ginsoliv WI4M3pSDAY, SEM "6,`:1865: ... . - • P The printing predses shall be free to : ,every person who undertakes to . examine 'the 'Pro ceedings of the legislature,' or any. breneh of government; and no shall ever : be' made to restrain the right thereof. The free commu nication of thougght and opinions is one of the Invaluable rights' of men; - and every citizen may freely speak, write and 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 imblic informa tion, the - truth thereof - may be given in evi dence." DEMOCRATIC STATE TICRFT FOR AUDITOR GENERAL CoL W. W. H. DAVIS, of Bucks County. FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL: Col. JOHN P. LINTON, of Cambria Co. To the Democracy of the City and County of Lancaster. In pursuance of authority given the un dersigned by a resolution of County Com mittee, adopted at their meeting on Satur day, August 19, you are requested to as semble in the several wards of the city, and boroughs and townships of the county, on SATURDAY, THE 16TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER NEXT, then and there to elect not less than three, nor more than five delegates to repre sent such district in a general County Con vention to be held on WEDNESDAY, SEP TEMBER 20TH, next, at 1/ o'clock A. M., at the rooms of the Young Men's Democratic Association, for the purpose of placing in nomination a ticket to be supported at the ensuing OCtober election. The Township Committees are urged to give early notice of the time and place of meeting for the election of delegates. R. R. TSHUDY, Chairman. A. J. STEINMAN, Secretary. The " Bloodhounds of Zion." • There was a time, says the Sunday Mercury, when clergymen, by the thou sand, used to band together in New England and elsewhere, in order to abol ish the "sin of slavery." That sin having been got rid of, by four years of terrible and devastating war, is it not about time for them to band together for the suppression of the other grievous sins that beset us? Cannot we have a clerical convention or conference, occa sionally, in favor of better enforcing, say, the Ten Commandments : " Thou shalt do no murder, thou shalt not com mit adultery, thou shalt not steal," etc., and we might add another and a new commandment," Neither defraud the Government.nor the soldiers." Never, apparently, did the devil have fuller swing over the land than at the present time ; yet, what are the "loyal" clergy or churches doing to keep him within bounds? What are the " Bloodhounds of Zion" going to do to resist his en croachments ? What say ye, brethren? Where shall we find the venerable Brainard, Wheaton Smith, or even Hut ter, in this crisis? Have they their armor buckled on, and are they ready for the conflict with Satan andlis emis saries? Come, brethren, define your position. You have been advocating war and bloodshed for four long years for the extirpation of slavery. Now, then, as the country is beginning to feel the effects of the terrible demoralization superinduced by the war, we hope to hear their voices in behalf of the claims of morality, honesty and true religion. Come, brethren, you have been the prin cipal cause of raising the whirlwind, we wish you now to direct the storm. Do not become " dumb dogs" in your Master's vineyard. The Republican Party Gone Up From the present signs of the times, it is apparent that the Republican party is pretty nearly a used up concern. It has the sable elephant on hand, and don't know what to do with the unctu ous animal. The firm is composed of two partners, each wanting to dissolve from the other. But they cannot agree upon the terms of dissolution, because they are suspicious of each other. One fears the other vili get too much Afri can for his share, and the other tremb. ling with apprehension lest he will not get enough. Both factions are at a loss to know how to make a platform, or to find any one willing to endorse and run upon it after the construction is accom lished. We would advise them to try Spaulding's Prepared Glue, or some other adhesive preparation, to stick the concern together, so as to keep up ap pearances until the October election. In our opinion the ebony idol is a dilapi dated piece of mechanism—that its worshippers are in the last stage of gal loping consumption, and are only walk ing about to save theirptncral expenses ! Poor Old Abe glued the thing together as long as he lived, and kept it greased into life; but when the general war stimulants were withdrawn, a compli cation of diseases attacked the carcass, 'taxes the chief,) the functions became inanimate, and now,only a few muscu lar convulsions are manifest. Poor creature! once the boasted prideof Gen. Ben. Butler, Gen. Neal Dow, General Carl Shurz, Thaddeus Stevens and Horace Greeley, but now the despised and almost defunct corpse of General TAXATION! A Query? Why should the wealthy man own ing $5"0,000 of GoVernment bonds be ex empted from alltaxation, while the me chanic who holds a $5OO bond from his neighbor is required to pay State,County, School, Road and City tax upon his small investment? Is it right or fair that the wealth of the country should escape from taxation, and thus impose double burthens upon the laboring classes? It is time that this state of things should be put an end to, and the burthens of taxation equalized. Our doctrine is, that every man in the com munity should be taxed according to his wealth, whether that wealth be in Government bonds, real estate, or any other species of property. Are we right, or are we wrong? We leave our readers to answer the question. The Columbia County Camp Meeting. The Democratic Camp Meeting, which was held at Nob Mountain, Columbia county, was a grand success. It lasted for three days, and during the whole time a very large crowd of people were in attendance. The speaker's stand was beautifully draped and profusely deco- rated with choice flowers, prepared by the fair hands of the ladies present. There was a large number of tents erected for the accommodation of families. The assembly was called to order by Hon. C. It. Buckalew, and the proceedings were opened with prayer. There were quite a number of distinguished speak ers from different parts of the State pre sent, among whom we notice, Hon. heater Clymer, Col. Victor E. Piolett, of Bradford; Col. Wellington H. Ent, R. R. Little, Esq., of Wyoming, and others. C. Chauncey Burr, Esq., of New Jersey, was present and made a telling speech on the third day. Origi nal songs, composed for the occasion, were sung, and, judging from the report of the Columbia Democrat, all hands had a good time generally. The De mocracy of that region are fully aroused. GENERAL (! )ALEXANDER CUMMINGS, formerly publisher of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, has been appointed Governor and ex-officio Superinten dent of Indian Affairs of the Territory of Colorado. General (!) Cummings distinguished himself, at the outbreak of the war, by the purchase of scotch ale, straw hats, and other equally necessary army sup plies at " war - prices," under the au thority of his patron, General Cameron, then a Cabinet officer. As he has been, all his life, a docile pupil of General Cameron, he is peculiarly well qualified for dealing with Indians, Principles t; t il ti S e c a ttr o d nt ig t. the Present We believe - t ( he Democratic party oi PermsylVaniaaPprechp thof importance of the Ptuiding!:tooll#9lll cogest. io f only the leadeOfoC-Viie ':pitrty bk.t ; th masses feel thakinuch - d*nds bit thir result of the coniingStatifiaeetio#; - iThit pervading impression, and deepen during even; hourAhatiriL tervenes between this and the day of electioh, is the result of a settled belief that it is absolutely necessary that the reins of State and national government should be transferred