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IiiDNEISIDAYi MARCH 20, 1867
The Democratic Menet Committee.
The National Democratic Committee
met on Tumidity:afternoon in New York
city, at the house of its Chairman, Mr.
Belmont:. Most of the Northern States
were represented. The Committee,
after thorough discussion, came to the
decided conclusion that it was inexpe
dient to call a National Convention un
til next year. Measures were seton foot,
however; for a thorough organization of
the Democratic party in every State of
the Union, South as well as North, in
cluding also the new-comers, Nebraska
and Nevada.
We think the decision of the Com
mittee wise and Judicious under the
circumstances. Just at present there
are no indications that the assembling
of an extraordinary convention would
result in any good. The revolutionary
Radicals are deaf to every appeal, and
utterly refuse to listen to any call of
patriotism or prudence. If they will
not heed the voices which now cry
aloud to them, they would not be in
fluenced in the slightest degree by any
action or utterance which might come
from, a National Democratic Conven
tion. Our appeal must be made directly
to the people, and the proper time to
make that appeal will be at the assem
bling of a Convention to nominate can
didates for Presider t and Vice President.
Then it can and will be done in a proper
and efficient manner.
In the meantime a great and good
work can be performed by a thorough
and perfect organization of the Demo
cratic party. We hope to see that work
begun on a comprehensive scale and
pushed forward with untiring energy.
The political battle of next year will be
the most momentous struggle of the
kind in which the people of this nation
ever engaged. Let the work of organ
ization for the campaign be begun at
once, and let It be more thorough and
complete than ever before. With thor
ough preparation and a proper useof the
means at the command of the Conserva
tive men of the nation, the defeat of the
Radicals must necessarily be achieved.
Let every member of the Democratic
party, no matter how humble lie may
be, hold himself ready to do his full
show In the great work of redeeming
the nation from the hands of the despots
who are destroying the liberties of the
people.
It Is Coming.
The revolution in public sentiment is
coining. Its advance iu the North
seems slow, but step by step right prim
ciples are surely gaining ground. The
New Hampshire :election shows that
even In New England a change in pub-
Ilc opinion Is taking place; and that,
too, In spite of the fact that the legisla
tion of Congress has been especially di
rected so as to advance the Interests of
the capitalists and manufacturers of
that section at the expense of the rest of
the country. The large Democratic
gains made with the extraordinarily
full vote cast proves that .the people of
the Granite State are pondering serious
ly the momentous questions now agita
ting the public mind. The time is
coming when the Radical revolutionists,
who are now laboring to break up the
free form of government bequeathed
to us by the fathers of the republic, will
be detested as they deserve to be. The
result of the election in New Hampshire
Is well calculated to inspire hope in the
future.
Ungrateful and Undutiful.
In both Ohio and New Jersey, where
the Radicals have large majorities in
the State Legislatures, they have re
fused to strike the word white from the
State Constitutions. They do not hesi
tate to force negro suffrage upon the
Southern States through the agency of
a military despotism, but ln Northern
States, where they might secure the
same result by legal methods they do
not dare to take the Introductory steps.
Up to this time the Radical Pennsyl
vania Legislature has contented itself
with granting to negroes the right to
force themselves into the same sent with
white men and women in the public
conveyances. This boon is believed to
have been granted only at the urgent
request of Thad. Stevens and his colored
"housekeeper," who have long and
loudly complained because they were
not permitted to travel in the same car
on their way to and from Lancaster to
Washington. The persistence with
which all amendments, and especially
the one proposing to exclude negroes
from the sleeping cars, were voted
down, Is supposed to have been owing
to positive Instructions from the
leader of the lower House of
Congress. Old Thad's iron rule is
not felt at Washington alone. It
seems to be scarcely less powerful at
Harrisburg. We have daily expect
ed to see the home organ of the
old Commoner return thanks to
the Radical majority in the Legislature
for their persistent efforts to secure to
Win and his " female 'friend s " all the
conveniences they could possibly desire
In traveling. Up to this time the mill-
tary editor of the Express has utterly
failed to discharge what can scarcely be
regarded as other than a positive and
Imperative duty. Is lt, to be expected
that a State Legislature will not feel a
slight of this kind? This silence of the
Express in regard to what ought to be
considered a great Radical reform may
account fdr the delay of our Legislature
lu taking any action ou the subject of
negro suffrage.
Im view of this delinquency of the
Military gentleman, who is soon to take
his place in the office of the Press as
s' maid of all work" to Forney, we beg
leave to call his attention to the follow
ing extract from a late " Occasional"
letter of his employer. Says Forney:
The people of Pennsylvania will In duo
time lie called to decide upon strikingthe
word ''White" out or their State
tlon, and the Copperhead leaders In your
midst lire preparing to take ad yenta ol
the bigotries which they suppose to he Ftlli
in existence among our people against tia
unfrlended colored than. But the hope, n
the sanguine enemy, and the fears of ti i
timid friend, will equally be dissipated it
the light of the recent elections; and blur
we are called upon to vote on the questi o n
itself, there will hardly be a Copperheni
leader in Pennsylvania who will not I
ashamed of the record which proves the
ho was contriving to get back into powo
by fluttering these unmanly and indecen
bigotries.
If the legislation had for the especia
benefit of Thaddeus Stevens and the
dusky sharer of his domestic happiness
cannot move the military editor of the
Express to the discharge of his duty,
perhaps the above utterance of his fu•
tore master may. We shall wait and
see whether he will continue to be both
ungrateful and undutiful.
Npeelmen of the Morality Party.
Jack Hamilton, the loyal Southerner,
who prepares Reconstruction bills for
the radicals of theßump Congress, once
carried a free colored woman from Ala
bama to Texas, and kept her as a slave
—and mistress until the legal authority
compelled him to release her. So
charges a Federal army officer of char
acter, in a letter which Senator Doolittle
read to the Rump Senate, a few days
ago. The writer pledges himself to pro
duce the records of the fact, if required.
This is the smite Hamilton who was
brought to Pennsylvania last fall, by
the radicals, to make votes for Geary
and • teach the people some "grand
.nforal ideas."
has the National Debt Been Diminished?
Some sanguine people have allowed
themselves to be led to believe that
vast debt incurred during the :war is
likely to be liquidateddrirtng
time of those whiillaw ; and,
singular to say, 'certain crack-brained
Radical fanatics, such as the editor of
the New York Tribune aridlV. D. Kel
ley of Philadelphia, have given expres-
Sion to a fear that it is being paid
off too rapidly. The New York lima
takes up the matter and shows by a
short and concise statement that the
present generation is much more likely
"to see the national debt doubled than
extinguished. It says :
" This generation" is much more likely to
double the debt than it is to pay it. The
country has been amused with the idea
that we aro paying it off at the rato of a hun
dred or a hundred and fifty millions a.year ;
—but it forgets that we are increasing it
quite as fast. in other directions. The Bounty
of 1866 added about eighty millions.
Another is under way which will add from
two to four hundred millions more. Mr.
Schenck says this bill will do "to begin
with," and Gen. Bunks pledges himself to
vote for whatever sum the soldiers want,—
he does not care whether it is four or eight
hundred millions of dollars. Mr Williams,
of Pennsylvania, has presented another,
and Mr. Perham, of Maine, still another
bill of the same sort. The soldiers consti
tute &powerful part of the great body of
voters. They have one common interest,
and nothing is more certain than that Just
so long as aspiring partisans want their
votes, just so long will millions be voted
out of the public Treasury for the purpose
of securing them. Neither party in Con
gress even now dare vote against any such
proposition. No prominent politic man
dare take ground openly and boldly against
the policy thus foreshadowed, ruinous and
fatal as they know it to be. Whoever does
so is forthwith denounced as an enemy of
thesoldiers—a rebel-sympathizer—a traitor
or a Copperhead more or less disguised.
And an epithet or two of this sort is quite
enough to silence any member who, in a
rash moment, might have dreamed of con
sulting the public good.
