WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14,1866
The printing presses snail be rree to every
Person who undertakes to examine the pro
ceedings of the legislature! or any branch of
Government; and no law shall over be made
o restrain the right thereof. The free commu
nication of thought end opinions Is one of the
Invaluable rights of meu: and ovory citizen
may freely speak, write ana print on any sub
teat; being responsible for the abuse of that
liberty. In prosecutions for the publication of
papers investigating the offlolal oonduct of offi
cers, or men In public capacities, or where the
matter published is proper for public Informa
tion, the truth thereof may be given In evi
dence."
Negroes Coming.
Gen. Howard, of the freedmen’s
bureau, has addressed a letter to colored
olergyrueu seeking their co-operation in
trying to get rid of some of the surplus
freedmen in Washington city, <#ho
must be sent away or supported by the
government during the winter. Gen.
Howard says that already about 5,000
colored people have secured employ
ment elsewhere, that this class of the
population yet numbers 112,000, of whom
not more than 15,000 can he provided
with work, whooughltogo
away. He proposes to send them chiefly
to Pennsylvania, New York and New
England. Here is a fine chance for our
ltndical friends to supply themselves
With 11 colored brethren.” We should lie
disposed to beg New England to take
the whole of them, if we did not fear
that Tlmddeus Stevens' supporters in
Lancastercounty would heoil'endedwilh
us for dolngso. JJut how are Mr. Stevens’
supporters to divide these negroes among
them? There are fourteen thousand
StevenH meu in the county, whilst
Gen. Howard lias only seven thousund
negroes to send away. Euc]> Stevens
man will doubtlees be anxious to
secure at leust one colored brother. Hut
as there is only one colored brother for
every two Stevens men, we fear there
will be seven thousand fierce quarrels
for tile peven thousand, colored men.
Mr. Stevens will lie distracted by the
confiding claims of liis squabbling
friends, wiio will appeal to him. Eet
him take a lesson from Solomon, whose
reputation for wisdom has come down
to tile present day and is not eclipsed
by that'of any Kadioal Congressman
whose name we are acquainted with.
When twoof his friends lay claim to the
same colored man, lei .him direct the
living negro to be divided and each of
his two friends to have the half. Then
Jet him observe closely which of llie
two sheds the biggest tears and tiie most
of them, and to that one let him give
the nigger.
The Day Is llrraUlng!
The result of the election ill Mary
land Is a sure sign of returning reason
in tiie popular mind. The reaction of
that noble lull down trodden State is
tile first Breakwater to successfully ar
rest the singing waves of Itadiealisiii,
and its effect will lie seen oil future
elections norLii of Mason and Ifxon’s
line for years to come. The Democracy
of the North will now breathe freer ai d
deeper. Our friends everywhere ale
jubilant at the result, ami it will en
courage them to persevere in the good
work so well begun, and nerve them
for the great duty which devolves upon
• them. The example of Maryland will
he followed in Pennsylvania at thenext
trial of strength, and the day is not far
distant when the country will he re
deemed from the thraldom which now
oppresses the American people.
And what shall we say of Oelawan —
thegallant little Diamond Stale'.' faith
ful among the faithless, she stands true
and stead fust to the Union and tiie Con
stitution, ami has given increased ma
jorities for the right. And there she
will continue to stand, we believe, for
nil coming time.
And New York City, with her 17,000
majority, deserves all the encomiums
which can be heaped upon her. Her
Democracy stand proudly pre-eminent
as the great vanguard of the Itepunlie,
ami merit, as they will receive, tiie
thanks of millions of their countrymen.
And the Empire State, too, deserves her
full (junta of praise. In a poll of eight
hundred thousand votes, the Radical
majority is reduced to a very small
figure, and the Democrats have only
been beaten by some ::,000 or l,ni iti!
They made a gallant light ami deserved
HticccHH. The day of their triumph,
however, Is only postponed for a very
brief period, and at the nexl election
they will redeem their glorious old
Commonwealth from the misrule and
corruption which have run riot there
for the last two years.
Again, we repeat, the day is beginning
to break-—tiie great reaction in public
opinion Ims commenced ; and the period
is not distant when we can all rejoice
j* together over a regenerated and disen
thralled country—when the Union and
the Constitution will be triumphantly
sustained, and when we shall again bo
a united and happy and prosperous
people.
The True Test.
The rongressioual elections held
throughout the Northern States are Llie
true test of the strength of parties, ad
mittilig that there were no fraiululenL
votes polled, as was manifestly the ease
in this and several other Stales. Ju
■Pennsylvania., where the Radicals foot
up a majority for deary of some 17,(100
votes, their majority on the Congres
sional ticket only reaches about ll.ouo.
The sume result is ulso shown in other
Stales where a Governor was elected.
In New York, the Radicals only claim
abouL \ or ."),000 for Fenton, and we
.doubt not that, when the full returns
/.ire all in and counted, the popular vote
for Congressmen will show a decided
democratic majority. Suit will be all
through. The great issues involved in
the contest grew out of the unconstitu
tional acts of Fongiess, and the* leading
question was whether < ongress or the
President should he sustained. This
entered into the ('ongrosiotml canvass
more especially, and with the result
there is no room for boasting on the
part of the Radicals. They barely held
heir own in several oftlieStates, whilst
in others the popular vole is such as to
give them no hope of retaining their ill
gotten power beyond the fourth of March,
180 b, when the Fortieth Congress will
cease to exist,
Charles L. Mjtciikll, the colored
man who was on Tuesday elected to the
Massachusetts Legislature, will have
the honor of representing in that body
the wealthiest district j/j the State. It
is the home of ex Governor Andrew
and several other distinguished gen
tlemen. Where is the fortunate African
who b. to have the honor of represent
ing Lancaster county in our State
Legislature one of these days? We
shall have negro suffrage before theend
of Geary’s term, and some of our strong
Itadical counties will no doubt send
mixed delegations to the LegiHaLure.
The home of ThuddeusStevens will not
long lag behind the home of Governor
Andrew.
Hon. James JJuooks, proprietor of
the New York Express, has been again
elected to Congress by over 0,000 ma
jority. This Js a sharp rebuke to the
Radicals in Congress, who ousted Mr.
Brooks from his seat to give place to
Mr. Bodge, Radical.
Glorious Little Delaware!
The Democratic majority in the State
of Delaware foots up 1214—the largest
that lias been given for many years in
.that little Commonwealth.
Political Indians on the War-Path.
The Harrisburg Telegraph of yester
day gives us the particulars of an
amusing performance at the Jones
House on Wednesday evening. A lot
of seedy Radical politicians, who are
trying,to outstrip one another in the
race for high places, resolved to have 11 a
high old time” in “ honor of the glori
ous victory achieved at the late election
in Pennsylvania.” To give a show of
patriotism to the affair, several gentle
men who sport military titles which
they acquired but did not earn during
the rebellion, were assigned toconspicu
ous places at the feeding trough.
Gen. Geary was toasted as “the hero
of two wars; the champion of freedom;
the statesman and orator, whose past
glorious record gives high promise of a
brilliant future,” &c. Unfortunately
Gen. Geary was not present, and the
company had to digest their “ Cold
Slaw" and “ Boiled Beets ” (as per bill
of fare) without the aid of his stirring
oratory. Rut the “ past glorious record ”
of Bergner and company as swallowers
and digesters leaves no room for appre
hension that their sleep was disturbed
from wantof (leary’soratorical mustard
in the “ Slaw.”
(iov. Curtin was toasted too, and in
laudatory language that leaves the reader
in doubt whether the brilliant company
that munched “Cold Slaw” at the Jones
House meant to put him or Lincoln
foremost as the saviour of a Union .that
never was in real danger till they took
it In hand. It would be unjust to Cur
tin’s vanity to suppose that he did not
feel sufllciently complimented by the
toast to make a response of eonsideriJhle
length. But the 'Jcltgrajih is dead
against Curtin, and all it Hays is that
"The (lovernorthanked the audience in
his usual style, which Was well received.”
