WEDNESDAY, • JCNE' 20j :iB6B. TUe printing presses’Bn&u nefideto eveiy person who. undertakes. to exaxnina oeMinga of the legislature, or any hrafthu, of government; and no law shall,ever"hb,made to restrain the right thereof;- Theftßeehimnu nloatlon of thought and opinions 16 one of the invaluable rights of men; and.etery dton may freely speak,'write ana print. Qn.ahy bo b ieot; being responsible for the' abuse''hr that liberty. In prosecutions for the pUblfciUlbn of papers Investigating the official cohauct of offi cers, or men In publlo capacities, or where, the matter published Is proper for public informa tion, the truth thereof may be gLveu In evi dence.” FOR GOVERNORS “ ' Hon. IILESXEE, CHMKB. ol Berks Co, Bid Titaants. Iu clqsjng the debate on the popstl thtlonal amendmenton Wedncsdaylast, Thaddcuß Stevens used the following language: I And that we shall bo obliged to bo con tent with patching up the worst portions of the nnolent odlAco, and leaving It In many of its parts to bo swept through by the tem pests, the frostH, und tlio storms of des potism. So, after bringing on a gigantic war for the purpose of altering the 11 ancient edlAce ’’ erected by Washington, Jeffer son, Madison and Hamilton, the chief of the Radicals confesses that he Is able to give the country nothing better than a patchwork of the worst portions of that "ancient ediAee." He ndmlts that after six years occupancy by him self and his party, and after all the nu merous alterations they have made,, they And the edlAce In muoh worse condition than it was when they took possession of It—so much worse, indeed, that nothing but the “ worst portions ” of it remain, and even these are badly patched. After this admission by the leader and mouthpiece of the Radicals, that they are bad tenantg and have abused tbe national edlAce, will the people hesitate to turn them out? Their lease expires on the fourth of March next. They will apply for a renewal of it this fall. Will it be granted? Xo careful property owner would renew the lease of a bad tenant, and it cannot be that any reAecting. man will consent to a continuance of the Radical destructives in power, in the face of their own ad mission that they have misused it. A Herman Paper, The Harrisburg Patriot and Union announces tbo completion of arrange ments for the issue of a German Dem ocratic newspaper in tbatrcity. Mr. J. O. Ripper, lute editor and publisher of tbo Pittsburg Abend Xcitung and Demo crat, daily and weekly papers, has un dertaken the task of printingaGerman weekly at the State Capital. It is Mr. Ripper’s purpose also to establish an oillee in Lancaster, (which will prob ably lie located -in the Intelligencer building,) from which the German Democracy of this city and county will be supplied with u journal adapted to their tastes and sentiments, and where they may have job work and advertise ments printed in theirnative language. Mr. Ripper is an old acquaintance of ours, ami we can vouch for him as a good printer, a sound Democrat and an honest man. The first number of liis paper will be issued next week- Death of General Cass, lion. Lewis Cass died on Sunday at his home in Detroit, aged nearly SI years. His long, varied, and honorable career is well known to our people. When A 3 yoars old he was a member of tile Legislature of Ohio ; was afterwards appointed marsliul of tho .State by Jef ferson ; served as a colonel in the war with Great Britain, and rose to briga dier-general in the regular army ; was General Harrison’s aid at the battle of tlie Thames; was made Governor of Michigan by Madison, and had a power ful inlliience in harmonizing and regu lating our Indian relations; was made Secretary of War by Jackson in IS.'il ; sent as Minister to France in 1836 ; elected to the United States Senate in IS-Pj ; resigned and ran as the Demo cratic candidate for President in ISIS ; re elected to the Senate in 1849 ; ap pointed Secretary of State by President Buchanan on the 4th of March, 1857, and finally returned to private life by resignation in December, 1860. Gen. Cass was a man of great natural abilities, a prudent legislator, a scholar of creditable attainments, and personal ly very popular in his State and through out the country. He was possessed of a large property in and near Detroit, which city owes much of its prosperity to his public spirit. Hon. Isaac Slenkcr. The Harrisburg Patriot and Union , referring to the malicious attempt of the Telegraph to cast a stigma upon Hon. Isaac Slenker, late Auditor General, for surrendering securities held in his office for the Petroleum Bankto C. V. Culver, in return for the notes of that Bank sent to the office for cancellation, sayß : “ We understand that Culver’s official connection with the Petroleum and Ve nango banks was such as to warrant andVequire Mr. Slenker to surrender to him the securities. Culver’s subsequent failure has brought the affairs of every bank and house with which he was connected under legal scrutiny, and hence that organ makes an untruthful and despicable effort to connect Mr. Slenker with the rascalitiesof the Yan kee sharper. Auditor General Hartranft has, ac cording to law, appointed a commission to examine into the affairs of the bank in question, and has had Culver, his brother and another party arrested and held to $15,000 bail, conjointly, for their “reckless mismanagement,” not that of Mr. Slenker —who has not been ar rested, will not be arrested, andis in no way responsible for any mismanage ment. Mr. Slenker’s abilitj’ and hon esty are too well known and recognized to sufiW* from the lndeccmt inuendoes of agang of speculators who would be blessed if they could possess a hundredth part of his integrity.” The Threatened ifar In Europe The steamers Peruvian and China have arrived—the former at Farther Point and the latter at Halifax—bring ing news to the Bth inst. Matters are assuming an alarming turn in Europe. Prussia has inaugurated hostile measures by marching her troops into Holstein. The movement took place on the 7th, and the Austrians are reported as con* centrating.in order to resist theinvasion.. A battle is imminent and cannot be long delayed, and naturally much excitement is manifested- in all quarters. Large bodies of troops have also been stationed along the southeastern frontier of Prus sia to guard against any sudden irrup tion from an army advancing northward from Austria. Fears are entertained that hostilities may break out upon the Danube in consequence of the difficul ties between