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Senator l'oit
fri.ll.l , of t 4 ornitio• l'uwan 1%111
Owl to 1,.• lit.iot wool
)liiii4ter In AiNtritt. prt.•
in the Stlittle will
ri.lomi• to confirm Iris appoint-
Cameron Elected
Carnerini wits eleult,l Su:tutor
}eqturday. Thu Demurah.vitmt a tinitutl
,(au for I hffl. I..dgar
The President to be Impeached and a
!inanition Inaugurated.
Tilers in reason to believe that the
Radicals in Congress have determined
to inaugurate a complete revolution.
When the impeaehment of President
Johnson was tirs't moved in the House,
ac hoped enough men would be found
there to save the nation from the mud
designs of theextreine fanatics. We are
being Pureed to the eonviction that our
hopes in that regard were without
foundation. Tlw revolutionary ealed
at Washington see very plainly that
while the President and the Supreme
Court of the United Staten remain as
barriers in their way, they cannot suc
ceed In carrying out their projected de
signs. They cannot remodel the
Supreme Court until they place in the
Presidential chair some one who will
do their bidding, regardless of the ( 'on
stitution;and of the bent Interests of the
nation. To maintain the nupreinaey of
their party they scent willingto proceed
to any extreme.
soon after the adjournment the
last session of I 'ongress, a distinguished
lien:dor from this Stale laid down to us
the plan which he deelared the Radical
majority would pursue. lie said, with
truth, that these fanatics (lured not
stand null ; that to do so was to sash'
inevitable defeat; t ha t they must ad
vance or see their party perish. When
asked if they would impeach the Presi
dent, he replied by asking the question
What else can they do ?" Ile saw
that they would be placed ill the exact
position in whieh they now stand, II
:11:0117 t.O I dish their purposcH h
oot, getting rid of both the President
and the Supreme Court. lie laid down
10 us in advance the precise programme
on which these revolutionists are now
boldly entering.
The movement of an impeachment is
the first. step. Before the close of the
present neasl , in ILke House Coturnittee
on the Judiciary will report in favor of •
impeaching the President, and the re
port will be adopted. A committee will
then be appointed by the House to go
before the Senate, and, in the name of
the House, Min/peach Andrew Johnson
for certain alleged crimes and utisde•
meanors, and to demand his immediate
The ,4enatc will proceed to make
preparations for the a ial of the Presi
dent, and, in the mean lime, a decree
Will be passed by both houses deelarll4,
that, gentling the result of the trial, the
official functions or the chief executive
Mike of the nation shall ISe discharged
by the Speaker or the Senate . This
work will all he done up during the last
hours of the present session. The new
l-3,enate and Ilouse will be eon Cenci' oil
the 4th of \l arch. As soon as the pre,
sent Congress adjullrllS, the next will at
once eollllllellee its session. Item \Vade,
of Ohio, has already been designated as
the new Speaker of the Senate, and
from the time lie takes his seat, he will
be virtually President of the United
States. The trial of President Johnson
will be vigorously pushed forward, and
a very few days will suffice to depose
him from office. With Ben. \Vade in
the Executive Chair there will be no
barriers to restrain the revolutionists.
A law increasing the number of •f udges
of the Supreme Court will be passed at
mice, and, of course, Wade will norni•
nate the (Host iiiiiierLlpLllol/H 1111 . 11 pecan
find. Then the revolution Will be com
plete.
Such We believe tfi L.: the Radical pro.
gratnine. How eau it I n defeated and
the Republic saved We fear nothine:
will be I( It l'or the People hut the in
auguration 01' a counter revolution.
They must prepare to reshil and• much
revolutilinary chauge hi the thrill of our
owie,rni f ient by force. It will conic to
that inevitably, unless the Radicals
shall desist rrorn their 111 falllol.lB dertignm,
Let every lover of his country hold
himself ready to respond to her call at
moment's notice, If there should be
need of him, as we verily believe there
will be, in such u contest we should
have no fear of the result. The fate of
the Radical revolutionists would set an
example which would not be forgotten
to a hurry. Let the people be prepared.
Ilow Cameron Secured the Nomination
For mouths past there has been great
commotion In the ranks of the Radical
horde of Pennsylvania. Ever since the
9ctober election the Senatorial question
has been a source of intense excitement.
No one of the numerous candidates
named was such a man as Pennsylvania
should send to the Senate of the United
Stated. Against three of them, Curtin,
Cameron and Forney, the greatest
dliarges of corruption had been made
In terms so explicit as to destroy belief
in their honesty.
The masses of the Republican party
of this State had been so much accus
tomed to hear Andrew (3. Curtin lauded
as a great man, and so much flattered
as "the soldiers' friend," that it is safe
to say a very large majority of them
favored his election to the U. S. Senate.
Next to Curtin, Stevens was the popular
candidate. There is beyond ques
tion a considerable element in
the Republican party of Pennsyl
vania which would haverejoiced in the
election of Thaddeus• Stevens, because
he is the representative of the most
radical doctrines. Simon Cameron,
the successful candidate, entered the
arena with comparatively few adhe
rents among the threehundred thousand
men who cast their votes for John W.
(eary. Certainly nine out of ten of
these, and probably a much larger pro
portion, preferred one or the other of the
candidates named in opPosltion to him.
Wherever the contest was fairly made
before the people, Cameron's represen
tatives were almost invariably and
overwhelmingly defeated. Those who
claim that a clear and very decided
majority of the members of the Legisla
ture were elected i n opposi don to Simon
Cameron are perfectly correct In their
assertions. There is and can be no
doubt about it.
With the condemnation of the Re
publican masses so clearly set. upon him,
unit n large majority of this Legislature
elected in opposition to him, any other
man than Cameron would have de
spaired or um i.h.coon, and hay..
to matt! . thi. contest. Not HI) Willi
killd Or
material he had to deal with, and knew
very well that IC majority 11/U
of the present Legislature
had sotc2 lit calve with the single idea of
!nuking, money by Selling 1111 . 11' N'ollB
and their influence. linowlng this he
deliberately proceeded to purchase a
sullirient number to ensure him the
cilium)) nomination. At first the Itepub-
Ilea!) newspaper press professed not to
believe that such a thing could he ac
hilt, us tilt• day for the
ilweling of the Legislature approached,
they began to realize the extent to
which Cameron had succeeded in cur•
rupting theme libel's elect. The choice
(il(.(lass, I heavowed Cameron eandidate,
Spealter or tilt. 11011,112, NN'llS justly re
garded as the extinguishment of all
hope or heating the great corruption ist.
In vain did Forney and :\icClure rage,
In vain WaS Thaddeus Stevens brought
liver front \Vashington. The majority
of the Radicals In the Legislature were
not, to be moved by newspaper appeals,
Ilot• to he terrified by the voice of the
leader of the lower I louse of Congress.
'They refused to recognize any hut the
most substantial motives for their con
duct, and having sold themselves to
Cameron, boldly did his bidding in de•
llama- of all opposing influences.
Never was any State so disgraced as
was Pennsylvania by the result of this
contest. IL Is manifest to the world that
the representatives or the dominant
party in this State, men chosen to
make I:I.WS for the people, are ready to
take bribes even in a case of the great•
est importance, and to sell out them
selves and their colistituents whenever
money enough Is offered.
I.'or the existence or such a state of
public sentiment among the Republi
ean members of the Legislature, the
leaders of that party are to blame. or
t he candidates prominently put forward
at least three out of the four most prom
inent were known to have been about
equally corrupt. If the facts were set
birth to public view 11. would be seen
that neither Curtin 111,1. Vorney are any
better than Cameron. Nor are the
tnassen of the Republican party clear
of reproach in the matter. They have
persisted in supporting' inen
after their corruptions have been made
such u thing has ceased to be
regarded us any stain ul, the character
of public men belonging to that party.
