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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1866
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liberty
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Democratic State Convention.
At the last formal meeting of the Demo
cratic State Central Committee, it was ra
solved that the State Convention should be
called to meet at Harrisburg on Wednesday,
the 21st day of June inst., but having since
learned from a majority of the Committee,
and'been advised by many other leading
Denmerats of the State, that a postponement
to a later day would, on many accounts, be
acceptable, and is generally desired, I here
by give notice that the next Democratic
State Convention of Pennsylvania will con
vene at the Hall of the House of Representa
tives, in the City of Harrisburg, on
THURSDAY, the 24th day of AUGUST
next, at one o'clock P. M.
C. L. WARD,
Chairman.
Towaiin.A., June 1
Will They Stand by the Doctrine of Ne
gro Suffrage?
There is serious trouble in the camp
of the Republican party. The leaders
and the newspapers of the organization
are allat sea. When the late President
was assassinated many of the radical
leaders rejoiced in secret, and preachers
of the bloody-minded persuasion found
and taught consolation in the avowed
belief that God's hand was in Booth's
bloody work. Mr. Lincoln was regard
ed as too kind-hearted and too merciful,
and for this reason, according to the
theory of the war clergy, he was cut off.
They fondly imagined that they would
find his successor a man after their own
hearts; bloodthirsty, revengeful, cruel,
and without mercy. He was known
to be a man of firmness, and
the radicals had not a doubt
that they would find him ready
to adopt their destructive policy, and
to carry it out, without being moved by
any considerations of wisdom, justice
or mercy. His earlier utterances were
all interpreted as being entirely favora
ble to their plans. But it was not long
until he offended. No sooner had he re
pudiated the absurd doctrine of State
suicide, than there was universal alarm
among the destructives, while all right
minded men rejoiced. The killing blow,
however, was—the North Carolina Pro
clamation. In that, following up the
true theory of State rights, and recog
nizing the sanctity of his oath and the
binding force of the Constitution
of the United States. he boldly
repudiated the pet theory of negro
suffrage, and left the people of
the restored State to decide for them
selves who should be entitled to the
elective franchise therein. This aroused
universal clamor. Within three weeks
nearly every Republican newspaper in
this State, and elsewhere, has boldly
avowed itself to be in favor of negro
suffrage, and opposed to the course
of President Johnson. Such pressure
as this might have influenced some
men, but it failed to have the desired
effect upon him against whom it was
all directed. President Johnson has
shown that he cannot be influenced by
the clamor of the radicals, that he is
not to be a mere tool in their hands. And
they now hate him.
We really pity the editors of Repub
lican newspapers in this State. From
the most influential down to the most
insignificant sheets among them, they
have all been clamoring for the right of
the negro to vote. No form of recon
struction which had not this for its
basis would be considered safe or proper
by them. They were all firmly and ir
revocably committed to this as to a grea
cardinal principle.
Now that it has been entirely and
forever repudiated by President John
son, in a manner which shows that he
cannot be moved, all these loud
mouthed negrophilists have their noses
suddenly put out of joint. What will
they do about the matter? How can they
eat their own words so suddenly? With
what show of honesty and decency can
they repudiate at once all the eloquent
and pathetic appeals which they have
made on behalf of their colored breth
ren? Will they abandon the startling
cry, " the hand that lays down the
bayonet must take up the ballot"—
Will they wheel round at once, careless
as to how entirely inconsistent they
may appear, and give a meek and un
questioning support to President John
son in a policy which they have so bit
terly opposed; or will they denounce
him, as it is their bounden duty to do,
if they believed what they have so per
sistently asserted. We shall see.
One thing they can do, and that is the
only way of escape, not involvingcom
plete disgrace, which we see open for
them. They can tell their readers that
the President had no power under the
Constitution, in reconstructing the
Southern States, to do what they so
ardently desired and so earnestly advo
cated; but they must not abandon the
doctrine. To do so would be to exhibit
the most shameful subserviency. No
thoughtful man among all their readers
could ever again have the least respect
for their political honesty after that.
The doctrine must be maintained as cor
rect and true at all hazards, for the sake
of consistency, if for no other reason.
Let the Republican press of this State
insist, with the same unanimity with
which it advocated the extension
of the right of suffrage to the
negroes in the Southern States,
upon conferring that privilege upon
them in Pennsylvania. Let them with
one accord, demand that the ob
noxious word "white" shall bestricken
from the Constitution of Pennsylvania.
The Republican party of lowa have had
' - the manliness to go before the people
on that issue. Shell Pennsylvania be
behind lowa in the march toward the
political millenium? We hope the
newspapers which have advocated the
extension of the right of suffrage to the
negroes of Southern States will insist
upon like justice being done here at
home. Let them, with likeunaninmity,
demand that this be made the leading
plank in their platform at the coming
State. Convention. If they are not the
veriest hypocrites in the world they will
do so. Many a poor negro has gone in
to the army from this State as the repre
sentative of some cowardly Abolition
ist. In consequence of the extraordi
nary care taken of that class of troops
most of them still live, They will soon
lay down the bayonet. Shall they not
then take up the ballot in Pennsylva
nia? It is for the advocates of negro
suffrage to say.
. If they are not the veriest liars, they
believe in the right of the negro to vote.
Let them make the issue here in Penn
sylvania. This is the right place to do
it. It .can be done here by amending
the Constitution of the State, lawfully,
and without the violation of any right.
President Johnson could not assume
any such control ,over the Southern
:States:t but the friends of negrosuffraee
.can.etfect all they desire.bypropenState
action. We want them to malie the
issue in Pennsylvania at once." 'Will
they dare to do it? The Republican
press of the State has, we believe,
without exception, • endorsed the doe
trine. Will they stand by it? Here
is the proper place for them to make
the issue; and during the coming State
vlection the proper time.
Piing the Old Weapon for a New Par-
The purposes of the Abolition ista not
being yet fully accomplished, it is iiitt
to be expected that they should at o4e
come down from their high flown style,
of extravagant and lying misstatements._
Having stirred up the bloody, civil war,
which raged so destructively, by their
exaggerated reports of the miseries of
the negro slaves of the South, and the
cruelties practiced upon them by their
masters ; they are now prepared to go
to even greater lengths in lying, if ne
cessary, to secure to a degraded and in
ferior race all the rights of citizenship
under our government. The negroes
must vote; the Constitution of the
United States, the right of the several
States to regulate the elective, franchise,
the wishes and theinteresta of the white
race, to the contrary notwithstanding. —
To accomplish this result they are will'
ing to resort to any means. The applii,
ante which they found most effective in
the past was their system of unblushing
and wholesale lying. The Abolition
press fairly teemed with the most extra
vagant falsehoods. Imaginary sketches
of barbarous treatment of negro slaves
were paraded in the columns of daily
and weekly 4iewspapers, woven up
into novels, semi-religious after the
styles of the Puritanic faith, and
strung out in jingling rhymes by
Yankee poets and poetesses. Thus
the minds of many honest people, who
read but one side of the question, were
inflamed and excited, until they were
ready to go to almost any length to right
what they regarded as the greatest pos
sible wrong. Time will abundantly
prove that the poor negroes have gained
little or nothing by the war. To confer
uponithem the right of suffrage would
not better their condition. Butthe Aboli
tionists deem this step necessary to pre
vent their speedy overthrow, and the
permanent triumph of the Democratic
party. To accomplish this design they
will use every possible appliance and
none more scrupulously than the sys
tem of wholesale lying which was their
principal weapon in the preliminary
contest.
