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ganavoter fittelliganar.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1868
County Committee Meeting.
The Democratic County Committee will
meet on SATURDAY, JANUARY 25th, at
11 o'clock A. M., at the Democratic Club
Rooms in the City of Lancaster.
A. J. STEINMAN,
Chairman.
B. J. McGDANN,
Secretary
Democratic State Convention
HARRISBURG, PA., Jan. 8, 1868
The Democratic State Committee of Penn
sylvania have fixed WEDNESDAY, THE
FOURTH (4th) DAY OF MARCH, 1868,
at 12 o'clock, M., as the time, and the Hall
of the House of Representatives at Harris
burg as the place, for holding the annual
Convention of the party.
It is ordered that this Convention be com
posed of one member for each Senator and
Representative, who shall be elected in the
usual manner; and they will meet at the
time and place aforesaid, for the purpose of
nominating candidates for the office of Au
ditor General and Surveyor General, and
of selecting delegates to the National Con
vention for the nomination of candidates
for President and Vice President.
The members and committees of the or
ganization, and all conservative citizens
who can unite with us in the support of
Constitutional principles, are requested to
proceed to the election of the delegates in
their respective districts.
By order of the Democratic State Com
mittee.
WILLIAM A. WALLACE,
Chairman
G. G. DETHE, •S'ecretary
The Democratic State Convention
The 4th of March, a historical day
with the Democracy of Pennsylvania,
has been appointed for the meeting of
the next State Convention. The coin
ing Convention will be one of decided
importance, as delegates to the National
Convention are to be chosen, and can•
didatcs for Auditor and Surveyor Gen
eral nominated. We shall enter upon
the coming campaign with a confident
assurance of success. The Convention
meets at Harrisburg.
Openlna of the Campaign
The great campaign of ISOS is now
fairly opened. I n New Hampshire the
battle has been going on forsome weeks
with a really flattering prospect of an
old-fashioned Democratic victory in
March. Such a result would be a most
propitious opening of the spring. In
Ohio, Indiana and West Virginia the
Democracy have put forward able can
didates, and laid down popular plat
forins. The fight began in each of those
States on the anniversary of the battle
of New Orleans, and the struggle will
be carried on with Jacksonian energy.
We believe each of them will record
their vote for the Democratic policy,
first at their State election in October,
and afterward at the Presidential elec
tion in November.
The present campaign will be the
most exciting one this country has ever
witnessed. It Will be a gigantic con
test for the establishment of great po
litical principles, and the issue will be so
clearly defined that no citizen can mis
take them. The question• with each
voter will not be " who are you fur
hut ." what are you for name,
the rank and the past conduct of the
candidates for !President will signify
less than such things did before. The
two great parties will do battle for an
tagouistie political policies with all the
might that is in them, :and the Democ
racy have so greatly the :advantage it)
this respect that they are very properly
confident of success. They do not ex
pect, however, to achieve the victory
without labor, and they are ready to
work as they never did before. They
must and will have an efficient orgaui•
zation in every election district in the
different states, which will see to it
that the doubtful are convinced, the
wavering confirmed, the hesitating
fully converted, every legal vote polled
and every illegal one challenged and
rejected. Every member of the party
must work with energy in this great
struggle. The truth must be pressed
home upon all who can be induced to
receive it. Democratic newspapers, the
agency from which the greatest results
are to be expectep, must be put into the
hands of every man who will read
them.
The Lock In the House
The, lock in the lions°, which so un
expectedly prevented an organization of
the Legislature, is somewhattlifficult to
understand. The generally expressed
opinion at Harrisburg was, that it was
a tight between the PetinsylVania Rail
road and the honest advocates of a free
railroad law. If that be so the "mons
ter monopoly " must own almost the
entire body of Radicals who make up
the majority. Mr. Davis is known to
Le a fast friend of the Pennsylvania
Central Railroad. 00m - outsiders seem
ed to think the opposition to Davis
sprung from his supi;hsed identilicm
Lion with the corrupt ring, which sold
everything for which a hid could be got
last winter. The bolting member from
Lancaster is said to have taken h is stand
on high moral ground, and to have been
open in his declarations that he would
support no one for Speaker who was
ever accused of corruption. Other busy
outsiders were so uncharitable as to de
clare that it was only a plain business
matter, a mere question of dollars
and cents Willi a majority of the
bolters, and that they were pre
pared to conic down as soon as
they heard the well-known voice of
Captain Scott. Sonic went so far as to
assert that a figure hail been named,
and thud the modest stun of ItrciNJarry
hundred dollars Lead, was demanded
as the pre-requisite to a surrender. We
do nut pretend to know how accurate
these various rumors may be. It is
sure, however, that a majority of the
people of Pennsylvania have 11,, con
fidence in the honesty or integrity of
the men with whom the Radical party
tills the Halls of the State Capitol.
Is This a Slavery Repudiation Platform
The Ilurrisburg Stu!, t;mirdsapi :
The Democratic platform, as now ar
ranged Mr the coming Presidential election,
is to make this :t uma's t ioverllttlirnt
by re-establishing slavery, and to relieve
the people from tax: own by repudiating
the -National debt. Peholleion is ready to
run fur President on such a platform.
The extreme to which the platform
/gibe Ohio Democracy goes in the di
rection of slavery, is to do away with
the negro despotisms in the South, and
to preserve the supremacy of the white
race in every State until white men
vote to make negroes their political
equals. The same platMrni pledges the
party topayment in gold of every United
;States bond on which it was stipulated
that gold should be paid when it was
hssued, but asserts that such as were
created to be paid in greenbaela shall
be so discharged. If that is a pro
slavery repudiation, the Radicals are
welcome to make the most of it. It is
the platform for the people, and we
notice that Republican County Con
ventions in the West are taking their
stand on a precisely similar financial
policy. If Grant is put on the proposed
Radical platform he will be more sig
nally defeated than poor old Scott was.
Yet the Republicans cannot adopt any
other. They are in a pitiable condition.
WEDNESDAY of this week has been
set apart for the consideration of Thad.
Stevens' bill in reference to the estab
lishment of a system of public schools
in the District of Columbia. It is framed
with a design to compel a recognition.
the social equality of whites and 41acks,
And gravely proposes that every white
man who refuses to send at least one of
bis:chilldren to the schools which are to
he,protniscuously filled with the differ
ant races shall be disfranchised. The
words "all men are created equal are to
be inscribed .upon the walls of every
school room;" and the doctrine of negro
equality is to be .enforced both by pre
pept and examFle,
THE LANCASTER WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER, WEDNESDAY - , JANUARY 15, 1868.
What Position Will the South Occupy
In the Presidential Election
What position will the Southern
States occupy in the coming Presi
dential election? That is the great
question which i w agitating the
public mind. It occupies the thoughts
of every intelligent citizen. It is a
question which,must be settled, which
we sincerely hope may be settled peace
ably, but which might lead to difficul
ties of the most serious character.
The rebellion sprang from a belief,
long cherished and deeply seated in the
minds of the Southern people, that any
State bad a right to secede from the
Union. They claimed that their
relations to the Federal Government
were completely severed by the
adoption of ordinances of seces
sion. We denied that doctrine, de
nounced it as a fatal heresy, and deter
mined to do battle against it. From
the beginning of the war to its close
every message of Mr. Lincoln or his
successor Mr. Johnson, every proclama
tion, every State paper, and every act
of Congress-proceeded upon the hypo
thesis that no State could secede from
the Union. Once in the Union, always
in the Union was our motto. Mr.
Lincoln and all his advisers treated the
war as an insurrection, as a rebellion
against the rightful authority of the
Constitution of the United States—a
rebellion of the people of the South and
not a rebellion of States. All Union
men held that those who engaged in
the rebellion were individually respon
sible, and that they could not shield
themselves under the action or author
ity of the States to which they be
longed. Mr. Lincoln, and his advisers
in their management of the war
went on the principle that every ordi
nance of secession and every act of the
Legislatures of the rebel States in that
direction was a nullity, unconstitutional
and void, having no legal force or effect
Whatever, and that all those States were
according to all law still in the Union.
The insurrection, or rebellion, was
finally put down, and the people of the
South, unable to accomplish the object
for which they madeso many sacrifices,
submitted, and acknowledged that their
attempt to secede was a miserable and
most costly failure. We proceeded at
once to arraign Jefferson Davis for the
crime of treason. He is now under bail
to, answer to that charge, and Chief J us
lice Chase is pledged to try him there
for. If the States which composed what
was called the Southern Confederacy
were ever out of the Union, then is
Jefferson Davis no traitor, and Chief
Justice Chase would have no more right
to try him fur treason against the
United States, than he would have to
try the Governor of Canada. in case lie
should be captured in a war between
this country and England.
It was not until after the death of Mr.
Lincoln, when Mr. Johnson hail taken
steps to carry out the plan for restoring
the rebellious States to their former
statusin the Union that the doctrine of
State suicide was advanced by Stevens,
Sumner and :other Radical leaders. I t
was put forward by them front partisan
motives. They saw that with a restored
( 7 lilon there would be an end of the
domination of the Republimn party un
less it abandoned its odious doctrines ;
and not being prepared to do that, they
resolved to resort to the desperate expe•
Went of subjecting all the recently re
bellious States to the domination of the
negroes, and of keeping them unrepre
sented iu Congress, and practically,
though not legally, out of the Union,
until they should consent to the adop
tion of the odious and unconstitutional
conditions thus arbitrarily imposed
upon them. Thaddeus Stevens never
pretended that there was any constitu
tional sanction or warrant for such ac
tion. He admitted that he and his party
were "acting outside of the Constitu
tion."
