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TDE PIILADELPIdLI COLLECTOINIIIP.
110i1 rl. l n:y U. Moor IVIIB 011 WetillB
- wise", appointed Collector for the 1 - rt,
ofrulikadeiphla. This 13 unquestionably one
'of the very appointonts that could
liave [wen 10;1 , 1• 1 , 4111 Cannot Ili
entire "at,,s'iwt ion
!IiEW HA MPS If IRE.
171. k• 0:lic rt.furo. , J from th: , • 0:i
Llrani!..‘ ...tato, - show a fachng off Ia t!io
aggrewi. \uU of 9,346 , a Reptibii,.an
majority agninAt .2,5:21_ in
And a r-iat.vn gain to th: , ion
mor:,) of 1,218. That will d N:
Connuctic..it I
RIGHT ,c:
We that the biii authorising
ClOmaiis.,,ori , ,srs of this County to remit
tines certain cases, wa,s defeated in the
lietwe (if :.epresentativcs, on 'l'll , :sday
even.ag I.k.t. We rejoice that this a tteinpt
to " fw " the County 'Treasury I.As
been thns ‘l , ll, and anotivr
vet. 7.1 , 1 g L;:" ory obtained by the peorl...
ILEPUBLICAN VIt'TORLES:
W. it. liililebrand, was on Friday - laKt,
elect oil 13 - irgess of the Borough of Easton,
by a Majority of iS votes, being a gain of
102 votes on the eloction last year. Tie
Republicans have also a majority of
in the Town Council. The Spring
bona generally, throughout the State, in
dicate a li_ta:thy state of the l'..epub;.can
peaty.
At tbc town ciection in York, Maine, en
Monday List, the Republican ticket ;as
elected by fzi...ln 80 to WI majority, anal in
Kittery, Main©, the Republican Mayor
.4octod by a vote of 289 to 91.
WHAT OF [Ti
rhe L'll.l.theiphia Sunda?, of
the. 4th inst., contains the following:
"State Senator Fisher called yeeterdny
morning on Mayor Fox, and had an extend
ed, and we presume, satisfactory interview.
As soon as his card was sent in, the Mayor
dropped all official business (receiving the
usual reports from lieutonante) and welcomed
die Senator in his private room. Some Re
publicans who happened to be there at the
time, witnessing tho occurrence. retired in
disgust, wondering whether the interview had
anything to do with tho Mnirtipo:itan Polieo
bill."
%) - lia!, Of 1:' L, Ill.::: anything
aarprismg tied fart that z Itopu'dlican
donator from Lancaster county, should
pay reepeete to tho Democratic Mayor
of Lilo " City of Brotherly Love?" The Re
publicans who were disgusted, and who
"happened to be thereat the time," mu.it
have smelt a very large 'mice, indeed.
•
garTlie Harriaborg correspondent of the
1110 Despatch states " on good authority" that
a late visit of Governor Gunitv to Washing
tais was for the purpose of urging the nomfna-
Ilse Of Hon. Louis W. Elam, for the Spanish
Mission. Mr. HALL was the late State Sena-
Or Skein the Blair District, and is now prac
tising law in Ilarrisburg.—Zreltanye.
Mr. Hail, while speaker of the Senate,
mated with the copperhead Senator froni
Berk and defeated a trill which the Itepul›-
titans of sliding, as a unit, asked for,
obangbag ti city election to the second
'tumidly in October. Ills exclanation was
that he had a very high regard for ((fester
Clymer, and having been requested
hign to oppose said bill, ha could not ,;(1
back on him
Wis have roceived from the publisher,
lotm A. Smull, and resident clerk of the
Nouse at Harrisburg, an advance copy of
"Was Legislative Hand Book for 1869,"
sently bound and containing the usual
Matter relating to the Legislative and Ex
-scapive departments of the government.
ZS* feature of the book this year is the re-
Phew` of the vote polled in every township
in the State at tho last Presidential elec
tion. In many respects it is an improve
ment on former issues, and as a book of
reference it is almost invaluable.
PAWING AND FOLDING SWINDLE.
