gannoter guttiligmar. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1865 "The printing presses shall be free to every person who undertakes to examine the pro ceedings of the legislature, or any branch of government; and no law shall ever be made to restrain the right thereof. The free commu nication of. thought and opinions is one of the invaluable rights of men; and every citizen may freely speak, write print on any sub ject; being responsible for the abuse of that liberty. In prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of offi cers, or men in public capacities, or where the matter published is proper for public informa tion, the truth thereof may be given in evi dence."—Constitntion of Pennsylvania. THE WAR IS OVER " The war is over !" " Thank God, this cruel war is over !" That is the glad shout now bursting in raptur , Ons tones from millions of lips through out the length and the breadth of this war-wearied land. It is not strange that the joy of the people should be great and irrepressible. Then, let the cannon thunder, while all the bells in all the steeples fill the resounding air with their jubilant notes of rejoicing. They are ringing in the advent of PEACE, So long delayed, and so much and so ardently desired. The surrender of General Lee, with the remnant of his army, renders it cer tain that there will be no more fighting. Thank God ! the terrible and ghastly carnage has ceased. To what a multi tude of anxious hearts does the. con- sciousness of this fact send a rapturous -thrill of joy. Mothers feel that their sons are safe from the perils of the dreaded battle-field ; wives look with impatient longing for the return of husbands, assured that they will be spared to them ; children prattle with gleeful voices of the speedy coining of absent fathers ; maidens who have trembled hourly for the fate of lovers, find their eyes suddenly filled with tears ofjoy. The whole nation hasicright to be glad. Tkank God ! the carnival of death is ended. No more shall men of kindred blood struggle together like demons thirsting for the blood of each other. We all hail the return of PEACE with joy, and with shouts of unfeigned and irrepressible gladness. The terms offered by General (:rawt, and accepted in good faith by General Lee are honorable; such :is will be recog- aired as fitting; proper, and in completic accordance with all the usages of civil- iced warfare. Ile does not seek to de- grade or even to humiliate a emiquered enemy. The simple condition is, in his own words " Roch awl moo ?rill be cub Owed to rctorn to thcir hoincs, not to be tli,turbcd by Mc Unit( d Stole, authocily, ;so long us thy/ ob.,ree Uirii 7) , /tO/ , ' AND TICE LANVS IN 1,01.0:1. WHERE THEN" R.l.:sink." Let :llr. Lincoln take that sentence as the text l'or a proclamation of general leSty. He can not posibly find a better one. It is in ,triet accordance with the form aini the spirit of the ( . 4,nstitution of the United States. It recognises the Mate governments as They are so still, existing institutions even in the rev(ilted States; as much or to-day as ever they were liel'ore. I and through their action we may most speedily and surely reach the crowning fruits of victory. Within a week it is possible for each revolted ,r 4 tate to transfer itself back into the Union, as an equal, honored, and useful mein- ber thereof. The Confederate (4overn anent has ceased to exist, hut the State Governments still remain intact, with their power to act unimpaired. A proper conciliatory policy will insure the speedy return of each one of them. Surely 611C11 a policy must be at once adopted Any other would be the prompting of madness and the extreme of folly. Let us hope Mr. Lincoln will adopt the cue given him by General Grant. Then will the wide-spread joy ()Mils auspicious (lay be but the preludeu long years ii rejoicing gladness. The army has done its work well and gal- lastly. The opportunity for a propet display of wise and judieiousstatesman ship is present. NVe pray that (tod may give our rulers WiSliolll to improve i HON. TEADDEUS STEVENS, in his speech to the crowd of friends who called on Monday evening to congratulate him on the "big break" (no allusion to the "raging canal" in RITNER'S time) at Ricinnond, Said he " had hoped that the system of paying our interest in a currency different from that used by the common people would have been declar(Al abandoned by act of Congress, and thus have put an end to gold specu lation. A large majority of the 1-louse of Representatives seemed prepared for it, hut it was finally deemed wiser no leave the option to the Secretary 01 - the reasu ry." We fear Mr. STEVEN'S will take on a first class fit of disgust when he learns what the Secretary of the Treasury is about to do. That distinguished public functicfnary, in spite of the views he expressed in his California letter, ap pears to have a hankering after the good old constitutional currency of BENTON and BL'UIIANAN. So long as his Treas ury operations are confined to pagiii,y out, the " currency of the common peo ple" (as Mr. S. calls our greenbacks) seems to suit him well enough ; but when it comes to litking in, he veers around and steers straight towards that polar star of the financial world—go/d. We extract the following from the financial article of the New York World of yesterday : The gold market took a sharp turn up wards, owing to heavy purchases try part it, who expect a considerable advance ti ill take place when government sells the Sa vannah cotton for pita. portion of this cotton will lie sold next Tuesday for gov ernment account. This policy of • the gov ernment in selling cotton for gold ruin is a copy of the example set, by California, namely, to ignore, practically, the legal tender act, and to buy and sell only ;r ind s ilv e r coin, the only money recognized by the Constitution of the United States It is singular that the Treasury Department Ghoul(' thus practice that which Mr. Me- Cullix,h has condemned as unwise, and in jurious io government credit, in regard to Califwinia, in his paper money letter to Mr. Tho&psonCampbell on Californiacurrency, Candidates for State Offices A Barrisburg correspondent of the Franlain Repository writes that " Col. James P. Barr, present incumbent, will doubtless be renominated for Surveyor General by the Democratic Convention to meet here on the 21st of June ; but Mr. Sleeker, present Auditor General, will be retired on account of age and in firm health." There is nothing in Mr. Sleuker's age to prevent his being a candidate again, and we have good authority for saying that there has been a steady improve ment in his health for several months past. Ten days ago he was nearly as well as ever. ABOUT two thousand Germans, who have recently arrived in this county, are on their way to Atchison from New York, to work on Atchison And Pike's Peak Railroad. The company agree to pay them partly with twenty , acres of Cursink Graird. One would naturally have supposed that the great tidings of yesterday would have been received with unalloyed sat isfaction, at least by every man making the slightest pretense to loyalty. Not so, however. On ourstreet corners, and elsewhere, were heard muttered curses and bitter imprecations. Men, too cow ardly ever to face the stern front of bat tle, damned General Grant as vigorous ly and as venomously as ever they had done McClellan, or any other man whom they were pleased to denounce as a Cop perhead. The hearts of some of our stay-at-home patriots seemed ready to burst with pure devilish malignity. They read the glad news of Lee's sur render with the minds of cold-blooded murderers. Being safe out of harm's way, and in some cases interested in seeing the war prolonged, they were ready to breathe out only murder, ra pine and slaughter. Never having lift ed a hand in battle, or exposed their cowardly carcasses to any danger, they seemed to think themselves better ca pable of managing military affairs than the great generals at the head of our ar mies. Had they been Grant they would never have granted the rebels any such terms as he did. Not they, indeed. It seems strange that mild-mannered gen tlemen, men of entirely unpugnacious propensities, should be so damnably bitter, when there is not half as much courage - in their whole bodies as oozed out of the ends of Bob Acre's fingers. It is but an exhibition, however, of the cold-blooded fiendishness of fanaticism. We do not envy such wretches their feelings. Poor, miserable, malignant devils, they are objects of pity and con tempt. Peace Rumor The New