WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3,1869.
End or tbe Fortieth Congress.
The present Congress expires by con
stitutional limitation on the 4th day of
this month. It will pass out of existence
unhonored and unregretted. It had been
plethoric of promises, but most lean of
performance. At the conclusion of the
last session we summed up its public
acts, and found that less than a dozen
bills of any importance had been passed,
and v the session which now concludes its
existence has been quiteas unprofitable.
The financial system has been left in the
same disordered condition in which this
Fortieth Congress found it. No Impor
tant amendments have been made , in
the revenue laws, the only changes
made being in favor of a few wealthy
monopolists. The Yankee manufac
turers of New England have dictated
their own terms, and such rascally acts
as the Copper Bill, have received atten
tion to the exclusion of more important
legislation, because the favored few in
terested were abundantly able to lobby
theirschemes through by corrupt means.
If this Congress had deliberately set
itself to work to devise means for mak
ing the rich richer and the poor poorer
it could not have been more successful.
This Fortieth Congress spent nearly
the. whole of its first session in devising
ways and means for securing the elec
tion of a Radical President. To that end
it framed an ever changing system of
reconstruction which resembled Pene
lope’s web, the work done one day beiDg
undone the next. In utter defiance of
the Constitution, regardless of their
oaths and.completely reckless of conse
quences, the members proceeded to
carry out their designs. States were
decided to be in or out of tbe I'niou,
just as suited party purposes, and law
making became a mere farce.
With a two thirds majority the Radi
cals of the Fortieth Congress were pos
sessed of supreme power, which they
abused in many ways. They were only
prevented from removing a* President,
who hud been guilty of no impeachable
odensc, by the conscientlousscruplea of
a few members of the Senate. Ju no
single measure has this Congress mani* j
fested a proper regard for the true in
terests of the nation. It has continu
ally groveled in the mire of partisan
politics, never having the strength of
wing necessary to lift it into the higher
and purer atmosphere of patriotism.
Its last act is the attempt to force
negro equality upon the people of the
Northern States, in spite of the declara
tion to the country of the platform on.
which Grant was elected. For this and
other misdeeds the Republican party
must answer to the people after this
corrupt Congress has ceased to exist.—
That is was shamelessly corrupt prom
inent Ivtuiical newspapers freely admit,
and the charge that members of the
House and grave Senators have grown
immensely rich on bribes is currently
credited by all who are well informed.
R is sad indeed to think that our Na
tional Legislature should have fallen
ho low. I
AVc congratulate the country upon
the dissolution of the Fortieth Con
gress, and most heartily do we wish we
could truthfully say there was good
reason to expect better things of its
successor.
Huger for Negro Equality*
The telegraph announces the fact that
the Kansas Legislature has endorsed
the negro sultrage amendment, and
Radical newspapers throughout the
country are heralding tins as “ the first
gun.” Thu members of the Kansas
Legislature have shown most unseemly
and foolish haste in the matter. There
are certain formalities to lie observed ill
til in little matter of amending the Con
stitution of the United States. The
founders of the Republic were careful
to hedge their great work about with
proper restrictions, wisely designed to
prevent sudden changes from being
rashly made in the heat of popular ex
citement. Not only has any amend
ment to ho passed upon by a vote of
each House of Congress, hut, after
that, another concurrent resolution
liuh to he adopted requesting the
Rrosidont to transmit the proposed
amendment to the Governors of the
different States, to he laid by them
before the Legislatures for their action.
Such a resolution instill pending in
Congress, having been oifered by Sen
ator Stewart on Saturday. Senator
Davis, of Kentucky, objecting to its
b.dng passed upon out of its order, it
was forced to lie over; So the proposed
negro suffrage amendment is not yet
properly before any State Legislature.
Thesuperserviceablezeal of the Kansas
Radicals was therefore entirely super
fluous, ’and their adoption of the negro
suffruge amendment informal and in
valid. They will have to do it all over
ugain after the proper and regular pre
liminary steps have been taken in the
matter.
The Radical Legislature of our State
was Hayed from the discredit of making
such a blunder by their habitual disin
clination to stick to work. They con
cluded to take a long holiday in honor
of Grant’s inauguration, and so ad
journed for ten days. Whether they
will dare to force negro suffrage upon
the people of Pennsylvania, without al
lowing them to vote upon it, remains to
be seen. It is our opinion that they
will consummate the outrage. They
cau only be prevented from so doing by
remonstrances from the people. Let
these be freely circulated and forwarded
at once to Harrisburg.
McPherson has so made up the roll
of the next Congress as to exclude th e
delegations from Georgia and Louis!
aua; but while he was working at this
rascally piece of business, a negro carpet
bagger, who claims a seat from Louisi
ana, was engaged in addressing the
House, ami the Radicals were seriously
deliberating upon the propriety of ad
mitting him. A majority of the dele
gates to the next Congress from Georgia
and Louisiana are white Democrats. If
they had been black Radicals, Mr. Mc-
Pherson would not have thought of
excluding them.
Grant and tlie Pennsylvania Radicals,
The Radicals of our State are still in
the dark as to who will be chosen to
represent Pennsylvania in GrauL’s Cab
inet. All that is so far decided is that
Andrew G. Curtin will not be chosen.
The different factious are fighting
among themselves llke'a set of hungry
dogs over a bone. There is plunder in
prospect, and that Is always the chief
attraction to Pennsylvanian Radicals
of every degree.
McClure on Geary
Col. McClure concludes his letter with
the broadest kind of an intimation that
Geary told him a deliberate lie. People
might bo disposed to bellevo that Mc-
Clure wus exaggerating if he spoke
thus of some one else than his excel
lency the " liumbuggedest” Governor.
Those who know Geary will believe
McClure’s assertion, that ho promised
to write or telegraph to Grant in favor
of Curtin, and that he failed to keep his
promise.
UuoWNiiOW, tho foul-mouthed hoary
hoadod old reprobate, who has been
such a curso to Tennessee, has formally
resigned as Governor, and goes Into the
United States Senate on the 4th of
March. He wil) bo a fit associate for
leading Jacobins who now hold posh
tlous in that body, 1 for which they are
unfit. The time was when the eleva
tion of such a coarse brute as Brownlow
to the United States Senate would have
been felt as a disgrace. Now he is
properly regarded os quite as good as a
number of Ills Radical compeers. So
low have wo fallen.
THE LANCASTER WEEKLY INTELLIGENTCER, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3. IRfiW
Tbe Bleb Blcher and tbe Foor Poorer.
For a long time it was our. proudest
boast that there were no 'privileged
classes in the United States. With the
abolition of hereditary titles, and the
rejection of the | system of entailing es
tates, we fancied that we had complete*
ly destroyed one of the greatest curses
of European nations. Our government,
as framed by the fathers of the repub
lic, was well calculated to protect the
masses from the encroachments of
power; and so long as it was adminis
tered in the true democratic spirit the
first and chief object of every law was
the good of the people at large. Not
until the Republican party becamejaror
gant through excess of power, and
reckless from repeated and successful
usurpations were the rights and the
wants of the masses sacrificed to the
grasping greed of the few. In the midst
of the excitements of the last eight
years the people have been deprived of
one privilege after another, and have
submitted with a quietness which
seemed to sanction the abuses which
they ought to have rebuked promptly at
the ballot-box.
Thus it has como to pass that a venal
Congress lias from time to time, surren
dered one right of the people after
another, at the solicitation of certain
privileged classes who were able to pay
well for the favors which were accorded
to them. To such an extent has this
been carried that it seems to be impos
sible to prevent the passage of the most
iniquitous and unjust laws, when capi
talists combine to corrupt Congress.- A
bill granting the most grindiDgmonop*
oly can be put through, even over the
veto of the President, if it is of sufficient
importance to justify a large expenditure
of money in the shape of bribes. Take
the Copper bill, for instance, which is of
a piece with much of the legislation of
the men who are now in power. It is a
law to-day, made such by the votes of
two-thirds of each House of Congress,
after it had been vetoed. Yet of this
very bill the New York Post, a well
known Radical journal, says:
A hundred brokers in Boston, and as
many speculators around Lake Superior,
are authorized by it to take the money of
the people without any compensation. Its
atrocious character has been explained
briolly in Congress, and at full length in
this paper, and has also been denounced
by the President of the United States in a
strong and conclusive veto message. No
attempt whatever has been made to defend
the bill on public grounds. It stands con
fessed as a measure to destroy the national
revenue and to plunder the people, in order
to enrich u band ot speculators, and no ar
gument is offered in its favor beyond a pre
tended necessity of buying up the political
support of those speculators and their
friends.