Austria and Prussia. All the foreign journals agree in consider ing war as inevitable. Breadstuff’s and provisions wereadvancing. The closing sales of five-twenty bonds were at G3L which is a little b®low the price ruling in this country. Col. Ralph L. Maclay, late of Harrisburg, and a member of the bar of that city, died at the home of his uncle, Dr. Samuel Maclay, in Milroy, Mifflin county, Pennsylvania on Monday June 11th. Col. Maclaywas a direct descend ant from Hon. Samuel Maclay, the first United States Senator frdm Pennsyl vania, and of "William Maclay, the founder.ofMaclayslpurgjnowNorth Har ' yiaburg. . The President and Congress. ! The Republicans havo for some time been laying the flattering.unction to differences between the Radical G&nser-fati ve-brgnehek bf their party fteVa&ed over, and that thiflday w&sntar at Band [when the lion Vpf the White Hopee would ftlth the 7siea4 dopk*" of the no more ammunition wasted between. them. This comfortable feeling oftheirs has its origin in the fact, which must be bitterly mortifying to Thaddeus Stevens, that jhe gtfllows'and confisca tion [policy he insisted upon has been discarded by the Senate, and njflau less repillßlve Adopted in its stead. *Butal-‘ though the Radicals have come down from tho high horse they rode,with sp and pomp in part of the session, and have made some advances towards the President's policy, there is yet one vital point of difference bbtween him and them. The president insists that the Southern States, being States in theJJnion, are entitled to rep resentation in Congress, upon only one condition, viz: that they present them selves in an attitude of loyalty, and in the persons of loyal Representatives. This condition is imposed by the Con stitution itself, and is to be enforced by Congress, under the authority of the Constitution,' which expressly assigns to each House the right to decide upon the “elections, returns and qualifiea - Horn of its own members;” and, under this clause, Congress may test, by an oath or In any other way, the loyalty of the members who may present them selves for admission to seats. This is the President’s view of the question of Representation. That of Congress, (or rather of the Reconstruction Committee) differs from it in denying the right of States lately in rebellion to representation at all , except upon conditions to be pre scribed by Congress at Us discretion. It assorts over these States plenary, abso lute, unrestricted-power. And it pro poses to assert this power by requiring from the States assent to certain amend ments of the Constitution, as the condi tion of being admitted to representation in Congress. Mr. Raymond, the editor of the New York Times, whose position as a prom inent follower of leading men in Con giess gives him opportunities forknow ing how the wind is setting, does not take a rose-colored view of the prospectß of the Republican party. Writing to his paper from Washington under date of June 10th, and referring to the dif ference between the President and Con gress that we have pointed out, he says: Theoretically this difference between the President and Congress is radical. It touches the principles which lie at the foun dation of our Government. The Committee lms cMubodied it in a bill, which is .now pending in tho House. If prfssod, us it probnbly will bo, by both Houses, it goes to tho President for his signature. I hear members expressing the hope that he will sign it: that, us Congress lias surrendered ho much, Ac will now surrender this for the sake of harmony. They forget that in u mutter of l umlumentnl principle, neither he nor any other man in his position, could possibly sanction by his signature whut he believes to be a distinct and clear departure from the express requirements of the Con stitution. To do so would be to sacrifice consistency, conscience and character.to a desire for harmony; and this President Johnson., certainly, is not likely to do. If the bill is sent to him it will, beyond all i|uestion, bo returned with his objections. Possibly itmuy be passed, notwithstanding his objections.—but this renews the con flict, divides the Union Party and the coun tiy, pieces the President of necessity in an attitude of opposition, and introduces into the Fall canvass an abstract issue, upon which Union candidates who deny the right of representation cannot possibly gain any new strength, and are quite likely to lose suuio of that thev have already. The remedy which Mr. Raymond sug gests in order to rescue this miscalled “Union party” from the perils that en viron it is characteristic of that shilly shally politician. He proposes to do nothing , and thus avoid a quarrel about what shall be done! “Itseems to me,” says lie, “that under these circumstances tbe only way to secure harmony of ac tion where harmony of sentiment can not be expected, is to avoid the issue altogether.” No wonder Stevens is sick. Such letting down as this is enough to kill that bold, bad man, who started out with a firm determination to hang thousands of rebels, confiscate thousands of millions of rebel property, and confer the right of suffrage on every male negro over twenty-one years of age in the whole country, North and South. Of the “bill of admission” reported by the committee and now pending in the House, Mr.. Raymond says : Nothing whatever, of a practical character, is lo be gained by the passage of this bill. It accomplishes nothing—it binds nobody— it establishes no principle—it serves nogood purpose whatever. All it can possibly do is to invoke a new conflict with the Presi dent—elicit a fresh veto, which it will re quire two-thirds of both Houses to over come, and make a new issue for the Fall elections, on theabstractrijpMo/ representa tion, which a good many Union candidates will not care to meet, and which .can have no other effect than to increase the chances of success of Democratic nominees. In spite of the felicitations they have been indulging in, Mr. Raymond,one of the shrewdest among them, sees clearly that the Republicans, like young bears, have a great deal of trouble before them. But we do not agree with him that the passage of the “bill of admission” will “serve no good purpose whatever.” If it should, as he anticipates, have the ef fect “to increase the chances of success of Democratic nominees,” it will serve at least one good purpose, from which unnumbered blessings may flow. More Disunion Schemes. It is now proposed to frame a concur rent resolution binding each