to other and safer hands. The people feel and know that many of their dearest and most' sacred rights have been seriously endangered during the last four years by the assaults upon the Constitution so reckless ly made by those in power, and by their constant and continued disregard of well established laws of the land. They are ready now to do battle for these rights, to rebuke the insolence of arbi trary power, to curb executive userpa tions, and by their decision at the ballot box to indicate what is the will and the wish of the freemen of Pennsylvania. Great principles are involved in the present contest. The question is not alone, nor chiefly, who shall fill the State officers of Auditor and Surveyor General. The people of this great State are called upon to give expression to their views on living issues which are vital and all important. The Democrat ic platform declares in the third resolu tion : That the CONSTTTCTICSN established by our revolutionary fathers is entitled to our unqualified respect and obedi ence; the oath to support it is binding religiously, morally and legally, at all times, under all circumstances and in every part of the country upon all pub lic officers from the highest to the low est, as well as upon private citizens, it is only by a strict observance of its pro visions and a rigid enforcement of its obligations in all the States that we can hope for Union, Liberty or Peace; he who wilfully violates it, or counsels its violation by others, is a public enemy and a dishonest man. The time was in this country when the passage of such a resolution as that by any public body would not have been deemed necessary, when it would have been regarded as the assertion of a self evident truism, known and recognized as such by every intelligent citizen.— But the constant, repeated and unblush ing violation of that sacred instrument by those who should have shown them selves its most zealous guardians, has made it absolutely necessary that the people, by an unmistakable popular verdict should condemn all violations of the Constitution, and all violators thereof, as they deserve to be. Again, the Democratic platform says, in the fourth resolution : That among the rights guaranteed to us by the plainest words of the Con stitution are these—free speech, a free press, freedom from arbitrary arrest and illegal imprisonment, trial by jury, the writ of habeas corpus, the perfect im munity of all persons not in the army or navy from any species of punishment for crime or pretended crime which is not the legal consequence of a regular conviction by an impartial jury—the absolute subordination of all military power to the civil authority, and the privilege of white citizens to vote at State elections according to the laws of the State. For centuries past no Kiug of Eng land would have dared to lay his hand upon any one of these great rights of the people. It would have been as mudh as his head were worth for him to have done so on any pretense. Yet, dur ing the last four years, we have seen each and every one of these well-estab lished rights trampled under foot among us. Is it not necessary, therefore, for the people again to re-assert their rights, and to give those who rule to under stand that they are but the servants of the public, and not masters of and ty rants over the masses? Upon all these great questions of right the Republican platform is significantly silent. It whines over the fancied wrongs of the negro, but not one manly word has it to say in reference to the rights and privileges of the white man. Just now there is another subject de manding attention from the people. The war is willingly and joyously conceded to be over by all except the New Eng land fanatics and their adherents in this State and elsewhere. How are the States and the people lately in rebellion to be treated? That is a question upon which every citizen of Pennsylvania must give his opinion when he casts his vote at the coming State election. He cannot dodge or evade the issue. Will the voters of Pennsylvania say, as the Democratic party does in the fifth resolution of its platform : That we fully concur with President Johnson in the conviction expressed by him in 1860, and repeated several times since, that the Federal Govern ment is sovereign within its proper sphere ; that it acts not through or upon the States but directly upon individuals; that the States could not absolve the people from their federal obligations ; that the State ordinances of secession were nullities ; and, therefore, when the attemped revolution came to an end by the submission of the insurgents, the States were as much apart of the Union as they had been before, their people were bound to the same duties and clothed with the same rights, excepting, of course, such rights as individuals among them had legally forfeited by their own acts in the meantime. Or will they blindly and foolishly de clare, with Thad. Stevens and the clique of miserable, purblind fanatics who ruled the Republican State Convention : That having conquered the rebellious States, they should be held in subjec tion, and the treatment they are to re ceive and the laws which are to govern them, should be referred to the law making power of the nation to which it legitimately belongs. Surely no sensible man who thinks and votes for himself can deliberately endorse such a proposition. It would necessitate the keeping up of a huge standing army for years to come, at an expense that would inevitably bankrupt the nation ; would delay the restoration of the Union ; it would kindle anew and keep alive the sectional animosities which so much need to be appeased; it would still further impoverish the al ready exhausted South, and thus throw their share of the public burthens upon the oppressed tax payers of the North ; it would interfere seriously with the raising of the great Southern staples of cotton, sugar, rice and tobacco, which have heretofore added such vast sums to our national wealth, and which enter so largely into the consumption of every family in the land. And to what end? Well may the voter askehimself that question. There is but on reply to it. Even its advocates know of but one. In New England they boldly announce it. Here in Pennsylvania they dare not yet utter it plainly. The only reason that has yet been given for such a course of action is the desire of the fanatics who advocate it to force their odious doctrine of negro suffrage, and consequent negro equality, upon the people of the South. They burn with the desire to carry out their factious and horrible hate against the white people of that section. Hence their disposition to keep down the Southern people by a military occupa tion that must run into despotism. Can we afford to keep up a huge standing army and carry on a social war, to ruin the country, for the gratification of these political Thugs? In this State very many Republicart newspapers, not a few of the leaders of the party, and quite a number of the strong Abolition counties, have already boldly declared in favor of the doctrine of negro suffrage and consequent negro equality. The State Platform of the . party has not one word to say against 1 t e , m it; on the contrary the third resoluti th endorses it. We defy any man ma anythingxlse out of it. On the liol ;:gtepttnilicansis , c:itlitti. ,,n ii i , ' eitieltillly °Fin lly ' t " Neil Englargfanatics. i -- -1 ~.-I, C-1 Tie Demo aticoirtrty4oldl,f_dec* tht:oppqrdatin tc6asgrir* auglage aar negro equality. Thus - the issue is far* made up between the.-two parties. 