The time has come when the so-called,
reconstruction acts of Congress must
stand the test of judicial investigation,
as well as a rigid examination before a
popular tributhd. Within a few days
it is expected that one or more cases,
testing the constitutionality of these en
actments will come before the Supreme
Court of the United States, the legiti
mate last court of resort in all such mat
ters. That the decision of that august
tribunal will be against them is conced
ed. The Attorney General of the United
States, a great and conscientious lawyer,
has declined to argue what is known as
the case of. McCardle vs. the United
States, because he, cannot do so consis
tently with his honest convictions. ble
withdraws from the case, and leaves to
some other lawyer the task of attempt
ing to show that the reconstruction acts
are constitutional.
The Radicals are terribly frightened
at the position of affairs, and are taking
hurried steps to perpetrate new out
rages. They now boldly propose to
pass an act of Congress, declaring that
not less than two-thirds of the J udges
of the Supreme Court shall have power
to decide any act of Congress unconsti
tutional, hoping thus to delay the over
throw of the negro empire which they
have established on the ruins of tea
States of the Union.
Should the Supreme Court decide the
reconstruction acts of Congress to be
unconstitutional, as there seems to be
no doubt it will, the country will glad
ly accept such decision as an authorita
tive settlement of a dangerous and ex
citing question. The Republican party
will be disorganized and destroyed by a
single blow. All the hopes they have
founded on the negro vote will be
blasted. The whites of the South will
cast the electoral votes of those States,
and Congress will not dare to refuse to
count them.
But,tindependently of the probable
decision of the Supreme Court, it issure
that electoral votes cast by the negroes
of the South could not be counted,
without the most open and flagrant vio
lation of express provisions of the Con
stitution. Thatlnstruwent provides that
all who are entitled to vote for members
of the most numerous branch of the State
Legislature, and none others, shall vote
for members of Congress and for Presi
dential electors. Congress has no power to
enlarge or restrict the elective franchise
in any State. It cannot confer the right
to vote upon any class who are deprived
of it by the laws of the several States,
nor take it away from those to whom
itis is thus granted. That is admitted
even by very many prominent and lead
ing Radicals, and it has been too long
recognized as the fundamental law of
the laud to be successfully disputed.
Such being the case, it is clear that
electors chosen by the whites of the
Southern States will be the ouly body
entitled to meet and vote for President
and Vice President, in accordance with
the provisions of the Constitution.—
Their action alone will be legal, and
the return sent by such a body of elec
tors will be the only one entitled to be
received by the President of the Senate,
opened by him, and counted in the
presence of the Senate and House of
Representatives. Should an attempt
be made to elect a President by the ille
gal votes of negroes over the expressed
will of a majority of the white men of
the combined North and South, the
white majority could not reasonably be
I expected to submit quietly to the perpe
, tration 'of such a gross and infamous
outrage.
We hope, expect and believe that the
difficulties which threaten to result in
danger will all be speedily adjusted by
a decision of the Supreme Court, de
claring the reconstruction acts of Con
gress to be unconstitutional, void and of
no effect. Such a decision would restore
the Southern States to their proper re
lations to the Union atonce, and nothing
would remain to prevent a return to
permanent peace and prosperity, unless
the Radicals in Congress should insist
uponcarrying out their unconstitutional
acts, in defiance of the declared law and
the expressed will of the people. They.
would be speedily rendered powerless,
however, and the removal of a large
majority of them from office at the
coming election would be a foregone
conclusion.
Geary on Pardons
When John W. Geary was inaugu
rated he took occasion voluntarily to
condemn the practice of pardoning crim
inals, Insinuating that his predecessors
had too frequently interfered with the
course of the law. This part of Gover
nor Geary's inaugural elicited univer
sal commendation. The entire press of
the State, without distinctiori of party,
approved the declaration of the Gover
nor, and endorsed as wise and judicious
a certain set of rules which he laid down,
and by which he declared he would be
guided \in the consideration of all appli
cations 'for the pardon of parties who
might be convicted. Had Geary been
sincere in his utterances, and had he
followed up the line of conduct which
he marked out for himself in this par
ticular, he would have gained some
reputation for honesty.
Did he do so? Let the recordanswer.
The very first pardon he granted was
obtained through partisan influence, the
offence being improper conduct on the
part of an election officer. The Slate
heard publishes a list of the pardons
granted by Geary, over half a hundred
in all. Of these a very large proportion
were of a character which render& it
sure that they were granted for political
reasons. Quite a number of them were
cases of ruffians who had disturbed the
quiet of election day, and indulged their
brutal propensities by beating unoffend
ing opponents. Several such cases of
an outrageous character are recog
nized as we glance over the pub
lished list. Now we have only this to
say: IfJohn W. Geary intended to par
don all violators of the election law who
belonged to his party, and all the Radi
cal ruffians who saw lit to assault and
beat their opponents, he would have
done well to have omitted that clause
from his inaugural in which he con
demned such a use of the power vested
in the Governor. But, it is possible he
thought he might blind the public by
such a previous declaration. It is very
sure that he has not succeeded in doing
so. He has gone further in the abuse of
the pardoning power than any one ever
did before him. That such is the fact
cannot be denied. The very record it
self proves it.
How the Dead Lock Ended
how will the nine bolting Republi
cans answer to their constituency and
to honest men of all parties for finaly
voting for a man whom they so clearly
stigmatized as corrupt? „.The paper
read by Mr. Armstrong just previous to
casting his vote fur Mr. Davis, will
neither exonerate him nor any one of
his comrades from the gravest sus
picious. In that very document they
declare, not only thatthey believed, but
that they :ail( btli&rc Mr. Davis to have
been "responsibly connected with of
fensive legislation." They in factbroadly
charge him with being a corrupt man
and a dishonest and mercenary legisla
tor, and yet they vote for him in the
very next breath. \Vas ever such in
consistency witnessed?
They say Mr. Davis has given "pledges
anti cc.w.wu•nnees." No doubt he has—
"pledges and assurances" which will
be perfectly satisfactory to the men who
professed to be holding out for " princi
ple." Those men should have voted for
Davis without assigning any reason, and
have thus made aquiet end of the farce.
This published statement only renders
it the more certain that the charges
made against them by the Republican
majority were true, and that their op
position to Davis sprang from dissatis
faction with the proposed division of
the prospective spoils.
We are sorry to be forced to such a
conclusion, but we cannot read the doe
ument presented by Mr. Armstrong
without feeling convinced that there is
room:for the gravest suspicions that he
and his associates were not honest. If
they had been, they would either not
have yielded, or have been able to give
better reasons for doing so. This pre
liminary tight, coupled as it is with the
taunts of each friction flung into the
teeth of the other, shows that the hon
esty of the House has not been im
proved, and leaves room to expect that
the legislation of the present body will
be as corrupt as that of any which has
preceded it.
Curtin is. Geary
At the Convention of the "Boys in
Blue," a small assemblage of what Gree
ley calls" soldiers of vengeance," which
met in Philadelphia last week, there
was a fierce fight as to whether Curtin
or Geary should be nominated' for Vice
President. The hero of Harper's Ferry
and Snickersville was beaten. But the
queeresttl lig of all is;the pretence which
has been attempted to be set up that it
was not a political body. The Morning
Po,t, of Philadelphia, takes up the
Reading Despub-h on that point in the
following style, It says:
The Coll\aalti01), notoriously , was a po
litical body, and in proof of it is the tact
that its tenon was political, and nothing
but political. It met for the sole purpose of
nouniaing candidates for the Presidency
and Vice Presidency; and while it was
unanimously in favor of Grant, the friends
;if teary :aid Curtin had a downright bat
tle. It this is no: political, what is? We
do not denounce the Convention for being
What it was, but simply rid.cule the absur
dity that it wan a spontaneous movement
of the soldiers.
Comparison of the Public Debt State-
A comparison of the public debt state
ment on January 1, with that publish
ed on the Ist of December last, shows
an increase of debt bearing con interest
of nearly STio,ooo,ooo ; ou the lebt bear
ing currency interest a decrellse of up
wards of $51,000,000; on did matured
debt not presented for payment an in
crease of :l , 1,703,000; ou the debt bearing
no interest au increase of 52,327,000.
Decrease of cash in the Treasury, near
ly $1,000,000. Total debt, less cash in
the Treasury, increased upwards of $7,-
000,000.
BosToN has inaugurated a Democratic
Mayor. The office of Mayor of Boston
is not, to he sure, precisely pivotal in
the great scheme of things terrestrial ;
but an event which would ordinarily
provoke only local comment gains just
now a certain claim upon the attention
of the country, from the fact that the
overthrow of the Republicans in the
capital of New England, even upon a
municipal issue, must be taken as a
striking evidence of the extent and
energy of the political reaction now go
ing on throughout the Northern States.
IT is a very fortunate thing for the
South that it was a " loyal " assassin
who attempted the life ofJudge Busteed.
