/HtWHiSfcf ftttlUigflWtt). WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY io. 1869. In Search or Knowledge, We have lately been in pursuit of in formation, and have asked certain ques tions of several gentlemen in this town, who are generally as talkative and for ward as one could wio£i, but who sud denly have become as dumb as oysters and as modest as young women. Per haps they have desired not to all Bpeak at once, for fear of overcrowding our columns with their explanations. If this has been the motive for their con tinued silence,- while we thank them kindly for their considerateness, we beg to assure them that we do not wish to take advantage 'of it. Our whole paper is at their disposal any day, and if neces sary, we will issue a supplement for their accommodation. We have asked the Hon. A. E. Rob- erts, one of the executors of ISTr. Btevenß’ estate, why, as a Jaw abiding citizen,he \ has not exhibited the inventory in that \estate, which ia now five months over \lue. He has not answered, doubtless; because of his well known habitual re ticence and lethargy, which he finds it difficult to overcome, even for the infor mation of his fellow-citizens. We have asked the same question of our distin guished friend and Congressman, O. J. Dickey, und he lias failed to respond ) perhaps because of his pre-occupation with the great aflairs of State ami the trial of a suit against Amos K. Dowers, last week, for the value of a threshing machine. For this reason also, Mr. Dickey has neglected to tell us all about the Hackman case. We will now call upon the Hon. Ed ward McPherson, the last remaining Executor, to spare the time from his duties as Clerk of the House and bio grapher of Mr. Stevens, to let lis know, in a short note, whether he has delayed filing the Inventory because he has not yet been able to ascertain, for the benefit of the appraisers, the market value of Pucilh* Railroad stock. Meanwhile the invitation remains open to the other Executors to explain their extraonlin- ary dilatorines-. We have likewise allied Mr. Warfel, the As.-cs-nrof Internal Revenueof, this District, to leil us how the Hackman estate got released from the payment of lorry thousand dollars, assessed against it for manufaeturingover “u.onn gallnu of whiskey ami forgetting to pay the tax upon it; u lapse of memory whirl) occurred in Mr. Hackman’s life time. We liuve as yet re ceived no Mv.-ponse to our • request.; whirl) is owing, we are wiliing to be lieve, to the numerous papers in the ru.-w, the publication of which is neces sary to the complete elucidation of its mysteries. Wi r therefore will yet have patience with Mr. Warfel, and give him lime enough to have the docu ments carefully copied. Del him be sure not loomil the letter which we arc reliably assured luqreceived from Mr. •Stevens, notifying him in distinct lan guage ilia! if If d;<t Hof at uni', nm/ii ■.mnddf ril'i[y if thr , dufr from its /iuhd'fj/. In , Mr. .S’., tl'uidd /ind u man (<> ji‘l (in . |.- i/i of (Ids di-drir/ it'/iu imn/d. ] i( ;i Mr. Warfel inform us whether lie did or did not finally make the recommendation which it is noto- rious lie had so long dee! i ned doing ; and If not, how the release was effected. We will lie sorry to believe ill of Mr. Warfel, but uulesss he elears up as far as he is able, the ugly record in this Hackman ea.se, public sentiment will hold him responsible for its iniquity, as it is generally understood that the re lease could not have been ordered with out his recommendation. Mean winie we beg to suggest to Henry Miisselman, F-q., of Marietta, one ol the executors of tile Hackman estate, the propriety of lift jetting fire public hear ali that lie knows about the mat ter. Mr. Musselman is a gentleman of great wealth and of high .standing in the community, against whose reputa lion for honefty arid integrity we have lic.wr heard a whisper; ami therefore, people have wondered Hhat his name should he mixed up in this business. They are sat ftlied '( hat the government has ](>-( > |u,uoi) i which should now he in tin* uva.«mry, after iL had it* grip fairly on if. It was Mr. MiissclmanV duty tosave this amount to the e-tutu, if it could fairly he done ; and lie can per- Inips trll ( us whethernr no,extraordinary means were used, or large sums money expended, to accomplish it. ■'•'hall wr liear from him ? The Affairs ol the County Tlie manner in which the affairs ol the County of Lancaster arc adminis tered mods to he thoroughly overhauled and radically changed. Abuses have gradually crept into its conduct, tljrough years of millcrance, which have now becomt? inloleralile evils. We are triad that jiut’i ieai tent ion is now being drawn to tliem, and that the County Auditors foun 1 courage to allude ti» some of them in their '.'lie report. One abuse which they alluded to, has ,ji«si received unlinking illustration. Tin viewers, appointed to inspect tin.- new bridge built at the Printers’ paper mill, found [I ml six thousand dollars more Wu- charged the county for it than it was worth : and that it-was ion lightly built, although il corresponded with the specifications, !»enux> (ins' had im n madr oi<( t;)/ (in btnldrr />>r idht.a tj ! It .seems that the County Cummt.-sinners have liven vicing all the bridge building and repairing for a number of yearn to one favored individual, who makes out his own spi-ci jp-at ion - and charges what he pleases for the work done. It needs no argument to >lmw the criminal care I ess i; ess, to cull It nothing Wor.ie. of tile Cemuiis-ioners in thus paying out the people’s money ; it gives cuum* for the suspicion that these nllicers have been compeusaiid for their 1 ilu rality. We hope that they wiil demand, for their own vindication, a thorough investiga tion of tli is Blackley's bridge a (lair ; al though we have reason to fear that they will not call lor it any too loudly. Let us know too, whether it is true that they charge mileage for comiug to town every day that they are here on the business of the county, although they may be-in the city whole weeks at a tune without having it. We have under stood that they have paid themselves tli is com- 1 rue! i ve mileage, to which they have (•!< aj iy no cluim. A.ml how hap pens it ihut the. cellar of t he ('ourt liou.-e is turm d into a warelmu.se, and that the Treasure!’s report does not show that the eoumy receives any rent therefor'.’ The County Tieasurer should not re ceive,to his own use,intereston the pub lie moneys, from the hanks with whom he leaves it on deposit. The last grand jury refused to find a true bill against the late Tieasurer for doing this, be cause it had been the well known eus tom of all bis predecessors to do thesame t,*>ing,and they did noiihink therefore that he did it with any guilty intention. But the custom should be changed ; the Treasurer should receive a liberal compensation for his responsibility,hut should not use as his own the public funds. We trust that these and other abuses ill the administration of the affairs of our county wilt be rigidly inquired into, and proper remedies for them found aud applied. The people - demand from their servants that they shall transact their business with economy aud hon esty. The matter is with the court. The Evpre.Hi is mistaken when itsays the editor of the JntclUycnccr offered the resolution in regard to the law of libel, which was passed by the Editorial Convention at Harrisburg. Weapprajed of it most heartily and voted for it, but that is all the connection we had with it. THE LANCASTER WEEKLY lISTTELLIGrEISrCER, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1869. The Bridge Swindle. We print in another column the re port of the Inspectors appointed to ex amine the new bridge at the printers' Paper Mill. They reportthefloor beams, joists and 'arches to be too light; the piers and abutments they could not ex amine, because they had been careful!y painted / tho refuse of the old bridge was left lying in the creek into which it had fallen; and by careful calculation they found the bridge to be worth 511,* 000, whereas the County Commissioners had agreed to pay 510,500 for It, 515,000 of which they had paid McMellen, the builder, before the first of January, and the balance they may have paid him since. By this big swindle the Commission ers and the builder have got themselves into trouble,Mr. C. R. Baer, Treasurer of the Printers’ Paper Mill, having taken rules upon them which will haul them before the Court to answer for their misdeeds. They had grown bold by long years of impunity, in their pretty little operations, through which the money in the County Treasury wjis caused to take wings and fly away, finding a harbor of refuge in divers bank accounts. The County Treasurers have been ap propriating to their own use the interest upon the depositof the county’s moneys with the banks, and our funny grand juries are so tickled with the sharpness and so impressed with the propriety of this operation that they fail to find true bills against these olHcers for their naughtiness. Bo the bridge builder and his friends argue “ if tho interest can He captured why not the principal ? The Jaw knows no superior sacredness of principal over interest, and if the Treasurer can apply? priato the one, we will make a raid upon the other.” And so they have. During the last three years, nineteen bridges have been built by the County at a cost of 5(59,715.0;i, to say nothing of the large amount of repairs done Lootfliers; and with an exception or two, Mr. Elias McMelkm, a bulkier of magnificent reputation in the Commissioner’s oflicp, but whose fame does not extend beyond its walls, has been the ostensible con tractor for all this work. This distin guished architect builta bridge over the Pequea so feet long, and Mopped up tin-* road over a mouth in doing it; l.c got from the County 5-\7'j<i for its erection, although another bridge builder told tin: present County Auditors that it should not have cost more than 5150 n. Mr. McMellen was paid by tin* ('minty in 1-SiF, as appears from the Commis sioners Report, twenty-six thousand three hundred and seventy-nine dollars and thirty-eight cents (d(*,::7!