-WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1860. ••The printing presses shall be flree to every person who undertakes to examine the pro ceedings of the legislature, - or any branch or government; and-no law shall ever be made to restrain the right thereot • The free commu nication of thought and opinions 1b one of the Invaluable rights of men; and every citizen may freely speak, write and print on any sub ject; being responsible for the .abuse of that liberty. In prosecutions for the publication of papers Investigating the official conduct of offi cers. or men in publio capacities, or where the matter published Is proper for pnbllo informa tion, the truth thereof may be given in evi dence.” FOR GOVERNOR: Hon. HIESTEB CITMKB, of Berks Co, Tho Democratic Platform. . The Democracy of Pennsylvania in Convention met*recognlxlng a crisis In the affairs of the Republic, and esteeming the Immediate restoration ofthe Union paramount to all other issues, do resolve: L That the States, whereof the people were lately In rebellion, are integral parts ofthe Union and are entitled to representation In Congress by men duly elected who bear true faith to the Constitution and laws, and In order to vindicate the maxim that taxa tion without representation Is tyranny, such represen tatives should be forthwith admitted. U. That the ftUth of the Republic is pledged to the payment bf the National debt, and Congress should pass all laws necessary for that purpose. 3. That we owe obedience to the Constitution of the United States, Including the amendment prohibiting slavery, and under its provisions will accord to those emancipated all their rights of person and property. ■L That each State has the exclusive right to regulate the qualifications of Its own electors. 5. That the white race alone is entitled to the con trol of the Government ofthe Republic, and we are unwilling to grant the negroes tho right to vote. 0. That tho bold enunclutlon of the principles of the Constitution and tho policy of restoration contained In the recent Annual Message and Freedmen's bu reau Veto Message of President Johnson entitle him to the confidence and support of all who respect tho Constitution and love their country." 7. That the nation owes to tho bruvo men of our armies and navy a debt of lasting gratitude for their heroic services In defence of tho Constitution and the Union; and that while we cherish with a tender affec tion tho memories of the fallen, we pledge to tbelr widows and orphans tho nations care and protection. 8. That we urge upon Congress, the duty of equal izing the bounties of our soldiers and sailors The Commitee appointed at the late County Convention in reference to Ger man Newspaper, will meet at the office of the Jntellifjcyiccj', on Monday, April 30th, at 11 o’clock, A. M. Let Us Be Thankful. The members of both branches of ou l ' State Legislature seem to have got in a very thankful mood just previous to tlieir adjournment. They voted thanks to the Governor, thanks to Speakers, thanks to the Clerks, thanks to the subordinate Clerks, thanks to the Clergy ; and finally, in the prodigality of their thankfulness, they voted thanks to all tlieir officers, from the fattest door keeper down to the slenderest page. In the Senate, the retiring Speaker “re turned his sincere thanks to every Sen ator,” and forgave all who had bothered him with knotty points of order during thesession. The new»Speaker“returued thahks for the distinguished houor the Senate had conferred upon him,” and after apologizing to some Senator to whom he had at one time uttered a harsh word, “in conclusion lie returned his thanks.” Iu the House, the temporary Chairman informed the Speaker of the passage ofa resolution of thanks, and thunked him for his impartiality to the minority ; whereupon the Speaker “ re turned his thanks to the House” and thanked the temporary Chairman for thanking him, and begged the minority to believe in iiis perfect sincerity when he thunked them for tlieir thanks.— Then the members fell to thanking one another, and when that affecting job was finished, those who had a little of the raw material of thankfulness left, plastered it over themselves. Smith thanked ills stars that lie called Jones a liar the day before, as it afforded him the opportunity to declare that he had implicit confidence in Jones’ veracity. Jones thanked Smith for calling him a liar, because his retraction of the charge and expression of confidence would do. him good with his constituents. Then various committees, representing divers persons who in the thankfulness of their hearts wanted to thank sundry other persons, presented these-other persons canes, watches, gold chains, tea sets, et cetera, which the thankful recipients received with expressions of profound thunks. The two Houses then adjourned sine die, for which last and best “ uct ” of theirs the people of Penn sylvania do most sincerely thank God. The Political Rinderpest. Abolitionism, as exemplified by .Ste vens, Sumner & Co., is the political rinderpest of this country, and, unless it is chucked and extirpated by the strong arm of the people, will be as fatal and destructive to our free institu tions as is its prototype to the cattle of England. Either Stevens, Sumner and tlieir confederates in the work of destruction and infamy must be driven from the high places of power and influence, or the Union will never be restored, and the toil and sufferings and blood of our heroic soldiers will have been expended in vain. If the American people sus tain and uphold President Johnson in the patriotic work he has undertaken, then will we once more have a united and prosperous country ; if they desert him and follow the nefarious teachings of the radical leaders above-mentioned, the country will continue to be dis tracted and divided, and political death, from which there can be no resurrec tion, will be the finality of what was once the fair land of Washington aud Jefferson aud Jackson. Tlie people of Pennsylvania will have an opportunity in October next of staying the onward march of the pesti lence ami driving it back to the murky atmosphere of New England, where it originated. Will they doit? That is the question, aud upon its answer de pends, perhaps the future of the Re public for weal or for woe. 'The -whole country will look forward with anxiety and trembling to the decision of tlie old Keystone .State, and will rejoice with exceeding joy at the electiou of Hiester Clymer and the consequent triumph of Democratic principles; but a gloom, darker than Egyptian midnight, will settle upon the nation in the event of his defeat. May Heaven preserve us from such a sore calamity as the election of John W. Geary. Slavery Among the Puritans. The Appletons have thrown New England in to consternation by announc ing that they have in press a work en titled “ Notes on the History ofSlavery hi Massachusetts.” The Puritans are shaking in their righteous shoes, for fear it will come out that the foundation of the wealth they boast was laid in tlie flesh and blood of the African. The author of the " Notes” is George H. Moore, who is said to have great facili ties for historical investigation. If Mr. Moore should succeed in convincing the Massachusetts Yankees that their -worldly possessions are tlie product of African slavery, tlie world would no doubt witness a very sublime spectacle of “ restitution.” Who can doubt that the God-fearing cotton-spinuers would at once turn over all tlieir wealth to tlie Freedmen's Bureau V Wm.