Indeed it is not strange that the Radi
cal members of the Legislature should
Lave sold themselves to Cameron. 'They
had seen corniption nourish In their
party to such an extent, that it is no
longer regarded even US disreputable
among them. IL wits never so In the
Democratic party. The tone or public
sentiment with It has always been
higher and purer. The moment any
member of it was known to have taken
a bribe In any puldie capacity, he was
disgraced forever. We might adduce In
stumps, might bring forward as ex
amples 1111'11 IlVillg ill the same county,
to prove the entire truthfulness or whitt
we assert, but Nye presume no one will
dare to deny it.
Years ago the whole hotly of Repub.
!leans in the Legislature of Pennsylva
nia made Simon Cameron the caucus
nominee l'or I:nited States Senator for
,Ole reason, and for one reason only. lie
declared that he could purchase a single
Democrat and thus be elected. This
infamous proposition NVIIS discussed, ap
proved by theentire body of Republican
Senators and Representatives, and
I'anieron was made the choice Of the
caucus, hot a single member refusing
to endorse the scandalous transac
tion, and lie dissenting only
from personal preference for Mr.
Wilmot who was repudiated for no
other reason than because it was be
lieved Cameron could secure an election
by bribery and corruption. They en
dorsed and approved just such a piece
of rascality as that by which he has
now succeeded in defeating the desire
of a great majority of his own party.
having unanimously approved of cor
ruption :111,1 bribery when it was to be
employed against the Democracy, they
Bane no tight to complain now that
such means have been used against
themselves. Curtin may writhe and
Forney may howl, but the judgment of
all honorable men a ill be that they de
served no better fate. We hope the
lesson taught by this senatorial struggle
may not be lost upon the people. It is
high time there was an end or the rule
of this infamously corrupt political or
ganization ILI PellllSylVallia and else
where.
The Ohio Democracy
t ndannted, the Democracy of Ohio
enter •upon another contest with the
Lest. of candidates, and steadfastly faith
ful to the best of principles.
Judge .\lien Thurman, one of the pa
triotic Democrats of Ohio, an able, up
right Milli, respected by men of all
political parties, is their nominee for
Governor. When quite a young man ,
Judge Thurman was sent to Congress
from the old Chillicothe District, and
being a nephew of Senator Allen, who
Wits then the leading Democrat from
Ohio, he enjoyed an early opportunity
to make Lis mark In public affairs. His
talent in debate is considerable, and his
learning in his profession and out of it
is beyond the standard or our Public
men.
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Vulgarity an Evidence of Vigor
The Express of last evening has a sort
of half-hearted endorsement of the
claims of Thaddeus Stevens to the Sen
atorship. In one article It 'attempts to
refute the charge made against him on
account of his age. It has the Indecency
to refer to the debate which
. took place
In the House on Saturday as an evidence
of his unabated vigor. We are almost
tempted to believe the Express design
edly meant to damage his prospect by
that allusion. Nothing so wretchedly
disgraceful has ever occurred within the
walls of the Capitol.
We could not have imagined without
proof that even Thaddeus Stevens could
have shocked public decency by such
bragging comparisons as a. remnant of
shame would probably exclude even
from a secret synod of Brigham Young's
saints, though they are reported to have
some addiction to the kind of husbandry
which Mr. Stevens thinks so pictur
esque. We should be sorry to think
that Stevens exceeds the Mormons as
much In looseness of life as he out-does
them in grossness of language ; but the
disgusting double entendres by which
he repeatedly provoked " roars of laugh
ter "in the House, on Saturday, sul t only
with a husbandry which plants its roots
promiscuously in soils of every colorand
finds them not " ungrateful to the til
ler's care." This is the first exhibition
so grossly indecent which has ever de
filed the House of Representatives, and
we trust it may be the last. It is dis
graceful to the House that It greeted it
with demoustrationsof delight. Would
that a copious stream of healthful pub
lic sentiment might be turned into that
A ugeun stable and sweep away its filth!
For an assembly which holds its sit
tings with a gallery of ladles looking
down upon It, to tolerate such language
as was used on Saturday, Is an Insult to
the sex and an affront to civilization.
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The Veto Menhage.
We wish we could be sure that every
voter in the Ndrth would sit down and
read calmly and dispassionately • the
message of President Johnson vetoing
the 11111 by which the right. of suffrage
Is granted to every adult male negro
who has re,ided within (lie District of
Columbia for one year. Were we sure
that this mingle document would be
universally read by the voters of all
the Northern Stales, we should confi
dently expect a change of political
°Millen sufficiently great to insure the
defeat of the Radical Revolutionists at
the next election. There Is in this mes
sage an accumulation of argument and
of authorities sufficient to open the eyes
of any honest citizen who muy have
been beguiled into Mllow log the lead
of the hold, ',el well, who are now
domineering: over the nation through
the agency of an usurping Congress.
Not only will the honest reader of this
able message be convinced that our free
institutions would be endangered by
granti,pg unrestrieted suffrage to an Ig
norant and an inferior race, hut he can
not help being Impressed by the great
weight of the authorities which are ad
duced to prove that usurpations tend
ing to despotism are Infinitely more
likely to be attempted by I 'ongress than
by the Executive. No man who reads
the document to which we refer in the
light of current events, can fail to feel
the force of the declaration of Mr. Mad
ison, that:
"In a representative republic, where the
Executive magistracy is carefully limited,
both in the extent and the duration of its
power, and where the legislative power is
exercival by tut assembly which Is inspired
by a suMiosed 'inhume° over the people,
with an intrepid conlithpnce In Its own
strength; which is sll ly 1111merous to
feel all the passions which actuate a multi
tude, yet not so 111111101'011S its to be incapa
ble of pursuing the ol,,jects of its passions by
means which reason prescribes—it is against
the enterprising ambition of this depart
ment that the people ought to indulge all
their jealousy :mil exhaust all their precau
tions."
The events of every day which passes
are calculated to convince all of the
wisdom displayed by the 'founders of
our Republic in devising a system of
constitutional restraints upon the dif
ferent brunches or the general govern
ment. Jealousy of kingly power,• a
belief In the Illness of the people
for self government, led them to rest
very extended powers I u the Legislative
branch. They could not have foreseen
fully the dangers which DOW beset
our free institutions. NU one of them
would have believed that the people
would even submit to see the plainest
and most expllcite provision of the
written Consti• :Ilion violated by a Con
gress elected by the people. The argu
ments voutained In the Veto Message
which we publish to-day v.lll be duly
pondered, and the sober second thought
of the masses will prove that In their
calmer moments the people can be trust
ed to repair the mistakes they have
made under the influence of passion
The message Is very ably written, and
Is clear and dignified throughout. It
avoids narrow technicalities and rea
sons from broad general principles and
the vital spirit of our institutions. It
concludes wit h the following paragraph,
which will be found to be in accordance
with the political sentiment of a large
majority of the voters of Pennsylvania:
After full deliberation upon this ulOll
- I cannot hring myself to approve it,
even upon loran considerations, nor yet as
the beginning experimenl on a larger
scale, I yield to no one in attachment to
that rule - of g,oterai igittrugu which dis
tinguishes our policy as a nation, But there
is a Ilium, wisel ohqurved hitherto, which
makes the ballot a privilege and u trust,
and whieh retinues of some classes u time
suitable for pr..liation mid preparation, 'fa
give it intik, Mon,tely to a new elamm,
wholly unprep.red, by previous habits and
opportunity, perform the trust which it,
demands, is to•degrude it, and finally to de
stroy its power; for it may be Safely as
sumed that no political truth is better es
tablished than thutsuch indiscriminate and
all-embracing extension of popular suffrage
must end at lust iu its destruction.
