ffilfe American PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING &C. KENNEDY, brFICE—SOUTH MARKET SQUARE. •' TinUtS:— Two Dothint per year ir paid strictly In wlTWice; Two Di)llurnuiid Ktlty Omits if puld WlttiW'thrve mouths; niter which Three Dollars trifibsCharged. These tonus will he rigidly ad* h£rc4h> In every instance. Nosuhscripttuh dls -0 tqtlnded unltl nil arrearages are paid, unless ut Ihepiptluu id the Editor. at UTartis. o. p. HU.mi.on. i l JJUUUICH & PAIIKKU, - . ATTORNEYS AT LAW. , ‘ „ Ofilco on Mum sued, lu Muriou Ufili, i-uf llsie, Pa. 1 >ec. '24. W«— i,uaM oou-nmaxn, ■iA TTO RN BY AT LA W. Office in bulldltiu attached t:i FranUltu House opposite tbu.(' «(ANU Hounsklok ai Law, Carlisle, I’eauu. OiUco on rtmiMi Hanover Htrn»*t., opposite liciitJia Store. llv special uriuii«nni«ni with the Patent Office, attends U> securing Patent Rights, lien. I, p ’./HKIiMAN UOETZ, ■J'TTOnNU Y A 1 LAW , NEWVILLE, PENN’A, Potents. Pensions and other claims attended to. May tW, iwia. • ’ . IUHN K. MILLER, attorney at •I, Law. (mice in \v euel a building, opposite the Court House, Oirlustc, i J o. . Nov. N. ;wt7. _____ MO. HBBAIAX, AntjuNKl AT Law. _ OtlU'e ill lltifein’M Hull HuiliUliy, 111 tIJO rearm the Court Hmmu, next door to the *• Her ald” Ortlco, liirllalo, femm. Jims I, iwfi. Tl/M. .1 J'HEAUEU. A'IToUNKY AND VV CoUNSKLi.ini at I.aw, lmi% muovcd hi* office to the h.ihert-* unoccupied rtmrn m the &orth Knxl corner of the Court House. ’ Jnu. its, •«!)—!v WICKNN 10DV, ATTiiiiNKY at Law, . Carlisle, riiiiim. Ollli i- aitmo u« tliul ol mo "Aiiiorlciui Voluntoer," Houlh ulilo ul the I’ub loriauare. -Dw. I IK«S ■yNi'i'KD STATLB CLAIM AND BEAL ESTA'JE AGENCY! WM. It. BU T 1-Kll, ATTOUNKY AT I.AW. Office In 2d Story oi m mnr» Uui id ms. No.ll Smit h Hanover aueet, Carlisle, Cumberland coumy, bounties, Back Pay, &c. ( promptly “Applduatlons by mall, will receive immediate * iVir 11 e ularuttenllon -jlven to the selling or rent- Insof lUml Estate, m town or country. luiill iel • tern of luuuirv, please enclose postage stamp. •July luVht—if I »K. UKUIIUh n. sl'.AllUilll, Uk.n -1,1 VIST. Front Uir JUliUnnnr (.tilh-i/t ,«/ DmUt u. OJll« i-ai ti»e residence of Ids mother i-li-Ht LoiiLie-i Street, three domv below Bedford Carlisle, Pemm. Uec. - i»ata anti tfajns, l’-Ml A Jl 11 I \ A Ol- AM. TIIK }‘ ( . .V ffir 11'/ X I'M a X’i'Yh Eii , II A T S A N I) U A P S . 'The subscriber hns Just opened ul An. lo A’or/ft •iJiiimw turtet, a few is North ul the 1 arllsle Deposit ItuliU, one of the larm-sl urn heal Stocks Of lIATM ami CAPS ever nllcml in t.iirlwli*. >Bllk Hals. Casslmere . f .ill styles tmd qualities, Stiff brims, different rs, and every desert p* tlou of Sob Hals mm m ale. , „ The Dunkard uiuh...i Cauhloned brush. con stantly mi hand ami made lu order, nil warrant* -ed to tlivo satlsfac.i lon. A lull assortment of l '~" MEN’S, ' HOY'S, AN I i HILDUEN’S. HATS. . I bave also added to my Slock, nouoiiboi differ eat kinds, c.iiwatm; ui LADIES ANU GENTLEMEN'S STOCKINGS, .VecA Ties, aujipemim, (jutUtn, Uhnrn, . I‘nicila, 'lnread, bcwinu Silk, Umbrella*, itc ’.PRIME SKUAKb AND TOBACCO ALWAVS om hand. Give mo a cull, uml exumlm? my slock as I feel COUUiiuut ot pUmmiig uil. L-eMileb buVmg you mo n«y. JOHN A. KELLER. Agent? No. 16North Hanover aueot. Dec. 0. ls£B—ly ,jnj ats ayp CAPS ! DO YOU WANT A NICK HAT OH CAP ? j>- hu, Don't Kail, to Cam. ok J. G.CALLIO, A’O. w. IVKS7 MAjy STHhET, Whore cuu be seen Hie finest assortment of HATS AND CAPS ever brought to Carlisle. lie takes great pleas ure hi inviting his old fnends nml customers ‘and nil new ;es,to Ins splendid stock Just re ceived from New York and Philadelphia. con ; listing in part ol tluo bilk and cassimere hath. ‘besides tin Hndlcss variety of Hats and Caps o the latest st> le, all ol which he will sell ol In Zouthl Oh/i J*riiv*. Also, bin own munuluclur of Bata olwaj'B ou liaiid, and hats manufactured to oudeh. Ho has the beat arrangement for coloring Halß and all kinds of Woolen Hoods, Overcoats,&c.,ai the shortest notice (as he colors every week» anti on the moMt reasonable terms. Also, a line lot ol Choice brands of TOBACCO AND CIGARS - always on hand. He desires to call theallontlon ’ to persons who have „ . COUNTRYFURR to sell, os he pays the highest cash prices for the **ol ve him a call, at ‘the above number, his old #ttand, as lie feels ooulUlent of giving cullro satis- faction. Pec. 20. i*flfl 'HILADELPHIA. sent by mail when written for. Jan. 7, iwiu-ly . •pACIFiC HOTEL, 1 70 172 174 & 170 GItENWICTI STREET, *. NK W YOU IC. - The und ind*iie*l takes pleasurem annonnnl ng to hi* numerous friends nml patrons taut from I- this date, the charge of Uie Pu die will bu S 2 oJ ; * P KemSsoleProprietoro« this house, ami the*e i‘ 1 fore tree from too 100 common exaction of hii Uonlmute rent, he U luti.v able to meet the downward tendency ol prices without uny lui '■l;' llußi.tr of service. ... . , •’’■a • It will now. as heretofore, be his utm to nmln •A. tain umtnnlnibhed ihe favorable reputation ol •li ' the Pacltln, vrhii'li it hasenjoyed for mtiuy years. as one of the bestof travelers* hotels. *•; The table will bo bountifully supplied with 4 ' every delicacy of the season. £ The attendance will bo lound efllclent and 4 °*Ti[e Vacation win be foundconvenlent for those who«e business culls them in the lower purtoi Vt: : *ho city, belli* one door north of Curl land sireei i « u ,i one monk west of Urmulway. and of iead.