Mrtr.. WEDpiIZ&DAYI OoTOBER :I#3/51865 "The printing tresses shell be tree to every Person. who undertakes :?o examine „the Ano_ pro ceedings of the legislature, 'or any, branch of government; and no ,Mw aludl-.ever. be. made to restrain"the right thereet Thetree com.mn- Ideation of' thought and opinions is one: of the invaluable 'rights 'of men; and every citizen mattrmlySpeak; write and print on , any sub lect ; being responsible for the abuse, of that liberty: In Idegeentions Tor the, publication of papers investigating the official conduct of offi cers, or men in_ public capacities, or where the matter published is proper for public informa tion, the truth' thereof' may be given in evi dence:" ' .. ... The Election. —The election in Pennsylvania'has re salted in the triumph of the Republi cans by what they will doubtless regard as a very "handsome majority." -To this result Lancaster county has con tributed quite as full a share as the lead ers of the dominant party expected of her. Whether the decision rendered yes ` , terday will operate for weal or for woe upon, the affairs of the country, will, in our judgment, altogether depend upon whether President Johnson is or is not in earnest about the restoration policy he has inaugurated. This triumph will embolden the radicals who demand the -reduction of the Southern States to the condition of conquered provinces which have no rights save such as the con queror may grant, and in the next Con gress they will endeavor to force the administration to adopt the destructive and barbarous programme of Stevens and Sumner. Success in that endeavor would be ruinous in the extreme. But will they be successful? Not if President Johnson is, as we hope and are disposed to believe, in earnest about the restoration policy he has adopted. If in earnest—if he has not avowed this restoration policy merely to deceive and disarth the Democratic party—then, during the next session of Congress, a conflict will arise between him and the Abolitionists which will throw the whole power of the administration on the side of the Democrats. This conflict must result in good to the Democratic party and to the country ;—in good to the party, because it will raise it from defeat to victory by bringing over to it the moreconservative among its present opponents ; and in good to the country, because it will place it once more under the control of statesmen who are unin fluenced by those bitter sectional feel ings which animate the present leaders of the dominant party. • In spite of the disaster of yesterday, we are of good cheer. We have enough faith in President Johnson to believe that he will not grow weary in well doing even though the bitter opponents of his restoration policy have triumphed in Pennsylvania. - We believe also that there is virtue and constancy enough in the right-hearted and hard-fisted De mocracy to hold them together for many years to come, even under the dispirit ing influence of repeated defeats; and we believe that they have only to hold together and renew each recurring conflict with spirit, in order to be suc cessful in the end. Democrats of Pennsylvania, pick your flints and hold yourselves in readiness to renew the battle next year ! The Cause and the Remedy It must be apparent to every intelli gent mind that the principal cause of our defeat in the State was a want of thorough organization in the Demo cratic party. This was the case in this city and county, and judging from the vote polled in the strong Democratic counties, it was the same everywhere. Look for instance at Berks, Northamp ton, Montgomery, York, Cumberland, Schuylkill, Westmoreland, Lycoming, etc. In almost every county and elec tion district in the Commonwealth, whilst the Republican vote was not in creased, indeed did not come'near up to what it was last year, there was a greater falling off in the Democratic vote, show ing conclusively an almost total lack of organization. This may have been part ly owing to the late period at which our State nominations were made, leaving but little time,certainly not time enough, to put the working machinery of the party in order. Another reason Un doubtedly was the over-wrought confi dence we had in our numerical strength and the justice of our cause, which would have been effective in giving us the State by an overwhelming majority, if that strength had been made avail able; but it was not done for the reasons above stated, and the consquence is be fore us. This defeat, if it should have the el feet of a thorough organization of the Democratic party for future operations, may result in good. We now know the full strength of our opponents, and will not have to act in the dark hereafter.— Let a complete and thorough organiza tion be the watchword, and let that be accomplished without delay. It will not do to wait until the eve of another election to do that which should be done from one year's end to the other. The party should be kept organized all the time, so that upon any and every occa sion a full vote can be polled. If that is done now and kept done, the Democ racy of Pennsylvania have met with their last defeat. If it be not done, we cannot expect, nor do we deserve, suc cess. Will our friends in this city and county reflect seriously on these sug gestions and act accordingly ? We shall see. The Late Election Only one - week has passed away since the election in Pennsylvania, and it is scarcely referred to at all, either in con versation or the newspapers. It is al ready well nigh forgotten, and but few seem to care about the result. We have never known so much apathy manifest ed, nor so little disposition shown on the part of the dominant party to rejoice over a victory. Perhaps, in view of the discordant elements which compose the Republican organization, and the prob able antagonism which will break forth on the meeting of Congress, they are not sure but that their triumph will be almost as damaging in its effect upon their future prospects as a defeat would have been at this time. At all events they are remarkably reticent of their opin ions, and the reasonable inference is, that the near approach of a fatal schism in their party falls like a wet blanket on their prospective hopes and aspira tions. On the other hand, the Democrats take the defeat of -their State ticket with great calmness and philosophical composure. They know full well that a better day is coming, and that the tithe is not far distant when the great Constitui ional principles on which their party is based, and which cannot be per manently destroyed, will again be in the ascendant in the State and in the - Makin, and the reins of government be seized and held by the follgwers of Jef ferson, of Jackson, and of Polk. It is this conviction which buoys their spill t up. It is the strong and abiding faith they have in the ultimate triumph of truth and the right thatcheers them on ward in the discharge of their duty, amid the gloom of a temporary defeat, and induces them never to despair of the ; but to labor on, and labor ever, in the good old cause whichraised our country to what it is among the na ' tions of the earth, and that sooner or later will reassert its supremacy. Fer, "Truth, crushed to earth, will rise again, The eternal years of God are hers; • But Error, wounded, writhes in pain, A.TI tiles amid her worshippers." -: ding=#fie-mew- or " ~frli►aee=<►u~ o the Party. The Examiner had the most singular ly impudent editorial in its isaile of Sat urday last which has fallen. underour, eye for tk.longtbne. Itwas neither more nor less than an apparently serious preg posal to - read Horace Grdeley ;old his. paper out of the Republican partt.. We can well , imagine the look of:incredu lous surprise which will settle down upon the face of the white hatted philo sopher