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LANCASTER, PA., MARCH 8, 1864
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OTY Pt FLAG_
Now our flag Is flung to the wild winds free
Let It float o'er our father land,
And the guard of Its swam; fame shall be
Columbla's chosen band.
"CLING TO THE CONSTITUTION, AS
THE SHIPWRECKED MARINER CLINGS
PO THE LAST PLANK, WHEN NIGHT
AND THE TEMPEST CLOSE AROUND
HIM."-DANIEL WZBFITER.
TO THE DEMOCRACY OF THE CITY
AND COIINTY OF LANCASTER.
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In pursuance of authority given the undersigned, by a
resolution of the County Committee, adopted at a meeting
held on Thursday, February 24th. you are reqa.ted to
assemble in the several wards of the City, Boroughs and
Townships of the County, on SATURDAY, 12th day of
MARCH, to elect not less than TIIIM nor more than PIT/
delegates, to represent such district In a general County
Convention, to be held on WEDNESDAY, 16th day of
MARCH, at llo'clock, A. Di , at Fulton Hall, in the City
oi Lancaster, for the purpose of electing SIX DELEGATES
to represent the Democracy of the County of Lancaster In
the coming State Convention, to be held at Philadelphia
on Thursday, 24th day of March, 1864.
The several districts will each nominate one person to
MTh as member of the County Committee for the ensuing
political year, and also nominate Ward, Borough and
Townahip Committees, being particular to designate their
mimes in their respective credentials to the coming County
Convention.
The Chairman would also respectfully call attention to
the fact, that by put roles and usages of the party, dale•
gates are elected from Wards, Boroughs and Townships
only, LSD war from election districts.
The Township Committees will please give early notice
of the time and place of meeting for election of delegates.
It. K. TSHUDY, Oheirruan.
.t. J. Stemmer, Secretary.
LA.301111133., March let, 18134
The Delegate Elections.
Our Democratic friends should not
forget the delegate elections on
Saturday afternoon next. These
primary meetings should always be
well attended by the people, and the
best' men selected to take seats in
the County Convention ; and especi
ally should that be the case at the
present time when so much depends,
for weal or for woe to the country,
on the action of the Democratic
party. The ensuing State Conven
tion will, beyond all question, he the
most important that has ever been
held in this Commonwealth, and the
six delegates, to he selected by the
County Convention, may have a
controlling influence in the delibera
tions of that body. We hope, there
fore, to see a full representation from
every district of the County in the
Convention on the 16th inst., and to
insure that let our friends turn out,
one and all, to the delegate elections
on Saturday.
The Draft Suspended,
The orders requiring the draft to
take place on the 10th inst., have
been suspended. A subsequent day
'for commencing it will hereafter be
announced. In the mean time the
bounties paid by the Govermnent to
volunteers will be paid until the first
of April, by which time it is hoped
the quota of our State will be filled,
thereby rendering a resort to con
scription unnecessary..
We trust that our citizens will go
to work without delay, and encour
age volunteering in every possible
manner. If we want to raise our
quota in this city and county, there
is no time to lose.
The Senate Organized
The State Senate was organized,
after a fashion, on yesterday week,
by the new Senator from the Indiana
district, Mr. ST. CLAIR, taking his
seat after being sworn in by the so
called Speaker PENNEY. The Clerk
and all the other Republican officers
were elected ; but the majority re
fused on that day to go into the
election of Speaker, taking the un
precedented position that Mr. PEN
NET was Speaker by virtue of his
election at the close of the last ses
sion. Such a course was never
taken before by any party, and it is
clearly an infraction of the Consti
tution.
Now, however, that the Senate is
organized in a sort of a way, we
may expect the business of legisla
tion to proceed- with great celerity.
The Republicans have it all their
own way in both branches, and we
anticipate nothing else than the
adoption of the most extravagant
party measures, regardless of the
rights of the people or the welfare
of the Commonwealth.
Lieutenant General Grant
Congress passed the bill reviving
the grade of Lieutenant General,
which had become extinct upon the
death of General WASHINGTON, (Gen
eral SCOTT only held a brevet appoint
ment,) and the President has given
the position to General GRANT. The
latter now ranks all the other Gen
erals in the Army.
Democratic National Convention.
The Common Council of Chicago
have passed a series of patriotic
resolutions, returning " thanks to
the National- Committee for its se
lection of Chicago as the place of
meeting of its Convention." The
hospitalities of the city are extended
to the Convention, and " gratifica
tion " is expressed "at the assem
bling of the delegates of a great and
patriotic party in our midst on the
nation's natal day." Several Re
publican members of the Council
voted for the resolutions.
General Meade.
Court of Inquiry has been
Oared to. investigate certain charges
against-this officer for his con
. et Gettysburg'
Hon. S. S. Cog's Lecture.
The lecture of this distinguished
gentleman, on' Thursday evening
last, was listened to with the pro
foundest interest by a very large and
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OITICE, }
appreciative audience of ladies and WASHINGTON. Sept. 16. 1863.
gentlemen. Fulton Hall was crowd- I Hai: m ..l : Q. Knapp, Judge , &c., Melilla, N. M. .
ed to its utmost capacity, and for an
complaining 0.
9 lour letter of the 4th of August,
of our
arrests, was slow In
hour and three-quarters the lecturer reaching me, and then -snoh was the urgent
held the vast assemblage chainbound and continued occupation of the President in
as it were with the powerful array of the great at i rst lth n e o ry t e o rn fi m x en h t is th a a t t te l n h t c lo v n e
facts and arguments which he ad
duced against the, Administration, unotonbeetbne ab le
particular outrage upon you, as
your letter makes me believe it to be.
save when he was interrupted, as , There seems to be a general, -and growing
was frequently the case, with dem- , disposition of i
onstrations of applause. He depicted I toLn.q:noic'ws
with 7: 6l , . te : e tu nir in ' il a ai c ital y dry : a ° : l ( 7 l ; h e e th o e 4i herever
MerMi were g stati on e d ,°
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the horrors of the civil war in which I ermm ent
1
to bring it into contempt.
we are engaged with a master hand, , I have delivered my opinion very plainly to
and forcibly contrasted the conduct 1 the President, and I have reason to hope that
the main, concurs with me in believing
of other Governments, both ancient 1
i h g th u e p h o
, t ia tse be
and modern, with our own, in treat- reseed. arbitrary proceedings ought to
ing with rebellion and insurrection. , Ire has issued an order to have Captain
At times he was witheringly sarcas- I Bennett called to account for his arbitrary
tic, when showing up the inconsis- , condect in your case.