The New York Times, of a recent
date, contains a letter from its own cor
respondent, dated Mobile, May 28th
which is a fair specimen of Abolition
lying. The letter opens with the fol
lowing paragraph:
" I have just made a tour along the
line of the Mobile and Great Northern
Railroad to Montgomery and thence
down the Alabama river to this place,
stopping at various points and making
very careful inquiry all along, so
as to ascertain as nearly as I could
the exact condition of affairs in
that region of the late Confederacy. I
shall not write in this letter any high
colored sentences or indulge in any far
fetched words, but will tell you as un
varnished a story of fact as I possibly
can."
Of course there can be no mistakes
make by an individual who has taken
so much pains to find out the exact con
dition of things in Alabama. We there
fore quote another paragraph from the
same letter :
" The colored people will be murdered
and driven to untimely graves if the
Government does not keep provost
guards at the county seats and the cities.
So great is the madness of the old slave
holders over the defeat and subjugation,
that, on their return home, they amuse
themselves by cutting off the ears,
noses or lips of their former slaves. This
is not a dream. It is a terrible fact, and
I am sure that when it is known to our
loyal people there will arise such a feeling
of indignation as will surely reach the
very heavens. At Montgomery five
men came iu one day with their ears cut
off and in an almost nude state. Others
came in with throats cut, while others
appeared terribly marked over their
bodies with blows from sticks and
stones." •
They are a queer people, these South
erners. What fun can they possibly
find in cutting off the noses, ears or lips
of negroes ? And yet we are told that
these Alabama planters " amuse them
selves" in this way. The correspon
dent assures us that he did not dream
all this. Of course not. Is not thestory
perfectly natural? In this part of the
world it would, we confess, seem curi
ous for men to come into town with
their throats cut, but special correspond
ents have reported so many extraordi
nary things as having happened down
South within the past four years, that
no man need be surprised to learn that
most of the people of that section have
always lived on human flesh, and that
the rivers of the South run up hill.
Seriously, now that the war is ended,
newspaper correspondents ought to
stop lying. The Southern people were
pretty well known in the North before
the war, and were not then supposed to
differ much from other civilized beings.
A very little knowledge of human
nature and a moment's reflection, ought
to suffice to convince even the most
credulous and rancorous of their ene
mies that it is impossible that the men
and women of the South should sudden
ly have become the incarnate fiendsthat
so many newspapers represent them to
be. But they are still persistently held up
as being altogether unscrupulous, cruel,
treacherous and malignant. Incidents
illustrative of these qualities are in
vented for the press by the hundred,
and are eagerly read and believed.
From the letters written by the cor
respondents of the New York Tribune
and other Abolition journals during the
war, a volume might readily be com
piled, which would answer as an ad
mirable sequel to the Travels of Mun
chausen.
A Huge Standing Army to be Kept Up.
Advices from Washington say that
the regular army, or permanent military
organization of the country will be
organized upon the following basis :
General officers—One General, five
Lieutenant Generals, fifty Major Gen
erals, and seventy-five Brigadier Gen
erals. The regular army proper to be
composed of nineteen regiments of in
fantry, six regimerds of cavalry, and
five regiments of artillery, all filled up
to the maximum nurobef besides these,
fifty thousand colored troops will be re
tained with the regiments filled up to
the maximum number.
Hancock's corps will be increased to
a full corps of three divisions, about
thirty thousand men. The veteran re
serve corps, twenty-five regiments,
filled up to the maximum number.
The medical staff will be increased to
one hundred full surgeons, with a cor
responding number of assistant sur
geons.
The infantry and cavalry regiments
of the regular army comprise three bat
talions of eight hundred men each.
Under the proposed arrangement the
total strength of the army will be near
ly as follows : Regular infantry, 45,600;
regular cavalry, 14,400; regular artil
lery, 12,060 ; colored troops, 50,000;
Hancock's corps, 30,000 ; veteran reserve
corps, 2.l,ooo—total, 177,000 men.
The cost of keeping up such a huge
standing army as that will not be less
than one hundred and seventy-five mil
lion dollars annually. The people will
not submit tolbe taxed, to raise that
amount for a single day longer than they
believe it to be absolutely necessary.
Indeed it will be hard to convince them
that any such burthen upon the indus
try and the wealth of the country is at
all necessary even now. They know
very well that our volunteer system will
supply any needed number of soldiers
at ten days notice, if the emergency
should demand it. Would it not be
wise then to reduce the proposed stand
lug Nyrny one-half, or even more, and
at,the r.,;.M.p time to arrange for reducing
• it still further At the earliest period pos
sible. The people of this country will
never support a huge standing army in
time of peace.
A Rebuke to the War Clergy.
Within theßast four years the moral
sensibilltiesslollAis whatabtaintry have,
been caOstantly 'Arc* by the shame
hiss intionsistenci# of rnaiayprofeaVng
i*nisteix:o of thsgospcit T turfifiig
of pulpits intelsolitict4 rqatkinnsilind
the horrid 'loan for blood that went up '
from the altars of Priitaitant churches
from Sabbath to Sabbath, ha's led mul
titudes to doubt the piety of pastors,'
while in very many instances even the
doctrines of the Holy Bible and of the;
Christian reitgion-bavo , been brought
into disrepute. It is well known that
the Protestant churchesof theland have
been shorn of their strength, and ren
dered almost powerless for good. Vice
and immorality have swept like a de
stroYing flood over the land, and mul
titudes, who were held in restraint by
the influence of the churches, have
given full sway to passion and been
swept away to perdition.
The secular press of the country, a
portion of it at least, have rebuked the
conduct of faithless pastors, and point
ed out the evil tendency of their course.
For the most part the religious press has
been criminally silent, or has encour
aged a continuance of the evil. We are
glad to be able to call the attention of
the Protestant clergy of this city to an
extract from an address delivered at
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, on June
Ist, the day of national mourning, by
Rev. Doctor Lewis P. W. Balch. The
pastors of the Episcopal Churches of this
city will not need to be told who he is.
They will recognize him at once as one of
the most prominent and eloquent mem
bers of their organization. The sermon
we find published in full in the Balti
more American. The discourse is very
decidedly loyal in tone throughout, and
this should be sufficient to relieve the
extract we make from any odium that
might otherwise attach to it. It is full
of wisdom, and we beg the clergy of this
city to read it carefully, to ponder over
its teachings, and to apply its junction
to their hearts and consciences. By so
doing they may in time make amends
for any evil they may have wrought,
either willingly, or through inadver
tency. Here is what Rev. Doctor Balch
says to them. Let them hear it and
heed it.