Wtl have it from good authority that the
Legislative Tr.' sury plunderers have the
goneral appropriation bill Set up — for
the payment. of the twenty-seven extra
pasters and folders: of tho House : appoint
-041 in Orlon deriatioe of law, common de
o‘ncy, and in spite of the most emphatic
protest of nineteenth-twentieths of the
Itopublioun papyrs 'llroughout th' state.
twenty-seven ,xs.ra '• officers" wet
appointed, ae• our readers well know, nut
fo: th purpose of performing labor, or be
cause there was least noctssity fur
them, but only for Or purpose of getting
Aixtoen thousand doliars out of the public
t.••. assure; bv this most contemptif)le dodge.
A numl,er of tile's' twenty-seven rasters
and fltders, svliat,ver other name
th-y may he !ahelea, i l ly not nor, ?)or hare
Then nn (I),ty at ct Wn have it from the
hp.; of Hon. Elisha W. Davis. the ex-
Speaker, and now . - .llr , _=senting, ono of the
Irtiladeiphia districts In the House, that
tir'y had all, or nearly all, left Harrisburg,
after finding that the Senate would not
fv2,r. , e to their appointment. We had sim
ilar assurances from other sources, equally
ri3ponslNe, satisfyinz us that all was
right— that thLs most notorious swindle
was etfi:r•tuiuy defeated.
MEE
7.00
11J)0
14.cNi
12tH)
8150
12 00
1,50
20.:x1
I tat , Lt seems that the gamblers and
bummers and hangers-on about Harris
burg, know what they were doing when
they /'.).)4 1 .t ?:p the c/elms of these extra
"Vi, er. , ;,•' ut ha;:f priee. A ring has been
formed by certain members of the House,
(in which Lancaster county is represent
ed), snd the jobbers, brokers, gamblers and
bummers, hanging about the rotunda and
the lobby, to force a section into the gen
eral appropriation bill directing the state
T rcasun.r to pay their salaries—service or
no service performed, and law or no jaw
for thi.i r appointment! It is simply a
direct attempt to rob the Treasury; to
public; to steal so much public
money 'oelonging to the people of Pennsyl
vania' And it is Ow meanest kind of steal-
tA) N 7:.!
in;, Ek cadre tht! thieves are law-makers,
and therefor! cannot !w reached by indict
ment, Ha!, conviction and confinement in
tie Penitentiary as they ought to be!
Pron.ssionai burzlars, and pick-pockets,
and liighwavmen are more honorable and
manly, lwr:ulso they ply their profession
, a fiiJ knowledge that, if detected,
thoy must sudiT the penalities
of the law. it takes a certain amount of
courago t > be a 'aurglar or highwayman.
A sneak thief even is respectable compar
ed with t:•‘ , individual in whom the peo
ui' con!ided as their Representative,
who tak.:k a solemn oath to discharge his
duty in ' , toll faith, and then deliberately
eutPi:i into a conspiracy with others of his
rind to take advantage of his position and
deliberately rob the public treasury in the
1113/11PC now attempted. We repeat that
7r: a rynNf pu(tire, c'ear and barefizeed
atiPt7 l l4 ttt W,Poi ();:er S. teen thol/SClni.b.hdlqrs
tri‘diiry
The liou.-se has passed the swindle ! In
the ;4enat,.•, the required number of demo
crats arc a:so secured to rush it through
over the !malts of the faithful Republican
.7;eriators. democrats are known to
be for the section, and they will vote fur
it expressly for the purpose of making
political capital against the Republican
party during the coming gubernatorial
campaign. In other words, there is ser
ious danger that tiv. infamous outrage
will be put through, and yo ixfore Gore).-
Geary fqr his signature ! That he will
be found on the side of the people, and re
turn the disgraceful enactment with an
emnhati,: ETO, do not d , eabt for a
moment.
But, siDuild this eutrage prpetrati
to spito of all the Isrotests of seventy-five
Republican pa'pers representing the entire
party of the State, there will be a greater
munl)er of nc•kv ift.n at Harrisburg next
winter, as law-makers and Legislative
otlice , ...s, than ever before. No man can go
befo:•c the people, and win, in the coming
campaign, with such a damning r,,cord as
the oft• now attempted to be made,
whether be a candidate fur Governor,
4nator or Representative.
