ganatota guttiligetten. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1867. FOR JUL GE OF SUPREME COURT: lion. GORGE BIILBSWOOD, of-Phlla. The Weekly InteUtgencer for the Cam- Last year, about this period, we offered to send the WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER, during the political campaign, to any address for the sum of FIFTY CENTS. The result was that: we had about a thousand new names on our list within two weeks, many of whom became permanent subscribers. Wo now make a similar offer. THE WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER Will be sent singly, or to clubs, to any address, from Wednesday, July 3d, until Wednesday, October oth inclusive, for the merely nomi nal sum of FIFTY CENTS. This puts within the reach of all one of the best and most widely known Democratic newspapers In the country. Let each of our readers make an effort to extend our circu lation. By so doing they will help forward the good cause. A little effort on the part of each will accomplish much In the aggregate. 'Po you who are Just now reading this we make a personal appeal. See your neigh bors and make up a club at once. You can get five, or ten, or more subscribers in en hour or co. Cult we rely upon you to do that touch for us? We are sure we can. p. 1- Our numerous exchanges will great y oblige us by making an editorial nOto the above. Address of the Democratic State Commit DEMOUILATIC STATE COMMITTEE ROOMS, 1, CLEARFIELD, PA„ AllgUlit 7, To Um People of Pennsylvania The Democratic organization, devoted I o the ninlntenance of ht.' immortal principle:~; conscious of its duty to them, told to the Itupublie; proud of its years, its triumphs and Its heroism In disaster, and remember- lug that in the face ofpersccution, of official frowns, of corrupt appliances and of silo- CLISHiVI3 ilofeulu, ito 11111111)1'N }MVO steadily increased; again presents to you Its email- (Into for your suffrages. The Itepuhlican party has controlled the g•werninent for six years, and wetectime it before you, because: In the SitCßid, 11111110 Of Union, it has per- iletrated disunion; In the room or tre blessing or peace, it has given us hate, discord and misery; 11 bus violated the plainest principles of free government, broken the written l'un stitution, :11)11 only yielded obedience to tiro behests of party ; The people are denied the attribute of sovereignty; the military subverts the civil power; generals remove governors elected by the 1,0,1.1 , , 01111 a despotism reigns in ten States ; 'ongress assnuus Lill. right to Hay that iiegrops shall eulu ill l'l.llllSylVllllill, ::ail .1011i1.$ 11/ us tho right to rogulitio our mcn ; 'rho negro is, by law, !male the equal of the white mall in all public places, and ~taliorized to hold office and sit on juries iu 011 1 I . :1111111J; Thu le.ntiuie4 of ten States, :111(1 of ten millions of whit, peopiu therein, are, by Congress 111111 the military power, pl:a•ed muter the rout rot I,f four inillionsf,f biacl:s; Their reel:less expenditttre of the tllith. Illi/111. 1 \ in their efaidttel of lit' government, it, Ihe support find organization M.llllll - Is of thousands ol idle nogroes, In the employment of hordes of unnecessary spies anti ‘,llicials, mitt iu maintaining inilitary 'power over I la, submissive South, entlitngers :11111 11,11iy , the puyua•ut of 111(1 public. debt .oflwenty-woven hundred millions of dol lars- to which the public faith is pledged; Their gross mismanagement eauses tax• Minn In ',mil. heavily upon the people. In null, .1110 dollar and sixty vents per head Nvert , paid by the people through the ous• toots; iu 101111, fourteen (I,dt:if's per hn.l ant re drinva, 11111 . 1111' Fl'olllolo (11/11,111111 , 11 11 :1 anti 1./111.11111 , i14 of the poorer classes, through 111111 1 11,11111110 111111111101111111'0%' 11 1 11111 . 1111 ,1 ; 0 , Itch 111(11V11111111 1/Wed two 111/11111'S 111111 00111:40r thu i mbue 'iota ; in 111111, enrh ntvov soyonly-nine dollars and 11 cents thcreor. In 18110, thu exponsuo of thu government wort, mixty-Iwo millions; In 1567, tho Treas ury estimates them at two hundred and t went) , five ntillluuu, i ntlepellent of int er, st un he tic/1, both briny periods of IP!, ICI'. PI.IIiNVIVItiIIICH 11111111110 . the public (lout Is two hlindroct and meyentydive millions, her own deft thlrly•llve and a half millions, and her city and county Imlubtednuss will swell the total to your hundred millions, Twonly-livo millions annually como 1 . 1 /11l your earnings to pay thu interest thoreem In ISM, your Stott) government cost you four hundred and two thousand dollars; whilst lit IsMI, It coot you six Inualred and nixly•ulnu thou:mild dollars. 'l'll,, pressure of thus° exhausting bur theno and lit, suicidal policy of Congress, have caused uncertainty and depression to pervade all branches of trade and mann- 1 tu ttli eH ; Cur commerce in sutl'e•ing, the enterprise of our peoplo is repressed and business in- Lerests languish ; The cOVellues of the government are less 4litill its interest and expenses, and the ilinancial officer foreshadows an increase of the public debt; They plot the destruction of our form of Coverall:mit, by destroying the indepen dence of titu attempting to sub ordinate the Judiciary and by concentrut• tog all power in the,leglslative branch; Robbing the people of sovereign power, they have united It with the government in Congress, and dealt a fatal blow at our liberties, for tyranny may be Its absoltitt , in a number of persons as in an individual. Unblushing corruption stalks through every department of thin i;overinuent un dor their control. For those and kindred wrongs we arraign them, and as the representative of mango nisi': to each of them, we present to you our candidate for the Supreme Bench: I I EMU.; SHARSWOOD — a Pennsylvania, a num of pure morals, a profound thinker, sound lawyer and a jurist of national repu tation. It has been the rule of his official conduet to yield obedience to written law, and wittier party necessity no• corrupting influence can sway him front his duty to fearlessly proclaim it. His opponent, Henry W. Williams, is a natiyo of Now England, and is coulparo• Lively unknown to our people. Prior to his nomination its Wilsi said to be a worthy gentleman and on olds lawyer. lie has :accepted ft nomination upon a platform I,y which he is pledged "To PLAPE rtu•: SU PREME Cunt Itt HARMONY WITII TI! 0 Pi,- LITICA 01'1 N lONS 01 , 'rm.: I.k.IOIIITY 01. Tut.: rEoPI,E." This destroys his independ. .oueo sod "holds Ihe Judge accountable to "a political party tot till construction or the "Jaw, end inovitably tempts him to Saari ace "his littogrity ; to bocotno the meanest of "all creatures—a swom minister of justice "obedient to the dictates of politicians." The indopendent and tearless judge pr . toots your life, your liberty and your prop erty. With which of these men will you trust them ? DETN2RAT9 01 , PENNSYLVANIA: We call 111)011 you to organize in every section of the State. Act for yourselves, promptly and vigorously. Wait for no man. The government you love is in dan ger, its great cardinal doctrines are daily attacked, and " treason in peace may prove more deadly than treason in war." Individ ual exertion is the duty of every man. Can "'ass your school districts. Form Clubs. Cir e.iulate your local papers. Teach the people. klouruiel with the aged. Encourage the Arouse the sluggish. Stop talking and go to work. The enemy are vulnerable at every point; attack them for their mis deeds. YOUR PRINCIPLES ARE ETERNAL AND MUST PREVAIL. By order of the Democratic State Coin snitteo. WILLIAM A. WALLACE, Chairman. THADDEUS STEVENS, L. L. D.