I remain, very respectfully,
tencies of President LINCOLN and
Your obedient servant,
his palpable infractions of the Con- EDWARD BATES.
stitution. He spoke hopefully of a Jar We have here an acknowledgment from
reconstruction of the old Union ' a high officer of the government that the great
under Democratic auspices, and paid ' est danger which can menace a free people—
s glowing tribute to the memory of i the encroachment of the military upon the
the departed statesmen of other and , civil power—nuw looms in the immediate
better days. His allusion to Gen. future of this country. The military forces
MCCLELLAN was received with rap- which were called into being to protect the
turous cheering, showing ooneln- 1 life of the nation are being used to bring con
sively the fast hold Little Mac has I tumely upon the civil authorities, and rob
on the affections of our people. ' the people of their personal rights.
But it is useless for us to attempt I The matter referred to in Mr. Bates's letter
to give even a synopsis of this mas- l is a case in point. Judge .1. G. Knapp, who
terly address, as it was necessary for I is a Republican in politics, is Associate Ju
an to have heard it to fully appreciate , tics of the Supreme Court of New Maxie°, a
its power and eloquence. It is suf- territory in which there is no more need of
ficient for us to say that the meeting , martial regulation in the 'exercise of despotic
was a decided success in every re- . powers than in Wisconsin or lowa. Yet he
spect, and that the orator fully sue- was put to cruel humiliation by the military
tained the exalted reputation which authorities of that territory. Even Mr. Bates'
he has acquired in Congress, and I letter, given above, did not help the matter; :
which preceded his visit to Lancas- for we find that two months later Judge
ter. I Knapp was forced to publish a protest in the
Mr, COX expressed himself highly I Denver Commonwealth against the military
gratified with the cordial reception , authorities, who demanded that he should not
he met with in Lancaster, and hopes pass from one end of the territory to the
to have the pleasure, at some future I other on official business unless he first took
day, of again addressing our people. the oath of allegiance and carried a pass from
During his brief stay in our City he paint to point where he was required to hold
was the guest of H. B. SWARR, court.
Esq., and at a late hour in the eve- ,
ning, after the lecture, he was hand- 1
somely serenaded by the Cornet ; ,
Band, and waited upon by a large
number of our fellow-citizens.
PLAIN QUESTIONS.
Have you ever known a Demoorat to justify
a violation of the Constitution ?
Have you ever known a Stamp Act enacted
under a Democratic Administration?
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" When Rogues Fall Out," &o. ' Have you ever known a Democratic Presi
dent to suspend the writ of Habeas Corpus i?
Republican political circles are I
Have you ever known a Conscription Law
much excited just now over the dis-,
to be passed by a Democratic Administration?
covert' that the Chase men have'
Have you, ever known a Confiscation Law
formed a National Executive Com
to be passed by a Demooratio Administration ?
mittee of their own, with Senator , Have you ever known a Democratic Admin.
Pomeroy as Chairman, and that they ,
1 istration to form a new State in violation of
have also issued a circular severely
, the plain provisions of the Constitution ?
attacking Lincoln and urging the i
Have you ever known a time, except the
claims of Chase for the nomination. ' present, when a citizen could be incarcerated
This circular has been distributed in a dungeon without authority of law ?
all over the country, marked as pri- i Have you ever known a Democratic Ad
vate. The New York Lincoln men , ministration to compel the people of a State,
have taken this circular and headed
or the District of Columbiae to sell their pro
it with a reflection on Chase's course , perty whether willing or not? Have you ever
in pushing himself into the field, 'in ! known any Administration, except Abraham
the hope that the premature move- i Lincoln's, to create a National Debt of $3,-
ment in that direction will disgust 1 000,000,000 in the short period of three years 1
those invited to join in: it. Alto- Have you ever known a time, under a Dem•
gether the quarrel promises to be- I °credo Administration, when a day's labor
come extensive and bitter. It is would purchase only two pounds of coffee ?
stated by some of Fremont's friends Have you ever known citizens to be sent
that Gen. F. will certainly run as au into banishment and exile under Democratic
independent Presidential candidate. rule?
Lincoln stock is rapidly on the de- Have you ever known a time under Demo
cline in Washingt on. ___. _ erotic rule when the greatest crimes and out.
The Union. rages have been committed by our rulers
under a plea of "military necessity" ur
Blatant as they are on the subject I
"reasons of state ?"
of "loyalty," there is not a Lincoln- 1
its in the :United St: ;,- who dares I Have you, before this, known a time when
the military was made superior to the civil
to prochi 11,, , ,1-eit au unconditional
power?
Union man under the Constitution.
Have you ever known a Democratic Admin.
Their " loyalty " is the allegiance of
the subject to his king, the serf to istration to tax the people of the whole coon
try to bny the negroes of the Border States?
his master. They are " loyal " to
L Have you ever known a Democratic Admin.
incoln, but disloyal to the Consti-
istration to ignore the rights of States?
tution, the Union, and every princi
flare you ever known an Administration
ple of free white men's Government.
in opposition to the Democracy to leave the
On the other hand, every Democrat
affairs of the country in as flourishing a eon
in the land is loyal to the Constitu- , ditiun as it found them?
tion and the Union and opposed to
Lincoln, his administration and his A FINE CHANOZ' FORS OR POLITICAL
PREAC
party, because they are disloyal and We hear of and read every day about
every day plot and practice treason . political preachers denouncing those people
against the government as establish-1 who do not agree with all their views as
ed by its founders, the patriot fathers ! " copperheads" and " traitors," but we have
of the revolution. yet to bear of one of these divines raising his
voice against the shameless profligacy and
corruption of the plundering knaves who are
" aiming at the life of the nation " by robbing
its Treasury in a thousand different ways.
Could nut some of these gentlemen for a few
days stop preaching the Nigger, and turn
their anathemas upon the corrnptionists of
the Abolition party who indulge in cotton
thieving, stealing greenbacks, &c. Why, the
other day some, of the plates upon which
greenbacks are printed in Chase's office at
Washington mysteriously disappeared I Some
very loyal " Black Republican thought
greenbacks were getting scarce, and concluded
that he would go to work on his own account
to help Chase inflate the currency I But such
things political preachers do not talktabout.