On Thursday of last week Andy left
Washington for Greenville, Tenn. At
Lynchburg, Va., he was received by his
rebel friends, and made a speech. He ob
served, " In rising at this time to acknowl
edge the honor paid me, it is not for the
purpose of making a speech:' The next
day, at Greenville, Mr. Johnson observed,
"In rising at this time to acknowledge the
honor paid me, it is not for the purpose of
making a speech." In each place ho like
wise remarked that since the 4th of March
he was no longer a slave but a freeman ;
and in each it was noticed that he did not
feel at all glad of it. lie further observed
at Lynchburg, and likewise at Greenville,
that Congress was a body of usurpers.;
that he had been battling for the Constitu
tion ; that the people would soon arouse
from their apathy and vindicate their vie
lated rights ; and that he should cherish
the memory of this welcome as long as his
heart continued to beat. And with this
conclusion our hero of the Circle sinks into
his own place. He went back on the
"Flag with thirty-six stars"—he forgot
to refer to his friend Judas Iscariot, and
did not say that "Treason was a crime
and traitors ought to be hung." Poor
Andy I
ANDY AT HONE.
THE COMMISSIONERS' BILL.
Our reader , . were inflorineri last week by
our Harri•Ouirg ctorp , :pf 'title:it. that sen
ator Fisher hail , :ttoeoleti n Ilrfentin! , the
bill roquirin , 2 tour County . .,-nini:•! , •ioners
to ffive 11 , ur2yki t!tat if the thing
was necessary that a 0,11:•r,11 hill should
have been int roi ince.l and a — certain paper
published in this city." urzes the same
reason why the bill should have been de
feated. 'l6 wtti na tely ' 4 Pnator Fishier,
and the paper alluded to. -'Rh a bill was
introduced. and met with a negative rev
onuthaulation from th-t ',,lllmitteeto Whom
it was reforr.d. It was mfy after that
recommendati at. that the bill ctas made
to apply only to Lancaster i•ounty. The
fact is that neither the paper
alluded to. we don't like to mention its
name. heem:se we might advertise it. pat
know! , are -iii' re in this. It is simply a
docb,if• That the t , eople wanted Ow
then. ii IP) Mall:lt'r of doui)t. The
practice of the I 'ommissiAk•rs in disposing
of bridge it painfully evi
dent that some stife....uard is necessary to
restrain public otli, ..rs in th-it appropria
tion of the publi.• mialoy. We have lit.ard
but one Opinion Dui the subject, and that
is that the bill should have been passed.
Some of the-‘e days, ..,one people will learn
something.
In this connexion, we call attention to
the following article from tin. Philadelphi
Press, published at the time the la f i r s t
introduced was negatived by the .1 tyli, : iary
Committer of the Senate. It * sets the
matter in its true light, and we think its
reasoning on the subject is.unanswerabic:
"State Senator llillingfelt recently introduc
ed a bill into the Legislature requiring the
commissioners of the several counties of the
Commonwealth to give bail for the faithful
performance of their duties. We regret to see
that this bill has been retllllloll by the Judici
ary Committee with an adverse recommen
dation, and could wish that the committee
would favor us with the reasons for their ac
tion.
" Under the present practice amt iaws the
moneys paid out by the county treasurers are
paid on orders drawn by the county commis
sioners. More than this, every dollar of the
money in the hands of any treasurer is liable
to the order of any two of the commissioners.
In other words, the treasurer is the financial
clerk of the commissioners, entrusted with the
custody of the county funds. Yet this custo
dian is required to give heavy bonds, while
the men whose word opens this box are requir
ed to give none.
" In point of :a w county commissioners are
trustees, and their cestuis epol tru.4l, the tax
payers of each county, are entitled to ail the
safeguards of other persons whose property or
interests are in the hands of trustees. There
is no reason why the trustees for the funds of
a county should be on any different footing—.
under less obligation or responsibility,than the
trustees for minor children, married women,
or other legally incapacitated parties. Cer
tainly this difference should m.t exist merely
because in the one case the trust fund will be
counted by thousands, and in the other ease
by hundreds of thousands of dollars."
TIV 1111113.1..
The intei/i f racer of last Monday con
tains a column low.; editorial in regard to
John S. Twitehel!. com ietod for the mur
der of his U%', Mrs. Hill, and
sentenced to be executcd in Philadelphia
on Thursday the sth day of April next.