The next toast was the following
t intend -Si mim < 'nmnum — Tlh‘ ('ubinot
M mister, whose wist* discern men L fathomed
the tit*jj!hs of trcnsoii, iuhl whoso patriotic
intuition prompted the recognition of gov
ernmental rights and hunmmtnrinn duties.
If we are to believe the Tdcyraph,
this compliment to the great Winnebago
Chief elicited deafening whoops from
the assembled warriors. That paper
says:
(lon. Cameron was loudly ealled for, and
aftdr referring to the recent election, he re*
marked in plain language that if the nexl
rongrosshouid lind it necessary toimpouch
that bad man at the head of the (Jovern
nieiii, ii would give Him groat pleasure to
them, a lal if he was placed iu posit ion
he would vote to expel him from the posi
tion lie was now disgracing and usurping.
This is Cameron’s bit! for the United
States Scnutorship. He promises to
vote to expel Johnson from the Presi
deitey if the Radicals in the Legisla
ture will make him their Senator. If
lie were in the Senate and articles of
impeachment were brought in against
the President, Cameron as a Senator
would have to sit as a nrnm Judge or
J uror. Ile won hi have to lake a special
oath on. that occasion, and this oath
would hind him to render a just, un
prejudiced verdict. A juror in ourcourts
is asked whether he has formed or ex
pressed an opinion as to the guilt or in
nocence of the party accused, and if he
answers that he has formed or expressed
an opinion, lie is ruled out of the box.
Put Cameron in the Senate and apply
this test of his litness to sit in judgment
upon President Johnson, and he would
lie ruled out as disqualified. In thus
offering to convict President Johnson,
in return fur an election to the Semite,
Cameron has done as dishonorable and
as villainous a thing as if he had asked
the SheriT and Commissioners of Dau
phin county to draw him on the jury
and promised to bring in such verdicts
as they might require.
The T< l< fjraph, continuing its sketch
of Cameron’s remarks, says :
The General then referred in glowing
terms to the militia of Pennsylvania, and
remarked that if (Jeneral ('ouch had done
his duly and marched the militia across
the Susquehanna iu pursuit of the llcoing
enemy, who had ju>t been defeated at Gel
lysburg, they would have compelled <«en.
Lee to surrender before he could have
reached the .V??tictum valley. No troops
could he more ell'celmdly used than the
militia iu hurni'-simr u llfcing enemy; but
when he found that (Jeneral Conch refused
to pursue them, and hud a locomotive lin'd
up for ten days iu the Lebanon Valley de
pot to enahle'liim to gut away, and a horse
saddled and bridled lor three days and
nights lor fear the locomotive could not
carry him fast enough, he Immediately re
fused to net us a volunteer aid to such an
nllleer, and lie told (Jen. Coiteli the same.
After referring, at length, to the gallant ser
s iocs performed by the “ hoys in I Hue" to
tin' country, the General sal down amid
tremendous applause,
Cameron was hitting (iov. Curtin
over (len. Couch's hack. It was for
the Governor and other State olll
eials that the locomotive was kept 11 red
up in the Lebanon Valley Railroad
Depot. The (ieneral’s “glowing” allu
sion “to the militia of Pennsylvania”
was a piece of strategy inLonded as a
“Hank movement” upon Curtin. Col.
McClure lias managed to have the Rad
ical militia of Franklin county called
out in Convention to instruct Colonel
Slumbaugh (a Cameron man elected to
the .Legislature) to vote for Curtin, and
Cameron seeks to propitiate the good
will of the militia by describing the
glorious deeds they would have per
formed if den. Couch and Gov. Curtin
had let them loose upon the Hying
Rebels.
The Radical squabble for the Senator
ship has begun in earnest. No high
oillee in the world ever was fought for
by a lower order of public men.
Decline in Prices
The New York papers announce the
breaking up, within a few days, of vari
ous speculative movements in the
necessaries of life in that city, which
has caused a most gratifying decline in
prices. Pork has fallen four dollars
per barrel, wheat from five to eight
cents per bushel, and corn from eight
to ten cents. There are also symptoms
of a giving way in the price of dry
goods. Speculators are also beginning
to get a little slinky in Philadelphia.
The Rome (George) Cottrit r of the
2-") th ult., states that fifty toonehundred
wagons pass through that place week
ly, transporting to the West families
I'rum upper Georgia and North and
South Carolina. It says that the
exodus to tlu> West this year is greater
than for any two previous years,
The .-nine news comes up from various
parts of the South, ft was a standing
ah.-"]'iioii of the Abolitionists that the
extinction of slavery would cause the
South to till iq, rapidly with ft thrifty
and iiidu.-triou* white population. But,
though slavery is abolished, very few
people Ro to the South, whilst thous
ands are leaving it and settling west of
the Mississippi.
Jefferson Davis.
The Fortress Monroe correspondent
of the Baltimore Sun of yesterday says :
Tlio rooms in Carroll Hall which Mr.
Buvis has been occupying over moo<- hi:
was removed from the casi'jimlc in which
la< was first incarcerated, are being cninely
n novat'-d. Tin* iron lairs which cov<'i« i|
the windows and doors are being removed,
and jighl. curlidu shades used in their stead.
A eoi/jpi et e Hint of rooms ur<> being pre
pared lor his reception in the JIal), and
evei >/ arrangement made that will conduce
lo his health and comfort while lie remains
a prisonc/. Alncr-! daily the Davis family
have vectors, olion coming from the ex
treme Southern Hlales.
The Nov/ York Tribune the other day
contained another earnest protest (from
the pen of Mr. Greeley) against the
further confinement of Mr. Davis with*
out trial. The Tribune. does not agree
with those Radicals who think that
Davis ought to be confined In a dun
geon and' fed on bread ami water.
One OF Booth's rAyraiiy is among
the Fenian prisoners on trial in Gnmula.
He has received his share of the reward
since he has been in jail,
Oar Common Schooiß.
A meeting ot the County Superin
tendents ol Pennsylvania has been
called by the State Superintendent, to
be held in Harrisburg, attwo-o’clock on
the afternoon of the 4th of December,
to continue in session three days. Mr.
Coburn, the lute State Superintendent,
assigned some time since a number of
topics to different Superintendents, and
requested written reports upon them.
If is expected that these will be read,
and that the subjects treated of will be
discussed. In this connection the whole
work of the County Superintendency
can be reviewed, and the School Depart
ment will be able to give such instruc
tions as seem to be called for. In addi
tion to this, the new Superintendent
Mr. Wickersham, will ask the Conven
tion to resolve itself into a kind of
Executive Session, at least every fore
noon, for the purpose of enabling the
School Department to learn the views
of the Superintendentsundof the people
throughout tiie State on the following
points, in which changes in the law or
in the practical operation of it have been
thought of:
1. The minimum length of time the
Schools should he kept open. —Should it be
increased to Jive or six months?
2. Uniformity «»f Text Hooks in Counties.
—Should provision he made in law for
effecting such uniformity?
3. County Aid to Teachers’ Institutes.—
Should the law now in existence in eight
counties bo imuie generul ?
•I. ProvisionM (Vrtilicules.—Should they
'be dispensed v. ith V If not, what changes
should lie made m the policy now practiced
in regard to granting them?
o, Renewing and Endorsing C'ertilleutes
by County Superintendents.—ls it good
policv to renew and indorse them?
(5. I Hslrict Si i perin lendents.—Slum Id there
lie a general law providing for their ap
pointment?
7. District I iiMilules. What can be done
to increase their number?
S. lirunches of study required bylaw.—
Should additions or substitutes be made?