—At a 'very late day in his life the University .of Vermont has concluded to take some notice of the troublesome Yankee scion who has been a curse to Pennsylvania ever since he entered her borders. The -degree of L. L. D. was conferred on' .Thaddeus Stevens on Thursday. he Position of Pennsylvania Benue • • cans on Negro Suffrage. The leaders of the Republican party n Pennsylvania have at last thrown off he mask, and taken their positioiopen ly in ; favor of the' passage a lai,kr,by Congress, making negroes*, this tate voters and placing them On a petted equality with the whites. .4"he Sdrrie burg Telegraph is the central organ of the Republican party in this State, and, when it speaks for the party, its utter ances must be regarded as authoritative. In last Saturday's issue it had a leading editorial on the question of negro suf frage which closed with the following remarkably clear statement of 'the po sition of the Republican party of this State on that question : The opinion of thinking men, ofstatesmen and philanthropists, is fast closing strongly on the subject of securing the passage of a general law of Congress, regulating the suf frage question in all the States of the Union. Congress fixes the status of citizenship—the period at which a native born arrives at the rights of citizenship—the period for naturall zation—and Congress, unquestionably,is the proper power for defining the rights of the black man to the elective franchise in the several Slates. Congress, in order to pro mote harmony of action in political contests, and do away with the unjust discriminations which are practiced by the States on this subject, should at its next session act upon its unquestionable Constitutional authority by adjusting . vexed question throughout the nation ; by doing justice to men who add to the productive wealth of the country in periods ol peace, and who in time of war have shown their ability and . willingness to peril their lives in the defense ol the loverument. At the session of Congress last spring, Mr, Sumner Introduced a bill in the Senate pro• viding for the adjustment of the franchise question In the several States. There is no doubt whatever that Congress, when it meets nex. November, will pass ut an early day a genera 4 act, applying to the whole country, and establishing throughout the nation the right of nil American citizens to vote, without any exclusion on account of complexion. This will by a most potent ued prompt remedy for the difficulties in ill the Northern States. In several, the Republicans hesitate to raise the issue in behalf of colored sull'rage. It is a question which, if debated, State by State, must . arouse the old and burled prejudices of the vulgar and ignorant. To achieve Jus• Lice for all their citizens, by local action, must be slow, tedious, and uncertain. But when Congress exercises its power, the safest is prompt and unimpeded. A general law will cut the I lordian knot and settle the issue finally. There Is no uncertain sound in that language. It Is a voice speaking es cathedra, and with all the sanctions :if the highest authority In the Repub lican party. The right of Pennsylvania to determine who shall vote for State and intniicipal officers within her limits is denied, and a fragmentary Rump Congress is urged to pass a geheral and sweeping enactment en franchising all the negroes in this com monwealth. That is sound radical doctrine. The leaders of that corrupt political organization deny the doctrine of State rights. According to their theories Congress is Supreme and irresponsible, possessing full power to pass such a law. Its immediate en actment is now beingopenly and strenu ously urged, because the Radical leaders know that their only hope of carrying the coming Presidential election lies iu their ability to control the negro vote. The result in Tennessee encourages them to believe that they can manipu late a majority of . the Southern States in a similar manner; but they know they will have no chance to carry Penn sylvania, New York and a number of the more important Middle and North ern States without the help of the negroes in them. I laving put the white men of the South under the feet of the blacks they prolaNe to treat us of Penn• sylvan ia in the same way. Should they raweeed in cleeting H. W. Williams of cowl, client, they will have control of the Supreme Cdurt of this State; and their Yankee eandidate stands pledged to pronounce the proposed negro suf (rage bill constitutional anti binding on all election oilleers in this State. We are glad the Tr legropli has seen lit to latish away all the veils of pre tense and dissimulation thus early In the pending campaign. The ltepubli (1111 party Or lids State no longer sails untie' false colors. It has laid down its platform in the plainest, broadest man mfr. It declares in language that can not be mistaken let, That Cong re ss mtlBl immediate 11l pass it low w(1/;in;/ it// the negroes in iinsglronia tlolrrc , and conferring upon th , ni rtll ot Or rights of citizenship . 1 2d. ft W 8 forielHrd (ix a candidate. for udgd o rnlf ) ' u/genre Court a Con nee( len c, 10110 is pledged to deeirlr low to be constitutional, and to its obser, vane( . W white men of Pennsyl vania to such aProramine Are they ready to abandon the last. vestige of State sovereignty ; tb see the proud old Keystone State stripped of all her rights ; to have her reduced to the pitiable con dition of Tennessee, and made a mere provincial dependence upon a central ized despotism set up at Washington by such men us Stevens, and Sunnier, and Butler, and Ashley? Shallove court degradation by electing to the Supreme Court of this State a comparatively obscure New England Yankee, who was nominated by the corrupt wire pullers of the Republican convention,because they knew he would be ready to enforce any act of the revo lutionary despots in Congress, no mat ter how oppressive it might be, or how destructive of the liberties of the peo ple?' • The white men of Pennsylvania have one more chance to vote without being jostled and crowded at the polls by negroes. Should Judge Williams be elected they will never have another opportunity of the kind. The Republi can leaders will claim that a decision has been rendered in favor of negro suMage I Congress will at once pass Sumner's bill; and Williams will en force it. Tim issue is made up. Are the white men cif Pennsylvania ready to meet it ? Address of the Democratic State Central Committee. The able and stirring address of the State Central Committee, which we lay before our readers, cannot fall to meet with a hearty response from every con servative citizen in Pennsylvania. It sums up the grievances of the people in a manner so clear and forcible that no one who reads it can fail to be deeply impressed. This appeal to the people we are sure will oe heeded. Never was there a time when political apathy was so certainly criminal as it would be in the present contest. The Democracy and their allies, the conserva tive and thoughtful citizens of Penn sylvania can win a great victory at the corning election. All that is need ed to insure a grand triumph for correct pr(nciples and the erection of a barrier against further encroachments upon the rights and liberties of the people Is close, effective organization, and a poll of our full vote. Read the 'eloquent and ap propriate address of Senator Wallace, and then go to work al once, Ex. Secretary Stanton Lx-Secretary Stanton. It is pleasant to write that little _Latin prefix ex, be fore the name of the most arrogant and presumptuous official this country has ever seen. In summarily dismissing Stanton from his Cabinet, President Johnson has acted the part of a man. The Radicals are astonished that Gen Grant should consent to fill the place vacated by the Pittsburg bully, and Forney's Prom takes occasion to speak of the distinguished military chieftain, in terms which are very far from being complimentary. The great mistake President Johnson made was in not remodeling his Cabinet long ago. The bluster of the radicals would have sub sided as quietly a year ago as it has done ROW. Extraordinary Revelations. We print to-day a document of the most extraordinary and startling char acter. ...It is in the shape of a cominu flicatiOn from; Char* A l , Dunbam, ,Oinore widely ltnownis Simford (7ono iter) to the President ofahe 'gifted 'States. If italitatementagjotrugthere are certain leading Radidtd menibers of Congress who deserve the rope as richly as any blood-stained murderer that ever mounted a scaffold. Dunham, as is Well known, has for some months been lying trijail in Wash ington city, under conviction forswear ing falselyand procuring °tars to swear falsely before the military commission which tried Mrs. Surratt and others for conspiring to murder Lincoln. He was a good while ago sentenced to the Peni tentiary at Albany, New York, and people have wondered why he vas not transferred to that establishment. The reason comes out in the extraordinary document we publish. Holt, Stanton, Butler, Ashley, and other conspirators who have been plotting the impeach ment and removal of President John son, have managed to keep Dunham In the Washington jail, in order that they might have the benefit of his genius In fabricating testimony and procuring false witnesses. This attempt is one of the boldest and basest recorded in the annals of crime. Under pretence that Dunham could render assistance to the government in the trial of John H. Surratt, these con spirators procured a suspension of the order for his transfer to the penitentiary. Flattering