'lt will not do for the Republicans to at tempt to dodge it. No voter can do so. If he votes for the Republican ,; . capdi dates, he votes tO suistairi theßeptiblicaia platform in- all--its parts ; votes--la -en courage executive usurpation ; votes to countenance the most reckless . viola tions of the Constitution; votes to dis pense with and carelessly cast aside : as of no value, the most cherished and in alienable rights of a free citizen; votes to keep up a huge standing army, to eat uP the substance and crush out the lib erties of the people ; votes to continue the present enormous expenditure of money, and to increase the debt which is so vast already ; votes to heap new burthens of taxation on himself and his posterity ; votes for negro suffrage ; votes to degrade the white race to a level with the, black. Such are some of the issues clearly in volved in the pending political contest. We have endeavored to state them clear ly. It is for the people to say what principles shall prevail. For our part we have no doubt of the result in this State. We do not believe the people of Pennsylvania are prepared to become the subservient tools of a list of mad New England fanatics, represented in this State by Thad. Stevens and men of his class. If they are not they must support the Democratic platform, and the brave and true men who have been placed in nomination. We feel assured they will do so. They must do so in self defence. Taxes—Who Pay Them ? The Internal Revenue derived from direct taxation this year, will reach the enormous sum of over two hundred and ninety millions of dollars ! Who foots the bill? Manufacturers pay a certain percent. tax upon all goods manufactured by them, which per cent. they add to the price of the goods, thus clearing them selves entirely—they do not foot the bill. Retailers buy the goods, with the percent. added, and add thereto the taxes with which they are charged—so by the time the consumer gets hold of them, he has to pay the taxes of every individual through whose hands the goods pass. The consumers pay the taxes. Who are the principal consumers of the country ? Farmers and Laborers. They foo the bill ! This is the Revenue Tax. How is with tax on personal property ? United States Bonds are exempt from National, State, County, Township and Municipal taxation. Rich men investtheir money, in these bonds, and whilethey draw 7-3Ointerest per annum on their money, they pay no taxes! Who pays the interest on the Bonds? Men of moderate means—Farmers and Mechanics. The withdrawal of the capital invest ed in Bonds from the Tax Duplicate throws an increased burden upon the remaining Personal Property and Real Estate. Who owns the greater part of Hail Estate in the country ? Farmers ! They pay the taxes which should fall upon the capitalists. To collect the Revenue Tax there are employed a host of Assessors, Collectors and Commissioners, who receive large salaries for their services. Their salaries are paid from the hard earnings of the Farmer and Mechanic Their labors could be performed by State and county officers at less than one-third the expense, and thus greatly reduce the taxes. This oppressive system of taxation was originated and legalized by the Ab olition party, who propose to make the man of moderate means bear its bur dens, while the capitalists are exempt, thus creating an aristocracy based on wealth. The Democratic party propose tomake every man pay his proportion of the expenses of the Government, according to his means. They do not recognize the right or justice of creating privileged classes, to be supported upon the indus try of the laud. They are opposed to the present expensive machinery of collecting taxes, by which a large pro portion is eaten up by office-holders. If you are opposed to paying taxes for men better able to pay them than you are, if you are opposed to the present expensive and unjust system of taxa tion, make it known at the polls by voting against those who laid this heavy burden upon the working classes. Franklin County The Democrats of Franklin county held their Convention at Chambersburg, on Tuesday, and nominated C. M. Dun can, Esq., for the State Senate; William McLellan, Esq., for the House of Repre sentatives, and William S. Stenger, Esq., for District Attorney—the two latter be ing nominated by acclamation. These are excellent selections. Mr. Duncan, though a decided Democrat, is held in high esteem by the most respect able members of all parties, on account of his private worth. A native of Ad ams county, he has troops of friends there who will see to it that he shall not fall behind the highest man on their own ticket. Mr. McLellan was for twenty years the very head and front of the Whig and Republican parties in Franklin county. His office was their head-quarters, and he was always consulted by them before they undertook any important political movement. He stood out against the Know-Nothings in 1854 and 1855, but joined in with the Republican organiza tion in 1856, and continued with them down to a very recent period. On being nominated by the Democratic Conven tion, the Valley Spirit says, "he ex plained his views on national politics, which were greeted with great ap plause." He is a valuable accession to the Democratic party, and will make a most useful member of the Legislature. His brother Hon. Robert McClelland, of Michigan, will be remembered by many of our readers as the accomplished Sec retary of the Interior, during the Presi dency of Gen. Pierce. Mr. Stenger is well known in Lancas ter, where his political speeches and lit erary orations have won him an envia ble fame for one so young. He has already served a term as District Attor ney, and has filled his official station with a diligence and an ability never exceeded by any of his predecessors. The nomination of Mr. Duncan for Senator will need to be ratified by Ad ams county, and that of Mr. McLellan for the House, by Perry; but both are certain to be concurred in by the Dis_ trict Conferences. We feel entirely sure of the election of the three gentlemen named, and we think the whole ticket nominated by the Franklin Democracy will be successful. Hon. George W. Brewer was unani mously elected Representative Delegate to the next Democratic State Conven tion. _Urn is. Military Courts. • •Zrzz.:: CoNimipondeneel4per , atm Seeretemy Min and Gov. r, of /terw Jersey l « . theiAting Of* I4iiiistrOldoCW mints f Jersey brhigs tci light like folywing ; c orresponden ce , which ,-1! . - flepligreaCiaedit dn . the intrepidity an d &lams,' Go*flor Parker. If we had hadluch Governors as Mr. Parker in all the States during the last four years, military interference with the regular course of justice in the_ States would have heen summarily atoPPqd, and the majesty' of the' civil law- 146- served-inviolate, without any impedi ment being thrown in the way of the Governineht is its efforts to crush the rebellion. Governor Parker was as patriotic as he was firm and intrepid in his defence of the rights of the people and of the State of New Jersey : SECRETARY. STANTON'S LETTER. WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON CITY, Oct. 6, 1864. To His Joel Parker, Governor of New Jersq. SIR: Private Timothy O'Donoghue, of the Ninth unattached Masapi;husetts heavy artillery, is imprisoned in your State, in the jail of Hudson City, await ing trial for homicide. I enclose to you a copy of a report on his case by General Holt, Judge Advocate General, and also a copy of a letter addressed by him to me on the subject. I would respectful ly ask, for the reasons stated in the opinion of the Judge Advocate General, and in O'Donoghue's letter, that the prisoner be remitted to the military authorities for trial. This has been the course pursued on similar applications, in other States, under like circumstan ces, and in which the request of the department has always been accorded. Will you be good enough to favor me with an early answer? Your obedient servant, EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. GOVERNOR PARKER'S REPLY. STATE OF SVEW JERSEY, EXECUTIVE DEP . 