>.::v, for building and repair of bridges, ami any body who feels charitably disposed, is at liberty to believe that lie relumed to his own use all the profits upon his years’ busbies* ; we can only say that if this is so, his memory is singularly treacherous when ho applies himseif Unmaking up his income returns, as these have tin: heretofore indicated that his chances were so good for becoming u million aire, before lie dies. As will he >eeii by the following statement, McMellcn re ceiver! from the County lasi, year be tween one-fourth and oneilftli of all the moneysexpended by it, excluding limits and interest thereon ; NUitanienl of the Conuid.-).sioin?rs‘ ot«T«-rs drawn on Wm. Thomas, Treason rot l.an rnstt-r comity, for the year Imi- ■ Krecl Um Uri ices Ueimmug firidges rprirti-r sessions Court. i oiirt Hmi.se. {'• - mmlssloners' C'ilK-i- htlo'l lou As.-essors. Ki.-.-itou r.msn.r.ieK iViui.-irnuy PnnUna and sinuum'r; i’ubiu: utiices Kt-modt-iing Poor House Vagrants City I,oc!{-up. Loans Paid .... r.-M .Mom m* ■ •loll'! ['iUKilgl-S IVniis' Ivifiim.'tiiie l.unsM.i« Asyhim (ntto- Keiinnled Janitors Pay Mi.scelhujfcoiis. Heretofore the county liny M:iiVri-d most Irom thescoverehurges for bridges, where the structures were small, lint costing over Sh.uun, us the Commission ers claimed the right to give these out, without contracting for them. But the bridgebtiihliugcompnuy liasgrown b&ld tli rough past impunity in its operations, and tli is time essayed to gobble lip a large sum out of this Paper Mill Bridge, hut they have fallen foul of too many parties who are interested in the matter to be able to haul oil'now with Hying colors. The Printers’ Paper Mill is on their trail; the Xew llollaml Turnpike Company, wnich has to pay oue-third of the c-0.-tof tilt- bridge, is up in arms’; aud two townships in which the bridge is built ami which also have to pay a third of iis cost, are stirring in the matter; they will demand a full investigation, aud if they have to pay so much more than the bridge is worth, they will want to clearly know the reason why. The fraud in this ease is too manifest to be concealed, and the parties to it must be unearthed. Tin people want to know why they are made to pay for a bridge that is wortn hut •>ll i no(). 'fhe responsibility for this payment re.-ts upon tin- Com missioners, as'it could only have been made through theirdumbne.-s, criminal negligence or corruption. Lei the In vestigation be thorough. lireat Increase of lhe I’ul/iic Hel»t, The official statement of the Prtldic Deb:, which we publish elsewhere, shows an increase during the month of January of irl-ykis.-ldO.Mf or within a fraction ol fifteen and a half millions of dollars. Radicul newspapers may attempt to expiai n away Lies'- dam uing figures, but the ugly fa-.-t. still remains 'that month after month dhe public j debt statement continues to shnw-'a bal ance of millions of dollars on the wrong side. We are taxed as no oilier people in the world arc, ami yet all the vast sums of money wrung from the sweat ami toil of the masses prove to he Ut terly insufficient to meet, tin- extrava grufit expenditures of the corrupt and reckless party now in power, if this thing is to go on, repudiation of the national debt will inevitably follow, and that before long. Vast as the resources of this nation are, they cannot, stand such a continued drain. That proper economy will ever be practised tinder itudicul rule, we do not believe. The multitude of thieves who have been preying upon the public treasury regard’ the election of Grant as a new permit given to them by the people to continue their villainous conduct. They argue, and rightly too, w r e think, that if the people had really desired economy, they would have defeated the Republi can party. Until that is done, the thieves will continue to steal with im punity, ami all the vast sums of money raised by taxation will prove insuffi- > cieut to prevent millions from being ! added to the public debt month after! month. The law of Libel The Editorial Convention at Harris burg passed the following resolution in regard to the law Qf libel by an almost unanimous vote: Resolved, That the Editorial Association of lvaiiia recommend such an amendment to tho pro'ent law of libel in the Slate of Pennsylvania, as will admit of the truth being given in evidence. But one man raised his voice against the passage of this .resolution, aud only two or three voted against it. Such unanimity of sentiment among solarge a body of editors .ought to be sufficient to induce the Legislature to take prompt action upon this important subject. Vigorous Economy— lncreasing the public debt nearly Sixteen Million dol lars a month. A Naked Hemal rrom Hr. Warfel. We have received the following note from John B. Warfel, Esq.: United States Internal Revenue,"! Assessor’s Office, &th District, Pa. > • Lancaster, Feb. 4, ISdO.j Messrs. Editors: —My attention lias been directed to an article in yesterday’s Intelligencer , in relation to the •* Hackman Whiskey ease,” in which the following ap pears : *“ It is generally understood that the release could not have been ordered without his (my) recommendation.” This understanding is certainly erroneous, as the assessment in thisjease was abated with out any recommendation from me. Respectfully yours, John B. Warfel. We hear Mr. Warfel spoken of as an honest man. Somehow he seems to have acquired that reputation in the office which he now holds, unfavorable as such positions generally seem to be to a character for probity. We sup ! pose we must credit the single material statement contained in his note, and believe that “the assessment in this (the Hackman) case was abated without any recommendation from him.” That may betrue. Mr. Warfel ought j to know what connection he had with j the Hackman whiskey fraud. But the ' fact still stands that he was the proper | local authority appointed and em ! powered by the revenue laws of the i United States to investigate such cases. The law is specific in all its require ments, and it provides that such abate mentsshall only be made on the recom mendation and with the approval of the Asses.v-or of the district. It may be that Mr. Warfel did not recommend an abatement of the tux due from the Hackman estate: but he must have been entirely conversant with all the facts hi the case, unless he was very negligent in his duties as an officer. If tho abatement wa3 made without the recommendation of Mr. Warfel, he must, nevertheless, know how it was ' accomplished. Tho records of tiiis case ought all to j lie on file in the Assessor's ofiice where Mr. Warfel can lay liishamls upon them at any moment. They must be there tinier* improperly removed. Mr. Warfel cun give a clear and authoritativestate merit in regard to this whole matter. , lie can show what was done in it before he took charge of the office, and during his term. It is iris bounden duty to doso. it is absolutely necessary tbatheshouid do so. No mere naked statement like that contained in his note to us will suf fice. Thai cun not and ought not to satisfy tiie public. It is not sufficient to dear up the reputation of Mr. Warfel. If tin.- public should credit to the fullest extent every word contained in the note which \vc publish, they would still be justified in believing that Mr. Warfel had a guilty knowledge of this great fraud upon the Government. He must in.* iidd as jjardcijjs erhili/tis until he makes a clearer ami more satisfactory ddVii.-e of himself. The public officer ’who stands by and sees the Government roliU.-d of t' ( *-fy thousand dollars, can not -.■ltar hi- .-kirts by a mere naked denial that !i*‘ took any arfirc part in the Inins, iriioii. The United States Assessor v. bo sti.i such a robbery committed, without exposing all the guilty parties, is as criminal as if he were himself a principal in the transaction. Mi-. WaiTel’s reputation for honesty and probity is at stake. If he allows this Hackman ease to pass without making the fulhsstexposure possible, he will hereafter be marked as a protector und eneourager of frauds upon the gov ernment. That is the naked truth about the matter ; ami that is the light in winch every hoiust mau in thecom muuity will he forced to look at it. Since it. is well known that all the records in this case are, or ought to be, in tiif Assessor's ofiice, Mr. Warfel can not he held in have cleared himself from guilty knowledge of the Hackman fraud until lie makes a full and clear statement of the whole transaction, ii in: denies to maintain his reputation as an iio.iie.-t man aud.an upright official let him do this at once. His note to us is ton weak a defense to be trusted to. !• docs nut clear up the charges. Let him relieve him&c-lt from blame if he can do so, i.y publishing a clear and explicate statement of the whole trans action, or let him rest umleru cloud of suspicion. He has then but two paths oj.cn to liitu,rtud must choose which one he will take. '-U .it Tilt' Fight Mill (iocs On, The light between the Radical news , paper- in this county .