WEDNESDAY,’ MAY 23, 1880; -The printing presses sball be free to.every, person who undertakes to examine the pro ceedings of the legislature, or any branch of government; and no law shall ever be made To restrain the right thereof. The free oomnlur nioation of thought and opinions is one of the invaluable rights of met}; and every citizen may freely speak, write and print on any sub jeot; 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 whore the matter published is proper for public informa tion, the truth thereof may be given in evi dence.” JFOR GOVERNOR: Hon. HIESTER CLTMER, of Berks Co. Gen. Grant having reported that "all our .white volunteers are ahxious to be mustered out," but that the negro troops “ are willing to serve till the gov ernment wishes to discharge them,’’ Radical journals of the Freedmen’s Bureau stripe, always ready to exalt the negro above the white man, draw from these facts an argument to prove the superior loyalty of the black. None but a half-mad negro-worshipper could fall to understand this difference in the wlshesofthe white and the black troops, The whites, as a general thing, are In l duetrlous, self-reliant and Intelligent. They went Into the army from patriotic motives; they performed hard service and led n life that had no attraction for them ; they fought out the war to a victorious end ; and having accom plished all that took them Into the Held, they want to to their families, to their friends, to their old homes and to their former avoentionH. They want to he their own masters and make their living In their own chosen way, and enjoy their temporarily surrendered liberties os citizens. They want back nto their old fields of activity, industry and enterprise, where their brain and their muscle can be put to better use than in tlie-camp and the barrack. Not so tiie negro. No patriotic im pulse, no thought of his country, ever caused him to draw on the uniform. Bounty, rations nnd better clothing, than ho was able to buy for himself, combined with a wholesome dread of being drafted and compelled to go with out the bounty, alone carried him into the ranks. Encountering few of tiie hardships. Unit fell 'to the lot of tiie white troops, and doing little or none of the fighting, the negro soldier man aged to have a very good time of It even while tiie war was going on ; ami since peace lias reigned, lie has bum living in a negro paradise. To " lie around loose ” In camp, or busk In the huh on the south sldu of a barrack wall, with the grease of ills liberal pork ration trickling out of every poreoflilsshlnlng skin, accords too well with ills listless ami Indolent nature to allow of any wish on ills part fora change. It is I lie least of Ills desli'u In lie released from such duty. Little cares lie whether tiie mechanical ami agricultural operations of the country go ulioud or come ton dead ImlL, so long us lie can draw cloth ing, rations ami monthly pay from the Government. Tiie facts above mentioned l.y Gen. Grunt, anil from which the extreme Radical journals aru endeavoring to make capital for tiie negro, are, in our judgment, highly creditable to tiie white volunteers. It shows that they uremen of spirit, energy and independence, and animated by feelings, sentiments and aspirations becoming citizens and de fenders of the Great Republic. The Tribune's Washington corres pondent Buys : "The reports in eireulu tlon/here that tiie money of prominent anil wealthy Rebels of Baltimore, Washington and other cities South, was used ill the New Jersey Legislature to secure the re-election of Stockton, and that from this fund means are being supplied to purchase enough votes to defeat Gen. Ferry, Union candidate for Senator in Connecticut, are very gener ally accredited." What a virtuous and loyal set of men tiie iron-clud Radicals of Now Jersey and Connecticut must bo. They carried both of those States at tiie lust elections held there ; they have a majority ill caeli brunch of the Legislature of each State ; and yet they have been unable to elect the “Union candidate for Senator” in either be cause their representatives have not virtue enough, with all their loyalty, to refuse “tiie money of prominent and wealthy Rebolsof Baltimore, Washing ton and other cities South.” These Radical papers are making out a good case against their own party. Their thinking men must soon conclude that it is worse than useless to vote with a party which sell tiie fruitsof its victories for rebel money. Hon. Lewis D. Campbell, Alinister to the Republic of Mexico, line arrived at AVashingtou and is waiting for his instructions. HewnsapromiuentAVhig member of Congress ten or twelve years ago. His fellow-citizens of Hamilton, Ohio, where he resides, serenaded him after his confirmation by the Senate and he made them a speech. After dis cussing the unfriendly course of Eng land and France during the rebellion, and our duties to the struggling Repub lic of Mexico, he spoke of our own want of domostie harmony as a reason why the question of war with nny of the great Powers required the gravest con sideration. He defined the conflict be tween the President and Congress, and without indulging in any harsh remarks in regard to Congress, argued that the President was consistent and right, and steadfast to the policy in augurated by Mr. Lincoln. He contended that sympathy for sister re publics wus of little consequence if the people tamely submitted to measures of Congress such us the Freedmen's Bu reau Bill, Civil Rights Bill, &c., which tended to absorb the reserved powers of the States in the Federal head, thus de stroying the republican feature of our system. The Haruisui'ru Telegeapii, whose owner’s tongue has been un loosed by the loosening of his head as Postmaster, says “There is no longer any room to doubt” that President Johnson “is determined, bs, the use of the corrupting influence of liis patron age, to defeat the election of every man who dares to differ with him in opinion.” Well, what is there about that to astonish anybody? Didn’t President Lincoln use the corrputlng influence of his pat onage to defeat men who differed from him in opinion, and didn’t the Telcr/raph help him as well as it could ? What brazen-faced impudence it is for such proscriptive journals as the Telegraph, which cried out for the crucifixion of every prominent Democrat in the country who differed from Lincoln in opinion, to find fault with Johnson for using his patronage to sustain his own administration. Maryland Politics, The Annapolis Gazette and the Som erset Herald, two Union journals, are out against the radical section of that party. • The Gazette opposes colored suf frage, and favors a modification of the registry law, and adSs: “Further we have a strong faith in the honesty und patriotism of President John son, and in liis efforts to reconstruct the {Union, and believe thut the abuse so freely [lavished upon him by a certain class ofpoi dticSans is uncalled for.”; Referring to Gov. Swann's letter, the ■Gazette remarks: “We -ask for it an attentive perusal by ■our and are inclined to tho belief that ntne-(e»(itr'of the Union men of Mary land fully agree with the Governor in the .plain, White Soldiers vs. Negroes! , jWhy Is It that Congress has so far re fused to give bounties to the white soldiers who enlisted in the first two years of the war, so os to place them on an equalltywlth those who entered the sirvicein 1803 and; 1884 ?" Such a law is demanded by public opinion, and it would be nothing but an aet)of justice to the veterans who bore the brunt of the rebellion. Congress, under the leadership of Thaddeus Stevens, could vote, without a moment’s hesitation, an appropriation of twelve millions of dollars to support a parcel of lazy and worthless negroes, whloh would have been increased, to fifty or sixty millions per annum had not the President arrest* ed the infamous project by his veto of the Freedmen’s Bureau bill ; and yet for more than five months it has per sistently refused to do a simple act of Justice to the gallant men who socheer fully marched to sustain the flag of the Union