'S} TRENTON, October 15, 1864. Hon. Edwin .3.1. Stanton, Secretary of War, Washington. D. C. SIR : I have received your letter of the 6th instant, asking that private Timothy O'Douoghue, of the Ninth company unattached Massachusetts heavy artillery, now a prisoner of one of the counties of the state, be, by my order, discharged from confinement and remitted to the authorities of the United States. It appears by the papers accompany ing your letter that the said O'Donoghue, being in themilitary service of the United States, while pa.ssi ng through the s tate on the 9th day of March last, at Jersey City, shot a citizen, inflicting a wound from which death speedily ensued. The military authorities did not take cogni zance of the offense, but the civil au thorities of the county of Hudson, in which the alleged crime was committed, procured the arrest of O'Donoghue. He has been indicted by the grand jury of the county for the crime of murder, and is now, by theorder of the Courtof Oyer and Terminer, held in the custody of the Sheriff in the Hudson. County Jail, awaiting trial on the said indictment. A motion has been made by the United States district-attorney to have him discharged and remanded to the- mili tary authorities for trial before a court martial, which motion was denied by the court. You now ask me as the ex ecutive of the State of New Jersey, in effect, to order the prisoner to be taken out of the custody of the sheriff and from the jurisdiction of the court before which he has been arraigned and held for trial, and have him surrendered to the military authorities. I have no right to interpose and no power to make an order such as you re quest. The executive and judicial branches of the government are entirely distinct and independent of each other, each having its authorities and duties clearly defined: and should I make the order, the court would very properly disregard it as an unwarranted executive inter ference with its prerogative. If the United States authorities are not satisfied with the decision of the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Hudson county, refusing to discharge the prisoner, the United States attorney can take measures to have the decision re viewed by a higher legal tribunal. The decision of the court must stand until reversed by its own action or by the ac tion of some competent tribunal of review. I am clearly of opinion that the court should retain the custody of the prisoner until he is discharged by due process of law, and that th executive has no power in the premises. It is not necessary for me to discuss the question of jurisdiction, because, even if the court erred in holding the prisoner for trial, I have no right to in terpose; but, as the judge advocate-gen eral insists that the military courts have exclusive jurisdiction of the case, and, lest an omission to notice such insist ment might be construed into an ac quiescence in his views, I deem it proper to state that I differ with him, and think that the court decided the law correctly in refusing to discharge the prisoner. I am informed by the prosecuting attorney of the County of Hudson, that the indictment will be moved for trial on the 25th instant, at which time the case will be proceeded with, unless sufficient cause for further postpone ment be given. For the reasons herein stated, I re spectfully decline to order the prisoner remitted to the military authorities. I am, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, JOEL PARKER. The Antietam National Cemetery The trustees appointed to purchase and enclose a suitable lot of ground on the battle field of Antietam, as a final resting place for the remains of the sol diers who fell in that battle, under the resolution of the Legislature of Mary land appropriating $7,000 for that pur pose, have issued an address to the au thorities of the several States, detailing the progress in the work. They have purchased a suitable lot of ground in the suburbs of Sharpsburg, in sight of Burn side's Bridge, and what was the head quarters of General McClellan and Gen. Lee, and arrangements are now making to have it substantially enclosed and graded. The number of loyal dead on the field is between 7,000 and 8,000, and thus far over 2,620 have been identified —1,704 by name and regiment and State, and 916 by their respective State. The work of identification is still progress ing, and the graves being marked. They were scattered over a distance of twenty miles. The address contains the name, company, regiment and State to which each soldier that has been recognized belonged, and states that the graves can be pointed out to their relatives or friends by the local trustee. The atten tion of the Executive and Legislatures of other States is called to the propriety of promptly joining with Maryland in the work by the appointment of trustees and making suitable apropriations. It is said to be the purpose of the trustees to make an application to the next Con gress to erect a National Monument in to cemetery. The trustees are Dr. Au gustus A. Biggs, of Sharpsburg; Mr. Thomas A. Boullt, of Hagerstown ; Mr. Charles C. Fulton, of Baltimore, and Gen. Shriver, of Frederick. Motives The Philadelphia News, a shoddy or gan, says that Gen. Hartranft went into the service " imbued with a religious sentiment," and " devoted all the ener gies of his soul to the cause," but that Colonel Davis only marched forward to " draw his play," and to " seek the honors which the Government might bestow " It is strange, however, that Hartranft got all the honors and Davis all the wounds—Davis having been wounded three times and left his right hand upon the battle-field, while Hart ranft bears not a single scratch ! But it is not strange, either, for Davis was a Democrat, who could not swallow the negro policy—designed as it was only to kill the Democratic party and not the rebellion. The honors of which Colonel Davis has been robbed now await him at the hands of the people! Forney Repudiates the Stevens Platform. : ;,?Phe immaculate patriot Forney seems l ie ha "re been lying around loose for some to past. It has been hard to knoN. `inhere to find him. He hais been radi Atal one day and conservative the next, and sometimes apparently both at one and the same time. This must have heeii'most perplexing to all ,who swear iy the Press. In Saturday's issue, he deliberately kicks over the platform adopted by the Republicans of this State. The action of. Miqq*l.mippi in speedily „adopting , a constitution abolishing slavery and putting the State squarely in the - rnion upon President Johnson's policy, and the President's congratu latory dispatch to Governor Sharkey, accoMpanied as it was by the assurance that the military forces would speedily be withdrawn and the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus restored, has opened Forney's eyes. He accordingly writes as follows : The Southern States need protection. At last they begin to understand that they cannot make conditions, and that the terms upon which they will be re ceived by the parent Government, are not such as will, in any sense, degrade them—beingnothing more than obedi ence, to the Government they have as sailed, and a full acceptance of the obli gations imposed alike upon those who have, and those who have not, been faithful. There is no rule for the South that does notequally apply at the North. That paragraph is in direct and strik ing contrast with the fourth resolution of the Republican platform, which reads as follows: 4. That having conquered the rebel lious States, they should be held in sub jection, and the treatment they are to receive and the laws which are to