The truth is that there has been an
immense amount of this kind of legis
lation. The manufacture of such an
article of prime necessity as salt, is put
into the hands of a monopoly, which is
authorized to levy a tax upon every
person in the nation,in order that a few
favored individuals may amass colossal
fortunes. "With every pinch of' salt
which we use, we are all contributing a
fraction to the enormous profits of a
privileged few. The same kind of
thing is to be seen going on in a hundred
different shapes. Those who have
i capital combine to secure just such le
gislation as they desire, and n.o well
managedscheme of the kind ever fails
to be put (Through. The Yankee man*
j ufacturers dictate their own terms to a
I venal Congress, which does not hesitate
1 to lay new and most grievous burthens
1 upon the people.
| Commissioner Wells, Radical as he is,
i has been forced to admit that from ISO)
| to 18GS the increase in the price of such
commodities as are used by laboring'
men and their families was, on an aver
age, 7.S per cent., while the nominal in
crease in wages has only been about 50
per cent. Yoar by year the community'
is becoming more and more divided
into two great classes: those who pay a
large pYoportion of their annual income
for the support of the government, and
receive no direct equivalent in return;
and those others who are maintained at
the expense of the masses, through the
government, by salaries, perquisites,
stealings and monopolies. The tax
paying millions toil on, bearing their
burthens as best they may, and taking
too little thought of the system of Radi
cal misrule by which they are being
continually more and more oppressed.
The salaried officinlsofthegovernment,
the thieves who hang around the public
treasury, nnd the bloated monopolists
who grind the faces of the poor have
their own special interests to serve, and
they devote time, ingenuityand money
to deceive a sufficient number of the
taxpayers to insure a continuaneeof the
present Iniquitous system. Thus have
the masses been induced to lend a
seeming sanction to the establishment
of a spurious oligarchy, composed of
some sixty thousand office holders, the
bondholders and the monopolists.
The constant tendency of the legisla
tion of tiie Radicals has been to make
the rich richer and the poor poorer.
Palaces ami paupers are both increasing
together, but in the relation of many
paupers to a single palace. For every
rich bondholder or monopolist who
drives his coacli in state, numbers of
laboring meu are pinched for the bare
necessaries of life. The inequalities
which made the curse of European life
are being rapidly inaugurated among
us, and certain favored classes control
the government which was once the
especial guardian of the masses, and
pervert it into an engine of cruelty and
despotism. The white people of the
North have freed the negroes of the South
only to place in power a party which is
slowly but sureJy reducing the entire
laboring population of the country to a
condition of servile dependence upon
capitalists, monopolists and salaried
officials.
The Next House.
The House Clerk will not call Repre
sentatives from Georgia and Louisiana,
on the assembling of the next Congress,
unless the House so orders, it is said.
Excluding these States, and several con
tested seats, where neither party holds
a certificate of election, the House will
stand 137 Republicans to 02 Democrats.
So says the Tribune, and this is done
IN ORDER TO GET TWO-THIRDS OF
the Hocse! Every day, we hear
gentlemen of the Republican par
ty regretting, in the interests of
the country, that the Republican
party, is as strong as it is in Con
gress. But these gentlemen ought to
know, that it is made strong by force,
by violence, anil by revolution. Demo
cratic Senators and Representatives for
six years, have been expelled, to give
the Radical party a two thirds power,
and now the attempt Is to be renewed
in the 41st Congress.
We publish elsewhere an account of
an important Interview between Gen.
Grant and Col. A. K. McClure. It in
dicates that there is to be no peace be
tween the contending Radical factions
In this State. Tho declaration of Gen.
Grant that he bdonyx to no 2>oli(ical
party , (hough a party elected
him Is omnious. The few days that
intervene between this and the 4th of
March will be full of interest and ex
citement, and when Grant’s Cabinet is
announced, we expect to hear some
steep swearlDg.
Democratic Victory In Maine.
For tho first time since 1830 the Demo
crats have carried the City of Portland
in the Radical State of Maine. As pas
sion subsides the eyes of the masses are
being opened, and tho light which now
breaks In the East will spread over the
whole horizon before long.
General Grant Is reported to have
said a severe thing about some of hiß
party. He remarked the ocher day
that no one wanted the Tenure-of-Offlce
bill retained except the thieves and
scoundrels and their friends.
Temperance In Politics.
At the State Temperance Convention,
which was held in Harrisburg last
week, resolutions were adopted pledg
ing the members of the different tem
perance Societies of the State to support
no man for office “who denies the ap
plication of the just power of civil gov
ernment to the suppression oftheliquor
traffic.” Another resolution was also
adopted appointing a State Central
Committee, to consist of one from each
county, with “power to execute the
measures of the Convention, to raise
money, employ agents, call State, Dis
trict and County Conventions, and to
perform all duties usually performed by
such committees.”
After this action we suppose we ought
to consider that the temperance men of
Pennsylvania have regularly entered
the field as a distinctive party. How
they intend to conduct their campaigns
we do not know, Itfffs not likely that
they will run independent candidates
for office, as they are not strong enoqgh
for that. But will they adhere to these
resolutions? We have seen some such
work attempted before. It. is only a
year or so since we had a Tem
perance Convention in Lancaster.
It was rather a spirited assem
blage, and resolutions very similar
to those adopted by the State Conven
tion were passed. But, did the mem
bers adhere to the determination they
then expressed with so much vaunting?
Not they. We have a very distinct
j recollection of hearing the same voices
which urged the proscription of drink
ing candidates, warmly advocating the
election of the whole Radical ticket from
top to bottom. That the candidates
upon it were temperance men no one
can pretend to claim. Grant was de
nounced by the highest Radical au
thority in the country as a drunkard,
the two State officers were neither of
them averse to a glass of good wine, or
something stronger, while the county
ticket was made up of a set of jollygood
fellows who have never been known “to
go back upon their liquor.” Whiskey
flowed as freely as water at the nomi
nating elections, and was a potent Radi
cal weapon throughout the campaign.
We saw these things, and listened in
vaiu for a word of admonition or re
monstrance from Bro. Black and those
who follow where he leads. ]
Are these temperance reformers mere
hypocrites? Do they get together
periodically for the sake of passing reso
lutions for buncombe merely ? Is all
their noise about reform to be regarded
“as tbe crackling of thorns under a
pot?” Are drinking men good enough
to fill the highest offices if they stand
on the Radical platform?
We put these questions in all serious
ness. These temperance agitators have
lost the respect of the people. Their
practice does not agree with their
preaching. They are silent when they
should speak out, and vex the pub
lic ear from time to time witli a
clamor which is regarded as meaning
less. Until they liveupto the doctrines
they enunciate they will accomplish
nothing. The truth is that a set of
! small fry Radical politicians have ob
i tained control cf the organization, and .
they are killing it by their persistent l
attempts to prostitute it into an agency |
for their own personal and political ad- '
vancement. Every attempt to intro- !
duee the temperance reform into the I
political arena has proved disastrous
to it. When its advocates abandon the
high moral ground which is their legit
imate sphere, they arespeedily shorn of
their streu'gh. A few tricky political
adventurers mount the organization and
attempt to ride into office upon it; and
1 thus serious iujury : is done to a ,
ment which ought to accomplish great !
and lasting good. Let the true friends 1
of temperance in Pennsylvania lift the
association to its proper level, and they ;
will speedily see abundant reason to re- ’
joice In the reclamation of multitudes'!
from the evils of drinking. j
Grant’s Policy Towards the South.
The opinion of General Grant on dif
ferentquestions is much sought for now,
and the utterances which full from his
lips are eagerly taken up and repeated
all over the country. Mr. Boutwell
being about to reporta resolution de
claring that the Btate of Georgia “hav
ing failed to comply with tho Consti
tution of the United States, and tho
laws made in pursuance thereof, especi
ally tiie laws known as tho reconstruc
tion acts, and tho Senate having re
fused to admit the Senators from that
State to seats In the Senate, the Repre
sentatives from Georgia are not entitled
to seats in tiie present Congress,” Mr.
P. M. B. Young, who represents the
Seventh Georgia District called upou
General Grant and laid the case before
him last Friday. Mr. Young’s inter
view with the President elect proved
to be quite satisfactory, and tho Wash
ington correspondent of the New York
Jftrald says :
Mr. Young represents Grunt as in favor
of allowing Georgia to be represented in
Congress. Ho does not approve of the con
duct of the Legislature of that State in ex
pelling its negro members, but he is of
opinion that the best way to settle that dif
ficulty Is In the courts, and not by turning
the Georgia delegation out of the House.—
In Grant’s opinion nothing is to be gained
by this except more delay in the work of
ultimate and complete reconstruction, and
additional discontent and trouble among
the people of the South.
We sincerely hope General Grant has
been correctly reported. There is much
practical wisdom in the sentiments at
tributed tojiiyn. The policy indicated
in the above extract is the only true
one, and, if he really desires to restore
.true peace and prosperity he can not
follow any other. Sucli a course of ac
tion would not suit the extreme Radi
cals, but a vast majority of the people,
North and South would hail its adop
tion as eminently wise and proper.
A Perfect Pen Picture.
The Chicago Tribune , which is one of
the most Radical journals in the coun
try, has been indulging in some very
free criticism of its party of late. It
says:
“Instead of moralty we have hideous and
disgusting corruption, which there is no at
tempt to hide and not honesty enough to be
ashamed of. From primary meetings to
national elections is an unbroken chain of
bargains, of buying votes, and selling of
legislatures. Laws are imuJe not for the
public welfare, but to subserve private in
terests, and are bought by the purchase of
members oflecislatures at so much a head
in money or office. Office is sought and
accepted, whether legislative or executive,
not with any purpose of faithfully dis
charging its duties at a lixed emolument,
but lbr what can can be made out of it by
wholesale theit or plundering tbe public.