-till goes on, and j tlu-M- representatives of contending fac- 1 Lons are bitter in their denunciations 1 of each-other. Tile Express accuses the j editor of the inquirer of having been j guilty of serious malfeasance in office : when he was . County Treasurer. The fnquinr retorts by insinuating very j broadly that the editor of tile Fx}n'(ss\ \ is always in tin* market, and that he' and his columns are constantly at the dispo.-al of the highest bidder. The 1 Ej'prrss and the Failin' Abraham have ! both been pitching into the Examiner and the Inquirer, in reference to the I • pasting and folding .swindle, to which J : the availed journals reply by declaring j that tin.- chief proprietor of " Daddy \ A brain on" was once Clerk of the House, 1 and a imtoiiou.-dy corrupt and extrava- ; gani official. The is exposing 1 Lit.- ('minty Commissioners, all of whom , happen to i-e members of the Inquirer j and F.raiiiiitn' ring, and charges them with having deliberately misappropri- j ated man.) thousands of dollars of the ; money in longing to the county. The. Hackman whisky fraud isstill a subject ! of niu-'b controversy among these im- 1 maculate partisans. The Exeimiiwr is lining ail it can to cover up tiie tracks , of llio.-e who were engaged in it. The ! F.' ia'i ■" ims nothing to s-iy on I his sub- 1 ject, and lucre are uncharitable people : wim fancy Uiut its lierce assaults upon the editor of t he Inquirer arc prompted by bis exposure of that nefarious trams. 1 nrtipn. Tims the war rages. The light j is a tierce one all round, but we do not ■ believe the beligerents have yet ex-| posed one half us much of the rascality , of each ot her as the naked truth wouid : Thu partial revelations of corruption which Wavel.ctn ruadeought, liowevr, to lie sullicdent to open the eyes of the ina-ses, and to show the ah- waiTuii t. .solute necessity oi‘ u complete reform. Let ail honest men, *a idiom respect to party, iletermine to effect it. Mr. tfueliaHMY’s tmemlnient. Tin-: Radical State Central Commit* Among other umeudments offered in ; tee met in Harrisburg yesterday, and the Seriate to the proposed negro suf- : fixed Weduesday, the Aid day of June frage eluuse of the Constitution adopted 1 next, as the time for holding the Ifadi by the House, was the following from . cul State Convention for the nomina Senator liurkalew tiou of a candidate for Governor and If you want to know what the Jladi rhe amend:m-ni .*bn!i be sub- : Judge of the Supreme Court. The cal State Central Committee mean bj T miit-'i !";• .:u)ti- ;,tinr. in t lit* L-gislature.s o! friends of Geary tried to secure the an “vigorous economy,” read the story tilt: «»-v< I;> i Stall'*, the inosl mum-rotis . . . 1 1 l>rau.'iii >i• i u inch .*hall lu-ehosi-u m-xia tier P°inlmcnt of an earlier day for holding which the vvaahington correspondent ini* pa-sage oi' this ii-soluthe Convention, but failed. Still it is :of the Philadelphia Ledger, tells about Tin; adopt ion of that proviso would be , regarded as probable that he will be : the gigantic fraud which was perpetra nothing more than common justice to nominated. We hope he maybe. If ted by the connivance of Radical Cou the people of the different States. It 1 Simon Cameron does not “hang his gressmen when the whiskey tax was would give them an opportunity to de- 1 hide on the fence,” as he threatened to | lowered. It is an admirable oxomplifi cide this question of negro sufl'rage for , do, the Democracy will. i cation. themselves, as they have a most un- | . questionable right to do. If the Senate (;ANc; °f Radical rowdies from 1 scalyirng’s Opinion of Carpet-baggers, should reject that fair and honest pro- I Philadelphia have gone to Harrisburg 1 The Rev. Judge Hunnicut, the leader position, it will be equivalent to a con- enforce the adoption of the Municipal j o f o ne wing of the Radical party of fession that a majority of the people are . >o^ca? throng in thegalleries j Virginia, thus expresses his opinion of opposed to what they propose to force , the Senate and House, and brow-beat l carpet-baggers: upon them. ’ ai 'd intimidate country members. Alot j “a few strangers squatted in Virginia for ... of them called at the room of a Repub-J the tr/ioZc.and pnrpoae of mftking tbeir Vigorous Economy. —Spending one- 1 Ueu» senator and threatened him with fifth of the funds of the County in personal violence if he dared to vote i established characters to recommend them building bridges and payin"- for said against thisrascally bill, which has been !t° the confidence of the people, without structures from one-third to one-half 1 strongly condemned by a number of; w“ay°^Vtin!Taro b u U n!b more than they ought to cost. Will the , prominent Radical newspapers. These ‘ prying into everybody's business, having Solicitor to the County Commissioners ‘ rou S lls ex l»et to he made policemen if j none of theirjiwn; looking out for any be good enough to let the people know 1 tlie bill depriving Mayor Fox of power j ing t 0 themselves whether all the enormous profit of such ■* s through. We shall see whether i may creep in ; trying to pull others down “ Viirerous Economy ” trues into the ag an g° f rowdies can compel legislation I [hat they may go up; trying to snatch the bridgtf con tractor as fhey may dictate with billies fnhand. | may iill 1 their °own it™’l'andis hnreB WUh him? An3 "' er ’ : VIGORO,;S Radical | rH °’ _ 0 State Central Committee passed a reso- j iug to crusn out truth and honesty to make State Elections ! iut,lon otlier day declariog in favor I way for lyiv ° and roftfegry.” The political campaign of ISGU will open with the following State elections; . , , i“ c ® ■‘ Novt - mber i ISG, » the membera of - *l. T> a( ji ea i state Central v. w Hamnshire March 9 • Contipctinnt tiooal debt has increased over sixty-five ... . . New Hampshire March.), Connecticut, . mUlionß , If vigorous economy is not Committee merely joking when they April 4, Rhode Island, April 1. A Gov- i B p ee dily practiced repudiation will be passed that resolution about “ Vigorous 1 ernor is to be cho en in each. | inevitable. Economy.” A Card from the Solicitor of the Com- j mlsslonen. I Jesse Landis, Esq., Solicitor to the County Commissioners, seems to le decidedly sensitive. A very slight al lusion to him iu the Intelligencer Las drawn from him the following commu nication : Messrs. Editors:— ln your issueof last night, 1 find a nolice headed Vigorous Economy, wherein the County Solicitor is requested to be good enough to let the people know whether all the enormous profits of such vigorous economy (meaning the profits made by the building of bridges) goes into the pockets of the bridge contractor, and if not, who shares with him. In reply thereto, I will only say that the duty for the contract ing for the building of bridges, and for the payment of them, does not belong to my ofiice, and that I urn therefore unable to answer the question. lam neither present when contracts or settlements of this kind are made. These duties necessarily fall upon tbe Commissioners, and I have no doubt that th.-y are able and willing at any timo to give any satisfaction which the pub lic may desire. From January, 186(1, to January, 1867, B. F. Bear, Esq., the present counsel for tbe Printers’ Paper Mill, held tbe position I now do. Perhaps if requested, he may he able to throw some light unon the question during that period. \\ J / r In conclusion I would merely remarteU that as the matter in controversy is now in process of a legal investigation, I hope tfie public will reserve its opinion until a full and iair investigation can be had, so that no injustice may be done to either party. Lancaster, Feb. *Jtb, l.stf*. they can oDly secure the ratification of What the full scope of Mr. Landis’ the proposed negro suffiage amendment duties as Solicitor to the County Com- j Constitution of the United States missioners may be we do pot know, as ' trickery and fraud. They dare, not it is probably regulated by custom of j r^ U9 f people to v oteon thequestion. the locality. We take it, however, that ■ *keir 0D b T hope is in hurrying the mat lie is the recognized legal adviser of! er through Congress, with the expec tkatbody. Assuch it is his dutyto in- I t f tiou tbata sufficient number of the form the Commissioners of the require* j Legislatures which they now cou* meats of the laws and statutes which j tr °l will sanction the contemplated have been laid down for the%egulation ; outra ge. of their conduct. .Such beingrhg- case,! ill the present Legislature of Peun h would have been well for them if lie sylvania vote to deprive the people of had called their attention to an act of ■ this State of their right to regulate the Assembly passed in IS-'id, defining their elective franchise forthemselves? Is it duties and fixing the responsibility of prepared thus to degrade the State, to the County Commissioners in regard to sink it 3 sovereignty in ihe dust, to cast bridge letting and building. The ful- j away its most precious and valuable lowing clause is of especial interest to \ privileges, for the sake of enforcing the t !iem . fanatical notions of a set of extreme “ Wlh u any such .bridge shall have been i Radicals . "Will it dare to enforce lie* erected by the commissioners of the county, 1 gro equality upon a reluctant people, or under their Miperint-ndence, if the sumo w i. en it iq f ... rtn : n t i iaf <*,,,.. .i psirp it < in d vb.ilt riot be approved by the persona ap- Wllt “ 11 cu lam mat r\\ uthirt u anu piloted, ns aloiesmd, to inspect the same 11 vast majority arc bitterly hostile to, tuey shall report in what respect such bridge to it"? These are questions which we is deficient, and whether or not the same has | ~. , ... , . occurred lliroiij;'. ll.e default, neglec! or old- I caußot ana ' vor wltl ' aD .V degree of cer cial misconduct of the said coimnissioners, : tainty. The Radical newspaper press or anv <>t them, and what in their judg- i o f the State is urging the members mem i* tin.