gmtaoto gaitlikmutr. WEDNESDAY, MAY. 15, 1887 The Release othffersonsnalls• Two years ago the announcement that Jefferson Davis had been, released on ball would have raised - a terrible howl from the Radicals throughout the North. Now it meets with universal approval. There has been a great change in public feeling. The animosi ties engendered by the war have lost much of their sharpness, *and passion and prejudice are beginning to be con trolled by reason. As month after month passed by, and term after term of the United States Court at Richmond came and went, the appeals of Jefferson Davis for a trial fell upon the ears of the people. Many of them heard them at first with indifference, but soon the love of fair play, which is so strong in every Saxon heart, began to be excited. The persistent refusal of Chief Justice Chase to try Mr. Davis was not under stood by the people; because the ma jority of them did not know that he feared to trust himself in the 'position of Judge in such a case. He is a man of some considerable ability, but he never won any distinction as a law yer. His practice never amounted to anything, and his appointment to the position he now occupies was one of Mr. Lincoln's most unmistakable blun ders. Had tie felt himself competent to manage the trial of Jefferson Davis, the great State prisoner would have been arraigned within three mouths of his capture.. Mr. Chase's consciousness of his incompetency was the cause of great embarrasment to the government.— What to !do with Jeff. Davis was the question. The whole management of this pris oner has been in scandalous violation of all known law, In violation of all fairness, and of every precedent to be found in the history of free govern ments. It is a blot on the fair fame of this nation which can never be effaced. What will I,e done with Jefferson Davis, now that he has been released on bail, remains to be seen. We are of opinion that lie will never -be tried. We hole lie may be. We would like to see him have a fair and impar tial, but a searching trial, conduct ed as so important a trial should be. We do not expect It however. Mr. Jell'erson Davis has been set at liberty ; and we do not suppose iqr.' Horace Greeley will ever be called upon either to produce the prisoner or to answer to his recognizance in court. The scene in the llniled States Court at Rich mond is the last public one in which Jefliu.son Davis will ever take part. Let Es Smid Food to the Famishing. We have from time tot line published well authenticated accounts of the ap palling destitution which prevails II:rot:ghoul a large portion of the South. There is no doubt that many hapless women and children have died of ac tual starvation ; and many more would have met the same fate but for the ald which has been so generously afforded by Northern cities and towns. There :.scarcely a city of the size of Lancaster which has not already contributed lib erally Lu I he relief of those who cry for bread. \Vt. have done nothing us yet. \V e are sure this want of action is not owing to any lack of charity. The cry of distress has never yet appealed to us in vain. We have only failed to do our duly bevause no organized move ment has been made. We cannot excuse ourselves in that way any longer. The managers of the "South ern Famine Relief Fund of Phil adelphia," have determined to form Auxiliary Associations in the interior towns and counties in the State. Com mittees have been appointed by them to perfect organizations. Yesterday we received the following circular: mouTHERN FAMINE RELIEF FUND OF PII A DELPIIIA. BOARD OF TRADE Rooms. MIS CT ST., PHILADELPHIA. ) 'llll` COIIIIIIIHO Oil Collections and the Committee oil Distribution, having determined to organize Auxiliary Associa • lies in the interior counties of Pennsyl vania and the counties of New Jersey and Delaware contiguous to Philadelphia, have appointed a committee consisting of Geo. Sanderson, Geo. M. Steinman, John K. Reed, At Henderson, Isaac E. Hiester, (jeo. K. Reed, Richard McGrann, Ambrose E. McCononly, Patrick McEvoy, R. A. Evans, Dr. Henry Carpenter. S. H. Rey nolds, Di. Jim. I. Atlec, A. Ii err Smith, D. W. Patterson, H. M. North, O. J. Dickey, B. Stvurr, F. S. Pyfer, C. S. Kauffman, 11. E. Shiymaker, 11. G. Smith, A.J.Stein -1111111, .1, 11. Pearsol, J. M. W. Geist. The Committee might have been larger. There are many prominent gentlemen in our city who will, we are sure, at once take part in this great charitable movement. Let the mem bers of the Committee named above meet at once and make arrangements to unite with their fellow-citizens in the good work of sending food to the fatui-king women and children of the South. There is no• cessation of the sulliiring. All that has yet been done is entirely inadequate to meet the urgent wants of the distressed. Let action be taken at once by the Com mittee, and we are sure Lancater city and pounty will respond most gener ously. Another Radical Lle Refuted A set of men less deeply steeped in falsehood than the leaders of the Radi cal party would long since have hidden their heads for very shame. They have been detected iu the propagation of in famous lies times without number.— Only day before yesterday Mr. Adams, late a candidate for Congress in 'West Virginia, was called upon to testify be fore the Reconstruction Committee; having been subpoenaed upon the sug gestion id lieneral Butler, to prove the latter's charge made iu the House, that the President had, upon the letter of recommendation from Mr. Adams, cor ruptly pardoned 193 deserters from the Union army upon the promise that they would vote f. ir Mr. Adams, the Demo cratic candidate. Mr. Adams clearly testified that he had nothing to do with the transaction, did not write the pre tended letter, and was, on the date of the letter, over two bundled miles dis tant front the place where it purports to have been written. This completes the testimony on this subject, all the other parties supposed to have been engaged iu the affair having heretofore given their evidence. The result is, that the proof utterly fails to sustain General Butler's charge, the facts being that it turned out that the supposed desert ers, were not deserters, but good Union soldiers, and that they did not get cer tificates to'enable them to vote until cue month after the election took place in West Virginia. The above is a fair specimen of the truthfulness of the bulk of the asser tions which are being constantly utter ed by Radical orators and newspapers To believe anything they say requires a vast amount of credulity. To Revise the Code Governor Geary has appointed Hon. David Derricksom of Meadville; Wayne McVeigh, of \Vest Chester, and William B e g a ll, of Bedford, as commissioners to .revise the penal code under the act passed at the last session, About Mr. Derrickson we know noth ing, but we do know that neither Wayne McVeigh nor Win. M. Hall are such men as should have been appointed to take charge of this important work. Lawyers of standing and ability must be very scarce iu the. Republican party Of Pennsylvania. The only recommen dation MeVelgh has is that he is mar ried to Simon Cameron's daughter, Confiscation and its -Consequences. . Sehator Wilson and Congressman Kelly are now engaged in a stumping tour through the South. The reports sent to the Northein papers all agree in declaring that the ;whites' stand idoof from these incendiaries, only hanging on the outskirts of the 'crowds, of ne- groes to whom inflammatory speeches are made. Wilson seemed to commence in a tone of moderation. His speeches at Petersburg and Richmond were not decidedly objectionable; but as he has gone farther South he has grown more violent. He is now openly threatening confiscation. He, like the rest of the leaders of his party, is resolved that there shall be neither Union nor peace without the continued domi- Hance of the Radical party. To se cure to themselves an opportunity to riot on the spoils of office the leaders of that corrupt political organization are willing to resort to the most desperate expedients. If it should so happen that the negroes of the South should send scoundrels like Underwood to rep- resent them in Congress, they will be received ; but should decent men of moderate opinions be elected, they will' not only be refused admission, but a new crusade against the people of the South will be inaugurated, and the con fiscation scheme of Thad. Stevens will