plitotav 104tiligowt. NVEtINESDAY, jr.rn 1; 1567. , /10131 Eng the poor, A feW days since we clipped the fol.; lowing paragraph from the ed ROW/ cplumns.of the Pittsburg Ct.lionei.Vial; the' leading Republican newspaper; Western Pennsylvania We read in the city ppers about , thou sands of men out of work and living wretchedly from band, to megtlytb,read sad provisions being at unheard of prices. In the papers published in half-a-dozen States In the west and t ong represen as much more of territory not yet in ly of States, we read or vast tracts of the richest land ever offered to man to cul tivate, cheap in price and extremely fertile. Having set out his contrast, the edi tor goes on to elaborate the idea sug gested, urging those who find it diffi cult to sustain life in the cities to go to the West and open up farms. That would be good advice if it were possi ble for those who are suffering to put it into practice. But how are those pow " living wretchedly from hand to mouth —bread and provisions being at un heard-of prices "—ever together money enough to pay ter transportation to the fertile fields of the far West? Where are they to get the means to build the rudest house, to purchase even a single yoke of oxen, to supply themselves with agricultural implements, and to sustain their families until the first crop is made and housed? There was a time in this country when laboring men could save a portion of their earnings, and still support their families ; but it has passed away, and it will be long before it can return. Working men are forced to "live wretchedly from hand to mouth." They are so oppressed by taxation, paying u large per centage on every article they buy, that it is with extreme difficulty that they can keep the wolf away from the door. Doubt less many of the class to whom the Commercial refers would be delighted to own farms In the far West; but how are they t,o realize their desire? Stich advice to laboring men under existing circumstances sounds like mocking them in their misfortunes. They are In a situation of almost com plete he,plessnesm. in vain have they been struggling through the agencies of strikes and eight hour laws to better their condition. They have been In variably defeated in their contests with capital. ltistoostrongforthem. They must atone for the sins of the Republi can party. When a nation creates such an 01101'1111/111 4 national debt as that now W 141811114 11111/11 us, all classes must expect to feel the weight of the burthen thus laid upon the shoulders of Industry ; but when, In addition to this mortgaging all the resources of the people, apolitical party deliberately pursues a policy cal culated to keel) prostrate the industrial system of the richest and most produc tive half of the country, how can the laboring Masses of the other half expect to escape stittering'."l'hut Is a plain question ; one that every laboring num ean row prebend ; one which lt behooves every such 1111111 seriously to consider. Malting Temperance a Political 11094. The managersolthe Republican party in Pen nsy van la;are del erml tied to make the temperance cause a political hobby ii Pennsylvania. There are abundant evidenees of such a design. Not only has II been announced on the highest authority of the party that John Cessna of Bedford Is engaged in pre paring a prohibitory liquor law, but Democratic newspapers • are being bitterly assailed for arguing against the propriety of such a movement. The Harrisburg Telegraph, with Its usual want of truthfulness, has the following among its editorial Items : A large number of the Copperhead papers of the State are assailing the temperance organizations now being.made in the dif ferent counties. Tt is alleged by the ‘'ops that the Good Templet's are revolutionary in their objects, and therefore dangerous in their tendencies. There is not one word of truth in the above. It is a Ile manufactured for po liheal effect. We receive a copy of nearly every Democratic paper pub lished in the State, and read them. Not one of them has had a word to say in disparagement of the Good Templet's, or of any other. temperance organiza tion. All of them, without a single ex ception, approve of and encourage every proper eflbrt being made to reclaim the victims of intemperance and to dis courage drunkenness. But they do not favor the passage of a Maine Liquor Law, and they do object to the at tempt now being made to drag the temperance question into the political arena as a tail to the Radical kite. If the friends of temperance are wise they will stand aloof from all political par ties. The mianent they enter the , po litical arena they will be shorn of their moral strength, and the good cause they advocate will suffer Irreparable injury. Conservative Triumph In West Virginia. In spite of the registration fratids, the test oath abominations, the system of proscriptive legislation :and the whole machinery of the Radical fabric, which was so nunuiugly devised fo• the pur pose• of keeping the white people of West Virginia in a state of political bondage, the oppressor's chain is being broken. The Radical paupers who have been fattening on public plunder are being driven out of °ince by an in dignant populnee, and the Radleal Im beciles who have aspired to become great through the disfranchisement of the white citizens are all likely soon to find their dirty level. The details of the recent elections held thiale show that a majority of those who have been sufficiently loyal to register and vote, are disgusted with the baseness of the Radical adventurers wki.) have assumed to be the party leaders. Taxation, pro scriptive legislation, negro equality, and lioreman (tiAawernor of \Vest Virginia, so.called) are doing the work. The Slat/. promises Lo 11/45(.11 its freedom from such base thraldom right speedily. (lod speed her noble population in the good work, Own , J usTieE CHAsp, has ordered that, no distinction of color be made in summoning the grand and petit furors for the U. S. Court at Raleigh, N. C. All white moo In Lancaster county who think they would like to sit as grand or petit Jurors along with niggers, ought to read the Express and vote the Radi cal ticket. THE City Councils of,WpAbiagron or..t ganized yesterday. -Colored men n e se appointed messenger and reading aerk in the lower branch. If the Radicals had tarn. the City Councils of Lancaster AZ the late elec tion, we might now be as highly favored with nigger officials as the city of Wash ington. But the triumph of the Democ racy 'compels us to worry along the best way we can with white men ! A Radical Preacher on Radical News. Rev. Dr. Curry, editor of the Metho dist Christian Advocate, says the Atlan tic Monthly is the organ of ree.thinkers ; the New York fribun as always been anti-Christian ; the utiou editel by polite infidels; the nzes is "reckless of truth, propriety and decency," and .the „awning Post has " Unitarian pre_ The Rev. Curry is en out and out Radical, and he ought to be good evidence as to the infidel Obare.c. ter of leading pit4ool newspapers Ned ia41014044(. ' , What the Washington Election Teaches. I'lleiiiefiferWiliPEWErTEWilitiffitltie election was conducted in Washington city, under the act of Congress confer ring! the right 'of suffrage } ton' the negroes, iltrnishea abundant food for thought. 'MI f' . 11 r i . , ' , . 