in 1801 21 Now, why Is this ? Is Congress so completely enraptured with the negro as to ignore entirely the claims of the white man, and especially of the white soldier, whose patriotism and disinter ested devotion to the old flag of our fathers saved the Union from dismem berment and consequent destruction ? We were taught by the founders of the nation uud by the statesmen of succeed ing generations to believe that thiß was a while man’s government, and that it was established to protect them in their inalienable rights of life, liberty and tiie pursuit of happiness; but. it would appear from these latter day teachings, and especially from the proceedings of tiie present Congress and its immediate predecessor, that we, in common with a vast majority of our white fellow-citi zens, have been egreglously mistaken. Nearly the whole legislation since the first Monday of December last has been for the benefit of the negro and the de struction of the Constitution, whilst the material interests of the country are suf fering und will continue to suffer until the people make a change in the char acter of their representatives. So long as members of Congress are elected who will do the bidding of Thaddeus Stevens, just so long will the Interests of the white man he neglected. The remedy Is, to eleetconservativemen whose high est ambition will he to legislate for the good of the whole country, the restora tion and perpetuity of tiie Uniou, the supremacy of tiie Constitution, and the prosperity und happiness of the people in general. And then, hut not till then, may we reasonably expect that full jus tice will ho (lone to tho thousands of bravo men who periled their lives In tiie first two years of tiie rebellion. Tlit! Turn-Key of ll— lll “Yin. Nit 1 ; tlml penitentiary which is guiinli.il l.y bayonets down below, and If they undertake to eotne baek we wdll Nlioot lliein. The penitentiary of hell Ih tho peni tentiary lliul they duHe’rvu to have—all of them,'' The above Is the iungiuigo of Tlind deus Stevens on the floor of Congress, on the Hill lust.. In reply to Mr. Tlinyer, who Interrogated him as to whether lie thought, lie could build a peniten tiary big enough to hold eight millions of white people In the South. He was not satisfied with consigning tho ven erable ami lamented Chief Justice Taney to perdition, but ho would fain Increase tiie population of the Infernal regions by sending every white man, woman and ediild of tiie Southern States to the Biuiiu place of torment. We place this Infamous sentiment oil record for the benefit of the Republican party hi tills county, who are expected again to endorse him at tile polls. Of course, every vote enst for him will be uu approval of his conduct and speeches, und those who support him will mako his vile language their own. And yet wo have no doubt that many church going people and professed followers of the meek and forgiving Prince of Peace will deposit their ballots for this viper ous old infidel ami jailor of the bottom less pit, and do it, too, without any compunctions of conscience. It is one of the marvels of the times, nnd excites no little surprise everywhere, that tho staid and moral population of Lancaster county should tolerate, not to say en dorse, tills vile demagogue, who has been a foul blot on tho fair escutcheon of Pennsylvania for tiie last thirty years, and who lias done more than any ten men living or dead to bring tiie country into the unfortunate condition in which we now find it. The startling revelations con cerning tho failure of the Merchants’ National Bank at Washington are at. trading attention throughout the whole country. The collapse of the Culver Banks in north-western Pennsylvania, and this last explosion under the eye of the government, afford abundant proof that there are Banks orgauized under thenational system forpurposesof fraud. They may be called “ confidence” banks, managed by confidence men, and are no more respectable, and far more dan gerous, than the “wild cat” establish ment that at one time grew up and spread like fungi in tho West. The editor of the lluaucial department of the New York Herald suggests to Congress tlic entire repeal of the National cur rency act and the substitution of gov ernment legal teuders for National Bank notes, thus doing away with all Banks of issue. Hugs! rags! Nothing hut rags! When will our eyes bo blessed with the sight of the good old Demo cratic currency, gold and silver? The Steamer Cuba, just arrived from Europe, brings news of a finan cial panic in England. The crisis was reached on the 10th Inst, when the firm of Overend, Gurney, & Co. suspended, with liabilities amounting to about fifty million dollars. The next day there was great excitement in financial cir cles in London, -Liverpool and other important.centres of trade. The Bank of England raised its rate of discount to nine per cent, and thepressureforloans at this high rate was enormous. A number of Banks and firms went under, and among the rest Peto & Betts, with liabilities not much under twenty mil lion dollars. The senior member of this firm is Sir Morion Peto, the gran diose Englishman who visited the oil region of Pennsylvania last summer, and who was supposed to have some in tention of buying the north-western quarter of the old Keystone and con verting it into a hunting ground for the English nobility. AVe believe the “Hon. Mr. Culver” entertained Sir Morton and his party at Franklin or Reno, at an expense of twenty thou sand dollars, which, however, as it since appears, came out of the pockets of the depositors in the “Hon. Mr. Culver’s” banks. It remains to be seen whether Sir Morton's depositors will have the pleasure of paying the ex penses of his trip to this country. The Colorado Veto, AVe publish in another column the message of President Johnson vetoing the bill for the admission of Colorado into the Union. The reasons given by the President for withholding his sig nature from tho bill, are such as must, wo think, be satisfactory to every per son who will bring an unprejudiced mind to their consideration. Mr. Seaton, so long and so widely known as one of the of the National Intelligencer, is reported to be rapidly and hopelessly sinking under the ravages of cancer, Hon. Hoirell Cobb. A correspondent of the New York Times, writing from Macon, Georgia, under date of May 14tb, says he was present the previous day at an interest ing and impressive ceremony, which deserves especial notice as illustrative of the feeling of the white to tho black race, and of the sincere desire of the former to promote the temporal and Spiritual welfare of the hitherto depen dent bondsmem The occasion was the ordination of three colored men ns Pres byterian ministers, to take pastoral charge of colored congregations who had petitioned for separate organization under their own ministers. One of the candidates for orders was a negro man named Robert, bom a slave in the family of Hon. Howell Cobb, and although nominally an in voluntary servant, in fact as free all his life as he is now, having early learned thetrade of a wheelwrightand carriage maker, and for many years one of the best and most skillful of his trade in that city, protected and encouraged by his late master on all occasions. Among the most Interesting features of tho pro ceedings were the presence of Gov. Cohb, who, after the ceremony, was the first to take Robert by the hand, und con" gr'atulate him on his elevation, nnd the evident gratification which the new minister felt and expressed at the pres ence and good will of ills former owner. Numbers of gentlemen of position and Influence were present, and one of the presbytery, an eminent lawyer, ad vanced in life and in very feeble health, traveled over a hundred miles across the country in his buggy to take part in the ordination. The correspondent of the Times says : "These are the true sigiiH of the times. These are the real indications of tho feelings of tiie two races for eacli other. No Civil Rights Bill required this ac tion ; no political advantage could have been derived from it; no compulsory