\ <( ' access to all llullrottiis amlrtteambtiat bines. ■-?>; MhW YoHKiOel. 111. IMJH. Uov. 2», —UIU JOHN FAITE Removal.— c. l. EOfHMAs im removed htsfstublishment to his splendid NEW GROUND FLOOR GALLERY, 0 opposite Wnxton’a Hardware Store. East Main street Carlisle, Pa.. Where he cordially lnvlie> the public to examine the pmce and Ills numer ous specimens. The well known skill ot lb* proprietor, um an Arllst. with an Improved lluhl and entrance, and skylight, ail on the flrsi floor, are sufficient Inducements for the ptiblh to patronize the establishment. Ills plciuresare universally pronounced equa to the best taken in Philadelphia or Now York ami fa* superior to any lakeu in this part of tin oouutiy. Please coll. C. U LOCUHAN. ' March 4,1869 loluutcec BY BRATTON & KENNEDY. fWiscfllaiifouH. WE ARE COMING AND WILL PRESENT TO ANT PERSON Sending us a One Hundred Club In our Great ONE DOLLAR SALii OF DRV AND FA NO Y A Watch, CO yards of Sheeting, Sewing Machine, (Sc., Free of Cost, Smaller Clubs lu same ratio, viz.: 60 Club, <0 yards Sheeting, (to., Ac., 80 Club, 20 yards Sheeting, Ac., Ac., Messrs. .T. R. Hawes A Co. take pleasure, lu an nouncing. being the oldest and largest house In the DollarTuide, lh-d they have ho-n enabled by their limit experience and exlenslve resources to make, this present season, many Important im portations and contracts with manufacturers, winch with these additions, to their Winter Stocks.has on bled the nto gre’utly enlarge their ■ ales ami hrehnnffe L<*l. • Semt fur iV i>' f'irruhir, Chtniogue of Hoods and Samples sent to any address free, send money by registered letter. Address all orders to J, S. HAWKS A CO., lo Federal Street, Boston, V^os. P O. Box a March 11. LM>9-Gl (PCtHOa year fan 1»h nnnle l»y live tO*J agents, selling my new anti vuluableinven- Uon. Address ' J.AhhARN. 63, Seccnd St., Uulllmoro, Md. March H. ISO9—-It ■\TTANTEI)! WANTED.- Agents of VV cither sex. In every town and village, for the largest t»N F. noi LA it SALK In the country. The smallest articles sold e»u bo exchanged for a silver Plated flve-hoitled Revolving Castor, or your choice of 2W at tides -upon exchange list.— Commissions lo Agents larger than ever. Send for Circular. B. C. THOM PHON, A CO., 136 Federal street, Boston Mass. March 11. IB6o—lt IF YOU WISH. TRY THE COM hlnatlon of Allen, Atwood & Hates. GREAT MAMMOTH SALE! LICENSED BY THE U. 8. GOVERNMENT I! living hful.luvger nxpprlniinp.m‘ ojmlj dent nf success In OUIC ONK DOLLAR BAIjK * jts-NOTIRF,.^ We will present »o any person sending ua a club In our GREAT ONE DOLLAR WAI.E Win Dress Pattern. Piero of Sheeting. Sowing Ma chine. a Carpet, a Watch, Ac., Ac. Greatest inducements ever qfferreti. Circular and Humph* sent, free many address. AM-K , ATWOOD* KATES, Nos. 57 Milk, .8&bl Devonshire sin, ■March 11, IWJ9—It Boston, Mass. I want to rouse each sleepy head, Who stand upon Hie brink. • Where yawning gulfi disclose Hie dead, Who might, but did not. think. 1 w«nt to warn the living ones Who hllndlv grope alone. Ye fathers, daughters, mothers, sons, What perils round you throng I Look ont my render, are yon free. Or do von wear Hie mark? Most all are blind and cannot see. Yea, gi oping In the dark. Catarrh, a demon in the head, • Consumption Is Its son; Kill* hosts, yea countless millions, dead, Perhaps you may be one. That backing, hawking, spitting, shows, Catarrh affects vonr head, Matter and Rllme In throat or nose, Ruua down your throat Instead. Your lungs and liver soon will shew, Consumption has Its birth: Catarrh. Its sire, will feed It too, ■ 'Till you return to earth. It colds effects vonr heart or throat, ANNIHII.ATOR buy; Now don’t, forget what I have wrote, Or think this subject dry. WOLCOTTR A NNTHTT.ATnR cures rvi/orpft—■thertenmon tiles; It saves the lungs, good health Insures, And Catarrh quickly dies. I want lo grntlfv mv friends, Who wish lo understand About Pain Paint, its me. its ends, And why Its great demand. I want to show yon. plain n« day, • Whv Pain Paint stops a*l pain, Thai von mav never have to say I’ll not try paint again.” Pain Paint wlll cnoi t*nf never stain Pumps Inflammation onf; ’TIs harmless on the breast or brain, A trial stops all doubt. When Inflammation leaves the frame, All pain will cense at once* Remove the cause. ’Ms nil Hu* same; Nouo doubts unless u dunce. The pores will open and drink Pain Paint; * bsorbents (Hi with ease; Restores he weak, the sick, the faint, Tho greatest sceptic please. Evaporation cools theplnce As Inflammation flies; Hot blood at the absorbent's base Makes Paint lu vapor rise. •Tls thus Pain Paint removes all doubt, Removes the very cau-e Bv pumping Inflammation oat; On this we rest our cause. Wolcott's Pain Paint Is sold ntnll Drugstores ulho. Walcott's AnuMHbilor. for Hie cure of Ca tarrh an colds In the bond. Kent by express on receipt ot Hie money, at IKI Chatham Square, N. Y. It. L. Wolcott. Proprietor. March 11. IHcO—lt the . 