be put in execution. That such is the determination of the Radicals is plain, from the speeches of Wilson and Kelly and from the tone of leading Radica newspapers throughout the North. The people of the South know and feel that such are the real Intentions of the party now in power. Wilson has not con tented himself with intimating that he would favor such a course. lie has gone still further, and has filled the minds of the negroes whom he has ad- dressed with the wildest agrarian no tione. They did not cheer his speech at Richmond, but when he grew bolder in South Charolina and promised that the lands of the whites should be con fiscated to the use of the blacks, unless the Radical ticket was immediately successful, the shouts and cheers, the hallelujahs, • ant cries of Amen and Glory to God were deafening. The immediate as well as theultimate effect of this agiattion must necessarily be very disastrous to the material inter ests of the nation. Already the, legiti mate consequences are to be seen. An intelligent correspondent of the New fork herald says: On either race the fear or the hope of con fiscation operates with equal effect. Land owners are discouraged from attempts to do what little they might with their proper. ty, and a country naturally magnificent lies unploughed, unsown, fenceless, desolate. It has for weary miles the aspect of " a wil derness—a land of deserts and pits; a lend of drought and the shadow of death." Here and there some one more cnnfident than the rest, with good political affiliations, per haps, has done his utmost, and the contrast of these few garden like farms makes the rest took all the worse. But the negro, on the other hand, is jubilant and full of the future, and this has on him the same effect that the contraPy state has on the white man. It prevents his working. Why should he toil his days away on another man's land when presently he will have land of his own? Every political gathering has its share of demoralization in it for him. Mr. Wilson's address here had such effect upon the best paid darkies of the district, and this although Mr. Wilson's utterances on politics by no means came up to the expec tations of his dusky hearers; but the fact that they are of importance enough to be addressed by a Northern Senator disturbs the equilibrium of the race, and lifts them above such an old-fashioned fact as labor. The only class iu the North who can hope to reap the slightest benefit from the success of the party which is repre• sented by Wilson and Kelly, are those who expect to hold offices under radical rule. Every other white man within the borders of the United States is di rectly and deeply interested in the speedy destruction of the party which shows itself to be so reckless, so mer cenary, so unwise and so corrupt. Even the negroes, if they could be made to understand the true interests of their race, would feel called upon to repudiate those who profess to be peculiarly their friends. We have a better opinion of the in telligence of Northern voters than to suppose it is necessary for us to at tempt to show them in detail, how deeply they are Being daily injured by the --follies and the crimes of the party now in power. Surely there is no one so dull of comprehen sion as not to be able to see at once that with the destruction of the industrial interests of the South the most terrible distress must be produced throughout both sections of the country. Already we of the North are beginning to reap the bitter fruits of that insane folly which has prevented the people of the States recently in rebellion from re• pairing their exhausted energies and developing their material resources. One half our country, the richest and most productive half, lies waste; one half our people, who have heretofore been the principal purchasers of North ern products, are reduced to an impov erished condition. Their industrial system was completely broken up by the war, and the fanatics among us have refused to permit them to repair the ravages which were made by four years of devastating strife. The result is, the South is producing almost nothing. The land which was once white with bursting cotton balls, or yellow with waving corn, is now a dark and desert waste, and tens of thousands of people are actually fam ishing in what was before the war the home of overflowing abundance. The people of the South produce little, buy little from us, and pay almost nothing in the shape of taxes. The legitimate result of our folly is to be plainly seen among ourselves. Our mann ufactories are stopping or running on short time; our wholesale merchants stand idle in their stores, while retail dealers find comparatively few pur chasers for their wares ; our commerce has dwindled to less than half what it once Was ; the wages of workingmen are being reduced, while taxation ren ders everything they eat or wear ex horbitantly high ; everywhere are to be seen the signs of stagnation in busi ness and the plainest indications of coming disasters. 'lf such crazy fanatics as Wilson, - and Sumner, and Stevens, and Kelly are to con tinue to rule, the people of the North must prepare to pay the penalty. Even the agitation of confiscation is criminal. An attempt to execute it would bring financial ruin upon us. It is high time the people were aroused to a realizing sense of the true condition of this nation. Nothing but disaster is to be expected from a con tinuance of Radical rule; while one year's wise administration of the gov ernment by conservative hands would rescue the country from the perils which environ it, and breath new life and re newed energy into our political syStem. s. Let us have a change. -4,41101. Corruption la High Places. The New York Times, in the course of au editorial upon the prevalence of corruptionists at Albany has the fol lowing: "If 'corruption for the next ten years gathers strength and impunity as it has for the last ten, we might just as well hut up everything with which law-making as anything to do at public sale. A Legislature conducted on the basis of mn auction room would be quite as honest and more useful than one where every thing is controlled by secret bribery and corruption." Perhaps the question may be an im pertinent one, when confession is so unhesitatingly made, but we would like to enquire of the Times by what party, and under the administration of what set of ideas, the change has been effected? Extravagance and Taxation. Never in the history of the world has there been such extravagance and cor ruption :as are now displayed by the Radicals in the management of our National Government and of-'.the va ilous .State Governments over which they have control. They prate about the boundless resources of the nation, and fill the minds of credulous and silly people with the most extravagant notions in regard to our natural wealth, while they annually vote away many millions of money for improper pur poses. In the meantime, the masses of the United States are taxed as no other people in the world are or ever have been Every business and pursuit in this f.ountry is now seriously interfered with, by the onerous taxes which press like lan incubus upon industry. The system of taxation resorted to is most complex and vexatious. In England revenues are raised by levying imposts upon a few articles ; in the United States the list is more than a hundred times as great. Here we have taxes first on the raw material, then a tax upon the ar ticle manufactured from that material, and then an income tax upon the profits of the business. From twelve to fifteen thousand articles pay internal revenue impositions. The Radicals seem to re gard the masses as kings and nobles have been said to do, only as having a license to live and work, that they may be taxed for the benefit of their mas ters. By Freedmen's Bureaus, by the keeping up of an immense standing army for the purpose of controling the negro vote iu the South, by investiga tion committees appointed for political effect, and by a thousand wasteful de vices the outlays of the General Gov ernment are made six-fold as great as they were in . 1860. Here is a table proving this statement. It is taken from one of the best authorities in finan cial matters in the United States, Hunt's MerchanlB l Magctzine : 1860. 1860. Increase. Civil service...F. 6,148 655 12,287,828 9 0,139,173 Foreign Inter. 