141,41 t) in the contest, the ra,'" " - arrOed against each Oh: They;; cal ti let L tti was supported by:',l. • a and l 'egroek4l- most exclul ill, ,nd t &..ker3r*ve' ticket by the • tate' pro erty4iolders and a fraction of the more thoughtful and respectable portion of the blacks. It was to all intents and purposes a struggle between the', two races for politleal iupremacy in the capital of the nation. The' hordes of `ignorant negroes were marshaled by a few selfish Radical politicians, whose bid ding they did with blind, unques tioning and stupid alacilty. It is true the candidates were all white men, but it must be remembered that such was permitted to be the case, only because by the charter of the city no negro was eligible to an office. One of the first acts df the Radicals in Congress will be to repeal that clause; so that hereafter the negroes may be qualified to hold office as well as to vote. The Radicals are loud in their rejoicings over the re sult.. They hail it as a sure indication of what will follow in every Southern State. We believe they are right. We have no expectation that the negro vote will be controlled by their former masters. The reckless adventurers who have induced the negroes to expect a division of the lauds among them will induce a large majority of them to vote for such candidates as they may endorse. It is not to be expected that a horde of ignorant negroes will quietly divide up between the two great parties, voting for different candidates because they approve the general political principles of the one or the other. That would be to suppose them to be more sagacious, more independent and more unselfish au the whites of either section In Pennsylvania opposing parties have repeatedly united in endorsing a high protective twill: Why? Because they knew that to oppose it was to run counter to a feeling of self-interest. In the South and the West free trade ideas have commanded themselves to the sup port of the people. Why ? Because they believed money was taken from their pockets by high tariffs. It is true that the advocates of the opposing theories argued on general principles that their policy was the true one for the entire nation; but the arguments which told upon the musses, and In fluenced votes, were the direct appeals to the pocket. New England politicians as a class have legis lated constantly l'or the advance ment of the selfish ends of their own section ; and In doing so they have been sustained by their voting population. Patriotism, and love of the whole coun try and all that sort of thing sounds finely In 4th of July orations, and looks well on paper; but, the mass even of the white voters a the North, with all their boasted intelligence, can not be trusted too far. They will vote according to the dictates of passion and self-interest. if, then, the higher class of voters can be thus influenced, what is to be ex pected of the vast multitude of emanci- paled negro slaves? Will they not side with the party which bids highest for their votes? Their masters offer them fair wages for work. That would satis fy them under ordinary circumstances, but Just now they have a most exag gerated idea of the future. They have already been taught by the Radicals to expect a division of the estates of their former masters among them. Does any one suppose they will not strive to se cure the prize they covet? The owners of the land will not voluntarily offer it to the negroes, and they know that.— They expect the same power which jade thew free to enforce a general and sweeping confiscation, and they will persistently and imperatively de mand that as the price of their support. We ure on the verge of great and seri- ous difficulties in regard to the negro vote. They will insistupou confiscation and upon the right to hold office. They have been taught by the Radicals to be lieve that both will be granted. It either is denied, the arms which they have been buying will be brought into use• Before five years pass away, the people of the North will fully realize the evils of the Radical plan of reconstruction. The South will suffer greatly, but the entire North must, suffer with her. On a New hobby The editorof the Express has repeat edly assumed the role of a reformer. I , 'or years past he has been agitating the temperance question in the columns of his paper, and proving the sincerity of his moral convictions by imbibing lib erally of intoxicating liquors in secret. Lust winter he agitated the question of reform in our city elections, and had the reward of his labors in the complete annihilation of the Radical candidates In their late contest with the Democracy. Not content with what he has already achieved, he has mounted a new hobby, and is lashing and spurring it most vig orously. Having succeded in making George Brubaker the virtual master of the Re publ lean party of Lancaster county, by insisting upon joining the Examiner in its warfare against the "Thugs," this doughty champion now swears by his spectacles and his cane, that neither Hiestand nor Brubaker shall rule the roast any longer. Old things are to be done away with, and politically all things are to become new. The people, the dear people are to settle candidates for "themselves hereafter, according to the Crawford county system. The "trading politicians" in the Republican party are to be put down, and the im maculately pious Geist is to dictate who shall be "settled" and how It shall be done. 'l'o all this we have not a word of objection to offer. We are encour aged to believe, from the result of the lute city election, that if Geist is permit ted to have his way the Democracy will curry the county at the first election which takes place after his suggestions ' are adopted. We are In favor of his proposed reform on that account. Old Thad's Charity. The Home for Friendless Children of this city is an Institution entirely worthy of the support of every charita ble person in the county. It has for its end a noble and praio,worthy purpose. Persons of all political parties have con• tributed liberally to its support, and among those who have heen most gen erous lu subscribing ti, the erection of a new and handsome building for its use, we noticed the leading liemoerals of Lancaster. The Itepublicans, kol , a rule, have been equally liberal. but there is one prominent name not to be on this "roll of honor." It is thator ThuAl deus Stevens. He refused to give a (tent unless the Managers agreed to admit negro eAddren „on a perfect equality with those born of white parents. There Is boldness and consistency in this act of Old Thad:. He . believes fully in negro equality, illustrates it in his house hold, insists upon it everywhere, and Makes it a rule of his ,private and public life. He does not believe in forcing negro suffrage and negro equal!- ty upon the people of the South, add re fuse to act spot} the same principle at home. He Is ,honest. His followers in Lancaster county and Asewhere, who refpse to come pp te . .his'stpndgq, are c9farik awl 1409040; Tax on taborera. ty held their County Convention 41 Pittsburg on last Tuesday. A platform was adopted approving the eotiiiii of C ngreap, endorsing negs,p sufltird gOttialli,'.the follaWinx r , on • . pa s ßliased - by au alni:anan otis , te:':f, . : • , , ; r 9 k ßeiDtemd, That-Whilst - we etitimidlyidvo t te the:doctrine of Troia:Mtt-to honifi.am- . - cturais, we:at the Bathe Jima -delirbeatii, and oppose the efforts dow,being made to import foreign litho' to compete with the home laborer, and we urgently request onr representatives in Congress to provide by legislation a head tax upon imported labor ers. . The old hatred of our foreigif born citizens is seen in that as plainly asever it was in the insolent utterances of any of the leaders .of the party in the days when they went about the country or ganizing Know-Nothing lodges. At the convention which nominated Abraham Lincoln for President the Know- Nothing plank was excluded from the platform of the Republican party, be cause Carl Schurz plainly told them that it would lose them the votes of three hundred thousand Germans in the Northwest if retained. The old leaven of hatred to foreign-burn citizens has, however, remained, and is constantly seen cropping out. But, apart from its striking malicious ly at all classes of foreigners, the reso lution we have quoted is singularly narrow-minded, and in direct opposi tion to the plainest principles of correct political economy. Every school boy in the United States knows that it is b4,,means of imported foreign laborthat we havesucceeded in developing the vast material resources of this new country in such a surprising manner. The sturdy arms of foreign labor have leveled the primeval forests; turn ed the virgin soil up' to the sun, and covered it with golden harvests; made turnpikes, canals and railroads; opened up our mines , operated our manufac tories; given growth to our towns and Cities ; and provided us the means for carrying on au extended commerce with all nations; thus adding constantly to the national wealth, and developing our resources, until our advancement in material prosperity came to be the wonder and the envy of the world. It has been our boast that there was al ways plenty of room on our shores for the honest emigrant; and we wisely welcomed every sturdy laborer who came to aid us in our efforts to reclaim a continent from nature. There never was a period lu the his• tory of this country when productive labor was so much needed as the pre sent. A huge national debt has been created. It weighs like an incubus upon every branch of Industry. Each