ganaota gutalligtzen. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 25. 1868 To Oar Campaign Subscribers This is the last number of the WEEK LY INVELLIGENCER our campaign sub. scribers can expect to receive. We hope they will all conclude to become perma nent subscribers. We will send them the paper until January let, 1870, for two dollars, or for six mouths for one dol lar. They can forward the money to us by 3:4X1. The Weekly Intelllgeneer. The Lancaster Intelligeneer was es tablished in 1799, the first issue appear ing on the 31st day of July. From that time until the present it has always ranked as a leading and influential newspaper. When . first started, the Weekly Intelligencer was about the size of our daily: It has been repeatedly en larged until it is now equal in size to any paper published in Pennsylvania. Since it came into the hands of the present proprietors its circulation has increased very rapidly and steadily, and we think we are correct when we claim, that it now has more subscribers than any other weekly paper published in Lancaster county. IL has been our constant effort to make It a reliable, /ice newspaper ; such a Journal as would fully meet tile wants of the large class of persons who have given to it such a liberal, and steady patronage. We are glad to be able to , state that our effarts have been appreci ated by the public. The circulation of the Weekly Intelligence, has more than trebbled within four years past. While the bulk of its subscribers are to be found in Lancaster and the SVhern counties of Pennsylvania, It has a circulation throughout this and other States. As an advertising medium it is unsurpassed by any paper published in Pennsylvania. Grateful for this liberal patronage, the proprietors promise to make the Weekly Intelligencer even still more worthy of support in Lhe future than it has been in the past. While it will be as firmly anti as thoroughly Democratic as heretofore, the most careful attention will be paid to all other departments. :No ellim and no expense will lie spared to make it the best family newspaper published in Pennsylvania. We claim that it is such now, and )4e think we will be sustained in that claim by our many readers. Still there Is some room for improvement, and our motto is, ea/ ammo/. To the many kind friends who have from time to time aided in increasing the circulation of the Jot, Uig, no , t we are duly grateful ; and we feel that we are not asking too much when we re quest them Co continue their etnirts. If each reader of our valuable paper would make it a point to cdminend it to his neighbor, the result would be that we should receive very 111311 y new subscri bers. Let every one r,,clive to do all Ito eau in our behalf. The long whiter evenings are here, and as they close in darkly no more. pleasant eompanion for the fireside can he found than the gr urcr, with its many columns filled with the choicest selections of news and political and: literary matter. To such of our campaign subscribers as have not made arrangements to eIPII - the paper we have a word to say. Let none of them think of doing with out the Intelligruc , r. IL i , just the paper they need. Two dollars will pay for it to Janu ary Ist, Is7p, or one dollar will pay for six months. At that rate it is exceed ugly cheap, and none shontd fail to send l'or it. :\l , ,ney •Nvil! ro u te to us safely by mail. you) . sub scriptions. 64.gis!Ming' .11;ainst Ow I% The legi,;nti,.,) .1 the P.allieal, been I . oll: , tantlY iu LLVIII . I/f the rieh dud mrainit 1,111:11111,11 the n‘qiuns ( 0 Congress 14,1' St•VCr:ll and la boring Inell IqVt• 11,•11 Init t•,1111,10.ely iii the power of the nynit)ll,,li, , ls. In many ways havi•Nre appronelaal the Earois•an system, (11,111,111!Illen the Ina , s ,, s in t'avor of a ihcotrel f,w. \ recent exemplification oct he itti,itti -1•111: 1111dellmeratir Isgistaii , ll of l 1., Padicals iN : , (Au in 0,, a th. segar man unlcturers of : , :ew 'tot It city. The workmen there have a I . tutu for their protection, such as exist among inert engaged in oilier mechanic arts in New York and elsewhere. Ito means of such Unions workingmen are enabled to give some force to their demands, and to prevent themselves from ta-ing griev ously oppressed by a reduction of wag, below a living rate. Fair mid honorable men ought not to object to the niaitit.- nance of such organization,. 'll,e tv.,rl:- iitgnien of this cou n try Jo not more than a moderate tom en-.:ties. any branch of busint.,--. nt lb , ptv,•:tt time, anti most of them tint! it very diffi cult to make both ends meet. When the laboring classes are' burt hen ed, te tlo-y now mein the ['lilted mates, any' Lion which deprives llieto a the meat, of making a livelihood by independent exertion is cruelly Unjust cunt tyranni cal. Vet such legislation we have from the hands of the party now in power, and, as we have said, its harshnesss and injustice is exemplified by what has just transpired in isCew York. The Cigars Manufacturers wishing to reduce the wages of the workmen, theirsubject wits taken into consideration ,by the Segarmakers' Union. The workmen were disposed to make .4incessions, as they are almost invariably compelled to in when a demand is made by capital ists, but the manufacturers, under standing fully the undue advantage which Radical legislation gave them, at once issued it decree that no IllUn would be employed by them who be longed to the Union. This action threw some 12,400 men out of employment, without a word of at :he very season' when they tuust sulb-r most se verely. Hose the Radical law sets can be seen by the followingeomments from the N. newspaper. II says: • The ,:f the rigor nulk r.' hll vi r.ess is .urh a, ni iii•culnirly upon the jourflPyrni , n. Flitter the Ri•voutie h le of July 20, no xviirli inny cigars :it iak ling out a manufacturer's li e n'' and giving bonds for himself, and On iamb tor me hands he employs, HULL 11, , 11,1.101 e ,111111 not be densmiled. Il,aea Il poor man can not work for birmidi. .• pound of red t•i•iiiceii without. s h o wi ng hi s Assogiation The four Wiirk.i.Aiiten 2,4110 mein oers.'• What a commentary upim the ini quity of Radical legislation is acre fur- Dished. Ate tew 11111011 facturers have thousands of work inumen put com pletely in their power. They can not only refuse to employ them, but the law has been sin framed as to render it almost impossible for any of their victims to work for themselves. We Jo not believe a harsher enactment can be found among the codes of any despotic goverunient. Yet this is not an exceptional case. The tendency of Radical legislatures for several years past has been to give capital undue power over labor. While making a loud outcry about the freedom of the negro, a Radical Congress• has item busily engaged in forging fetters for the white workingmen of the North. The ease of which we have spoken is an evidence of what is lit store for the laboring men of this country unless there is achange. Let them study this beautiful specimen of Radicalism care fully. We especially commend it to the consideration of such workingmen as have heretofore acted with the Radi cal puts. 'War Resumed In Arkansas. Reports from Arkansas state that a vaitle had taken place at Central Point b.•tween the militia and a company of Ku•hlux, in which the latter were de• tested, nine being killed and many wounded and captured. Oue militia• inn was killed. ' Let us have peace." THE LANCASTER-WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1868. Proposal.to Quadruple_ the Salary of the President. The Radicals are giving an earnest of their disposition to economize by ad- , vocating an Increase of the salary of the , President of the United State& to the magnificent sum of $lOO,OOO per annuli. The Constitution forbids the increase of the salary, for the benefit of any in cumbent, and the attempt to do so by the present Congress, before Grant is sworn into office, would be but a trick, and in plain violation of the spirit, if not of the letter of the fundamental law of the land. Some eight years ago Geri. Grant managed to support himself and family on the small sum of $4OO a year, that being all that his father and brothers deemed his services about the Galena tannery to be worth. His rise from that position has been as rapid as it was unexpected. He has received and has freely accepted one fine man sion after another as presents from dif ferent cities, and these he rents out for good prices. He has also had given to him in other and different shapes enough to make up a fine large fortune. Besides all this he has been in the year ly receipt of a salary as General of over i.