1,, Piaottr guttNenza. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20,1867. Hold the',Radletils Responsible. For a week past the air of Washing ton has been full of rumors that some sort of a compromise was aboutto be patched up bet Ween the Radicals and President Johnson. How much or how little truth there may be in these reports we donot know, but of one thing we are perfectly well assured. Any compro mise which will relieve the Radicals from a particle of the enormous weight of responsibility which rests upon them, ought not to be countenanced for a single moment. Better that the South should remain unrepresented in Con gress for years to come ; better that it should temporarily be subjected to mili tary rule, outrageous as this would be ; better that the next Presidential elec tion should be put to the hazard of a decision in the Northern States alone, than to make any compromise by which even a portion _of the dread responsibility to the future should be shifted from the shoulders of the Radicals., They refused to compromise at a time when the least concession would have averted war and saved all the lives lostand all the treasure wasted during the bloodstained administration of President Johnson's immediate pre decessor. During the progress of the war they forced upon the country, - they utterly refused to listen to any sugges tiptis-of statesmanship, and they still stubbornly insist upon carrying out their extreme views. Any compromise that they might now pretend a willing ness to make, would only be a delusion and a snare. ;No bargain would bind them, for they recognize neither moral nor legal obligations, save only such as make in favor of the negro. Nothing short of universal negro suffrage will satisfy them. This is what they aimed at from the beginning, though they denied i t with so much apparent earnest ness that the people were deceived,'and this is what they will untiringly labor to accomplish, till they succeed or are overthrown beyond the power to rise again. Let no num who wishes to pre serve the character of our goverumen as "a government of white men," corn mit himself to any proposal of compro raise that embraces negro suffrage ii any shape. Special Car for Negroes The Radicals oppose the setting apart of a Railroad car for the special accom nlodation of negroes. As such an ar rangement would add greatly to the convenience and comfort of the negroes, we presume tile Radicals object to it only because it would cut them off from the enjoyment of negro society when traveling. If this Is what impels them to insist upon having itt/ cars thrown open to negroes, we can suggest a com promise that will suit all around. Let a car be set apart for uegroes on every passenger train, and let ticket agents be required by law to sell tickets of admis sion to that particular car, not only to negroes, but to all while 2/IC7L who may apply for (hem. This would give the Radicals a chance to ride with their colored brethren without compelling other people to do so too: Perhaps it would be no more than fair to the ne groes to give them the privilege of de ciding whether Radicals applying should be admitted or not. This could be done by empowering the conductor or brakeman to take the sense of the colored occupants of the car before ad mitting a white Radical. The opera tion would be very simple. "Ladies and gentlemen," says the conductor, opening the car door and making a salam in keeping with the character of the august personages within, " the Editor of the Lancaster El:press desires to be admitted to this car;--all in favor of his admittance will please roll up the whites of their eyes—la perfect (Imam borealis all over the car ; )- -those opposed will stamp their feet on the boor—(not a gizzard foot is raised.) Walk in, sir." We wonder some such plan as this for suiting the tastes of the whole travel ing community did not suggest itself to the brilliant mind of Senator Lowry long ago. It is manifestly unfair to compel white men who regard the negro with aversion to sit beside him, and it is equally unfair to deprive those who like him of that privilege. There is, therefore, great merit iu the arrange ment we propose, which would permit every man to choose his own company. Iteapeeting the Law. The loyalists of Erie county com menced a number of prosecutions against• Democratic election officers, who received the votes of so-called de serters at the election last fall. When (lie Indictments came before the court, Judge Johnson ordered them all to be (Mashed, and the parties were discharg ed. That Judge respects the decision ()I' the Rupreme Court of Pennsylvania, and has shown a disposition to main tain the sunrenutcy of tlas law In his district. It Is au indication of the evil character of our times when the simple discharge of official duty by a Judge on the bench should be deemed sufficient to call for• comment—but so it is in these days of degenerate Radicalism. Let Them Not be Put to Shame 11 . 1 r. Alaynard, or Tennessee, lately declared In Congress that the portraits er the founders of the Government should adorn the panels, and their busts 1111 the niches of the House. We imagine the Radical associates of Mr. Maynard must have received his suggestion with wonder and surprise. The marble lips of Washington, Madi son and Jefferson would cry shame upon the despicable demagogues who sit In their places; and would utter indignant curses against the revolution ary despots who have undertaken to set up a military despotism on the ruins of the republic which they founded. No! Let the panels be tilled with portraits and busts of Sumner, Stevens, Forney, Fred. Douglass and such creatures. Let no man dare to Insult the memory of one of the founders of the Government, by placing his image in a niche of the hall occupied by such men as compose the majority of Congress. What It Destroys. Who ever heard of a free press flour ishing under the shadow of u bayonet? It sinks under its arbitrary rule like a shattered freeman in a sunless dungeon. There Is no freedom where there is no discussion, and there can be 110 discus sion where a Colonel's nod or a Lieuten ant's order may strip atnan of his rights. There is not u solitary smendment to the Constitution relating to free speech, to a free press, to the right of assem blage, to freedom of person, to freedom from search, to presentment by a grand jury, to trial by jury, to bearing arms, or to any one of the reserved rights of the people that is not annuled and overbore by Thaddeus Stevens' Milita ry Bill. Yet this crowning outrage is perpetrated In the name of liberty. Gods, what a mockery! Treason Alabama has created a new county and christened It " Dixie." We cial - the attention of the rabid gentleman Who does the scribbling for the E.12)7T118 to this new evidence of un mitigated treason. Let him have " a Northern lawyer" sent down, with a military commission to investigate the matter—and let it be done at once, The thing will not admit of delay. 