-Stewart, United States Sena tor from Nevada, is a native of Trum bul county, Ohio. In his boyhood he was employed as a farm laborer. He managed to get Efficient funds to at tend sohool, and, having qualified him self as a teacher he kept a district school in the winter to provide the means of attending an academy in the summer. Several years since, he immigrated to California, was elected Sheriff 'of San Francisco, there married a daughter of Henry S. Foote. More recently he tried his fortune in Nevada and turned up U. S. Senator. The Radical Policy. The convention which first nomi nated Mr. Lincoln for the Presidency was a conglomeration of the‘ odds and ends of all political parties which’ had been opposed to the Democratic party. They harmonized the discordant materi als of which that body was composed by forming a coalition without regard to principles or past differences of opii> ion. Of course there was a complete sacrifice of all political honesty. During the campaign which preceded the elec tion of Mr. Lincoln they kept the designs of the real leaders of the party hid, and hesitated at no lie by which they might deceive the people. Here in Pennsylvania they asseverated thatthey had neither the design nor the desire to interfere in any way with the existence of slavery. They scouted at the idea of the Southern States attempting to secede, and avowed that they could not be driven to any such act; but, when forced to the point, not a few of their leading men declared that they would willingly let them go out of the Union if such was the desire of their people.— Thus the election of Mr. Lincoln was accomplished by the free use of the most infamously false and fraudulent pretenses. When, after his election, troubles be gan to thicken, the course of the Re , publican party was still shamefully dis honest and deceptive. They might have averted the war if they had chosen to do so, and have saved the nation from all the woes which have fallen upon it. An honest policy would have accom plishedjthat result. Adishonestand de ceptive course plunged us hi to the fatal struggle. What was the course of the Republi can party when the war began ? Were they any more honest then ? Let the facts answer. Aftertheir tortuous policy had led to a conflict of arms, what was the condition of affairs? Xsitnot afact that the Republican party still conceal ed their real designs? With the fall of Sumter party lines were for the time being blotted out in the North. The Democrats were first and most prompt ly ready to buckle on their armor to avenge the insult offered to the national flag. This they did from the purest motives. They took the party in power at their word, and rushed to arms in order that they might preserve the Union. That was the avowed pur pose of the war. It was call ed a war for the Union. The word Union became the grand battle cry of all the hosts who went forth against the people of the South. The Republicans abandoned their former name and trick ed themselves out in the new title of the Union party. The words Union and loyalty were loudly mouthed us the Shibboleth of the then dominant party; and all who could not pronounce them through their nose with a Yankee twang, were at once denounced as disunionists and as disloyal. Yet, in spite of all this the Republican party leaders were from the beginning of the struggle dishonest and deceitful. They avowed one policy and acted upon another. They called the war a war for the Union, while busily engaged in making it a war for the destruction of slavery and the es tablishment of themselves in places of power and profit. They paraded their avowed policy before the people while keeping their real designs hidden. The public prints, the pulpit, the political rostrum and every possible agency was used to deceive the masses. The people were honest. They really believed the war was being waged for the restoration of the Union. Many of them believed that sacred object to be the single design . of the struggle. How could they well doubt it in the face of all the solemn de clarations made by the party in power. Had not the following resolution been unanimously adopted by Congress as » early as January, 1801 : ' Resolved. That the present deplorable ; civil war has upon the country by the disunionists ofthe youth, now in re bellion against a constitutional government and in arms around tho capital, that in this national emergency, Congress, banishing ( all feelings of resentment, will do its duty to tho whole country ; that this war is not waged on our part in any spirit of oppres sion,' nor for any purpose ofi>conquest or subjugation, nor for the purpose of over throwing or interfering with the established institutions of those States, but to maintain ami defend the purity of the Constitution, and to preserve the Union with all its dig nity, equality, and the rights of the States, unimpaired; and as soon as these objects are accomplished, the war ought to cease Bid the Republican leaders stand by that policy? Do they stand by it now? Were they ever willing to see the Union restored on such terms? To ask these questions is enough. If any one doubted in the past he must be convinced now of the infamous duplicity of the party which originated, controlled and car ried on the war. More than a year has elapsed since all armed opposition to the national authority ceased. Since that time profound quidt has prevailed and not a hostile gun has been fired.— The South has fully accepted the situa tion, and through her leading men has expressed entire willingness to bear true aud faithful allegiauoe to the Federal Government forever. The constitutional amendment abolishing slavery has been adopted by the Legislatures of the States recently in revolt. All, and vastly more than all the Republican leaders once dared openly to demand has been con ceded. Yet they refuse to permit a restoration of tlie Union. Why? For ney, who is clerk to the United States Senate, tells us why the radicals in Con gress refuse to consent to a restoration of the Union.- In a letter written by him to the Press he says : Congress ici/l do the work ]>atrioticnlly and permanently. Immediate universal suf- frage is not possible , but that the /Southern /States will be left unrepresented until they formally bind themselves to. the ultimate and complete enfranchisement of all their citizens, is certain. That such is the real design of the crew of radical disunionists in Congress there can be uo doubt. They will deny it so long as it suits their purpose to do soy but they are resolved to perfect the revolution which they have begun, aud to maintain a factiolis minority in control of the government through the agency of negro votes. Such is the pro gramme they have secretly laid down and sworn to carry out. How can the people prevent its accomplish ment? Only in one way without the shedding of more blood. They must sweep the tools of such men as Stevens and Sumner from power at the coming elections. The Spring Elections in the West. The spring elections in the Western States show very large and universal guins by the Democratic party. In Ohio, Illinois, Indiana aud everywhere the result has indicated that the tide of popular sentiment has fairly turned against the radical disunionists. The Fort Wayne Democrat, speaking of the result in Indiana, says, the political signs indicated everywhere authorize the conclusion that that State will purge itself of all Jacobin rule in October; re turns from various locations showing Democratic gains enough to prove that the State has gone decidedly Democratic. As it is in Indiana so it has been else where. The revolution has began and it is safe to predict that it will not stop until the radical disunionists are swept from power. The people have so willed it. Prentice says that the Democrats didn’t quite annihilate Radicalism in the late Connecticut election, but they knocked its eye-teeth out. So it can never save itself “by the skin of its teeth.” An Impending Revolution. The radical disunionists in Congress are resolved to hold on to the power whlch they have so shamefully abused.; They show-this,determination by their acta, and some of them are bold enough to avow their purposes in plain terms. A few nights since Mr. Orth of Indiana declared to a crowd who serenaded him what the Rump Congress intended to do. In his own outrageous langugage he said : ‘ We have told the man at “ the White House that we do not in -11 tend to go with him in his treasonable “acts. As an old Hoosier said the other “ day, we have him on the ground and “ we intend to keep rolling over him. ” That is a plain bold avowal of the de signs of the disunionists in Congress. — Emboldened by their success in being able to pass the infamous Civil Rights Bill over the veto of President Johnson, they are ready to throw off every dis guise, and to proceed in the revolution ary programme which they have laid down. They intend to trample under foot all constitutional restraints and to defy and set at naught the co-ordinate branches of the government as repre sented by the Executive and the Su preme Court. In the same speech Mr. Orth declared : This Congress will not adjourn soon. The dog- days may come, hot weather may come, the cholera may come, but we will not go home until our work is completely done, and done iu such a wav as to leave no room for mischief when we are gone. The people can not help kuowiDg what the work is which these political despe radoes are bent upon accomplishing.