him with the promise of a pardon as the reward of his new crime, they induced him to fabricate testimony connecting Andrew Johnson with the Booth and Payne conspiracy, and to procure witnesses who would swear to his manufactured testimony before the Congressional Committee. And in order that Dunham might come forth cleans ed of the crime of which he had been convicted and be himself a competent witness, these diabolical conspirators had the unparalleled hardihood to re commend him to the President for a pardon, alleging in his behalf that "the government was under great obligations to him for much valuable information." If the President had fallen into this Radical pitfall and granted a pardon to Dunham, that worthy associate and confidant of 4tauton and Holt would have emerged from his prison only to go before the Congressional Committee with his assistant false swearers and endeavor to blacken and forever ruin the character of the distinguished per sonage to whose clemency he would have owed his freedom. But the Presi -dent did not fall into the trap, and Dunham, finding that Ashley S Co. had made promises which they could not perform, turned round and address ed a letter to the President exposing the whole plot. It will not do for the "great im_ peacher" Ashley and his aider and abettor Holt to say that Dunham, being a convicted perjurer, is not worthy of belief. They hour endorsed hint as a person who could be relied upon to fur nish "valuable in formation." They have borne testimony to the "value and importance of his services" to the government even while he lay iu prison under sentence for perjury. Having voluntarily endorsed him as a trust worthy witness against others, they have made him a trustworthy witness against themselves, and on his testi mony alone they would stand convicted before the world of the dark and during crime of suborning perjured testimony, to effect the impeachment of the l'resi dent. But the case does not rest on Dunham's testimony alone. What he charges against them is corroborated by Ashley's written notes to Dunham, and by Butler's resolution in the House at the adjourned session of Congress, and by facts and circumstances within the knowledge of the public in general. In view of the developments making everywhere, which show the unparal elled corruptness, the infamous and un blushing rascality of the more active leaders of the Republican party, we would appeal to all honest and decent men who may still adhere to it. Is it not high time, we put the question calmly and seriously, is it not high time for every man who has proper self respect, and a proper appreciation of his duties as a citizen, to cut loose from a political organization which is led and controlled by such men as Stanton, Ashley, Butler & Co? What say you, reader? The State Tax Doubled More thau a week ago we called the attention of our coq my officials to the fact that a demand as being made up• on the different counties f the State for an extra sum of money,about equal to the whole amount of State tax paid during 1866 and 1,867. We desired to know what sum had been thus assessed upon Lancaster county. As yet we have heard nothing from them. The following tabular view shows the amount of tax assessed by the Beveuue Board in 18(35 upon three counties (the only ones yet heard from upon the sub ject) for the years 1865.6-7, with the additional amounts assessed in 11360 for the years 1866-7: Rryular Tar. Additional Tad', 58,72.1 611 55,134 51 8,834 11 1 1 5,404 311 ...... 3,580 30 5 454 2.3 I3erks York Westmoreland E.:0,H0 21 Here,.it will be perceived, tae extra assessment for Westmoreland county is considerably larger than the original assessment, and the aggrL;gate extra for the three counties is fully thrr , - fourths as large as the original tax as sessment. From this it is evident that the extra tax assessment for the whole 6tute will nearly if not entirely equal the original assessment, and thus double the taxes upon the people ."rhe Harris burg Patriot and Union says very truthfully and forcibly: The worst feature about this extraordi nary and unauthorized increase of taxation, consists in the fact that the extra demand for 1868 was not made during that year, and now the whole of it, together with a similar burden for 1887, hills upon the taxpayers during the present year—rendering it im possible, in ninny instances, for the counties to meet it. For instance, Barks county will have her regular tax of $8,724 for this year to pay, and $10,868 extra for 1866-7. W:rest moreland is in a still worse condition, with a regular tax of $3,536 and extras, for 1866-7, of $10,858 This is outrageous, and the various county authorities should see well to it before allowing such additional burdens to go upon the people to cover Radical ex travagance and recklessness. The radical Legislature repealedthe real es estate early in the spring of 1866 to help the party in the ensuing canvass; and, during the Geary campaign, his organs extensively used that fact to make capital for him and the Radical candidates for the succeeding Legislature. At this very time, however, when the capital was making, the Radical te venue Board were concocting the scheme to make up for the loss of the tax on real entate, and something over. • Like the cun ning politicians that they are, they waited, however, until Geary and another Radical Legislature were installed, and then came bark upon the people for the arrearages whir), their party had invested as political repitch in Ilia election of 1866. They bought ja,pir, with a repeal of the real estate tax Inct,,lll, Aayt,; acne, had arranged to get the neural inapt. haute thin year to meet the span dcri4tf/a a ptmalations of their legislators. They connol ,d/sik their proceedings any longer; They twist have money in large quantities 1 , , used the immense appropria tions of the last. Legislature, and this seems to be their last WYO. win - the people elect another fin/11es) Gegislaturo to legalize such swindling, and ii ittafical Judge to the Supreme Court to tiplit,fil such officials? If they regard their rights and Interests they will not. Will the County Treasuror be good enough to let the tax-payers of Lan. caster County know what this swindle is likely to cost them? Shall : Corruptioonutlin and Bribery be En ed? Hor to insure the selection of the beat ;.then as rulers is thegreat probl - •lem. The strong' 'argument "gain* 'monarchies is that•by hereditao dew 'scent weak and wicked men . are"llkel to fill the throne. The advocated' of "7, repriblican . form of: . goveriimertkliave always based their appeals to the Masses upon the idea that the people would see to it that the best men were chosen to fill public positions. We boast that ours 1 is the - noblest republic that ever existed, and there was a time when we could safely challenge the scrutiny 'of the' world. In the earlier and purer days of our existence no man not strictly hon orable could aspire to office. The time wks when no party in this country would have dared to put forward such men as now figure most conspicuously in our public affairs. Once our people were so proudly sensitive of the public honor that no party could be sustained which did not at once denounce and discard as unworthy any corrupt or dis honest official. How completely has all that been changed ; what a sad con trast is at present presented? We not only find our National and State Legislatures filled by men who are known to make merchandize of their offices, but it has come to pass that the taking of bribes is esteemed a very light matter. The last Legislature of this State was not only bought up by Cam eron, but a majority of the Radical members formed what is known in their thieves' jargon as "the ring," and no act of corporation or other bill of like character could be passed without paying "the ring" for its support. This gang of rascals demanded toll of every party that approached the Capitol, and it was well understood, that unless their demands:were met, no legislation could be had. They made bribery the rule, whereas, under some of the Legisla tures which they had heretofore cor rupted, it had been only the exception. One would suppose such wretched creatures would be at once repudiated by the people of any republic; that they would either not dare to return to their homes at all, or that they would at least hide themselves in conscious disgrace front the eyes of an outraged constituency. Is that the order of affairs with us? Not so, indeed. In many dis tricts throughout this State the Repub lican party is renominating these same corrupt and mercenary wretches, and