House of Congress not to admit any representa tive from any oneof the excluded States until they formally adopt the terms of the proposed amendment. The bill re ported from the committee of fifteen for this purpose would be vetoed. The Constitution makes it the duty of each house to judge of the qualifications of its own members. But in order to put off as long as possible a full and com plete restoration of the Union, the Radi cals propose, in defiance of this consti tutional provision, to give one house a veto on the action of the other. Thus if the proposed concurrent resolution should be adopted, and the House of Representatives should hereafter unani mously agree to admit a member from one of the excluded States, the Senate, by a majority of one vote'only, might prevent his admission. The object of this concurrentresolution is to keep the Southern States out of the Union till after thenextPresid.entialelection. The Radicals feel sure of their power in the Senate. But they fear the effect of next fall's elections upon the House of Rep resentatives, and they want to give the Senate power to veto the action of the House. The rope with which they pro pose to bind the House for years to come, is but a rope of sand, which the House could sunder at pleasure. Soldiers' Convention. The Patriot and Union announces that an informal meeting of the “boys in blue,” from various sections of the State, favorable to the election of Hon. Hiester Clymer, will be held in Harris burg on Thursday, the 28th of this month. Arrangements will then be made for a Clymer Soldiers' State Con vention, to be held thereafter at such time and place as may be determined upon. It is expected and desired that as many as possible of the good repre sentative men among those who have served their country in the field may be present to take the initiative in the movement. ‘The Old Plantation.” A correspondent of the New York, Times , (Republican,) writing Bainbridge, Decatur county, Georgia, | phderdftta JunhAtbAiyes tlie nfeilts | ■of hjfif ft; plaiwtion “fr^imefij 1 hdip reimdned ||i tha'pervice dfahei* old mj|ater. l iils pictdrV of law on m« theold plantation*' with and Fullerton’s occ&unt jrf the suffer ings of poor negroes Yan kee agents of the Freedmen's Bureau exercised authority, and then say whether the freedttiatij staiids 1J need of protection against his late mas ter or against his new found friends.— The corresjßtfpUent sdJ'p jr j . From Newton, Baker countyr whence I last wrote. I came to u place in tola .county called’‘Blowing Cavo, whidh WoWnddby Mr, Daniel Burrow, und is ono of tho'fihest nod best cultivated plantations I have seen since I commenced my tour of observation. There uro eighty hands employed in the culture, and there are close on four hundred acres planted in cotton, with tho due pro portion oi corn,, peas and sugar. All tho crop was as clean as a well tilled garden, the fences in good repair, tbe stock in good care, the cotton blooming, and tho corn commencing to tussel beautifully, Unless something unforeseen occurs, a yield of two hundred and fifty bules, of 450 pounds each, is confidently expected from this place. The hands are ull “ family negroes,” that is, the former slaves of tho proprietor, who were born and reared on the plantation. They are now surrounded by their families and friends, and uro living in the bouses they have.- known from infancy. The men work as diligently as they ever did, from sunrise to sunset, und tbeir gen-' oral conduct is said to be as blameless ns could bo expected from tho samenumberof laborers of any race or color. Their rations are the same as those I havo already de scribed, and their clothing uinple, although the texture of the fabrics of which the jackets and pants are made would compare un favorably with those employed by tho artistes of Broadway. The shoes are good, but cloarlynotof French extraction, and the head gear of males and females bears noro semblanco to the costly monstrosities which fashionable hatters and milliners now im pose on a suffering public. They ullseomud cheerful, looked lorwurd with very pleasur able anticipations to tho realization of their share of tbe crop, and seemed much flatter ed when I told them thut they had their grouudeleanerthanuny Ihudsoeu. I spent some time in the fields while tho hands were at work. I watched theforemun and mana gers and laborers in the performanceoftheir several duties, and I can assure you those who have such torrents of tears to shod over the crushing daily toil, in a broiling sun, of tbe poor African, and the heartless brutality of their task masters, must reserve their briny showers for some other place than this, or any which I havo visited recently. North ern operatives in factories are compelled to work harder than any negroes on the plan tations to which I refer; and the exactions of Northern superintendents of labor, in re gard to the continuity and quality of work, are far more severe limn any 1 have seen here. Now, ft must not be supposed that my visit was expected, and tliut tilings were “fixed” after due rehearsal of all the parts, so ns to make an impression I‘or publica tion. It was a visit of the “family-dinner” order, without any preparation, and I saw men and things as they are from Monday morning to Saturday night. For tho last fifteen or sixteen days, I havo been in the midst of Afrieuns, wheiu tbo population is frequently a hundred negroes to one white, und in some cases double and treble that difference. I have lived and moved among thorn, talked to them freely wherever I went, and heard them talk to each other when they did not believe there wore any “white folks rouud.” During my life I havo traveled a good deal, and “in strange lands have made myself no stranger,” and I can assure you with per fect sincerity, that I have never seen a peasant population nnywheiv, so generally “well-off” as the freedmen in this section of Georgia, who work on tho plantations. So much for the physical condition of a body of negroes who have had the good fortune not to fall into the hands of the rapacious horde of New Eugland “philanthropists” who rushed to the South at the close of the war, ostensi bly to instruct and protect the freedmen, but in reality to plunder and cheat “without respect to color.” Of the mental and moral characteristics and condition of these people, and their fit ness to be invested with the dignity of full-fledged citizensof the United States, the correspondent docs not give a favor able account. If