- v:muM>i such bridge; and there- I - T .... . , , upon die court shall, in like manner,grunt ; “ ie Legislature to tuae the re* a rule upon the commissioners to show ; sponsihility of endorsing whatever cause against such report. i Congress may do ; hut we arc ful- Alton the service and return of such rule, I , . , it shall bo lawful for the commissioners tu <ly convinced that these newspapers have an issue directed, upon thesaid report, ■ do not express the honest opinion of in the matters aforesaid, lolhe court of com- ; eyen a ranjority of th(! lu-pul.lirans of mon pleas of the respective county, to be ] J J 1 tried by a jury ; nr. at their election, they • Pennsylvania. Here, in Lancaster may show can-v against tbo same,ami there* 1 county, thousands who never voted the ’ Democratic ticket are bitterly hostile to if it shall appt'ar upon t Im* : rial of such is* i iiegrosutl'rage, and they would soexpress sue, or upon investigation oy the court as theraselvesat the polls, ifun opportunity alor--'a!'.l, that Mich bridge is insulllcient, i . , , . , . . or ilun ...juiH been m, expense " -ere sranteJ. 1 hey have a right to greater than its value, through the neglect demand that the present Legislature or oJbeml miser mluct o! any one or more o; ; a hall not attempt to endorse any Con* the stud ciiinuw. tdont r.*, it shall be hiwlul ..... , . , . , , . , for Hie county ;<> recover, against such tie- stltulional Amendment by which it linrjuent commissioner or commissioners, may be proposed to fasten negro suffrage the dummies sustained by reason of the de- lJ p on Pennsylvania. Thousands of them f mlt ot them nr either m them as uloresaul, ~,,,, .„ , respectively " would gladly do so, if the opportunity It strikes us that if Mr. Landis had *'ere properly presented. That can and kuowu liia whole duty in relation to , OU Kbt to be done. Let our readers cut this important mutter, and had faitli- ; out the foilowing lemoustrance, attach fully dUcharged it, that the U'omruia- a & keet oi paper and procuie us sioners might have found themselves many subscribers to it as possiule : in a more comfortable position than the ' remonstrance. one they occupy at present. Did Mr. To (he Honorable the. Senate and House of J.antlfcs know of tUc existence of the act : of the Commonwealth of , , , o ’ Pennsylvania, m General Assembly met: of Assembly from winch we quote? If , Tbu undersigned, citizens of Lancaster he did not he lacks the knowledge ne- eoumy without distinction of party, do most cessary to constitute him a safe legal respectfully but earnestly and sol’einniy re , , , , , ” , monstrute agam»i thu rulilication, by your adviser, jl he knew tne law and failed , bouomble bodies, of the proposed amend to advise the Commissioners as to their 1 meet to tho Constitution of the United duty he is very cu!;inb!e iudeetl. He ! '■‘•/es. known as Article XV.,, which pro . . , . ,*■ ,* . , !i-s ihat “The right ot :»uv eitl/.vii oi ihu can take whichever horn o! tho dilemma j . : . d StHlos lo Volo Knc i ollire shall he chooses. u.otbe denied or abridged by the United 1 States, or any State, by reason of r ace, or Don- till- f'ubllc Lands Are Liven Alvay. .eolor, or previous condilion of slavery of i iinv citizen or class oi citizens ol the l nited The Secretary of the Interior, in reply ; states.” *" Wo do protest against the miili to a resolution of the Senate, says the t cation of the same, lor the reason that un- quantity ot land.*, certified ; people of the several .Stales have complete under existing laws for railroads and .control over the question of MitiVage, and wagon roads to States, Territories, ami . have not been consulted as tu . , . whether they are willing to part with this Co: pnratioijo, lip to „ anuaiy uO, IM>., isi important privilege, and in the language of 1,.">01,Uu0 acres; fur canals, nearly 4,- j the platform upon which General Grant boo out) acres. The quantity certified to i ''’ as clect-.-d to the Presidency, we do insist , ’ . , that “tlie question ot sutlmge m alt the named States since that i loyal stales properly belongs to the people date is as follows : Minnesota, for rail- oi those States.” \\‘e, therefore, do most roads,(lTO.nnnacres; California, railroads, ! sole,ll py remonstrate against too nililica ’ ’ ’ ’ i tion ot me proposed amendment, known us 20,n0n acres: Wisconsin, wagon roads, Article XV., by the present Legislature. 72,01)0 acres ; Oregon* wagon roads, lb,. Respectfully submitted. non, acres; Michigan, canals, “so.ooo ; making a grand total of “7,000,000 acres. In addition to the above enormous parties. r lhis is no mere party and extravagant grants, bills are still question. Men of all classes are alike pending before Congress for a similar aud equally interested,'n preventing an disposal nf millions more of the broad abandonment of the rightofPeunsylva acres which should he reserved as home- nia to regulate the elective franchise for steads for the people. It would be very herself, aud in preventing the enforce proper for the Secretary of the Interim; : meut of negro suffrage by act of Con to inform ’Congress how much is left. gress aud through the agency ofa ."State Legislature, which was elected without any reference to such a question. Let all be given an opportunity to sign the above remonstrance. Let it be cir culated freely everywhere. There is not a reader of the Intclinji xccr who can not get quite a number of his Republican neighbors to unite with Democrats in protesting against the proposed outrage. When this is done inclose the paper in an envelope and direct it to one of the Representatives from this County. We presume no one of ihem would dure refuse to present it to the body of which be is a member. Let action be taken in tiiis important mat ter without delay. The CoUcshe Power of the Public Flun' “ The principles of llie parly, air/' said Randolph, of Roanoke, in days long by, “the priuciples of the party are seven—the live loaves and the two fishes. ’’ “The party of the administra tion, ’’ said Calhoun, on a later occa sion, “I am waniL‘d, is a cohesive party. Ho it is, Mr. President; for it is held together by the cohesive power of the public plunder.” This is the bond of all political parties, and never has the truth of Randolph's pungent remark, or Calhoun’s, been Jso forcibly illustrated as i u the cohesive character of the party now in power ; for never has the pub lic plunder been so enormous, so lavish ly used or so strong in binding diverse factions, eliuiies and rings as in the common cause of the spoils. It isonly the old story from Holy Writ that .“where the carcass is there will the vultures be gathered together.” Mr. f >ixon wi.-hes the suffrage amend ment to go for final action to conven tions in the several States specially elected for that purpose. Mr. Ferry ’ objects, saying that it might as well go ; to tlie existing Legislatures, inasmuch • as those bodies will gerrymander the j electoral districts for a convention, so i that the cot; vent ion will in effect be the 1 Legislature over again. Or, iu other ' words, Mr. Ferry lias no better argu ment than that the Legislatures are sciundrel enough to defeat the intent of a reference to conventions by a fraud- j ulent apportionment, and that it is, therefore, be3t to submit the amend- . men t at once to said scoundrel bodies, without even an effort to have a fair popular vote. Let the People Bemonstrate Against He- gro Suffrage. That-a vast majority of the white peo ple of tbejUnited States are opposed to negro suffrage is undoubtedly true. Eighteen. States prohibit it altogether. Of the nineteen "which permit it, eleven were forced to do so by acts of Congress backed up by military power. Massa chusetts imposes educational restric tions upon the right of franchise, aud in New York and Rhode Island no negro can vote unless he owns a certain amount of property. The attempt to force negro suffrage upon the whole country by act of CoDgress is an outrage of the grossest character. Tho people of the different States have the right to regulate this matter for themselves, and they do not desire to transfer that right to the General Gov ernment. Negro suffrage would be voted down in Pennsylvania by a vast majority, if submitted to the decis ion of the ballot box, and the naked , proposition to allow Congress to decide who should and who should not be en titled to the elective franchise in this State, would be defeated by such a vote as would show the sense of our people. The Radicals know very well that J. Landis. The above remonstrance, it will be noticed, is to be circulated among men The Game Law A fair and proper game law is now before the Legislature and it should not only be promptly passed but vigorously enforced. It provides for the protection of trout as well as game, ami debars the taking of them at any time, except from the first of April to the first of Septem ber, or by any net or pther device ex cept the hook and line. This is emi nently right and *proper and we hope the full penalty of the-hjw will be visited upon every one who violates it. There are mauy even In the more thickly settled portions of this State, which would be speedily filled with this delicious and game fish if they were properly protected. Passing up street in Harrisburg, the other afternoon, we overheard the following colloquy between a couple of young ladies: Mari/— Jane, wont you be glad when these rude Legislature men go nwny, so we can walk out an evening without being afraid? Jane— Yes, Mary; but, then, you know when the Legislature adjourns the raftsmen come—and they’re almost as bad. STATEMENT of the public debt Increase of Fifteen and a Half Hintons, A Sample of Vigorous Economy. A New Tear’s Gift From the Radicals to 'I ax? Payers. Washington, Feb. u. The following statement of the public debt of the United States on the Ist of Feb ruary, ISG9, hasju-jt seen issued: Debt bearing coin i interests l 5 per cent, bonds. COO 00 ti per cent, bonds, ; ' „ 1881 - G77.40Q CO C per cent, o bonds. 