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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 25. 1868
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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?
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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
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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.
%.,
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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.