the Times did not en joy an unimpeachable character for loyalty, and if its editor fMr. Raymond) had not repeatedly voted against his own convictions out of regard for or through fear of Mr. Stevens in Congress, we might expect it to be read out of the Republican party by the Express and the Examiner for “speaking disrespect fully” of the moral and intellectual qualities of the race they are so anxious to get on terms of equality with. The correspondent of the Times nay*: No houest man, who tells the truth, after personal observation, can say otherwise than that the mass of the negro population of the South is mentally the lowest order of thehuman creation to be found anywhere. Whether this intellectual incapacity is or is not the result of a condition of Slavery, 1 do not pretend to decide or even to discuss. But the fact is so. Most negroes have imi tative smartness in a greater or less degree. Some are shrewd, nearly all are cunning, but with very rare exceptions I have never seen any whose reasoning faculties were not inferior to those ot the least intellectual white man who was compos mentis. They are the most SL*nsual race in existence. They have less foresight and thrift thun white children of ten years old. Their re ligion consistsexclusively in demonstrative forms. Some oflheir religious ceremonies reminded me ot the howling dervishes of Turkey. The moral restraints—honesty, truth, and the obligations of man to his fel low—they acknowledge, hut rirely observe where they can eseupe detection. But they are kind-hearted, gentle, obedient, depen dent and timid—easily controlled, but as easily imposed upon—aH ignorant ns the mules they drive. Apart from the desire Lo “punish rebels," make them "reap what they have sown,” and generally turn this country into a hell on earth, are the people I have described above lit for the suffrage? Suppose the right to give them the elective franchise in Georgia to be ns clear ns the absence of any such power is admitted, would it be wise or politic to place such a people in the posses sion of the highest attributes of Govern ment? How will the destruction of the South benefit the North? Are the fancied means of retaining political supremacy to be sought at tho sacrifice of every other consideration ? Thero are no people who have a deeper interest in the peace and prosperity of this section than the manu facturers of the North. This is theirgarden and orchard, upon the luxuriance and steady yieldof wliicliiheircoml'ortdepenfis. Let it be made a 1 Tayti or a Jamaica, and what becomes of its fertility? The Sea Islands which have been Jamaicaized for the last four years ought to have taught a lesson as to the consequences of African su premacy. Now, this is the happiest and most prosperous agricultural community I ever saw. Let the Radicals have their way and it will be the most wretched and most unfortunate. Robert M. Magkaw, Esq., died on Wednesday evening, at the New York Hotel, in the city of New York. He was attacked with paralysis on Satur day last "and was not conscious after wards. He had been in rather poor health for some time, aud was attended in his last moments by his brother, Henry S. Magraw, Esq., late of this city, but now residing in Cecil county, and by a son ot the latter. The de ceased was for many years a well-known citizen of Baltimore. He was at one time engaged in the iron trade, but taking much interest in the public, works of the State, he finally became President of the Baltimore and Susque hanna (now Northern Central) railroad, in which capacity he served for several terms, and was, largely instrumental in procuring the necessary legislation and carrying forward the work of its exten sion beyond Harrisburg to Sunbury, Pa., he being, subsequent to the period of his presidency, an active director in the road. Mr. .Magraw was a native of West Nottingham, Cecil county, Mary land. A New York letter makes the gratifying statement that the Govern ment at Washington is using its influ ence on behalf of the Fenian prisoners in the hands of the Canadians, and wi th a fair prospect of success. A corres pondence has already passed between the Governor General and,the State De partment on the Bpbject. We trust our government will succeed in saying the lives, and eventually securing. the 111*; erty, of the brave but. rashtand deluded men who crossed over into Canada Two Plans of BalTatlon. ( ■ Two plans of political salvation Me Alow* sliding In Coiwress. One of the of jibassfl the Senate A Friday last, ancp ahe c* sulSHfcti JHoustf' Son MfodSy BkMr. Seile^ >f pfflnsyE? frantu The|BenatasplanSj lassadi thij#* “pody by a vdjjß of tuty-tn ee mas berinpresent' votmgfor It except Messrs. Cowan, Doolittle, Norton and Van Winkle, who voted against it. The yeas, nays and absentees were as fol* i, Anthony, Conness, Cregln, Cressweil, Edmunds, Fear senden, Foster, Grimes, Harris,‘HOfidefebnT' Howard, Howe, KifkwtxxL&ane, ]Of Indi ana, Lnno bf Kansas, Morgan, Morrill, Nye, Poland, Pomeroy,-RamseyJ3berroan, Sprague, Stewart, Sumner, Trumbull, wade, Willey,Williams,'Wilson and Yates —BB, ■ Nays—Messrs. Cowuu, Davis, Doolittle, Guthrie, HendrlekH, Johnson, MopougaU, Norton, Riddle, S&ulsbhry and Tan win kle—ll/ * i . Messrs. Quckalew, Brown, Dix on, Nesmith and Wright—s. The Joint resolution ns it passed tho Sen ate reads ns follows: : ' ' Resolved , By tbo Senate and Honse of Representatives of the United. States of America, In Congress assembled, two-thirds of both Houses concurring, that tho follow ing article be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which when ratified by threo-fourths of tho Uegls tures, shall be valid as part oi tho -Consti tution, namely: ARTICLE FIFTV. Kection 1. All persons born or natural ized in tho United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of tho Uni ted States andjof theJStates wherein they re side. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge tho privileges or immunities of citizens oftheUnited States ; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty or property, without duo pro cess of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction tho equal protection of the laws. Sec. 