not a few of them will be returned to , continue the thieving practices by which they disgraced the State last winter. We believe the people of Pennsylva nia will show a proper sense of indig nation at this open attempt to endorse and make respectable thegrossest whole sale bribery and corruption. We do not believe the great heart of public virtue has grown so feeble as to refuse to respond to such appeals as are now made to it. If our republican institu tions are worth preserving, if we would not see them sink into utter ruin, with the slime of universal corruption cover ing all that was once so pure and fair, we must rouse ourselves from our leth argy and go forth to do battle for the right like high-minded men, who know what becomes free Amer ican citizens. By the result of the election this fall. The people of Pennsylvania will be judged. Shall It be said that they are so debased as to indorsb the crimes of those who have disgraced this good old Commonwealth and made her very name a reproach and a byword among honest men every where? It Is for the people to say, for you reader as much as for any other man, whether the open and shameless corruption of the last Legis lature shall be endorsed at the coming election. Death of Ex-Governor Porter Ex-Governor David R. Porter died at his residence in Harrisburg on Tuesday afternoon, at 5 o'clock, in the 79th year of his age. Thousands throughout Pennsylvania and elsewhere will read this announcement with emotions of unfeigned sadness. The ,deceased was one of the very few public men of the purer and better days of the Republic who had been spared to witness the ex• citing and revolutionary events through which our country Is now struggling. During the greater portion of an active and useful life he was closely identified with all the public interests and the polit ical welfare of his native State, and was us widely known throughout the Com monwealth us any of his cotemporaries in public life. To the last his interest in the public welfare continued to be un abated, and he was always ready to use his influence for the good of his State and country. Our Debt During the past two months the great bulk of the income tax for the year has been collected, and yet the debt has only been diminished four million three hundred thousand dollars since the last statement. During the coming months there will be a very decided decrease in the revenue, and a considerable deficit in future exhibits is sure to be seen. It is certain that under the wasteful man agement of Congress the national debt will be largely augmented during the financial year. Yet we see no evidence of a disposition to curb the reckless ex travagance which prevails. While it is sure that the burthen of taxationtmust be made more onerous than it is at present, many millions of money are being expended to enable the Radicals to control the votes of the negroes in the South. How long will the people the North, ground down by taxation es they are, encourage a course which not only destroys the industry of one half the country, but wastes vast sums of money in keeping up a military despot ism, whose only work seems to be to manipulate the votes of negroes and to disfranchise white men? Is such a game worth the candle $16,855 16 AN EXCHANGE well says, "out of every dollar the laboring man earns, about sixty cents is taken indirectly to keep.the indolent negroes, to maintain military despotisms ov.er eleven States, and enrich Abolition ofilcials. This is why our poor men are kept poor, and our laboring men complain of hard times. It is the high prices and high tuxes that take their money, and it is the negro Bureau, military despotisms, and Abolition officials, that make the taxes high. To get rid of these, Radi calism must be voted out of power." Senator Wallace's Address The N. Y. World speaks in very com plimentary terms of the able and elo quent address of Senator Wallace, chairman of the Democratic State Committee. When Frank Jordan is• sued his discreditable and disreputable manifesto, the N. Y. Tribune and other high-toned radical papers were com pelled to denounce both him and it. A Boston Negro The telegraph announces that J. C. Hagan, a negro employed in the Boston post office, has been arrested for stealing money from letters. It seems that he has been patterning after the radical leaders in more respects than one. He has a colored wife and children, but not satisfied with that, keeps a white Yankee woman as a mistress. No wonder he was compelled to follow the example of Butler and other Massachu setts loyalists, and steal. The Great Union Victory in Kentucky • conviction that the Republican 4 0iiity has sunk to a position in which it iii:!..oompelled to depend upon the neg:o vipp? for all future successes is not calm -11#(1:to render the leaders of that mon gi* political party particularly amiable. Illeelection in Kentucky, fallowing fast upon; tiatof Tennessee, is gaifandworm- Woo'd to them. They cannot disguise the fact from the people of the North that the Radical triumph in Tennes see was only secured by putting the white men of that State under the feet of the negroes, and keeping them in that iibjecf position by the force of bay onets ; nor can they prevent all from seeing that the unprecedented Demo. cratic victory in the staunch old Whig State of Kentucky was the result of a fair, open, honorable contest, in which white men alone participated. The Radicals have only one stale and thread bare plea to offer for the utter repudia tion of their party wherever white men have voted of late. They trump up the worn out and lying assertion that the whites of Kentucky are rebels. The Democratic majority in that State is twice as large as the Radical majority was in Tennessee. There must be some thing said to break the force of that ugly fact, and all the ingenuity of Rad ical editors can invent no other plea ex cept the false one to which we have re• ferred. Is it true, as the Express asserts, that Kentucky is " overwhelmingly in the hands of the Confederates?" Kentucky never seceded. Even when the rebel lion was in full blast there was hardly a respectable minority of rebels in the State. If there is a rebel majority of sixty thousand there today, when the rebellion is dead and forever buried, when and how did so vast a preponder ance of the people become rebels? How have they thus been able to quadruple their numbers? The assertion that the people of Kentucky are disloyal to the Union is a base falsehood. The State of Henry Clay furnished over thirty thousand Federal soldiers. They fought bravely and shed their blood freely to restore the Union. They did not light to destroy the very form of free govern ment established by the founders of the Republic, and to erect on Its ruins a des potism part military and part that of a Congressional cabal directed and con trolled by a set of life-long Disunionists like Thaddeus Stevens. These same soldiers, and a vast majority of the true Union men of Kentucky, are as bitter ly hostile to the policy of the Northern traitors in Congress as they were to Jeff. Davis. They desire to preserve the Union and the constitutional form of government as our fathers bequeathed them to us ; and they know that only through the agency of the Democratic party can that be done. That is why the Democratic majority in the stead fastly Whig State of _Kentucky was so enormous. Our triumph there was a true Union triumph, destined to be fol lowed by a similar one in Pennsylvania this fall. Only where negroes rule can the Radicals hope to succeed in future. The End of the Surratt Trial The protracted and exciting trial of John H. Surratt has ended in the , dis charge of the jury, they being unable to agree on a verdict. They stood eight for acquittal and four for conviction when the case was given to them, and no change was made during their con finement. The result of the trial is tantamount to an acquittal of the ac cused, as It is not likely that he will be again arraigned. The prosecution was backed up by all the means at the command of the gov ernment, and from the beginning it was manifest that Judge Fisher had de termined to force a conviction. His rulings were steadily against the pris oner, and he repeatedly violated the plainest and best established rules of evidence at the instance of the prosecution. Never, perhaps, did a prisoner find himself placed under greater disadvantages. The feeling seemed to prevail with the prosecution that If this prisoner could not he con victed before a civil court, the verdict In his favor would be a verdict against what they called the goverment. Throughout