Never before iu this country has there been
such destitution of public morality, or any
such well-grounded reason for fearing that
we muy not be able to get back to a healthy
state without serious convulsion.”
That the above is a perfectly correct
pen picture, a true portrait of tho party
which boasts of possessing "all the
morality,” no one who is familiar with
the politics of the day can doubt.
Who Was the Thief?
The Inquirer has the following per
tinent paragraph which ought to bring
an answer from some one:
As yet we have received no intelligence
in regard to the identity of the individual
who stole the testimony iu the Hackman
Whisky case, from the Department at
Washington. Mr. Wurfol does not tell us
who stole it. Mr. Dickey Is silent. liven
Mr. Musselman, voluble uk ho was n short
time since, does not venture to speak. Tho
Express is often well posted on affairs of
the kind, can it not give tho desired Infor
mation ? Who stole that testimony ?
How tho Money Goes.
Tito New York Tribune says
Tho Sergeant-at-Arms of *the House
makes at leust §20,000 a session. The Her
geant-at-Arms of the Senate, we presume,
mukos a grout deal more. As to what tbe
Clerk of the House and tho Secretary make
we, of courso, cannot say, but uround tbis
capitol tkoro aro many sinecures. People
are employed to do vory much what the
"Superintendent of tbe Crypt” has been
doing for forty years.
That Is one of the ways a Radical
Congress disposes of the money whioh
is wrung from the people by oppressive
taxation.
The JTegxo Suffrage Amendment.
The proposed amendment to the Con
stitution of the United States, by which'
every negro, Indian and Chinaman is
to be made a voter, has passed both
Houses of Congress, if not by a full two
third vote at least by such a vote as the
Radicals regard as suffioient. It now
goes to the State Legislatures for en
dorsement. There is a probability that
it may fall to secure the sanction of
three-fourths of tbe States. What will
the-present Legislature of this State do
in regard to it? It was not elected with
reference to any such issue. Will tbe
Radical majority dare to force negro
suffrage upon Pennsylvania without
first allowing the people to express an
opinion upon it ? If they do, we predict
that they will excite a storm of indig
nation wb ich will sweep the Republican
party out of power at the next State
election.
The people of this State have it in
their power to prevent any such out
rage. The Legislature has adjourned
until March Bth, and a week may rea
sonably be expected to be consumed in
debate on this subject after it re-assem
bles. There is, therefore, time for the
people to send in remonstrances. We
Baw several such in the hands qf a gen
tleman from a strong Radical county
the other day, and very many of the
signers were Jlepublicans. Let remon
strances protesting against the endorse
ment of negro suffrage be widely circu
lated. The following is the proper
form:
R KM 0 N ST R A N O E
To the Honorable the is'enalc and House of
Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met:
Tbe undersigned, citizens of Lancaster
county without distinction of party,do most
respectfully but earnestly and solemnly re
monstnCu against the ratification, by your
honorable bodies, of the proposed amend
ment to the Constitution ot the United
States, or any Stato, by reason of race, or
color, or previous condition of slavery of
any citizen or class of citizens of the United
States.” Wo do protest ngalnst the ratifi
cation of the same, for the reason that un
der the Constitution, n 3 it now stands, the
people of the several States have complete
control oyer the question of suffrage, and
the people have nut been consulted as to |
whether they are wiliiug to part with this
important privilege, and in Iho language of
the platform upon which General Grant
was elected to tbe Presidency, we do insist
that “the question of suffrage in all the
loyal States properly belongs td the people j
of those .States.” We, therefore, do most j
solemnly remonstrate against the ratllica- j
Lion of the proposed ameudment, known as :
Article XV,, by the present Legislature.
Respectfully submitted.
; Cut that out, attach paper for signa
tures to it, and be sure to get your Re
publican neighbors to sign it. Multi
tudes of them will be glad to do so. See
to it that they have an opportunity. Do
not wait to have a single paper circu
lated throughout an entire election dis
trict. There is no time for that. Get
the names of your neighbors, Demo
crats and Republicans, to a remonstrance
and send it at once to Hon. W. A. Wal
lace, Gen. Wm. McCandless, or to
Senators Billingfelt ‘■or I'isligr. If a
proper effort, is promptly made the
present Legislature can be deterred from
endorsing tbe outrageous proposition.
Radical Fxtravaganco.
The Radical mujority in Congress are
] not content with a direct spending of
j the ifiouey of the workingmen of the
i nation by their extravagance in voting
i themselves appropriations, but they
, also waste the resources of the people
lin many indirect ways. Their tyran
nical, impolitic and unconstitutional
reconstruction of the Southern States,
has already cost the people millions of
dollars, and has retarded the growth
and prosperity of the fairest portion of
our country. They have, by giving the
.Southern States over to the control of
the negroes and the infamous, irrespon
sible carpet-baggers from New England,
greatly cheeked emigration from Eu
rope and the Northern States to the
South. Industrious, prudent and ener
getic white men do not care about plac
ing themselves and their wives and
little ones with their property at the
mercy of the carpet-baggers and uegroes J
wlio are, at present’, the law makers of !
the Southern States. The Radicals are 1
themselves responsible for the poverty j
of the South, for the scarcity of money
and absence of thrift, which has existed j
there since the termination of the war. |
And while they prevent the Southern ;
people from aiding those of the North !
in paying the interest of our great l
National debt, (hey by a reckless course
of legislation even add to our annual ;
National expenses. The following in- 1
stance very properly shows how the '
spirit of Radicalism impels even the
United States Senate to adopt measures '
injurious to the public interest. !
The Senate, the other day, reconsld- j
ered a resolution which had been adopt
ed, to print a memorial of Duff’ Green, j
in relation to the national finances, not
score of economy, but for the
avowed reason that the petitioner “ had
been a notorious rebel.” Such spiteful
vindictiveness is as disgraceful as it is
puerile. Even if “ notorious rebels”
ure never to be forgiven, it is, according
to tiie general voice of the civilized
world and the dictates of common sense,
allowable to learn even from an enemy.
But what is common sense or the civil
ized world to the “ trooly loil ?”
Across the Continent,
Great preparations are being made to
celebrate the completion of the Pacific
Railroad. It will be formally opened
by a grand excursion on the 4th of next
July. Gov. Haight of California has
received an invitation to meet the Gov
ernors of other States in Chicago, to
participate in the opening excursion.
Part of the programme is said to be the
simultaneous starting of two “ through
trains,” one from New York, the other
from San Francisco. It will be the big
gest railroad event the world has seen.
Defeat of the Police Bill,
The iniquitous bill, by which it was
proposed to deprive the Democratic
Mayor of Philadelphia of all control of
the police, has been very properly de
feated in the Senate by tbe votes of sev
eral honest and conscientious Republi
cans who united with the Democrats.
Messrs. Fisher, Lowry, Osterhout, Rob
inson, Stut/.man and Taylor refused to
be driven by tbe party lash into voting
for so an unjust and Improper a meas
ure. For their independent and manly
course they deserve the praise of all
honorabiemen.
The news from Spain clearly indicates
that the rebellion which unseated Isa
bella wan not undertaken for the relief
of the people} tfut merely to substitute
one crowned tyrant and spendthrift for
another. The leaders of the revolution
have, to use an expressive vulgarism,
"sold” their adherents magnificently.
A few concessions to feed popular clamor
maybemade by the new dynasty (which
will undoubtedly be tbe Bourbonic one
of the Duke de Montpensier), but the
condition of the Kingdom will ulti
mately be no better tlaan It was under
Isabella.
The Oswego Gazette chronicles a
splendid Democratic victory In Tioga
county.
*' In tho Board of County Supervisors last
year thero was but one Democrat. Of the
nine towns in this county, this year the
Democrats elect supervisors in five, and in
two other towns they have succeeded in de
feating the Regular Republican candidates
by supporting bolters. Tbe supervisor
elections iu othor interior counties show
Democratic gains almost oh satisfactory,”
The movement in Congress to force
negro suffrage on the North is having
Us efteot silently, but thoroughly.
Tho Northern Central Railroad.
J. Don Cameron, Esq., has been re
elected President of the Northern Cen
tral Railroad, and John W. Dubarry,
Esq., Vice President. These gentle
men have proved to be most efficient
officers and under their management
the road has been very successfully con
ducted.
Reform in the office of state Treasurer*
When General was unexpect*
edly defeated for State Treasurer we
i called attention to the evil system which
prevails in the management of the State
• funds. It was known at the time, and
i has never been denied that the lata
Treasurer was thrown overboard and
the present incumbent chosen at the
< dictation of certain banks. These in
’ etltutions wanted to be made thedepos
. itories of the public funds, and it Is cur
i rently reported and generally believed
that they furnished some seventy-five
i thousandjdollars to buy upthenecessary
, amount of votes to make Mr. Mackey
; the caucus nominee of tho Republican
party for State Treasurer. When afew
; banks are willing to advance such a sum
. of money to secure the election of a State
Treasurer in their interest, we may be
sure that there is a very large sized cat
In the meal tub.