I begin with the Clergy.
I need not tell my reverened brethren
of every name that a Scripture truth
always involves a Scripture duty. If
the clergy obey not God's law, how can
the people be expected to maintain
human law ? And if a man observe
not the highest of all laws, unchange
able and perfect, how can we keep those
of human origin, neither perfect nor
unchangeable?
Part of the ordination vow is this:
" The Lord being my helper, as much
as lieth in me, I will maintain and set
forward quietness, peace, and love
among all Christian people."
And the original commission of the
Prince of Peace reads thus : "as the
Father bath sent me, even so send I
you."
But did the Father send the Son to
preach political sermons—to stir up
strife—to sanctify war—and to baptise
men into the spirit of Cain ?
The Prophet says, " how beautiful on
the mountains are the Met of them who
publish peace !" Could he have said
this, if those heralds bore in their hands
the bloody torch of war ?
Our Redeemer came to bind up the
broken hearted, to give liberty to the
captive, to comfort those who mourn,
not to break the bruised reed or quench
the smoking flax. Can His ministers
then be foremost to urge men to battle,
the source of many of the most fright
ful calamities which can afflict our race'?
When, in the history of nations, this
fatal and dread necessity arises, there
are men whose duty it is to engage in
and promote war. But these men are
not the clergy.
I have seen a prosecuting attorney
weep in court when painful duty com
pelled him to press conviction ou the
panel unto death. Those tears touched
all hearts and proved that he had the
noble attributes of a man. But how
should we feel to see a minister of re
ligion, with eager zeal, volunteer to
prosecute the felon and shriek for jus
tice on a lost brother'?
It is, indeed, cause for sadness ou this
mournful day, to think that much of
this terrible war may fairly be charged
to the mistaken views of the very men
sent to preach only peace, good will and
forgiveness among men.
The office of the clergy is at all times
one of love. God has given to rulers,
and those in civil or military authority
the stern duty of being a terror to evil
doers. To them it rightfully belongs;
not to the clergy. What a strange per
versity of function would it be, to see
the public executioner administer the
Sacrament of the Lord's Supper? And
yet, far more shocking to all sense of
propriety, to say nothing of the higher
sanctions of Christ's command and the
ministerial oath, is the sad spectacle of
a Christ's ambassador houndingon men
to kill and be killed!
What an am azinc , ' fact do we behold.
Our late President, clothed with great
power, and sworn to administer the law
and its penalties, leaning to mercy,
drawing the hearts of all men tohim by
his goodness, and the clergy, the sworn
servants of mercy, clamorous for strife
and vengeance !
How can we explain the fact ? Our
brave and noble Generals and naval
heroes who have challenged the admir
ation of the world, so wise, patient and
gallant in battle, so humane in the hour
of victory, always anxious to spare blood
shedding, and the clergy, peaceful by
profession, bound to teach men to for
give their enemies, and to return good
or evil, crying for more blood ?
Alas! No wonder the churches lan
guish, missions die, and sin prevails. If
the clergy break G'od's law of love, if
they set the example of disobedince to
Christ's command, overcome evil with
good," what can you expect of the
people? Yes, my reverend brethren,
great need have we on this mourn
ful day to inquire whether much of
it may not fairly be charged to our mis
taken views of duty. Let every one of
us bearing the sacred commission dili
gently inquire if', during the past time,
as much as Beth in us, we have pro
moted peace, quietness and love among
all men. True loyalty to the State Call.
not consist in disloyalty to Christ. But
the best patriot and the most loyal
clergyman is he who, by example and
precept, most resembles " Him who
went about doing good."
An Absurd Argument
The most popular and captivating ar
gument for negro suffrage is founded on
the fact that negroes have served as
soldiers. But white citizens from the
age of eighteen are liable to such ser
vice; and probably ten times as many
minors as negroes have been under fire
during the war. Does it thence fpllow
that boys of eighteen have a right to
vote? If not, what becomes of the new
connection sought to be established be
tween soldiership and electorship ? If
negroes are entitled to vote in virtue of
their having served in the army, black
blood is more privileged than white;
for thousands of unnaturalized emi
grants have served in the army, and yet
no clamor is raised for their admission
to the elective franchise.
A Well Deserved Compliment
The Erie Observer of last week pays
the following well-deserved compliment
to one of the most prominent and sterl
ing Democrats of this county :
We not Ave by the Lancaster Intelli
gencer that our former fellow-citizen,
Gen. William Patton, has been elected
a delegate from the town of Columbia,
to the Democratic County Convention.
The General is one of the class of Demo-
Grata who stand firmly by the cause
through gqod and evil report.
GOVERNOR BP:AETI , WaS Washing
ton recently, and had a long Interview
with the President. The York Gazette
says the Governor was @ordiftily re=
ceived by President Johnson, and tiler?
was perfectlarmony in their political
views. They served together in the
Senate, and each warmly supported the
Lecompton bill, the Jeff. Davis resolu
tions, and, when the war was impend
ing, the Crittenden compromise.
Decision by the Supreme.fourt.
A sate arising outl'of the Court, of
0 4 ? n'ImPA off-loilincasteX county,
p( isitessinginore than loOal interest, -
was d eeided by the Supreme; Court du.r 7 .
big i. 41 late session atHan*lsq,. ItEi`
hhstoii , is a pllow.s y.l
- Bausman owns" a faint of
about 122 acres, the residence and other
improvements on which are all situate
in Lancaster township, but about 16
.acrd thereof being within the limits of
Lfisicastei city. All'Of the property hail'
. heretofore been assessed _for taxes in..
La ncaster township, wherethe occupier
of the farm votes and to the schools of
which, his children are sent. But for
the year 1864 the assessor of the South
Vest Ward of the city, assessed a State
a'ad County tax of $2.97 each on the
part of the said farm lying in the city,
and to test his right to make such as- 1
s essment, the case was presented for the
(xmsideration of the Court Of Lancaster !
county. In this case the County of
.Lancaster was plaintiff' and Samuel
.Bausman defendant. Judge Long di
rected judgment to be entered in favor of
the plaintiff. The defendau took a writ
of error to the Supreme Court, where
the case was argued by T. E. Franklin
and N. Ellmaker for the plaintiff in
error, (Samuel Bausman, defendant be
`low;) and by Jesse Landis and S. H.
Reynolds for the defendant in error,
(the County of Lancaster, plaintiff be
low.)
OPINION or; THE COURT—By Justice
.Strong.—lt is fairly deducible from the
act of April 15, 1834, that while it was
made the duty of assessors and assistant
assessors of the several counties to take
an account of, and to value all real
estate within their respective wards,
townships and districts, they were
directed to assess each object of taxation
as a whole. It was not contemplated
that they should divide farms or lots of
ground, or real estate of any description
that had been used and enjoyed as a
whole up to the time of the assessment.