individual in the nation has to carry his own share of the enormous burthen. The interest upon it must be paid an nually, and the; principal eventually, by the toil of the laboring classes. If their number is lessened, the weight upon each one will be increased. The only hope for them is in extending the industrial pursuits of the country, so that greater numbers may thud em plo.yment sufficient to enable them to live and pay taxes ; or in other words to pay taxes for time privilege of living. The Radicals are in a sore strait. In Pittsburg and elsewhere manufactories are standing Idle, because the South,, which was formerly the great consumer of their wares, is too much impoverish ed to purchase. The insane folly of Congress has crippled the industry of the States recently in rebellion, so that there is no hope of a speedy recovery. Every day of the misrule of the mili tary satraps who are lording it over one half of the broken Union, only in creases the difliculies. The legitimate consequence is tne pr9stration of North ern industry, the ruin of trade, the de struction of our commerce, the stoppage of our manufactories, and the forced idleness or mere temporary employ ment of multitudes, who, under Demo cratic rule, never knew what It was to want constant work at good paying wages. In hope of gulling the laboring men of Pittsburg the Radicals passed the silly resolution we have quoted. No labor ing mad possessed of ordinary intelli gence Call be deceived by such trash. All must see that what is needed now is the release of the Southern people from the domination of military power, and the employment of the negro pop ulation in more productive pursuits than dancing attendan . ce upon the harangues of a set of distempered Northern fanatics. The great want now is a full development of all the ma terial resources of the country. That cannot be effected by keeping the negroes in idleness and pre venting white laborers from coming into the country by putting a heavy poll-tax on all emigrants. What we must have, if the financial burthens of the people are ever to be lightened, is an increase of the laboring population and the profitable employment of all. Let every man who is willing to work be .welcomed to our shores. He will help to pay the taxes which are so grievous ly oppressive. Of every dollar which he earns the General Government will be sure to take its tithe. What the Radicals Say of Congress When Congress was about to adjourn the Cincinnati Gazette said : " This Congress is about to wind up in general failure, except in the bills for spend ing money, which, somehow, seem to go through without opposition." Thurlow Weed, one of the best known Radical editors in the country, describ• ed it as follows : a congress:, throughout it inglorious ex istence, was notlong more or higher, or nothing lower or ignoble than a party cabal. All its inspirations were prompted either by ambition or hatred—hatred engendered by ambition. In everything, the real in terests and welfare of the country and peo ple were secondary considerations." If honest men should feel any hesi tation in believing what is said &Con gress by Democratic newspapers, we would commend to them the utterances of leading Radicals. Surely the prov ocation must be great which leads to such exposures as thoPe given above.— The truth will appear occasionally In spite of the efforts of the Republican leaders to prevent it. Beecher's Balt for the Black Man In his remarks before the Equal Rights Association, Henry Ward Beecher said; "Take a black man, bait him with a white woman, and I think you will catch the black man." This, says the Chicago Times, is probably true, but somewhat disgusting. If the Radicals propose to use white women as baits to catch darkies with, it is to be hoped that they will use their own daughters and sisters first; but as in the war they got others to do the fighting, and as In negro suffrage they propose it only for other States, so, in the matter of bait, they will probably attempt to use somebody 9lse's white women. Irr Maine the prohibitory liquor law I*ae Jost been made more stringent, and any one selling his neighbor a glass of eider is to he imprisoned.Ofor the first offence. Tim Massachusetts State Con stable bay just notified the proprieters of the lager beer saloons to stop the sale of that beverage, The outside world can lose nothing.hy this turning of Pu ritan attention to hence regeneration. Recent events show that It Is much needed. The means they employ may not be suited to effect tle object s but it could scarcely he expected that the fa natics of that section should adopt other than injudicious ,ensures to aid in any ;'PY9r62: to court. Judge Eine Ir;ifl 4- 1 . 77 -:- .:..; q : Supreme Court thatthe bill establishing ..; ne nd independent criminal con r, ‘: , B uylkill, Le , ,on .and Dauphie f iii ~ ~„ '.un s is unonL 1 ‘ o , iv, .1 , dglt '=rear ti , .. , t. , .- t, "i !'.l • , ( '.. n , , I 'm 7 :!`f ose :F . , ''• ' ~ •9' ' ' ,gone4ehroug , Ithe M ' ce Or o , ~, 1 .g - ieourt;fl# each n e °f l ake oftlatleff4 Hi Ault appetoiMee..*aa ow:lii`e be y% in' ' Lebanon some weeks ago, then at Har risburg on Monday of last week, and at Pottsville on the day following. In no ease was any business*transaoted, and the Pottsvple Standar,cisayp there lama pesslbility that any will be biOught be= 'fore the vbeigui court thbe giifup. - The Standard gives thelollo*ingiceOunt of what transpired at Pottsville : 1 The actors' and their acts were briefly .as follows: The court house bell was rung at, about 3 o'clock, by some one employed for the occasion. The actors consisted of Judge ' Green, . Hon, E. 0. Parry, C. Little, Esq., Lin Bartholomew, Esq., and Chas. Brumn. ' Four speculators were,present in the room. The officers of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions, having discharged their duties In the Cou rts over which Judge Ryon presides, as they were requited to do by the order of the Supreme Court, declined to assume any duties in connection with this new court. On Mr. Parry's suggestion, C. Little, Esq., assumed the office of Clerk.—_ Judge Green ;flaunted the rostrum, handed his commission to the Clerk, which being read, the court was declared,duly organized and ready for business. No business being presented, Judge Green indulged in some remarks censuring the officers of the court —a court in which he had no jurisdiction, and over the officers of which be had no control--for refusing to recognize or bring business before his court, and thenadjourn ed. - - Some wag who has not the fear of Judge. Green and his court before his eyes got off the following good thing on it : Have you heard of the "Court" of "Judge" Green, Which met at the Court House this week? Such another will never be seen, Though over the world you should seek. The Court" was composed offlee men. Who solemnly marched up the hill, But paused in astonishment when The stubborn old bell remained still. Charles Brumin found a man for the bell, Who manfully tugged at the rope, And cheered by the old-fashioned knell. The Court vainly waited, in hope Of seeing a numerous throng Rush in through the wide open door; But, though the bellrung loud and long, I , bu r men came to see them—no more Major Downing, the crier, was 'Minted, But "didn't belong to this Court;" .And then the Clerk had to be hunted, Which caused the specstalors some sport. The Clerk wouldn't come, as requested; He said "they had no jurisdiction;" The Court couldn't have him arrested, But waited in helpless affliction. o Jury, no witness, was there To keep up the name of the thing; The dock and the benches wore bare, Though loud "Santa Anna" did ring. The tipstave, Charles Brumm, sternly frowned And smote on the floor with his staff— The empty room echoed the sound Which made the four spectators laugh. Judge Parry, who "ran the machine, ' And seemed to do most of the work, (For sorrow had stupefied Green,) Named Christopher Little for Clerk. Judge Green took his seat—his commission Was handed to Little to read. Bartholomew took his position The limit of " the 01-1111311" to plead. " His Honor" then duly declared The Court wax pr, pared to commence; But as not a case had appeared tither complaint or defence, Ho scolded the officers who Refused to attend at him call, And said that the best thing to do, .