Then, too, Mr. Blaine's proposition to
transfer to the National Treasury all the
debts incurred by States and counties in
raising soldiers and prosecuting the war, is
Keay certain sooner or later to become a
law,—and this will add not less than live
hundred millions to the aggregate of the
National Debi. And lurking behind all
these stands another class of claims, of
which no noun can estimate the a mount,—
we moan the claims of loyal men, North
and South, for property taken or for prop
erty destroyed during the progress of the
war. These claims began to come in at the
beginning of tile first session of the last
Congress, and were referred to the Com
mittee on Claims, at the head of which
was lion. Columbus Delano, of Ohio, one
of the ablest and most considerate men in
public life. SO startled was the Committee
by the amount of these claims that they re
ported a resolution, which was forthwith
adopted, that until otherwise ordered no
claims of this character front the citizens
of the Sent [WM Slates should be entertain
ed. Btu this was simply a temporary eva
sion or an inevitable duly. It was like
shutting one's eyes to a danger too fearful
to be faced. The Committee did not dare
to let the country understand the extent of
these claims—Which are perfectly Just, and
can no inure be Ignsred than can the 7.20 s
or any other part of the public debt..
What the amount of these claims will
prove hi tile end to be, the country has no
means of knowing. Mr. Delano hes in
timated two or three_timen, while urging
vigorous measures of I,location In Congress,
that they would be litrget enough to tax to
the utmost the rosourcennd the courageof
the whole country. And we have very
good 1 . 1.11H0t1 w bOllOVtl that . rho amount of
sack these aldhlS es Nati — ha paid, Witt
approach eery nearly, (f it does not equal,
what id understood 10 be the present aggre
gate q i the national field. This may 1401.111
extravagant, as it certainly Is alarming;
but we believe thou will show that It is not
an ovor-statement of the actual fact.
There Is no such thing as resisting the
conclusion that the Times is right in
the estimate which it makes as above
set out. The debt must be vastly in
creased, and tliepressure upuu the people
of this country will necessarily be ren
dered much more grievous than it is at
present. All the energies of the nation
will be taxed to their utmost to endure
the strain which will be imposed upon
the industry of the people. Taxes al
ready pressing so heavily will have to
be made still more burthensome. The
wisest legislation could not avoid all the
evils which must thus of necessity be
imposed upon us; but such legislation
as we are now having must increase the
difficulties vastly. We do not suppOse
the debt will ever be deliberately re
pudiated, but there is serious danger
that the reckless course of the Radicals
may put it outof the powerof the people
to sustain the National credit. What
this country needs most is rest from
political agitation, and such complete
harmony between the two sections as
will develop the entire material re
sources of the whole country. So long
as the South is kept in an unsettled and
subordinated condition, so long will that
productive half of the United States
fail to furnish its proper quota toward
the support of the Government and the
liquidation of the national indebted
ness. The Radical fanatics of the
North will not cease their work of
evil until they have brought financial
as well as political ruin upon the coun
try, unless they are signally rebuked
by the people. The bondholders, who
seem to lie resting in fancied security,
are all directly interested in securing a
change of public policy. Some of the
more sagacious of them are beginning
'n see it.
Yho Are Responsible for the bestitu
Lion of the South?
Just now, while constant appeals are
being made to the charitable through
out the North for aid to keep many
thousands of women and children in
the South. from dying of actual star
vation, it is well for us to remember
that but for the foolish legislation of
the fanatics In Congress no such state
of affairs would have existed. If the
policy of President Johnson had been
heartily endorsed, and loyal men from
Southern States had been admitted to
the seats they are entitled to fill in the
halls of our National Legislature, the
industry of that section would already
have done much to efface:the ravages of
the late terrible civil war. Had there
been no interference with the people of
the different States in their manage
ment of the laboring classes within
their borders, after the abolition at
slavery, there would have been corn
enough produced in the South to have
satisfied every demand. The relations
of employer and employee would speed
ily have been definitively adjusted, and
all the industrial resources of that rich
section would already have been much
more fully developed than we can now
expect to see them for years to come.
action of Congress has been cal
culated greatly to impair the productive
iteluo ry of that half of our country
which suM,red most from the ravages
of the war. 'rho result, a natural and
inevitable one, is wide spread want,
and the most appaling destitution. That
the misery which 110 W appeals to us for
relief is the direct result of the unwise
legislation of the Radical fanatics in
Congress we conscientiously believe.
Had they pursued a proper lineof policy
the appropriation of a million or more
of the public money would never have
been needed to keep the women and
children of the South from dying of
starvation.
Congress ought to make the proposed
appropriation at once; and the people
should all remember that the million
or so, thus taken out of the treasury Is
only a very small item when compared
to the enormous losses entailed upon the
nation by the unwise legislation of the
fanatics who have refused to permit a
restoration of the Union and a re•estab
lishment of the proper relations between
capital and labor throughout thii entire
South.
A Large Progeny
Mrs, Polly Ashtleld, a venerable lady of
Bullitt county, Ky., has a living progeny
roombering two hundred and thirty-three
souls. Mrs. Ash&ld is very , aged, not far
from, if not quite, one hundred, but pos
sesses excellent health and nativity for one
of her age. She was a woman grown and
married at the time of St. Clair's Defeat,
and gave food and drink to the soldiers
as they passed her house.
"President Johnson made to Threaten
Repudiation: ,
Under the above startling caption; the
kw 1, 7 ,0 r k / Tribune, which not long
sinceObllehed Cienerallititler's Albany
sikech in favor of reducing the market
value of Government bonds to tetioents
on the dollar, without one word of , un
favorable comment, 11011 before its read
ers several paragraphs from Gen. Hal
pine's letter detailing such portions of a
recent conversation with President
Johnson as relate more especially to the
National Debt. Copious extracts from
the General's letter were published in
our issue of Wednesday, and among
them the paragraphs quoted by the
Tribune.
The President is reported by General
Halpine as saying that the aristocracy
based on three thousand million dollars
of slave property in the Routh has dis
appeared, but an aristocracy based on
nearly the same amount of National
securities has arisen in the Northern
States, and this Northern aristocracy
are so blind that they are practically
helping to send the country down the
road to repudiation. " Now," said the
President, " I am not speaking of this
to do anything but deprecate the fear
ful issue which the madness of partisan
hatred and the blindness of our new
National Debt aristocracy to their own
true interests, is fast forcing upon the
country."
The Tribune says of the President's
observations that they "reflect no credit
on his sagacity or his moral integrity,"
The question of " sagacity" will have
to be determined in the future. If our
National Debt aristocracy, who ought
to be conservative, continue to act with
the Radicals and keep them in power,
and repudiation does not ensue, then
the Tribune may claim that its charge
that the President is wanting in sa
gacity has been sustained. The future
alone can settle this ; but the question
of "moral Integrity" can be settled
now.
The President did not say that our
National Debt ought to be repudiated,
nor did he say that its depreciation was
a thing to be 114.51a , (1. On the contrary
he said expressly that he "deprecated
the fearful Issue [repudiation] which
the madness of partisan hatred " was
forcing upon the country. He stated
what he believed would be the effect of
the Itadiad policy upon our National
securities, and he added these words of
wisdom, " that the only true securities
for our public credit must be looked for
in a system of rigidly exacted obedience
to all constitutional restraints, and a
thorough system of economy in all
branches of the public service." Now
will any man in his senses say that to
counsel " °bed twice to all constitutional
restraints" Is to exhibit a lack of "moral
integrity?" Does it show a, want of
"moral integrity" to advocate "a
thorough system of economy In all
brunches of the public service?'
If our Government Bonds are valid,
they derive that character from the fact
that they were issued in pursuance of
laws passed in obedience to constitu
tional authority; and if ever they are
to be paid, the sooner we introduce a
thorough system of economy in all
branches of the public service, the more
certainly will we be able to pay them.
When, therefore, the President spoke
in favor of obeying the Constitution and
economizing in the public service, he
clearly spoke iu favor of recognizing
the validity and binding force of the
Government Bonds, and in favor of
providing for their redemption. The
"moral integrity" of his observations
will be called in question only by those
whose moral' perceptions are very blunt.