govern them, should be referred to the law making power of the nation to which it legitimately belongs. Indeed, Forney's views of the rela tion of the Southern States to the Fed eral Government, as expressed above, seem to be perfectly in accordance with the fifth resolution of the Democratic State platform, which is thus worded : 5. That we fully concur with Presi dent Johnson in the conviction ex pressed by him in 1860, and repeated several times since, that the Federal Government is sovereign within its proper sphere ; that it acts not through or upon the States but directly upon in dividuals; that the States could not absolve the people from their federal obligations ; that the State ordinances of secession were nullities; and, there fore, when the attempted revolution came to an end by the submission of the insurgents, the States were as much a part of the Union as they had been before, their people were bound to the same duties and clothed with the same rights, excepting, of course, such rights as individuals among them had legally forfeited by their own acts in the mean time. But are we to suppose that because Forney repudiates the Republican plat form, and advocates the very doctrines of the Democratie party, that he will therefore support the Democratic nomi nees. Nay, verily ! Such renegades as he grow shameless in their inconsisten cies, and are ready to do violence alike to their consciences and their better judgment. The people, however, will look at these things, and will repudiate the fanatics and the dishonest political tricksters who now till public positions. Progress of Colfax: The pilgrimage of Schuyler Colfax across the continent, hobnobbing with Brigham Young, saying sweet things to the virtuous fair ones of Salt Lake City, and doing his utmost with the Pahute Indians to obtain their support for the succession to the White House, has just visited Salem, the Capitol of Oregon, the people whereof are of that class not very apt to believe that mice and ele phants are equals, or that a bray and a roar are sufficiently situilarsou,nds to be produced by members of the same fam ily of animals. On the arrival of Mr. Colfax and party at Salem, the editor of the Arena, who being a man without fear, ventured to take a look, and thus reports the result: "Mr. Colfax is a mediocre man,uniting the abilities of a moderate country law yer, with the art and address of a small politician seeking the presidency, re minding one of a small, but sleek' purp ' vainly butcomplacently endeavoring to carry off a very large bone. He recited his speech, unaccountably omitting Mr. Lincoln's message to the miners,' which detracted much from the fresh ness of his `impromptu remarks.''' Effect of Obscene Literature The Petersburg (Va.) Dully Index, re ferring to the numerous outrages upon little girls, the adulteries and divorce cases, that occupy so much space in the papers of the North, says with some truth and a great deal of malice : "They are directly traceable to the shocking obscenity in American Litera ture, or to speak more correctly, the vast amount of American Literature which is shockingly obscene. The minds and morals of the people at the North of a certain class—and that, not the poorest —have become utterly rotten and cor rupt under the blight of this poison, which is spread broadcast by the daily press, the periodicals, and the flood of yellow covered novels. So unblushing is this form of depravity, that the col umns of one of the most popular family (!) weekly papers published in Boston, has a column devoted exclusively to ad vertisements which are nothing more or less than assignations !" George Long MESSRS. EDITORS: Is this gentleman, re cently renominated for the office of Prison Inspector by the Republican party, the same individual accused of taking a bribe at the last election for Prison officers, and for which heinous offence a true bill was found by the Grand Jury.at their late session? I am not personally acquainted with Mr. Long, and therefore make the inquiry; but if he be the same man, the voters of the county should know it, so that they may be prepared to cast their ballots understand ingly. If this is the Mr. Long of bribery notoriety, his nomination, under the cir cumstances, is an insult and an outrage upon the good people of the county. I do not wish to do injustice to any man, and therefore solicit information. A REPUBLICAN VOTER. —ln answer to the above query, we reply that we learn, from reliabie au thority, that the Mr. Long alluded to is the identical individual against whom the Grand Jury found a true bill, last week, for bribery or something akin to it. Our " Republican " friend can make a note of it, and see what kind of can didates he and his political brethren are expected to endorse through the ballot box.—Rds.. tel. Tell it All The Abolition journals are boasting loudly over the fact that Jacob M. Camp bell, their candidate for Surveyor Gen eral, has " subscribed $30,000 to the war loan of the State." Why don't they tell the people that these thirty thou sand dollars yield him an income, in interest, of one thousand eight hundred dollars annually, and that upon the whole amount he does not pay one cent of tax? Why don't they tell them that this amount is simply so much wealth drawn from the taxable property of the state, and that the farmer, the mechanic, and the day-laborer must be taxed so much the more to make up for this thirty thousand dollars of Campbell's ? Why don't they tell it all? Rather Plain Language. The editor of the Record—a Republi can paper published in Fayette county, Indiana—declares: It is the opinion of many earnest pa triots, who have always acted with the party of freedom and progress, and have been and are ardent supporters of the Republican Administration of national affairs, that the Republican party of lowa is fast becoming as corrupt as hell, and deserves to be damned. More Loyal Patriotism. The following from the Baltimore Sun of yesterday sheds further light up on the patriotism of our Abolition WM- Discovery of Frauds on the General GoVernment---Arrest of Some of the Al leged Perpetratore—Yesterday after noon CoL Woolley, -Provost Marshal General of this Military Department, made public some of the facts in regard to alleged extensive frauds on the G'ov ernment, which he, with his detectives, has hadin hand, to ferret out. At his instance, during several days past, Mar shal Carmichael and Deputy Marshal Manly, with some of:their police force, have arrested in this city various citi zens, and sent them to the Military prison. These arrests, being made in different sections of the city, and the parties locked up-in the military jail, much curiosity and enquiry were elicit ed, especially on the part of the friends of the incarcerated. On Wednesday and yesterday, a private investigation and preliminary examination took place at Col. Woolley's office, and the follow ing facts were obtained for publication. It became known some time since that a system of fraud on the Government was being practiced, by the mustering out and paying off of men as soldiers, who were not soldiers, and the fraud, it is represented, was traced to the Hicks United States General Hospital, situated in the western suburbs of the city. Cap tain D. L. Beckwith, of the Veteran Reserve Corps, occupying the position of assistant Commissary of Musters, of the Middle Military Department, and stationed at the Hicks Hospital, was arrested on Wednesday by Capt. Sher man, assistant provost marshal, by command of Col. Woolley and taken to the provost marshal's office. He with the others, (whose names are withheld from publication for the present) are charged with these frauds. The manner of procedure was as fol lows: A man, who was but a citizen, would