— They have shown their intentions by their speeches and their acts. They in tend tlaat the Union shall not be restored except in some such mutilated form as will enable them to continue to plunder the public treasury. Toaccomplish this purpose they will either force negro suf frage upon the South, or prevent the whites of those States from having any vote or voice in the affairs of the govern ment. Thus a revolution will have been accomplished, by means of which a reckless minority of voters under the lead of bad men, will rule this nation. Then will our boasted republican form of government become the veriest farcei and the United States be made a mock ery and a by-word among nations. — Then the evils and the burthens that will press upon all sections of our coun try will become toogreivous to be borne, and a people who allowed themselves to be easily led to destruction, will bitterly bewail their folly when it is too late. These Jacobins must be checked in their criminal careerat once. The first and the only opportunity the people will have of doiii«* this peaceably, will be by means of the ballot-box in the coming elections. Every vote cast for Geary in this State, and every vote for a radical member of Congress will be a vote against the Union, a vote against the liberties of the people, a vote for negro suffrage, a vote for negro equali ty, a vote iu favor of encouraging the Rump Congress to usurp powers which can only be wrenched from tlieir bunds by means of physical force. We are not only on the eve, we are already iu the midst of a revolution. Prudence and wise precaution may help us through it without violent convulsions or blood shed —imprudence and reckless disre gard of the best interests of the nation may plunge us into all the horrors of another desperate and sanguinary struggle. We believe and hope the masses will apply the proper and pow erful remedy of the ballot in such a manner as to bring about a peaceful solution of the difficulties which sur round us. If they do not no one can safely say that our near future will not prove to be as iiideous as our immedi ate past. Military Commissions. Tlie Pittsburg Gazette, the Radical organ in Western says “ tile decision of Chief Justice Chase in the case of the Indiana conspirators, against the legality of trying civilians by military tribunals, meets, as it ought, with approbation from all meu.” Per haps it does now, when power is mani festly slipping from the bloody hands of the Radical Republicans; but it is not a year since nine out of every ten members of the Gazette's party ap proved the hanging of civilians upon sentences pfouounced by military tri bunals composed of officers who had disgraced their profession in every po sition they had occupied. If this de cision had been rendered by the late Chief Justice Taney, instead of the present Chief Justice Chase, howwould these bloody-minded Radicals have re ceived it? The answer to this question cannot be doubtful. All must remem ber the torrents of abuse they heaped upon him when he issued a writ com manding Gen. Cadwalader to produce John Meiryman in court, that liis case might be inquired into by a judicial tribunal and not by a military commis sion. Chase was in the Cabinet when that writ was issued and disregarded, and if he then advised Lincoln to re spect the law as he has since laid it down, his advice was not taken. The Cincinnati Enquirer very justly observes that there never was a time when there was a doubt of the illegality and rascality of such tribunals; yet they were permitted to be held and to inflict avast amount of personal suffering upon innocent parties. There is no darker and more uninviting chapter in our his tory than that which records the pro ceedings of these detestable tribunals in Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Chicago and otherplaees. Thulihey were suffered to be held withoutVhe prompt and effect ual interference of the other branches of the Government—and particularly tlie executive and judicial—and without an unanimous verdict of public opinion against them, was a strange fact that did not speak very highly for the capacity for self-government. Like an alarm-bell, they ought to have aroused the country, and produced an agitation from one extremity to the other. But instead of so doing, they ac tually had the approval of time-serving and feeble judges, of corrupt and un scrupulous editors, of prominent poli ticians in Congress, who devoted their whole ability to the justification of them—nay, more than that, they were favored by the Administration of Lin coln, which employed them as Charles I did the Star Chamber : in the perpe tration of gross private outrages upon its opponents—outrages that will con demn its memory to eternal infamy. Security for the future, as well as in demnity for the past, demands that stern examples bemaade of some of the tyrants engaged in these “military commission ” outrages. The thunder of Judge Black’s legal artillery has shaken open the prison doors of some of the victims. Another roll of that thunder is needed to bring the red handed law-breakers to justice and the gibbet. The New York Tribune says that its party “ is sloughiug off effete matter.” What will be left of it, when all the effete matter is sloughed off? Attorney General Borden, of Virginia, now in Washington, paints a deplorable picture of the state of the farmers in Virginia, the great portion of whose farms are lying perfectly idle. He says that not three farmers on the peninsula have succeeded in even par tially refencing as much as the outer boundaries of their lands, and asserts that, owing to the political incertitude of the times, New York men lend Vir ginians nothing even on the security of unincumbered real estate. s. • Coercing a State* •j Among the questions put to Gen. Lee. 'when he was examined by the Com-v inittee, appointed by Goingresson motion of Mr. Stevens, to find reasons of excu ses for excluding the Southern States irom representation, was the following; Suppose the Executive Go vemment of the United States should be held by a President ‘ who, like Mr. Buchanan, rejected the right of coercion, so-called; and suppose a Con gress should exist here entertaining the same political opinion, thus presenting to the .once Rebel States the opportunity to again secedo from jiie Union,.would they or not,in your opinion,; kvaiL themselves of that opportunity, or some of them f This question could just as easily have been asked without as with the mention of Mr. Buchanan’s name, but the ma lignity of the committee’s inquisitor wouid not permit him to pass over this opportunity of making a mean and cowardly thrust at the late President. Like the boomerang of the Australian, however, the thrust will return to the hand that sped it. Senator Johnson, of Tennessee, took the same view that President Buchanan did as to the pow er to coerce a State; and with a full knowledge ofhisvieWßon this question, the self-styled “Union party” elected him Vice President, by virtue of which election, under a provision of-the Con stitution, he has become President of the United States. This self-styled , “Union party” therefore stands before the world in the attitude of an'lndorser of the doctrine that the Constitution has conferred upon the Federal Gov ernment no power to coerce a State. In his message of the 3d of December, 1860, President Buchanan, afterarguing that the Union “was intended to be I perpetual, and not to be aunulled at the