WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1869.
The Democratic State Convention.
In fixing upon Wednesday, the 14th
of July, as the day for holding the
Democratic State Convention, we think
the State Central Committee acted
wisely., By that time the Radical can
didates will have been selected, and
their platform of principles laid before
the people of Pennsylvania. We shall
then be able to begin our campaign with
n clear appreciation of the work set be
fore us. Two Important offices are to be
filled. The people will be called upon
to elect a Governor to administer the
laws of the State, and a Judge of the
Supremo Court to interpret them. That
the Democracy of Pennsylvania can
win in the coming contest we have not
a doubt. If they poll their full vote
their candidates will undoubtedly be
elected. The Radicals will not be able
to do nearly so well as they did last fall.
Thousands who voted with them at the
last State election, and afterwards for
Grant, are dissatisfied and disgusted. If
the Democracy put forward popular
candidates, men with an unexception
able record, they can not be defeated.
It is to be hoped that wisdom and mod
eration will prevail at the Convention,
that the entire field will be calmly sur
veyed by the delegates, and no mere
or narrow views
permitted to interfere with ourprospects
of success. We can only fail to win by
making some serious blunder. ' We do
not apprehend that any thing of the
kind will occur, but a word of caution
may not bo regarded as out of place iD
a matter of so great moment.
Not Prejudice but Principle.
The opposition of the Democracy to
Negro Suffrage does not rest upon any
mere prejudice against the African race.
It has a broader and more substantial
foundation than that. It is rooted in a
firm belief that the sudden extension of
the ballot to such a large number of ig
norant persons will prove disastrous
to our institutions. Already the belief
is firmly fixed in the minds of many
thoughtful people that suffrage in this
country should be restricted rather than
enlarged. As a class the negroes are
ignoraut and degraded. The right of
suffrage being a mere civil right, to be
grauted or withheld as shall be
deemed best for the State, the
marked distinction between the negro
and the white races has heretofore en
abled a large class of ignorant and in
competent persons to be excluded from
voting and holding office without diffi
culty or danger. 7 The negro has no
natural right to the ballot, aud cannot
claim it with half as much reason as
can the intelligent •white women of the
country,—our own sisters, mothers,
wives and daughters. There are objec
tions to female suffrage, serious objec
tions, but none half as strong as those
which can be urged against negro suf
frage. No party in this country is yet
prepared to commit itself to female suf*i
frage. Why then should negro suffrage,'
so much more objectionable and dan
gerous, be forced upon States which
havo repeatedly rejected it, and upon
others which would vote it down by
enormous majorities, if it weie submit
ted to the test of the ballot?
The Democratic party, while it holds
that the attempt to confer the right of
suffrage upon the ignorant negroes is a
dangerous experiment, also looks with
just alarm upon the abrogation of the
most sacred rights of the States, which
is involved in the enforced adoption of
the Fifteenth Amendment. The people
of eaffh State reserved to themselves the
right to say who should be voters with
in its limits when the Constitution of
the United States was adopted. This
great fundamental basis oi all local gov
ernment within the sphere of the States,
was always respected until the Radical
destructives obtained power. It is the
very sheet anchor of our liberties, the
prop and main stay of our Republican,
institutions. It is the only barrier that
cau prevent the establishment of a cen
tralized despotism upon the ruins of the
federal form of government, which has
made us a great, powerful, prosperous
aud free people. Without the freedom
of the States in the control of their local
affairs the government given to us by
the fathers of the Republic cannot con
tinue to exist. With the surrender of
the right to regulate the elective fran
chise by the adoption of this infamous
Fifteenth Amendment, the just powers
of the States in the government will lie
forever blotti d out, or transferred to
the hands of au irresponsible majority
in Congress.
When that takes place, ami It will be
fully, accomplished as soon as the Fif
teenth Amendment is declared to be
adopted, the States will he reduced to a
condition of subservient dependency
upon the will of the National Legisla
ture. Thou members of Congress from
other States, negroes and carpet baggers
from the South, and Yankees from New
England will decide upon the nature
and character of our local institutions.
The great State of Pennsylvania will
have lost her proudest and most precious
prerogative. Such is/the disgraceful
surrender which a venal aud truckling
Legislature lias endeavored to make.