'Z. Representatives shall be appor tioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting In dians not taxed. But whenever the right to vote at auy election for tho choice of elec tors for President und Vico President, rep resentatives in Congress, executive and judicial oflicers or members of tho legisla tures thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of uge and citizens of tho United vStates, or in any way abridged, excopt for participation in rebellion or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the num ber of such male citizens shall be to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one 3 r ears of age in such State. Skc. 3. That no person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or Elector of President and Vice President, or hold unv office, civil or military, under the Uni ted States, or under an}' State, who, having previously takeli an oath as a member of Congress or as an officer of tho United States or usa member of any State Legislature, or as an Executive or judicial officer of any State, to support tho Constitution of the United States, shall havoengaged in insur rection or rebellion against the laws, or giv en aid or comfort to tho enemies thereof.— But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disabilities. Seo. 4. Tho validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, in cluding debts incurred for payment of pen sions and bounties for services in suppress ing insurrection and rebellion, will not be questioned, but neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrec tion or rebellion against tho United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of nuy slave, but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void. Sec. 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce by appropriate legislation the pro visions ot this article. This plan does not propose to the States to extend the right of suffrage to the negroes; but where it is with held from them, they are not to be counted in adjusting the basis of repre sentation. Thus, if there are in Penn sylvania one hundred and twenty thousand negroes of both sexes and of all ages, weshould, under th,eprovisions of this amendment, either have to lose one member of Congress and one vote in tbe Electoral College, or confer the right of suffrage upon all male negroes over twenty-one years of age. The third section is rather sweeping in Us imposition of disabilities, and is especially objectionable as requiring a two-tbirds vote of each House of Con gress to remove such disabilities. A stronger color of equal, exact and im partial justice would be given to it If it were made to apply also to such men as Sumner and Chase, who, after taking an oath to support the Constitution, committed moral treason by aiding and abetting resistance to the execution of its plainest provisions. The fourth section may be all ught. It certainly is so far as it guards against a repudiation of the debt of tbe United States. But will it be effectual to pre vent the payment of any debt contract ed in aid of the rebellion ? Suppose one of the late “Confederate States,” dis regarding this constitutional provision, (in ilnitatiou of the example of certain Northern States in relation to the ren dition of fugitives from labor,) docs actually pay a debt contracted in aid of the rebellion, what then ? Would such action on her part be followed by a new 7 amendment to the constitution, reduc ing her to the condition of a “ conquer ed province” which would need to be “reconstructed” a second time? It strikes us that if the Southern people choose to 2 >uni sh themselves by paying their war debts, we might as well let them do it. We can’t think of any better way to “make treason odious” among the taxpayers of that section. The second plan, which was offered in the House on Monday by Mr. Kelley, is as follows: Whereas, As the eleven States, which lately- formed the so-called Confederate States of America, are without tlielr practi cal relations to the Union, and canuot be fully restored or reinstated in the same without the action of Congress ; therefore, Section 1. lie in enacted, etc., That the eleven States lately in rebellion may form valid State governments in the following manner: Snc. 2. The State governments now exis ting, though formed in tho midst of martial law, and though in many instances their Constitutions were adopted under duress und not submitted to the people for ratifi cation, are hereby acknowledged as valid governments for municipal purposes. Sec. 3. The President shall direct the Go vernors of the said eleven States, which lately formed the so-called Confederate States of America, to call conventions onor before the first day of January, 1567, for the formation of State Constitutions, and to enable the electoral people of the several States aforesaid, to choose delegates to the said Conventions. Tho Governor or Chief Executive of said States shall order an election to be held on a day to be fixed by him, for members of a convention to frame a constitution for said Statej which said con stitution shall be submitted t 6 a vote of the people of said State in acdordunce with the provisions hereinafter contained, and, if ratified by a majority of tho legal voters as hereinafter described, shall 1 o declared to be the constitution of said State. Sec. 4. The persons who shall be entitled to vote at said elections shall be all persons irrespective of color, who shall have resided in the State six months prior to said elec tion, are twenty-one years of age. and can read the constitution of the United States. Sec. 5. No constitution from any of said States shall be presented to or actedon by Congress; which shall deny to any.person, irrespective of color or previous condition, equal liberty and rights before the IdW, in cluding the rights of suffrage as herein before enacted. Sec. 6. Whenever the foregoing conditions shall have been complied with and the amendments to the Constitution adopted by Congress since the rebellion the people of the States aforesaid, shall have been ratified by any of said States, the representatives#!' snch State: may present its Constitution to Congress, and if the same shall be approved by Congress, said State shall be declared entitled to tho rights and privileges and im munities, and be subject to all the obliga- r tions ana liabilities of a State within the Union, and thereupon a general amnesty shall be declared by the President to all persons residing in .said State who have offended against the authority, dignity, and peace of the United States in the recent re bellion; • ■ • This Is the ! Greeley programme of “Impartial suffrage, and. general am nesty.” Under it the Southern whites are held to l?e unfit for participation in the, country or any , part thereof* sot tong