1 ' ’ Bo lint ttt C'T e ;- :; c : ::14 " ... ‘\ i - 4 1 1": - .1\ 36: 4 ;'' ,u) rr.lM ftnasUat t» AO CeftemL k Stuinv n ciVtV* twUWPtfnillinrtiMWj GOODS, ALL FUKE OF C*ST. Cortical MY lIKUOI.NK ATKVE STORY. bythb Aurnon or “joiis Halifax, oentlk- MAN.” I knew a lltllo mald-ns aweet As any seven years' child ynu’U meet In mansion'grand nr village street. However charming they may bo She’ll never know of this my verso When I her simple tale rehearse— A cottage girl made baby nurse Unlo another baby. Till then how ronstant she at school! Her tiny hand* ot work how full I And nQyer cureless, never dull. As little scholars may be. IlernhHenre questioned; with cheek-red And gentle lining of the head, *• Ma’am, I could not he spared," she said “ I have to mind my pahy." Her hahy— oft along the la'ne She'd carry It with such sweet pain On summer holidays—full fain To let both work ami play ho. Hut. ns the school hour t«t ns stop here and ♦ xamlne the ‘dif ferences between Hit* races of mankind, as shown hy history and science. The nejrro having h»*en slave from the ear liest history of man. and tinder no dr cum-lance has ever been aide to elevate himself. Comparison shows us conclu sively hint he Is different In every par ticular from the race w‘»!ch lm® always filled the first place In the history of na tions. . History tenches ns flint the neem of centuries ago. Is still the negro of to-dny. In the creation; God commanded that each crentnre. fiee ami ptanl should re produce its kind, ami no power under the hroad canopy of Heaven can alter that decree. For ju«t as soon ns yon amalgamate the different races mrfl spocies. yon destroy the vitality, which Got! gave i», Look hack over Ihe past, siml you wilt find nronfenough to estab lish the tact that, just as soon as the dif ferent races of men are united inn new ami distinct race, inferior to the oilgi , nnt, is produced, ami jpst ns sure as yon ' HitiHlffHiiiHie the while and negro, yon produce the weak and sickly mulatto. Inferior to both ihe.orluiinda. The dif ference between the nevro and the while man Is as distinct In every part, as It Is het wecirtlie eagle and the owl. the mule ..lid the horse or (He ackall ami the lion “AI l-aie-the-samo-specie-*—vet-of—differ ent Instincts a*ul powers. Th° an atomy ami capacity of the one Is differ ent in e> ery respect hmii the other, and conscquentlv t he infeiior canno* In any respect equal Ihe superior. Ami >et,slr, just, as soon as you confer Ihe elective 'franchise upon the negro, yon attempt to thwart the purposes for which he was designed l»v tils creator; for truelt is that ihe political equality of the cili7.cn of the United Stales make each the peer of the o' her, and consequently pi *ce9 us all In o podthm hPeach sot-hilly thecqual'of the other, and as a cmiwqu nee sociality causes an Intermingling, followed hy Ihe imialgamallon of the two distinct races. We are willing, sir to allow every man Ihe privilege of exercising his own judg ment, as turns his personal mutters are concerned, and doing as he pleases, pro vided he tines so lohhnselt and injures no one else- But we are opposed to any man, or any body of men, doing wlmt they know mid what we know Will re sult in wrong to their tellow men. When we were elected to represent the people of P* nnsylvania. on the floor of lids House, the quest lon of negro suffrage was not declared to he an Issue. But, sir. It was dodged mid shirked by every Radical paper ami politician in the State, except u lew honest men like he who bo ably represented the Radicals of Chester county on this floor, lust winter. Then, sir, lie nobly spoke in defence of his principles, and laillnully --d\waited the nieasuie proposed now. But, sir, you know, us well us Ihe feet of us win* were here, that lint thirteen voted with him. Why, sir ? Slmpl> because the test were ulratd to meet the issue fair and square In the luce, us he presented it then. It was a political necessity to vole it down, so that it might not come heloie the peo ple lust lull in the political contest. The radicals know full well that if the ques tion, ami I say iheonly one really al issue, hud-been presented to tlie people you would si e many seats in this House fill ed by others than those who now occupy them. Then, sir. it was u necessity in view of the iipprouchlng election, How it is u necessity so Uiul the power of tlie Radicals may he continued. They be lieving, uud declaring taut unless the uc- CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1869 pro U permitted to vote. On* Radical par ty must follow hi the wake of all Its de generate predecessors. I tru-t, therefore, the question now pending may meet u fluid Issue here, and at this time. For. sir, Just as sure ns that (Jml is a hove ,us tile Radical parly must go down til- ler oblivion, for no party In any nation Ims lived outside ot its own (rue intents and purposes, mid when once convicted the aliases tinder which it has lived ntid been known will only.add the greater punishment for Us crimes and misde meanors. We to meet the Is- sue face to face as ’lie representatives of a party Vhiuti has always acknowledged its true prineiples, and never been afraid to advocate the in crests of the common country, whether the advocacy of them was popular or not. Ami «ir?