Contrast the President's remarks with
Butler's Albany speech, which, as we •
have already said, the gribune publish
ed without a word of dissent, and then
tell us where the lack of " moral integ
rity " is to be found. Butler argued that
it was not desirable to keep up the credit
of the Government. " When lam bor
rowing money largely," said he, by way
of Illustration, "I wautmy credit to stand
good at the bank ; when / am paying
money largely, I don't ewe a snap how
my credit stands at the bank." He also
argued that it was desirable to depreciate
the market value of Governmentbonds.
"I say again," he remarked, "if we could
prevent these bonds from being sold
abroad, and if we could bring them
home at twenty cents on the dollar, in
my Judgment it would be a great mat,
ter of gain to the country." " And If
Ithey came back at ten cents on the dol
lar," he continued, "all the better for
the poor laboring classes, out of whom
they came."
In our issue of the Rib lust. we ex
posed Butler's want of " moral Integ
rity," as exhibited In his Albany
speech, from which we gave a lengthy
extract. The military editor of the
1 apreBB next day uncorked himself and
came to the rescue of his bottled chief,
in au editorial whi6h he no doubt ex
pected to see transferred with approving
comments to the columns of the city
daily whose pages his genius is soon to
Illuminate. But as that editorial was
so supremely nonsensical that the
youngest " printer's devil " in the coun
try would Indignantly have denied its
paternity if it had been charged upon
him, and us no notice was taken of it
in any quarter, the military editor has
quit the defence of Oen. Butler and
Joined In the assault on President John
son. His last editorial is RE3 non sensteu 1
as his first. The leading points of the
one were " the obscure daily " and "the
demoralized Democracy." The other
takes a wider range. it begins with
Clod and runs down through Job and
Samson to those congenial spirits of the
military editor, blind men and mad
men!
This ridiculous compound of biblical
knowledge and political balderdash is
scarcely worthy of notice. It does
not rise to the level of a tolerable criti
cism on the President's observations,
and we may therefore dismiss It with
out further remark.
Relief for the South.
At a large meeting of the merchants
and leading business men of Philadel
phia, held in the Board of Trade Room
yesterday, initiary steps were taken for
furnishing substantial relief to the des
titute and famished in the South.
Speeches were made setting forth the
terrible destitution which prevailed and
appealing to the citizens in terms which
will surely meet with a liberal response,
The sum of $5,000 was subscribed at
once, and it is supposed not less than
$50,000 will be raised within a week.
The money is to be put into the hands
of a committee of seven, and to be dis
tributed to those suffering without re.
gard to social, political or religious die
tinctlonii. In this matter Philadelphia
is acting nobly, and all that she may
thus give . will be returned a thousand
fold when the industry of the South is
relieved from the burthens which are
now Imposed upon it by the unwise
legislation of Congress.
Nominated for Collector.
George Sanderson has been
nominated by the President for Col
lector of Internal Revenue of this tits
fAtet. There is no man who would
make a more efficient and trustworthy
officer. What his chances of confirma
tion may be we have no opportunity of
knowing in the midst of the mixed
coruiltiou of such affairs now prevail
ing.
A Very Fat Thing.
A resolution was offered in the House
:the otter day, directing an inquiry
the uses made by the State Treasurer of ,
, .
the large balances leftdn his fiends from
month to month ditiring term of
office. The rose — lutionwasdefeated, but
it has .giveullse to no litt.l discussion
amopg legislative circles at Harrisburg.'
The well Informed correspondent of the
Pittsburg Commercial writes to that
paper as follows:
It is alleged, with how much truth the
writer wots not, that the Treasurer farms
out the large monthly balances for his per
sonal benefit ; that he is interested in bank
ing operations at Philadelphia, &e. It is
maintained by some that these monthly
balances might be made a source of revenue
to the State to the amount of at least 8100,-
000, and that it does not look well that Re
publicans should indefinitely postpone the
concluding portion of the resolution of In
quiry, which read: " Whether in thejudg
motif of the Committee compatible with the
security of the State funds, any arrange
ments can be made with banks, or bankers,
whereby interest upon the balances remain
ing in the Treasury can he secured for the
benefit of the Commonwealth." If the State
can make $lOO,OOO a year from these de
posits. it is asked why should members op
pose the inquiry? The Treasurer's annual
report for the fiscal year from November
to, 1865, to November, 30, 1866, shows the
average monthly balances to have been $2,-
706,511, as follows:
• •
1886—November 80...
December 81....
1800—January 31
February 28
March 31
Aprll 30
May 31
June
July 81 30
August 31...... ..
September 30..
October 3[...... ..
November 30...
Average 8 2,703,511.42
The Treasurer's salary is but $1,700, and
he is required to give bonds in $BO,OOO. The
average balance in the State Treasurer's
hands would In one year be worth $162,890,
at four per cent. and it Is alleged
that the State Treasurer's (ace, instead of
being worth a salary of ouly $1,700 is worth
to him and his sureties very nearly the In
terest of the average balance, certainly
over $lOO,OOO annually. If interest is to be
made upon the funds in the Treasurer's
hands, those seeking the inquiry hold that
upon every prlncipleof justice, thatinterest
should belong to the public out of whose
money it should be made. If by the pro
posed resolution of Inquiry, $lOO,OOO annu
ally could be saved to the people, the reso
idiot' of inquiry should not have been
voter) down.
If the above statement be correct
there is need not only of inquiry but of
immediate action. There is no reason
why the State Treasurer should receive
anything more than a fair compen
sation for his services. A salary of
$3,000 would recompense him amply
for his time and trouble. Perfectly
competent and trustworthy parties could
be got to discharge all the duties of the
office for that amount. The State might
relieve him from a considerable amount
of the responsibility now resting upon
him by directing how and where the
public monies should be deposited, and
if the figures of the correspondent of
the Commercial are correct, a handsome
yearly saving would thus be effected.
We hope this matter will be fully in
vestigated.
It is only Just to the present State
Treasurer, Mr. Kemble, to say that he
has voluntarily promised to communi
cate to the Legislature the information
demanded by the resolution which was
defeated. We hope his statement may
prove to be satisfactory.
Disastrous Flood In the West.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Tuesday, March 12.
'rho most disastrous flood ever experi
enced visited this country last week. Seven
days' incessant raining swelled the moan- '
tain streams until the valleys became one
vast river bed. The Holstein river, froin
its head waters in West Virginia to the
mouth, was higher than ever before known ;
at some points it was over 50 feet deep.
The damages in East Tennessee alone will
reach $2,000,000. Twenty-three houses were
washed away along the river bank at this
point. The Gasper it, Davis sash and blind
factory lost their building, all their mate
rial, machinery, Jcc. John Coker, lumber
man, lost sonic three hundred thousand
feet of lumber. The county bridge,
built by General Burnside during the
siege of Knoxville, was washed away.
The bridges over First Creek, connecting
East and West Knoxville, were all hnpassa
ble. 'rho gas works were all submerged.
Over one hundred persons were washed out
of their houses. The towns along the
Holstein and Tennessee Rivers all suffered
severely. Dandridge, Lenoirs, London and
Kingston were all partly submerged. Whole
houses were swept down the river, filled
with household food and supplies. The
farmers living near the French Broad and
Holstein Rivers lost everything they had.
Houses, barns and fences were washed
away, and the stock all drowned. Great
numbers of wealthy farmers are lett with
nothing but their bare lands, with crops all
washed out or thickly covered with sedi
mont. One farmer living on an island in
the French Broad bad his houses and barns
washed away, his corn and cribs swept off,
and all his stock, save two horses, drowned.
He carried his family off in a boat, and
they are loft perfectly destitute. Mr. Mere
dith, living on the Holstein, near Bristol,
lost a flour mill and a foundry, his house
and all his stock ; loss over $lO,OOO. Vast
quantities of corn had been gathered and
stored on the aver-banks, waiting for
high water. All this corn, thousands of
bushels, on the Clyuch, Holstein and French
Broad Rivers, was swept away. Mr. Fain
lost 7,000 bushels in one lot. It is estimated
that over 100,000 bushels of corn were lost
In this way. Thousands of bushels are
now covering the bottoms, buried in the
mud. The railroads all lost heavily. The
East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad
lost three spans of the now bridge at Straw
berry Plains; loss $15,000. The same road
lost the bridge over Flat Creek; loss about
810,000. The Knoxville and Kingston Rail
road had a heavy slide at Copper Ridge.
