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Love in a Printing Office. '
I once heard an old Jour-remark that
a printing office was no place for love
making; and I have since experienced,
the truth of his observation- , -being.now
fully. convinced that the flower of love
.can never. bloom amidst type stands and
printing ink. It was my fortune to so.
journ in the village of Directly
opposite the office was a pretty white
cottage; with a rosebush all around the
.caSement, and I was not long in making
the discovery that the cottage contained
.a fair inmate—a flower whose beauty
far outalione the rose that clustered
:around the window: She was a little
;blue-eyed creature of some sixteen sum-
Mers. She was the belle of the village,
and her name was Mary—sweet poetic
Mary.
It was a beautiful summer morning,
and I raised the window to admit the
cool and refreshing breeze from the
flower decked fields, and it was not long
before I perceived that the cottage win
-dow was also - hoisted, and that sweet
little Mary was near it, very busily en
gaged with her needle. I worked but
little that morning. My eyes constant
ly wandered toward the cottage window,
where little Mary sat, and all sorts of
fantastic notions whirled through my
fancy lighted brain, and I began to
think that a 'slight touch of what the
poets call love sliding in at the corners
of my 'heart. A few days passed
away and chance made me acquainted
with Mary. Heavens! she was
a sweet creature -a form that would
have shamed the famous Venus de
Medici—a cheek that out-blushed the
richest peach, and a lip that would have
tempted a bee from his hive on a fro - Sty
morning. She seemed the embodiment
of all that was lovely and bewitching.
Well, time passed on and one day Mary
expressed a wish to come and - visit the
printing office. Oh ! thoughttl, what
a chance, I'll do it there,, yes there, in
themidst of the implements of the black
art. Why shouldn't I? Love in a
printing office ! There was something
original in that and I resolved to try it.
Well, Mary carne to the office, and I
explained to her the use of every im
plement of the black art—the inks and
the stands, and boxes of A'B C's. I
took the opportunity to snatch her lily
white hand and she drew it back, knock
ing a stick full of matter into pi. " I
must have a kiss for that, my pretty
one," said I, and at it I went. I man
aged to twist one arm around her 'waist,
and in struggling to free herself she up
set a galley of editorial, a long article on
the Reconstruction question. Nothing
daunted, I made at her again. This
. time I was more successful, for I ob
tained the kiss. By St. Paul it. was a
sweet one, and the little witch bore it
like a martyr. She never screamed once,
but as I raised my lips from hers, she
lifted her delicate little hand, and gave
me a box on the ear that made me see
more stars than were ever viewed by
Herschel through his big Telescope.—
Soniewhat nettled, and with my cheeks
smarting with pain, I again seized her
waist and said, " Well, if you don't like
it just take back the kiss." She made
a desperate struggle, and as she jerked
herself from my arms her foot struck the
ley pot, and over it went.
Another gally of Editorial was
sprinkled over the floor, and in her
efibrts to reach the door her foot slipped,
and in attempting to sustain herself,
her hand, her lily white hand, the
same little hand that had came in con
tact with my ears, Oh, horrible! it was
stuck up to the elbow in the ink keg !
Shades of Franklin what a change came
over the beauty of that hand ! She
slowly drew it from the keg, and asked
me what use I made of that tar? I be
gan to be seriously alarmed, and apolo
gisedin the best manner I could, and
to my surprise she seemed rather
pleased than angry—but there was a
lurking devil in her eye that told me
there was mischief afloat. As I stood
surveying the black covering of her
hand, and scarcely able to suppress a
laugh at its metamorphosis, she quickly
raised it on high and brought it down
" kerslap "in my face! Before I could
recover from my surprise the same little
band had again descended, and again
left the inky imprint on my cheek!
" Why, Mary, what are you about ?"
I exclaimed. "I think you told me you
rolled ink on the face of the form," she
said with a loud laugh, and again her
hand lit on my face—taking me a broad
Slap in the very middle of my counte
nance, and most wofully bedaubing my
eyes. With a light step and a merry
peal of laughter she skipped through
the doorway, crying, "I say, Charlie,
what kind of a roller does my hand
make?" "Oh," I said, "you take too
much ink." " Ha! ha!" she laughed
"well, good bye, Charlie, that's my im-
pression!" I went to the glass and
verily I could easily have passed tor a
Guinea negro. "And so," said I, "this
is love in a printing office! The devil
fiy away with such love!"
The next morning when the editor
•came to the office he found things rather
topsey to rey. However, that made no
difference to me, for I had mizzled long
before daylight. I bore the marks of
the scene for many a day, and now,
whenever I see a lady enter a printing
office, I think of little Mary and keep
my eye fixed on the ink keg. Although
she were as beautiful as a Hebe, I would
not venture to touch her with a ten foot
pole. Talk about love in a boudoir—love
in a boWer or love on a-spring seat sof.
on a Sunday night, its nothing to be
compared to Love in a Printing Office !
How Different Natio4s Eat
The Maldavian islanders eat, alone.
They retire into the most hinder parts
of their houses, and then draw down
the cloths that serve as blinds to their
windows that they may eat unobserved.
On the contrary, the islanders of the
Philippines are remarkably sociable.
Whenever oue of them finds himself
without a companion to partake of his
meal, he runs till he meets with one,
and however keen his appetite may be,
he ventures not to satisfy it without a
guest. The tables of the rich Chinese
shine with . a beautiful varnish, and are
covered with silk carpets very elegantly
worked. They do not make use of
plates, knives and forks ; every guest
has two little ivory or ebony sticks,
which he handles very adroitly. A
Kamschatkan kneels before his guest ;
he''cuts an enormous slice from a sea
calf; he crams it entire-into the mouth
of his friend, furiously' crying out
"Tana!" " there !" and cutting away
'what hangs about his lips , snatches
and devours it with avidity.
-A child, speaking of his home to a.
friend, was, asked, "Where is your
home?" Looking, with loving eyes, at
hik blether, he replied,." Where mother
is:" ' Was ever a question more truth
fully or touchingly answered?
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VOLUME 66.
'Spanish Etiquette.
In Spain etiquette was carried to such
an extent as to make martyrs of their
kings. Here is an inatance, at 'which,
in spite - of the fatal - consequences it pr-o
dui; one cannot refrain from smiling.
Phili the Third was gravely seated by
the fire-side ; the flre-maker of the
court had kindled so great a quantity of
wood that the-monarch was nearly suf
focated with heat, and his grandeur
would not suffer him for rise from the
chair ; the domestics could not presume
to enter the apartment, because it
was against the etiquette. At
• length, the Marquis de Pota ap
peared, and the king ordered him to
damp the fires ; but he excused himself ;
alleging that he was forbidden by the
etiquette to perform such a function,
for which the Duke D'Ussoda ought to
be callen upon, as it was his business.
