WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6,1860
The printing presses snail be free to every
person who undertakes to examine the pro
ceedings of the legislature, or any branch oi
Government; and no law shall ever be maae
o restrain the right thereof. The free commu
nication of thought and opinions is one or the
Invaluable rights of men; and every citizen
may freely speak, write and print on any sub
ject; being responsible for the abuse of that
liberty. In prosecutions for the publication of
papers Investigating the official conduct of'offi
cers, or men in public capacities, or where the
matter published Is proper for publlo Informa
tion, the truth thereof may be given in evi
dence.”
FOR GOVERNOR:
Hon. HIEBTEB CLYMER, of Berks Co,
To the Democracy and National I'nlon
Conservative Men of the City and
County of Lancaster.
AU voters opposed to negro suffrage,
negro equality, the disunion, destructiye
policy of Tbaddeus Stevens, and tho revo
lutionary measures of the present fanuti
cal Cong ess; and who are in favor of
tho restoration policy of President John
son, .the Declaration of Principles of the
National Union Convention, recently
assembled in Philadelphia, and tho
election of the only candidate lor
Governor who represents those principles,
Hiostor Clymer—are requested to meet in
tho several wards of tho city and boroughs
and in tho townships of the county on Sat.
ui'dav, the Bth ol September, to elect not
less than throe nor more than five del* gates
to represent each district in a general Coun
ty Convention, to bo held on Wednesday,
tho 12th day of September, at Fulton Iluil,
in the city of Lancaster, for the purpose of
nominating a ticket to be supported at the
ensuing October election.
The officers of tho Clubs will give early
notice of the time and place of meeting for
election of delegates.
By order of the Democratic County Com
mittee.
ANDREW J. STKINMAN,
B. J. McGuann, Sec. Chairman.
Democratic Meetings.
Democratic meetings will be held as l'ol-
At BninorsvUlo, Warwick township, Fri
day evening, September 7th.
At the Dry Tavern, Brecknock town
ship Saturday, September Ml).
Smith’s Drove, Pro vide nro township,
Saturday, September Mb. at 12 o'clock M.
QuarryviHe, Eden township. Saturday,
September 1.7 th., at 10 o’clock A. M.
Henry Plasterer's Tavern, Penn town
ship, Saturday evening,September Nth.
White Hall, Bart township, Thursday
evening, September 13lh.
Penn Jlill, Fulton township, Thursday
evening, September 27th.
A number of speakers will be present at
each of these meetings.
Letter from Mr. Becchcr.
Henry Ward Reus her has always been
regarded as one of the most brilliant
luminaries of the Republican party.
Ho was, indeed, one of its founders, and
lie has talked, lectured, preached and
written more for il than any other man
in the country. His church in Brook
lyn was one of the principal recruiting
stations of the Kansas Kmigrant Aid
Society, where preaching of the gospel
was mingled with praises of Sharpe’s
rifles and Dupont's powder.
During the war, Mr. Beecher gave
tone to the whole “ loyal” pulpit of the
country. He had his clerical imitators
in every city, town and village in the
North, and through them lie exercised
an inllueneeoverall their congregations.
No other man in the Union, not even
excepting Hoiace Greeley, had so large
a share in moulding and intensifying
the anti-slavery sentiment which de_
veloped itselfin the last liftecn years,
II is appeals were addressed to the religi
ous feelings and sentiments of earnest
church members, a cPass who no doubt
always reason conscientiously, hut still
are not more apt than other people to
reason aright. Upon these he made a
strong impression, carrying them by
thousands into the Republican ranks,
and inspiring them with his own active''
zeal in the anti-slavery cause.
Mr. Beecher having accomplished tlu*
object he had so long and steadily kept
in view and labored so earnestly to ef
fect, the Abolition of Slavery, has cast
out the spirit of hostility to the South
that formerly seemed to animate him,,
and is now advocating the policy of for
giveness and conciliation. He lias writ
ten a letter expressing his “ hearty wish
for the success of all conventions, of
what party soever, whose object is tlu*
restoration of all the States late in re
bellion to their Federal relations.” "We
prii.’t this letter in anoLher column,
and we venture to express the hope
that it will be read by ail our Republi
can preachers ami all their Republican
parishioners, so that they may know
the present views of tin; great political
and religious teacher they have followed
The Heads Falling.
The work of decapitation is fairly be
gun by the authorities at Washington,
and radical heads by the scorearetumb
ling into the basket. The President lias
borne long and patiently with the faith
lessness and treachery to the Union of
the men who have been fattening on the
spoils of ollicc for the past live years,
but forbearance any longer would be
faithlessness to the solemn obligations
resting upon him to protect and defend
the Union and the Constitution, lie
lias accordingly commenced the good
Work of reform, and we trust that he
will not rest until a general purgation
Is accomplished In every borough, city
and county of this and other Common
wealths. If the incumbents of otllce
cannot or will not sustain the Kxceu
tlve policy, hut persist in thwarting all
his leading measures for the public
good, then we conceive it to be his duty,
lor the beM interests of the country, to
romove them from positions of power
and trust, and thus liuiitLhoiriulluenee
for evil. Mr. Johnson will-be held re
sponsible by the American people for
the faithful performance of the high
trust with which he lias been invested
by their act and by the Constitution,
and it is his bouuden duty to see to it
that his subordinates in office sustain
liim in carrying out the wishes of Uie
people.
We tire, therefore, gratified that the
President has at length commenced the
good work in earnest. It is what the
people have long since desired, and
he will he abundantly sustained.
Let the Augean stable he thoroughly
purged. Let the axe be vigorously
applied until every disunionist is
driven from place and power, and
the whole country will applaud the act
and say, "well done, thou gooil and
faithful servant ” of the people, thy re
ward will he in the warm-hearted af
fections of a grateful and indulgent con
stituency.
Dean Richmond, one of the busiest po
litical Lrieksters that ever plotted mischief,
and a slunly supporter of “my policy,”
died m New York yesterday, lie was an
unscrupulous politician, a hard worker aL
irautl, and the country at large sutlers no
loss by his death.
-The above is clipped from the Har
risburg Telegraph, which is owued by
that vile Hessian, George Bergner and
edited by the unprincipled, sueaiting
besotted blackguard and wretch, Wien
Forney, who, for money, will thus de
fame the memory of one of the most
eminent und successful business men
this country Ims ever produced. A more
degrading specimen of muuhood than
this Forney cannot be found upon the
face of the earth, and a “ whip should
be placed In every honest man’s hand
to lash him naked round the world.”
Mrs. Major Wllllamß, formerly Mrs.
Stephen A. Douglas, will not be.able to
attend the ceremonies of laying thecor
ner stone of the Douglas monument.
The two Bons of the late Senator will be
present.
Blester Clymer.
Our glorious candidate for Governor
is vindicating the wisdom of the Con
vention that put him in nomination.
He is making the most thorough and
the most brilliant canvass ever made in
Pennsylvania. It is but two weeks
since he opened the campaign at West
Chester, and yet in this brief period his
clarion voice has rang out the battle-cry
of the Constitution and the Union along
the Bhores of the Delaware, up the
banks of the Susquehanna, on the top
of the Alleghenies and in the vallies of
the Youghiogheny and the Mononga
hela. On Monday he spoke at Somer
set, on Tuesday at Uniontown, on
Wednesday at Waynesburg; and to
day he speaks at Washington, to-mor
row at Beaver, on the bank of the Ohio,
and on Saturday at Newcastle. In this
one week’s work we have a sample of
all the rest. When It is remembered
that tho points above mentioned are not
connected by railroad, and that Mr.