That simple fact has saved them from a
deluge of Jacobin billingsgate, two or
three confiscation acts, a regiment of
Massachusetts clergymen, and a two
weeks' debate in Congress. We have
no love for Brigadier General Judge
Dick Busteed, but if he had to die, we
are pleased that it was by a loyal in
strument.
HORACE GREELEY winds up a strong
editorial on the coming Presidential
contest with the following declaration :
We cannot win this fight by merely bang
ing away on a drum ; and here is just where
we apprehend that the managers of the
Grant movement are sadly mistaken.
Greeley cannot convince the men who
are running the Grant machine. They
are chiefly the more disreputable men
of the Republican party, the gang of
greedy placemen who care nothing for
principle, and who only desire mem
for the sake of securing the:opetle,
Geary's Meanness and Malignity
John W. Geary has given to the
world an exhibition of mean spirited
malignity which should make every
high-aouled Pennsylvanian blush, to
think that such a man fills the Guber
natorial chair of this great State. He
inserted in his Annual Message a
lengthy paragraph, in which he vents
his spleen against the mouldering re
mains of the dead Southerners, whose
bones have been consigned to Northern
earth, within the ample enclosures of
the cemeteries of Antietam and Gettys
burg. His hatred goes beyond the con
fines of the tomb, and he declares his
willingness to harrow up the last rest
ing place of these now unoffending
dead. He professes to be horrified at
the idea of permitting them to lie
where they have been deposited by the
hands of men who are as loyal as he
dare be. In high and creditable con
trast to the vindictive malignity of this
narrow-minded creature are the gener
ous words of the Radical Governor of
.New York. When a letter was ad
dressed to him complaining in regard
to this matter Governor Fenton replied,
speaking especially in reference to the
Antietam cemetery, as follows :
Conquerors, as we were, in that great
struggle, our stern disapproval of the cause
in which They fought did not forbid our ad
miration of the bravery with which they
died. They were Americans, misguided
indeed, and misled, but still our country
men, and we cannot remember them now
either with enmity or unkindness.
The hostility of the generous and heroic
ends with death, and brief as our history
is, it has furnished an early and striking
example. The British and Americans who
fell at Plattsbuig sleep side by side; and a
common monument on the plains of Abra
ham attests the heroism of Wolfe and Mont
calm.
To-day nothing perhaps could sooner re
waken a national spirit in the heart of the
South than the thought that representatives
of the Northern States were gathering the
zemains of its fallen sons for interment in
our National Cemetery; and in future days,
when our country is one, not alone in its
boundaries, but in spirit and affection, and
the recent struggle is remembered as a war
less of sections than of systems, the ceme
tery at Antietam, with its colossal statue of
a tnion soldier keeping guard over the
ashes of all who felt in the opposing ranks
of McClellan and Lee, will have s common
interest for the descendants of those who
died on either side iu that sad and memor
able civil war.
Let any one compare this with the
passage in the message of John W.
Geary, iu which he speaks of the Na
tional Cemeteries. The two paragraphs
will show the true character of the two
men—both Radicals—but the one with
something noble and generous about
him, the other evidently one of the
!meanest and most narrow-minded bigots
that ever disgraced any official position.
Ballots and Beefsteak
The New York Nation (Radical) says
"the ballot is a great thing, but the na
tural man craves also beefsteak and po
tatoes." This is downright heresy. We
had supposed it to be an article of Rad
ical faith, that "the ballot" was itself
meat anddrinlc,lodging, washing, cloth
ing and fuel. litit the Nation seems to
think differently, and it is undeniable
that reports from the South give plau
sibility to its theory. Even the Wash
ington correspondent of the Worcester
(Mass.) Spy, himself a Radical member
of Congress, says :
"The letters received here daily from all
parts of the South, by the Congressional
Republican Committee, are tilled with the
most ominous fears and most melancholy
statements. lit' people in many portions
of the, country are ltterally nturinny. Of
course they are restless, and inclined to vio
lence oven. Crime is becotning more com
mon, and Open pillage is feared. In South
Carolina and Mississippi this state of :if
fairs is the mo,t alarming. In the former
State, the thilure of the crop has ruined
planter, fintior and laborer alike. The
plaster has beggared his factor, and cannot
110 W pay the freedmen, who are told at the
end of their year's work that they have not
earned anything beyond what they have
bad to eat."
Vet the ballot was to be the panacea
for all the ills that freedmen are heir
to, and now, after they have been forci
bly invested with this sacred right, so
called, of humanity, they are suffering
from an ill they never knew before, the
pangs of unsatisfied hunger.
The Eighth of January
With the eighth of January come
memories of a glorious past. The day
is intimately associated with the fame
of one of the long list of great patriot
leaders furnished by the Democratic
party. It should be observed by our
grand old party as a holiday in every
city, village and hamlet throughout the
land. Its annual return should be
greeted with the lire of artillery, and it
should be spent by the Democratic hosts
iu joyous festivities. We are glad to
notice that the present anniversary of
Andrew Jackson's great victory at New
Orleans has been distinctively marked.
The Democracy of Ohio, Indiana,
Nebraska and West Virginia set
it apart as a proper time for hold
ing their State Conventions. A
grand dinner at Washington also
marked the day. We would respect
fully suggest that for all coming time
the eighth of January be declared to be
a grand annual Democratic holiday.
Let it be observed everywhere as a pe
culiar occasion, to be set apart and hal
lowed by proud recollections of a glo
rious past, appropriately commingled
with patriotic resolves for the future.
The day belongs to the Democratic
party, and it should be kept by Demo
crats as a holiday..
rp for Sale .tgain
It appears that the wardrobe of Mrs.
Lincoln has not yet been disposed of,
and that it is shortly to be offered for
sale in Providence, Rhode Island. The
entire lot, it is announced, will he on
exhibition on the day of sale, the price
of admission being fixed at the moder
ate sum of twenty-five cents, and the
proceeds to inure to the benefit of the
widow of the " late lamented." For
the sake of decency, it is to be hoped
that this rumor is untrue.
Good Nontinatlon
Among the nominations made in the
Democratic caucus of members of the
House, that of George Bailey, Esq., of
Harrisburg, for Sergeant -at-Arms, is
worthy of special commendation. Mr.
Bailey is not only au ardent and un
flagging Democrat, but a high-minded,
generous-hearted and liberal-handed
gentleman, WOO enjoys the respect and
friendship of everybody who knows him.
The Semi-Weekly .llmpleeute
We have received from a friend in the
Memphis Avalanche office a batch of
Southern papers, among which is one
published at Jefferson, Texas, bearing
tbeeuphonious title of the Semi. flSekly
Jint . plcrute. It is in its third year, and
appears to be in a prosperous condition.
AN army contractor in England was
recently sentenced to five years' im
prisonment for merely attempting to
swindle the government in some con
tract relating to the Abyssinian expedi
tion. If such a law had been rigorously
enforced during the late war in this
country a large proportion of the
leaders of the'Republican party would
now be in the Penitentiary.
BRADLEY, the negro delegate to the
Georgia Convention, who was arrested,
a few days ago for drawing a pistol
upon the editor of the Savannah Re_
publican, was tried in the Mayor's court
on Monday; convicted of riotous and
disorderly conduct, and sentenced to
pay $lOO fine and undergo ninety day's
imprisonment—to which are added ten
days for\ gross contempt of court. The
verdict has created great excitement
among the nigs, who swear they will
tear the jail down and clean out the city
of all " white trash."
A. Radical exchange says
Members of eongress are determined to
make the revenue laws so stringent as to
render their violatiOn a matter of impossi
bility.
In other words they have resolved to
accomplish an impossibility. The wis
dom of the .4 adicAls is truly wonderful.
h Not This Repudiation
imutonwealth vs. Nev. Washington V. I posed of without unnecessary delay. i Proceeding's or the Legislature. '
.Gotwaid-The Record in the Court of Very respectfully, yours, News Items ,
Quarter Sedulous of Adams County. ; HAerusnuno, Wednesday, January 8. I There are 20,000 Baptists In Maine, and
M. &W. Mee tEa:a •
Jack Hopkins, Defence. SENATE.-The Senate met at 12 o'clock. 18,000 in Connecticut.
Sworn: Mr. Gotwald came • A petition signed by A. B. Foster, praying A Con t I
membersslature to pass a law for electing
tcONTLINHED.I grega ions church at Oberlin pro
of the Senate and House by a Cu- poses to excommunicate Freemasons.
W ln ash th in e gto ces .N e „.. o uo f th m e ni Co d.t m h c e n i o ur nw y e ti a n it d h t Lr ti
with two horses and a carriage. They came the prosecutrix, Eliza J. Walter, pay thea mutative system of voting, was read, and There are 800 houses of prostitution and
in the evening, about dusk. The evening costa. B. G. PETERsoli'
1 the committees not yet being appointed, it I 3,500 courtesans In
Chicago,
was very rainy and heavy. He was in his State of Pennsy lvania , aerate of Dauphin, i was laid on the table for the present. A ' The price of coal at Louisville, Hy., late
brother's room at College; I saw him look
-38 . : similar disposition was made of the follow- ly fell off two-thirds in a single week.
lug at papers. I saw Dr. Baugher get into
.-----, L Josiah C. Young, Clerk of the ing bills and petitions: A bill offered by Mr. George
the carriage. They went awa on Saturday. Francis Train sailed for
1 1 Court of Quarter Sessions of said ' Mr. Searight, ot Fayette, repealing the law Europe on Tuesday.