The article expresses the belief that he is
innocent of the crime, and mentions also
that the editor of the Easton Argus has
been to see the unhappy man "and came
away convinced that he was innocent of
the murder."
Having also read the sub,tazice of the
testimony, as it appeared in the papers
during the progress of the tria!, it -eern
ed to us, that, although the ciremastatic. s
formally proven combined to make his
guilt appear proboble, we cou!d not have
been sufficiently satisfied to render a ver
, diet of onilty, had we keen on' of the ju
rors, and in view of the grave importance
of the ease. not only to the prisoner, but
also to the entire eonununity, which seeks
the life of no man whose guilt is not clear
and unquestionable, it is to be hoped that
this case may receive full and thorough
consideration during the brief period of
time between now and the day appointed
for execution. We have entire confidence
in the Governor—confident that before
issuing the death warrant, he had consid
ered the case thoroughly and carefully.
We are confident, too, that nothing could
give him greater pleasure than to became
convinced, even in the eleventh hour, that
there is really a probability •f the man's
innocence. But, he having considered the
matter carefully and conscientiously, as
we doubt not he did, and if entirely satis
fied as to Twitchell's guilt, his duty,
though extremely painful and sad, is dear
ly to execute the law of the land.
Our readers will remember the disap
pearance, a year and a half ago, of
Capt. Behrer, of Schuylkill 'county. That
he was murdered, no one appeared to
doubt for a moment. Several arrests were
made, and circumstances shown, well cal
culated to excite strong suspicion, but for
want of a sufficient chain of circumstan
tial evidence, they were discharged, gild
the foul murder of Capt. Lehrer remained
a mystery, until very recently, when the
murdered man himself turned up not mur
dered at all ! Now, suppose a few circum
stances had been proven, in addition to
those that were charged against the indi
viduals who were under arrest for the sup
posed murder, might not somebody have
been hung for murder without even any
murder at all ? We only refer to this
ease to show that there is danger of hang
ing an innocent man on circumstantial
evidence, given sometimes under excite
ment peculiar to such cases, by witnesses
more or less prejudiced against whomso
ever may be pointed out by detectives,
who have themselves, perhaps, more re
and for their own reputations as detec
tives than for the life of any single indi
vidual. On trials of this kind, facts arc
often magnified. and excited imirination
is fn./neatly substituted for fact.
In regard to this particular case of
TWitehell, WV cannot and do not say that
he is innocent, hut, ‘4:: do s
that we cannot feel satisfied as to his
guilt. We have, what we consider, a rea
sonable doubt, and until this doubt is re
moved We cannot feel as well satisfied as
we should like to feel that the right man
is going to he hung in Philadelphil on the
sth of April next.
HORRIBLE!
in an editorial on " Governor Geary and
the Cabinet." two-thirds of a column long.
which appeared in the; last issue of the
York 'humeral, the name of "Gov.
Curtin" occurs fifteen times: Governor
Geary" thirtcLu times; " Gen. Grant"
twerv , times; -.Col. McClure" ten times;
.11td....,e Williams" three times; Judge
.I , new" three times; "Judge Kcal" tbur
time-, roe.' •• Gen. Cameron " font!, one
ti;», Why "Gen. Cameron "is thus
slitehted. and "Gov. Curtin" honored no
less than times, we ane unable to
imagine. Tho T r ee bodo.-7(11 has always
been consider-d friendly to Cameron, but
the art He. referred to looks VII much like
goi»4 I•ack ~ 11 him
(:ul. McClure'
EVE
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OUR H A RRISBURG LETTER.
HA RUE nr au, Tnesday, Mar. 2.1, 1169
DEAR FATHER. ABRAHAM : The acts al
lowitnit parti-s in interest to be witnesses, and
creating a Board of State Charities, were the
only public measures of importance which
passed the Sena to last week. Most of the
time was tit Ift•ii np in considering private bills,
a large number of which passed tinally.
=I
En :lie Lrwer brans lt of tlte. Legislature, the
act for the formation and discipline of the
Militia of the Common wealt7t, was considered
and passed. It reduces the minimum to thirty
four (34), and the tax to maintain the organ
ization from $1 to 50 cents, to be imposed on
all liable to military duty and not members of
a military company. Neither of the above
have as yet passed both branches.
