WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31,1869. The First Month or Grant’s Buie, : Nearly a month has elapsed since the Inauguration of U. S. Grant as Presl- 1 (dent, and the country has had an op portunity to judge of his fitness for the high office which he has been called to fill. While he was a candidate he hid himself in the obscurity of the remote western town where he wasfound work ing as> tanner when the war began. For months he stuck to Galena, iefus lngtO'Open his lips upon any public question. When approached he talked of horses and joked about dogs. This reticence was praised by all the Radi cal nowspapers of the country, and the taciturn ex-tanner‘wasstyled a Bphynx. During the interval between his election I and his inauguration, he was almost | equally as silent upon public affairs as he had been during the period of hiß candidacy, and, though the supposed necessity for such restraint was removed he had nothing to say on the great is sues before the country. Grant first broke this sphynx-like silence in his inaugural address. That document, full of egotism, rude in its language, bare of thoughts worthy of the occasion, and poor and stupid throughout, was not calculated to exalt its author in public estimation. The Radical press could not muster suffici ent effrontery to praise it, but they, with one accord, claimed that the great merit of the mail they had exalted Jwaß not in spfeakiDg but in action. The period for action came speedily, and the very first move of the newly made President was a ridiculous and embarrassing blunder. He appointed •to the most responsible position in his Cabinet one to whom he was under pe cuniary obligations, a man who was disqualified by law from acting as Sec retary of the Treasury; ho named aB Secretary of State another of his bene factors, one who did not possess asingle qualification for theoffice ; hemadethe man who presented him a fino library Attorney General, and thus he filled up his Cubinet, to the intense disgust of his own party and to the surprise of the whole country. This involved Grunt at once in a con test with Congress. He hurriedly sent hi a message, wrongly addressed through ignorance, requesting the repeal of the law which prevented him from paying offhis debt to his millionaire friend, A. T. Stewart. The Senate demurred, and finding that his request would be denied he reluctantly withdrew it. Then the Radical politicians pushed their advan tage, and, the Cabinet being broken up, they forced the windy Boutweli into the Treasury Department. Washhurne withdrew from the Cabinet, after ar ranging for tiie appointment of a host of liia friends, and he now goes to air his more than Roeotian Ignorance in the most polite capital of the world ; the most unfit representative ever sent abroad by any administration. Tiie quarrel over the construction of the Cabinet was not fairly adjusted until (Jraut and the Senate were involved in a bitter light over the Tenure-of-Office Dill. The course of the new President and his as well as ridicu lous blunders had thus early made him an object of contempt*in the eyes of the leaders of the Republican party, and they feared to trust him. As the comedy of errors which was enacted at the White House progressed, the number of Senators in favor of repealing tho law which had been devised as a restraint upon Andrew Johnson daily diminish ed, and now there is a clear nud decided majority in favor of keeping the bit in the teeth of the ignorant iqun whom they have elevated to a position which he has already shown himself to be un lit to iill. In the House a majority of tho Radi cals have already voted against the repeal of the Tenure-of-Offico Dill, and that in spite of the announcement that Gmut greatly desired it. It was only by a combination of tho Democrats with a minority of the Republicans, that assent to the iSenate modification was refused. The Senate now declines to recede from its action, and the result, is an antagonism oT the bitterest kind between the contending factions. Thus nearly a month of Grant’s ad ministration libs passed away in tierce squabbles over the spoils. The Presi-. dent has filled many of the most im portant positions with liisrelatives, and the connections, near and remote, of his wife. This unparalleled nepotism has excited universal comment, and Ills party friends are disgusted with it. In fad tho blundering imbocility, the ne farious nepotism, and the ridiculous blunders of Grant have called down upon him the curses of Radicals high anil low. In Washington full vent is given to the rage and disgust of those, who elevated him to the position which: he seems to regard chiefly as an oppor tunity for enriching liis relatives and paying oil'old debts. The lip-loyalty and hypocrisy of the campaign is at an end, and it is now as common in Wash ington to hear Republicans abusing the President as it was to hear them indulg ing in fulsome praises of him a short month ago. Those who predicted that the new President would disarm criticism by judicious action, who looked for a wise administration of the government, who expected to see him take the lead in effecting reforms, who promised econo my, who prated of the good time to come, when Grantshould take thepiaee of Andrew Johnson, have all been sadly disappointed. The first month of his* administration has been spent in petty and disgusting squabbles over the j spoils, and nothing has yet transpired | to encourage the hope that Grant's ad- i ministration will be productive of any I good to the country. If we are tojudge of tlie future by the lirst month his en- ; tire rule will be disastrous and disgrace-! ful. ! Lot the Fifteenth Amendment he Extend ed to Africa, Just now, when the Radicals are in such a hurry to enfranchise the negroes that they refuse to wait long enough to allow the people of Pennsylvania to express their opiniou on the subject, it might be well to take a look at tiambo in his own home. There, in a climate peculiarly suited to him, in a land the most fertile uuder the sun, -the African race has lived fur about six thousand years. He has had opportunities for advancement equal to those which auy of the white race ever enjoyed. JHow has he improved them ? Let the fol lowing extract from a loyal periodical answer. The article in LippincoWtt Magazine for April, entitled“OurGlobe in ISU'J,” sums up the advances made in civilization during the year ISGS. This it says is the state of Africa: “ The \v'j>i coast of Africa pi esentsuo new discoveries. The suppression of the slave- Iriule see ns to have had u baneful influence on that u .ilbrtunatu land, for the wars con tinue, but the captives nro now inoro gen erally eaten than sold. Europium sailors and merchants arc often forced to witness horrible scenes of wholesale cannibalism; aud the enmity of the natives against Jor eigneis, iuclnding missionaries, inys only been increased by iholossof formerprofits.” Here is a subject which demands the instaututieuUou of Congress. Wouldn't the .Fifteenth Amendment reach this case? We are gravely tqhl that it Is calculated ;<» ift the barbarian negroes of thiH,couutry to a condition of perfect equality with the white race, and, if it has such virtue, it ought to be able to do something for their relatiVes who are eating each other up at home. Let a resolution be passed extending it to all parts of Africa. 1 It will do just as much to elevate the negro there as here. If the right of suffrage be the great eleva tor it is claimed to be, its application ought to be made universal. Let it be at once extended to all Africa. THE LAN CASTER WEEKLY MARCH 31, 186^. Priyate legislation. There are now on file in the Pennsyl vania Legislature overtwelve'hundred bills, and the end Is not yet. Of all this batch .of laws not more than a dozen or so are of any public import ance. All the rest is a mass of private legislation, which never ought to haye a place on the statute books of the State. For several years the pamphlet laws, which are annually published at great expense, have been huge volumes, averaging about fifteen hundred pages each. Yet any lawyer will search in vain through any one of these bulky compilations for a score of useful public acts. Fifty pages to a volume would be a liberal estimate for general laws. All the rest is a record of special and private legislation, the greater proportion of which ought never to have been passed. It is safe to say that more than ninety out of every hundred acts which are put through our Legislature are of an im proper character. All the public busi ness which has been done by any Penn sylvania Legislature for the last five years might have been transacted in twenty days. The time and the atten tion of our modern solons is notoccupled with matters pertaining to the public interest. A majority of them are con stantly busy in attending to the want 9 of corporations which ought to be com pelled to resort'to the Courts for the franchises which they seek. It is this private legislation, this granting of valuable privileges to par ties who often could not obtain what they seek through the courts that have full power to grant proper corpor ate privileges, which is the great source of corruption. With the beginning of every session of our Legislature a “ring’' is formed