I brought the horse into towns William told SEAL. d h b certify that the : relating to the sale of liquor passed at the •
county, o ere y
me. I came into town and saw both broth- above is a true copy of 1111 the re- 1 last skstion, and one for a restoration of the . The vote of Governor Morphy, of Ar
kin a hastitan
is s, rejected by the registrars.
era there, Washington and William. I car d an d proceedings In the case there statrd , Connellsville Railroad. By air. Lowry, a -
brought the creature in once before; the so full and entire, as the same remains of i petition praying lor the creation of a now The Richmond Whig now opposes negro
first time I brought the horse in, but can't 'recordsaidCourt.suffrage which it countenanced recently,
tell the time. in 1 county out of parts of Crawford, Venan
Witness my hand and seat of sa id C our t and Warren, and an act providing for the Louisiana Penitentiary convicts are to be
Dr. Baugher: Richards lives in Allen- at Harrisburg, November 25, 1867. I same, By Mr. Wallace, a bill repea li ng t h e put to work on the Hickey crevasse.
town, and Baugher in Norristown, both J. C. YOUNG, Clerk, act which compels the indiscriminate ad- There were nine bridal parties at a hotel
preaching.
Jack Hopkins, recalled : It was a two-
Among the records of the court of Qu a , mission of negroes to the railroad .cars.- in Dayton, Ohio, on Christmas Eve.
ter Sessions of Dauphin county of April By Mr. Davis, an act to promote the im- I
seated carriage. I can't tell the time they week's inter' 1
,not la revenue receipts
865 N '''', i i ta' das fol. provement of real estate by exempting the ' a
term, 1 ,x o. s con me
amounted to $7,744,000
went away; the three young men, I mean. ,lows: " mortgages thereon, to a certain extent, from Mo
Henry Rupp sworn : There are no gas- , DOCKET ENTRY. taxation, By Mr. Beck, a bill entitled joint Rain Worms and snow lu the Rocky
lights on the other side of the street, there Commonwealth vs. Washington V. Got- resolution relative to the currency, and a Mountains are swelling the western rivers.
is one on the opposite side, at the diamond. wald.-Certified copy
of record f rom t h e revision of the tariff laws of the United The wages of the employees:in the Pacific
I think the one could not, and the other is Court of Quarter S ons of Adams county. Stntes, mill, at Lawrence, Mass., will be reduced
too far away. The door has a recess. The Indictment,
neictment fornication a nd b as t ar dy, on House,-In the House two ballots were 15 per ceut. after 15th Instaut.
door being closed, the light could not shine , oath of Mae J. Walter, April 26, 1865. De- had for Speaker, without result. Mr. Herr The Post-office and three stores at Johns
in the side-lights.
fondant being arraigned, pleads not guilty, offered a resolution condemning, in strong town, N. Y., were burned on Friday. The
X Mr. Codwin, who lives opposite, has a Trial ordered, whereupon a jury of the . terms, the course of the Republican mom- . loss Is heavy.
gaslight immediately opposite this house, , county being called, came, to wit: Benja- : bers who refused to abide by the decision
Swope occupies the opposite h ouse, and has • min G. Peters, Wm. H. Cassel, Joseph A. ,of too caucus. The Clerk, who was pr e _ Leonard W. Jerome has recovered $400,-
gaslight. Ido not know what kind of light
, Mager, Germon,Laird, John I siding, declared it to be 4nit of order. ci a 000 of the ,81. 4 00,000 which he sunk in Pacific
the front burns; I do not know if any lights ' No
finger, Geo. Hoffman, D. C. Detweiler. motion, adjourned until 10 o'clock Thurs- Mull
were burned in the front room In April, op- Daniel Miller, Thomas McCord, George S. day morning. Mankato, Minnesota, lately shipped 21,-
posite.
Kemble, Joseph Meredith, twelve good and • HAerristionti, Jim. 9, INX) muskrat skins for the Eastern market
John Lease, sworn: I went to Sunday lawful men of the county of Dauphin, duly SENATE.-Mr. Burnett, of Monroe, read in one lot.
School 28 years ago last summer. She was selected, summoned, returned, empanelled, in place, a bill repealing the third section The New York Tribune compliments
a small chunk of a girl, 7or 8 years old ballotted, and sworn or affirmed, according 'of the act of 1667, relating. to judicial sales Johnson on his ability to make so much use
then, to look at her. 'the Sunday School to law, Sc., who, upon their oaths and and the preservation of mortgages, and ' i ofGrant.
was iof a mile off. My wife and her are afftrmations, do any that they find the de- 1 leaving the law as it stood before.
first cousins. It was in 1835, the season we fondant not guilty, and direct that the pros- I A committee in the contested eleetion , The inventor of rho needlegun, whose
death we notir
moved into Menallen. My attention was , ed some weeks since, Was 1 , 10
ecutrax, Eliza J. Walter, pay the costs. ease between Mr. S. T. Shugart aud John tender-heartcnd that •
he would not kill a tly.
asked to this to-day, since I came into town. K. Robinson was chosen. It comprised -,
••••....
Rev. Luther Gotwald, sworn : I live in Leb- The Bottom Out. the following members : Messrs. Cowles, i Oeneral Fremont Is stated to be opposed
r t C end Grant, and In favor or Chief .1 us
anon, and am a brother of the defendant.
I'Vill G R W . (MoKean,) Fisher, (Laneaster.) Landon, I ° ( 'hose, Grant run upon a epu ican
He is younger thaa me, fouryears Younger. (Bradford,) Ridgway, (Philadelphia,) and ' [ice for the Presidenev.
His age is about 28 years; lam nearly P. Platform, with the bottom ou .
t,•"rhat's
Taylor, (Beaver,) all Republicans, and Tao jury in the case of Van Stilen, Ittr the
I received a despatch from him three or four the question. All eyes will soon turn 1
Jackson, (Sullivan,) and Luiderman, murder ctf Dr. Ilareourt, at St. Paul, failed
weeks before the 17th of November; I met upon the Supreme Court, The Mc- (Bucks,) Democrats. ,to agree, anti were diacharged.
him at Harrisburg in pursuance of it. I Cardle case, from Mississippi, is there. .
1 A message fronethe Governor,:relating te At Lynn, Maseachuset a, there is a floats
went there in the cars. He came from Not many days now will elapse before , a number of last session bills with his ve- ing bridge which is sixty•seven veers old,
Chambersburg in the morning train, and I the case will excite more intense dis- toes of the same was received. After the and is still serviceable.
from Lebanon. cession and interest than anything iu consideration of a portion of the list the St. Louis last year hart 3 .) ,7775e0 by tires
.`o3IMONwEALTH FtEsUMEs. Congress: Senate adjourned unul Monday evening at on which there was iill;llrilileu fo the
Eliza Walters, recalled: Nut examined, The vali ~.y
LEE of the. laws establishing S o'clock. '
amount of $1,761,0:28,
George Jacobs, sworn; I am a merchant
Housk.-In the House the day was again j .
military despotism in ten States of the i
Imy thousand Arabs have died of
tailor in Gettysburg. Mr. Gotwald got . e. spent in repeated abortive efforts to elect a ,
Union is now brought directly in clues- I I . I
measured fora coat, dress coat-whole suit t to t ra in A geria, and now finitino threat
, 45 republicans voting for Davis
ma _ ,
in the last week of March or Ist week of Lion, upon a habccra•corpris case. .
ei
Id S bolting and voting or ditlerent ens the survit ors.
April. I made it up. The defendant called Cardle was arrested, imprisoned,and parties. The Democrats constantly cast 45 The number of deaths during ISe7 in Nett
fur it and got it. I went to the city in April, arraigned for trial before a military votes for Mr. Jones. At 6 o'clock in the York City was 23,710. In Brooklyn during
and was there on the 13th riff that month. commission, for publishing articles iu , es-cuing the House adjourned to meet at II the year, the mortality amounted to 5,32:..
The coat was delivered before I went to the his newspaper at Vicksburg, denounc- ~ o'clock on Friday morning. A young II I inoisan , aged twenty-two
city. Mr. Baugh, gut hiile.iat on the illst lug their acts as unconstitutional, and ' FRIDAY, Jan. 14, years, owns fifty thousand acres of land
of April. I know he got it beton) the 21st of advising the people to vote against a HousE.-Pursuant to adjournment the In his native State wad twelve thousand In
April.