The truth is that the State Treasurer
is not selected with reference to his fit
ness for the office, or his readiness to
discharge its duties faithfully and hon
estly. Mr. Mackey is expected to be
the pet, the favorite and the friend, if
not the tool-, of certain banks. He is
pledged to deposit large sums of the
public money wßli them, for which
they will pay him a percentage which
will make him a rich man In a couple
of years, while they will reap large
profits by loaning out the people's
money at high ratek of interest.
Any intelligent farmer can see that
there is something wrong- in all this,
and that it would not be difficult to de
vise a proper remedy. Millions of the
peoprea money lie in the favored banks
for months, while the interest on the
State debt continues to increase. The
dullest man cannot fail to see that pro
per ecouomy would require the prompt
I application of all moneys to the pay
ment of both interest and principal.
Why is tiffs not done? The answer
is plain. It is simply because “the
ring,” which controls tho Legislature,
would oppose any such proper law.
The banks control thomembers of “the
ring,” and “the ring” controls legisla
tion. The State Treasurer should re
ceive a fair salary, and the present im
proper system should be broken up.
I The desired change can be effected, in
I spite of “the ring,” if the Republican
! press will join with the Democracy in
their ’desire to effect this needed reform.
The Harrisburg Patriot, the central or-,
gan of the Democracy of Pennsylvania, ,
has an able article in condemnation of
the present system. What Republican |
journal will have the courage to lead off.
on that side? We wait to see.
McPherson vs. Grant,
j In making up the roll of the next
; House Mr. McPherson, the Clerk, has
very conveniently omitted the delcga
| tions from the States of Georgia and
! Louisiana. This is a most outrageous
assumption of a power which he does
: not possess. We have come to a pretty
| pass in this country, when a mere sub
; ordinate officer can thus boldly deprive
sovereign States of representation in the
councils of the nation by a simple scratch
!of his pen. The purpose for which
J this was done is perfectly clear.—
; The Radicals do not trust Grant, and
j they are ready to resort to any de9per
! ate expedient to insure a continuance of
: the two thirds majority by means of
; which they tied the hands of Andrew
| Johnson, and rendered the executive
; branch of the government a mere nul
' lity. Grant has already entered his
i protest against this outrage, and in his
! interview with Mr. Bingham tho other ;
day he gave him to understand that he |
regards sucli action as improper and
unauthorized. But it is not likely that 1
the Radicals who have domineered so i
long will submit to be controlled now.
The contest between them and Grant is I
almost certain to continue, and he will;
find it more difficult to subdue them 1
than it was to defeat Lee. He will have ;
occasion to resortto more than one flank I
movement, and will find the Jacobins '
making as stubborn a resistance os the ;
rebels did from the Wilderness to Ap- !
pomatox (’ourt House. If he should
conclude to keep up tho fight with them
he will bo fully sustained by the peo
ple, and the day when he forces them !
to submit to the authority of the Con- 1
stltutlon, will bo even more glorious j
than that on which he saw the dlmln- I
isheil hosts of tho rebellion lay down !
their arms. j
Ball by tlio County Commissioners,
The Express calls upon the Legisla
ture to pass.tho bill of Senator Billing
felt, requiring the County Commission
ers of Laucastcr county to give bail in
a proper sum for the proper discharge
of their duties, and instances the frauds
in bridge building os evidences of (he
necessity for such a law. We can see
no reason why there should be any dif
ficulty about the passage of such an act.
It is a rule with our Legislature not to
interfere with purely local legislation,
when tiie representatives of a county
ask it. Are the members from Lancas
ter in favor of protecting their constitu
ents from such frauds as have been
charged upon the present County Com
missioners ? If they are, the proposed
bill can be put through both houses
without the slightest difficulty. Should
it fail to pass, the people of the county
will know who are to blame. Let the
Express turn its attention to this view
of the subject.
18C3-186S.
In the former yearthe Democratahad
control of the Legislature, and whether
the expenses were great or small that
party is entitled to the credit or blame,
as tbe case may be. Since that year
the Radicals have had a majority of the
Legislature, and they are in like manner
responsible. The Sentinel, the Radical
organ of Juniata county, havingcharged
the Democrats with extravagance, in
1863, when they had control of the
House of Representatives th t Democrat
and Register retorts by presenting the
following exposition of the appropria
tions for defraying the expenses of the
House for the two years named, to wit:
ISG3 under Democratic administration,
and IS6B under Radical rule:
18G3.
Auditor General’s Report, pugo 65.
Clerks and Assistant Clerks §3,320 00
Transcribing Clerks 3 t <;Sl 00
Sergeftnt-at Arms, Doorkeepers,
and Messengers 7 933 65
Patters and Foldei's 8)445 05
Postmaster 828 20
Assistant Postmaster 655 00
Marsha! of tho Rotunda 267 00
Wm. F. Jones. Fireman 300 00
Daniel Best, Firemau 300 00
Jacob Ziegler, amount puid pages, 1,300 00
Paid Women 590 00
Auditor General’s Report, pugo 111, for
same items:
Clerks and Assistant Clerks $ 4,844 80
Transcribing Clerks 7,007 90
Sergeant at-Arms, Doorkoepers
and Messengers 27,201 00
Pasters and Folders ”... 37,728 10
Postmaster •. 990 00
Assistant Postmasters 033 00
Marshal of thoUotunda 804 10
Daniel Best, Flroman 721 00
Jas. Freeborn “ 700 00
Wm. Snoddy “ 700 00
J. L. Selfridge paid Pages 3,288 00
Puid Women goo OQ
Total,
Printer Promoted.
Samuel \V. Melxeli, an accomplished
practical printer, formerly employed
upon the Intelligencer, has pur
chased the Germantown Ohroniclc, a
neat little weekly lately Btarted. We
oongratulatehlmon his promotion from
the ranks, and wish him abundantsuc
cess In his new and more responsible
field of labor.
It is said the public debt statement
for February will be made earlier than
usual. There having been no payments
of any amount of interest on the pub
lic debt during the present month It is
expected that a considerable decrease
will be shown.
The Struggle Ibr Life—A Gloomy Picture.
Tlje “Round Table" Ib painting a
very discouraging picture of the hard
ships and poverty among the masses of
the people, arising from the oppressive
burthens which the tax collector is
directly or indirectly placing upon their
shoulders. The writer says;
“Almost everywhere there are signs of
pinch and grind. It is hard work to pay
the rent, tbe butcher, the grocer and baker;
hard work to pay for the children’s school
ing and clothes; cruelly hard work to
squeeze put the instalments for the summer
Jaunt or the sewing-machine; with many,
every little comfort or luxury oncea matter
of course is now either entirely cut off or
measured out with an anxious scrutiny, a
hesitating caution, that turns the pleasure
half into a pain. Friends whisper to each
other that they do not see bow they can pay
their way this year and live. The cherish
ed scheme of sending tbe eldest boy to col
lege must be giyen up. The hope of buying
the pleasant little country home must be
forgotten. The piano the patient wife bas
been waiting for these many long years
must be put off to an indefinite future.
Meanwhile, to keep soul and body respec
-6 ably together, most people are working
harder than they ever worked before in
their lives. They are wearing out the phy
sical machine by running it at baleful
speed, and keeping up appearances at the
cost of nerves, peace of mind, and tbe
chance of a healthy old age. This is no ex
aggerated picture. It is familiar to almost
every eye that rests upon this page. Only
tho very rich are jnstnow thorooghly at
ease—although even their serenity is too
often impaired by the speculative mania
that so fowthaving auytning to Bpecolate
with escape ; while nearly every one in tne
community who has to work for bread—
who depends on a salary or stated wuges
for stated work—is in a chronic alternation
of apprehension und despondency.”
For much of this trouble, the writer
goes on to show, an incompetent, if not
wicked,Congress is largely responsible—
in that j
“ A defective und burthensome system of
taxation added to au iniquitous and illogical
tariff, and to a ruinous authorization of vast
expenditures, is what is helping paper
money to crush the national industry, to
bring poverty nnd trouble into so nmny
households, and directly or indirectly to
make life harder and more bitter than it
ought to be—or than it need to be—for at
leant nlnotv-nlneoutof overv hundred poo
pie iu the lund.”
Indian Civilization.
Has a fair experiment ever been made
in trying to civilize the Indians ? Has
the Government ever done half as
much for them as for the negro? We
put tho two questions together, not as
against the negro, but in behalf of the
red men r and are prompted to it by the
. fact that the representatives of the
Choctaws have just laid before the Presi
dent, through Judge Paschal, their
legal attorney, apian by which millions
can be saved to the Government, and
peace secured on the frontier. The
whole secret is, that food is cheaper
than gunpowder. Attorney General
Folsom, of the Choctaw nation, states
that, for $10,000,000 a year, the civilized
tribes will undertake to guarantee
peace, and open farms, on which they
will support aud educate the lawless In
dians, and soon prepare them for Ameri
can citizenship. The Indian service, the
the Presidentsays,costs the Govern ment
$GO ( 000,000 annually ; and if this can be
reduced five-sixths, accompanied by
the blessings of education, labor, and
peace, the experiment, at least, is worth
the effort. The 510,000,000 It is proposed
to expend in farms. The treaty made
with the Choctaws in ISGG has resulted
in great good to these ludians, and they
believe their iDiluence may be made
salutary with other tribes.