‘s there was lie business at all, (He hoped [neve would be plenty, one day,) Would be to adjourn, sine die, 'lb meet al this churl House on Monday, The coming first day of July ! Exuent oninoi, singing :J " A Radical lawyer am I, With pockets quite empty to pelt; (1, dear, I am ready to cry I think I'll go murder myself! Alas, for my butter end bread Alas, for my Intrigues and tolls I The "Court in 11" to knocked on the heed, And I shall got none of the spoils! I feel that I'm nearly ' played out,' And nobody cares about me; I'll put all my clothes up the spout,' And leave the world. trio tic se!" Endorsing Old Thud's Insult. We clip the following item from the editorial columns of the Harrisburg Tel egraph, the central organ of the Repub lican party in this State: Thaddeus Stevens refused to contribute any money to the fund for the erection of a " Home," in Lancaster city, unless the managers stipulated to admit colored on an equality with white children, to the benefits of the institution. There is nothing wrong in such a refusal. It only proves that Mr. Stevens' benevolence is as broad as his good sense and patriotism are solid and firm. t olored children are admitted on equality with whites to the mercy and salvation purchased by Christ's death. Why, then, should they not be admitted ou equality to that charity with which man hopes to cover a multitude of sins? We ask attention to the above. It shows how far the advocates of negro equality in Pennsylvania are prepared to go. Every barrier between the two races will be speedily broken down if they are allowed to have their way. Once the negroes are given the right to vote in our State, the Republican party will not scruple to make the largest concessions to them. There are not less than fifteen thousand negroes in Penn sylvania who would be entitled to the ballot. That is a number equal to the average Republican majorities in the State for a number of years past. The negroes would constitute the balance of power and they would be courted with flattering assiduity by those who boast of being their friends and allies. Every political and social distinction would be broken down. Laws would be passed allowing negroes to hold office, making their jurors, imposing heavy penalties for refusing their admission into the public schools, the churches, the hotels and places of amusement on a perfect eqallty with the whites. Emboldened by past success the Radicals no longer make any secret of their intention to confer the right of suffrage upon the negroes of Pennsylvania. That once granted all the rest must speedily fol low. Are the white freemen prepared for it? The Telegraph not only endorses Mr. Stevens' insulting answer to the ladles who called on him for aid in behalf of a noble charity; it goes further, and endeavors to make of his mean action a rule of conduct for the Republican party. We have no doubt every Radical who feels like holding on to his money will refuse to subscribe to any charity here after on the same plea. They can do so with as much consistency as Mr. Ste vens' did. He knew when he refused to contribute that the charter of the in stitution expressly provided that none but white children should be admitted ; he knew, too, that to act upon his sug gestion would be to ruin the prospects of the " Home." There is every reason to believe that he only put in his plea for the negro to save his money. He has set an example which we have no doubt will be extensively copied. The Campaign to Tennessee Brownlow is conducting the cam paign in Tennessee on true radical prin ciples. He has urganized a band of thieves and cut throats in every county of the State, and his armed ruffians are doing the political work assigned them In true radical style. Murders and other infamous and brutal outrages are of daily occurrence. The people of the State are making loud appeals to the President, and eagerly seeking the pro tection of the Government. What a glorious-republic this is to be sure! The re-election of Brownlow through the agency of hie gangs of desPeradoes will be heralded is another triumph of free dom. Hail Columbia, happy land ! Small Pox in' Danville The small pox has been raging in Danville, Montour county, and the Town Council have issued an order closing all the schools and churches, forbidding the meeting of any associa tions, ,and the gathering of the people to heir ally lecture or to 'witness any exhibition. The, Democratic County ConVention, Called to meet last Week, had to be postponed : in consequence, only a few delegates being in town.— The fine is t wenty-dollana for every per attendlifg public gathcTing 0,44.05i1i44/vPg/.11441t;3' y Sheridan. played in the removal of the Governor Sovereign State, Is not one of those ( : v , ' * ". f 'd solo which the peoplewill applaud. zi ,-_, , •.: .glove daring inji military leader ,:•. Mere is no doubt , , ter of Sheridan's *if` its ~, , a the war made hlifl a de)4, fd '?,;. ular favorite. The war Kover, 101v eir4rafld the people knot' ''t., 'husker* ' nbi b iSowj in a humor tocioleistegrosi violations of the established civil law in any officer. They have been taught by the experience of the past five years 4 fb,,t4 b , ,rt Y:. 4 1 .- less iike / Y . Y ) qugeffPP 3 4 aliases 'practiced'-by civil•offiiatii r hOw‘; ever - flagrant,. than: fronithe'arbitrary , rule of a military chieftain. .• •• .• , •The violent acts of General Sheridan : , . . have awakened et en the more thought=` ful and reputable Republican naive - - . papers, and they are denouncing his course. The Springfield Republican says: The President has not been disposed to interfere with the military cOmmanders, whatever they might do; but these last acts of General Sheridan amount to open defiance of his superiors, and increase the difficulties of the situation in Louisiana to such an extent, that Secretary Stanton and General Grant will be likely to insist on the super sedure of General Sheridan. lie has shown boldness and dash in civil as well as military movements, but it must' be conceded that be displays no great genius for ' government. With all parties in New Orleans and the War Department at Washington agaltst him, his usefulness as department com mander must beat an end. These difficulties should also bring out the long-expected decision of the Government as to the proper limits of the authority given to the military commanders by the reconstruction bill. The whole matter is at loose ends, and there will be endless collision and confusion unless some well defined principles are established on the subject. To sanction the outrageous acts of General Sheridan, or even : ,to permit him to continue in the position he now holds after their commission, would be for the General Government to commit itself to a policy that must strike at the very foundations of our free institutions. To call that a republic in which such deeds could be done with impunity would be to libel a sacred name. No where except under the sway of an unmitigated despotism could such a state of affairs be suffered to exist. Gen eral Sheridan ought to be recalled at once. If the President, his Cabinet and the Commander-in-Chief do not so de cide, they will show themselves to be unfit for the high trustreposed in them. Democratic 'Victory in Galena, Illinois. It will be seen from the following de spatch that the Radicals of Illinois are no more fortunate in political gerry- manders than were those of Lancaster: GALENA, June 5. Our city election took place to-day, and resulted in the most complete Democratic victory ever achieved In this city. Hereto fore the municipal elections have been held in March of each year, but by political trickery the corrupt Legislature of last winter changed the time of holding the election to a later time in the season, when not less than 250 of our Democratic voters are engaged on the river, thus hoping to carry the election to the control of the Rad icals. The result yesterday covers this corrupt scheme with utter confusion. The officials elected are: Mayor, Shins ler ; Aldermen, Ballinger, Martleld, De Jaeer, Dux, and Barry. Thu defeated ticket was headed by John f.ori ain, for Mayor, the most popular Hum that the Republican party could bring out, and to still further strengthen the ticket, renegade democrats were put on for Alder men. Mayor Shimsices majority Is nearly 2.50. The Aldermen have majorities ranging from 18 to 180. The Third Ward is hand somely carried by the Democracy, the first time in the history of the city. AN exchange records the fact that another political parson has come to grief. The Rev. Ja'hes Davidson Dyke, of