Clymer has to travel from thirty to fifty
; miles every day by private conveyance
the magnitude of his self-imposed task
will be appreciated.
It might with reason be feared that
a candidate who undertook to do so
much speaking and so much traveliug,
would break down before the end of the
campaign. Even those best acquainted
with Clymer’s mental and physical
powers of endurance—those who best
knew what he had the courage to at
tempt and the ability to perform—-were
not without anxiety when they read
over his unparalleled list of appoint
ments. But the result thus far indicates
that C'lymer’s confidence in his own
ability to perform this prodigious labor
was not misplaced. Our advices from
the points he has spoken at represent
him as going through with his work
triumphantly. He is speaking with
great power to large assemblages of hi 8
fellow-citizens. His arguments are
sinking deej) in the public mind, and
his eloquence is stirring up a degree of
enthusiasm such as has not been wit
nessed formauy years in Western Penn
sylvania.
Go on, noble champion of the Right j
Your reward will be a great common
wealth redeemed from the rule of the
corrupt and the imbecile, and a glorious
Union rescued from the deadliest peril.
The Lancaster County Appointments.
The following Federal appointments
for Lancaster County are announced :
Jay ('ADWKf.r., Esq,, to be Postmaster of
tins City rice John .1. Cochran, Esq., remov
ed.
Mattiikw M. Stuh’Kl.kr, Esq., Colum
l>i;i, lo he Collector of Internal Revenue for
this'District, vice Alex. JI. Hood, Esq., re
moved.
Davis A. Buow.v, Esq., of Fulton twp.,
to lie Assessor of Revenue, vice J. K. Alex
ander, Esq., removed.
These gentlemen are all Johnson Re
publiejuisand warmly supportthemeas
ures and restoration policy of the Ex
ecutive. We think they will make effi
cient, courteous aud obliging officers.
The out* are, and always have been,
devoted friends of Thaddeus Stevens-
They had, therefore, no mercy to expect
from President Johnson.
The appointees were all applicants for
the positions .assigned them, and this
‘stamps with infamy the falsehood so
industriously circulated by the Radical
• press of this city that these offices 14 went
a begging,"and t.hat prominent Republi
cans were importuned to take them, but
indignantly spurned thepiofiered bribe.
The truth of the matter is, that these
lucrativp offices were eagerly sought for
by several aspirants, and the attempt
was made by certain prominent indi
viduals'in this city to obtain them uu
der the false pretence of being Johnson
men, when it is well known that they
are Radicals of the worst stamp, and
will continue, as they have done in the
past, to act and vote with IStevens and
lii.s faction.
Keep Cool.
Tlie ltadical Abolition press of this
<• i13- are in a terrible stew about tile l'e
moval of Messrs. Cuclirau, Hood and
Alexander, and are saying ail manner
of naughty tilings about Messrs. Cad
well, Striekler and Brown, the new ap
pointees to the Federal offices. Softly,
gentle sirs, these troubles will occasion
ally spring up in the best regulated
families; and if President Johnson
chooses to put out llepublicuns of the
Tliad. .Stevensstripe, and put in Repub
licans of his own way of thiuking, we
do not see why anybody should have
reason to complain. The three decapi
ated gentlemen will have to hear the
loss of their official heads with as much
philosophy as possible, and us to their
successors, we have no doubt the public
will he quite as well served in the future
as it lias been In the past four or five
years. We trust, therefore, thatourcon
temporarics will save their breath to
cool their porridge, and no longer waste
it upon tlie desert air. The deed is done,
and cannot be undone by all the bluster
and abuse of our neighbors. It was
consummated by tlie President of their
own choice, and they should exhibit a
diHorent spirit than tlie one they have
been doing for a day or two past, and
not vent their spleen also at the Demo
crats who had neither lot nor partin
bringing about tlie rupture in the Re
publican party.
Tlio lilitli Congress.
Tlie licentious extravagance of this
body exceeds any filing tliat over dis
graced the history of tlie American Re
public. It is hard to determine which
of its jolis ami prolligulouets Is the worst.
Tlie Boston l'<ml thinks that tlie small
est tiling it lid was striking out tlie
moderate sum proposed for repairs and
furnishing of I In- “resident's house, to
show their spite and malignity towards
tlie present occupant. They took good
care, however, to unconstitutionally ad
vance their own pny sixty-six per cent,
over what they had agreed to serve their
constituents for when they were elect
ed, to date hack from tlie commence
ment of tlie session. More barefaced
robbery of tlie public treasury wasuever
known in any civilized country, ami
yet these hold peculators and dishonest
■scoundrels have tlie unblushing impu
dencc to go before the people and ask
their constituents to sustain them !
Could bra/.en-iaeed citron tery go farther?
Corn cues Wexm:,.,,, t l lc > corrupt, dis
lonesL and unprincipled p„l., Uu printer of
the Bucn,man Administration, lias been
appointed to the same position b v UioWilkns
Booth President.—iieUfioo/ .l.nlrmU
Tlie Radical papers lie in small things
as well as in great. Wendell lias been
appointed Superintendent of Public
Printing, an oiliee lie did not hold un
der tlie Buchanan Administration. Mr.
Bucliauan’s first' Superintendent of
Printing was General Bowman, who
resigned tlie office after holding it two
or three years, on being elected pri liter
to the United Stutus Senate; and ills
second ami hist was John Heart, who
succeeded Bowman und held the office
till the'close of Mr. Buchanan’s Ad
ministration.
Wo bolieve there was no public prin
ter, properly so called, in Washington
during Mr. Buchanan’s Administration.
Bach house of Congress elected its own
printer, and the Executive department
.bestowed their printing upon whom
they pleased. There is no publicprlnter
in Washington now. The Government
owns the Printing Office and pays all
employed In it, from the Superintend
ent down to the “ devil,” Wonder what
Ue the Journal will tell next.
“The Light Brigade.”
Forney sports the title of Coionel,
which heiß very fond of printing before
his name in the Press. We suppose it
indicates his rank in the “Bread and
Butter Brigade.” He has been in that
branch of the public service about long
enough to have attained a Colonelcy
under the army regulation of promotion
accordingtoseniority. Governor Porter
dried up his tears by giving him an ap
pointment iu the “Bread and Butter
Brigade” about twenty-five years ago,
and he has been recognized as a rising
member ever since. He was promoted
during Polk’s administration, and hav
ing distinguished himself as a great
swallower, he was advanced several
grades between the years 1850 and 1856.
But it was not till 1861, when the break
ing out of the war opened up great op
portunities to the “Bread and Butter
Brigade,” that Forney won his spurs as
Colonel of that interesting and patriotic
organization. At present he is ranked
by Ben. Butler and Nat. Banks, but he
will be a full General yet if the Radical
boat holds iu and the “Bread and But
ter” holds out.
Tennyson, the English Poet Laureate,
has immortalized the “Light Brigade”
of Lord Cardigan. Let Boker, t.he Poet
Laureate of the Loyal League, try his
hand at the “Light Bread Brigade” of
Col. Forney.