Such a mode of assessment would have
necessitated measurements, in very nu
merous cases, of parcels cut off from the
main body of a tract of lands by town
ship or ward lines, and in other cases
would have demanded valuation of
parts of houses, mills, manufactories,
furnaces, forges, distilleries, sugar
houses, malt-houses, breweries, tan
yards and ferries. And as by the sup
plementary act of April IS, 1841, the
valuation is required to be made at such
rates and prices as the properties valued
will separately sell for at a bona fide
sale, division of properties by ward or
township lines would often render such
a valuation impossible. This must have
been understood by the Legislature, and
hence by the 59th section of the act of
July 11, 1842, it was enacted that assess
ments of seated lands shall be made in
the township in which the mansion
house is situate, where township lines
divide a tract of land.
This act was plainly remedial. It
aimed to prevent the mischiefs which
would flow from contests between - the
assessors of adjoining municipal divis
ions, respecting the right and duty of
assessing property intersected by the
division lines of districts, audit guarded
against the low valuations which as
sessment of an entire property in parcels
tended to produce. It should therefore
receive a liberal construction, both as a
remedial statute and as tending to pro
duce equality bf taxation.
It is said that acts imposing taxes are
to be strictly construed, but the act of
1842 is not one imposing taxes. it is said
the act applies only to tracts of seated
land lying in two or more conterminous
townships. We do not think so. Lands
are not the less divided by a township
line, because that line may also be the
line of an adjoining borough or city ;
and the evils resulting from assessment
in parcels by different assessors, rather
than an assessment in entirety, are the
same where part is situate in a town
ship and part in au adjoining borough
or city, as when the parts are separated
wily by a line between two townships.
Besides this, the 15th section of the
act of April 25, 1850, shows plainly the
understanding of the Legislature, that
the act of 1842 extended to cases where
the line between a township and a bor
ough or city may divide the mansion
house of a farm from a portion of the
land. That act enacted that the 59th
section of the act of 1842 shall not be
construed to extend to lands lying in
different townships, the mansion house
of which is in an incorporated borough
or city. It obviously implies that the
act does apply when the lands are di
vided by a township and city or borough
line, if the mansion house be not in the
city or borough.
In the case now before us, it appears
that the mansion house and other im
provements, with nearly seven-eighths
of the land, are situate in Lancaster
township, and that only about sixteen
acres of the tract lie in the city. It was
not competent, therefore, for the asses
sor of the city to assess any part of it,
and his attempted assessment was void.
The judgment is reversed and judgment
given on the case stated for• the defen
dant.
The Democracy of York Count}
The Democratic County Committee
of York county held a meeting on Satur
day last for the purpose of appointing
delegates to the coming State Conven
tion. There was a full attendance and
the best feeling prevailed.
Col. S. N. Bailey, of Dillsburg, was
appointed Senatorial Delegate, to the
State Convention,and Dr. H. G. Bussey,
of Shrewsbury, and Jas. B. Ziegler,
Esq., of York Borough, Representative
Delegates.
Messrs. Moses Leib, J. S. Hiestand,
S. N. Bailey, J. M. Sweigart, and Jacob
H. Freet, were appointed a committee
on resolutions, and after retiring for
consultation reported through, their
Chairman, Moses Leib, Esq., the fol
lowing which were unanimously adopt
ed:
WitEmlAs, This is the first opportu
nity the Democratic party of the County
of York has had to express officially its
sentiments in reference to the great crime
committed in the assassination of Presi
dent Lincoln, and the attempted mur
der of Secretary Seward ; therefore
Resolved, That words are insufficient
to express our great horror at the fiendish
act, and our desire to see the guilty
punished and the law vindicated, and
that aside from our abhorrence at the
wicked deed, by which the country was
robbed of its Chief Magistrate and
plunged into mourning, we sensibly
feel the loss the nation sustained in the
death of Mr. Lincoln, especially at the
time when the counsels of moderation
and magnanimity were about being in
augurated by his administration, and
peace and union seemed about to be
speedily restored.
Resolved, That, now as ever, the De
mocratic party is pledged to the sup
port of the CONSTITUTION of the United
States and the LAWS OF THE LAND, and
we 1 - 4.F,3t4rrn their strict observance by
those in authority ; and that in our as
sociation with our fellow-citizens of
other parties, we wish to preserve har
mony and good will, " demanding no
thing but what is right, and submitting
to nothing that is wrong."
Resolved, That we have witnessed
with great satisfaction the action of
President Johnson, so far as he has
shown his desire for the reconstruction
of the Union on just and liberal terms,
and that we hope, that by his opposition
to the establishment of Negro Suffrage
by allowing to each state the right to
prescribe for themselves the qualifica
tion of voters ; his disposition to return
to " the safe and orderly ways of law
and liberty ;" his opposition to military
courts and his disregard of their decis
ions ; by a restoration to the people of
the sacred and inalienable right of Ha
beas Corpus, and a return to honesty
and economy in the administration of
public affairs—he may continue to merit
our confidence and challenge our sup
port.
Resolved, That we again return our
thanks to the brave soldiers who risked
their all for the eause of the Tinion, and
we bail with unboundedly the restora
tion p.f_peace, end Ivith it the return tp
eqr mutt of onr neighborg lint' friends
who went to the defenee of the country,
believing that they will be found as
eausiateptly battling for the CI:INSTITU
TION, TIP il-4WS AND TiEfFLITAF4tTY oF
TILE CITIZEN at horse, as they fought
for the UNION in the field.
Resolved, That the delegates this day
appointed to the Democratic. State Con
vention, are hereby instructed to sup
port Abraham Lamberton, of Cumber
land county, for Surveyor General.
Getferal Sherman Makes a Short Speech
opt Chicago.
OW:Thursday last General Sherman
visitedthe Sanitary Feat' now holding
inhUliicago. Referring to the enthrall
aant with which he was gineted, the
Chiew,Times of last Friday •
, •
"- Thektiowledge that Gen. Shertnan
was in the city, that he would be seen
at the fair, and that he would be heard
to speak, that he would meet many of
his old field companions there, that he
would,. .actually present—seemed to
aetbieklesilly upon . the citizens yestar,
day, and every man and woman who
could free thenitelves front regular avo
cations hastened early in the forenoon
toward the buildings of the .Sanitary
Fair. Long before the General made
his appeakance the halls were perfectly
crowded. It was of no use for any lady
to attemptto prosecute business on such
an occasion, in so far as the stalls were
concerned. There was but one thought,
one feeling, one expectation everywhere,
and that all centred upon the expectancy
of seeing Gen. Sherman.
The General was welcomed on his ar
rival at the fair by Mayor Rice and
Geo. C. Bates—the former delivering a
short speech, and the latter a poem.