The colored man and brother has
got upon a new platform. He now
claims to be considered “ a composition
of huraanit}'.” A negro woman re
cently asserted in a speech made in
Chicago :
“ I present myself lo you as a composi
tion of humanity, for there liows through
my. veins n combination of four distinct
nations, of which the greater part is Dutch,
part Indian, part African und the lesser
part Irish.”
Our neighbor, the Exjircss, will take
notice of this new claim of the negroes
upon its sympathies and will govern
itsel f accordingly.
Gov. Hoffman, of New York, con
tinues to veto bills which propose lo do
that which the Courts of tiie State have
been empowered to effect. Much of the
work done by our Legislature is of a
similar character. Why cau not Gov.
Geary imitate the good example set by
the Democratic Governor of New York ?
If he should resolutely set his force
against all such legislation he would cut
up by the roots much of the corruption
which now exists. Let him try It. He
ought to be willing to learn from Gov
ernor Hoffman.
Some of ourexchauges say that there
are strong indications of “Dead Duck ”
Forney rejoining tbeDemocraticparty,
since his failure to have himself elected
to the United States Senate from this
State and since there is a probability of
Grant “kicking in tbe traces.” We
hope not —from all such Unprincipled
political tricksters as Forney, Good
Lord deliver us!
May a Newspaper Tell tbe Truth
The question of how far newspapers may
go in discussing questions of public inter
est, without subjecting themselves to libel
suits, hasgrownto bea very important one,
not only to the press, but to the public. If
newspapers are to be so trammeled that
they cannot state the plain facts concerning
misdeeds of office-holders, corporations or
other parties on whom the puplic have to
depend, their principal usefulness is at an
end. There have been so many instances
of late in which editors have been subjected
to law suits for stating what every man may
talk of to bis neighbor without hindrance,
that unless there is a plain understanding
between the press and the public in regard
to the liberty and duty of the former, there
is danger that one of the strongest and most
efficient bulwarks against public and pri- '
vate corruption may be broken down. I
In a recent suit against the Cincinnati !
Commercial, Judge Taft, of the Supreme l
Court, gave a decision, umong the princi- >
pal points of which were the following:
j Falsehood and malice in these publica
tions are essential to the plaintiff's case.—
But generally, where words are published
of a man which are libelous per sc against
his character, the law, which presumes till
men honest and of good character till the
contrary appears by proof, presumes that i
the libel is false and malicious, without any |
evidence on the part of him against whom ;
it has beeu published; and this is a fair I
presumption, whenever a man baa volun- '■
teered to publish or utter words defama
tory of another without any such occasion
of self-protection or duty as to make it I
necessary or pertinent for him to speak.
But there is a class of caseswhich form ex- ;
ceptiohsto the general rule, aod are essen- i
tially different from those to which I have l
referred. They are cases in which the lun- I
gnage published would be libelous and i
subject to the presumption of falsehood and
malice, but for the occasion upon which it
was used. If such language has been used
in the discharge of some public or private
duty, whether legal or moral, or In the con
duct of his own affairs in matters where his
interest Is concerned, the occasion prevents !
the inference of malice which the law draws
from unauthorized communications, and I
affords a qualified defence, depending on I
the absence of actual maUce.
Certainly the right of discussion in such
matters belongs to the public, and if to it.
to its representatives, the newspapers. We
are all interested in everything that con
cerns the people. Private Individuals attack
and defend certain measures as they think
proper, and the press, speaking for each and
every private member of the community,
should do the same.
■ ?27,620 00
In a case lately tried in a New York
Court, in whloh an insurance company was
plaintiff against a newspaper for making
certain statements which it had derived
from creditable sourceft concerning the
workings of the company, Judge Freeman,
in discharging the defendant, made the
following remarks t
If the role in a case like the one before
me were otherwise, no newspaper could
give to the public statistical information
relating to any corporation or company
without becoming involved in ondlosa lltl
gation; the slightest inaccuracy to which
the ingenuity of counsel to attach an inju
rious meaning in the remotest degree would
be seized upon and used as the foundation
of a long libel suit, and a portion of our
press might thus be deterred, lu order to
escape the annoyance, trouble, and ex
pense in this respect, from giving to the
publioßuch general information concerning
the organization, inside workings, opera
tlons and profits of large and wealthy cor
porations and companies, relying for their
support mostlv upon popular favor and the
patronage of the working classes, which the
people at large have a right to demand, and
which the cannot very well receive through
any other channel except a free, fearless,
and independent press.
It must eventually come to pasß that those
having the concerns of the public In tbeir
charge will understand that the press has a
perfect right to freely discuss their actions
and character. From the President of the
United States to the president and manag
ers of the smallest oompany for supplying
a community with clothes pins, all are lia
ble to be brought up to the bar of public
opinion by the public’s own attorney gen
orals—tlio newspapers.— Phil'a Post,
.856.353 80
Wbat President H Going; to Po.
A correspondent of the New York JForta
has had A long interview with President
Johnson. We make the following extracts
from his report r
HE WILL STILL DEPEND THE CONSTITU-
TION.
I have no disposition, indeed, my tem
perament, physical strength, and habits,
almost forbid me to sink into idleness at
the close of my term, and there is much to
be done in tbe country, and much In Ten
nessee especially, to enlist my solicitude
and my efforts. I have no plan personal to
myselr for the future : I can truly say that
I have no further ambitions to realize, and
I certainly have no desire to retaliate on
Hny the slights or the burdens which have
been imposed on me. I will undoubtedly
exert myself to restore the Bway of the Con
stitution over the country, and particularly
over my State; but as to any special line on
w if h A may work, that will be wholly con
trolled by circumstaooea. As to going to
Europe, too, that is entirely in doubt. Af
ter! retire from this place private business
will detain me in Washington for a few
days, then my family and self will go to
lennessee, and it depends Just on them
whether we visit Europe or not. Nothing
is determined, and we will be governed bv
circumstances. *
HE WOULD NOT MIND BEINO SENATOR.
As to returning to the Senate, I am free
to say that I think there is greut need there
and large opportunity thero for any man
governed solely by principle. A Senator
should have profound convictions of his
own and unbending moral and physical
courgo too, to maintain them. For snob
men there is a crying necessity in the Sen
ate, and such men could not only in time
bring back tbe sway of the Constitution,
but would make their mark as benefactors
of tho country upon tbe history of the
future. In many respects, I thiuk that a
Senator of the United States has the highest
opportunities of any officer in our Govern
ment, for while in a sense ho represents a
State, in a larger and bettor sense ho repre
sents the country as a whole. Bybislouger
tenure of office he survives tho petty, si or my
issues which biennially change the House,
to a degree, and by his more expanded
representation ho can and should rise lo
the plane of statesmanship and tolerance,
ms oriNioN of the tenure of office
Neither Genernl Grant nor any other man
cau administer this Government with such
a law. No mau cau administer it properly
either who has not u plau, or policy, if you
will, of his cwn, founded upon a clear cou
victlon of what the Constitution touches and
means. General Grunt will be peculiarly
liable to feel restive under this law. It is
one thing to sit in headquarters to write
orders ardhavo them obeyed, and it is quite
another to wish to Institute measures and
action, and find yourselves hampered as no
other President ever was before; and to
huve your executive fnnetions shorn from
you, aud yourself blamed for tbe bungling
and corruption of others whom you cuunot
reach. Presidential recommendations x-’ill
not amount to geuuml orders by any
moans.
WIIAT GRANT SHOULD DO.
If General Grant develops an inlelligont
understanding of our system, and domuuds
a firm respect of his right, ho may, in time,
get back tho powers to tho Executive office
which have been taken from it. To do this
he must surround himself in his councils
with politicians or statesmen who are
familiar with administration und with the
laws, und to whom cun be safely committed
tbe trusts and powets of government.
Letter From Col. McClure.
The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin pub
lishes the following letter from Col. Mc-
Clure ;
To the Editor of the Evening Bulletin :
“Quite an undue importance has been
given to a very brief and entirely cordial
interview I had with General Grunt recent
ly, aud it has been exaggerated to do great
injustice to all parties involved.
“ Some Journals herald it as the begin
ning of a rupture between General Grunt
and his party. Not a word was uttered by
either of us in auy other than tho kindest
manner, uor was there the remotest intima
tion of his possible alienation from the re
publican party.
“Other journals have ouu.sured tne for ob
trudiog myselfiupon Gen. Grant, and at
tempting a factious dictation as to his ap
pointments. Such reflections uro wholly
unjust. I called upon him to present alet
ter from lion. John M. Read, with which
Gen. Grant was evidently impressed, and
it led to a brief conversation on the cabinet.
It was perfectly frank on both sides and
free from the shadow of offence. Respect
ful suggestions were made, and as respect
iully heard and considered; as to the po
litical policy of the new administration;
and tho question of faction, either in Penn
sylvania or elsewhere, wus not discussed or
even proposed.