Any Other Same but That!
You may call Satan a Saint; call sun
shine a shadow ; call a mule a horse or
a cow ; call Bin-son Brownlow a Chris
tian ; call Brigham Young a virtuous
old bacheloi ; call Auna Dickinson an
accomplished woman; call the moon a
fat cheese and the stars candle dips;
call the Rocky mountains a mole-hill;
call a nigger a blonde; call an eagle a
dunghill rooster, or the Phicnix a crow •
call black white and white black; but
do not, we pray our political opponents,
insultcommon sense and deform mother
tongue by calling the political organiza
tion, led by Stevens, Sumner & Co., and
which contains all the secessionists and
disuniouists in the country, and which
is persisteutly endeavoring to disrupt
and bankrupt the Federal Government,
A Union Party. The people can
stand any tiling but that. Their intel
ligence will revolt at this worse than
sacrilegious attempt to appropriate a
good name to a foul and unmitigated
deception. The old poet has well said :
” When the Devil gut sick the Devil u Monk
would he.
When tho Devil got well tho Dev il a Monk
was he."
The True Reason
The Radicals pretend that if the
Southern members of Congress take
their seats lin y will do something very
detrimental to the Union. We should
like to know how they can do it, even
if they were so disposed ? They are
only sixty-six in number, ugainst one
hundred and seventy from the so-called
loyal States. This is in the House of
Representatives. In the United States
Senate, they would have but twenty
two members out of Seventy-two.
They would Ue less than one-third in
the Senate and but little more in the
House.
But, say the Radicals, they will join
the Democrats of the North, and so
makeamajority! Here, then, is the rub.
This is the fear: that a majority of the
American people—North aud South—
will govern the country in the future!
A minority must rule to prevent it.
This, narrowed down, is the sole reason
why the Radical Disuniouists are so
desperately bent upon excluding the
South. It is because they think it
would endanger their partisan supre
macy, and not because they have any
regard whatever for the prosperity of
the country. All their measures have
had no other motive than this : to per
petuate their minority and unconstitu
tional rule by any means, however foul
and destructive.
Ucrks County
We have already referred with appro
bation to the nomination of our valued
friend J. Lawreuce Getz for Congress
in Berks County, and we cordially en
dorse the following from tlie Age in re
lation to tlie Legislative ticket formed
by the same Convention :
'Pile Bi'inocracy of Berks County prescnL
a strong legislative (irkei this fall, llenry
B. Rhoads ami Frederick Ihirner have re
presented 1 lie eouuly in the same positions
before, while Kielmioiid 1,. .Jones, their
colleague, although a young man. hasgiven
evidences of a peculiar lilness for public
life. Mr. Jones is the youngest sou of lion.
J. Glancey Jones, ami is identified in a
historical manner with Berks County, his
great grandfather, Colonel.lonatlian Jones,
an oflicer in the Revolutionary army, hav
ing represent.,! 1 lial portion oVtho Slate in
UlO Legislature of Pennsylvania in 17S0, be
fore tile formation of tiio Federal govern ■
ment. Berks will give a good aeeount oi
herself this fall.
The Merchants and the Radicals.
The late action of tlie Radical Mayor
and C6uncils of our city, Hays the Age
in refusing to extend the hospitalities of
the corporation to the President of the
United States, has produced a decided
impression among business men not
only here, but in other partaof the State.
In order to show wlmt effect Radicalism
is having upon tlie business and trade
of this city, we publish one out of the
many letters received at this olllce from
prominent merchants and manufac*
turers, upon this subject:
Philadelphia, Sept. I, isiiii.
To the Editors nf the Age.
Gentlemen ; Unclosed we hand you a copy
of a letter received this morning from one
of our customers, (u large clothing dealer m
Harrisburg.) We received similar letters
from other merchants Smith and West, but
as this is from our own State itwili givoour
business ineiwin idea of the way of tho late
action of our auihorilies, unil'of (lie mer
chants who placed them 1 here, arc looked
upon by parties, eomiug KaS to buy good*-.
Yoiirw, truly.
11 MtuiMit/lU), Aug. :U, IBlk>.
Gentlemen.: Why don’t you hurry up my
goods. Send them upon receipt of this let
ter, as I need them very badly.
1 am sorry that your City Pothers be
haved so badly upon the reeeptiou of tho
President. Mr. K —, a member of the firm
of one of the largest dry goods houses in
your city, was up hero on Wednesday, and
told our merchants that the'way Councils
and the Mayor behaved will hurt his busi
ness 4f> per cent, with Southern trade, that
the most of his best customers have gode
to New York on that account. I have heard
several of our prominent clothiers doetaro
that they will not buy an article in your
city herealter. I am very sorry for my
Democratic friends who are in the clothing
business, hut tho innocent must sufTor with
the guilty. The trains for New York over
the Rending road aro crowded with mer
chants from tho West and South. I meet a
great many at the hotel near the depot
whore lam boarding. They say Philadel
phia has behaved so badly duriug the last
two years, und the into action of your ofii
cials is a direct iusult to any Union man,
and that they cannot patronize you any
more. Yours truly, 1,. R.
(Jetting Frightened,
“ JO very vote gotten from tho Union ranks
for (Jlymer counts as two. Ten thousand
weak-kneed Republicans bought over will
be u guin of twenty thousand for Ciymer,
and might turn the seulo.”
Tho above extract is clipped from the
JirpreaH (if last evening. Our neighbor
i« evidently becoming frightened at the
desertion from the ranks of the Radi
cals Yoh, tlie scale will ho turned,
Ciymer will 1,0 elected, and J’ennsyl
vania, long misgoverned und misruled by
the demagogue and disunionist, Curtin,
again take lior position in the frontrank
of a restored Union. The people have
become heartily sick and tired of tho
hold, had men who have licun ruling
and controlling her destinies wllhurod
of Iron. The second Tuesday of Octo
ber [,will wltuoss tlie dlHoulhralrnont
und regeneration of tills grand old Com
monwealth from tlie foul embrace of
radicalism, and all true Union and Con-
Btltutlon-lovlng patriots throughout thu
length and breadth of tho laud will re
joice,
judicial Blindness.
“Air. Johnson, having through the act
of an assassin come into the control of
the government of offices, shamelessly offers
them to any who will desert the Union
cause, and support him in betraying it.”—
Gazette.
This is a mistake, says the Cincinnati
Enquirer. Mr. Johnson came in by a
special act of Providence and Parson
Brownlow. For proof of the agency of
the former, see the sermons of Revs*
Thompson and Mayo on the occasion,
which the Gazette can consult upon its
own files ; and for that of the latter, see
Address of the Governor of Tennessee
in the Gazette of yesterday. That the
Rev. Brownlow was a chosen vessel in
the hands of Providenee to bring Mr.
Johnson before the Convention at Bal
timore, none will dispute who are able
to comprehend the beauties of his char
acter ; and if Mr. Booth—or whoever he
might be—put forth his hand to give a
gentle impetus to the progress of events,
the acceptance, in high ecclesiastical
and loyal quarters, of his agency as a
providential work, will go far to elimi
nate the human ingredient from the re
sult.