The East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad
lost bridges near Chattanooga. These roads
will all be in running order in ten dayr.
'rho water in the rivers was twelve feet
higher than In the flood of 1847. This flood
extended all through West Virginia and
Tennessee, and was the most damaging
ever known. The streams are still high,
and hundreds of families are camping on
the hill-sides. Great suffering must follow,
as large families are left without houses or
supplies. Chattanooga was all submerged ;
the water reached the second story of the
business houses; loss immense.
Riot at Carlisle
CARLIFILM, arch 10.—Last evening two
soldiers came in town, and when tiaar the
Court House wore attacked by A. Th11111'11(31
and P. Gilmore, but neither party were
hurt, and the soldiers left for the garrison.
At 8 o'clock about fifty soldiers came Into
town armed with carbines, revolvers and
sabres halted near the Court House and
tiredinto the crowd of citizens who
were standing near the point where the
polls were located. The citizens drew
revolvers and fired, when u general riot
ensued. The soldiers ran and the citizens
pursued, The soldiers itring back, halt
ed and took position at the edge of the
town, The guard came in from the post
while the tiring was kept up. The guard
arrested the citizens and started fos.the gar
ninon. They met Thammel, who had u gun,
and was ordered by the guard to lay it
down. On his refusal they tired, the ball
struck to the loft of the right nipple, and
came out near the left shoulder blade,
causing death in three hours. Mrs. Stuart,
standing in the door of her house, was shot
through the left foot. Thomas Zimmerman
was shot through the right forearm, crush
ing the bones. Jacob Small was shot
through the centre of the right hand, and
Hollibaugh in the head, cutting the scalp.
All citizens.
Two soldiers were wounded, one in the
heed and one in the leg, the former mor
tally. For several nights soldiers have been
in town creating a disturbance. About 400
are now at the post.
Horace Greeley's Executioner Murdered
It is rumored about town that Riggs, the
man who acted as "Jack Ketch' at the
recent execution of the negro Horace Gree
ley, has been murdered by negroes, while
on his return to his home, in the Parish of
St. James, Ooose Creek. The grounds for
the report are that he was stoned by negroes
when he left the jnil after the execution,
and that his mother ,is now 1p Charleston in
great distress, not having seen nor heard of
him since he left home. We heard last
night that Colonel John E. Carew, Sheriff
of Charleston District, had received a letter
informing him that Riggs had been mur
dered, bnt it was then too late to make
further inquiries.—Charleston Mercury, 8.
Electiop in York Pa
At the election, in York Pa on 'l-iday,
the 15 inst., David Small, Democrat, was
reelected Chief Eargess by a majority of
317 over David E Small, Radical. Freder
ick Zorger, Democrat, WYgl also re-elected
High ,Constable by about the same ma
jor4y. This is a gain of 19 since Mit Octo
ber The peinocratt3also'elected a majority
of the Councilthen. In the 'adjoining
townships of Spring Garden and York, the
Democrats carried their entire ticket With
out opposition, and in West Manchester by
a large majority. In the old Radical strong
hold, Manchester, the contest was lose, the
Democrats electing a portion of their ticket.
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Crime North and month.
...;. The - alleged prevalence of crime at the
13614th is made a pretext by Northern Radi-
Adlam to subject the people of the South to
a Military despotism, and yet the official
reotrirof crime furnished' by the Pirderal -
Government, shows that crime ismoreptav
' agent at the North. which boast so loud. of
its morality, than at the South; which 11 so
calumniously denounced for its, want of re-'
spect, fox law.
_The - Most authentic record of criminal
statistics, gives the following result of the
number. of criminals North and South in a
given period. In the North, with a popu
lation of 18,917,763, there were 82,388 crimi
nals. In the South, with a population of
$12,240,593, the number of criminals in the
same period were 7,144.
In other words, the North with about
fifty per - cent more population than the
South, had nearly twelve times, or twelve
hundred per cent. more criminals. This is
I what statistical facts show, and yet Radi
calism, lying and villainous as it is, does
not hesitate to charge upon the South an
extraordinary prevalence of crime, which
must be suppressed by the intervention of
military force.—St. Louts Times.
Alleged Abductlonof a 'Young Glrl from
Among the passengers in the steamship
Liberty, which arrived at this port on Sat
urday last from Havana, was Senor Carlos
J. Bariero, accompanied by a child whom
ho represented as his daughter. The child,
a bright eyed girl of about 11 years, at
tracted some attention by her beauty. The
two stopped at one of the city hotels until
the evening train left for New York, in
which they took their departure. Subse•
quentiy Messrs Smith, Pierson and West,
independent detectives, received a despatch
from New Orleans, stating that the child
had been abducted from Havana, and re
questing the detention of the parties on their
arrival here. They having left the city,
the despatch was handed to Mayor Chap
man, who sent it on to New York, and on
its being placed in the hands of the chief of
police of that city, resulted in the arrest of
the parties, who were taken in charge on
their return from a shopping expedition.
According to the New York papers of
yesterday, Bariero submitted quietly to his
arrest, and was taken to the police head
quartsrs, where on being searched, a loaded
pistol was found about his person. He
was locked up in one of the strong rooms
attached to the detective office, and the
girl was placed in charge of Mrs. Ewing,
the Janitress of the building. Bariero
stated that he was thirty-nine years of age,
a native of Cuba, and is a merchant. He
was at ono time private secretary to Gen
eral Prim, when that officer was Captain
General of Cu ba,and subsequently a,teller in
one of the banks in Havana. Heim married,
but, It is said abandoned his wife twenty
years ago, and fur a number of years had
been living wi h the mother of the child he
abducted. He had brought up the child as
though he was her father, and she had been
taught to call him "papa." He further al
leged that his reason for carrying the child
off was that the mother was 11l treating her.
The Now York papers add that the child
expressed a strong desire to return to her
mother, although she appeared to be greatly
attached to Bariero. As the friends of the
child are now on their way North from
New Orleans a low days will determine the
case.—Ballimore Sun.
2,373,668.14
2,650,746.85
2,331,086.07
2,745,481.30
2,890,215.24
2,575,226.73
2,155,439.01
2,813,401.40
2,644,709 07
3,016,722.95
3,641,976.11
3,694,901.58
1,741,033.27
836,184,878.62
Democratic Victory in Harrisburg
The Democracy of Harrisburg have gain
ed a Signal Victory over their opponents,
electing their Select Councilman at large by
225 maJority—polling a majority in each of
the six wards: live out of the six Se
lect Councilmen; the whole six Common
Councilmen: the whole eight School Directors,
live Judges of Election, Constables, dtc,, in
five out of the six wards; and the Assessorsi
in all the wards.
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We congratulate the Democracy upon
their victory. They labored under many
disadvantages, but they marshalled this
victory over every obstacle, and deserve the
compliments of their brethren throughout
the State, Harrisburg is now Democratic
to the core, and will remain so —Patriot and
Union.
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Extreme iliunt In the South
(lenoral Howard states that from official
sources, and confirmed by gentlemen from
didlirent sections of the South, he estimates
that 32,052 whites and 24,238 colored people
will need food from some source before the
next crop can relieve them. The number of
rations required for one month will be 170,-
700; for five months, the probable number
required, 8,535,000. At 25 cents per ration,
the estimated cost will be $2,133,750. Of this
$025,000 has already been appropriated,
leaving $1,508,750 to be provided. The
destitute are apportioned as follows:
Whites. Blacks.
Virginia 2,500 2,500
North Carolina 3,000 2,000
South Carolina 5,000 5,000
Georibit
Alabama...
Tennessee.
Mississippi
Arkansis..
Louisiana .
Since the report was drawn up a state
ment has been received from the Assistant
Commissioner and the Governor of Georgia,
greatly exceeding the amount in the table;
but a larger appropriation is not recom
mended for Georgia before another estimate
shall be made, based on a thorough inspec
tion.