-20,000, a year. What necessity can be pleaded for quadrupling his salary as President? The only explanation we can think of for this new scheme of Radical extravagance is to be sought in the fact, that it would afford an excuse for largely increasing the salaries of the whole sixty thousand government offi cials who are now eating out the sub stance of the people. It will become General Grunt to put his foot down upon the extravagance of the Radicals, If he desires to make his administration a success. One SI the greatest dangers which threatens the country is the ef• feet of the corruption and lavishness of expenditure which has prevaded all departments of the Government since the Republican party has been iu power. Unless General Grant cheeks the ten dency to extravagant expenditures with a strong hand, his Administration will prove to be more costly, more corrupt and more deservedly unpopular with the people than any which has preced ed it. lie must economise if he would save the Nation from bankruptcy and lighten the burthens which press so heavily upon the toiling masses. He can fist do so by accepting an increase of the large salary already paid to the President. Our Chief Ruler has no roy al state to support, and the salary now provided for 'din is amply sufficient to enalde him to live in that republican simplicity which is proper in this coun try. Ito ival of Know-Nothinglsm While persistently urging the enfran chisement of every ignorant and de graded negro in the country, the Radi cals are at the same time endeavoring to place all foreign born white men who may seek a home iu this country under disabilities. Their hos tility to -this class Was shown in many ways at the recent elections. They were denied the right to vote after they had been regularly naturalized. In Philadelphia au unjust Judge de graded himself in the eyes of the whole country by his gross partisanship, while Radical election officers wantonly dis regarded the solemnity of their oaths, and openly rejected the legal votes of thousands of foreign born citizens.' And, now that the elections are over, the leading Radical newspapers of the country are discussing various methods for depriving foreign born citizens of the rights they have heretofore exer cised in this country, and impeding them in the exercise thereof. The A. V. T,;ibmic puts forth a scheme for amending the Constitution of the l hired States by the adoption of eertain restrictions upon the naturali zation of foreigners and of their right of voting, which are exceedingly un- ; just and illiberal. All the smaller fry ; of Ilad hal organs are following in the wake of the Tribune. The services of the multitudes of Irish and Germans' who gave their lives for the Union are being speedily forgotten, and the Radi cats are displaying all the malignity of I the infamous oath-bound Kuow-Noth i lig party, from the loins of ;which the I;;;puldican party sprung, being begot ten upon the body of the old hag Abo litionism. Let foreign born citizens m:ult the utterances and the acts of these leaders of the party now in power. I.et them; note how they clamor for universal negro suffrage, while doing. all they can to restrict foreign born citi• tens in the exercise of that right. Provost (I Removal or the National Capitol. We noire that quite a large number of Itailical newspapers throughout the • t emntry are again agitating the titles ion of a removal of the National Capi tol from Washington to some point ftirther north and west. We do not see any good reasons given for this pro pr•ed change, however, and can con- vs of none. With the great facili t;ll for travel which this country now pos.ien-sos, Washington is perfect ly aceessible to every member of 'mngress. With a removal all the many millions which have been expend ed in the permanent and magnificent public Inn ildings,now in existence,would be lost, and many millions more unne cessarily .expended to gratify a caprice of the Radicals. They appear to be affected with a mania for making changes of every conceivable des• cription. It really seems as if they were possessed by an antagonism to everything which had an origin in the past. With a restless feverishness, they are forever thrusting forward new and crude projects, which they advocate with all the zeal they are capable of, without stopping long enough to show wherein they are an improvement on the existing state of anirs. It is time that the people of this country learned that change is not always reform, and that every new movement devised by Radical fanatics isnot neces sarily a step forward in the path of political progress. This scheme for the removal of the National Capitol is one of their silly projects, which in calmer times would find very few advocates. Let us learn to let well enough alone. Southern Outrages No one can have failed to notice what a remarkable falling, off in Southern outrages there has been since the elec tion of (fen. Grant. Republican news papers have got to be very tame read- ing Their columns are no more illu minated with tales of horror. They still record murders, but they take place in the North, and not in what was once the Southern Confederacy. This sud den cessation of outrages of all kinds In in the South would be one of the most remarkable things in history, ; did we not know exactly how to to account for it. The truth is that Radical newspapers indulged In a well ordered system of lying previous to the election. Horrible stories without num ber were invented, and every disturb ance was magnified an hundred fold for political effect. Tales of the most barbarous murders of Crilon men and negroes were manufactured to fire the heart of Radical voters, and the most exaggerated lies were bruited about with a deafening clamor. The necessity for this kind of stuff having passed away with the election, we hear nothing more of It. The South Is admitted to be in a perfectly peaceful condition, and the negroes and their employersare getting along most harmoniously. We pity the fools who were gulled into believing the yarns of Radical Munchausens. The New Florida War The rival Governors of Florida are continuing their war with unabated vigor. Governor Reed has obtained a bran new State seal, and both he and Governor Gleason have appointed new Attorney-Generals. Grant Is the dicta tor of the South; let him tell them not to disturb his peace. • Shall Despot= continue.• !. I Shall Pennsylvania be Divided? ~ Now that the Presidentialelectiod ; s ; The people of New York are talking , over, and the Radicals have securedthe about the propriety of dividing their elebtion'of their candidates bidisfrait- State, and making out of the unwieldy chlsing a large portion of the white men "Empire" , two snug sovereignties of of ten States, perhaps the more conser- very respectable dimensions. The pro vative and thoughtful members of the jest seems to be relished by the Repub • Republican party may be induced to I lican party, because it will thus se examine Into the practical workings of cure a State all to itself, and will the system which the leaders of their not have to contend at every election party have inaugurated. It is plain against the overwhelming majorities of that the material interests of the whole the city of New York. It is terribly Nation hay.e been much damaged by annoyed now at constantly having the • - - the policy which has been pursued.— The industry of the South has been greatly crippled just at a time when all possible means should have been em ployed to stimulate it to renewed ac tivity. Thus serious loss has been en tailed upon the people of the North and the burthens imposed upon our work ing classes have been made much hea vier then they should have been. This has been one strong reason why the ,Democracy have strenuously opposed the so called reconstruction schemes of Congress. But that is not all. The system has been throughout in direct opposition to the spirit of our Republican Institu tions. Not only have the various acts of Congress relating to the Southern States been clearly unconstitutional, but they have been thoroughly tyran• nical and perfectly despotic. The meth oda adopted for the disfranchisement of white men in the South, have been well calculated to excite the indigna• tion of :every honest man, irrespective of his party affiliation. In the county of Greenbrier, West Virginia, for instance, 1400 white men are disfranchised, embracing the great bulk of the property holders and the intelligence of the people. In the coun ty town, with a population of over 1200, there are onlg eight voters. The regis• trars are often chosen from among the most disreputable portion of the popu lation. In the county of Jefferson the chief of the board is a despicable fellow who was dismissed from the Confeder ate service for cowardice. He set up a rum shop afterwards, and making a lit tle money, managed, by professions of loyalty, to do a thriving business while the Union armies occupied that section of Virginia. The second member of the board is a horse thief, who would be in the penetentiary if he had his just deserts. The third is a half-witted fel low who has no mind of his own. This board of rogues has disfranchised large numbers of those who were thoroughly true to the Union cause throughout the I war. Their names were stricken from the roll of voters, without any cause , being asssigned, and one man who had served in the first Union Legislature , was among the number. , Now we would ask any candid Re publican whether he believes that elections conducted in such a manner can be regarded as an expression of the will of the American people? Can such ! a system be continued and our free in stitutions be expected to endure? I We call attention to these things now, not to influence an election which is over. We present them to the candid I consideration of the Northern people, with the hope and the belief that they will be viewed in their•true light, now I that the excitement of a fierce political contest is passing away. If ever, in the Providence of God, the people of the United States awake to a sense of the wrongs, which have been perpetrated by the Radical leaders of the Republitau party to secure their hold upon power, the masses of the North will see very clearly that every such outrage committed upon their fellow. citizens of the Southern States is a blow at the liberties of the whole American I people. Warned at last by a reflection upon the causes which led to the down fall of other Republics, they will mar ; vel that they ever gave to such outrages the slightest seeming sanction. We cannot conceive that any large portion of the Northern people will favor the continuance of such a system of unmitigated despotism in the South. ! We believe the masses of the Reptile licitn party have the good sense to see I that it cannot endure in one part of the country and liberty survive in the other. We are confident that the demand for a change will be speedily made in tones Iwhich even the most Radical members of Congress cannot mistake; two we expect to seen return to constitutional govern men t en forced by enlightened po litical judgment. Why Seymour was Not Elected That the Democratic candidate for President would Lave been elected, if the late election had been conducted on the same principles which governed all precedings elections, there can not be a shadow of doubt. The following state ment is sufficient to prove it conclusive ly, as all the States named, if left free, with all her citizens enfranchiSed,would certainly have cast their votes for Sey- Statea which voicti for Seymour a n d Blair. New York New Jersey.... Delaware Maryland Kentucky Georgia Louisiana Oregon Total Add the following, States which, it untrammelled would have poled large majorities for Seymour and Blair: South Carolina North Carolina Missouri \Vest Virginia Florida Alabama Ark MISMSI Temw,ser Add Slates for Seymour and Blair not admitted to the Elec toral College : Virginia Texas Mississippi To; al Net.ossary to a choice 1:0 The Senatorial Question The Radical newspapers of this State seem to be much exercised over the question as to who shall be elected to represent the Radical party in the Uni ted States Senate instead of Mr. Buck— alew. Some of them demand that the new incumbent shall be chosen with reference to his ability and fitness for the office. What folly it is for them to indulge iu such silly talk ? Do they not all know that there is only one question which will be considered? Before the Legislative caucus meets the whole thing will have been settled just as it was two years ago. Somebody will have bought up a majority of. the Radical members, for so much a head, and they will vote for the roan who pays best. The caucus nomination will be equiva lent to an election, and the whole thing is only a question of dollars and cents. Everybody knows that. '•\Nutt a popular malority or, at least :100,000, can we not consider it a fair elec tion, and the voice of - the people.