THE ItEGISTRY LAW
Is now under consideration in the Senate. It
throws all manner of obstacles in the way of
illegal voting, and on that account, of course,
meets with the opposition of the Democrats.
The tno:4 important is the section postponing
the Spring Elections until the State Elections
in October.
THE CATTLE HILL AC;AIN
The friends of the Cattle Bill have been here
in large force and resorted to every expedient
to seettre its hurried. introduction into and pas
sage through the L••gislature last week, but all
their etiOrts failed. Last evening, however,
Senator Randall, introduced tit- bill which is
now in the bands of the Committee on Corpo
rations. It is entitled "An act t.testa Wish a
depot for the sale of Cattle, • dyes, Sheep
and Hogs, in the City of Phil otelplda, and
provides for an. inspection of s tni-.." It
requires that all Cattle, Svc., nii•n-ed for sale
shall be inspected, weighed and marked,
under the supervision of an inspector to be
appointed by the Governor, five cents per
head to he charged on Calves, Sheep and
Hogs, and two eents per 100 pounds fur Cattle,
to be paid by the seller ; fifteen cents per head
for Cattle, and five cents fur Calves, Sheep
and Hogs is charged weekly for yardage. All
Cattle, Sec., not inspected, but sold or slaught
ered, snbjeets the seller to a fine of $OO
far each a nimal slaughtered or exposed to sale.
The inspector is empowered, at his discretion,
to condemn as diseased whatever, and as
many cattle as he sees fit. This, to many, is
the most obnoxious part of the proposition,
but the whole bill is an outrage, designed to
benefit a few at the expense of the many, and
should not pass.
TIIE APPROPRIATION BILL
The Finance Committee expect to report the
general appropriation bill to-morrow. It has
been in their possession for weeks, and should
have been before the Senate long ago. The
Committee have made quite a number of
changes in the amounts appropriated to the
different objects, increasing hOll3O and decreas
ing others—in the aggregate increasing the
amount all ropriated in the bill Etnee it pass
ed the House about 8100,000.
THAYER Vs. GIiF.ENISAN It
The argument in the contested election case
of Thayer t'3. Greenbank, was heard last
Thursday afternoon and evening, and this
afternoon, the Committee by a vote of 7 to 6,
decided in favor of the contestant, Mr. Thay
er, fixing his majority at over 1700. The Re
publicans here are jubilant, and especially the
Philadelphians, since the result of this case
will have an important bearing on the con
tests now is progress before the courts of
Philadelphia. The large majority has been
obtained by throwing out the retnrn: from
two election precincts.
LOCAL LEGISLATION
Mr. Riningfelt, read a bill a uthorizing
the 1b and Columbia R. R. Comrany,
to build a lateral road, not exceeding six miles
in length, and removing all doubt as to the
power o;! said road to cross certain county
The following have pa.F.so,l th. i4.2.nate :
"An Act authorizing Jeremiah Wepit and S.
S. Weist, trustees of a certain school property
in West Cocalico township, Lancaster coont.v,
to convey the same to the school directors of
said township." Supplement to the :let for
the relief of widows deserted by their husba ads
in the county of Lancaster.
Ths following have passed the House :
An act relating to the confinement of persons
convicted of crimes in Lancaster county.
The following bills have passed finally :
An Act to incorporate the Lancaster County
insurance, trust and safe deposit company..
A supplement to the charter of the munici
pal corporation of the city of Lancaster, chang
ing the time of certain elections in said corpo
ration, and for other purposes.
An Act to repeal an act relating to fishing
with seines or nets in Little Muddy creek,
Lancaster cionnty. (This bill has since been
re-called from the Governor.)
A supplement to an act approved the 4th of
April, A.. 1), fB6B, to authorize the school di
rectors of the borough of Manheint, Lancaster
county, to borrow money to erect a public
school house in said borough.
The bill allowing the commissioners to re
mit fines in certain cases was defeated in the
House to-day. Mr. Hopkins, in a few re
marks, opposed the bill and it fell. Z.
HABBISBIIRO, March 24, 1869.