'An Inlifiltois The House of Representatives at Washington hasjustpassed a bill, which for injustice and impudence inconspicu ous even among the e7ctraprdiriary, acts of that remarkable It purports to be an "Act for the Equalization of Bounties," and awards to every soldier in the recent war a bounty of $lOO per annum for his entire term, of service; but deducts from this allowance all bounties, Government, State or local, which the soldier has received, or is by law entitled to receive. As every soldier from Pennsylvania has received, or is by law entitled to receive, in govern ment, State or local bounties,more than this $lOO per annum, the people of this State can never derive a particle of benefit from the measure. Such is also the case with New York, New England and other States, whose people taxed themselves liberally to encourage vol unteering for the war. But the Repre sentatives of the Western States, whose people contributed nothingin the shape of State or local bounties, propose by this bill to thrust their arms into the National Treasury, and take out of the common fund as much as will equalize the bounties of their troops with those of the States which paid their soldiers out of their own purses. In short, the people of Pennsylyania; after having been taxed to pay the whole of the bounties of their own soldiers, are-now to be taxed again to pay part of the bounties of the soldiers of other States. There is too much reason to fear that this bill, which has passed the House of Representatives, will also pass the Senate and become a law. The same numerical preponderance of the West which controls the House exists in the Senate. And neither body is influenced by any regaril for principle or right in this or any other measure; but the por tions that form the majority in both are intent only upon securing the great est possible pecuniary benefit, with the least possible inconvenience or burthen to themselves and' their constituents It is supposed, in well informed quar- ters, that this act will take upwards of $400,000,000 from the National Trea sury ; and as the Secretary estimates the expenditure under the bounty law of the last session at 584,000,000, it will be seen that $500,000,000 are about to be added to the National debt. The in terest of this amount, $30,000,000, must lie annually extracted, in the shape of taxes, from the pockets of the people. The simple statement of this fact shows how little prospect there is of any per manent reduction, and how great the prospect is of permanent increase iu Federal taxation. This unjust and extravagant legisla tion of Congress is also conclusive of another fact, which should be borne in mind by the people. While it continues, there can be no reduction of the Na tional Debt, no contraction of the cur rency, no decline in prices and no ap proach towards specie payments. It is beyond the power of the Secretary of the Treasury or any other financier to withdraw four millions of legal tender notes per month, when all the currency lie can collect will not suffice to meet the interest on the debt and the appro priations of au extravagant and reckless Congress. There is fargreater prospect of an increase of currency, and increased inflation of prices, from sheer necessity, to answer these exorbitant drafts upon the National Treasury. We therefore warn our readers to discard the delusive hope of any reduction in the burthens of taxation or the expenses of living, so long as a Radical Congress rules the country; but rather to prepare them selves for the good time coming, when the printing press must again be set in motion to manufacture money for the current expenses of Government. A Frantic ApneaLto the Legislature. The military editor of the Express is in an agony of despair. lie sheds tears of ink, gnashes his teeth and curses Congress. The fellow is to be pitied. The editorial columns of the Express furnish internal evidence that he longs to play the soldier again in the capacity of clerk to some Brigadier or Colonel. He remembers the good times had at Nashville. The flavor of confiscated champagne and brandy, delicious enough to bribe a sentinel, still lingers on his tongue. He would no doubt gladly return to those pastures so pleas ant for loyalty. It is with inexpressi ble sorrow that he sees the prospect for unlimited plunder under military sat raps lading from the longing sight of a multitude of greedy and impecunious Yankees. Old Thad's military bill would, if it could he made a law, fur nish the snuggest kind of berths for hundreds of Northern harpies in every Southern State. It would be a perfect God-send to many a brietless attorney. Every loyal loafer North of the Poto mac is praying that it may pass. No wonder there is a wail of disappoint ment at the prospect of the ultimate de feat of this last and most infamous pro position of our fanatical and 111100118cl entious representative. The recent course of Congress seems to have had a most remarkable effect on the military editor of our cotempo rary. His reason may not be quite unsettled, but his Judgment is certainly much disturbed, He assails the same Congress which he has heretofore so obsequiously and unceasingly lauded, and denounces It as imbecile and cow ardly. Ile declares that nothing is to be expected from it, and begins to cast about him for some other agency by means of which an opportunity to rob the people of the South of the little left them by the war may be afli,rded to needy Northern adventurers. In his despair he remembers that the Radical majority in the Pennsylvania Legisla ture had no scruples about selling them selves to Simon Cameron ; that they have passed a law making it a penal offence for railroad companies to pre vent the greasiest and most offensive negro from Ihreing himself Into the same seat or sleeping berth with any white lady o• trentleman ; and that they are preparing to strike tile word white, from the State Constitution. Remernr boring these things, he appeals in a tone of agonized entreaty to that body. He wants them to quit rollicking about Pittsburg, and to undertake the work which Congress has failed to accom plish. We wait with patience to see what effect his frenzied ravings may have upon the Solons at Harrisburg. In the meantime we beg leave to assure him that he eau secure the passage of any bill or resolution he may wish, If he can only show the Radical majority that they can realize " something sub stantial" thereby. Let him devise a scheme which will " divey" well, and Its success is certain. Until he can do that his appeals to our Legislature will remain unheeded, If he doubts our as sertion, let him consult Sithon. Hon. John W. Maynard Nearly the entire bar of Northampton county have united In the publication of a card urging the clahns of Hon. John W. Maynard as a su itable candidate for Supreme Judge. The Easton Argus strongly endorses this movement, and says that the bur of Lehigh county have united with equal unanimity In rocom. mending Judge Maynaid. The 4 7 '11 1 0 puts in the clalw of the old Tenth Le gion, which has always been true to the great principles advocated by the Demo cratic party; "ili4s 'of - Jaloes Italian on linoemo- Same weeks ago, Forney made-apa rade in one of his newspapers of a re mark, evidently wrongly •,sttributed,to James Madison. In that the fatherfif the Constitution was made to say that the lower House of Congress could sus pehd the President immediately and summarily upon the finding of a bill of impeachment. The Ex-press, at this late day, rehashes Forney's article long after it had been proven conclusively that Mr. Madison never held, and never could have given expression to any such opinion. One of the ablest constitu tional lawyers, and most profound legal scholara.of the country, has completely demolished the structure of sophistry erected by Forney. George T. Curtis, of New York,, in au exhaustive review of the question, shows clearly, not only that no such power was ever conferred upon the lower House of Congress, but that Mr. Madison, when it was mooted in the Convention which framed the Constitution, spoke and voted against the proposition. When this subject of impeachment of the Supreme Executive Magistrate was first brought forward .iu the Federal Convention, great doubts were enter tained by many of the most important statesmen of that body respecting the expediency of making such a provision. These doubts, however, at length gave way to the consideration that the Pres ident was to ha a responsible magistrate, ' and that his responsibility through a re-election to the office might not be sufficient. But the great difficulty was experienced when it came to be deter mined by what body the impeachment should be tried; and the Senate was finally selected, as a choice of evils, but with the distinct admission on all hands that to vest such a power over the Ex ecutive in either of the legislative bodies is a departure from the fundamental maxim that the separate departments of a constitutional government ought to be independent of