process could have enforced it; no Freedman’s Bureau hud anything to do with it; and there cannot be a more positive proof of tiie confidence of the colored people lit the justice and good will of tiie whites, and of tiie readiness of the latter to help and encourage the colored people to Improve their condi tion.” Obeulin, Ohio, is noted for tiie mosaic' character of its population. Blacks, whites, nmlattoes, quadroons und octo* roons all live there on terms of perfect social equality, Before the wnr it was the moHt treasonable community, out side of New England, that tills glorious Union was cursed wit.li, ami it is proba bly entitled to tills unenviable distinc tion at tiie present moment. Us preachers liemled armed mobs who re sisted ofllccrs of tiie government of tho United Slates. One of these meek and lowly gentlemen lately ventured down. Into Mississippi as an agent of tliu Mis sionary Association. Tho rebel lieatlien down there, not to ho behind tiie loyal Christians of Ohio, give the Reverend gentleman a real Obcrllu reception, They pounded him us lie uud ills Oher iln brethren, wi thou l distinction of color, used to pound the unfortunate Mlssis slpplans wild lull Into their hands when on tiie hunt of " fugitives from labor.” Strange to say, tiie Radical papers ex press no gratification at tills evidence of tho spread of 11 Northern civilization ” over the South. I’erhups this is owing to tiie fact Unit tliu sequel to tills wut'lil reception of tiie missionary proves that the Mississippi heathen have not yet been full// converted to abolition Christi anity us it is practised atOberlln ; for It appears that tiie lender of the demon stration against tiie Reverend gentle man went straightway to the Mayor and surrendered himself to be punished for ills offence, wdieieiiH thu Oberlin people were not only in tiie habit of pounding Mississippi uns who strayed up their way, but also of resisting uud beating officers of tho law wlio attempted to arrest'them for their disorderly conduct. We hope tiie motley community at Oberllti will persevere in their eliort to extend the blessings of abolition " civi lization ”to the " outside barbarians ” of Mississippi. Let them not be dis couraged. Though their first agent may have fallen into difficulty und been despitefully used, it by 110 means fol lows that their second will not (as Syd ney Smith hoped would be tiie ease with the disputatious parson about to sail for New Zealand), perfectly “agree with the cannibal wlio shall out him.” As the people will soon be called upon either to condemn or approve the Radical party, they would do well to consider its cost even in these piping times of peace. If they are not con tent to be bankrupted—if they do not want Stevens to ruin the credit of the United States as he did that of Pennsylvania when lie directed her legislation, they must choose other agents than those they now have to manage their affairs in Congress. The Radical majority act as if there was no limit whatever to the resources of the country or to tho forbearance of the people. They are wasting the pub lic treasure with unparalleled anil alarm ing prodigality. They are putting tho public money to uses never before dreamed of by the most liberal construc tionist of the constitution. Tho appro priation bills for this session are by no means disposed of—some of the larger and more important ones have not been reached; butamnngother sums already appropriated are twelve million dollars for school-house sites, stationery, new clothes, and breakfasts, dinners, and suppers for Hie negroes; twenty-live thousand dollars for Airs. Lincoln, be sides a large appropriation to replace the furniture and ornamental articles of theAVhitellouse; three hundred thous and dollars for the “ funeral expenses ” of Abraham Lincoln, in addition to an enormous sum to bo expended in print ing eulogies; one hundred thousand dollars for the purchase of Ford's Theatre, and the estimated profits of a broken theatrical season are included in that bill. These are hut a few of the trifl ing appropriations of this session, and more of the same sort are to follow. In deed theaggregate of suchsums as these about equals the entire amount which was once needed to pay all the expenses of the government for a year. It terns out that the “Hon. Mr. Culver,” the patriotic and benevolent Yankee who was elected to represent the Erie and A’enaugo district of this State in Congress, has bled the govern ment to the tune of two or three hun dred thousand dollars. Precisely how much he and his partners have got out of the people of the oil region has not yet been made public, but must amount to a million or two. Imported Yankees are expensive lux uries. ThaddeusStevenssaddled Penn sylvania with a debt thirty years ago which she is groaning under to this day and will not get rid of for a century to come. Transferred by the votes of the Republicans of Lancaster county to a wider field of action, he Is now doing for the United States what he did for this State. His “ Freedmen’s Bureau” is a sort of National “Tapeworm,” which is to curve around every negro cabin in the South. Northern capital is said to be pouring into East Tennessee, and espe cially at Knoxville and Chattanooga. New houses and factories are springing up, and farms are being purchased by farmers and army officers. Several ex tensive Bteam saw mills, iron foundries nnd a large cloth manufactory are pro jected at Chattanooga, The Harrisburg Telegraph says “ the treachery of Gov. Swann, of Mary land, |p the men who placed him in po sition} js only equalled by the tergiver sation and deceit of Andrew Johnson, who has turned his back on the party which gave him bread and took him by the hand when his name was a reproach to, and his actions a stench in the nos trils of, decent men.” The Telegraph pronounces a strange eulogy on its party in affirming that it took Andrew Johnson by the hand “ when his name was a reproach to, and his actions a stench in the nostrils of, decent men.” Was it because his name had become a “reproach” and his ac tions a "stench” that the .“party of great moral ideas” took him as its can didate for the second office in the gift of this great people ? Do the Radical Re publicans regard these as qualifications for office? It seems so, from what the Telegraph says. Perhaps this furnishes an explanation of the popularity of Simon Cameron and Thaddeus Stevens with the Radicals. The name of the former had become a reproach even among tho Winnebago Indians more than thirty years ago, and that of the latter has been a stench in the nostrils of all right-minded men ever Blnce he dragged the most respectable Freema sons in the Commonwealth before his Puritan Inquisition, and attempted to force them to disclose secrets which they had a right to keep to themselves. Ste vens did not diminish his stencil when lie advised one of liis conscientious party friends to “ throw conscience to the devil,” nor has Cameron wiped the reproach from his name by the means lie has used to gain a seat in the Senate- But did Andrew Johnson stink in the nostrils of decent men when the Republican party took him by the hand? lie certainly did not when President Lincoln appointed him Mili tary Governor of Tennessee. Up to that time, at least, he had done nothing to bring reproucli upon ills name. His public record was that of a patriot and his private character that of a decent and honest man. With ills career at Nashville after liis appointment by Mr. Lincoln we are not familiar. It is bet tor known to tiie Telegraph's forty thousand thieves who flocked down there to plunder in tiie train of the army, though they can not he relied on to tell the truth about it. If lie then and there departed from the sound moral und political principles tliut had previously marked ills life, lie only added another to tho numerous living wltueses of tho corrupting influence of evil communications. If tiie Telegraph proves any tiling against Andrew- Johnson's character lit tiie time tho Republican party took him by tiie hand, U proves enough against tliut