* t when aim goes down it will Ik* with her true colors ll> lug, ami her beacon light bright, ami ho it is to-day. We sail under the origi nal flayol Democracy mid have only he n defeated and home down hy u party which, like the private vessel skulking in duikness, f aring. (o show her true colors until sure of success she hoists (lie hlack flag and cries “no quarter.” Ye«, sir, we no et y< u, knowing our celise to he just, and we, will appeal loan Intelli gent people, and km wing that “truth crushed to eunh will rbe again," await tile isuue. We claim the credit and his- lory accords It to us, of building and sus taining this government, and sir, we will not stand idly by ami see t ie labor of years wasted. I*he history of ITayti, St. Domingo. Oieece and Horne, admonish pm to be- A voice comes to yon from Mt, ware Verpon. lie • arc of the winds that blow a icquiem over the Hermitage, in moan ing accents, saying beware what you -»re doing ere it lie too late. Let not the future histoihih remitd t e tact that the legislature of 1800 darkened the history of the Keystone S ale hy attempting to east a shadow over I lie names o' a Frank- lin, Fulton, Lafayette, Ko-clusko and a Jil-per. Tiie blood shed upon the battle fields of Ihe Revolution cries to you hi hehull of its kindred blood to slay tire hand of dMiuclion which to-day' is threatening the came lor which It was spilled. For. sir, Just as soon tin you place tiie negro on a political equality with yourselves, you disgrace the heroes wlio, bare-looted. stained the si ow-clad hills of Volley Forge with their bloisl, and rolt liu.fV dct-cviiduMs <>f the boon for which they suffered. We are wil- ling. and ourdeshe is, to elevate lire in feri'T races of non h.\ education and nior til culture. But we me not willing'. lo lower ourselves l»y placing in the hands of a people Interior the power to mile mol govern ns, the superior. Whole, sir, 1 hkU you hi nil earnest ness, iloes history recoVil the luet of ally null m being estab lished anil nuiintaihe'l l>y the h U *U man ? But, on the other haml, we have the proof, that, pt ee.l hy himself, he will recede into his former barbarous and Idolatrous practices unless he is constant ly aided and assis ed hy the while man If lie has not been u'-le, under any Hr eninstaiiees, to pel pH mile a government of his own, sho I we place the conltol oi ours In Ids hands ? No, sir, we will not ; und •he peop'e ol this country v\ ill not, notwithstanding (lose In power may de.die to perpetuate that power lo.ilie il struetlon of all others. A few years ago the wulcli-word was “ put none hut Americans on guard lo night.” Now sir, the word is, “ put Radicals on guard, so that negioes may vote,*' We lake lor our inollo, the words of •I he illustrious Dougin* 5 “This government wasTnade hy whi e men, for white i»i•• 11 ami their posterity forever.” We ae hete to de fend the inieie-ls of hio< wliom the Had leal party pretends to he a trieml. We ileleml the inh r«sts of the whhe rucennd at ihe same time are emo-avorlng lo pro ject the black man Crum the schemes ol tioeo who profess to he white, hut at the same lime arc darkening ll dr characters und history by contracts in lamlsciip* and mules; for Ihey arc hut the follow ers of those who buy the negroe’s vole for 40 acre* of land and a mule, and (ben refuse to comply with their part of the agreement. So it will he here. If you ed > g**l Ihe poor neg rye's voi*- you cure not f. r him —he amo nits to nothing. Ii lathe vote .von an* after. He ••an vote for y« u and .vour party, ami alter yon have ga lied your position, you will kick him out b>r fear lie will surpass yon, and require you I • do Id* bidding. Now, Mr. Speak r, I ask you In all eundo-, are you iimh to alter the magi In diana of vour libiny, hy erasing the word designating your own tailor, to de alloy Ihe institutions of' (hose heroes who pledg'd their lives to establish und create a government for von and your e dldreii, or, sirs have vve so fur degc ne rated from the oilgimtl stock as to he no lit In ouiselves to rule ami eonliol the destinies of Ihe nation? Or are we mi willing to sustain the characters we have ever Imnie for inlelligmice, genius mid peiaeverance ? Or will we forfeit our right. ami yield the lioikmmo n nice that has all Ibe advantages «*T education in our Siam, but ilih*h tt*>t j»rol|t I»y it? Where, sir, we a.-U. Is there a monument to science, Ilieniluie, or the Hue arts, that has been erected by him whom y m wish to place on an equality? Let (he blank pagesof history ajiswer. Let ’he A irlca mower. For. sir, there, with a government of their own, untrammelled by the whi’e man, are they now living as they llveil centu new ago, wiiliont any Incentive hm their animal passior to control or InHnence titeni.' What u contrast dues the historv of the negio present,, when compared with the Anglo Saxon—a man whic!