.The Duke was absent; the fire burnt
fiercer, and the king endured it, rather
than derogate from his dignity. But
his blood was heated to such a degree
that an erysipelas of the head appears
the next day, which, succeeded by a vio
lent fever, carried him off in 1621, in
tie 24th year of his age.
Homesick Darkey.
We saw a little darkey on Main street
yesterday, soliciting means from pedes
trians to take him back to his master in
Georgia. A gentleman held a fifty cent
currency in his fingers while the little
darkey made the following speech: " I
want to go back down to Georgia to old
massa, kase I'd radder lib wid him one
yeah dais lib about dis way all my life.
I knows I had no business follerin' dem
Yanks off, no how ; but it can't be
helped now, massa, an' I want to go
back down dar, 'fore Winter sets in."
•" Can't you getalong whereyou are?"
" Well, I'se gota sho' ting o'libin wid
hini, an' up heal', I don't-know in de
mornin' whar I'se gwine to len' at
night ; an', den, you know, massa, all
de big niggas' gwine to git de best an'
de fust ob what's floatin"bout, an' us
little niggas kin do de best we kin."
" Here, take this, it will help you
along."
"It 'll take me dat much nearer
home, massa; ebery little helps, ye
know, an' I tanks ye jess as much fo'
dis as if ye give me enutf to tote me all
de way 'dar." The little darkey's
speech attracted quite acrowd, who con
tributed liberally toward sending the
little black wanderer.
"Way down South in deland oh cotton
Whur old times are not forgotten."
Louisville Journal.
Military Rule
" It is against sound policy," says
Judge Storey, " for a free people to keep
up large military establishments and
standing armies in time of peace, both
from the enormous expenses, with
which they are attended, and the facile
means which they afford to ambitious
and unprincipled rulers, to subvert the
Government, or trampleupon the rights
of the people." These remarks have
an application now. It is estimated
that there are still 300,000 troops under
arms. There is not a particle of necessity
for the existence of this armed force.—
Theris no organized military force in any
part of the country arrayed against the
United States authority. Of course,
this immense force should be disbanded
at once. It can be mustered out with
perfectsafety. Why, then, is it kept up,
unless there is some -ulterior object in
view? Its continued existence niay well
cause alarm in the minds of every friend
of free institutions, and the indifference
with which the subject is viewed by the
community, is an alarming symptom of
our degeneracy. Standing armies were
a source of great dread to the framers of
our Federal and State Constitutions and
the people of their day. And well they
might be. They had suffered from their
tyranny and despotism. Our State Con
stitution; in the Bill of Rights, declares
that " standing armies are dangerous to
liberty." This truth is receiving illus
tration now. Look at Kentucky and
Tennessee where the military arm has
been exerted to strike down the right of
suffrage. There the civil power was
prostrated and trod under foot. If such
military tyranny is to form the rule in
the future, our civil liberties have per
ished, the boasted Model Republic is no
more, and our RepubliCan form of gov
ernment is subverted. —Nashau (N. H.)
Gazette.
Shoddy Gone by in lowa
The soldiers and the Democracy of
lowa, with their candidate, Benton, are
bound to carry the State against the ne
gro fniTrage candidate of the Republi
cans, .fudge Stone. The Soldiers' con
vention numbered 350 members—all
soldiers and many of them wounded.
Three delegates only withdrew, because
Stone was not endorsed, viz : one com
missary and two quartermaster's clerks,
who are known to the soldiers as "sow
bellies." These three held a Stone
meeting and endorsed their negro suf
frage 'candidate. It was a bad move for
the Republicans of lowa to put their
candidate on the black platform, direct
ly and openly. They should have been
shrewd, like their Pennsylvania breth
ren, and so constructed their platform
as to mean one thing or another. Had
the lowa Repubs a platform like the
Cameron gutta percha arrangement,
they could, if successful, declare that it
was an endorsement of negro "rights"
and " universal suffrage ;" and if de
feated, they could as easily deny that
they were whipped on the Black Issue.
They need a Simon out in the western
`edition of Massachusetts, to say " wig
wag " for thenn—Patriot.
The Fall Trade
The Philadelphia Ledger says there
is every indieation that the fall trade in
Philadelphia will be unusually brisk.
Already our hotels are - well filled with
merchants from the South and West,
and they report `that many more are
still to come. The cotton; woollen and
other mills at Manayunk, Germantown,
Frankford and other places in the vi
cinity, are allin operation, and making,
as a general thing, full time. Nearly
every branch of industrY in our city
begins to feel that business is about to
begin in earnest. There is no city in
the Union that can offer so many in
ducements to merchants from other
States as Philadelphia. Hotel charges
are moderate, compared with New
York, our city is one of the healthiest
in the world, and our merchants and
manufacturers sell as cheaply as it is
Possible for goods to be sold by parties
elsewhere.
Heat in India
The heat in part of June was extra
ordinary. At Luck - now such heal had
not been experienced for years. At
seven in the morning of mid-summer
day the thermometer marked ninety
six degrees. At Delhi for two weeks it
ranged from one hundred and six to one
hundred and nine degrees. At Umballa
it reached one hundred and twenty
degrees in the shade. Even natives suc
cumbed in scores to the intense heat.—
At Lahore it proved fatal to Nuwab
Alli Reza Khan, who will be remem
bered as the guardian of the lives of the
Cabul prisoners in 1842. He saved the
Lawrences and many others, and - for
his humanity forfeited his property and
his country.—Delhi Gaiette.
Beastly Boarding.
The following advertisement appears
in one of the London journals :—" Dogs
and.cats to board. Families going out
of town can have their dogs carefully
attended to at the private apartment of
the Dogs' Home, Hollingsworth st.,
Liverpool. Road, Holloway, N. A scale
of terms furllished on receipt of a stamp
ed enveloPe. Address the .superinten
dent as above 7."
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. .
Eitraets front the Message of Col, DUN, ]
Delivered while Acting liovernor of the
Territory of New Mexleo; .
In 1858, Colonel W. W. H. Davis,
the Democratic, candidate for Au
ditor
General in this State, was acting
Goternor of the Territory of New Mex
ico. Colonel Davis had fought gallantly .
in Mexico, and President Pierce, who,
like him, folloWed the flag of his coun
try into that region despite the jeers
and taunts of the men who now claim
all the patriotism and " " in the
land, recognized his services, and ap
pointed him to take charge of the in
terests of the people of New Mexico.
While there-he gained the full confi
dence of the people by the manner in
which he administered the affairs of the
Territory. In the message of Governor
Davis to the Council and House of Re
presentatives of New Mexico, assembled
at Santa Fe, in December, 1855, there
are some passages which are of impor
tance now as showing the drift of his
mind on questions of public policy, and
his capacity for civil administration.