Convention. It is a case involving per- House me , lit 11 o'clock this morning. Ito- Nebraska.
al Can't tell who gave it to him. I did not
mediately after the body Was called loonier, r ,ii Nr : ,
mere
sonal liberty upon a writ of right, and
.itaie :Ire 267 Ito post churches,
charge it at the time, but afterwards, by ,
c Mr. Thorn moved that the I tomer take a re
before the Court
it talc es precedence.. with leirtie mem lairs. In Cop nee! ionthura
omission; a month or al, less than two
cess until 2 o'clock. The o yeas and nays
illontLai. I can't tell how long after it was '1213e case presents the naked question . • ere 112 churches of the same denmination,
were called and the motion was curried by with 1 , n,. 10
got it was charged. lie got the coat on or of the validity of these laws. The Court a ~,ote of r,O ye, i t)
.1 . -„„,,..,. A , .. 0 . ( , 1 „,., t e . atom hers.
near the time Baugher got his, must meet and decide it; and they will. ,
tee house reassellibled, and, on motion pro- ' Freitekn recently hung himself be
g COdOri, SIVOIII : In the dwelling These laws are Stich open, flagrant seeded to the twenty-sixth ballot tor Speak. ''sense his gran, dunned him fiir a bill of
opposite Walters gas was introduced into it violations of the Coustitulion that it is , or. When the name of Mr. Armstrong, of twenty dollars. Thereupon lint son shot the
before April of lust year. 'lle Catholic Priest impossible they will not be declared such . Laneaster, was called, he asked that the grocer. Thi account in still unpaid.
oceupied one of the rooms, Father McKin- b y a majority of the Judges; and that following be read, which wits clone: •Throe parties lire aiming to get possossion
ney. The bracket would reach half over Hor s ,: ci „ 1t,,,, TAT ,,,,,, , ) of the Missouri Pathic railroad, Vander
decision knocks the bottom out of the
the window; bad it burning every night to
January le, ISO , . Kilt, the Pennsylvania Central, and a St.
Republlc.an platform.
9 or to o'clock.. • I think he was at home in
We, the undersigned, Republican mem- Louis party.
April, 1863. Can't tell the time; hardly But the ease is likely to resent an
- hers of the House of Representatives or the Austria had to dock Maximilian of his
ever a week away. Once a month he preach- other interesting feature.
, Commonwealth 4,f PenlisylVallia, having title of Emperor before it could i.tet. his body.
ed in Fairfield, and once in the meantime. Upon the bench sits Chief-Justice , declined to attend the caucus of our party Ile was styled " the late Archduke" in all
He was hero on Easter Sunclay. Chase, a candidate for the Presidency, friends, held for the purpose of making communications with Juarez,
Jacob Brinkerhoff, sworn: My house is especially urged by the negro organize- nominations of persons to till the offices of ' on account of the reappearance °flit:, out
the fourth house from Walters' noose. On Hens of the South. President Johuson this House, mid haying up to this time 110 disoute at Antwerp, the Dutch Govern
night s when there was HO moon they lit the will be represented by the Attorney- I withhold our support ]rum the mown. of meet has taken rigorous measures of pre
streets up.
General, who must concede in open i said caucus for the position of Speaker, de- caution en the frontiers.
George .Yleope, sworn : My house is on the
I sire to lay before this hotly, our immediate ~ , .
Court that those laws are unconstitu
t Iver 812,000 worth of tickets have been
comer. Walters' is on tbe opposite side. constituents and the people of the Suite,
71.1 e room towards tits squats was lighted [ion al; al • that will compel General Grant, , . sold for the first six nights or tho "NS bite
the reasons which hate influenced our ac-
with gas, and were never iu that. The one who represents the War Department, lion. Fawn" ill New York, The Fawn Is the
I burn the gas in is nearest Walters'. The and has the military reconstruction I rr ,
, ,r'e dave been opposed to the election of Black Crook's suceessor,
burner is attached to the jtunofthe window. under his control, to come into Court 'the candidate for Speaker presented by the While Hemming, was seeretary of the
If. D. Wattles, :acorn: Mr. Mills, as soon also, by counsel specially employed camels above referred to, because we be- rebel treasury, the joke went round that he
as he got it, he introduced gas, four years for that purpose, or he must aban- lieved and still believe that the will of the had said the debt amounted to 8600,000,000,
ago ;he dirt it. don the military supremacy sought people and the interests of the Republican "r t's,u oo . ooo , oo o-he Ihrget which.
Martha June LeSon, sworn : I lived at to be established by those military re- party at this tone in this State, demand the Peat sells in Madison, Wisconsin. at mix
Walters' in the spring, or 1863. I saw Got
tio era Speak e r, with, among where, dollars a cord, and is generally HIM salts
construction bills. And there will up- "lac It S
weld there the evening I went after her. At
: the following qualitientions: factorily used In that place us a substitute
that time Mr. Nlublenberg's whole family, pear also the counsel of McCartile to
, ! Pirst. One who is in all respects free from fur caul and wood.
Robert Fisher and Mr. Baugher boarded
re resent the liberties of the people, ;
1 respmeible connection with the past legis- /ei
there. The family of Mn, MuLdenberg went and to maintain that the Constitution fatten of this body, cousidered offensic oby is caila „,„,, l , La la
'f he Nora Caroline peanut or° i this year
high as letyou b l ushers, of
away after that. They came hack again. I which expressly forbids the arrest and i
, Lie people. which 30,en0 have been already shipped.
don't know- of any others beim, at Wel- trial of American citizens not engaged Second. Ono whose record and life show Virginia also grows ft large quantity.
fens' at that time. After Mr. 7,%Fuhlenber g in the naval or military service, by tn il- ' him to be in favor of reforming the abuses
went back Mr. Black came there. Mra, itary courts, is still the supreme law of 1 that have erept into the managenient of •\ hotel Lou"II I'
ii ew e fBl.lsvi. e, ‘31., ni be
Muhlenberg was in the back parlor the the land. But the curious inquiry now . public affairs In this State; and of retrench- called iii,cult house, is 'mug' . erected at
evening. that Gotwald was there, sitting . .
1 ing in all primticable way s c m exp e ndi_ n coat. of el,-06,000, It will he linislied by
t immediate effect will it have
is, waa . 0
midsummer, with I\ I iSS Maria. When I came down
; twos of the Coln monweelth.
upon candidates and parties ^.
stairs I went for Eliza to Brinkerhoff s.
' Third. Ono who has not been identified, Last your there were 3885 leaflet in Cin.-
She then came home, and then I went to Many sagacious men believe that ,
' ill a Wav that would be likely to effect his einnali; the ',Nees by tiro were sl,tina„uoo„
my bed. General Grant, who has always express- „
°mead action, win, any eorperation in the ex ile more than the instiraneo; tile city
V, There was no light in the front parlor; ed reluctance to leave his present high
State that has heretofore shown a tlisposi- expenses, $2,553,421 71.
could tell if any light was in the hall. There position to be a candidate for the Presi
, non to mouopolize privileges, to exercise Several highwaymen, on Sidurtiuy night,
was a table and a chair on the right hand dency, will say to the Radical Polita- powers not granted by charter, and to con- stopped the stage due at Omaha from Sioux
side. I can see into the back parlor from clans who desire to nominate him, "the tee legislut ion by improper influences. City, wounding several passengers, and
where that chair is. bottom of your platform is gone. I ! Iburth. ton, win, would so constitute the (tarrying cdf about $5OO.
dr,sce Wolters, sworn: Miss Eliza is my have resolved to remain Where lam committ ee s of this House, and so direct its Mr. Roberta, the sexton of the uernetery
sister. I was living, in the opening of last .
action us to carry into etlect in good faith
upon the solidifiatform of General-in -at Bellontaine, Ohio, fell deed tit the side of
year, at home, where Eliza wits. I rernem
the will of the party to which we belong, as
Ch'of theA Ishall adhere Cola Army, ant a grave be had just finished, from over ca
ber the evening Mrs..Mulilenberg, WEIS there
thou a I expressed at. its late ('once ention, held at ertlon on Thursday last.
spending an evening. She was sating with that until I find a sounder basis tar
Williatosport, in favor of the passage of a '
her back towards the door as I came into Republican plataorm."
: Free Railroad I.IIW. There are thirty ladies and one hundred
the back parlor, under the gas. This was But for the Chief-Justice what a lo- And judging the candidate for the Speak- six
and gentlemene employed us telegraph
-...........- in the month of April, ISG:i. I can't tell the rious opportunity to present himself in ership favored by the majority of our puny operators on the line of the Pennsylvania
HERE is what Forney's Pros said of time of the month; it was before Mrs. Mule. an elaborate.opiuiou as the champion friends by his votes in this body, by his Central Reilroad,
Hon. Benjamin • Fitzpatrick, when it lenberg left home. She left on the 23d, and defender of the negro ring military published remarks and speech., and by The Pennsylvania c nal Company mined
They came the first day of April. They
ill rs we have not deemed him and shipped to New York 861,730 tone of
despotism policy, and par exerklence, its his surround 6. , .
• I him to be iu favor of forcing • • -
supposer
II
paid me for their boarding. remember
head and re tresentative. He may thus , the person best qualified to poet the just liiithracite coalduringthelS - i
year .If, , an n
the odious anti infamous reconstruction was writing off the tax tJaplicate for the .
creaso olatla,ooo tons over the previous }'ear.
increase t 1
his l e ance for the nomivatiou ' expectations of the Republican voters ot the
scheme upon the South : , school directors to levy
their tax. The law
~ or to give strength to that party or- An English contractor inis been sentenced
requires the .
Commissioner to furnish them at Chicago. Let u
s wait patiently. \N e 'State, , e .
ganlzation whleli saved the country from to five years' penal servitude for merely iit
" The lion. Benjamin I,li.kzpatriek, for
- : :
.. the first Monday of May. I have never yet shallsee.
disruption by war, and to which a patriotic tempting to swindle the Government In
many years a Democratic' Senator from
had them unfinished on the Ist of May. --sn'assa- c people look for wise government in pea.. Hupplies for the A byssininn war.