It is equally a mistake, the assertion
that Mr. Johnson is offering the offices
to those who will desert the Union
cause. Mr. Johnson andhisimmediate
followers represent all the Unionism
there is in the Republican party. The
Republican party cast down its Union
ism after the last Congressional elec
tion ; and if Air. Johnson is employing
the magnet of the appointing power to
withdraw that element from a place
where it was simply dead matter, and
restore it to the condition of a vital
force, certainly not those who raised
the appointing power to a paramount
engine in the [State have a right
plain.
It is wonderful what a revolution has
taken place in Republican opinion.
Scarcely more than a year ago we were
being consoled for the removal of Mr.
Lincolp, with the idea that he had fin
ished his work ; that a fresh hand was
needed to take up the job in which he
had begun to falter, and carry it forward
with a more vigorous and less scrupu
lous hand to the desired consummation ;
and in that aspect, the hand of Provi
dence was plainly discerned, overruling
for his removal. Then nothing so be
nign in its operation, nothing so safe,
nothing so truly Republican, as the
power of appointment. It was a palla
dium, a panacea for all political ills, a
bulwark of liberty, But things change,
and we change with them.
Another of Forney's Lies Nailed,
When John W. Forney, with his
hawk-eye fixed upon the rich pickings
of the New York Custom House, sought
to wheedle President Johnson into the
appointment of hi* candidate for Col
lector, he referred to his “ two news
papers, both daily, published in Phila
delphia and Washington.” He was
willing aud even anxious to give the
President’s policy the support of these
“two newspapers, both daily,” in ex
change for the appointment of a Collec
tor who would share the profits, legiti
mate and illegitimate, of the New York
Custom House, with the “Colonel” of
the crack Regiment of the Radical
“Bread and Butter Brigade.” The bid
was not accepted ; aud ever since its re
jection, these “two newspapers, botli
daily,’’have been reeking with the lowest
and meanest falsehoods about the Pres
ident and the Executive departments.
Their lies, though not lacking in malice
and wickedness, are of alowand trifling
order, such as any half-witted fellow
with sufficient depravity might invent.
Think of a candidate for the United
states Senate employing his timein the
invention of such falsehoods as the one
exposed in the following communica
tion :
Kdilors Sational Intelligencer: As sup
porters and defenders of the great cause of
a restored nationality, which is now en
gaged in ii death struggle with Radical fa
naticism, 1 respectfully invito your atten
tion to the following mendacious falsehood
which appeared in the columns of that re
ceptacle of all political filth, the f'hmuirjc f
in its issue of the hoth instant :
A llkiumt. On Monday a member of the
Johnson Depsu tmeutul Club approached a
clerk in the Second Auditor'sofllce. with a doc
ument selling forth the signer’s allowance to
“my policy. - Tne.Johnson Mcnairy suggests
to the clerk—formerly a gallant soulim— that
it. would be to ins imerest to sign said paper.
The document was examined, aud before
the astounded Juhnsoulte could recover him
self his paper was torn lo pieces, and he
himself found his exit accelerated by the boot
of the iudtguadt loyali-l, who more forcibly
than poll iMy told the “bread-and-butter"
sneak (hat ho (the Radical) had made his re
cord at Gettysburg, ami Andrew Johnson could
find out what it was without sending any d—d
sneak to ask questions.
The above paragraph, which has not the
least foundation in truth, is evidently in
tended lo cast reproach on the “Johnson
Departmental Club," of which 1 have the
honor of being president, and by virtue of
my official relation to that organization 1
hereby pronounce it a deliberate and wicked
lie, and challenge tlie author of it lo name
either tiio belligerent radical or “aslouudod
JohiiHonilo.” lam myself a clerk in the
Second Auditor’s oiliee, and know whereof
I speak. It appears to mo most likely that
tiic article in question is tho effusion of
some cowardly Radical, who would delight
in such an act did ho possess the requisite
courage, but lacking in that, has resorted to
what he is more skilled im -the manufacture
olTie.s. Tho “Johnson Departmental Club”
has by its activity and energy aroused the
venom of these patriots par excellence, aud
they dread its power ; hut for their conso
lation I cun assure them that it does not in
dulge in threats against its enemies, but.
when it is ready to act, strikes buldlv ami
fearlessly, as many of these Chronicle wor
thies may soon have cause lo know.
Thomas B. Kaliuts,
President of Johnson Departmental Club.
The President aud General Grant
No one cun doubt where (tenoral
Grant in in the present political con
test for tlie Union, after reading tlie
following extract from tiio President's
address at tho dinner ut Delmonico's,
in New York. The President Hays :
Wo have in l lie West a game called ham
mer and anvil, and anvil und hummer, and
while Davis and odium arc talking about
separation in the South, there was another
class, Phillips, damson, and men of thnt
kiud, who wore talking about dissolution
in tho North; and of thoso extremes one
was the hammer and tho other tho anvil,
and when tho robellion broke out ono ex
treme was carrying it out, and now that it is
suppressed the other class are still trying to
give it lifo and effect. I fought those in the
South who commenced tho rebellion, and
now I oppose those in the North who are
trying to break up the Union. [Cheers.]
lam for the Union. lam agaiust ail those
who are opposed to tho Union. [Great ap
plause.] 1 Hin for the Union, the whole
Union, and nothing but tho Union. [Ke
nowed cheering.] I have helped my dis
tinguished friend on my right, General
Grant, to fight the rebels South, and I must
not forget a peculiar phrase that he was
going to fight it out on that line. [Applause
und laughter.] I was with him, aud I did
all that I could; and when wo whipped
them at one end of the line, I want to say to
you that I am for whipping them at the other
end of the line. [Great laughter and ap
plause.] I thank God that ho is not in the
field, militarily speaking, but that be is
civilly in the field now, helping me to flght.it
oat on the other end of the line.
Now, with such men as Grant, Sher
man, and Farrngut on our side, **ve may
well dispense with Butler, Geary,
Owens, and many others of that politi
cal Htripe.
The Difference,
Would not every workingman—labor
er and artisan—like to vote himself
seventeen months back pay, and in
creased sixty per cent, attkat? That Is
what this Radical Congress lias done.
And, what iw more, every workingman
—every laborer aud artisan—will have
to puy his share of tho tax required to
make up thin extra compensation. How
do you like it, fellow-citizens?
Wf. have received Hoveral copies of
. ~ . ~ ~ Pro Bono Punmco.—When Preßi-
Uiii hvr.ntny Jla aid , a new Democratic d en t Johnson passed through Phlladel
(lally Just started in Philadelphia by phla, Major Cyrus 8. Haldeman, the
Messrs. Charles F. Relnsteln & Co. It railway Insurance agent, presented him
Is neatly gotten up and edited with w ith ® policy of Insurance against gen
wish our old friend Keln- “‘.rCfC p.” M ,“”»d
stein, a native and former resident of tourney to Chicago and return to Wash*
Lancaster, abundant success, ' lngton.
The Spirit of the South,
The Radicals aim to break the spirit
of the Southern people by compelling
them to wear the badge of conquest.