The following passages from the mes
sage of Acting Governor Davis will meet
with the approval of every honest man
in the country ;
There appears to bo a necessity of
more stringent laws to prevent frauds
in elections. The right of suffrage is
the dearest political right that freemen
possess, and every possible safeguard
should be thrown around its exercise,
so that the popular will can be fairly
expressed. The ballot-box should be
safe from every unlawful interference,
and every species of fraud committed in
an election should be severely punish
ed. If the , voice of the people cannot
be fairly expressed, in the choice of
public servants, the right of suffrage be
comes a mockery, and our republican
institutions cease to derive their just
powers-front the consent of the govern
ed. Whenever fraud is perpetrated the
people doubt that the acts of their po
litical agents have the sanction of the
majority, and, in consequence, they
lose confidence in the government it
self. I would, therefore, recommend
the passage of a law, making it a penal
offense for the prefect to refuse, or ne
glectto count the votes without unne
cessary delay, or to forward the returns
to the office Of the Secretary of the Ter- .
ritory ' for any one to take the poll
books from the messenger, or for him
to deliver them to another ; or for any
person to obstruct, in any manner what
ever, the returns being sent in, as pre
scribed by law. I would also recom
mend the passage of a law. prohibiting
-betting upon elections, making the of
fense punishable by fine or imprison-'
ment, or both. This practice is a very
pernicious one, and parties, who are in
terested in bets, are often induced to
practice fraud in order to secure the suc
cess of their favorite candidate, and win
the money they have at stake.
On the subject of taxation and equal
izing the burdens of government upon
citizens and property, the following is
particularly appropriate at this time:
One of the most important duties that
will devolve upon you during the pres
ent session of the Legislature, will be a
revision of our revenue laws, and to
which I would call your early attention.
There is no subject of legislation that
requires more care in its adjustment, or.
is more vital to the prosperity of a State,
than a judicious system of taxation. The
burdens of government should be borne
by all the members thereof, according
to their ability to bear them ; so that no
citizen shall be obliged to pay more
than his equitable proportion :
The cause of general education is
warmly recommended to the attention
of the territorial legislature by the Gov
ernor. He says :
I respectfully call your attention to
the cause of general education, and re
quest that you take such action upon it,
as will, in your opinion, be most likely
to diffuse it more generally among the
People. In this age of the world, when
knowledge, in every department of
learning, is making such rapid advance
towards universal intelligence, those
who would not be left behind in the
great race of power, wealth and: IfiipPi
ness, must give this subject the undi
vided attention. Education and intel
ligence are the political and social life
blood of a State,'and are as necessary to
its prosperity and happiness, as water to
the growth of vegetation. Knowledge
is light—ignorance is darkness ; the
former 'elevates the moral and social
condition of man, the latter debases his
standard of humanity ; and while one
makes him a useful citizen, and an honor
to the State, the other leads him to vice,
crime, and misery.
In our country there is great reason
why education should be diffused
among the masses. The government
under which we live, and which we
believe to be the most perfect system
devised by man, derives all its beauty
and stability from the intelligence of
the people. In theory and practice it
is based upon the capacity of the people
to govern themselves; but if they are
ignorant they are incapable of dis
charging the functions of self-govern
ment, and our boasted system loses its
vitality. In a repnblican government
the most honorable places of trust and
profit are open to all the citizens; the
high-born and the lowly, the rich and
the poor, have equal opportunity of
public distinction unless rendered in
competent by ignorance, or by vice, un
worthy. This, of itself, should be suffi
cient stimlous to enlist every man in
' the cause of education, that himself or
his children may enjoy the promised
honors or ~ur free institutions.
The passage will show in
what light Governor Davis at that day
viewed the attempts of fanatics to
divide the Union :
In one section of the Union the mad
spirit of fanaticism has assumed a More
tangible shape, and broken out in rank
treason against the Constitution and
laws of the United States. The Legis
lature of Massachusetts, at their last
session, passed an act annulling a law
of Congress, and fixing a heavy penalty
upon any one who shall assist in carry
ing it into effect in that State. An at
tack of this kind, upon the Constitu
tion, is a blow at the integrity of the
Union, and in a moral point of view is
as much treason as though the people
had resisted with arms in their hands.
When a State sets herself up in oppo
sition to the General Government, and
the contest comes as to whose laws shall
be obeyed, the former will have to give
way, and, if necessary, by force of arms.
The Constitution of the United States
is the result of mutual concessions by
the several States being a compromise
of conflicting interests, without which
no union could have been formed; and its
adoption by the States was a sacred
pledge on their ipart, that they would
remain faithful to the obligations it im
posed. Massachusetts has seen proper
to violate her plighted faith, and there
by has disgraced herself in the eyes of
the other States. When any member
of the Union fails in her Federal obli
gations, it becomes the duty of every
other State and Territory to take notice
of such dereliction and call the erring
one back to duty. It is a cause of deep
mortification that this, hitherto, proud
old State—around whose history cluster
so many holy memories of the past—
where the revolution had its birth and
was rocked while yet in swadling cloth
ing—whose storied urn points to Bun-.
ker's Hill and Lexington, to a Hancock
and ar; Adams, that a State thus en
deared to the Union should forget her
solemn obligations, and lift a hostile
hand against the Constitution, the great
ark of our political safety. May the re
turning patriotism and sense of duty of
her people speedily wash away the dark
blot thatnow rests upon her escutcheon.
This denunciation of the "pernicious
practice of gambling in the paragraph
we give below cannot fail to meet the
T ANCASTEIt, PA: WEDKESDAY MORNING, SF ITpABER 13, 1865.
tipin.ovaiof 4ver7 friend of good thorals
in the land
would till your attention to the pro
priety-of _repealing all laws authoiizing
gambling, and- recommend that- it be
made a penal offense pp nishable by line
and imprisonment. This , is a vice too
pernicious in its tendencies to receive
the sanction of the law, and should be
frowned upon by every good citizen.—
It-is the parent of numerous other vices
that wait upon fosters habits of
idleness, entices youth from the paths
of rectitude, sobriety and honesty, and
often leads to crimes of the highest
grade. Every community has a right
to expect that each member thereof will.
contribute his share to the aggregate
wealth and prosperity of the whole;
but when gambling is made to a de
gree respectable and sanctioned by
legal enactment, you invite among
you a set of drones and idlers, who
consume your substance without pro
ducing anything. This, however, is
a small part of the objection to be urged
against this vice, compared to the injury
it does in demoralizing our citizens,
and helping to make paupers and crim
inals. At the piesent time ours is the
only State or Territory in the Union in
which gambling is authorized by law,
and if we continue to encourage and le
galize it, it will not speak well for the
morality of ourpeople. Itmay be urged
against the repeal of these laws, that it
will deprive the Territory of the revenue
derived from this source; but with equal
propriety it might be urged that we
should legalize every other description
of vice that would yield an income to
the treasury. Such means of raising
revenue have long since been abandon
ed by every civilized at4to, atul should
not be resorted to here. Gambling is
fearfully prevalent among all classes in
our Territory, and some legislation is
required to check this growing evil.