party to disgrace It down to tiie last hour of time. For a parly tliut would nominate for the exalted position of Vice President of the United States ail Individual whoso " uctlons were a stencil In the nostrils of decent men,” ought to he held in detestation as long as one human being lives to read tiie history of its baseness. The liudlcnl Overseer Tile “plantation manners” of tiie Radical Overseer ill tiie House of Repre sentatives at Washington, are dally be coming more ami more offensive to those members who have not surren dered all claim to freedom of thought nnd of action. Tiie National /nielli gencersuys tlieeventsof tiie last week in the House have greatly increased tiie restlessness of some of tiie conservatively inclined Republicans, under tiie tyran nical domination of Thud. Stevens. They not only begin to doubt his skill us a party pilot, hut aro growing tired of ■thearbitrary despotism lie imposes upon them. A few are quite indignant at tiie lordly contempt with which their liumillating subserviency inis been re ceived by tiie extreme Radicals. They look witli serious apprehension at tiie record they have been compelled to make. They express fears tliut, in tiie Western States and in Pennsylvunjgi -and New York, the masses of people will not lie satisfied with, nor find any ■excuse for tiie extremely Radical meas ures forced upon them by Stevens & Co. On the other hand, they perceive, in the fate of Foster" of Connecticut, tiie unre lenting hostility of tiie Radical junto towards those wlio lmve for a single moment, at any time, wavered in un questioning obedience to the behests of the Radical leaders, however out rageous or obnoxious. .Many are anx iously seeking some way to escape from the tyranny to which they are subject ed. The conviction is gradually dawn ing upon them that further following such leadership will work their own po litical destruction, and tliut, if it is not already too late for them to be saved, their only safety lies in promptly choos ing an independent course, regardless of tiie dictatesof the “ Central Director}-.” The slight tendency towards conserva tism they have exhibited leaves them nothing to hope for hereafter in the way of sympathy or aid und cbmfort from the Radicals, for whom they are simply hewers of wood and drawers of water. It is time for sucli Representatives to realize tlint their submission to the tyranny of Stevens & Co., is simply sell ing their birthright for a mess of pot tage—that they are permitting them selves to be used by unscrupulous and ungrateful party leaders, wlio will, when their services are no longer needed, un ceremoniously thrust them out into tiie cold. Thirteen or, the most prominent and respectable Democrats of the town of Somerset, “desirous,” as they say, “of having a Democratic candidate fom Congress who can be relied upon when questions involving fundamental prin ciples arise,” publish a card in the Somerset Democrat; presenting the name of J. McDowell Sharpe, Esq., of Franklin, to the Democrats of the dis trict as a suitable candidate and urging the Democrats of Somerset county to send delegates who are favorable to liis nomination. The Democrat endorses the movement, and very justly pro nounces Mr. Sharpe “ one of the ablest lawyers in the State, a reliable Demo crat and an honest and influential man.” Hon-A. H. Coffroth, present member, is announced as a candidate for renom- A despatch from AA’ashlngton to the Pittsburg Commercial says it appears from evidence in theofflee of the Com ptroller of currency that all the failures of national banks thus far have been caused by their keeping accounts with private banks. The Comptroller has therefore issued a circular, which will be immediately forwarded to all Na tional Banks, directing them to keep no accounts with private banks. A despatch from Hamilton, Ohio, states that Hon. Lewis D. Campbell was serenaded by a large number of his fellow-citizens on AVednesday night. He made a lengthy speech, in which he denounced theßadicals and declared his firm and determined Bupport of President Johnson and his policy. Improved.— The Democratic Watch man, edited by P. Gray Meek and pub lished at Bellefonte, Centre county, comes to us this week greatly improved in appearance and increased in size. AVe are glad to see this evidence of the prosperity of our friend Meek, and hope he will be as successful In the future as he has been during the past, Freedmen’g Bureau Outrages. Thaddeus Stevens lately forced a bill through Congress appropriating ten or twelve million dollars to the uses of the 'Freedmen’s Bureau. His supporters in Lancaster county doubtless;, approved his action in this case, under the im pression that the officers and agents of the Bureau were laboring ■to better the condltion of the colored people.who have been released from bondage. We presume'it never occurred to them as being within the range of possibility that some of the agents of the Bureau treated the poor negroes in the inhu man’manner described by Gens. Steed man and Fullerton in their late report to the President. And yet all who know the grasping, avaricious nature of the down-east Yankee, ought to have anti cipated just such consequences as have followed his connection with freedmen’s affairs. Some of these agents have prac • Used cruelty in forms and to an extent almost if not altogether unparalleled in the history of slavery itself. The most prominent cose adduced by the commissioners is that of a preacher named Fritz, a native of Massachusetts, and a zealous worshipper of filthy lucre. This man presides over a colored colony in the neighborhood of Newbern, in the capacity of Assistant Superintendent of the Bureau. Endowed with arbitrary power, he has employed it unmercifully to wring a large monthly Income from the impoverished settlement under his care. Every hut, every boat, every horse and .cart, every sloro has been subject to heavy taxation, remorselessly enforced. And he has imposed barba rous punishments for the most trivial offences. He has imprisoned women because they have spoken disrespect fully of him. He has imprisoned children because they played in the streets on Sunday. He lias punished a freedman with three months’ imprison ment for wrangling with his wife. He has imposed a fine of sixty dollars on an old negro for telling a falsehood. In two instances, tiie Commissioners say, lie “ suspended freedmen with cords aroundtheir wrists, their feet not touch ing tho floor, and kept them in tills po sition, in one case four, in tho other case, six hours.” Tiie New York Times' correspondent adds to tills shuddering account, that thorns were placed under the poor fel lows' fed "insuch a manner as to cause them tiie most excruciating ngony.” These are but specimens of tiie freaks perpetrated of ills own will and pleasure by tills person, wlio, nevertheless, re tains Ills position umlcr the Bureau. And tills is tlio Institution tlint Tliud deus Stevens asks lilh constituents to pay for keeping up—un Institution which, whilst pretending to protect the froedmun, robs ami tortures and ulmoßt crucifies him! Tiie Connecticut Senator. A 111tcli somewhat similar to that which occurred in New Jersey after the disunion Rudlcnls turned Mr. Stockton out of tho United States Senate lias taken place in Connecticut. Tho two Houses do not meet In joint convention as in Pennsylvania to elect Senators. Each House votes by Itself. On Wednes day tiie vote was taken in the House, and resulted—Ferry 1132, Hubbard 03, Foster 7, Seymour 1. Oil Thursday tiie subject was called up in the Senate, and very unexpectedly to tho radicals the election was postponed fora week. The friends of Mr. Foster are said to allege that ho was defeated In caucus by unfair means, and it is supposed they voted with tiie Democrats to postponotlioclec tlon. Tiie X. Y. ICxpress says : “A deputation of prominent men from Connecticut luivo been in Washington to see Mr. Poster, whoislhouctingVicuPresi dent. They laid before him the exact state ofthe ease, and begged ills permission to uho liis muiiG aiul work for success even against tin- caucus. Letters from all parts ofllic Stale poured in upon the Vice Presi dent, condoling with him, and expressing tho heartiest indignation at tlio trickery anu conspiracy of his opponents, and finally tlio whole game of the Buckingham Ferry ites was made so apparent that Mr. Poster consented to leave himself ill tlio hands of liis friends, iho only proviso being tliuL no bargain or arrangement should bo irfftde that could in any way reflect upon ills honor as a man or ids integrity us a Senator.'’ Other accounts intimate that a com bination has been formed which will probably succeed in re-electing Mr. Foster. A Washington dispalcli to tiie New York Tribune soys: Senator Dixon publicly stated oil Wed nesday evening that General Ferry would be certainly “headed ofi'" in tho Connecti cut Senate. He probably has intelligence, which Johnson men here aro happy over, llml three votes have been secured in that body lo olfecta “doad lock,” after theScuvel pattern in New Jersey. There is also a dispatch in town saying-that office holders have corrupted one of our Senators and claim Lhuv have two others. Tiie Johnson followers swear that Perry shall be beaten, and oiler bets that tiie President will have the control of the Senate on tho 4tli of March next, to secure the continuation of liis ap pointments and sustain tiie vetoes. Hr. Stanton’s Position Tiie 'position of Secretary Stanton with reference to tiie question of "resto ration” bus been the subject of consid erable newspaper controversy. The accounts that represented him as stand ing with the President in opposition to tiie disunion plan of tiie Stevens Com mittee, have been regarded by us as the most reliable; hut the Badieul journals denied tiieir uccuracy so strenuously, that tiie public were still left in doubt about tiie matter. We think, however, that tiie following article from tiie New York Times of yesterday may he re garded us settlingthequestion und leav ing no room for further dispute about it. Tiie Times unquestionably speaks by tiie book, and this is what it says: Mu. Stanton’s Position. —The news papers are raising a great huo and cry over Air. Stanton’s declaration, made in Cabinet meeting, that lie is opposed to the Congressional Committee’s plan of reconstruction and in favor of the gen eral principles held on this subject by the President. The only reason for any surprise on this point lies in the extent to which Air. Stanton’s views had been misrepresented by parties eager to secure for their own schemes the prestige of liis reputation. Those familiar with the political his tory of the past three or four years are well aware that, from its very inception during Mr. Lincoln’s administration, Air. Sinntou favored what is now styled tlie President’s plan of restoring the States lately in rebellion to their for mer relations to the Federal Govern ment. Indeed, Air. Seward and Air. Stanton together were, unless we are misinformed, the first who suggested to President Lincoln the appointment of Andrew Johnson as Alilitary or Pro visional Governor of Tennessee, for the express purpose of taking the initial step towards carrying out this policy of Restoration. It was even then foreseen that whenever the war should end some plan must be adopted for setting in motion the wheels of Government in States where they had been arrested by the rebellion, and after a full and thor ough examination it was decided that the agency of Provisional Governors was the best that could be devised. Mr. Johnson was possessed very thoroughly of the motives and general views which led to his appointment, and entered very heartily into them, as did also the President and his associates in the Government. Mr. Stanton, since his connection with the Administration, has never been, in any strict sense, a politician. The overwhelming duties of his depart ment have engrossed his time and at tention, and, in his devotion to them, he has been more than willing to leave to others the general guidance of politi cal affairs. But he lias never hesitated to express his opinion that the policy of Restoration then adopted, and since then steadily and resolutely pursued by President Johnson, was the only one which could be carried into practical effect with any chance of positive and beneflcentresults. Air. Stanton’ssplen did services and successes in carrying the country through the war very justly give to his opinions on all public ques tions very great weight with the coun try at large, and it has never been doubtful, at any time, that the Presi dent’s views had his warm support. Secrctarr Toneey rs. Senator Sherman. Hon. Isaac Toucey, Secretary of the Navy under Mr. Buchanan, has pub lished a letter in reply to a speech de livered at Bridgeport, Connecticut, by Senator Sherman, containing a charge against the Secretary that, ln,lBol, “He scattered our vessels, then under his command, all over the world, so that when another and worthier citizen of your State came to administer the affairs of the same department, the whole navy under his com mand was one vessol with five guns— spiked,'’ The Secretary’s response commences by saying: “There is no truth in this statement. The home squadron was at that time, as it had been in 1880, unusually large and at ready command. When I came into the depart ment, the squadron consisted ot three ves sels ; when I left it consisted of thirteen.” He then enumerates the vessels and the number of guns they carried, and proceeds: “This was the condition of the Home Squadron at the commencement of Mr. Lincoln’s administration; three of them, including the Hag ship of the sauadrort, coming up the coast toward Hampton Roads and New York, throe already ut* New York, one at Philadelphia, one at Washington, ono at Vera Cruz, and four at Fort Pickous, then in a state of siege; in all 188 guns and 18 vessels, of which 8 woro steamers. This squadron, and that of the previous year 1880, wore far the largest and most efficient squadrons over before organ ized tor the protection of our interests on tho Atlantic coast.” “ At the snmo time there was still a uioro powerful foreo at tho Atlantic navy yards, which could have been put to sea, ready for service, in 40 days. It wus 40 days from tho inauguration of Mr. Lincoln to the bom bardment of Fort Sumter. It was 45 days from his inauguration to his proclamation for 75,000 volunteers, when tho war on our part began.” He then gives an olllcial account of the condition of all the other squadrons, saying that “on the Pacific side, for the protection of our iuterest9 on that coast, we had an efficient squadron, but no greater than tho defence of the coast and the magnitude of our interests in that quarter imperatively demanded.” “The Fast India Squadron, which in ISSB consisted of seven ships carrying 13‘J guns, had boon reduced so thut in IHBI it consisted of four vessels carrying 45 guns. Tho Brazil Squadron, which in 1850 con sisted of eight vessels carrying IUS guns, had boon reduced so thut in 1881 it consisted of three vessels canying 50 guns. Tho Mediterranean Squadron consisted of three ships, currying 87 guns when I en tered upon tho duties of the Government. When 1 left it, tho squadron consisted of throe ships, carrying 88 guns. Tho African Squadron for tho your 1881 consisted of eight vessels, carrying Uoguns. Tho squadron consisted of tho same num ber of vessels und guiiH in 1880. This squadron was required to bo kept on tho coast of Africa by our treaty with Great Britain for tho suppression of tho slave trade; aud in the year 1880, with tho aid of a small portion of tho homo squud ron on tho American side, had captured 12 slavers and rescued 8,118 victims of that trade, With this reduction of tho other foreign squadrons and this lorce at homo on tho Atlantic and Puolllo sides, I was not wil ing to reduce tho squadron on the coast of Africa, nor was there any necessity for it.” Mr. Toucey concludes his letter by saying: “This, sir, was tho ‘scattering of our ves sels all over tho world’ of which you speak. This was tho 'command of the whole navy, consisting of one vessel with