The frequent attempts at revolution in
Poland and Ireland show* what a hard
task that Government takes upon itself
which seeks to crush out the spirit of a
people who once were free. But if the
task were easy in the case of the South
ern people, would its performance be
desirable? Those people number one
third of the whole white population of
the United States. The gigantic war
they carried on for four years against a
section populated by double their own
number ofinhabitants,shows what they
are capable of performing when aroused
and united. To make them feel still
further the power of the general Gov
ernment, now that they have ceased to
resist its authority, is not only to invite
but to compel them to hate it. That is
not the part of wisdom. It is folly of
tbe insanest sort; and when practiced
by the rulers of othernations, all Amer
icans have joined in denouncing it as
foolish and criminal in the highest de
gree. Can what is foolish and criminal
when practiced by others be wise and
commendable when practiced by our
selves?
With Great Britain exercising sway
over the northern half of the continent
of North America and Spain holding
the key to the Gulf of Mexico, the
United States arc never free from the
danger of a foreign war. Somesquabble
ou our Northern frontier, perhaps
trilling in itself, but inflaming national
auimosities, or some aggression by inso
lent Spanish officials upon our com
merce iu Cuban waters, might compel
us, unexpectedly and without previous
preparation, to appeal to arms. Indeed
the late news from England by the
Atlantic cubic, dated at Loudon on the
30th of August aud published in yes
terday’s papers, states that “ the Cana
dian Government has asked, the home
government to send more troops to
Canada, owing to an apprehended
trouble with (he United States, growing
out of the expected P'enian invasion and
the modification of the neutrality laws
of the United States.” It is farther
stated that the English Government
has decided to send more troops to Can
ada. He must be a very young man
who does not remember more than one
occasion when it required skilful hand
ling of tho diplomatic reins to avoid a
collision between the United States and
England.
The latest Mexican news also suggests
the possibility of a rupture between
France and theUuited States. The Em
press of Mexico, who a short time ago
undertook a pilgrimage to Paris, is re
ported as having succeeded in inducing
Napoleon to order u prolongation of the
time fixed for the departure of the French
troops from Mexico. It is also rumored
that French vessels of war will be sent
to,Matamoras to enforce the blockade
ordered by Maximilian. This is the
blockade recently declared null and void
by a proclamation from President Job n
sou. Anyattempton the partof France
to enforce it will undoubtedly be resisted
by the United States.
It is not charging them with too
much to say that the Radicals are re
sponsible for the chauged aspect of
Franco-Mexican affairs. When our
civil war ended and we seemed on the
point of becoming again a united and
harmonious people, the French Emper
or made haste tu assure our government
that he would withdraw his troops from
Mexico. But the Radicals having
adopted a policy which has not only
preventeda cordial re-union, but threat
ens to inaugurate another civil war,
Napoleon lias been emboldened to vio
late his engagement with our govern
ment about the withdrawal of his troops,
aud is even, it appears, contemplating
tne enforcement of Maximilian’s “paper
blockade” of Mexican ports on the bor
ders of the United States.
"With such dangers threatening us,
would it not be the height of folly for
us to keep one-third of our country in
the condition of a hostile camp? Is it
not better to have the Southern people
for us than against us? If it took tls
four longand bloody years to whip them
alone and unaided, with their ports
sealed up from the commerce of all the
world, how long would it take us to go
successfully through a war with such a
gigantic military and naval power as
Kuglaud, with these Southern people
on her side ? The question is important
and a true answer to it might he start
ling.
Laying aside, therefore, the higher
view of our duty as a Christian people,
and coming down to our mere worldly
interests as a nation, it is plain that the
safest course for us to pursue is to heal
lip this sectional breach with all possi
ble celerity. The Democratic and con
servative Republican policy, if adopted
by Cougress, would heal it up at once
and enable us to present a united front
against any foreign foe who might as
sail us, whilst the sure effect of the
Radical policy would be to make the
Southern people iudifferent spectators of
auy struggle in which wo might be en
gaged, if not our active enemies. H
would be mere mockery to appeal to the
patriotism of people whose right of rep
resentation hud been taken away. Let
the Northern people give this matter
their serious consideration.
*■
The Maine Canvass.
The Maine canvass begins to look
more hopeful. The Democrats are
carrying on the war vigorously, and
their moetiugs are crowded and outhu.
siastic. Their efforts are beginning to
tell also, an evidence of which is to be
found in tie* fa(*t thattheHunger Timex,
an old Republican concern, has recant
ed its heresies, taken down General
Chamberlain’s name from the head of
its columns, and substituted that of
Hon. E. F. Pillsbury, the Democratic
candidate. Fu making the change the
Timex says:
The proprietor of the Timex to-day
withdraws the name of General Cham
berlain from the head of his columns,
and thus performs a duty which he has,
perhaps, too loDg delayed. It has been
evident for some time that the expecta
tions of liberal men, in respect to the
results of General Chamberlain’s elec
tion as Governor, were to be disappoin
ted. It has become certain that that
eveut, instead of weakening the hold
upon political power of the men wno
have so long abused the confidence of
the people of Maine, will onlystrength
en and confirm it. •
Under all the circumstances, the pro
prietor of this paper believes it to be
the duty of all whosupportthe patriotic
Union policy of President Johnson to
vote for the Hon. E. F. Pillsbury for
Governor. In no other way can their
voice be made practically effective.
Good for Maine.
The Age has this week twice alluded
to Hurgeon Foltz, United States Navy,
as one of the members of the Philadel
phia Union League, which lately passed
strong resolutions denouncing the Pres
ident. In this we are informed the
Age has not displayed its wonted accu
racy of statement. If it had made In
quiry, it would have ascertained that
Dr. Foltz is a warm admirer of the Presi
dent’s policy, and that he is no longer
a member of the League, having resign
ed from it because of the passage of the
resolution referred to.
National Restoration
Interestliig and Important Letter from
Henry Ward Beecher.
Letter of Invitation from the Special
Committee of the Soldiers’ and Sailors*
Convention, to be Held at Cleveland,
uhlo, Sept. 17.
New York, Wednesday, Ang. 28, '66.
To Rev, Henry Ward Becchcr:
Dear and Reverend Sir: The under
signed have been appointed by the Execu
tive Committee of the National Convention
of Soldiers and Sailors, who honorably
served during the late war for the Union,
as a Special Committee to wait upon you,
and request your consent to serve as Chap
lain of the Convention, which will be held
at Cleveland, Ohio, on the 17th of next
month.
Your name has been selected by the Ex
ecutive Committee from sincere admiration
of your character, and as the only tribute
within their power to pay in acknowledg
ment of your noble devotion to the cause of
the Union, aud your earnest and unceasing
efforts in behalf of our soldiers aud sailors
during the recent war.
The Executive Committee also And in
your course since the termination of the
struggle, substantial harmony with the
views to which they desire to give effect in
the Convention —your eloquence and the
just weight of your name being employed
to enforce upon the oouutryu generous and
magnanimous policy toward the people of
the lately rebellious Slates, and a prompt
reconstruction ot the Union under the Con
stitution as the best means of regaining the
national tranquility which the country so
much needs, and re-adjustiug the right’s of
all sections, under the new order of things,
on a basis of law, order, Christiau brother
hood and justice.
In the call for the Convention, which the
undersigned have the honor to transmit
herewith, you will soo fully set forth the
motives which acuute the military aud
naval defenders of the Union in their pres
ent unusual course of taking part in a poli
tical movement; and it is our hope, as we
have always looked to you in the darkest
days of the war for inspiration, aid and the
cheering sympathy of a noble heart—never
failing to find them—that you will consent
to iuvoke the Divine Blessing upon the
Convention of the Soldiers and Sailors of
the I'nited States who served during the
late rebellion and who approve the restora
tion policy of President Johnson and the
principles announced by the recent Nation
al Convention of Philadelphia—the first
Convention since 18(50 injvhiohall the Suites
of our beloved represented.