“ I earnestly urged upon General Grant
the policy of selecting representative He
publican politicians for bis cabinet, i did
ho because intelligent and representative
politicians only can make a successful min
istry in any government whore tho peoplo
muke and unmake every department of
power. I urged no man lor tho cabinet; I
had a preference and bad expressed it ou u
former occasion; but had never assumed
that even a party, much loss an humble
individual, had a right to Insist upon any
particular man as one of tho confidential
advisers of the President.
“ I was informed thut Governor Geary
had written nr would write, a letter to Gen.
Grant, on the subject of his cabinet. I
stated that fact Lo Geu. Grunt, to which he
replied thul ho had not heurd from Gover
nor Geary. I did not feel at liberty to as
sure Geo. Grunt that such a letter would bo
received, as thoro was nothing but Governor
Geary’s promise to wurrant the belief that
ho would recommend a particular gentle
man fora cubinot offico from Pennsylvania.
A. K. McClure.
Philaduldhia, Feb. ‘-7, lstW.
Ur nut ami the J’eiiiifcylvnnln Kiullcul*.
Washington, Feb. 27.
The light umong tbo Punnsylvaula Radi
cals s till con Unties, and the different factions
are working with all their might to secure
the uppointmont of tholr favorites. A dele
gation visited Gou. Grantyestorday evening
to ask him If he would recommend them to
draw up a memorial requesting him to ap
point Mr. Moorhead of Pennsylvania, to a
Elaco in the cabinet, which should bo signed
y all the delegation. Geu. Grant read the
paper, and said that on the whole they had
better not, and suggested that moHt of tbo
members bud already signed a request for
another man ; somo had signed several. If
ail these memorials should become known
some of those who had put their names to
| them might feel themselves put In u ridic
ulous position. Gen. Grant suid that he
thought he should bo allowed to
choose his cabiuet without interference
from any one. They are his confi
j dential advisers, and he must know
| whom he wishes to call to him in that ca
pacity ; for the other positions under the
Government he is likely to welcome sug
gestions, for there are a great many of them,
and ho cannot be expected ia every case to
know who are the fitted men ; but in select
ing bis cabinet he may properly act without
suggestions from any source. One thing
he would say, that those whom he selected
would all be men who were loyal to the
Union during the war, and who gave
strong and faithful support to the
platform and ticket on which he was
elected. They might not prove to
i be the best men in practice, but thut
| he should, soon discover, and he could
j make u change at any time in that case,
i There was no difficulty about that. The
, men ho had selected would not remain in I
the cabinet, he thought, If it was not agree- j
able. He bad originally intended to write I
a week ago a letter toeach of thegenilemen |
whom he had fixed upon foracubinet posi- !
tion asking them to serve, but he was glad :
he had not done so, and he would keep the J
whole matter to himself until toe appoint- !
meats were sent to the Senate. That saved j
■ much trouble to him and the gentlemen lie j
rneunt to call around him. But ho bad
j already made up his mind, ilo could i
send in tbo whole cabinet at that mo- )
meat; still be might at aoy time chauge |
bis miud, and so long as the names were |
known to him alone lie could do so without ■
offence to any one. His incautious utter- I
ance to the Pennsylvauiuna the other day j
had already given him and them somo !
needless trouble. Some people seemed to j
take it for granted that he had designated ■
Mr. Gen. H. Stuart for a place. He had not i
said anythingofthekind, and did not mean I
to say to any one wither he bad or not.
But, as the people bad spoken against Mr.
Stuart, he wished to say to the Pennsylva
nia gentleman that Mr. Stuart wus a loyal
man during the war, and an honorable
man. That did not imply, however, that
General Grant would or would not appoint
him. The delegation then withdrew. 1
Grant and McClnre— An Ominons Inter-
Philadelphia, Feb. 25.—Tho Evening
Bulletin publishes tho following special dis
patch s
“Washington, Feb. 25.—Among tho
numerous callers ut Grant's headquurters
toslay, was A. K. M’Cluro, of Pennsylva
nia. M’Clure asked Gen. Grant directly If
he would not nnpolut Governor Curtin to a
place In his Cabinet. The General replied
that it would be Impossible to do so. Mr.
M’Clure then said In that case he felt com
pelled to say that to glvo satisfaction in
Pennsylvania an appointment must be
given to some man who bus been promi
nently identified with tho Republican
party and an active politician. To il
lustrate what he mount, ho said It must
be no such man as Georgo H. Stuart
Borie, Smith or West. Gonoral Grant in
stantly replied ho could not see what objec
tion any loyal man could have to such a
man as George L. Stuart, who had done so
much for the country, and was so widely
known. Mr. McClure then made some re
marks about the prospoct that if such ap
pointment wore to bo made, tho Republican
party would be defeated In the Pennsylva
nia election for Governor neit fall. Gen
Grant replied, “I am not mysolf a repre
sentative of any polltloal party, although a
political party elected me,” Gen. Grant
conoluded r “I would not have you to un.
teud that Mr, Stuart Is now selected "
The Interview has been much talked of
about the Capital to-day. Mr, M’Clure says
he has no doubt from what was said that
fcr the Cabinet nßylVllnl£ln solect ° d
Dickey Xian a Talk Witn Grant.
„ Washington, Feb. 27i
General Grant, In conversing with Rep
resentative Dickey to-day • denied the state
ment made by M r olure» that be was elected
by a party, but did not propose to be a
party President. Grant says he used no
such words, and he is astonished that
M’Clnre should make such a statement.
Diokey made an effort to draw from Grant
the name of the coming man from Penn
sylvania, but he foiled to get tho name.
The AndenanTllle Jallor-The Bemovnl
ol tlie Hematite or Wirz.
* Washington, Feb. 20, 18G9.
•J? l i?. rema,n * of mother victim of the late
rebellion were taken from their obscure
cSI JJ P la P® yesterday and prepared for
Gxmatlan burial In consecrated around
iiT.« nesof Henr y Wirz, the Andersouvllle
1 J least tbo remains of his bones
Presidem XhUmed b * y P erm,sslon of the
The circumstances connected with the
r»^^^^T, a wl laation, ,rlal nnd execution of
Captain Wirz are yet too fresh in the public
. to ne6d njoro than a brief mention
In reooUlltl,, 8 the last occnrrences
* ha " U 1 eyerreqalretobe recorded in con
nection with tbo ill-fated commander of the
rebel prison pen at Andersonvllle Ga
It will be remembered that In the Rnrino
of 18d5 evidence was obtained by thtf b/
. reau of Milltair Justice which tended to
implicate Jeff. Davis with the cruelties that
were perpetrated In the rebel prisons npon
Union soldiers. The evidence indicated
that formal orders bad been issnod by the
pretended President of the confederacy di
recting the practice of theso cruelties, and
Wirz, who had daring the last days of the
rebel government been in command of the
Andersouvllle prison, was charged with
paving received theso orders and of carry
ing them into execution. • tie was arrested,.
?oS U /? ht .J°.'i asb,n S ton and lodged In tho
Old Capitol Prison. Public opinion was so
strong agninat him that it was with tho
greatest dilllculty a lawyer could bo fouml
who was willing to bravo tbo storm of pop.
ular indignation in defending him. Family
LiOuis Scbade, a lawyer of thy* city, under
twk tho tbunkloss tusk, and throughout
f lU \vV oryd zealously in behalf of
Wlrz WUM found guilty, by the
military commission which tried him. of
cruelty towards and tho murder of i'mnn
prisoners, and was sentenced to bn hanged
nnd on the 10th of November, bsttf* ho
executed ut tno Old Capitol Prison.
It was given out publicly that after Ills
execution tho body of Wirz was buried in
tho grounds of tbo Arsenal ; the occurren
ces duriug the trial and the scones ul the
exoeutlon wero themes of conversation for
a lew woeks, and all tho circumstances con
nected with tho Andersonville Jailor faded
from tho public mind until the present.
Shortly after tho execution Mr. Schadu
was bosougbt by tho wife nnd children of
Wirz to make every effort to obtain his re
mains, which Mr. behsdo did. All Lis mi
deuvorH, however, proved ineffectual. Tho
government authorities, meaning the pre
siding gcuiuH ot tho War Department, per
emptorily refused to allow the body to go
into tho possession of the relatives. It was
eventually ascertained that the remains of
>\ Irz wero deposited in the same grave
with those of Mrs. .Surratt, Payne, Harold,
Atzerodt aud Booth, in the umunltiou store
room of one of tno Arseuul buildings.
I'iudlng that the President had given
permission for theiomovul of the remains
of Mrs. Surratt, Mr. Schadu recommenced
his efforts to obtain the remains of Wirz.
Most of tho relatives wero residing In dis
tant parts of the country—Mrs. Wirz in
Georgia, threo stepdaughters ut Cadiz, Ky.,
ami one own a governess, in
Kuropo—and were too poor to furnish thu
necessary moans for the funeral; but Mr.
Scbade, with a few others, made private
contributions until enough money was ob
tained to defray tbo expenses,
Au application was thou mudo for tho
remains, aud yesterday the President gave
l Mr. Schade an order addressed to Secretary
Schotiold, directing him to issue tho requisite
instructions for the deilvety of the remains.
General Scboheld referred tho order to Ad
jutant General Townsend with directions to
comply with the President's instructions.
