern blood,” to use a “troolyloll” phrase, that rebel is Gen. James Longstreet.— Johmtoxcn Democrat , [ Thk Blunderer Grant.—Every man who is not a fool knows that a pardon from the President of the United States cannot be revoked by the Presi dent who becomes successor. Grant did’nt know this, however, and among his first official acts after his accession to office, was an attempt to revoke a num ber of President Johnson's pardons!— He actually gave orders that no atten tion >houM be paid to these pardons, and that the men for whose benefit they were intended should be retained, in prison? Who but Grant could have thusJMundered ? The friends of the par doned men at once applied to Attorney- General Hoar. He acted promptly, for he was astonished that even Grant did not know better than to attempt to re voke the pardons of his predecessor.— He decided at once that Grant had blundered, and so informed the Presi dent. The pardoned men were then re leased front confinement. What an ass Giant is! The New York Democrat of the 18th instant, thus sums up the Presidential record of U. S. G. ;■ “ Two weeks a Pres ident, with two Cabinets already! Two weeks a President, and twice defeated by Congress! Two weeks a President, and already ten per cent, weaker than the day of- his election ! And every hour from this to th«closeof his admin istration will mark his increase of per plexities and decrease of triends, in ex act proportion ns, tried in the crucible of events, he proves mentally insuffi cient for the times/’ “ Go forth, my son,” said the famous Chancellor Oxenstiern, “and see with how little wisdom the world is gov erned/.’ Had that great statesman lived in our day, and in this country, he need not have sent his son abroad to learn that humiliating lesion. lx ihe House at Harrisburg, a few days since. Mr. Cornman, of Cumber land, introduced a bill exempting: all monies from taxation borrowed by the Board of School Directors of the h'trough of Carlisle for building pur pose, and for the purchase of real estate for school purposes. The rush of office-beggars at Wash ington is unprecedented. Never was there such a crowd before. It takes in all, from the anxious seekers after Mis sions, Consulships, down to boot-blacks and cabinet officers. The Republican State Convention of Virginia has nominated H. H. Wells for Governor, and J. D. Harris, a negro, for Lieutenant Governor. Georgia is threatened with another reconstruction. A bill has been reported which again puts the State out of the Union, and the people more completely under negro rule. The “ Bread and Balter Brigade” is rapidly moving on the government works. These hungry fellows are de termined to “conquer or die.” Like the negro troops, the “ Bread and,butter Brigade” fight bravely. Its members intend to fight it out on the plunder line if takes them all summer. The anatomy of a man has somewhat changed since he was originally formed. Formerly his heart was supposed to be his most sensitive organ,,but now it is his pocket. JUT ATE ITEJU, —Mrs. Alfred Hall, of Lewistowu, lately gave birth to five boys. —The school property in this State Is estimated at over $11,000,000. —The Pennsylvania Railroad Compa ny have bought the elevator and dock property in Erie for the sum of $200,000. -David Guyer, of - Horse Valley, Franklin county, having a wife and two children, accidentally stmt hhnselfabout two weeks ago, Death ensued in a lew hours. —A powder magazine and torpedo fac tory, near Titusville, Pa, exploded last week,killing three meu aud mortally in juring Col. Davidsou, the proprietor. The Foster—Covode Pennsylvania contested elccliou case has been referred to the Committee of Elcctlous by the House. The Bush House at the depot at Eeliefonte—tine of the finest h-nel struc tures in the country—is expected to opeu about the first of May, —John Crooks, a lad aged 16 years fell front the roof of store No. 7CW Chest nut St., Philadelphia, on the 16lh, iust aud was instautly killed. —T1)0 Pennsylvania State Agricultural society inis determined to hold its next annual exiblllon on f.lie 28th of Septem ber, IStiO, to con li nuc four (Jays. The place of ext)ibition la not yet determined but will be announced about the loth of