Indiana, was excessively " loyal " during the war, and proved his Ortho doxy and love of country by inciting several riots against the " copperheads." A few days ago he was arrested for horse-stealing, and it is said several clear cases will be\ made out against him. THE Missouri Republican thus chron icles a recent Democratic victory in that State : The Radicals of Belleville received a drubbing yesterday which they will re member. The Democrats elected Wild logs by a majority of 150—a gain of seven hwndred since last fall. The Democrat says the Democracy is a corpse I But it sloshes around the Radicals iu a fatal style. The Removal of GOT. Wells The Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger says : The removal of Wells was in violation of the instructions of Gen. Grant. In answer to Gen. Sheridan's communication, stating that Gen. Griffin recommended the removal of Gen. Throckmorton, and that he (Sheri dan) was inclined to follow the recommen dation, and also depose Wells, Gen. Grant replied that the authority of military commanders to remove the Governors of States was doubtful, and no steps in that direction should be taken until the opinion of the Attorney General could be obtained. The same correspondent says it was expected the Attorney General's opinion would be presented to the Cabinet for consideration to-day. Statement of the Pnblle Debt The following is the statement of the Public debt of the United States on the Ist of June, 1867 : DEBT BEARING COIN INTEREST. June. May Five per cent. bonds 8188,431,350.00 198,931,350.00 Six per cent. bonds 'o7'oB 15,325,611.80 , 15,379,641.80 Six per cent. bonds 'Bl 283,790,360.00 283,740,200.00 Six per cent. 5.20 bonds. Navy Pension Fund 12,600,000.00 12,500,000.00 1,092.610,600.00 1,031,146,160.00 Total 81,002,943,411.90 $1,6.11,903,341.80 DEBT BEARING CURRENCY INTEREST. Six per cent. bonds 813,722,000.00 812,922,001400 3-years oom pound inter est notes 3-years seven thirties 130,030,240.00 134,774,510.00 511,939,525,00 540,110,200.00 Total $655,0111,785.00 8097,115,710.00 Matured deb t not presented for payment mzcza =11911133709 U. S. notes Frnetloual our 28,458,075.10 28,975,379.46 reucy Gold :certlfic'ts of deposit. 17,8'4080.00 15;100;440.00 8418,991 792 48 8419,829,509.413 2,887,1)40,519 58 2,688,875,698.58 AMOUNT IN TREASURY. Total Total debt 008,758,417.01 $114,250,444.00 72.808,164.98 83,838,558.24 In coin In currency.. 8171,421,57f2.50 5148,089,0D2.33 Amount of debt le. cash In the Treasury $2,515,015,930.99 $2,520,780,090.24 The foregoing is a correct statement of the public debt as appears from the books and Treasurer's returns In the Department of the Ist of June, 1887. HUGH MoCtrLLocir, Secretary of the Treasary The large balance in currency, as shown by the above statement, is caused principally from the receipts from miscellaneous sources, and internal revenue, near the close of the month of May being larger than was anticipated,, as well as the necessity to prepare for the interest falling due in a few days on the seven-thirty notes and th e principal of compound interest notes, and the interest thereon, and also to meet requieitions expected in a few days from other departments. The Last Shooting Altair in Washing. ton, Pa. Our Washington correspondent "J. S. 8." sends the following particulars of the shooting affair that occurred, in that bor ough Thursday, and mentioned in this paper yesterday : "Another shocking accident occurred in this vicinity today, the particulars of which are as follows: Four young colored men of this place, by the names of James Bryan, Samuel Adams, Meek Anderson and Nat Galliher, went out into the woods adjacent to .the town to hunt squirrels. Bryan shot at. a squirrel on a tree and wounded it. It fell to the ground and took refuge in a log. Bryan ran towel the log, and at the same time Adams riiiee his rifle to shoot. Bryan cried out not to shoot. Admits • itritiietlietelY lowered his gun, and endeavored to loWer the hammer, but it slipped through his lingers with such force as to cause the disdharge of the load, which took effect in the right breast of Bryan; 'and caused his death in a few minutes. Adam came to town and offered to give hfmself up but the authoritrea would not receive him, as they are thlly satisfied that the ocdurrence wde =Mental." • • - . - iiiiiiiiiiiiiiOirthe negroes over the white population of Washington, City furnishes food for serious reflection. Wa.give a few. ,v. 0 ew York Herald oo .pondeitt says : •. 7 . ~.,, monies c . . •e 4 ...,,i,, , ,,:, ,: to ha .., . q r .: . b i,',..4. :.- co . - ,' qrleallk, ly o'cl -'.l' 3,15111 morn ,-.. W -pi . th : : lligei r .;'..; - ithi,', ~ 4 •••• lintrigher .'1 b — - ins n.. , ' , enttr ONUS the more ~ . . '. the l' , ' ' t lifOrk:OfAlhe dav,',,, - . .. , befp - -'.r . . :were op *ed a long 7 , of sikb e Sotets, ° three and four deep, were in waiting at most of the precincts. As a large propor tion of the negroes were too ignorant to answer the questions propounded in such a way as to coincide with their record on the :rag, ,istration lists,,much valuable time was ..obihMtned in taking their votes , and the . Csitsilignettee .wae. that targe.ntimbers .0. Whites - Whd-Were not in the habit Of yeti:* "Oarly- and ,often'! - were : prevented from meting their : votes. Ap , ease in : point, at ten it'elixikthis morning, at the First pre cinct, Fit* ward; the list stood two hundred pre at twenty-ibte.cOlcired and one white, and in the Second, Preeinct two hundred and tvienty-seven - colored and one white. From all accounts the colored vote was almost entirely polled,: while a large portion of the• white vote failed to get in. The National Intelligence, the old Whig' organ, has a column fall of incidents. We select the following items i - ' Throughout the entire day the negroes monopolized the'polls, and excluded white men from the approaches. This excited a good deal of feeling; but the excitement was most intense about the First Precinct of the Seventh Ward. There was a long line of colored men there, extending along F street;and around the corner down Four and-a-half street to E. In all this dusky crowd our oldest inhabitants could scarcely recognize a familiar face. Indeed, this was the case at all the precincts. It was mani fest that the whole contest was one between pauper negroes, dependent for subsistence upon the bones thrown them from the Freedmen's Bureau, and the old citizens and property-holders of Washington. In the Seventh Ward during the day a double line of white voters, corresponding to the line of colored voters on Four-and-a-half street, was formed on F street, meeting the other line at the window, with the idea of voting the whites and colored alternately, and quite a number of whites were voted in this way; but complaint having been made to Major Ricimirds, Superintendent of Po lice, he decided that the separate white line could not be permitted to vote in this way, as being unfair to the voters in the original line, who had stood waiting all day. This decision created considerable feeling amongst the whites, and it was proposed to open polls at five P. M., to take in a sepa rate white vote. Considerable additional excitement was created by a controversy between Major Richards and Mr. Thomas E. Lloyd in relation to the above decision. Mr. Lloyd stated that the double line had been formed with the consent of the receivers of votes, and he denied Mr. Richards' right to thus break up a line of voters, especially as it was composed of some of the oldest citizens of the ward. By this decision the whites were excluded from voting; and men who for ten, twenty, thirty, and forty years have exercised the elective franchise here—med who have property interests at stake—were virtuallyexcluded from a voice In municipal affairs by a horde of strange negroes who have no more interest in Washington affairs than the King of Dahomey, and know as little as that monarch of its true wants. In all the precincts of the Fourth Ward the colored people opened the ball with a good showing, but they polled most of their strength In the morning. This was the strong Conservative ward of the city. The number of colored men that appeared to vote at an early hour was surprising. The receivers at some of the precincts wore very slow. Especially was this the case at the Fourth Precinct. Here four of our oldest citizens were ti.o oed away and told that they were not gistered. Mr. Asbury Lloyd subsequei. ty appeared and