for the management of this kind of legislation, and it is well understood that almost any bill can be passed, provided those who apply for it will pay. There must be something very outrageous indeed in a proposed piece of paying special legislation to prevent its summary passage. The whole programme of action is well un derstood, and it is a settled rule that local legislation is not to be interfered with by outsiders. All honest men would be completely disgusted could they get an inside view of the workings of one of our modern, Radical Leislatures. The slime of cor ruption is spread over every thing. It is well known that members are always in the market, that their votes can be bought, that in many cases they must be bought. Kvery bill of any impor tance pays tribute to the “ring/’ and no corporation expects to secure legisla tion without contributing its share to the corruption fund. It is such legislation which keeps our Legislature in session for three or four months every year, and swells our pamphlet laws to huge proportions. Each session costs the tax payers of the State aboutJialf a million dollars, and it puzzles the wisest man in the Com monwealth to tell what benefit the peo ple derive in return. It is private and special legislation for which the people pay. This thing must be remedied. The people must take the matter in hand. They must insist upon a complete change. If nothing else will do, a Con stitutional Amendment must be adopt ed which will cut up this whole crop of corrupt special legislation by the roots. The courts should have full pow er to transact nine-tenths of all the business which occupies the attention of our State Legislature, and a clause should be inserted in the Constitution of the mate, strictly prohibiting the Legislature from passing upon matters thus placed within the province of the courts of justice. The amendment of ISO;; isnotsuilicient, andanothershould be adopted, one that would put an end to the corruption of our Legislatures. Wo would have better men chosen, for the rascal* who now infest the State Capitol would not care to go; the sessions would be short, for a month would suffice to transact all pub lic business; the laws would be con tained in a slim volume ; the salaries of members could be materially lessened, nud the expense of a session of our Legislature might be reduced to less than a tenth of what it now is. Let the people insist upon the necessary re form. They are all interested in se curing it. Pennsylvania Appointments. . We notice that much dissatisfaction exists throughout this Blate in regard to the manner in which the Federal pat ronage is being distributed. Numerous Radical newspapers are protesting against the plan which has been adopt ed of committing ail control of appoint ments to the Republican members of Congress. They say, and with much show of reason, that the people ought to be consulted. Under the system adopted by Grant each Radical Congressman has complete control of all the appointments iu his district, his word in the matter being law, aud all outside influences being entirely ignored. The conse quence is that only relatives and per sonal friends of the different Congress men are being appointed. In some instances men of whom a vast majority of Republicans know nothing, or to whom they are positively opposed, have been appointed to fill important, re sponsible and lucrative positions. We do not wonder that there is great com motion in the Radical wigwam. Thous ands of zealous Republicans are com pletely disgusted. Wesympathizewith them in their aflliction. Ratifying Negro Suffrage. After considerable debate tbo Negro Suffrage Amendment to the Constitu tion of the United States has been rati fied by our Legislature. The vote in the House stood, yeas 01, all Radicals, to nays 3S, all Democrats. In vain did the Democrats of the Senate and the House endeavor to secure a submission of this question to the people. The Radicals knew the hateful thing would be indig nantly repudiated and overwhelmingly defeated at the,ballot box; so a Legis lature which was elected without any reference to the subject, and without the right so to change the fundamental law of tho State, voted to fasten Negro Equality upou Pennsylvania. For this outrageous act the Radical party must answer to the people. The question will remain open during the coming Gubernatorial campaign, and the people of Pennsylvania will have a chance to elect a Legislature pledged to repeal the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment which has been fraudu lently obtained. That this will be done we verily do believe. Bonner advertises as an attraction to the Ledger a forthcoming series of arti cles by twelve members of the United States Senate. Among them, we trust, there will be one on Temperance, by the Hon. Richard Yates; one on Mar riage, by the Hon. Charles Sumner; one on Honesty, by the Hon. Simon Cameron ; one on Virtue, by tho Hon. S. C. Pomeroy ; and let us hope that the whole will conclude with a dissertation on the influence of Garden Seeds upon American. Statesmanship, by Vice- President Colfax. The Ledger man should have gone to the old and new members of the House for something really , instructive. Thus, Butler, on Spoons; Mullins, offßlietoric; Schenck, on Polcer; Stokes, ou Loyalty ; or Ash ley, on Town “Sights,” would be very interesting. General Custer is safe. He is in no danger of being burned at the stake, or of beiDg compelled to do duty, as a medicine man, with a ring hußg to the cartilage of his nose, and a pair of Buffalo horns mounted upon his forehead. He is under the protection of his “ com mand.” The scalping knife is not yet whetted to despoil him of his womanly tresses. His trooly loil blood is not yet spilled. Lana Deo. Gen. Fisher on Negro Equality. It often happens that native talent Calls to be properly appreciated, and the history of the world Ib full of examples of the truth of the Scripture saying, “ the prophet is not without honor, save in his own country.’' Whilst the only daily Republican newspaper published in Lancaster city is filling its columns ; with anonymous assaults upon Gen. J. W. Fisher, the Harrisburg Telegraph Is doing all it can to extend his reputation by publishing in eztenso, the wonderful speech made by him in the Senate of Pennsylvania when the Negro Suffrage Amendment to the Constitution of the United States was under discussion. Teachers of rhetoric tell us that the exordium and the peroration ofaspeech should be most carefully prepared, and the rule commends itself at once to all sagacious orators, because it requires but little experience to enable any pub lic speaker to see the advantage of bo beginning a discourse as at once to at tract the attention of the audience, and so ending it as to give each hearer some thing to think about after he goes away. Gen. Fisher was a tailor and has been a soldier, but somewhere, eitherwhilehiß goose was cooling, or in the idle hours between taps, he has found time to study rhetoric. He may not be perfectly familiar with all the rules laid down by teachers, but he certainly remembers and practices upon the important one we have quoted. In the speech to which we have alluded he took advantage of the rather extraordinary fact that there was some thunder and lightning on the evening of the 10th of March. He tried hard to get the floor while the war of contending elements was raging about the State Capitol, but, being unable to do so, he bottled up his thunder care fully until the next evening, when he produced it with an effect quite equal to the terrific rattle of sheet iron which so startles the audience of a country thea tre. Mark with what wonderful rhetor ical skill he began his oration : Mr. Fisher. Mr. Speaker, I had not in- j tended, sir, to trespass upon the time of the Senate with any remarks upon this ques- | tion ; but in coming to this chamber last j night, a train of thought was impressed i upon my mind like living expressions. I j ran back, sir, in my mind, to the most an- i cient history that wo have, and I thought I of the scenes of Sinai, when the decalogue ! was handed down, engraven upon tablets] of stone, in the mountains ; und I thought j of the lightnings us they flashed from peak 1 to peak, and rocked the liills; and as the muttering thunders rolled from mountain crag to mountain crag, how grand, how sublime, how awful wus thut scene! And wlmt wus it, sir? A law was given by the Almighty himself, to govern all nations and all men. Tne sublime priuciples of that law are known and recognized by all civil ized and Christian nntions; and those principles, sir, slaud unharmed und un movocl amid the war of elements, tlio wreck of matter aud tho crush of worlds. "What law Gen. Fisher referred to wo are sorely puzzled to tell. It certainly could not have been the code delivered to Moses for the government of the children of Israel. The description of the elemental war seems to bear some resemblance to what occurred at Mt. Sinai, but there all likeness ends. The laws given to the Jews by God through his servant, Moses, do not even hint at either political or .Social equality. On the contrary slavery was established by them and perpetuated under them. If Gen. Fisher has ever read the Bible ho must have seen the following decrees which follow immediately after the decalogue ; Now these arc the judgments which thou shalt set before them. If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve : and iu the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. , If he cumo in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if lie were married, then his wife shall go out with him. If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and hor children shall bo her master’s, , aud lie shall go out by himself. And if tho servant shall plainly saj’, I love my master, my wife, and my children ; I will not go out free : Then his muster shali bring him unto the judges : he shall ulso bring him to the door, or unto the door post: nnd his master shall bore his eur through with an awl ; and he shall serve him forever. And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand, he shall ho surely punished. Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not bo punished ; for he u his money. It has given us palu to prick this splendid rhetorical bubble of the gal lant General, but a proper regard for the truth compelled us to do so. His imagination is entirely too vast for his judgment. The wings of liis [fancy are broad enough to bear him aloft in the regions of a remote ideal, but, un fortunately they are, like those of Icarus, very insecurely fastened to his body. Under the rays of the mildest criticism the wax melts and our sar toriau Senator suddenly comes down, with a descent similar to that of the great American eagle as described by a Western orator, ‘ flat on his back, flop in a mud puddle.’ We would most respect fully advise him to sit quietly astride of his goose hereafter, aud to be con tent to progress with its safe and sereue waddle. Amending an old proverb we say to him in all kindness, “ Ne sartor ultra anserem .” The entire speech abounds in rhetori cal gems of the most remarkable char acter, and it is not more distinguished for the loftiness of its style than for its rigid adherence to the rules of logic. A few extracts will show that we do not speak extravagantly. Meeting some objection urged by tiie opponents of Negro Suffrage, the General proceeds to give a definition of Democracy, not, he tells us, the definition of political writers, but one of his owu, for lie is not only an orator it seems, but a self-made lexicographer. He says: Now, whut is Democracy? I do not pretend now to quote the legal definitions of the term “Democracy’,” but I will give my own interpretation, us near as I can. Democracy is a government oi the people ; a government iu which the people control affairs by expressing their views through the ballot-box of the form of government they desire. That I take to he a pretty dear definition ol the term “Democracy.” The above definition is a little origi nal, but we accept it as given, and so accepting it, we would like General Fish er to tell us how he dared vote to deprive the people of Pennsylvania of tho right to determine by the ballot whether they will or will not have negro suffrage made tho law of this Commonwealth. Is it Democratic for a legislature to as sume powers not granted to it, to decide questions which do not come within its province, to change the Constitution of the State by indirection, to transfer the rights of the State and the people to the general government in an unauthor ized manner, to give all power to Congress, to deprive the people of all power to regulate suffrage, and to get up a centralized despotism at Washing ton ? If that kind of thing tallies with Gen. Fisher’s definition of Democracy we confess that we arc utterly unable to comprehend the meaning of what seems to be plain English. The General is reputed to an ardent admirer of the female sex, and he has a word to say in their behalf. The following paragraph shows that he is in full accord with the advocates of women’s rights, and prepared to go the full length of the programme: The argument may be made now, that if you strikeout the word “ white’’ from your statute books, you must also strike out the word "male” from your statute books; and, Mr. Speaker, lot me hero advertise to this Senate, and to the world, that I am for striking out the word “male;” I always have been so. Am I understood ? Perfectly understood General—per fectly. We hope you will send a copy of your speech to Mrs. Susan B. Anthony. The General goes to the full length of the tether on the negro question. He assails the Chicago platform, kicks it over, spurns it and spits on it, and outr heroda even John Hickman. Hear him: The Chicago platform was a cheat and the work of cowards, although I helped to make iL They did not go lar enough, they had not the back-bone, sir, to stand up and do right. But we are getting right. They talk about John Hickman, in the House of Representatives last winter. He was a little impracticable ; he got the cart a little before the horse; we had not the power to amend tbo Constitution then, But, air, I give you notice that I will, before the close of this session, If God-Almighty spares nrt life—and I hope he. will, for that purpose u for no other— offer aiesmution to strike the word “ white!' out of the Constitution. It has been some weeks since that speech was made, but as yet this General has not dared to keep his worth He has had'plenty of time. Why has he failed to fulfil his promise? That is the proper method to reach this ques- ] tion. Every Democrat in the Legisla-1 ture will promptly vote to submit it to ' the people. Why don’t Gen. Fisher bring forward bi 3 resolution ? It Is not certain that the Fifteenth Amendment will ever be ratified; it is certain that it cannot be done before another elec tion occurs in Pennsylvania; the people are ready to vote intelligently on the question, and they will thank Gen. Fisher or any other man who brings the matter before them for decision at the ballot box. If he does not want to be regarded as a mere Bombasies Farioso, a big bagof wind, lethim bring forward his resolution to strike the word white from the Constitution of Pennsylvania at once. We dare him to do so, and we tell him it will be voted for by every Democrat in the Legislature. We gave the exordium of Gen. Fish er’s speech, and we can not resist the temptation to give the peroration. He said in conclusion: We have eighteen men here who have not bowed the knee to Baal, and will not, but who will stand up und vote for this measure of right and justice, and place these men where they belong, on a perfect equality with you and me; and I see no reason why it should not be done. The question was put to me some time ago, “Yoa have a daughter; how would you like to have her marry a black man?’ I told the man, “ I would not like her to mar ry you, while as you are!” I lyivenofearsof “ social equality.” But, talk as you please about “social equality,” I know black men whom I would rather invite into my par lor than some white men that I know. It is a matter of taste. A man selects his own company, and is to be judged by the company he keeps, nnd not by caste, color or race. It is worth that makes the.man, The want of it, the fellow; All else 13 leather and prunella.” We are sorry to say there is some ob scurity iQ this ending. The General does not positively affirm that he is ready and willing to give his daughter in marriage to a negro. He does say, however, that it is merely “ a matter of taste.” We suppose he intends to be governed in that important matter by circumstances. He does not dare to de clare openly against such a disposition ot his offspring, as he does not know how soon that very thing may be made the test of loyalty to the Republican party. He is a candidate for re-election, and so walks with mucli circumspec tion. We commend him to tho Radi cals of Lancaster county as a fit repre sentative. He is freely accused of being corrupt, and is occasionally seen reeling about the Senate chamber drunk, but . he is eminently sound on the negro. ! Encouraging to the Advocates of Negro , Equality. 