They are for the Nigger and against Demo
crats, and won't mention the faults of the
Abolitionists I
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General Gillmore and Florida
Gen. Halleck has suddenly waked
up and inquired why Gen. Gillmore,
without his orders left Charleston
and went to Florida. A reply has
been made. Mr. John Hay, the
private Secretary of President Lin
coln, with an order from the Federal
Executive for General Gillmore's
change of position, caused this at
tempt to occupy Florida, in .order
that three Lincoln delegates may be
sent to the National Convention, and
I Mr. John Hay may be sent to Con
,
• gress. The little experiment has
only cost a few thousand lives and
; about a million of dollars. Honest
! Old Abe !
General Fremont's Grievances.
General Fremont has written a
letter to General Schenck, the Chair
man of the Military Committee of
the House, _which may be regarded,
we suppose, as a very sipificant
document, coming from an indepen
dent candidate for the Presidency.—
It is anything but friendly in its tone
towards the Administration. In
deed, it is a severe rebuke for harsh
treatment, at their hands, which the
General complains of as unjust and
offensive—first, in retiring him from
active service against his will for the
space .of sixteen months ; next, in
reduilli him to serve under Gen.
I Pope. r
hich he pronounces " an un
merited insult;" and finally, in giv
ing an important command, which
was expressly arranged for him by
the Secretary of War and approved
by the President during the last ses
sion of Congress, to another officer.
I General Fremont is grievously of
fended at these slights, and he takes
the opportunity of telling the public
so.
The Spring Elections,
The Spring Elections will take
place on the -third Friday (the 18th)
of March. These are important, es
pecially so far as the election of
Judges and Inspectors of elections
are concerned. Our Democratic
friends throughout the county should
give early attention to the matter.
sir A dispatch from Washington says
" the warfare between the friends of Mr.
Liskootar and of - Mr. OaAss, is hamming very,
bitter." -This lie good news. While the
moats are qnarreling With - estith' oihrrnthey
Will do less harm SO the 001114131..
OUR GREATEST DANGER
The following. letter of United States At
torney General Bates contains matter which
hold attract far more attention than it has
dote:
SHAELPSHOOTtNG
In New Hampshire the State election takes
place to-day. We observe that the battalion
of `•re-enlisted sharpshooters" in that State,
whose furlough has lately expired, have had
the same " extended for thirty days." The
pure and incorruptible administration at
Washington, probably wants to use them a
little, for sharpshooting at home. How they
are expected to fire, they are made to under
stand by the warning example of Lieutenant
Edgerly, who for daring to exercise his right
as a freeman, by voting the Democratio ticket
in that State last March, was dismissed from
the service by the " honest " man of the White
House, who is prostituting the power and
patronage of his high office to secure a re—
election. New Hampshire, however, is not
alone in the enjoyment of these proofs of the
" distinguished consideration " of the invet—
erate joker of the White House.
ONLY $200,000,000 MORE I
On Thursday week a bill was reported iu I
Congress, by the Committee of Ways and
Means, authorizing a loan of only Two HUN
DRED MILLIONS Of DOLLARS, to be added to the
present immense debt of the Government!
When ie all this indebtedness to be paid?
Who is to pay it ? Let the people ask them
selves
this question. Let them think of the
enormous taxes they now pay, and reflect that
these are to be doubled and quadrupled in
years to come, and for all their lives and the
lives of their children, to pay the wasteful,
corrupt and reckless expenditures of the
public money which characterize the Admin..
istration. And let them consider whether
these expenditures shall be continued and
increased, and-their taxes further increased ta
meet them, ' If,thetigopld tot -hare it soy :
they must std iii:-INP*l444=o6i.Powit
party bro4if
thls' spot USG ," /
GOV. CURTIN MID THE DRAFT.
The following is a c)py of an excellvnt let
ter addressed hr the Governor to the Presi
dent of the United States, on Saturday week,
asking for a postponement of the draft in
Pennsylvania. All the meioers . of the Legis:,
lature, irrespective of party, endorsed this
letter with their own signatures, and
forwarded the same to the United States
Senate, commending its suggestion.to the at
tention.and action of that body
Sir : I have to assure you, that if the draft I
be postponed and the bounties o.intinued till '
the tenth of April, Pennsylvania will have
-filled her quota by volunteers.
I am informed by the United States officials
having charge of enlistments in this State,
that we had supplied up to the first of Fabru
ary about seventeen thousand men. Since
that date, enlistments in the Western Divis
ion, closing with this day, will be ten thous
and - although I have not data altogether re
liable, I du not think those in the Eastern,Di
vision for the saute period will be much less.
This does not include soldiers enlisted in
the field during the month of February, which,
when ascertained, will no doubt largely in
, crease the number to be credited to the State.
I have before me letters received from
Major-General Hancock, Colonel Bumford,
and Major Gilbert, Provost Marshals, in re
ply to inquiries which I addressed to them,
which appear to sustain these statements
beyond a doubt.
Meanwhile I will observe that the system
which has been adopted of crediting enlisted
men, not to the localities from which they
come but to such as they may select, has ren
dered a draft impossible, without great injus
tice. The military population of some town
ships in this State has been so reduced by
volunteering that unless they be allowed credit
on their quota for all their resident citizens
who have enlisted, nearly the whole remain
ing population of able bodied men will be
swept away by a draft. The same remark
applies measurably to the State at large, it
being understood that her citizens are allowed
to be credited to other States if they so elect.
The sole reason for allowing credit for vol
unteers in making a draft, is to prevent the
undue exhaustion of the military population
of the States and localities whose citizens
have gone freely into the military service.
By the system to which I have referred,
this reason is entirely lost sight of. Matters
are even worse than if no allowance on the
quotas were made at all ; inasmuch as in: that
case townships which had sent no men, or
very few, as volunteers, would at least be
obliged to furnish their quota of the draft,
whereas at present they may escape entirely,
while the whole burden is thrown upon loyal
localities from which men have gone freely.
If I am oorreet in the views which I have
expressed, you will have the quota of this
State filled by the tenth of April, whereas if
a draft is to be made, it will probably be
several months later before you get the men,
even if you should get them at all.
I beg to solicit your attention to the subject
matter or this letter.
Very respectfully,
ANDREW G. CURTIN.
To the President.
THE RADICAL DOCTORS ON THE
UNION
The following are gems in their way, and
ought to be kept before the people :
The Union as it was is played out. —Jim
Lane.
The Union as it was and the Constitution
as it is—God forbid.— T haddeus Stevens.
I have labored for twenty years to break up
the Union, and I glory in the fact.— Wendell
Phillips at Hartford, Feb. 21, 1862.
There is merit in the Republican party. It
is the first SECTIONAL PARTY ever orga
nized in this country. It is the North arrayed
against the South. The first crack in the ice
berg is visible. You will hear it go with a
crash through the centre.— Wendell Phillips,
1858.