—Repub lican. Emphatically, NO ! In the Southern States 500,000 white men were deprived of the privilege of voting. Had they had the same privilege as Longetreet, Brown, Greeley and other rebels, Grant would have been in the minority by 200,000 votes. In addition, 751,000 ne groes, fresh from slavery and the Swamps voted for Grant; had the elec tion been confined to white men he would have hem in the minority by 1,000,000 votes ! NEGRO VOTES ELECTED my. A CAREFUL estimate of the number of white men disfranchised in the State of Missouri fixes the figure at ninety thou- Band. That is a specimen of the way the recent Presidential election ics par ried in the States of the South• ,10 At strange that the Radicals are able to figure up by majorities for their candi date. majorities, which it laboriously gains in the rural part of the State, annihil ated by the tremendous wave which tumbles out of :the city. And the De- I mocracy do not seem unwilling to have the division made, because they will thereby secure their great city from the terrible legislation of the Rural Solons and thieves at Albany. By all means, then let the separation take place. As the interests of the two sections of the State are entirely diverse, their continued union is 'not conducive to the true in terests of either, and they should be divorced from the bonds which unite them. Let us divide Pennsylvania too. :Na ture has provided a natural division line for it, iu the great Appalachian chain of mountains which traverses it near its centre, from its southern to its northern line. Geographically it is not united now, and we see no good reason why its close political union should longer be maintained; but on the contrary, we perceive ample cause for its separation 1 , into two states in the early future. , ' The division would give us one hope lessly Democratic, and one hopelessly Republican State ; and this would have a direct tendency to advance the pros perity of each, since their citizens of both parties would not be seduced at every election, by the vain and delusiv,ephau• torn of Hope to " tear their shirts," in an effort to secure to their party the control of the Stategovernment, and its loaves and fishes; they would not be seduced into neglecting their business, their stores, their workshops and their farms,and spending their time and their money in the absorbing arena of poli tics; they would no longer feel it in cumbent upon them to rally their neighbors and strive to "get out the vote," under the belief that every vote was important, since one might decide the issue. The "ins" iu a word, would be always in, and be contented thereat; and the " outs " would be al ways out, and perforce would also be contented ; so that contentment would reign throughout all the length and baeadth of the State, and the people would "laugh and grow fat,"—and rich. Our fields would blossom as the rose, and marble palaces would spring up as though by magic in all our cities. The people would be industrious and happy; and we would have reason to hope that our office holders, having a life tenure of " the fleshpots of Egypt," would be satisfied with a moderate percentage of their presentstealings; or if they would, each one, insist upon stealing, a big.for tune, would it be too much to expect of them, thift they would spread the ac quirement of it over a series of years— say twenty—so that each year's taxes for their enrichment would not come too heavily upon us? Another reason which may be forcibly urged iu favor of the division of our great State, is the fact that we by no means enjoy that power in the govern ment of the whole country to which we are justly entitled by our size and our population. We have but two Senators in the United States Senate, and such small fry States as Rhode Island, Dela ware and Florida have the same. The great injustice of this has long been felt, and it has been suggested that the evil should be remedied by making one re spectable State out of several of these small ones; joining Connecticut and Rhode Island together for instance, and New Hampshire and Vermont; but these little fellows are proud of their dignity and independent sovereignty, and kick against it dreadfully, talking loudly of their vested rights and of the compact of Union. So that, as it would be infra dig. for the big States to quarrel over this question with the little ones, just as it would be for a mastiff to haven dispute a little dog, it seems to us that the citizens of the great States could best secure their due share of power iu the nation, by conveniently dividing each of their States into two or more. Pennsylvania is rather too large to be readily handled at any rate. Its capital is not central, and its business converges towards its Eastern and Western ends ; Pittsburg is the metropolis of the West, and Philadelphia of the East. The Episcopal Church has made lately a division of the State for its own use, and now has a church Government in the West distinct from that iu the East. The Democracy too found it expedient to divide the State in the late campaign, and had a vice Chairman in Pittsburg with supreme jurisdiction west of the No objection could be made by the other States, to our citizens dividing Pennsylvania if they saw proper. This is a matter entirely under our own con trol. Virginia has lately been divided into two States by the action of Con gress, and she is not as populous as Pennsylvania. We do not see why Virginia should be entitled to double our representation in the Senate; and it is odd enough that she should have earned so great a benefit by joining in the Rebellion. Pennsylvania would seem to have been far more entitled to this reward of merit. The experiment of dividing Virginia appears to be working pretty well for the interests of both States, though it is perhaps too soon to say so very de cidedly. But let us watch the result in this case yet a little while longer, mean while revolving the question as to our own State seriously in our minds and in a year or two we may find ourselves prepared to decide whether or no the in terests of its citizens demand that Penn sylvania shall be divided. ME= The Republican Press and Negro Suf frage. The Republican press is demanding that Congress should at once take steps for forcing Universal Negro Suffrage upon all the States, by means of a Con stitutional amendment. They have control of the requisite number of State Legislatures to put such an amendment through, if brought forward during the present winter, and it is very doubtful whether next year will see the party in the same position. Hence the clamor which we hear for Immediate action by Congress. We may expect to see a move made in this direction early in Decem ber. The leaders of the Republican party have made it a point for years past to palter with the people in their platforms, and when they adopted a plank at the Convention which nomi— nated Grant, opposing any attempt to interfere with suffrage ID the loyal States by Congressional enactment, we predicted that they would give the lie to that resolution so surely as Grant should be elected. They have done so with great unanimity already, and the Republican press of this State seems to be a unit in fgvor of forcing Negro Suf frage and Negro Equality upon the peo ple of Pennsylvania, by Congressional action. WILL those who prescribe negro suffrage as the only possible means of protecting poor Cuff groan n little over this, from the go . lumbus, Ga., Sun, 15th instant; AtToUadega Court, in the State of Alaba ma, It few days ago, a regular black jury was ernpanueied, Hero je the result, as described by a party pr,e , fedt.; There were about fifteen negroes tried fox:redo - 4s offen ces, each one of whom, on his trial, detnitod, act a white jury; and every one of them was acquitted except one, and his punishment wife light. The colored jurors sat in their box from Monday morning until Saturday night,wlthont,hayog gingle case submit ted t 9 them. Shall Women Tote? Shall all womenvote? Thetis getting to be a practical question ,not only int 'lt country, but, in England. ' b rhe advek sates of female suffrage are . pushing their cause with decided vigor and great boldness. At a convention just held In - Boehm the subject was discussed very extensively, and much that was curious was elimenated. A Mr. Clarke declared in sentimental phrase that the State I would be much aided by the co-opera tion of woman's heart, and woman's hand. S. E. Sewall thought the ,Tnt ing of suffrage to womanwould remove all the incapacities under which she now suffers. Another gallant maspu ' line contended that "we shall not have perfect community until we have a 'perfect equality of right between the sexes, in all respects, before the law." ' A lady declared that neitherreconstruc tion nor the finances of the country can be established on an enduring basis, unless founded upon equal rights and eternal justice, and that the pyramid of suffrage must always continue to be one-sided and incomplete until women were allowed to vote. An eloquent gentleman insisted that women had earned the right to vote by rolling up bandages for the soldiers dur ing the war, and by other acts of heroism and self-devotion. Mrs. Gibson, who was chaplain to a Wisconsin regiment during the war, and who averred that she had performed the duties of a man, claimed hisprivileges, and declared that the two sexes could best subserve the cause of humanity by working in har mony with each other. A Rev. gentle man insisted that giving the ballot to woman would promote domestic tran quility. Another thought it wouldn't. Mr. Cornell looked at the matter in a commercial light, and avowed his belief that all unequal compensation would be at once done away with, if women voted. Mr. Stratton thought he was on the Lord's side, and that the Lord was for female suffrage. He declared that " what we want is mothers," and these the coun try would not see until the triumph of woman suffrage. Another speaker said that woman needs the ballot for her protection, and to do away with the last vestige of the law which gives the custody of the wife to the husband. Mrs. Frances Harper, the mulatto wo man who lectured in our Court House some months since, not only wanted the right of suffrage conferred upon all black men, but upon all. women, both black and white. Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts, the Natick cobbler, was strongly iu favor of woman suffrage, but he did not want that, or any other question, put forward until the South ern question had been finally settled. He had no doubt "that Congress would authorize the colored men to vote in every State, but as some good men doul,t it, it was proposed the coining winter to put forward an amendment to the Constitution enforcing the politi tical dogma that a colored man has the right to vote in every State. With 26 Legislatures in our favor to only eight against us, our success is probable. That done, the woman suffrage question would have a clear way, and be aided by the success of the other, and it would. stand a better chance of a speedy tri umph, because men could not feel pre judicial against their o wn sisters, lovers, mothers, and friends,us they had against the colored men heretofore. Make the colored suffrage sure first before taking another step." Now, we confess, that we are some what puzzled by this array of argu ment. We can not helpladmitting that the white women of the country are in finitely better fitted to exercise the right of suffrage, than the ignorant and degraded negroes to whom it has been granted by a Radical Congress. If the negroes are to vote in all the States, we can not see how any one can deny the right of suffrage to women. The same arguments will apply in their favor, and, if suffrage be a natural right it is a right inherent in woman certainly as much as in negroes. The very novelty of the thing does star tle us, however. When we come to look at its probableresults we are notsure that it would work well if put into practice. Good-looking, smoothe-tongued bache lors would have all married candidates at a decided disadvantage. The unmar ried ladies would be almost certain to vote for the unmarried men. Mere youth's would lead in politics as they do iu the dance. Long headed and grey bearded Senators might have to give place to dainty dandies, who draw their inspiration from Tom. Moore's Melodies, rather than from ponderous tomes of legal lore and prosy treatises on political economy. The cut of a coat or the curl of mous tache might determine the result of the most important elections. The devices of a tailor or the art of a barber might decide who should be President of the United States. But, this subject has a serious aspect. We must confess that we would be re luctant to see woman thrown into the distracting excitements of political life. Our politics might possibly be elevated by her; but, is it not more likely that she would suffer a loss of purity and of that true refinement which makes the sweetest and most controlling charm of the home circle. It is nut the happy wives, the true and conscientious moth ers and attractive maidens of the coun try who are agitating this question. When they desire the right of suffrage it will not be denied them, and until they do the half-unsexed women and such fanatics as Senator Wilson, who are now making hubbub about it, will clamor for it in vain. It seems that Geary is likely to be re nominated by the Radicals. We hope he may be. Ile has made himself so completely ridiculous by his overween ing vanity and his silly and blundering speeches, that he will be easby beaten. Sensible Republicans have been com pletely disgusted with him wherever he has made his appearanae. Thousands of them are ashamed 01 him, and are ready to agree with John Covude, who, in grammar about as good as Geary uses in his speeches, declared him to be "the humbuggedest Governor Pennsylvania ever,had." By all means let him be put up again. The Democracy will find a capdidate who can easily beat him by a majority of twenty thousand. Yesterday morning Gen. Grant rode out to Fashion Course with Mr. Bonner, of the Ledger, to see Dexter. They drove Lantern and the Auburn Horse. It was a cold, raw blustering day, and the ground was frosty, but. under all these disadvantageous cir cumstances, Dexter trotted a mile, as timed by Den. Grant, in 2.2 U—the first half Chile, where he did not have to trot against the wind, in LOS, One day last week, when the weather Wss more favorable, he trotted a mile in 2.17, which le faster by some se conds then any horse iu the world ever trotted. Although Dexter has been constd• ered a wild, excitable horse, immediately after this performance Mr. Banner had him harnessed up single to atop wagon, and rode with Gen. Grant behind him back to the city, and down to the Metropolitan Hotel. Gen. Grant himself held the reins and drove Dexter the greater part of the way through the city, where they encount• ered many stages and carriages.,V. Y. Sun. Butler Melling "Nag - roes" In Lowell." Butler, the Beast, is about the only man living against whom we would take the testimopy or the " poltroon," General Kil patrick. For this reason we give what the latter said of the forinef in a speech in Massachusetts: "On de afternoon of the departure of Mr. 'Butler in the (steamer Spaulding, for Charleston, S. C., when the 'Democratic Convention was to lie held, he dined with several gdntlenien at a miblle hall in Bos ton, and to one of the gentlemen (whose name I will give when Butler asks me for it or denies this charge) he said: "Sir, I am going to Charleston to influence the pemocratlc party to put in their platform the Dred . Scott deCision, and I propose to fight It out on thpt principle until I can buy and sell a negro in the streats of Lowell as I can buy and sell a pound of candles, for by G—d, sir, it is my constitutional right: Richmond Whip. The President's Salary The New York Times having proppsed to ( an the President's salary to $lOO,OOO, an View of Hertifrul Grant's election, the Sun. . - thusnepatives,the propositionp : • In the first place, the $25,000 now allowed by 'awls not , the whole of the money paid by the nation toward the Presiden t.' pri vate expenses. Fe has a house free of rent, warmed, andkepritt repair for himwithout charge. ' The furniture of the house is also provided, and in one way or another his servants', wages are paid out of the public treasury. His garden, from which his table to a great extent is supplied, is taken care of by a public gardener. In addition, every little while extra appropriations are made for special!purposes. Talking all things to gether, the President really receives much nearer $50,000 than $25,000. As a matter of fact, the salary now paid has always proved amply sufficient. Mr. Fillmore, Mr. Pierce and Mr. Buchanan made handsome savings while in office. Abraham ',Mean saved some $60,000 out o I his feur years' allowance, and Johnson will retire with a nearly equal amount. It can easily be seen that when nothing is to be met,but marketing bills, keeping a pair of horars end the cost of a few entertainments, $25,000 will go a long way. But the conclusive argument on the sub ject is, that we do not want a President of a republic like hours to set an example of luxury and ostentation to his fellew-citi tens. What if he cannot vie in display with foreign ministers, whiskey specula tors, gold and stock gamblers and parvenus generally? His $35,000 a year w ill certainly provide him and his family with comfort able clothing, wholesome food, and leave a little over for pocket money. There is no danger of any lack of able and upright patriots to take the office, even at the present rate of pecuniary remuneration. =mu= Thom. C. Borrosres Chosen President Another Farm to be Purchased The trustees of the Pennsylvania State Agricultural College met at theoftice of the State Agricultural Society, on Second street, 'yesterday, for the purpose of choosing a President of the College. It will be re- membered that the Convention of County Agricultural. Societies, which assembled here during the State Fair, after a full dis• cusslon and in obedience to the univetsally expresFed will of the people, recommended a change in the administration of the Farm School at Bellefonte, as absolutely neces sary to make the institution effective. At the meeting yesterday there were present Messrs. Watts, of Cumberland ; .M'Allister,of Centre; Kelly, of Allegheny; Mester, of Dauphin; White, of Indiana; Hon. Frank Jordan, Secretary of the Com monwealth ; A. Boyd Ltatnitton. President of the State Agricultural Society. and Secretary M'Kee—the last three being ex•officio members. After some consideration, Thomas H. Burrowes, L. L. D., of Lancaster, was elected to till the vacancy of President ol the College. The committee on the -selection of a farm in the Western portion of the State, to be connected with the operations of the Farm School, reported in favor of the purchase of one of one hundred and thirty acres adjoin the town of Indiana, in Indiana county, and Mr. White was authorized to extunine the title to the land and report to the trust ees on or before the tenth day of December next. Hon. Thomas E. Burrowes, who is thus made President of the Pennsylvania State Agricultural College, has for many years been identified with the educational inter ests of Pennsylvania indeed with every prominent Movement in behalf of popular education which has thus tar proved sue- cessful. He was for some years State Su perintendent of Common Schools, succeed ing Mr. Hickok, and in that capacity he did much to develop the system. He was also the first State Superintepdent of Sol diers' Orphans, having been appointed to that position by Governor Andrew G. Cur tin. Dr. Burrowes has for many years ably edited the Pennsylvania &hool Journal, if he accepts the important position now ten• dered him, the College will certainly have all the necesasary administrative ability which, it is alleged, is the only thing re quired to make our Agricultural School success.