i pleasure of anyone of the contracting . parties,” proceeded to examine the j question of coercing a State to remain in the Union. He said : “After much , serious reflection, I have arrived at the , conclusion that no such power has been delegated to Congress or to any othe r ! department of the Federal Govern. l ment.” This conclusion he sustained > by an extract from the proceedings of the Convention which framed’the Con- L stitution. From this extract it appears , that on the 31st of May, 1787, when the . clause “authorizing an exertion of the force of the whole against a delinquent t State” came'up for consideration, Mr. . Madison opposed it, and upon his motion the clause was unanimously j postponed,and wasneveragain proposed! , On this occasion Mr. Madison remarked tli at “The use of force against a State would look more like a declaration oi war than an infliction of punishment, and would probably be considered by the party attacked as a dissolution of all compacts by which it might be bound.” On the 18th of December, 1860, two weeks alter the reading of President Buchanan’s message in Congress, Sen tor (now President) Johnson made a speech iu which the views of the mes sage were ably sustained. He said : “ I donot believolhu Federal Government has tho power to coerce a State, for by the eleventh amendment of the Constitution of the United States it is expressly provided that you cannot even put one oi' the States of this Confederacy before one of the courts ofthe country as a party. As a State, tho Federal Government has no power to coerce it; but.it is a member ofthe compact to which it agreed in common with the other States, and this Government has the right to pass laws, and to enforce those laws upon individuals within the limits of each State. While the one proposition is clear, the other is equally so. This Government can, by the Constitution ofthe country, and by the laws enacted in conformity wit&the Constitution, operate upon individuals, and has the right and the power, not to coerce a State, but to enforce and execute the law upon individu als within the limits of a'State.” This was spoken in the face of Sum ner, Wade, Trumbull, Wilson, and nearly every other Radical Disunioni9t now in the Senate. It was published throughout the y country and read by Stevens and all his followers. If these Radicals regarded Mr. Buchanan’s views on this question as not only un sound, but unpatriotic-and even treas onable, why did they nominate as their candidate for Vice President in IHC4, the very man who had made himself conspicuous above all other Senators for his able defence of the doctrines of the message ? j Negro Industry, John Covode, who is sometimes ironi cally called “ honest John,” not being received into good African society in Washington city on account of his gross ignorance, got authority from the gov ernmeut about the time the rebellion broke down, to seek congenial society among the freedmen of the South. He went down to Mississippi and “laid around loose” among the niggers, eat ing their bacon and enjoying their com panionship, till he had gathered in what no doubt seemed to his ignorant mind a very valuable stock of information.— Then he tore himself loose from his sor rowing friends of the Bable hue and hastened to Washington to communi cate the results of his observations to Mr. Stevens’ReconstructionXL'omraittee. Here is what he told them. “I will state that, throughout the whole Mississippi Valley, the best crops of corn I saw growing there, the cleanest and in best order, were those on land farmed by negroes for themselves. About ten thousand ot them have been employed for the last year in that way on about that number of acres of land , near Vicksburg, including Davis’ Bond.” It is enough to make a Pennsylvania farmer sweat just to think of such amazing industry as this. Imagine ten thousand negroes cultivating ten thous and acres of land for which they pay no rent, and with nothing to stimulate them to the performance of this stupen dous labor but tlie fact that they are do ing it for themselves. One negro culti vates one acre, and we have Covode’s unfailing word for it that he raises “tlie best crops of corn ” in the Mississippi valley. His one-acre farm is “ the clean est and in be9t order.” Whatasplendid achievement of free labor. Our Lancaster farmers must look to their laurels. They have heretofore been considered the best cultivate of the soil in the United States. But Co vnde has smelled out a rival for the best of them, in the shape of a Mississippi freedman who works a whole acre, all for himself, and keeps it clean* and raises the best crops of corn that “ bon est John ” saw growing there. The Tyrant’s Example. Thaddeus Stevens’ special committee on an air-line Railroad from Washing ton to New York having refused, by a majority vote, to override the rights of Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jer sey by reporting a bill for a new road, the Jacobins in Congress added two new members to the committee. This had the desired effect of overcoming the ma jority in the committee as originally constituted, and Mr. Stevens has had the gratification of being instructed to report a bill to the House. This planforovercomingmajorities is not original with Stevens and his Jaco bin associates. A tyrannical King of England had recourse to it long ago.— When the House of Lords refused their assent to one of his bills, he created enough of new Peers to carry it. When, at a subsequent period, they balked again at another bill, he forced them to recede and allow it to pass, by threaten ing to create another batch of Peers.— The conduct of this tyrannical monarch has been censured by all liberal-minded men, but the Jacobins outside of Con gress will applaud the Jacobins inside for imitating it. The famous Kentucky Devil, they say, has been lassoed and put in prison. Now let Tennessee lasso and cage Brown low, and the two States will be even. The Bearing Massacre. Anort of Antoine Gantber. tbe Ferpeln* tor of the Peed—He Ctiff > liWßnllt. nd Implicates an He 1 Mateo that Re was IntoxtMtea .when Committing' tbe Crime. N ” From This Morning’a Age. greatest excitement prevailed'yes terday morning on the receipt of the cheer ing newa that the murderer of the Dealing fanifly had been arrested. The news spread like wild-fire, and not many hours elapsed before the fact was made known through out thedength and breadth ofthe city. • / 1 The following Interesting facts connected with his capture were disclosed yesterday morning at the private office of Chief Frank lin : The name of the assassin is Anthony Ganther, and he was bom in Germany. At roll-call 6 o’clock Thursday evening the officers in the several stations received strict instructions to arrest all parties answering tbe description they had been furnished with. Anthony was arrested at 8 o’clock on Thursday evening by Officers Thos. Wel don, Jas. Dorsey, and Jas. Atkinson, at Twenty-third and Market streets. On seeing him Officer Dorsey ran in front of him, ana suddenly remarked, “ You are German,” which he denied, stating that he was a Frenchman. He was then taken to the station house arid locked up. Mrs. Doland, the mother of Mrs. Keating, was sent for, and upon her arrival immediately . identified the prisoner. After being identified by Mrs. Dolan, he acknowledged to the officer that be had killed Cornelius Carey, the bound boy. He was then placed in a carriage, and in charge of Chief Ruggles and Officer Patton was driven to the station, Filth and Chestnut streets. Here he stated that he had killed the boy at 12 o’clodPtm Saturday, by chop ping him with a new axe, while they were on the tvay to the haystack. He states that he stayed at Front and Brown streets on Wednesday night, and at Front and Moore streets on Sunday night, at a lager beer saloon. On Friday Deering, the murdered man, paid Antoine $8 as wages. He then came to the city and bought two shirts, and sold them on Thursday to a man at a lager beer saloon kept by Mr. Myer, at Front and Callowhill streets, who drank two glasses of beer with him. Antoine intended to stay in West Philadelphia until yesterday morn ing