_
Who in the name of God wants the Cotton
States, or any other States this side of. perdi
tion, to remain in the Union, if slavery is to
continue ?-111r. Bingham, of Ohio, in Con
necticut last March.
The Fremont party is moulding public sen
timent in the right direction for the specific
work the Abolitionists are striving to accom
plish : the dissolution of the Union, and the
abolition of slavery throughout the land.—
Wm. Lloyd Garrison, 1856.
Any obstructions to abolition must inevita
bly be attended with discord and war. We
cann.)t, have both slavery and the Constitu.
tion. We ought to revolutionize slavery out
of existence.—Proclamation. of Brig. General
Phelps, of Ft., in 1861.
Why all this excitement 1 Why all these
complaints? As I said before, this crisis is
all artificial. It has no foundation in fact. It
was not argued up, as the saying is, and can
not, therefore, be argued down. Let it alone,
and it will go down of itself —Abraham Lin
coln, at Cleveland, Feb., 1861.
Some folks profess to feel a -perfect horror
over bloodshed. Without a little blood letting
this Union will not, in my opinion, be worth
a rush.—Senator Chandler, at the time of the
Peace Congress.
WHY WAS IT REJECTED
The following resolution, introduced by Mr.
DewsoN, of Pa., was rejected by the Repub
lican majority in the House :
Resolved, That the President be required,
by proclamation or otherwise, to declare, that
whenever any State now in insurrection shall
submit herself to the government as defined
in the Constitution, all hostilities against her
shall cease, and such State shall be protected
from internal interference with her local laws,
and the people fully guaranteed in all the
rights which the federal Constitution gives
them.
Why, in the name of humanity and patriot
ism should not the resolution pass ? If it is
the purpose of the Administration to bring
this war to an end, upon honorable and ad
vantageous conditions, why did 79 of its
friends in the House—every one of them that
voted—vote against a proposition so reason
able and patriotic? The Demborats-56 in
number—voted for it, and we have no doubt
they represented thousands of honest men
who have not been accustomed to vote the
Democratic tioket.
Leaving the debt outstanding at $803,329.96
The report was read in Select Council and adopted, bet
In Common Council the amount set apart for the Sinking
Fund was transferred to the repairs of streets. Select
Council refused to concur In the action of Common Coun
cil, when on motion Common Council laid the report over
until the next stated meeting.
A resolution continuing the salary received during the
past year by the Superintendent of Water Works and
Street Commlssioner.during the present year passed both
branches.
Mr. Killian, in O.IMMOLI Council, presented a petition,
signed by a number of our most respectable citizens, ask
ing Councils to appropriato— sole bounty fund, to be
used in giving each recruit that may be eraitted to Lan
caster City a bounty of This resolution pitassd
Common Council, but was laid on the table to the Select
branch, and in lieu thereof a resolution wag offered by Dr.
Carpenter that Councils appropriate a sufficient sum to
give each recruit that may be credited to Lancaster City
tho sum of $250, provided that the Legislature legalise the
action of Councils. This resolution was lost by a tie vote,
as follows: Yeas—Messrs. Carpenter, Deaner, Rangier and
- 1 Evans, Provident-4; Nays—Meesrs. Lechler, Long, Rob-
NK W YORK MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. arts and Zehm-4.
At the municipal election held at Troy on co tle o t n ition from Market Master Kuhns was presented In
Council, asking Winereeee of salary. Mr. Fits
the let inst., a large vote was polled. The patrick moved that the salary of the Market Master be in
creased $5O per annum.
Democrats elected their candidate for Mayor 1 Mr. Shober offered an amendment to Mr Fitspatrick's
by 700 majority. Six of the ten Aldermen m ..d o d t l i t o i n o , us in i st m rti ar e k ti e n t g
te M r ar to ket C serv o e mm th i r t . tee
h te ou a r ro ofi n e t . a c t
market morning. Mr. lihober's amendment WAS adopted,
are Democrats, and the whole Democratic and finally referred to the Market Committee to report
City Ticket was elected by an increase of 600 upon the propriety of appointing an additional Nartet
Master.
over the majority of last year.
&kph action as the rejection of that resolu
tion, helps the rebels; without it they could
not sustain their cause a day. Speaking of
this, the Mobile News of Jan. 25th says:
"We thank our enemy for his diabolical
candor, and place this act in the moral
armory of the Confederate people, alone with
Mr. Lincoln's emancipation and confiscation
proclamations. We know not how we should
have kept our people up to the stern resolve
and thorough union necessary to success in
this great straggle, had not our enemy fur
nished us with snob unanswerable reasons for
hanging together and fighting out the issue to
the bitter end."
At Lockport, the entire Democratic ticket TIT FOB. TAT.
was elected uu the let instant by about 150 The Ohio Statesman gives the mobocrats of
majority.
The Demooratie tioket at Yonkers, March
let, for village officers has been elected by
about. 100 majority.
At the charter election, Oswego, March Ist,
Mayor Grant (Democrat) was re-elected by 60
majority. The Democrats elected three Al
dermen and two Supervisors, and the Union
men one Alderman and two supervisorb.
OOLONIF.ING VOTERS. NO PEACE.
The Harrisburg Telegraph, speaking of the , The Abolition State Convention of C'onneo•
gew Hampshire election which will be held ' tient resolved " that all propositions for tree
to-clay, says the Leaguers are making a great ties of peace with the rebels," are treasons
effort, and among other things are " GETTING : ble. Congress has adopted a resolution to
HONE THE ABSENT vovitas." This is lifbat they , reject every proposition of peace (rain the
did in this. State, last, Fall. ',Choy got home ~ rebels—even though they lay down their arils
the" absent voters" to the number of 87,000. and adhere to the Constitution in every re-
They may well be- billed absent voters, for : spaqt. i;,_ the position of the Abolition putty
;manTbad been , absent fora number of years lis clear enough-interminable war. IThe ItU •
and b/ittriltiniber of thEE'lloiverlivediin the,ounekresolve that, the rebellion is about, ended,
!IWO; - %Wei , the i 2160/40 1 firre t wirhe we , Land did chit-air' is ,tmlbe' olosed. In a few'
riter'that tablotilkiiibilletaliiii Neie i 31 . 11 1 W istarcedDslo Writ DOW Alum 40 Maeda
sas.Lai•Mil 11.11:11‘..0 .1, t.. 1.14 !..4113 Lal t h e spring o f 1861 . ' ..-..u1.1.:
• .w••
&A Pi I) 5.14:% :1 1 1 4;, OJI,II
IDENEOCR.STIr 171 TY WARD MEETING9.--Tile
Dexanersts of the City "I Lsnx,tAr are nAue‘ta! t, meet
at their respretire pla,es of m.,tior...on,Sstardsr fraying
next. March 12 b. bsteeen the hours of 6 and 't rl ca,
for the purpose of electing five delegates from each Ward
to represent the city In the County Convention, stblth
meets on Wednesday. Marsh 16th. at 11 o'elocki A. St. at
Fulton IfalL &eh Ward sill also appoint a member of
the County Committee ao t on F.eentive Committee of
flee members, and pilot their names on the e:edentials of
the delegates.