otFered to vote, and was t.,ld he was not registered. He demanded to see the hooks, and found his own name and that of the iree others who had been rejected duly recorded. At the Third Precinct double lines of white and colorild voters were formed and the ballots were received alternately. In the Seventh Ward the _colored people were out early. This Was 'the great negro stronghold, and it seemed to be a precon carted movement that the polls should be taken possession of by them and hold dur ing the day. They therefore paraded the streets at 2 o'clock in the morning, and waked sleepers and made the air resound with notes from tin horns, calling out the faithful. At 4 o'clock some seven or eight hundred colored voters were in line at the First Precinct, and up to half past 10 A. M. the number had increased to about one thousand. At that time not one white man was in line at that precinct, and only about twenty-five white votes had been received. By, an arrangement entered into early in the morning the committee of ten, vote dig tributers, Ste., of each party were permit ted to vote without waiting to fall into line. The polling proceeded very slowly at this precinct from various causes, not averaging more than one to every five minutes. One of the receivers, J. B. Pierce, Insist ed upon examining the books for the names, and it took him just five minutes to spell out the name after he had found it. Al though there were so many persons in line, not more than 100 votes were polled at 12 o'clock. It was observed that but few colored men were at work yesterday. All were in at tendance upon the polls. In some of the wards the colored people strained every nerve to prevent the white people voting. One of their schemes was to swell the line with men who had already voted, in order to keep out the whites. Thus, a negro would vote, and would then pass around to the rear of the line. He would remain there until some one came along who had not voted, when he would drop out of line and give the newcomer his place. ' This was practised to such an ex tent in one of the First Ward precincts that direct appeals to prevent it had to be made to thepolice officers. The judges of election were in session in the Post Office building yesterday, for the purpose, as was stated, of correcting errors in the registration. They gave certificates stating that certain individuals bud been registered, and a large number of persons voted upon those certificates. During last evening squads of colored men paraded the streets, shouting and hurrahing on account of their success. Bonfires were lighted in various sections of he city, and it was a night of general übilation for the negro , party. Another Verdict Await:est the Pennsyl vanilla Railroad Company The Pittsburg Dispatch says a case of some importance to the public,,involying the duties and liabilitieA of railroad com panies, has been decided in the Common Pleaii of Westmoreland county. The plain. tiff was Rev. J. M. Barnett, cud the suit originated under the following circum stances: In July, LSO, Mr. Barnett started from his father's house, near Hillside, to go to his own home in Mt. Pleasant. He was in a two horse carriage, and had his wife and two children with him. The road by which he was traveling crosses the railroad about it mile and a quarter west of St. Clair station; there is a bridge some twenty feet above the level of the road over the track, which at this point passes through a cut. A good deal of testimony wan given as to the geographical character of the ground near this bride", which seemed to result in the proposition that the approach of a train from the east could with great difficulty, if at all, be known by travelers on the town ship road until they arrived at the bridge itself. Mr. Barnett stopped his carriage some distance before reaching the bridge, heard or saw nothing, and drove on. Just as he came on the bridge the Philadelphia express passed under, not having whistled since leaving St. Clair station. The horses took fright,. and run off, throwing the whole family out, and Injuring Mr. Barnett quite severely. For this Mr. Barnett brought suit, alleging that the accident was caused by the negligence of the company in not giving a signal before passing under this crossing. Tho company resisted the recovery on two main grounds, both matters of laws: let. That Mr. Barnett was himself negligent, In that he stopped to look for the train at a point where he couldn't possibly see the track, and that it was his duty to go to some point from which he could see the track, or to the bridge Itself, before driving bishorses forward to the point of danger, and that if he didn't do so, he failed in taking proper care, and cannot recover. 2d. That the company is not required by either law or custom 'to signal at crossings, unless those crossings are at grade; and that when they are by culvert under the track, or bridge over it, there is no such obligation. The court thought differently, and decided both questions against the railroad com pany. The fury, under the instructions of the court, found a verdict In favor of Mr. Barnett for six thousand dollars. The case will no doubt go.before the Supreme Court 11,932,140.32 $874 ,247,667.00 Boiler Mudoettn in Philadelphia and Terrible Lees' erLife, 'A boiler, exploded last evening in the Puilding on Sansom street above Tenth, in hiladelphia, occupied in the lower portion as a saw mill by Greasisy St Ward, and in the thirdstory by Miller& Reeder, engraver of plates for calico printers. The force of the explosion reduced the building to a heap of ruip3, and of about thirty men employed in it,*only nine escaped alive. Six of [Mae were more or less injured. Several build ings in the vicinity' were damaged. • The firemen worked assiduously for many hours in their hu'mane efforts to rescue the victims. They were cruShed and bruised in the most shocking manner. The "spectacl4o presented was a ghastly one indeed. The committee appointed by the &Mate of Pennsylvania, to:inquire lint° the alleged extortionate tbargeo ottatlroad omnpaniati for. fkgight, and liasasnma hays adjommed, to meet at, piatAsnlict . on,.Tßeedtt l y, tlio day ( 4 11 47 . 1 3 e,itt aF tel./9'94 A. M. Hove the anitteal `%lnto wee Won In "It amens up= Siesffgation the most stupendous frauds ever attempted to be perpetrated vtlirrrtutied.. hi:the recent election in this 011 4 : etupend one that no honest in , I the city ever • . 1 ; k 1W vtould • " ped. It was • II _that the' „„• .• adventurers t* , our,. could •n'Ll f• ;be so lost to ..4 Med bsJustice,' • • i'and propriety • I:4l'ullty,of such; • ides. It was •t99that:election - grads would be rPet.Tgedef..it witikagiaid that hundreds tit 'nwbee.nat entitNet - d vote would be placed upon the registry; but the manipu lators of the scheme were not satisfied with contingencies. They had the result all arranged. Even if the Conservative voters had presented an array of votes equal to three thousand majority upon a lair vote they were prepared to overcome it. This result was provided for weeks ago. The evidenoes of - it will be forthcoming at the proper time, They were not known until too late to be acted upon during the election. The frauds perpetrated are so glaring as hardly to need exposure. Upon the morn ing after the election there were crowds of country negroes found waiting for trans portation to their homes in Maryland and Virginia who bad voted here. They had been brought from all quarters outside of the city, and were indignant that after hav ing complied with their. contract to vote in Washington, they were not provided, as stipulated, with transportation to their homes. It may be that some of these same negroes will be swift witnesses against their employers, and help to Rho* , that the elec tion here was en enormous fraud, .and the result attributable to the perjury ofnegroes suborned by the manipulators of the negro. It may be well for gentlemen who deem their social position above reproach to con gratulate themselves upon the result of the election, but it would be better for some of them to prepare themselves against a cri minal prosecution under the election laws for subordination of perjury and interfer ence with the election. Apart from the frauds, the manner in which the Radicals thrust obstacles in the way of the polling of the white vote is sim ply outrageous. In some of the wards, In which the vote to be cast was greater than could be possible under the arrangements made, the commissioners of election had agreed to a programme to have a fair elec tion. They had arranged among them selves that there should be two lines of voters, one of whites, the other of blacks, and that each should be allowed alternately to put in four votes. This was a perfectly fair and satisfactory arrangement, but our information is that the Superintendent of Police broke up this arrangement, and compelled the white voters who were pre pared to vote under this arrangement of the commissioners, to take position in the renr of the negro voters.