April. . illiam Babcock, a young man about 20 years ol age, while assisting to draw un logs with bull wheel at E. A Briglcr i CVs eaw mill, et Clearfield, on .Friday last, was caught by the hapd and drawn around the “spool", the chain, attached top log, winding ground Ilia body sever al times before the wheel was stopped He was terribly oruabed, yet lived about 48 hours, j A KnpiMWnl .'ltirdorcMl Man Ttmit I j». On Friday morning, Non ciiilu'i: (’apt. K. Godfrey Rehrer, a resident of Tremoni, this County, and engaged in the mining of coal at Donaldson, with Messrs. ThomnsSmith and John Albrlgh lon, Sr., left Ids liomeai nn early hour to keep a business appointment at the col liery. He did not reach the colliery, and after several days had elapsed without anything being heard of him. it was sus pected I lint he had been murdered on the r«'ad. Larue rewards wen* offered for any information ot ti e fate of Capt. Reh rer; the police were set to work, and his partners were anested on snspision of be ing concerned in Ins disappearance. - They were subsequently discharged from custody, there beinginsufficient evidence to hold them. Time went on and still nothing was discovered in reference to the fateofCnpt. Rehrcr. Thecommunl ty will remember the operations of the “detective” Carpenter, in connection with tliis case, and the arrest of Mr. David Lomison of Donaldson, ou a charge of being concerned in the suppos ed murder. C**pl. Rebrer's immediate family was plunged idto the deepest dis tress; Lomison was dliven into b mkrupl oy, and Messrs, Smith and Aibrlghlou were forced by public opinion to leave the country. The affair was buried in the deepest mystery until inauguration day of last week March 4, when all the facts con nected with Capt. Rehrer’s disapnear atice, were revealed to Mr. George W. Cole, of Tamaqua, by the Captain him self. Mr. Cole we might stale, is well acquainted with Capt. Rehrer. Well he was standing on a sidewalk in Washing ton, looking at the line forming for the procession, when he observed a so'dier in a detachment of the Marine Corps, wearing the chevron of a sergeant. He recognized him at once as Rehrer. Im pulsively Mr- Cole rushed to Rehrer, and much to the astonishment of tlie commis sioned officer in command, and to Reh rer's own surprise, who d< tiled that he was irimself, lie seized him by the collar for the purpose of dragging him to a pri vate room in a hotel close by and having an explanation of his actions. The offi cer in command of the detachment soon understood from Mr. Cole the state of the case, and consented that Rehrer should accompany Mr. Cole, to a private room. That having been done, Rehrer confess ed to Mr. Cole that the motive for hls de camping in the mysterious manner he hud done, was the fact that lie washeavi- Id indebted to his father, father-in-law, and others, and that lie saw no prospect of extricating himself from his pecuniary liabilities. Hesa*d that be first went to Treverlou, where he worked as a laborer. From there he went to Baltimore, where lie was employed at a similaroccupalion. One day seeing in the streets of that city a citizen of Schuylkill County lie became fearful of being recognized ai d left sud denly’ without even waiting to receive his wages. Frdm Baltimore he went to Philadelphia, anticipating that he would -oon he sent on shipboard to some foreign station. In this he was mistaken, for his command was sent to Washington where it had since been stationed. Messrs. Smith and Albrighton, Sr., are now engaged in mining operations at Plymouth, Luzerne County, and are do ing well.— Miners Journal. THE GREAT GIFT ENTERPRISE, The distribution of splendid national gifts in Grant's Great Lottery still goes on at Washington. The lucky holders of drawn numbers are coniMig forward rapidly and claiming their prizes. The followng is the list announced up to the present dale ; Elihu B. Washburne, first class pre mium. Knew Grant in Galena, and ob tained for him ids first promotion in the army. Redraws two-p> Izes, Secretary of Slate and Minister to France. Alexander T. Stewart, first class. He went a share of a house and lot in Wash ington and one in New York. He drew ’he office of Secretary of the Treasury.