• PLACES OE MEETING
Ws:A-43hobees.Hotel. North Qamettetreot.
E Ward.--Schnh'sHotel, Eiet Chsenti street.
S. W. Ward—Fi'spatrick'e Hotel, South Queen street
S Ward—Efiloger's Saloon, South Queen street.
BY ORDER . CITY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES.
THE LECTURE OR HON. S. S. 008.—The lee
titre of Hon. EI3CUPI. 3. COX of Ohio, before the Y.mng
Men's Democratic Assetiatioo of this city, at Fulton Hall,
on Thursday evening last, a complete succe,s in every
respect. The hall was filled with an appreciating audience
of ladles and gentleme , , among whom we noticed quite a
number of Republicans. nod while the audience were aff
irm:o6llElg the City ornet Band occupied a posi
tiont e
for t of the stage and favored them with some veryexcel
lout music.
At 8 o'clock the distinguished lecturer entered the hall,
accompanied by the 'Executive Committee of the Assools-
Don, and was greeted with great applause He wee intro
duced to the audience by Dr. SMilliiL WELCUENS. Ist rice
Nice President, and for an hour and three quarters held
the large audience spell-bound, se he discoursed upon the
"Lessons of History as to Civil Wars." He was humorous,
argumentative, sarcastic and sublimely eloquent. As a
lecturer Mr. Cox has few cuperiors, and as a stump speaker
he must be perfectly irresistible. His historical compari-
WMII of the conduct of all civil wets with that et our own
were deeply interesting and instructive, and his remarks
upon the so-called "Amnesty" Proclamation of Mr. Lin
coln, to which a good deal of attention was devoted, Niel.,
justly and severely sarcastic. He also spoke of the in
fringements of the Constitution by the men in power,
making particular reference to the suspension of the writ.
of Habeas Corpus, the illegal and unjustifiable arrest of
distinguished citizens and banishment of them from the
country. A timely and appropriate remark to reference
to political preaching brought down the house. A scathing
I reference was made to "Eashew" Butler's performances
One or two slight allusions to Gen. licCixtuter crested the
' greatest enthusiasm. His concluding appeal for Peace to
again spread her beatititul folds over this once happy land
was certainly one of the finest flights of eloquence we ever
listened to. Although the lecture was long, yet it was a
subject of general regret when he concluded. It was pro
nounced by all present as one of the best lectures they
ever beard.
At the close of the lecture Mr. COI was busily engaged
.for a short time shaking bands with numbers of ladies
and gentlemen who welted for an introduction After
wards be was escorted to the residence of H. B. &tarot, I
Esq., in North Duke street, whose elegant hospitalities in
company with a large number of our own citizens he
shared. About II o'clock be was handsomely serenaded
by the City Cornet Band. He came to the front door, and
was introduced by Mayer BIUTDZSIION. He thanked the
, Band for the compliment and their excellent music, and
the citizens for the hospitable manner in which be had
been received and treated, and after bidding them good
night retired.
An most of our readers have never 8000 Mr. Cox, a little
description of his personal appearance and manner will
not be out of place. He is of small stature, not being over
- Ave feet six Inches in height, has a fine, intellectual coun
tenance, eyes sparkling with humor and Intelligence, has
brown hair and wears a handsome moustache and beard
of the earns color. He may be 55 years of age, but looks
considerably younger, and we are sorry to inform our lady
readers that he is a married man. He has a clear, musical,
ringing voice, and is a most captivating speaker. In corn
pony he is one of the most genial gentlemen we ever met.
He has an inexhaustible of wit and humor, and is so full
of entertaining talk that he must be the life of every circle
in which he moves.
—The next lectorof the course is expected to he de
livered by Hon assist W. Tweezes, of Indiana, who is
considered the most eloquent man in Congress. Should
Mr. V. be able to come, early notice of the time of the lec
ture witl be given.
- A HAPPY TIME.—On Friday evening last a
most delightful time was had at the Humane Hose House,
in Manor street, the oocasion being a complimentary sup.
per to the members of Co. It, 77th Regiment, now on fur
lough at their homes in this city. A splendid table was
spread, and ample justice was done to the good things
provided. After the cloth' was removed—figuratively
speaking--stirring speeches were made by Mayor SANDea.
SON, Gen. GEORGE M. STEINMAN and Mr. LEWIS HALIeY. The
affair proved a delightful one all the way through, and the
members of Co. K, when they return to the field, will al
ways look back to the °erasion with the liveliest feelings,
as one of the bright spots In the life of the soldier. The
following ladies lent their presence and assistance on the
occasion, and will be kindly remembered by the gallant
boys of the 7;th: Moe. Henry &Maim, Mrs. Levi Jefferies, ,
Mrs. Daniel Troves. Mrs PruMman, Mrs John Oster,
Mrs. John Kuhns, Mrs. Emanuel Kirk, Mrs. Casper For
rest. Mrs. Jacob Nehr, Mrs. Peter Kline, Miss Garber, Miss
Sarah Huffnagle, Miss M. Roth, Mimi Susan Schaum, etc.
The banquet was prolonged until a late hour, and every
thing passed off in a manner highly satisfactory to the
„guests and their entertainers.
LECTURE ON THE PENINSULA CAMPAIGN OF
GEN. MOCIALLAN —I.I.IINEY M FLINT, 11:Eq., will lecture at
Fulton Halt, on the "Peninsula Campaign of the Army of
We Pact:dec." on Wednesday evening, March Mb. From
the encomiums bestowed upon Mr. F's lecture by the press
of other cities and towns, it is doubtless an able and en
ceedingly , iutereeting review of that campaign, and we
hope therefore to see a crowded house. Mr. F. was present
during the whole of the operations of this campaign, and
likewise In the disastrous one of Gen. POPE, and therefore
speaks from personal observation. See the advertisement
in to-day's Intelligence,
AIR LINE TO WASHINGTON. — A bill has
been introduced Into the Pennsylvania House of Repre•
sentatives, under the title of "An act to Incorporate the
Ephrata and Lancaster Railroad." Tha second section
authorizes a line from Ephrata to Lancaster, lit the
third section gives the power to build from some point on
the Reading and Columbia Railroad to the alai viand State
line. connecting thence, it is presumed, with the Northern
Central to Baltimore. The corporators are Thomas A.