as they irefUse to pUt themselves ion a level with the : blacks. But the moment they bathe in the same pool with* the negro/ of rebellion arewashed away 1 ahd'they are tote admitted to pojitical lonship with the loyal. Their saviour tajttfraegroand through him alone can IHtey into the Unipn! ,Wor aught that appears in it to the IcgPVyi this plancotitorigesAe e x-: tgWlQn of the right of sufilße riot dhly tgcdth colors, but also tobwh sexeiut irads like the concoction ioJ~a conyßn> tto^g|jj^ e &k-minded 'fflmecrWomen. It givSfl the right to XQte to'“all persons , irrespective of colOiT 7 and seemingly irrespective of sex, who '• are twenty-one years of age and can read the Constitution of the shining,,lights. ,a P , H °W®fl r eel,eyMd Antho ny, William D, .Kelley and:Anna Dick inson, Joha.W.,Forney and Jane G. Swlsshelm; hut, their united Influence, Btrong as it is, will hardly be sufltoient to secure Its adoption. - , Woman's 'Eight to, Wear' Breeches. A woman flourishing under the "name, style and' title" of "Mrs. Dr. Major Walker," who Is said to have gained some celebrity In' the late war as a surgeon and nurse in the army, was arrested In, New York city, a few days ago, for the light and trifling offence of wearing breeches! tho'policeman who mado tho arrest must be the worst sort of a hen-pecked husband 1 The case came up before the Police Commissioners ou Wednesday, when Madam the Major came lnto court wear ing a style of dress which has received, at dress conventions and in water-cure circles, the title of the " American cos tume,” and isalso called the " Bloomer" dfess. The suit was of fine black broad • cloth, and consisted of a dress or gown gathered at the waist in the manner of ordinary dresses, and a skirt reaching thence a little below the knees. Under this was worn pantaloons of the same material, loosely fitting the limbs, and open at the feet as in the male attire. The whole appearance of the dress is said by the admiring reporter of the World to have been very suggestive of convenience, ease of motion, and per- sonal neatness. Quite a collection of people, interested and by chance attendant, were present. After disposing of some previous cases which had been before the Board, Mrs. Walker came forward at the request of Commissioner Acton, and said: I am stopping in New York for a few weeks, but ao not reside here. I have worn this style of dress for a good many years. Some seven or eight years ago was my fivit appearance in New York with it; I then went over a great part of the city and was always treated with the greatest respect by all the police* men, they always giviug me informa tion which I desired, and aiding me in every way. I have been here several times 9ince. Four years ago I spent a number of weeks here, and four or five other ladies wearing the same style of dress were with me at the same time. We went over nearly all the streets of the city, at different times, unmolested and assisted by the police, as before. I have been here every year since. There were a number of lady students here dressed in this style, whom I knew; and some of the costumes were even four or five inches shorter than my own. The reasons of our wearing dresses of this style were these: Long dresses were so very uncomfortable and inconvenient that it was impossible to go up stairs without wiping the filth from the stairs. In the streets our clothes became so filthy, in consequence of their length, that they had to be changed every time we went out; and not only this, but we deemed it impos sible to wear hoops in the street, when the wind and avoid exposing the limbs. In the United States a great many ladies have worn this style for the same reasons. We have had con ventions, where we have discussed this subject, and if numbers give a criuse re spectability this certainly is so. Aside from the inconvenience of the other dress, and its immodesty—we could not go up into Bunker Hill Monument or the dome of the Capitol with it—we wear it for its healthfulness. I am a physi cian. I graduated in 1855, and have been engaged since, in civil practice be fore the war commenced, and in the United States service afterward. Have met a large number of the first men and the most refined ladies in the land who have received me into their society and treated me with respect. I have been at thePresident'sreception many times, and have dined with officers of the gov ernment and their wives repeatedly. During the past winter, I have boarded at a house where two Generals and their wives boarded, and members of Con gress, and have received all the atten tion that ladies receive. I wish it understood that I wearthisstyle of dress from the highest, the purest, aDd the noblest principle, and I believe that if there is anything that a woman receives from heaven, it 19 the right to protect herself morally; and with the present style of dresß, there are circumstances where Bhe cannot do it. Within my professional knowledge there have been cases brought to ray notice, where, if ladies could have had it fashionable to be dressed in this style, their moral reputations would have been saved. Not three weeks since, .the widow of an attorney, a man of reputation and of honor, and she one of the most reputa ble ladies that the country affords, is to-day so impaired in health by her ef forts to save her reputation in the pres ent style of dress that she is scarcely able to sit up in bed. She succeeded, but it was by • giving up her style of dress. And I say that, in this Repub lican country, if a woman has not the right to dress in such a way that she can protect herself morally, as long as she has not so much physical strength as man, every effort should be used for her protection. This country is not so filled with,moraUty that any woman who tries to live a high and nobJe life should be compelled by a cduple of po licemen to put on the loDg dress and live just as they say she should live. This statement was followed by some sharp sparring between the “Major” and the counsel for the policeman, in the course of which it was clearly shown that the “Major” had a .tongue of. her own as well as trowsere. The case wound up as follows —the “Major” achieving a complete victory, routing the enemy, not only “horse, foot and dragoons,” but also coat, vest and panta loons!