Fortunately the people of Pennsyl
vania will have another chance to ex
press their views on this Fifteenth
Amendment. It will not be adopted
this year. Anew Legislature will as
semble in Harrisburg before it is de
clared to be ratified by three-fourths of
the States. The watchword iu the
coming campaign will be repeal, aud
the people will be called upon to electa
Legislature pledged to withdraw the
ratification of Pennsylvania. That can
and must be accomplished. The Dem
ocratic party will enter upon the com
ing contest, not moved by any narrow
prejudice, but actuated by proper prin
ciples, with which they must surely
triumph.
The Express takes advantage of the
correspondence between Gen. Cass and
Ex-President Buchanan, on the retire
ment of Mr. Cass from the Cabinet, to
restate certain Btale charges against Mr.
Buchanan. It talks flippantly about
his failure to'prepare for war. It for
gets that at that time Mr. Lincoln, Mr.
Seward, and leading Republicans all
over the country, were declaring most
emphatically that there was no danger
of war. They kept up this tone for
some time after Mr. Lincoln was inau
gurated, as Mr. Seward’s despatches
amply prove. Impartial history will
not blame James Buchanan for his
efforts to insure a peaceable adjustment
of the difficulties which led to the most
terrible civil war the world ever saw’.
Oh the contrary the time 'yvill yet come
when full justice will be done to all the
actors in those days. Then will the
fame of Mr. Buchanan be fully vindi
cated, and the wisdom of his course
made clear to all who read.
Ex-l’rcsldeut Johnson,
Ex President Johnson has entered
actively upon a canvas of Tennessee.
He made a telling speech to a very large
audience iu Knoxville on Saturday, in
which ho reviewed the course of the
Radicals and showed up their crimes
and inconsistencies most effectually.
He called things by their right names,
aud handled the Radicals without
gloves. The people of Tennessee hailed
his coming among them with joy, and
the probabilities are that he will suc
ceedln overthrowing the rule of Brown
low and his minions.
The Ho'use has passed the amended
Tenure-of-Office Bill, as it came from
the Committee of Conference, and as
there is no doubt about its adoption by
the Senate, it will go to General Grant
at once for his signature. Itis not likely
he will veto It.
THE L A ~N~n A fVTfiPfiR. WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER, "WEDNESDAY, APBIL 7, 1869.
The House That Jack Built.
Our friend, Jolly Jack Hlestand, the
genial editor of the Examiner, has come \
to grief. He labored most diligently to ]
secure the nomination of General Grant,
his paper being one of the very first in \
Pennsylvania to hoist his name to the
head of its columns. Throughout the i
campaign he did yeoman's service, be
ing ready for any work, no matter how
dirty it might be. • He spent time and
money, and kept a large transparency
burning in front of his office with the
words “Grant and Victory” brightly
displayed nightly to the eyes of all
observers. In the device thns ostenta
tiously exhibited Jack read the promise
of his own promotion. He believed be
had a sure thing of the Marebalship of
Eastern Pennsylvania. Not only had
he been among the first to nominate
Grant, but, haying the votes of fiye
members of the State Legislature at his
command, if not six, he was able to
make a good bargain vHth Simon Came
ron in regard to the Upited States Sen
ator and the State Treasurer. For the
votes of the Lancaster members Simon
was to make Jack Marshal of the Eastern
District. It was a regular bargain, and
the compact was duly signed and sealed.
Inauguration day came and Jack
went to Washington, full of hope and
confident of victory. Simon was true
to him, and he managed to secure the
influence'of a majority of the Congress
men from this State. All went on
swimmingly, and the glittering prize
seemed to be fully within the grasp of
our editorial friend. But, it turned out
that Mr. Borio, the Secretary of the
Navy, who had subscribed so liberally
towards Grant's Philadelphia mansion,
aud dined and winccl the General on
different occasions, had a friend named
John Ely, in Bucks county, a broken
down Philadelphia merchant; and
when the names were shaken out of the
fatal urn, neither that of John A. Hies
tand, nor George LauraaD, nor the one
legged Chester county Colonel, were
among those designated for office. Ely
had unexpectedly carried oft* the prize.