About one of the points above men
tioned we do not see how there can be a
diH'erenee of opinion. We allude to
” Uniformity of Text Hooks in Coun
ties.” Our population is very migra
tory in its habits, ami thousands of
School Hooks are rendered useless to
their owners every year in consequence
of change of residence and want of uni
formity.
There should he a uniform series of
School Hooks for tiie whole Stale, (not
merely for each County,) from which
everything parti/.uu iu politics or secta
rian in religion should he rigidly ex
cluded. Such a series might he gotten
up by a commission of learned men and
experienced teachers appointed by the
State Superintendent under the autho
rity of the Legislature. There might
he danger that this commission would
make a huge “job” of the important
work commillced to them, and “sell
out” to some enterprising publisher wpo
could afford to pay a round sum to have
Ills Hooks adopted by the Common
wealth. Hut perhaps this might be
guarded against in the law creating the
commission, and it certainly could lie
by exercising proper care in selecting its
members.
There ought to lie, and we presume
there is, enough genius, learning and
hook-making tub-lit in Pennsylvania to
give us a series of first-rule School
Rooks, When compiled and adopted,
the work of supplying these Hooks
might he thrown open to all the Pub
lishers in the State ; or they might be
printed by the State Printer and sold
under the supervision of the State
School Superintendent, if the law could
he so framed and executed as to prevent
imposition upon the public or fraud
upon the treasury of the Common
wealth.
I rebind is gradually becoming a gra/.ln :
country, amt the im*r<*usi. of late years in
the rearing of.-niil.- i* remarkable. The
decrease of land under crops this year, as
compared with last year, is no less than
12*,72*> acres. The pms have increased In
the extent of 1*7,000, sheep .77.'»,()()(), entile
21a, non.
"We clip the übove item of informa
tion from one of our exchanges. The
increase in livestock in Ireland would
he gratifying to every well-wisher of
that country, if it were not connected
with a serious decrease in the quantity
of land under cultivation in grain and
root crops. Hut being ho connected, it
furnishes occasion for melancholy re
lleetlon.
A large projMirtion of Hie soil of Ire
land is owned by Englishmen. Some
years ago these English landlords de
termined to rid their I rish estates of the
poorer class of native tenants, and to con
vert their potato and Max putehes into
pasture fields. Galling to their assist
ance the ever-remly “constabulary
force” of the ... they turned
out the Irish tenantry, men, women
and children, the sick and the well, and
pulled down the houses they had occu
pied. The poor ejected tenants, with
their small store of household goods,
were left on the public roads, where
thousands of them perished, and cuttle,
sheep and hogs were turned in upon the
land.
Of late wc have heard very little about
the “ eviction ” of tenantry in Ireland,
and it may be that the landlords have
rested satisfied with the cruelties they
perpetrated ten or fifteen years ago.
But, from whatever cause it may spring,
the detestable work then begun by the
English landlords of Ireland, of conver
ting the habitations of men into walks
for sheep and cattle, is still going on.
From the above statistics it appears
that in the last year alone nearly one
hundred and twenty-nine thousand
acres were withdrawn from cultivation.
Under the system of hand-culture that
prevails among the poor in the lural
districts of Ireland, this quantity -of
land would furnish sustenance for a
large number of people, probably forty
or fifty thousand. But the people are
gone, and cattle, sheep and hogs have
taken their place. Referring to these
changes an Irish paper says i
Thn wholesale desertion of Ireland by its
people is saddening to any Irishman who
lakes a thought of an ancient land and of a
race, who, when St. Patrick brought them
Christianity over (lie sea, 1 looked upon it,
and loved it.” The shamrock of tbeApostle
waves above the ruins of the Druid’s oak—
the faith which it typefies Ims been kept
in unshrinking constancy, through centu
ries of violence and guile—but the living
possessois of that priceless inheritance are
leaving their native shores in swarms, to
spread or lose that faith, uncording to the
lot of each, in lbreigli lands. The great
Irish event which cannot lie ignored, is
the Irish emigration. However people
may differ in their thoughts about
it, think of it they must. You can
not {mss it over. All Irishmen,
worthy of the name, look upon it with great
regret—enlightened Englishmen, tuning
Imperial viows of the matter, do not like it
much. The present Chancellor of the Ex
chequer, Mr. Disraeli, gave It careful
prominence in a roeuut speech of his. Ho
considered H n thing to be deplored, and
stopped by legislation in some wuy, if pos
sible. There are, nodoubt, some who view
this national catastrophe with pleasure
some who would gladly see the Irish small
tenant replaced by beasts for the market—
oiln-rs by strangers from England or Scot
land. Hut the most narrow minded, and,
w«< hope, the smallest class of them, is
'•ompuMcil of persons who rejoice at Irish
‘■mmniiion, as affording the chance ofturn
mg Ireland into a Rrotestant countr y b Y
pulling Protestants Inlofbe deserted homes
of< •atliolieH--und converting the farm when
tln-y ■•tmiiol convert the mun.
Tjik Aitor.MKNT in me habeas corpus
cuse of the Baltimore Police Commis
sioners was continued till a late hour
yesterday and Limn udjourned till to
day, when It wuh to bu resumed. It is
supposed that .Judge Burtol will not
render Ids decision upon the points in
volved before Monday.
judge Derickson, of the (Jrawlbrd County
Court, has announced his Intention < } f pre
senting the city of Meadvlllo In his charge
to the grand jury on Monday next, for the
dangerous condition oflts streets,
Batter Bottled by One of His Friends.
Gen. Phelps, who was nest in com
mand to Butler of the of
the expedition which occupied New
Orleans, has written a letter to the
Springfield Republican , in which he
takes issue with Gen. Butler on the cor
rectness of several statements made by
the latter in his speech at Rochester,
New York. Gen. Phelps was an oflicer
of considerabJeexperience, a West Point
graduate and veteran of the Mexican
war. Ir. the political viewshe has held,
for nmuy years, he has been extremely
radical. Gen. Butler musthave thought
very highly of him; for, before leaving
Fortress Monroe, he specially requested
of the War Department that Gen. Phelps
might be allowed to accompany him.
Gen. Phelps was in a positiou to know
what took place after the capture of New
Orleans, and his recollections extending
over that particular period may be of
importance in arriving at the Truth of
History.
He ussigns Gen. Butler a very low
rank as a military man, and strips him
of the doubtful honor to which he lays
cluim of having been the first Union
ofiicer to employ slaves in the army.
He might have gone further and said
that Butler was the first and perhaps
the only Union officer that ever offered
to use his troops to keep slaves in sub
jection. At the outbreak of the war,
when he landed with Massachusetts
troops at Annapolis, and it was rumor
ed that the slaves in that portion of
Maryland bail become very restive,
Butler addressed a communication to
the Governor of Maryland, ollering to
use his troops to put down any out
break that might occur among the
negroes. The sharp correspondence
that ensued between Gov. Andrews
and Gen. Butler is no doubt remember
ed by the public.
General Phelps thinks that General
Butler is “imaginative in his state
ments ” and that “grave errors marked
his course in the Southwest.” Pointing
out the military fact that “New Orleans
was a strong pointin the rear and center
of the strategic line of the enemy, aud
one of the most effective if it had been
properly made use of,” he argues that
General Butler failed to do this; that
he did not “ observe one of the very first
principles of war, and turn all the re
sources of the country against the
enemy.He avers that —
“ 111stcail of 11111 k mg line of these resources,
the (Jeneral remained in eoniparalive inac
tivity from the tirst of May until lute in
summer, a period of throe or four mouths,
at a juncture when time was particularly
valuable in our military movements, when
the enemy were making desperate ellbrls
to strike at Washington —to clutch, as it
were, at the very throat of our national ex
istence, and were even then drawing oil’
men from almost under our guns in New
Orleans to reinforce their ranks at Rich
mond.”