live guns spilcod,’ to which, according to your speech at Bridgeport, the present Secretary of the Navy succeeded.” President Johnson. The Richmond Examiner pronounces the following fervent eulogy upon Presi dent Johnson : Wc have one friend, well tried and faithful, and wo should buckle him to us with hooks of steel. The Legislature and tho Judiciary ure against us, bent on our destruction, but, thank God, the Executive, good, wise and brave, is for us. He exerts himself to tho utmost of his power in our behalf. He commis erates our condition, he recognizes our rights, and he devotes all his energies to our protection. He is not omnipotent. Kveu the power that he has ho limits by that Constitution so despised and ill used by the co-ordinate branches of tho Government. Ho has a conscience. He fears God and lovesj his country. Ho venerates the compact which our fathers framed, and his chief anxiety is to pre serve it inviolate. He will not trench upon Its provisions for himself nor for his friends, and he boldly opposes the flagrant trespasses of Congress. He vetoes. Yes, lie will live In history as the man who vetoed every unconstitu tional measure that was presented to him, no matter what threats hung over his disapproval, and no matter what bribing gifts of power und greatness were Included in the specious proposi tions. A man above fear and equally above flattery and corruption. A man who scorned revenge and disdained favoritism—the pure genius of Ameri can liberty embodied in the flesh. We indulge in no hyperbole In speak ing thus of Andrew Johnson. Nor are we moved to speak in his praise by a hope of reward or a fear of punish ment. He is the one distinct, separate, grandly solitary figure in the whole range of time, who, possessed of vast power, has scrupulously abstained from rewarding his friends and from punish ing his enemies. He has forgotten self. Andrew Johnson is wholly merged in the President. He does his duty with out regard to consequences. He does right, not for ulterior purposes, but be cause it is right. He is a puzzle to a generation that cannot comprehend his exalted virtue, but time will show the purity of his motives, the wisdom of his acts, and history will enshrine him in her holy of holies. Contrast this with the following from the Harrisburg TclcgraphoiyLay 18, and then tell us at which end of the line you find the loyalty to “the govern ment ” that we used to hear so much about when Mr. Lincoln sat in the Presidential chair. We give the italics and capitals just as we find them in the Telegraph: Whose bread does Andy Johnson eat? ■We answer emphatically, lie cals the bread of the Union men of the country / If it had not been for them he would never have been heard # of; hr. would hare sunk to oblivion beneath the dis grace heaped upon him by the Copper head leaders , and passed out or mem ory AS AMANWHOM HIS OWN FRIENDS COULD NOT TRUST, AXI) WHOM THOSE WHO WERE ASSOCIATED WITH HIM FOR A LIFE TIME PROCLAIMED A CHEAT, A CHAR LATAN AND A ROT! Stephens and the Fenians. It ia stated that at the Fenian ovation at New York, on Tuesday, to Mr. Ste phens, the Irish Head Centre, the sum of $.1,080 was realized, which has al ready been sent to Ireland. Mr. Stephens, in his speech, gave the history of the Fenian movement in Ire land, stating that it began in 1858, and during tiie first six years about $7,500 were contributed in aid of it by the Irish in America. From these funds the Irish People newspaper was estab lished at Dublin. In 1804 Stephens vis ited America, and collected and sent to Ireland $O,OOO for the Fenians, and re turned. In 1805, $lO,OOO were sent irom America. At the close of 1805 the or ganization in Ireland numbered 200,000 men, of whom 50,000 were well disci plined, and 50,000 others partially drill ed. Mr. Stephens then told of his ar rest and escape, and said, in substance, that the Fenians looked to America more for money than for men ; they had men enough at home. He said if, in November last, a small force and enough pecuniary aid had been sent from America, lie thought Ireland would have been an independent coun try to-day. After his escape, Mr. Stephens said he was besought to come to America, to heal the dissensions in theorder, ana had come here to do so. He told noth ing of his plans or intentions, and di rected all his speech to giving a history of what might have been done, rather than of what is yet to be done. It ap pears that to the end of 1860, during the eight years from the spring of 1858, that Fenianism existed, but $23,500 were sent to Ireland of all the large sums collected by the Fenians in America. Thiß exhibit is certainly not an encour aging one, as it shows that thus far the cause of Irish independence, which has the sympathies of the great body of the American people, has not been ad vanced in any way whatever by the earnest efforts and large sums of money contributed in the United States. James M. Brader, a highly esteemed citizen of Mercer, and originally from Butler co., died in the former place last Sabbath after a brief illness, / Comments on the Colorado Message. The New York Times, which wo sup pose may be placedat the head of the con servatively-inclined Republican press of the country, says of the message: The President's reason for declining to sign the bill admitting Colorado os a State, are cogent and entitled to weight. Under a different aspect of public affairs, they would probably oommand universal assent. Itcertuinly is mostJnpjUßt and unreasonable that a community having at tho outside 30,- 000 inhabitants—about one-fourth tho num ber required for representation in tho Houso of Representatives, should offset and nulli fy in tho Senato tho State of New York and her four millions of people. Tho fact that other States have been admitted with no greater population, affords no justification. Admission under such circumstances cer tainly ought not to become a habit. It is by such practices that the inlluence of tho large, wealthy, populous and powerful States in the affairs of the Government is utterly destroyed, and the wholo control ofr the national policy passes into the hands oC the new, thinly settled and adventurous communities of tho far West. Tho main reason for hurrying Colorado into tho Union now is ovideufly a desiro to secure her vote against the President’s policy of restoration. It is not sufficient to; Justify tho act in tho view of any man who appreciates tho responsibility of so impor tant a step. Party emergencies have in deed played a veryTmportant part in tho admission of now States heretofore, and will boyond all doubt continue to do so. But the country cannot afford to have tho whole balance of political power changed, and put into the bauds of small Stales, having few interests or feelings in common with the old und populous Commonwealths in order to secure party triumphs, however important they may seem to be. The price to be paid is lur too great. The Philadelphia Press, which Is the rankest negroorgan in the whole North, has the following characteristic com ments : Tho veto of the bill for tho admission of Colorado was evidently prompted by the anti-Kepublican proclivities which have governed tho recent policy of tho President. Tho reasons lie assigns are altogetherinsuf tieient to Justify this new exercise of a power which 'was conferred upon the Executive mainly for tho protection of the people in times of great emergency, and when Con gress had evidently, through want of due consideration, or through the pressure of improper influences, adopted dangerous laws. After stating and attempting to refute the various positions assumed by the President, the Press concludes as fol lows : The President reserves the reason for the veto, which bus no doubt exercised the most influence upon his own judgment, but which will be most obnoxious to all loyal citizens, for tho concluding portion of his message, viz : thut “ eleven of tho old .States have been for Home time und still remain unrepresented in Congress,” and that in tho mountlmo no State should “bo premature ly and unnecessarily admitted