We can not help regarding this as a
great outrage. And, knowing that our
friend Hiestand will not feel at liberty
to say all he thinks in regard to the
matter, we hereby, in his behalf, de
nounce the conduct of Graut as iujudi
cious, ill-advised, impolitic,
unjust and ungrateful. Jack was just
suited to the office and the office to him.
HU native modesty may prevent him
from expressing himself fully through
the columns of his valuable and influ
ential paper, but we cau assure Ulysses
that he has made a very great blunder
in this appointment. If the men who
gave Graut money and houses are not
only to, be appointed to fat offices them
selves, but to control the entire patron
age of the government, the Radicals of
the “Old Guard” can not be relied upon
in future. There will be a revolt in the
family, a first-class row in the camp.
It is currently rumored that our con
temporary is to be offered a bean con
tract as a salvo for his sores, but we have
the very best authority for asserting
i that he will positively and peremptorily
1 decline to allow his anger to be thus
mollified. Grant may unceremoniously
pull down the house that Jack built,
but ho would do well to remember the
fate of Sampson, who was crushed to
■ death beneath the ruins of tbestructure
which he overturned.
Presto! Chango!
Strange things are happening now a
days and not theleast wonderful of them
all, is the fact that Ben. Butler has be
come Grant’s Congressional champion.
The mau whom Grjmt declared he found
“bottled up” at Bermuda Hundred,
whom he sent home in disgrace after his
celebrated attempt to blow up Fort
Fisber by the explosion of a powder ship
on the ocean, and to whom he has not
since spoken a friendly word, this man
has undertaken to bear up the sinking
fortunes of his foe and to steady his tot
tering footsteps ; and this too, notwith
standing that Butler returns with inter
est the inimical feeling which Grant en
tertains towards him and has not besita
tedoften heretofore,tolash with his vig
orous tongue and to hold up to public
ridicule and contempt, the voiceless
donkey that Providence in severe pun
ishment for our sins, has inflicted upon
our poor country, as Us President.
And not the least singular part of the
performance, is the fact that Butler in
his anxiety to kiss the hand that smote
him, and to befriend our neuralgic Pre
sident, sacrifices the consistency of his
record and takes a position before the
nation which a few’ months back he
violently assailed. He advocates now
in the most strenuous manner the total
repeal of that tenure ofofflce law, for the
alleged violation of which Andre w'John
son was sought to be impeached. Butler
was the chief impeacher and violently
urged that President Johnson should be
hurled from his high station because of
his lack of reverence for this most be
neficent of laws, which he now as vehe
mently declares to be a disgrace to our
statute book. Butler’s admiration for
consistency as a jewel has never been
exhibited so strongly, as has been his
admiration of silver-ware as a valuable
marketable commodity ; nor is his de
votion to Principle ever likely to be
celebrated in History ; so that his sud
denly changed opinion as to ths merit
of the tenure of office bill, would scarcely
have excited remark, had it not occur
red simultaneously with his looming up
as the champion of Grant, when accord
ing to all former signs he should have
appeared as his deadly foe. So that
peoplo bewildered, by .the number and
rapidity of tho Kaleidoscopic transfoi>
mations that Butler is putting himself
through, are moved to wonder aod to
ask “what next.” We presume that
Benjamin is more pleased with the
situation than is Ulysses, as the latter
can hardly feel comfortable at being
supported in the arms of the man he
has been so fond of abusiDg. But let
him bew’are of this new found friend,
who once let his squint eye rest in ad
miration upon Jefferson Davis, and
thereby blasted his future life; such an
ally is to be shunned.
Postmaster.
Henry W. Hager, Esq., ha 9. been ap
pointed Postmaster in this city, vice
John CochraD, removed. Mr. Hager is
an excellent business man, and will
ma>ko an efficient and popular officer.
Mr. Cochran retires with the good
wishes of all who transacted business
with the office. Under his management
the post office of Lancaster was as well
conducted as any such office could
well be.