as he reads the following para graphs from the home organ of Thad. Stevens : The course of the New York Tribune du ring, the past few months has been such as to make it a serious question with the Re publican party, whether there should not be some authoritative repudiation of,it by the proper representatives of the party in the different States 'When it undertakes to aid the copperheads in making issues for M. Of the contest in Pennsylvania it said: "If negro su f fiage be not the issue in Penn sylvania, we know not what is." In Ohio it also undertook to take issue with the re marks of the Republican candidate, Gen. Cox, because he chose to say that negro suffrage was not an issue there. Since the election it sneers at our triump in both these :States, and says the light vote wa.s the cause of the " speeches of Gen. Coxand Mr. Oess na's unnecessary essays." As we got safely through this contest in spite of the Tribune, and that no one will misunderstand the position of the party, we would suggest to our next State Convention that it pass a resolution, repudiating the Tribune's right to make issues for us. The New York Tribune has been the leading organ of the abolition party from the earliest days of its existence. It became, under the skillful manage ment of Horace Greeley, a power in in the land, and his genius long shaped the action and moulded the policy of the party. The circulation of the weekly Tribune grew to immense proportions, and the effect of its teachings were felt in every hamlet and school district throughout the free States. It was per sistent and earnest in its agitation of the slavery question, and to it, more than to any other agency, the Republican party owes its elevation to power. One would suppose that organization would have some little gratitude. We are not aware that Greeley has been importunate in demanding office. At at all events he has not received any lucrative appointment. He has continued the publication of his paper, and it is still justly regarded as the lead ing organ of Republican party in the great central metropolis of the country. It circulates almost as widely as ever, and is powerful because perfectly out spoken. It advocates boldly what it is pleased to call " manhood suffrage," be cause it professesjto believe that with out allowing the negroes a right to vote . the freedom conferred upon them will turn out to be a boon not worth possess ing. That there is a very large propor tion of the Republican party who firmly believe in the doctrine thus advanced by the Tribune is susceptible of the easiest possible proof. The Chicago Tribune, the leading Re publican organ in the Northwest boldly advocates negro suffrage, avows that it is a present vital issue, and thus sums up those who favor it. Its lists com prises most of the recognized leaders of the Republican party it says : In addition to Chief Justice Chase the positive sentiments of such leading Repub licans as Fessenden, Sumner, Wilson Fos ter, Ilarlan, Stanton, Andrew, 'Morrill, Col lamer, Colfax, Chandler, Wade, Trumbull, Grimes, Brown. Sherman, Sprague, Yates, llowe, Washburne, Farnsworth, Went worth, Stevens, Rassan, Julian, Boutwell, Garfield, Spaulding, Bingham, Hooper, and others are well known, or may safely be in ferred. The Boston Adverti.ser and Common wealth, Atlantic Monthly, North American Review, New York Tribune, Independent, Rochester Democrat, Pittsburg Gazette, Cin cinnati Gazette, Detroit Adverti.ser, Missou ri Democrat, Milwaukie Sentinel, and a host of others, all the Republican German pa pers, and many religious journals, have clearly advocated the saute doctrine. On the other hand, the copperhead party in every State, without exception, condemn impartial suffrage by its platform. Not only is it idle and false to deny that that question is on issue, but it is the living issue of the day. Does the E.1(11711 . 77Cr propose to rea out all these in a batch by a resolutio; to be passed by the next Republican Convention held in this State? If it does, will it be good enough to inform us what it expects to have left of its party? 13111TI“ , i1" WILLIAM PENN.—ThiS is the 1 rthday of William Penn, the thunder of the great, Commonwealth of Pennsylva nia. Governor Penn was born October 14th, 1644, and made the first settlement in the state at Philadelphia in liiS2.—Patriot and Union of S,durday in the introductory chapter of his History of Lancaster and York coun ties, the only authority we happen to have within reach at this moment, says Penn was born on the 16th of October, 1644, which, if correct, would make this day (instead of Saturday last) the two hundred and twenty-first anniversary of his birth. He was the son of Sir William Penn, an Admiral in the Eng lish Navy, and the province of Penn sylvania was granted to him in consid eration of a debt of sixteen thousand pounds due to his father by the English government. Penn wished to call his province Xcw Wales, but King Charles, with most excellent taste, conferred upon it the more beautiful name of Pennsyl vania. Settlements had been made in by the Dutch and Swedes some years previous to the grant to Penn. Negro Suffrage Sustained The radicals are claiming the result of Tuesday's election in this State as an endorsement of negro suffrage. The Pittsburg Gaette, the leading Republi can organ in Western Pennsylvania, says: "The Democrats made this a special issue in the late electionthroughout the State, and have been beaten. They in sisted upon it that it was the issue, and the only issue. We accept the result as decisive upon that point, and the Dem ocrats being judges, may fairly claim that Pennsylvania has decided against the admission of Southern States unless manhood suffrage is first Qouceded and secured." THE HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH of Thursday last had for its "leader" au article which Governor Curti❑ must have read with decided disrelish. annex an extract from this article, pre serving the fatties of the Telegraph : We want the 712e1l who hold office under the State Administration to remember that the recreancy which yielded support to Dr. Heck, [Democratic candidate for the Legislature] will long remain,odions to loyal ?ten, so Odi ous that it will stunk intheirynostrils forever,' Aid what is also worthy of being known in t his eimnection, we are requested to state by the Chairman of our Comity Committee, namely, that not a single man employed in the Executive Department to whom we al luded on Wednesday, would contribute a penny toward defraying the expenses of con ducting the election in this coUnty. Outside the Secretary of State's office some aid was derived front those in office on the hill, but when the men referred to, clerks employed in the State Department, were solicited to strengthen the party organization, they met the appeal with a contemptuous refusal.— Was this a fair support of the State ticket? Recreants ! you may say it was, but in thun der tones the loyal men of Pennsylvania have already answered THAT IT WAS NOT ! What a Farce! The entire number of voters register ed as "qualified" in Kent county is 1,140, or about 650 less than the usual vote of the county. In three of the election districts of Howard county the number registered is r,70, while in IS6O the number of votes cast was 1,064. In sixteen wards of Baltimore city G:i;; persons have been registered as " quct7ifi,d" voters. The same wards in I s6O cast 23,873 votes! if it takes the registers in sixteen wards in the city of Baltimore twelve days to disfranchise over fourteen thou sand voters, how much longer would it have taken thud and their colleagues to have disfranchised every legal voter in the State? Comment is unnecessary. The farce is too palpable. It cannot last—tbe people will never submit to it.