to participa tion ill tho political power which the Federal Government wields.” Tills Is tantamount to telling uh that until wo admit eleven dis loyal HUitos Andrew Johnson will, if possi ble, provent us from securing the co-opera tion of any new loyal ones. He Is acting, as far ns ho can, on tho old pro-slavery theory of attempting to preserve a Hort of balance of power between slavery and free dom, or, in tho now order of tilings, be tween loyalty and treason. Such a pulley conclusively condemns itself by Its inherent Injustice and Infamy. Tho Baltimore) Sun, which adheres to no political party, nays of tho message ; It embraces uconcise,eomprehcnslveand compact argument, which, as the Xntionnl Intelligencer well says, repels at all points every imaginable lilea in favor of the ad- mission of Colorado as a Stateoftho Union, But what Is most conclusive Is Its striking antagonism to the repulsive and utterly in defensible idea that when eleven Slates, wllli many millions of while population, nro excluded from representation In Con gress, that the trilling population of :tn,U(M> in some oilier lino of latitude shall have power in ono branch of Congress equal to a Stale having 8,out),000 of white people. Tho President thus firmly maintains the funda mental principle of his other vetoes. There is no hopo of tho bill being passed over his head. JeOavls. [Correspondence of tho New Herald.] Fortress Monroe, MAy 15,1808. The rumor I referred to yesterday of a Bpeeinl message here by President Johnson asking an imme diate report to bo made upon tho pres ent condition of JeH’Davls* health proves to have been correct. Such report bus been asked for, and Dr. Cooper, United States Army post surgeon, has already forwarded the required document. From what I have learned to-day the report is of a character that would not facilitate procuring a policy of life in surance for Mr. Davis. On the contrary he is represented ns being in an exceed ingly low state of health, and having become very . much debilitated from want of sufficient exercise, his mus cular system reduced almost to the feebleness of an infant, his ner vous system , completely broken down, and tho vital forces re maining to him insufficient to ward off any sudden attack of serious disease.— His long imprisonment, continuous anxiety and harassment of sleep, from frequent changes day and night of the guard placed over him, are represented as the inciting causes bringing about this physical condition. That some decisive action must follow the submission of this report there can be little question. The least that is looked for is an order granting him the privilege of unrestric ted walking aud exercise during the day. Some time since, through the earnest protestations of Dr. Cooper that he must nave more exercise, his time was extended to three hours per day. With the past three days the number of the guard stationed in his immediate prox imity has been likewise reduced. No pacing sentinel now walks incessantly in front of his room window’s, and two other sentries who walked with the same unending tramp on two other sides of the room have had lessened the length of their beats, so as to lessen their disturbance of him in the fre quent changes of guard. These latter changes were also effected through the influence of Dr. Cooper. Tutting all the facts I can get together, Jeff. Davis has evidently nearly reached the end of his life lease. He is in no condition to resist disease, and it is deemed doubtful whether he will he able to stand up un der a protracted trial. In his indomi table will there is strong power of re sistance ; but as the granite column trembles and finally breaks under the incessant laßhing of the sea, so this iron will may become broken under the too long and incessant burden he has had to bear. I’lttsburg Cattle 3larkct. Pknn’a Central Stock Yards, i East Lirkrty, May J 7, 1800. ] I Reported for the Pittsburg Commercial. | Cattle.— The market since our lust was firm, with a good trudo demand. Prices have materially advunced. Thu sales ex ceed those of the previous weefc 2GO head, tho entire sales reaching 500 bend. The ad vance in the cattle murkot appears to he general in tho leading cities. The highest nguro reached was $8.50, against $7.75 last .week. At the close the pens were nearly bare. Buyers took hold freely. The lar gest portion disposed of were for the Eas tern market. The cattle offered at the yards were of the better description. The figures paid were liberal, viz; The extremes were $0.70 for IK head. All the other sales ranged from $7.50, $B.OO and $8.50 per owl. The exports East were us follows: To New York, 012 head; Philadelphia, 204; Balti more, 00; total, 1200, ngpinst 1100 last week. The increase was 140. Hogs— The market during the early part of the week was steady, with a good de mand towards the dose. Dullness was the predominating feature. The week’s sales were only 2,400 head, against 0,107 head sold the previous week, exhibiting a falling off amounting to 077 bead. The extreme rates were $O.OO, "{4 cwt. A few lots of smooth, nice hogs, suitable for the Eastern market, sold at $10.50 y cwt. The exports since our last were as follows: To New York 0.500, Philadelphia, 2,800; Baltimore, 080; total—o,oBo head, against 0,015 last week ; increase this week, 2,770 head. Tho market closed dull, with the advantage on tho side of buyers. Sheep —The market was active, with h liberul amount of transactions. Holders were lirm in their views. Inferior sold at a decline, whilst fair descriptions command ed current prices. The extremes were $4.25(a,G.25 f* cwt. The exports east by rail amounted to 14,800 head, against 11,400 last week. Increase in exports this Week, 3,400 head. The President is said to be deter mined to put a stop to all such outrages in the management of the P'reedmen's Bureau as are mentioned in the report ot Gens. Steedman and Fullerton, and to that end he has detailed an officer to proceed to North Carolina and arrest every officer, agent, or employee of the Bureau who is interested in the culti vation of plantations, &c., &c., on his own account. The better way would be to strike at the root of the evil and abolish the whole concern. ; Veto Message. Washington, May 10.—Tho following is tbo President’s Message on the Colorado bill: To the Senate of the United States I rotum to the Senate, in which Houso It originated, tbo bill which has passed both Houses or Congress, entitled “An net for tho admission of tho State of Colorado into tho Union,” with my objections to its be coming n law nt this timo. First, From tho best information which I have been able toobtain, I do not consider tho establishment of n State government at present necessary for tho welfare of the people of Colorado. Undor tho existing territorial government all the rights, privil eges and interests of tho cltizons aro protec ted and secured. Tho qualified voters chooso their own legislators and their own local officers, and are represented In Con gress by a delcguto of their own selection. They make and oxecuto their own munici pal laws, subject only to rovision by Con gress—an authority not likely to bo exor cised unless in oxtromo or oxtruordinury casus. Tho population is small, somo esti mating it so low us twenty-five thousand, while advocates of tho bill reckon tho num ber at from thirty-five thousand to forty thousand souls. Tho people are principally recent settlors, many of whom are understood to be ready for renuJVal to other mlningdistrlcts, boyonU tho limps of tho Territory, if circumstances shall render them more inviting. Such a population cannot but find relief from ox cessivo taxation, if tho territorial system, which devolves tho expenses of tho execu tive, legislative and Judicial departments up on tiie United Slates, is lor tho present con tinued. They cannot but tint! tho sccurityof person and property increased bythelr reli ance upon the national exucutlvo power for the maintenance of law and order, against the disturbances necessarily incident to all newly organized communities. Second, It is not