1 The account qf the barbarities prac | ticed by the negro rebels in Hayti must j be very encouraging to the advocates of ! negro suffrage, aud the consequent j equalify between the races which the ! Radicals expect to follow. In Hayti the negro has had a fair chance for develop ment. That Island is one of the richest and most favored spots in the world. It produces all the most valuable agri cultural productions in perfection with the smallest possible amount of labor. Its tropical climate is exactly suited to the requirements of the African race, and the negro has had it all to himself for many years. What has been the result? Has the race advanced in civil ization ? Let the past history of that beautiful island and Us present condi tion answer. Its industry has continued to decline rapidly, its fertile fields have been returned to the wildness of nature, barbarism of the grossest and most re volting character has become the prom inent characteristic of its inhabitants, repeated revolutions are constantly j staining its soil with blood, and such J scenes as are elsewhere described tell of j the utter degradation to which the negro I has descended in a land which has i been given up to his rule. The negroes in this country, as a class, are as unfit to participate in the management of governmental affairs as those of Hayti, aud the time is not far distant when those who are now indifferent to the attempt to give the blacks political pow- ; erin this nation will curse the foolish ' fanntic3 and the selfish partisans who ; are striving to fasten such a curse 1 upon us. Foster vs, Covode. Only two years ago the Radicals in Congress settled a contest precisely like that between Foster aud Covode, by giving the Democrat his seat and com pelling his Republican opponent to contest. Now, without giving any rea son for this outrageous action, the com mittee on election reverses the former decision and gives that ignorant blath erskite Covode the seat to which Henry D. Foster was fairly elected. General Paine, the new chairman of the com mittee, refuses to sanction this act of gross injustice, and joins with the Democratic members in protesting against it. The reckless partisanship of the Radicals knows no bounds. A majority of them neither regard the laws of the land nor the oaths they take when they assume the duties of office. The Beauties of Loyalty The application of oaths so largely made in the South by the Government, ! and the disfranchisement of all white men who refuse to do the stringent swearing, receives a very odd illustra tion iu Missouri. Frank P. Blair, jr., (lately candidate for Vice President,) is disfranchised iu his own State, because of his activity as a Union soldier early in the war. The iron-clad oath requires the voter to swear, among other things, that he never took up arms against the State. Early in the war Missouri was in the hands of the rebels, and her Go vernor organized asecession army. Blair helped to capture that force, and there fore could not take the oath, and being unable to do so was disfranchised. This is only of a piece with much of the fruit of the Radical system of recon struction. The Urccnbank Election Case. The £x])rcss alluding to tho dicission in the Greenbank contested election case says: A minority report of iho Demociatic members of the committee dissents from the conclusions of the miijority, but no impar tial person will doubt, in view of facts which are already notorious in regard to that election, thut nil the Democratic candi dates on the ticket in Philadelphia were al lowed thousands of votes more than they were legally eutitled to receive. The majority returned for Mr. Green bank was les9 than two hundred, yet one Republican on the Committee re fused to sign the report depriving him of his seat, believinghim to behonestly elected. How completely does that fact stamp os an unmitigated falsehood the assertion of the-Express, that the Demo cratic candidates received thousands of votes more than they were entitled to. Our neighbor ought either to tell the truth or to lie with greater circumspec tion. Singular State or Affairs In.Vlrglnla. The Richmond Enquirer says: On Monday a negro woman committed suicide in Chesterfield, by hanging herself. Her body was found a short time after life was extinct, but there being no constable or coroner in the county, no one felt author ized to interfere with the body. The negroes were afraid to cut it down, and in this di lemma Gen. Stoneman was telegraphed to to know what should be done. We do not know what his reply was, and at last ac counts the body was still suspended. That is a beautiful Btate of affairs truly to be found existing in what pre tends to be a Republican government. Many counties have not a Bingle official qualified to discharge any . public duty. And thiß is the condition of things after Congress has been tinkering for four long years at an absurd system of re construction. What a commentary is here furnished upon the folly of the Radicals who now rule the nation. I The Fasting and Folding Swindle* \'llt seems that we are not done with" the pasting and yeti The Radical members of theSodse in sist upon their rascally design which created so much excitement. The Father Abraham, the editor of which offered to do the whole work at a price which would have saved the State a i good many thousand dollars, speaks of I the 'matter as follows: We have it from good authority that the Legislative Treasury plunderers have the general appropriation bill “ Bet up ” for the payment of the twenty-seven extra pasters and folders of the House, appointed in open defiance of law, common decency, and in spite of the most emphatic protest of nine teen-twentieths of the Republican papers throughout the State. These twenty-seven extra “officers" were appointed, as our readers well know, not for the purpose of performing labor, or because there was the least necessity for them, bnt only for the purpose of getting sixteen thousand dollars out of the public treasury by this mdst con temptible dodge. A number of these twenty seven pasters and foldera, or by whatever other name they may be labeled, are not note, nor have been on duty at all. We have it from tho lips of Hon Elisha W. Davis, the ex-Speaker, and now representing one of the Philadelphia districts in the House, that they had all, or nearly all, left Harris barg, after finding that the Senate would not agree to their appointment. We had similar assurances from other sources, equally responsible, satisfying us that all was right—that this most notorios swindle was effectually defeated. But, it seems that the gamblers and bum mers and hangers-on about Harrisburg, knew what they were doing when they bought up the claims of these extra "officers," at half price. A ring has been formed by certain members of the House, (iu which' Lancaster county is represented), and the jobbers, brokers, gamblers and bummers, banging about the rotunda and the lobby, to force a section into the general appropri ation bill directing the State Treasurer to pay their salaries—service or no service performed, and law or no law for their ap pointment! It is simply a direct attempt to rrb the Treasury ; to swindle the public; to steal so much public money belonging to : the people of Pennsylvania! And it is the : meanest kind of stealing, because the thieves are law-makers, and therefore can not be reached by indictment, trial, conviction and confinement in the Penitentiary as they ought to be! Pro fessional burglars, and pick-pockets, and highwayman are more honorable and manly, because they ply their profession with a full knowledge that, if detected, and caught, they must suffer the penalties of the law. It takes a certain amount of courage to be a burglar or highwayman. A sneak thief even is respectable compared with the individual in whom the people have confided as their Representative, who takes a solemn oath to discharge his duty in good faith,Jand then deliberately enters into a conspiracy with others oi his kind to take advantage ofhis position and deliber ately rob the public treasury in the man- I ner dow attempted. We repeat that this is I a most positive, clear and barefaced attempt : to stealover sixteen thousand dollars out of the treasury! The House has passed the clause ap propriating money for the payment of the claims which are held by a set of sharks, and the Father Abraham avows its belief that the Senate will sanction this raid upon tho State Treasury. It asserts that several Democrats will vote for it, with the design of "making capital against the Republican party during the com ing Gubernatorial campaign.” "We do not belive that. The Democratic Sen ators have sb own themselve to be honest and honorable men. They do not need to do this thing. The Radical mem bers of the Legislature have done enough to damn their party to lasting infamy. They will be held responsible for the ideality involvedin this pasting and folding swindle, just as much as if it should pass the Senate. We repeat, we do not believe a single Democratic Senator will vote to pay this outrageous claim. The Radicals of Virginia. ] The Radicals of Virginia have split into two contending factions. The orig inal, Simon-Pure out-and-outers have nominated for Governor a white carpet bagger from Michigan. He left his country for his country’s good, having committed a felony, aud being in danger of the penitentiary. Their' candidate for Lieutenant Governor is a negro carpet bagger from Ohio. The other wing is a little more respectable, but they have also put up a carpet-bagger as their candidate for Governor. The two factions had a sort of joint discus sion in Richmond the other day. Lind say, the negro candidate, concluded. He said the white man had the negro down for two hundred years ; but that now the negro was on top. They had in their hands the chains and manacles ivith which the while, man had kept the negro bound for so long, and they intended to put them on the white man, and to make him groan, and sweat, and work, before they were done with him. He said Gen eral Grant knew something about tan ning, and would help them to tan the white man until his skin was asblack and tough as (heirs. It is the extreme faction of the Radi cal party of Virginia, represented by this violent negro carpet-bagger, which finds favor with the Republican ma jority in Congress. The more moder ate wing is regarded as being allied with the rebe) element, because it is not ready to endorse all the mad schemes of Lind say and his allies. That a majority of the