General Sherman then stepped forward
upon the platform, and, as soon as the
tumultuous greetings of the audience I
had subsided,'spoke as follows:
I thank you, sir, for the kind welcome
you have given me to-day, and to the ,
gentleman who read the poem I also
tender my thanks. I can hardly hope
that my voice will reach yon recess,
and, if those who are near me can only
hear the few words I propose to address
to you, that is all that I ask. lam not
a man of words, and deeds can only be
recorded by others ; not by the actors
themselves, for we see not the scenes
remote, we see not what occurs behind
us, but simply the limited space in front
of our eyes. I have been far away from
you, but my feelings have been here
quite as much as though mrbody had
been within the limits of Chicago. My
sphere of action lay off in the South. I
had with me your brothers and your
sons, and I never want better backers
iu anything. (Applause, long contin
ued, and voices, "Hurrah for
Sherman," "Didn't they do," etc.) I
can recall, among those backers,
men of Chicago—armed with stronger
arguments than mere words or letters
—armed with the twenty-pounder and
the twelve-pounder, which speak, in
language that cannot be mistaken, the
only voice with which men arrayed in
arms against us are to be addressed, and
the only means man ean.use when rea
son loses its sway to convince. Now
all is passed. Now all is peace from
here to the gulf, and you, gentlemen,
know better than I can tell what your
duties have become. Instead of destroy
ing you must build up. Instead of in
sulting you mustencourage. (Prolonged
applause.) Instead of destroying, you
must aid those willing to assist us in
building up a land so diversified as ours.
You cannot expect the people of Lou
isiana to feel as you do, nor those who
live in the Carolinas. (Cheers.) All
parties have their prejudices, and you
must and should respect them as they
respect yours. With that simple cau
tion there is no danger of the peace we
now enjoy being disturbed during our
lifetime, and we can leave the future to
our children. (Long continued ap
plause.) Ladies and gentlemen, I thank
you for this manifestation of kindness,
and assure you that I reciprocate the
feeling. I have to stay in Chicago a few
days, and during that time I will be
pleased to see one and all of you in such
manner as you choose.
There is wisdom in the words uttered
by the bold warrior in the speech report
ed above, and it would be well if the
destructives would heed his utterances.
He has had a nearer view of the South
than any of them, and knows well what
is needed to cement this Union for which
lie fought so gallantly and so well, and
to renderpermanent tile peace which his
veteran army did so much to bring
about. It is true wisdom for the coun
try to devote every energy to efface the
marks of the destructive course of un
relenting and devastating war, to "build
up" from the ruins which have been
everywhere left to mark the pathway
of contending armies. True statesman
ship counsels moderation and clemency
in this, the hour of our triumph. The
fanatics who utter bitter words and stir
up strife are the worst enemies this coun
try has. Let them be shamed into si
lence by the words of the hero Sherman.
The Doctrine or Negro Suffrage Repo
dlated by Mr. Lincoln.
The Trenton Ti-ac American says, the
Governor of New Hampshire recom
mends that the negroes in that State
and elsewhere be allowed to vote, in the
name of the late President. NVW Mr.
Lincoln, on the occasion when he al
luded directly to this question, declared
himself opposed to negro suffrage. The
occasion referred to was during the dis
cussion between himself and Mr. Doug
las in Illinois, some years ago. Mr.
Douglas introducing the question,. said:
" I hold that a negro is not, and never
ought to be, a citizen of the United
States. I hold that this Government
was made upon a white basis by white
men for the benefit of white men and
their posterity forever, and should be
administered by white men and none
others. I do not believe that the Al
mighty made the negro capable of self
government.
" Now I say to you, my fellow-citi
zens, that in my opinion, the signers of
the Declaration of Independence had
no reference to the negro whatever when
they declared all men created equal.
They desired to express by that phrase,
white men of European birth, European
descent, and had nd reference to the
negro, the savage Indians or other in
terior or degraded races. At that time
every one of the thirteen Colonies was
a slave-holding colony, and every signer
of the Declaration represented a slave
holding constituency, and we know
that no one of th emancipated his
slaves, much less offered citizenship to
them when they signed the Declara
tion."
Mr. Douglas had also in the course of
the discussion asked Mr. Lincoln if he
was in favor of negro citizenship, and
in one of his speeches Mr. LineOln re
plied as follows :
"My opinion is that the different
States have the power to make a negro
a citizen under the Constitution of the
United States, if they choose. The
Dred Scott decision decides that they
have not that power. If the State of
Illinois had that power, I should be op
poscd to the exercise of it."
And again :
" Judge Douglas has said to you that
he has not been able to get from me an
answer to the question whether I am in
favor of negro citizenship. So far as I
know, the Judge never asked me that
question before. He shall have no oc
casion toever #it again, for I tell him
very frankly I am not in favor of
negro citizens . '
Thus Mr. Lincoln distinctly declared
his opposition to negro citizenship, and
said that, if it were definitely settled
that his own State had the power to
make the negro a citizen, he would be
opposed to her doingso. The Governor
of New Hampshire goes, therefore, a
little too far when he advocates that
measure in the name of the late:Presi
dent. The fact is, it is only very re
cently that the abolition-republican
leaders have ventured to show their
hand so plainly and to avow this new
plank in their platform. But it is only
another step in the programme of the
abolition fanatics, who, it seems, will
not rest content short of the elevation
of a negro to the presidentiM chair.
THE New York Independent publish
es a vehement article in favor of negro
suffrage. It says the governmentionas
proved unequal to the high occasion,
and that the North car 4 1414 VAWure
" cannot receive the approval of aboli
tintdsts, does mat deserve the acquies
cence.of practical statesmen, and cannot
be accepted as the final method of re
adjuitiment " The .editor froths at the
mouth, and calls upon all the dogsto be
set upon the President. What will he
think of the Mississippi proclamation.
Party Influences In the Future.
From the N. Y. Journal of Commerce.]
.We: observe that a.great, many super..
&did writers and publislietkare £1.33131V
ing, with entire confidence, that the'
Demaeiratic party is dead. This is 'a
very curl iv i4s idea, and' which, it
mat- thou! J)efora; this, lass been,
as confidently put Rink' But As ithas
not proved true hitherto, so it is natural
to question whether it is true now, and
it may be asserted that the Democratic
party is very far from being dead, and,
whether for good or evil, is likely to
survive for a long time to come. It is
marvelous ! that .men who pretend to
deal in politics, and to teach it to their
readers, should be found asserting such
a simply nonsensical idea as' this. It
does no good, bat rather does harm by
misleading the reader and concealing
the truth. We do not now pretend to
say whether it is desirable that the
Democratic party should be dead or not.