Senator Fisher this morning rose to a per
sonal explanation. He read from the Council
proceedings published in the Philadelphia
Press of Friday last, where he is charged with
holding an interview with Mayor Fox, of that
city, relative to his action in opposing the
Metropolitan Police bill. He explained that
he had had an interview with Mayor Fox, at
the request of a near relative, a Republican,
who desired an appointment for a maimed
soldier. He challenged ate investigation into
his conduct on the bill, and denounced Mr.
Evans, who made the charge in Council, as a
thief and a forger.
OFFICIAL VIAITORA
I. notice in town to-day Ez•Commisaioner
filoirern, Commissioners Nisley and Strohm,
Blieriff Fry, Jacob M. Frantz, D. G. Steacy,
and some other Lancasterians. Had the do
feat of the bill to remit fines and forfeitures
any thing to do with this visit of partiea in
interest. Z.
iviSHINGTON grim AND warp.
There is no department of the Govern
ment that needs more thorouoh weeding
out of Copperheads and political leeches
than the Treasury Department. We are
happy to inform your readers that Secre
tary Boutwell intends to make a clean
sweep through the whole establishment of
this ellar.leter of material.
Major I;eor , e M. Lauman is still here
' for the Unitell States Marshalship. Col.
John A. Ifiestand in the same boat.
When Andrerr .lAnson left the White
House he carried etf with him all the re-
cord books and official pap.rs belonging
to the establishment. These books con
tained the records of laws approved or dis
approved by the President, lists of pro
motions anii changes of army and navy
officers, and everything relating to the
civil, military and diplomatic business
during Johnson's term. These books and
records were purchased with the public
money, yet Johnson carried them °T o , : if
they had been his private property. Many
of the books were heavily bound, and cost
from thirty to ninety dollars each. It is
expected an investigation will be ordered
into the matter by Congress, and tin cx-
President be compelled to disgorge.
The colored people of the District of
Columbia are making arrangements to
celebrate, on an extensive scale, the anni
versary of the abolition of slavery in this
District.
General Longstreet is still here, await
ing confirmation by the Senate, but his
prospects of success grows poorer daily,
as a large number of wounded Union sol
dicni who are here, claim consideration in
the distribution of patronage,
Senators Cameron and Scott, oli-
-m 4• eetivn
panied by eleven of the Republican Re
presentatives from Pennsylvania, called
at the White House on Saturday for the
purpose of presenting candidates for the
Naval Office, Surveyorship, and Marshal
ship of Philadelphia. The President was
very friendly and courteous, but indicated
that lie would prefer the papers to lie sub
mitted to the proper Department, promis
ing that when the cases came before him
he would give due consideration to the
recommendation of the the delegation.
The following is the slate suggested : For
the Naval Office, Dr. W. Worthington,
President of the Pennsylvania Senate;
Surveyor, E. 0. Goodrich, of Bradford
county; Marshal, John A. Hiestand. of
Lancaster.
The first bill signed by Pr:•sidcnt
GRANT—the bill for strengthening the
public credit—embodies the principles on
which the Republicans planted themselves
in the Presidential canvass. It provi(ll.4
that the obligations of the Government
shall be paid in coin, except in case.
where the law authorizing the issue of
any such obligations has expressly provi
ded that the same may be paid in lawful
money, or in other currency thin gold
silver.
A great many persons are at present
in Washington parcelling out the offal s
mainly among themselves. Rumor , .40
abroad that certain persons are to ha%
certain places ; but in most cases the,u
rumors mean that the outsiders have come
to an agreement among themselves and
"filed the papers" with the Secretary pre
siding over the particular branch of the
service to which the desired office per
tains, As yet the appointing power luts
made no sign, except in a few special
cases, and these do not alibrd the proof
that the aforesaid arrangement will in all
cases stand.
The case of Henry. D. Moore, as Collec
tor of the Port, is still before the Commit
tee of Commerce. The Philadelphia mem
bers, Mr. Dickey and Mr. Covode, Mr.
Townsend and some others, have endors
ed the nomination, and although it may
be delayed in the Senate by others who
have friends who aspire to that office.
Mr. Moore will be confirmed. Some of
the members of the Ilouse had pre* 7
ences for a Collector. but male have oh,im
ted to his confirmation.