—Wcite Guard. Jell - Davis Triol—Specu , ntions as to the Final Disposition of His Case. It is perfectly well understood that the trial of Jefferson Davis cannot and will not take place at the present term of the Court. Mr. Davis could not possibly get to Rich mond to be present at his trial, and if it had been intended that the trial should begin so soon he would have been notified in person. As this was not done it is fair to presume that the government is no nearer ready to ei.ter into his trial than it was a year ago. The term of the Supreme Court of tha Uni ted States is so near at nand that the Chief Justice would not be able to preside at Da vis' trial ; besides, Attorney General Everts is still in Washington and does not expect to go to Richmond. It is believed that the dial will be again postponed until some day in next term 'there are those who think that the ex President of the rebel Confederacy will never be tried, that the case will be postponed from time to time until some other method of disposing of it shall be found. Some persons of the legal profession are of the opinion that General Grant will remove the whole difficulty by recommending Congress to pardon Mr. Da vis and let him go. If this should not be dope, it is confidently believed that 801110 other means of avoiding a trial will be dis covered. It has been seen that in certain cases where the goverument has been con cerned the prosecution can make common cause with the defendant, as exemplified in Stanton vs. General Lorenzo Thomas and the Government vs. John H. Surratt. Horrible Monier lo Plillatlelphin A terrible tragedy was ena?Fed last even, ing at the northeast corner of Tenth and Pine streets. An old lady named Mrs. Mill was found about ek lying dead in the yard of the premises. The body was shockingly mutilated about the heed,' giving evidence of foul play, and was be sides bruised, as though it had fallen some distance on to the ground. The corpse was discovered by a set vant girl on rewriting from church, and as she was about making the house secure for the night. The girl giving the alarm, Mrs. Hill's somin-law a man named George Twitchell, come down stairs iu an unconcerned way, and express ing no particular surprico at seeing the venerable lady's dead body, assisted the siVrvant in carrying it into the house. News of the terrible affair had, in the meantime, spread through the neighborhood, and a highly excited crowd gathered around the house. Police officers were soon on the ground, and Twitchell and his wife were arrested. on suspic.on of the crime. Mrs. Twitchelt is confined in the house, but Twitcbelt was taken to the Station House, corner Fifteenth and Locust, where he now remains. The room where the supposed murder was committed is magnificently furnished and the entire premises show all the evi• dances of refinement and wealth. A solit under the window is covered with blood, and the act was evidently committed upon it. From the sofa trails of blood reach into the next room, and the window of that room is marked by bloody finger prints, showing where the victim was precipitated into the court below. Albngslde of the soft, in the inner room, was found a poker cov ered with blood and hair. The prisoner, Twitch@ll, will give no so count of the affair further than that the lady committed suicide by jumping out of the window. All the evidence is against this view of the case, however, and the crowds which visited the premises last evening were of the unanimous opinion that n vile murder had been committed. Mrs. Hill was very wealthy, and it is sup posed that the murderer or murderers hoped by this unholy means to obtain pos session of her money. The social standing of the parties gives an especial interest to the case which,:in the horrid distinctness of its details has hardly, if ever, had a parallel in this city,—Daily Post. Particulars of the Fire at Lowell BOSTON', Nov. 23.—The following are the particulars of the Lowell fire disaster of Saturday; As soon as the lire wee discov ered an alarm was given, but was a long time before the firemen arrived. In the at tick over the room were two men, a young girl 17 years old, named Sybil Shackford, from Ellsworth, Me., and another named Carrie Black, asleep. They were in bed at the time the alarm of fire was given, and this was the first intimation Miss Black had that anything was the matter. On hearing the alarm, she at once sprang out of bed and went to the window, when she was advised to get out and Jump to the sidewalk, but she took the chance of getting into the window of the nest building, and in this she was successful and so saved her life. Her companion was found in bed dead, but with no appearance of having suffered, and she doubtless was not con scious of what was occurring. Miss Shackford was employed by the Suffolk Corporation, and had only been in Lowell four weeks. As soon as the fire was discovered, a young man named Bar. fey, who was stopping for the night with a friend of his, came to the front window and was advised by those who had oollectod the street, to wait until a Hook and Ladder Company arrived when he and others in the building would be taken down.— They wore sleeping in the third story. lie waited some time, when probably fear ing that he might miss the means of escape by the stairs, he attempted to go down and was suffocated on the upper landing, where his body was found when the firemen ar rived. His companion, a young man whose name is supposed to be Maynard, a working jeweller, was found dead in his bed. not alight froM the cars in passing through here yesterday afternoon, and scarcely any, except the railroad agents, knew of his coming. _ Ches. Pedrick, a workman on the more and Citric Railroad,' was instantly killed yesterday by being run over. The steamer America, from Havana, re ports heavy weather on the whole voyage. Ice formed bpi night; clear to duy, and business quiet. Mark:Twain (Samuel M. Clemens) is a man of about thirty-two years of age, sparsely built, of medium height and wears on his face a dark brown moustache. His features aro as fair as a boy's, and in his two eyes there twinkles boundless humor. Ho dresses in scrupulous black pants, vest and swallow-tailed coat and a small dia- Mond glistens in his start bosom. In lec turing ho seldom casts a glance en the mannscript on the tripod, but walks list lessly to and fro hefore his audience. THE COLUMBUS, OHIO, HORROR. Further and Startlina.,Particolars of the Burning of the Offairal Lunatic Asy lum—.Frantle"awn Of the Blaulaes. [Columbus. Ohio (Nov. /9). GMTespondenee of the Cincinnati CaMmerciaL) It has beer the engem for some years past to inore social :dancing parties at the Central Lunatic Asylum for the benefit of the patients. Invitations were issued to numbers of our citizens to participate and I so bring the same in contact with the in-. sane. Of course only the most tractable of the inmates were allowed to be present at ' these parties. The amusement hall was one of the handsomest in the State, being paint- 1 ed and decorated in gilt and bright colors, I and all of the surroundings were calculated to attract the wandering thoughts of the poor shattered minds of the patients. There is no doubt that these parties have been pro ductive of much good and it was seldom that anything occurred to mar the enjoy ment of the evening. Last night at half-past nine o'clock the dancing room was filled with patients and invited guests, and all was golngpleasantly, when the terrible cry of fire was raised by one of the attendants, and passed from one part of the building to another, and soon reached the amusement room. At first it was supposed it was but a small affair ; the alarm was sounded and measures taken to extinguish the flames, great care being used I to keep all knowledge of the fire from the I patients. The flames spread rapidly, and before the engines reached the place several of the sleeping rooms were in flames. Then ' the work of desolation and scenes of horror begin. As soon as possible the patients were taken from the burning rooms to the amuse ment:hall, where attendants ware ready to 4 . supply such as needed them with various I articles of clothing. _ It was with difficulty that many of the ! most violent patients were rescued. The general panic madethem perfectly frantic. They danced, sang and howled like fiends, waving their hands and laughing as the flames approached them. All the efforts of the attendants were unavailing. They seemed to have forgotten the faces of those around them and refused to leave their rooms, and at last it was found necessary to call upon the citizens to take them by force to other parts of the building. At eleven o'clock the amusement hull presented a strange appearance. Such as had participated in the dance were arrayed in all the finery that only the insane person knows Low to contrive. One woman, part ly naked, executed a fancy dance on top of the piano, and it was with difficulty that clothes were put on her. Others paraded the hall with sheets folded in the shape of shaft's, and seemed perfectly quietand