— Commissioner ActOn —As I understand the case, this lady was taken to the sta tion house to protect her from thecrowd. No complaint was made against her. I consider, madam, that you have.asgood a right to wear that clothing as I have to wear mine, and he haa no more right toarrestyou for itjthan he has me. But if you were creating a disturbance, and there was ajmob gathered there,he would be justified in removing you. He was fearful you would be insulted. Mrs. Walker— Why didn’t he let me go my own way ? Mr. Acton—You are smarter than most ladies in the city ofNew York. I would have had no hesitation in letting you go your own way—you could fight your own way—but he thought you a weak woman needing protection. (To the policeman.) Let her go, she can take care of herself. Never arrest- her figain ! (Loud laughter,) . State School Superintendent, The Harrisburg Telegraph says that Hon. Charles R. Coburn, lately re-ap pointed Superintendent of Common Schools, will continue in office until some time before the expiration of the term of Governor 1 Curtin, when Prof.' Wickersham, Prihcipal of the Normal SchoolatMillersviile, will take hisplace. This arrangement is'th'e result of a mu tual agreement bfetWeen the parties. The Telegraph adverts to Mr. Wicker sham’s as a man of letters and an experienced educator,” and adds that — Between he and Mr. Coburn the most friendly relations have ever existed, and while the friep.ds of each pressed their pecu liar claims for the position of State Super intendent, both maintained that high appre ciation and respect for each other which their friends haa a right to expect from men of their virtues, talents and good breeding. Bergner promised to “ make copfler headism howl.” don’t Mh ‘"Wlck&rtfliratir howl, Jhe (Mr. tf.'), riiMt Ranting for tlie memory of Ximdley Murray. THE STATE FLAGS. frofframme of tbe Grand Celebration g\ .bn tbe coming’ Foartlt of July. Capiilijfcteoflp panted tohaqkb arrangemeiitp grand celolitation dfi fe IftprUvpf July nefct tho otjjact being e ttceptfon of jsie Spae Flags#- met .in le&i Coonc|l jjPhamtipr, Phihulelphlp, jFrlday<3jurtr\ ty' / V ,ir Brevet Brigadier-General Harry White in the Chair/ After the calling of the roll the minutes of the previous meeting were read and ap proved. 1 General Lyndale, on behalf of the Com* btfTranßportatlon; reported tliat the ivarious railroads fhad 'agreed'toitransport free of expense the color bearers and color 'guards. The tickets to tho number of 2,225 had been placed ift the 1 hands of General Negley, 1 Chairman. 1 1 Mr. van Clove announced’that on Thurs day, under ofthorulos In edoli branch of 'CUy Councils, on appropriation of $lO,OOO had boen unanimously ogreed to, and had been ratified by the Mayor. The Committee of Finance reported, through [General Joshua T. Owen, that at least $15,000 will be needed toeover'tho ox ponses of the celebratlori. General Harry White,, on behalf of tho Committee appointed to invite President Johnson, the members of the Cabinet, and Lieutenant-General Grant to bo present, roported that tho respective gentlemen had been individually invited, and that all of them had given good reason to show that they would honor us with their presenceon that occasion. Ho had no doubt Lieuten ant-General Grant would bo present. Colonel P. C. EUmaker, Chairman of the Sub-Committee of Arrangements, reported asjfollows: Philadelphia, June 10, ISM.—To Gen eral Henry Whiter Chairman, etc.: The un dersigned, on behalf of the sub-committees representing tho several Military Divisions of tho State to make arrangements for the presentation of the Stato colors to his Ex cellency, Governor Curtin, on tho Fourth of July next, beg leave respectfully to re port that the arrangements havo been, as far as practicable, matured, and in making them tho Committee have endeavored to conform to tho views of the General Com mittee. as expressed in their proceedings on the 12tn ult. They are as follows, viz: 1. Tho Cqlor Bearers and Color Guards will bo transported free of charge on the different railroads.’ On their arrival in this city they will report to tills committee at the City Armory, Broad Street, near Race, where the colors will be deposited, and the Guard relieved by a proper detail. The Committee will also be prepared to assign to the Color Bearers ana Guards from tho interior comfortable quarters during their stay in tho city. 2. On tho morning of the Fourth a proces sion will be formed under tho direction of Major-General Winfield S. Hancock, on Broad street, tbe right resting on Arch street, at such hour as ho may designate, in the following order: ADVANCE GUARD. Mounted Policemen. Band. Henry Guards, Capt. Spear. COMMANDING OFFICER AND STAFF. Mounted Officers not on duty with trooos. Band. Dismounted Officers not on duty with troops Washington Artillery, of Pottsvllle. Nutionul Light Infantry, of Pottsville. Ringgold Light Artillery, of Reading. Logau Guards, of Lowlstown, and Alleu Infantry, of Allentown. These being the first troops to pass through Baltimore ou their way to Washington, when that capital was supposed to be in danger, at tho commencement of the Re bellion in 1801. Regiments and detachments ns follows 1. Infantry. 2. Artillery. 3. Cavalry. MAJOR GENERAL MEADE AND STAFF, Invalid Officers in Carriages. Band. Colors and Color Guards, excepting those which accompany regiments or detach ments. United States Troops in tbe vicinity. United States Marines. Ills Excellency Governor Curtin and Stciff, in Carriages. .SOLDIERS’ ORPHANS. 1. Females in ambulances. 2. Band. 3. Males on foot. Delegation of Firemen in full Equipments, with tho ChicfEngineer and Assist ants as a GUARD OF HONOR. PENNSYLVANIA MILITIA. MILITARY ACADEMIES AND SCHOOLS. Organizations, composed of members who have served in the held during the late war. Officers to take post according to the rank of which they wear the insignia. Officers in citizens’ dress to take post on the loft of those of the same rank in uniform. Color guards, regiments and detachments to take part in numerical order in their respective arms of the servicq. Mounted officers to move in' “columns of fours.’’ The dis mounted officers to move in sections of nine (9). The colors to movo three abreast, that is, the color rank of three regiments to move abreast. Whcu there are more than three representatives of a color guard pre sent, they will take post as prescribed in tho Revised United States Army Regula tions. Regiments and detachments of over nine (9) men to carqy their colors with them. Officers have been selected to command respectively the cavalry, artillery, infantry, ana militiu, and wilL be announced in order by the commanding officer. The procession will move at lOJo’clock, A. M., precisely, over the following Down Arch street to Twelfth, down Twelfth street to Chestnut, down Chestnut street to Second, down Second street to Walnut, and up Walnut street to Indepen dence square. I 7. On the arrival of the head of tho col umn at this point, a Governor’s salute'of fifteen guns will be fired in Washington square, by detachments from the First, Sec ond and Third regiments•ofartillery, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel James Brady. 