1,002,5:3,350 00 «... 52 4 107,550,050 CO Debt bearing cur renc£intere*t: 3 percent, certifi cates .. ro.eoo.oco oo Navy pension fond at 3 per cent...... n 0 ,000,000 00 ~ . ~ ~ 7H.C00.0W 00 Aiatured debt not presented /or payment: 3 year 7-30 notes, dne August 1/j, 1867, June and July 15, JBGS..._. i,«r7 r.j ikj Compound In terest notes matured June ■ 0, July 15, Au gust 15 and Dee 01 15, 1507. <* May 15, <fc Aug Ist, fcep. 1 * 10, and Oct. IG, 1868 3,5!*,* 170 uj Texas indemni ty Bonds iSt;,Gi;o ou Treasury notes, acts of July 17, 1861, and prior thereto Bonds, April 15, 1812, Jan’y -8, IM7, and Mar. 31, 1815 Treasury notes, March 3, 18\1... Temporary loan, Ceriiilcaies ofiu dc-btcdnc-s Total Pebt bearing r. interest : United States S'oG.OJiyTd I’d notes Fractional cur- :WM1,117»-:i rency Gold certificate* of deposit Grand Total G pur cunt, lawim money bonds issued to th u Pacific Ka 11 - road Com panics Total debt Ain'nt in Trea sury coin Cum ncy s\7:G.7J<; 41 Amount of Debt :ess cash in 'treasury. S2,sc(vijj.i js us Ttio foregoing is a corrfd statemeut nf the Public Dent, as appears irnm the books and Treasurer's returns la the Department, on December I, l y os. HUGH McCULI.OCH. .Secretary o( The Treasury. By a comparative statement of the public debt oil Jannary 1, ISM, with that due on February 1, ISM, it will be seen that there has been an increase of $14,70U in the debt bearing compound interest; increase in matured debt not presented lor payment, $662 507 ; increase in tho debt bearing no in terest s(.>,'->18,911 90; increuso in Pacific Railroad bonds $1,920,0ut); showing an in crease of the total debt since Jauuurv Ist of § > siO.OII 90. The com in the Treasury Ibas'tlecreased during the mouth $10,MU.052 -17, and the curruucy has increased $1,::75,25u -14, show ing an increase of the public debt over last month, less cash in the Treasury, $l5 I'S •loti SO. The warrants issued by theiTruasury De partment during the month ;o!'\Tunuury, 1509, to meet Die requirements of the Gov ernment, amount in round numbers to tho following sums ; Civil, Miscellaneous and foreign in tercourse $4, H!<,U )o Interest on the pi bile debt au’Toi.uuu War Department o j't.cuu Navy .. i,:r>Ho'K) Interior " .. s3J ouu The warrants issued for tlio redemption of the public debt are not included in the above. The X. V. Tribune gets off the fol lowing : The N. V. W'tirld assures us that Gen. Graut has promised to attend a ball in Wusbiugton, and intimates that ho makes his promise on the assurance that “Negroes ure to-be excluded!” 5 —We venture to sa}- that while General Grant probauly selects the compauy that best suits his taste, both among white men and black, he will not decline to mingle in a public entertainment with men whose voles assisted in his election. If a black man was good enough to vote for the Re publican party in North Carolina, ho is good enough to attend an Inauguration Bull in Washington. There it is. The President is not to be permitted to deny social equality to the negroes who voted for him. The Radicals who have constituted them selves the keepers of Grant may, how ever, find it a little dillicult to break him into their peculiar views. The I-'j-prcsa says : '* Wo believe that unless the Republican party repudiates and purges itself from the wide-spread corruption which bad uieuaro endeavoring to fasten upon it, the party must and will be buried under a turrent of public reprobation.” That paragraph is pregunnt with meaning. 11is the honest truth drawn from a reluctant source. The people* begin to see how extravagant the Re publican party is, how wide-spread is the corruption which prevails in its ranks. Every day will only increase thecouvicliouof its uu worthiness which is now becoming so general. Honest men can not shut iheir eyes to the fact that in National, State and Uouuty af fairs the m6st unblushing frauds are the order of the day ; that robbery and ras cality have become the rule in office, and honesty the rare exception. The masses are beginning to learn that there is no hope of a reform while power re mains in the same hands which are now abusing it so shamefully, and it will not lie long until they will efiVot a change. Counting Chickens Before They Arc U ate lied, The Philadelphia Press reckons up twenty-five States that are sure to go for the fifteenth amendment, with the prospect of getting in additiou the votes of Virginia, Mississippi aud Texas— when those States are reconstructed— making twenty-eight, or the three fourths requisite to adopt the amend ment, allowing the whole number of States to be thirty-seven. This is a good'deal like counting chickens before they are hatched. Put enumerating “ dead ducks” may be a different thing. Timk and again Mr. Warfel, the As* sessor of this District, has been called upon to give to the public an explana tion of the Hackman whisky frauds. He delays and deolinesAodo so, notwith standing he has all the facts in his pos session. If this silence should continue the public must come to the conclusion that Mr. Warfel is personally implicated in this piece of rascality. He can only clear himself by a proper explanation. The indefinite little note lie seut us the other day is (utterly iusufficent; it amounted to nothing. The Radical State Central Commit- tee took occasion at their late meeting Tm; New York P a P ers re P”rt that to pass a resolution recommending the market to be a S aiu Hooded with con passage by the Legislature of a Police ! traband whiskey, which is selling fur bill fo- Philadelphia, which takes all 1 bl '‘ lo ' v Lhe CoBt of Promotion. That control from, the bands of the Mayor was lbe case wben tbe * ax vvas two dol aud vests it in a body of partisan Com- arH a gallon, ft waH the result of such missioners. Tbjs resolution was adopt- i*' us perpetrated in the Hack ed for the express purpose of coercing ■ mau case. Millions of gallons manage certain Republican members of the : to esca P u tbe P a ybient of any tux, and Senate and House, who are conseien- : coura6 l^ose wbo cheat the govern tiously opposed to this iniquitous mens- • men . t * through the guilty connivance of ure. Whether these men will consider I °tTlcliLlsi T can afford to sell their whiskey themselves hound to obey the peremp- below cost. tory order of the Radical State Central ; the'vote'of the Committee remains to be seen. We Electors for President and Vice Presi hope they have manhood enough to do i dent will be counted in the ball of the what they believe to be right, regardless , House of Representatives, in the pres of consequences. ence of Llie two. Houses, the President of T T ~ I the Senate presiding and the Hpeakor of lx reference to the use of Gen. Han- r t ...... , ~ . . the House ou his right hand, cock’s Dame in connection with the 1 nomination for Governor of Pennsvl- 1 ~ ,7 „.7» noimmcnl to W illlnui Penn. vama, a Washington despatch says he will not some patriotic member of the refuses to be a candidate or interfere Legislature make a move this session with the local politics of his Statewhile 1 to ' vard huvina a monument erected to the , . . f, ° memory of William Penn? It is said tbe he remains in the army. ; founder of Pennsylvania has not a stone to , mark his resting place. Let his remains Senator Morton declared dnrimr a he exbumeil and brought to this country ...... r, , . , ’ , b a and designated by monumental honors. debate in the Senate the other day, that j either on Penn Square, Philadelphia, or on the Tenure of Office law had “been beautiful grounds at the State Capitol, used to put thieves in office.” That was will move Iq lbe rauLter?