each other. In order to prevent the independence of the Executive front being completely prostrated at the feet of i he Legislature, when a collision shall arise between them, it was provided that the removal of the President from office should take place, not a.. 4 a consequence of his im peachment, but as a consequence of his conviction. This provision rail through every resolution and every form of draft through which the provisions of the Constitution were passed. No one thought of suggesting a power of sus pension or temporary removal (with an exception hereafter to be named) until the Constitution, by the middle of Sep tember, was before the Convention for its final revision. On the 14th of Sep tember, Mr. Rutledge and Mr. (_louver• neur Morris moved: "That persons impeached lie suspended front their offices until they he tried and acquitted. "Mr. Madison. The President is made too dependent already on the Legislature by the power of one branch to try hint in consequence of an impeachment by the other. They can at any moment, in order to make way for the functions of another, who will be more favorable to their views, vote a temporary removal of the existing magistrate. " Mr. King concurred ill lhcoppositioo to the amendment. " on the question to agree to it— " Conneetieut, South Carolina, Georgia— Aye, 3; New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New Jersey, P•siinsyl Vllllia, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina—No, 8. (Madison's Minutes; Elliot, vol. 5, pages 541, 54:2.") Mr. Curtis remarks: I do not know of any evidence that would show what Mr. Rutledge's motive was in moving this prop osition, but liouverneur Morris, who is no friend to the impeaching power, probably seconded Sir. Rutledge's motion, Mr the very purpose of having the fact on the record that such a proposition had been rejected by the Convention. Every intelligent person can judge, there fore, on which side of this question Mr. Madison's authority is to be arrayed by his countrymen. :knifing all the inconsistent opinions that have been imputed to Lim . on constitutional questions, 1 have seen none so monstrous as that which would arise out of a serious attempt to use this official and unsanctioned passage in the alleged debates in the Virginia Convention. Mr. Madison has expressly opposed the intro duction into the Constitution of any power of suspension during an impeachment; un •ler his lead eight States had promptly voted lows such a proposition, and he himself bad recorded, with his own hand, the sub stance of the wise and impressive observa tions by which he had produced that very near approach to unanimity. I 1 e could not have forgotten all this when he spoke in the Virginia Convention, and the evidence is therefore decisive that he never could have uttered the opinions which he is represent ed as having delivered in that body. Too Much of Samba. It is absurd to expect that any mea sure passed by the present Congress, having reference to the South, should be of a proper character. The Radical fanatics who make up the majority of both houses know nothing of the people for whom they undertake to legislate, and are grossly Ignorant of the needs of that entire section of our country. They gather their information from the correspondence which is paraded in Northern newspapers. Time and again the lies with which their columns are constantly filled have been exposed; but still new falsehoods are furnished in abundance from clay to day. These, together with such stories as they glean from blackguards like BrOwnlow, and disreputable criminals like Jack. Ham ilton, constitute the stock of informa tion in regard to the South possessed by the majority of the Radicals In Con gress. In their haste to enact some thing in the shape of a law, it seems they have passed u bill which even that class of men called "Southern loyal lets" cannot approve. The Washing ton correspondent 01 the New York licrald says: The bill cii Mr. idiot, chairman of the New Orli !MS MIA COIIIIIIIIIIP, which passed the (louse on Wednesday, duns not meein to meet the apia , Matimi the southern Irlynl lets at all lin:, loyalists that an• here—and !heir number Is pretty large— are unsparing in their denunciations of it, especially those from Louisiana. They say Hutt the effect of the measure, if it becomes a !ay.., will be to disfranchise a very large portion of time whites, nany of whom would exercise the voting privilege fur bettor for the welfare of the country at large than the negroem, and that the day would soon ar rive whim not only n negro Governor would be elected, but negroes would be sent to Congress from the majority of the district. What a commentary on the combined wisdom of the popular branch of the present Congress! Let any one ask himself what sort of a bill that must be at which such men gag because there is too mach "nigger" in it! Think of it! "Southern loyalists" denouncing a plan of reconstruction which every Radical newspaper in the North is lauding to the skies! We are glad to know that something has been - fpund too strong for their stomachs. It must be a horrible concern, indeed. Township Meet!lMO• The usual spring elections will take place on Friday, the 10th of March, Very much depends upon the election of the right kind men to fill the respon- Bible position of election officers. An Intelligent and resolute man as In spector will be able to prevent frauds and outrages, even if the majority of the board are against him. The pres ence of such a one will at least be a wholesome check on rascality, if it should be attempted. It is important that the Democracy should commence aright by paying especial attention to the coming township elections. Let the very best men of the party be nomi nated, and let a vigorous effort be made to elect them, Too many Democrats permit these eleetiona to go by default. Let there be a full turn out In every township on the 16th day of March. Begin the work of the fall campaign then, and commence with a ,determl nation to succeed, iiiiiiirderinferviiiigli. • -- - prompted by a dread that some prop cisitionlculated to restore the 'Union. *filch :they seek to keep dissevered, Might be put before the people in such shape as to commend itself totheircon sideration, the Radical tanaties in Con gress have made haste to push through the lower House the most extreme metv sures. The Louisiana Reconstruction bill un dertakes to destroy at once a State Gov ernment which Mr. Lincoln recognized as valid and proper. The very last speech he made wit§ made in defence of it. By commencing thus upon the State of Loulaiana, it is not Andrew Johnson who is assailed; but the man whom we so often hear called "our martyred President." By the Elliot BM Congress undbrtakes to assume en tire control of the State of Louisiana. The fundamental principles of our Gov ernment are ignored, the sovereignty of the people is disregarded, qualifications of voters are defined by a Congressional enactment, and - a system equally un constitutional and antagonistic to our republican institutions is set up. As if resolved to show to the world that Republican Governments are proven to be a failure by the experiment here made, the majority in the lower House have also allowed themselves to be bullied into the passage of Thaddeus Stevens' Military Bill. We have already shown what is the characteE of that infamous enactment. It destroys the last vestige of Republican Government in one-half of this country, and sets up a military despotism pure and simple. How much longer can liberty survive such assaults? We may still be per mitted to go through the forms of popu lar elections, but they will only be the emptiest mockery. Perhaps it is well that the Radicals should show their hands thus fully. It may be the people of the North will the sooner be aroused to the dangers which are so imminent. If the acts of the revolutionists now in power fail to awaken the masses to a defence of their rights, they w ill.havesuown themselves to be only