1,163,207 1,338,388 175,181 Miscellaneous 20,a15,(X1727,430,444 6,772,437 Interior Dep... 3,855,380 18,752,116 14,890,730 War Dept 16,499,707 28 ,949,701 208,149,934 Navy 11,513,150 43,324,118 31,819,968 .539,852,472 5367,1K3,195 5327,944,42: We ask the people of Pennsylvania to note carefully this comparison between the expenditures of 1860 and those of 1860. If nothing else will move the masses, it is very sure that the time is not far distant when they will be thoroughly aroused by the pressure of the taxation which is necessary to meet the extravagant and useless expendi tures of the party now in power. This extravagance is not confined to Con gress. Let the tax-payers look at the Appropriation bill passed by the late Legislature of this State, and then let them remember, that at the very last hour of the session it was cut down about one-third, to reduce it to its present proportions, because the mem bers of the Senate had been plainly told by the State Treasurer that the whole revenues of the State would fall far short of meeting the appropriations they proposed to make. As it is, the Treasury of the State will be drained of the last dollar in it, and we shall be ex ceedingly lucky if there is not a round deficit at the end of the financial year. The people must effect a change in all this. If they do not their burthens will be constantly made heavier. But what is the remedy, and how is it to be ap plied? There must be retrenchment and reform, both in the expendi tures of the National and State Gov ernments. How can this be brought about? It will never be done by the party now in power. They naturally and very properly regard every suc ceeding election at which they are al lowed to triumph, as an endorsement of all their acts by the people. Until they are turned out of office there is no pros pect of any reduction of expenditure, no hope of any lessening of the bur thens of taxation. He who can not see that must be very ignorant or very much blinded by party prejudice. It is high time for the masses to look to their own interests. They have been oppres sed and ground down by unnecessary taxation lone: enough. Let them make a change as soon as they have another opportunity to approach the ballot box. Let it be commenced iu Pennsylvania by the rejection of Radical candidates for the Legislature and for other offices next fall. That is the only remedy. Let tte tax-payers apply it. The Inquirer Out for Negro Suffrage The Inquirer of this city has hereto fore pretended to be somewhat Conser. vative, and it 1 roprietor, George Bru baker, Esq., has repeatedly been heard to denounce Thad. Stevens as an ex treme fanatic. But the Radical party is advancing at a rate so rapid that no one who undertakes to stand still can hope.to maintain his place in its ranks, It would not suit Mr. Brubaker to be left behind in the race for office. His principal capital is his ability to manip ulate nominations in his party. To swell his stock in trade, and to secure the ad vantages to be gained by successful po litical dickers, he is ready to do almost anything: In his paper, the Inquir;r, of Saturday, there is a leading editorial calling upon the doming Republican State Convention. of Pennsylvania to declare the real sentiments of the lead ers of the party by pronouncing iu favor of negro suffrage and negro equality.— Witness the following extract: The circumstances under which the Re publican party came into existence, the elements which compo , e it, and the posi tion which the events of the past few years have compelled it to occupy, make it, un mistakably and undeniabLy, the champion of human rights, without ,INtinetien of rare or color. The pa,sag, of Ow tin Ittai y !ai r has so far developed the I,rogress of ,v ed as to make the qustion of the elective fran chise--irrespective of color—a practical one; and the Republicans of Pennsylvania should take open and unequivocal ground upon this question if they wish to secure either the respect pf their enemies, or the sup port and sympathy of their friends through out the Union The Republican ilitrty is truly a national party; but in a portion of the States it exists only because Congress has conferred upon the negro the elective franchise. How can it then refuse to avow openly and squarely its support of a prin ciple, without which it could not exist stall in some parts of the Union? Lot the Re publicans of Pennsylvania then in their approaching State Convention, come out boldly and unreservedly in favor of IMPAR TIAL SUFFRAGE as embodied in the Recon struction bill, as sustained by the party in Congress, and as advocated by all the loyal men of the South. True, there may be a few who would go odor to the enemy, upon the adoption of such a platform ; but we do not believe there will be many. We think there are but few, who have heretofore act• ed with\us who are either so illogical, or so destitute of true Republican principles, as to forsake the party, for taking ground de manded both by their own consistency, and the necessities of the hour. That is plain, fair, square and honest. Let the Republican State Convention put forward a platform which shall con tain the real principles of the party . Here in Pennsylvania the leaders have been dodging the issue long enough. Let them throw off the flimsy veil of disguise and appear in their true character. We do not know what has induced Brubaker to drop the mask so com pletely. It may be the Inquirer aspires to become the especial organ of Thad deus Stevens. At all events its pro prietor has spoken out with sufficient distinctness in favor of negro suffrage and negro equality. We hope the Re publican State Convention may take his advice. THE foul-mouthed radical Bill Kelly, of Philadelphia, has started on an elec tioneering tour through the South, but, according to Forney's Press, few negroes and no white men turn out to listen to him. Serves the wretched rascal right• The Gettysburg AsyluarLottery Elwindlea The swindling lottery concern which we exposed a few days ago has since come prominently before the. public,. gxtensive advertisements, admirably: tulapted to gull the unsophisticated, have been inserted in the Philadelphia dallys and in other newspapers through out the State. There is a wonderful array of jewelry, watches, &c., all set down, as the genuine stuff. This is none of your cheap swindles. It is a big thing from beginning to end. We give a few sample specimens: 1 Diamond Necklace, 48 Brill :Ma, val _ . _ Diamond Cluster Brooch an - cl Ear Rings 1 &.000 1 Diamond Cross, set In Silver 7,000 1 Diamond Cluster Brooch 5,000 1 Diamond Single Stone Ring 4,500 1 Diamond Cluster Bracelet 4,000 1 Diamond Single Stone Scarf Pin.. 9,000 All these magnificent jewels, warrant ed to have been purchased from South ern people during the war, and valued at very moderate rates, are to be dis posed of " as the first instalment" of this most magnificent and unmitigated swindle, so soon as eighty thousand fools can be found to subscribe five dollars each. That is not exactly the way the advertisement reads, but that is pre cisely what it means. We are glad to see that Attorney Gen eral Brewster has promptly put his foot down on this cheating concern. How such a bill could ever have wormed its snaky way through the late incorrupti ble Pennsylvania Legislature is a mat ter of wonder. It must have been "greased," as our modern solons say in their classical legislative parlance. How the rascals who have the thing in charge ever dared to couple the names of General Meade and other respectable men with the thing is certainly strange. 