— “ An old and obsolete law of 1759” unhap pily converts the magnificent prize iulo a blank. Hamilton Fish, first class. Invested 5 n a handsome purse raised by the mer chant princes of New York, a few years ago, and comes out Secretary of State in Washhnrne’s place. Adolph E. Ho‘rie. f first das'*. He was a liberal contributor to Grant’s splendid furnished house on Chestnut street, Philadelphia. He draws the office of Secretary of the Navy. K. R- Hoare. first class. He presented h lihr.iry worth fifteen thousand dollars to IPs Excellency, and polls the splendid prize of Attorney,General. A. Sharpe, third class, had the good fori one to marry General Grant's wife’s sbler. and draws at Rid nmnd. Va., the nriite of Marshal of the District of Colum bia. Colonel Casey, third class, is another brother in-law. and draws the Collector shlp of New Orleans. Mr. Cram, first class. This gentleman is a member of the distinguished Grant family, and is to he promoted from Con sul at Leeds, in England, to Minister to Switzerland, Orville Grant, third class. He is to he appointed a collector of internal revenue in Chicago. He voied for his brother. LontrsVeet. thiid class. This distinguished rebel general has the good fortune to be a cousin of Mrs. Grant, and he draws the prize of Surveyor of 'Cus toms of New Orleans. Geome Wi l ke«, fir-t. class. Wilkes is editor of the Spirit of fhr TimcB % a sporting news- paper in New York, and is one of Grant’s stable cronies. He keeps the President posted up on the geneology of hi« steed, and all kinds of“ equine erudi tion. He tells him what horse was great crapdaiyre of Lamp Lighter, and the shortest time made by the famous God olphin at Hie Derby. Wilkes lo*t heavi ly. on the imppachment. and Grant makes Idm whole by giving him the Mis sion to Mexico. On his return, it is ex pected that the people will he regaled with a hull fight In the White House grounds, under tile auspices of the sport ing minister. *\ **l® enfa * hrothers-in-law. and husbands of sisters-in-law of tlie Presl dent, draw offices in value considerably above their mental capacity for filling them. b The man in St. Louis who bought a load of wood one rainy day and thereby enabled Ulysses to replenish his iug draws a blank. Thorny H. Foulds. third class, this is a relative of General Grant who lives in Covington in the State of Kentucky.— He draws the vnluah'e prize of postmas ter of Cincinnati, Ohio, a State of which he is not a citizen. —Harrisburg i'ainot. lIISCPJT.I.ANEOUS. —Dissolving views—Grant’s Cabinet, —A bride at the Fifth Avenue Hotel shines it, $150,000 worth of diamonds. —“ }fisa Q .” says a reporter, “was a promment figure at the Inauguration I!?,, 1 : . . w,e 1B also a prominent figure at billiard balls. —English newspapers (ell of a girl in Wales who has not eaten anything since Ootober, 1867- She probably imbibes the oil through her pores. i ■b ,ee "’as garoted in Pittsburg last Thursday evening by two men and robbed of a hundred dollar watch. —The pugilist, O’Baldwin, was arrest ed on Tuesday in Boston, and is under bonds for trial, charged whh breaking the peace and several windows. * —Tho Senate of pelaware hag rejected Uie proposed amendment to tho National Constitution. . b ?Y s 11 e trieato be impartial but for all that be is unable to look at tho negrois except on the dark side. —More than two thousand miles of the r ranco American Atlantic cable are al ready completed apd twelve hundred an l forty-five miles of they same have pgeu shipped on board the Great Eas tern. It P ro ,P™ ed to g> v e the women of « »» t r,® l rl ß ht to vote, and then eee what will become of poygamy. —A revolt occured at Sing Bing prison last week. Two of the beepers were gagged and five convicts .escaped. One of the keepers has since died. f Collecton at Philadelphia.— fion. Henry D. Moore Ims been appoint* ed Collector of Customs at Philadelphia in place of Marks, resigned, 1 I PIITMJMIKf'IIIV' ,1 H-r-Z/VCI C)'M *‘"t. Tin: ci.vi.i.ows. Ilanclntr of Fonr Sreror* in llni'.ilnnd.