satisfactorily established that a mujorlty of the citizens of Colorado desire, or aro prepared for un exchange ofa territorial for a State government. In Sep tember, 188-1, under tho authority of Uou gress, an election wus lawfully appointed and held for the purpose of ascertaining the views of the people upon this particular question ; 8,182 votes were cast, and of this number a majority 0f8,152 was given against tho proposed change. In September, 1885, without any legal nuthoiity, the question was again presented to tho people of the Territory, with the view ot obtaining a re consideration of tho result of tho election held in compliance with tho act of Congress, approved March 21, 1884. At this second election 5,005 votes were polled, and a ma jority of 155 wuk given in favor of a Stato organization. It does not seem to mo en tirely safe to receive tills last-mentioned re sult, so irregularly obtained, assutheient to ovorwclgh tho one which had been legally obtained in tho first election. Regularity and eoufortniiy to law arc essential to tho preservation oVorder and a stable Govern ment, und should, as far ns practicable, always be observed in tho formation of now Stales. Third. The admission of Colorado nt this time as a Stale Into the Federal Union ap pears to me to ho incompatible with thopuh lic interests of tho country ; and while it is desirable that Territories, when sufficiently matured, should bo organized as States, yet tho spirit oT tho Constitution seems to re quire that there should he an approximation towards equality among tho woveral Stales comprising the Vnlon, No States can have less or moro than twoSmialors In Congress. Tho largest State haw a population of four millions; several of tho Slates have a pop ulation exceeding two millions, and many others lmvo a population exceeding one million. If tins hill should become a law, the peo ple of Colorado, thirty thousand in number, would have In the House of Representatives one member, while New York, with a pop ulation of four millions, has thirty-one. Colorado would have in the electoral col logo three votes, widle New York has only thirty • three. Colorad# would have in tho Senato two votes, while Now York lias no more. Inequalities of thlHclmruolurhuvoulroudy occurred; hut it Ih believed that none have happened where tho Inequality was so great. When such inequality has boon allowed, Congress is supposed to lmvo permitted it on tpo ground of some high public necessi ty, and under circumstances which pro mised that it would rapidly disappear through the growth und development of the newly admitted Stale, 'rims, In regard to the several States In wlmt was formerly culled the “ Northwest Territory," lying west of tho Mississippi, their rapid advan cement In population rendered It certain that States admitted with only ono or two representatives in Congress would in a very short perioil be entitled to a great Increase of representation. So, when Cali fornia was admitted on tho ground of eommercical and political exigencies, It wus well foreseen that that State was destined rapidly to become a great, prosperous, and important mining and commercial com munity. In the case ol Colorado lam not aware that any national exigency, either of a political or commercial nature, requires a departure from tho law of equality which has been so generally adhered to in our history. If information submitted In connection with this hill is reliable, Colorudo, instoud of increasing, lias declined in population. At an election for inombers of a territorial legislature held in 1881, 10,580 votes woro cast. At tho election before mentioned, In 1884, the number of votes oust was 8,102, while at tho Irregular election held in 1885,’ which is assumed os a basis for legislative action at this time, tho aggregate of votes, cast was 5,005. Sincerely anxious for tho welfare and prosperity of evory Territory and Ktalo, as well us for tho prosperity and welfaro of tho whole Union, I regret this apparent decline of population in Colorado; but it is mani fest that It Is duo to emigration, which is going on from that Territory into other re gions within the United States, which either aro in fuel, or aro believed by the inhabi tants of Colorado to bo, richer in mineral wealth and agricultural resources. If, how ever, Colorudo lias not reuliy declined in population, another census or another elec tion, under tho authority of Comp ess, would plueo tho question boyond doubt, and cause but little delity in tho ultimate admission of'tho Territory us a State, if de sired by tho people. The tenor of these objections furnishes tho reply which may be expected to an ar gument in favor of tho measure derived lroin tho enabling net, which wuspnssod by Congress on tho 81st dny of Murch, 1884, al though Congress then supposed thut the condition of the Territory was such ns to wurrnnt its ndrnission ns a State. The re sult of tho two years’ experience shows that every reason which existed for the institu tion of a territori.il instead of a Stato gov ernment in Coloradoat Its first organization still continues in force. Tho condition of tho Union at the present niomont is calcu lated to inspire caution in regard to tho admission of new States. Eleven of tho old States have been for some timo und still re main unrepresented in Congress. It is a common interest of ull tho Slates, as well those represented as tlioso unrepre sented, that the integrity und harmony of the Union should bo restored as completely as possible, so that ull those who are expect ed to bear the burthens of the Federal Gov ernment shull be consulted concerning the admission of new States; Hint in tho mean time no State shall bo premnturuly nnd un necessarily admitted to participation in the political power which the Federal Govern ment wields, not lor tho benefit of nny indi vidual Stato or section, out for the common, safety, welfaro and happiness of tho wholo. country. Andrew Johnson, Washington, D. (’...May 15, 1888, Facts vs. Theories, “Give mo a place to rest my lever on,"says Archimedes, “andl will move the world. 11 “Give me pure and un adulterated drugH,’’ says Medicus, of the olden time, “and I will euro disease.” In one sense, both of these learned pundits were the veriest charlatans. They knew there was no place to rest their lever on, either to move the world or cure disease. Mechanism was In a backward state, and the medical pro fession was but another name for Rorcsry, and all the adjuncts of magic flitters and charms of the “evil eye,” <fce. But these latter days have borne unto us something more than even supersti tion and its crew ever dreamt of in their maddest philosophy. In these days of practical science, what was theory of yesterday ia fact to-day, and all the old. time notions become as bubbles in the sun, and burst and break with every breatli we draw. Let Archimedes shoulder his lever and we will find a resting plaie for it to move the world. Let-mine ancient Medicus pant and toil no more for the drugs he so sorely needs, for we have them at our hand, ever ready to serve them at his back. Ileflned in the laboratory of Dr. Mog giel, the finest materials known In tho medical profession are obtainable by auy one. His Bilious, Dyspeptic, and Diarrhoea Pills stand unrivalled, and his Salve operates with magical effect upon burns, scalds, and all Bores and ulcers of the skin. In fact, we think Maggiel’s Pills and Salve are the wonder of this century and we are happy in tho thought that many others of our brethren of the craft agree with us. We would earnestly counsel that all families provide them selves with Dr. Maggiel’s Preparations at once, and keep them ready at hand, so as to use them at the most opportune time and as occasion serves.— Valley Sentinel. The swindler Charles E. Baldwin, now confined in the Dauphin county prison, is not, as was erroneously stated at the time of his arrest, a son of the late Judge Baldwin, of Pennsylvania, The Venango Spectator says he Is “the son of a very respectable New Yorfc Judge of that name.”
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