'l'he whole affair from its inception has been under the management of a set of traders in lottery tickets, who, finding their illegitimate business very dull in New York, Baltimore and other cities, conceived the brilliant idea of buying a charter from our late immacu late Legislature, permitting them to engage in a wholesale lottery business throughout Pennsylvania and wherever else they could. Ag a bait for the preachers and other pious people, the shrewd managers concluded to gild the hook with a coating of loyalty, or, in other words, to angle with a red-white and-blue-tailed fly. That having been found to be the most taking bait for such gudgeons during several seasons past. As set up the thing is a mammoth scheme. Some thirty acres of poor land have been purchased in the vicinity of Gettysburg at a small price. To pay for that at twenty times its cost, and to erect some sort of a house where a small number of invalid soldiers might be subsisted upon charity, if any could be induced to apply, the sum of three hundred thousand dollars was to be doled out of the magnificent total of TWELVE MILLIONS whiCh were to be collected from the people. The gener ous and patriotic incorporators only propose to pocket the snug little sum of eleven million, seven hundred thousand dollars. Rather a nice little thing that? If after such an exposition of this swin dle anybody should be fool enough to invest in the concern let them. If there is need of any further pro vision for the invalided soldiers of Penn sylvania, if a liome a A to be established for them, let it be Zone by the State, and well and properly done. The peo ple will never complain of taxes im posed for such a noble purpose. But, never, never let it be said that a home had to be erected for the maimed and wounded heroes of the Keystone State through the agency of an illegal lottery swindle, like the one we have felt It to be our duty to expose. The Political Reaction In the last, or Thirty-ninth Congress, the Congressional representation in the two States of Connectlcutand Kentucky, was elected as follows : Democrats. Radicals Connecticut Kentucky Lu the Fortieth, or present Congress his is the result : Democrats. 9 Connecticut Kentucky .. t thus appears that in these States the Democrats have gained seven members, making a change of fourteen against the Radicals. At this rate a few more States to elect to the present Congress, the state of public feeling is such that we would soon overcome the Radical _ma jority, great as it now is. The City Councilmen The following list will show the po litical status of our City Councilmen, the names of Democrats being in Ro man letters and the Radicals in Italics : Select branch—First Ward, Emanuel Sho her ; Second, R. A. Evans; Third, John Deaner ; Fourth, Dr. 11. Carpenter ; Fifth, George Brubaker; Sixth, Charles H. Kry der ; Seventh, Win. A. Morton ; Eighth, John A. Shoaff; Ninth, H. W. Harberger. Common branch—First Ward, Benjamin Reinhold, Jacob G. Getz, Henry Franke, J. McElligott ; Second, Theodore Miller, Geo. K. Reed, James Stewart; Third, Horace Rathron,J. H. Hegener,Sr.,and C.Widmyer; Fourth, Philip Fitzpatrick, Wm. P. Brin ton, .J. A. Scheurenbrand ; Fifth, Charles T. Gould, George Gundaker ; Sixth, Thomas J. Wentz, John Wilhelm, Daniel Okeson ; Seventh, Henry Fisher, George Darmstet ter, Henry Young; Eighth, Felix Senn, Gabriel Kautz, George Wall ; Ninth, Henry Nagle, Herrman 'Miller, F. W. Coonley. In the Select Council there is a Dem ocratic majority of 7 to 2, and in the Common Council of 21 to 0. On joint ballot the Democratic majority is 21. That is doing pretty well under the gerrymander concocted by our Radical opponents; but we might have done still a•t ter. Let us resolve that we will METRE A Clean Sweep in Kentucky The gallant Democracy of Kentucky have made a clean sweep of the State, electing all the State officers and every member of Congress. That is a speci men of the way the tide is running throughout the entire country. The glorious result in Kentucky will cheer the Conservative men of Tennessee, and their is reason to hope that Radical ism will be overthrown in that State, in spite of the negro suffrage bill. A Proper Witness Congressman Ashley, the blustering fool who led off with such a flourish on the impeachment question, has been closeted with the convicted perjurer, Sandford Conover, every night for a week past.in thy , Washington jail. It is said that finding nothing to substan tiate any charge against the President in the thirty thousand pages of printed testimony already taken, Ashley and his comrades have been compelled to fall back on Conover. He is their last chance. They can not get him out of jail to testify, so Ashley goes to him. Wonderful indeed are the resources o the Radicals. A Test Case Since the delivery of Underwood's distempered and disgraceful address - to the' United States Grand Jury at Rich mond, a uegro man attempted to force his way into oue of the few cars which are set apart for the use of white ladies and children. He was ejected, and Underwood's Grand Jury of negroes and whites have the case under considera tion. It is supposed an indictment will be promptly found. What a Judge! What a Court ! What a spectacle for the world ! Frederick Marbourg, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of Johnstown, died in that place Thursday, in the sixtieth year of his age. A Milled audge•and - Conrt . A proud old Commonwealth, one made sacred to liberty by the lofty deeds of her revolutionary heroes, the birth place and burial place of Washington, "the fruitful mother of Vrealdente, the nurse of great statesmen, the State of Virginia has ceased to exist. She has been rudely thrust out of the Union which her sagacious and patriotic sons were chiefly instrumental in forming. She is now known and recognized only as Military District, No. 1. Throughout her territory liberty exists no longer. A military satrap dictates laws to her once free people.. The halls of Justice are closed, the habeas corpus is suspend ed, and shoulder-strapped officials occu py the seats of her Judiciary. - One civil court remains open, the United States Circuit Court. .T.t,met at Richmond on last Monday. Once it was a high and decorous tribunal, presided over by wise and learned Judges ; but, like very many other things, it has been remodeled by the Radicals. At the meeting on Monday a fellow named Underwood presided, and the Grand Jury was composed of five negroes and nineteen whites. This Underwood never was a lawyer, and is utterly ignorant of the first prin ciples of the profession. A strolling Yankee school teacher, he chanced to find employment in some rural district of Virginia as an humble pedagogue. How he ever came to set up as a lawyer no one knows. During' the heighth of the rebellion, while the court over which he now pretends to pre'side had no practical existence, he managed, with Nes , England cunning, to get him self appointed Judge. At the very first meeting of the Court, after the close of the rebellion, in,,the charge which he made to the Grand jury, he plainly wrote himself down Ma ass. Since that time he has proved himself to be a most corrupt and mercenary scoundrel. The house he resides in does not belong to him. He took forcible possession of it in the absence of the owner, and has since been using his utmost endeavors to secure a decree of confiscation in his favor, but so far, we believe, without success. Still he occupies it rent free, and is resolved to act the robber. This wretched creature presides over the court in which Jefferson Davis must be tried, if Chief Justice Chase ever makes up his mind to risk the dis play of his unfitness for the position he occupies by attempting to try him. That fact Oyes prominence to the ped agogue Underwood. His harangues to former Grand Juries have been read with surprise and disgust , by intelli gent men everywhere throughout the civilized world. His last effort, made on Monday, surpasses any of the pre- vious ones. It is such a document as no man who had ever read ten pages of Blackstone understandingly would ever have written. It might do as the production of some Yankee peda gogue, pretending to play the part of judge at an exhibition in a coun try school house. There is in it not the slightest resemblance to what a charge to any Grand Jury should be. An ex tract from this most silly and misplaced production will show how utterly unfit for his position the author is. After a most bombastic beginning, he turns his attention to the negroes in the jury box and breaks out into the following fanat ical rhapsody: Another subject of thanksgiving is pre sented in the very constitution of your body, furnishing occular evidence (in the person Wye stalwart negroes) that the age of lust and class cruelty is departed, and the new era of equality and justice breaking through the clouds of persecution and prejudice is now dawning upon us; and, strangest of all, that this city of Richmond should be the spot of earth to furnish this gracious manifestation. Richmond, the beautiful and abandoned seal of the rebellion, looking as comely and specious as a goodly apple or a gilded sepulchre, where bloody treason flourished its whip of scorpions. Richmond, where the slave trade so long held high carnival; where the press has found the lowest depths