This record is such as Colonel Davis
can safely stand upon before the people
of his native State. It was not manu
factured for personal advantage, but
sprang from sincere convictions of pub
lic duty, and a desire to benefit the peo
ple of whose interests he was the ap
pointed guardian. Entertaining such
opinions upon matters of State and
general interest as those contained in
the extracts we have given from his
message to the Degislatorti of New
Mexico, Colonel Davis can safely be
trusted with office in Pennsylvania.
The Cholera Threatening
The pestilence known as the Asiatic,
or epidemic cholera, has been advanc
ing anew for the last twq years, from
the depths of Asia, on the old traok it
followed in 1830-31, and since. There
is no evading the probability that it will
visit these States. It will, probably,
reach our shores net year ; still, it is
barely possible that it may declare its
presence here before cold weather seta
in this autumn. It has already reached
cities of Southern Europe, directly in
communication with American ports.
It is therefore we advert to the subject.
There is no occasion for people to get
excited about it. It is a Visitation,
simply, that requires people to observe
measures and rules in their way of liv
ing. When it comes, it will carry off
many victims. The bulk of them will
be of the heedless class, whose habits
of life are careless and inconsiderate.—
Then, there is another class who, by
constitutional infirmities, not properly
attended to, are already near to death
without knowing it.
These are they who the veracious
newspapers tell us, sit down, after a
hearty dinner, in excellent health, and
are suddenly stricken with death ! The
fact being that, by long neglect of med
ical remedies, they are reduced to a con
dition in which perspiration suddenly
checked, or some other trivial accident,
is the occasion of developing the rotten
condition of their system. When an
epidemic rages, all the latent diseases
are likely to assume the form of the at
mospheric contagion. Th is is the nate
ral explanation. It in no wise contra
dicts the mysterious and supernatural
Providence, that uses these scourging
diseases as its Instruments of punish
ment, or of warning to a heedless peo
ple. In the hurricane, in the earth
quake, in the thunder storm, as on the
held of battle, or in the ordinary traffic
of men, we are all in the keeping of the
God that made us, to serve and to love
him, and who hblds us all in the palm
of his Almighty hand. With this rec
ognition, we should deal Witlia prevail
ing pestilence, as with other events ac
t
curdin,, , * to its natural lavis.
Olidlera, in flieAsiatie form, that is
recognized as an epidemic, is preccded
by ascertained symptoms. It is almost
invariable that it is preceded by a diar
rlitea of a type that is painless, and
seems not to be dangerous. When there
is an epidemic cholera, this symptom
should not be neglected for a single,day.
The remedies, varying according to
usages of persons, experience, or the
different schools of medicines, should
be applied.
When this epidemic prevails, the most
strict attention should be paid to a
wholesome manner of living, as to food,
drinking, and other things. Unripe or
tainted fruit--always unhealthy—should
be shunned. Cucumbers, cabbage, and
the like, indigestible esculents, should
be avoided. Excessive use of stimula
ting liquors must be guarded against,
but, equally pernicious, as past experi
ence has proved, will be the sudden
breaking off from the use of stimulating
drinks. Excessive use of very cold
water, or of trashy drinks not stimula
ting, is a special provocative of cholera.
In case of symptoms more directly chole
ratic there is one remedy thatall schools
of medicine agree in recommending. It
is spirits of camphor, a drop or two on a
little sugar, to be taken every five or
ten minutes, till the symptoms abate.
The possibility that epidemic cholera
may be declared on these coasts this
autumn has seemed to justify us in
making these observations. Of course,
where practicable, medical advice will
be sotiuht by those who need it. But
some may not be able to reach such ad
vice, and a far larger number delay ask
ing medical aid till what was. easily
cured at first becomes alarming. There
are many who read our paper, who, if
they will make a special note of these
simple observations, may have occasion
to thank us. If the epidemic cholera
comes, this year or next, the preventive
method of wholesome and moderate
eating and drinking, of avoiding undue
exposure and fatigue, and of a prompt
attention, by simple remedies, to the
first approaches of the distemper, can
enable ten thousand to one of those en
dangered to pass tranquilly and securely
through the trial. We recommend all
who do not know already all we have
suggested, to preserve this as a very use
ful noteofsuggestion.—New York Free
manls Journal.
From Fortress Monroe.
FORTRESS MONROE, Sept. 3, 1865
A new privilege has been granted to
Jeff. Davis, that of writing to his wife.
His letters, of course, are revised before
sent. Attentive perusal of the Herald
—and he is an attentive and interested
reader of its columns daily—serves to
keep him posted as to the movements
and health of his family. Thus his
prison life has been gradually relieved
of its original hardship. He confesses,
in fact, that the only things he has to
complain of now are his deprivation of
liberty, and, in his view, unnecessarily
deferring his trial. He has recovered
from his attack of erysipelas, and his
health is wholly restored. He takes his
daily walks and his appetite is excel
lent. Mr. Clay has also recovered, and
Mr. Mitchel is now in better health.
A dispatch from Santa Fe, by the way
of Denver City, announces the occupa
tion of Chihuahua by the French and
the flight of Suarez and his Cabinet to
El Paso. Two letters of our special cor
respondent at Matamoros, this morning
published, give a sombre view of the
affairs of the Liberal party in Mexico,
and incline 'nil° credit the report of
the' discomfiture and flight of Juarez.
His party seems to be everywhere dis
couraged, and the French nearer a peace
ful occupation of the ebuntry than they
have been since the arrival of Maxinii
- -
MU=ll==l=
ray el *label's of the Legt4attare.
In these diys of high taxes andhcavy
burdens on the ehouldera'of the :People
there should be a curtailment of public
expenses. in. every possible manner. In
this reform -let us begja at the head of
the heap—the Legislature. This body,
for
someyears past, has been seizedwith
an annual fit of increasing the.pay of
its members, and seems to hive no m'ote
conscience about voting money into
their own pockets than theshoddy con
tractors have in cheating the Govern
ment in clothing., When we were a boy,
and the - best m'en'ln the State served in
the Legislature,:The pay of the members
was three dollats per day, and'thus it
continued- for years. Then, after va
rious changes, it was increased to five
hundred dollars the session. Two years
ago, (we believe,) under Abolition rale,
it was raised to seven hundred dollars,
and in 1865, without the fear of God or
man before their eyes, the members
voted themselves a thousand dollars for
the shortest session ever held. The
Committee of Ways and Means report
ed in favor of an increase of five hun
dred dollars over the previous year, but
it was reduced to three hundred, which
makes the pay a thousand dollars as it
now stands. But this is not all ,• for at
the same time the pay of the clerks in
the two houses was increased two hun
dred and fifty dollars. In 1847 the whille
amount appropriated to pay the Legis
lature expenses was but $65,000, while
in 1865 it was increased to $190,000, more
than three times as much.