the trial the spectacle was presented of a single weak individual struggling for his life against all the power of the government. When the attorneys for the prosecution had fin ished their speeches against the pris oner, Judge Fisher took up the argu ment on their side, and the sad specta cle was exhibited of a presiding justice shaping and wording his charge SO as to aid in securing the conviction of the accused. In spite of all that was done the trial has failed to accomplish the desired purpose. There has been no verdict rendered in favor of allowing military tribunals to take the place of trials by Jury. The old and merciful maxim of the law, that it is better that nine guilty persons should escape than that one in nocent person should be hanged, has been vindicated. It has been proven that it is very unsafe to trust the lives of citizens to the tender mercies of a military commission. So far us that goes the trial has resulted in good ; and the heavy expenditure of money may be regarded as not having been made quite in vain. Demoralization of the Republican Party in Lancaster County. The Examiner, the old established organ of the Republican party in this county, says : The action of the County Committee in refusing M carry out the wishes of the peo ple as expressed by the Juno Convention, is having a demoralizing effect on the Repub lican party of this county. Dissatisfaction and disgust with the corruption and selfish ness of the vitinpli.•, who have fastened themselves oil the part v fir their own selfish (lids, are fast settling like a pall over the quiet masses of the party. It is becoming a settled conviction with them that no man can secure a nomination who will not bind himself with an oath to be an habitual liar to all his neighbors and friends, a deceiver and betrayer °revery man not equally bound and degraded with lihnself. This is the con dition of not over Iwo hwulred Inca who con trol and manage the Republican party of the county to-day. They do not hesitate to impose themselves upon the unsuspecting, honest, confiding men of the party to be tray and deceive them to their ruin. Cu der this state of facts the musses of the party are fast gopng into ai state of despond ency which cannot fail to be fell on election day. To them there appears to be no re lief. They do not know whom to trust.— Titer , is no telling how long a man Is going to remain true. To-day he Is a prominent champion of their rights and theircause and for that reason becomes popular; to morrow his mouth is sealed and he is doing the work of Thuggery. We have time and again warned them that the fourteen thousand voters of the Republican party of Lancaster county can not and will not endure this continually. They will not consent to be owned by one man and every year go to the ballot box and ratify by an election men who in every move in office do his bidding, even to the putting of a man's name into the Jury wheel. As will be seen by to-day's Examiner we are again going through the farce of an nouncing candidates for the various offices, Some of our good friends feel like " trying it again," with the hope that something will turn up by which they 'can break the "Slate." We hope so, too, but unless there is an upturning of the politiCal elements of the Republican party in the districts, all will be vanity and vexation of spirit," and the Legislative ticket, the Treasurer and Recorder were as effectually nominated last winter as they will be on the 28th of August. It is true that if all who are free from Thuggery and its influence and ought to take an interest lu the matter, will go to work vigorously, and forget for a few days all petty spites and jealousies, the machine can be smashed and the June Convention vindicated. Cumberland County Nominations The Dernoctitcy of Cumberland county met iu convention yesterday, the 12th, and placed in nomination the following ticket: For Assembly—Theo. Cornmao, Carlisle, For Sheritt:—Jos. C. Thompson, Carlisle. For Treasurer—Christian Mellinger, Stoughstown, THE StiBILATT CASE. No Verdict—The Jury Discharged—Ex. citement. in Court—Bradley Stricken from the Bolls—A Challenge to Judge Fisher. Wasnnunorg, Aug. 19.—At 1210. Deputy Marshal Phillips dame into the coOrt-room and stationed the officers. This.: was the signal for a rush on the part of the crowd that had been patiently waiting on the ont 'side, and they qUickly filled up the space outside the bar. A number were admitted inside the bar. District Attorney Carring ton was in the court room at the time, and Mr. Bradley, jr. ' one of the counsel for the prisoner, came in a moment afterwards. Mr. Bradley, sr., and Mr. Merrick subse quently entered the room, they having been sent for. There was a decided commotion in the court room, and it was whispered about—" The charry have agreed" "They are going to dge the jury," " They can't agree, and have asked to be discharged." At one o'clock the prisoner was brought into the court room and assigned the seat occupied by him during the trial Beside his counsel. He came into court smiling, and seemed to be in good spirits, as ho chatted with his counsel. Mr. Merrick made an allusion ton report that an attempt would be made at a rescue, whereat the prisoner seemed to be much amused. At five minutes past one Judge Fisher resumed his seat upon the bench. Mr. Malloy, the crier culled the Court to order, and Marshal Phillips was directed to bring the j ury down. By this tluio the room was much crowded. Thejury was brought In at eight minutes past one, and by direc tion of Judge Fisher the names of the jurors wore called. Mr. Middleton, the clerk, addressing the jury, said " Gentlemen of the jury, have you agreed upon your verdict?" Mr. Todd. We have not been able to agree. Judge Fisher. I have received the fol lowing letter from the jury : To the Hon. George P. Fisher, Judge qt . the Criminal (Burt: Slit: The jury in the case of the United States vs. John H. Surratt must respect fully state that they stand precisely now as when they first barlotted upon entering the room—nearly equally divided—and they are firmly convinced that they cannot pos sibly make a verdict. We deem it our duty to the court, to the country, and in view of the fact that the health of several of our number is becoming seriously impaired under the protracted confinement, to make this statement, and ask your Honor to dis miss us at once. Most respectfully submitted. W. B. ToDD, JAMES Y. Davis, HOWL BALL, C. ALEXANDER, J. Russet. BARR, WM. MCLEAN, THOS. BERRY, BENJ. F. MORSELL, GEo. A. Bountin, IL E. Girrisos, C. G. Silt:4l:lmm, W. W. BIRTH. After the I,etter had been read, Judge Fisher asked It anything was to be said on either side why the jury was not to be discharged. Mr. Bradley said the prisoner did not consent, and if there was any discharge, it would be against the protest of the prisoner. Mr. Carrington said he would leave the whole matter with the Court, Judge Fisher said lie had already received two or three notes of a similar tenor to the one read. If there was any possibility of the jury agreeing he would not object to keeping them for a reasonable time. But as he was informed they could not possibly agree, he would discharge them. The jury was accordingly discharged at ten minutes past one o'clock, and the jury then left the Court-room. Judge Fisher then immediately read the following: 1 have udw a very unpleasant duty to discharge, but one which I cannot forego. On the Id day of July last, during the pro gress of the trial ofJohn IL Surratt for the Murder of Abraham Lincoln, immediately after the Court had taken a recess until the following morning, as the presiding justice was descending 1 .111 the bench Joseph 11. Bradley, Esq., a• ..sted hint in a rude and insulting 011tO OW charging the Judge with having of hiffi (Mr. Bradley) a ser ies Of insults front the bench front the com mencement of the trial. The Judge dis claimed any intention whatever of passing any insult, and assured Mr. Bradley that he entertained for Min no other feelings but those of respect., Mr. Bradley, so far from accepting this explanation or dischtitner, threatened the .1 udge with personal chas tisement. As he understood, no cell rt can administer justice, or live, it' its judges are to be threatened with personal violence on till occasions whenever the irascibility of coun sel may be excited by au Imaginary insult. The offense of Mr. Bradley is one which even his years will not palliate. It cannot ho overlooked nor go unpunished us a contempt of court. It is therefore ordered that his mune be stricken from the rolls of attorneys practicing in this court. Mr. Bradley immediately rose to his feet, and asked if the court had adjourned. Judge Fisher—lt has not, sir. Mr. Bradley—Then, sir, in the presence of the court and this assembly, I hereby pronounce the sta tement wit made by the Judge as utterly false In every particular. Judge Fisher, Interrupting—Crier, ad journ the court. 