The pursuit of office has for several dad
past been somewhat moderate, as it has
been found that the President was not
sending nominations to the Senate, and
was keeping his intentions and conclusions
to himself. Hundreds have gone home
not knowing when the culmination will
come, and many, desparing entirely,
have abandoned the field. The Tenure. of
Office bill is the target at which all the
wrath of the disappointed on?s has been
hurled, although its repeal would not al
ter the situation while the Senate is in
session. The desire to get away is not •so
great as it was a week ago, and the indi
cations are that Congress will not adjourn
for three weeks, and possibly not until the
last of April. Mr. Sumner thinks not
until sometime in May, and the Senate
probably remain a week or two after
House. adjourns.
A new element has made itself felt in
the new distribution of offices. That a
Senator or Representative should be re
spectfully heard is right ; but that ho
should be the absolute judge of who is to
hold office in his State, is an assumption
which the administration does not seem
willing to admit. It is evident from a
number of instances, that President Grant
is not ready to surrender his right to re
vise and even to break seine well-laid
plans. Ire has never yet shut himself out
from a manly appeal against injustice and
oppression, and we believe such is the tem
per of all his Cabinet ministers. Happily
fir the harmony of the Republican party,
the President, though not so well acquaint
ed with the politicians, knows the men
who fought for the old flag. This is a val
uable knowledge, that will do much to
prevent injustice and secure fair dealing.
I am able to reassert my statement of
last night that President Grant will veto
any bill which does not unequivocally re
peal the civil tenure act, lie has been ap
proached by Republican Senators with
Drake's proposition to sulpend the act for
four years, and rejects it.
A caucus of Republican Senators was
held on Monday hist, and there was a
stormy time. After a long debate it was
unanimously decided to refer the whole
subject of the Civil Tenure act back to the
Judiciary Committee, with instructions
to report a new bill substantially doing
away with the first and second sections of
the old law. The committee is to report
to another caucus on Wednesday,. and the
bill will be at once passed. The new bill
will allow the President to appoint a Cab
inet and to make removals during the re
cess without giving reasons to the Senate.
[CULLED PROW VARIOUS SOURCES.]
STATE NEWS.
NORTH A 31 PTON COUNTY. 011 last Fri
day evening the Chapel of the Mora(Tian
Seminary, at Bethlehem, was crowded to
witness the exercises of the ladies of the
institution, which, according to the Daily
Times, were highly interesting The
store of Messrs. Mess liornecker, in
Broad street, Bethlehem, was broken open
and entered by burglars last Sunday night,
whilst one of their number wa.4 watching
outside. Wirer Becker, being about, die
covered the fellow and attempted to arres
him, when a foot race ensued anti a shot
was tired by the officer, but without abet.
The burglars inside, becoming alarmed,
decamped in a hurry without taking ani
of the goods which they had sheeted
Good Templars District Convention wasf
held at Bethlehem, on Wedn and a'
public meeting on Tuesday evening, which
was addressed by the G. W. C. T., of
PennsylvaniA, lion. S. B. Chase. E. 11.
Rauch, also delivered an address on Tem
peranee heron. :In appreciative audience
last Friday evening, in the Hall of the Y.
M. C. A.. In Bethlehem The ilezuocrata
carried a majority of the Bethlehem Bor- .
ough officer.. by nearly their usual ma
jority.
MON MOM El; Y UOVNTY.-1 tu Tuesday
evening last week. Miss Crouthamel, re
siding at Line Lexington, met with a
shocking and fatal accident by the explo
sion of a lamp, whilst going up stairs,
preceded by the hired girl. Immediately
before the explosion, Miss C. said "look
here," and a report as loud as a pistol fol
lowed, and in a moment she was envelop
ed in flames. Iler brother attempted to
conic to lifr assistance, but the !aiming
oil made it impossible to get down stairs,
and another brother residino , in an adjoin
ing house, on hearing the alarm and seeing
the light succeeded in reaching the horri
ble scene by breaking open the door, and
the brother who had been up stairs also
succeeded i• vtting down by way of the
back portico. to this time they had
no idea ofany person burniwz. hitt thought
the house on tire. On openin ; z the back
room door their sister, a:I in dames; fell
upon the thor, and gave a ti• Iv gasps and
expired. The onus'. of her death is attri
buted not so much to the external injuries
received as to inhaling the flame or gas
produced by the explosion. the lamp, hav
ing been held almost in direct eonmet with
her face. The features were noul black
ened, and the rest of the especially
the limbs, were consideralo burnt from
her clothing having taken tiro. The tire
was soon extinguished and very little
damage was done to the house A little
son of taiS. Motes, tN% :.ears old, of
Pottstown. fell into a le,e!--,et
water and was ~.vi•n•ly not
fatally.