— Puutburg truth plainly epokeD,.and accounts for! much of the rascality which has pre i Lar »® n^r. vailed in the revenue rfpnnrtmonf Tbe Lewistown Gazette says John linger enue department. of Milroy, while out hunting on Thursday ’ - the mountains back of Milrov, chased “ Vigorous Economy. "—That is the n P a panther, which he followed‘to Stone " , , . creek, where the animal treed. Ho flnallv term used in a resolution jiassed by the j go t a shot at it putting a bullet through its Radical State Central Committee the mouth, and brought it down. It proved to other day. As a sample of what it meana ? n “ c M” in g 8 8 y inches from nose to end of tail and weigh we have thepasting and folding swindle, ing 200 lbs. The Extent of the Bachman Whiskey The Inquirer seems to think that the Hackman whiskey fraud was a more gigantic swindle even than it was at first reported to be, and we must con fess that tbe following statement goes very far towards proving the entire truth of its assertion. The editor says': We have taken some pains to investigate ibis, and submit tbe following statemeut, whinb is mainly from the official records. Beside a considerable amount of whisky made by Mr. Hackman prior to January Ist, ISGS, wbich.be bad on hand at that date, and upon which be admitted no tax bad been paid, this assessment was made to cover the liquor distilled by him, and not returned, from {January Ist to May 31st., 1860, a period of 161 days. Tbe Hackman distillery is now operated by Messrs. Hamaker <fc Lytle. It bad six fermenters in Hackman’s time, two of which have since been taken down, thus reducing its capacity one*third. The present distillers have, under the new law, fixed 72 hours as their ferment* iug period, and are also compelled to keep each fermenter empty for 24 hours after the beer is drawn otf. It requires 96 hours, thoreforo, from the time a fermenter is filled with mash until it can be filled again. At that time Hackman was not required to keep his fermenters a minute empty, and it is well-known that his fermenting period ranged from 4S to 60 hours. A com parison shows, first, that ilackmau had one-half more capacity for fermenting than Hamaker <fe Lytle have, which is the tiue test, as every distillery in tho county hus n much larger distilling tbnn fermenting cup«cit3'. Second, that his fermenting period was only from one-half to five eighths as long as that of tho present oper ators. li is, therefore, evident ibat ho should have made at least twice ns much liquor us llarnnker A Lytle now do. Upon inquiry nt the Internal Revenue oilice, wo tind that these gemienirii averaged lor every day they ran in lust December, oGJ Ballons of proof spirits; Hackman should, therefore, huve made 7-0 gallons dailj', or 10i>,«i2G gal lons from January Ist to May lilst, thoume which it is admitted his distillery was In operation. But puttiug the matter in iho most favo able light possible for Hackman, let us suppose he made no more than Hamuker ct Lytle are now doing, mid still we have •>I,KI:> gallons, And now, reader, what think you did Hackman return? A'ine thousand four hundred and fifty-tuo gallon*.' Our readers can figure the deficiency for themselves, and then remember thnt as be- I'oro stated, but a small portiou of the-d.iilO gallons assessed against Hackman was for this deficiency, a largo part of it being for contraband whisky made previously, and Which he admitted had not paid tax. And now, when corrupt olliciuls give up to the Whisky Ring even the small pit tance which was a?Mssed, respoelable newspapers are found to o.iue forward and defeud them. We have twice called on the Revenue Officers of this District, for some informa tion as to how this swindle was elfected, but have tints fur rocoived no reply. We hope they will see proper to make public all the fuels in the case, in ordor that the people know exactly where the responsibility rests. If they refuse to do this, they will bo justly regarded as being themselves impli cated in the transaction. SIJJ.nn.TAJ 54 S2,i;ie,:>GC,7L7 is ">2,017,000 00 Washington's Amnesty Proclamation to the Pennsylvania Rebels, The first rebellion against theauthor* ity of the United States originated in Pennsylvania. The exciting cause was , whiskey, ami for some time there was considerable trouble, but the insurgents ; were reduced to subjection without much bloodshed. No sooner was the contest fairly ended than a spirit of clemency was exhibited on the part of I the General Government, and George ! Washington issued the following com -1 prehensive Amuesty Proclamation : Wiiekic.ys, Tliocommr-sioriorsappointed by the PrcdiJcnt of the United States to confer with the citizens in the western : counties of Pennsylvania, during the in . surrectlon which prevailed therein, by tlieir , act of agreement, bearing date the *Jd day ! , of September last, in pursuance of the power in them vested, din promise ami on- ! i gage that if assurances of submission to the 1 j laws of the United Slahes should be bona tjide given by the citizens resident in the 1 ! fourth survey of Pennsylvania, in the man- j 1 no r and within the time in the said act and agreement specified, a general pardon should be grunted, on the luth day of July then next ensuing of all treasons and other indictableolTenses against the United .States committed Within the said survey before i he Ibid day of August last; excluding there- • from, nevertheless. every person who should refuse or ueglect to subscribe such ( assurance and engagement in mauuerafore- i said, or who should, alter such subscription, ; violate the same, or willfully obstruct, or attempt to obstruct, the execution of the ' acts for raising a revenue on distilled spir its luid stills, or be aiding or übetting there in And Wiiekeas, J have since thought , proper to extend the said pardon toalf per- . sons guiity of the said treason, misprisions ' of treason, or otherwise concerned in the late insurrection within the survey afore said, who have not since been indicted or , convicted thereof, or of any other otlenso against the United Stales ; $G, y lj\'.'oo Therefore, Be it known that I, George Washington, President of die .suit! United Slates, have granted, and by these presents do grant, a full, free and entire pardon to all persons (excepting as is hereinafter ex cepted), (d ull treasons, misprisions of trea son, aud other indictable ofiense.s aguinst ttie United States, committed within the fourth survey of. Pennsylvania, before the said 2:M day of August passed, except ing and excluding therefrom, neverthe less, every person who refused or neglected to give and subscribe tho said assurances in the manner aforesaid (or having subscribed, hath violated the same), aud now slandeth indicted or convicted of any treason, mis prison of treason or olYeuse against the United Slates, thereby remitting and re leasing unto ail persons, except as before excepted, all penalties incurred, or suppos ed to lie incurred, for, or on account of the premises. In testimony whereof, ) have hereunto set my hand and 'caused the seal of the United States to be affixed this loth day of July, and the twentieth year of the in dependence of the United States. . Now here we have precisely such a document as that of Andrew Johnson, against which such eminent Constitu tional lawyers as Wilson and Wade are lifting their feeble voices. It covers the objection which their keen discrimina tion seems to have found, to wit—that the individuals to be reached must be named by the Executive. It is general and sweeping in its effects, and in a single sentence blots out the offence of treasou as against those wbo partici pated in tbe whiskey insurrection. Rut it maybe that Washington was in the light of latter-day statesmanship an “unconstitutional President;” We sup pose he was, but, poor fellow, he acted according to his best kuowledged—for in his day the Almighty hadn’t depop ulated the Massachusetts shoe shops to fill the Senate with wisdom all but divine. We have published in full the procla mation of General Washington, refer red to in the President’s Message, for the benefit of persons who have been led by tiie bowlings to doubt the Presi dent's power to issue a general amnesty. It will be seen that the two are identi cal in time. There uever lias been any attempt to dispute the authority of Washington to pardon the Pennsylva nia “ traitors ”—nor can there beany doubt of Mr. Johuson’s right to do pre cisely as has done toward the lute rebels of the South. The Remains of SI rs. Surratt. Washington, Feb. 8,1869. The President issned an order yesterday morning, for the delivery of the remains of Mrs. Surratt to Father Walter, of St. Pat rick’s Church, of this city, and yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock that gentleman, in company with Mr. Towne, and Harvey & Marr, undertakers, proceeded at once to the Arsenal, and the remains were disinterred. Immediately after tbeexecution, Mrs. Sur ratt’s remains, with those of Payne, Har old and Atzerodt, executed at the same time, were placed in boxes and interred in graves near the scaffold, her body being at the north end of the row and the others ad joining her remains in the same order named above. The body of Booth was also burled near there, that is, in side the old building, neur the main door of the" Warden’s resi dence. The body of Wirz, the Andersou viile jailor, was placed In tho yard adjoin ing the body of Atzerodt. A woodeu fence was erected around the graves, and a wood ed head board, with the name of the per son buried below, placed at each grave. In the fall of 1567, when the demolition ot the Penitentiary building was determined on, it became necessary to remove tho bodies, uud they were bur.eil in the warehouse kuown as No. 1, the second building below the principal cilice, the bodies being placed under the flagging. Mrs. Surratt’s was laid next to tho north wall of the building, and the others adjoining in tho following order: Pityne, Harold, Atzerodt, Wirz, and Booth. There the bodies of ail have remaiued un til yesterday. The ooiilu, wheu lilted, was in tolerable couditiou, aud when opened the remains w*.re found to bo in an excellent state of preservation. The face, though black, was yet perfect in feature, and the wnole body compact and firm. The dress looked well, and the gaiter shoes appeared to be uot the least soiled. Upon the day of bet execution herdaughter Annie, who vis ited her, took from her bonnet a steel arrow and stuck U upon her mother's dress close up m the neck, which re mained where it had been placed by the daughter. The bottle with tlu* name of Mrs. Surratt written upon a piece orpnri’brnetn within was also m the 6oflin, aud without shifting anything the cotiln was placed in the undertaker's wagon and driven to Mount Olivet Cemetery, where the remaius were transferred to'* handsome walnut cofliti, und then placed in the vault until to-day. Annie Surratt, . hur brother Isaac, a lady