Republicans of Pennsylvania are really in sympathy with such outrage ous sentiments we do not believe, but that they unwittingly and unintention ally give them support is nevertheless true. Is it not time for all honest Re publicans to examine carefully the con duct of those who lead their party, and to decide for themselves upon the great questions of the day ? Surely they have blindly followed bad leaders long enough. Let them begin at once to act the part of independent freemen. All llall Indiana. The special election for members of the Indiana Legislature gives a clear indication of what the result would be if the proposed negro suffrage amend- I ment could be submitted to the peo j pie. The gains made in the different ; districts show that it would be de feated by a majority of at least Ut'cniy fivc thousand. In one county which gave Grant five hundred majority last all the Democratic candidate now re ceives a majority of oDe hundred and fifty. And so it was elsewhere. Multi tudes of Republicans turned out and voted the Democratic ticket openly. The questiou will come before the people of Pennsylvania in October, and no one can doubt but that they will equally re buke the duplicity of the Radicals who have attempted to change the constitu tion of this State without allowing the people a voice in the matter. The fact is plain, in nearly every one of the Southern States, that if the car pet baggers be allowed to run their ma chines without in terferencealittle while longer, they will eventually destroy each other. They are already contend ing among themselves for the spoils, and the negroes are beginning to drop away from supporting them, their real character having become tolerably clear to Sambo’s not over-vigorous percep tions. The carpet-baggers will undoubt edly come to the fate of the Kilkenny cats. Time will vindicate the people upon whom they have so lavishly spit their venom. Jenkins tells us that the bride of Kilpatrick was, at the time of her mar riage, the belle of Santiago, and tlaaishe is a “ brunette and wore at the inaugu ration ball a dress of crimson satin, a magnificent necklace and a tiara of diamonds.” Whereupon a|Georgia paper hopes “ she is both better looking and better dressed than the bride General Hampton’s cavalry captured In Kilpat rick’s tent near Fayetteville, N. C., in March, 1865, and from whose sweet so ciety he fled in Dick Yates’ breakfast costume.” Gen, Stonehan has just removed the Governor of Virginia, and assumed the duties of that office himself. Can such things be done under a Republi can form of government ? Are we not living under the rule of a despot, rather than under'the government established by the fathers of the Republic? “Let us have peace.” The empire means peace. Ttie Radical Method of Bedding Con- tested Election*. - The Express gets exclted.pver ourax pOßtire of the glaring falsehoods which it uttered while reviewing the contested Philadelphia Judgahip, and attempts to draw attention from its utter disregard of truth by some loose statements in reference to another and different elec tion. In speaking of the report of the committee which decided against Mr. Greenbank-, and in favor of his Radical opponent it said; A minority report of the Democratic members of the committee dissents from the conclusions of the majority, but no im partial person will doubt'in t rieio of facts which are already notorious in regard to that election , that all the Democratic candi dates on the ticket in Philadelphia were al lowed ,thousands of votes more than, they were legally entitled to receive. We promptly nailed the falsehood contained in the above paragraph by simply stating the fact that an honest Republican Senator, a man too honor able and conscientious to perjure him self at the dictation of his party, had flatly refused to sign the report unseat ing Mr. Greenbank, who was returned as elected by less than two hundred majority. If the facts were as the Ex press alleges how did that happen ? Its attempt to escape from the charge of falsehood which we fastened upon it so clearly, by making equally baseless charges in regard to a subsequent elec tion, is a subterfuge, meaner and more discreditable than an open acknowl edgment of the lie it first uttered would have been. The truth is that a great outrage was perpetrated in the decision of this case. The count of all the illegal votes which were shown to have been cast on both sides, increased the majority of Mr. Greenbank instead of diminishing it. It was clearly proven that more illegal votes were cast for the Radical than the Democratic candidate. That ought to have settled the matter, and in the mind of the most honorable Repulican on the Committee it did. But the Radical majority paid no regard to the oaths they had taken. Disregarding law and justice they pro ceded to throw out the entire vote of several districts. They were forced to resort to this desperate device, because they found Mr. Greenbank’s majority increased by tho proper method of throwing out all the illegal votes cast upon each side. The new Radical dodge is to throw out occasional illegal votes on their side, and whole Democratic districts in which an illegal vote or two is shown to have been polled. That was the device adopted by John Cessna when he acted as counsel for the Radical contestant in the case of Rob inson vs. Shugart; and it is known that he expects to secure to Covode the seat which Henry D. Foster was fairly elect ed to fill, by the same infamous means. When oaths are regarded as made to be broken, and men in official position stand ready to perjure themselves at the command of the party, it is not a diffi cult matter to defeat the will of the peo ple, no matter how clearly it may be expressed through the ballot box. The majority in our different legislative bodies have it in their power to turn out whomsoever they please. Senator Lowry, in a pet of passion one day, openly declared in the Senate chamber that he had perjured himself to deprive a Democratic Senator of his seat in that body. And he does not stand alone. Tho Radicals have done that same thing repeatedly ; both Houses of Con gress, and in eae.i branch of our State Legislature; and they have done it, not only without being rebuked, but with the approval of the Radical newspaper press. Consistency of the Express. The truculent subserviency of the Radical press is its distinguished Char acteristic. It never has a word of con demnation for the most outrageous acts which are committed in obedience to partisan dictation. The editor of the Express professes to be a Christian, he goes about the streets with an assumed air of sanctity, and occupies Borne sort of an official position in a church ; but he is always ready to distort the truth to cover up any piece of rascality which may be committed for the purpose of securing a partisan advantage. He oc casionally makes an attack upon some glaring abuse, when concealment is no longer possible, and then he plumes himself mightily on a parade of hon esty. Those who know him best under stand that such things are only clouds of dust raised to cover more disreputa ble transactions. He has kept up a ter rible howl about the pasting and folding swindle, but has been wonderfully re ticent in regard to the Hackman whiskey fraud. He has not even allowed a word of the important testi mony of ex-Collector Hood to appear in his columns. That he has good and substantial reasons for making such a discrimination among tho thieves in his party no one can doubt. He expects to make money by starting a set of new candidates for the Legislature, and no doubt is being well paid for his silence in regard to the Hackman fraud. Con sistency is a jewel, and the Express is always consistent. It invariably advo cates the claims of those who pay it best. Clean out the Harems. A Radical lady, who is employed in the Treasury Department at Washing ton, has written a letter to the Indepen dent, in which she makes very serious complaints in regard to the morals of many of the female clerks. She con cludes with this indignant appeal: Wc ought not to be insulted by having the paramours and mistresses of members of Congress forced upon us, and be obliged to tolerate (heir society day by day. That there are many such creatures occupying the position and receiving the salaries of clerks without doing any work is well known in Washington. Radical members of Congress have con verted the departments into harems, and their debauched and petted beauties are supported at the expense.of the tax payers of the country. To such a con dition has the party of great moral ideas brought us. Won't some loyal preacher give us a blast from his trumpet on this subject? They bellow loudly enough when there is no occasion for it, but are likedumbdogs which cannot bark when they should speak out. Let the public harems be cleaned out. The State Printing. That the taxpayers of Pennsylvania are being outrageously swindled in the matterof theStateprinting is absolutely certain. It is farmed out to a set of fa vorites at prices greatly in excess of what should be paid. The-Slate Guard f a Radical paper, calls attention to the fact that a year ago it offered to do the printing of the Legislative Record for eleven dollars a page. Its offer was not accepted by the Radical members, who had entire control of the matter, and George Bergner, of the Telegraph, has continued to receive fifteen dollars a page for work which could be profitably done for eleven. This is only a single instance of the way business is done at Harrisburg. Extravagance and cor ruption is the rule. Let the people elect a Democratic Legislature next fall and all this kind of thing will be done away with. f The Coming Empire, We call the attention of our readers to a remakable article from the New York Citizen , which appears in another column. It will be seen that the Radi cals are rapidly developing their plot against the republic, and that they are boldly preparing to establish an impe rial government upon its ruins. The tendency of events has been steadily setting in that direction for a number of yearß, and many steps toward that end have already been taken. Our repub lican institutions are in great danger. mitchell^ The opinion Is very extensively en tertained that a great mistake was made in the conviction- of man of the murder of Mrs. Hill t many of those who read the testimony finding nothing In it to justify the verdict rendered.