happy. Others were quarrelsome and needed constant watching. Others wept in, silence, not seeming to care weth er they lived or died. One elderly lady insisted on comforting all the ladies and kissing all the gentlemen p , esent. Several stood near the door and made constant efforts of escape. In the upper hall of th ~ a stern wing a sad sight presented itself. Here laid the bodies of six Unfortunate women who were suffocated before they could be rescued, their pale faces blackened by the tire and smoke, looking horrible in the uncertain light of burning rooms. Most of the faces of the dead wore a look of determination, and did not show signs of great suffering, although the face of one of the younger women was distorted, her mouth being twisted and her upperlipsotnewhat burned The bodies of the dead were saved and will be properly cared fur until the relatives arrive. One of the saddest sights of the night was to see the son of ono of these unfortunate women sitting by the side of the body of his dead mother, weeping bitterly and hold ing her cold hand in his, calling upon her to speak to him only one word. At midnight it was found that the fire was gaining ground, and all hopes of saving any portion of the building were now given up. Then a second scene of terror began. The nest violent patients were taken from the amusement hall to the detached hospi tal some distance northeast of the main building. It was found necessary to call on thepolice to take chargeof seine of them. Their outcry was most pitiful to hear. Con veyances were procured as soon as possible, and most of the females taken to the Leaf and Dumb Asylum. p to this tune the male patients had been comparatively quiet; but us the de vouring element approached them they be came trantic, and many called through their strong-barred windows to the crowd not to abandon them ; but with almost su perhuman efforts all were saved and taken to the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, where beds were immediately provided for them in the eastern dormitory. TEIESCENE AT ONE O'CLOCK was one of general confusion. The ground in front of the building was strewn with every conceivable article of.clothing, bed ding, furniture, Ac. Thousands of persons young and old, were there, many of them doing much tosave the various articles from ruin, As might be expected, the sneak thieves were enjoying a carnival season and many articles were stolen. There was ono of the female attendants going froth place to place, w•rlugiug her hands and asking many if tkey had seen her trunk, and to ansiver to the varied words of consolation altered only said, "Oh Lordy, all my winter clothes are in that trunk, and among them my very best silk dress with the Pompadour waist. Oh, Lardy, Lordy." Another of the females, whose trunk I helped to pack, insisted On unpacking to see where her " best blue velvet bonnet" was, which, alas, when found was only a " wad" of blue velvet and bugle beads.— One man who insisted upon:helping to re move the valuables front the upper portion of the building was found rushing down stairs staggering under the weight of a huge bucket of coal, and only came to his senses when he had safely deposited his precious load aniuni; the bedding, near the outer gate. At the Deaf and Itunili Asylum at half past two o'clock, still another curious sight was presented. 'the frightened pupils, hurried from their beds to make room for the patients, were huddled in shivering groups in various parts of the building, not understanding at first what could be the matter ; but to their everlasting credit be it said that when they did understand tt they, without an exception, were all anxious to do something to alleviate the sufferings of those around them and without a single murmur consented to "double up," which, to say the least, in a bed just large enough for one is not elvsium. Too much praise cannot be awarded to Dr. Peck and wife and his noble corps of as sistants, Dr. J. M. Smith, of this city, also performed the duties pertaining to his call ing in such a manner as to call for general commendation. Superintendent Fay, Mat ron Westervelt, "Aunt Ruth," end in fact all of the attaches of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum did all they could to make comfort able the patients. The patients, Miss Hattie Love, Mrs. Bain and Mrs. Morgan, were in a fair way of re• covert• when I was at the asylum this morn ing. The injuries sustained by Louis Sei bert and S. S. Riekly, of this city, are not as severe as was supposed. The summing up is about as follows: The large portico of the main building and the outside walls are good. The centre wing, including the chapel and bakery, are also in good condition. The Engine house, stables and detached hospital are untouch ed by the fire. The patients in the hnspita are very comfortable and do not seem to have suffered very much [win the terrors of last night. When it. is remembered that over 350 patients were confined at the time cif the lire all must certainly see that to res• cue all but six was no easy work, and could not have been done unless perfect discipline had been maintained, It is still impossible to tell how the lire originated, but It is sup posed from a defective flue. Telegrams have been sent to the trustees of the insti tution to report here immediately. Orders have al,o been received from several coun ties to forward the patients as soon as pos sible to their respective counties. All things considered all are doing exceedingly well. The Democratic rarty of Son Carolina An address has just been issued by the Democratic Central State Club, which con cludes as follows Fellow-citizens, we address you In the spirit of hope and faith. Hod In His prov idence has seen ❑t to deny to us the triumph which we deemed essential to the welfare of the State. If we cannot win, let us seek to deserve success. To the manhood of the State do we appeal. Let the Democratic party of South Carolina remain a power and an influence in the Stine. Keep your ranks undivided. Adhere to your political principles until hello- ones iiprite you to their adoption. From Jailor° gather wis doul ; out of defeat get patience and resolu tion. Preserving your fidelity to the eclec tic principles of your party, go bravely and earnestly to work iu the field of mater ial development. Thus building up the State upon the basis of laboromd surround ing our political creeds with the solid 1111 r uiments of wealth, intelligence end virtue, we will redeem our Woken fortunes, heal our bleeding wounds, and ere long secure the peaceful triumph of those wise and virtuous elements essential to the dignity of the State and the prosperity of the peo ple. By order of the Central Club 01 the . Dern ouratic party of South Carolina. WADE klAltyros, Pre,ident. J. G. (lt nuEs, Secretary, Execution of n Murderer—The linot Gives Woy Twice. Another of these terrible shocking scenes at the gallows was witnessed at the execu tion of Rufus B. Anderson of Nevada. The usual crowd surrounded the gallows, and the usual military force and attendant cler gymen had been employed. After prayer on the platform the prisoner calmly ad dressed the spectators. Having finished, he stepped forward to the railing, and re quested that the deputy sheriff should put the noose around his neck, and then shook bands with those on the platforni. lie then took his position bn the trap, and his hands and feet were bound, and the noose was slipped over his" head and the cap drawn over his face. At the signal the trap fell, and the wretched . young man lay stretched upon the ground, the knot having given way, There was a wild cry and a rush forward of the crowd, but they were kept back by the guard. Anderson was carried to the platform, the noose was again adjusted around his neck, and the trap The knot gave way again, and Anderson was prostrated Insensible. Ito was carried up the steps of the platform and seated ih a chair, his face wearing the pallor of the grave, from which he had been twice snatched. The tore was adjusted the third time. As the trap felt Its swung free, and after a slight muscular movement for • coy oral minutes, all was over. Southern Prisoners at Limlrn. ' BROOKLYN', November Ili. To the Editor of the N. Y. World. Sir: I beg herewith (after carefully gone through the various documents in my pos session pertaining to the matter) to forward • you the following statistics and facts of the mortality. of the rebel prisoners in the Northern prisons, moreparticularly at that of Elmira, New York. where I served as one of the medical officers for many months. ' I found on commencement of my duties at I Elmira, about 11,000 rebel prisoners, fully one-third of whom were under medical treatment, for diseases principally owing to an improper diet, a want of clothing, neces sary shelter, and bad surroundings; the diseases were consequently of the following I nature: Scurvy, diarrhea, pneumonia,and the 'various branches of typhoid, all super induced by the causes, more or less alore mentioned. The winter of 1864-5 was nn unusually severe and rigid one, and the prisoners arriving from the Southern States during this season wore mostly old men and lads, clothed in attire suitable only to the genial climate of the South. I need not state to you that this alone was ample cause fur au unusual mortality amougst them. The surroundings were of the following nature, viz: Narrow, con fined limits, but a few acres of ground in extent, and through which slowly flowed a turbid stream of water, carryinir along with it all the excremental filth sad debris of the camp; this stream of water, horrible to relate, was the only source of supply, for an extended period, that the prisouerseould possibly use for the purpose of ablution, and to slake their thirst from day to day ; the tents and other shelter allotted to the camp at Elmira were insufficient, unit crowded to the utmost extent ; hence, small. pox and other skin diseases raged through out the camp. Here I may note that, ow ing to a general order from the government, to vaccinate the prisoners, my opportuni ties were ample to observe the effects of spurious and diseased