Alabama, advised the people of the State to
Robert Fisher's testimony read. Mr. Pendleton's speech.
vote for the new Republican Cwistitutlon„ ' Our temporary separation from those with A gallibler reeentl y arrested in St. Louie
l'rial ended April ''3, 180. The following ia the speech delivered in 1 wholii we have heretofore acted has been
and 'to g 0 to work acid build themselves
testifies that IF ' 1. • II " •
ye •le s in that city had
,
the Ohio State Convention by Hon, George ! n9lllllll to Us. The step wae taken in the
up from the ruin and poverty that wild Se- eiroceettiscis oN TRIAL IN ADAms Emu NTv• been paying 100 per month each for "Dro
ll. Pendleton after the passage of the re so- first place, from no feeling of flisuppoint- i•i• i i ' • •
cession and revolution have caused.' Ihe
tent on -1. e., 'mummy Crum arrest.
In thc Court of Quarto. SCSSiOns of the Peace, lotion declaring him to be the choice of anent or revenge, from no disposition to be
rebels tried to get hint to write on the other
a 4,1,,,,,,
,0,,,,t,
~
j , ,, ,
Ohio for the Presideney. Mr. Pendleton , with no intention o tacomini., di s -factious' . ' r , ~ • ,
side, hilt. the veteran .1),I1110erat mid the , ,
,;-/, '''' ..i„ .
for school plirposes is 1,019,1 e:,, di, idecf. ae.
r Comnionaealth vs. ‘N asnington V. Got- said : organizers, but we claim to have been actu- • ,
boys cut ' Ile could not see it, and there ttre
Wald, No. I', AugustSessions,lstA charge ma. president and (PO/smut of the Chum - aced wholly by a high sense ]duly to our- " I " ws : N N tut" mill'''. ' - ' )7 '' 9ll ; rwlta-les.
he be if be would do any such thing.'"
iisl ; colored: nudes, 12,1130 ; females,
Fornication - and Bastard, August 16, 1564. vention: Language fails me to express the selves, to Our chustituents, and It, the party '
Since the publication of the truly Tree bill, August 17, 1504, continued to No- emotions of my heart at this moment. I ' whose best interests we have always tried /3, i 92 .
patriotic jotter of Mr. Fitzpatrick, the vember Sessions upon motion and affidavit thank you for the high honor you have done i to s er v e , A boy in Norwich, Conn., got lit his,
Prtss has not had a s ing e word to say of defendant tiled. By the Court November me. I thank. you for the approval of my 1 j
At no time has the thought been enter- father's gin bottle last week, dritined It,,
' l in commendation of him.
13, 1861. By consent of the defendant the convictions, my character and my conduct; tattled by any one of the undersigned of an wait
d insensible for thirty-six hours, It
Court order that the deposition of Maria but, gentlemen, I thank you still more be- casting a single vote, under any possible was with difficulty he could be revived by
-- -..-.....----- - Walter be taken, one of the counsel from cause this compliment comes from the tried, circumstances, for the caddichtte supported at physielau.
The Gotwahl Case. each side attending, and appoint A. J. the true, and the triumphant Democracy of by the party called Democratic. The Louisville Journal says: " President
We give Malay the conclusion of the Cover, Esq., commissioner. Same day the my own native State-a Democracy which, our hole purpose, from the beginning, Lincoln, who was nev, a calumnious mail,
defendant, N'ashington V. Gotwald, pleads by itapatient and devoted courage, its heroic has
w
been to secure time for reflection on the said to his friends at Weshington that Pope
case of the Commonwealth vs. Rev. I,V. not guilty, and for this he puts himself up- effort, and its unswerving fidelity to sound I part of the majority of our own party, was a good fighter, an inordinate eater, unit
V. Gotwalti. We have published the on the county, and the Commonwealth of principle, has achieved within the last year i hoping that on sober thought they would a monstrous liar."
Pennsylvania loth the like issue and rule an unparalleled success, uncl, in the short see the mistake they had made and hasten
entire record, precisely as it stands on
An angry husband at Omaha mused a
for trial. space of five years, has brought us up from to correct it ; and time for the people to so blow Up by putting powder Into moult) of
the records of the Courts of Adams and Whereupon a jury being called, attested, a minority of a hundred thousand to a ma- express themselves its that those who are his Wile's stove wood. She wits not hurt,
Dauphin counties, aud have no cona- tried, sworn and affirmed, do serve, to wit: jority in the State. but their servants could not help being b at , ~,,,,,thing that. would cost money la
Nicholas Heltzel, Anthony Guise, Levi The issues that were presented last year
anent to make, deeming that to be fin- made acquainted with their voice, and replace, was ~,,,,,,ho d .
Whole, Devitt J. Melhone, Jacob lianas, were well worthy of the struggle. They through it [night be willing to yield to the '
P as the libel suit growing out of Stepheu 11inard, Nicholas Seltzer, John were to sustain [lce supremacy of the White popular demand. Minorities have respon- .
Ni Lawretioi Fuller, "
l"'gli.inttEprecher at
our allusion to the proceedings is now Crumrine, Joseph Cruinrine, Jesse Bucher, race, and prevent the Africanization of the sibilities as well as majori tiee, ~,,,,
, e , such .
i ii , e . trii,
i i .t. ,er , , d rigt i
I ry i r i o s r eoll , lll .. , al lust week
J. J. Bieseeleer, and David Bricker, twelve States of the Union, and the protection of we feel that we have but discharged our ° °°° ' . i ' ' 4 .'"! 14 'oven °"1-l"
pending, and likely soon to be tried,
end a beet, parts of all of %thief, were found
good and lawful men of the county, who our own State of Ohio from hyliridation. : duty.
--...-... ea upon their oath and solemn affirmations, 'rhey were to raise from the shoulders of an • In the hope that a change would be effect- in his possession.
Till.: Radical papers at Harrisburg an- respectively do say: over-taxed and oppressed people the bur- ed by a little delay, We have not been dis- ThuM ..assitellusetts State prisons pay a
Hounee that W'ziyne McVeigh is a eau-
Nov. 26, 1861-10 o'clock I'. M.-Court ad- dens about to be put on them, and to lead appointed, yearly profit of tr2i,ooo unnually. If con
journed to meet at 91 o'clock this evening, them into anew career of prosperity; and •
rile candidate for the Speakership pre- ducted so as to diminish, not merely punish
dilate for United States Senator. He 91 o'clock I'. M.-Court met. Present, these same issues are to be settled in the : seate d by the majority has not been with- crime, then their profit is inealeu lably more
is a sou-indite" of Simon Cameron. If •l edges Ziegler and Wierinan. Adjourned coming contest, not only in our own State, drawn, 11S W 0 huff hoped he Won Id he, but than can be presented In dollars and rents_
to meet at 91 o'clock to-morrow morning. but in the whole country. And if the peo- he has given us such pledges and assur- A "perambulist" ill Cheyenne attempted
Simon could buy a seat in the Senate Nov. '7, 18134. Court met at 01 o'clock A. ole of Ohio will do their duty as [bey have slices that tee feel we have gained slibslan- 1., walk seventy-five csmsecuti ye hours
for himself, what he to hinder him from I‘l. Court met. present Judges Ziegler and in the prLst, whoever shall be selected as the tinily the object we aimed 111, and that our without food or sleep, but beiiiime del irk i•ita
' f his son-in-law. It 11'111
buying one or Wierman. Adjourned to meet at 41 o'clock standard-bearor of lice Democracy 111
w- hay° course will be fully justified by the pro- at the 01141 , rflifty hours, and was compelled
this afternoon. Same clayll o'clock P. the pleasure and honor of placing them in dent and independent character of the legis- to quit.
only be a quesliou of dollars and cents 3d. Court met; present, Judges Ziegler victory and power in the seats ot National - lotion Una the party in power in this House A colored femily in Washiligton worn
if the Radicals have a majority in the and Wierman. Adjourned to meet at 9 power, will enact during the present session. finale seriously 10 a few days shier., after
-............_- -- - - o'clock to-morrow.
next Legislature.
Nov. 26, 1864-9 o'clock A. M. Present, eTh itemovai of Governor Jenkins ' Not having, therefore, any further end to dining cat turkey, by a poisonous weed
gain that will justify a longer delay, and which had been used in the stuffing by Luis-
Judges Ziegler and Wierman. Adjourned - -
iiimiusTA, GA., Jan. 13.-The following
desiring sat the liouse be organized as take.
' In meet at 11 o'clock' P. St. 11 o'clock P. , order was issued this morning:
-,-, : speedily as possible, that the public busk- The ma. Legislature
m.—Court met. Present, Judges Ziegler IIeaDqUARTERS THIRD alit IT ,114-
, ness may he transacted, we will bow re-
and Wierman. Adjourned to meet at 10 TRIcT, ATLANTA, Jan, 13, 1868.-Cienera t
spectfully to the will of the majority. rho prop,, lt , ! to abolish its prohibitory
o'clock to morrow. Orders, No. 8.-First-Charles J. Jenkins,
ANititew A itiesTimect, -, I
lir uor law w ith favor. Both houses hate
Nov. 'ill, 1864-10 o'clock A. \I. Present, Provisional Governor, and John Jones,
J. lion, Earl', reniseil to receive bills abolishing the State
Judges Ziegler and Wierman. The jury be- Provisional Treasurer of the State of fluor-
ActilsiTt's LIE,•EERT, constabulary who eon,. the lots.
ing brought into Court, they Were asked if gig, having dechued to respect the inform:-
SAMI•EI. M'CAMANT, A gift entertainment in Louisville :elver
t hey had agreed upon their verdict; they dons of, and failed to co-operate with the
JOHN T. itieltAitos, tisol to present a horse to the holder of i mo
replied they had not, and there was no pos- , Major General
commanding the 'Third Geo. It. Rinimn, lucky number. When a toy horse e m ,
sibility of their agreeing, and asked to be Military District, are hereby removed from '
1i.,,- in D. Sm rro, brought out as the prize, the mutton.
discharged. Whereupon the Court, with °Mee.