of profligacy; where licen tiousness had ruled until probably a major ity of births were illegitimate or without the forms of law, where the fashionable and popular pulpit had been so prostituted that its full fed mmisteringgay Lotharios gener ally recommended the worship of what they most respected—pleasure, property and power—corresponding to the pagan and mythological ideas of Bacchus, Mammon and Mars: Gods brutal, partial, pa,slonate, unjust, Whose attributes were rage, revenge and lust. It was as if the fiends prevailed Against the seraphs they assailed: and fixed on heavenly marshals, or, in pro fessional language, have packed juries in stead of drawing them from a box ot names selected by other othcersois is done in most of the States, there was 'danger of getting indifferent persons upon the panel, but the care and rare judgment which our marshals have always shown in their selections prove my fear unfounded and I am truly grati fied to find so many gentlemen of public and private worth upon the present jury. We so often hear from treasonable sources around us Radical Charges thrones should dwell, The freed Inheritors of hell. So formed for Joy. So cursed the causes that destroy But we are reminded that where sin abounded grace may inticl4 more abound, and in the light of recent changes may we not hope a material and moral future for this city of Richmond in strong contrast with its awful and atheistic past, and in harmony with the salubrity of its climate, the poetic beauty of its scenery and the magnificence of .as water powers Never did the annals of our Western courts furnish a specimen of legal usa tory equal to that. The celebrated speech in the Ralph Stackpole case is completely eclipsed. Henceforth Un derwood, the pedagogue and house thief, stands out preeminent iu the list of blustering blatherskites. He never had an equal in the past, and the future will strive in vain to furnish his match. The balance of his address to the Grand Jury of negroes and scurvy whites is principally made up of a ful some eulogy of Thad. Stevens and lau dations of his confiscation scheme. In that part of his address this most right eous judge had a special object in view. He hopes his ideas of Old Thad. may prevail, for thereby alone can he expect to have assured unto him the mansion in which he dwells, and of which he would rob the rightful owner. The only practical suggestions which Underwood makes to his mixed jury are recommendations in regard to limiting the freedom of the press of Virginia and restricting the rights of white men at the ballot box. No ! there is one other. It is contained in the following words : Your attention is particularly called to an abuse which has assumed an alarming aspect in this city as a relic of the old bar barism of slavery ; I mean the brutal rejection of a great laboring and useful class of the people from the street cars. Under the act of k ongress coulmonly called the Civil Rights bill, there is an undoubted remedy for such outrages. Chartered trans portion companies owe impartial duties to the public, and the gross wrongs complained of deserves your indignant reprobation. / In the estimation of this specimen Judge it is not sufficient that four out of every six street cars running in Rich mond have been thrown open to the negroes. A crusade must be opened through his Court to compel still fur ther concessions. We ask the people of Pennsylvania to look at this matter in its true light. Let them remember that this ignorant, cor rupt and mercenary wretch, who thus disgraces the judicial ermine, does not stand alone. He is only a sample speci men of his class, only oneof a multitude of incompetent and unprincipled Radi cal scoundrels who have been foisted into offices which they are utterly unfit to fill. His charge to the black and tan Jury before him is only an enunciation from the bench of a United States Court of the. Radical creed. A large wolf was killed last week by Andrew Fisher, of Grant township, Indiana county. The animal had ventured into Mr. Fisher's barn yard, and was quickly .dig. patched. Jeffbrson Davis In 'haunch& FORTRESS MONROE, May 11.—A large crowd gathered on the wharf this morning to witness the,departure of Davis, At seven o'clock Gen. Burton called at Carroll Hall and found Davis , all ready to accompany 14m: Leave-tgikingt were exchanged with his family and friends in the fort, and his con finement, herObecame among the things of the past. General Burton was walking on one side of Davis and - Dr. Cooper, his phy sician on the other: Robert Child and Davis ? brother, who arrived last night from Vicksburg, escorting Mrs. Davis and sis ter, followed by several friends, who, with the servants and baggage, formed a proces sion, which emerged from the fort a few minutes later. As Davis reached the outer gate, his manner became more cheerful. They walked to the steamer John Sylves ter, which was waiting to take them to Richmond. Jeff was dressed in a plain, dark suit of black, and a felt hat, carrying a cane. His face was pale, his form rather attenuated, eyes glittering brightly, hair slightly gray, and he was apparently feeble, yet he looked much better and stronger than when he went into the fort. On the way he was greeted by many of his friends, whom he received in a cordial man ner. Marshals Underwood and Duncan were on board, going to Richmond with General Burton. _ RICHMOND, May 11.—The steamer John Sylvester, with Jefferson Davis on board, arrived here at 5.30 P. M. Long before her arrival the military arrangements had been made by Gen. Schofield. A detachment of infantry, from the 29th regiment, was pres ent, and sentinels were posted at intervals enclosing about two hundred yards square of the wharf outside of this line. A.large crowd of negroes and a few whites were gathered. The surrounding hills were cov ered by spectators. Major Vance, of Gen. Schofield's staff, who was in command, had a detachment of caunoniers of the sth ar finery, numbering about fifty men, mount ed as a guard for the carriages. As the steamer hove in sight, with the National flag flying, the most intense anxiety was exhibited by the crowd to get closer, but there was no demonstration, no cheering or hissing. When the steamer was made fast, the Hon. James Lyons went aboard, and after a feeling meeting with Davis, brought Mrs. Davis ashore, and conducted her to a carriage, followed by the two servants who attended her. In drew minutes Mr. Davis came over the gang-plank, uccornpanied by Gen. Bur ton and Dr. Cooper. He looked very much changed from what the citizens of Rich mond remembered him, looking much older and rather haggard and feeble. A full gray beard contributed much to the change. He wore a heavy black overcoat, and came ashore with a very firm step. The party immediately, got into carriages, and surrounded by the mounted guard, drove rapidly by a side street up towards the Spottswood Hotel, thus disappointing the large crowd which had gathered on Main street, near the wharf, to see Mr. Davis. - - - On the trip up the James river Davis was quite cheerful, and as he had no guard, walked freely about the boat, conversing with the passengers, who were all anxious to speak to him. He said little about his imprisonment, but spoke in terms of the warmest affection of ex-President Pierce, who visited him on Thursday last. There was no man living for whom he entertained a higher regard. At Brandon, on the way up, a number of ladies had gathered to speak to him, and shed tears on seeing him. They nearly all had been acquaint ances of his family during the war. A lady named Mrs. Davis, of Richmond, who got on the boat at Norfolk, died in the ladies' cabin shortly before reaching Rich mond. Two bridal parties came upon the seine boat. There is a large and curious but orderly crowd around the Spottswood Hotel, -waiting to get a glimpse of the prisoner. He will remain in General Burton's charge until produced in court on Monday. The citizens gent .fiy, in deference to the rules of the autho. , ies, stayed away from the docks, though many of them were sta tioned in the doors and windows, along Main street to see Davis as ho passed up. He occupies the same suite of rooms at the Spottswood Hotel, that he did in 18431. It is the opinion expressed by one of Mr. Davis' counsel that, If bail is refused hint, the Executive will intervene to prevent his further confinement until his trial comes off. Many of his friends will visit him to night and to-morrow. The crowd around the Spottswood House dispersed, after vainly waiting to see Davis. He has a private.parlor, and takes his meals in his own room. This evening he received the visits of nearly one hundred of our most prominent citizens, among them the pastor of St. Paul's Church, where ho first received the news of the breaking of Lee's lines. There is no restriction in his movements, and he has the liberty of the house. RICHMOND, May 12.