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 <Took on
Wednesday night, by wine') 0013 person
was killed and fourteen were wounded.
The citizens of Hancock and Brooks
counties, (the Pan Handle,) In West Vb.-
Olin, it is stated, are about to petition their
Legislature to be disannexed from ;ant
State, and to heroine tatavhed to Pen vsyl.
vania.
In Vienna the snow is removed IL, last as
it falls, at an enormous expense. .1,11 the
men out nil' work are employed te :tweet) t h e
streets. Seale people would prefer clean,
streets and despotism to liberty Lind slush,
A St. Louis German gentleman recently.
displayed his parental tenderness by dying;
and leaving one dollar to each of
children, and half lllioll to his witlow..
It is pretty certain that widow was a sueozal
wife.
Tiffany Co. have bought Dr. ehever's
church at New York and the lease of the
ground on which it stands for $lOO,OOO, and
will erect a block of stores on the site. The
Chcever church will move up town.
A banquet Was given to the members of
the River COllVl'lltion at St. Louis, on Wed
nesday night, at which Jeff Thompson, tho
ex-rebel (:eneral made a speech and as
sisted in singing the "Star Spangled liane
nor."
The Baltimore Gazette dentex , apparently
with authority, all the mlatoneente about.
( - tonere' Lee'a often announced " Illetory
of the Army of Northern Virginia," and
sap.' Out t'eneral Leo Is not writing any
work of that eltarnoter.
Miss L11(1 1 )11)11, who wits sit seriously
injured by Page, the Valparaiso murderer,
has commenced suit againat him for dam
ages, claiming - $10,1:00. Page is wealthy.,
but before comm Ming the murder is reported
to have assign,d his property to his mother.
Salmon l'roin the Penobscot—the first of
the tioason—have appeared In the Boston
market. The ex perims nt of the artificial
propogatlon of this splendid fish, in some
of the rivers tributary to the Connecticut, Is
pertectly successful so far—the young sal
mon having got along well,
An Important point being.consldored by
the British I lovertinient at present Is the ad
visability of a royal residence flu Ireland.
It Is proposed that such shall lei erected nt
the expense of the Slate, and presented lu
the Prin.*, of \Vales, with u request that lib
occupy It for iiolllo portion of ouch your,
Aolounet of serious destruction of prop
erty In the West by freshets are coining
A bridge on the Chicago and tit. Louis Rai/-
road was swept away on Wednesday night,
the 'Ulnas Hallway bridge ut Galena Wll/4
destroyed, and at Dubuque, A urora undi
elsewhere In that section of the country the
datuage is considerable.
The NI famissippl river 11118 been at 1.04 ohl
tricks 111:11111. It ham been waking anollan.
anchlen and demtructivo Inroad, upon
rouniiiitimp i of thavityofllelena, Arlcanmam,
At about two o'olock Ott Um morning of
Sunday weok, tho !milk oppoatto the -
1 . 11/111gl. I Intel WII/4 .wept away, placing the
It ni ut,,l adjoining resthlenees In Intuit
-1.1
~.tor Wright of Middlebury, N't., has
sold twelve ewes to a western party for
812,000—51,000 ouch. Edwin Stowe!, of the
milll4l place, sold n rum lamb for $2,000, and
E. Hammond sold a rain lamb for $1,000;
It:iodic* gentleman sold a yearling rum fur
Sl,OOO that Le purchased a year ago for slsn.
The sheep were all thoroughbred Hammond
Ah(11.113, 1111(1 CIIIIICIIIIIIIIII/11/4.
'rho Pope is still seriously considoring the
Iproposition to canonize Christopher CONDI
mp for discovering America. We have un
indistinct idea; that when the aforesaid
Christopher first suggested the Idea (Mind.
log another world, certain church digni
taries were seriously considering the pro
priety of making roast heretic out of him.
Precious place—Chicago—and a splendid
hot-bed for the production of precocious
humanity. For example, on Thursday
night, James G. ilatnilton, commllo4loll
merchant, doing business there, wits shot,
by his son, o boy of sixteen, the ball passimr
through the cheek into the need. Tho
wound Is not fatal. The young man had
been scolded, and took that etrts3ltutl method,
of stopping his father's '!jaw.
Thu 13oston Transcript recommends that
in building chimneys bricklayers should
put a quantity of salt into the mortar wilt.
which WO LCOOrOOkirt4OB Or brick are to be
laid. The eiteet will he that there will never
be any accumulation of soot in the chimney,.
for the reason that the salt in the portion 01
mortar whit:ft is exposed absorbs moisture
every damp day, The soot. thus becoming
clamp, falls down into the fireplace.
The religious canvass of Cleveland lust
year by the City Biblejiociety, aided by the
municipal authorities, showed that out of
a population of 69,270, more than thirty per
cent. of those over live years of age, or-10,-
000, were never found in any place of wor
ship. The aggregate receipts of the drink
ing saloons was $1,021,284 per annum, while
the whole amount paid for religious and
benevolent purposes, together with the ex
penses of the city government, including
the police and tire departments, the public
schools, infirmary, and Interest on the
public ' debt, was only a little more than
half of that sum, nr $884,000,
Lucius Pinturge,
A fow days slum, Mr, Molloy Martin, of
West Bradford township, was uonipollsd to
kill a valuable oow, to relieve her other
ralsory, Upon making a post mortem
oxaminatlon, five calves wore discovered.
Four of thou' bad been living whom the
mother was killed, but the fifth had evidently •
boon dead about one month. This is the
moat remarkablo case wo have ever head
al—. West Chester Jeersonion.