about 8 o’clock, where he had a pre concerted engagement to meet a friend. The thumb of the right hand Is entirely wanting, und has apparently been cut off for some time, as it is entirely healed. DESCRIPTION OF THE ASSASSIN, Antoine is apparently about twenty-three years of age, about five feet four or five inches in height; wears a dingy white hat, approaching buff; and is dressed in d new suit of clothes. Ho is of florid complexion, has light mustache and fair hair. Ilia nose is straight from the forehead to near the lips, when it turns up abruptly, having the appearance of being broken at some time. The general effect of his countenance is against hitn. He claims to be a member of the sth Pennsylvania Cavalry, und was honorably discharged. During the exami nation he was calm and self-possessed, an swering the questionsot the officers prompt ly. After tho examination he was removed to a cell, when a private interview was had with him by Coroner Taylor and other of ficials, the purport of which was not made public. THE PRISONER IS TAKEN BEFORE THE MAY Yesterday morning, at about a quarter before 11 o’clock, the Chief of Police, accom panied by other officials, proceeded to the cell of the prisoner, just after he had been partially engaged with the Coroner, and re quested him to accompany him. Ganther rose from the bench, and with an officer on each side of him, closely followed by the Chief of Police, he was escorted through the cellar of the station up a back pair of stairs, and from thence up into the Mayor’s office. A number of representatives of the press, members of Councils, and other privileged characters followed closely on the heels of Ganther, and passed around him, anxious to get a glance at his personal appearance, which has been fully described in another part of this narrative. Entering the large room which adjoins the Mayor's private office, the figure of the murderer broke on the view of the surprised police lieutenants, who were all seated around waiting to make a return uf their morning reports to the Chief of Police. At once each lieutenant rose to his feet, and in a few moments the prisoner was surrounded by a cordon of police officials. They gazed earnestly at him, and Ganther glanced furtively at the flashing eyes which were directed upon him. After standing a few minutes until an officer went into the Mayor’s private office to pave the way for a private interview, Ganther was marched across the room and through the door lead ing into the Mayor’s private office. The prisoner was seated on a chair at a large square table, and at the other side sat the Mayor. The Chief of Police, the May or’s Clerk, the President of Common Coun cil, a few members of Councils, reporters, &c., stood around the table in quiet groups, bending their ears to catch every word that was said. , During the lengthy the prisoner was perfectly cool and collect ed, aud exhibited the greutest self-posses sion. lie answered every question in the most unreserved manner, and stated at one time that be had nothing whatever to conceal. At one time, when the Mayor put a ques tion to him regarding his family, the pris oner became melancholy and slightly agi tated. *Hi9 face colored, and his eyes were moistened with tears, but they quickly passed away, and he resumed his manner of stolid indifference. It was the subject of general notice that during the rigid examination at the hands of the Mayor, the prisoner did not contra dict himself in a single instance. He spoke broken English with tolerable distinctness, but occasionally when in doubt as to the meaning of a question put by the Mayor, the Services of Mr. George Mock, the Mayor’s private Messenger, were brought into re quisition, who acted as interpreter. The manner of the prisoner would indi cate that he was stricken with remorse; for wheu questioned as to whether he did not fear being arrested while loitering about the city, he said: “He did not care, as he knew it would be all right when he was caught.*’ The prisoner was subjected to a lengthy examination by the Mayor, in the course of which he stated thut he had an accomplice named Jacob Youder. This examination disclosed the following facts: On Friday last, Ganther's accomplice in the terrible tragedy came over to Mr. Dar ing’s, and proposed to Ganther that they should murder the family and rob the house. Ganther consented to the plan pro posed by his accomplice, and it was ar ranged that Ganther should murder the boy, while the other man dispatched the rest of Mr. Dealing's family. About ten o’clock on Saturday morning, the accomplice persuaded Mrs. Deariug to come to the barn, a short distance from the house, and getting her there, struck her on the head with an axe, and then Cut her throat with the edge of thut instrument. He then pitched her body into the corn crib adjoining the barn, aud then proceeding to the house, took the children one by one to the barn, when their heads were knocked in with the butt end of the axe and their throats cut. As fast as one was dealt with in this manner, its body was thrown into thecorn-crib, and the process coutinuoduu- Lii the whole family was disposed of. While the accomplice was thus engaged, Ganther proceeded to murder the boy Cor nelius. lie overtook him at the haystack, and struck him on the back ofthe head with an axe, alter which he cut his throat,-and then hid the body under the hay. Tiie fiendish plot boingaccoinplished, the two murderers proceeded to the house and lay in wait for Mr. Bearing and Mrs. Do lan. They arrived home about 12 o'clock, and as soon as Mr. Bearing had deposited his carriage in the wagon-house, the accom plice (according to Ganther’s statement) at tacked them both, knocking them in the head andcuttingtheirthroats. After which, the bodies were carried to the barn and placed where they were discovered. The precious pair then proceeded to the house, and after collecting together all the valua bles they could gather, deliberately sat down and eat their dinner, when they left and came to the eity. THE BODIES OF THE MURDERED. The bodies of the victims of this foul mur der have been lying in ice at the premises of Mr. Gartland the undertaker, at Seven teenth and Barker streets in anticipation of their burial, which will take place to-day at 1 o’clock. The bodies were prepared for the coffins yesterday afternoon, a number of friends having volunteered for that purpose. A strong posse of police was in attendance during yesterday, in order to prevent the crowd from intruding on the premises. The solemn cortege will be one of the most sad that has ever before been known in this city. g anther’s DESCRIPTION OF WIS accom- The murderer Ganther states thatheonly killed the bound boy Carey, and that his accomplice iput to death the rest of the fam ily. He describes bis accompliceas follows: He is named Jacob Yonder, and formerly belonged to the 11th Pennsylvania cavalry; he is 38 or 39 years of age, about 5 feet 3 in ches high, large shoulders, big face, dark brown hair, and bad on a white slouch hat and Mr. Bearing’s boots, with his pants tucked inside. We have fallen on pestilential, days. Cholera in the Orient, Italy and South France, Trichiqp in Germany, Rinder pest in Russia, Holland and England, whereunto the Sheep Plague is added— these are not all. Even the birds in Italy are dying by thousands of miasma, and a marine epidemic on the coast has made shrimps of the French oysters.