"Another great error of the (Jeneral," he
continues, "consisted in this, that after a
long and ruinous delay, after he had been
forced, in spile of himself, and with "fear
and trembling," as lie himself confesses,
into the measure of raising negro regi
ments, lie failed to place the act on Irueand
elevated grounds, and assigned publicly a
very unworthy reason therefor, unbecom
ing iiis poviiion ns a military officer of a
gloat government. In this very order an
nouncing iiis intention of raising negro
troops, tJie reason which lie assigned was,
not that the United Stales hud the right to
make u*e of all their subjects to carry on
war, but he resorted to a mere party .argu
ment ami claimed as a precedent for his
action that a rebel (Jovernor had raised two
regiments of negroes lbr carrying on the
rebellion! Ami even accompanying this
measure, which was exclusively lor free
negroes and not tor slaves, he issued an
order to prevent any slaves from being
admitted into Ids regiments. This
order was dated about the 12tU of Septem
ber. The preliminary CMimneipalion pro
clamation of the President was issued about
eight days afterwards. Vet during this
short period (Jeneral Haller claims to have
elicited a favorable response to this mean
are irom President Lincoln, lie claims to
have sent an aid to Washington to inform
the President of wlmt he laid done, who
received from the President this response:
" Very well ; the blow is struck, the slaves
are in arms, therefore they and their wives
and their children are free." Vet at this
time, when President Lincoln is represent
ed as speaking in a way so ill in accord
with liis usual action and with tin* tenor of
ids subsequent proclamation,[there were no
slaves in arms in virtue of 1 Jeneral Hutler’s
orders. There were, indeed, some lew
slaves in uriiH, but in spite of iiis measures
and orders to the contrary."
After quoting from the Now Orleans
Delia of June 12th, iSfiii—to show that,
at that time, runaway slaves were re
turned to their owners by United States
Provost Marshals—he remarks :
Here we have the spectacle of a com
manding General oft he United States army,
in the second year of the rebellion, and six
weeks after lie lmd come In possession of
one of the enemy's strongholds, turning
over subjects of the United .‘■jtates lo rebels
who were lighting against the (ioveriunenl,
lo lie whipped, us "they were in all respects
under the old stale oi Uilngs," mid this
stale of things continued lor some two
months more, In spite ol’u law of Congress
to (lie contrary, until the < icnond was com
pelled by outside pressure lo follow the
example of a rebel Governor and raise
negro troops!
How do the Radicals like this picture
of their ” hero,” drawn by one of their
own artists ?
Desecration of the Pulpit.
A despatch from New York to the
'limes of Monday last says :
“ Rcvcrncd W. 11. Boalc and Reverend
Mr. Woodrtilf, Methodists, from their pul
pits, yesterday, advised all men, as an act
of Christian duty, lo vote for Fenton ami
Besten, Republican candidates, in order to
have abuses corrected. They besought
their hearers to sustain Congress in their
votes next Tuesday, and work against
despotism, wrong and injustice.
Reverend J. Edwin Brown, of Brook
lyn, before the Young Men's Christian
Mission, yesterday, called upon his congre
gation to pray for the defeat of the Demo
cratic party, which, lie said, was obnoxious
to (lod.”
It is thus that the pulpit is prosti
tuted and degraded, and the name of
religion dishonored, in order to sub
serve the vilest partisan purposes.
There is about as much Christianity in
these Reverends as there was in Tom
Paine or Voltaire,
The Dalilinore Mystery
The Conservative victory in Balti
more astonishes every one in view of
the ability of the Radicals, by their
Police Commissioners, to exclude all
who did not agree with them. The
mystery is thus sensibly andseasouably
explained by the Springfield Repub
lican:
The Republicans of Baltimore had entire
control ot the machinery of thu election and
excluded all thu voters lbevebo.se, as rebels
or rebel sympathizers. That they should
win under such circumstances was con
sidered a matter of course. Xor is their
failure accounted for by saying that the
rebels perjured themselves and so got their
votes in. The figures tell another story.
Two years ago the Republicans east nearly
];»,Dili) votes vi (he, city and the. (jjijiositiou not
ipiite. :i,(HH). Sow the Republican vote has
ju/len to 7, ”>OO, a nil the. Democratic has
gone up to B,‘mo. Thu Democrats have
gained o.oOn, and the Republicans lost that
number mid 2,1)00 more. The aggregate
vote is 2,000 less than in IsO-l, and 8,000 reg
istered voters did not vote at all. Itcannot
be said that the Republicans wero kept from
thu polls by Intimidation. Thetruth Is that
many of the Baltimore Republicans are
conservative, after the manner of Governor
.Swann, but the result is, in part at least , a
protest bp Rep üblicatis themselves against the
policy oj cxchution. They saw that citizens
quite as loyal and trustworthy as them
selves were disfranchised under pretence,
that they had at sometime indulged sym
pathy with the rebels; they saw this year's
registration set aside by those who made it
when they discovered that the majority of
those registered were against them in poli
tics, and they began to understand that such
gross violations of the right of suffrage would
tend to dangerous consequences. They there
fore either voted with the opposition, or
made Rilent protest by refusing to vote at
all. Notwithstanding there was a disposi
tion on the part of Governor .Swaun and his
supporters to make an unfair use of their
power to carry their ends, and the defeat ot
their machinations wus cause for satisfac
tion, one cannot help feeling that the defeat
of tfic Republicans at Baltimore is also a
just retribution for their misconduct,
The moral thus drawn by a Radical
paper comes, perhaps, with better grace
from it than from us.
Eight-room houses in perfect order, and
in the nicest and most healthy part of Lon
don nro ronted at from §250 to $3OO per
umnim.
The Expected Shower of Meteors.
A sharp look-out will be kept to
night and to-morrow night for the ex
pected shower of meteors. Prof. New
ton, of Yale College, predicts a prodig
ious flight of them, the most imposing
of its kind, and visible over a large area
of the earth’s surface—perhaps for the
last time in the present century—either'
on the morning of the 33th or 14th oif
November. Mr. Alexander Herschel,
of England', who lately lectured on the
subject before the Koyal Institution,
shares in this expectation. The meteors
should be especially looked for between
midnight and sunrise, and may be ex
pected in greatest abundance between
three and four A. M. They proceed,
with few exceptions, from a common
centre in some part of the constellation
of Leo. Between the 13th of October
and the 12th of November, during the
years from 903 to 1833, not less thau
thirteen great star showers were re
corded. They are separated from each
other by the third part of a century, or
some multiple of that period. Accord
ing to the calculations of Prof. Newton,
the nextpassageof the earth through the
centre of the meteoric group will take
place two sunrise, at Green
wich, on the morning of the 14th of
November, 180 G. A watch on. the
morning of the 13th is recommended,
“as the moment of greatest brightness
may fall one day before the predicted
time.” The display this year is ex
pected to rival that of November 13,
1533, when 240,000 meteors are computed
by Arago to have been visible above
the horizon of Baltimore. The average
height of shooting stars at the middle
of their apparent paths is not quite
sixty miles above the earth. Professor
Loomis, of Yale College, gives the fol
lowing concerning meteoric showers
and general directions to guide ob
servers :
On the morning of November 13th, 1833,
shooting stars ware seen in extraordinary
numbers throughout nearly the whole of
North America. 1 1 was estimated that the
number visible at a single station could not
have been less than two hundred thousand.
The display begun about midnight, but was
not very remarkable until between two and
three o’clock. There is no evidence that
any remarkable display of meteors was
seen on the same day either in Europe or
Asia.
On the morning of November 13, 1K32,
unusual numbers of shooting stars were
seen throughout Europe. One observer
counted forty-eight in live minutes. No
unusual display was noticed on tho same
dav in the l nited States.
on the morning of November 12th, 1700,
meteors appeared as numerous as the stars,
du i ing a period of lour hours. This display
was noticed throughout Europe and Amer
ica. An unusual number of meteors was
recorded NovemberJUh, lii’JS; also, near the
same season of the year, in 1302, and at
several previous dales extending buck to
the year 002.