* TrrrH»lr Krone on (hr KrnfToPl. Princess Ann. Mil., I March 5, 18(50. / Four negroes, named Frank Rounds, George Bailey alias George C. Bryan, Wm. Wilson and Wm. Wells, weic han ged here to-day for the murder of Capt. Johnson and'mate, Henry Cannon, oi the schooner Brave, on the night of the 30th of March, ISOS. From.the evidence given at- the trials of the prisoners and from their confes sions, the facts am) incidents connected with the murder are uh follows : , Captain Johnson shipped his crew in Baltimore in the latter part of the full of ISG7, securing his men through theservi cesofa “shipping broker.” These bro kers entrap the ignorant negroes ami low whites by enticing them inloone of their filthy’ groggeries, and there rendering them insensible bv urging them to drink villainous am! drugged liquor. When they have thus been stupefied, they are carried on board a dredging vessel, and are probably on their way down the bay’ bcfoie they'are aware where they are.— The brokers charge the captains fourteen dollars for thelrs?ervices, and the captains reserve this sum from the wages of tlie kidnapped Thus these poor wretch es are made to p *y for their own abduc tion ami deprivation of liberty. Captain Johnson’s crew was enlisted in this man ner. Rounds at one time escaped from the “Brave,” but was recaptured and taken back. On the night of March 30, 1808, Cap tain Johnson’s vessel was anchored oil’ Shirk Point, Somerset Co., about three hundred yards from the shore. In the evening J. and C. went on board a vessel lying near, to pass tin* evenine. While they were absent, a plot was formed In murder both, and then to rob the vessel, carry it to Norfolk and sell it. From the confessi'*iis of the prisoners all were wil ling to participate in tlie crime. When the two men came aboard, they called ail hands ou deck, as the wind had increas ed, to make the vessel more secure. Can-, non went ,below into the cabin to get a light. J. went forward to assist in letting go the anchor, and while stooping to looge the stays, was struck by Rounds with a hand-spike, who repeated the blows until the captain gave no signs of life. Wells aud WilscrtT then attaked Cannon in the cabin, and after beating him left him for dead. The vessel was then got under way, with Bailey at the tiller. The channel being tortuous and difficult, and Bailey being a poor pilot, the vessel grounded about morning on Muscle Hole Bar, ten miles from the scene of the murder. About this time. Cannon, who hud revived, was seen by Wells crawling from the cabin with a gun in his hands. W. immediately Jumped upon him, wrenched the gun from his hands ami struck nim repeatedly with it. The negroes then held « con sultation to escape, and determined to throw the bodies overboard and take the boat. As Cannon w s being dropped over the aide of the ship he called to Bai ley : •* George. George, save me !” They then landed, got a canoe and made their way to the Eastern shore of Maryland All t' e booty they secured was $l2 50 which they foam) in the cap tain’s pockets. They evidently believed that the captain hud several buhdr d dollars on board, and this, with the de sire to be revenged for. their wrongs, was the motive for the perpetration of the crime. Wilson and Wells were arrested at Drommondtown, April 6th, 1868, and were tried on the 19lh of July. Rounds was arrested in Baltimore, and tried on the 2d of October. Bailey was found in the Baltimore jail, and was tried on the 12th of January, 1869. THE EXECUTION. The day was cold and cloudy, the sun being at times hidden by the clouds, again bursting forth in its brightnessand warmth. Early in the morning the roads w<=*re crowded with persons on foot and in carriages, and one unacquainted with the awful scene about to be enacted might have imagined that it was a, gala day.— The gallows was erected on the side of a slight hill in the jail yard. It was of the ordinary description, with a swing drop, and a fall of about four feet and a-half.