The Nation comes out against Mr. Bar
num, who is running for Co - tigress in Con
necticut, in the sev-rest mariner; speaks of
"the knavishness of his career," and of
him as a "good specimen of a class" who
are well content to have their moral de
formity exhibited to all comers as long as
it makes a dollar flow into the till." It
holds that "when a State amongst the fore
most in refinement, and which admires a
high culture, a high character, combined
with both patriotism and eloquence, delib
erately comes forward and tells the world
that the party of progress, of reform, can
find in its borders no litter representatives
of its ideas than the proprietor of the woolly
horse and the bearded woman, it is time for
people in whose oyes character is still of
some valuer, and not a political farce, to
spook their minds out, even at the risk of
doing some political damage."
Extraordinary Cotton Exporta
The shipments of cotton from New York
during the week ending Tuesday, says the
Times, were to the enormous amount of
over 22,000 bales, of the currency value of
nearly $3,250,000. Of these shipments,over
18,000 bales were to Liverpool, nearly 2,300
bales to Bremen, and over 1,700 bales to
Havre. The exports from New York thus
far in the current cotton year reach nearly
240,000 bales, and from all the ports of the
country they exceed 750,000 bales, or mark
than fifty per cent. of the reported receipts
at the shipping ports in the same period.
The latest mail advices make the available
supply at all the ports about 025,000 bales,
which, at the average value of each bale of
the cotton exported from New York, through
the past week, represents over $00,000,000 in
lawful money.
Note. of Broken Bank, at a Premium.
Notwithstanding the seeming absurdity
of the proposition, it is stated that the bills
of a broken National bank now commando
premium, and the reason given for this
apparent anomaly is said by the Boston
Advertiser to be found in the fact that the
limit of circulation allowed by law has been
reached without giving all the bunks in the
country an amount of circulation corres
ponding to their credit. This paper says ;
" A bank, howevor, can obtain notes from
the Ciovornthent on surrendering an Nitwit
loot ['mount of currency, which is not to be
reissued. As soon, therefore, as a bank
breaks, its bills uro souht atm. by other
banks, which wish to enlarge their circula
tion, and the demand arising from this cause
is sufficient to put them at a premium,
which has sometimes ranged as high as ono
per cent. A. very brief period of circulation
is enough to repay the premium to the
purchasing bunk, and as the now bills rarely
return to the bunk issuing them it very
soon realizes a handsome profit on its in
vestment."
WiuthinEtton Deserted
A lady correspondent of the Tribune gives
the best description of our national capital
yet: "Washington Is a concrete of seedi
ness. It Is a poor relation of prosperous
cities. It is out at elbows, shabby at toes,
generally clingy and neglected, while the
showy public buildings shine upon its
poverty like pinchbeck jewelry. Founded
as a land speculation, it bears Its hateful
birth-mark still. Nothing here looks
thrifty. Smart end forced gentility nudges
dirty and dejected poverty. Occasionally
a sturdy three-story brick house pushes
itself up In a rash moment, but It soon has
a forlorn and deprecating air, as asking
pardon of the surrounding wrecks for hav
ing disturbed their doleful harmony. The
plan of the city will remain a mystery till
the end of time."
Cereal Crops In the South
Several of the leading Southern journals
are suggesting to the planters the policy of
planting cereals, and devoting no more land
to the culture of cotton, rice and sugar than
may be necessary for home consumption.
The starvation in some sections of the South
is a serious argument in favor of this course
for the coming Beason.
The Bilehliimn Democratic State Conven
DETROILT, March 14.—The Democratic
State Convention, yesterday, nominated for
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Sanford
M. Green ; Regents of the University, Wm.
M. Ferry, Jr., and Ebenezer Wells.
Resolutions were adopted , tenouncing
the reconstruction bill, declaring that to en
franchise the negro and disfranchise the
white man by Congressional action'would
be unconstitutional, arbitrary and revolu
tionary.
Rev. Father KenneV, the Catholic priest
of Chicago, who was recently admitted into
membership in the Methodist Church, was
admitted a day or two since into St. Joseph's
Hospital, Seventeenth and girard avenue,
as an Insane patient.
600 1,000
7,500 5,000
10,000 600
1,000 1,000
1,862 2,038
1,000 500
300 200
Down on Barnum
News Items.
Physicians in St. Louis expect a return of
the cholera.
It is . announced that Mrs. JelTerson Davis
has presented her husband with a tine boy.
The 'Louisville Journal says Senator
Guthrie is gradually recovering.
Forty-one 'applications for divorce are
pending in Cincinnati. 1 ,
The Paris Exposition baliding has already
cost 10,000,000 francs.
There are 2,000 prisons and houses of cor
rection in France, containing 55,000 in
mates.
It is estimated that 2,000,000 valentines
were sent through the London postoOlee
this season, yielding over £lO,OOO in postage.
The yellow fever in prevailing at Panama.
Sixteen deaths had occurred on the 11. S.
steamer Jamestown.
A rural couple were married in a dry
goods store at Springfield, Illinois, on the
2d inst.
The mortality among the freedmen in the
vicinity of Greensboro', Ga., is very great.
The children, especially, are dying fast.
Miss Margaret Newman, of Boston, left
80,000 to the Theological School at Mead
ville, Pu.
The house of a Mr. Snell, in Jefferson,
111., was robbed of *lO,OOO on Tuesday night.
The robbers have not been found.
The ice crop of New York city, for the
past winter, amounts to 598,000 tons, being
an excess of 55,00( over that of the previous
year.
In the Circuit Court of St. Joseph county,
Mo., all the causes against ministers for
preaching without having taken the " iron
clad" have been dismissed.
Two prize fights are announced to come
off in California—one between Dooney
Harris and Tommy Chandler, for $2,500 a
side, and the other between Devine :and
Johnson for WO a side.
The Enquirer learns that during the
month of February 42,339 i rations were
issued by the freedmen's bureau to the
destitute blacks of Richmond, and 4,095 to
the destitute whites.
A society for the prevention of cruelty to
animals is about to be organized in Phila
delphia. It will commence operations on
Monday next, with Mr. Bergh as presiding
officer.
It is stated that Gen. Fremont has bought,
and will finish and equip at once, the Mem
phis and Little Rook road. From Memphis,
through Arkansas and Texas to El Paso,
the whole line will be rapidly finished.
New Orleans, it is estimated, has a popu
lation of 275,000. There has been a great
increase since the beginning of the war,
which is accounted for by the fact that the
war has driven large numbers of persons,
both white and bl ick, into the city.
The lower brunch of the Massachusetts
Legislature has ratified the constitutional
amendment by a vote of 120 yeas to 20 nays.
Two days previous to the vote Walker, the
colored member, made a long speech de
nouncing the amendment.
There is a great rivalry for the marshal
ship in Louisiana, increased, no doubt, by
the fact that the emoluments 'of the office
are increased to $250,000 per annum by the
passage of the bankrupt act, with fees at
tendant.
The slaughter among dogs In Chicago for
the past few days bus been fearful. lip to
Wednesday morning about 1,300 dog car
casses had been carried out of town and
burled, and It in estimated that full 000 more
are lying around the streets.
The people of Maine understand the
proper way to keep infants out of places of
amusement. A town in that State recently
had a festival and on its show bills the
public wore informed that the terms of
admission were 25 cents ; for children under
14 years 15 cents ; but under 4 years, $l.
It is reported that a diamond of immense
value was found in Tippecanoe river, near
Monticello, Indiana last weak. The value
of the precious stoup was estimated ut
$250,000. Subsequent Investigation reduced
It to $25,000, and t later and more scientlile
observation plu• • 4 the figures at $16,300.
A young lady 1.. the New Orleans M useutn
who goes Into the lion's den, put too much
pomatuto on her hair. The unctuous odor
excited the , lion's appetite, and when she
stooped to let him Jump over her, according
to the programme, the sagacious boast bit
off her Nwtorfall.