— So Bays the New York Tribune. If it had included among the pests of the world the revolutionary radical politi cians, of which it is the organ, its mary of pestilent things would, have been complete. The Philadelphia Tragedy. Tbe scm«s of the Who and i? A Whathe Is^HlsFalaeandGon* - V , tradletpry f tatyygti, Farther Afreets fippersons Suspected o/ . CompUelty lnlhe Harder. Crowds Visit the Beene af Heir bid'Cariosity. ; A Solemn Spectacle—-Burialof the Vic. time—Thousands Follow the i Funeral Cortege to the Cemetery. [From the Sunday Press. J Notwithstanding the pablie have been pretty fully informed, through the medium of the press, of the general facts relating to thn wypnt amuMirfnatiftn nf thA TWwing fam ily, yet there is still some excitement exist ing in the minds of tho people. It has greatly subsided, however, and in the course of a few days, the public will learn all, the tacts as developed under the solemnity of an oath. : " The curious crowds of people of all classes and conditions visited the place yesterday ; and to-day being Snnday, doubtless thous ands will do the same. Greenwich Point road is the best way to reach the place. The visitors yesterday seemed desirous of grat ifying a very morbid feeling by carrying away some of the hay that had human bloodfupon it, or cutting off portions of the wood-work that were' stained with the life fluid of the victims. Beneath the piazza, on the rear front of the dweliiog-house, there still remained duringyesterday the little carriage or veloci pede, which had often' been used by the children that were slain by the ruthless brute in human form. Some little toy things, that had last been played with by the prattling babe, were yet in the coach.— It may be, that while smiling in the very face of the murderer, he dragged that inno cent being from that place, and served it as he had done all the others. Thoughts such as these passed vividly through the iniUgi nation, during a brief visit we made to the farm yesterday. TIIE RIGHT NAME OF THE PRISONER. The prisoner has not only told more than three lies already about his complicity in the tragic affair, but he deliberately stated his name to be Anthony Gunther; at least this was understood, but the reporter may have been mistaken. It has been ascer tained that his real name is Anthony Probst. In the soldier’s discharge paper ionnd in the valise that he left at the house in New Market street, the name of Prepost is writ ten. The mere fact of the paper beiug found is no evidence ofitself that the prison er was the legal owner of it, or that he was named therein. It seems, however, that a certain Mr. Moore was made the custodian of a letter written in Germany by a brother of the prisoner and directed to Anthony Probst. To satisfy all doubt on this point, two individuals visited the coun ty prison yesterday, and the prisoner was told to write bis name; he complied with the request, aud wrote Anthony Probst, and then stated this was his right name. He further said that he is a native nfStras burg, »Dd yet he cannot talk French. Strasburg, however, is on the border be tween France and Germany. THE CONDITION OF THE PRISONER, Probst has already settled down into a state of comparative calmness, and though haggard, yet seems to begin to realize the situation in which he finds himself. He is very much like Langteldt and the Skupin skies were shortly after their arrest. They told lies, and so has the present prisoner, but it is thought, by judicious management, that the truth of the terrible affair will be made known before many days. THE PRISONER’S LIKENESS. Mr. Cohill, the artist.of the detective force, took five negatives of the prisoner, and yes terday the demand for the likenesses was intense. Such a rush of people we never saw before. Even letters were sent by post for copies, and, of course, it was an impos sibility to supply one-hundredth part ofthe demand. The photographs of the prisoner are taken in different positions, ana of sev eral sizes, and there will be any number of them ready by to-morrow. ARRESTS. A bad-countenanced follow, of Germun origin, was locked up at the Central station yesterday. He was arrested on Friday night by several citizens, on Limekiln turn pike, in the Twenty-second ward. He had with him a valise pretty well stuffed with clothing. The fellow told contradictory stories as to where he came from, and where he got the valise. He said he was from CollegeviUe in the Twenty-third ward, and was on his way to York, Pennsylvania. He certainly was not going in the proper di rection to reach that place. He was ques tioned relative to the murder shortly after being arrested, but said he knew nothing about it. He said that he could neither read nor write; but yesterday morning, while in the cars, he spoke of the details of the tragedy, and when a newspaper was handed him he immediately turned to the account of the assination. This was con sidered suspicious, because he had said he could not read or write. The valise was examined and a handkerchief in it was found to be marked with the initials “W. M. V.” The name “Boyd” was on other ar ticles. Some of the wearing apparel the prisoner declared belonged to his wife, but she had run away from him. A Philadel phia-inade coat was found in the valise. The prisoner says he brought it from Ger many four years ago. It is evident that he stole the articles. It is not believed that he had anything to do with the massacre. The prisoner was still in custody last evening at the Central station. Ho does not answer the description given by Probst of an al leged accomplice. THE BONNET STORY. The bonnet and furs of Mrs. Keating, the first cousin of Mr. Deering, who accompan ied him iu the wagon, were found in the house. There is a small spot on the muff, but it has not been subjected to microscopic power; it is not believed to be blood. When the prisoner was questioned as to tbekilling of these two unfortunates hesaid his accom plice killed Mr. Deering and also the woman, just as they had alighted from the wagon. After Mr. D. was knocked down the woman rau and the accomplice followed after her, knocking her down and cutting her throat. A question was then asked how the bonnet got into the house; the prisoner replied that lid “took it off her head.and car ried it there." The bonnet was carefully examined ; there was not a mark of blood upon it, nor the least indication that it had been on the ground. When the prisoner was asked where he was and what he was doing when his accomplice was killing these two victims, he replied “/ was holding tho horse." THE GUNS DISCOVERED. It has been stated that two guns were missing from the house of Mr. Deering, which seemetr to be strong evidence that two persons were engaged in the slaughter, as one man would scarcely take away two guns. These guns, however, have been found at the house behind one of the doors. more about the prisoner. The prisoner has steadily insisted that his accomplice obtained tbo plunder. It was ascertained yesterday that Probst had of fered for sale two of the pistols. He also offered for sale one of the watches to a Mr. Moore, on Wednesday last, but the wife of Mr. M., thinking that the fellow had not come honestly in possession-of it, it was re fused. Thus the points thicken against the accused, and tend to relieve the mind of any idea of an accomplice in the crime of murder WHO I)II) THE WORK OF MURDER, It is conceded by everybody who has made an examination of the bodies of the victims, that oue man did the whole of the shocking work. There is a remarkable similarity in the wounds. That which seems to strengthen the belief that Probst committed all the murders is the purely mechanical way in which he must have held the weapon, because ofthe loss of his thumb. PROBST VISITS A DISREPUTABLE HOUSE. A fact that was made known on Friday, but withheld for prudential reasons at that time, may now be told. Ttie pocket-books of Mr. Deering aod Mrs. Keating were found upon Probst. They were empty. He had remained over night at a disreputable bouse in the northern part of the city, 1 and the great probability is that at that time he was robbed of all the money he had. Such is very frequently the case at such places. This mav account for the absence of the funds which Mrs. Deering was known to have when she left her mother, Mrs. Dolan, at Burlington. New Jersey THE FUNERAL. The last sad rites of the murdered victims took place yesterday afternoon. They have passed from view, but not from memory.