enter the Hospital as a soldier of some distant regiment and a fraduleut descriptive list of him be made, and after remaining a few days on these lists his muster out papers and discharge certificates would also be prepared, sign ed by Capt. Beckwith, and given the supposed soldier ; with these he would go to the Paytnaster's Department in Exchange Buildings, and their receive from Col. Etting, Chief Paymaster, the amount due him, of back pay, bounty, &, the .One of the parties arrested receiv edum of $440, one $57 7, another $570.41, another $569.75, and smaller amounts, down to $125. These men would generally march to the Pay master's office in the company of dis charged soldiers, and there be met by Capt. Beckwith, and after receiving their money, many of them would, as is alleged in the testimony elicited dur ing the examination yesterday, share , the amount with that officer. Several forged documents and orders have also been found, indicating that the accom plices in this species of fraud are numer ous, and strenuous efforts will be made to arrest all the suspected parties. Seven of the citizens arrested have been sent to the city jail, as was also Capt. Beckwith, where they wjll be kept in close confinement to await further developments in the case. Dur ing the examination yesterday it was testified that one party had been sent to Philadelphia, to the Chestnut Hill Hos pital, but his papers not being approv ed by the Surgeon of the Hospital, he was sent back to Baltimore. He return ed again to Philadelphia with his forg ed papers, properly arranged, was ad mitted to the Hospital, and as a matter of course, in a few days became conva lescent, was mustered out, and received from the Paymaster in Philadelphia $618.69. He is among those under ar rest. It was made evident that the frauds in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and perhaps other cities, in this way have been large. It is impossible to get at the full amount as yet. The books and documents at Colonel Etting's office, are being thoroughly overhauled by that officer, and lie is rendering every assistance in the development of the frauds. The Secretary of War has ordered Colonel Woolley to continue his investigations, and send for persons or papers wherever necessary. A Sly Dig at Beecher A New York correspondent of the Chi cago Journal gives the illustrious Henry Ward the following quiet rap: "We have a minister in this city who makes $20,000 a year preaching the gos pel. He takes it for granted that every body can have what he can afford, and when he gets a new thing he puts it in to the newspaper, to let all the world know it, as a hen cackles to announce that she has laid an egg. He furnished his house with costly pictures; imme diately the whole world was called upon to buy paintings, they were so hu manizing, and elevating, and intellect ual. Of course all we poor fellows, who live in attics and chambers, work hard to get bread, and, fight hourly to keep the wolf aw✓ay from the door, can spend $5,000 or $lO,OOO for pictures just as well as not, and they would be so becoming! Then he bought a farm to live on in the summer ; it was so convenient. Then he goes off into raptures on a co.w that he bought—describes the luscious cream and how the very pigs revelled in skim milk. He advised everybody to have a cow, so that they might have cream." County Conventions The Republicans of Snyder county have nominated Dr. Isaac Rothrock for As sembly. The Republicans pf Delaware county have re-nominated Ellwood Tyson for As sembly. The Northampton county Democratic convention flivored the nomination of Hies ter Clymer for Governor. The Republicans of Huntingdon have nominated a ticket of soldiers, with Eph raim Baker for Assembly. • The Democrats of Union county have nominated Dr. Charles Wilson (beaten last year) for Assembly. The Democrats of Fulton, Bedford and Somerset have nominated Geo. A. Smith and A. J. Colborn for Assembly. The Democrats of Montgomery have re-nominated Dr. A. D. Markley and Ed ward Satterthwaite for Assembly. The Republicans of Lycoming have nominated Samuel C. Wingard for Assem bly. John Piatt is the Democratic candi date. The Democrats of Butler have nomi nated John C. Coll for Assembly, and re commended Col. Sirmtll, of Armstrong, for Senator. Walter F. Johns, of the Oil City Regis ter, is an independent Republican candi date for Assembly in Venango and Mercer, and will be supported by the Democrats. The Democrats of Schuylkill have nom inated Dr. Kennedy Robinson, John M. Crosland and Peter P. Collins for Assembly —all new men and instructed for Hon. Hiester Clymer for Governor in 18136. —The Democratic conferees of Indiana and Westmoreland counties have ratified the nomination of H. B. Piper and James Rutledge, of Westmoreland, and James B. Sansoni, of Indiana, as their candidates for the General Assembly. The Democracy of Cumberland have nominated Philip Long for Assembly, and instructed for Colonel James Chestnut for Senator. The Democracy of York have noir:lna ted James Cameron (present member) and Abraham S. Lawrence for Assembly, and A. Hiestand Glatz for Senator. Mr. Chest nut is recommended for Senator by Cum berland, but we think Gen. Glatz will carry off the nomination, and in that case his elec tion would be more than probable. The Democracy of Berks have nominated the following ticket: Assembly—Frederick Hamer, Henry B. Rhoads and John Messimer; Sheriff, Tobias Barto ; District Attorney, Wharton Morris; County Treasurer, Isaac R. Fisher; County Commissioner, Wm. S. Young. Jeremiah Hagenman, George K. Levan, Daniel L. Batdorff and Levi Templin, were appointed delegates to the next Democratic convention, and instructed to support the nomination of Hon. Hiester Clymer for Governor. A Year of Great Men Napoleon Bonaparte and Lord Wel lington were born in 1769—50 also was Simon Cameron, according to a bio graphical sketch of the great Winne bago Chief, published in the Harrisburg Telegraph of last evening. We knew that Simon's time of life was running " into the sear and yrellow leaf," but we did not suppose that he was quite as aged as his organ makes him. The 54th Regiment. Who Was its Leader 4—lllogroPhical Sketch ot Lt. - Cot John P. Linton. IFrom the Johnstown Democrat.] - Lt. Col. John P. Linton was rocked in the cradle of Democracy. He is the eldest son of Robert P. Linton, who has been an active, life-long Democrat, who has filled the office of Sheriff of Cambria county three terms satisfadtorily to his constituents. The Colonel was born in Johnstown, Cambria county, in the year 1833, and is thirty-two years of age. His youthful days were marked by industry and in defatigable zeal.in the pursuit of knowl edge. At an early period in his life he entered Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pa. His eyesight failing he was com pelled to leave college, and for a time abandon literary pursuits. After the restoration of his eyesight he continued to be the same assiduous student. SUb sequently he entered the law office of Hon. Cyrus L. Pershing, of Johnstown, where we find him the same industrious student we knew him in his early 'youth. In 1855 he was admitted,to the practice of law in the courts of his native county. Immediately thereafter he was taken into partnership with his preceptor, Hon. C. L. Pershing, in which he .continued until 1858, when the partnership was dissolved and he opened an office alone. Whilst in the midst of a successful ca reer, and a rapidly increasing practice, the war of the great rebellion broke out, and the call of the President for troops was flashed over the wires, elec trifying the whole North. At this juncture Col. Linton was First Lieu tenant of a volunteer organization, composed almost, if not exclusively, of