—Davis remained at the Spottswood House all day, and was called on by many citizens. There is no guard over his movements. Several bou quets were presented him. The following is generally understood to be the programme for to-morrow: The prisoner will be produced by General Burton, and the Judge will discharge hint, when he will immediately be arrested on a bench warrant to answer the indictment found against him by the Grand Jury nt Norfolk. Mr. O'Conor, his counsel, has stated to friends here that he will insist on an iinmediate trial. Another of Davis' counsel states that if a trial is not granted, a motion for bail will be insisted on. The generall opinion is that nu trial will take place now, and, perhaps, not until June. Horace Greeley and Augustus Schell, of New York, and A. Welch and General Jack man, of Philadelphia, are here for the pur pose of going bail for Davis. Charles O'Conor, of New York, and William B. Reed, of Philadelphia, counsel for Davis, are here. A. M. M. Everts, of New York, who assists the prosecution, and L. H. Chandler, Prosecuting Attorney, arrived this afternoon from Washington. It is generally believed that Davis will be hold in custody until his trial. Excursion of Capitalists A party of large capitalists of Philadel phia have arranged for an excursion to Southwestern Virginia about the middle of this month, Special trains will be placed at their service over the Orange and Alex andria and the Virginia and Tennessee Roads. The party consists of fifteen gentle men of great wealth, and the object of their trip is to acquaint themselves personally with the mineral and other resources of the sections which they will visit, with a view, we believe, to investment. Among them is General Patterson, late of the United States army, who is extensively engaged in iron operationS. We are glad to hear that they are coming, and hope the inspec tion will result in determining then to employ some of their means in the develop ment of the vast material resources of Virginia.—Lynchburg Virginia, May 8. Singular Shooting Affray A shooting affray of a singular nature took place recently at Bristol, on the bor ders of Virginia and Tennessee. It appears that during the war a man named Patrick, who served in the Union army, was taken prisoner by a man named Kelley, of the rebel army, and was confined some months in a jail. On Thursday last Patrick met on the street in Bristol a man named Ryan, whom he thought to be Kelly. Patrick drew his pistol, and told Ryan he must die in accordance with an oath he (Patrick) had made to kill the man who had taken him prisoner. He tired, but Ryan knocked the weapon down, imd instead of the ball en tering his heart it passed through his stomach, inflicting it is thought a fatal wound. Unclerwood'm Grand Jury The following is a list of the present G rand Jury of the United States Circuit Court now n session at Richmond: John Minor Botts, foreman ; Joseph Segar, Lewis McKenzie, J. P. Baldwin, Rozier Dulaney Beckley (colored), David Luton, Peter Couse, Geo. Seaton (colored), Cornelius Liggon Harris (colored), John Hawxhurst, Thomas Davy, T. S. Tennis, Wm. Bartlett, Geo. W. Simms (colored), Fields Cook (colored), Jno. Oliver (colored), Gillett F. Watson, Michael Umbarger, Jacob M. Froth, John W. Gregg, Joseph T. Janney, John Wissler, H. G. Bond, and Wm. Q. Mansfield. The Richmond Times, speaking of the above, says that "Cornelius Liggon Harris is the negro shoemaker who has a shop on Fifth street, near St. James' Church. John Oliver is Governor Pierpont's newly-ap pointed negro Notary Public." A Desperate Leap for Liberty On Wednesday evening a prisoner who was in the hands of Sheriff Gray, of Venango county, made a desperate attempt to regain his liberty by jumping from the window of the steamer Ida Reese, No. 2. It appears that the Sheriff had in charge four persons, who were sentenced to the Penitentiary. Their names were William Riley; alias Wm. Hays, and Edward Bennett, alias Stewart, sentenced to eight years for rob bing the office of the Brevoort Petroleum Company, on Oil Creek, above Rouseville, and Samuel on and Thomas Simon ton, sentenced to two years for larceny. When the boat was near Tarentum, Riley, who had just finished washing himself, and was standing on the guard near the wash house door, with heavy hobbles on his feet, made a desperate leap over the guard, and went headlong into the river. The boat was immediately stopped, and efforts made to recover the missing man, but without success. He is supposed to have been drowned, as the river was very high and his feet were chained with irons weighing about thirty pounds. But as there was a possibility of his escape, Sheriff Gray offers a reward of two liundred and fifty dollars for his arrest, if alive. Riley was about twenty-one years of age, five feet seven inches high, and weighed about one hundred and sixty pounds. He had on graY mixed pantaloons, black vel vet vest, and . a gray flannel shirt. It appears that upon another'Occasion be made his escape from a train of cars moving ftt the rate of thitly miles an hour. The Dols Habeas Ceram Case Davis Releases on $100,04?0 0.. Gail to £p• pear In Goventber,—Talenty. Sureties of sti,ooo Eachliorttee Greeley Heads the list. Rroirmortn, May 13.—Judge Underwood entered the court room at•half-past eleven o'clock this forenoon, and having taken his seat, ordered the Court to be opened, the crier proclaiming, "Sear ye, hear ye; silence is commanded while the Circuit Court is in session. God save the United States!" The room had previously been crowded with spectators, including a few ladies and a number of colored men, who had been admitted by tickets, in all probably not more than two hundred, owing to the limited capacity of the court room. At one side of the table, in front of the Judge's stand, were seated Charles O'Conor, Wil. Liam B Reed and George Shea, Esqs. and on the_other, J. Randolph Tucker, Robert Otild and James Lyons, Esqs., all counsel for49fferson Davis. Jefferson Davis entered the court-room, accompanied by General Burton and Uni ted States Assistant Marshal Duncan, and took seats especially provided for them on the side of Judge Underwood, The spec tators displayed profound interest at this feature of the proceedings. The writ of habeas corpus,sued out of the Court, and allowed by Judge Underwood, and which has already been published, was then read; it bore the following endorse- ment: In obedience to the exigency of the within writ, I now here produce before the within named Circuit of the United States for the District of Virginia the body of Jefferson Davis, at the time of the service of the writ held by me, in imprisonment at Fortress Monroe, under the military authority of the United States, and surrender the said Jefferson Davis to the custody, jurisdiction and control of the said Court, as I am directed to do by the order of the President of the United States, under date of May Bth, 1867. H. S. BURTON, Col. and Brevet Brig. Gen. U. S. A. Mr. O'Conor said that on this return no 'reason was staled for the imprisonment of Jefferson Davis, and it now remained for the Court to take: such action us was requis ite on the part of the civil authorities to bring the prisoner within the proper limits to meet the indictment. The Court replied: the return is explicit and satisfactory. Gen. Burton is now hon orably relieved of the custody of the prison er, who passes into the custody of the Court under the protection of American republi can law. If the laws ,ire silent in arms, they should be trumpet-tongued and um nipotent in peace. The Marshal will uow serve on the prisoner the writ on the indict- ment now in this Court. Mr. O'Conor said counsel were now ready to observe what the Court ordered and whit the law and justice required at this time.