These tacts clearly indicate a cycle of
about one-third of a century; and it is
probable that there will be a repetition of
the shower, either this year or tho next, In
some part oflho world; blit we cannot lie
sure that the principal display will tukc
place in tho United States.
It will bo observed that the day of the
year on which the great display occurs
changes to the extent of three days In a
century, lienee we may look for the great
est display this year on the morning of
November Mill.
(>ti the morning of November 13th, ISIm,
four observers at New 11 uvon saw four hun
dred ami thirty shooting stars in less limn
two hours; while on the next morning less
than half this number could be seen. This
fact would lead us to expect the greatest
number could bo seen. This fact would
lead us to expect tho greatest number of me
teors this year also on the morning of the
13th.
It is probable that the number of shoot
ing stars will be considerably greater than
tho average on the mornings both of the
13th and 1-Uh. The numbers may be ex
pected to be the greatest after midnight and
to increase until the commencement of the
morning twilight.
The following directions are given to guide
observers:
1. (Jbservo in the open air, from a Htation
which commands a good view of the
heavens quite down to the horizon. (>bsor
vations trom an open window are of but
little value.
2. Jf It is desired to determine the whole
number of meteors visible, at least four
observers are ueeessary; and whenever a
meteor is seen its number should be audi
bly announced for the purpose of avoiding
duplicates.
3. A majority of tin* November meteors
move in paths which seem lo deverge from
a point or region in the constillation Leo,
near the bend ofthe Sickle. It is important
to determine accurately the dimensions and
position of tiiis area from which the meteors
radiate; also tho proportion-of the numbers
which do and those which do not conform
to the general law.
■i. As it is probable that on this occasion
there will he a large number of observers
at many ditl'erenl places, it will beu favora
ble opportunity Ibr'delerminlng the height
of particular meteors. Therefore, whenever
a meteor appears so reniarkabluns loattruct
particular attention, the position o! Its path
among the stars should lie located, ami the
beginning ami end ofthe path, the precise
lime ol the observation, ami the duration
of the light should be carel'nlFf estimated.
Wlam the li'hgi hof the patli has been deter
mined, the hist observation will give the
velocity ot the muleor, which is an element
ofthe greatest Importance with respect to
the theory of these bodies.
The Chinene records of these nhe
nomemi extend back to JJ. C. (i4-i, from
which time to A. 1)., TW, sixteen falls
of meteors are recorded. In October,
UO2 ; October ll>, 1210 ; October 21, I,'JfiO,
old style ; and November 0-10, 1757,
showers of meteors were seen in Ku
rope, and on November 12-IJI, 1700,
Humboldt has especially recorded an
appearance of this kind. UTom careful
calculations astronomers suppose that
every thirty-third, or some say every
thirty-fourth year, these appearances
are most striking; hence the interest
which attaches to the present year. All;
phenomena connected with these
should be carefully observed and autheiv
ticated in as many ditlerent parts of the
world, and especially of our continent,
as possible. The time of each distinct
appearance, the point in the heavens,
ail facts that can throw light upon the
distance of these bodies from the earth,
any explosions and the directions of the
various motions that may be observed,
carefully noted at the time, and sent,
properly authenticated, to some careful
astronomer attending to tills subject,
may be of the highest utility. Kven if
nothing occurs on any of these three
nights this year, that fact will be useful
to astronomers.
A planter of South (’arolina hasgiyen
the following description of the effect
produced upon his negroes bythegraml
meteoric shower of Its eHects
upon the whites wherever it was ob
served were equally impressive. Thou
sands believed that theend of the world
was at hand. The planter above refer
red to says ;
“ I was suddenly awakened by (lie most
distressing cries that ever fell on my ears.
Shrieks of horror and cries for mercy I
could hear from most of the negroes of three
plantations, amounting in all to about six
or eight hundred. While earnestly listen
ing for the cause, I heard a faint voice near
the door calling 1113' name. ] arose, and,
taking my sword, stood at the door. At
this moment I heard the same voice still
beseeching me to rise, and saying *(>! my
hod, tlio world is on lire!’ I*thon opened
the door, and it is didloult to say which ex
cited me most, the awful ness of the scene
or the distressed cries of the negroes. Up
wards of one hundred lay prostrate on the
ground—some speechless, and some will)
the bitterest (tries, but with their hands
raised, imploring God to save the world
and them. Thoscene, lido writer adds, ‘was
truly awtul, for never did ral*; fall much
Ihioker than the meteors fell U wards the
earth. Hast, west, north and south It was
tlio same.' ”
Tlie limits of this grand shower of stars
were the grout lakes of America on the
North, the sixty-lirsj degree of longitude
on the iOast, the West Indies on the South,
and the hundredth degree of longitude on
the West. Throughout this vast extent of
territory, on land undseaalike, the heavens
were illuminated for about nine hours in
succession by a multitude of shooting stars
of dazzling brilliancy. The premonition
of the shower was a reddish vapor which
appeared in the southern horizon at 7
o'clock in the evening, und then gradually
ascended until it had reached Us zenith.
This vapor appeared to be very transparent,
and yet it wus sufficiently dense to conceal
the smallest stars. At U o’clock the shower
of meteors commenced, reaching its maxi
mum in point of numbers und brilliancy
about 4 o’clock on the morning of the 14th,
although the display did not cease until
daybreak.
Many theories have been advanced by
scientific men to account for meteoric
plays; but it is now generally admitted
that all the phenomena of this class, whether
in the form of shooting stars or of meteoric
stones, are of the same general character,
and have u common origin. What that
particular origin is has not yet been settled
to the satisfaction of all who have investi
gated the subject. But it is no longer be
lieved, as was at one time seriously main
tained by Laplace, and others as illustrious
In tho world of science, that the meteors
which have fallen upon the earth proccod
from our own volcanoes, or from those of
the moon. Their occasional appearance
within the limits .of our atmosphere, where
they are necessarily subjected to its power
of resistance, as well as to the attention of
the earth, is most satisfactorily accounted
for by the theory advanced by Professor
Olmstead, to which Arago has lent the
weight of his great name. It may be briefly
summed up as follows:
Independently of the visible planetary
bodies which crowd the Solar System, there
are vast numbers of small and invisible
bodies which circle around the sun, either
singly or in nebulous groups. The nebu
lous body from which the meteors of 1833
emanated, makes a revolution around the
sun in neurly six months; its orbit being
eliptical, and but little inclined to the plane
of the ecliptic. Its perihelion, or the point
in its orbit which is nearest to thesun, is just
within the orbit of Mercury; while its
aphelion, or point of greatest distance from
the suu, is very near the orbit of the earth.
The distance of the former from tliesun is
estimated at 24,000,000 of miles: that of the
latter at 95,000,000. The orbits of the other
wanderiug little planets of course vary
from, this somewhat. But when the wan
dering body happens to be at its aphelion
just at the time that the earth has reached
he neighboring point in its own orbit, the
smaller body is subjected to the attraction
ofthe earth, and enters its atmosphere.
The igneous state of the meteors is eusily
accounted for. A velocity though tho air
of three thousand feet per second is sutli
cient to raise a meteoric body to the
temperature oflBoo degrees Fahrenheit, or
to a vivid red heat. The uverngo velocity
ot meteors being, by careful calculation,
full thirty or forty times as great, their tom
peraturu would of course be increased to a
corresponding degree, were not a portion of
It dissipated in surrounding space.
The Next Congress.
Although the returns of the late elec
tions come in quite slowly, the political
complexion of tha next Congress can he
ascertained almost with certainty. The
popular interest having centered in the
choice of Representatives we refer first
to the House, the political status of
which is given in the followiug table :
Drill. Jicji.t Drill, Krji.