York Herald of yesterday professed to have information direct from Richmond that President LINCOLN is there actually engaged upon the busi ness of peace, and that on Tuesday last he had a private conference with Judge CAMPBELL„ one of the three Confed erate Commissioners in the Hampton Roads con ference, who remained behind with the advice and consent of Davits, when the rebels evacuated Richmond, to see what could be done in the way of a treaty of peace. The herald further professed to have information that Wed nesday last had been appointed as the (lay for a more formal meeting between the President and Judge CAMPBELL. It added that high expectations were en tertained that peace would speedily follow. in respect to this in formation—which is certainly important if true—the JLu•a/d remarked : "We attach the highest importance to this intelligence ; for we accept it as substantially true. It is altogether probable that Davis may have come to the conclusion that if he desires, in behalf of himself and his ruling Confederates, any abatement or commutation of the pains and penalties of treason, now is his only time, while yet he maintains something like a re spectable show of resistance in the field. That Judge Campbell is hopeful of some liberal concessions from Mr. Lincoln, for the sake of immediate peace, we are fully disposed to believe. But what can the President do, with the laws of Congress restricting him to a fixed line of action? Sworn to see the laws faithfully executed, can he go beyond them? He cannot; but he can promise some modifications, so far as they may lie attainable through a message to Con gress, with the meeting of an extra ses sion upon the subject. He may go still further in the exercise of his military discretion, which in such a war as this cannot be regulated by Congressional enactments. We know nothing of the purposes or views of President Lincoln in connec tion with his visit to Richmond ; but we do know something of his humane disposition, and shall be somewhat dis appointed if we do not receive before his departure from Richmond the an nouncement of a proclamation which will finish thedisarming of the rebellion, and win back the masses of the South ern people to the blessings of Union and of peace." FANCY 'THE FEELINGS of the F. F. V.'s W hen Weitzel's corps of darkies marched into Richmond yesterday morning !—Rem/- , e/ Rccord. After the British government had ob tained a good footing in India, they en listed an army from the lower order of the native population, the better to enable them to hold that country against the Princes from whom they had " confiscated " it. These dark hued warriors became the pets of the British. Their fidelity and courage were topics upon which English writers delighted to dwell. The " sepoy" who had been present at the triumphal entry of the British commander into a city from which the native Prince had been driven by the valor of Scotch and Trish troops, was as much an object of popular admiration in London a few years ago, as one of " Weitzel's corps of darkies " wouldlbe in Boston at the present time. Fancy the feelings" of the British public when that grand sepoy army, numbering more than one hundred thousand men, suddenly broke out in open mutiny, and filled the wells of Cawnpore with the dead bodies of slaughtered English—men, women and children. "Fancy the feelings" of the English nobility when the news reached them that the " sepoys" on whom they relied for the extermination of the native Princes, had, with amazing energy and unparalleled cruelty, turned their attention to the ex termination of the whole British popu lation of India, including the multitude of "younger sons" of noble houses who were quartered in that country, in posts of honor and profit similar to those which the "pilgrim sons" of New England hope to fill in the South. Those who can fancy the feelings of the British under the foregoing circum stances, may be able to form a fair con ception of what the feelings of the Abolitionists will be when, after having raised up an army of negroes, and pet ted and praised them, and taught them to regard human life as of but little value, that army shall Vddenly and un expectedly be found in open and furious mutiny, murdering the government offi cials they were expected to protect in the States which Mr. STEVENS maintains we should hold as "conquered pro vinces." Beecher and Greeley Cult READERS will not pass over with out perusing the abstract of Henry Ward Beecher's address to his_ congregation on Wednesday evening last, which we print on our first page. It really seems as if some modern Paul had almost per suaded Beecher to be a Christian ! GREELEY displays a spirit equally commendable. He says in the Tribune: "Let not the victory of the republic be stained by a-single act of vengeance— by one wanton infliction of pain. Let not the national ensign be stained by one drop of blood shed to punish rather than to save." Government Speculation The _New York Herald states that during the late panic in that city the Government purchased $5,000,000 in gold and $3,000,000 of its own bonds Of course, th,e gold and bonds were "bought for a rise," and will be sold when the prices go up atil profit, which will go into the pockets of CiAerprlent officials, The Meeting at the Court House The meeting held in the Court House yesterday afternoon was in some re spects not conducted in a manner en tirely fitting to the occasion. Before the hour appointed by the Mayor had fully arrived a motion was made to call the assemblage to order by the appoint ment of Hon. Thaddeus Stevens to pre side. This, to say the least of it, was exhibiting rather indecent haste. It looked very much like a prearranged scramble for the petty honors of the or ganization. At such a time as this, in the midst of what should be a season of general rejoicing and complete good fel lowship, it is scarcely proper for any party toset itself up as being exclusively entitled to do the honors of any public celebration. There is not a man or a woman in all the extent of this broad land, who has not mostabundantreason to rejoice at any event which promises a speedy end to the bloody strife which has so long desolated and devastated our country. All men of all classes, except it may be shoddy contractors and war leeches, are glad, truly and unfeign edly glad the war is over. The present is an hour when the re joicing of the people should be pure and unalloyed by anything except regret for the many gallant dead, who have fallen on the innumerable bloody battle-fields of this, gigantic and' most cruel war. Surely, if ever there was a time for gen eral joy, for forgiving tenderness, for general pardon fur past offenses, for great clemency, for unbounded mercy, this is the auspicious occasion. The military power of the rebellion lies dead, prostrate before the feet of our ad vancing and victorious legions. To at tempt in such an hour as this to perpet uate party strife, and to lug in all the bitterness of partisan politics, is an offense against all that is manly, high toned and patriotic. •I,Ve were very sorry to see in the meeting of yesterday inclinations of a temper and a feeling entirely unbecom ing the occasion. We (lid not so much wonder at the abernations of Mr. Ste vens. Very early in life he set up in his household an ehony idol, at the shrine of which he has long worshipped, with all the devoutness of a devotee to an African idol. The negro is his hob by. He rides it in season and out of season. It is uol strange that the bur then of his story should he the wrongs of that race. It is a subject of which he should be, by this time, a complete ,and most competent judge. Neither do we very notch wonder at the intensity of his malignity, and the bitterness of his hatred to every man, woman and child hi the South. It is not strange , that he should advocate general confis cation and a complete destruction of the white race in all the revolted states. As he stood up in the Court House yes terday, and ,gnashed his teeth in im potent rage, he reminded us of a sick tiger in a jungle, famishing for blood, but utterly unable to reach the prey that feeds in inconscious security within sight of his death lair. Poor, pitiable old man! In hint all tin' milder and more humane sentiments of humanity are dead. He lives but to hate. We must confess, however, that we Were not a little surprised at the speech of the Rev. Wedekind. He is one of the unctllo(ls kind Of orators. He looks as if he lived well, and oily, ! sentences flow from his tongue with an ease