Hoping an early mid favorably reply, we
have the honor to b\ with very profound
respect for your character, and sincere gra
titude for your powerful and generous ef
forts in behalf of the military and naval ser
vants ol the country during the late war,
Your obedient friends and servants,
Hai.I'INK, Brevetßrig.-Gen,
Chairman.
H. \\\ Sloi.tm, Major General,
Gordon Granger, Major General,
KEY, HENRY WARD iJKECHKR’S REPLY
Pkkkskill, Thursday Aug. 30, ’O(5.
Huirlcs G. Hulpinc , Brevet Brigadier Gen
eral: 11. M\ Slocum, Major General;
Gordon (Inuigcr, Major General,
tcc :
(rcnt/.cnif n : 1 am obliged to you for
the invitation which you have made to
me to act as Chaplain to the Convention
of Sailors and Soldiers about to convene
at Cleveland. I eaunot attend it, but I
heartily wish it and all other conven
tions, of what party soever, success,
whose object is the restoration of all the
States late in rebellion to their Federal
relations.
Our theory of Government has no
place for a State except in the Union.
It is justly taken for granted that the
duties and responsibilities of a State in
Federal relations tend to its political
health, and tcT : hat of the whole nation.
Even Territories are hastily brougbtiu,
often before the prescribed conditions
are fulfilled, as if it were dangerous to
leave a community outside of the great
body politic.
liad the loyal Seuatorsaud Represen
tatives of Tennessee been admitted at
once on the assembling ofCongress, and
in moderate succession, Arkansas,
Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina and
Virginia, the public mind of the South
would have been far more healthy than
it is, anil those States which lingeredon
inprobation to the last would have been
under a more salutary influence to good
conduct than if a dozen armies watched
over them.
Every month that we delay this
healthful step complicates the case.
The excluded population, enough un
settled before, grows more irritable: the
army becomes indispensible to local
government, and supersedes it; the
Government at Washington is called to
interfere in one and another difficulty,
and this will bedoneinaptly,andsome
times with great injustice—for our Gov
ernment, wisely adapted to its own
proper functions, is utterly devoid of
those habits, and unequipped with the
instruments which lit a centralized
government to exercise authority in
remote States over local affairs. Every
attempt to perform such duties has re
sulted in mistakes which have excited
the nation. But whatever imprudence
there may be in the method, the real
criticism should be against the requisi
tion of such duties of the general Gov
ern ment.
The Federal Government is unfit to
exercise minor police and local govern
ment,and will inevitably blunder when
it attempts it. To keep a half score of
States under Federal authority, but
without national ties and responsibili
ties ; to oblige the central authority to
govern half the territory of the Union
by Federal civil officers and by the
army, is a policy not only uncongenial
to our ideas and principles, but pre
eminently dangerous to the spirit of our
Government. However humane the
ends sought and the motives, it is, in
fact, a course of instruction, preparing
our Government to be despotic, and
familiarizing the people to a stretch of
authority which can never he other
than dangerous to liberty.
I am aware that good men are with
held from mlvocating the prompt aud
successive admission ofthe exiled States
by the fear, chiefly, of its effect upon
parties and upon freed men.
f t is said that if admitted to Congress,
the Southern Senators and Representa
tives will coalesce with Northern Dem
ocrats and rule the country. Is this
nation, then, to remaiu dismembered
to serve the ends of parties ? Have we
learned no wisdom by of the
last ten years, in which just this course
of sacrificing the nation to the exigen
cies of parties plunged us Into rebellion
and war?-
Even admit that the power would
pass into the hands of a party made up
of Southern men, and the hitherto dis
honored und misled Democracy of the
North, that powor could not be UHed
just as they pleased. The war has
changed, not alone institutions, but
ideas. The whole country has advanced.
Public sentiment is exalted far beyond
what it has been at any former period.
A new party would, like a river, be
obliged to seek its channels in the al
ready existing slopes and forms of the
continent.
We have entered a new era ofliberty.
The style of thought is freer and more
noble. The young men of our times
are regenerated. The great army has
been a school, and hundreds of thou
sands of men are gone home to preach
a truer and nobler view of human
rights. Ail the industrial interests of
society are moving with increased wis
dom toward intelligence and liberty.
Everywhere, in churches, in literature,
in natural scleuces, in physical indus
tries, in social questions, as well as in
politics, the nation feels that the Winter
is over and a new Knring hangs iu the
horizon and works through all the ele
ments. Iu this happily changed and
advanced condition of things no party
of tiie retrogade can maintain itself.
Everything marches aud parties must
inarch.
I hear with wonder and shame and
scorn the fear of a few that the South
once more in adjustment with tiie
Federal Government will rule this
nation ! The North is rich —never so
rich ; the South is poor never before so
poor. The population of the North is
nearly double that of the South. The
industry of the North, in diversity, in
forwardness and productiveness, in all
the machinery and education required
for manufacturing, is half a century in
advance of the South. Churches in the
North crown every hill, and schools
swarm in every neigborhood; while
the South has but scattered lights, at
long distances, iikk light-houses twink
ling along the edge of a continent of
darkness. In the presence of such a
contrast, how mean and craven is the
fear that the South will rule the policy
of the land ! That it will have an in
fluence, that it will contribute, in time,
most important influences or restraints,
we are glad to believe. But if it rises
at once to the control of the government
it will because the North, demoralized
by prosperity, and besotted by groveling
interests, refuses to discharge ita share
of political duty. In such a case the
South not only will control the Gov
ernment, but It ought to do it.
2. It Is feared, with more reason, that
the restoration of the South to her full
independence will be detrimental to the
freeamen. The sooner we dismiss from
our minds the idea that the freedmen
can be classified, and separated from the
white population, and nursed and de
fended by themselves, the better it will
be for them and us. The negro is part
and parcel of Southern society. He can
not be prosperous while it is unpros
pered. Its evils will rebound upon him.
Its happiness and reinvigoration cannot
be kept from his participation. The
restoration of the South to amicable re
lations with the North, the reorganiza
tion of its industry, the reinspiration of
its enterprise and thrift will all redound
to the freedmen’s benefit. Nothing is
so dangerous to the freedmen as an un
settled state of society in the South.
On him comes all the spite and anger
and caprice aud revenge. He will be
made thescapegoat of lawless and heart
less meu. Unless we turn the Govern
ment Into avast military machine there
cannot be armies enough to protect the
freedmen while Southern society re
mains Insurrectionary. If Southern
society is calmed, settled, andoccupied,
and soothed, with new hopes aud pros
perous Industries, no armies will be
needed. Riots will subside, lawless
hangers ou will be driven off’ or better
governed, and a way will be gradually
opeued up to the freedman, through ed
ucation and industry, to full citizen
ship, with all its honors and duties.
Civilization is a growth. None can
escape that forty years in the wilder
ness who travel from the Egypt of
Ignorance to the promised land of civil
ization. The freedmen must take their
march. 1 have full faith iu the results.