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Test Oaths Unconstitutional.
Yesterday the Supreme Court of the
United States decided that Lest oaths
are unconstitutional. The decision of
the Court, which is most able, was pro
nounced by Mr. Justice Field,
Promptly at 11 o'clock the court was
opened, and Mr. Justice Field proceeded
to deliver the decision of the majority
of the judges in the test-oath case of
Cummings, a clergyman from the State
of Missouri, on the constitutionality of
the test-oath law of that State. In an
elaborate and learned opinion, the Court
held the law to be unconstitutional, be
cause it was ex post facto, and in the
nature of a bill of pains and penalties,
which is contrary to the Constitution
°Nile United States, and in the case
cd. pate Garland, application for ad
mission to practice before the Supreme
Court, IL wns held by the Court that the
test oath prescribed by act of Congress,
for practitioners at the bar, was illegal
and therefore void, and the rule of the
Court requiring them to take It was, by
order, rescinded.
These decisions have created great
enthusiasm among all friends of the
Constitution, both in and out of Con
gress, and it is hardly possible to over
estimate their importance, especially at
this particular time: They have struck
terror to the hearts of the Radicals
hereabouts l and their denunciation of
the court is unmeasurable and exceed
ingly bitter.
We will give the deelelon In full in
our next issue.
One of fie Were ifief"tifeiti.
Innumerable are the devices by which
the Radicals manage to filch money
from the public treasury. One of their
favorite dodges is to allow any number
of their defeated candidates• to contest
the seats of Democrata in Congress or
State Legislatures. Of late':theyhave
unseated nearly every Democrat Whose
election has been contestect 'But When
unable to go so far as that, they invari
ably vote thecontestant ahandsomesum
of money to pay him for his rascality
in endeavoring to perpetrate an outrage
so gross that they could not sanction it.
The loyal. majority of the lower House
of our Legislature have just given us
an exAmple of their willingness to aid
men in thatkind of stealing. They have
entertained the proposition of John J.
Glass, of Cambria county, to contestthe
seat of Colonel John P. Linton. Col.
Linton received 3,375 votes at the late
election, and Glass only 2,5(15. Glass
has gone at the thing with the most
sweeping allegations. In his petition
he asserts, among other absurdities, that
In one district "one hundred and
seventeen illegal votes, or more," were
cast for Colonel Linton. Colonel Lin
ton's whole vote in that district was
only 117. If there were more than that
number of illegal votes cast they must
have been cast for Glass. That instance
will suffice to show the character of the
specifications on which he bases his
contest. The House will hardly dare
to unseat Colonel Linton, but they will
give Glass a thousand dollars or so out
of the public treasury. That kind of
thing is well understood. him come
to be recognized as one of the ways the
Radicals have ofrewarding their friends.
The day was In Pennsylvania when the
people would speedily have hurled from
power any party which would be guilty
of such rascality.
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Tit! Source of the Impenchinent Project.
The Nationnt Itepablicun l at W unlilinVon ,
walcum such !In exhibit 01 the would•be
impeauher or the President as Indicates that
ho himself Is not wholly lIMMICLIIIIIO nu IL
public 1111111, and seeing the position In
which he is himself placed by the following,
It probably is on the theory that "misery
loves company" that he seeks to draw Mr.
Johnson Into the category with himself:
The Oh io inp cue her .—" Ilu that Is without
slu among you, let hint cast the first stone."
lin Monday Mr. Ashley, or Ohio, arose In
his Wave in the House of Representatives
and charged the President with high crimes
Old misdemeanors, and asked that lie be
impeached. "It was a painful duty," and
he had, during the recess of Congress, be
sought various o 'mbers of the House to
perform it. We suppose he sought to trod
one who could meet the requirement we
have quoted at the begi lining of thin article.
We presume that that which rendered the
duty so painful to him was the fact, well
known to the !louse and to all who have
road the records of the Thirty-Seventh
Congress, that be could not meet that
requirement which our Saviour denuinded
of those who would take the reputation and
life of their fel low•being.
We had read the record, when It was made
by a committee of the (louse, proving the
lion. .1. M. Ashley guilty of °Metal conduct
that ought to havedisgraced him in the eyes
or Ills constituency forever. This record is
to be found In Report No, 17 of the 3d ses
sion of the 17th Cungress—t he report of it
select committee, made on Pebruary 18,
1533, by 11011. 11. G. 11Illk13, chairman. It
appears from this document, which is quite
voluminous, that Mr. Ashley was only
saved from " impeachment " by a flaw In
the indictment. lie was charged with cor
rupt official conduct " In procuring the ap
pointment of F. M. Case as surveyor gen
bral of the Territory of Colorado fur a con
sideration previously made."
The letters of Ashley and others, produced
before the committee, and the testimony of
witnesses, printed in their report, develop
as much corruption as a large sized Con
gressman's skin could hold ; but the com
mittee came to the conclusion that " the
consideration" was not exactly proved to
have been "previously agreed upon," and
therefore the charge was dropped. This
was during the rebellion, and at that time
Mr. Ashley was very zealous In the cause
of the war "to preserve the Union." Ile
managed under those circumstances, to get
a re-elect ion.
We have not the space to-day to give that
amount of the testimony bearing upon the
case which ought to be republished in view
of the action of the great impeacher.
Among the letters which appear in the
committee's printed report is one from
Ashley to Case, dated February 2d, 1861, in
which he dwells upon the Importance and
advantages of the offick (Surveyor 1 Femoral
of Colorado Territory,) saying that it would
enable a good business mall to make a
fortune of e 00,060 l 81,001), mod In this
letter he (Ashley) says: "I want toy brother
us chief clerk."
In a letter dated March 12, 1801, Ashley
inlbrins Case that he had mach, mome pro
gress, and that "In order to secure the
Indiana delegation and Senator Lane to
operate on Smith, he had promised that the
sub , appointinents should be made jointly,
he giving them their tirstelloice." Utensils
for a letter authorizing him to make such a
pledge. lie also says to Case, In his letter,
that he wants to unite with him as a full
partner In all land speculations and town
sites. Here, Indeed, is an immaculate im
peacher.
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I.et ter from Gen. Bennreenril—lle Defines
Ntsw Oni.k.txm, Jan. 10, 18117.--W. H. C.
King, Esq., editor it the New Orleans
Tinie.9-1/our Sir: In your paper this morn
ing you publish an erticle from the New
York Heraid, containing some remarkm
relative to a mpoech I tun reported to have
mode at Canton, Miss., totho Congressional
excursionists lately in that Pity.
The Irerrthl Is in error, for 1 :natio no
speech et Clinton or eloowhoro to those ox-
eursionints, but conversed with them freely
and openly told them the South had fought
the North so desperately because It wits de
fending what It conceived to bo its consti
tutional rights; that having appealed, how
ever, to the a bitration of arms, it yielded
to the decision which was Oven against it;
that I believed that the people of the South
were now willing to accept the Constitution
us made by the war and understood by the
Supreme Court of the United States.