— We do not know when we were more astonished than when we heard that Twitchell had been found guilty. We of the parties in the case, but having very carefully perused and analyzed the evidence, we came to the conclusion that the Com monwealth had shown the prisoner having ~ committed the murder, but had not proved Its probability,, and, certainly had by no means made his guilt so patent as to justify any jury in finding him guilty; the law being that “they must be satisfied beyond any reasonable doubt.” And how was it possible that any one should be withoutdoubt under the testimony which was given? * An old lady was found murdered on premises which she occupied jointly with her daughter and son-in-law, and because nobody else is known to have killed her, the son-in-law is ordered to expiate the crime. Blood for blood is the rule, aud it seems to be of little con sequence whether the atonement is made with the blood of the innocent or the guilty. Tho rule seems to have been established by this case, that sons in-law in Pennsylvania must answer with their lives, for the safety and wel fare of the aged and querulous mothers in-law who dwell beneath their roofs ; especially if tho old ladies have, as is generally the case, any property to leave behind them when they die. Mothers-in-law have not heretofore been often deemed by sons-in-law to be very desirable members of their house holds, and hereafter he will be a bold man who will allow his mother-in-law to live in his house, unless, indeed, she will consent to sleep in the same room with him, across the foot of his couch, or in a trundle bed beneath it. Twitchell claims that he was in bed and asleep at the time that Mrs. Hill, who habitually remained up after he had retired, was murdered in another part of the house, aud there was posi tively nothing to show that his state ment was not true. His clothing was covered with blood, but that was ac counted for by the fact that he had held n his arms the bloody person of Mrs. Hill. But we are told as the damning proof of his guilt that a shirt which he did not have on when he handled Mrs. Hill, was sprinkled with blood; yet it was admitted that he put on this shirt immediately after he left the body, and that he put on over it the bloody cloth ing which he had previously woru. What more natural than that from these garments the spots of blood should have been sprinkled upon the shirt? If there aro any other points in the testimony- which tend to implicate Twitchell in this crime, we. have been utterly uuable to see them, and we can not help thinking that he was convict ed upon shockingly insufficient testi mony. He could not have been convicted upon it anywhere in the wido world ontsido of the State of New Jersey or the City of Philadelphia, where hangings aro very frequent, but where murders are still more numerous, because tho really guilty are as a rule allowed to escape, and comparatively innocent people are compelled to stand in their shoes. Mrs. Twitchell, by direction of the Court, was acquitted of all complicity in the murder; and yet, how, under the circumstances, the husband could have been guilty and tho wife innocent is a mystery through which common people can not see and which can alone be penetrated by tbe acuteness of Phila delphia lawyers. We trust that Governor Geary will carefully examine the evidenco in this ease, and if he does so we believe he will arise from its reading, as well satisfied as we are, that although Twitchell may have been guilty of the crime, yet the testimony adduced to prove it fails to show his guilt with any thing approaching to conclusiveness. If he believbs this it will be hie duty, as of course it will be his pleasure, to suspend the execution of the sentence and await the developments of the future. J Republican newspapers are much in the habit of declaiming about the cor ruption of different "rings.” Is there rottenness in the management of the affairs of the country, a great waste of the public money, robbery of tbe treas ury, and wholesale swindling of the taxpayers, it is all the work of " a ring” —a Thug ring, or a ring of some other description. Does the Radical majority of the Legislature combine to rob the State Treasury and to do all manner of wroDg, again we hear a loud clamor against " the ring.” ;But what is the origin of these rings, and how do they come to have an existence? They were not known in this country prior to the advent of the Republican party to pow er—'and they aro the legitimate fruit of that organization. They have sprung from its rottenness, and engendered by its corruption, have been born as thele gitimate offspring of its selfishness and want of political rectitude. The decla mation of Radical newspapers against " rings” is so poor a device that no one ought to be deceived by it. The men who compose these "rings” which are | so vigorously denounced, are theleaders | of the Republican party, the men it de- j lights to honor. They hold the offices i it has togive and are its acknowledged ; representatives. As a party it is in no | sense any better then the rings which i aro composed of Its leading men. Foster ys. Covode. John Cessna lias already shown a readiness to do the dirtiest kind of work for the Radical party. His first act in Congress is one which gives good rea son to believe that his oath of ofllcesils very lightly upon his conscience. Ho is the author of the report giving a seat in the House to the ignorant demagogue Covode, pending his contest with Hon. Henry D. Roster. When it is remem bered that Gen. Paine, the Chairman of the Committee on Elections, joined with tho Democrats in a minority re port adverse to that made by Cessna, the miserable, little trickster from Bed ford will at once be seen in a most un enviable light. But there are other outrageous circumstances connected with the case. Two of the four mem bers who acted with Cessna are carpet baggers, and all five of them have con tested election cases from their States invoking precisely the question which has been so summarily decided by them. The whole five will no doubt be found ready to certify in favor of every Radical who may contest the seat of a Democrat. Neither law, nor pre cedent, nor the oaths they have taken will restrain them. The Philadelphia Post t the spright- Itest Radical newspaper in the State has been doing its best to induce the Radi cal majority bf the Legislature to act with some show of decency. Sometime ago it published a very vigorous article entitled “ Shall the Legislature kill the Republican party,” and only a day or two ago it had an able editorial under the somewhat startling heading “Shall the Legislature be Abolished.” The Post seems to be convinced that either the Republican party or the Pennsyl vania Legislature must cease to exist. In our opinion the death of the Repub lican party would effect the desired purpose. With anold fashioned Demo cratic triumph, we might look for a return of that honesty and economy which it Ib certain we can never have under Radical rule. Gen. Fisher’s Opinion ora Badlcal Phila delphia City Conncllman. One Bob Evans, a Badlcal member of the Philadelphia City Council, hav ing made some charges against Joe Fish er, in regard to hiß vote on the Metro politan Police Bill, our Sartorial Sena tor went for him In the following savage style: M Mr. Fisher rose to a personal explana tion, and had read that portion of the Phil adelphia Council proceedings of Thursday last as had reference to a motion made by Mr. Robert M. Evans to have a committeo appointed to investigate the defeat of the Metropolitan Police bill, and remarks made by Mr. Evans relative to him (Mr. Fisher). The report having been read. Mr. Fisher said he did not know exactly who the man Evans was. There is a man named Evans —“Bob” Evans—whom common fame says is a member of Councils. Com mon famo says there is a man named Evans who la a thief and a forger.