'tr. Malloy (the cried--This court Is now adjourned. Mrffilrailley—Well, then, I will say now -- Judge Fisher (rising to leave the beneli).— You 'nit say what you please, sir, and make a speech to the crowd, if you like. Mr. Bradley—You have no authority to dismiss the from the bar. That must lie the act of three if thejudges ofthoSupreme Court. Judge Fisher said, " Very well, Mr. Brad ley, you can make the proper appeal." Ile then left the room, followed by a large crowd of persons. luunedlatelyafter lens' lug the court-romn, Judge Fisher proceedetko the street and entered a ear for the purpose cif proceeding up town. Ho was followed closely by Mr. Bradley, who entered the car, and, stepping up to Judge Fisher, handed hitn a note. Judge Fisher took the note, rose to tuts feet, opened it, and began to read it, and Mr. Bradley turned and left the car, around which an excited crowd had gathered. It is understood that the note was a challenge. Several policemen sprang Into the cur, and Officer McHenry stepped to the side of Mr. Bradley and kept in that position while he remained in the car. Leaving the car, Mr. Bradley passed through the crowd and entered Ids office, and was followed by several friends belong ing to the bar. A large crowd immediately gathered on the canter in front of his office. After remaining In his office a few moments, Mr. Bradley came out arm-in-arm with his brother, Charles:Bradley, Esq., of the Na tional Bank of the Republic, and proceeded down Louisiana avenue, followed by a crowd of friends and curious persons, who excitedly discussed the prooceedings which had just transpired. In the meantime Judge Fisher resumed his sent In the cur, and wiffinued his peru sal of the note, while the car moved oil*. A number of his personal frionds.had entered the car, and a great deal of apprehension was manifested of a personal encounter be tween the Judge and the deposed lawyer. The order of Judge Fisher dismissmg Mr. Bradley has created the most intense excite• ?tient among all classes, but the pollee are preserving order. The members of the bar generally tire bitter in their denunciations of the Judge, and have called a meeting to be held on Monday morning. They seem to make common cause against the Judge, who, they openly declare, has disgraced himself by using his official power to resent a personal assault. Surratt was remanded to the custody of the Marshal anal returned mind. Inning the entire retirement el the jury twenty three hems they retnuined us fol lows on the verdict : Fur conviction—Messrs, Totl4l, Barr Schneider, 11101.01 w. For nequittal—?.lo , o,.. 1)11% k, Berry Ball, 130111 . 01 . , Alexantlor, Morsoll, Birth. There is good authority for stating that the fury disagreed on the question of the absence of Surratt slum \Vashlngton at the tine of the assassination of the President, and that they wore entirely agreed upon this point, that had he been indicted for conspiracy he would have been convicted immediately on retiring to their room. W. B. Todd, born December 3, 1809, at New buryport, Mass. Robert liall, born April 30, I at Alex andria county, I). C. .1. Russell Barr, born Janurry 7, 1812, at Northumberland county. Pa. Thomas Berry, born February 10, 1810, at New York City. George A. Bohrer, born January 1, 1810, ut Georgetown, D. C. ChristianS.Schneider, burn June 12, 1831, at Wurtembura, Germany. James Y. Davis, born July 30, 1810, at Noithumberland, Pa. Columbus Alexander, born September 15, 1815, at Alexandria, Va. William McLean, born December 1,1820, at Kilmarnock, Scotland. ltonj. F. Morsell, born January 30, 18'2 I, at l'rince George County, Md. Ben. Gitungs, bore December 13, 1808, at Montgomery County, Md. Wm. W. Birth, born January 11, 1808 at Washington, D. C. It is said by gentlemen who have seen the communication handed by Mr. Brad- ley to Judge Fisher to-day, that it first refers to the affair in the court room be tween Judge Fisher and Mr. Bradley, early in July last, during the progress of the Surratt trial, and quotes the expression at tributed to Judge Fisher, to the effect that he ( Mr. Bradley) knew where the Judge lived, and that the latter would receive a communication from him at any time. It then states that the writer could give but one interpretation tb that declaration by Judge Fisher, and referring to the misun derstanding between then; it suggested that Judge Fisher should appoint an early a day as convenient, to meet Mr. Bradley outside the District, for the purpose of settling their difficulty. Mr. Bradley further suggested in his communication, that if they meet within the District, they might be interfered with. The letter is dated July 6, at about the date of the previous difficulty, which was reserved until the conclusion of this trial. CONSPIEAOT. Start Unit Official Documents from the Attorneyt#eneral. Alleged Conspiracy to Fabricate Im. peaehment • • Fall Details of tbePlot. Terrible Charges Against Congressmen Ashley and Butler. Mr. Johnson to be Implicated by Nu. burned Witnesses In the Lincoln AsitissinailOn HolVe Endorsement of the Informer The Whole Diabolical Scheme Revealed to ixtenso. WASHINGTON, August 9.—The following document has been obtained from official sources: ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, August 5, 1867. J Ma. PRESIDENT: The application of Chas. A. Dunham having been referred to this oiflce, in the'customary order of Executive business, for the examination and advisory action of the Attorney General, it has be come my duty, during the indisposition and absence of the distinguished incumbent of the Law Department, carefully to con sider the case. In respectfully declining, as I do, to offer at present any recommen dation in the premises. I beg to submit for your consideration the reasons which constrain me to reserve advice and sus pend Judgment until I shall have been further instructed by your Excellency. Dunham, the person applying for pardon, is the same who has become notorious under the name of Sanford Conover. He was re cently convicted of perjury in the District of Columbia, and is, as I ant informed, now incarcerated, in accordance with the sen tence of the court. His application seems to be predicated, iu part, upon a supposed technical irregularity in the constitution of the jury, and is supported mainly by the services which he is alleged to have ren dered the cause of justice in aiding thepros• (miting counsel iu the collection of evidence and otherwise upon the trial of John H. Surratt for murder. The papers upon which his application is grounded, and by which it is sustained, consist of four in a parcel, which, by en• dorsemeut, appear to have reached the Executive Mike on Saturday, the 27th of July, 1867. The first is dated the '22d of :July, and is written upon the ordinary note paper used by members of the House of Representatives, with an engraved vignette caption. The following is a copy: FORTIETH CO:V(111E8s UNITED :STATES, HOUSE 01 , REPRESENTATIVES, WASRINU• 'Fox, 1). C., July 22 1867.—Gentleman: suggest that a petition something liko the enclosed be prepared and signed by you for tho pardon of Mr. Dunham. I think he is clearly untitled to it, and hope you will :Lid him all you can. Respectfully, J. M. ASHLEY. lion. J. Holt, lion. A. G. Riddle. • It would seem from an expression used in this note that a draft of a petition was enclosed. It does not appear what petition was thus designated. The next paper is the following from a late Representative in Congress front Ohio, now a member of the Washington bar: WAsHiNoTo:sr, July 23,1867.—T0 the Pres ident of the United,States—Sir : I was early in April last retained to aid the Govern ment in the prosecution of John H. Surratt, and took tla general management of the preparation of the case. The labor and difficulties of the case were great, and the Government is under great obligations to Charles A. Dunham for much valuable information both us to the facts and witnesses for the United States and for the history of and facts concerning the wit nesses called for the defence. Although in jail he managed to keep informed of the progress of the case, and from time to time communicated important facts and sugges tions, and seemingly for the sole purpose of a fair investigation of the case, whether it would work for his benefit or not, It seems to me that for his services iu this behalf the Government should mark its appreciation of them in a way not to be mistaken. Respectfully, A. (1. RIDDLE. Nothing is among the papers from the office of the District Attorney or from any of the counsel in the Surrat case, excepting Mr. Riddle. The next recommendation is from the Bureau of Military Justice: WASHINGTON, July 21, 1867.