An order wus then delivered to Mr. Scbade,
uddressed to Geuerul Kumsej', commander
of tho Arsenal, directing him to have de
livered to Mr. Louis Scbade the remains of
Henry Wirz for tbo purpose of giving them
Christian burial in consecrated ground.
Late yesterday afternoon Mr. Scbade,
with Mr. Berdorf, the undertaker, repaired
to tbo Arsenal and presented tbo order,
which was promptly complied with by Gen.
Ramsey. Sevcrul laborers wero summon
ed and the coffin wus dug up. Unlike t.,u
other coffins, this wus in a good state of
preservation ; tho wood seemed to bo com
paratively sound, but the lid was slightly
depressed in the middle, as though a heavy
weight lmd fallen upon It. The box whh
made of white pine boards, and on tho lid
wus nailed a narrow board, puintod while,
containing the name “ Wirz." On opening
tho oolliu the remains were found to bo al
most outirolv decomposed. Iho body hud
boon buried without a shred of clothing
upon it. In tbo bottom was u quantity ot
tine wood shavings. Tbo bones wero bare
of flesh from the knees down, and from the
waist to the neck. A little llesh, discolored
and dried, still clung to the thighs and lower
portion of the frumo. Tho bone of the
right arm below’ tho elbow wus goue.--
'ihis was the arm in which Wirz was
wounded In the eurly part of the wur. Tho
bead looked much flattened and shrivelled,
though traces of the features could be dis
tinguished, and tbo hair and beard yet ad
hered to the dried skin. As a request had
been mudo for a lock of thu hair tbo under
taker sought to ffnd a tuft to be cleaned and
sent to thu relatives. • in searching for this
it was discovered that tbo skull v. as mis
sing. On closer inspection it appeared that
tbo beud bad been skilfully dissected, the
skull removed and the flesh sowed up.
It was then recalled to mind that in tbo
early part of IH*W a soldier at tbo Old Capi
tol Prison exhibited a skull which bo as
serted was tbo skull of Wirz. Very fow
persons credited tho story at tho time, but
the fact that tho skull is now gone would
soetn to confirm tbo statement ol thu soldier.
It is known that tbo arm of Wirz is at pre
sent in the Army Medical Miisoum, former
ly Ford's theatre, whoro it is exhibited to
inquiring Btudents in tho study of unatomy
as a curious specimen of shell wound us
also is a part of tho spine; urn] it is suppos
ed tbut tho skull is in tho same collodion.
Mr. Kehado states tbul ho will make au
I effort to recover these, Inasmuch as the
I President gave him an order for the whole
remains ot Wirz, and not u dismembered
trunk, Tho skeleton held so well together
thut tho men plucod bourda under it aud
lifted It entlro Into tlio now coffin, which Is
walnut, covered with silver plated orna
ments, nnd quite handsomely finished.
No boitlo was found In tho old box, such ns
were enclosed with the bodies of tbo assas
sination conspirutors, but a piece of whilo
papor, resembling tbo primed biunks on
which surgeons make tboir reports of dis
sections, was found, which, together with
tho fact that tho skull and bone of the arm
wero gono, proved .conclusively that in
stead oflmving been buried ufier tho exe
cution tho body had beon permitted to fall
into the hands of Homo ambitious sawbones.
The remains wero taken this afternoon to
tho vault at Mount Olivet Cemetery, whoro
they will be kept until Sunduy afternoon at
threo o’clock, which is tho time tlxed for the
Tho reburial will bo strictly pri
vate. None of the relatives of Wirz will
atteud, notice having been received thut
they are unnule to get hero in time. All
that are expected to be present aro Mr.
Schudo, Mr. Berdorf, and ono or two friends
of Wirz who reside in ibis city. Tho lot In
which the remains will be interred wus
given by the Cemeterial Board, Wirz having
been a Cutholic, and tho lunerul service will
be performed by the Rev. Father Boyle, of
St. Peter’s Church, who was his confessor
at the execution.
No ornamental stone will bo erected over
Jbe grave. A simple slab will bo placed at
its head bearing tho name nnd age of tho
deceased. Tins done nnd tu* world will
have said farewell to Wirz, tbo Anderson
ville Jailor, and whether he was guilty of
tho heinous crimes of which ho was con
victed or not let God be his judge.—.V r
IfcraUl,
The Jury Lau
An effort is now being made to change
the jury law ol this State. A correspondent
ortho Pittsburg Gazette makes tho following
sensible remarks:
, Ihere is another class of persons who aro
: y oi T reHilesa under the operations of this
i law. Ibis class ol persons is composed
mainly of lawyers, whoso abilities aro just
sufficient to securo their constant doloat,
unless they have a Jury always committed
through political motives to give a verdict
on their side, right or wrong. The fairness
of the law Is exceedingly repugnant to their
natures, and its working is injurious to their
practice. Of course we cannot expect from
a dabster, who deals in political trickery,
that dignity ot professional domeannr and
scrupulous honor in his professional deal
ing* which, from time injmomoriul, have
distinguished the lawyer from the pettifog
ger, and wo therefore appeal to those mem
bers of the Legislature, und to Gov. Geury
who can relish a fair arid equitable transac
tion, even if it does Justice to a political op
ponent, to set themselves against the repeal
or modification of this jury bill of l>yJ7 us
originally enacted.
The Dentil Penalty.
The State of Illinois some years ago tried
the experiment of abolishing in uH cases
tho penalty of death as a punishment for
crime. It has not worked well. Murder has
frightfully increased boyond the ratio of the
increase in population. Tho House of Rep
resentatives, therefore, by a large mujority
has passed un act reinstating the gallows in
all ita original perfection. Wo forget
who It was—but some sagaoious person
who hud been on an ocean voyage for a long
time, once declared that when ho arrived lu
port he knew bo was in the land of civili
zation because he recognized tho gnllowsl
There was a good deal of truth, as well ns
satire, in the romark. Civilized society has
never yet found a means by which It cun,
with any degree of success, treat tne high
est of nil crimes except by tho spectacle of
the gibbot. The efforts of our humanitari
ans anu progressives, who are confident
that they are much wiser than all who have
ever Jived before thenv in this direction
have been futile. Not one of the American
States which has put the gallows aside has
been satisfied with the change, and tho ten
dency in them nil. la to rovert to the old
order of things. The wisdom of Omnipo
tence In tho treatment of tho first murdorer
did not Invoko tho awful penalty of death,
but Ho afterward delivered It to a man
amid the thunders of tho law, and for hlx
thousand years It boon observed und re
spected by him.— Cincinnati Enquirer, |
Ttao Bank of England.
In thlsoxtenslvo establishment it is stated
, fol, ° volumes or* ledgers are
daily filled with writing In keeping tho ac
counts. To produce these sixty volumes
the paper having been previously manu
factured elsewhere, eight men, three steam
presses and two hand-presses are continu.
ally kopt going within the bank. In the
copperplato printing departments 28 000
bank notes are thrown off daily, and so’ac
curately Is tho number Indicated bv ma
chinery that to purloin a single note with
out detection is an impossibility.
I ; Hydrophobia In Hew Torn.
' Wllhl s ? “ontli no leas than thirty dogs,
. S ltJ - hava been »h°‘°n the
t? vu’ b o hem In the neighborhood or
’ riuahing and Hnntefa Point. Mr. Derth
■ kamp and two children of Mr. Kromonach-
I m!. at 8 Mo “dows, wore recently
i bitten. Their wounds were properly dreas
-1 cd at the time, nnd In a low days all wero
> seoraiugly as well os usual, Nothing for*
thor was thought ot the matter until a few
; evenings ago, when one of the children, on
attempting to drink a glass* of milk, wa*
■ taken with hydrophobia. It died in agony
the next day. After death the body was so
fearfully convulsed* and drawn up as to be
hardly recognizable. Since then Mr. Derth
kamp has exhibited symptons of the mala
dy, nnd It Is possible that ho may not
recover. At Astoria u little girl who waa
bitten recently Is in a critical condition
At Hunter’s Point, on Friday lust
a mad dog made its appearance ami
was not killed until a geuilemau named
Carter, who was shielding a lilt Jo girl from
its attack, had beeu bitten. Nearly six
weeks ago a gentleman named Ltidlmn, of
Brooklyn, while attempting to whip n little
pet dog for somo mlsdemeunor, received n
s ght tilto on the hand. Many persons who
Knew the dog ussort that it wus not mud
utber beforo or after the biting. Indeed It
' 80, . d lhat 11 fow moments after the
whipping it entno very humbly and licked
its master, us if asking to be forgiven. Mr.
hudlum, howover, laborlnglundtAa popular
delusion, had the animal shot. 'Rewound
healod, nnd nil was thought to bo well but
about a weokugo Mr. hudluui was stricken.
At one time it required the united slreugih
•>r Tour men to hold him down. During one
ofibo spasms ho was tied to tho bed with
IwlMod shoots, but ho lore .them to tnttorH.
Tljo bodKloud wus also broken. I ft. died -i
day or two ago.
| Another iKntli in Itocklnnd ( ouniy.