— At 1 05 P- M.. the solemn procession ap peared. headed by the sheriff, Southey Miles, Esq., followed hy Rev. Heating, Presby., and Rev. Handy, Meth., and the four condemmed men, dressed in white shrouds and guarded by four deputy sheriffs. . Alter mounting the scaffold the hymn commencing* 1 Hide me, Oh ! my Savior, hide me.” was sung by the min isters, the condemned joining very heart ily. A psalm was then read by Rev. Heating, after which he offered up a most fervent prayer. After the prayer the criminals remained kneeling and praying earnestly, and were at las' arous ed by the sheriff and sealed on a bench in tlie rear of the scaffold. Rounds then stepped forward on the drop and address ed the crowd, acknowledging his guilt and tin* justness of his punishment, thanking the sheriff and jailors for their kindness, and professing to have made peace with God, and a hope of blessed immortality. Bailey spoke in a lively, nervous man ner, appearing not to realize his awful Saiil he was on t lie stage of an ion about to disappear forever; thought e was going home to Jesus; did not strike a blow; though all four were in 'lie conspiracy ; had been a slave of Dr. E. PickneV. He appeared conversant with the scriptures from which he made several quotations. During his remarks be, from his nervousness, unconsciously to Huger the rope which was to bang him, and which hung in front o uim, when some heartless wretch in the crowd remared J n a loud voice, “ never mind, that rope will hold you.” Bailey rebuked him quite severely, saying “ O, you need not be so brave over there,” for if you were in my place you might not be so valiant.” loom, Wilson warned nil nf the danger nf crime; paid he struck Camion and lied about it. and now suffered justly. He was proceeding with his remarks, when he was stopped by tile sheriff. Wells spoke briefly, simply expressing sorrow and contrition, and a hope of a blessed future. The arms and legs of the doomed were then pinioned by the sheriff'and his as sistants; and after bidding the ministers ■and sheriff good bye, they were moved forward on the trap, the ropes adjusted and the black caps drawn over their fa ces. Rounds was on the extreme right nf the trap; on his left was Wilson, and next came Wells, while B. was on the left. The scene at this time was horrible beyond description. These four men. all in the prime and vigor of life, dressed in white shrouds with black caps over their laces, and the yellow hempen ropes haug iug in graceful■ but hideous turns from their necks—the embrace of death—made a spectacle that will not soon be forgot ten by those who witnessed this “carni val of death.” The drop fell at 2, P M and a sharp click and a dull thud’ an nounced that the four human beings were launched into eternity. Rounds Bailey and Wells died easily and appa rently without a struggle, e-tanding about 30 feet from the scaffold,<my atten tion was first attracted by a hoarse, rasp ing sound, as if some one was struggling rm r Tl, e noise came trom Wilson* ihe knot had not been adjusted proper ly, and when the drop Ml, instead nf drawing up unde' the left esr, it had caught him under the chin. In hisstrnd gles for life he got ope hand loose and caught bold of the poose. thus raising himself up and getting his handaand arms on the solid portion of the scaffold. He then raised his feet and put them on the beam that extended ajong the outer edge of the drop, and turning overon his back lay there writhing, the rope being meanwhile slackened. One of thejher ifl’s guard mounted the scaffold, adjust ed the rope properly, and pushed him off again. His convulsions and throes were horrible to witness, and called forth ma ny groans of anguish and horror from stout-hearted men. Ho die” of strangu lation as bis neck was not broken by the fall. While Rounds was being tied he stepp ed forward and felt the rope, his inten tion being evidently lo Bee if it was strong enough to bear him. Wilson, who struggled so desperately after the rope was around his neck, bid good bye to the crowd and said that he was going home to heaven and would die easily. Bailey, ju>-t before his . face whs covered with the blacfedmp, said that his proper name was George U. Bryan, and requested some one to write to his moth- 1 cr nncl inform her of hla execution and of ’ his hone of seeing her In n better world. AM of the doomed men bade a very ar r.T»irt»v»n* JareweM to Mr. Crlafield, the ti . u\t i u ho defended them. About £>oo people witnessed the execu tion, about hull being negroes. The ef fect on the crowd was most demmalizinir. No feeling of solemnity or awe pervaded the masses, but the course mid ribald jest and unfeeling and cnnl remarks were handled from mouth to month.