8. On entering the square, the General- Commanding, the officers not on duty with troops, .Major-General Meade and Htaff, his Excellency, Governor Curtin and Staff, and the soldiers’ orphans, preceded by a band, will lake the advance, and as soon as they arolnposition on tho stand, will bo followed by the color-bearers and guards, including those of regiments and detachments. The remninlngbodies will then enter the square. 1). The ceremonies in the square will be as follows, viz.: 1. Music-Triumphal March, Mendelssohn. Professor Birgfieid’s Band. 2. Prayer by Rev. Thos. Brainerd, D. D. 8. “The Star Spungled, Banner,” by ttuo Handel and Haydn Musical Society, who have kindly volunteered their services, accompanied by Birgfield’s Band. •1. Presentation of colors to Gov. Curtin, by Major General George G. Meade. 5. Reply by his Excellency. G. Music—Hallelujah—Handel—-Professor Birgficld’s Band. 7. Thanks to Almighty God for.victory and return of peace by Rev. Wm. R. Gries, late Chaplain in the army. 8. “ Old Hundred,” by the Handel and Haydn Society. 9. CoWnation March—Meyerbeer—Profes sor Birgfield’s Band. 10. Benediction, Right Rev. Bishop Simp- son . 11. At the close of the ceremonies m the Square, a National Salute will be fired by the Battery in Washington Square, and the Colors will be deposited in Sansom Street Hail, the use of which has been tendered by the proprietors. 11. The invited guests not participating in the procession will assemble in the Cham - bors of Select and Common Councils at 10 o’clock A. M. 12* Staging in tho form of Ampitheater will be erected( in Independence Squaresuf ficiently copacdous; to accommodate about six thousand persons. rThe committee will be compelled, however,"to issue tickets for the various sections, in order to give places' to the invited guests, the “Children of the Commonwealth,” and tho ladies who have given a father, a husband, a son, orabroth er to the cause of the Union, 13. In addition to the invitation by a Spe cial Committee, to the President of the Uni ted States, to the members of his Cabinet, and to Lieutenant .General Grant; by his Excellency, Gov. Curtin, to the Governors of States, and tho Managers of the various Institutions provided r&r the Orphans of Soldiers; ana by the General committee to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the State, vour Com mittee‘have invited the following bodies and individuals to be present at the cere mony: His Honor the Mayor of the city. The Presidents and Members of Select and Common Councils of the City of Phila delphia. AlLOfficers who commanded Brigades, Di visions, or Corps, in which Pennsylva nia Troops served. The Officers of the Cooper Shop and Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloons and the Ladies formerly connected therewith. The Officers of all organizations in the State which raised Regiments or contributed to the filling up of tho ranks of the Army during the War. The Officers .and Members of the Society of the Cincinnati. The Survivors of the War of 1812, The Officers of the Scott Legion. The Officers and Members of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion,. The Officers of the Navy and of the Marine Corps <>n duty here. : The Officers of the Soldiers’, and Sailors!; Home. ,i The President of the Senate and SpeAkerpf 1 the House, and Members of both Hous l *'* es of the United States Congress. The Judiciary of the State of Pennsylvania, The Judges of the Eastern and Western Districts of the United States District Courts otTatosylvanii. The Justices of the Soprano Court of tho i United ;fi&tes.. * _Th© pontons .lilcladacHn th&nhovo sched- at ts|'?Gtimxnon Council fnambte, oothe evening woril Bearer. ‘ ' li-rFitz James Evans.iYork, G.'Warden. E—C. F. Porter, G, BonUnel. HERENADI.NU. The iUnggoldjGornot Band of Readlng'on ‘ Tuesday afternoon seronuded Hon.Georgo Sanderson, our worthy Mayor, andplnyed some fine airs. His Honor addressed, tho. Band in u very neat impromptu speech from tho steps of the City Hull, thanking, them for tho unexpected treat they had given to him. He said tnat if was gratify ing to know;thathe had some 1 place lnt\iouf-' fections of his follow-citizens, and that It‘ was peculiarly so to' him to have a'Visit from a band ot music from Reading, for if w there was any place that; ho liked best, next to Lancaster, it was Reading and Berks couuty. He added* that they visited this* city for tho purpose of making n display creditable to all concerned.’ That the insti-’ tution of Masonry was. founded oif the best-, of principles and was ulmost coeval .vyiili. time Itself, and ho wgs glad to know iLat it , is in a most prosperous condition In Lan caster nnd everywhere else over thq coun try. All were glad to see our visitors aiiU' all feel fhexjity honored by ibeir preaeneb' 1 amongst us. It is our duty to extend all courtesy and leave nothinfftmdone to make the stay pleasant and .agreeable to. theih and to ourselves. Ho wound up by thank ing thorn‘from tho bottom of his heart*, hoping and trusting that their to Lmvt .. caster might be long remembered aqd;j said if they should again visit us,all. tho cour r tesy possible will boextenJed to them. Tho Mayor begged taboexebSel for his brevity stating that being takeh hrmwaros, he'b’ad no time to prepare a speech/ Tho Band 1 was accompanied by Sir Knights Morton, Hbf-f -fedityand Relchback, of Do Molay Com mandery, Reading. During the evening Philby’s Cornet Hand 1 from York serenaded the Mayor at bis resi-* r dence, Messrs. the croßS' the l insoriptiob " Ttihoi' Sigivi •f'"ineeir 1 ‘ Ijelow “Non nobis IMhiKe turn- noli [ ij icd norttine tuo dd OtlVer hafti’erß Wra haffhlatlt. a«,a ItaliVwhjiei ,':wi' of the Cqnxmanier|e?',Vy dj! ithqyj y!ars ovfned,,lettered .thereon!, ; A together vtha impression upon tho outside );world) .whinh thsparade certainly made) yi’ak'bodWVerat hlothkt: We'heard'many wc'htoy frfttaSiib' Express their intentions "to ja 'hl'theOfaeh; if possible, and we also heard ladle* freely