— In consideration of certain circumstances which had been disclosed in Court, and in consideration of the very long imprison ment of the accused, he begged leave to sny the counsel in attendance desired to know whether there was any call upon them with regard to the indictment. They acknowl edged that they had received a copy of It, and were now prepared for the next step. The Court remarked—We shall bo happy to hear from jhe representatives of the Government. Mr. Evarts.—l deem it proper to say that I represent the Government on this occa sion and in this prosecution in association with my learned friend, the District Attor ney, Mr. Chandler. Mr. Davis having passed from military imprisonment to the control and custody of this Court, amid as an indictment is pending against him, and he is now under arrest, It only remains for me to say, on behalf of the Government, that it Is not its intention to prosecute the trial of the prisoner at life present term of the Court. Mr. O'Cotior.—The condition of this ens() throws upon us the duty of presenting to your Honor's consideration some of the circumstances attending it. Jefferson Davis has been imprisoned and in the power of the Government, so that any steps thought expedient, just and consistent with sound policy might have been taken against him a very long time ago. His imprisonment commenced on the 19th of April, 1895. In this Court an indictment was presented against him in May, 1869. Mr. Davis has 'been at all times since his imprisonment, and particularly during the last year or more of that imprisonment, exceedingly anxious to meet the questions arising on any indictment which might be presented. He was exceedingly anxious to receive the advantages and enjoy the rights which your Honor has so eloquently and justly eulo gized in the address made with reference to General Burton—the blessings and advan tages of a Just, equal, fair, and I may say, benign—for that becomes the occasion—ad ministration of law. No particular civil procedure has been on foot since the incident was presented; and although the whole period of two years has elapsed since the commencement of his im prisonment, on obvious general principles and policy, an application was properly made to the Court, while at the some time securing due responsibility to law and the ends of id - slice, to mitigate somewhat the pressure of the prisoner's condition—for all imprisonment and the holding of the ac cused for trial are adopted for the purpose of securing an answer and the personal ap pearance of the accused when the question of his guilt or innocence comes fairly before the Court. This is ample reason on general grounds. The Constitution of the United States, which we all profess to reverence, insures a speedy trial. But Ido not come here to assert that a speedy trial means instantly, nor to assert that the Government has not, on this as on all other occasions, had a rea sonable time to prepare for trial. I do not assert that considerations of policy and con venience may not have had their full weight although they may bear oppressively on the individual. Ido not complain that the Government has failed to prosecute last year, or deferred action till the present year. I have no such purpose, because we are bound to respect the authority of the President, the Attorney General and their associates and advisers, and only suppose there are public considerations far not pro ceeding with the trial immediately. But, if your Honor pleases, it is a fact that a gen tleman not very young, and not remark able for constitutional vigor, whatever may be said of his mental vigor, has already suffered two years of imprisonment; and it is a fact that, as far as human guarantees can be given for any man—l might say any amount of security for the appearance of the prisoner can be furnished. We can furnish such pledges from gen tlemen in every part of th 4 country, of every party, and representing every shade of opinion—gentlemen who, becoming se curity for him, would profess but one sen timent, and that for hint personally ; who are averse to the political views which have distinguished his life in every respect, but who, nevertheless, feel a great interest in the honor and dignity of the- American people of the American republic, and fear that the punishment of death, in the ab sence of a trial, would result from his longer imprisonment. I say, then, this kind of assurance can be given ; and as that class who differ so widely in opinion are willing to give this security in order to show their respect for him personally, it furnishes the best proof that they believe he will appear before you whenever required. To this they are willing to pledge their whole estates. These remarks are to express to your Honor that we are ready to Five bail; that at a future day Mr. Davis will be ready to appear, without, in the meantime, being held a prisoner; fair, reasonable bail, such as may be exacted in ordinary cases we are now ready to furnish. As the trial might lie over the ensuing summer, and as the prisoner has been much reduced by im prisonment. I move your Honor to accept bail for him. This you will of course do, either on your own judgment or on consul tation with other officers of the Government as to the amount. I have spoken of the pains of imprison ment. Every freeman will understand that any imprisonment of a free-born American must carry oppression with it, so far as there was a long period of imprisonment. Certainly, during that time Mr. Davis was under the direction and custody of the gal lant officer to whom you paid so just a com pliment; and that imprisonment has had as few pains and as little sufferings as could be expected under the circumstances. Ile was in the hands of a soldier and gentle , man. I do not allude to other times, but I speak as to what is before us. Jefferson Da vis is now here, under your exclusive direr lion, and I ask that hehas the liberty of free locomotion until you are prepared to try him. The Court said it would like to debar from the other side. Mr. Everts said the imprisonment was under the military authority and jurisdic tion of the United States. Its duration or the circumstances attending it are not ne cessarily to be criticised or defended in any way. lie is now subject to judicial control and the question for your Honor is wheth er the prisoner shall be let to bail, as the learned gentleman proposes. Some discussion then ensued between counsel in regard to amount of bail, and it was suggested by the U. S. District Attor ney, that some of the sureties ought to be residents of Richmond. That matter was speedily settled and the amount of bail was tixed at $lOO,OOO. Mr. O'Conor announced that there were ten gentlemen present willing to go security in $1.0,000. Judge Underwood then made some re marks, saying that after consultation with Chief Justice Chase, the trial of Mr. Davis had been postponed from time to time. lie stated that the District Attorney was pre• pared to try the case at the present term, the et Chief that g j r a u e v t e t coe sto t i e d h e reaat different n had He concluded by saying that the responsi bility of the trial rested with the Court. The Government cannot complain, since the delay is its own. lam glad counsel have agreed on the amount of bail. It meets with the approbation of the Court, which will not confine the sureties to the district of Virginia. It could, no doubt be satis factory if about half of the sureties be con fined to the State of Virginia. There is no objection to hping the remainder of the bail from other portions of the United States. I would inquire of the counsel for . . . the prisoner whether his suratfes are present to enter into recognizance to•day? Mr. O'Conor—They are all prepared. Mr. Daviti during these proceedings ex hibited much cheerfulness; especially as many persons in the crowd extended their hands to congratulate him on the prospect of his speedy release. The Court—The gentlemen proposing to offer themselves will please to come for ward. Mr. O'Conor, addressing Horace Greeley, who was seated near to Augustus Schell. invited him to present himself before the Court. Mr. Greeley did so. District Attorney Chandler said there were eigb teen gentlemen who would qualify themselves In the sum of $5,000 each, leav ing two others to become sureties, who would probably arrive this evening, He was entirely satisfied with thellst of names and the responsibility attached to them. He asked the Court to take a recess. Mr. O'Couer.