Postmaster General Cresswell
declares that he “will not leave one
Democrat in office if he can find a Re
publican to fill it.” Very well. The
Democrats of the country outnumber
the Republicans by not less than a mil
lion men —leaving out of the count the
negroes. By fraud and a system of
military coercion, the Radicals are in
power now. Their hold upon it can
not be prolonged, and we merely put
Mr. Cresswell on record for future refer
ence. The press of his own party quote
his determination with approval, audit
is to be hoped we shall hear no com
plaints from them, if Democrats, here
after, adopt the same rule.
It is to the credit of the people of
Virginia that, though all the five thou,
saud offices in that State were held up
as pay for a conversion to Radicalism,
so few have succumbed that it has been
found necessary to revoke the removals
of even the sheriffs, the most desirable
of the lesser offices, and permit the law
ful incumbents, test-oath and Congress
to the contrary, to exercise their powers.
Now, if there be not ninety-six (96)
trooly loil in Virginia to furnish out a
sheriff to each county, how sad must
the state of the Radical faction therein
be!
The Amended Clyll Tenure Law.
The following is the text of the Tenure
of Office Law, as amended and passed
by the two houses of Congress:
Be it enacted, Ac., That the first and
second sections of an act entitled “An act
regulating the tenure of certain civil of
fices,” passed March 2, 1897, be, and the
same are hereby, repealed, and m lien of
said repealed sections the followingare here
by enacted:
“That every person holding any civil
office _to which he has been, or hereafter
may be, appointed by and with the advice
and consent of tbe Senate, and who shall
have become dnly qualified to act therein;
shall be entitled to nold such office during
the term for which he shall have been ap
pointed, unless, sooner removed, by and
with the advice and consent of tbe Senate,
or by the appointment, with tbe like ad
vice and consent, ot a successor in his place,
except as herein otherwise provided.
“ Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That
during any recess of the Senate the Presi
dent is hereby empowered, In his discretion,
to suspend any civil officer appointed by
and with the advice and consent of tbe Sen
ate, except Judges of the United States
Courts, until the end of the next session of
the Senate, and to designate some suitable
person, subject to be removed, in bis dis*
cretion, by the designation of another to
perform the duties of such suspended officer
in the meantime; and such pereon so desig
nated shall tuke the oaths and give the
bonds required by law to be taken and
given by tbe suspended officer, and shall
during the time be performs his duties bo
entitled to the salary and emoluments of
'such officer suspended ; and U shall be the
duty of the President, within "thirty days
after the commencement of overy session of
tho Senate (except for any office which, in
his opinion, ought not to be filled) to nomi
nate persons to fill all vacancies in offices
which existed at the meeting of the Senate,
whether temporarily filled or not; and also
in the place of all officers suspended. And
if the Senate during such session shall re
fuse to advise and consent to an appoint
ment in tbe place of any suspended officer,
then, and not otherwise, the President shall
nominate another person as soon as practi
cable to said session of tho Senate for said
office.”
The above amended bill was tbe re
sult of a compromise, and was adopted
after considerable debate in the Commit
tee of Conference, which was appointed
to adjust the differences between the
House and the Senate. The section of
the old law, making it penal for any one
debarred by the provisions of the act to
attempt to assume office in contraven
tion of its provisions reihains unaltered.
The amended bill was received and 1
interpreted very differently by tho two I
Houses of Congress. In the House, J
where it was first adopted, Mr. Bingham |
led off by a declaration that the Senate 1
had relinquished its claim of right to
reinstate any officer who might be sus
pended or removed by tbe President.
Some eighteen of the more independent
and sagacious Republicans could not
see the matter as Mr. Bingham did, and
with these the Democratic members of
the House voted as a unit against the
amended law. The eighteen Republi-
cans w T ere the best members of the
House, aud that they were correct in
their view of the matter, the course
which was pursued in the Senate
showed. No sooner had the bill been
adopted, under the previous question
moved by Ben. Butler, than there was
much congratulation among the less
sagacious Radicals of the House. They
claimed that the Senate had backed
down, that Butler had fooled them, that
the House had cowed them, that Grant
had triumphed, and that themillenium
had come.
Clerk McPherson at once carried over
to the Senate the news of the action of
the House, and quite a crowd of those
who had stood by Biugham’s view of
the matter and voted for the prompt ac-
ceptance under Butler’s call for the pre
vious question, went over to see how
the Senate would stomach its defeat.