Yon); ( 'or N - rti . - .1n I ri,!ana 'it,torni)t
ed to hang hin n :\londay laNt
week. near 11:tni.ver, 1110 wup. .thirovered
rind prevent e , l fnim •Ittyliklg off The
i lan!)ver A h—it in t 1
•.',•r 11)1,k, :all a
I'T•w!. 111:1V I • •• V wet .).....1•."() StableS,
1 ,, II Martin
(Ininti. it. er by tiro
Friday n;:zIlt. 1 ;1,• un ink to
-4•11:01. stable
anil j,orAucT , lt gays
~ zontlynian tliv train f9r
ville th!. othor ,lay. for -.vant of sufficient
porter:y.4.o to carry his unusual supply of
whisky :mil lager !wet. Many now build
ings v 4 i:i b e r•ro.-t,.lta:up. , .r darit4,7 the
BUCK COUNTY. .111‘141' Chapman re
cently sentenced notorious criminals as
follows: IVillham Wade and Benjamin
Hummel, burglars, each to the Eastern
Penitentary twelve years, and Hugh Mc-
Cann and lames also for burglary,
each ten years. Chapman is a wise
Judge.... Adolph Boric, the new Secretary
of the Navy, say-t the Doylestown Demo
crat, hails originally from Bensalem.
Bucks county.... A valuable horu belong
ing to Stephen Yerkes, of IVtuluiust9r,
recently hung himself during the night::
Fifty persons have recently joined the
Holmesburg M. E. Church. and forty
have been added to the Baptist Church at
Stockton.... Capt. Henry J. C. Taylor, a
prominent citizen of Doylestown died on
Monday morning 1a5t4....A new Lodge
of the Sons of Malta, has been 0rg444:641
at Womelsdorf A new infautt
patty ha been organized at Iteteding.,
eighty-tive men. with Wm. J. Walter, as
Captain. and Thomas Weaver and J.
Wesley Seides, a First and Second Lieu
tenants John llowLr, an inmate of the
County Alms Ifouse, committed suicide
last week by liam-,ing himself The
United Brethren in Christ, are building a
new church at Baunistown A child of
Peter Kershuer, at Bernville, fell back
wards into a tub full of hot soap, and was
so severely burned leave but little hop
of recc4ery Niche Shaeffer, of Onte
lance township, a widower,
aged 1 12 years
and reputed to be worth $40,000, was
found drowned in the Schuylkill canal.
Ile was in Beading the evening before
where he became intoxicated. and it is
supposed he was in this condition when he
accidentally walked into the canal. Ber
nard Donnelly and Neal Brown were
drowned in the Schuylkill, near'Union
ville, a few days ago, whilst attempting to
cross the river in a flat, which upset by
being caught in an eddy The barn be
longing to John E. Hook, near Birdsboro,
was destroyed by fire On Saturday
evening last, the body of a man named
Smith, a native of Denmark, was seen
floating in the Schuylkill, about three
miles below Rending, when Mr. E. High,
who resides in the neighborhood, procur
ed a skiff and brought the body to shore.
From the Ea, k we learn the following
particulars : His hands were tightly
bound behind his back and securely tied
with a handkerchief; his face and mouth
were tied with a long red scarf, being
wrapped twice around, and on his neck,
below the ear, a stab was found, made by
a sharp instrument, supposed to have been
a dagger, reaching in a great distance, and
of itself enough to produce death. The
body must have been in the water about
one month, decomposition having already
taken place. Early on Sunday morning
the jury met and carefully examined the
• body, but not being able to identify the
man, they rendered a verdict that he came
to his death "by violence at the haqds of
some person or personi unknown to the
jury." It has since been aseertained that
the deceased some time ago attempted to
commit suicide by stabbing himself with a
pen-knife, but was taken to the Dispen
sary and recovered, and left said institu
tion on the 27th of last month, and nova
returned, leaving a watch, a revolver, and