which should make him a popular modern pulpit orator. We imagine lie would be great on revival occasions. That he -is out of place in such a meeting, as that of yester day we think he proved most abun dantly by his speech, which we have tried to report faithfully in another column. The most of it was made up of eointnon plat, platitudes, such as would scarcely have been looked for elsewhere than in the maiden speech of some unfledged sophomore. He only startled the audience once. That was when he boldly announced as part of his religiously believed political creed the doctrine of negro equality. Mr. Wedekind is sound On that plank of the Republican platform. Let all the loyal citizens of Lancaster know the fact and rejoice in the proud conscious ness thereof. The speech of l\rayor Sanderson was in decided and most creditable contrast to that of eitherdhe sick old tiger ftr the unctunuktpulpit orator. When w(? pro nounce it the best and most creditable speech of the afternoon we but reiterate the openly avowed opinion of many in telligent gentlemen, who have always stood oppol to him politically. We verily believe the extreme days of radicalism are ended. There is 110 doubt that the American people will speedily return to their senses. Very scion reason must resume its sway. And then shall the masses, fully alive to the follies of fanaticism, insist that the great gus.c.;t ions still before us for adjust ment shall he settled by statesmen on statesmanlike principles. When that day shall fully dawn, the occupation of fanatical politicians like Stevens, and of political preachers like this man Wedekind, shall lie gone forever. THERE WA, (N cloud at Rich mond yestertlay that did not make the hearts of the people sail, viz: the entrance of the colitrisl.reginient with the lightnings of the old Ong ilancingover their heads, and the thunders of "John Brown . ' rolling from their lip , .—Fmacyf s l i nes. Before John Brown made his memorable descent on Harper's Ferry, he and his fellow-traitors organized a "Provisional tlovernment for the United States." The property he cap tured at Hari is Ferry was the proper ty of the United States. The force sent by President Ili citANAN to retake that property carried the flag of the United States. The marines killed and wound ed in capturing Brown wore the uniform of the United States. They were com manded by ROBERT E. LEk,- who was then a colonel in thearmy of the United States. Why is it that negro troops now in the service of our government are per mitted to enter Richmond with " the thunders of John Brown rolling from their lips Did Brown do a meritori ous and a patriotic thing when he killed the marines, captured the property and tried to overthrow the government of the United States? If ABRAHAM LIN COLN says yes, then he is as great a traitor as Davis. If he says no, then let him see to it that the scandalous song of "John Brown" is not again blub bered under his very nose by thick-lipped negroes in the pay of the United Ststes Jr -- : : 7:1 We have assurances from the highest quarter that the policy of Secretary McCul loch is fixed and will be unchangeable that during his administration of the Treasury, no more gold bonds will be issued, and no addition be made to the volume of the cur rency.—BostonNt. Yet in the face of the "fixed policy," tiecretary McCulloch is and has been adding to the volume of the currency very materially every day, by the crea tion of National Banks. During the week in which the above assurance was given, the amount of banking capital authorized was over 53,500,000, and last week it was $:7,500,000. The Secretary muststop the creation of National Banks or he cannot stop addition to the volume of the currency ; and as long as the cur rency continues inflated to its present extent, the price of gold, and everything else must continue as high at least as they now are, while if the currency is further increased, prices must go up higher.—. New Hampshire Patriot. ATLANTA, or what now remains of it, is occupied by a rebel force under How ell Cobb. The railroad has been re paired, and trains are now running reg ularl3i b'etWeen Atlanta and Macon,; Secretary Iliceulloch's Return to Specie Payment. The Secretary of the Treasury, since his recent letter snubbing California for bolding fast to her stable currency, has evidently experienced a change of heart, and has come to the conclusion to re store the currency. of the country to a specie basis by the middleof next week. As we learn by the advertisements of Collector Simeon Draper, United States cotton agent, the secretary has ordered the sale of 3,000 bales of the Savannah cotton next 'Tuesday, for gold coin. "Terms cash in gold coin" is the lan guage of the advertisement. It gives us profound pleasure, we need not say, to see the Secretary of the Treasury thus boldly override the dog mas and the practice of his party, and proclaim in this public manner his preference for specie over the fluctuat ing legal tenders in the dealings of the government. For months and years we have heard the super-loyal journals berating the dealers in gold as disloyal men, assailing the credit of the govern ment, and fighting practically in the ranks of Jeff. Davis. We have heard them denouneing every journal which deprecated the legal tender act as use less, unconstitutional, and fatal to the national finances, and extolling the legal abilities of those complaisant judg es who have told creditors that legal tenders were all they could demand from their debtors in return for gold, and debtors that they could wipe out their indebtedness in a depreciated cur rency. The Secretary of the Treasury boldly shoves these pliant and pitiable politi cal economist out of his path, and says: "The government has some cotton for sale, and it will take gold for its cotton, and nothing else." It is, we must admit, an unfortunate circumstance to see the different branches of the same government so at loggerheads with one another as they are made to be by this new action of Secretary McCulloch. The Treasury Department scouting the dogmas of the chief justice and pooh-pooh-ing the be nighted patriotism of the Legislature which undertook to stop the traffic in gold, is a sight whichimust make the ad mirers of Secretary Chase, and the de fenders of the legal-tender act, open wide their eyes with enlightenment, or with awe. But we do not doubt that all the faithful will go with the Treas ury Department, and, since Mr. Mc- Culloch says that he sees a difference between gold and the paper currency, will rub their gummy eyes likePolonius, and swear that there is a difference. It is just barely possible that we may be too sanguine ; but may we not hope, may we not in factexpect, that our Re publican friends will now make all haste to imittite the exantple of the sec retary, and that before the middle of next week we may see the'TFilmn, vend ed by Republican newslgeys or four copper or nickel cen ts, and:toll) i lig else, and a placard on the windows of the lc 'al Tune s—" No shiretdasters taken in this office. Will not the loyal gentlemen of the Stock Exchange pass a rule that all the stock quotations shall be translated into gold prices and bought and sold for gold, and that instead of " American bold" on the call, may be substituted " Chase's Greenbacks ?" The Wetnfores, the Goulds, the Op dykes, who are so swift to see which 'way the wind blows at NVashingtom surely will not overlook such a straw as this: "Savannah cotton sold •by the United Stales Government. Terms cash in gold . coin." The sommersault is sudden, but Nye put great confidence in the flexibility of their ,joints. Now then, gentlemen, call a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce; anathematize the legal-tender act; vote to pay your butcher and baker in gold,' and your car fare in silver. Post the miscreants who dare to pay you their debts in treasury notes or the fractional cur rency, and let the inillenium begin next week, Tuesday, at L•' o'clock noon, when Mr. Draper, Junior, calls for bids on the Savannah cotton : "Terms cash in gold coin."