— By ninny it was taken ns a day forcarou sing and diunkenness, and whiskey flowed ns freely ns on election day. G. OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. The Wild Want for OfUre— •* Willie* and Whl«lxr"~Oronl'i BreHt OIR Enterprise— The Drnd Lo«k on the Tenure ofOflir* Bill The IlnrtlenU He nal Tran! Gr*n|..Nesro SnfTruse—Another I‘realdenlinl Blander.. A Mpcclmen omodern C'lTlllsatlon. On-i'f'.spniKlenre American Volunteer. \Vashinotox, March Mtb, 1860. The wild scramble for office still con tinue*. Never in the history of this country was there a period when so many patriots were anxious to serve their coun try. The hotels and boarding houses are crowed to overflowing, and every train brings fresh arrivals. Nothing is heard on the streets, in the hotels and saloons, o: in the corridors at the Capitol but “ of fice,” “office,” “office.” In conse quence of the excitement, the consump tion of fusel whiskey is immense. Every candidate who thinks he has laid his wires so as to insure-success, steps into Willards or the Metropolitan and “ calls his friend up.” Every defeated aspi rant rushes up to the bar, gulps down his illicit whiskey, and inwa-dly damns his congressman or senator. By the very way a man swallows his whiskey you can imlge of his prospects, for office. If ho puts himself outside of it, with a smile of calm satisfaction, and rubs bis stom ach with an easy, good natured motion, he considers the situation highly favora ble. If he|is boisterous and hilarious, and says “ come up, fellows, come, let’s j take something,, ; and then proposes the health of Grant orsorae Radical congress man, the thing is settled bevond ques , tion. But if he swallows the “ pulze”at one gulp, and then makes a dive for the water pitcher and send a full of it “sclzzing” down the same road, “ that boss's eyes is sot’’—his cake is all dough, and he will probably leave for home on the first train. Now why not put the.se offices up at auction ; it is much more manly to make a public sale than a private sale of them. It is well known that Grant ban estab lished a magnificent gift enterprise, and those who put hi the largest bids get the highest prizes. Stewart ami Bnrie each put in a in a house and lot, Hoar putina libiary, Washburne put in the Lieutenant Generalship. They all drew first class prizes. But why not let the whole thing open to public competition Let us have an auction at which ail will have an equal chance to bid. In the de clining days of Rome, the Empire was put up at auction by the Praetorian Guards, aud sold to Diodoria Jullanous, after some heavy bidding between him and Sulpicianus or some other wealthy old cuss* foraboutten millious of dollars. If this country is to go to the dogs, and the American republic is to be disposed of f»r dollars and cents, let not all the proceeds be given to one man. Grant dosun’t own the offices. Let there be something like a fair division of the spoils. Now an applicant must show that he was either a contributor to one of Grants three houses, or has at some time made gifts to him or some member of his family; or that he is a member of the Dent family, or otherwise connected by blood or marriage with the President. In the meantime things seem to be getting delightfully mixed up. Tho President is uncomfortable, the Senate is discontented, and the office-hunters ravenous. And it is all about that con founded Tenure-of-Offlee law. Grant wants it repealed. No, says the Senate. Then, says the President, I will do what I promised In my inaugural, en force an odious law to the very letter, until it becomes more odious. Ah; but how ? query the grave and reverend selgnora. Simply bv making appoint ments to office only where vacancies ex ist. That lets the cat out of the bag, for it insures the continuance in office of Andy Johnson’s appointees until the Senate concedes the power of removal to the President as fully and unqualified ly as it existed prior to the passage of the Teuure-of-Offico law. Grant can stand the lock-up as long as the Senate, every individual member of which has promised office loa fair proportion of the working politicians of the party. Thus, by one of his flank movements, it .will he seen that the President has diverted the onslaught of the office-hunting patri ots upon the Senators. The position of President Grant on this question is one in which he will have the support of the people. The enactment of the Tenure-01-Office law, and the concen tration of power in Congress, was only palatable, even to the Republicans, be cause Andrew Johnson was President.