* If crnshcil, will rbe again, and wlthremw eri vigor push mi to the mol designed hy the Creator. For, air. holy writ Informs us that a brand was placed upon Cain, with the d* duration—“• A servant slm't thou be from generation to generation ” Who, then, tire to he I he rulers and mas ters? Or can we alter Ihe Hat of tin* Al -mh»t.ty_miti d« olme It shall not he_s_o_by . m.tkrng him inr rulers, b’or • u-t ns soon as you arm him with the ballot, yon give him the power which-must eventuaMy result in our humility. We come to you. then, and n°k you not to attempt it For, sir. It will only result in evil andean dorm good. Lot him alone to till the place he is designed to occupy, and do not Attempt to force up n him trial which he is not com pc* tent to perform. He aska it not. know* iu>« lull well that he is not or never will t»e prepared to perform the duties forced upon linn. 11- Inc- alt he ibwires. He bus all the rights and privileges you and I have, except the one of voting or mil king laws lor a nation of white men.— We are not only acting for to dav, but our actions inusi. effect generations yet unborn, m d whilst *we are enacting laws here do not let Us forget that we will he cited helore an intelligent conslitueiiey to render an account of our ads. Ami, sir, just us sure as lh's hill pas-es as pro posed, u punishment awaits all who vote lor it. F» r. sir, the American people are n tso lost to all sense ot their manhood as to allow any net of men to imrler away their rights in ••ppo-dtlmr to their will. — For yon know hilt well, as I said before, that li the question of negio suffrage had heel) voted’upon m the elect lon ot mem* hers to this Ll* use, very few would now All seals here, who stood upon a platform based upon that question. We do not tear the issue. Let it come. .We are, as a party, always rign.t; f• *r I f we had not i been, long ere this our nation would-he numbered as one nf those which wuiwjje asylum for the oppressed of all nations, would have long eie this been Ihe land of oppression and usurpation. The sword liaiife* over you, ami just us soon as yon adopt this amendment it will fall, and the life that now animates the radical party will be sacrificed to hs bigotry and vandalism, Its one and long cheri bed Idea of negro equality. Whv, sir, did you not meet u? during the canvass lust fall on this question ? Where i-ti e radi cal member on this floor who dared t» adv* cate what yon do n««w ? If there is one here who b ddly declared in favor of what you prop i-o now, 1 would like to meet liUu lor uu Uuuest man. For, air, any irait who will allow himself to be elected upon a qtio-dion opposed to what he intends to do, is a traitor to those who elect him. Mr. Speaker—When we took the! onlli prescribed by law, weohligutedourselves to siip)mrt and d-fend the constitution of the State; and, si l ’, we are hound hv that oath, registered as it Is, to suopoft the same. Yet here to-night we llnd mem bers upon this floor who in-order, as It is asserted, to increase the numerical strength of n (tatty, are willing to violate their oaths by pas.-iiig an net contrary to I lie Hpi ilt and fetter of the constitution. We, therefore, appeal to you all as hon est men td-top and consider well what you are doing; for, sir, Justus sure us you do what is proposed you will lie held loan account to your constituents and your God. Why,-sir, are the members on this llnor representing the republican parry unwilling t*> let the people declare, hy ihcir individual voles, whether the constitution of our Statu shall be amend ed so as to comply with the require ments of tlie Fiileenth amendment an proposed hy Congress ? Were >on plac-. ed here to do what a majority of one hun dred thousand declare shall not lie done? Why, sirs,, dll you not acknowledge, when \cm were nominated tor the posi tions you now fill, that you wete In fa vir of negio sutlrage, and upon that" is sue meet you* constituents, so that they, by'lheir votm, micht declare, through their representatives, their wishes upon (his vital que-thm? It is a question which inu-i affect gerciathnm yet un born. T have done mv duly; and now, air, with feelings of regret, 1 lake my seal; lor, sir, the question la one which does not only involve the poor negro, hut it inflicts a givvimi- injure upon (lie Whiteman. It is a question which ef fects myself and childrenone, sir, which will go down to history as an act reflecting di-eredit upon tills House. Feeli' g that I have, in a puhdo man ner endeavored to defend my principles, my oath and my people, I in u-te\v words will close my remarks upon this all lm port ant qm stioii. with a helhig.thut I have done mv duty, mid ihtow the re sponsibility ofl’niy shoulders; and know ing that in alter years I shall he able to say “ I did it n 't;” and if this once be loved eoimiry goes down in the wane of all republics which have piccedcd it, I shall feel sorry but, at the same time have the pleasant recollection that I ii «ve eiideavmed to sustain it, hy defend ing the principles emhodic I in the great nm *nu charta of out llheriles, Mr. Sp.alter: This ipie-iion is one winch must come hi the heart of every man repieseiillng tin* people ol’ Pennsyl vmda upon ihistioor. It is a cpiestion, sir. not of money, hut uquesiion that in volves your rights, your lihenies, my rights and my liberties. A question that does not only affect usof Hie present age, lan o.ie that must go down in all history to generations yet to coo e, who must