—Mary land Union. Bat Our worthy relative across the water, old Johnny Bull, whom we hive wal loped twice on American soil, is might, 1- ly . afsakl that we have made secret ar ringementA-to woll2p him on the 'told sod," through the agency of the Fenian Brotherhood. In his fright he is ar resting every Irishman who has lately retnrned from America ; and wo betide the luckless Hibernian who, having served in the American army, has car ried bock with him a rag of his .old uni form. We quote 'from papers received by the Nova Scotia just arrived from Liverpool: Americans in the Muss, Another soldier from America, Colo nel O'Connell, was under arrest atCork. He was the bearer of letters of advice and command from the Fenian War Department in New York to conspira tors both in Ireland and England. ARMS AND LADEN VESSELS EXPECTED. A Cork letter says :—Further arrivals from America are looked for during the next fortnight, as some five or six -steamers will have left New York and Boston for Cork and Liverpool before the news of the action taken against the Brotherhood arrives out by the Persia. In addition to the police attention paid to the trading steamers, gunboat and revenue cruisers are kept at sea, over hauling all sailing craft coming from the westward. The reason assigned is that vessels have left American ports with arms, ammunition and uniforms for the Irish Fenians to be landed on this coast. ARREST OF AN AMERICAN COLONEL. [From the Clorunel Chronicle.) On Friday morning, at about one or two o'clock, when all in Clogheen were supposed to be at rest, Mr. E. B. War burton, It. M., drove in from Cahir, and having obtained the assistance of Mr. Hemsworth, County Inspector (who happened to be staying that night at Clogheen), Mr. Greer, S. 1., head con stable Ransome, and a party of the po lice, proceeded to the house of Mr. Jer emiah O'Brien, postmaster, and there arrested a smart, active looking young man, named J. W. Byron, whose uni form, hanging by his bedside, together with certain 4iocuments found in his possession when his portmanteau was searched, proclaimed him to be a colonel of the United States army. Drill books were found with him, and "Colonel" Byron was taken into custody. It ap pears that he left Clogheen a few years ago in humble circumstances, and about a month or six weeks since returned wealthy and commissioned officer of the federal army. He has been going through several of the adjacent towns, and spent a week in Clonmel, with what object we are not informed. He has been spending his money freely. Yes terday 'Colonet" Byron was brought before Lord Lindsmore, Mr. Warbur ton, Mr. Taylor and Captain Mulcahy, magistrates, who, having investigated the accusation against him, allowed hint to be discharged on giving solvent bail, himself in €lOO, and two stu'eLies in X5O each, to appear within a week to answer the charges preferred against him. Bail was at once procured. Lord Linsmore and his brother magistrates are taking all possible means to bring to justice persons supposed to be connected with the Fenian movement conspiracy in the locality of Clogheen. There is scarcely a village or town in this or other coun ties which has not its Byrons and its Gleesons—representatives of the various grades of the United States army. SEARCHING AMERICAN BAGGAGE. [From the Cork Herald.; Every species of property, the small est article of clothing, every book, let ter, scrap of paper, however deeply depo sited or closely packed in portmanteau, box, case, parcel or pocket, was opened and scrutinized by the officers, under the inspection of the magistrates ; the object being, of course, to detect any possible circumstances which might show the owners to be connected with the Fenian conspiracy. As will be read ily imagined, this proved very annoy ing to the passengers, and their indig nation (especially that of a German gen tleman) was great. The search proved abortive ; the only article at all object ed to being a revolver which one gen tleman had with him, and which often er is than is not among the luggage of American travellers. This weapon was retained, and all the passengers were then allowed to repack their property as best they could and proceed on shore. Is Mr. Johnson's Polley that of the Late Mr. Lincoln Mr. Raymond, in his recent Albany speech, laid much stress upon the asser tion that the policy of Mr. Johnson, in respect to the insurgent states, is the same as that adopted by the late Mr. Lincoln, and he begged to know why Democrats (Ltd not sustain it during the last administration as cheerfully as now ? It would be a sufficient answer to say that Democrats have more confidence in the success of measures when put in application by one of themselves than by one who has never had association with the Democratic organization, or devotion to Democratic principles. But is Mr. Johnson's policy identical with Mr. Lincoln's? Let Gen. Banks, who certainly knew Mr. Lincoln'spolicy if any man did, answer. In his recent speech at Charlestown Mass., he said : The Gove:liment now declares that the system of education for the freedmen must be suported by themselves. This, General Banks said, it was impossible for them to do. The government must support that system for sonic years, until the negro had gained a better position. The State of Louis mime, or the greater part of it, was special ly excepted by President, Lincoln from the operations of his pr , ,elamatien of emancipa tion; but by the free act of the government and the people, the right to serve in the militia anti other preliminary rights of citi zenship had been granted to them. lie was proud also to say that during his adminis tration no special privileges had been given to any person, mid a commission sent to hunt up evidence of improper conduct had failed to discover anythhig, of the kind.— When he went there the city was quiet ; no business was done except by the agent of the government ; the streets were almost deser ted. We made no war upon them Mr opin ion'S sake, but no man was allowed to re sume business unless he assured the officers of the government of his adhesion to it. Then they were ab'e by slow degrees to change the temper of the people of the state, and when the questions of abolition of sla very, the extension of the franchise to ne groes that had servo! in the army or could read or write, came before the people, they accepted a constitution which provided for all this, and founded a government which Mr. Lincoln said was the best formed by man. .cincc his death a chanyc has COMC Over the sprit of the [JO I , r7intiql, and men our ,formOn in 1 , 1 , 1 rank, are now the lead ~ In that state. The remedy is to put the government in the hands; of the loyal men, be they few or many ; give to the laboring classes that have been raised from slavery a chance to maintain their rights in the courts or in the halls of legislation. Then when each has been rethrmed in this manner, admit them one by one, but never in such Manlier that the old fifteen slave stateS shall again control the policy of the government (Applause.) The very instant this principle is proclaimed the people will accept it, and our Union will be restored, and loyalists and rebels in the American Union will live together with a better government than we have ever had. He believed that this proposition will be finally adopted by the President, because it harmonizes with his amnesty proclamation of the 29th of May, which specifies thirteen classes of rebels who shall not be allowed the elective franchise. lie would allow the rebels to regain their lost fortunes by the usual business channels, but lie would not allow them any share in the' control of the government. It would be Mad - Less to puntsh the president of the confederacy if we allowed live hundred thousand of his followers to re turn to the exercise of suffrage under the laws. General Banks tells us that the policy of Mr. Johnson differs from that of Mr. Lincoln in respect to the Freedmen's Bureau, franchise to negroes, putting political power in hands of rebels, and the pardoning power. What says the author of the Republican platform to this?