—National Intelligeneer. Horror* of the Chicago Meat Market During the last few days the good people of Chicago have been greatly exercised in regard to a report made to the Board of Health concerning the cattle, sheep, and hogs slaughtered in that city and served up as food to the citizens. A. private po liceman was stationed during four days of last week at the Union Stock Yards who madea memorandum of the cattle, sheep and swine taktm from the Yards for con sumption. On the first day there were taken to the slaughter house forty head of crippled hogs, two head of crippled cattle (on drays) and ten bulls. By crippled, the policeman stated, is meant those animals which were unable to walk out of the cars, and were hauled out and lifted on drays, Many of these word sick, and in some cases they had to be killed to prevent them front dying before leaving the yard. On the second day there wore sent out Ilfty-ono crippled hogs, one bull, two crip pled cattle, eleven head of cattle, all too poor for beef, two of them very lame; ono lot of five, three of which wore very poor, one crippled steer very lewdly bruised on the body, and a lot of very poor sheep. Of the hogs, one had just breath enough in its body to live ; and these wore all that went to market that day. On the third day, twenty-seven head of hogs were taken to the slaughter house, most of them so badly maimed that they could hardly have survived more than a few hours. On the fourth day thirty-three hogs, in condition unable to walk, and a cow very badly injured, and within a day or two of giving birth to a calf', were taken from the pens. Many of the arrivals at the yards were In such poor condition that to prevent their becoming a dead loss on the hands of the drover, in case of their death before leav ing the yards, they wore slaughtered as 'N soon as taken from the cars. early al ways the good cattle were selected from the others and sent East. Scarcely any save "scallowing" and "Kinzie Street" beeves, hogs and sheep oiler found their way to the Chicago market. The statements of tqe officer are known to be correct. A more nauseating mess than this can hardly be etmceived. It is the same every day. Occasionally a mar ketable animal is sent up, but nearly all the animals able to travel are taken to Eastern cities; and yet, "if the whole truth was known," says the Times, "it is doubtful whether there is a stomach in Chicago that would contain its contents for the fiftieth part of a second." It is no wonder that the people of Chi cago are excited over this expose, of which we have given but a mere synopsis, and which nobody has ever before taken pains to make.—Pittsburg Commercial. Gov. Wells' Protest Against Ills Removal WASHINGTON. June 9, 1867. Gov. Wells'itelograms and his letter to the President protesting against his removal were received to-night by Mr. Johnson. He says that Sheridan's reason for removing him, that he (Wells) was impeding the laws of Congress was a mere pretext, the real cause being personal malice of Sheridan, because he (the Governor) dared to appeal from the unauthorized and arbitrary exer cise of power by the General in appointing a Levee Board. Gov. Wells says it may su r • prise the President toknow that the General vents his personal malice through official channels, but it does not astonish him, for he knows his reckless habits tno well. He does not ask the President to reinstate him, merely that he will take his case into con sideration when the opinion of the Attorney- General upon the powers and duties of military commanders is received. Gov. Wells' answer to Sberldan'sletter notifying him of his removal from the Governorship has also been received. He says that the letter was received at 31 P. M. on the 4th, but it bad not even the effect of driving sleep from his eyelids. On the contrary, he had a feeling of re lief that his fate was no worse, He thinks the General must have been in one of his wrathy moods when ho penned the tele gram to the Secretary of War, and he there fore feels indebted to Divine Providence that he was not hanged, shot or banished. Governor Wells denies that ho Impeded the laws of Congress, and says that ho did everything in his power to conciliate the friendship of Gen Sheridan. He never noticed the personal attacks of the latter, and it was only when the General nullified his appointment of a Levee Board, and sub stituted one of his own, that he made an official protest. In regard to the charge of his appointing rebels to office, Gov. Wells says : "As to your charge of appointing rebels to office, H it is a crime, I would like to ask, General, if you are free from the same ac cusation. Out of a Levee Board composed of five members, one of your appointees was a member of the Secession Convention, and signed the ordinance of Secession ; an ther is not a citizen of the United States, but claimed the protection of the British flag on the arrival of Commodore Farragut and his fleet; and a third was a blockade runner, who was arrested and tried by a military commission. There is a trite maxim, General, in this connection, which it would be well for you to remember in your future personal controversies." The Crops in Virginia The Richmond Dispatch of Tuesday says : Bright promises of an unusually large crop of wheat have been held out for the last two or three months in letters from all parts of the State and in many of our newspapers. A large number of intelligent farmers in the counties near Richmond, however, are inclined to think that the prospect has been over-estimated. For several weeks past there have been rumors to the effect that the wheat was not quite so promising, and now we regret to learn that the rust has begun to make its appearance. The blade seems to be very generally affected, and in some instances the stalk has been touched. Oats were seeded late, but promise well, unless the present weather continues after they head. The clover crop is very promi sing, and not being subject to as many mishaps as the wheat, a very large yield is anticipated. The hhenatuloan Talley The Shenandoah Valley is said to have almost recovered from the desolations of the late war. Notwithstanding the ravages of the many armies that passed through it, and the almost total destruction of honses, fences, and agricultural implements, it is said that this year the farmers will probably have the finest and largest wheat crop ever rinsed in that region. The lower counties are filled up with Pennsylvania Germans, who are quietly baying up all the farms they can get. Fish Culture. It appears that experiments in the cul ture of fish have been attended with suc cess in other countries as well as our own. As an instance, we see it stated that, eight years ago, on that portion of the little river Ribble, in England, which Ilea between the borough 'of Preston and the sea, only 86 salmon were taken. bust year the number caught in the same part of the river was iq,oop,, This is the result of stocking the stream anew, of preventing the throwing Of noxious substances into tta Waters, and of otherwiee attending to the habits of this tinny species. The report of toe Englisb Coratahadaners tells the same story about several other , BIWA • streama . In many of 4,01 .0* v. 9 3,tte 1911 tlaa f.Wd takes in Colt Vw*D.A9 B 4. ll l l oso. Akt" tqa, ilme4 OP, cost r StWf - Wtre • • of 4t 7 .l%scheigra eo lo seamsportions „ • • RiPe A Paddlute are setUng in Memphis, Tenn., at fifty oenta apiece. They are eating watermelons in Newbern, N. C. Alabatitti elilauielt are luxuriating upon green corn. David's opera of "Herculaneum" ham gained the f 20,000 prize In Paris. Gen. Cole has been committed at Albany to answer for the murder of Mr. Hisoock. The steamer Santiago de Cubs, recently ashore near Atlantic City, has been towed into New York harbor. The Now Jerusalem (Swedenborgian) Church began its 48th annual convention at Cincinnati on Friday. The