feel the effects of our acts here to-night. Are you willing lo do it? Are you willing to sacrifice principle? Are you v\ tiling to mei illce Integ tty? Are you willing lo sipTifpiu lip* men who placed you here in order that yon may' continue your Diriy hy numerical strength in po sition ami power 9, For, Mr. Speaker, more than one of the ni-mhers upon this ff.io. have already acknowledged thut they diil not endorse negro sullVage, hut that It was an ahsohile necessity lor the presetvu nmol the republican party. If that Is so, Mien Ood help you I If that Is so, the responsihilry icsis on yon. We com* into power representing our belov ed conuiry representing her people, with her interest* al heart, and we are endeavoMiig to do our doty to our con stituents upon Ibis floor. And, sir, it this eonni ry goes down, if she sink* into onivion, if she is wiped out of existence, like countries which have preceded us, when* tin; negro has. had supreme con trol \ye, sir, arg not **espon-inle, and we can place onr hands upon our'heail* ami say “ Thou did st it /” Fcmulo rrlo;}. A I'lOiiraMiurjr. In ]7.»oa gentleman was passing, (ale at night, over .Pout Neuf/Puri-*, with a lantern. A man (a no to him and said : “ Read this pap r.” Helteld Ids 1 intern and read ua fol lows : Speak not a word when yon this read, Ur in an instant you’ll he dead! Give up your money, wntim and rings, With other valuable things— T‘*en quick, in silence you ilepart, Or, I with u knife will cleave your heart! Not being a man of much pluck, the affrighted gentleman gave up his watch and money and ran off. llesdim gavoihe alarm, ami the highwayman was arrest* e •• \Vl»nt have you to«mv for yotirself lnqiilreil-Uie muglutrate before whom the n»btn*r wih urruluiied. •• That I iuii not guilty of robbery, though J look ihe woluli anil money.” “ Why not gui ty?” uskeil the magis trate. “Simply because T can neither read nor write. 1 picked up Unit paper Juki at. the moment 1 met tins gentleman with* a lantern. Thinking it might he some* thing valuable. 1 po Ibdy ticked him* to read it to‘me. H* compiled with my re one-band presently bunded me lib* .watch and pmseund ran. I supposed llnfpaper to lie of gfeat vuiue to him, and be bad thus liberally rewarded me for finding it. He gave me lio lime to thunk him, which uctot politeness I was ready loperlorm ' The gentleman accepted the plea of the rubber, and willidiew his complaint. gST It is no* worth while to hear what yoiir servants say When they are angry ; wiiutyour chlbiren say when they slum the door ; whulu beggar says whose peii lb.n you have rejected ; \vhatyoui neigh bors »ay about your children ; what your rival* say about your business or Ureas* * nlf RAT AT KYI. AC. It faat Eylati that Murat appears In hi* most ternlde'aspect. This battle, fought In nildmlnter, in 1807, was the most Im portant and bloody one that had then oc curred. France and Russia had never lie fore opposed such strength to each other, and a complete victory on either side would ImVe settled the fate of Europe.— Bonupatte remained in pos-eslon of the Held, and that, was all; no victory was ever so like u defeat. . Tiie field of Eylau was covered with snow, and the little pools llint scattered over It were froze sufficiently hard to bear the artillery. Seventy one thousand men on one side, and elghty-flve thousand on the other arose from the fr* zen Held on which they had slept this night of Febru ary, without tent or covering to battle for a continent. Advancing through a storm so thick he could not see the ene my, the Russian cannon mowing down his ranks with their destructive lire, while the Cossock cavalry, which were ordered to charge, came thundering on, almost hitting the French infantry witli their long lances before they wore visible through- ti e storm. lieiiiiiud In and overthrown, the whole division, composed of IH,OUO men, witli the exception of 1,500. were captured or slain. Just then thesnow-storm clearing up, revealed to Napoleon the peril to which he was brought, and he immedi ately ordered a grand charge hy the Im perial Guard and the whole cavalry.— ' Nothing was further from Napoleon's wishes or expectations titan the bringing ot ids reserve into the engagement at (Ids early stage of the battle, but there was no other resource left him. Murat sustaineii ids high reputation on this occasion; and proved himself, for the hundredth time, worthy of the gieat con fidence Napoleon placed in him. Noth ing could he more imposing than the bat tie-field at this moment. Bonuimne und the empire tremhled hilhehuiun.ee, while Murat prepared td lea I down Ids cavalry to save them Seventy squadrons, milk ing in all 11,000 well-mpunled men, be gan to move ove r the slope, with the Old Guard marching tcernly- behind. Bonaparte, it is said, was more agitated at thin crisis limn when, u few moments before he was so near being capture ! hy the Kussiaiis. But as he aaw those sev entv squadrons come down on a plough ing trot, press! g hard after (he White plume of Murat, Mint streamed In (lie snowstorm Carlo front, u smile passe 1 over Idscounteiianue. The earth groaned aod trembled us they passed, and the sa llies above the dark angry mass below looked