For the purposes of this article, it does
not concern us to discuss whether the
life of that party has in it danger to the
country, or not. We simply desire that
our roaders.shovld know the truth, and
therefore we warn them not to be mis
led by any foolish notion that the
Democratic party has ceased to exist,
or has ceased to be a great power in the
country. The Presidential election of
last fall showed no signs of weakness in
that party. Their defeat was not so
great as to give any ground to the idea
that they are demoralized. On the con
trary, the remarkable fact stands out,
that with the gigantic powers wielded
by the Administration party, with more
than a million voters actually under
the military control, or in paid employ
of the Administration, the Democratic
party nevertheless polled very nearly
one half of the entire vote of the loyal
States. This does not look like a dying
or a dead political party. He will count
without his host who omits in the
reckoning of Amer ican affairs this very
, important fact.
We call it important, and it will ap
pear so if carefully examined. We beg
the reader to dismiss from his mind any
idea that we are writing in favor of the
Democratic party. We simply seek to
impress a truth on all men who are
looking at the future, and we are con
tent, for this purpose, to admit as facts
anything and: everything that may be
' said against Democrats as a party. In
point of fact, if we could have our own
way, we would sweep all political par
ties forever from existence, and forbid
them to raise their corrupt forms in the
' land. But this cannot be done. Hence
the importance of knowing and esti
mating the truth iu regard to the Dem
ocratic party. During the past four
years the opposition to that party" has
been conducted on the principle that
the Democrats were in sympathy with
the rebels at the South. Now if this as
sertion were true, what would
be the present state of affairs?
The amnesty proclamation has already
restored to voting powers enough men
to swell the Democratic vote in the
country to an immense majority over
the Republican vote of last fall. To
meet this very idea, a party seems now
determined to introduce negro suffrage
in the South, so that the Democratic
majority may be defeated. But is not
this idea rather dubious ? What is
likely to be the influence over negroes
voting? Who that remembers old
times in New York, can forget that
negroes are very apt to vote with their
masters. Men who imagine that there
is to be a negro paradise at the South,
where the negro will Le an independent
voter, acting on high moral principle,
unswayed by r rdid and wordly influ
ences, are very foolish men. If the
issues in the future were to be the old
issues of the past, then possibly there
might be an array of negroes on the one
side, all for one idea, against slavery and
slaveholders. But those issues are gone
by. And this is tolerably certain, that
the principles of the Democratic party
aro very likely to be adopted by the
employers of labor at the South.—
It is highly probable that if the most
ferocious New England abolitionist
should buy a confiscated plantation in
South Carolina, and settle on it, he
would in less than three years be an ar
dent, old-fashioned, hard-shell Demo
crat, voting that ticket and carrying his
whole negro vote with him. For the
negroes at the South, if allowed to vote,
will be no purer and no more "unin
fluenced," than voters at the North. On
the contrary, they will, of necessity,
vote as their employers vote, and as long
as-they are a dependent race, they will
follow and not lead. More than this,
will the anti-Democratic men, who
favor negro suffrage as a means of keep
ing down the Democratic party please
explain on what principle the negro at
the South, who votes on independent
principles, can possibly vote for any other
party than the Democratic. Can he be
persuaded that a high protective tariff
is for his good ? Can he be taught that
paper money is better than hard dollars ?
Can he be initiated into the mysteries
of National Banks ? This is worth
thinking about. The negro suffrage
idea must not be adopted by men in
haste, to erect ariautiDemocratic party.
The chances are ter to one that the
negro, at his own permanent residence
in the South, will vote the Democratic
ticket. For it is simply true that the
Democratic party exists, its organization
remains the same, its old machinery is
strong and active, its wily operators are
wide-awake, its spoil-seekers are as vil
lainously shrewd as ever, its honest men
are as firm in their adherence to old
doctrines and principles as they were in
the days of Andrew Jackson, and in
short the party is a great element in the
future of the country.
How much depends on its course in
the future may be seen by a single sug
gestion. We heard a conversation a
few days ago on a punishment of trea
son. Said one gentleman, "I hope that
Andrew Johnson will prove, as lie has
been said to be, a second Andrew Jack
son in firmness of purpose and that
nothing will swerve him from his
course." Said another, "I don't know,
for John Son was educated at the feet of
Jackman in opposition to tne United
States Bank, and we all know that
Jackson's firmness of purpose swept
that institution from existence with the
besom of destruction, and if Johnson is
as firm as Jackson, who can tell what is
to become of our National Banks?"
And we respectfully submit as an evi
dence of the vast importance of the ex
istence of the Democratic party, the
fact that that party is traditionally op
posed to national banks, and that if i 4
should happen to come into power, aryd
President Johnson should lhappen to
hold his old principles on this subject,
there would not bd much doubt about
the living fact of the Democratic party.
The English Royal Family.
The young Princess of Wales has
again astonished her young husband by
presenting him with a bouncing boy, a
couple of months sooner than was ex
pected. In an English paper of June
3d, we find this announcement:
" It is 'stated that the accouchraent
of the Princess of Wales will most
probably take place in August. Her
Royal Highness will reside at Marl
bormign House, during that month."
But at the hour that this was printed,
the event promised for August had
already taken place, for t official bul
letin fixes the date at 1.18 A. M., June
3rd. Only the day before, the Princess
was at public concert, and in the eve
ning had a large dinner party. A few
hours before her first child was born
she was at askating pond near Windsor.
There is no probability that there will
ever be a lack of heirs in the direct line
of Queen Victoria. She has nine sons
and daughters, having never lost one.
Her oldest child, the Crown Princess of
Prussia, has, according to the Gotha
Almanac, four children. Her second
daughter, the Princess Louisa of Hesse,
has two, so that with the two children
of the Prince of Wales, Queen Victoria
has already eight grand-children. There
are six more of her children to be mar
ried. The expense of maintaining the
princes and princesses and 'their chil
dren will eventually be an euormous
charge upon the public treasury.
Greene County Democratte Ticket
The sterling Democracy of qreeue
county, at their piny election, placed
in noannation the following euellent
ticicet: president Judge A, A. purnaan,
Req., (subject to the decision of the con
ferees) ; Assembly, Thomas Rose, of
Perry ; Commissioner, Elias Scott; of
Center • Auditor, Thomas Laidly, of
Carmichaels borough;. Poor House Di
rector Morgan Bell, of Morgan ; Sur
veyor; Geo. Hoge, of Center.
Joseph G. Ritchie, Heth. Johns and
John Clayton, Esqs., were appointed
Judicial Conferees.
r.•
Earl Russel Declares the llebilllon
Ended./
From the London "Gazette
• THE CiF-FIOrA T NOTIFICATION
FOREIGN OFFICE, June 6, 1865
Copy of a letter from Earl Russell to
the. Lords Commbssioners of the Ad
miralty:—; • •
FOR,SSION OFFICE, Juno 2, 1815.
MY LORDS—I have the honor to state
to your lordships that since the date of
my letter of the 11th ult., intelligence
has reached this country , that the late
President of the so-called Confederate
States has been captured by the military
forces of the United States, and has been
transported as a prisoner to Fort Mon
roe, and that the armies hitherto kept
in the field by the Confederate States
have for the most part surrendered or
dispersed.