Scott, Isaac E Mester, Clement B. Grubb, Henry E. Lo
man, Richard McGrann, John K. Reed, David Bair, John
C. Hager, Patrick McEvoy, Adam Konigmacher, Abraham
Bowman, Henry B Graybill. Edward M. Clymer, William
M. Wester, Isaac Eckert, William 11. Cl yam, G. A. Nicolls,
Levi B. Smith, Philip,Bushong, Thomas E. Franklin.
•
EAST PENNSYLVANIA ANNUAL. CONFERNCE
APPOINTMENT! =Lebanon District—U. Strickler, P. E.;
Lebanon Station, J. B. Daugherty; Reading Station, EZH•
klel Light; Columbia Mission Station, O. N.M.,„ Rigor:
Lancaster Mission Station, J Long by P. E ; Nevr,-,llpllauL
Circuit, W. 8. H Keyes; Lanc toter and Slountville Cir
cuit, II Scbropp and L Poters ; Sinking Sprint Circuit,
J. Rank; Pine Grove Circuit, .1. G Fritz: Schuylkill Ha
ven Circuit, A. F. Yeagor ; Nlyerstnwn Circuit, L. Fleh.h
er ; Bethlehem Mission, D. Hoffman ; Jonestown Mission,
8. Noll.
MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCILS.—The Cijy
Councils met atatedly last Tuesday evening Several pe
titions for repairs of gutters, new crossings, .tc., were pre
vented and referred to the Street Committee.
The Finance Committee presented their annual report.
which shows the estimated receipts of tha for the
ensiling fiscal year, to be as follows.:
Tax. of 90 cents per $lOO on property valuation
of $3,400,000,
Water rents from duplicates for 1864.
Water rent from Penn'a R. R Co , for 1884,
Arrearages water rent from Peale& R. R. Co.,
for 1861 and 1862,
Miscellaneous: from ferrules, licensed, !lasi
forfeits, ac.,
Rent of City property,
Additions to 'Pax duplicates tor default of pay•
meat. 100 00
Additions to Water duplicates for default of
payment,
Refunded quota from C unty of Lancaster for
bridges and road damages,
Purchase money from sale of property to Abra
ham Landis, 1,215.00
Balance In City Treasury at beginning of year, 3.554.99
Total, $48,999.48
This amount, in the judgment of the Committee, ahonld
be expended as follows:
To pay interest on Corporation loans, $20,443.72
" for water pipe and laying, 250.00
for grading, .4c , of etreets, 3,000.00
Watchmen during winter month, 1,824.00
- lighting city, including lamp lighter"'
pay, • '1.700.00
•'lire Department, 1,900 00
- Salaries, 4,773.00
- Temp'y loans and interest to maturity, 4,024.00
- 'Bum due Sinking Fund with six mouths'
interest due thereon, 1,826.28
•' miscellaneous Water Works' expenses, 2,600 00
abatement for prompt payment of City
taxes, 1.200 00
" abatement for prom, t payment of Wa•
ter rent,
per cottage for collecting taxes after De
cember let,
i •‘ Contingencies,
The debt of the city conebite as follows
6 per cent. loan, $ 45.650 00
3,30000
299,862 02
Total, $248,812.02
From this must be deducted the amount in
Sinking Fund, 46,282 08
Columbus notice that, if that office is mobbed,
as has been threatened, the Ohio State Journal
will go down at the same time, and by [dill
liar means.
The law of retaliation is fully resolved upon,
and will be enforced to the bitter end. It
will be apt to teach the Mob Law party of
Abolition despots a wholesome and life-lasting
lesson.
LETTER FROM MARYLAND
We insert with great pleasure the following able
letter from a gentleman in Maryland. We are glad
to know that Paw INTELLIGINOES le appreciated by
friends of Constitutional Liberty everywhere:
• • • -
lIIINITEGTOWN, CALVERT CO., Md., I
• February 29th, 1864. i
•Idziaas. EDITORE.--GENTLEMEN : Will you
please tend me to thin poe t office one copy of " The
nosater Intelligence ? " for one year.
Having bean favored recently with a number of
your paper through the kindness of a lady, to whom
it was sent by a Mend from your city, I find it to
be just the paper I have desired to have in the com
ing Presidential campaign; and is one that will
command a liberal patronage in this community.
No political organs circulate bare at the present
but those published in this State that advocate the
policy and measures of the Republican party—the
party now entrusted with the administration of the
Government; and a paper like yonrst-one that
dares to support the Constitution and its long estab
lished principles of Democracy—will rind • cordial
welcome in almost every house. Its tone and temper
are mild and persuasive ; but firm, conservative and
demooratio—having for its creed the Constitution of
our country, whole and unbroken, as interpreted
and expounded by our fathers, and as taught; by the
greatest and best statesmen since their day. Upon
this, alone, can a peacable condition of the country
surely rest, if we wish to perpetuate it " one and
indivisible." '
The political heresies, superstition and infidelity
now sapping the very foundation of this grand
"Palladium" of our liberties, and spreading desola
tion and ruin all over our beloved country, from one
end of it to the other, must be, fully and effectually,
extirpated from the heart of the nation and oast
into the vortex of oblivion, before the proud bird
which bears aloft our " boasted escutcheon " through
every ohms can sing the glad song of peace—peace'
once more returned and welcomed to our bleeding,
expiring country.
To us—the Democratic party of the nation—
through the instrumentality of the ballot-box,
free
and untramelled, do the people, the rightful sov
ereigns of the country, confidently look forward for
deliveranoe from their present unfortunate condition;
and for the restoration of the Constitution as it is,
which alone will give us peace and happiness, and
without which the Union is but a farce and a rope
of sand." Hoping to hear from you soon, lam very
respectfully Your obt. servant,
'Co Qxo. SAND/0,30N o& Sox, Lanoaso3r, Pa
CONGRESSIONAL
FEBRUARY 24, 1864.
The House resumed the consideration of
the bill to establish a bureau of Freedmen's
Affairs.