Cincinnati Councils have appointed a committee to report a location for a public park of 500 acres. A:large warehouse in Charlestown, Mass., fell on Friday afternoon, severely injuring three men. Forty steamboats, with 120.000 tons of freight, having passed up to Fort Benton, Montana, this season. A Dublin paper says a fearful potato blight has set in and whole Ileitis are affected by disease. Two hundred and thirty-five thousand bushels of wheat are now in store at Mil waukee. The police commissioners of Chicago aro taking measures to prevent the sale and use of fireworks in the city. Sarah Turner has recoverd $lO,OOO from J. W. Sidle, of Zanesville, Ohio, for broach of promise of marriage. Over 102,000 bushels of corn have been distributed among the poor of fifty-eight counties In Georgia. The Rev. Joel Hawes, the oldest minister in Connecticut, died in Gillard yesterday, aged seventy-eight years. The earnings of the Pacific Railroad, having Its terminus at Omaha, were nearly $262, 00_0 for the month of May. On Tuesday the eorner•stone of the now hall of Independent Order of Red Men was laid in Philadelphia. Senator Wilson thinks of going to Europe, in company with a Boston gentleman, who offers to pay all his expenses. A number of puddlers have arrived at Pittsburg, Pa., from Europe, and gono to work in the rolling mills. One genuine case of cholera occurred in Now York on Tuesday, in a very filthy lo cality. The Massachusetts Legislature has abol ished the usury laws In that State, making free trade In money. Some of the temperance men in Connec ticut are attacking the clergy for using wine in the communion. The harvesting of wheat is now program ing In the upper portions of Georgia, Alabama, and in parts or Tunnessee. Nelson J. Marsh, clerk In the New York post-office, has been arrested for stealing letters. The fruit and grain crops In portions of Missouri woro greatly damaged by violent hall:storms on Sunday and Monday nights. An early and permanent reduction of the clerical force in the Treasury Department has been determined upon. The National Typographical Union, re cently in session at Memphis, has adjourned to meet next June In Washington. It is stated that Fred. Douglas, accom panied by other colored orators, is about to make a canvass of the South. Judge Edmonds, or Now York, says the Spiritualists In the United States number between ten and cloven millions. T. F. Palgo, colored, has boon commis sioned by Governor Piurpont, of Virginia, a notary public for Norfolk city and county. "•The Japanoso Commissionors are proper- Mg to leave for home. Most of thorn will take the steamer of the ilth. The city stock of Charleston, H. C., ham fallen live per cent mince the promulgation of General Si' , lclem . order regulating muni cipal affairs. Lest week a snow drift, forty rode long and several feet deep, was to be Aeon on Town hill, Sundistleld, int, over the Connecticut line. The people of Home portions of North Carolina and Virginia are making prepara tions, this season, to pick and dry black berries and huckleberries for exportation. Two lady compositors in the Portland Advertiser Wilco were the first in Maine to set a thousand ems toward the fund to erect a monument to Artomus Ward. Congressman John Morrissey is the pur chaser of Barnum's beautiful residence at Bridgeport, Conn. The price paid was $05,- 000. The Richmond Dispatch publishes a tabular statement, showing there are 1,360 business men In that city, and that they pay a license tax of $85,730 17. Benjamin F. Flanders has assumed the duties of Governor of Louisiana, Governor Wells having surrendered his office to the military. Tho Presidental party have returned to Washington. Their reception on the journey back from Raleigh was everywhere agree able. Edward Roes and his little son wore found murdered In their house near St. Louis, on Friday morning. It Is believed they were killed by a hired boy. The fall of Queretaro and capture of Maxi milian are officially announced by Presi dent Juarez in a despatch to Minister Romero, at Washington. Governor Orr, of South Carolina, hits ad dressed a meeting of citizens of the Ander son district of that State, recommending acceptance of the Military act. The widow of Bishop Polk is touching In the Columbia Female Inetltute, an Episco palian institution, owned by the diocese of Tennessee, The registration returns for Louisiana iudlcate a majority throughout the State for the freedmen In every parish in the State save two. The death of Mr. Richard T. Donnell, Representative in Congress from :North Carolina before the war, is announced at Newborn. The Senatorial excursion party returned to Omaha on Thursday. Ten overland stages also returned, from fear of the In dians. The Indians continue their depreda tioru3 in Arizona. The City Halt, at Quincy, 111., wan des troyed by tire on Saturday. Loss 850,000. On the same day two hotels and a stable at Warsaw, Ind., wero burned, causing a loss of $30,000. It is said three cases have been brought in the Circuit Court of Montgomery county, Alabama, against Judge Busteed for alleged conversion of moneys, conspiring to defraud the plaintiffs, and corrupt abuse and usur pation of the office of Judge, The Cincinnati Gazelle is positive that Gonerel Schenck will not "allow hie name to be presented for the Governorship. Ho would have reluctantly accepted a nomina tion in any event, and ho has decided that the public interest can bo served i ptherwime." Gen. Simon Cameron is Junketing on the Plains, but his friends at home aro busy shaping matters so as to give him Penney yenta for the Presidency—a Legielat,Ure that *lll adopt a resolution declaring him to be the choice of the State being one of the points to :nuke. BenJanpn Flanderk, the newly uppoint ed Governor of Louisiana, called on Gov ernor Wells yesterday, and requested the latter to surrender his office. This Governor Wells declined to do, and protested in wri ting against the action of the military au thorities. A married man in Williamsburg, Now York, eloped with his wife's niece on Tues day, leaving his wife and child behind him. She was also married and leaves behind her a husband and two children. The woman was about twenty-live and the man about forty years of age. The Massachusetts Legislature adjourned on Saturday—members, at the close of the session, voting' themselves Sri par day, giving each r 65 for the session, which, with six or seven hundred members, amounts to an aggregate which the Boston Journal speaks oral a" bit of extravagance, Nearly all the cotton and woollen mills in Delaware county have either wholly cir partially suspended operations for the present. What the reason ? Mho man ufacturers cannot live with thepresent high tariff, how do they expect the farmer to pay his heavy taxes without protection ? A Chicago gentleman found, a few days since, among a lot of paper which he had purchased, the original parchment confirm ing the granting of six hundred acres of land in the County of Kent, in the Province of Pennsylvania, to Thomas Peterson. The document bears the date, " Twenty-sixth day of ye first month, one thousand sir: hundred and eighty-four, being ye thirty sixth year of ye King's reign, and ye fourth of my Government," and signed "Wm. Penn." A startling rumor comes to us to the effect that the Sultan of Turkey is making rather startling preparations for his July visit to Paris. Hie suite is announced as consisting of five hundred persons—three hundred women and fifteen eunuchs, etc., etc. Wheth er these ladies and gentlemen—we mean hour's and eunuchs—will be lodged in the Tuileries along with the grand Turk him self, we have not yet learned from the Mon-. iteur. We may be sure that he and his suite will create a greater sensation in Paris than all the Emperors in Christendom. A pleasing incident occurred In the church of the Messiah, corner of Ninth and Oliver streets, St. Louis, Sunday. The minister, Dr. Eillot, was delivering a discourse with a view of solicitiag aid for the famishing poor of the South. In the midst of his re marks, whilst speaking "peace and good will," a dove flew In at the window, perch ed for a moment on the gallery balustrade, then spreadltil wings and hovered over the ndrilater's heed; and finally seated itself on pnlnit.• Every face Was Meant.. it seemed as if Providence filledk and the minister, referring to. . I % o sopasenger of peace, asked and reacdrt4 . donation.
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