1 —i ,\! issouri H ti
:t 11 (New Jersey ‘J :i
:i xjNewYorlc 1' 1!)
.OjOhlo :{ 1(J
1 Oregon 1
.^Pennsylvania,... (j IS
ID West Virginia...— :!
.V Wisconsin 1 .»
I unaware
Illinois....
Indiana..
lowa
Kansiw....
'iiiliiu
Maryland
.'la siichuseUs...—
Michigan
Minnesota
KKCA I'ITL’I.ATION
Democrats
Kepu Oilcans.
The States yet to elect Representa
tives in the Fortieth CoDgress, and the
numer of members to which they are
entitled, are as follows:
California.....
Connecticut
J Rhode Island.
Kentucky (I Total.
New Hampshire Uj
Estimating the result of the elections
in these States as that of the last Con*
gressional election, excepting that in
Kentucky, which recently chose a
Democrat to 1111 the vacancy in the
Sixth District occasioned by the resig
nation of Hon. Green Clay Smith (Re
publican), the grand result will bo as
follows :
Democrat*- j;,
Thin, of uotirao will give the Jtepubll
cuiis a majority In theJ louHeaud plenty to
spare, so they will have everything their
own way In the Fortieth, as they now
have In the Thirty-ninth Congress.
In the United .States Senate there are
eleven Senators to be chosen Uilh winter
by the Legislature of the following
States, to wit:
Illinois, vice Lynnui Trumbull, H.
Imbuim, vlit- Henry Lana, K,
Hamms, vie, J*' um lul Pomeroy, It.
' [. "James H. Lane, U.
Mur> land, vice John A. J. (JresweJl, 11.
Missouri, vice D. Oral/. Brown, K.
New Jersey, vice "William Wright, D.
New York, vice Ira Harris, K.
Ohio, vice John Hherman, li.
Pennsylvania vice Edgar Cowan, It.
Wisconsin, vice Timothy 0. Howe, it.
•Deceased.
It is probable that, except in the case
of Senator Creswell of Maryland, every
Republican Senator in the above list
will either be re-elected or replaced by
a Radical ; and, on the other side, the
seats of Edgar (lowan, of Pennsylvania,
and the late William Wright, of New
Jersey, will be tilled by Radicals. Mary
land of course, will elect a Conserva
tive in place of John A. J. Creswell,
providing that the Radicals in that
Stute do not succeed by some hocus
pocus arrangement in ousting the Con
servative members of the Legislature
who were chosen on Tuesday. Should
this forecast prove correct, the political
complexion of the Senate will be as fol
lows :
Democrats l J| Hepublicnus *ll
The gist, then, of the whole story Is
that for the next three years the Radi
cals will have complete control of the
legislation in the House of Representa
tives, and of that in the Senate for a
longer period. With them, therefore,
the responsibility of the acts of Con
gress must rest, and the country will
hold them accountable both for the
wrong that they may do and the right
that they may leave undone. We can
only hope Unit, impressed with the
grave responsibility now devolved upon
them, they will manifest more regard
for the real interests of the country, ir
respective of their party, than they
have done in the past. Rut we fear tliat
tills hope will prove vain.—A’. Y. World,
A Good Institution
The Reform I’urni, situated near Lan
caster, In Fulrllcld county, Ohio, Is a
good institution, and one like it might
be established in every State with ad
vantage to the public morals and safety,
Its object, like that of our own House
of Refuge, is the reclamation of boys
who have strayed away from the path
of rectitude. The Farm consist of nearly
twelve hundred acres, of which about
tour hundred are cleared. A visitor
give's tlie following detailed statement
of the operations at the Farm :
y'After breakfast, U A. M., all the boys meet
''on the front lawn and receive their orders
for tlie work of the day. This morning 2.7
wereakipiiled for the clearing. At the tool
"house, they find their axes, and at once pro
ceed to tlie forest. Another force of :j(), with
scorn-cuttei's, go to the corn-field to cut and
shock corn, < Hhor details go to the garden,
thenur-sofy, the buckwheat field, to the
orchard, to gather apples, cti*. At the dry
house we found a group of boys busily en
gaged in drying apples; they 'had already
dried sixty bushels. Mere is another group
making butler. Invited by one of the boys
engaged in boiling food for the hogs we
visited his establishment. His furnaces and
boilers were in good shape, and the fat
porkers in tin* adjoining pens would lie an
honor to the best feeder in the Miami Val
ley. After dinner, the hoys spend lour
hours in school, Tin* evening is spent in
reading, conversation and a review of the
day; and at eight o'.-lock they retire. The
frond conduct of the boys is always ac
knowledged by an advance grade in tlie way
to an honorable discharge, by the approba
tion and confidence of the officers, and tlie
trust renosed in them. Had conduct is
nunished by marks of demerit, reproof,
omul and water, and in extreme cases, ami
approval by the resident commissioner,
corporal punishment is inflicted.
Uiirglary at Olcan—S2.i,ooo Stolen from
a Hankins OlUee.
[ From the Olean Advertiser. J
Our town was startled on Friday
morning by tlie discovery of a great
burglary in the banking ofliceof Messrs.
Stowell, Chamberlain & Co. The safe
was a double one, made by Lewis Lillie,
of Troy, of the largest size, weighing
many thousand pounds. Tlie burglars
obtained an entrance into tlie office on
prying open one of the windows with a
jimmy. In the lower left hand corner
of tlio right-hand outer door of the safe,
Which was two Inches thick, a hole was
drilled, through which powder was in
troduced. Itwas blown open, separating
the outside from the holts und Inside cast
ing, rendering It a complete wreck. The
lower hinges of both doors were broken
offi They next attacked the Inside safe
which was two feet high, extending the
width and depth of the inside of the
main safe. This safe was one and a
half inches thick, made with folding
doors. They drilled another hole
through the hand door in nearly the
■ ame point they had on the outside safe,
blowing open both doors. This gave
them access to the money and bonds,
amounting to twenty-five thousand doL
lars, which they carried off. The larger
portion of this belonged to special de
positors. They also took valuablepapers
belonging to the Arm, leaving in their
flight a bag of gold and silver; also a
hundred-dollar hill. This safe was
made to order by Mr. Dillie, of chilled
iron, and was supposed to be burglar
proof, as it was a double safe, one inside
of the other, with Lillie’s combination
locks oil the outside and inside doors.
Iso trace of the burglars has been dis
covered. They came well prepared
with jimmies, drills, gunpowder, &c.
The clerk of the bank did not ieaye
there until 12 o'clock at night. The
explosion was heard about 4 in the
morning, showing they were'expedK
tious in their work. •
The Elections on Tuesday.
The results of the elections held in the
twelve States that voted on Tuesday were
announced in general terms yesterday.
For several days to come, whatever further
returns may be received must be fragmen
tary and scattered, and such as will en
lighten but few newspaper readers, and
would only, if published, tend to confuse
and bewilder a great many others. Wo
prefer, therefore, to give a statement of the
ascertained and reported results without
going into details, and this, according to
the best light we have at this writing and
after careful scrutiny of all returns, is pre
sented in the following:
New York.
On Tuesday New* York elected a Gover
nor and other State officers, besides 31 Con
gressmen and a State Legislature. Reuben
F. Fenton, Republican, has a reported
majority in the whole State for Governor of
4,900, The other Republican candidates for
State offices, all of whom are elected, are :
Lieutenant Governor, Stewart L. Wood
lord ; Canal Commissioner, Stephen T.
Hoyt; State Prison Inspector, John Ham
mond.
The Congressmen reported elected are,
Republicans, IS; Democrats and Conserva
tives, 13; a Conservative gain of 3. The
StAte Legislature in both branches is Re
publican, and will elect a U. S. Senator to
succeed Hon. Ira Harris.
Vermont.