—l am not eo certain they will arrive to-night. It may be not till to morrow. Meanwhile the introductions to Mr. Davis and the hand-shaking continued, and there was much confusion all over the court-room. District Attorney Chandler said: Inas much as eighteen gentlemen have offered, I make no objections as to the sufficiency of the number. Mr. O'Conor—We are waiting for two gentlemen, and while we are waiting, twenty others are willing to take their places. • Tho names of the sureties were severally called, and they repaired to the Clerk's desk and signed the following paper : The condition of the recognizance is such, that if the said Jefferson Davis shall, in proper person, well and truly appear at the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Virginia, to be held at Rich inond, in the said district, on the fourth Monday of November next, at the openingf, of the Court on that day, and then and there appear from day to day, and stand to, abide and perform whatever shall be then and there ordered and adjudged in re spect to him with the said Court and not depart from the said Court without the leave of the said Court in that behalf first had and obtained, then the recogni zance to become void; otherwise to remain in full force. Taken and acknowledged this thirtieth day of May, leff7. (Signed) JEFFERSON DAVIS. HoRACE GREELEY, New York. AUGUSTUS SCHELL, New York. ARISTIDES WELsff, Philadelphia. DAVID K. JACKSON, Philadelphia. W. 11. MCFARLAND, Richmond. RICHARD B. HAxALL, Richmond. ISAAC DA.VENPORT, Richmond. ABM. WARWICK, R ichmond. CST. A. MYERS, Richmond. Wm. W. CRUMP, RIC/11110Ild. JAMES LYONS, Richmond. J. A. MEREDITH, Richmond. WILLIAM 11. LYONS, RiCIIIIIOIId. JOHN M. Bovrs, 'I'IIoMAS W. Dosw ELL Virginia. JAN. T. THomAs, Jr. Richmond. The Mono of Horace 1 , , Clark, of New York, was added, he haying sent a note for that purpose. When the name of John Nlinor Botts was ealled, it was hissed. 'Mr. Chandler said the requisite number had been obtained, with the exception of V 0 Or three ouly. The Court.—The Marshal will ilischargo the prisoner. The Marshal did so, when deafening applause followed. Davin stood up, closely pressed on all sides—old friends heartily congratulated him, while a num ber of strangers were introduced. Assis taut Marshal Duncan, amid the huzzas and waving of lints, exclaimed in a loud tone, "The Court will have to be cleared. unless order is preserved." The Court w11..4 then adjourned until to morrow. Davis was greeted with hearty cheers by those who followed hint and the crowd on the streets. As Davis entered a carriage after his re lease, there was a loud cheer from the crowd of negroes Inside, and about fifty of them gathered about the conch and shook hands with him. lie has remained quietly In lie hotel all the evening, and will visit Canada in a few days to see his children. The Virginia residents who signed his ball bond are prominent citizens of Rich mond, merchants and lawyers. There seems to be a general feelings of relief among the citizens and authorities that Da vis is at last nt liberty. It is stated that the Grand Jury has in dicted Vice President John C. Breckinridgc, Judge 11. W. Thomas, of Fairfax, and four others for treason. The following telegram was received by Judge Underwood, in the Court room, to day, shortly before he admitted thivls lu bail. WASIIINUTON, May 13 Judge Underwood, beware of Greeley. Remember Libby l'rison, Andorsonvlllu, and Belle Isle. Nifty millions aro looking on and expect you to do your duty, while three hundred thousand patriots' graves cry aloud for revenge "Your Fitimsn." Nit'. Davis, on his release, telegraphed In Lis brother in Mississippi the fact, and soul would write front Now York. Mr. Da vis and his wife visited the grave of their son, at Hollywood Cemetery, to-night, and afterwards took passage on the steamer Niagara, which sails for New York at 10 A. M. to-morrow. The population of Erie RUH increased site u ISOO front 11,100 to 17,131, a gain of 5,1171 This is a large addition for that length of time. The iron business Is receiving n great impetus in Mifflin and-Centre counties, by the organization of new companies to work old, and the erection of now furnaces. Dr. L. 0. Spence, of Titusville, has re ceived letters patent for a process of burn ing petroleum. The principle produces per fect combustion. Governor Geary has confirmed the up .ointment of fineelf men, all returned sol i fora, as members of the now pollee fore° br Schuylkill county, under Marshal Jos. I lobster. Mr. C..L, Hinds, of Girard, Is going to plant five acres with grape vines this season. It Is claimed that the southern shore of Lake Erie is the grape Browning section or the United States. A citizen of Conneaut township, who made a sate of an old stove, had over WO in greenbacks burned up the other day by neglecting to removO them before making a tire. Seventy-eight thousand dollars have been subscribed to the stock of the Johnstown Water Works, the Cambria Iron Works subscribing fifty thousand dollars. 'Pwenty - two thousand dollars more are required. A young man named Charles Comstock died very suddenly at Warren, on Sunday night last, from the effects of swallowing a fragment of oyster shell. lie was buried by the Free Masons on Wednesday. On the 21st ult., the building hi Mt. Morris, Greene county, owned J. M. Brown, and used•us a dwelling house and Store room, with its contents, was entirely con sumed by fire. Nothing worth mentioning was saved from the flames. The evidence In the case of Edward Lune and John Rafferty, charged with firing the Union House, at Petroleum Center, having been all taken before Esquire Donaghy, the justice decided that the defendants should answer to the charge before the Grand Jury. A number of children were poisoned last Tuesday at Madison township, Clarion county, by eating parsnips. Prompt med teal aid saved their lives. It seems that parsnips that remain In the ground - more• than one year are rank poison. on Saturday night seven prisoners mad,' an attempt to break. jail in Northumberland county, but were discovered by the Sheriff just as they were about finishing the hole in the wall through which they expected to get out. The Republican, published at McConnells burg says the mountains around that town were white wit h snow on the morning of the sth inst., with a cold north wind blowing like a hurricane, and the thermometer only 40 above zero: An express °Mee in Pithole was on fire on Wednesday last, from some " unex plained cause," and the parties who first endeavorel to extinguish the flumes used a "liquid" found on the premises, which proved to be benzine. This added fuel to the flames, which were I'm innately extin guished before much damage was done. The trial of William F. Eldred, charged with the murder of John Hoyle, In June last, iu the vicinity of Titisville, has resulted in the acquittal of the prisoner. From the evidence presented there was no foundation in fact for the charge. Mr. Eldred is rep resented by those who know him us being a gentleman of integrity and honor. The following is a statement of the changes occurring in theSoldiersand Sailors' Home, Philadelphia, during the month of April : The number of inmates in the Home, April I, 157; the number 'Wanted to the Home (luring the month, 62; the number dis charged, 112; the number died, 2; the num ber in the Home May 1, 125. There seems to be a greatdemand for new jails at present, judging from the number about to be built. Susquehanna, Wyoming, Luzerne, and many other counties in this State are in the category of new jail builders. They are all going to "tear down and build greater." In Luzerne the building is to be erected by contract for $1811,575. On Wednesday, the great pressure of water used a serious break in the West Branch Canal, near Tinsman's mill, below Williamsport. About forty feet of the tow path is washed away, and the embankment is high at that point. A portion of the berme bank is also caryied away. This will cause a suspension of navigation for two or three weeks. Mrs. Dervine, of Sharon, Mercer county, lighted a lire in.her cooking stove last Sun day morning, and in order to hasten mat ters poured oil upon the flames. The oil in the can caught fire, an explosion followed, and Mrs. Dervine was so badly burned that she died within twenty-four bouts. Her husband was scalded to death by the ex plosion at the Sharon rolling mill in Oc tober, 1865,
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