like the foam of a sea wave as it eienls on the deep. The rattdngol their armor and the muffled thunderof their tread drowned all the roar of I atlle, as with set array, and whh swiff, steady motion, toey bore down with terrible Irmit on the foe. The shock of f’nt host was like a fall ing mountain, anil the front line of the Russian Army went down like Irosl be fore It- Then commenced a protracted light of band to h ind and sword lusword, as in the cavalry action al KcUinu). The clashing of steel was like ihe ringing of counilgfs hummers, and horses and riders were blended in wild confusion together. The Russian reserve v\ as ordered up, and on these Murat fell with,hi-* tierce horse men, crushing and trampling (hem down by thousands. But IJie obstinate Rus sians disdained to fly*, uml railed again und again, so (hat it was no longer caval ry charging on infantry, lull squadrons of horse galloping through broken hods that, gathering into knots, still disputed with unparalleled braver.' , the red ami rent field. It was during this strange ftglit that Murat was seen to perlorta one of those desperate deeds for which lie was so re nowned. Excited to tlie i tghest pilch of pa-sioii hy the obstacles th e turned beseech ingly upon his pursuers. He could not seek another sheltering hole. The feel ing that the ” game was not worth the candle'* was upon him, lam sure. He 'Wain on with palpably lucre islng feeble ness, oppressed on every able. Now lie was •• lulled” by a m*in l n--w lie was torn by u bound, {Suddenly the whole pack were upon him, lighting over him, per forming wonderful feats of strength and savagery upon their little worn-out me. Glibly he escaped from the jaws of death, and glided on more wearily than ever to some remembered bout lie which he vva* never destined to gain. During that pe r.iod of his light. Uight, and his ultimate vanquUhmenl, I did successfully what time-servers are fr qmiuly accused ol t>yiug to do. I hunted with the hounds and rati with the otter. That is to say. my sympathies were much engaged hy t e two opposing parties. I could not wish time otter to ne killed; at the time I could not wish that admira Ule Kmiiu ous ami ids followers to be disappob ted. The otter was too much like the seal who used to ex cileemollons of tenderness fll the bosom of the fashionable crowd wholbrooghhe Zoological Gardens on .Sundays, by the gentle exhibitions he suffered himself to muUuof nU love for his attendant-the otter was far too like that seal In expres sion tor me to wish him other titan well. Siitl, lor alt my good wishes toward him, I could not iieip getting as close- to the performers in the last act us I might.— The poor iiule o ter, the little brown king ol the river, the king with the ** mild eyes,” who very properly destroys all the geese lie comes across, was at buy. Undirected by me my horse took me in to the wat r, up to the very spot where the death struggle commenced and end ed. Tne little otter, who had swum amt bitten mid hidden with vigor for tiis iiie during ad those hours, was at the ex tremity. He came to the surface for llie lu>t time, and he cast such a plaintive look about him .that I ” ran with the hounds no longer.” Then the men and the dogs closed in proinhcuously; I heard the otter sigh; such a sigh! it toMol how all ids lile long he hud fore seen lids moment and prepared to meet it bravely, as became one ol gentle otter blood.Am) still my horse carried mu near er, and still I saw more and more of the oiler’s lust moments, the river reddened with bb'O i, the hungering utter Ids little brow n body which the hounds exhibited, and,.last of aii.it »'cl, imilfluted, dead mass held aloit hy the dtmp and entlm** elastic votary of the sport who had gain ed a sobriquet. Tile poor little otter had g ven in m numbers ami subtlety, and my heart was very sore for him. liut •• he U the ca ise, of such a pretty gath ering tiial i shall go lo see “ the lust” of his nrelhren we are destroyed during the season.—Annie Thomas, in Jlarper'H Magazine, The Rottom of the Ocean. In 1853, Lieut. Brooke obtained 'mud from iho bottom of the No'th Atlantic, between the Newfoundland and Ihe Az ores tiL a depth of more than UMXK) feet, or two miles, by the help of his sounding aparatus. The specimens were Bent for examination to Ehrenhcrg, of Berlin, and to Bully, of West Point, and those aide iiiieroseo|dsU found that thU deep sea mud was almost entirely com posed of like etons of ilvmg organism the greater proportions of these being just like the Cilohiuerime, aheady known to occur in the chalk. Thus fur the work had been carried on Hlmply in tile interest of science, hut Lieut. Brooke’s method of sounding tie (piired a high commercial value when the enterprise of laying down the tele graphic cable between Great Britain ami the United Stales wa undertaken. For it became a matter of immense impor tance to know not only the depth of the sea over the ’whole line along which l*he cable was to lie laid, hut the exact nature of the bottom, so a-* toguard against vhan oi a of cutting '»r ft a. 1 w t heat rand .of fc n*t costly rope. Ti.e Admiralty consequently ordered Captain Dayman, an old friend and shipmate of mine, to