I said, also, in my opinion, the questions
of secession and slavery were forever set
tled ; and, so far as I was concerned, tinder
no circumstances, would I countenance any
effort to revive them; that we most now
direct our energies and our vitality to re
pairing tile damages of the war, and restor
ing to our homes some of the coot torts and
that prosperity which they formerly en
joyed. In answer to the question of some
of the excursionists, it 1 thought the South
would accept the constitutional amendment,
I replied that, eschewing politics, and atten
ding strictly to the private business and
duties of my position, I had little oppor
tunity, except through newspapers, to as
certain public sentiment on the subject;
but, if they desired to know my individual
opinion, I. would say that the South would
not or should not accept the amendment,
even if presented as a finality, for its in
terests and manhood forbade it; that we
feel we are now at the mercy of the North,
but that the South would neverdo anything
which its honor could not approve to pro
tect its interests. 1 believe they would re
main passive spectators of the struggle
going on at the North, relying on the sober
second thought and sense of justice of both
parties to protect us.
Therefore, at the fall of the Confederacy,
instead of going to a foreign country to
swear allegiance to its government, 1 pre
ferred remaining in my own, and swearing
allegiance to what I conceived to be its new
Government. If, in conversation with the
excursionists, I used the words consolidated
government when speaking of the United
States Government, I meant, of course,
common Federal National Government,
operating under the Constitution as inter
preted by the Supreme Court of the United
States.
I remain yours, respectfully,
G-. T. BEAUREGARD
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Report on the California Riney
The San Francisco Bulletin gives its an
nual summary of the gold and silver mining
interests of California and Nevada. The
Gould tic Curry mines produced $1,600,000
in bullion last year; dividends $252,000.
The Savage since July last yielded $l,lOO,-
000, and their dividends are $ 1360,000. Hall
& Norcross, the past year, $1,200000, and
their dividends are $350,000. Yellow Jacket
yielded $1,300,000, and their divichinds are
$300,000. Crown Point, $1,273,000, and their
dividends are 5234,000. Ophir yielded 8450,-
000, and no dividends. Imperial, for the
eighteen months, $1,525,000, and their divi
dends are $370,000. The Eureka, in Grass
Valley, produced last year $600,000, and
earned $520,000. The Eureka of Amador
county, yielded $485,000, with a profit of
$132,08'J. Sierra Buttes claim last year
$225,000, with a net earning of $138,000. For
the last five years this mine has averaged
about the same results, and was recently
sold for $575,000.
Hon. Fernando Wood, of New York Is
on a visit to Savannah, Ga. A deputation
of the city councils and citizens waited on
him awl escorted him to a fireman's supper
and ball.
NINON OARENON FOR SENATOR.
How He WaeiNominated
E► Loyal Legislature Bought Up
IRePorted Expressly for the Intelligancer.)
Thursday was a day long to be remem
:hered by all who caught an inside view of
the political movements at. Harrisburg.
For days past the excitement on the Sena
torial question bad been gradually on the
increase. From all parts of the Common
wealth the Radical clans had been gather
ing at the call of their various leaders. The
crowd about the headquarters of the op
posing candidates increased with the ar
rival of each train, until all the hotelswere
uncomfortably full.
At noon yesterday the excitement was
intense. The morning trains had arrived,
freighted with adherents of the different
candidates. Lancaster sent up a full dele
gation. The bar-rooms of the different
hotels were crowded with a set of thirsty,
loyal Radical patriots, eagerly en
gaged in a discussion of the claims of
the various candidates and a canvass of the
situation. The Lochiel was tilled. Every
where throughout its spacious apartments
were gathered groups of cheerful and self
complacent individuals. Everybody about
the premises appeared to be in u good hu
mor. The bar did a smashing business, and
the barkeepers were extra polite. The
liquors furnished were good, and not a dis•
satisfied lace eoulclove«ee except two or three
Stevens mon. They looked solemn as the
occasion demanded, considering they were
putting up at the Cameron headquarters.
One of them, whom we approached with
a feeling akin to sympathy, remarked
"My voice Is still for Stevens." His voice
was subdued and seemingly hOttrBo. Be
fore we could frame a suitable reply, he
added, " tapw d—d still." Then we under
stood what he meant and why, in spite of
his heavy visage, he stopped at the Lochiel.
He was a Cameron man in disguise.
Reflecting on the deceitfulness of poli
ticians we left the Cameron headquarters In
disgust. 'Aiming In at the Jones House,
where Cameron had rented all the best
rooms lu advance of the coining of Old
Thad, and compelled that youthful repro•
bate to put up with a cut In the garret, we
saw a remarkable contrast to the scene we
had left. A half dozen unic loon looking In
dividuals from Lancaster stood at the bar
endeavoring to mile amid their grief, while
an es•U, S. °Melia had a guilty looking
wretch cornered whom from his appearance
we took to be one of the members of the
Legislature whom Simon had bought. We
saw at mice that there was to be no scrub
race for Congress in the Lancaster district
--at least not Just Immediately. Hence the
gloomy look of those who cut in moody
silence or stood drinking apparently with
out enjoyment at the bar of the Jones
!louse.
At Bolton's comfortable aml ad nilrably
arranged hotel we found a pleasant group
of cheerful gentlemen. They seemed to be en
tirely free from cure, and we are sorry to say
seemed to have their Jollity much Increased
by a knowledge of the disagreeable snarl
over the Senatorial question which was
producing so much excitement elsewhere.
On inquiry we found that this was DUIIIO •
erotic headquarters, and that most of the
crowd assembled were consoling themselves
by reflections on the misery or their oppo
nents.
At thu State C'apital thu !Ault:ll,4l(3r Ilium
bore of the Legislature make their home.
They were not visible. Though we watch
ed and waited we could nut catch a glimpse
of one of them. Whether they were coop
ed up with Old Thad. in his garret, or
dodging about in more suspicious quarters'
we did not learn. The State Capital had
been selected as the scene of an interview
between the factions opposed to Cameron,
and the crowd gradually became more
dense.
We embraced the opportunity to step out
and go to the Brady House, where ('ol.
McClure dispensed the hospitalities and
urged the claims of Governor Curtin. liars
all looked dreary. Descending to the base
ment, where the bar Is kept, we found a
crowd of portly Philadelphians in most
irritated mood. 'Lord, how they were
cursing Cameron.
So, at noon it looked as if the gunge was
up—unless something miraculous should
take place Cameron would inevitably be
nominated. Curses availed nothing, and
consultations fulled to effect anything. In
the language of a portly friend of Curtin, it
was the old fight of labor against capital,
and of course capital triumphed.
About o'clock P. i\l., well known rad-
teal politicians and members of the Legis
lature might he soon wending their way to
the Stale Capital If otol. Their 1.11,1111001
was well known. They were going to For
ney's rooms to hold a consultation, brim
wore the looks and sad the thous of tie du•
voted few. There was not a ray of hope
In a single countonauco. All looked forlorn,
and he who undormtood the situation
might swear that not IL single one of them
hod been bought. They were the virtuously
Indignant adherents of the impecunious
candidates. Forney says there were present
HOMO thirty-two members of the two
branches of the Legislature and a number
of prominent citizens, including the lion.
Thaddeus Stevens, Governor Curtin, Hon,
()akimbo A. Grow, Wm. B. Mann, Hon. A.
N. McClure, Hon. J. Kennedy Moorhood,
General Hartronft, lion. Jacob Hoffman,
of Burks, lion. A. E. Roberts, 0, .1 Dickey,
Major Lemuel Todd and 1,. Kauffman, of
Cumberland; Dr. Joseph Gibbons and J.
M. Willis Geist, of Lancaster; Major Geo.
M. [Amnon, General Collis, and represent
atives from runny sections of the State.
The meeting was organized at three
o'clock, by the appointment of Hon, T. J.
itighain,:Sonator front Allegheny, as chair
man, and L. 20, Lee, one of the Philadel
phia members, us secretary.
Bighorn, In u voice that resembled the
agonized squeaks and grunts of a pig fast
under a .gate, explained the object of the
meeting to be to preserve the integrity and
organization of the party, both of which
were about to be stolen by Cameron, whose
character for honesty had once beer. aptly
described by Mr. Stevens when lie declared
that he did not believe he (Simon) would
steal a red hot stove.