—N. Y. World. HENRY WARD BEECHER is very anxious that there should be " no dis tinction of color" made in the social and political systems of the United States. This sounds philanthropic, but it is in reality dictated by Mr. Beecher's fears lest the negroes should one day discrim inate against himself. He remembers that he was described in the able lead ing organ of the black race, the Anglo African, as a " born rowdy, who always looks as if he had been on a batter the night before"—a regular "Mike Walsh, of groveling instincts." It is of no use, Mr, Beecher : no race has a keener instinctive appreciation of the difference between a gentleman and "a born rowdy" than the Africans have. You may flatter them as much as you please; they 'will never admit you to their intimacy on equal terms.— World. CANDIDATES Republicans in Roman. Democrats in Auditor General. John F. Hartranft......... W. W. H. DAVIS- Surveyor Gene, al. • Jacob M. Campbell JOHN P. LINTON Assembly. Day Wood ''Charles Dennes R. W. Shenk..' John M. Steh • n —.- 11114 I EL H ERB— J. S. ROATH. . GEORGE P. DE CHL C. A. LICRTENTHAEL ER- - District Attorney. Wm_ Ang. Atlea. F. B. PYFEB.. County Treasurer, Samuel Engmtnger J. MILLER Reim Omni!, Cbmmissioner. Samuel Slokom JOHN HESS Prison Inspectors. Abraham Witmer.. ...... ...„ George Long .JAMES HENRY WILLIAM CARPENTER. Directors of the Poor. Conrad Gast Samuel Wolf_ Simon Groh LEWIS ZECHER, JR. GEORGE G. Harm ........ GEORGE H. YICKET County .Surveyor. Abraham R. Witmer JOHN B. ERB Auditor. Daniel H. Eby J. W. SFIAEFFER. Interview of the South Carolina Dele- gation with the President. WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.—Judge Wardlaw, Alfred Huger and Col. Dawkins, of South Carolina; this afternoon had an interview, by appointment, with President Johnson. The President, after the customary pre liminaries of the reception, invited them to be seated, when at once the conversation commenced, by Judge Wardlaw informing him that they were a delegation from the State Convention of South Carolina, sent hither to present certain memorials of that body. These memorials had been very care fully considered in the Convention, and he believed that they told exactly the truth. The President inquired the object of the memorials. Judge Wardlaw informed him that one of them was in behalf of Jefferson Davis, A. H. Stephens, G. A Trenholm and Governor McGrath. He said they had understood that by the kind interference of the Presi dent, Messrs. Stevens and Trenholm had already been released from close eonfine meutand permitted to return to their homes. He would ask for Governor McGrath either a pardon, or that he might be released on parole. They could assure the President that no harm would result from such an act of clemency. The President replied that all could not be pardoned at once. The business must be proceeded with gradually, and an effort made to execute the law. A discrimination was necessary as we go along. It was a too common expression, by way of argument lor clemency, that such a one had been par doned, and that lie was just as bail as another who had not. Judge Wardlaw replied that the delega tion presented no such argument as that. The President said sometimes the peculiar locality had much to do with pardons. Like many other things in human affairs, we cannot have a fixed rule. Much depends on discretion and circumstances. If we know ourselves, we want to do what is best and just, and to show a proper degree of humanity on the part of the Government. Judge Wardlaw remarked that they had not come hither to express their own hopes and desires, but as delegates from the South Carolina Convention to present the memo roils of that Isaly in a formal manner. The President—We will extend, gentle men, all the facilities and civilities which the question require. We would rather pardon twenty men than refuse one. Judge Wardlaw replied that they did not design to say anything with reference to ,governor McGrath, further than that they believed much good would result by the exercise of the Executive clemency toward him. Colonel Dawkins said if we can get Gov ernor McGrath paroled, it would be a great relief to him at the present time. Judge Wardlaw thanked the President for having released Messrs. Stephens and Trenhohn. The President—We have that far antici- - pitted your memorial. Mr. Huger said Mr. Trenholm was one of their most useful men, and there was no doubt he would exert all his power with a view to entire harmony between the State and the government. The President replied he understood that was so, adding that if treason Mid been committed, there ought to be some test to determine the power of the Government to punish the crime. lie was free to say that it was not a mere contest bet Ween political parties, or a question us to de facto Govern ments. Looking at the Government as we do, the laws violated, and an attempt made at the life of a nation, there should be a vindication of the Government and the Constitution, even if the pardoning power were exercised thereafter. If treason has been committed, it ought to be determined by the highest tribunal, and the fact de clared, even if clemency should come after ward. There was no malice or prejudice in wishing to carry nut that duty Judge Wardlaw remarked that they were well aware of that. The President, resuming, said there may be some unkind feeling on this subject, but it did not exist to any great extent. Judge Wardlaw said, although not in structed by the Convention, he was induced to ask whether Mrs. Jefferson Davis, who was now confined to Georgia,could not cross into South Carolina to see her friends. The President replied that he had receiv ed letters from Mrs. Davis, but they were not very commendable. The tone of one of them, however, was considerably improved, but the others were not of the character be coming one asking leniency. Judge Wardlaw interfered by saying, she was a woman of strong feeling. The President said, "Yes, I suppose she is a woman or strong feeling and temper, but there is no intention to persecute her.— There is as much magnanimity and inde pendence and nobleness of spirit in submit ting as in trying to put the government at defiance. True magnanimity takes things as they are, and when taken in the proper way, I disconnect them front Manifestations of temper and defiance do no good." Mr. Huger remarked that they had a deep consciousness of the truth of all the Presi dent said. The President, resuming, observed that the character of an individual may charac terize a nation, which is nothing but an ag gregate of individuals, and when a proper spirit is manifested, all can act harmonious ly. The man who goes to the stake is al most dignified by his bearing. It lifts hint above humiliation. In these cases, gentle men, we will do the best we can. While there was sympathy, there was a public judgment which must be met. But I as sure you, gentlemen, no disposition exists for persecution or a thirst for blood. Judge Wardlaw remarked that the tone of the newspapers was more favorable and different from what it was. He then asked if the President had seen a copy of the amended Constitution of South Carolina.