— Common fame says he broke into the Penn sylvania railroad office, and stealing a number of passes, forged the name of one of the principal officers of tho company, and then used them for his own benefit. Com mon fame says the same man draws cheoks on banks in which ho has no deposits, and it also says; he held In trust Government bonds, which he sold for his own use. He did not know whether this was tho same man, but if it was be wished to douounce him as a thief and a forger, ilo (Mr. Fisher) courted investigation of his action relative to tho police bill. Hehadcallodon Mayor Fox, and had done so at tho request of a Republican, to ask an appointment for a poor maimed soldier, lie wished it un derstood that ho divested himself of nil con stitutional privileges when he pronounced tho man Evans, whoever he might be, to bo a thief and a forger, and he held himself re sponsiblo anywhere and iu any way to him or any other benst in Philadelphia who in sinuated such charges.” How pleasant a thing it is for brethren to dwell together in unity. Let us have peace. George 8. Twitchell, Jr. We published last week a state ment from the Easton Argus in relation to George S. Twitchell, jr., which has drawn out tho subjoined communica tion to the Philadelphia Telegraph,(tom one of his counsel. It will be seen that many of the facts in the Argus state ment are denied, as well os the asser tion that Twitchell expressed dissatis faction with the services of his counsel; he expresses in his letter to Mr. O’Byrne the highest appreciation of the value of the labors of Ills legal advisers, and he certainly must be admitted to ho the most competent person in the world to judge of the ability aud zeal with which they conducted his defence ; the errors of judgment which we thought we perceived Jn its conduct, may possi bly have had their sufficient justifica tion : To the Editor of the Evening Telegraph Deaii Sib:— The articles professing lo give Geo. S. Twlicbell’s opinion of his counsel, which, from time to time, have ap peared In a newspaper whose existence de pends upon blunder, I huve passod unno ticed. Their substance has found Us wuy into Iho Easton Argus from tho Philadel phia correspondent, and been copied Into your paper of tins evening, undor the bond of “Twitchell and his Pastor." Neither the editors nor proprietors of your paper, I am satisfied, onturlnin per sonal hostility towards me, therefore I feel called upon to say a few words about the article in question. First—Tho substance of tho articlecopied into your paper from tho Easton Argu.s ap peared in tho religious column of the Sun dap Alcrcun/ upon tho 7th inst. Second—Tho editor of the religious intel ligence in the Sunday Mncury never visit ed Geo. 8. Twitchell In his cell. Third—lt is not true that Geo. S. Twitch oil over spoke otherwise than in terms of the highest praise of Ills counsel, as Will bo soon from the enclosed letter, written to mo, which you will pleaso publish. It was handed to mo by tho Rev. Mr. Bricghurst, and you will .soo was written long before tho Sunday Mcrcui-y started Iho slundor I now expose. I may mention that Mr. Mann received a letter of similar import. Fourth—Mrs. Hill was not a member nor attendant at Mr. Bringhursl’s church, and tho reverend gentleman informs me that he never saw Mrs, Hill during bor lifo time. Filth—Mrs. Twitchell hau no conversa tion with the Itev. Mr. Bringbursl about her husband's interment, such as is stated. Sixth—She visits him regularly three limes a week, ami, to my knowledge, ap plied to one ot iho Prison Inspectors for permission to visit him daily. Tho permis sion was granted, subject to thoupprovalof Mr. Perkins; but in consequence of his dissent, she was deprivod privilege of tho daily visit earnestly sought for by her. Very truly yours, Jons O’Byrne, No. f>M Walnut street, March 111, ISG9. Tho following is a copy of tho lotter from Twitchell to Mr. O’Byrne, rol'errod to in tho above communication: Philadelphia, January 21, 1800.— Dear Sir : I wish to make at least a feeble elTort to express njy appreciation of your ener getic and untiring efforts in iny behalf dur ing the most difficult period of my life, and I truly think that common justice between men would not be done did I not inform you that I know you have done everything any mortal man could have done in your position to convince the world of my inno cence. It would bo very unreasonable in me to have expected you to control tho minds of an impulsive and prejudging pub lic, who are prone to conceive that their every impulso is fact, and their wishes are laws. 1 wish you lo please accept this as a slight acknowledgment of my thanks to you. To Messrs. Collis, Pratt and Hans ford, for their indofatigable efforts and their many kindnesses, my thanks are also due. Be kind enough to remember me to them. For the kind and ever-ready sympatby-'so often expressed to me, and which shone on .my heart like stars of hope to the weary, benighted traveler, I can never sufficiently express my feelings. And believe me, sir, ever gratefully yours, GEORGE 8. TWICIIELL, Jn. To John O’Byrne, Esq. The Good Time Coming. I The N. Y. Tribune exults on the pros pect of seeiug negroes in Congress in the following Jubilant strain. Tiie Freedmen’s Bureau discontinues its work. Reconstruction advances apace. No menclature changes. The condemned “ nigger ” is fast becoming our colored fel low-citizen. Scipio Africanus wilt yet rise in the Hall of Representatives to speak to the question of Reform in tho Naturaliza tion laws. WKlessness may be against hinr, but not wool. Considerations of tibia and fibula, of pigment and cerebellum, shall not withhold the whlto aspirant to the post official revenue in bis district from soliciting his indorsement. • No question of selected races shall forbid his pallid fellow membor from lowa to button-bole him for bis vote on a cunning railroad bill. Nay, The. Express will print his speech in full, with eulogistic display headings; and. in rounded periods, will The World group Euclid, Hannibal, Touesaint, Dumas, and the current Scipio, and, in a neat allusion to Epictetus, infer that a condition bondage prepares the way to tho largest intellectual liberty. Defeat of Negro Suffrage In Indiana, When the Democratic members of tho lafiiana Legislature resigned to prevent a ratification of tho Negro fSuffrage Amendment, the Radicals predicted that many of them would be succeeded by Republicans. Tho elections have taken place, and the result is thechoiee of Democrntsin every district by largely increased majorities. So it would be everywhere if the- question should be submitted to the people. We, of Penn sylvania, will yet have a chance to vote on it. Suppose Mr. Boutwell should attempt to clean out the public harem at Wash ington, Wouldn’t ho have a happy time of it? He would at once bo set upon by every Radical Congressman who has a female favorite in office. They would not submit to have their inamoratas dismissed without a fierce fight. Mr. Boutwell will neither put a stop to female or financial Immorality in the Treasury Department. He flare not do it. i Grant’s Sickness. A special telegram to Forney’s Press President Grant, who has been suffering for u few days past from a severe attach of headache , has entirely recovered, and will be ablo to-morrow tc resume the duties of his office as usual. Severe attacks of headache are very apt to follow a liberal indulgence in strong drink. . Captain H. O. Winsok sued the San Francisco Bulletin for libel, laying hta damages at fifty thousand dollars. In three minutes after the case was given to them, the jury returned a ver dict for the defendant. Legislatures may refußO to amend the law of libel, but juries seem determined to protect the freedom of the press. Collector. Dr. H. E. Muhlenberg has been ap pointed and confirmed as Collector of Internal Revenue for this district, vice Wm. M. Wiley resigned. The latest little bill Is the following: U. 8. Grawt, To ATtbrsy H. Smith, Dr. To four days’ boarding and lodging In Philadelphia 424,000 Or. ’ By the office of District Attorney for four years. $24,000 An Empire to. be EateblUhed on tbe Hole* of the Brpnbllc* Many of the ablest men of the present day have for the last three or four years ex pressed their belief that the Republican leaders, in their efforts for centralization of power, were gradually paving the way for transforming this Republic into an Em pire ; that, while pretending to base their action upon the will of tbe people, they are, under that cover, directing all their efforts towards a rovolotion which will enable them to Insure the rain of our Republic and Us institutions, and establish in its plaqe an Empire, with 1U crowned Em .peror, titles of nobility and aristocratic rule. Few imagined that there would bo any so bold as lo publicly announce tills us their intention, and proclaim this doctrine at so early a stage in the movement. It is, however, fortunate that the mask la about to bo removed, tho real objects tnado known that the people may bo able to realize Un danger which threatens them. Hardly had Gen. Grant been sworn Ip hs President before thero woro rumors in po litical circles that a paper soon to be started in Philadelphia, advocating tho es tablishment of an Empire in this county, and in favor of proclaiming Grant Emperor. This was at first looked upon as n mere ru - mor, but it is now proving to bo something more. A gentleman purporting torepresonl those engaged in the movement recently