Mr. John Kckersnu, residing In Dockland
oounty, N. Y., on tho Jersey line, above H.e
Naddlo Diver church, died on Tuesday from
bi drnphobiu, ( ,j which tbo follow ine are the
particulars: On Tuesday morning, Jumi
*,r.V Hith, while Mr. Kckerson wuh i„ tlm
Imy mow at tin* barn throwing down i,„|.
tier for Ids cattle, his wife was mining out
■j° ,n '!k the cows, when slit* was attacked
I b.v a largo dog. Tbo animal tore neon.
siderablu portion t.f the clothing from her
person and bit her in several places throied.
her dross, making large black and blur
marks, but not puncturing the skin and
drawing no blood. I lor husband, bearing
her .-creams, ran to the rescue, whereupon
Un- .log Hew at Mr. Kckersn»\s Ihr'u.i.
throwing out his band to ward the ;,m
nml »>il, that member was seized h\
the bruio ami badly bitten. In.embus'
oring to disengage himself from the
ferocious nmmat he threw out bis oibw
' baml, which the dog immediately n*jzc.
bold of, and would nutlet go, but continued
to teur and chew the lingers until Mi-.,
Kckerson bravely cam*, forward with a
brocm, the bundle of which she pushed
down the dog’s throat until be was lorced
to relax his hold. Mr. Kckerson ihu,
seized an uxu and killed the aninm! on tin*
spot. A physician was Instantly railed,
who nt once cut oil all the loosn attd tom
tlc.sli and tied up an urterv which bad been
.severed, ami from which the blood Ho veil
copiously. One tliumbwas almost mushed
' b>jelly by the dog's teeth and both hands
i were terribly lacetalod. Thedug wasowned
, l, > r Mr - Atirabam Hopper, of Saddle Diver
; and was bitten last siunm. r bv a dog MU t -
| posed to be mml, and which bad also bitten
several other dogs, all of which hud been
killed at once. Tho owner of this dog
! however, did not kill him, but kept him
chained, lie broke Ids chain the day [adore
biting Mr. Kckerson and ran away from 1
homo. Mr. Hopper seemed much to regret
the occurrence ami donated Mr. Kckursnn
lllty dollars, with thcadvicu tout once place
himself under the cate of some physician.
.Tills he did bv nm-nlting Dr. Ibs-vr- el
Pompton.
On Sunday Mr. Keker-ou began to fe. I
as he expressed it, “very curious," ami
stated that ho was afraid he was about to
go mad. Acting strangely all day, the next
morning hu was taken with violent tils,
which continued at intervals until Tuesday,
when doith[ended his sull’erings. During
tho paroxysms, which were terrible, he
raved furiously and snapped contlmmllv at
those around him, apparently endeavoring
to bite them. Those present positively at
tirm that many limes lie growled and Imrksd'
like a dog, it wus with the greatest dilh
! ‘-iilty that six strong men could hold Mm
to prevent his doing violence during tlw
prevalence ot his convulsions, so violent
wero the paroxysms. Ilia sulferings ap
peared to be horrible, and lie dually
tiled in a stajo ol great exhaustion.-
Mr. Kckerson owned the little plot of land
upon which ho lived, hut was not in ablu
ent circumstances. lie leaves a wife and
sevorul children. Since tho attack by tlu*
dog Mrs. Kckerson has been conHned, ami
her condition is now very delicate, so that
it was deemed advisable to keep from hoi
the cause of her husband's death, for fear
Unit tho appearance of the malady may la*
provoked in her case. Then* is evidently
not much danger of such a result, us ih'<-
skiu wus not broken whom slio was billet:;
but U isafprohended tboshock to her mind,
in connection with theclrcumstances, might
of itself be Hullicient cause to bring on tlm
spasms, us it is known to have Untie in cases
heroin tore. It is very certain, however, that
tho utfuir cannot bu kept from her lur any
great longth of time. Mr. Kckerson lo.ives '
u largo circle or acquaintances, and his ter
riblo death has naturally created a v* ry
excited feeling in tho neighborhood. It i*»
feared that other dogs sLill exist in the
vicinity that wero bitten by Mr. Hoppei's
dog, and it is said that some of the stock
In the locality are believed lo Imveulsn been
baton.
A I lomujcd OulruKo and NucoeNwrul H ii«<
I'oiNotiitiff in lllciiaiioiid.
! Richmond, Feb. IM, infill.— Yesterday at'
1 tornnon, while attempting to commit „
llendiNh outrage upon the person ni hl
sten.daughter, Mary Ann-Hurley, Albert
lylor, a negro, wan detected by bln wii'.., Un-
Rirl'H mother, who, by entreuty, tears mul
Jorcu, defeated him In his horriblepurpose.
Hlk* then threatened to disclose the fuel und
brlnß him injustice, which ho enraged ami
frightened him that he duiormineu to put
an end to her existence. With tliln object.
Tyler obtained a quantity of arhenlc, which
ho mixed In llou r that was a Her wards made
into bread, and which bin wife ate for sup
per. During the- nlgbtsho was attacl;e«l by
convulsion'll, urjd alter sullerlng the mo t
iutonao agony expired this morning. Tyler
ia now held to auswer tlio double charge of
rape and murder. ’
ihorobeems to boa carnival ol crime hen?,
five poraonh being now conllncd in the rliv
jaila on churgca of murder.
815,000 Worth of llomls liitrocil,
! A singular and sad aflalr recently trans
-1 pired at Frenchtown, Fa. A young man by
the name of Bradley, an employee in the
mill ol Philip (1. Heading, is tho unfortu
nate loser. It wan Ids intention to purchase
un luterest In the business, and hud recently
returned homo from a visit to his relations,
haying in his possession a largo umount of
Government bonds—supposed to be over
§1.),00P. Ho wuh taken sick with an alloc
llou ol Hie bead, which rendered him parti
ally Insane, and ho became possessed with
the idea that tbo bonds must be deposited in
tho bank for safe keeping. On Monday
morning, while in this statu' anil during the
temporary übsonco of his wife from [the
room, he took tho package containing the
bonds and threw it into tho strive, suppos
ing it to by llie bank. Tho whole package
wus destroyed. Ills wife says it contained
tho I r ail, and they art rendered peunilcsu
by this act.
Dashed from n Mountain.
On Sunday last a mun named WWJian.
Stuart was riding along the east Mdo of Un-
Cal-skill mountains, when his horse, taking
sudden fright, sheered to ouo side, and tin
horse, sloigh and driver/woru dasbod upon
the rocks sixty feet below. Mr. Humrt wan
not found till Tuesday, having remained on
the rocks two days und two nights iu a liv
ing condition. J
Tlio i’opalmlou of New York.
Mr. Chas. Brace read a paper ou mod* '
lodging houses before the Social Science As
sociulionat Albany on Wednesday,in which
ho said that uowheru on tho eurth is thoro
such a massing of human boiugs as in the
city of Now York, nud iu no city of tho si/.o
is there so much poverty and wretchedness.
In the tonemoot houses the people aro much
more crowded than they are in eithorof the*
cities of Kogland or Franco. In ouo portion
of New York city u population of IW,(KH>
persons to tho squaro mile could be found.’
This cannot ho paralleled in the worst quar
ters of London. 1
The Comb and Sonp <lnontlou,
Touching on the mntter of Congress usimr
fourteen hundred dollars worth of combs
and soap, tho Now Orleans Orescent re
marks There is no danger that tho
Koyal street concern (Louisiana Leglsla
lure) will incur auy such expense. Combs
und soup would bo supertluous articles
among our legislators, a largo proportion
or whom couldn’t use a comb if thoy
would and wouldn’t use soap if they could,”
It will not require much acuteness to dis
cover the kink In that suggestion.
I I’eiinsylrnnln Legislature.
; llAiinisnuno. Fob. Z’>.
| In the Senate umong tho bills read in
j placo was ono authorizing tho Governor,
| Anditor General, und Stato Treasurer h>
exchange Stato coupon bonds for registered
bonds; also, one relative to tho paymont of
bounties. Ajrosolution wus reucfproposlug
an amendment to tho Constitution, provid
ing that in every voar that a President is to
bo elected thero snail bo no clcctjon held In
October, but on tho day of tho Presidential
election. An nfternoon session whs held, ui
which tho Revised Tax bill wus passed.
In tho Houso an act to Incorporate the
Subtorranean Railway Company was read
in placo. Tho Houso rofusod to agree to
tho Sonato resolution to adjourn over for
ono woek.
Tlio Grant-l’ollar.l Trim.
Afler ondoavorlng to procure u Jury in
Richmond for tho trial of Grunt, charged
with tho murder of Pollard, tho punol wus
completed on Saturday ovonlng, when the
court adjourned until this morning. Tho
following is a list of tho Jurors s
John Wilson nnd William Willis, Jr. of
Richmond ; A. N. Clark, Oharloa 0. Borrv
J. W. Atkinson, W. A. Harper, Lewis Ai>-
plch and W. F. Padgett, of Alexandria •
It. E. Moratl, William 6. James B T
Camp and George M. Todd, of Norfolk’
Tho testimony w?U commence to day.
A fight occurred between a Dartv of Wes t
Snd t n’ Bo n di xr B v d 80m ®citizens, at High
land Falls, N. Y,, on Saturday night and
wer o m mf f^ lDjUred V
were put under arrest.