— (if course, he said, we accept emancipation. He fell perfectly satisfied that the person and property of the negro will be protected, and spoke of the great difficulties of regu lating labor and of restraining vagrancy, etc. The President thought many of the diffi culties would disappear if they inaugurated the right system. Pass.laws protecting the colored man—his person and property—and he can collect his debts. He knew how it was in the South. The question, when first presented, of putting a colored man on the witness stand, made them shrug their shoulders, but the colored man's testimony was to be taken for what it was worth by those who examine him and the jury who hear it. After all there was not so much danger as was supposed. Those coming out of slavery cannot do without work. They cannot lie down in dissipation. They must work. They ought to understand that liberty means simply the right to work and to enjoy the products of labor, and that the laws will protect them. That being done, and when we come to the period to feel that men must work or starve, the country will be prepared to receive a system applicable to both white and black, prepared to receive a system necessary to the case. A short time back you could not enforce the vagrant law on the black, but 'could on the white man. But get the public mind right, and you can treat both alike. Let us get the general details, and the collaterals will fol low. A conversation of some length ensued be tween the President and Judge Wardlaw and Mr. Trescott as to the legislation of the State necessary in reference to the condition of the freedmen and and the scope and con sequences of the circular No. 15 and gener al orders No. 145 of the Adjutant General's Department, relative to abandoned lands in South Carolina, and other subjects. It is understood the conversation is to be contin ued at another interview. The President said we must be practical and come up to surrounding circumstances. Judge Wardlaw, Colonel Dawkins and Mr. Huger all expressed to the President their conviction that the State had accepted ingood faith the result of the issue which had been made; that the people felt that the Prdsident had stood between them and a harsh use of the power Of the government; that they felt entire confidence in his pur poses and action, and hoped in return to entitle themselves to his confidence as to their feeling and actions. The President replied that he was glad to hear it; that whenever such mutual confi dence existed, there would, he thought, be an open road to the restoration of good feel ing and a prosperous condition, and that if he knew himself, and he thought he did, he would recommend nothing but what would advance their interests. *o far frpro pan- Z g 5 a g ='`'. 27a 1 217 =3IW 273 1 M1 330 '271 217 27j217 271 21 217 3,3 11271 1278 1265 1231 1472 1468 148,, 1468' 278 235 13-9.3'95 27 1 219 =0,397 273 1 222 331 394 2E7 217 26 - 213 213 213 27:31&'1 273,223 33:1'92, 335'393 .334 393 328 1328 131 , 315' 313 311 311 311 104 104 1041 1275 1271 1274 i 1465 I 1491 14S8 452 450 450' 7 '448 448 dering for or looking to future elevation, he must be believed when he said he had no eye single to such preferment. " If," he continued, "I could be instrumental in re storing the government to its former rela tions, and see the people once more united and happy, I should feel that. I had more than tilled the measure of my ambition. If I could feel that I had contributed to this in any degree, my heart would be more than gratified, and my ambition full." Judge Wardlaw—Every man in South Carolina would respond to that. Mr. Huger—l atn sure there is on their part no punic faith. They deserve your confidence, and I am sure they will earn it. The President expressed himself grati fied with what had been said by these gen tlemen. Mr. Dawkins remarked that all South Carolina reposed confidence in the Presi dent, and that the memorials presented by the chairman of the delegation represented the true sentiments of the people of that Stale, both in regard to those whom they wish pardoned and the feeling and position of South Carolina. Gen. llelntzleman The Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Sunday .Mereury, has the following in relation to this veteran of ficer: Republics are at times really ungrate ful, and the recent case of Gen. Heint zlewan, the old Mexican hero, being ordered to report to Hart's Island, as the Colonel of the Regiment which he so gallantly led to the scenes of glory through an enemy's country, reflects badly upon those who engineered the promotions in the regular army during the past four years. General Heintzle man is a born and bred soldier, and one . that our country should be proud of.— At the opening of the rebellion he com manded the Sixteenth Regular Infant ry, and as such fought at the disastrous first Bull Run, and-was badly wounded. The rebels spoke 'in the highest terms of his skill and bravery. He had pre viously led this regiment through the Mexican campaign, At the battle of Williamsburg, on the Peninsula, Gen eral Hooker ordered the army to fall buck, but Heintzleman ordered them again to resume their places, and to use the bayonet, as Kearney was close at hand The Jersey Brigade and Sickles' Ex celsior Brigade again entered the strife, and were successful. At Fair Oaks he did wonders, and at the second battle of Bull Run he commanded a Corps and attacked Stonewall Jackson with such impetuosity that he doubled him up and broke his ranks, and Gen. Pope said if McDowell and others had evin ced the same courage and skill, his defeat would have not taken place. All the succeedine• ' battles up to his re tirement added glory to his command, slid now he reports to one of his cap tains as a colonel, while others on their political qualifications alone are kept in high positions. Gen. McDowell lost every fight he was engaged in, is now a Major General in the Regular Army, while Gen. Heintzleman holds the same position he did in Mexico, after all his late services for the preservation of the Union. Republics are really ungrateful. We hope that justice will be done the old hero at once. The Negro Convention in Raleigh The negroes of North Carolina issued an address to the State Convention. The Richmond Republic says it recog nizes a fact which the freedmen of Vir ginia would do well to recollect—that the colored people must use every erlbrt to make friends of the whites. Let them put away from them those instructors who would teach them to be insolent about their rights," when those rights are already secured to them by the United States. It is not only impolitic, but it is, of all things, most dangerous. If they once incur the hatred of the whites there will be no rest for them in this country hereafter ey and their fate will be the saddest thaCtivertook a peo ple. Weak in numbers, and helpless in ignorance, they coubroffer no resist ance worth the name. When the ad dress was presented in the North Caro lina Convention, a motion was made to refer it to a committee; whereupon Mr. Caldwell, of Guilford, spoke earnestly in favor of giving grave attention to the matter therein presented and expressed a deep interest in the welfare and im provement of the colored population of the State. He expressed the opinion that the South will show herself as liber al and generous in her treatment of this race as the North. The communication was then referred without a dissenting voice.—Staunton Spectator. The Trial or Etheridge CAIRO, Oct. 14.—The Court for the trial of Emerson Etheridge is now in session at Columbus, Kentucky. Ethe ridge stated that he had no objection to any member of the Court and wished to act as his. own counsel. He asked the Court to grant time to file a plea, against the jurisdiction of the Court. CAIRO, Oct. 15.