General Joe. Fisher then ventilated his
views and introduced "Old Thad." The
grim old reprobate took occasion to pitch
into Cameron in his usual spicy style. Old
Thad. was followed by Andy Curtin. Lem.
Todd of Carlise came next. Grow succeed
ed him. Forney followed in a characteristic
speech, and the performance was concluded
by a few remarks from Senator Billingfelt,
of Adamstown, Lancaster county. It was
a very dreary assemblage indeed. Without
coming to any decision, the great men re
tired and left the members to themselves.
Forney is reported to have staid behind,
and to have urged that an election should
be defeated, but the unpaid patriots could
not see it in that light. Without coming to
any conclusion, the meeting dissolved.
Immediately after concluding his speech
Old Thad gathered up his traps and left in
disgust for that domicil in the city of Wash
ington which is presided over so appropri
ately by his colored housekeeper. We hope
she will find :30 n e way to soothe his
ruffled spirit. About the same time there
was a general flitting of the Lancaster dele
gation. Not a single aspirant for the seat
Old Thad.now fills was left in Harrisburg
after 4 o'clock.
About 7i o'clock in the evening some forty
odd men were seen to leave the Lochiel
House in Indian file. They were marshal
ed by George Bergner, and all wore mocca
sins that made no tracks. With knowing
looks they entered the Hall or the House.
We noticed that mysterious whisperings
and cabalistic signs were exchanged among
them, but before we could get any Insight
Into matters the Hall was ordered to be
cleared and we left. What occurred Inside
thereafter Is thus reported by telegraph:
speaker Hall was called to the chair. A
resolution to admit reporters was voted
down, as was also a resolution offered by
Mr. Bighain to adjourn until Monday
evening. Nominations were then made,
and the first ballot resulted in the choice of
Simon Cameron by the following vote:
Cameron, 4i ; Curtin, 3; Stevens, 7; Grow,
5.
The following is the vote in detail
For Cameron.—Messrs. Brown of Mercer,
Coleman, Connell, Cowles, Graham, Haines,
Landon, Barton, Brown of Mifflin, Camer
on, Chadwick, De Haven, Donohue, Free
born, Ghegan, Harbison, Hoffman, Hum
phreys, Kennedy, Kerns, Kemmel, Kinney,
McCament, lifcßee, Lowry, McConnughy,
Ridgway, Stutzman Worthington, Hail,
Mann, Marks, Madding, Melly, Stutn
baugh, Seiler, Suders, Sharpless, Waddell,
Shuman, Weller, Whann, Woodward,
Worrell, Glass and Wright. Total, 46.
For Curtin.—Messrs, Adair, Espy, Mc-
Creary, Allen, Ewing Royer, Chase j Gal
lagher, Taylor, Colvin, Gordon, White,
Davis, Lee, Pennypacker, Day, Peters,
Pillow, Quay, Wharton, Wallace, Wingard,
Watt—Total, 23.
For Stevens.—Messrs. BI ham, Roth,
Armstrong, Stacey, Richards, Stehman,
Wilson—Total, 7.
For Grow.—Messrs. Brown of Lawrence,
Leach, Shoemaker, McPharrin, Webb. To
tal, 5.
The absentees were Senators Billingfe
and Fisher of Lancaster.
On motion of Mr. Quay the nomination
of Simon Cameron was made unanimous,
and the caucus adjourned.
Outside, in the Rotunda, there was gath
ered quite a crowd anxiously awaiting the
announcement of the result which had
already been settled beforehand. Among
these wore u number of prominent Phila
delphia politicians of the }tactical:persuasion , '
all Curtin men. Two of these were bois
terously indignant. One of them, an ex
clerk of the Court of Quayter Sessions,
made quite a running speech. In a loud,
clear voice he began us follows:
" Bring me a bell ! I say some
body bring me a bell. There is an
auction going on here, and I intend
to cry it. 'I he Republican party pro
fesses to be a party of great moral Ideas,
and boasts that it has stopped the side of
negroes, but here is a sale of white men
going on in the Capitol of,the Keystone
State. Somebody bring melt bell! Talk
about Republicanism, and love for soldiers,
and patriotism ! Why such a party de
serves to be damned. The men it sends to
the Legislature are only tit for the basest
uses. 'Yet they are the pick of three hun
dred thousand. Bah ! The worst things the
Copperheads ever said of us are not half bad
enough. These scoundrels profess to be
voting for Cameron. It is a lie. I will show
you the ticket they are voting. I fern (pull
ing a greenback out of his pocket and hold
ing It up,) here is the ticket they are all
voting—and the candidate's name is written
on it—Spinner by I.4—d. That's the fellow
they are all voting for, nod this (Bourishing
the greenback) is their ticket."
Tie held hull) for some time, amid the
forced laughter of the crowd, no one during
to eontrudlet Win, or to may one word In
favor of Cameron,
Almfut twenty minutes alter the caucus
had assembled :%1 arrow li. Lowry, looking
Ilku a black guard In clurleal garb, runite
out with a slip of paper In his fingers and
hastened to telegraph that the sale of the
loyal majority of the Pennsylvania legisla
ture hail been perfected. Tho announco-
Merit that Cameron had been nominated on
the first ballot was whimpered through the
crowd. There was nu enthusiasm, no
cheers for the successful 'candidate. Ills
opponents cursed, and his friends knew
too well the base means by which the vie•
tory had been won to rejoice at it.
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born to subscribe.
NEN ATOIIIAI, CON TENT
Vlow."—What wan Done and
llow—hulloiequent Neenee.
Ispetmai Cur, or the Pittnhurg commercial )
HARRIS/It:1W, Jan. 11, 18(17.
You ask the to describe what has occur
rod in Harrinburg since the meeting of the
Legislature and which cul initiated in the
caucus nomination for United Staten Sena
tor of Mr. Cameron last night. 'Po describe
it is impossible. Dickens, with all his
ability to depict low life, could not describe
the degradation of the scone, nor tell you of
the mental and moral depravity 01 those
who have figured. Warren, with his mas
ter stroke of " Gammon," could not por
tray the tortuous movement of the reckless
pulitichin who lots triumphed. Ills path to
office has not been, as other politicians,
strewn with broken promises and violated
pledges, but he paved his way upon a solid
basis and moved to victory amid the plaud•
its of his hired adherents. From the Instant
that Mr. Stevens' adherents madly aided to
break down Governor Curtin by aiding Mr.
Cameron's friends in the organization of
the House and the election of Speaker
blase, it was apparent to Curtin's friends
that the responsibility of the election of Mr.
Cameron must rest upon Stevens, as this
move had been made under his direction,
and when the fatal error was plainly seen
in the rapidly advancing fortunes of Cam
eron, the Stevens men eagerly en
deavored to undo what had been no
stupidly done. They vainly endeavored to
recover their lost ground, but the now
known betrayal of their members in the
House rendered this almost impossible. In
haste, Mr. Stevens was called trom Wash
ington, and notwithstanding his letter of
the day before, declaring that he would not
come, on Tuesday he arrived. General
Moorhead, from your district, also arrives,
and as the avowed friend of Mr. Stevens
and the bitter personal opponent of Mr.
Cameron, anti feeling that with him also
will rest the responsibility of aiding to de
feat the only man who could have beaten
Mr. Cameron, goes to work to recover the
lost ground. ilopen aro now entertained
that the combined voice of the potential
counties of Allegheny and Lancaster will
not be utterly disregarded Ina Republican
caucus. The known power of their vast
majorities, and the sagacity of their leaders,
gives encouragement to the belief that some
thing can be done.