If they have the stamina to undergo
the hardships which every uncivilized
people has undergone in their upward
progress, they will iu due time take
their place among us. That place can
not be bought, nor bequeathed, nor
gaiued by slight of hand. It will come
to sobriety, vii tue, industry and frugali
ty. As the nation canuot be sound
until the South is prosperous, so, on the
other extreme, a healthy condition of
civil society in the South is indispensa
ble to the welfare of the freedmeu.
Refusing to admit loyal Senators aud
Representatives from the South to Con
gress will not help the freedmen. It
will not secure for them the vote. It
will not protect them. It will not secure
any amendment of our Constitution,
however just ami wise. It will only in
crease the dangers and complicate the
difficulties. Whether we regard the
whole nation, or auy section of it or
class in it, the first demand of our time
is, entire reunion !
Once uuited, we can, by schools,
churches, a free press ami increasing
free speech, attack each evil aud secure
every good.
Committee.
Meanwhile, the great chasm which
rebellion made is not filled tiik it grows
deeper wider! Out of it
rise dread ?spectres and threatening
sounds. Let that gulf be closed, und
bury in it Slavery, sectionul animosity
aud all strifes and liatreds !
It is fit that the brave men, who, on
sea and land, faced death to save the
nation, should now, by their voice and
vote, consummate what their swords
rendered possible.
For the sake of the freedman, for the
sake of the South and its millions of
our fellow-couu try men, for our own sake,
aud for the great cause of freedom ami
civilization. 1 urge the immediate re
union of all the parts which rebellion
and war have shattered.
I am truly yours,
Henry Ward Bkkciiku
The Intimidation Game.
BugiiN Deserter Lists in Preparation.
We understand that the Disunion
managers have given orders to the .State
printers that they must have the lists of
Deserters and Non-reporting Drafted
meu ready for distribution in two weeks.
The printers are accordingly working
day and night to get them done. Some
time ago we stated that the regiments
were estimated to average about 130 de
serters and uon-reportiug drafted men,
which would make the aggregate upon
the lists about 30,000. We are told, now,
that the aggregate will reach nearly six
ty thousand ! There is strong reason
to believe this, from the fact that the
lists have been in the hands of the prin
ters long enough to have been printed
weeks ago —if containing no more than
30,000. Even though there may beOU,OOO.
time enough has elapsed to have had
them printed now and ready for distri
bution. We believe the delay to be in
tentional —designed to give, the accust d
no time to prepare proof and hunt up
witnesses !
But there is a more serious rumor
abroad. It is said that, since the lists
were first prepared, there have been
added the, names of thousands of Demo
crats who were never in service , and were
never drafted! Bixty thousand names
would be one-sixth of all (he Penn
sylvania soldiers in service during the
whole war. It is not possible that one
soldier out of every six deserted from
service. Nor is it probable that there
was one deserter for every twelve, men.
The names of persous who were never
in service have been added principally
in localities where Disunion election
officers fireside , so that, unless the ac
cused may be able to furnish proof, at a
moment’s notice, that they were never
in service, their voles ran b< njected!
The mere publication of such names
upon the lists, it is calculated, will se
cure the election officers from punish
ment afterwards. Then* is but little
doubt that this desperate Disunion
game is going on. The delay in, the
preparation and distribution of the lists
is strong proof of the fact /
To checkmate this desperate gumo
of Disunionists, we hope Mr. Wallace,
Chairmau of the State Central Com
mittee will at once issue a circular to the
election ojjiccrs, defining their powers
and duties under the election taws of the
State, AND WARNING THEM AGAINST
REJECTING THE MALLOT OF ANY MAN
whose name may he ujion (hose lists, no
matter whether he be a Deserter,
reporting Conscript or not! We hope
that lie will also instruct the people to
secure witnesses against all eleection of
ficers who may reject such ballots, and
assure all who may suffer disfranchise
ment in that way that the Democratic
State Central Committee of Pennsylva
nia WILL ASSUME THE RESPONSIBILITY
AND EXPENSE of conducting the legal
proceedings in every court, from
TJIE LOWEST TO TJIE HIGHEST, NECES
SARY TO SECURE TO THEM THEIR
RIGHTS AND TO RIGHT THEIR WRONGS !
The Supreme Court of the State hav
ing decided, in effect, that am. men, of
lawful ctgo, who have a residence in the
State, and paid their taxon aceording to
taw , shall m: allowed to vote, (any
Federal or ftlute law to the coutrury
notwithstanding), it is the duty of the
party of the Union and Constitution to
protect in and assure to every citizen of
Pennsylvania his just constitutional
rights. Men who have deserted from
tiie military service, or who have ne
glected or refused to perform ser
vice when drafted, arc! certainly
liable to punishment, but no man can
be deprived of his vote or of any civil or
political right until tried by court mar
tial, under the Pules <xnd Pegulaiionsof
the Army, found guilty, nude nerd and
sentence ajjprovcd. We hope, there
fore, thatmeasures will lie at once taken
TO RHINO TO PUNISHMENT ANY AN!)
KVERY ELECTION OFFICER 7/7.0 assumes
judicial powers and dares to reject, the.
ballots of the men whose mines appear
upan (ho.sc lists, unless they have been
TRIED IIY COURT MARTIAL, FOUND
GUILTY, SENTENCED, AND SENTENCE
APPROVED. — Harrisburg Patriot.
The Press publishes the following
among its Atlantic Cable despatches :
WHAT THE PHILADI.EI’HIA CONVENTION
DOES FOR THE REBELS.
London, August 31.—Advices received
here of the action of the Philadelphia Con
vention liavo had the eilect to materially
ndvanco the prioo of Southern Stale bonds.
The Press exposes its villainous pro
pensity to pervert by the caption it
places over this telegram. It seeks to
convey the impression that the action
of the Philadelphia Convention has
resulted in pecuniary benefit to the
rebels. What are the facta ? Southern
State bonds, issued before the war, are
largely held by Northern capitalists-
Not the one-twentieth part of these
bonds are held by Southerners. Nearly
all of them that are not held in Europe
are held In Philadelphia, New York
and Boston ! Any advance in the price
of these bonds in London, is just so
much added to the wealth of the Nor
thern holders of them in this country.
We have not the least doubt (nor has
the Press) that many members of the
Loyal League of Philadelphia are bettor
off for the advance la Southern bonds.
The Largest Hardware Establish
ment in Pennsylvania.— -The other day
we paid a brief visit to Steinman & Co.’s
Hardware Store, on West King street, and
were kindly shown through it by Mr. Dll
°r, 0,10 of tk® members of tho firm. It has
ate y been much enlarged and improvod,
and is now the largest and most completo
estao is iment n| the kind In Pennsylvania.
Tho building with the basemont Is four
stories in height, with a front of over 30
feet and a depth of about 170 feet. Tho
basement is used for the storage of cedar
ware, Ac., and tho main salesroom, which
is on tho first floor, is 100 feet long by 30 In
width. It is lighted from übovo by sky
lights. Hero everything is ns busy as a
hoe-hive, clerks, salosmonand porters huv
ing their hands full all tho whilo. Tho
counting-room and cashior’s office, which
is in the centre of the salesroom, Is a model
of taste and neatness. Tho second tloor is
used 'for tho oil-cloth and stovo depart
ment, and tho third is tho “ houso-tlro” de
partment. Thoro is a hatchway leading
from the third to tho first floor, and one of
J. Hall's Sons’ Patent Chain Hoisting Ma
chines, the simplest and at tho sntno time
most ingenious elevator we havo evor soon,
hoists or lowers heavy articles as they are
needed. Thu advantage of this olovator is
that it acts as its own chock, and it makes
no difference what amount of woight la be
ing elevated or lowered, it will stop at any
desired place and there remain perfectly
stationary.