—The Court overruled the plea ‘ of Etheridge, objecting to the jurisdiction of the Court, and he then entered a plea of not guilty to all the charges and specifications except the second speciiii!ation, second charge, to which he plead guilty on the Court al lowing him to introduce a whole letter, from which an extract was made. This letter is known as the Dresden letter" and is dated June 28th, in which he made the declaration that Tenn. had no law but force and no semblance of civil gov ernment, State or Federal, but a usur pation enforced by the bayonets of ne groes existed. After some evidence for the prosecution the accused presented the Court with a written statement which admitted all the facts in the first charge, viz.; the encouragement of re sistance to the enforcement of the laws Conclusion or the Wirze Trial. The record of testimony in the Wirze trial makes 5,000 foolscap pages, divided into seventy parts, and contains be tween 300 and 400 objections and rul ings of the Court. 100 witnesses were examined on both sides, several of whom were individually on the stand two days for examination in chief and cross-ex amination. Mr. -Baker, of the counsel for the de fense, thought it would take him seven or eight days to properly read this mass of testimony, in addition to the subse quent task of examining all the points of law, and last of all the criticisms of the statements of witnesses, the com parison of the different classes of testi mony, and the working out Orhis argu ment. He insisted upon having two full weeks for the performance of this labor, saying it was utterly impossible for him to complete it in a shorter period of time. The Court at firstgave him eight days and afterwards extended the time to twelve days, but Mr. Baker would take nothing less than two weeks from Monday, and failing in this he chose to submit the case without argument. Col. Chipman, the Judge Advocate, is already preparing his argument, prom ising to cover the ground on both sides, and will read it next Wednesday, when, as is usual in such cases, the court will with closed doors, proceed to consider and make up their findings in the case before them. The North Carolina Convention has adopted a resolution requesting the Presi; dent to withdraw the negro , troops from North Carolina. 014 - 14CIAL -- VOTE - Or - LANCASTER COUNTY: P P g q 2611 263 229 116 116 116 173 1 173 173 1 173 101 101 145,118' 1451118 145 118 148 118 118 1821 118 182, 118 182 1 118 182 17a 175 175 , 102 102 102 , 2b7 1267 126 I 7 116 1 116 116' 474 474 474 j pisl The Firemen's Parade in Phi A Procession Over Ten Miles i TWENTY THOUSAND FIREMEN IN LINE. The grand parade of the Philadelphia Fire Department came off yesterday, and was one of the finest and most im posingdemonstrations of the kind, prob ably, ever witnessed in the United States, and certainly in this city. The weather, notwithstanding its threaten ing aspect during Sunday, was all that could possibly be desired upon such an occasion. The slight showers which fell the previous day were sufficient to lay the dust and render the tedious work of marching over the cobble-stones of our streets comparatively easy. In point of numbers the parade was the largest ever witnessed in our city, consisting of not less than twenty-two divisions andll4 companies. The numberof visit ing companies was thirty-two, of which six came from New York, one from Boston, one from Buffalo, one from Al bany, two from Jersey City, one from Salem, Massachusetts; two from Wash ington, D. C.; one from Newark, New Jersey ; one from Allentown, one from Lebanon, two from Reading, four from Camden, one from Wilmington, one from Pittsburg, and one from Harris burg. One of the grand features in the parade was the introduction of the steam engines. This was an entirely new fea ture, and one of the finest in the entire parade. The Franklin Engine Com pany is the one that originated the pa rade, a card having been, last spring, published, in which the fire companies of Philadelphia were requested to send delegates to a Convention to be held at the Franklin Engine House. It was the 22d of February, 1832, that the first parade of the department was made. Since then the processions have ih creased in size and brilliancy, until the one taking place yesterday eclipsed all. The parade t Aumenced moving on time and the head of the line did not arrive at Third and Chestnut streets; the point for dismissing, until about 7 o'clock last evening. The length of the route over which they passed is set down at four teen miles. The procession in passing any given point occqpied over four hours. The length of the line was at least ten miles. Business during the latter part of the day was almost entirely suspended.— The streets were filled with men,-wo men and children, thousands of whom came miles to witness the demonstra tion. So great was the anxiety to witnsss the procession, that windows in public and private houses were bought up at prices that seemed almost fabulous. People were determined to secure at any cost good points of observation. The various public stands erected by enterprising indtviduals were filled at an early hour with persons who paid as high as one dollar for choice seats. The sidewalks were a complete jam, while every available door step, awning post, or other place of prominence was occu pied. The decorations along the route were of the most lavish character.— Arches, composed of flowers, flags, etc., were thrown across the streets at vari ous points. Bu ting was d i splay ed from nearly every window, and some locali ties were decorated with flowers to such an extent as to resemble temporary hot houses. The ladies along the line of the route were prepared with bouquets, wreaths, and other complimentry attentions. Nothing could exceed the cleanly ap pearance of the apparatus, and the decorations were of the most appropriate and costly character. There has never been in our city any firemen'sparade at all approaching the present in the gorgeousness. and completeness of its 711,1.7221tia% The immense number of visiting fire men; the brilliant costumes prepared especially for the occasion, and the magnificent day, all combined to make it a gorgeous festival, to be long re membered in Philadelphia. The whole affair was most admirably managed, and reflects great credit upon the Chief Marshal and his aids, and also the various companies for the precision and exactness with which they compli ed with his orders. It is about the only demonstration on a large scale ever wit nessed in the city in which some seri ous bungle was not made. In the eve ning a number of the engine and hose houses were brilliantly illuminated, among which was the Hibernia, which gave a complimentary supper to the Americus Engine Company, No. 6, of New York ; the Newark Fire Associa tion of Newark, New Jersey, and the Good Will Fire Engine, No. 3, of Tren ton, at the Corn Exchange Building.— It was a grand affair. The other visit ing companies were similarly entertain ed by those who had them in charge, and, from all that we could see and hear, they return home much pleased with Philadelphia and its model Fire Depart ment. The " local" of the Nashville (Tenn.) Dispatch, gives the following as on e'day 's record of crime in that ungodly city : 1, " A spirited dog fight ;" 2, " Robbery of an actress ;" 3, "Highway robbery ;" 4, " Sad case of death from destitution;" 5, " A whole family poisoned with ar senic ;" 8, " A bloody street fight ;" 7, " Horrible tragedy—a man kills his wife and is shot by his neighbors;" 8, "Anoth er desperate and bloody street fight ;" 9, " Negro guard killed by a dray driv er." An exciting horserace took place in the afternoon, and the day's entertain ment closed with a destructive ire. 106;229 106 Z 106Z.N 128. 63' 12:3 61 123 63 1370 370 1 370 316 3161 1316 I &A) 1310 asr 14. 14. 