Democrats. The company at once elect ed Linton Captain, and he immediate ly marched it to Camp Curtain. His company was designated as Company F, 3d Pa. Infantry. Immediately rafter the termination of the " three mouths campaign," under Maj. Gen. Patterson, and the discharge of his company, Colonel Linton, in conjunction with, his present _ competitor, Col. J. M. Campbell, set about raising a regiment for the three years service. This was accomplished, and Linton, by the unan imous voice of his companions of the "three months service," was selected as Major. The regiment was designated the 54th Pa. Vols. The regiment was stationed for a long period along the line of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail road, guarding it as well'as protecting the lower line of counties in Pennsyl vania. We may here say that, although for a long time unknown to fame, this regiment occupied and protected fifty six miles of that important artery of supply for Washington and the Army of the Potomac. Its duty was the most arduous and trying, requiring the ut most diligence and watchfulness of both' officers and men ; but a single company at a post, and these were miles apart, and each exposed to very imminent danger of being cut off and captured. Valor Linton was stationed at South Branch, the extreme western post, until Lee invaded Maryland. The regiment at this time was a part of Col. D. S. Miles' command. When Harper's Ferry fell the 54th was the only regiment of that command that escaped the surren der. Back Creek Bridge, the extreme eastern post, being threatened by the enemy, Major Linton was transferred from the west and assigned to the com mand of the same. Whilst the rear guard of Jackson's army, marching to invest Harper's Ferry, was passing, within one mile of Major Lincoln's post a squad of thirty men, pushed out from camp and suddenly attacking, threw the rebels into confusion, who, thinking themselves attacked by a large force, fled in every direction. Returning to his pest, Major Linton continued to hold the Same in the very face of the enemy, being constantly in sight of their lines, ;and liable at any moment to I attack. After the battle of Antietam the whole rebel army was concentrated at Martins burg, engaged in destroying the railroad. Major Linton, with a single company of infantry, held a post guarding an im portant bridge, but twelve miles from the main body of the rebel army, and in full view of their scouting parties.— By constantly scouting in his front and on his flank ; by repeated skirmishes ; by erecting log breastworks and mount ing " Quaker guns ;" by blowing up stumps morning and evening to imitate the discharge of artillery, he deceived the rebels effectually as to his strength. In this he was of course sustain ed by Colonel Campbell, who as sisted iu the deception by bring ing companies from other posts by rail to Back Creek, which were marched and countermarched in and out of the breastworks and in face of the enemy, with a great show of strength, when they were then quietly moved off to their proper posts, leaving Linton alone to keep the works. By these devices the rebels were deceived and held in check for two weeks. They were not always to be thus kept from destroying the Back Creek bridge.— Early one morning they marched with a large force of cavalry, infantry and artillery, to attack, and if possible sur prise the Major. But he was on the alert and made every effort to deceive them, but the odds were too great. At length, finding that he would be sur rounded, the enemy being then close up to his works, he slowly fell back, bringing off all of his men in safety to Cherry Run. Content with hold ing the bridge, the rebels made no fur ther pursuit. An effort to dislodge them failing, Maj. Linton was left with two companies of infantry at Cherry Run, to watch the movements, and defend as best he could the road. By constant diligence and activity, suddenly appear ing at unexpected points, he succeeded in his perilous duty. At Maynard's Mill he came unexpectedly on a force of rebel cavalry, three or four times his numbers, and completely routed them. Not content with hearing how affairs stood, Major Linton always accompa nied his scouting parties and personally directed their movements ; often pene trating the rebel lines and once barely escaping them. At length the regiment was concen trated and relieved from its arduous and trying duties of railroad guarding.— This occurred in December, 1862. Lieut. Col. B. McDermitt, having been com pelled to resign on account of ill health, Major Linton was, February Ist, pro moted to fill the vacancy. In March, 1863, we find the 54th at Romney, Va. Here Col. Linton assid uously labored to perfect his regiment in drill, and by his untiring energy and consummate knowledge of tactics, made it, what we believe it was, among the best drilled regiments in the service, and certainly second to none in the De partment of 'Western Virginia. Gen. Lee having again crossed the Potomac, Gen. Kelly concentrated his troops and marched - to and crossed the Potomac and occupied Hedgesville, near Martinsburg. The 54th formed a part of this force, being in the 2d Brigade. Gen. Kelly's forces, after a heavy skir mish, being likely to besurrounded and captured, were withdrawn to the north side of the Potomac, leaving Col. Lin ton with the 54th regiment alone on the south side, with a swollen river in their rear and the rebel forces in front. But the rebels contented themselves with throwing a'couple of shells in the regi ment, and then withdrew. Here the 2d Brigade marched through the coun try to its old camp at Romney. In September, 1863, Col. Mulligan was lying in an exposed position at Peters burg, Va., and Col. Linton marched to his relief. 'Whilst pushing rapidly along he was suddenly attacked by the rebels, but they were ptomptly put to flight. Subsequently the regiment was stationed at Springfield, Va., from which place Col. Linton made two ef forts to capture the notorious M'Neil, having been sent out for that purpose, but infantry could not march as fast as cavalry and M'Neil escaped, and our trains were saved. When Seigel start ed on his expedition up the valley the 54th was assigned to the 2d Brigade of the Ist Division. On the 15th of May, 1864, the disastrous battle of New Mar ket was fought. The 54th was on the extreme left, and although it bore the brunt of the battle, was the last to leave the field. By sheer force of numbers, almost surrounded, with the enemy in front and on both flanks, the gallant fellows were at last compelled to yield. Whilst doing his utmost to rally the men and continue the fight Col. Linton re ceived a wound in the left thigh from a musket ball. Being now unlit for duty he received a leave of absence and went home. While he was absent the regiment marched up, the valley with Hunter. Promptly at the expiration of his time, his wound still unhealed, - he reported to Gen. Seigel in command at Martini burg, as he could not then reach his regiment. He was assigned to the Command of, a battalion in Col: Mulli gan's brigade, which started to join Gen. Hunter, but was met by a large force of thif enem y;and compelled ,tolaltbick on Seigel. In the mean time Col. -Lin ton took - command , of 'the regiment ; which was: now a part of Gen. Crooks' command. Gen. Crooks marched to Snicker's Ferry, where, on the 18th of July,a battle was fought. In the midst of the fight Col. Frost, who command: ed the brigade to which the 54th belong ed, was killed, when the command of the brigade devolved on Col. Linton, now the senior officer present. Soon after taking command of the brigade, and whilst personally superintending the movements of the troops, extrica ting them from the dangerous position in which they then