What does it all amount to? Mr. Stevens
has an interview with him delegation ;
charges the 1110ITIbere of the House with it
bought betntval anti denounces Lien. De
bandy, In answer, they say, that "nobody
known it." The Old Commoner declares
that " the boys in the street know it." lie
sends for it Senator from a southeastern
county, instructed for him, and tells him he
Is young, and has u character yet, and that
he "ought to take it back to them." The
youthful Senator, with education, a family
name, and bright prospects, retires unlin•
*reseed by Mr. Stevens, and subsequently
votes for Ai r. Cameron. Mr. Stevens has
an interview with Governor Curtin, de
plores what his men.have done, and =gen
the Governor to loin lilt,, in a revolutionary
movement. " Break up the Caucus ;" "go
to the people," cries the enraged old hero
from Lancaster. Thu Governor calmly re
plies " The tmoiditlon of things may be
new to you, sir; but everybody here has
known it for a week, and I cannot aid in
any movement which will break up the
party. My mune is with my friends,
and I must abide the issue, whatever I
may believe as to the tneans which have
been employed to produce this result. Thu
people have already elected enough mem
bers to elect me, and if they don't vote for
me, their responsibility is to their constitu
ents. I was done when I aided, with what
humble powers I possess, to carry the State
lust fall in a canvass of unusual bitterness
and requiring great exertions on my part."
And so waste away Tuesday evening and
Wednesday, Cameron's adherents still ac
tive, and defections in the Stevens and Cur •
tin ranks still being made, and the means
openly talked of on the streets anti in the
bar-rooms. " Bad! bud !" exclaims a De
mocratic member ; "no show for us. Well !
well! I'll vote once for Cowan, and then
I'll fp) for Spinner, like the Republicans."
ednesday night. Mr. Forney has ar
rived. lie comes, he nays, to protest against
thin great wring. Ile will characterize it
as it deserves in " his two newspapers, both
doily." He has his adherents along. He
has no members, therefore can't do much
in the way of votes, but as the embodiment
of two dailies his thunder is feared as is
supposed. He speaks of his stake in thin
matter, i. e., a vote on the Secretaryship,
and takes credit to himself for his patriot
istn in opposing Mr. Cameron, who is now
likely to be elected. Now, all go to work—
Stevens, Forney, Moorhead, &a., tc. What
does it all amount to against the almighty
Thursday afternoon a canons is held—a
sort of a caucus within a caucus—Stevens,
Forney, Curtin, and all the lessor lights
talk, and men sit In that caucus as their de
_voted friends, who four hours afterwards
vote for Cameron. Stevens continues to be
revolutionary, and asks his friends to stay
out of the caucus that evening. His two
Senators alone obeyed him. Curtin is urg
ed to join in the proposed uproar. As be
tore he smiles at the want of knowledge of
the Senatorial aspirants around him, and
tells them it is too late. The bargains are
completed and the sale will be made.
The caucus meets at 71 on Thursday
evening. The vote is soon over ; the scoun
drels are impatient for their pay. A mem
ber from Philadelphia, who that morning
had assured Curtin that he would obey
his instructions and vote for him, votes
for Cameron. The Delaware members
vote for Cameron, with their instructions
made only two days before to vote for
Stevens, then for Curtin, and never for
Cameron in their pockets. Betrayal is
everywhere around. Men who had grown
grey in respectability and honor, and in
a life of professional toll, yielded to the
"tnamtuon of unrightousnoss." Men young
in life, with every professional prospect
bright before them, went down under the
wand of the enchanter. A Senator from the
Northwest declared his determination to
vote for Cameron, although he did not be
lieve twenty of his constituents were for
him. A member of the House from the
same region was allowed to vote for Cur
tin, notwithstanding he bad betrayed him
in the organization. A member of the
House, from a district adjoining yours on
the north betrayed his constituents and
went for Cameron, although he had declared
within a week that he owed his election to
Curtin and Curtin's friends, and notwith
standing the fact that several of his person
al and political friends were near him, be
seeching him not to falsify his former lite
and commence a career of infamy.
Philadelphia and Allegheny seemed to be
the most flagrantly betrayed of any. In
your county, it was asserted and not denied
that Mr. Cameron had scarcely any adhe
rents, and of all the crowds that came from
your city but one gentleman wee here to
urge the claims of !Kr. Cameron, All the
°then+ were either for Curtin or Stevens.
Your Mayor was here, warmly for Stevens.
Other gentlemen of equal respectability
were for Curtin, and all united in asserting
that Mr. Cameron was not acceptable to
the teople ofyour grand old Republican
county, with its swelling majority. It was
of no avail. Four of your members went
for Cameron.
The Philadelphians who were here seemed
to regard the violation of instructions and
the infamous conduct of their members as
unparalleled, and their indignation broke
forth in every assemblage in town. Men's
names and amounts paid were spoken
trumpet tongued. Mock auctions were
held in the Lochiel, Jones, and State Capi
tol Hotels, and members were auctioned
off amid the cheers and plaudits of the
crowd. The impromptu auctioneer would
name his man, state his office, describe his
district, specify his instructions, proclaim
his violation of them, and all this in unvar
nished vernacular, and then ask for bids,
which were made, and would vary from a
chew of tobacco to a kick a posteriori, and
the poor devil would be knocked down,
branded for life publicly as a man who had
forfeited all claim to the consideration of
honest men, and must go down to a life of
infamy " unhonored and unsung"—and
all this personal and political infamy, all
this aggregation of personal corruption to
accomplish the election of a worn out,
polluted political hack to the United States
Senate.
Meantime, the Democrats are Jubilant.
Many of the leaders are here, and express
their unqualified.delight at the whole pro-
ceeding. One of them, a distinguished gen
tleman front the Northeast, declares that
this "gives us" the Judge of the Supreme
Court next fall, and the prestige of that
election to commence the Presidential can
vass. The gratification of the Democracy
Is evidently outspoken and unfeigned.
Governor Curtin's house Is besieged with
his personal and devoted friends. Ile is
surrounded now by those who tiro and al
ways will be for hint. Ile has no patronage
to dispense, no money to bestow—but see
his friends! The (inventor is cheerful, re
grets that the wishes of the people have been
frustrated, is grateful to his many real
friends, and will seek retirement and repose
amid the people from whom he lnui hail so
many evidences of confidence and regard.
How proudly he looks, though worn and
Jaded with hinceaselefsexerticins during the
rebellion, with a record pure, bright and
111181.1041(A, anti the prayers and blessings of
the soldiers' widow and tin) soldiers' o r phan
hourly ascending or him.
Cameron's friends! Where are they?
They have vanished. Ily every train they
leave. Simnel lines under protection, lest
the indiention of their vonstititents should
be visited upon them physically 1111 W at
one°,
Tine morning Cnnieron Is In the streets
bowing to nil allko, friend iind link. I row
Mon, however, are seen near him. Few
num dare be so seen. An ex•stanitor front
Philadelphia is Ulu only one a > n amttly iti
thnate. Cameron Is ached if he does not
fear Forney's denunciations. Ile forcibly
replies: "I will sue that Forney becomes
my friend." A bold declaration, but after
the history of the past who can doubt it.
Thus you have a meagre outline of events.
Now comes the grave question. Is the Ito•
publican party able to bear all this? Can
it be done and the organization survive
Will Nlr. Stevens press his bill and have
these things Inquired into in Washington,
or will the people not redress these wrongs
at the polls? clue or the other will co
done.
From Another Correspondent.