— For some reason, best knowD to the lela tives, the bodies of the deceased had been removed from Mr. Cyrus Horne’s place to that of Mr. Simon Gartland’s, on Thirteenth street, above Cbesnut. At an early hour yesterday morning the processof preparing them for burial was commenced, and not finished for several hours. This portion of the* sad affair was superintended by Mrs. Lydia Thomson, who is deserving of great credit for the manner in which she accom plished it. Each body was neatly arrayed in a white shroud, with a tasty bow of white ribbon at the neck. By ten o’clock the coffins were in order, and everything arranged for those desirous of witnessing the remains of the dead. The room selected for this purpose is to the right of the main entrance on Thirteenth street. The coffins were in an elevated po sition, and extended north and south towards an alcove, which was tastefully draped in mourning, and in which stood four lighted' candelabras Between these rested a beautiful lamb, and at the centre of the archway, overhead, was a carved eagle, with its pinions extended. Draping was visible in other parts of the room, giv ing to it a solemn appearance. The coffins wore arranged ip two rows, one containing five and the other three. On entering the room, the nearest one in the north row was that containing Mr. Dee ring’s body; then Cornelius Carey* then Emma Dee ring; and the last one on the east side was that of Mrs. Deering. The fifth coffin in thiß row con tained the body of Annie Deering. It rested in the recessß below Emma’s coffin. In the second row, and in order from west to east, were the coffins of John Deering, Thomas Deering and Elizabeth Dolan. The tops of the coffins were not elevated more than three and a half feet from the floor, thus giving visitors an opportunity to see'the faces of the deceased. The bodies showed to ad van tage. The shrouds .were so arranged as to cover the gashes in the necks. The head of ' the boy John, which was so much crushed in, was covered with cotton. .The face of little Thomas wto almost black from decompo sition. The horrible gashes in the foreheads ofthe other bodies were exposed to view— which, however, coaid not well be avoided. Shortly before eleven o’clock, a number of the relatives of the deceased were permitted to take'a look at the bodies. The scene which then ensued could not well be de scribed. There was mnch weeping and wringing of hands. Cries of agony and despair fell from their lips. The disfigured state ot the bodies rendered the agony of gazing on them more intense. After many minutes spent in this way, they were re moved to an adjoining room. ‘At eleven o'clock the door was opened for visitors.— Tickets of admission to the extent of several hundred 'had previously been issued, and but few were admitted without one. The police arrangements of Chief Ruggles were excellent Some thirty ofthe force were on band. A rope was stretched around the front pavement, and no one was permitted to go under it without a pass. Officers were also stationed in the room where the bodies lay. The visitors passed down on the west side of the passage-way and returned again on the east side, and thence out the same door by which they entered. There was a constant stream of persons, both male and female, old and young, passing in this way, till two o’clock in the afternoon, at which time it was stopped. Another and the last oppor tunity was then given to the relatives to look upon the remains of their loved ones. This scene was even more heart rending than the previous ones. The little boy, the only surviving member of the Deering family, cried as if his heart would break.— His last action before leaving the room was to shake the cold hand of his dead father.— After the relatives had retired, the lids ot the coffins were screwed down. We will state here that till of the coffins except those of the father and mother were of black wal nut. Those ofthe latter were covered with black. Each coffin was surmounted with a small-sized German silver cross, containing the name of deceased, the age, and date of death. When it was known that the coffins were about to be removed from the house, the excitement on the outside increased in in tensity. There must have been five thous and persons on Thirteenth street, who were waiting anxiously to see what was to be seen. The body of Cornelius Cary was taken out first and placed in a hearse. Then came the body of Elizabeth Dolan, which was also placed In a hearse. The four chil dren were then takeu out and placed side by side in the umbulance of the Philadel phia Engine Company. This occupied sometime. Mrs. Deering’s body was then taken out aud placed in a hearse. Another hearse was left, in which was placed the body of Mr. Deering The vast multitude seemed awe-struck at such a sight. The burial of eight tuurdered human beings was a sight they had never anticipated see ing. There was no boisterous talking or rude jesting as the bodies were borne from the house. The neighborhood seemed quiet us the midnight hour. The solemn cortege moved off in the fol lowing order: Ambulance of Good Will Fire Company, containing a number of policemen dressed in their uniforms, and with black gloves on. Ambulance of Western Firo Compauy, containing the pall-bearers. Hearse, containing the young man Cor nelius Cary. Hearse, containing tho body of Elizabeth Dolan. Ambulance of Philadelphia Firo Compa ny, with the bodies of the four children— John, Thomas, Annie and Emma. llearse, containing the body of Mrs. Julia Deering. Hearse, with tho body of Mr. Christopher Deering. The route proceeded over was as follows: Down Thirteenth to Chestnut, down Chest nut to Twelfth, up Twelfth to Arch, out Arch to Thirteenth, down Thirteenth to Chestnut again, down Chestnut to Tenth, down Tenth to Passyunk road, down Pas syunk road to Buck road, and along Buck road tn St. Mary’s cemetery. Alargenum ber of persons iollowed the cortege , .nnd u still larger number witnessed the burial in the cemetery. There were but two graves, each ten feet deep. In oue tho bodies of Mr. and Mi's. Deering, and two of their children, were placed; and in tho other the bodies of Elizabeth Dolan, Cornelius Cary, and the other two children. The impressive burial-service of the Cath olic Church was road at the grave by Rev. Tbos. F. Hopkins, of St. Philip’s church. This occupied-about fifteen minutes. A last look at the graves was then taken by the relatives and the many hundreds of specta tors present, which ended thesolemn scenes of the day. They have been returned to the dust from whence they came, but as long as time shall last so long will the houghts of their horrible deaths exist. “Beast” Butler In the House of Bepre- resentatlTes. Pursuant to joint resolution of the Republican party in the Legislature, an evening session of the House was called last evening to listen to an ad dress from Gen. B. F. Butler—the vali ant Ben Butter of Big Bethel and of Dutch Gap notoriety—the “Beast” Butler that directed his soldiers to treat the women of New Orleans as prosti tutes, and the thief Butler that robbed and plundered whereverhecould, under the authority of being the most “loyal.” At the appointed time—seven aud a half o clock—the hall was packed. The members, particularly on the Demo cratic side, yielded their seats to the ladies, who, notwithstanding the char acter of the lecturer, numbered some fifty odd. A little before eight o’filock. Speaker Kelley took the stand and called the House to order. The com mittee in charge of Butler then entered the Chamber, escorted by Speaker Fleming on the right and Senator Lowry on the left. As he took his stand aside of Speaker Kelley, there was some what of a manifestation of applause. Butler is a chunky and somewhat cor pulent man, with bald head, contract ing forhead, italic eyes, and, although having short arms and chubby hands, has exceedingly long fingers. In short he reminds one of Fagen, the Jew, in Dicken’s Oliver Twist. He has the very face of Fageu, is bald-headed like Fagen. but in body is much stouter.and wears better clothes than -Fagen did.— But Fagen, the Jew, never was a major general, and that may account for the difference. Speaker Kelley, in this in stance, evidently .concluded that he would not be imposed upon as he had been some weeks before by the female spy—Susan Thompson—he was, there fore, very discreet in introducing But ler; simply saying that the name and fame is sufficiently well known to need no introduction from me.