An election for member of Congress in
the Third District was held on Tuesday,
und Worthington C. Smith, Republican!
was elected by several hundred majority
over A. O. Aldis, Conservative, and Waldo
Brigham, Democrat.
Illinois.
Illinois elected State officers, fourteen Con
gressmen mul a State Legisleture. George
W. Smith, Hep., was elected Slate Treas
urer, and Newton Bateman, Rep., Superin
tendent of Public Instruction.
Tho State Legislature, which will choose
a U. S. Senator to succeed Mr. Trumbull, is
largely Republican.
The now Congressional delegation will
probably stand 11 Republicans und 3 Dem
ocrats, as in tlio present House.
Massachusetts.
Massachusetts elected a Governor, Lieu
tenant Governor, State officers, Legislature
and ten members of ongress. The Repub
licans carried everything before them. Tho
following State officers were elected by im
mense majorities:
Governor, Alex. H. Bullock ; Lt. Gover
nor, Will, ClaJiin ; Secretary ofState, Oliver
Warner; Attorney General, Chester 1.
Reed; Treasurer, Jacob 11. Loud ; Vuditor
JI.S. Briggs.
The Congressional delegation arc all Rc
pu blicans.
New Jersey
New Jersey elected five members of Con
gress and a Slate Legislature, which will
elect a United Slates Senator to succeed Mr.
Wright.
If Rogers’ and Newell’s districts have
gone Republican, the Congressional dele
gation will stand four Republicans to nno
Democrat—a Republican gain of two. The
Republicans have a majority m the State
Legislature, thus securing ifU. S. Senator.
Minnesota.
Minnesota held an election for State Au
ditor, Clerk of Supreme Conn and Con
gressmen.
Win. Windoin and Ignatius Donnelly
were re-election to Congress by the Repub
licans.
Missouri,
Missouri elected nine members of Con
gress and a State Legislature. The Con
gressional delegation, as reported, stands
six Republican, to one Democrat, one Con
servative Republican, with one District to
hear from.
The delegation will probably be divided
politically me same us in the present I louse.
The Legislature is Republican, and will
elect a United States Senator to succeed B,
Grutz. Brown,
Maryland,
Five members of Congress and a Legisla
ture were chosen In this State.
Tuo Democrats have secured four Con
gressmen, being a gain of two since tins
previous election, They have also a large
majority in the State ‘Legislature, which
will give them the choice of a United States
Senator to succeed Mr. Cress well.
Delaware
In Delaware, Govo Saulsburv, Dem., is
elected Governor, over James Riddle, Rep.,
and John A. Nicholson, Dem., to Congress’
over John L. MeKim, Rep., by about 1,000
majority.
Michigan.
Michigan elected a Governor and other
State officers, and six members of Congress.
Tho Republican candidates for Governor
and Slate officers were elected bv inciensed
majorities, as lollows: Governor, Henry
11. Crupo; Lieut.-Governor, Dwight Muv;
Secretary of Stale, <). L. Spaulding; Treas
urer, E. (). Grosvenor; Lund Commission
er, U. D. Pritchard; Attorney-General, W.
1.. Stoughton ; Member of Board of Ktluca
tion, Edwin Wiilits; Auditor, Win. Hum
phrey ; Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion, O. Jlosford,
Tho Congressman are all Republicans,
being a Republican gain of onu*
li ansas,
Kansas elected a Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, and other Stale officers, chief
Justieool Supremo Court, one member of
Congress, ami u Legislature that will elect
two United Slates Senators lo succeed Sen
ator Pomeroy, and tu fill the place of tho
lute Senator Lime.
The Republican Stale ticket was elected,
the officers chosen being as lollows : (;.»v
-ernor, Samuel J. Crawford; Lieuleiil Gov
ernor, N. G roon; Secretary of Stall*, R. A.
Barker; Auditor,.!. R.. Swallow; Treasurer,
Marlin Anderson ; Superintendent ol Pub
lic Instruction, Peter MeVieker; Attorney
General, George 11. Hoyt; Chief Justice of
the Supremo Court, N. A. Kingman.
Sidney Clarke, Republican, was re-elect
ed to Congress, and the State Legislature Is
Republican, giving that party two United
States .Senators,
Wisconsin,
In Wisconsin the oleetlon was lor mem
bers of Congress and tlio Statu Legislature.
There In no change in the political com
plexion ol the Congressional delegation,
which remains five Republicans to one
Democrat.
Nevada.
This Stute elected a Congressman, and
though no returns have been received, there
is little doubt that Delos K. Ashley, Re
publican, is elected.
A Hunt After a $120,000 Package of United
States Bonds,
The Hartford Times tells n curious
story about a package some $120,1)00 In
(iovernment bonds,which may he worth
relating. As we understand it, the
bonds were the property of a large wool
house in this city, und tlie package hud
been taken by one of the partners for
safe keeping. It was afterwards de
cided to semi the package to a branch
establishment of the house located in
one of the Western cities; und a son of
one of the partners was deputed to get
the bonds and take them West. He
procured tlie packnge at tlie house
where it hud been left, on street.
it wns in a tin box or cuse. He wrap
ped it in a paper, put it in his carpet
bag, and started for tlie business house
of tlie firm in another part of tlie city.
On passing through Asylum street lie
stopped at Casper Krenzen's hoot and
shoe Bhop, to procure something in his
line, and in making room for It in his
carpet Img, lie took out tlie tin box
wrapped in paper and laid it for a mo
ment on the counter. On adjusting liiH
carpet ling he forgot toputiu the bonds,
ami left the package on the counter.
Nor did he discover .the loss on going
to the firm’s house of business, hut after
arranging liis affairs, went oil' in thh
cars with his curpet bag.
About a month after his arrival at the
West tlie firm here sent him certain di
rections in regnrd to u sale of u portion
of the bonds. He not finding tlie pack
age, and thinking he must have left it
in the safe at home, telegraphed buck
that he had no bonds. The firm then
telegraphed him to return home imme
diately, for the bonds were missing. It
was his belief, and theirs, too, thut lie
had put the bonds into the safe, und
thut somebody had obtained access to
it, in an ungurded moment, during
business hours, and made off with the
tin box. 11l the midst of this troubled
doubt, he suddenly Hturted up with the
exclamation that lie niUHt have left the
package in Kreutzer’s boot store ; and
off he went to find It.
Filtering the shop, lie said to the pro
prietor : “Kreutzer, I'll take that parcel
I left here some time ago." The boot
maker returned, and reaching up to the
show case where he kept boots on ex
hihltlou In the shop, produced the pack
age. It hud never been opened. It had
lain for on a shelf or coun
ter where they were accustomed to un
roll and cut leather, and where the pro
prietor had placed it, under the impres
sion that it would soon he called for.
Finally, seeing that It was uncalled for,
he unrolled the paper, and, seeing a tin
box, put it, without opening it, in the
show case, for safe keeping. Aud thus
the $120,000 in Government bonds, after
being lost for six weeks, were all re
covered. This case shows that people
are sometimes careless in large matters
as well as in small ones.
Rbpokts from Washington say that
our diplomatic relations, vyith England
are Improving, end that the British
government shows so friendly a
that it Is helieved the claims of the
United States for Indemnity on account
of the Anglo-rebel cruisers, will be set
tled without a resort to any more ur
gent means by this country than'have
already been employed. '
Persona].
John Mitchell is on bis way back from
Paris.
Governor Wise is quite ill of cholera at
Richmond.
Albert Pike has been swindled out of
$5OO by a Memphis confidence man.
Mrs. General Grant's grandfather was tho
first licensed preacher west of the Ohio.
Hon. A. J. Elmore has resigned tho State
Secretaryship of Alabama.
M°ro favorable accounts of Bismarck’s
health have been received from Patbus.
Bishop Wilmer was consecrated at Now
Orleans on Wednesday.
The Emperor of Austria is ill. Ills doctors
recommend abstinence from business.