Now, as a tax-payer, we say this thing
should stop. Those who are but our
public servants should cease voting the
people's money into their pockets as
though it was theirs of right. The pay
of inembers of the Legislature is now
greater than that of Congress ten years
ago, and we have yet to learn that the
public business is any better done than
it was when they received but three
dollars per day, In the great State of
New York the pay of members is still
only three dollars a day, and for this her
ablest men are induced to take seats in
her legislative halls. While our mem
bers are attending to the public business
of the State it can hardly be expected
that they should receive pay enough to
administer to all their wants and plea
sures. -It cannot be claimed that ten
dollars a day are required to pay their
ordinary expenses. The State ought
not to furnish means to visit the me•
nagerie, and see other sights that most
do congregate about the National and
State capitals. The pay of the members
of the Legislature should be fixed by
the Constitution, for it is a dangerous
power to permit our legislators at will
to vote money into their own pockets.
Without respect to party we wish to
see a universal demand for the Legisla
ture to reduce the pay of its members.
They should receive a fair compensa
tion. The honor and dignity of the
place is worth something. When there
is no other motive to go to the Legisla
ture than the pay received, our Com
monwealth will suffer. The ambition
to become a lawgiver, and that a good
one, is a better incentive to honorable
conduct than the pay. This increase of
pay was done by an Abolition Legisla
ture—let a Democratic one reduce it.—
DogleBtown Democrat.
The Archbishop of St. Louis Forbids a
Fenian Funeral.
[From the St. Louis Republican, August 31.]
The undersigned has read in the Re
publican of this morning au announce
ment of a funeral to take place next
Sunday from St. Patrick's Church, in
this city, of a deceased member of -the
Fenian Brotherhood, who died at St.
Paul, Minnesota, on the 24th inst. The
occasion is evidently made fora display
on the part of those in St. Louis who
are members of that association. Hence
the deferred interment, and the pageant
which is to accompany the burial. The
connection of St. Patrick's Church,
where the religious services' is an
nounced.to take place, and where, with
out any authority from the pastor of
that church, it would appear, an oration,
by a gentleman of this city, is to be de
livered, imposes on me the obligation of
forbidding—as I have done—the pastor
of that church to permit any funeral
service, or other religious ceremony, to
take place on this occasion. I have fur
thermore directed the Superintendent
of the Calvary Cemetery not to admit
any procession of men or women bear.
ing insignia of Fenianism within the
gate of the Cemetery. I use this occa
sion to state publicly, what I have uni
formly sqyted in private conversation,
thdtthe members of the Fenian Brother
hood, men or women, are not admissa
ble to the sacraments of the Church as
long as lohg as they are united with
that association, which I have always
regarded as immoral in its object—the
exciting of rebellion in Ireland, and
unlawful and illegal in its means, a
quasi military organization in this coun
try while at peace with England, to be
made effective in the event of war with
that Power. t PETER RICHARD,
Archbishop of St. Louis.
St. Louis, August 30, 1805._
Constitutional History
From the Public Ledger.l
The following is the order in which
the original thirteen States adopted the
Constitution of the United States. Ac
cording to a provision in the Constitu
tion it became binding upon the States
ratifying it when adopted by nine States.
New• Hampshire was the important
ninth States.
1. Delaware, December 7, 1787.
2. Pennsylvania, December 12, 1787,
3. New Jersey, December 18, 1787.
4. Georgia, January 2, 1788.
5. Connecticut, January 9, 1788.
6. Massachusetts, February 7, 1788.
7. Maryland, April 28, 1788.
8. South Carolina, May 23, 1788.
9. New Hampshire, June 21, 1788.
10. Virginia, June 2.5, 1788.
11. New York, July 26, 1788.
12. North Carolina,November 21, 1789
13. Rhode Island, May 29, 1790.
The Convention of Delaware 'met,
adopted the Constitution unanimously,
and adjourned in a single day.
The Convention of Pennsylvania
adopted the Constitution by a vote of 46
yeas to 23 nays.
The Convention of New Jersey adopt
ed the Constitution unanimously.
The Convention of Massachusetts was
composed of about 350 members, and
when it met was opposed to adopting
the Constitution. The majority for its
ratification was only nineteen votes.
When the Convention of New York
met, the opponents of the Constitution
were about two-thirds of the whole body.
Alexander Hamilton's logic and elo
quence secured a,majority for it.
North, Carolina remained out of the
Union more than eight months after the
new government went into operation.
The Convention met and adopted " a
resolution that a bill of rights and cer
tain amendments ought to be laid before
Congress and the Convention that might
be called for amending the Constitution
previous to its ratification by the State
of North Carolina," and the Convention
was then dissolved.
Rhode Island remained out of the
Union for upwards of thirteen months.
The General Assembly, instead of call
ing a Convention to consider the Con
stitution, referred that instrument to a
direct vote of the people at their town
meetings. Only 232 voted for the adop
tion of the Constitution ; 2,708 voted
against it.
Subsequently the Legislature called a
Convention, the Governor ,giving the
casting vote for so doing, in thesmall e
branch of. the Legislature. The Con
vention adopted the Constitution by a
majority of only two votes, the yeas be
ing 34 and the nays 32.
—The Pen, in the •hand that knows
how to use it, is'one of the most power
ful weapons known. As the tongue of
the absent, how charming! Whenself
respect gives it a new vigor, how pleas
ing! When virtue guides it, how
beautiful! When honor directs it, how
respected ! When - wit shall:lnnis It, how
fatal! When scurrility wieldS it, how
'contemptible! 'Til3 - the weapon, of the
mind; .
EN=U=
' The New York Herald ; in its money
article of 'yesterday, has the following
remarks upon the financial condition
. .
Thetriffing increase of only .$436,296
in the national debt between the end of
July and the had of August has been the
subjeet of favorable comment in Wall
streetto-day. It shows that the hither
to great borrower—government—has
been out of the market during that
time;. but, nevertheless, its disburse
ments have been going forward active
ly. Thus the amountof currencyin the
Treasury on the 31st of July was $Bl,-
401,774, whereas on the 31st of August
thissum had been reduced to
$42,782,283,
a differenceof 538,618,491. The five per
cent.- emporary loan has increased more
than eleven millions and a half, while
the six per cent. temporary loan has de
creased nearly three millions and a half;
and the old certificates have been taken
up so much more rapidly than the new
have been paid out that there is a de
crease under this head of more than
twenty-one millions and a half. The
one and two years' five per cent.
notes have been reduced six millions,
and the three years' compound interest
notes have increased to within a trifle
of five millions. The fractional currency
shows an increase of more than half a
million, and the suspended requisitions
have been reduced more than twelve
millions and a half. The " coin in the
Treasury " has increased more than Len
millions, notwithstanding the reported
sales of the Treasury from time to time.