In this posture of affairs her Majesty's
government are of opinion that neutral
nations cannot but consider the war in
North America as at an end.
In conformity with this opinion, her
Majesty's government recognize that
peace has been restored within the
whole territory of which the United
States of North America before the
commencement of the civil war were in
undisturbed possession.
As a necessary consequence of such
recognition on the part of her Majesty's
government her Majesty's several au
thoritiesk all ports, harbors and waters
belonging to her Majesty, whether is
the United Kingdom or beyond the
seas, must henceforth refuse permission
to any vessel of war carrying a Confed
erate flag to enter any such ports, har
bors and waters; and must require any
Confederate vessels of war which, at the
time when these orders reach her
Majesty's authorities in such ports, har
bors and waters may have already en
tered therein on the fait i li of proclama
tions heretofore issued her Majesty,
and which, having complied with the
provisions of such proclamations, may
be actually within such portt, harbors
and waters, forthwith to depart from
them.
But her Majesty's government con
sider that a due regard for national good
faith and honor requires that her Ma
jesty's authorities should be instructed,
as regards any such Confederate vessels
so departing, that they should have the
benefit of the prohibition heretofore en
forced against pursuit of them within
twenty-four hours by a cruiser of the
United States lying at the time within
any such ports, harbors and waters, and
that such prohibition should be then
and for the last time maintained in their
favor.
If, however, the commander of any
Confederate vessel of war which may be
found in any port, harbor or waters of her
Majesty's dominions at the time these
new orders are received by the Majesty's
authorities, or may enter such port, har
bor or waters within amonth after these
new orders are received, should wish to
divest his vessel of her warlike character
and after disarming her, to remain
without a Confederate flag within
British waters, her Majesty's authori
ties may allow the commander of such
vessel to do so at his own risk in all re
spects, in which case he should be dis
tinctly apprised that he is to expect no
further protection from her Majesty's
government, except such as he may be
entitled to in the ordinary course of the
administration of the law in time of
peace.
The rule as to twenty-four hours
would, of course, not be applicable to
the case of such vessel.
I have addressed asimilar letterto the
Secretaries of State for the Home, Colo
nial, India and War Offices, and also to
the Lords Commissioners of her Majes
ty's Treasury, requesting them, as I do
your Lordships, to issue instructions in
conformity with the decision of her
Majesty's Government to the several
British authorities, at home or abroad,
who may be called upon to act in the
matter. I am, &c., RUSSELL.
[NOTE.—A similar letter was address
ed to the Secretaries of State for the
Home, Colonial, War and India Depart
ments, and to the Lords Commissioners
of her Majesty's Treasury.]
Putting his Foot Down
President Johnson has put his foot
down decidedly and firmly upon the
question of negro suffrage. In the pro
clamation defining the powers of the
Mississippi State Convention he says;:
" And the said convention, when con
vened, or the Legislature that may there
after be assembled, will prescribe the
qualification of electors, and the ele
gibility of persons to hold office under
the Constitution and laws of the State
—a power the people of theseveral States
eompri.sing the Federal Union, have
rightfully erereised froni the origin of
the Government to the present time."
The lines in italics do not appear iu
the North Carolina proclamation. That
was regarded with distaste by the ex
treme radicals. What will they say to
this stronger and more emphatic an
nouncement of the right of each State
to decide who shall be entitled to the
exercise of the elective franchise with
in its limits? We expect to hear them
howl most dismally; but we rejoice in
the assurance that they cannot move
the President from the wise course of
action which he has so decidedly
adopted.
An Act of Royal Clemency
The " Loyal League" theory of deal
ing with traitors and rebels does not
seem to be in much favor with the civil
ized world at this time. The King of
Saxony has most inconsiderately
selected the present moment for the
publication of the following letter of
amnesty and pardon to the rebels of
1849 :
MY DEAR MINISTER OF STA 0N BEHR:
When the goodness of God seN blessings
to us, we feel ourselves doubly Moved to do
good to our fellow creatures, and to exercise
mercy toward them. This sentiment leads
me to celebrate, by a general act of clem
ency, the great happiness which God has
recently given to me, my family, and the
whole country.
I had already on several occasions granted
pardon to the persons implicated in the
movements of May, 1849. To-day I desire
to extend this cletraeney to all i to permit a
free return to all who are living in exile,
and to restore their civil rights and honors
to those who were on that occasion deprived
of them I charge you, accordingly, to lay
before me, together with the ministers of
justice and the interior, the measures neces
sary to effect this result.
Yours affectionately,
Dresden, May 27, 1885.
The terms of this royal letter are as
interesting and instructive se its sub
stance. It will be observed that this
"ruler by right divine" has nothing to
say of the " devilish crime of treason ;"
that he contents himself with describing
one of the most savage episodes of the
popular revolutions of 1849 simply as
"the movements of May " in that year,
and that he recognizes the obligation to
mercy as a duty toward the Divine
Giver of good to men.
With such sentiments King John of
Saxony could not be admitted into any
" Loyal League " club in this happy
land. So strange a commentary does
the confusion of our times furnish upon
the exclamation of Marc Antony :
"0 judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts
And men have lost their reason !" '0
Republicans clamoring for the san
guinary expiation of political crimes ;
and kings extending clemency to so
cialist conspirators against crown and
property ! 'World.
The Repentant Rebels and the Elective
Franchise.,
Applications for exezutive pardon are
flowing in from professedly repentant
rebels to such an extent that the expe
diency of any extensive reinstatement
of that class of persons to the rights of
citi2enship and elective franehise is
eliciting much earnest discussion. Many
fear the President's clemency will be
abused, and urge that justice should
precede mercy in Aline-tenths of the ap
plicatioUs made. Others believe the
pardons are solicited in good faith, and
all conditions will be honorably com
plied with. All aft i t that many South
ern men are entitled to a legal restora
tion. None advocate an indiscriminate
enfranchising of them; neither is there
any disputa as to the rightfulness or
propriety of Presidential action in the
individual cases arising; but the very
impossibility of applying fixed rules to
such a variety of cases creates a feverish
anxiety on the subject that time alone
oan allay. Among the latest arrivals of
that class is Henry C. Burnett, of Ken
tucky, an ex-member of the federal.
Congress, and late Senator from that
State in the rebel' government,
rebel Congressman Murrv, Wennesi
see, is alsoreported her.iN *bat.
success remains to I?e seen •-.New York,
Herald.
Interesting from New Orleans.
CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE IN NEW ORLEANS.
The principal :object of .attraction
here at the present time is Chief Justice
Chase. He arrived here a few days
since, and has been the guest of Mr.
May, United States Assistant Treasurer.
The Chief Justice has been very active
since his arrival, and visited most of the
principal places of interest, not only. In
the city but the adjacent country. On
Wednesday he visited the fair, now be
ing given on Esplanade street, by the
colored "ladies" of the city, and for the
benefit of their people.