fit for slavery, and it will matter but little what kind of a collar is faslened upon their necks. The Conviction of Sanford Conover The evidence elicited in the trial of Sanford Conover, who has just been convicted at Washington, shows how unsafe were the Military Commissions which were set up in the place of courts of justice during the war. The revela thins made were of the most wonderful character. They show clearly I hat this villain Conover was employed by wick ed and malicious men, high in the Re publican Councils, to make out a case against Jefferson Davis by employing men to commit perjury. We give, as a specimen; the following evidence had on the'receut trial of Conover: Joseph A. Hoare, alias Campbell, was re exatnined. He recognized the paper hand ed him as the deposition made before Judge Holt, concerning the complicity of Jeff. Davis iu the assassination conspiracy. The witness then read the document referred to, purporting to have been a statement of the conversation between John 11. Surma, Judah P. Benjamin and Jeff. Davis, rela tive to the measures to be taken in order to accomplish the murder of Abraham Lin coin. lie testified before the House Judic iary Committee that the statement he had made to Judge Bolt was false, and that he had been induced to give such false testi mony by Conover. lie committed the written statement of Conover to memory, which took him several days; he saw Con over write the statement at the National hotel; wut. H. Roberts, Nathaniel Oser and the prisoner were present when the pa per was written, studied and rehearsed ; it was prepared about two weeks before he went before Judge Holt. The witness tes tified that when in New York, in Novem ber, 1565, he received a letter front the prisoner ; witness was at this time en route to Canada to hunt up a "supposed" wit ness, who, he told Judge Holt, knew more about the conspiracy. Conover says in the letter, "In order not to discourage the Judge, do not draw too touch; do not lead him to believe that you aretoo anxious, and that your greatest aim is money. Above all, do not draw on hint front New York; wait by all means, until you get to Rouse's Point. Let no necessity induce you to draw before you get there. I know the ef fect will be bad, very bad. You had better reach Rcuse's Point short—had even better borrow than draw from New York. I have not time to explain; but I know, and prom ise you the effect will be disastrous to our schemes and prospects. Don't fail, then, to do as I tell you." W. H. Roberts, alias Joseph Snevil, tes ti tied that he came from New York with Conover in November, 1865, for the purpose of making a little money; he desired me to go before the Judge Advocate and make an affidavit which he (Conover) was to write, implicating Jeff. Davis In the assassination conspiracy; had said statement in his pos session several days; committed It to mem ory, and afterwards went before the Judge Advocate, with Iloare and Conover, and repeated it; he recognized the signature at tached to his own statement made before fudge Holt us his own, Never before in the history of the world was such au infamous transaction unveiled to the public gaze. Comment upon it is unnecessary, very man who reads the testimony can make his own reflections upon it. If he be worthy the name of a freeman, his estimate of the transaction cannot help being a cor rect one, and his indignation will be aroused. League Island The League Island bill has finally passed the Senate. It took four years to get It through, and report says that money had to be lavishly expended to prevent its defeat. New England want ed to "gobble" this as It does nearly everything these last days. When the people of Pennsylvania wake up to their best interests, the-overwhelming Influence of the Yankees may be slight ly curtailed. That will not happen, however, so long as she commits her political leadership to an imported Ver monter. Our Love of Liberty The arbitrary arrest and confinement of an I.:tigikiiinan, held by military order in defiance of the writ of habeas corpus, would convulse England, and precipitate a revolution. Will Ameri cans consent that one-half of their coun• trymen shall hold their liberties at the will of a military commander and his subordinates? If they do they cannot expect to enjoy their own liberties long. Is our love of liberty less strong tharf that of men who live under a monarch ial form of Government? In the Name or Liberty. Let no American permit himself to be misled by names or deluded by pro fessions. All the crimes bf Robespiere and Narat were perpetrated in the name of liberty, and professedly by authority of the people. In the same name, and under pretense of the same authority, the House of Representatives of the United States have oyerthrown the safeguards of liberty, and converted the sovereigns of the land into slaves of a military satrap. What a commentary upon the freedom of which we have boasted so much I What an example to be set by the leading republic of the world! Has It Come to Thls ? Has it come to this, that the Chief Justice of the United States must get the gracious permission of a military official to hold a session of his court in the capital of Virginia? Well may men ask—are we living In a free Re public in the midst of the nineteenth century; or have we been transported back to the violence, intolerance and armed tyrrany of the dark ages? THE RUMOR now is; thatthe Judiciary Committee will not be able to make report on the IMpeachment luveetiga• Ll4O until the next seeelon. If the mat ter le postponed beyond the fourth of March ? It will have to be reintroduced in the House, ?--- Correspondettee"ot the Age. W.rdmisorox, February 17. • Tar. MILITARY Sim.. The Senatrithis morning, after a session Of eighteewbours, adopted Sherman's sub stitute Or Stevens' military government mdeclares the existing State govern-: - 2 medte - of the ten unrepresented, States ille . e and provides for dividing them into m tary districts, and directs the President to appoint an officer not below the rank of brigadier-general to command said.districts, authorizes military commissions to try offenders, and forbids interference by said States with acts of said commissions. The fifth section is id2ntical with the "Blaine amendment," which was moved in the House last week, but failed to re ceive the 'sanction of the majori ty of that body. It provides: "That when the people of anyone of said rebel States shall have formed a constitu tion of government in conformity with the Constitution of the United States, in all re spects, framed by a convention of delegates elected by the male citizens of said State twenty-one years old and upwards, of whatever race, color, or previous condi tion, who have been resident in said State for one year previous to the day of such election, except such as may be disfran chised for participation in the rebellion or for felony at common law; and when such constitution shall provide that the elective franchise Mali bo enjoyed by all such per sons as have the qualificutions hgrein stated for election of delegates; and When such constitution shall be ratified by a majority of the persons voting on the question of ratification who are qualified as electors for delegates, and when such constitution shall have been submitted to Congress for ex amination and approval, and Congress shall have approved the same; and when said State, by a vote of its Legislature elected under said constitution, shall have adopted the amendment to the Constitullon of the United States proposed by the Thirty-Ninth Congress, and known as article 14, and when said article shall have become a part of the Constitution of the United States, said State shall be declared entitled to represen tation in Congress, and Senators and Representatives shall be admitted therefrom on their taking the oath prescribed by law, and then and thereafter the military au thority established by the preceding sec tions of the act shall be withdrawn( row said State." It is