11. S. WirA Faroe, couldn't See the joke.
the consent of counsel, discharged them. Second-By virtue of the authority grant- air.
Armstrong, then voted for Elishn W. A leek of income, It is said, Interferes with
January 19, 1865. Continued on behalf ed by the supplementary Reconstruction
Davis, all the bolting members doing the the prosperity of NI ichigun tepurtamen and
of the defendant to April sessions, 1865, on Act of Congress, passed July 19, 1867, the
some, except al r. Biddl,,, of Agegia,,,a,,
N lumbermen. The former can get but little
account of the inability of his mother, Mrs. , following named officers are detailed for
who voted for George Wilson. Mr. Da, is Venison, and the latter ere unable to haul
Gotwald, (a witness) to attend. c duty iu the District of eneorgia:
1 Brevet - , . ~. bonus H. was conducted to the Chair by Messrs. their timber.
By the Court. JAMES J. FINE, Clerk. ,
Jones end Mel 'amant, find delivered a The funeral of Biallop Hopkins takes
AmiticATioN FOR REMovAL To DAUPHIN Ruger, Colonel of the 33d Infantry, to be
short address. The House then proceeded ' a. ,-
cotar V AND PROCEEDINGS THERE. '
1 Covernor of the State of Georgia; Brevet place inßurlington, t„ nu the Lith Ins[.
to She election of other oili c e r , i , with 1110 fol- A large attendance iif the Bishops and
Commonwealth vs. Washington V. Got- 1 Captain Charles F. Rockwell, Ordnance
: lowing results: clergymen of the United States and Can
ward, (Minister.) No. 12, August Sessions, I Corps, U. S. A., to be Treasurer of the chi e f- clerk-Gen. James 1., Selfridge,!of aria Is expected.
1884. Indictment for Fornication and lies- I State of Georgia.
. Northampton comity.
tardy. And now, March 16, 1865, on man- I Third -The above named officers will
Assistant Clerk-Edward G. Lee, of Phila. ace. Greeley lectured in Readin t
Hor . 14 1: „
lion in Court of Quarter Sessions or Adams I proceed, without delay, to Milledgville,
del
raps other evening. Among the citizens who
county, the Court order and direct the Clerk Georgia, and enter upon the duties devote-
Transcribing Clerks-Wm. A. Nichols, called ciri him Was Hon. Mester Clymer,
of Quarter Sessions to make up the record ing upon them, subject to instructions from '
- Reuben Bernard, John F. lien Frederick Frederick tylio subsequently placed his sleigh itt his
of said case, as the same remains in his , these headquarters.
McGee and George A. Bakertym. disposal, mid aecomp
Quarter Sessions of Dauphin county, in R. C. DRUM, A. A. G. anied Win on n ride.
office, and certify the same to the Court of 1 By order of Major General Meade.
Sergeant-at-Arms-Capt. Casper (fang. 'rho riot between the whites end blacks at
1 .
Arrsistant Ser I I
Sergeant -at-Arms-John oin ale- Pulaski, 'renn., on the evening of the sev
pursuance of Actof Assembly changing the : -
at 10.30 A. Si, this order was read to the
Connell, Israel K. Ira u, Robert Johnson enth, resulted in the killing of two negroos
venue in said case. Approved January 1 9 , 1 Convention amid much applause.
and A. J. Woods. and the whundine of five. One white unto
A, D„ 1865. By the Court. - , Doorkeeper -J. IL Hall. was wounded. It is feared the riot will be
Ronkur J. 'insulin, 31 'sit°. ri. I Assistant Doorkeepers-Samuel Mitchell, renewed.
ISAAC E. WIERMAN , General Paltrier, treasurer of the Union IJ. ii, Vincent, aloses Arndt and 'lsheodere
Commonwealth vs. Washington V. Got- Pacific Railroad, Kansas branch, now in Chase.
wald.-Washington V. Gotwald and Dr, i charge of the surveys on the "1115 and 3ad ; Messengers-P. C. ilemphilLiatnes Mc•
le G. Fahnesteek, you, and each of you, I parallels, through New Mexico, Arizona, Catey, B. Bishop and Barrett lirown.
acknowledge to owe and be indebted to the and
Calif
writes to headquarters here, Pestuerater-A. G. Henry.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the' under date of Fort Mohave, Arzona, De- Assistant Postmaster-Jaines Penrose.
sum of eight hundred dollars, to be levied combe d 28, that he has a good, line to the Mr. Chalfant, (Dem.) of Montour, moved
of your goods and chattels, lands and tene- Colorado river below Melte:id offeivigation, 'to amend by inserting the Rune s of the
men[-4, respectively, upon this condition, at an excellent bridging point. south of Fort ' fllowing gentlemen in lieu of those teen-
that it' the said Washington V. Gotwald , Mohave, about 1,370 miles from Kansas honedio idiotic:
shall be and appear at the city of Harris- Assistant Clerk-John reCoriner, a Alle-
City, and 561 train San Francisco.
burg, in and for the county of Dauphin, on The descent into the Colorado Valley, , gheny.
the fourth Monday of April next, (A. D. which was considered the most doubtful Sergeant-at-Arms--Geo. haik,y.
1865,) at ten o'clock in the forenoon of that Doorkeeper-dohs Rawl.
point in the whole route, is accomplished
day, and not depart the court without leave,
then this recognizance to be void, or else to 1 within the maximum, and chiefly within Pestmaster-Samuel T. Bw
rou,
sixty feet grades. For two hundred miles, Mesaanger-Moses T. Fox.
be and remain in full force and virtue, between Albuquerque and the Colorado HARRISIMMG, Jan. 13,
Taken and acknowledged in open Count ' river, the route lies through, or immedi- SENATE.-11l the Senate the Standing
this sixth day of February, A. D. 1865, be- I ately adjacent to, extensive pine forests. Committees were appointed. A bill was In
fore me. JAMEs J . FINE, Clerk, : The party has seen no-snow, except two troduced exenapting from tax personal prop-
State of Pennsylvania, Adams County, s a t . ' thousand feet above our highest summit, erty, moneys at interest, and bonds and
Our animals found good grazing all the j mortgages not issued by corporations. The
,x_s__, I, James J. Fink, Clerk of the way' y There is no frost here yet, and the; appointment of General Provost as Major
1 SEAL.I Court of Quarter Sessions, of the trees are still green, and there is no evi- General of Militia was eontirtned. On mo•
i j• Peace in and for. the county of dente 103 yet of winter. lam satisfied that, Lion, the Judiciary Committee were direct-
Adams, do certify that the fore- with the facilities afforded by the Colorado ed to inquire why the curreut surplus In
goirig is a full and complete record of the river, by the mild climate, abendantaimber the Treasury and sinking fund cannot be
case of the Commonwealth vs. Washington and 'productive soil in this valley, the invested to produce interest.
V. Gotwald, (minister,) No. 12, August whole line can be completed in four years. House.-In the House a resolution look-
Sessions, 18114. So far as the same remains lug to the appointment of a Gas Inspector
in this office, that said record includes all _ I was introduced and postponed.
the original papers on file, as also a tine
copy of the minutes of said trial, taken
from Quarter Sessions docket G. • In testi
mony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the seal of said Court atGettys
burg, this 16th day of March, A. D. 1885.
JAMES J FINK', Clerk.
Commonwealth vs. W. V. Gotwald, In
dictment for fornication and bastardy. Re
moved from the Court of Quarter Sessions
of Adams county to the Court of Quarter
' , EISSiOIIIB of Dauphin county; and now,
April 19th, 1865, I, Eliza Jane Walter, the
prosecutrix in this casa, hereby enter a not
pros., and direct the District Attorney of
Dauphin county to enter thesame of record.
ELIZA J. WALTEIJ,
Witness, JOHN A. Swore.
The Radical State Treasurer of Penn
sylvania has just made his report, and
in it appears the following significant
clause in relation to the manner in
which a part of our State debt has been
paid within the last year:
Some few of the foreign holders have re
ceived their money under protest, contend
ing that they were entitled to receive the
principal of the old bonds in gold, but this
has been done to a very limited extent. It
is but Justice to state that no citizen of Penn
sylvania is included in this list of protest
ants• uniform reply to such protests
has been "that It was no part of the origi
nal contract to nay in gold."
The State Treasurer asserts what Is
untrue when he declares "that it was
no part of the original contract to pay
in gold." It was the very essence of
the contract, for at the time these bonds
were issued nothing else except gold
was a legal tender in this country for
any debt. No wonder the foreign bond
holders objected to receiving "green
backs." When the Radical State Treas
urer thus undertakes to pay our old State
bonds in the legal tender paper of the
day, how can any Radical holderof five
twenties have the face to demand that
the people shall be taxed to pay him in
gold" Thad. Stev with the
ens j asserts
greatest positiveness, and with truth,
"that it was no part of the contract to
pay them in gold."