— 11"or1d. A Congressional Pleasure Party." Cor. of the Cincinnati Commercial.] FORTRESS MoxhoE, March :A.. It occurs tonne that the reading public were depriveii of a treat to which they were fairly ttiititled, by the absence or the inevitable " special correspondent " of some of the leading dailies, from the Senatorial pleasure party that recently visited the captured cities of the South. From all accounts that can be gathered at this late day, that was a party in de scribing which die pen of the author of " Pickwick 'I might be profitably em ployed, and I ant convinced that a his torically accurate portrait of the scenes that transpired on the trip would com pletely eclipse in interest the celebrated work for which the world is indebted to the lively imagination of Mr. Dickens. But there was a loud grumble on the part of sou of the' tourists, because, instead of a 'S e., teamer being fitted out for their special accommodation, they were made to comprise only a part of a mixed cargo, consisting principally of pigs, mules, bomity-jumpers, and rebel de serters. " We bad to have ballast," said the captain of the craft—as if ex-Sena tor King, of New York, who was one of the malcontents, isn't ponderous enough to ballast the Great Eastern, or load any ordinary vessel to the guard. Then there were murmurs about a want of accommodation, and big swearing as to the manlier in which things were done generally, act the climax was capped when the pleasure-seekers got a few miles out in the deep soundings. Ben Wade was am the first to suc— cumb to the charms of old Neptune. They say he was the sickest man that ever lived through a sea voyage, and that in the interval between his vomits he swore enough to sink an iron-clad fleet under ordinary circumstances. He was asked, toward the close of his seventy-fifth upheaving, what he thought of the trip, and wickedly d—d the matt who wrote "A Life on the Ocean Wave," and said that instead of going on such a pleasure party next time, he'd stay at homeand take a dose of " ipecac," which would give him as much pleasurable sensation as lie then felt. Even a harder story than this is told of the honored chairman of the Com mittee on the Conduct of the War. A lady friedd of his lost her veil in a heavy blow off Hatteras, and somebody in formed him of this fact while he was in a state os.' exceeding squeamishness. He gave a tly "retch," raised his head, and remarked very tartly that if she didn't look out she'd lose her hair and teeth, too. Of course she was an intimate ac quaintadce, for he wouldn't have made such an tuc-illant remark of a personal character; but he was just in that con dition of mind and stomach when he didn't care what be said or whom he disconcerted. Mr. Sherman didn't escape unnau seated either. He had spent several months in trying, in the Senate, to keep down the price of gold, and succeeded much better in doing that than in keep ing down the breakfast he ate before starting on the excursion. Mr. Grimes, though chairman of the Naval Committee, and, one would naturally suppose, equal to any emer gency that might arise in the ocean bil lows, folind great difficulty in keeping outside of his stomach, too. And so of all otheis, with one or two exceptions. It was, as I have said, the sickest pleasure party that ever embarked upon salt water. I have only alluded to it to express my regret thatsome one capable of wielding the pen of a ready writer did not accompany it, so that we might have seen the grave and reverend Sena tors as they appeared while doubling Cape Hatteras. 61mpulsory Vaccinnation There.is no doubt that had it not been for the activeness of the vaccine physi cians appointed by the Board of Health the number of deaths from small pox within the last few months would have been much larger than reported. Dur ing the year 1864, vaccination has been gratuitously provided for 4,709 persons; but a large number of the community neglect or refuse to avail of its preven tive aid. The expediency ofeompulsory vaccination has engaged the considera tion of many who are interested in the promotion of sanitary schemes, and such measure may well be deemed ana logous to those apparent infringements of individual rights which have long been sanctioned by legislation and Com mon consent as essential to the general welfare. A Hard Hit Forney gives the stay-at-home war hawks a hard hit, thus : We submit that it would not be a bad investment, if the war men who don't fight would borrow a little wisdom from such peace men as Grant and Sherman, the tt/en who do fight. 011 hews The operations in oil stock have been meagre for the past week, owing to sev eral causes. The fall of gold, the uncer tainty of . the future, and the excitement consequent upon the reception of the glorious news of thejall of Richmond, which distracted public attention from all business operations, combined to de press the prices of stocks. On Tuesday evening the People's Stock Exchange was virtually like a "banquet hall de serted." But there is an intrinsic value in the product of the oil wells, and stocks will soon rally again.—Pittsburg Post. Coal Oil Stocks were in much better request, but without any general im provement in prices. The sales at the Regular Board exceeded 23,000 shares, and 10,500 were disposedof at the Public Exchange. We notice improvements in Dalzell and Dunkard, both of which advanced I.—Philadelphia Age. It is stated that the Dunkard Oil Company have made a good strike on their lease on the Maple Farm. Upwards of six thousand engines will be in operation in Venango and Clarion counties this spring and the ensuing summer, and perhaps as many as two thousand more will be employed in the Lawrence and Butler, and in the Greene and Fayette regions. This fact will give the community some idea of the mag nitude of the work now going on in the oil territories of Western Pennsylvania. When the other fact is taken into con sideration that the oil regions of Ohio and West Virginia, are also being ex tensively operated, it is impossible to estimate the vast extent of the wealth that is to be added to the resources of the country. - WARREN COUNTY, PA.—Oil opera tions are beginning to open up briskly in this vicinity. At Kinzua, about twelve miles up the river from Warren, one company has contracted for the putting down of twelve wells—one of which is already down a considerable distance, with a good show of oil. The engines for working the other eleven are now at great Valley, waiting trans portation. They will be brought on as soon as possible, and the work began. Considerable activity is also exhibited at Hemlock Run, which empties into the Allegheny five miles above War ren. CIAT,uIUA county, New York, is at tracting much attention from oil seek ers. A company from Chicago will soon commence operations in Westfield, Chatiopta county. The " surface indi cations are considered good by a prac tical geologist, and arrangements are already made to sink several wells. PITT HoTE.—(Whatls in a name ?) Property on Pitt Hole is looking up. Copeland farm sold lately for 5300,000. Oilier farms have been sold at figures too low to mention. We hear of two that sold a few days ago for 51.50,000,000 Land in that suddenly famous section is going at not less than 51,.500 per acre. Rebel Residences in Richmond A. correspondent of the Wm*/ gives the following description of the• resi dences of certain prominent rebels in fliehmond.: TUE REBEL" WHITE HOUSE." Jellbrson Davis' house is now the abode of General Weitzel. It stands on the brow of hockoe hill, at the foot of Twelfth street and Clay, and is in good condition, though rather shabby as to the exterior. The shutters are broken, and the gates of the garden swing all kinds of ways. The stables, too, are planted directly beside the front door way, which detracts very much from the appearance and style of the mansion; and although it would be thought a de cent gentleman's house anywhere, it is by no means to be compared even with many of the houses in Richmond and n its humediate vicinity. DAVIS'S OFFICE In the custom-house, however, Davis, and Benjamin, and Mallory held their court till the end. The " Confederate President" occupied a modest suit of rooms up two flights of stairs in a wing of the building. They are not yet open to public inspection, a sable guard standing in the small ante-room at the head of the stairs with strict orders, polite but peremptory, to; keep watch over all they may pe rh aps con tai n. This will not, however, amount to much, for the gen eral testimony is that all important archives of the rebels were sent away several weeks ago, either to Lynchburg or to Danville. The probabilities are that Danville was their destination. The rebel " cabinet ministers" seem to have been comfortable in their way of living. Benjamin, the Secretary of State, who has left an enormous amount of unpopularity behind him—l can't ex actly make out why—had a fine house at the upper end of Maine street, which has escaped the conflagration. Mallory lived at a hotel, but passed most of his time with a tiger" who had a splendid den on Mttin street, much resorted to by the leaders of the " secession" party. I find nobody who speaks decently of him. GENERA LEE'S nEsinENcE. General Lee's residence is unpretend ing. I t stands at the corner of a street, a block or two above that of President Davis, and is a modest, three-story, Boston-looking kind of establishment. The ladies oft teneral Lee's family and of ( ;overt' or smith's still remain in the city, and of course will be well and courteously treated. Grain and Fruit in Ohio Thus far the growing wheat crop in this part of the state is exceedingly promising. No one could desire a better prospect or an abundant harvest. We have not been back far from the river, but along the Miama from Piqua to _Dayton, about 30 miles, the fields are quite green, and appear to. have suffer ed but little from the winter freezing. tihould the remainder of the season prove favorable, good crops will be real ized.