difficult to see wherein this substitute is an improvement upon the original bill as it passed the House. It is based upon the same theory, and is intended to bring about the same result,. The last sec tion, about which so-called conservative Re publicans talk so much. does not render the measureless objectionable in my estimation. It requires the establisment of El egro suffrage and the adoption of the pending constitu tional amendment, disfranchisement clause and all. And even after doing all this,- Congress must first pass upon the Constitu tion of the State, before it shall be declared entitled to representation. Under such a system of reconstruction the now excluded States will get their rights about 1900, cer tainly not before, if the Radical party con tinue to control the legislation of Congress. Such measures may deceive the people for a while, but the cheat and humbug upon which they are based will, sooner or later, be detected. There is more honesty and reliability in the, Radicals who openly resist such acts, than there is in those who favor them. RUMORED CHANGE IN THE CABINET. An apparently well-grounded rumor is current here of an early change in the Cab inet. Mr. Postmaster General Randall is said to have tendered his resignation to the President, and it is probable that it will be accepted. The statement telegraphed North that Horace Greeley is to be made Po.,t master General, is not credited by well informed parties here. RADICAL CAUCUS. It is reported to-day that the House Radi cals will hold a caucus at ten o'clock to morrow morning, for the purpose of arriv ing at some conclusion in regard to the Senate's substitute for Stevens' military bill. The impression is that a majority of the caucus will vote in favor of sustaining it. In that event, it will go through the House, because the rule of a caucus is the law of the party. THE CONIPROMISE It is now well known that a committee of Republican members of Congress, Bing ham, Blaine,:Dodge and others, waited upon the President, and had a long consultation on the subject of reconstruction, Sc., with a view to ascertain if a compromise could not be effected between the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Gov ernment. The result is said to be satis• factory to the Committee, although the ex act terms of adjustment are not definitely known. Wentworth's resolution of inquiry, introduced in the House yesterday, was bused upon the proceedings of this Con gressional Committee. It is reported that Hon. S. E. Ancona will soon be appointed naval officer at Philadelphia, vice ,Flanigen, rejected by the Senate. Correspondence of the Ledger. IVAsHisoTos, February 17 THE COMPROMISE CONSULTATIOIsi S With reference to the Wentworth resolu tion in the House yesterday, inquiring into the purposes of members of Congress who have been in consultation with the Presi dent recently, I am permitted to copy the following despatch sent to the New York Tribune to-night: Upon inquiry we find the facts to be sub stantially these: Some days ago, in a casual conversation between General Este and W. W. Warden, Esq., journalists, as to the probability of Congress and the Executive agreeing on some basis of common plan by which the Southern States could be speedily restored to their proper relations in the Union and their loyal representatives admitted to Congress, Messrs. Este and Warden mutually expressed them selves satisfied, from their knowledge of Mr. Johnson's views and of the opinions of a number of Republican Congressmen, that to bring shouts co-operation of the two branches of the Government in the matter of reconstruction, probably upon the basis of the Constitutional amendment proposed by Congress and impartial or qualified suf frage, it was ohly necessary for some one to go to work energetically and make known to Congressmen and the President that there was a probability of their being able to agree. Accordingly, Messrs. Este and Warden determined to and did invite a number 01 Republican t_ ongressmen to meet them on Wednesday evening last at the Metropolitan Club rooms, and in a semi social, informal manner to talk over the matter. Between thirty and forty members were advised of the purpose and invited to the club rooms. All who were spoken to ap proved the object, but owing to special in terests they had in the Tax 'Jill that night to be discussed in the House, about one half of them Invited could not be present, and sent word that they would concur with those who came to the meeting. At this gathering there were leading men from the delegations of seven or eight States, and a free and frank interchange of views was given, and it was found that there was an entire coincidence of opinion among the Congressmen as to the character of the measures that might be agreed upon by a majority of Republicans In the House for the immediate restoration of the State governments of the South and the admis sion of their loyal representatives to their seats in Congress. The main features or these measures on which It was believed a majority of the Republicans could agree, were the Constitutional amendment and negro suffrage. Messrs. Este and Warden gave their im pressions as to the disposition and views now entertained by Mr. Johnson, but ex pressly disclaimed any authority to speak fur the President. They wore, therefore, requested to make known to Mr. Johnson the opinion of the Congressmen present, and to say to him that, if he believed he could meet them upon some such plan as that indicated, and was desirous of co-operating with them in their efforts to restore confidence iu the Government, and effect harmonious action hereafter between its co-ordinate brunches, they would be glad to meet and confer with him. The President was, accordingly, on the following day, informed of what had taken pla , e, and he instructed Messrs. Este and Warden to say to the Republican members that he earnestly desired to work with them in their laudable purposes, and he would be pleased to see them whenever they should deem it advisa ble to call. This message was delivered, and on Thursday evening a committee of the Re• publican congressmen had an interview of about two 'hours with Mr. Johnson, and at a subsequent informal meeting on Friday night, at the residence of Mr. Dodge, they made a report of what had transpired between them and the president. Mr. Johnson, they reported, had been very frank, and freely gave his views, and made such promises of co-operation as wore entirely satisfactory to all present. Discharged Their Duty The Joint Committee appointed to Investigate the charges of corruption and bribery in the late klenatorial elec tion, report that they found nothing, As that is just what they were appoint ed to Lind, it may be said that they have fully discharged their duty, and are entitled to be discharged from further consideration of the subject, THE BILL to restore to the CQnnells vine Railroad Company the privileges taken from it by the act passed in 1864, was defeated in our State Senate yester day, after a spirited debate of two days. This, as we understand it, is another Legislative triumph for the Pennsyl vania Railroad. THE REPORT that Postmaster General Randall had resigned Is contradicted. All the Cabinet officers, with the ox• ception of Mr. Stanton, are asserted to be "in accord with the President on the groat questions of the day." The'Preddeutlal Sui:amesion. The House of Representatives on Satur day passed the following bill: Be it enacted, 6c0., That in case Of the re moval, death, resignation or inability both of the President and Vice President of the United States,,the President of the Senate pro tem., and in ease: there shall be no -President of the Senate, then the Speaker of the House of Representatives for the time being ; and in ease there shall be no Speaker of. the House of Representatives, then the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, and in case there shall be no Chief Justice, then the Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, who