Mr. Dawsosr, of Pennsylvania, said that he
would oppose the hill in every stage of its
progress, and finally vote against it. Eight
years ago, when he was before a member of
this House, the country was pursuing a career
of prosperity. He returned here in the midst
of a revolution. While our resources are
being wasted, the conflict still rages. Nulli
fication and secession are alike without war
rant in the Constitution. The South had
be n consistent since 1798 in adhering to the
doctrine of State Rights. Both the Soot4l
and the North were wrong in stimulating the
present condition of affairs. Whatever griev
ances the South had did not justify the resort
to revolution. Our troubles have grown out
of the exercise of doubtful powers, and a de
parture from the Federal compact.
Mr. Dawsort then proceeded to defend Ex•
President Buchanan, who it was charged had
shown a lack of energy in not acting with '
sufficient promptness in garrisoning the South- A Ret urned Soldier Strangled by tit..
ern fortifications. But the truth was there Wife and Her Paramour.
were no available troops for that purpose. j We find in our Pittsburgexchanges full
Mr. Buchanan found no authority to bring details of one of the most " horrible domestic
back a seceding State. General Andrew
Jackson, in 1832, did not attempt the exercise tragedies which it has over been Liu. province
of coercive power until Congress passed the to record. The affair occurred a few days
Force Bill. Mr. Buchanan asked for au ago in Lawrence county, in this State, and
thority to employ the military and naval thearticulars are as follows
forces, but Congress did not think proper to "In
grant it. Since we have thus far failed to re- I the early part of the present ',tenth
soldier belonging to the 100th regiment, tin,
duce the rebellion by unconstitutional re
ing re-enlisted for the war, obtained a ;lolly
straints on the liberty of persons and the
press, by martial law, the Emancipation pro- day,' furlough and returned to
clamation and Confiscation acts, we must Lawrence county, about four miles trom i flan
lington, and almost adjoining the
,Beaver
resort to other means which the armory of •
count line. 'rhe man woe married, and dur
the Government furnishes. There could be y
no peace on the principles declared by the 'ing his absence his wife contracted an
Administration. The war was inaugurated acquaintance with a scamp in the neighbor
for the defence of the Constitution, the en-
hood, which culminated in a criminal inn forcement of the laws, and the preservation macy between the parties. Of all this, how
e
of the Union. The Emancipation proclama-
ever. the husband was in complete ignorant •,
and upon his return hone lie to , li lits
Lion cost be withdrawn and the Confiscation
o
:tots repealed. We must_ return to the object tilde with his wife, unconscious of her
of the war as heretofore — declared in the Crit-
infidelity or the plot which woe even then
tender resolution. Above all things he desired I maturing against his life. It appears that
the restoration of the Union as it was and for soon after his arrival it was agreed between
peace on the basis of the Constitution. The Chi-
the woman and tier paramour that he should
cago platform inaugurated revolution, and the be put out of the way, and one night, while
question of slavery in the territories had led the unsuspecting man lay asleep in his bed,
to the disturbance of a peace which other- the guilty pair approached him, and slipping
a
wise might haVe been perpetual. lt was mad-
noose, which they had previously prepared,
o
ness in the South to secede. She should have !over his head, they threw the other end over
a beam which extended across the dwelling,
remained in the Union, and fought her battle
with the Abolition phalanx under the icgts of and pulling on it with all their might, they
swung the wretched man off the bed, and in
the Constitution. a moment almost had him in such a position
that resistance on his part became impossible.
They had their victim now completely in their
power; and the deliberation which marked
their after movements shows a degree of cold
bloodednes.e unequalled almost in the annals
of crime. Finding that death did not take
place as soon as they had expected, they
fastened the rope, which up to this time they
had held over the beam, the body of their
writhing victim in his death agony from the
other end, to a peg in the wall, and leaving
the miserable man to his fate passed• out of
the house. After remaining outside long
enough for strangulation to take place, they
again entered the house, and taking down the
now lifeless remains of the murdered man
carried them to a coal bank in the vicinity,
inside which they concealed them. The next
day it was noticed that the woman's paramour
was rather flush of funds, and this, coupled
with the fact that the soldier was missing,
induced those who knew the guilty relations
existing between the woman and the man to
suspect that all was not right ; so an inquiry
was instituted through which the entire
tragedy was brought to light. The woman,
struck with f lir or remorse, made a confes
sion of the whole affair, implicating her para
mour as the principal in the murder, and
both he and she were arrested and committed
to jail at New Castle to await their trial for
murder.
BLAIR UPON CHASE, I
We extract the following paragraphs from
a speech delivered by Mi..l )r General FRANK
BLAIR a leading Republican, in Congress on
the 27th ult. Why is he not sent to Fort La
fayette for " opposing the Government? " Or
can a Republican show up the corrintions of
the Administration without opposing "the
Government," while it is treason and southern
sympathy in a Democrat to do the same thing?
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Mr. Blair said the Navy Department court
ed investigation, hut not so with the Treasury
Department.
A more profligate administration than that
of the latter never existed in any country ; the
country was redolent with the fraud and cor
ruption of its agents. Again and again
permits to trade were sold to the highest bid
der, and recently in Baltimore a permit was
given to a notorious blockade runner, whose
vessels had more than once been seized. If
Mr. Chase's friends had thought these things
'could not be proved, they would doubtless
have voted for an investigation. In alluding
to Mr. Pomeroy's recent secret circular, he
spoke of its design as an intrigue against the
man who had ~confided to Chase a portfolio,
but the President was doubtless satisfied every
day Chase remained in the Cabinet for him
to sink deeper in the contempt of every hon
orable man.
Mr. Blair gave notice of his intention to
introduce a resolution on Monday, to inquire
into the affairs of the Treasury Department,
in connection with trade regulations in Mis-
THE. lIARRIONIOIIS CABINET
The correspondent of the New York Jour.
nal of Commerce, under date of February 25th,
says :
" The rumor prevails to-day that the
President will annul the order of the Secre ;
tary of War, whereby the clergy of the
Baptist Church are to have exclusive right to
occupy the abandoned Churches in the South.
The conduct of Mr. Stanton in this matter
has offended many people belonging to other
communions than that of which he has elected
himself the military bishop; and it is charged,
on all hands, that of all his arbitrary, foolish,
useless, and offensive official acts, the one in
question takes the lead. The duty of the
President is certainly plain enough, but if he
once begins to undo what his ministers have
done contrary to his own judgment and the
public welfare, he will have a busy time of it
during the current year. The want of unanim
ity between him and the several members of
his Cabinet is the theme of universal com
ment, and those who reflect upon the matter,
seems astonishing. - ft ik undoubtedly true
that he is on speaking terms with each of
them, but it is well known that one or more
of the members do not even bow to their col
leagues in the streets, at receptions, or at the
council table. But such acts are only in
keeping with the condition of affairs through
out the land."