186 lab 166 101 101 101 The decorations of the engines and hose carriages, and the dress worn by the firemen, was indicative of good taste. Everything that fancy could suggest or experience advise, was seen along the line. To gaze from a given point up or down the street, was a most dazzlingand bewildering attempt, so many spots and points of brilliancy attracting and con fusing the eye. There was so much glare and glitter, the entire magnifi cence was so flushed and palpitating that the eye became tired and longed for repose. The thousands of shining wreaths, whose million tendrils quiver ed like threads of quicksilver; the light reflecting from hundreds of glitterin g accoutrements, the music of many bands whose melodies caught up and inter mingled with each other; the tramp of thousands of feet; the show and con trast of picturesque uniforms; the jin gling of variously voiced bells, the win dows filled with interested and exultant throngs, the shouts and shrieks which swelle together into an ovation ; all these made up ascene as beWildering as it was gorgeous and valued The procession formed along North Broad and moved prOmptly on time, and tiled into line with amazing regu larity. The preparations were of such a character that a blunder was hardly possible. As the rightof the line moved down Broad street, the various divisions fell in without any unpleasant interrup tion or break in the line. The crowd along Broad street was dense and impenetrable, and as the pa rade proceeded the streets leading east and west were thronged with excited spectators anxious tocatch a sightof the spectacle. Many amusing incidents oc curred, but as far as we observed every thing was good-natured, and good hu mor ruled the hour. A Lively Place 21* 1 M 34 '218!'241 218,241 i 218 , 2401 218124 U 39' 434 M' 34' 39 34 193;343' 1931343'1193 343 188 337 12 147 12'147 12 1 7 12 147 721= 871116 1721236 87 '172'2.35 1172 2.33 87 116 87,'118 19t1,3. 146.34 12',1-18 12 1 1 8, 172 236 21391 1721232 2b 172;236 1 N9 1 67'116 '5l 67'116 7.3 57111.6 75 1941342 197 312 If 31:342' 111148 1214 S 12 1 18, 2362-1' 116 73 adelphla The National Finances—Speech of Secre tary McCullough. I Length. CINCINNATI, Oct. 13.—The Gazette publishes a speech. made by Secretary McCullough at .Porl'`Wayne, Indiana, on Wednesdaynight, in which he gives his views on the national finances. He said he was not one of those who seem ed to repudiate coin as a measure of value, and to make a sound paper cur rency the standard. On the contrary he belonged to thatclass of persons who, regarding an exclusive metalic curren cy as an impracticable thing among en terprising and commercial people, nev ertheless look upon au irredeemable currency as an evil which circumstances may for a time render a necessity, but which is never to be sustained as a pol icy. By tile common consent of nations gold and silver are the only true measures of value. They are the necessary regulators of trade. He favored a well secured convertible paper currency. No other can to any extent be a proper substitute for coin. It is not expected that there shall be a dollar in coin in reserve for every dollar of paper in circulation, this is not necessary. For all ordinary home transactions, paper currency is sufficient; but there are constantly occurring periods when the balances between countries, and in the United States, between the different sections, must be settled in coin. These balances are insignificant, and would in comparison with the transactions out of which they arise, and when a vicious system of credit does not too long postpone settlements, they are arranged without disturbing the movement, of coin whenever specie is needed, for this purpose or for any other purpose, the paper currency of the country should be convertible into it, and a cir culation not so convertible will not be, and ought not to be, tolerated by the people. The present inconvertible cur rency of the United States was a neces sity of war, but now that the war has closed, the Government should not be a borrower; the currency should be brought up to a specie standard, and he saw no way of doing it but by withdraw ing a portion of it from circulation. He had no faith in a prosperity which was the effect of a depreciated currency, nor could he see any safe path to tread but that which leads to specie payments.— The extreme high prices now prevailing indicate that the business of the country is in an unhealthy condition. We are measuring values by a false standard. We have a circulating medium al together larger than is needed for legiti mate business, and the excess is used in speculations. The United States is to day the best market in the world for foreigners to sell in. The consequence is that Europe is selling us more than she buys of us, including our securities, which ought not to go abroad, and there is a debt rolling up against us that must be settled, in part at least, in coin. The longer the inflation continues the more difficult it will be for us to get back to specie payments, to which we must re turn sooner or later. If Congress shall, early in the approaching session, au thorize the finding of the legal tenders, and the work of reduction is com menced and carefully and prudent ly carried on, we shall reach it probably without injury and embar rassment-to legal business. If not, we shall have a brief period of seductive prosperity, resulting in wide-spread bankruptcy and disaster. He spoke of the evil tendency of the present in ' tion on the public morals, converting the business of the country into gam b h ng, and seriously diminishing the labor of the country. We are apparently get ting richer, when morality languishes, and the productive industry of the coun try is being-diminished. He was hope ful that by wise legislation, we will escape a financial collapse, and that the currency may be brought to the specie standard without these financial troub les which have in all countries followed protracted and extensive wars. Outrage by a Negro In Government Em ploy on a Little Uirl. The Frederick (Ald.) C'ilizen has the following account of a most horrible outrage: On last Saturday evening this com munity was startled by the report, that a rape had been committed upon a little girl, about 11 years old, daughter of Mr. Theodore Lowe, residing in North Mar ket street, by a negro man, employed at the camp of the 6th U. S. Cavalry, near this city. Captain Naill, Provost Mar shal, furnishes the following statement of the diabolical affair: It appears the little girl, accompanied by her brother, went out on the commons to hunt for a dog that had strayed off. After look ing for some time for the dog, they came in contact with the negro in question, and inquired of him whether he had seen anything of a stray dog. The negro replied that he had seen a boy with the dog they were looking for, and pointing in the direction where he said he had seen the dog, he told them they could get it by going after the boy who had it. Upon this representation the girl's brother started in pursuit of the dog, leaving his sister with the negro man. He had not departed very long, however, before the negro laid hold of the girl and compell ed her to accompany him to a stone quarry in the fot of Mrs. Bantz. The child screamed and made all the resistance she could; she bit and scratched, but to no purpose. He inti mated her with threats and whipped her along with a switch until he reached the quarry, where he stripped her and violated her person. After the consum mation of the diabolical act, he released the girl, who immediately went home and informed her father. Search was at once made for the ,villain, but with out avail. Early on Sunday morning, Mr. Lowe, father of the outraged girl, went out to camp to look for the ;Negro taking his (laughter and her brother with him. They were not in camp long before the girl espied=the demon who had so ruthlessly injured her. Her brother also recognized him.' As soon as the negro saw his victim, he