visited this city and Albany, to aoo how far tho Republican leaders would lend their sympathy. This person stated that leading members of the Union League of Philadel phia were enlisted in this programme, und had furnished the means to establish a paper to advocate it; also, to establish secret socie ties tor the promulgation of that doctrine. Further, that a paper would soon bo pub lished iu that city to be called tho Empire, the motto of winch would bo, iu tho wordM of Napoleon and Grant, “The Empire L peace,” and “ Let us have ponce,” while ha columns would be devoted to argumeniK aud proofs showing this Republic li.nl proved a failure, urgiug the necessity ol es tablishing an Empire,and advocating Grant as the man for Emperor. This sheet we understand, la ready to appear, aud only waiting the moment to arrive when tho>«* engaged in the work of organizing societies announce that the time has come to remove the musk. It now appears that they hnve found sym pathy bore, and that ouo week from to-duy a pnper is to be issued in this city to be called the Imperialist, tho prospectus of which has already been issuod, In which it is announced that '‘tblslong-oxpoctodjour nal,” as though tho matter had been in se cret contemplation even during tho last Presidential campaign,will appear In Aprii. iStlll further along wo are told tlmt “the creed of tho Imperiali&t is revolutionary ; its juissiou is lo prepare tho minds ot tho American people for the revolution that has already begun throughout the coun try"—thus announcing that the work hus been progressing for a long time, and that it has finally reached ti stugo where the objects and aims can bo openly pro claimed. Another purugruph in this pros pectus indicates that either l!io bonduohl ers are in the movement, or else their sym pathy and aid are sought, and thul It is also the Intention to make this class the no bility ; for it states that "We believe that the national faith, if left In the keeping of the populace, will bo sullied by sure repu diation of tho national debt, and that an Imperial Government can alone protect tho rights of uatiouMl creditors.” Then, again, it is stated that " tho Republic lawlessly, corrupll »n, insecurity to person and property, rubbory of the public creditors and civil war; that the Empire means law, order, security, public faith and pence." This journal is likewise to advocate making Grant an Emperor.— These facts prove tlmt tho movement is not a mere opbemorul affair, but un earnest and determined one; Ibut it Ims already made great headway in this oily and Phil adelphia, aud it the whole secret was known it might ulso appear that papers are to slm ultaneously appear in Boston, Chicago and other cltios [advocating the same pro gramme. Ono thing appears quite it is not confined to a few Individuals, as a sensation ; sufficienthns transpired to show that it is a bona fide movement, and tlmt It is backed by a powerful secret organization, bearing the mysterious title of T. I. <>. This is the name winch bns been adopted by the societies which are now belug sinned in different parks of the country. Our information conu s from a gentlemnm who was invited to join one of these socie ties—n gentleman who was an applicant for un office under Grant. l*o was told that be coming a mombor would assist him in oh tabling tho ollicn ; also, tlmt its recommen dation was the best card be could have with the President. It was also churned thr.i Gen. Grant was in full sympathy and ncty ,rd with the movement. As an illuslruitc n of this fact, was cited tho circumstance of Ids appointing his relatives and intimate per sonal friends to office, in order that, when tho time came for the coup d'etat., lie could have men in position who would be bound to him by double tics-those of olllcu and blood. How far tbiH assertion may he true we hnvo no more evidence than liio public generally, who all see that President Grant, li lce the crowned heads of Europe, Is placing his family and relatives, even to the most distant, as well as those bound lo him by personal ties, in public office. Luring the Into Presidential campaign, Francis P. Blair, Jr., announced tlmt if Grant was elected President, he would proclaim him self dlclatar boforo tho cud of ids term. Can it be tl at lie hud un Inkling of this schema which is now being made known to the public, or that his words are lo prove pro phetic? If not, thou what does all these mysterious movements and secret organi zations, backet), as wo are told they are, by leading and influential members of thu Union League In this city ami Philadel phia, mean ? Is this not treason, and are notjhoso engaged In It rendering themselves liable to prosecution uuder that head.—A. Y. Citizen. Senator Fenton. Tho Now York Post, a well-known Radical organ shows up the character of Mr. Fenton, one of the Radical Sen ators from that State, in the following style: “ Whotbor the .Senate of tho Uniled Slaton is to admit to Us ckumber a person ho cover ed all over with open, printed, sworn, rei terated, and unexplained charges of con duct corruption in olU.m*, D for Itself to decide. * * • « “But that a person so accused ns he is, so directly and circumstantially charged with corruption, should have the free run of the Treasury Department; that his advice ami, appeals for favors should bo listened to bv tho Secretary and the Commissioner of In ternal Revenue; that he should bo ablo to procure the appointment of his friends, ni lies, and intimates, to Important position* connected with the collection of the public revenues, und thoghandling of public monoys, is a senndul, which the! President oughtto stop at once. The new Administration is expected bv the peoplo to purify the public service, which has becomo In the last four years notoriously rotten. How can it hope for tho confidence or support of the people, If these see among the men most influential witli the Treasury Department a person who Ik publicly branded in Ihlsmauner? “LetOon. Grant request his Secretaries und their subordinates to liuve no words with this’person. His position os Monster gives iiirn no right of access to them, or to the President, until he clears his skirls oi tho sworn accusations against him ; and tin* Administration will surely sink very low in thA public esteem and confidence, if it is seen to grnnt him fuvors, to appoint his creatures to places of trust, while he rests meekly under accusations of such a nature as wo nave spoken of.” How much longer 09.11' honest ontl cl.-- cent men support a party which Is led tiy such reprobates ? Hemovinff lllanbllltl*«, According to the Washington cwrespon dent of tho Baltimore .San the lX*mocrats in Congress have concluded to adopt a very sensible policy In regard to tho system of special pardons which law been carried on heretofore. That paper says : Tbo Democratic members of the House baveut Inst got tired of voting to relievo political disabilities for party purposes (in ly, und tbo mass of them have come 1*» a, determination to porsuo a couso In future, tho efiect of which they bollovo will be to force tho Republican mujority into tho adop tion of some general amnesty measure.— Last Congress the Democrats always united with tho majority of the Republicans *o pass disability bills, and by their votes, oven in that Congress, the necessary two' thirds vote was obtained. There were ol ways thirty or forty and sotnotimos fifty ot the ultra Republicans who voted against all tbeso bills, und who are opposed to remov ing disabilities. It was soon ascertained that UlO congressional amnesty was not often extended to any but those of the Re publican faith. No mntter how much op posed to secession a man had been, or what his acts wore during and after the war, if be was a resident or a Southern Stnte, and there was a taint of disloyalty about him at any tlmo during the war, and ho was u. Democrat, amnesty was not for him. Tho Democratic members have concluded to put a stop to this business, and they can do so by voting with the Republican minority against the removal of all disabilities. Without their alcfuhe necessary two-lhlrd vote cannot be secured. The belief is, us stated above, that this courso will compel the adoption of a provision of general am nesty and do away with spociul legislation for special cases. Deported Death of Ex-Prcaident John- Washixston, March 25. A rumor of the death of ex-President Johnson reached tbo Capitol this afternoon, and created a profound sensation. Inquiry,' however, failed to confirm the correctness of the report, although it Is said that the ox-President has been stricken with paraly* sis, and Doctor Norris, of the army, has been telegraphed for, at this city, to repair to Greenville, Tennessee, to attend him, A telegram was received here to-night at 10 o’clock, from a member of ex-President Johnson’s family, dated Greenville, Tenn., March 25, saying: “ Oar father is consider ably better this evening. The female clerks in Washington re ceive a very bad character from a lady who writes about them in the New York Independent. “A pretty face,” she says, is their recommendation to office. Scores of them, she says, never do a day's work. What it is they do she Intimates rather too broadly for ua to repeat
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