The (nuth of J. D. 13. De Bow Is denied
In a note from R. G. Bramwell, who says:
I think it my duty to contradict the state
ment. The editor is now living and full of
statistical energy. His brother, Mr. Frank
lin De Bow, died In Now York a few days
ago. The brief obituary notice in the Times
of this morning is complimentary, but pre
mature.
A horrible calamity has occurred in Ac
crington, England, in the east of Lanca
shire, whore a fire broke out in a shop over
which was an infants' school in which wore
sixty children. Fortunately a large num
ber were saved, but the Manchester papers
state that nine children were burned to
death.
The Conference Committee of the New
York Legislature have agreed upon a bill
calling a Convention. The election is to
take place on the fourth Tuesday in April.
Colored men are allowed to vote, but South
ern men and deserters are to be excluded.
The Convention is to meet at Albany on the
fourth Tuesday in June.
A letter from Mexico says: The hatred
which the Mexican entertains for the French
has extended to all foreigners alike, Ameri
cans as well as others. The Mexican arro
gates to himself that he has driven away
the French and can drive away all other
people who dare invade them. Both parties
hero have the same feeling in this particular.
They desire no intervention.
Hog cholera prevails to considerable ex
tent in various parts of Illinois. A letter
from St. Clair county says that "although
the cholera is not as fatal as it was two years
ago, yet it causes serious loss. There is
hardly a farmer in this section but what
loses from one to five a day from this cause.
The cholera also prevails among the chick
ens and turkeys."
One of the circus riders at Robinson's
circus, in Chicago, on a wager, rode one of
the circus horses from the bottom to the top
of the circular stairs leading to the dome on
the Court House. The dome is one hun
dred feet from the landing. The stairs are
not more than four feet wide, and the banis
ters not more than three feet high. The
daring performance attracted a large crowd.
The New York Mapping Lief says: Fi
nancial circles betray a feeling of nervous
ness, consequent upon the disposition of
Congress to push the Impeachment question
to an Issue. The contraction of five mil
lions of greenback currency, too, as shown
in the March statement of the public debt,
has a tendency to render capitalists a little
more cautious.
Two brothers, named Jacob and John
ston 13arnock, men of high standing and
tine education, residing at Lareoxie, Mo.,
between whom a bitter feud had existed
for a long time, met a few days since near
the residence of the littler, both heavily
armed, when a desperate fight ensued, last
ing tbr several minutes. Both finally fell
to the ground front sheer exhaustion. Some
neighbors•pussing along shortly after found
the elder brother, Jacob, dead, and the
younger so badly mangled that he cannot
survive.
Chicago is still maintaining its reputation
for the criminal facility with which divorces
are obtained. Eight cases were disposed
of on the ith. Six decrees of divorce wore
obtained ; one was dismissed and ono re
ferred to a Master in Chancery for further
hearing. 'rho "social evil" is on the In
crease in Chicago In more forms than one,
Tills and the liquor traffic, which is carried
on 2,000 saloons, aro.produclng great and
wide-spread demoralization.
A duchess In Paris, whose Infant had
when newly born, been sent into the coun
try to nurse, recently sent for the boy, when
he was four years old. Walking out with
the little fellow, she was amazed to hoar
him exclaim ; "There, mamma, is a good
house," and running from her into the
courtyard ho took off' his cap and began to
sing. The unfortunate little duke had been
trained by his nurse to bog as a ballad
singer.
The New llinutpshine El?etlou—lfeavy
Democratic Gains,
CONCORD, N. H., March 12.—Returns
from 02 towns, give Harriman, Radical,
20,480 votes, and Sinclair, Democrat, 17,433.
The majority for Harriman will be about
3,000 in the whole State, a Democratic gain
of over 1,600 on the vote of last year. The
Radicals have elected the three Congress
men by majorities of about 1,000 each. A
loss ou the Congressional vote of 1865, in
the First District of 1,700; Second District,
1,000, and Third District, 1,600. The
Radicals probably elect 9 out of the 12
Senators, same as last year; 4 out of 5
Councillors, a loss of one, and have 75 ma
jority out of 325 members in the Homo, a
loss of 15.
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[SECOND DESPATCH.]
CONCORD, March 12.--Returns of 126
towns give Harriman 26,097, and Sinclair
and scattering 22,462 votes.
The Council will stand 4 Radicals and 1
Democrat. In the Senate S Radicals and 4
Democrats are probably elected, a Demo
cratic gain of one. In the House there is a
Radical majority of 80. The Radicals have
a majority in six counties, and the Demo
crate in four counties.
The vote in the State will exceed the vote
of last year in the aggregate by 1,500 to
2,000 majority. The whole vote of the State
will exceed 67,000.
The majority for narriman for Governor
will probably exceed 3,000.
another Survivor
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The T l ynchburg News states that a revo
lutionary hero yet Ei urVives in the person of
Mr. James Farmer, who livesip the yel)ow
Branch neighborhood, in Campbell count),
Va. This patriarch is now in his 108th year,
and served during the last campaign of the
war which established the liberty of
America. Notwithstanding his extreme
age, the old hero enjoys remarkably good
health, is hale and vigorous, walk about his
plantation without assistance, and on
frequent occasions of late has mounted hie
horse and ridden several miles to mill.
Oonrreaeltowt-
TUESDAY, March 12.
In the U. S. Senate, Mr. Nye, of Nevada,
introduced a bill for a "marine coal depot"
in Eastern New Jersey The French
Spoliation bill, and the bill in aid of the
Europeari and North American Railroad,
were reported favorably. Mr. Nye o ff ered
resolutions ofmpathy, for Ireland, but
Mr. Sumner o Sating to them, they went
over. On mo tion of Mr. Trumbull, the
supplementary Reconstruction bill was
taken up and referred to the 'Judiciary
Committee. Mr. Morton, of Indiana,
moved to take up Mr. Sumner's Guarantee
resolution, tabled the day previously, and
spoke in support of them. A sharp dis
cussion followed, pending which the Senate
went into Executive session, and soon after
adjourned.
In the House, n joint resolution was
passed appropriating 1.500,000 tor the ex
penses of carrying out the provisions of the
Reconstruction act. A bill was passed
directing the issue of suits of clothing an
nually to invalid soldiers in public and
private institutions. The joint resolution
of thanks to Mr. Peabody was referred ; ae
was the Senate bill appropriating $1,000,000
for the Southern destitute. The joint reso
lution appropriating 815,000 for the freed
men of the District was concurred In. A
joint resolution was passed directing the
suspension of the execution of the
liguy Relief' act, passed last session. The
House then adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, March 13.
In the H. S. Senate, on motion of ND..
Trumbull, the Secretary of the Treasury
was directed to report the number and com
pensation of those engaged in the assess
ment of direct taxes in the rebel States. A
joint resolution for a sut vey of a ship canal
between Lakes Erie and Ontario was re
ported and passed. Mr, Trumbull, from
the Judiciary Committee, reported a sub
stitute for the supplementary Reconstruc
tion bill passed by the House. The sub
stitute gives the delegates elected to the
Southern conventions power to adopt State
constitutions without submitting their ac
tion to the people. Mr. Trumbull asked
immediate consideration of the bill, but Mr.
Howard objecting, it was laid over under
the rules. Mr. Henderson offered a reso
lution, which was adopted, for a committee
of three Senators to investigate the man
agement of the Printing Bureau of the
Treasury Department. A resolution was
agreed to refunding certain discriminating
duties levied ou Hawaiian vessels since the
Ist of January, 180 ti. Mr. Harlan, of lowa,
introduced a bill providing that future
treaties with Indian tribes shall not recog
nize the latter as independent nations, and
that such treaties shall be submitted for
approval to Congress. After an Executive
session, the Senate adjourned.
In the House, Mr. ICello y asked leave to
introduce a joint resolution making the'
duty onimported silk umbrellas, etc., 00
per cent ad valorem, but Mr. Holman, of
led., objecting, the resolution wits not re
ceived. The House went into Committee
of the Whole, and considered the resolu
tions thanking Mr. Peabody, and appropri
ating $1,000,000 for Southern relief. Thu
Peabody resolutions wore adopted, and
laid aside for action by the House. 'rho
Relief resolution was discussed for some
time, and the Committee rose without dis
posing of it. 'rho resolutions thanking Mr.