friend <U the j tumily, Father Waller and Mr. Towne will ; be piesent at the funeral, which takes place . to-morrow at two aud a half o'clock. It is intended that the Interment shall be *oa- I ducted with the strictest privacy, and \\ nil I tho exception of the undertaker and those | mentioned, none others will be present. A ( liancc for Capitalists. A subscriber writ,is to us as lollow- ; Sai.Tsnt‘iti;, Indiana countv, l’a, t i February Ith, 'hen. j M Kss its, Editors : In sending tin.', com tnunication to your paper I wish to -how the advantages we have ami to otVor in ti uce incuts to capitalists and manuke-t un-rs to invest money in something in our borough. Uur town situated on the dim of the Western I’eun.sylvuuiu Kailro.nl and tho Couuouiaugh and K iskimiimtas i m-ra, containing from eight to ten hundred in’ hirtutanU. Both of the above sitcoms possesses very line water-power; wu lm\e two large grist mills, each with a saw mill attached, both doing a good business; ;ui extensive foundry, good common schools, und a very lino academy in a flourishing condition, churches ul all duiiominutiiffis, * xcellent lartuiug country surrounding us. Aside Irom ulfthese advantages the mmeial wealth ol our county is as good il lint bet ter than any m the State. We have a vein of bituminous coal from seven to eight le, t thick (tho Pittsburg vein) we arc now ship, ing to thu IVnnsy l \ ui Tut Hail road and ol her companies about isu to duo tons of c.-al per day, uud one mine within a mile of out place has facilities or capacities to ship live tu six hundred tuns of cal per dav, c»|iiul in quality for gas or other purposes tu the Pittsburg coal. Mcliavu also wiih.n live miles of our borough a large, line, buck manufactory, live salt works, that manu facture each, annually, from live m six thousand barrels of salt; Iron ore wiilnn two miles, flro brick clay and oilier miner als in all our hills ; timber plenty, di-tunce by railroad to Pittsburgh filly miles, to Johnstown forty live miles. Wo respoet tully invite capitalists and manufacturers to pay us a visit and examine for them selves, they will be cordially received by the citizens. A very important .subject was disposed of (o-cJuy, so far as the Senate I’acilic Kullroad Committee can determine. This committee finally agreed upon a plan furtheconstrue tioti of railroad lines to the Pacific. They provided fora Northern Pact tic Railroad and an Allanticutid Pacific Railroad. Theluiter extending from Little Rock, on the) doth deg. of latitude to the southern border of (’alifortiia, there to join the Southern Paci fic Railroad line as established by a Califor nia charter, to San Francisco. The bill will provide for a branch from Portland, ( begon, southwest, to a connection with the main trunk line of the Union Pacific Railroad on Humboldt river. Those companies are to issue ootids re* spectively, as twenty mile sections may be completed to the atuount of s:>iJ,nuo per mile, bearing 6 per cent interest,payable in green backs running :;u years. To secure pay ment of the interest by these companies, all dues from the dovernmeut to them for transportation nre retained and the title to tho public lands is to remain in the Gover nment until the hitter shall oiler them fur sale in the usual ninuiier. Mach company is required to pay into the Treasury lo per cent, of the gross receipts as further .securi ty for the payment of tho interest Tho Branch road from the Northern Pacific to Portland is exclusively from the above aid, as is also the Lastern division m Kansas. The preparation of the lull is committed m .Senator Harlan, who expects to be ready to report to the Senate next Friday, r. y.' The following statement of a New York ’ paper is confirmatory of tlie announcement : made in tbe »S'im’.s special despatch pub lished two days ago: ‘•All statements to tho ccntrurv the i President has directed tho Attorney '(ion* . eral to pardon Dr. Mudd, who, it will bo' remembered, was convicted by the military i commission in I*ls, and sentenced to jn prisonment and labor nt tho Dry Tortugas I for life.'."with Arnold and (>' Unughlin. 1 Spangler’s sentence being for the period of 1 six years. The recommendations for the. pardon of Dr. Mudd uru very .strong, (.or alone containing over .700 name.-., Taring I those of every officer and soldier on duty i at tho Dry Tortugas. It is said that bis at teutimi to the sick at that place during the j prevalence of j-ellow fever has won lor him the gratitude of all, who earnestly join in the recommendation loexecutiveciemency. 1 Theca.se is now before the Attorney Gen eral, and tho official pardon will be issued j without delay. Kfibres to secure the par I don of Spangler and Arnold are also being ' made.' 1 Washin<;'|<iN, bob in the I.'. s. Semite, on .Saturday, Mr. Morgan presented resolutions *«.I ih- New York l.'luimljfr'nf roimnerce ngtiin-i Neerel gold sales. ’ Tile hill to repeal ih- Tenure of Ullire net was discussoi! ; also the sullrnge nmohdincDl, and iuii-ndrii-iil*. were ollered lu llm latter. Mr. KdinninU ollur-d u joint resolution providing that ih votes of .Hi. Statu of tienrgm for I’iesiJeiH umj Vice Pr.-sidetK sliall not ho reported tliesaniO as tle.se df the other Stales, hut with a proviso thiily** Were the Votes pre sented,” Ae. Inllie House Mr. Hooper re ported a hill from the Ways and Means Committee, “to prevent the lurther jnereii— o! the public deht," which wus ordered to ho printed and recommitted. The Army vtrni.L-c Suicide Appropriation bill was cmiMiJored lan Titi-n't iv T,,.: „ , , ■mamluioNt for a large r, duo,ion of 11,.- IHKM..N, A. .J., 1 eb. S.—Mr. lauao nru.y was offered try Mr. (lariiolil. Imnn, long and familiarly known as head W vsu I noton l-‘ h o of the linn of Dunn A Son-, Har.lwuro 1 In llio V. S. Sraaa , yoMprclav ’ Ilia Doalors, >o. II Earn .stale Mr, at, disap. rulltcß on I'aoliio Hailrnads reported a,I peered very my.MenooMy on lasi Thnrs- • voraelv, and asked to be diaoh;,r K od Iri.io day. A l.oii t ball pas! li o cloak on that eve- Hie furl In-r consideration of H lurct- mini", t ninuho entered the store ot Uuchunan .V ot bills and memorial* grunting or uskiiie Sbubburd and ordered a wedding cake for | aid for railroad and tclugrunh hue*- <>n Ins marriage, whi<*h was to take pi hoc lho ' motion of Mr. Kdmuinls ihi , ri-oiui coming Tuesday. After leaving said .store , odVred by him in relatuVlu the mode he was lust wen near tin Aswunpink creek , punting Hie vote uf C-orvin for I'n- about !l iiduck. and Vice President wnu taken up. 1 1„. lie was supposed to have u large Mi:n <>l discussion was interrupted by tie- eMeri money witu him, which was alterwnrds lion or ihu morning hour wbi.-li hr!,a dp lonnd m his Iruuk, and Icars wore order 'up the con.alimliorml amoiidn.cni M amed lhal ho had been murdered, lint Iris i Hatilabury proceeded lo address the SenalV. body was found in the river near bridge l on that question. At the conclusion ot his street. No mark* of violence being found | speech, Mr. KdmumJ*’ resolution in refer upon his person, und n rope.nhoui U feet , enue to ihu electoral vote of u-ur-,t w l( s long being found in his pocket, conclusion passed.} Mr. Frehriul»uy‘.vn th» o n,-n'- is warranted that ho wus fully bout upon . n brief sp. erh in favor <u n-ro M ,n { ., self-destruction. Mr. Davis ne\i obtuined frto Floor but il-,-- aMr. Dunn was about 50 years of ago and .Sonata took u recess uni il seven ' oV|o« k n widower. tor Ihu past lew weeks he has In the evening session Mr. DitvD mad- 7 acted rather strangely and it in supposed lengthy speech in opposition to the pending he was laboring under teinporay in- ! amendment. saniiv when he committed the rash act. In the House, the morning hour was or- His melancholy end has cast n deep gloom cupicd in tho call of the States in r hills m,d over the whole community where ha hits joint resolutionslb&cfurenee Mr Kldi idue been so long and favorably known. , naked leave to oiler u resolution for the up- pointmunt of a select committee toinvisti r„.,m .. .. .. Kide the murder of citizens in Arkansas,by 1 “ „ . tbo militia, but objection win made. dVo Ebsha . Daws mace his pile in rules were suspended in order to rounder “ ile,” and never lost anything by being 1 in the House, instead of in commun e o' a member of the Legislature, without 1 the Whole, tho .Senate amendments to tb it was his temper, about which nobody copper bdl. The previous bill was moved cares much. Pie writes a card, foolish ' and wounded, ami the main question or muu, to the (Jazcttc to which that (Jon ‘ ei ' Mr. brooks moved to lay die I, ill paper rejoins: I’ 1 . 1 tlj<? la ; negatived—yeas, w ■ nay.-,inn. In the lutter from Mr. K. W. Davis, which il 1 ? ~a,e“ d u' w i 1 ‘ # Wl ‘, re U,HII coi.rurre,i m. we publish elsewhere, bo writes like a gen- 1 \ ,* l ( l uurl er beloru ihn-e, tho House went tleman. In his speech in the House, of '*'- u tullt c o °f theiiole, j-nd restniHMi which we give a telegraphic sen-p-is, he '.. 0 1 tr . a ) ° n ot Army Appropnu talkod liko a blackguard m a potliouse. In- lon After a discussion oi o\- ; an stead of a wortbv member of a deliberate 1 ,°77 » in< ir il 5,1 f ’ tho " , assembly. * l,tUll seven. Ihe evening se-.-ioi. Elisha can put that in his pipe and ' cas t° the consideration ~t the , .. f .. v , , . r Hiitnu bill. The .Senate resolution mre a smoke it, for there Is plenty more com- , tion th# olw ., orill vo!e ,; L .,„ K i..,, ing.