—.lThrum (0.) We have made considerable inquiry, and some personal observation concern ing the fruit buds above Cleveland, and find a variety of prospects. On the heavier soils west and south of the city the report is most favorable. Elliott, Pease, and others from the Rockport region, think there are live buds enough for a fair crop of peaches, and plenty of cherries. W. A. Ryder, a nursery man std fruit grower at Royaltown, on the south line of the county, reports quite favorably of both peaches and cherries. (M the sandy soil to the eastward of Cleveland the peach crop is not so good, but we think our great cherry crop will he abundant, and this is the headquar ters of line cherries.—Ohio Mysterious Our neighbor Haas, of the Timis has laid rtuPe a singular adventure last niel(t. Somebody, at a late hour called at his residence, and before leaving, a very young man was discovered on the premises, entirely destitute, and unable to give any account of himself. He could not speak, but his vocal powers astonished the whole family, including the visitor first referred to. Mr. Haas was unwilling to turn the poor little fellow out of doors, and, with com mendable spirit of humanity he pro posed to feed bins and keep him, at least for the present. To this proposi tion his good lady agreed without the least hesitation. The young man is now well cared for,comfortably clothed, and named (he being unable to tell any other name,) Philip Sheridan Haas.— licading Record. The Noted Mobley Killed [Special Correspon,legee of the Press] SANDY Hook, Md., April 5. Mo4ley, the noted robber and mur derer, and right-hand man of Mosby, was shot by a Union soldier on Wed nesday afternoon, not far from this place. His body was tied to his horse, said to be a thorough-bred animal, and thus driven to Gen. Stevens' headquar ters. The soldier who captured the bandit has been promoted to the rank of majoi% Mobley was so entirely illit erate that he could not tell one letter of the alphabet from the other. He has robbed and murdered quite a number of the residents of Loudon county, Va., the aged and the young having been ruthlessly slain by him. C. C. W. Somi-; nine 'years ago Mrs. Henry Spencer, of Bethlem, Ct., lost her pocket book containing between six and seven hundred dollars in notes and bills, while shopping in Waterbury, and nothing was ever heard from it until a few days ago, when she received a letter from a Catholic priest in Oil City, this State, requesting her to describe the lost property, which she did. She was soon after rejoiced to have the same re turned, just as it was lost, excepting that a portion of the bills had been changed to greenbacks, of which she did not complain. THE cannonading at Richmond was distinctly heard on Sunday at Arling ton Heights, Washington, a distance of over one hundred miles. End of the Southern Confederacy Davis without a Shadow of Power—What was Proposed at the Conference Prior to the Evacuation of Bichmond—Texas-- Will Lee Fight Another Battle?—The United States Government Able to Im pose any Terms it may Choose. [Correspondence of the World.] BALTIMORE, April 5. SUDDEN DOWNFALL OF THE SOUTHERN CON- IMEECIS3 Ten days only have elapsed since my let ter of the 25th ult. was written, and already the remarkable statements that it con tained are fully verified. The Southern Confederacy no longer exists as a power on earth; and the rebels no longer have a capital or a government. From the same source I have now derived some additict4al information respecting the recent battles near Petersburg, and the present military situation in Virginia and North Carolina, which is embraced in what follows. For the rebels still have an army, an army of veteran soldiers, although small in num bers; an army, the organization of which is still perfect; but which is greatly dispirited by recent reverses, and which cannot be de pended on for any operations out of Vir ginia. THE CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT EXISTS FINIEBECI The Confederate Government has ceased to exist. Mr. Davis has not formally abdi cated his functions as President, but he will probably do so at an early day, particular ly if the operations of the Federal armies are pushed on with vigor, and if Gen. Lee fails to gain any military advantage during the next ten days. The authority of Mr. Davis, however, is at an end. If he should issue a proclamation convening the rebel Congress,..to meet at any designated place, the mandate would be disobeyed. There is no place in the South now that is considered safe enough for the rebel Congress to meet in. It is the opinion of General Lee, and it was freely given at the last executive council that was held at Richmond previous to the evacuation, that neither Raleigh, nor Danville, nor Lynchburg, could be held permanently against the advancing Federal armies. The latter place, General Lee thought, might be held for some time, lint it, too, he said, must finally be abandoned. PRop()sED FLIGLIT"ro TEXAS No place was agreed upon, before the evacuation of Richmond, for the removal of the 'iinfeilerate Capital. It was conceded on all hands, that no State in the South was safe from the march or the Federal arms. Texas was spoken of. Its distance from the other States, however, and its geographical position, at once precluded the idea Of the Capital of the Confederacy being situated in it. But another idea was discussed, which, although not formally adopted, may yet, possibly, be curried into effect. This is, the removal to Texas of the civil officers of the Confederate Government, and of as great a portion of the Confederate army as can be prevailed on to go. 'Flits idea was only sug gested as a last resort, and when Gen. Lee had expressed his conviction that the army as a whole, could not be Intuit, to go to Texas alter the abandonment of Richmond ; and that the southern people would never con sent to devote their whole country to the flames, in order to prevent its conquest by the North. PROPOSAL TO MA HE A MOSCOW OUT OF It was seriously proposed that this course should be adopted in the case of Richmond, and that Ilea city should be outdo a second Moscow. But General Lee prevented the execution of that design. lie showed that it would lead to no good results whatever, and that it would only tend to exasperate the contiuentrs. AIM he expressed his arm conviction, too, that the Southern people, as it general thing, would rather submit to any terms front the North, than to destroy their own homesteads. It was then that the idea of Texas was suggested, Most of the confederate leaders present seemed to have the idea that it' they should emigrate to Texas ani;,,settle there, and carry with them a poitit-lon of the army, they could Ronal in T 4 as a new eontiteWritey, em bracing perhaps Louisiana and Arkansas, and perhaps ads,, in time, some of the ad jacent territory. There is said to be conic ,;(1,01111 Confederate troops in the Mississippi valley, west t f that river, and in Texas; anti Will] the aid of these they have some idea of establishing an independent nation in TeXaS. There WoUld certainly lie room enough in that vast re!2,1011 for the purpose; but the scheme is, in many respects, highly utopian; andit was not Mt malty agreed 1111011. I)}:SP , :s:ItI.;NCY AND rEici , l.Ex !Tv or rrn Ml= It Was admitted on all hands, however, except by AI r. Davis, and one or two others, that the loss of their capital would be a blow from which the Confedracy could never recover. It was a ineasure,ffierefore, that was Very reluctantly adopted; and, theret . 