matter, and there is no doubt In my:mind but that syphillis was engrafted in many instances; ugly and horrible ulcers and eruptions of n character. ! istic nature were, alas! too frequent and ; obvious to be mistaken. Small pox cases 1 I were crowded in such n manner that it was a matter of impossibility for the surgeon to treat his patient individtally ; they actually laid so adjacent that this situ ; pie movement of one of them would cause his neighbor to cry out in an agony or pain. The Confluent and malignant type pre- I veiled to such an extent and of such a no ture that the body would frequently be found one continuous scab. The Met and other allowances by government for the use of the prisoners were ample, yet the poor unfortunates were allowed to starve; but why, is a query which I will allow your readers to infer, and to draw conclusions therefrom. Out of the number of prisoners, as before mentioned, over three thousand of them now Icy buried in the cemetery loca• ted near the camp for that purpose; a mor tality equal, if not greater, than. that of any prison in the South. At Andersonville, as I am well informed by brother offbiers who endured confinement there, as well as by the records at 'Washington, the mortality was twelve thousand out of say about forty thousand prisoners. II once it to readily to be seen that the range of mortality Wa.,s no less at Elmira than at Andersouville. At Andersonvillo there was actually pothing to feed or clothe the prisoners with ; ; their own soldiers faring but little better ; Wan their prisoners; this, together With II • torrid sun anti an impossibility of exchange, ! was abundant cause for their mortality. With our prisoners at Elmira, no such I necessity should honestly have existed, as I our government had actually, us 1 hove stated, most bountifully made provision for the wants of all detained, both of off). I corm and men. Soldiers, who have been prisoners at Andersonvllle, and have done duty at Elmira, confirm this statement, and which is Mom wise in ono particular ex• aggersted ; also, the saute may be told of other prisons managed ins similarly terri ble manner. I allude to Sandusky, Fort Delaware, and others; I do not say that all prisoners at the North suffered and en dured the terrors and the cupidity or venal sub-officials; on the contrary, at the OA tops ; in the harbor of New - York, end at Point Look out, And at other stints where my of finial ditties from time to time have called me, the prisoners in all respects have fared as our govermnent intended and designated they should. Throughout Texas, where food and the necessaries of life were plen tiful, I found our own soldiers faring well, and to a certain extent contented, so far, at least, as prisoners of war could reasonably • expect to be. 1 Our government allowed the prisoner of war the following rations (vide Regulations, pp. 251, Articles 1,100, 1,101) oz. of pork or bacon or 1 lb. of salt or troth beef; 1 lb. oz. of soft bread or flour, or 1 lb. of corn meal ; and to every one hundred rations 13 lbs. of beans or peas and lit lbs. of 1 rice or hominy, le Ilis, of green cof fee or 0 lbs. of roasted tie., or 1 lb 8 oz. of tea, 15 lbs. of sugar. 'I quarts of vinegar, 30 lbs. of potatoes, and, if fresh potatoes could not be obtained, eanned vegetables were allowed. Page 11)7, Article 710, U. S. Army Regulations—Prisoners of war will receive for subsistence one ration each without regard to rank, their private property will be duly respects) and eaeh shall be treated without regard to his rank, and the wounded are to lie treated with the same camas the wounded of our army. Ilow faithfully these regulations were carried out at Elmira, is shown by the following statement of facts Tho sick in hospital cm-tatted in every respect [fresh a egetablos and* other anti-scorbutitta were dropped from the list,) the food scant, crude, and unlit; medicines in badly dispensed that it was a farce for the medical man to pro , scrub p,„ At large in the camp the prisoners fared still worse; a slice of .bread and salt ' meat was given him for his breakfast, a poor, hatched up, uourocted cuptiof soup, and a slice of miserable bread mule all he could obtain for his evening meal, and hundreds of sick who could in no wain ob tain medical aid, died, " t'nknellerl, uncof tined and unknown." 1 have in no wise drawn on imagination, and the lams Ile stated can be attested by the stall of medi cal officers who labored at the Elmira pris on for the rebel soldiers. Ex-NlEnicAt, OFFICER U. S. A JOEY. The Government Printing. Offices The Cleveland Leader describes the Gov ernment Printing-Mlle°. In 15450, Corne lius Wendell sold the estriblishment to the United States for $155,000, and it has since become the largest printingmtlice in the world. Among the public printers have been Gales it:: Seaton, Johnathan Armstrong, of Tennmsee, Lied Green, Blair ik.Rieves. Cornelius Wendell, and at last John I). Befress, who has held the positi o n since Last year 139 separa to books and documents were turned out at this office— a variety of work which was not proba bly equalled by the }harpers, Appletons, Lippincott, Fields, find Serihners together. The entire number of copies printed was not far from 900,000. Mr. Seward had an appendix to his diplomatic correspondence prepared at a cost ot $'9,1100; the book made 734 pages, and there were 22,090 copi e ,, printed. The diplomatic (=respondence, in two volumes, attached to president John son's messages for 15417, made also about 2,200 pages, costing $:t5,1100. The Lincoln Memorial hook is the most costly book pro bably ever issued in the United States. This is the appendix to Mr. Seward's diplomatic correspondence, containing exprce+s.ions of sympathy 11j1(1 condolence with the nation on the fate of Abraham Lincoln. The cost price of producing the book will be $10,200, or more than sfi a copy, while the bindings on Rome special copies ordered for the crowned heads, Ate., abroad, will probably bring them up to $7l) or $25 a copy. of the Agricultural Report the extraordinary number of 220,000 copies have been or dered fur last year, et a cost of $lOO,- 000, or about 03 cronts a copy. Title cost is enough to pay the President, Vice President, all the Cabinet officers, the Speaker of the House, and two-thirds of the first-class foreign Ministers. In these 'reports there are 450,1)00 nounds of paper, or 221 tons—enough 10 tnife 225 double-horse wagons thpull them. At this moment there are cOO,OOO copies of the reports for various years lying iu the vaults of the Patent ()Mee building, being the quantity annu ally printed, in excess 01 the demands even of extravagance. These copies retire. sent $40,000 of the people's money invested in waste paper. In one year new typo added a Met fit $18,501; print ing ink, $19,717; coal, 700 tons 1 new ma chinery, $5,000. In the bindery . 4,(109 Rus sian leather skins were used, 760 packs of gold leaf fyosting nearly $7,0001, nearly $5,000 worth of twine, and as much glue. Paper for postolliee blacks alone cost s4s,- hoe. 'I he binding of books consumed $73,- 000, and binding materials $113,090. En graving and lithographing cost $lll,OOO. Steady work will give one $1,500 a year fu this manufactory, The work girls get from p 9 to $l2 a week. The printers are almost always in excess. A Mock Duch—Sfx-Shooters an .1 , 0r . 11 Bullets. (From the Virginia SUN Journal.) A sham duel was fought a day or two since on a desolate Island in the James, which we think might as well have b 4.011 dispensed with. Practical jokes are genes ally very unpleasant things to ut least rifle of the parties, and we have known them to terminate in a very disagreeable manner for both. A couple of workmen employed in a machine shop in the city, and one of whom is Irish by birth, had a quarrel, In which third parties irlterforred, declaring it must bo settled by the code. They Insisted upon the Celtic gentleman blowing out the brains of his antagonist with sundry pieces of lead, known us bullets, to the number ' .of SIX, from an Instrument known as a six-shooter. A plot was then formed with the connivance of the other party, that the duel should be a shoal en counter—that cork bullets should be substituted for leaden bullets—but the other was to continue in total Ignorance of the harmless nature of the encounter. At the appointed hour both parties name to time with their friends, and the principals were placed In position twenty paces apart. Our Irish friend showed the Celtic courage, but thought they wore most too close to gether for comfortable shooting. The word was given, "Aro you ready?" " Fire—and advance: ono—two—three " Between "one" and "two" 'both pistols were discharged, and the parties advanced. At the second Shot a pellet from the pistol of the duped duellist struck his betterelnlbrmed ruitago• nist on the forehead, making ft very black mark. He fell on 'the ground as it . and the other,' thinking he hall cote fpr him, was about. to takii Rq ilia heels, When ho wag stopped and 'informed of the Irdo nature of the difalr. He might have got, angry, but Was so glad tO tillOk tall( ho was ndt a "murderer" that hemade friends and took no notice of the Wilt played upon him. %., ~ A NEW ORLEANS HORROR One Brother Shoot. at Another and BIM n third Party--Kgsnit or tarry ing Flrenrm.. • (Fitton the N. U, Picayune, 1 f th.l Last night an altercation took place at Tattersall's Billiton, nn St. Charles street, between Thos. Ilnys and his brother, Michael flays, about sonic difficulty grow • jag out of a dispute about a watch had been put uti for rattle. The younger brother. Thomas, insisted that the watch was his and ho wanted it. This was denied, and the lie was passed. As Boon as this epithet was applied, Thomas drew his pistol and leveled it at his brother's breast. Mr. Sinnot, of theffirm of Slunot Malone, standing by, jumping between them. At this moment the pistol was discharged, and the bullet took' effect In the left side of the unfortunate gentleman who bad Intervened to prevent the fratricidal strife, iullictingti fatal wound. Friends immediately gathered around, and 111 r. Sinuot was borne to his residence, on