GENERAL SHERIDAN'S COMMAND.
General Sheridan, since his arrival in
the city, has scarcely been seen, and is
said to be busy organizing his command
for hard work in Texas. He resides and
has his office at the house of Mrs. Sk:k
comb, on Lafayette Square. Thetroops,
principally cavalry, assigned to him are
rapidly concentrating, and soon suf
ficient garrisons will be stationed all
through Texas.
THE AMNESTY PROCLAMATION IN NEW
1:=
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The amnesty proclamation of Presi
dent Johnson created quite an excite
ment in New Orleans. The " excepted"
were more numerous than was ex
pected, and caused considerable appre
hension for the moment. The whole
number of persons in the late confed
eracy who do not come for a portion of
its benefits is estimated at about fifty
thousand—a very large number. The
great number itself, however, did more
towards allaying apprehension than
anything else. The government could
not certainly proceed against fifty
thousand " traitors," and the general
opinion is that no proceedings would be
hdd at all, except against a few promi
nent individuals of each excepted class.
As to the rights of citizenship they are
generally held to be unchanged and in
full validity until such proceedings are
had and an overt act proved. There is
no such thing as constructive treason
under the Constitution. The great mass
of the "excepted," therefore, have re
turned to their equanimity and busi
ness, and whenever allusion is made to
the subject they only claim to belong to
a " very large " class of men.
ANXIETY OF THE TNiiiNTY THOUSAND
DOLLAIWEN.
As to the comparative danger of the
excepted classes, the anxiety of the $2O,-
000 men would have been greatest,
were any of them to be found ; but
there is no one willing to confess to this
hard impeachment. That cause for ap
prehension, therefore, has passed away,
and all is serene again on Carondelet.
RETURN OF REBEL SOLDIERS
The last few weeks have been to us of
the Crescent City weeks of deep rejoic
ings and heartfelt congratulations not
unmingled with sorrows. They have
been such as have been expected, when
after four years of disastrous warfare,
friend meets friend again with mutual
welcomes back to a more happy home.
In that time the surviving members of
the rebel army and exiled citizens have
returned to us and resumed their former
peaceful avocations in life. They bring
back with them robust health, cheerful
faces, remembrances innumerable of
the contested field, and, alas ! the last
sad words and looks and deeds of fallen
comrades. It has been the fulness of
joy commingled with the deepest sorrow.
RETURN OF GENERAL BEAUREGARD.
Among the first to return was General
Beauregard and staff, surrendered with
Johnston's command. Immediately
after that event, our creole General, who
had ventured all in the struggle, be
lieved it would be unwise to continue
the unavailing contest. He therefore
parted with his old friends and tool; the
first train to Mobile, whence he came
to this city by boat. Along the streets
had assembled immense crowds to re
ceive him, but the General took horse
immediately after landing, and pro
ceeded to his old home in Esplanade,
through the unfrequented avenues. The
next morning he and his son obtained
passes for the Villere plantation, some
fifteen miles below the city, where they
still are. General Beauregard's fLrst
wife was a Villere; the second, Caro
line Deslonde, sister of Mrs. Slidell, now
in Paris. Both belonged to the best
creole families of Louisiana, and were•
beloved by all who knew them. She
that was Miss Deslonde died in this city
about a year ago, while the General was
at Charleston, and her funeral was one
of the largest ever known. General
Beauregard's future plans are not
known. As he is among the " except
ed " of the amnesty proclamation, both
on account of his rank and education at
West Point, lie will probably await the
action of the government. He is in ro-
bust health, as is also his sun, who re
turns with him. The various members
of his military family have resumed
their former avocations in this city.
LIEUTENANT GENbRAL DICK TAYLOR
was also among the first to return—not
to his home ; tbat was long since de
stroyed or confiscated. He is likewise
in robust health ; butof his plans, if any
he has, nothing is known. As on ac
count of his rank, he is among the "ex
cepted," he will alsoprobably awaitthe
action of government in some parallel
case. His staff have returned to peace
ful life. General Taylor was the heir of
a liftrge fortune from his father, Old
Zachary, and also came into possession
of considerable property upon marriage ;
but he has lost all.
.This gentleman, who was aplanteron,
the Lafourehe before the war, has not
yet returned. He is said to be in excel
lent health, and is probably detained by
private business.
ADMIRAL RAPHAEL SEMMES:,
Captain, or rather Admiral, Semmes,.
of the Alabama, is also expeg.ed here
soon. He is a native of Maryland, but
long before the war had wade his home
here in common with two brothers—the
one Senator in the rebel Congress, the.
other surgeon iu the army.
OCCUPATI,3N OF THE RETURNED
The most of the young men who have
returned have gone back to their old
places where homes have not been
broken up. In many cases their places.
were long preserved for them and their
regular salaries paid them till the oecu.-
potion of New Orleans. A great many,.
however, are still out of employment„
although it is probable the expanding:
business of the city will soon make,
places for them.
lowa Republican Convention.
The Repuhllean Convention of lowa
have nominated William M. Stone for
Governor, and George G. Wright for•
Supreme Judge. The Convention is :;, 11
favor of striking the ward " white" out
of the State Constitution.
Thus it will be seen,that the - furl Re
publican State Convention held this
year deliherately declares in favor of
negro equality. We hope the party
will be equally honest everywhere.—
They might as well speak c.ut plainly,
and meet this issue squariay, for they
cannot escape from it. T'ney are com
pletely committed to the doctrine. All
sensible men know this, and the masses
who are opposed to negro equality and
negro suffrage will act on that convic
tion.
Ohio Politics
Governor Brough has issued an ad
dress to the people of Ohio, decling in
the most positive terms to be a candi
date for re-nomination. This leaves the
way clear for General J. D. Cox, who
will, beyond doubt, be the nominee of
the Republican party. Gov. Brough,
in his address, says:
"As I have no political desires, pr hr.::
sent or future, the path of duty becomes
not only plain, but personally pleasant.
After a careful survey of all the sur
roundings, I am entirely satisfied that
the same considerations of duty that
pressed upon the acceptance of a nomi
nation two years ago, imperiously re
quire that I should decline it at the pre
sent time. Under this conviction I re
spectfully, but unconditionally, with
draw my name from the Convention
and the canvass."
Brough labored with untiring energy;
to secure a re-nomination, and only
withdrew when he perceived it to be
impossible. Like Tod, he sold hi,mself
to the Abolitionists, has been used, and
shelved.—Pittsburg Post.
Senatorial nelmitr.
Conferees represeuttng the counties of
Cambria, Indiaea, end Jefferson met in,.
the bo,r9Wl, of Wittna, on Wednes
dm, OR 7th instant; and elected R. L.
Jplißstorl,haq.,
r as.senatorial Delegate
to,the §tate Conventikm, to, be held at
Harrisburg, en Thunday,,thitAth day,.
of August net