-1 concur with the Ron. A. n 1. Riddle in his estimate of the value and importance of the service rendered by Charles A. Dunham, as set forth in the foregoing letter to the President: A principle of public policy leads goverM ments to encourage, by all honorable moans', those charged with crime to make dis closures which may and often do, result in unmasking even greater offenders than those who make thcm ; .and hence, when they are found to have acted voluntarily and In gong faith, the highest public con siderations require that their conduct shall be generously appreciated. The service of Dunham, with the details of which Mr. Riddle must be entirely familiar, as one of the counsel in the case, seem to have been performed without solicitation, and In the interests of truth and Justice, in connection with one of the most important criminal trials which has occurred hi the history of the country; and although his disclosures were not directly connected with the crimi nality of which he himself has been con victed, yet It is believed that they do not the less bring his case within the spirit and reason of the rule of policy refer red to, and hence it Is for the Executive to determine how thr they shall be accepted at once as a proof of his repentance, amid us atonement to the law, for whose violation he stands condemned. .1, Rohl'. It may be proper to remark that the re commendation of tho Judge Advocale Gen eral is written upon one leaf of the saute sheet with that of Mr. Riddle, and not upon official a sir. It win lie observed that, notwithstanding this MUD stood condemned fur perjury, Mr. Riddle by actual experience, and Judge Holt, upon satisfactory grounds of belief, nave fully realized his usefulness in promo ting by his cooperation with public agents of justice the case of truth, on the occasion of an investigation of national importance; and also, that the latter intimates his opin ion that he had fairly atoned to t he offended law, and had satisfactorily demonstrated his repentance. It is remarkable that Dunham himself, in his petition (which purports to be in his own handwriting) mentions no such grounds, but trusts mainly to a technicality. Ills petition Isis follows: WASHINOTON, July 26, 1867.—T0 his Ex cellency Andrew Johnson, President of the United States: Tile petition of Charles A. Dunham respectfully shows that in the month of January last ho was tried, con victed, and sentenced to the penitentiary for perjury, alleged to have been committed before the Judiciary Committee of the house of Representatives, during the In vestigation by said committee of charges against Jeff Davis of complicity in the con spiracy to assassinate:President Lincoln. That the perjury assigned in the indict ment against your petitioner was in having falsely testified that he had no reason to doubt, and did not doubt, the truthfulness of certain depositions made by two persons, called Campbell and Snevel, at the time said depositions were given by them in the Bureau of Military Justice, and in testify ing that he had last seen said Campbell in Canada in June 1865, and said Snevel in Wilmington, N. C., in August, 1865. That on the trial of your petitioner, said Campbell and Snevel declared that their real names were House and Roberts, and that the depositions they had made and sworn to in the Bureau of Military Justice were absolutely false front beginning to end, and were known to lie so by your pe titioner, and that they were not at —; said Campbell in Clinada in June, 1865, or said Snevel in Wilmington in August, 1865, the places at which your petitioner claimed to have last seen them. That it was entirely upon thin testimony of said:Fedi . - convicted perjurers that your petitioner was convicted, and that without the said testimony of said persons, the jury before whom your petitioner was tried could not have found averdict of guilty. Your petitioner further says that he was tried and convicted by ujury not qualified to try him. Thatthe jurors before whom lie was so tried and eon emned wore illegally selected and drawn, as decided by the Court in the case of John H. Surratt—the 'mintier and form of selecting the jurors in the case of Surratt, and your petitioner being Identi cal—that in the discussion on the opening of the trial of Surratt, as to the legal qualifica tion of the jurors who had been em petitioned to try him, it was contended by the prosecu tion and decided — by the Court, that said jurors wore informally and irregularly selected and drawn, and that any verdict they might render upon any trial would be absolutely void. Your petitioner further says that under the rules and practice of the Supreme Court of this District the above informally in the selection and drawing of a jury does not, alter sentence under a verdict found by such a jury, constitute a ground for a new trial or other relief by the court, and that the only remedy for such an illegal conviction lies in an application to the Executive for pardon. CHARLES A. DUNHAM. The above are all the papers which have come to my knowledge in relation to the application for pardon' When considered in connection with other papers, adventi tiously received, they excite peculiar inter est and command careful attention, and it is the extraordinary gravity of the import of these papers last mentioned in connec tion with the source whence they came, which makes it my delicate duty to submit their contents for your studious considera tion, and suggest that some proper disposi tion ought to be made of them in conso nance with the dignity of the Government and in justice to all parties. I introduce them as follows : First. A communication addressed to the President of the United States, bearing date Washington, July 28th, 1867, and signed Charles A. Dunham. It will be seen that this person, who is testified to by gentlemen of official and professional responsibility and of distinguished sagacity to be capable of great and valuable service in the disclo sures of crime, makes startling assevera tions directly against prominent members of the national Legislature. WAstuziaTorr, July 29, 1887.—T0 hie Ex cellenoy, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States: In applying to your Exoel lency for pardon, I had not intended to offer any'disclosures concerning the plotting of your enemies against you which could bo regarded as inducement for granting my application. I Instructed to wife, in pre senting the petition, to refer to the con spiracy of Ashley an di company so far only as appeared necessary to remove any un friendly feeling that might have been en gendered within you toward me by the newspaper reports that I had engaged to assist your enemies in their nefarious de signs. I adopted this reserve in the belief that the services I had rendered the Gov ernment, us certified to by Judge Holt, the Hon. Mr. Riddle and Mr. Ashley, would, in your view and judgment, render me de serving of Executive clemency; and be cause I desired that It should appear on the record, and on the face of my pardon, that clemency , had been extended to me solely in consideration of my services to the Gov ernment, and exclusively on the recom mendation of prominent Radicals, to the end that, when I should come to expose the atrocious plot of Ashley and company, the Radicals would not be iu a position or able to charge me with doing solo consideration of a pardon; or that the President had pardoned me on condition of my implicat ing his enemies in an infamous conspiracy. From the moment I was forced into asso elation with these traitors and conspirators, I determined, us soon as I should be re leased, to place in the hands of your Excel lency or law before the public a complete ex posure of their diabolical designs and most astounding proceedings. This, I believe, would•be my sacred duty ; for, although ac cused of crime, I am not so destitute of honor and patriotism as not to feel some Interest iu and obligations to my country. The interest these persons have felt, and the effort they have made ( which would have succeeded ore this but for the blunder of one of them), and which they still propose to make for my release (F. G.), I know were prompted by the most selfish