Judge of their amazement, when Mr.
Trumbull promptly moved that the
Senate concur in the report, w'hlch he
explained to mean, that the House had
receded from its demand for repeal, that
it had agreed to the Senate amendments,
with the simple addition that the time of
suspension had been prolonged to the
end of the session, but that if the Seu
atedeclinedtoconfirm any nominations
to succeed the suspended oflicers then
they went back into office at the end of
the session. He further iusisted that as
only one suspension was allowed by the
law, that when a suspended man was
reinstated at the close of the session by
failure of the Senate to confirm any suc-
cessor to him, to re-suspend him would
be a violation of the law on the part of
the President, and a grave misdemeanor.
The foolish members of the House, who
had gone to the Senate chamber to wit
ness a triumph heard Mr. Trumbull’s
interpretation of the law with horror,
and witnessed its speedy adoption by a
vote of forty-two ayes to eight nays with
much chagrin. The only Radical Sena
tor who voted in the negative was Mr.
Sprague. The New York World sums
up the provisions of this new law as
follows:
The result of the new face put ou the act
is briefly this: First, The power which it
was proposed to give tho Presidentover his
Cabinet is taken away ; Cabinet officers are
on a footing with all the rest, liable to sus
pension, but capable of going back, as
Stanton did, if they can make enough of a
party in tho Senate to reject or refuse Jo
tuke up any nominations of men to succeed
them. It is thus entirely possible for the
President to bo saddled with a hostile Cub
iuet. Second, Instead of being required
even to investigate the facts ofa suspension,
the Seuate can coolly ignore it by quietly
forbearing to consider any nominations
made to succeed those suspended, and can
thus, by a do-nothing policy, vote tho sus
pended men back into office at the end ollhe
session. Third, first tiinejiu the his
tory ofthe government, aco-ordiuale power
for the Senate with the President is claimed
in the matter of removal, it being expressly
stipulated that no removal by tho President
cun be made except by and with the ad
vice aud consent of the Senate. The lan
guage of the act of 1820 is that officers shall
be removable at pleasure. This has always
been, till the enactment of this law, held to
mean at tho pleusure ofthe President. Even
under this law the co-ordinate power ofthe
Senate over removal has not been asserted,
although it has been exercised. The only
single law in which the power is claimed is
in the act of 1803, creating the office of Comp
troller of tho Currency ; but it has never
gone beyond this act or this office till to
duy, when it is extended over every oilice
in the government. Fourth. The whole
matter of removal from aud appointment to
office is declared to be subject entirely to
legislation, and not, in any case, to be an
Executive act or an Executive power.
If General Grant affixes his signature
to this new Tenure-of-Office law he will
be bound in stronger chains than An
drew Johnson ever wore. Extreme
Radical Senators claim that the new
bill is stronger than the amended one
which the House rejected a few days
ago, inasmuch as it declares unequivo
cally the power of the Senate over re
moval, and makes the tenure of all
offices determinable by law. So far
Grant has fared badly in his contests
with the Senate, which assumes powers
superior to those of the President, and
unauthorized by the Constitution.
The Imperialist.
The first number of the Imperialist
has made its appearance in New York*
It advocates the abrogation of a repub
lican form of Government in the United
States, and the substitution of a mon
archy. It declares that the experiment
of a Democratic form of government in
thiscountry has proved a failure. Thisis
the latest phase of Radicalism, the bold
announcement of the design to estab
lish an empire upon the ruins of the
Republic. The paper is iu quarto form,
containing sixteen pages, and the title
is very appropriately ornamented with a
crown.
Wendell Phillips makes a charac
teristic suggestion to Congress. Regard
ing it as extremely uncertain whether
the existing States will ever ratify the
Negro Suffrage Amendment, he gravely
proposes to divide Texas into three
States, Georgia into two, and to make
such other subdivisions as will ensure
the assent of the number required to
ratify. That Congress will resort to
some such infamous device there is
every reason to believe, and Grant will
tamely sanction it. He cares nothing
for the Constitution.