The form of nominating Simon Cameron
to the office of United States Senator was
gone through with at s o'clock last evening,
but every one hereabouts felt for several
days previous to the canvass, that the re•
su it \ v“,., a forpwiniu conclusion. If hu had
needed more than forty votes, they
would have been forthcoming. Thu fatal
errors of the whole business were made
lung beibre the day of nomination. The
Senatorship was Imprudently dragged into
the contest for Speaker of the House. Hon.
Thad. Stevens was originally instrumental
in taking the !Alicanter county votes from
Mr. quay, and when too late sought to
remedy the mistake. Chester county's
delegates were lost with this hill. With
Mr. quay's defeat, the whole opposition
element became disorganized, and the
cry was, like that of the French
retreating forces at Waterloo, Nam,• gat
peat, which here was rendered, "Well,
we may as well be in," meaning, of course,
"to make to themselves friend of the
loon of iniquity." I have seen letters to
members front notoriously Curtin districts,
urging them not to vote for Cameron. They
would laugh about them, and say, " 1 was
not instructed, and may do us I please."
Only eleven members would pledge them
selves to stand out, and prevent a nomina
tion, seventeen being necessary. The re
marks made at the informal census on Sat
urday afternoon by lion. Thaddeus Stevens,
John W. Forney, and others, showed there
was no hope. At no time during the cam
paigu was Cameron's claims urged on any
public grounds. His voters were always
reticent, but Immovable. They were at all
early day satisfied by considerations too
weighty for popular remonstrances.
tom,. Earn your paper. (;et your
neighbors to subscribe.
The Impeachment Movement.
The Washihgton correspondent of the
Philadelphia Age says:
Mr. Latin, of Missouri, renewed the im
peachment ligitution in the house by .t
violent speed' on his resolutions introduced
on Monday heft. Ito intimated that the
President wan guilty of complicity in the
assassination of Mr. Lincoln, For this he was
culled to order by Mr. Hale, a Republican
member from Now York. After some din
cusnton the speaker decided that the re
marks wore in order, and Mr. I. proceeded
and finished his speech. Before any vote
wan taken the morning hour expired, and
the resolutions went over tinder the
rule. Nothing is known of the pro
ceedings of Messrs. Wilson, Bothwell, and
Williams, Rho Sub-Committee of the Judi
clary,) on the Impeachment question. There
is no way of ascertaining when and where
they moot. Nor is there oily ncressible re
cord to show what witnesses they examine,
The whole affair in conducted In strict secresy
and will no doubt be no continued. Eliot,
of Massachusetts, Chairman of the New
orleatei Investigating Committee, appeared
in :the House this morning, and had a long
consultation with Bothwell, doubtless in
regard to impeachment. It Isperfectly
apparent that the leading Radicals of the
!louse are pushing thu investigation rapid
ly, autl . time alone can show the result.
The Gentile Merenoun' to A b iiiiii on Solt
Luke city.
A report comes across the plains that
Brigham Young has forced his followers to
cease all trade with the tientlle merchants
in Salt Lake City, and that, In consequence,
the latter to the number of twenty-three
have united in an ligreetnent to shut up
their shops and leave the Territory, on con
dition that Young secures them.cost prices
on their accounts against the' Alormons,
and 75 per cent, of the cost of their stocks of
goods. Should this prove true, and the propo
sition be accepted, it would cause a
great reduction in the strength and wealth
of the anti-Mormon residents of the city
and territory, though not of the most ener
getic and aggressive influences. The (ion
tile merchants have generally been neutrals,
certainly not active in working against the
church. Their retirement, though a tem
porary embarrassment, would not give
Brigham Young and his party a much
surer or much longer lease of their loon -
nation. An aristecracy like theirs is an
impossibility in the midst of a democracy
like ours. To dream of maintaining it is
fanaticism ; to fear its permanent supremacy
is absurd cowardice. After the buffaloes
and the Indians go, then will go Mormon
ism.
Earn your paper. (:et your neigh
bors to subscribe.
More Sults Against Gen. Butler.
A letter from New York, in the Philadel
phia Ledger, says:.
Another batch of suite for the recovery of
damages has been instituted against Gen.
Butler, in the Supreme Court Chambers.
The plaintiffs are in some cases citizens of
New Orleans, and in others citizens of Vir
gi❑ia, and all claim to be and have been
loyal.
The roost serious of these complaints or
suits is based upon the allegation that (;en.
Butler had, by virtue of his power in New
Orleans, compelled a Mr. I loniwell to trans
fer the steamer Carlotta, worth $ 4 ;0,000, to
himself personally for $40,000, in a currency
worth but $28,500; had, through his agent,
sent this vessel on a pnvate venture for his
own advantage, which it was insinuated
was to supply the rebels with quinine, ‘to.,
and then, through his agent, chartered it to
the government for $.3.50 per day, though
the original owner was willing to charter it
to them at $.50 per day, and had ultimately
"run her under" near the end of the war
and obtained for hers4o,ooo. It was claim
ed, therefore,
that in no sense could it be
said that this had been done under autho•
rity from the President or Congress.
General Butler's counsel contend that
these acts were done In accordance with
government authority, and moves, there
fore, thot they be transferred to a federal
court foradjudlcation. The court promised
a decision in a day or two.
Robbery at Wilkembitrre
WILKESBARRE, Pa, Jan. o.—the wagon
of the Hope Express Company was robbed,
between Wilkesbarre and Kingston, at
about half-past six this evening, by six
men, who caught the horses and held load
ed pistols at the heads of the two messen
gers, and carried off the express pouch,
containing $5OOO in live twenty bonds, of
the new issue, addressed to Edward S.
Loup, the Cashier of the Wyoming Nation
al Bank, Wllkesbarre, and one package of
$lOOO and several smaller packages.
During the year that has just closed, an
exchange states, there have been drowned
and killed by accidents on lake Erie, /70
persons.
News Itenis
Horse stealing Is a cantle.' offence In
Arkansas.
Twenty Baptist churches in Illinois aro
preached to in foreign languages.
The Internal revenue receipts of the past
week were 83,459,140.
The ex-rebel Gen. Sterling Price and
family have arrived at St. Louis.
Three hundred and seventy-one applica
tions for patents wore received in Washing
ton last week.
The steamer " Sutin . y South," with 1040
bales of e , aton, wax burned near Selina,
Ala., on Friday night. One of the passen
gers is believed to have perished.
General Crook, with a party of U. S. sole
diets. has killed thirty Indians on the owy
bee river, Oregon.
The Idaho Legislature EMI passed a bill
appropriating $300,000 for the Catholic
schools of the territory.
Goy. Curtin has signed the bill repealing
the five per cent. penalty on delinquent tax •
payers, and it is now a Inw,
It is stated that the President has nomina -
ted Senator Cowan as NI Mister to Austria.
Senator Cowan's term will expire on the
4th or next March.
The total receipts of Internal ltovenn
by the Government from the Ist of July lam
to Saturday, the I2th instant, amounted to
8175,471,1 M.
General McClellan is expected back from
Europe early in the spring.
The Senate, it Is believed, will pass the
Bankrupt bill with an amendment respect
ing the appointment of a Commissioner.
The Port land Fire Relief Com mittee have
decided not to apply any funds received to
the rebuilding of the destroyed churches.
A thtivesten editor lately heard n meek
ing bird whimtling " Dixie" with witch tint
nation.
General Poll Sheridan denies that he In
about to get married or run for the Preai•
dunes..
The Hoskin ./earno/ says many formerm
In Massachusetts having ponds, find the
propagation of firth a paying business.
0. 11. I /hike, an ex-gum illa of Kentucky
was Shot dead on the 'list ult., by a man
whom he had threatened to kill.