$48,999, 49
EXPENSIVE-RATHER
The Florida expedition cost, it is said, 1,200
men, six pieces of cannon and a million of
money ; and all this not for any military par
pose, but rather in derogation of them. The !
three electoral votes of Florida have already
cost us pretty dearly. 400 men, two cannon, ;
and $333,333,33 for each vote? This is cer
tainly expensive work ; and if the electoral
colleges of Arkansas, Louisana, and Tennee
see have to he purchased at anything like
these rates, perhaps we may be paying too
dear for the privilege of this, species of recon
struction. But what does .braham Lincoln
care how many American citizens die by
inches in Libby prison, or meet with quick
death on a useless battle field, so long as he
is reinstated into office? Work on, you weary
laboier, coin your sweat into greenbacks to
pay for Abraham Lincoln's renomination
Au hour or so more labor a day—or a dinner
or so less a week, what matter to you so that
the second Washington " may rule again.
Offer your beets, good people all, to the
burden and sing hosanna while the pack is
being strapped on !—Age.
•
FINE FOB THE VOiell, GOOD FOB CIOLDE.—III
changeable weather you t-hould be careful of
your voice. Bryan's -Pdhnonio Wafers' cure
ooldO, coughk i liote throatei‘hoarsenessi
Prkoel, 25'1:onto a .boz; Bold by liiudwan
Co., East Orange Eltreet,ldlasidiwPaz •
" TR&ITOROIIS WORDS,"
In one of the towns in Connenticut, just
previous to our State election, several persons
were discussing the measures and candidates
of pant.,,,, The Republicans. one of whom was
the Town Clerk, were bitter against Gov.
Seymour, calling-him a traitor and a friend
of the South, asserting that he was in favor
of the plan of the rebellion, which was that
the people of the South should govern them
selves, independently of the North. "Well,"
said a Democrat,. "do you oppase sentiments
of that kind?" "We do," replied the Town
Clerk, no one except a traitor will utter
sentiments of that character." -Let me read
them to you," said the Democrat. "I have
them here, word for word; when correctly
reported, you may not feel so bitterly hostile
to the words uttered. They are as follows':
Any people. anywhere. being inclined and
having the power, have the right to rise up
and shake off the existing government audiorm
a new one that suits them better. Nor is this
right confined to oases in which the people of
any existing government may choose to exer
cise it. Any portion of such people that can,
may revolutionize, and may make their own
of so much of the territory as they inhait.--
Mare than this, a majority of any portion of
such people may revolutionize, putting down
a minority, intermingled with or near about
them, who may oppose their movements."
It is rank treason," said one of the Re
publicans. "It is Tom Saymour's copper
headism," said another. " and the man who
uttered those detestable words ought to be
e ,nfined in Fort Lafayette, and he fed on
bread and water, during the war. He is
traitor "
The Democrat laughed. an i quietly said.
'' Gentlemen, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, the
President of the fruited States, uttered these
words !"
It's a lie—Tom Seymour said it—Tow
Seymour is the traitor ! " exclaimed the Re
publicans.
•' No! gentlemen," cm fly replied the Dew.
erat, " ABRAIIAM LINCOLN is the author of
the words you now pronounce as traitorous
language. He tittered them in a speech de
livered in the House of Representatives, iu
I Washington, on the 12th day of January,
1848, on a question of a reference of eertaiti
portions of the President's Mes.iage. The
speech is reported, officially, in the 'C )ugres
sional Globe,' and you may find it on the 94th
I page of the Appendix, among the debates of
the first session of the 30th Congress."
The Republicans denied it, and a bet of ten
`Aollars was finally made that the words were
not so reported in the Globe, in one of Presi
dent Lincoln's speeches. The bet was decided
in favor of the Democrat, on the 2lst instant,
on an inspection of the bound volume of the
Globe, in the State Library at Hartford, Ottil—
I taining the speech of President Lincoln, and
i the words we have quoted.
! What a commentary upon the senseless
parrot cry of " traitor," uttered by fanatics
who are g,enerally quite ignorant of the mean
ing and bearing of the epithets they so lye
! quen t I y use.— Hartford Times.
A HORRIBLE TRAGEDY
From the Springfield (Mos.) Republican (Administration.)
PRESIDENTIAL SUGGESTIONS.
We are by no means sure that it will be a
an easy thing to elect the Republican candi
date next November. The Administration
party is at this moment in danger or defeat
in New Hampshire and Connecticut, and if
they cannot carry New England beyond a
peradventure what can they hope for else
where ? The whole matter resolves itself into
this : if the Republican party were so strong
as to defy all opposition, it might consider
only the man, and put up its beat man for
the Presidency ; but it is compelled also to
look at the situation of the government and
of parties, and must therefore put up the
man who is best in existing circumstances ;
and there is still another and essential con
sideration, the man must not only be the best
fitted to the circumstances but the one most
likely to be elected. Neither of these points
can be determined eight months in advance
of the election. Hence the lolly of absolute
committal now to any man, and the equal
folly of killing off those from whom we must
select, either by premature and extravagant
advocacy or depreciation. And it may as
well be considered a settled thing that if there
is to be from this time forth a Republican
party, in Congress and out, shaping its action
and talk ski as to make capital against the
President and to bring his administration
' into contempt, " it's no use fifin'"—the Demo
crats will sweep the board almost without an
' effort.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CONFER-
The Annual Conference of t the Philadelphia
District will be held in Nyilmington, Dela
ware, this year, commencing on the 9th of
Marah. The principal subject before the
Conference will be the proposed division of
the Philadelphia District. It is contemplated
to separate the Delaware and Maryland por
tion of the Conference, and establish a. sepa
rate district.
On the 2nd of May the General Conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church of the
United States meets in Philadelphia, holding
its sessions in the Union Church. There will
be several important matters brought , to the
notioe of the body.
CORRUPTIONS IN THE TREA.SURY,
Gen. FRAMS BLAIR, a supporter of the Ad
ministration, in a speech in Cllngression Sat
urday week, said that "a more profligate Ad
ministration than that of the Tretusury, De
partment never existed in any country." And
he added: n
The Mississippi was redolent withAt 4 frand
and corruption of the agents there. ` Again
and again permits to trade were eóldz to the
highest bidder, and recently in Baltimore a
, permit given to .a siotOtioun bloolcsda 'run
ner, whose vessels had more thasi s pm been