** ; “ Oh ! yes, we know him well,” said a Hibernian aside of us. “He stole $150,000 in gold in New Orleans.” Butler, as a lecturer, has rather a poor voice, hesitates and stutters con siderable his delivery. His theme last night consisted of abuse of the President, and the most fulsome lauda tions of the Rump Congress. Heaskjed the “Union” party to prepare for any emergency that might arise, as every thing depended upon the present Con gress, which must be sustained at all hazards. If it wa3 not sustained, the treasure spent and blood shed had been in vain. We had conquered the South—conquered them of all their rights, except one—the right to be hanged. He (the speaker) had im proverished himself, and shed the blood of a brother aud son in defense of the great principles for Which they had fought, and he for one would never yield unless some of the leaders in the rebellion were hung. The good and brave president Lincoln had, by public acts and private conversation, said that Jeff. Davis and General Lee should be hung. But Andrew Johnson said these traitors should be admitted to their seats, and help to make laws for us. He then compared the United States to a partnership, saying these Southern gentlemen had seen fit to withdraw— but not forgetting to draw their pay be fore they went. He, for one, would take care that they did not come back until the impress of “ true loyalty” was suf ficiently perceptible upon them. He then spoke of Geary—to whose bravery he could bear witness—who was not only a great chieftain but a great states man, and that the friends Bhould see to it that he was elected in October. Butler spoke for fully an hour and a half, and was applauded considerably in his most radical points. At the close of his address, a Republican member, with long red goatee, red face, and still redder hair, and also, somewhat, resem bling Fagen, the Jew, arose and said : “ Mr. S-p-e-a-k-e-r, I move the thanks of this House be tendered to the gallant Major General Benjamin F. Butler for his able address this evening,” eh ! The yeas add nays were called, and resulted—yeas 60, all Republicans, nays 32, Democrats. As the Democrats rose to cast their votes, they were greeted with hisses from the Republican side of the House, and for a time a scene of confusion ensued that beggars all de scription. As we now noticed Rutler preparing to retire, we made a hasty examination, found ourselves “ all right.” and were prepared to say with the old Irish lady, who Waited upon him as he was about to leave New Orleans : “ Good bye, Gineral; PII eay this for ye—that ye niver stole anything from me. Good bye, Gineral;”—Pofrio* and Union. -• Wnrtproceeding ■: <’ Tho April term of the Court of Quarter Sessions commenced this morning, Judges Long and Brinton on the bench—Judge Long presiding. The only bnsiness trans acted tliia morning was the appointment of John M'Cutchon as Constable for Lancaster township in place of Martin Stanton, and the appointment of Thomas Zell as Fore man of the Grand Jury. Court adjourned till 21 o'clock this afternoon. / Monday Afternoon.- The case of the Com'th vs. Nathaniel Rlttonhonse and Wil liam Powell indicted for Highway Robbery * was culled up. The whole ofthe afternoon was nearly taken in empanneling a jury. An evening session was held, which waa takeu up with an examination ofwitnes ses. Tuesday Morning.— Tho trial of Rltten bous© and Powell was concluded this fore noou. Tho facts in the case asdeveloped in the trial are, that on the night of tho 2Cth of September last, John McCoombs, the pros eeutor, and Nathaniel Rittenhouse and \\ jlliam Powoll, the defendants, met at a beer house kept by Mr. Reese, near the Old Factory road in tho south eastern part of the eity. Several other parties were also in the house at the time. McCoombs was very much intoxicated and spent money freely in treating thoso present. About half-past two o'clock In tho moaning McCoombs, Rittenhouse and Powell left Mrs. Reeses in company, for the purpose of seeing the sights in other portions of tho eity. \N hen they got to an alley, near tho foot of Goose street, McCombs either fell or was knocked down. Two of tho night police, officers Foos aud Kulhman, who were following the party unobserved, heard, n sound at* of a man falling, and on going to the place from whence the noise pro ceeded, they lound McCoombs lying on the ground, with his face cut and bleeding When the policemen arrived on tho ground Rittenhouse and Powoll were a few paces distunt, moving in the direction of where McCoombs Was lying. Iho policemon arrested tho threo men, and took them before Cupt. Frailey, Chief of tiie Night Police, by whom they were committed to tho lock-up. At a hearing the next morning before the Mayor, Hit tetihou.se nnd Powell were committed to prison to answer the charge of Highway Robbery. On a subsequent visit tho same night by the policemen to the place whore the affnir occurred, a ten dollar bill was lound close to where McCoombs fell. A wallet and comb belonging to McCoombs.. were also found near by. A large number of persons were examined as to the good character of tho accused. Jury out. George Young, (colored Individual,)from Columbia, pleud guilty to stealing two bams from Jacob Miller, and was sen tenced to uiuo months imprisonment In tho County Prison. George Ilonry, another “American citizen of African ’scont,” ot Marietta, who plead guilty to tho robbery of the smoke-house belonging to Benjamin Herr, of that violn ity, was sentenced also to nine months Im prisonment in the County Prison. Samuel Briggs plead guilty to an assault and battery upon Levi Grnbill, and was sentenced to pay the costs of prosecution. Tho trial of Gibson Potors, for the mur der of his wife, was put down for Thursday of this week, when the court adjourned to 21 P. M. Lancaster House Market, Mon day, April I(>th, 18(50.— The market during the past week has been somewhat dull in the way of arrivals, but has assumed a brisker aspect in that of sales, both of which are as follows, viz: MoryarC head on hand last week. The arrivals at these stables for the past week were 10 head boughtup in thocounty. The sales amount to 150 head to farmers, leaving ol head of choice young horses on hand. Copeland it' Cline's .—lo head on hand last week. The arrivals during tho week wore 44 head bought in the county. Tho ship ments and sales to Eustorn buyers amount to 49 head, leaving 11 head of fine young working horses on hand. State Notes. —lt seems very pro bable that before long tho notes of the Statu Banks will go out of circulation. The Ad of Congress of March 3d, directs that the)’ shall be taxed ten per cent, if in circulation after the first of July next. It is therefore necessary that they should bo redeemed be fore Unit time, and tbo National Banks, which must suffer the tax if they hold tho notes at the dale mentioned, are relieving themselves of ih.-ir liability by throwiug out th" .State Bunk notes, or by receiving them at a small discount sufficient to pay for the cost ot sending them homo for re demption. Tins action will soon hurry them out of sight, nnd there will bo uo cur rency in circulation but greenbacks and tho notes ol the National Banks. Change in the Telegraph Office.— Wo have heretofore unintentionally neglect ed to notice tho withdrawal of our excel lent friend Mr. JamesMacGoniglofrom the Chief Operntorship In the Western Union Telegraph Company’s Office of this city, and Ids transfer to Baltimore. Mr. Mac- Gonigle is one of tho most accomplished Telegraph Operators in the country. We have hud much business aud social inter course with him, and have ever found him attentive, obliging und intelligent in the discharge of his duty, lie is a gentleman, of very decided ability, and his long con nection with tho Telegraph has made hirn u thorough master of his profession. Wo part with Mac wilh sincere regret, and trust that there are many years of usefulness and prosperity in store for him. Mr. MacGoniglo is succeeded by Mr. Da vid Potts, late of the U. S. Telegraph Com pany’s Office in this city. Mr. P. bus had considerable experience ns an Operator, is very gentlemanly and courteous in his manners, and will doubtless inuke a popu lar and efficient officer. Messrs. Deankr