The Radical newspapers are circula
ting a report thatoneof the Democratic
candidates for the State Senate in Indi
ana was beaten at the recent special
election. There is not a word of truth
in the story. In the district alluded to
the Democratic majority was increased
some five hundred over that of last fall.
The Extinction or ClYll Government In
Virginia.
A murder was committed in Lunen
burg, Virginia, the other day, and no
arrest of the murderer*could be made,
because all tho officers of the County
had been deposed undir the recent action
of Congress. the
military commander, was telegraphed
to in regard to the course to be pursued,
and his reply was as follows:
“Richmond, Va., March 25,1809- —To P.
M. Hatched: Tho people must act as they
may think''tho circumstances demand.
“ Georoe Stoneman,
“ Brevet Major General.”
Hero is a community brought right
back to a state of nature. There is no
government there. Society is restored
into its original elements. No such
thing as acivilofficerexists. Thecourts
dead. Wrongdoers commit crimes
with impunity, and without fear of ar
rest. The Military Governor telegraphs
to the people, among whom a murderer
walks about with the blood of his vic
tim upon his garments, that they “must
act as the circumstances demand.”
But what aro they to do. Not even a
murderer can bo arrested except by due
process of law. It is not likely that any
single individual will risk his life in
such an attempt, when there is no court
to try the criminal.
What a train of reflections is suggest
ed by this order of General Stoneman.
In this nineteenth century, in thfe land
which claims to be the most civilized,
in the State in which the seeds of civili
zation were first planted on this conti
nent, and among a law-respecting peo
ple, the legislation of a Radical Congress
has annihilated law and stripped the
i community of punishing even the most
horrible crimes. And when the amazed
j and horrified people appeal to him who
; bolds some sort of military authority
oyer them, they are told that he can do
nothing, aud that they must do what
seems right in their owu eyes. They
are left in just the same position they
would have beeu if there had never
been such a thing as law or government
1 among them.
If a large portion of people of this
country were not completely blinded by
passion aud prejudice, a single example,
such as this, would be sufficient to
damn tbo party which is responsible for
it to eternal infamy. No right think
ing mau can help being convinced of
tbe extreme folly of legislation which
results iu transmitting whole commu
nities back to a complete state of nature
by the extinction of every vestige of
civil government.
A Coming Ray or Two of Light.
Congressman Dickey isagain in
but he is very quiet about tbe Hackman
whiskey business. Inasmuch as he
cannot add to his “fair to middling”
moral standing in the community by
telling his constituents of the part
which he took in the successful effort
that was made to extract 540,000 out of
Uncle Sam’s Treasury, by spiriting
away testimony as to untaxed spirits
and by other crooked devices, he has
finally determined to maintain a pro
found silence in regard to the matter,
in the hope that the miserable news
papers will sometime or other get tired
talking about it; but notwithstanding
his great circumspection, we expect that
he \* ill shortly shed a strong ray of light
upon his delicate manipulations of the
Internal Revenue Bureau.
He has not yet filed tho inventory in
the estate of Thaddeua Stevens, al
though the public have, through other
channels, been informed of the value of
Pacific Railroad Stock, and have ascer
tained that it has so far paid 7;ofi percent,
in dividends. They expect shortly to
find out also, how much of this valuable
stock, this estate has in hand, to be de
voted some of these days, to the erec
tion of a magnificent Negro Seminary
within the bounds of our city. Judge
Barnard, iu New York, has ordered the
Sheriff* to break open the safe of tbe
Pacific Railroad Company, in which is
contained the list of stockholders and
other interesting documents, so that we
will soon know how many of these pub
lic servants—our Congressmen—have
been industriously lining their pockets
during the past terrible years of war, at
the expense of the nation ; how many,
whose talk was all of patriotism, had
their hearts brim full of guile.