shrunk from her presence, and sought a hiding place under a bed in one of the tents. He was immediately arrested and brought to town—for a hearing, which took place before Capt. Nail, who turned him over to the civil authorities, which resulted in his being committed to jail to await the grand jury. We trust that the full penalty of the law will be meted out to him. Frank Cowan on Insects A new book has been published by Lippincott dz, Co., of Philadelphia, upon the subject of insects. The author of it is Frank Cowan, of Greensburg, a son of the Hon. Edgar Cowan, of the United States Senate. A general idea of the peculiar charac ter and contents of the book may be ac quired from the title page, which reads RS follows—" Cu - mous FACTS IN THE HISTORY OF INSECTS; including Spiders and Scorpions. A complete collection of the legends, superstitions, beliefs and ominious signs connected with insects; together with their uses in medicine, in art and as food; and a summary of their remarkable injuries and appearances." —Greensburg Dem. d: Rep. r F lan :3:p7 -.N77 141 141 241 IT2 241 13 3 : 24111:01 31 34 33 34, all 1 , 41 1 2 W 240 200 SO 141 79 1 141 77 141 131 • ,1 4 1314 F. • 0 O : " .t7l Vg I 'AT 111 . 1 2(31 1 95 &.1 92 I `1.7,3t 96 63;91 IRilB. 185 8 S.) 7 180 481 102 29 9V2 4 1 1 9929 1 99 291 17 J 581203,96 1 72;158,203;96 7 21158H03196 72 i158:203196 371 21! 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Whilst I have been eminently suc cessful in this war—in at least gaining the confidence of the public—no one feels more than I how much of this suc cess is due to the energy, skill and the harmonious putting forth of that energy and skill, of those whom it has been my good fortune to have occupying sub ordinate positions under me. There are many officers to whom these remarks are applicable to a greater or less degree, proportionate to their ability as soldiers ; but what I want is to express my thanks to you and Mc- Pherson, as the men to whom, above all others, I feel indebted for whatever I have had of success. How far your advice and assistance have been of help to me, you know. How far your execution of whatever has been given you to do entitles you to the reward I am receiving, you cannot know as well as I. I feel all the gratitude this letter would express, giving it the most flat tering construction. The word " you " I use in the plural, intending it for McPherson also. I should write to him, and will some day, but starting in the morning, I do not know that will find time just now. Your friend, U. S. GRANT, 'Major-General.. GENERAL SHERMAN'S REPLY Sherman received this letter near Memphis, on the 10th of March, and immediately replied : DEAR GENERAL: I have your more than kind and characteristic letter of the 4th inst. I will send a copy to Gen. McPherson at once. You do yourself injustice and us too much honor in assigning to us too large a share of the merits which have led to your high advancement. I know you approve the friendship I have ever pro fessed to you, and will permit me to continue, as heretofore, to manifest it on all 'proper occasions. You are now Washiugton'slegitimate successor, and Occupy a position of al most dangerous elevation ; but if you can continue, as heretofore, to be your self, simple, honest and unpretending, you will enjoy through life the respect and love of friends and the homage of millions of human beings, that will award you a large share in securing to them and their descendants a govern ment of law and stability. I repeat, you do General McPherson and myself too much honor. At Bel mont you manifested your traits, neither of us being near. At Donelson, also, you illustrated your whole character. I was not near, and General McPherson in too subordinate a capacity to influ ence you. Until you had won Donelson I con fess I was almost cowed by the terrible array of anarchical elements that pre seated themselves at every point; but that admitted a ray of light I have fol lowed since. I believe you are as brave, patriotic . 'wet as the great prototype, Wash ington; as unselfish, kind-hearted and honest as a man should be. But the chief characteristic is the simple faith in success you have always manifested, which I can liken to nothing else than the faith a Christian has in the Saviour. This faith gave you victory at Shiloh and Vicksburg. Also, when you have , completed your preparations, you go. into battle without hesitation, as at Chattanooga—no doubts—no reserves ; and I tell you, it was this that made us act with confidence. I knew, wherever I was, that you thought of me, and if I got in a tight place you would help me out, if alive. My only point of doubt was in your knowledge of grand strategy and of. books of science and history ; but I con• fess your common sense seems to have supplied all these. Now as to the future. Don't stay in. Washington. Come \Vest ; take to. yourself the whole Mississippi valley.— Let us make it dead sure, and. I tell you the Atlantic slopes and the Pacific shores will follow its destiny, as sure as. the limbs of a tree live or die with the main trunk. We have done much, but still much remains. Time and time's. influences are with us. We could almost afford to sit still and let these influences work. Here lies the seat of the coming em pire ; and from the West, when our task is done, we will make short work of Charleston and Richmond and the im— poverished coast of the Atlantic. Your sincere friend, W. T. SHERMAN. Delightful State of Affairs In the National: Capitol. Stabbing, shooting, garroting and killing are daily pastimes in Washing ton.. A member of the First District of Columbia regiment (colored) shot a col ored woman fatally last night. A squad from the same regiment attacked, stabbed and dangerously wounded two. or three privates of the Fifth United States cavalry two nights ago. Last night a scavenger of the Seventh ward gave a negro a fatal blow with a spade.. Every night robbery, garroting and burglary are perpetrated. These little pleasantries, added to the general and widespread unhealthiness of the city at the present time, are likely to deter many from locating here at present and to drive away others who regard health and personal safety paramount to all other considerations. Another Leaguer Come to Grief. The Portland Argus gives the facts in regard to a " big swindle" in Maine by the Republican agent sent South to ob tain negro recruits. It says that about seven hundred men were procured upon the quota of the State. These men, it says, should have been counted on the quota of the State, reducing it by so many, and should have been credited to the several districts. This was not done. On the contrary, these very men were sold by somebody to differen t towns in the State, at some five hundred dol lars apiece, and the money pocketed by the person or persons perpetrating the fraud, and the ciders and abettors there of. Thus some three hundred to three hundred and fifty thousand dollars were taken out of the pockets of the people by the graceless scoundrels, who have since been rioting in their ill-gotten gains. LORD PAL3IERSTON, it is said, suffers not only from gout, but from a disease which compels him to be lifted in and, out of his bed in a blanket, His physi cians; it is further said, do not give him any hope of immunity from, this com plaint in future, so that he will be phy sically unable to lead the new House of Commons. A French paper declares that his lordship will be raised to the- Upper Souse as Earl of Palmerston. 11287 1 1a..8; 11288 1108, 5952 5907 , 8973 5958 10, 1 517• 20 1 YO T., 112 S: (3,7'4 111% 20 1 ago° 9 11 591:6 a 1,72 1132.% 5172 11217 5172 11311 *-1 1 5564 20 ,1 I 0'64 ILM 1 555) 51172 l '_ll 1 SKI 11 - _ 1L 1 L 1 97,
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