Peabody were then agreed to as passed by
tho Senate. Mr. Banks introduced a bill
"more effectually to preserve the neutral
relations of the United States," which was
referred. The House then adjourned.
TIWR/iDAY, March 14.
In the U. S. Senate, bills worn introduced
and referred, as follows: By Mr. Pomeroy,
authorizing the Postmaster General to con
tract with tho Commercial Navigation
Company for the weekly transport ofEuro
aean mails; by Mr. Nye, transferring the
appointment of Marshal of the District to the
Supreme Court ; by Mr. Ramsey, authorlz•
zing an extension of the Southern Pacitia
Railroad to the California boundary. The
bill authorizing the Atlantic Telegraph
Company, of New York, to make sound•
info and lay a cable to the French coast,
was reported favorubly. Mr. Trumbull
called up the supplementary Reconstruction
bill, us reported by the Semite committee,
and Mr. Drake, of Mo., offered an amend.
meat to enable the people lu tho States ra
ft:cited to decide whether they wished in con
vention or not, Thu annimitneta was re
jected—yeas, 17; nays, 27. Mr. Drake
then offered an amendment providing that
no eonstitution adopted shall bo considered
as entitling a State to representation unless
it provides for elections by ballot, such
mode of voting not to be changed but by
consent of Congress. Several Senators
spoke iu opposition to this amendment, and
pending its consideration, the Senate went
into Executive session, and soon after ad
journed.
In the House, Mr. Covode, of Pa., offered
a resolution for a special committee of live
to investigate the affairs of the Treasury
Department, but Mr. Chanter objecting, the
resolution was not received. Mr. Julian, of
Indiana, introduced a bill fixing the time
for Congressional elections; also a bill
making eight hours a day's labor for all
persons employed under the Government.
Both bills were referred. Mr. Scofield, of
Pa., offered a resolution instructing the
Election Committee to inquire into thecon
tested case of Messrs. Hunt and Chilcott,
who both claim seats as Delegates from
Colorado. The House adjournedfieoElafter
twelve o'clock.
The Senate confirmed the nomination of
Henry Barnard, of Connecticut, as Com
missioner of Education. The nomination
of L. P. A:slime:M. us Naval Officer for
Philadelphia, was rejected.
FRIDAY, March 15.
In the U. S. Senate, the bill exempting
steamboats from the obligation of carrying
friction matches in iron safes was called up
and passed. On motion of Mr. Wilson, the
Secretaries of State and the Treasury were
requested to communicate information in
regard to the disposal of consular fees, &e.
Mr. Cole, of California, introduced a bill
which was referred, providing for the
ap
ppointment of a Postal Superintendent of the
Pacific States and Territories. Mr. Morgan,
of Now York, introduced a bill to allow the
sale of vessels to belligerent powers, which
was referred. The supplementary Recon
struction bill was taken up, and Mr. Drake's
amendment, providing that the voting at
elections should be by ballot, was rejected.
Fessenden offered two amendments to
make the call of a constitutional convention
depend upon the legal expression of the
provisional government in tavorofso doing.
The first amendment looking to this object
was rejected, whereupon Mr. Fressenden
withdrew the other. Mr. Sherman intro
duced a bill, which was referred, removing
the disability to hold office from Ex-Gov
ernors Brown, of George, anti Patton, of
Alabama. After an Executive session, the
Senate adjourned.
In thellouse, Mr. Hulburd, of New York,
oflbred a resolution that the Speaker ap
point a Committee on Public Expenditures,
and that such co in trill too consider the report
on the Now York Custom House, and
report if action ho necessary. Mr. Eldridge
introduced a bill establishing a National
Bureau of Insurance, which was referred.
Mr. Logan offered a resolution for the im
mediate appointment of the Military Com
mittee, to sit during recess and consider
ordnance matters. The resolution was
postponed until the find Monday in De
cember next, by a vote of 72 yet:Ate 50 nays.
The Retrenchment Committee made II
report on the coin of the Richmond banks
on special deposit in the Treasury, with a
joint resolution, which was passed with
amendment. As passed, it provides for
payment of the money to the Treasury. Mr.
Schenck offered a resolution similar to that
of Mr. Hulburd, for an investigation of the
conduct of Collector Smythe, el Now York,
but looking to his impeachment, if proof
were found of the charges against him.
Both resolutions wore adopted and the
House adjourned
SATURDAY, March 10.
In the U. H. Senate, on Saturday, Mr.
Sherman, of Ohio, from the Finance coin
milieu, reported a resolution directing the
Retrenchment Uomtnittoo to investigate the
conduct of the Printing Bureau of the
Treasury. Thu resolution was adopted. A
bill wee reported allowing an abatement of
duty on imported goods damaged on their
voyage to the United States. It was laid
over till Monday. Tho Housejoint resolution
relating to the Richmond bank coin was
called up and passed. 'rho supplementary
Reconstruction bill was taken up and vari
ous amendments were offered and rejected,
Amendments oll . ered by Messrs. Drake of
Mo., and Edmunds of Vt., making the elec
tions by ballot, and requiring that a ma
jority of registered voters shall vote on the
question of a convention, wore adopted. The
bill was as :untended then passed Ayes
3S, nays 2. Messrs. Buckalow and Hen
dricks voted nay and Mr. Johnson, of Md.,
voted for the bill. The other Democrats
were absent. The bill goes back to the
House for concurrence in the amendments.
The House of Representatives was not in
session on Satnrdry.
MONDAY, March Pi.
In the U. S. Senate, Mr. Johnson
presented the credentials of Philip F.
Thomas, Senator elect from Maryland, ask
ing that they be read and Mr. Thomas
sworn in. Mr. Howard, of Mich., moved a
reference of the credentials to the Judiciary
Committee. He said it was rumored that
Mr. Johnson had spoken disloyally of the
Senate. Mr. Sherman, of Ohlo. read a letter
of Mr. Thomas resigning his office as Secre
tary of the Treasury in Mr. Buchanan's
Cabinet, in which he said the United States
had no power to collect customs at Charles
ton. Messrs. Trumbull, Fessenden, John
son and Saulsbury opposed the reference of
the credentials, and Messrs. Nye and
Stewart, of Nevada; Morton, of Ind; and
Conness, of California, favored such refer
ence. Finally, on motion of Mr. Grimes,
the subject was postponed. Mr. Pomeroy
introduad a bill, which was referred, con
solidating the Indian tribes and establish
ing a'territorial government for them. The
supplementary Reconstruction bill, with
the House amendments, was taken up. All
the amendments were concurred in excep
that inserting . " registered" before the word
"electors," which was rehicted, and the bill
goes back again to the House, The ffeniffe,
after an Executive session, adjourned.
In the House various bills were introdu
ced and referred, among them the following ;
By Mr. Chandler, establisitlnga National
School of Science; by Mr. Myers, Of Penn
sylvania' relating to the French Spoliation
claims; by Mr. Williams, of Indiana, rue.
PendlPg the llat ,anthorlaing the Secretary
of the Treasury t o donoel'fbar millions' of
notes monthly. Mr. Randall, of Pennsyl
vania,' introduced his Funding bill of last
session, and Mr. Hooper, of Massachusetts,.
also introduced his Currency bill, both of
which were referred. A joint resolution
providing far a Committee on Ordnance
was adopted. On motion of Mr. Banks, the
President was requested to communicate
information in regard to the Fenian trials
in Canada and the withdrawal of tho French
from Mexico. The Senate resolution di
recting an investigation of the Treasury
'Department was concurred in. The
supplementary Reconstruction bill, as
!passed by the Senate, was taken
lup,_ passed, with amotitiments and
:adding a clause to the prescribed oath,
inserting word "registered" before the
word" electors," and inflicting punish
ment for false swearing. &joint resolution
suspending payment of commutation for
drafted slaves was introduced and passed.
Mr. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, offered o Joint
resolution making the duty on itnported
umbrellas of silk, 00 per cent, ad valorem,
and of other material than Bilk, 50 per cent.