shall have been longest commissioned, shall act as President of the United States until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected and qualified. SEcriorr 2. That whenever the office of President and Vice President shall be vacant, the Secretary of State shall, if the Senate and House of Representatives, by concurrent resolution, so request and direct, forthwith cause a notification thereof to be made to the Executive of each State, and shall also cause the same to be published In at least one of the newspapers printed in each State, specifying that electors of Presi dent and Vice President of the United States shall be appointed in the several States on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in the mouth of November then next ensuing. Provided, That there shall be the space of sixty days between the date of such noti fication and the said Tuesday, but if there shall not be the space of two months between the date of such notificatioh and the said Tuesday, and if the term for which the President and Vice President last in office were elected shall not expire on the 3d day of March next ensuing, then the Secre ary of State shall specify in the non fiction that the electors shall be appointed on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in the month of November next ensuing, at which time the electors shall accordingly be appointed, and the electors shall meet and give their vote on the next ensuing after the appointment of electors as aforesaid on the next Wednesday in December, and the pro ceedings and duties of said electors and others shall be in pursuance to the directions prescribed by law. _ . Sec. 3. That whenever the office of Presi dent and Vice President shall both become vacant, when Congress is not in session, it shall he the duty of the officer discharging the duties and powers of the office of Presi dent forthwith to issue a proclamation con vening both Houses of the Congress of the United States within sixty days after as suming the duties of President of the:U oiled States. Perilous Freak of Woman in Johnstown Mr. James Bath, Mary his wife, and sev eral small children, are living in Millville borough. They originally came from Eng land. Mr. Bath is a miner and works in the coal mines of the Cambria Iron Com pany. On last Saturday morning about one o'clock, he aroses from his bed to prepare to go to his work (he usually goes about two o'clock in the morning.) His wife got up and prepared breakfast of which they par took. It being early Mr. B. sat down by the stove. Mrs. B. goes into an adjoining room, the sleeping apartment, and takes her two younger children out of; bed, one aged two years and the other about six months, she wrapped her dress 'around them and left the house carrying them along. Her husband soon missed her and starts out to find tier. After looking in vain for her a short time, he hears a gurgling noise in the well, he runs for his miner's lamp, gives the alarm to the neighbors, and descends into the well; here he finds his wife and children in u drowning condition. lie gets a foothold in the rough stone wall of the well, raises his wife's head above the water, and holds it between his knees, takes a child in each hand, and again calls for help. Mr. Parfit, a neighbor, arrives and takes the children out of the well. A rope is fastened around. the waist of Mrs. Bath, and she is raised, the three are taken into the house in au insensible condition. They were then divested of their wet clothing, wrapped in dry blankets, rolled and manip ulated until signs of anitnation returned. Mrs. Bath and the older child are now fully restored, \' 'pile the younger child is in a critical condition, having frequent spasms and in all probability will not sur vive. The well is twenty-six and one-half feet deep, and there is ten feet of water in it. The walls are rough and crooked and the diameter small, and had the children been thrown down, or the mother jumped down they must have in their descent received severe contusions, but none appear on their persons. Mrs. 13. says she carried the children down in her apron, which ap pears from the circumstances lobe the case. There has been no reason assigned why this woman should thus seek to destroy her own and her childrens' lives. Mr. Bath is a sober, hard working man, and his neighbors say is kind to his family. It appears, however, that at the store his wife had drawn more than the amount of wages coming to him, and further purchases, for the time being, had been stopped . . The trouble of poverty may have been au in centive cause, but more likely she is in sa ne.—Johnsto um Democrat. Speech of Governor Orr CHARLESTON, Feb. 14.—The anniversary banquet of the Charleston Chamber of Com merce came off last night. Governor Orr spoke, and in the course 'of his remarks said: Our political relations are of a very grave character. I have recently been in a posi tion where I had an opportunity of consult ing with many of those who control the Government. I say to you, in all frankness, that it Is difficult to tell what our political position in the future is to be. Gentlemen from the Southern States, and particularly those from North Curolinu,from Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas and Texas, were of the opinion that some scheme that could be suggested might be the means at least of securing the support of the conser vative portion of the Radical party; hence the scheme you have seen presented. It was not supposed that it would meet the favor of the extremists, but that It would meet the views of more moderate men. In their personal relations, I feel it my duty to say they received me kindly, treated me courteously, and manifested every dispo sition to have a perfect and complete settle ment. But some of these Raffle gentlemen, when next they went into the halls of Congress, would Indulge In speeches of the most violent character. My own Judgment Is if the Legislature of North Carolina adopts the programme with any degree of unanimity;. if Arkansas adopts this amendment; If the other Southern States adopts it, or manifest any disposition to adopt It, it will produce the best results upon a considerable portion of the radical party, and save the South from many of the proposed radical meas ures. I know that a great many of our people aro in favor of folding the arms. They say, "We are lu the power of this people; let them do as they please." I do not believe in any such doctrine. I ant not one of the dignity sort. I have believed in our doing something for ourselves. I have believed in indicating to this people that there is no sullenness tit least, on the part of the peo ple of the South; that we um prepared to give them all honorable guarantees to secure their rights in the government, and when we did so, we at least challenged the respect of the honest portion of that party. I have lent myself' tor two long years to produce that result; whether it will follow I do not know. In taking the position I occupy, It was to serve the people of South Carolina, and I intend to continue to serve them, and not withstanding the growl of grumblers, I shall not be swayed from the performance of my duty upon that line. if it accom plishes the results hoped for I shall be fully compensated for lin v anorilha,that may have been Wade. ii it Inns, 1 .hull leul thiti any responsibility for the further humilia tion and oppression of South Carolina does not lie at my door. [Applause.] To-night Governor Orr, by Invitation, will address a public meeting of the freedmen of the city. Terrible Accident in York County. We are called upon to record one of the most,heart-rending accidents that we have ever had to relate, which occurred to a young man by the name of Smith Ayers, In Dallastown, about seven miles from our borough, by means of which he lost his life, the particulars of which are as follows :—The deceased, we are told, went down an old well, fifty-nine feet deep, the walls of which were very much delapidated, for