1 n tho nar of the main building are tho
largo blacksmith, tin und stove shops of tho
establishment. A new blacksmith and tin
shop is being erected from which access to
the stove room on tho second door will bo
by means of a substantial bridge. Tho
water from the roofs and other parts of tho
buildings is carried off by a private sower.
This establishment was started oil its
present site about one hundred years ago
by tho grandfather ofthe senior tuombor of
the present firm. At his death his son,
John F. Steinman, Ksq., one of our oldest,
ami most estimable fellow-citizens, took
the store and carried on the business for
over forty years, retiring in IS-lp. It was
originally started as a small tinware shop,
and Ims been gradually growing until now
it has become tho largest ami most success
fully-conducted Hardware establishment
in the State. Two or threo of the most
prominent Wholesale Hardware Merchants
in the country are graduates of this estab
lishment. Tho names of tho present firm
are George M. Steinman, Charles F. Uon
gier and Isaac Diiler. They havo been
connected with the establishment since
curly manhood, and of eourso are perfect
masters of Us immense business details
and transactions. They are roul business
men iu the fullest acceptation of the term,
and three more worthy gentlemen cannot
bo found at the head of any establishment.
To give our readers some idea of tho busi
ness done, it is merely sufficient to say that
thirty clerks, salesmen, mechanics, portors
and draymen are employed, and thoro is
scarcely a leisure momontgiven them from
the Lime of opening until closing.
There are a great many persona in this
county who have dealt with this establish
ment for a quurtorund some half a century.
It is noted for its high character and rolia
bility. Mr. Differ related to us a pleasaut
incident of an old gentleman, still living, at
tho age of nearly four score years, who told
him on one occasion that he had been dealing
at Slemman’s for over fifty years, and had
never oven been inside of another hardwaro
store. Hi* also very innocently remarked
that his lather had done so before him, ami
that one of his dying requests was that his
children should deal at no oilier hardware
store. We merely relate tins incident to
show what a hold an establishment con
ducted as Stoinmun's is cun get upon tho
people.
In conclusion, we would advise any of
our renders who wish to see a first-class
Hardware Store to trail atSteinmunifc Co.’s,
and assure them that they will bo treated
with every courtesy and attention.
Meeting of the Soldiers' and Sea
men's Johnson and Clymkr Ci.ini.—Tho
ninth stated meeting of this club Look place
on Tuesday evoning last at their Club room.
The reports ol tho several Ward Com
mittees on military organizations wore very
favorable, showing that the Union soldiers
are awake to tho exigencies of tho times.
They know they havo to fight secession
over again; although this time it is dis
guised in white, raiment, yet tiio cloven foot
will stick out.
The N. W. Ward reported some 50 mem
bers, amongst whom were live Republican
seceders from tho Geary ranks—they
could'nt stand the, scent. The N. Ik Ward
reported (>. K. Nothing in tlint Ward can
save the? Kails—not even Alexander tho
big, for lii‘could'nt save himself. Tho S.
H. Ward reported fully organized and
officered, as follows :
Captain—Owen Rice,
Ist Lieut.—George Ponlz.
2nd Lieut.--John F. Deichlor.
Ist Sergt. —John Nhoridun.
2nd Sorgl. - I'riuli Killian.
:ird Sorgl. —Jacob Buiehlur.
•Ith Sergt.—John Flick.
.">th Sergt.—John Franciscus.
Ist Corp.— George Reese.
2nd Corp. Leonard Spong.
Jrd Corp.—George Boas.
•Ith Corp.—John F. Wiley.
The chairman of Kxecutivo Committee
reported that they hnd made arrangements
for a drum corps of 20 men under an effi
cient leader, and on motion, the Finance
Committee were instructed to raise and ap
propriate sufficient funds for tho purchase
of drums and fifes.
Tho following preamble ami resolutions
were then offered und unanimously adopt
<d. That
Whereas, Wo have read the roport,
published in iho Luneustor Intelligencer,
and whirl) has since been substantlulod by
several respectable cUlzous, of a speech
made by W. L. hear to a mob at Warwick,
in which he, wilh unblushing falsehood,
made reckless assertions against tho mem
bers of this Club, and wo have also road his
pitiful and equivocal attempt at a denial
thereof; therefore, belt
Itcsolvcd, That we decluro our conlldoneo
and belief in the truthfulness of the roport
of tint said speech of Pear's, und bollovo
said Hear to be an unscrupulous und un
mitigated liar.
Itc.vjlred, That wo deem the man, who
(’uti so disgrace the name of a soldier (the
t\ p<* of honor; us only ill to bo spit upon by
e\ erv whin* soldier und to bo looked upon
by tiiciii with disgust.
Resolved, That wo eonsidor tho man who
believes it neeossnry to bolstor up bis politl
oal standing, by theussertlon of such liuunt
ing lies, as those uttered by Hour in tho said
report, deserving to ho execrated, not only
by all honest men, but even by his own
unscrupulous partisans, ami wo promise
him to use every honorable means to en
sure him that debased position ho bus court
ed and deserves.
Col. Pyit-r being requested to inform the
Club if be hud any cheering nows for thorn,
said that “ho was happy to communicate
the fact that the telegraph had tinkled tho
sweet music over its wires of tiie iinul de
capitation of Lho heads of tho Internal Rev
enue ofllcers in this district, and also of tho
Postmaster.
Tiie meeting then udjourned.
odd Fellows’ Parade.—Tho following
named gentlemen have been appointed
Aids and Assistant Marshals for tho pa
rade of the Order on the ItfJth of Soptomber,
viz :
Aids.—James F. Ricksecker, Daniel 11.
Herr, and John I. Hartman.
Assistant Marshals.—John Reese, Ru
dolph Smith, Thos. J. Went/., Conrad Gast,
Amos Groff, Jacob P. Killingor, Thomas
Dinun, Abraham Holley, Peter W. Gor
rocht, Lewis Jluldy und James Potts.
A meeting of the Marshals and Aids wus
held last week to make tho necessary
preparations forcarryingoutthoprogrummo
made by tho Gonorul Cornmltteo of Ar
rangements. Tho parudo will form in E.
King streot, right resting on ControSqunro ;
when formed it will move up N. Quoon to
Orange, down Orange to Prince, up Prince
to Walnut, out Walnut to Mulberry, down
Mulberry to Orange, out Orange to Char
lotte, down Charlotte to W. King, down W.
King to Prince, down Princo to Conestoga
up Couestogu to Church, up Church to
I.imo, up Limo to E. King, down E. King
to Duke, up Duke to Lemon, up Lemon to
N. Queen, down N. ({neon to Centro Square,
and dismiss-
Sap Accident.—Wo regrot to learn that
Alfrod McNair, son of Rev. John McNair,
D. D., of this city, was fatally Injured on
the New Jersey Control Railroad on Tues
duy last. He died on Wednesday morning,
Mr. McNair was employed on tne road,