Washington street, where his wounds were dressed. The brother of the man who tired the shot attetn pted to arrest him, but he turned yout] cud shot at him twice, de • glaring subsequently his regret that he had not killed him. It apperra that there has been a difficulty between the brothers, dot ing from April last, and arising out of busi ness complications. Ile has below declared his intention to kill him. The man was Inn rested by officers Scott and Zeigler. Ile has a wife and three child i on. The Times of the 15th says: Yesterday morning information reached the superintendent of police that a sudden change for the worse had taken place to the wound of Mr. Thomas Sinnot, and that he would not live wit hour. Procuring a carriage, Capt. Cam induced Recorder Becker to adjourn his court and accompany hint with the prisoner to the dying tutu 's house. The visit was for the purpose el bearing :qr. Sinnot's lying dechiration, and having the accused properly identified. On reaching thew we arm t,6f mental torture was enneted that , 0 110 have I stilled with horror the heart of a hatigniaii. The messenger came to late, the WO, tunate gentleman having expired live uuo utes before the party arrived. inc feeling any enmity toward the deceased, his and the family of the accused mutt been in tlmate friend., for years. At the first ruinor of the tragedy, Mrs. Hoye and her three little children iepaire ,to the iesidenee of the wound-td Wan 11111 i during the towne night tine two unisiom wises watched his pallid face, and trot:net' with strained ears lint his feebly iutered rr quests. Thie terror or the ,itustio”, Ih desolation or ow widow, the agony of the wife, haile 1 the visitors in frowied shrieks ere they reached within a square of the Siekelling as teen• the sounds to tin• ell . , Cent of the law, they seemed, to descend ot, the brain of the prisoner like dull letups of lead. Ilad it been penetrated by it musket bull, we lire told, the prostration could tnot have been more sudden. The first tay, in distinct as it was in the di,tance, drove evers vestige of color front I/1S 110'0. Ile snub 11111`k nn the rushionv ofthe ro,kh, vtulnll, ii Then I,llle the 11111101 . with the returnint'. cerises. Wlll l ll the isirriago halted h e shit • erect, and, while being Its' into the• house his legs barely supported hint. Prighttill is were his first maid testations, it hen com pared to Ills torture on tieing taken to tin , death la et, they sunk into insignificance. Stark anti stiff on the lied 11y the Lures r 1 the victim; near it, convulsed with lit, grief, heedless rib little ones elutehing ail Le r skirts, was the widow further in the heel: ground, delirious in her terror, stood the wife of the accused: surrounding wen• a throng of !deeds, pallid with fright. tug directly to the bed, the prisoner gate• Lune look, and, clasping his hands in on his eyes, he uttered 11 wild shriek 01 Wee. Tho elleet 1111 thrive Sllrrounding magical. Ifysteria seized all, 11111 i 11,111 that time the air Nees rent with their ere s. 1114 hair and droppingon he called God to wituers the agony a hi, remorse—a thousand deaths to loin: the sacrifice of evert thing that trim over soul dear would he freely give to 1111,111 111111 bloody deed. For perhaps lull nn 111/111 . the I scene (wins utterly past tim•noriptiiiii. Iced ns he trues 10 incidents of terror, l'aptain Cain I turned sick at the shark from the The business of the trip was over, won the prisoner, still wilully shrl, king in Ida grief, was taken bark, ilnd, Ilione dead than alive locked up. A Barnzoipt County StymterT I From the Troy:l . .lM's, N o v. LL About eight milts from liaLlstott tipu , 111 file southern part of the town of lialway, stands n little old born long known as the "111111 barn." 'rhough elos , i, to the road, tt is but little used, and is not known in have been opened lor several weeks. It has hill two doors, one opening to the stabloit:l,l the other to the main their, and they are situ ated on opposite entice the budding. The fernier Was looked ,in the inside by a hut. ton, which held firmly as to defy all at tempts trent the outside to gain admission, The latter cynic broken front the hung ea an: bad been propped tip firmly by braced against it on the outside, On nesday morning last. a lad residing ace , , by was passing this barn, when sudden. ly his dog, which sicoompanied bite, rli?, through a bolo in the foundation wall or under pintiong, wid commenced a furious barking. The liel,_supposasl that lie Mid "treed" . some interresting game, went ititi, the barn to 011E11111a pitehfork with which hi aid the animal in dispatching it. Climb ing upon the hay-triow, which wax hair or five Met high from the door, lit, was i by discovering spread out upon the has a black shawl, from beneath which protruded blind. lining badly frightened, he ran out and found another lad, with whom he went to his father, who van. , to the barn and lifting the shawl, discover ed the (fend body of an aged and ) spectably dressed women, in a good state et preFervittion. It was chid in it black sill. dress, quite Ohl and tender to the touch, a good black bombazine bonnet trimmed w lib crape, silk gauze veil, 11114tirrhit1104 of gent; quality, good stocking:, and shoes that wen considerably worn. All the clothing %Slim very neat, ull4 showed that she bad been dressed with scrupulous care. It was 111,- 0( . 01 parlitAllarly that rho hilOeS were per fectly deal!, lis Were also the stockings, showing that she hail done little Or Of) Wall,- log in them. by her side was a black. silk. parasol, and in her pocket n pair of old-finishioned all ver-mounted specta cles, The pocket also contained in perm, in which was Viz.: Iwo $0 6111 s cal the Bank of Watertown, ono es'ibill on the Itillik of ( fraugstown (boll) .t:4l State banks), greenback, :mil the antic, in postal currency and penile remains Wert! those tn 'Jerson 70 years Old er over, and we, very pi 'lrish, being deserthed ne in per:l•ei An examination failed w ,liachtse tine marks of violence upou the body, ~r our other indicatiOn 010 flefielistsl met any' ethnic than a natural deal b. But bow, the neighbors ask, came the Lital in the barn? Ail effort to identify it faded, and there was no per-oat it, Lit, cncitiny VV110:r11111,1 rentetuber having seen :inch ol person walking in the highways. The stn bin door, which lastru)erl with a button, not been disturded ; but the other, whtel. wart braced by a rail, had evidently been opened, as the 1,11 had been moved out ward front its foundation in the ground about a foot. But irate old lady had gain ed the elltriilleu 1110110 trod seise, she could not possibly have closed it ilgillll. IVII9 no MUll Or flirt upon h er shoes, will. out which, It lens impossible to have se all ed to the barn within the last two weeks, that. being the time the body being sup. posed to have been dyad m . Beside. the 'y now on which she 1113 i was y ur .: feet higr, without n ladder or other caeatis by whlch a lady of her age and evident, feebleness could have climbed .4,011 it, while till: con r, rut Sprelriill4 cf the hltalvi over 111 n e!ilif• form is not compatible with the supposttion that a death struggle took puttee betimith it. The whole affair Is a deep mystery, wtm t. has created.ll very great Ire vete:lon iu tlm ipolo4. neighborhood Where It iiimurro'. Coroner 11. h. IVliite. of Ileliston Spa, het.): an inquest on ‘Vednrealay Gaited to cl nett any satistactory wtellapen 0,. in regard to the catimis of the strung,/ .1,-- reace, and a verdict wag zetplereil Sut t urtlay before last, at 11 n'i'lock A. M., in the city of Meadville, Erie co u nty, Ileorge Warren, to all appearance, breathed his last. He was prepared for burial, and the remains were to be sent to Erie for in - torment. Ills sister, 1 1 er, lin may press la at the time of his supposed demise, ern eeo; there on Saturday night, and 11111ri. prepar ation for receiving the melaneinfy cars ega.. Oti Monday. a 1 curse and carriages w@at in the depot, but the object of their search was not there, and they received word that the funeral party had I.4sed the tram. The hearse went to the depot spars on 'l'ncs day, but instead of the corpse, tin., ca me a dts patch stating that Mr. - Warren showed signs of life. A dispatch stated i hat he had been removed from his coffin and Woe sitting up in bed. What must he the feeling or Ins friends at thus having restored to them o n e who was mourned us dead beyond th e probability of a doubt? He lay in the death-like trance state for about forty-eight hours before exhibiting signs of animation, and it was almost it providential circa M. stance that the Interment Wll3 set for a 1,1..0 Rome distance from where the supposed death occurred. The diwase that prostratil• him was typhoid fever, and the cardetiapluto ed interment at Erie was wo4ably means of averting that horror of horrors-.. unconsciously burylpg a living huatunA The Tortugas Primmer/4 l'ho Boston A dvertizer, speaking of the men now confined in the Dry Tortugas WI the charge of complicity In the assassination of Proddent LIIICOID, says "Nobody ever concieved that Arnold was guilty of anything beyond the plot to abduct; therouregravo double whether O'Laughlin, now dead, was implicated further than Mat and the commission which tried them un derstood this fully or they, would have been sentenced to the gallows, Instead of for life at tho Tortugas. Spangler, whose, six year , term is now more than half expired, ig 1„,.-:,- doubtedly an innocent man, knowing noth ing of either plot ; but everybody who ever examined the matter, "t•skept President Johnson, became ciiiiirinced of this long ago.", The Aleiandrin °mate adds to the above: " kellove Dr. Mudd to be en tlrel,y innocent. It istiuto that thisputrage Upon ,I,llslco and Immunity should cease." Yi Off torn Expo* . itnonta recently made at Chuook, Illinois', in drying corn by hot 4r, anai thereby gettlowit to an early wer,kgt,' LIMA: obtaining the tlret price; o.' the 'apaeou, atu, it la said, repaid by 4 perfect success, Two dry•bonses aro already in operation, and another' will be added.
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