The Fourteenth Section
The Ohio House of Representatives
has adopted a resolution withdrawing
the assent of Ohio to the proposed 14th
Article of the Constitution of the United
States, and the Senate will unquestion-
ably concur in the action of the House.
The New Jersey Legislature will speed
do the same thing.
. e Fourteenth Amendment makes, in
its first section, all persons born or natur
alized in the United States citizens of the
United States and of the State wherein
they reside, prohibits the abridgement of
their privileges or immunities of United
States citizenship by any State, and pro
vides for the equality of all persons before
the law. The second section apportions
representation to the several States accord
ing to the whole population of each State,
excluding Indians not taxed, and provides
that when the right to vote for United
States or State officers is denied to any
male inhabitant, being 21 years of age and
a citizen of the United States, or in ally way
abridged except;for participation in rebel
lion mother crime, the basis of repre-ynta
[Mu shall be reduced in proportion with the
number of such mule citizens 21 years of
age in such State. The third section debars
from holding any Mike, civil or military,
State or N:111011111, those who, having pre
viously taken an oath to support the Con
stitution of the United States, became en
gaged in the Rebellion, or gave it aid and
comfort. Congress may, by a two-thirds
vote of each Ilouse, remove such disability.
The fourth section asserts the validity of
'he National debt, and prohibits the pay
ment of the Rebel debt, or any claim for
the loss or emancipation of slaves. The
filth section gives power to enforce, by ap
propriate legislation, the provisions of the
article.
To the section which refers to the na
tional and rebel debts there could be no
possible objection, but the opposition to
the other clauses was proper, and the
withdrawal of the sanction of the Leg
islatures of Ohio and New Jersey will
meet the approval of a majority of the
people of the North.
A Sign of the Times
At the Republican County Conven
tion, held in Indianapolis last Saturday
the following preamble and resolution
was adopted:
WHEREAS, Equal and exact justice
should rule the triton of public as well as
private debtors in dealing with their credi
tors; therefore,
Resolved, That the bonds and other obli
gations of the General Government which
do not expressly stipulate for payment iu
com on their face should be paid in legal
money ; and that ; ur delegates to the State
Convention are imtructed to vote for a
resolution in the State platform embodying
this rropOSltioll.
What will the Eastern Radicals say
to that?
Tine fine pictures which have here
tofofe adorned the State Library at Har
risburg, or a number of them, have
been removed and taken without any
authority to grace the parlor and recep
tion rooms of Hans (teary. The Patriot
awl rs ion very properly suggests that
this mutter should be inquired into.
They were purposely placed iu the Li
brary that the public might see them.
Thy: Democratic members of the
Pen nsylvan ia House &serve great credit
for the unanimity with which they
voted for the caucus nominee, and for
their earnest efforts to effect an organi
zation. They invariably voted against
adjournment, and in no way can they
be charged with obstructing the organ
ization and delaying the business for the
performance of which they were elected.
Jill/CF: THURMAN was nominated on
Monday night by the Democratic cau
cus of the members of the Ohio Legis
lature for United States Senator. He is
one of the ablest Democratic statesmen
in the country.
The Radicals will vote for Ben. Wade,
the present wretched incumbent.
THE Bedford (ki.:cttc nominates Hon.
Edgar Cowan as a candidate for Vice-
President. He is an honest and able
man, and would do credit to the position.
A Good Joke
An occasional correspondent, said
yesterday's Tribune, writes us from
Washington the following dialogue,
which we print as a good joke, without
at all vouching for its authenticity:
Inquiring Republican (to General Grant)
—Well, General, what do you think µ•ill he
the effect of negro suffrage, fairly curried
out?
General Grant—Have you seen Marshal
Brown's pups? They are the finest in the
District.
[Exit inquirer, quite satisfied with the
pertinence of the answer, and leaving the
General smoking.]
The Lazy Xegro Conyentlons
The following from the New York
Tribune sounds like sarcasm :
The Southern Reconstruction Conven
tions take matters about as easy as the New
York Constitutional concern. Yesterday,
the Virginia Convention rushed business
so far as to adopt the first section of a bill
of rights, consisting of Jefferson's "all
men are equal" dogma. In the Louisiana
Convention, the day was spent in trying to
decide where tax collectors should pay in
their receipts, and the report (per telegraph)
closes with the astounding intelligence that
"to-day one member was asked his opin
ion of the eonstitutionelity of ttie Recon
struction laws, and gave it, as his individual
opinion that they were unconstitutional."
Harry Rod enbaugb, constable in the Sixth '
-.yard, of Harrisburg was accidentally shot
on Saturday night by a friend, who was
unloading a revolver. The ball entered the
windpipe, and passed downward into the
lung, He is still living.
.7-rysriviaa, April 19th, 1885.
A. Jr. Herr,'Esq.
DEAR SIFt : We are the private coun
sel of Miss Walter, the prosecutrix in
the case vs. W. V. Gotwald. She desires a
nol. pros. entered in the case, and we send
you enclosed authority to enter the same.
Several days ago we informed the counsel
of Mr. Gotwald that the proSecntrix would
not appear, You will please give the mat
teryp4r etteritiorh putt theca ett =yin die-
The Supreme Court nod Reconstruction.
A special telegram from Washington to
the N. Y. Tribune says:
There was a rumor around the Capitol
to-day that the Supreme Court was about
to render a decision declaring the Bacon
, structionactsunconstitutional. On inquiry,
however, it was ascertained that the case
which involves the validity of these laws
has not yet been considered by the Court.
The facts are as follows: An appeal is
i taken from a Court in Mississippi, where
' a writ of habeas corpus was refused. The
1 papers are now on file in Washingtont but
the case has not yet been assigned a place
on the calendar., It is stated that the
Attorney-General refused to act as counsel
or appear at all in connection with the mat
ter, being of the opinion that the laws aro
unconstitutional, and that the appeal is
' well taken. The Acting Secretary of 'War
has been requested to proc ire ceunsel to
appear and arguo the case when it comes
on for trial, which will be in a very short
time, q'he subject excites a good deal of
attention, and derives additional interest
from the fad that the AttOrney-General
• t a a v n e g i u t i t s s h llast e ia i n
i o n n i, a t th
hat eg e e
law O o r l ww e ma e
re
unconstitutional and would be go declared.
Miscegenation
The Atlanta (Ga.) Intelligemccr of Tues
day says:
va
Ic. The bridegroom hails origi
" We are told that a gushing bridal party
from Alabama passed through this city on
Sundayflatly ram the North, the bride being one
or Alabama's sablest daughters. On leav
ing this city they claimed and took posses
sion of a berth in the sleeping car, and
went on their way rejoicing."
Beal Hampshire Election
The election to New Hampshire for
Governor, Legislature and other officers
will take place on the 10th of March.
Great interest will attach to the result,
as It will be the first State election of
the year. The votes of this State at re
cent elections were as follows:
Dem. Rep. Rep.
3 f .Vi
1884 39,034 36,595 ,
1866 30,481 35,137 4,658
1887 93,603 35,809 9,148
John Bishop, of St. Albans, shot his
wifo and then killed himself Saturday noon.
Bishop is dead, and but slight hope is en
tertained of his wife's recovery. Jealousy
was the cause, although there seems to have
been no ground for it.
A Vermont paper Nays: Water In Bur
lington is selling at half a dollar a barreL
Welts, springs and cisterns are generally
dry, and water has to ho drawn from the
lage. The cartmen are reaping a good har
vest •by drawing water for family use.
Rev. Alex. Lackey, an old end respected
citizen of Carroll township, Perry county,
Pa., while preaching on 'New Year's even
ing, suddenly fell down and died in a few
minutes. Pie was a local preacher of the
United Brethren denomination, about sev
enty-one years' of age.
Geo. W. Williams has been arrested and
bound over for trial iu $6,000 in Boston, for
forging government stencils. It is alleged
he is the party who inade and furnished the
revenue stencils which were used In theex
tensive Buffalo and Boston whisky frauds.'
some months since.
Mayor Hoffman's Inauguration, Now
Year's day, led to a report that Fernando
Wood is dead. Ile announced In the can
vass, six weeks ago, •'that if ho was alive
he would meet his friends In Coe City Hall
on New Year's day, when they would see
him sworn in as their Mayor."
Hon. 0. D. Coleman, State Senator from
Lebanon, delights In deeds of benevolences
On Monday last be distributed one hundred
and fifty tona of coal, to the poor and needy
of Lebanon. Allegheny county contains a
largo number of very wealthy coal dealers,
but few role-men like be oC Lebanon.
In the Missouri Senate Thursday a hilt
was introduced to make it compulsory upon
parents and mutrdians to send their chil
dren, between the ages of nine and thirteen,
to school at least four months each year,.
under
penalty of from ten to thirty cents
per day for absence without satisfactory
cause.
The Winhlngton correspondent of the.
New York Timea says of the paintino_n the
eye of the dome of the capitol, that " Wash
ington looks as if he was about to join hart
promenade of all hands round' with the,
Genius of Fame, whose face and figure are
said to be a very good likeness of the 1110111 i
stylish and fashionable of the demilnonds.
of Washington."
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