— Now that the impediment has been re moved, the feeling is universal that the Executive should be reinvested with all hia accustomed prerogatives and powers. An effort is being made to meet the President half way, by suspending the law until Congress meets in December, hut the President will reject the compro mise. If the law is right in itself it should not he suspended; and the sus pension is only conceded to All up the offices with the friends and supporters of Congressmen When that is accomplish ed farewell to all hope of its repeal, or even further suspension. Let General Grant stand by his guns. He has the right on bis side, and is sure to win. He simply says to Senators, if you want Johoßon’a appointees removed you must givs me a chance to remove them with out running a risk of violating the law. The Senators want the offices, but still they desire to hold a check rein on the Executive. As the question now stands, it Is claim ed that a majority of the Senate are op posed to repeal. A vote will probably be reached on Monday. The question has been under discussion all week, and all the ablest Radicals have spoken avaiust repeal. The house has already passed the repealing bill. The most re markable fact is that so many of the Senators who were strenuous advocates of the original law, and now in favor of repeal There never was a better commentary on the Chicago platform than the brief conversation reported yesterday in all the papers, betwcenMr. Blodgett, of Georgia, and the President. The latter asked if Georgia, would ratify the negro suffrage amendment. Yes, eaid the Southern man. Congress having indicted negro suffrageon them, “ they were now going to try and inflictit, in turn, on thed 4 Yankees.” It U with this spirit that Radicalism allies Itself in order to indict negro suffrage on Pennsylvania, after toleranly protesting in the party platform that “ the question of suffrage in alt’ the loyal States properly belongs to thq peo ple of those States,” It Is understood tw~«„ ral Hoar has decided that»"® y o'°e. 0 '°e. issued by President Jehn.onV o'' 0 ''’ 001 held by President Grant, that such pardons cannot l )6 ' m“!' or If withheld, that the pardoneffcan 6^l ' cure release on habeas c, Mo will be Grant’s next mistake? I*’ 1 *’ ' Vh,t The following incident, wl„vi, , from one of the city papers ™ 1 dp ing as illustrating the clvill zali ' age ;In the summer of iB6O ° f ’*’• soldier had an exhibitional t° P ri80 “;, Among other nounced through the city papere M ar had on exhibition there, were Ih “T 1 " of Booth, the skull of Wlrz and i ,art curiosities. It was not t ’. aad L l dmHw that his announcement was" b.' 11 !’*' 1 truth, and that he really poiwssJd'.t,°“ Crtieles He charged the of twenty-Qve cent- raie fee t.. 7 e, perhaps no^u^r/er"' curiosities as the Inside of the e»il ho,t Old Capitol Prison. It turns that, after Ml. he told no /re/" v r lately the undertaker opened ? coffin in which Captatu Wir.i ° " had been deposited it waYf ", f. 0 " 1 ™ 1 whole of the skull was “n t r d “““ tb ‘ body was otherwise muti n ' right hand was also gone totl.h. b * the spine. Mr Soha.U re f ' sr witl > der was given by thf »'• receive the h for the whera-abouts of the head’tfh'-* unfortunate client. ‘ hu &ocai UOKOPGII EX-ECTIoX-omeU,. Our Borough election passed offln. very quiet and orderly manner. It ' be seen that the Democrats carried ev! Borough officer by decided majoring elected every man in the East Ward t' larger majorities than heretofore c?nthr! eot L ugon6CouB ° n ~^ Constable in the West Ward-the R adi cal strong-hold—and came within a f eff votes of defeating the entire Radical t.cket. The result la, the Dee crats have all the Borough officer,,. J h Ward Constables, and six of the nine Councilmen. That will do I We may say, however, in