the pur iose of taking out the bucket used for draw ng up water, which had accidentally fallen In, and in corning up the well with the same, the wall caved in, burying bun beneath its ruins. The alarm of the terrible catastro phe was immediately given, and the people gathered front the surrounding neighbor -11004 in large numbers andettt once set to work to extricate the unfortunate man from his perilous position. The tusk, however, was one not easily acx3omplistiecl, and he had to be left to perish in his living tomb. After laboring with unceasing vigilance from about two o'clock on Monday, the time the accident occurred, pntil about four o'clock, on Tuesday afternoon, when the de• bris was removed end the body recovered. He wee found des the body was consid erably bruised by the falling stones. There was from six to boyar' feet of water In the well at the time, and the body was in it up to about the middle, when found. The deceased was about 19 years of age, and was highly esteemed for his many virtues. This lamentable and terrible affair has spread a melancholy gloom over the Minds of the people in the whole neighborhood,— York Praia,. Woman Found [oad . In the Streets of A woman named Alice Hand wee found dead in South Queen street on Tuesday afternoon. She was a common vagrant, and had been indulging In drinking whisky quite freely during the day. She wua ac companied by a man maid to bu her hus band, who, we understand, is also a person of intemperate habits. Her romans were Interred In the burial ground at the Alum House. She was about 4 years of ago.— An inquest was held over the body by Coroner Rouse, and the verdictrenclered by t4o. l ury wee, that mhe cawo to Ilext death by ntemperuuce mid eXPPARre I ' , YONS P i ress. 1 / The Bill tbr therEstablistument. or a Stftl tarp Despotism. The following is a copy of Thaddeus Ste vens' Bill for establishing a military despo , tism, as it passed the Horise of Representa tives: . - WHEREAS, The pretended State Govern ments of the late so-called Confederate States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Texas and Arkansas were set up without the authority of Con gress and without the sanction of the pecple ; and whereas said pretended governments afford no adequate protection 4or life or property, but countenance and encourage lawlessness and crime; and whereas it is necessary that peace and good order should be enforced in said so-called States until loyal and Republican State Governments can be legally established; therefore Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Bexesentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That said late so-called Confederate States shall be divided into military districts and made subject to 'the military authority of the Uni ted States as hereinafter prescribed, and for that purpose Virginia shall constitute the first district; North Carolina and South Carolina the second district; Georgia, Ala bama and Florida the third district ; Mis sissippi and Arkansas the fourth district, andl.muisiana and Texas the fifth district. SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the general of the army to assign to the command of each of said districts an officer of the army, not below the rank of brigadier general, and to detail a dufticient military force to enable such officer to perform his duties and enforce his authority in the district to which he is as signed. SEC. 3. And be it,further enacted, That it shall be the duty of each officer assigned as aforesaid to protect all persons in their rights of person and property, to suppress insurrection, disorder and violence, and to punish, or cause to be punished, all dis turbers of the public peace and criminals, and to this end tie may allow local civil tribunals to take jurisdiction of and to try offenders, or, when in his judgment it may be necessary for the trial of offenders, he shall have power to organize military com missions or tribunals for that purpose, any thing in the constitution and laws of any of the so-called Confederate States to the con trary notwithstanding; and all legislative or judicial proceedings or processes to prevent or control the proceedings of said military tribunals, and all interference by said pretended Statei governments with the exercise of military authority under this act, shall be void and of no effect. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That courts and judicial officers of the United States shall not issue writs of habeas corpus in behalfof persons in military custrody, except in cases in which the person is held to answer only for a crime or crimes exclusively within the jurisdiction of the Courts of the United States within said military district, and indictable therein, or unless some commissioned officer on duty in the district wherein the person is de tained shall endorse upon said petition a statement certifying upon honor that he has knowledge or information as to the cause and circumstances of the alleged detention, and that he believes the same to be wrongful ; and further, that he believes that the endorsed petition is preferred in good faith and in furtherance of justice, and not to hinder or delay the punishment of crime. All persons put under military arrest by virtue of this act shall be tried without unnecessary delay, and no cruel or unusual punishment shall be inflicted. SEC. 5. A adbeitfartherenacted, That no sentence of any military commission or tribunal hereby authorized affecting the life or liberty of any person shall be executed -until it is approved by the officer in com mand of the district, and the laws and reg ulations for the government of the army shall not be affected by this act except in so far as they conflict with its provisions. Young Women's Mime in New York. There is in New York an institution call ed the Ladies' Christian Union, whose ob ject is to furnish the comforts of a good home to young women ut a moderate cost. Its affairs are managed by a committee of twentyeiglt ladies, who lease two first class residences, connect thent together us one house, tarnish them well, and attbrd all the comforts or a home to sixty-live young women, with board from three to four dol lars per week, with privileges and accom modations that would cost in regular board ing-houses front ten to fifteen dollars per week. It is now nine years since the enterprise was shaded, and it is no longer considered an experiment, but a success—every year increasing in usefulness, and promising to become self-sustaining. The report for the past year, just made, shows that the ex penses of the Home amounted to $12,732, and the receipts from board to $10,203, show ing the institution, with all Its superior ac commodations, to be self-sustaining within $2,438. Among other items, $2OO worth of books and stationery were furnished to the young ladies last year, gratis. There are thousands of young women in New York who need such homes. Au effort is being made to raise a building fund, so us to erect a house that will accommodate a much larger number, as the managers are satis fied that such a house, when built and fur nished, would be more than self-sustaining. They have already raised $30,000, but need $60,000. Is Massachusetts 7 "Are we civilized?" This inquiry is made by a writer in the Boston Transcript, and relates to the inhabitants of ?dassachu setts. It is called out by the fact Uit, since the complaints aroused by the stripping and flogging of young ladies in the Massachu setts schools, a new method of punishment has been adopted, which consists of open ing the child's mouth and filling It with Cayenne popper! The administration of punishment In the prize ring is called giving an opponent "pepper," but this Is the only practical demonstration of the term we ever heard of. A Lucky Rebel The Chicago Republican publishes a ro mance of re.' life, of which the heroine Is a loyal Southern lady who married an ex rebel officer and with him passed through the vicissitudes of fortune until she had to do sewing and he follow the trade of a lock smith for a living. A few days ago the lady received information that property, belong ing to her late hither, in Alabama, and val ued at a quarter of a million, was awaiting her claim and disposal. The wife's sewing machine and the tools of the husband's craft were speedily 'cast aside, and the happy couple sped Sou'h to take possession of their unexpected fortune. ____.....