The resolution was agreed to: Mr. Wash
burne, of Wisconsin, offered a resolution,
which was passed, directing the payment
into the Treasury of the proceeds of cap
tured property during the rebellion, not to
be withdrawn therefrom except by au-
thority of law. A bill introduced by Mr.
Blain°, of Maine, exempting from internal
tax writing paper mado from wood, and
wrapping paper mado from corn stalks, was
passed, and tho House thon adjourned.
How the Radical Members of One Leg
islature Went to Washington.
The following description of the trip which
was made by the Radical members of our
Legislature to Washington, for the purpose
of seeing Simon Cameron sworn in as a
Senator of the United States, will be en
joyed by our readers. It is from the pen of
Col. A. K. McClure, and is published in his
paper in the shape of a letter from Hnrrisi
burg:
HARRISBURG, March 11, 18417
We have had ancther glorious week. Of
all the festive legislatures this one is the
festivest I have over known. It has festive('
Pittsburg, New York, Philadelphia and
other places by committees; has festive('
Harrisburg generally, and finally gave
Washington Its festivest festivity. The
whole Legislature resolved to go to Wash
ington to see that their unsophisticated
new Senator should not go Into the wrong
House, or by any other awkward accident
fail to get his seat. As lie knows nothing
of the chicanery and trickery of Washington,
it was deemed best that the whole Legisla
ture, the one hundred and ono pastors and
folders, the correspondents, and the chiefs
of the lobby, should bo combined In a
committee of safety for the trip, and to be
transformed into an advisory and admira
tion committee when the capital should he
reached. Being of the old school of Harris
burg correspondents, I was of course
Invited, and front my Intimate relations
with and devotion to the Legislature, 1
could not decline, My ticket of invitation
kindly Inquired whether I would a Rooster
be and with the Roosters go, and it so to
come along. Of course I wont, and was
treated with distinguished consideration
particularly on the trip and had a folly limo
generally. Although there are but 13:1
members of the legislature, 107 subordinate
officers, and about ten correspondents, there
were some 317 who were ticketed and passed
along as belonging to the legislature, while
some :10 of the members did not go at nil. I
did not understand this discrepancy in
figures, nor did I seek an explanation, but
when we got to Washington and got up the
serenade to nor Odor, 1 found that we hail
everything with us from the legislature
down to a promiscuous crowd and a large
corn tnittee on applause.
No incidents worthy of note happened on
the Journey, excepting a few little unpleas
ant misunderstandings such as always will
occur In large and promiscuous crow ds.
Sitting in meditative quietude, with my
cloak wrapped closely around me, and my
hat drawn down over my serene brow, I
was fro toy revery by a follow
passenger mistaking me for SaTalif Cal l
eron and presenting a petition for the posi
office in his village. 1 forgave him for tint
blunder, as he was intoxicated. Another
more serious affair occurred as we neared
Baltimore. A stout, ruddy faced, bearded
nun entered the cur and took it goat ittoong
the legislative party, not knowing the soci
ety lino which he had plunged himself. The
conductor; when making his next round,
inquired atilt) stranger whether he belong
ed to the legislature. You may have
read or volcanic eruptions, but many
never was a clroutustuace to the
eruption of the new passenger. Ills
first answer Wile to knock the conductor
helter-skelter over several seats, and would
have battered him Into a jelly had not a
number Interfered. "Take me, a respect-
able hog-drover, for a member of the Penn
sylvania legislature, indeed I" said the in
sulted dealer in swine as he still kept strug
gling to satisfy his vengeance on the poor
conductor, already hors du combat. He was
finally pacified by allowing hint a place in
the baggage car, where ho was assured
none of the legislative excursionists were
to be found. lie gathered up his baggage,
lelt for lhis pocket-book and watch, to be
sure that nothing was lost, and with virtu
ous disdain he made a bee line for the bug
gage cur. The conductor was freely bathed
with ruin, internally and externally, and
speedily recovered. The rest of the journey
was pleasant and unmarked by any events
of u nestle' moment.
When we got to Washington, it was de
cided that in order to be sure of the admis
sion and swearing In of our now Senator, a
resolution should be rushed through the
Senate inviting the legislature and attend
ants to the floor of the Senate. The lobby
ists of the party were called In, and in
structed to have the resolution passed, a /a
Harrisburg. It was accordingly prepared
and Cowan was arranged with to " put It
through." It was promptly offered just in
the expiring hours of the Nth Congress,
and our excursionists stood around the
Senate doors waiting for the spontaneous
invitation of the Senate to mingle us with
the great statesmen of the land. Our pa
tience was tried, but our bottles were plenty,
and we bore up under the delay, until at
last our hopes were dashed to the earth
by notice that the resolution to admit us
had fulled--receiving but the votes of
Cowan and Burkulew. Sumner (I wish
Brooks had killed the traducer of legisla
tive virtue outright) sneeringly said that
most of the body were pesters and folders,
and that they were the most reputable
portion of the party. Garrett Davis spoke
three hours and fourteen minutes, declaring
the proposition an infraction of the consti
tution. Saulsbury and 'McDougall reminded
the Senate that roost of the Senators had just
drawn their pay for the session and hint it
about their clothes. " Would it," they
asked with apprehension delineated In
every feature of their ruin-blossomed faces,
"be prudent to admit the Pentufylvanitt
Legislature promiscuously Into Utah-413mile?
Where might our cash be when the show
ended?" That feather broke the camel's
bark, and the proposition was lost by forty
seven majority out of flfty-t*o votes. We
then unanimously resolved that we would
not visit the floor of the Senate, and we
directed our steps to our hotel, and made
preparations for a serenade to our new
Senator. Wo paid our band, Impressed our
crowd to act the spontaneous on the oecusloti,
selected and notified our speakers who
were to be unexpectedly called up •
on, and notified Senator Cameron
of the exact hour we would sur
prise him with a serenade to be given In the
name of the Pennsylvanians lit Washing.
ton. The only trouble was in limiting the
speech. There were only thirty-Nix who
had written out speeches to he delivered
extemporaneously on the occasion, and as
not more than live could be accommudated,
it took adroit diplomacy to squelch the
others out. A committee mot appointed, Of
which I was chairman, to settle the diffi
culty, and we finally got thirty-one to agree
not to be surprised Into a speech on the
condition that the Oleos Choy had boon
promised should not ho imperiled by their
silence. Thum matters wore elegantly ar
range I, and the whole thing passed off
smoothly as sledding on Me. Cameron's
speech was a cross between Johnson's
offices and Republican principles, and was
considered a great success. Great relief was
felt after the whole thing was over. As the
new Senator was admitted without challenge
and sworn in t the last ohNtaele to a complete
settlement of outstanding balances was
removed, and we all returned home merry
as a marriage boll. Some of us had head
aches on our return, but time and soda
made all things right again.
Progress In Great Britain
The English papers bring the news that
the House of Commons, by large majori
ties, has decided to open the highest judicial
office, that of Lord Chancellor, in both Eng
land and Ireland, to members of the Roman
Catholic faith. Catholics, by the same mea
sure, are declared eligible for the post of
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. And another
liberating bill opens up the professorships
in Dublin University, and abolishes their
sectarian character. Now, this sort of lib
eralizing work should not stop here. It
should go on till the State Church in Ire
land is left to stand on its own legs—on till
non-resident Irish landlords are taught
that their tenants have rights which the
law recognizes. Some more vigorous and
sound legislation of that sort would far
sooner make an end of Fenianism than
playing hide-and-seek with small bands
of Fenian peasants in the mountains of
Kerry. —New York Timc.9.
Rather be Flegired
In Judge Spence's court, at Lynchburg,
D
Va., a few days ago, Capt. on. F. Halsey,
in behalf of certain negro clients of his who
had been sentenced to imprisonment in jail
for various petty offenses, moved that the
sentence of the court be commuted to public
Whipping. Two of the negroes were men
whose families depended upon their' labor,
and were suffering while they were kept in
durance. These persons, therefore desired
to be dogged and set at large. The court
refused the motion, on the ground that there
was no legal authority or predendent to
Justlfystichactlon. — Lynchburg Republican,