justice to ,| le Republicans who voted the DemoJ IC ticket in the West Ward, that local considerations, to a considerable extent induced them to pursue the course uJ did Ihe last Republican Council «- as recklessly extravagant, and utterly c „ re . less in regard to the interests and wi.he, ot heavy lax payers. It was with lh , object ..t rebuking this carelessness and extravagance that many substantial and respectable Republicans supported the Democratic ticket. We hope the new Council, when organized, may remem ber this fact, and do all they can In the way of retrenchment and reform. Just now the people are suffering from op preseive . taxation. The tax-gatherer confronts us at every turn; and it is not surprising that men feel restless and un comfortable. We would not discourage reasonable Borough improvements; pro per provision must be made too, for tbs protection of our town from the depreda tions of the incendiary and thief; a pru dent expenditure of money /or these objects is right and proper, indeed, indis pensihie. But, outside of these objects economy is wanted; not only wanted, but must be practiced. We repeat, then, the new Council will owe it to itself as well as to our people, to discountenance extravagance and ca'releßsuess in His ex penditures of the Borough. Lei its members consult more with out think ing citizens, and receive suggestions hem the good men of both parlies, and thus qualify themselves for a faithful dis charge of their duties as our “ city fath ers.” The new Council contains a num ber of active business men, and we fed satisfied that the next Borough adminis tration will bo a decided improvement on the last. So mote it be. Below is the official result of the electinn ; Chief Burge**, E. W. IE lE. Total. John Campbell, 239 247 508 Chat. IE I Veaver, 173 IS4 357 Ass't Burgess , Lewis C. Faber, 801 193 499 Francis Ecklcs, 130 234 873 J oupoenv * John Gutahnll, 319 208 527 Rob't. M. Black , 125 233 SoS Auditor % M.W. Heckman, 314 206 520- S. D. Hampton, 130 233 363. East Ward. Town Council* W. J. Cameron, 302 John Say 49 Jno. S. Low, .291 Rohi. Sheafer, 1» C. F. Shrom, 299 John Plank' 140 L. Masonheimer, 312 Jacob F. Zug^l 2o Peter Spahr, 20S Lewis Faher t 118 John Parka,* 105 _ Judge. j^mrt(h;m Fred’k Cornman, 314 Inspector* 311 Wm.Boffer x 130 John S. Lyne, School Director. [No opposition.] Henry Saxton, 435 Justice of the Peace. E. L. Shrvock, 202 John Syer, 62 M. Holcomb * 173 Constable. C. P. Banno, 331 P. B. Myers, 99 * Independent Candidates.' West Ward. Town Council. J, Masonheimer, 203 C. P. Eumrich, 226 C. Maglanghlin, 231 W. F. Sadler , 349 Dr. J.J.Zltzer, 179 5 Wehel, Jr. 22i Wm. H. Miller, 191 O. E. Sheafer 227 Judge- Henry B. Hitler, 201 John B. Turner, 23i Inspector. 201 B. K. Spangler % H. E. Heeker School Director. [No opjpoaitibD-3 Jas. Hamilton, 437 Constable . Emanuel Line. 211 Wm. JJppert, 142 Jehu Zippcri, 6* Suicide in Hanover.— learn from the Hanover Citizen that Mr. H. W. Koh ler, an esteemed and highly respectable citizen of that blace, in his twenty-®** year, committed suicide. He residedwitb his parents, and' being engaged as agtot for some sewing machine manufactory, his absence from home was frequent On Friday afternoon last he war jasi seen in the entry going > T ot being with the family in the evening, it was supposed that he badjr ne toeom* of his numerous friends aD( j around this place. His conilnr absence on the day following, Sato* treated con siderable apprehensio Q and uneasiness to his parents and fan* but'not thinking of nny thing wrou'g tb ey came to the con clusion that be r n i ght have g one away op his agency bv. sineg3 without telling the family, alih'j U jrb unusual in his prevlou* oouduor. to >wards tbe family- Hie con* tinned ab gene© on Sunday morning, 8 Q( * the fact; that his clothes he usualy wore when going away were found in bis room created the suspicion that something uQ ' usuul had happened with him. A geenr al search was then instituted, and we* 1 ® sorry to stale that ho was found hang!* l ? by a rope in the garret of the hotel » corpse. Snow.—The opening of spring ws* signalized by a fall of snow on Monday night* Caucasian
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