motives, in order that they might use me as an instru ment to accomplish their devillah designs; and I shall not, therefore, be g'uilty of in gratitude lit abandoning and exposing their villainy. My wife has I believe, explained to you Ashley, dng through his man Friday, Matehott, and afterwards in person, man aged to make known to me his wishes, aims and purposes, and enlist me, as far as a forced promise would go, in his enterprise. I shall, therefore, only advert here to some things which have been said and done by the conspirators, which are susceptible of being proved against them by the most irrefutable evidence. After obtaining my promises to render all the assistance in my power, Mr. Ash ley explained to mo the kind or evidence ho thought it most advisable to present against you. He thought it would bu very plausible to prove: First. That Booth had on several (welt sious paid you familiar visits at the Kirk wood. This, it was hoped, I might be able to lance seine of the old female servants to testify to, If thIR could not he done, then it should be proved by some of my friends who happened to be at the house nt the time, who knew Itooth, c., and saw the visit. Secondly. That your correspondence with Booth, which should be shown by ono or more persons who had taken notes from Booth to you, and your replies (contents unknown) thereto to Booth. The witnesses should be persons who would profess to have been intimate with Booth, and to have been enlisted by him to take part in the assassination. Third. That the placing of Atzerott, with weapons, at the Kirkwood House, was only a sham—to make it appear that you wore intended us a victim, and thus distract all suspicion from you of conniving at Lin coln's murder. This, also, it was suggested, could be proved by persons who could tes tify that they had been induced to enter into the conspiracy with Booth, and hail performed a part in organizing it, etc., which persons, it was to be understood, were induced to testify under an u.ssurance from the tiovernment that they should not be prosecuted for any part they had taken. ' The resolution under which Butler's com mittee was appointed, it will be observed, provides Mr the protection of such persons who are furnished with a good excuse for not coming forward before—by offering itnmunity to all who were connected With the conspiracy Who will now conic forward and disclose their knowledgoon the subject. Four.thly, That Booth, Just after Liu. 4th of March, stated to Intimate friends In Now York, whom ho endeavored to enlist in the now conspiracy, that ho was acting with the knowlodgu of the Vico President, and that it had boon arranged to kill Lincoln on the day of the inauguration, which would ac count ibr Mr. Johnson's strange conduct on that occasion, which had provoked so much continent in the press. That you expected the tragedy td ho enacted then, and had Lakin' several potations to compost, and nerve you for the event; and that you were not so much intoxicatod as nervous and ox ci Led. I feel lunch delicacy In referring to much topics, but I cannot Inform you of your enemies' plan and projects without being plain, and I am obliged to write In toogreat haste to be titmice in my language. I assured Ashley that I should have no difficulty in finding persons of good stand ing and moral character to prove these matters, and It 'was agreed that I would do so as soon as released. (A. F. IL) As an earnost that I posnomsed the it illty to do what I ongatrod, and In order to satisfy morn() of Ihutr • party whodoubtod tho oxlstonce of tivldenco to connect you with the tomusminanon conspiracy, Ashley and Ituflur deslrod and prensud coo to mend for two or throe pormons ot• whom) Intolllgenco and qualifications they could tettlafy thom solves, and whom they could parade bo na() Moir Incruduluun friends. I consumed, and Ashkry supplied the faets It WIN desired t hey should know and repeat, and I forwarded them to a trusty friend, with secret explanations us to my own pur poses, and Instructions for him to procure two other friends to commit to memory the statements enclosed to him, and when sent for to come beta and repeat them (but not under oath) to such persons as I should In dicate. After allowing toy friends sufficient time to learn their parts, the Rev. Mr. Matchett (B.) was sent for then, in order that it might. bo said that lie, agent liar the impeachem i had found the witnesses, and that their char acter for voracity was above suspicion. (in arriving hero these persons were lo spected by Ashley and Buller, and wore found to posses tho requisite qualffications as to Intelligence and personal appearance, but unfortunately for the Inspectors it was daunted necessary to malso some changes, modifications in sonic and additions to other portions of their statements, before present ing them to the lukewarm Radicals It was their Intention to Inflame. It being Imprac ticable for the men to see me at the Jail on such hqsffiess, and equally so for me to. communicate to them the desired (Amigos and necessary explanations In writing to. enable yit., to incorporate these changes in their or ginal statements without loyding to confuslob or contradiction, It was found necessary for somebody also to take my office of preceptor, (tic. This, with slight hesitation, was done by Mr. Ashley, on my assurance that the parties wore Radicals. died in the wool, and men of honor in whom, he could safely repose confidence. I have learned both (rein Ashley and the parties themselves what was said and done by and between thorn In the matter, The statements they were desired to make were revised by Mr. Ashley, and they were as sured by him that In case it should be de termined to examine them before the com mittee they should be splendidly rewarded. Mr. Ashley also discoursed to them on the propriety and justice of the course it was proposed to pursue to make certain of the impeachment of the President. lie de clared that you were a traitor to your party and country, r'c. That there was no doubt of your complicity In the assassination con spiracy, but that the evidence was in the hands of your friends and could not all be got at. That enough, however, had been secured to satisfy most reasonable men of your guilt ; but that, in order to satisfy the most exacting, the statement of these per sons before the committee would be requi site. That the end fully justified the means, and that every man who contributed lit this way to the Impeachment of the Presi dent would deserve well of the country, mid that ho ( Mr. Ashley) would see them re warded tenfold when your successor should come into power. Subsequently the parties worn presented to Mr. Butler, and after being inspected and passed by him, were introduced by him and Ashley to the several Radical tnemberm of the House, who, It was understood, had hitherto doubted the existence of °valuta) implicating you in the assassination con spiracy, and who informally Interrogated them 11.8 to the matters upon which they had been instructed. (A.) Mr. Butler desired to have taken the de positions of these men at the time. but I would not consent to its being done until I should be released, US at first agreed. These lusts can be proved by these three persons and also by my wife, whose char acter for truth and veracity Is not inferior to Mr. Ashley's, and I shall take pleasure, if at liberty. in producing thorn before any committee or tribunal for the impeachment of the impeachers. But the evidence of this conspiracy does not depend entirely upon oral proof. The letters from Ashley, herewith enclosed, in themselves speak volumes. What state ment (B) from me could have wanted, and, for what purpose? Anything it was in my power to state to him could have been stated. to him orally a dozen times during his pre vious visits to me. The statement ho wanted was this, and for this purpose: There were many prom.- inent Radicals, and especially among his owu constituents, who wero lukewarm on, the subject of impeachment, who wore not prepared to believe that you were privy to. the murder of Lincoln, and whose co•opor ation was greatly needed. Ashley therefore• desired to be able to place before them as surances that the most unquestionable evi dence of your guilt could be produced.. Re. therefore requested me to prepare an elabo. rate paper, setting forth that such and such persons could be produced who knew and would testify to this, that and the other thing, including the pretensions that Booth had been seen n your room several times; that you had corresponded with him and
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