Governor Swann arrived in Washington
Thursday night, and paid a visit to the
President.
The tailor is just dead in Paris who used
to make the great Napoleon’s gray great
coats. Ilia name was Legnt.
The Emperor Napoleon hits shown him
self in tho Bois de Boulogne with tho object,
doubtless, of confuting the rumors regard!
ing his health.
Harrison, once the champion billiard
player of Missouri, Ims been arrested and
lined for vagrancy In a St. Louis police
court.
Levi Lincoln is S 4 yoars old, and ho was
governor of Massachusetts forty years ago.
lt was an honor then.
The Washington Republican says that tho
live Swunn has got tho bettor of tho Dead
Duck in Maryland.
General Beauregard in n private conver
sation with a friend denied the alarming
reports that are in circulation with regard
to the Emperor Napoleon’s health, When
he left tho French capital, the
Emperor's condition was nearly as good,
physically as It had been for years.
General Roseerans is in California en
gaged in mining.
Garibaldi Is expected on a visit to Eng
land in November.
Corcoran, the Washington banker, is go
ing to Hu rope.
Rossinger, Maximillian's steward, has
arrived at Havana.
M. Snrdnn, the French playwright, had a
revenue trom the theatres lust year of
s.'>o,ooo.
Governor Bullock, of Mass,, has pardoned
the men who were convicted of having out
rageously assaulted a person who had
spoken disrespectfully of the late lamented
Lincoln.
J. C. Fremont proposes to himself the
United States Senatorship from Missouri.
General lleintzlonmn has gone to Gal
veston to assume command of the District
of Texas.
Boston is building a monument to Ned
Kendall,'The bugler that bugled with Ids
bugle.”
Deborah Bradford, 93 years old, is tlio
solo survivor ol the Wyoming massacre.
Sue remembers nil about it.
Miss Evans, the novelist, is llfly-slx years
old, and speaks throe languages besides
English. She has written six novels In ten
years.
Guinness, the Dublin brewer, who restor
ed St. Patrick’s cathedral, is now repairing
Cong Abbey. Guinness's guineas are inex
haustible.
Mr. Codings, of the Boston Athenmum,
fell on the stage on Monday evening. Ah
he was the “heavy man” of the establish
ment It must lmveliurl him.
Cyrus W. Field has made enough out of
the Atlantic Cable so fur to begin wiping
out his old IjnbllltJus with Interest. That is
“a now way to pay old deblsT
< ieneral Naglee has planted four hundred
acres of Ids California tract with mulberry
trees, and Intends to engage in the eulliva
tlonofsilk. Hisellbris tocultlvnlu" calico”
have proved rather abortive.
Ilunnicutt, a Northern .Southern Union
man, who had a colored paper it I Richmond,
and ulterwurds was a Torch-and-Turpnn
line trouper, has gone to Philadelphia.
Wo greatly regret to learn that the Tycoon
of Japan Ims been ill. Ills complaint is
railed the Kuka, and its etl'eels are the loss
of the use of the limbs, particularly the
lower extremities. Tho malady Is said to
be peculiar to Japan, but its ravages are
sometimes seen here at Sunday-school pic
nics.
Lord Brougham, at tho Soeial Science
Meeting, Manchester, read in a tolerably
audible voice, but after rendirig about half
his paper hu sat down, apparently owing to
a set of false teeth getting out of order. He
readjusted them, remarking, “Uriu's teeth
are troublesome from birth.
Colorado is not to be famous alone for its
gold mines, as both suit and coal have been
discovered in the Territory. Both these ar
ticles are quite as valuable to the people of
Colorado us their gold.
Financial Difficulties in Prospect.
A New York correspondent, of No
vember Ith, writes as follows to the
Richmond Knimincr :
The truth is, too, that in this city during
the last few days political affidrs have hem.
secondary, in the minds of most men, n.,
Ihe mure tangible and more obviously ur
gent questions of trade and llimnee, Tim
conviction gains ground that we are on i)v»
eve of very serious embarrassment. Tin
trade of the city, generally speaking, is now
worse limn it has been sineu Is.VT. All
brunches of business leel the depression -
some of them to an extent tlml threatens
ruin. Importers mid manufacturers com
plain of more limn dullness, for besides be
ing nimble to lighten their stocks, they
experience difficulty In making the usual
collections. Hence tho ominous renew
als of paper, mmli of It at compara
tively long dates. Nor Is this sug
gestive ci ecu nml mice dlseernlblc only
here. The same complaint |s hoard Jt
Philadelphia, where a perceptible increase
lu the amount of six muiillis' paper, ema
nating from dry goods eomiulsslon houses,
begins to excite uneasiness, The willing
ness to grant credits miming half a year
has been one of the signs of oureommorelnl
recklessness; mid the fact that In many
cases an extension for a similar period has
become necessary indicates an unwound
stale of affidrs. Enormous stocks, expanded
credit, and disappointment in regard to
Southern collections, are premonitions ol
evil not lo be spoken of lightly. They tell
of the crush that is coming. This time, as
at other times, the crash will begin with the
dry goods houses. And experience has
shown that when a few largo dry goods
concerns topple over, other branches are
not far removed from danger,
lntlulion nnd gambling speculation are
widely ramified. Tho grain, pork und but
ler trades are at this moment subject to un
healthy activity, In these us in nearly all
other branches, “corners" are in vogue*
and "cornering” is but another term for
swindling, with bankruptcy as a probable*
result. Inquiries amongst com mission
houses have satisfied me that but for fraud
ulent combinations and contrivances,
butter would fall to less than two-thirds of
its present price. Pork has been kept up
by the tricks ol a few large operators, who
seem likely to so Her severely tor their pains.
The enormous quantity held by ono or two
linns, renders a maintenance of the prosen l
price impossible. There Ims been a large
lull within the last few duys, und within
the next ninety days the fall will be yet
greater, i>l the speculation in grain you
may judge when I inform you that the
Chicago banks now exact a margin of about
forty per cent, on grain paper, instead of
ten per cent, as usual.
A Xlcc Distinction
A \ cry nice distinction, on uccount of
color, is troubling the School Committee
ot Springfield, Ohio. The case is on
trial in the District Court, and the ques
tion to he determined is the alleged ad
mixture of African with Caucasian
blood in the veins of two children of
seemingly fair complexion and pure
race.
The Committee claim that the children
are one-fourth.black,their mother being
a mulatto, aud their father (who is dead)
a white man ; while the mother alleges
thatshehasnoAfrlcan bloodln bervelns,
hutis the daughter of an Englishman and
an Indian womun,althoughshesaysthal
she was horn In Virginia aud sold
Into slavery In Mississippi, where her
husband bought her In order to free ami
marry her. The Committee brought
evidence lo show that the mother had
associated with negroes (which she on
her part denied), and that her medical
ulteudunt always thought thut she hud
some Africun us well us Indian blood.
It appeured in evidence lliiitllie child
ren hud attended the regulur school one
term without objection, but the next
term were refused admission ; und the
relator testified that she hud employed
white servants, that the white people
of the neighborhood, including one
member of the committee and Ids wife,
had culled on her, and that her oldeHl
son had uttended the district school und
spent a year und a half at college, and
while there another of the school com
mittee figuring In this action had been
his room mate, and he had never heard
any intimation from uuy student that
he was not white.
Impeachment Circular.
A petition to Congress for the Im
peachment of President Johnson is
being circulated throughout the Northr
west, “drawn up," as an accompany
ing circulur says, “ to meet the earnest
wishes of many loyal people, who feel
It unsafe to trust power iu the hands of
a man whose lawless usurpations may
peril, at any hour, the safety and peace
of the Republic.” The petition con
tains twelve specifications, of which the
appointment Of Provisional Governors,,
the pardon of rebels, returning them
their forfeited property, and the inter
fering in the State of affairs of Louisi
ana are principal