were, Col. Linton re ceived a wound from a musket ball in the right shoulder. Yet he gallantly kept the field. Gen. Crooks now withdrew and subse quently marched to Winchester. Col. Linton, though suffering from his wound, still continued in the field. On the 23d of July the rebels attacked Crooks. but were, after a good deal of fighting, repulsed. July 24th they re newed the attack. The brunt of the battle for a long time was borne by Mulligan's Division, in which was Lin ton's Brigade, and which he still ably commanded and nobly fought. Here fell Col.. Mulligan. The fighting was desperate. Crooks fough t his men with the courage of a lion, but the force of numbers compelled the stubborn old " war horse "to yield. The night was extremely dark. Col. Linton still suf fering from his wound, kept his small brigade, wasted by hard fighting to but little more than a regiment, together. Slowly lie fell back, keeping his men from stampeding. Riding off the side of the road to ascertain what force was nearest him his horse blundered over a stone pile and fell. The Colonel was thrown violently to the ground, and the hilt of his sabre as he tell coming in contact with his already wounded right shoulder, broke the collarbone. Suffer ing the most excruciating pain, he would not and did not yield until the danger was over. He was then sent to the hospital, and obtaining a leave of absence, went home—promptly return ing to duty in the field when his leave expired, although his wounds were still unhealed and painful. Now the brigade was commanded by Col. Harris, Linton being still in com mand ofthe regiment. Col. Harris hav ing been injured by a fall, Col. Linton took command of the brigade, and with it fought through the battle atl3erry ville, where the rebels were repulsed, September 3d. At the last great battle of Winchester Col. Linton was destined to receive his last and most severe of his many wounds.. Gallantly leading his regiment to the charge, amid a perfect storm of bullets, grape and canister, he received in his seemingly fated right arm and shoulder a canister shot which in addition to the torturing pain he suffered, to this day deprives him of the full and free use of that good right hand which dealt so many blows to the enemy. For some time it was feared that he would lose his life while in the hospital. But so painful was his arm and shoulder, the wound still continued, suppurating and was not entirely healed until after he' was discharged. He was honorably discharged on the Gth of February, 1865, having been in service from the commencement of the war in 1561. The friends of Col. Linton urged his claims for the Democratic nomination for Senator in the Twenty-second Dis trict. Believing that there were rea sons why Hon. K. L. Blood could se cure a greater preponderance of support from the opposition in his own county, and from no desire to override the claims of Col. Linton, who was not ur gent, the nominationwas yielded to the former. Colonel Linton was not aware that his name would be brought before the State Convention ; and hence his nomination was to him a total surprise. Col. Lin ton is a candidate that all may feel proud of. Besides his military services he has many oualifications upon which his claims can safely be rested. In pri vate life there is not a man of purer character in the State. Against his fair fame not a breath of slander can be raised. Here where he is known neither friend nor foe can say aught to his discredit, and both alike acknowl edge his untarnished moral worth.— Strictly temperate, sternly honest, tru ly honorable : these are his admitted characteristics. Sociable, none could be more gentle, al - 11/hie and obliging. than he. Fearless in the discharge of, every duty, he cannot be swerved from; its performance either by threat or en treaty—he wills to do right and does regardless of friend or foe. He is among;' the foremostof the lawyers of his district although but a young man. He is a fluent speaker, a ready debator, a sound and logical thinker, a man of liberal education, thoroughly alive to all the great questions of the day; a Democrat from pure and honest convictions; he is one well qualified for the championship of the great party to which he belongs, and entirely worthy of the hearty sup port of the people at the coming election. In him, should he be elected, the people will find an honest, capable and worthy officer. The Public Debt WASHINGTON, Sept. 2. — Secretary McCulloch to-day published a state ment of the public debt, as appears from the books, treasury returns and requisitions up to the 31st of Augttst, 1865. The recapitulation is as follows Amount of outstanding debt bearing interest in coin Interest Debt bearing interest in lawful inoney Interest Debt on which interest has ceased 1,503,020 (fli Debt bearing no interest... 373,13118,2L6 :ts Total debt 2,757,689,571 43 Interest 138,031,628 24 Legal tender notes in circulation Ono and two years' 5 per cent. notes U. S. notes, (old issue) U. S. notes, (new issue) Compound interest notes Act of March 2, 1863 Compound interest notes Act of June 30, 1804 Total $(384,138,859 As contrasted with the statement of the public debt published on the Ist of July, the principal has been increased only $295,000 within the last month, while the interest on the debt has de creased nearly $230,000. The legal tender notes have been re duced $1,097,000. The amount of coin now in the Treasury is nearly forty-five millions and a half, or about ten mil lions more than a month ago. The currency now in the Treasury is nearly forty-three millions as against eighty-one and a halfmillions, showing a reduction of currency in the Treasury for the past month of thirty-eight mil lions and a half. The suspended requi sition amounts to a little over two mil, lions. The Secretary of the Treasury to-day promulgated the President's proclama tion of the 29th ult, for the informatibn and guidance of officers of the Treasury Department, and says: "In conformity with its terms, arti cles heretofore regarded as prohibited, may be transported to places in • the States heretofore in insurrection with out any restrictions, except guns, pistols and ammunition. " Applications for the shipment of these should be made in writing to the proper officers of the customs, who will forward them to the department for its decisions, accompanied with such re commendations as they may be dis posed to make. (Signed) H. MCCULLOCH, Secretary of the Treasury." - The Allengheny PolsoningCase--Another Charge of Mnider. James S. Caruthers, of Allegheny city, whose wife, it is believed, died from poison administered by Mrs. Martha Grinder, made information before the Mayor on Thursday, charging Mrs. G. with the crime of murder. A commit ment was accordingly lodged against her. There are now four charges pre ferred—two for attempted murder, and two for committing murder. Dr. Otis Wuth, chemist, having con cluded the analysis of the remains of - thestomach, liver, &c., of Miss Buchan an, and informed th% coronei of the fact, the inquest will be concluded at the Mayor's office this evening, at half past seven o'clock. We learn that Dr. W. did not deem it necessary to examine the brain of the deceased, being satisfied with his examination of the other parts. The examination with reference to Mrs. Caruthers, whose body was ex humed at New Castle, on 'Wednesday, is progressing, and it is probable that Dr. Wuth may get through with it by' this evening. Should poison be discovered in either -case, the evidence againist Mrs. Grinder • will indeed be most duankkg.--2:Nte s . burg Dispatch. $1,108,310,181 SI 64,500,400 50 274,478,103 40 73,531,037 75 $33,59 402,9f;N 48.1,757,1;01 15,000,000 202,02 ,Ibo
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