4)re, althoUgh the actual evacuation, as it Military MoVement, was conducted with sufficient tielilteration, tel the resolu tion of the rebel authorities, to evacuate their capital at all, was, it is said, hastily adopted. It was not decided to evacuate indeed, until the utter hopelessness of the Confederate cause had become apparent to the rebel leaders, civil and military. _Mr. Itavis and the rebel secretary of state, indeed, affect to believe that the loss of their capital is not an irreparable blow to the cause of the South, and that the war may vet he protracted for years. coNsEQuEN,Es “F "r HE EVAUUATUIN BM it Was plainly demonstrated by Lee that if Hichtnonil could not be held and defended, there is no point in the whole South that can be; and he implied, although he did not say, that if Richmond is given up it would be useless to protract the struggle. Such is, indeed, the fact; ancl it is admitted by - nine-tenths of the leading men at the South. The latter, well versed in the usages of nations to each other, are convinced that the dream of southern independence is now over, :old that no foreign nation will think for a moment of recognizing as an independent nation the remnant of a people who have Just lost their capital, who are without an organized gov ernment, and whose only efficient army, after sustaining such an Overwhelming de feat, were at last compelled to evacuate such strong works as those that. defend I tichniond and Petersburg. lIII=I =EI It is said to ,e ifimeral Lee's settled pur pose to effect a . junction with Johnson's and to light at least one do.perate battle before he finally :thandons the ‘;on test. It is my duty to give you this state ment, and to say that it is firmly believed by those from whom this information is de rived. But there are other facts in my pos session, which lead Inc to doubt that Oen. Lee entertains any such purpose. One of them is the small force at his command, in cluding even Johnson's army . And another relates to general Lee's own personal and military character. In his own army, I;eneral Lee had, previous to the recent battles, 60,000 !ten. II is total losses, in cluding everything, killed, wounded, pris oners and stragglers, !nay have amounted to 15,uun men, or:one fourth of his f; wee ; they certainly can not have exceedo I that. SMALL FORTE AT , :EN ERA I. LEE'S COMMAND lle has now, therefore, 45,005 men. Gen. Johnston may have 40,105 men, according to the enumeration in my letter of March 25. This makes 55,000 men. It is said to he Gen. Lee's purpose to concentrate these at some point, probably at Danville, or Lynch burg, and to tight with them one desperate battle. It is reported here, indeed, that Johnston's army is already at Danville. But there are tuauv r,a,,ns to believe that ten. Lee will pursue a prudent, rather than a reckless 'ours•. - What that course will be, will be developed in a lew days ; but it is not pretended that it is known to any one iit the South yet. The ulinost that I len, l,ee can do, however, will be to gain a little time, and to protract the struggle for a few weeks. The Confederate soldiers are brave and well disciplined, and their confidence in (ten. Lee has never been shaken before. DEmoRAUZATIoN of Til E cONFERDEATE But it is said that the loss of their capital has greatly affected their spirits, and that they will never tight again with the same courage :is befoee. A large proportion of them are intelligent men, and they can see, and do not hesitate to say, that the cause of the South is lost. In this state of things, all that remains for the Federal armies is to push on with vigor. It is said that Gen. Lee is confident of being able to effect a junction with Johnston, and that he will rinike a desperate. tand with their combined forms. But the Federal troops outnum bered them more than three to one, and it is not likely that Ben. Lee would expose his men to certain and useless destruction. There may be a few more bloody battles, but it is more likely that the rebel armies will melt away. '[here is no power in the South to prevent desertion, and no means of bringing deserters back to the army. In the meantime, no spectacle can he im agined more pitiable than the position oc cupied by the Southern people to-day. Without a capitol, without a government, with the majority of their able-bodied men killed or maimed for life, they are, to all in tents and purposes, a conquered people. Yes, the South is conquered. Strange as it may seem, the South is virtually subjuga ted, and must accept from their conquerors whatever terms the latter see fit to impose. It is a bitter thing for the people of the South to see, but they do see it, and realize it. Thus, then, ends the war; or rather, perhaps, thus opens a new chapter in it, although the last. Certain it is, that from the moment of the capture of Richmond, the war assumed an entirely new character. Old things have passed away. We have no longer to fight a powerful and compact con federacy of thirteen populous states, teem ing with a population unanimous in their hatred to the North, and boasting large ar mies, intrenched behind extensive works. THE - •GOVERNMENT CAN IMPOSE WHAT All that we have to do now is to fight the last army of the Confederacy, driven from their stronghold, and retreating dispirited they know not whither. It is in the power of the Government now to impose any terms they please upon the southern people to receive them back into the Union, or to break up their State organizations, and treat them as conquered vassals. This is so, because there is no longer any power in the South that can resist the Government in any measurewhich the latter may adopt. DRUID. PENNSYLVANIA NEWS Bucks County AMALGAMATION. —Some time ago, a Buckingham negro, John Harris, was com mitted to our county jail for stealing corn from another darkie named Benson, who is somewhat popular in the political world. Duringlfis confinement his wife died, when another negro, Jim Morris, took possession of the house, and at the same time, took to his " bussum," a white woman with whom he lived. The name of the woman we be lieve is Silvev. This conduct so much en raged people of the neighborhood that a party of them, two weeks ago, went to the house at night and pulled it down, burning up everything that was of a combustible character. Jim and his white companion, of course, were turned out doors. The woman was only carrying out the teachings of the modern school of Abolitionists, and we only wonder there is not more practice under the preaching. THE DRA.FT.—The drafted men frt. Bucks are now being examined. Last week the men from Milford were down, and very few claimed exeloption, as they are prepared to till their quota with substi tutes. Nockamixon, we are informed, has not yet put in any substitutes since the draft, but other districts have in part or the whole. Rocklin] lots been untinaunate. A substitute broker li:rged the nor of the officer having charge of recruiting in Phila delphia, to a certificate of muster, and thus was enabled to swindle the committee of that township out of f::4,000. When the pa per was shown to Captain Yardley, he Lit once pronounced it a fOrgery. The town ship will probably have difficulty in tilting its quota, There will be but few drafted men trout Bucks who will really enter the service, Doylcsto a:a De moe t SwiNni.Hoot. - T . ru mit NloNEy.—A few days since a recruiting committee front Rocklin!. township, Bucks county, came to Philadelphia to have the quota of the town ship mustered in. 'They fell in with some brokers who promised to have eight men ready to be put in the next day. Noah Wambold, one of the committee, went Out to Frank t6rd, to inquire of Captain Yardley, Provost Marshal, :is to the reliability of the parties who were 10 supply their en. Capt. - Yardley assured them that they were en tirely irresponsible, and should not be trusted. Two other members of the committee, however, concluded the bar gain with the brokers and paid them the sum of na.,ney agreed upon, amounting to about S-1,320. In return I'm this they re ceived what purported to be eight certifi cates of muster. Sot n afterward they dis covered that the pretended certificates were utterly worthless, there being no such re cruiting or musteringo— m cer as uanied in this part of tic. e.lllltry. Upon going to the otliee of the brokers to have matters set right they found that the swindlers had shirt up shop and departed with their booty. Of course tins transaction put a stop to the work of the committee, and the township is over four thousand dollars out of pock e , with no men to show for their money. .Ph _lge. Montgomery Count FAII3I ScHow..