— PdUburcj Posl. , p „ ss „d. George Washington I fatal Affray Id Yot*h County. state Legislature. On Thursday evening an unfortunate , .. affair occurred in the village of Loganville, iiAiini. ui k«, f t l». ... seven miles south of York. Two wagons lu tljo Venule u number of private came into collislou. Georgo Hartman, .Jr., of u<> generul interest were taken up ami who bad acompanlon in his spring wagon, disposed 01. Among ffe bills read in place, was driving the one team, and MichueL "’ as °°e relativo to the admission to iunt Hartman, with a one-horse spring wugou, discharge from hospitals of the insane, and was the occupant of the other. Albert D. onG to punish cruelty to animals. Hartman, sun of Michael, lmd been walk- In the House the private calendar was iug near tbo wagons when they collided, taken up and considered. Among the re- An angry quarrel sprung up immediately, solutions passed, was one gruutingtheu.se. which terminated by George Hartman ol the hall to the Editorial Convention, and dealing with a club or other weapon a the gentlemen composing it were invited to deadly blow upon the skull of A. D. Hart- sc*ytson too tloor during the llouso sessions, man, tbo gentleman who recently kept a N Hauiumiuiu», Feu. a. store at the corner of George and King In the Pennsylvania Senate, yesterday, a streets, in this place. All the parties are ( number of bills were introduced, mostly'ro distant relatives. Both tho assailant and luting to railroad and canal interests. In the assailed are about 23 years old. 'I ho the House, the Union League bill relating blow was so terrible that Mr. H.’s skull to tho selection of candidates for olllee (be was brokon, and ho died the samo night, mg the proposition of u prlxe essay,) was- Hartman; who inflicted tho blow, whs nr- reported adversely, and recommitted. Bills rested. wero introduced authorizing the Common Pleas Court to grunt divorces, and giving , _ ,_ . _ , i the Government power to remit portions of A Girl Cat lu Two by her Father. sentences for criminal offences, and reduce St. Louis, Feb. *». —A man named Iloefer, . death sentences to imprisonment for life or living on the outskirts of Hannibal, Mis- u term of years, sourl, murdered bis daughter, ten Years ’ old, yesterday. Ho strangled ner with a 1 * \ 1 * 1 strap, cut her body in two, tore her heart The Cumberhind r CivrtiaM of last week out, cut it open and swallowed the blood. ’ says that the work on tho Connelsyiile He was arrested. When asked why he i railroad Is progressing favorably, >\ large committed the deed he replied that Christ i force being employed in tho neighborhood was killed, and it was no worse for bis child of Meyers’Mills, Sand Patch tunnel, and to me than Christ; that he killed her asa , The fall of 1870 will doubtless sacrifice to Christ. It is said the man is , see the road in operation along the entire; insane on religion. i ronte from Cumberland to Pittsburg. The Pacific KallroaU, Tlie Pardon of Ifr^Umhl, Congreasionnl. <t 3. Jn the u. S. Senate, yesterday, the Diplo matic Appropriation bill was considered, the qaeslion being on an amendment to re duce the pay of tho Judges and arbitrators appointed under tho slave trade treaty with Great Britain. The amendment was finally altered so as to provide Tor payment of the Judges only while they nro ut their posts. Mr. Wilson introduced constitutional amendments providinglfor universal suf frage, leaving to tho States only the regula tion of the period of residence. Mr. •'Hen derson introduced a bill ostubliabingu De partment of Homo Adairs. In the House, various resolutions of In quiry were adopted. Mr. Perhutn’s Pension bill, with amendments,lincludlngthoomiN sion of tho section withdrawing widows’ pensions for misconduct, was recommitted. A bill was’passed authorizing the construc tion of n brldgo across tho East river, at New York. Tho President’s message, giv ing the correspondence in relereuco to Cos. tollo and Warren, held ub Feuiau prisoners in England, was referred to the Foreign Commttteo, with leave toreport on thoaub ject ul nyy time. Tho Senate amendments to thobill-removingdisquallliedoflice held era were concurred in. Tholmimn Appro priation bill was considered in Com mi tire ot the Whole. Mr. Luwrenco, of Ohio, desired ;to otter a suffrage amendment,but ol'ject ion was made by Mr. Randall. Tne Internal Reveutio bill was considered in evening session. Wasiiinoto.v, Feb. I In tho U. S. Senate, yesterday. Mr. K»s introduced a bill to encourage the gimvih of fruit trees, and Mr. Uonklingom* to eu courage tho buildiug of steamships. Mr. Trumbull, from the Judiciary Committee, reported back his bills reorganizing the Su preme Court, and relating n> judgments in capitafeasrs. The Patent Ofliee|A ppropria tnm bill was reported; also, the bid fur thu erection of a bridge across the Deiaunte be tween Philadelphia and Camden. Mr. Warner, of Alabama', ottered a mittr-m* amendment to the Const tint ion. 'i h<* I >iph>- niiitie Appropriation bill was ouie.;.h-iod, and Mr. Buckalew moved to strike out tie appropriation to carry out the slave trade treaty, but this was not agreed to. Amend ments were adopted increasing the mdiirv of the Al inister to the Argentine Republic, and appropriating CdOUJ to repair Hie pi.,- testatu Cemetery at Acapulco. Without tinnllv disposing of the bill, the Senate took up the Snll'rago Amendment, and vaiions amendments wi re ottered und ordered to I e printed, afler which the Sen tie adjoin m n. In tho House, Mr. Reck introduced a lull providing tor an election m M i>sis-ippi. Florence Scnnuel and Henry Johnson, buih ot New \urk, were brought belore ihe Houso to answer fur contempt m n iu-mg to answer questions pm i, v n,,. v York Election Committee. After examination and promising to answer quasi ions tlw\ Were remind to tin* custody ot the geant-al Arms, fl> bo deiained until e.\ amuioil by the committee. The bill tor the establishment of a military and pe-t;d railroad between Wa-hmgion and New York was reported. Mr. Poland intro duced a lull providing lor a new .N\ : .r,-m . \ iiatutahzation. The Indian Appiopium >e. bill u as. deqios* d ol ill Coiiiiinlic * ot ib>* Whole, and an evening se-smn held lm cotisi b*rat:on of tin* internal Iboe-nn* bd; Wash i Niiin.v, Feb . In t!.e U. s. Senate, yestejdav! tlie ci. denlial- Ol Seiiators-elect Tipton', of Nebras ka, ami Me wart, of Nevada, were presented. Mr. Edmunds introduced a b:d n-r llie bet ter security of printing U. S. note-., etc. Tin sullrage amendment was ci t.si.l. red. Mr. Catb*ll introduced a bill t,. pr. \ ide I. : ih< conversion of register* d I t). ■ • I’ i n< d Stales inti) coupon bonds. Mr. t ; n *n troduced a bill for a tin.* of mail - from l-’ernandina, Fla., and Savannah, to certain European pmis. An ineiiim,* -*•» si*m w on held, at whi* h no Ihmiii-mi; g. n end Importance was transact* *l. In tin* House, the dix-haige of ll.um Joims-.n ami Florence Scan ml was onim-. d, lhe V having lestiliial be lure l hi* New ' • i i, Coiimiillee : tin* dtscJiarge ef Sentinel n* I u poll Ins pay mg li .«• cost.-, * f he-. ;• n-t. \ bid \v;i< i epnricd ami pa 1, aloli-:m; distinctions of tomiage ones agam-t .spun ishj vt'sscly, whore no d ,>cm mi na 1 1* m i inmli* agaitist Americ)in ves-ejs, ith. M ill ad I no W‘d that tin* Tan If lull be lak* u U| blit objection was made. The Italian A p proprialion bill was p.h.-cd. On tii> »1 i< >ll *" Mr. Schcnck, U'*jiri's<*niativi's Wr's-.d, o* Inwu, and Pruyn.ofNmv York, wen* ap pointed tellers nil thu pm L ol tin* House ;.* • count llie eleeloml vote.-. Mr. l.ogun in trounced a bill " providing for Lin* | ayita n i of the National debt and reduction *>t ibo rate of interest thereon,” which was i« U-r -red. '1 In* Senate bid, ameinla'forv ol the nci prohibiting the coolie trade, was *•• *.i*nirr.-il in. An ev**nlng session, exctn-iva-lv mr speimhmaking, was li*>ld. * W A.S til >i;T*».N Feb, il. In the L’. S. Senate, yesterilay, *<n lnotn n, , it was ordered that tho Senate bob! evening j sessions for the consideration of do* m gio .suffrage amendment. The lull ingivi”*! to «*xtraditioti treaties passed ; it an thorlzes the Presi*lent to employ miln.u v 'force, when necessary, to guard nidged criminals given up by foreign eeuMne-. Tha r* solution to authorize tin: pa.ym*-nl **f Senators tiom the reeonsl rdileit Slate* from the beginning of tho Forli«*th ('ongn-s was taken up aud debated until da* ex,'U : alion of the morning hour, when the n<-gn< ' sulfiage amendment came up. Mr. Wil liams Senate in ml\*icaev of his amendment, winch is as follows : “( .. r* - 1 gress shall have power to abolish or m.><l■ j v any restrictions upon the right to von* nj hold nlliru prescribed l»y Ilm t orisi not e m nr laws of uny Stale." lie was follow* .1 l,\ , Mr. Sumner. Mr. Vickers then addicted the Senate in opposition. At I I*. M. u,.- Senate look a na-e.-s until half pa-t seven. Thu satin* question was under *•011x111*-; al mu ' during tho evening scssirm. In the lions**, tho bid for the i.-iaf >,| Admiral Farrugut und Mie oflio.-i s an*i uo-n "I his ilett that pass**<l Forts Philip amr Jackson, passed, ltdin els tho pay merit **'. prize money lor vb-ssels euplur***! by u duet, and wliich could not bo sent to ( or elsewhere torailjinlicution. S**veni. pr vatu bills wer*j passeil. Mr. Brooks m*- seiile*] as a «im*slioii of pri vj lege a residuum* f.ir the disctmrge of Fl<*rence S.-airaei, tin recusant witness. The Radicals bineiiv oppose*! his release, ami the resolution wuV laid on tho tublc—yeas Ils ; nay*, id. Ad* i Komo further business, thu limes.’, at J:;;e I* M., went into (n.mmittuo of thu Whom on the Army Appropriation bill, and ip, n.j, sidera I inn occupied l ho lime untii tin- j - The evening sessiuu wan devoli-d |u ••-•n.-in 1 debate.
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