- Inereaxe of Tonnage The annual report made at a locating of the stockholders of the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Company, on Monday, OX. Whits the amount of tonnage for 18110 to have been 815,090, being 280,121 more than during the previous year; the number of passengers during the year, 095,415, show• lug a decrease of 75,241. The receipts of the road during the year were us follows : Pas sengers, $734,724.91 ; mall, 6re., $62,027,251 freight, $1,741,290.13—muking a total of $2,541,051.79, showing an increase over the receipts of the previous year or $.991,941, The locomotive•houses workshops, and other buildings ut Erie, Kano, Renova, and Sunbury have been finished. After the reading of the report, the managers for the ensuing year were elected, which will probably be officially announced. A Lottery olrDenth In New York, Mrs. Mary Orootch, a German woman, tiny- four years of age, committed mkieldo by swallowing a quantity ofarsenie, . 3 / 4 /Cceasod had long boon addicted to speeding every cent ei money she ...mid raise In the Istirehameoflottery tickets. she oven went so far us to take the funds appro printed by her husband for the support of the family, and invest the same In porches. in lottery pohcies. She was expostulated with by Mr. Groetsch, but all to no purpose. On Christmas day she took ell her husband's beet clothes and pawned thous to raise money td gratify , her uncontrollable pas• sign, after which Mr. Groetsch announced that he could live with her no longer, and they must separate. This caused her to be despondent and low.splrlted, but Instead of effectually separating they occupied different rooms. On Thursday last Mrs. Groetsch, in a fit of desiperation swallowed a quantity of arseale, which had been pur • chased some months previously to kill rats with. A Valuable Mouse• Neut Mr. Charles Prescott, of Cortland, Now York, about the middle of lust tieptetnber lost front his vest pocket at night, after going to bed, about eight hundred and forty dollars, rolled together. llow he lost the money he did know ; no burglars had been In the house through the night. lie suspected a servant who had lived fur a long time In the family, and who was believed to be strictly honest; but he did not tell any person of the loss except his wife, and they determined to wait end watoll. just Tuesday Mrs. Prescott was looking for some pieces of old muslin lit u closet, On the floor was an old bag, and ill the folds of it a mouse had made her nest ; she had lined it with the missing green backs, which were well preserved, --• .0. ..-- A Curious Story About the Steamer Caller. New Yong, Feb. 14.—Some curious facts in the case of the steamer Cuyler, seized here.some days since, have been developed. She was sold to the Columbian Govern ment, but the owners wore not to receive pay for her until she was delivered in La guayra, Venezuela. In the meantime a conspiracy, It is alleged, was formed on board to turn her Into a Chillan privateer when out At sea. Her owners are now un der the belief twit they would have lost their vessel that fOr the Interference of the United . EitAtoaa authorities. ==•=l WAISTAIVH W;1,13 C11E11141! BALHAM.—This Babsuutic ocampouud has heoeinu a home fixture, Let all who suftbr, and have hi yain attempted to mire their coughs, colds, bronchial or pulmonary complaints, make use of this unequalled remedy. It can be relied upon, as the muss of testimony that has been published since its introductlou In =pie proof of its etllcaoy, . Louts 11, King of Bavaria, is just twenty one. Over 100,000 sheep perished near San Antonio, Texas, during a snow storm. Ma.ssachusetts too refuses to adopt the constitutional amendment. 90,000 valentines passed through the Now York P. 0. on the 14th inst. The Episcopalians of Louisville have opened a colored high school. The mayor of New London, Conn., has been fined for Illegally selling liquor. Hon. John N. Ingetsoll, has fallen heir to a German estate worth 13880,000. General Sheridan has left Washington to return to New Orleans. Several persons were injured by a rail roal accident near Harrisbufg, yesterday. George W. Ellery, the last man living whose father signed the Declaration of In dependence, died at Newport last week. Bunks are being fitted up in the Cincin nati station houses to accommodate the houseless poor. The Queen's speech, transmitted recently over the cable, cost the American press $2,- 900 in gold, or $3,973 In currency. Twenty thousand Turks have perished in the Cencilan war, and the Cretans are as far front being conquered us ever. The fast Duke of Hamilton has run in debt in London three millions of dollars in less than a year. The West Virginia Legislature has de clined to consider the propositions or Virginia for a re-union of the two States. Rev. Mr. Beecher•s novel is called the "Call of the Clergyman." It Is a loud call, as it neta him $25,000. Tnree men have been arrested at Chicago on a charge of forging bonds to the amount of $40,000 on Duena ista eounty, Ohio. The steamier City or Bath. from Boston for Savannah, was burned on Sundny, oil Cape 'lanterns, and twenty-two persons lost their lives. Ex-Governor Brown and Judge Dawson A. Wallivr, of (ieorgiu, were yesterday ad mitted to prastiee in the Supreme Court of the Unitea States. Silk of the hest quality was raised in Iberville Parish, Li., last year, and speci mens of the cocoons and sewing silk will be sent to the Paris exposition. Five chickens were recently found roost ing upon the iron connecting brakes of a railway. car, in which position they had ridden from Louisville to Nashville. There are &i:1 bars, where wine, beer, 111111 liquors are sold in Detroit, and :V, chureht3s. What, a ha' penny worth of the bread of life to this intolerable quantity of sack! Judge Cady, who was strongly "anti WOIIIIIII . Sirighis," used to address his daugh ter, Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, as " My Dear Sir.'' A correspondent says there is not more than grain enough uI Georgia to last until the end of March. In Indianapolis a poor woman was in duced to sell her hair Mr one duller and firty reels le keep her ehimren :11111 shay ing. A vessel, supposed to I, the I'. S. gun boat Swatara, withSu rratt on board, anchored yesterday in the Potomac at Washington. Five members of Beeeher's thong] in Brooklyn, have been arrested and held to bail lia• distilling whisky without paying the Government tax of two dollars per The Kansas t" bleeding Kansas") Legis lature refuses to take final action upon the bill looking to the abrogation, in Its funda mental law, .1 the provision requiring voters in the State to he "white," In Washington county, 'Fenn., twenty wiles northeast ofJoneshoro . , Is au ancient birch tree, on the bark or which is still legible the following ins•riptiou: " 1771 I). Boon killed a bar." The remains of about seven thousand live hundred Federal soldiers have been ex humed and reburied in the National Ceme tery on the liallatin pike, six tifilem (rout 7 , ;,,5tiv,11,), 1, 1 ) Pl'1,111111)' Hut h. Thu I h•troit Ptott publishes a statement showing the present VIIIIIO of tlll3 vessels engaged in the (swollen, ttr the Lakes to be $27,110,000. The inerease in the last len years has been about Several t 'onserval ve I{e'ntblicunsluidan interview %% ith the President on thesubject of Iteconstruetion, on %Vednesday night. It is said that the President seemed IltlXiOllS to meet Congress half way, but no conclu sion was reached. A train on the Ilannibal nod St. Joseph Railroad, in Missouri, had two CHI'S thrown from Ilrand Stone bridge into the