On the whole the Treasury is in an
easier position than there was reason
not long since to suppose it would be at
this titian; but the reductions in the ar
my, navy and civil service have been so
rapid, and the sates of government prop
erty, made useless by the termination of
the war, have yielded so largean amount
of money, that this change iu its condi
tion is easily accounted for. The next
and subsequent statements are hardly
likely to be so favorable as the present
one, for the receipts from the sale of
horses, vessels and other property will
gradually dwindle, and the reductions
in the army have not yet been sufficient
to reduce the current expenses of the
government to a scale corresponding
with its income. Certificates of indebt
edness will, therefore ; be paid out freely
to the creditors of the government, and
when their amount becomes inconve
niently large, if not sooner, the Secre
tary. of the Treasury may be induced to
put forward the- funding loan author
' iced by Congress for embracing these
securities, together with interest bear
ing notes.
President Johnson, one of the best men
of his party, and lays down the follow
ing as his platform in the coming cam
paign
"The only misgiving we had in re
gard to negro suffrage was that they are
not sufficiently intelligent to exercise
properly the right of voting; but if we
are to exclude them on this ground, by
a party of reason and justice, at least
half of the so-called Democratic party
should be excluded from the privilege
of the ballot-box.
" The common sense of the people is
fast overcoming a foolish and cruel pre
judice, and they are rapidly coming to
the conclusion that men who are fit to
fight for the country are fit to vote at
its elections, and that if ignorance is
iot a positive bar to the right of out
rage, loyal negroes on that score, at
east, have as good a claim to the use of
the ballot as have the lower class of
copperhead Irishmen.
We are emphatically opposed to dis
franchising any of our brave defenders,
whether white or black." _
Boston Corbett Tripped up by the Blood
A Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Daily News gives the fol
lowing account of the way in which the
sanctimonious slayer of Booth was
tripped up in his story about the blood
hounds, which he related with such
marvelous unction before the Wirz Court
Martial. It is plain that he is a perjured
wretch :
The bloodhound story has completely
broken down. It came out in the cross
examination of witnesses that the dogs
were not bloodhounds at all, but mon
grel pups and curs of low degree, taken
at random from the neighboring farms.
The sanctimonious Boston Corbett, pre
suming that his actof very questionable
prudence or imprudence in shooting
Booth through the logs of a burning
barn when he ought to have been taken
alive has made him a hero forever, got
off a wonderful yarn on the subject of
these bloodhounds, the upshot of which,
however, has caused "Boston" to shut
up like a telescope. Boston, according
to his veracious account, was chased
mile after mile by these infuriated beasts
yelping and howling on his track. Bos
ton thinks his last hour has come. The
" bloodhounds " smell him, they see
him, they catch him, they rub their
cold noses on his face; but with remark
able consideration, they decline to bite.
Why not, Boston? Why did those-fe
rocious " bloodhounds " not bite you ?
Boston fancies that he bore a charmed
life then, and that he was reserved for
the great tragedy in St. Mary's county,
is Maryland. So he hems and haws,
and guesses and calculates, and finally
it comes out it that was a second case of
Daniel in the lion's den, and that the
Lord had need of his servant, and so
preserved him. This was too much for
the gravity - of the military court, and
Boston and his bloodhound testimony
"went down " together.
Tlie:Thiandal Condition.
Negro Suffrage
The Sunbury Gazette rakes issue with
hounds
Matrimonial Inconstancy
A queer instance in illustration of
this vice has recently been brought to
light in a neighboring town. A mar
ried*oman moving in high circles, left
her home one evening last week, and
taking a conveyance to a hotel in the
rural districts, was soon joined by an
unfaithful husband, wbo ought td have
been at home taking
_care of his own
family, instead of engaging in intimate
companionship with those outside.of
his own household. The couple ordered
a room together, representing them
selves as husband and wife. At a later
hour the same nights carriage drove up
to the door of the hotel with another
couple, who engaged lodgings in an ad
joining chamber. All passed off quietly
enough until the next morning, when
the two couples were summoned to the
breakfast table. There they met, when
—lo and behold !---there was a mere
change of partners, ea,th gentleman
thaving upon his arm the wife of the
other ! Although there was mutual
blushing, mental cursing and recrimi
nation, it was deemed best, after a sober,
second thought, to let the matter rest
as quietly as possible, but the coinci
dence was a too remarkable one to avoid
the ear of the over-curious.—Lowell
(Mass.) News
Physiological Phenomena.
An army correspondent writes: "In
the army and among returned soldiers,
I have noted one fact, in particular,
somewhat at variance with the usual
theroies. It is that light-haired men, of
the nervous, sanguine type, stand cam
paigning better than the dark haired
men, of billions temperament. Look
through a raw regiment. on its way to
the field, fully one half its members
seem to be of the black-haired, dark
skinned, large-boned, billions type. See
that same regiment on its return for
muster-out, and you will find. hat the
black-haired element has melted away,
at least two-thirds, perhaps three
fourths, of the regiment to be represent
ed by, red, brown-and flaxen hair. It
is also noticed that men from the cities,
Blighter in physique and apparently at
the outset unable to endure fatigue and
privation, stand a severe campaign much
better than men from the agricultural
districts. A thin, pale-looking dry goods
clerk will fio more marching and starv
ing than many a brawny plow-boy
who lookamuscular enough to - take a
bull by the tail and throw him over'a
staked-and-ridered fence."
NUMBER 36.
Oar State Candidates.
The Committee appointed to inform
Messrs. Davis and Linton of their nom
inations, respectively, for the offices of
Auditor General and Surveyor General,
have performed the duty assigned to
them. Belovi we publish the responses
of our candidates, which will commend
themselves, for good sense, candor and
patriotism to all thoughtful conserva
tive►men:
LETTER OF COL. W. W. H. DAVIS.
DOYLESTOWN, Pa., August 29, 1865.
Messrs. Jacob Zeigler, William Bennett,
Henry S. Mott, Wm. V. McGrath, and
Robert L. Johnson, Committee:
GENTLEME.N: I have the honor to ac
knowledge the reception of your let
ter of the 25th instant, announcing
my nomination as Democratic candidate
for Auditor General of the State. Although
the position was not sought for by me, I
accept the nomination, and tender my
thanks for the compliment - thus paid me
A decent respect for the opinion of the peo
ple of Pennsylvania, whose suffrage is so
licited, seems to require a frank statement
of my views.
I was opposed to secession, even when
simply a political dogma, advocated at the
hustings and at the forum; which is proved
by my subsequent conduct when it had
grown into armed insurrection.