--At the late session of our Legislature It was decided to divide the proceeds of the land granted by govern ment into three equal portions, each to he devoted to agricultural schools. line por tion was given to the Pennsylvania Farm School iu Centre county, one portion to a western, and one portion to an eastern agri cultural school. The officers of the Phila delphia Polytechnic College, who are en trusted With the organization of the eastern school, have purchased Mr that purpose a fine farm of 175 acres, in (1 wynedd town ship, Montgomery county, near the North Pennsylvania railroad, about bs miles from Philadelphia. The buildings on the prem ises are such as to enable the school to or ganize without delay, and it will probably commence operations this spring. The students are of course to reside on the farm, and pursue their practical ditties there, and to have the privilege of attending such of the scientific courses at tile Polytechnic College in the city as may be most advan tageous to them. nEmucRATI , couNTycvNvEN-riux.--Th, county convention at :- 4 haner's, on T11( 4 ,4- day last, considering the distance many of the delegates hood, woos wall attended outol the hest feelings prevailed. 'clot, following are the delegates 01e1 . 0,1 to 1 , 11n,0111. Mont gomery county ill the Democratic State Convention, too he helot at _Harrisburg, on Wednesday, .1 une , . Senatorial—Richard Young; Itepresenta tive—lir. E. 1,. Acker, Testier Can Buskirk. The nominations to be made by the Con vention are tot Auditor teneral and Sur veyor lleneral.—Norristoira Regis/cr. HON. JA,out JR.—The friends of I Jacob try, .Jr., will regret to learn that 11, , has been seriously indisposed for some ten days or two weeks past, having hemorrhage of the nose, which hail quite prostrated him. We understand, however, that a change has Laken place, and that he is slowly reeovering.—mvidcr. Franklin County. Operations have I Well Very active at the Provost Alarshars ollice during. the last few weeks. In the nionth or _March Capt. Eyster forwarded to the front I,Ols men from this district., and they were of the very hest class, no ',minty junipers artl4 Jug thew. Of the 1,015 Franklin county fuehished Several notable instances of patriotic hero ism have occurred in the history of the draft. NVlnie most men were seeking to avoid service on every possible pretext, four men from Stony Creek township, Sinn erect, county, who had paid commutation last year, :nal were offered furloughs with reaSOnable'lln.peCt s of entire exemption, positively declined to accept them and ask ed to be uniformed and sent m the fr o nt, which was done. Their Mimes are Joseph Oldfiither, John /Whither, Moses :%filler and Andrew Miller, Joseph lildfinher, when questioned its to his payment of com mutation last year, peremptorily refused to answer, lest he should 1,,L11 Louie instead of being sent to the army. A number suhstiulte brokr rs Call If! 10 grief here last week. They attempted all species of swindling upon the got ernment but the ceaseless vigiiance Capt. Evster has made this a fruitless field for their oper ations. The extent to which they will in volve themselves in perjury to defraud the government or simple substitutes out of a few dollars, seems almost incredible. One instance occurred of a voting man who was offered by a New York. shyster as it (;eorgia refugee. His toy ii, county, manner of es cape, oath of allegiance anti everything ne cessary to complete the chain of testituony, were all complete and sworn through in the most approved style; but Capt. Ryser found the substitute sadly deficient in his knowledge of geography of the country where lie churned to have resided, and final ly discovered that he Incti a deserter from a Pennsylvania regiment. Both substitute and broker were protected by a circle of bayonets when t last heard from.-- Ecpwitoc . ti, Lebanon County. We had only time last week to publish the mere announcement of the death of John Ilarper, Esq., of East liarrover township. lle was 1).1'11 otl the !eh day of September, 1791, and made his longeareora highly use ful tine to the people of this county. In he was to the State Serrate, to repre sent the Dist riet composed of Dauphin and Lebanon, and •ervitil in that capacity for Gnu' years, athi ii. is the general accord that his public, as well as private life, was one of unspotted integrity- and unblemished usefulness. The harpers," in East Hano ver, have lived and died on the same spot for over a hundred years, and the "Place has been known by that familiar name Mr generations. Air. IL exceeded the allotted three-score years and ten, and notwith standing his many years, was as erect and sprightly, the - last tune we saw hint, but a short time before his death, as he was thirty years ago. STARVIN..—When, oh, when will this horrible war be over, and peace, plenty, and happiness again bless Our country. While those in power at Washington are rioting in pleasures, wealth and drunken ness, the poor soldiers are starving in South ern prisons, and their wives and little ones are starving at home. Even in this sec tion of wealth andplenty, but a few days ago, we are informed, the widow of a sol dier who died in imprisonment in the South was two days without a mouthful of bread. This is only one instance of tens of thous ands that daily oecur--the consequence of a war that expends the best efforts of its agents in feeding and maintaining in idle ness hordes of able-bodied negroes.—Leb unem Advertirer. MIMI County THE DRAFT.—The number of exemptions under the last draft is extraordinary. Al though one hundred per cent, more were needed, still the number of soldiers got, fell short in Live of the Districts of this county. Another draft must of course be made to llli up these deficiencies, and how the men are to be found is a puzzle. In Lewistown there are not enough men left to fill the quota. The same is no doubt also true of sonic of the townships. BOUNTY PAID.—On _Thursday last the bounty which belonged to the men compos ing Capt. Selheimer's company was pa over to their families and friends, in this place. The total amount received was , :$47,- 000. The bounty for each soldier was z3.ao, and was'paid by the city of Reading, to which place they were credited.—Lewistown Democrat. Cumberland County TIIE CROPS.—From present appearances we will be blessed, this year, with an abundant crop. The grain fields through out this county and the Cumberland Valley, generally, never presented a more promis ing yield' This opinion is concurred in by all our farmers. If the growing grain should escape the weevil, rust and hail, our bus bandmen will be richly rewarded for their labor, and consumers be supplied at moder ate prices.—CarUsle Democrat. Pied gutelligrure. THE MEETING AT THE COURT HOIJSE YESTERDAY.—PUISUaIII to a call issued by Mayor Sanderson, as appended to his proc lamation of yesterday, a meeting was held in the Court House yesterday afternoon. By 3 o'clock the large hall was well filled, though it was not excessively crowded at any time during the meeting. The seats were all full, however, and quite a number of petsons were compelled to put up with standing accommodations in the main aisle. A number of ladies were present, who found seats within the Bar. The meeting was organized, on motion of Jacob B. Amwake, Esq., by calling lion. Thaddeus Stevens to the chair. Messrs. John Strohm, George Sanderson, Esq., Stewart Mcllvain, and T: S. Moor were appointed vice-presidents; and Benjamin 11. ()her, Esq., of the E.rpress; E. M. Kline, of the ECalltiher, and Alex. Patton, or the imporer, were chosen as secretaries of the meetitle The exercises were opened with prayer Itev. Mr. Mombert. The meeting was:called to order some time before the hour appointed. \Viten we en tered the court room Mr. Stevens was speaking. We give the substance of what we heard. Ile said : Fir four long and weary years we have been waging a war, which iu the magni tude of its movements has tar exceded any thing of the kind which this world ever suns Thousands and tens or thousands of our bfboiv citizens, of our friends and neigh afis, our sons and our brothers, have gone forth t., fitll a sacrifice in behalf of the great principle for which we have I,en battling. It scorns plain to me that our long eontinued wrongs to an injured race demanded that upon its should fall this afflicting seoure- e . a punishment for our nusdeeds, ;is a partial atonement for our wrongs to alt in jured, outraged, and