Ex•f/overntirgllarris, or Tuntiemsee, It Is
ranted, will leave Mexico to become a mer
chant in Liverpool, England.
A $:1,000 monument to tho Confederate
dead of Amity county, Miss., is to be inan•
gunned on Wwihington'm birthday,
It I', said the Naval Conunlttve of the
I louov have gone to Philadelphia loin quire
Into the rack of Me burning or the Now
I rtitisitliiK.
.
Tilt , Ctitii in il too on the Now Orleatim Riots
will not prepare their reports for ovveral
weeks, the entire testimony not yet belng
written out.
At the preoent term of t h e Signora° coral
tit New I lit nipmhi re, three parties were lined
srion each and coots fur fraud by moons of a
Litattio oil to impany,
Loot month the Tronsury I iepartmeni
retlevinod and canceled National Bank
notes a moo Ming to itOo, MO, tit 12,500 of which
belonged to Now York banks.
Moran, who was flelllolllloll 10 be hung
on the 25th inot., for the murder of Mary
Ellen Kearney, In Roxbury, Nlll/414., about
ten months ago,i has had his sentence coin •
muted to impri4oninent for lire.
Mr. \V, A. Jones, until agenton the west
ern section of the Bellmore and Ohio road,
has been arrested and held to ball In the
mum of sl,nue for robbing pouches lit his
charge.
Eleven prisoners in the Wheeling fail,
Monday eveningp, last, undertook a general
delivery ti. 'rushing In a body upon Jailor
Ferris, w - 'tilled them by lushly closing the door Ili locking R.
The chit r that ('resident Lincoln occupied
in ) li
in Ford's Theatre at the time of his aomuo
oinittion has been presented to Secretary
Browning, who has tra n sferred It to the
Museum or the Interior Department.
The number or lumber yards now In
Chicago is 107, against .`al at this time last
year; and the estimated amount of lumber
now piled up in the yank is 1110,(H10,000
feet, Itgninsa 1:14,000,000 at the same Uwe
loot year.
The Committee on Internal Revenue
frauds will be 111 Philadelphia to-morrow,
in prosecution of their busk:tisk, and will
soon go to New York ; and the Committee
In relation to Southern railroads were in
mession to-day.
(ion. 1: lapka has arrived in Perim, and
has gi von /4111110 curious details of the Into
w,r in which 11U participated. lit status
that no fewer than thirty•seven thousand
unWollll[llo A ustrhino were taken prison
ers at the battle of Sadowa.
The Painters' National Union met in
Buffalo on Wednesday. .lames Bourk of
New York, was chosen President, and W.
0. Creney, of Baltimore, Secretary proem .
Delegates wore present from Chicago, Mil
waukee, Philadelphia and other places.
'rho following regiments awl battery are
in the Department of the South, vivo: The
Sixth U. S. Infantry at Charleston, Ile
recruits; the Eighth U. S. Infantry at
Raleigh, 170; Battery E, Third U. S. Artil
lery, at Hilton Iliad, Ft.
( ieneral Scat, the Commissioner of the
Freedmen's Bureau in South Carolina, has
Instituted it iarict search into the death, by
burning recently, or twenty-three negroeo
in the conflagration which destroyed the
King street. Jail.
A French newspaper oilers to give an
nually .010 as a wedding portion to the
"poorest rind most virtuous girl" Indicated
by its subscribers, and also to give .C 2 a
month to such as give the boot monition of
a riddle. plow will the fact be found out?
(len, (Irani has won a law stilt In the
St. Louis courts, whereby 110 has secured
poomesolon of the farm he Hold several
years ago, but for which lie got no pay.
14l the first trial ho fulled, but, continuing
to light it OW 1/II 1.11111 11110, 110 has, as usual
achieved the victory,
Gen. Tom Thumb and faintly are In
Mina:hunter, England. A local Journal
deelarea that " Mre Stratton In a perfect
little lady to all appearance, and those
who knuty her hunt Nay mho la Ho in reality.
She posme.Hem n Meyer woman'a Imagery
of the art , If dream, and her Jewela are very
rich."
A elleek for ft 41,9011, purporting to have
Lowe drawn by day Cooke S. Co,, was pro-
Mented to the Fourth National Bank In Now
York on Monday, but was linnuallutely
pronounced a lorgory, and the person who
presented It, an Irish boy, but recently ar
rived in tills country, was di:NINA.
says It wits handed to hint by a 101111 to take
to the bank, and Ills story Is honeyed.
The funded debt of the elty and county
of New York is $42,1.12,176. or this NOW a
little less than twenty millions are payable
from taxation, and about twenty-two and a
half millions front the sinking fund. Thu
temporary debt. Is Et:1,033,60r Of the funded
debt, slo,t's2,xoO Is for the Croton Water
works; 89,92:5,571 for the Central Park, and
$1.1..145,000 for expenses growing out of the
war.
On Wednesday lied Sir Frederick Bruce,
British Minimter, had an informal Interview
with Mr. Seward of an hour or two, ut
which time the former gentleman advised
the Secretary that England would be wil
ling to submit the Alabama claim.] to
lioard or A rbitra tian. It la probable that
the ratification will be made the aubJect of
to-morrow's Cabinet meeting.
A complete list of prizes captured by rho
United States Navy during the Hebeilion,
adjudicated by the Navy Department, hum
been prepared by the Fourth Auditor for
apportionment and distribution. Over
1,000 captured vemmelm and the muccemsful
cruiser, arc enumerated. It fa estimated
that not lean than live thousand meanie!'
arid officers are interested In theme prizes
and that from 85,000,0110 to $6,000,00 are
involved.
A story is told of a soldier who, about one
hundred and fifty years ago, was frozen In
Siberia. The last expression he made was,
"It is ox—." He then froze as stiff as mar
ble. In the summer of 1860 some French
physicians found him, after having laid fro
zen for one hundred and fifty years. They
gradually thawed him, and upon animation
being restored, he concluded his sentence
with " ceedingly cold."
A letter from Leavenworth of the 4th
says from all accounts the troops so horribly
massacred by the Indians were en route
for Fort Laramie for escort duty, and after
marching a sufficient distance from Fort
Phil. Kearney to prevent the successful
escape of any of the party, the Indians,
who had been notified of their departure by
squaws and spies at ad, post, followed the
continent', and while they were peacefully
reposing from the fatigues of the march,
surprised them just before daylight and
butchered the whole party.
By the disobedience of a lad in 1809, a
garden gate in Rhode Island was left open,
a pig got in and destroyed a few plants, a
quarrel between the owners of the pig and
the garden grew out of It which spread
among their friends, defeated the Federal
candidate for the Legislature and gave the
State a Democratic Senator, by whose vote
the war of INN with Great Britain was de
clared.
Isaac V. Fowler, former Postmaster of
New York City. Is in Washington, prepar
ing to return to Mexico, which may be now
said to be his home. He gives It as his
opinion, after MIX years close study of Mex
ico, that the only influence that can ever
establish a stable government over that
splendid region is the United States. The
failure of France will forever prevent in his
The quality of wool Is tested by taking a
lock from the sheep's back, and placing It
on a surface representing an inch in length.
If the spirals count from thirty to thirty
three in that space the wool Is equal to the
finest "Electoral" or SiXony wool. The
staple is inferior accordingly as it takes a
lesser number to fill up the same space.
A Toulon paper gives an account of the
capture of a sea serpent, thirteen feet long,
on the coast of France, December 22d,
was exhibited alive in Toulon, and viewed
by thousands of people. It was four and a
half Inches in diameter, the upper part being
of a gray color, and the lower a yellowish.
white. The jaws are about eleven inches.
long, and the eyes bright, surrounded with,
a fine thread of a flaming' red color,