I am opposed to negro suffrage, as every
white man should be. Nature has erected
a barrier against the two races enjoying
equal political rights in the same commu
nity where they approximate in numbers
as in the Southern States. San Domingo is
a good case in point toprove the incompati
bility of the two races exercising equal po
litical privileges in harmony. There has
been alutost perpetual warfare between the
negroes and mulattoes since the island has
been in their poSsession ; which has been
only a struggle for the ruling influence be
tween the pure African and the mixed
blood. If this people, of the same-race, but
of different caste, cannot govern a small
island in peace, what are we to suppose
would be the condition of things when the
negro comes into competition with the pure
Caucasian in the struggle for empire in the
South? The founders of our government
intended that the white should be the govern
ing race in this country, and it will be a
calamitous day for both people when the
black man is given the political franchise,
and entitled to hold office. I am opposed
to any change in the State Constitution in
this respect ; and deny to Congress all right
whatever to fix the qualification for suffrage
in any State.
I am in favor of President Johnson's
policy of restoring the States, lately in re
bellion, to their constitutional obligations.
I cannot admit that their ordinances of se
cession took any of them out of the Union.
For a time an armed force interrupted their
constitutional functions, but did not destroy
their identity as States. Hence the States,
in their political signification, not having
been destroyed, they need no reconstruc
tion, but simply to be restored to the re
ciprocal rights and duties; when the Union
will be made whole as before. Whenever
they shall send representatives to Congress
who are qualified by the Constitution, and
the laws of the respective States, there is no
rightful power in that - body to refuse.their
admission. I appreciate the peculiar and
trying situation of the President, and think
he should be treated with forbearance by
all parties. His plan of restoration ,gives
evidence that he does not intend to ignore
the rights of the States, and be led captive
by the radical doctrine of consolidation.
The Convention did well to demand an
immediate and complete restoration of all
civil rights in the loyal States. If there was
an excuse for withholding them in the days
of actual rebellion, there certainly can be
none now. You say to the President firmly,
but kindly, restore to the people the habeas
corpus, and trial by jury, as fully as they
were enjoyed before the rebellion, and
abolish military courts except for the trial
of persons in the military service of the
United States. These things are granted to
the people by the Constitution, and With
holding them violates it in spirit and in fact.
When we ask that they be restored, we only
demand what belongs to us.
I am in favor of the most rigid system of
economy in the administration of public af
fairs. In view of the heavy taxation there
should be retrenchipent in every possible
way. All officers, civil and military, whose
services a state of peace does not absolutely
require, should be dispensed with; and our
system of taxation should be so amended
and equalized, that every man will be
obliged to bear his share of the public bur
den according to his ability.
I am pleased that the Convention took ac
tion on the subject of equalizing the boun
ties of soldiers. There is every reason why
the patriotic men who enlisted in 1861 and
'62 should be placed of ran equality with
those who enlisted at a later period. Should
I be elected, whatever influence I may pos
sess, official or otherwise, will be exercised
in obtaining justice for the early defenders
of the government. Whatever honor others
may have acquired in the contest justclosed,
the private soldier, who bore the heat and
burden of the day, will always remain the
true hero of the war, and he is entitled, at
all times, to our consideration and grati
tude. My past history is sufficient guar
antee that I shall not overlook his claims.
I remain, very respectfully, your obedient
servant, W. W. H. DAVIS.
LETTER OF COL. JOHN P. LINTON.
JOHNSTOWN, Pa., August 29, 1865.
GENTLEMEN : Your favor of the 25th
inst., officially informing me of my nomi
nation for Surveyor General "by the Dem
ocratic State Convention which assembled
at Harrisburg on the 24th inst.," has just
been received.
Not only was this nomination unsought
and - Unexpected on my part, but if I had
been consulted beforehand I would have
urged my friends not,to introduce my name
before the Convention. Any hesitation,
however, in now accepting, might be con
strued into a want of appreciation of the
distinguished honor conferred by the Con
vention, or a want of faith in the principles
promulgated by it. Icertainly feel neither.
The importance of the position would have
been my chief reason for not soliciting it,
and the resolutions adopted are but a prac
tical application to existing exigencies of
those cardinal principles of Democracy
which I have always conscientiously main
tained.
Accepting, therefore, this nomination and
its responsibilities, I remain,
Yours truly,
JOHN P. LINTON.
To J. Ziegler, Wm. Bennett, Henry S. Mott,
Wm. V. M'Grath and R. L. Johnson,
Committee
Memorial in Behalf of Jefferson Davis
The following petition to President
Johnson, signed by over four hundred
ladies, residents of Holly Springs, Mar
shall county, Mississippi, has been for
warded to Washington :
HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss., Aug. 1, 1865.
To His Excellency Andre2v Johnson, Presi
dent of the United States :
The undersiped,ladies of Holly Springs,
would respectfully solicit Executive clem
ency for Jefferson Davis, late President of
the Con federate States ? now confined in Fort
ress Monroe. Occupying as he did for years
before the inception of the late unhappy
civil war prominent positions both in
the State and Federal Governments, po
sitions which were cheerfully accorded
him by reason of his undoubted abilitynnd
unquestioned devotion to his native South,
the undersigned deem it not unbecoming to
apply to you, sir, the chief of the great rep
resentative Government of earth, for indul
gence in his behalf.
It is well known to your Excellency that,
for years past, sectional strife has been
seemingly fostered by extremists both
North and South, Which led to a general
conflict of arms and the shedding of the
best blood of the land. One party and sec•
tion have been forced by the arbitrament of
the sword to succumb. To the victors and
their success the plaudits of the great North
have been given bountifully. Is it asking
too much of you to - grant the yielding party
and its chief the poor tribute of honesty for
the changes in Government they had in
view?
Mr. Davis was but the representative of
the defeated party, and called, as he was by
the almost united voice of the Southern
people, to preside over their councils and
guide them through the terrible storms of
war, he was but doing their bidding in
armed conflict, as he had before represented
their views in times of peace; is it, there
fore, right that vials of wrath should be
poured upon his head, who, whatever his
faults may have been, or the supposed
errors of his cause, was devoted and faith
ful alike to the people and principles he
represented?
Sir, our once happy and cheerful people
have surely suffered enough. Could the
tears that have been shed, the anguish
borne, the despair which has been our por
tion during this unhappy war, be brought
home to you by a vision of reality, we could
not r would not plead in vain for one whom
we honored in
_prosperity and respect and
venerate in adversity.
This War is at an end, the people of the
South have,again'become loyal citizens to
the Government of the United' States; our
fathers, our brothers onr husbands; who
survived the battle storm, have returned to'
the bosoips of their families. We submit,
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that fraternal feeling which should exist
between citizens of the same Government
can be more effectually restored by mild
ness and clemency than by the penis ment
of those who by reason of common toil,
dangers and privations, are and must ever
be dear to every true Southerner.