enslaved race, ft just God has seen lit to lead this nation thromffl a rcd sea of human mood. I trust we are near the end. It reinains for you, the peo ple, the instructors of statesmen, and the prompters of those whom you have chosen to make laws and to rule over you, to see to it that this government is not loosely recon structed. It is it you to see that it is purged of all detrimental elements; that everything is eliminated, rut louse, and east away forever, which can lead to secession or to revolt. It is for you to see to it that it is Manly established on the great princi ple of the equality of all men, and the uni versal anti unrestrained liberty of every human being. Hereafter there must be no distinctions in this land; neither those oraris tocracy and cast, nor those ollarth and color. There must be no difference, no inc tiall between men under the law. All must be made to stand fat the great broad plat form of hilinall brotherhOud and universal equality. l.et there Lie, from this hour henceforth and forever no difference, tanlis- Omaha' bet \Veen Men, on seep tilt of race or color under the law of this land of ours. Do not understand the its prescribing to any man who shall be his suciul companions. Each man has a right to choose for Inniself in that matter; but befflre the law all men should be on the satire level, and each man the peer and the equal in rights of any other. It scents to me, my friends, and I say it in sadness not unmixed with fear tor the re sult, that men, leading men are to be finind in \\na 1 have lung regarded :is the pro gressive party of this country, who are to day more anxious to show theillSei VeS friends ~l' the lllLlrdererS Of our sons alld brethren than Of the race vvltich has been so much illitlred, and so long outraged and enslaved. 'Phis is a species of magnanimity which I do not understand, which I contbss myself incapable of comprehending. I cannot consent to the unconditional pardon of rebels. Tu . ask that these men shall he allowed to occupy seats in the halls of ',in !tress, and be elevated to positions ol . pow er, of trust, and of profit is, it seems to tie, de- Mantling elan ely too much. To ate the very idea is:Mho-rent. Lel uotte: uwntgtlteut he regarded is our brethren and our shuts except such is have IleVer been identified in ant - Way With tills infernal rebellion. When I!-;et. Dark to Congress I shall say, take away from all who haVe given aid or coun tenance to the rebellion ever}' root or ialni they pretend to own. Let it lie given to men who have always been loyal. .\ppor tiou it out to our brave soldiers, until every one who chose,: to ask a home and a heri tage for his children ill the fair land of the South shall he ahillitiantly SatiSlied. It' there is unappropriated land left, let it be sold, :111,1 let the proceed lie applied to the extinguishment ,if the MitiOnal debt. If there should still be any portion left, I would. it I had my way, raise from tlie sale of it to whoever would purchase, a ruid would double the pen siou of every soldier disabled in this war, and of every widow made IQ„. it. I have said, lily friends, that there are some lead ing men of the Republican party who, it seems to me, are entirety and radically wrong; misled, as they seen' to Inc tO he, by false ideas of mistaken tenderness and iisphlee.i mercy. Foremost lIIIIOIIg thOso who hone thus expressed themselves, I tivas grieved 1 , , See iL Most able divine, and hitherto a MOSI reliable member of the Re publican party. Henry Ward Beeeller seems to have gone quite astray, IL is SOlllet MIL'S the ease that divines, through an excess of piety, overleap the bounds or what is tilting and proper. Beeeher defMtreS himself in favor or if, lie quotes an example from I foly Writ. I hope there is nu turn here who has nut read the Bible through carefully at t least once, It seems to me that. the reverend ;2:Mate rnal] has been UnfOrttinale in his seieetiMl nr an 12AMILIpie trout Scripture in the singu lar speech lately made by him. He cites to us the story of a \vomit!' murdertid by the tril”_, of Benjamin, to avenge vehioh tilt the tribes of Israel took up arms against the tribe ,if Benjamin. The whole tribe of Benjamin were slain except some four hundred urea, who lied to the mountains and hid themselves. lint it Caine to pass that the people tit Israel repented thelll fur Benjamin, and were not willing that the tribe should utterly perish. So they par doned those who were left, and b e cause they had sworn that no one er the tribe Of Benjatlll II ShOtlid Marry a datlghter Of I Sruei, they mud,, War against a neighboring peo ple, and slew theist itll except four hunitrei virgins, whom they gave us wives to the men of Benjamin Who were left alive. Now, I ask any one, is that a fitting example to be quoted by a Christian minister Ilir the incitation of a Christian people. If I were to go to Holy Writ fora precedent, I should_ prefer to take the case of the expedition on which Saul was sent against the A Male kites. Ile was ordered to destroy them utterly; but he saved Agag alive and the sheep and the cattle, And it came to pass,. when lie was asked if he had utterly de stroyed the Amalekites that he answered he had so done. But the lowing of the cat tle betrayed his falsehood, and the prophet Samuel caused hint to hew Agog to pieces. I know not what may have induced Mr. Reveler to make such a speech its he has lately; but if he goes clown to Fort Sit rni,- ter with such words in his mouth, he will go on a fool s errand. At the conclusion of Mr. Stevens' ste.ecli„ R. W. Shenk, Esq., moved that his I i ,, f1 , 11 . . Mayor Saleiffi r SI,II, be requested to addres, the meeting. Immediately thertmtion louJ calls were heard for the Mayor. Mr. San derson : I ',hall 11.1 ;01,1111A to enter into a polit ical on the present occasion. This is neither the time nor place for such a proceeding. The slavery ques tion, which has been tugged in to in terrupt the harmony of the assemblage. is One which cannot be decided in a town meeting. It, with the other great questions growing out of thf• war, must be settled by enlightened statesznanshil.--by you, Mr. President and your cornpears iti the National Legislatdre and your -suc cessors in ollice, and upon you devolves the responsibility which is to decide for weal or for woe the destinies of the country. As to the slavery question it is a dead issue for political purposes, and the hand of resur rection cannot resuscitate it as a national question. We have nothing to do with it in Pennsylvania, and it should no longer be permitted to enter the arena of politics. With regard to the policy of vengeance against the Southern people, advocated in certain quarters, I have no sympathy. If I were inclined to go to ancient history or quote scripture iu a nmeting of this kind, I would not select the bloody code of Draco, nor yet the terrible judgments inflicted on the heathen under the stern dictum of the Mosaic dispensation for our guide at the present time. M uch rather would I turn to the mild and' benignant teachinp of the Saviour of men and his Apostles for our example in dealing with the men of li! South. And here, permit me to say, that You will look in vain, in their sermons or ivritings, for the llOtt lint, of vengeance cc, flippantly promulgated . by some of the speakers and sand writers of the present day, But enough of this, and now I tuna for a few moments to a much more pleasant and agreeable theme. I have called this meeting, my fellew citizens, for the purpose of enabling you to give some suitable expression of your sen timents in relation to the joyful intelligence which to-day electrifies the heart of the nation. After four years of bloody strife, in which thousands of our brave young men have shed their heart's blood, we at length begin to see the end of the terrible struggle looming up before us. The blessed Angel of Peace is spreading her wings, and preparing to carry the glad tidings from one extremity of the Republic to the other. The old flag of the Union will soon again float in triumph from the Aroostook to the Rio Grande, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and we shall once more be a united people; with one destiny and with all the elements of greatness and prosperity such as have been vouchsafed to no nation under the broad canopy of heaven. To. General Grant ond his brave compeers, and to the soldiers composing the Union'army, we owe the most grateful homage of our 4eazta, and their undying fame will ever
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