ascertain the depth of the whole lino of tbs cab e. and to bring back specimens of the bot tom. In former dais such a « mimand as 'his might ba'e sounded very much like one of me ImpoWok* thing- which the young prince In the Fairy Tales is ord.ucd to do he hi re he can oblai n toe hai d of t In* prin cess. However, In the months a**.! July. l«So7, my frlctid pel formed the ureal without, so far as I know, having met with unv reward of that kind, Tl.c '•pe clinens of Atlantic mud which hr pro. cure i were sent to me to Le examined ami reported upon. The result of these operatic Bls that we Know the contours ami nature of the sur face soil coveted hv the North Atlantic for a distance of 1,700 miles from east to west us well as we all know the dry land. ' It is a prodigious plain—one of the wili est and must even plains in the world. — If the se t were drained oft* you might drive a wagon all the way from Valentia. on ti.e West coast of Ireland, to Trinity Bay, in Newfoundland* And, except upon one sharp incline, utiout two hnu* tlrc*l miles from Videiitla, 1 uni not quite sure that' ll would be even to put the skid op, so gentle aie the agents and decent* on ihut long route. I* rom Videlillu the road would lie down hill for about 800 milt's to the point at which the bolt nil Is now covered by 1.70'J fathoms of sea water. Then ‘would come the cen* tral plain, • more than 1,000 miles wide, the Inequalities of the surface of which would be hardly perceptible, though the depth of the water upon it vuiies from 10,000 to 15 000 feel; and there are places In which Mount Btauo might be sunk without showing its peak above water.— B y -nd thi**, the uacoi t «n the American blue commences, and gradually l»*ads for about 300 miles, to thoNewfouiidlaml shore. , • . Almost the whole bottom of this cen tral plain (which extends for many hun dred tulles it) a north mid youth direction) is covered by a line mud, which, when ; brought to the surf ice, drle< into a gray inli white friable substance' You can write this on a blackboard, II you are, ho Inc iheii, ami to the eye it is quite like very soft grayish chalk*. Examined chem ically, it proved to he composed almost wholly of carbonate of lime; and if you make a section of it in the same way as that of a piece of chalk was made, and view it with a microscope, it presents!n numerable Ulubigerimo embodied in the granu armalrix. Timsthedeepaea mud is subaUmuaily chalk.—Jiure Ont mnsii.mu. BHil Orescent per line inr each nim-rtmu. » po ker, hints his wives and preaches the gos pel. —Judge 8., whose house haa been bur glarized no less that) three tunes ‘Within the la-Csix months, hail tite top story of Hie ufotoahi house burned oil* lust week. In a P. 8 to u letter announcing the fact, he philosophically adds : “The dcarruf place ,on earth to me Is Home, sweet Imtiiu!" —An ambitious authoress in Belfast, of the mature age pi nine .sears, lias writ ten an opening chapter of a novel. Two of her characters are described as “ twin;-, one live and the other six >eurs old." —Aunt Belsy was trying to persuade tittle Jack to let ire at sunset, u»ing an argument, that ail the little cblcKcns went to rpost at that lime. ** Yes," sab* little Jack, *’ but llte old h?n olways goa« with them." Aunty tried no moreargn -men ts-w t tli-h i ith —One oftlic Windsor elect lon witness es described somebody as the very man that was wanted as an agent, *• because he looked exactly like u fool, hut wasn’t one." Curious, thu< many electors should employ precl-ely ll»o opposite rule when selecting li»e very man want ed us an M. P*— Punch. —From a dialogue reported in La Vie Pu< blcnce, it appears liiut the necessity of classifying Frencli novels lias at last be.hi recognized. A lady entering a cir culating library asks for a novel. “ I don’t know bow to left yon exactly the kind 1 want,” she says. “Oh, I think we shall be able to suit you.” “1 mean something li'cy,” explains the Intend ing reader,** the sort ol book that would not be pricisely suitable for the library of a young girl.” ** Marie,” cries the keeper of the hook shop to tier assistant, *i novel for a woman ol thirty-live.” —ln one oflhe courts, a few day?since, a very preliy young lady uopcars ub a' witness. Her tesUimony was likely to result unfavorably for the client of a perl young lawyer, who addressed her very Hiiperciib'Usty with the inquiry: ’‘\ ou uie married, 1 believe!” “No, fclr. ••nil! only annul to be married ?” “ No. ►ir.” ** Only wish to?” “ Ileally I dim • known. Would yon udvlsenuchaHlep?’ “Oh, certainly.” lam a married man myself.” “Is it possible? I never should have tliuught it, Ik your wife tillinl or deaf?” It la scarcely necessary to add, mat tbe diacdmtUted attorney did not vouchsafe a reply. —A talented young African of the boot black porsuulloii. whlleduaclug like Hi. Vitus over a cualninerV'hoota the other day, observed a neighbor poring wfsely over u newspaper, whereupon headdress* ed him llius: “Julius, wliif debbla you looking at dal paper f*f, ? ou f* 1 } rtttJ." ••Uj'wuy, 1 repHeJ }'■« other, Indlgimnlly. •'Gtitsri I can read. 1 se big ’null: mr -atretorted I m Hrei uuu bwriuull.'' •• Ual uiu l big ’"till to cutcb mice, but ehe cau’tdo