Respectfully, ‘: .r.
MRS. W. S. FEATHERSTON,
Mns. A. C. McEvrss,
MRS. MARI-EL& RORINSON,
Miss E. C. POLE,
MISS ALICE MORGA.N,
Miss MART MORGAN, -
and four hundred and ten others
The Coming odd Fellows' Celebration
at; Baltimore. -
The preparations for the coming.cele
bration by the Odd Fellows; attendant
upon the assembling of the Grand Lodge
of the United States and the dedication
of the " Father Wildey Monument,"
are progressing satisfactorily, and the
affair promises to be of a grand and im
posing character. Communicationshave
been received from subordinate lodges
in all the large cities in the United
States, North and South, announcing
.the intention of their members to be
present, and a committee has been ap
pointed, of which Jos. M. Baugher, P.
B. G. M., is chairman, who have made
arrangements for quartering about 4,000
persons, who are expected to arrive on
or about the 16th, and will participate„
in the celebration. They will be cared
for at the most prominent hotels in this
city, and will, doubtless, be well taken
care of by their brethren in Maryland.
Among the visiting lodges will be many
from Southern States, whilst it is hoped
and expected that all the Southern rep
resentatives to the Grand Lodge of the
United States will be present on the 18th
inst. The Most Worthy Grand Sire,
Isaac M. Beach, of St. Louis, Mo., de- '
clares the unity of the Order unbroken,
and by virtue of the sovereignty re
siding in the Grand Lodge of the United
States, proclaims and makes known,
" that there exists no hindrance to the
re-establishment of the fraternal rela
tions that formerly existed between all
the jurisdictions subordinate to the
Grand Lodge of the United States; and
that every act or declaration of any kind
whatever, if any should leave been made,
intended to impair the supreme author
ity of the said lodge over the whole fra
ternity, is hereby declared to be null
and void, and of no force or effect what
ever.,'
Philadelphia and New York cities
will be largely represented, whilst the
Western States will also send on dele
gations. From Cincinnati and other
parts of Ohio there will, doubtless; be a
large attendance. The Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad will issue 600 accommo
dation tickets for the lodges of this State
—being but half fare. The towns of the
Keystone State will also be largely rep
resented, as advices show that there
will be two lodges from Lancaster, two
from York, one from Harrisburg, and
many delegations from other sections.
The members of the Grand Lodge U.
S., which assembles at Odd Fellows'
Hall on the 18th, will stop at Barnum's
Hotel. In the meantime, the gentle
men who have leased the Gilmor Hou e
are making every effort to reopen that
hotel in time for the occasion. The
Grand Lodge of Maryland, and all the
subordinate lodges, including many
German lodges, will participate in the
grand pageant to the number, it is esti
mated, of 5,000 persons. The Grand
Lodge have engaged the services of our
finest band,. the Independent Blues',
who have not appeared upon the street
for nearly five years, but who, upon this
occasion, will accompany the procession
in full force, under the leadership of
that veteran musician, Albert Holland.
Many other bands have been engaged,
and musicians j ust now are at a premium.
The procession will be under the con
trol and management of the Riglit
Worthy Grand Marshal of the Grand
Lodge of the United States, Mr. Joseph.
H. Skedder, of N. H., assisted by Mr:
John Q. A. Herring, Marshal of Grand
Lodge of Maryland. The order of the
procession has not yet been determined
upon, but it is supposed that the United
States Grand Lodge will occupy the
usual post of honor, which is-In the
" rear,' and upon arriving at the mon
ument, open ranks will be formed and
the Grand Lodge march through the
entire procession to the monument,
when the dedication ceremonies will
take place under the direction of R. W.
G. S. Beach. The monument, which is
yet in the hands of the monument
committee, will be formally surrendered
by the chairman, P. G. S. Nicholson, of
Pennsylvania. It may not be improper
in this connection to correct an impres
sion which exists among many persons,
that the monument was erected
by Maryland ;. such is not the
case, a resolution was adopted •
shortly after the death of Mr. Wildey,
by the Grand Lodge of the United
States, appropriating a certain amount
of money to purchase and erect a mon
ument in memory of the founder of the
Order in America, and Baltimore being
the birthplace of Odd Fellowship in
this country, and Father Wildey a resi
dent thereof, the committee selected this
as the proper place to erect the monu
ment. Its cost was $13,100, and the
committee have in the hands of the
treasurer, Hon. Joshua Vansant, R. W.
G. S., Grand Lodge of the United States,
about $4,000, which will be expended
in placing an iron railing around, the
monument, and paving the enclosure_;
with marble.
One of the most interesting features
of the great procession, which it is ex
pected will reach nearly 10,000, will be
the orphan school children, now being
educated by the Order, who will be
seated upon cars provided for the pur
pose. The procession will form near
the hall on Gay street, the various di
visions meeting upon the streets adjacent
thereto at eight o'clock, A. M., and
move at ten A. M., and, after a short
march through the most prominent
streets, will proceed to the monument
on Broadway, reaching there, it is:sup--
posed, about twelve o'clock.
The effort on the part of the merchants
of the city to arrange for a fitting cele
bration of welcome to the Grand Lodge
representatives is being attended with
perfect success, and a grand banquet
will be one of the features of the gen
eral celebration.
Gov. Sharkey of Mississippi and the State
The following is a special dispatch to
The Cincinnati Commercial. It will be
seen that the statements•are diametri
cally opposite to those already made on
the same subject:
JACKSON, MISS., 1
September 4, 1865. f
I learn that Gen. Slocum, command
ing the Department of Mississippi, his
issued to-day, by direction of President
Johnson, a very important general
order, in which he directs all officers of
his department to offer no interference
whatever with the organization of the
State Militia, as provided for by -the
proclamation of Gov. Sharkey.
He enjoins upon all his officers, In
case any difficulty should raise between
the Federal troops and the State Militia,
that they lake no action in the matter
without consulting the department corn-
mander. President Johnson's instruc
tions look to the gradual supersession
of the Federal troops by State Militia,
to diminish the National expenses.
Gen. Slocum's order is considered to
be of great importance, as fixing dell
nitely the policy of reconstruction to be
followed in Mississippi.
A Nice Speculating Scheme.
Some gentlemen interested in the iron
manufactories, who have large stocks
on hand, have devised a very handsome
scheme to fill their pockets at the ex
-Tense of the public. They proposerto
Congress to add largely to the duty on :
' iron. This would immediately put up ,
the price, and they would realize •their
millions of dollars from the rise of their
stocks on hand out of the farmer and
consumers of iron. It isthe oldwhisky
dodge over again. They have printextg
pamphlets, and are working hard for
this consummation. They have already
some newspapers advocating it, and will
doubtless be at. Washington nextwinter
with a formidable lobby! Lookout for •,
them l—Cincinnati Enquirer,