Quacks and their Dupes,
We cannot help thinkiDg that there
are a great many very gullible people in
Lancaster county. Every public day
brings a perfect swarm of vendors of
to our city. From morning
until night Centre Square is made to
resound with the cries of these miserable
quacks. Here we see a negro dressed
up in Indian costume holding forth
alternately in English and Pennsylvania
Dutch. Hissiugulnrappearance attracts
the attention of honest but silly coun
try folks, and after gaping for some
minutes with open mouths, and swal
lowing the improbable stories which
the fellow retails so glibly, they buy a
pack of his perilous stuff and go home
to experiment on their own systems or
those of their families with something,
they know not what. Here is another
empiric who offers an article warranted
to cleanse teeth, but which in all pro
babilty will prove very deleterious
in the end. Auother loud-mouthed fel
low bawls out a string of the most ridi
culous nonsense, talking with assumed
wisdom of the structure of the human
system, while displaying the mostcom
piete ignorance of the very plainest
principles of anatomy and medical sci
ence. A very little knowledge would
suffice to convince any one that these
fellows are humbugs of the most ridicu
lous charac ter,but crowds listen to them
with the most trusting credulity, and
exchange their money for they know
not what.
We advise every reader of the In
telligencer to turn a deaf ear to the ha
rangues of these itinerant quacks. The
human system is a delicately construct
ed piece of machinery, to which nature
is the beat physiciau. People who tam
per with quack medicines about which
they can know nothing, run a great
risk. The true plan is to let nature re
lieve itself, and when sickness comes
which demands attention to call in a
skilled physician. The doctor who
knows you and who has an opportuni
ty to ascertain what your case de
mands can be fully trusted. The
money which is expended in quack
medicines is very often worse than
wasted. To be seen purchasing such
stuff of unknown itinerant vendors is
a sure indication of ignorance.
Among the many serious faults of
President Lincoln’s Administration ne
potism was never included. It so hap
pens, however, that the Postmaster of
Lexington, Ivy., was his brother-in
law, L. Baker Todd. He has held the
office for several years, to the general
satisfaction of the community. He has
been removed by Grant. That person
age, while he is distributing the offices
to all of his own kith and kin, is not in
favor of allowing any of Mr. Lincoln’s
connections to remain. Mr. Lincoln’s
old friends will hardly thank him for
the discrimination.
The notorious rebel General Long
street has been confirmed as Collector
of tho Port of New Orleans. The
Radical Senate whioh did this has sanc
tioned the removal of meritorious Union
Generals to give place to bloated politi
cal mendicants who never saw the face
of the enemy. The appointment of
George Bergner as Postmaster at Har
risburg is a case in point. How they do
love the soldier 1
Appications for office, at least those
which receive moat attention at Wash
ington, are the ones whioh are signed
like occasional communications to news
papers—“ Yours respectfully, A Sub
scriber.”
Pictures of the PennsjlTanla Leglsla
tore by Radical Artists.
The outrageous corruption of the pre
sent Radical Legislature, the Infinitesi
mal littleness of many of the members,
their readiness to sell themßqlves to
every bidder, their utter disregard of
the public welfare, their complete pros
titution of their positions to base pur
poses, their utter lack of dignity in
office and their bad conduct generally,
has forced the more respectable news
papers to denounce them in proper
terms. The Philadelphia Evening Tele m
graph says: j
“The Pennsylvania Legislature is rapid
ly sinking beneath contempt. The oldest i
inhabitants of Harrisburg, who have seen
many disreputable men congregated at the
Capitol and many disreputablescenos enact
ed within its walls, unite in the opinion that
the present body of law-makers, especially
those in the lower house, combine in a
greater degree than anv of their predeces
sors, a host of bad qualities with scarcely a
redeeming virtue. They are at once igno
rant and corrupt, too stupid to perfect good
legislation, yet sharp enough to eagerly
embrace every opportunity for earning the
wages of venality. If they could dispose
of the State wholesale to a foreign power,
and pocket the proceeds, there is little
doubt they would be as ready to make the
transfer as Russia was to convey Alaska
to the United States; but as this species
of bold rascality is impracticable, they
are forced to content themselves witn the
paltry part of sneak thieves, making their
raids upon the treasury and the rights of
ibe people in the style and spirit of the
petty offenders who smuggle themselves
into dwellings when front doors are in
cautiously left open, to carry off whatever
they can surreptitiously soize, whether
I jewelry, overcoats or baby linen.”
i The Telegraph further says: ‘‘The House
is distinguishing itself not only by a neglect
of its appropriate duties, combined with
devoted attention to corrupt schemes, but
the general tenor of some of its debates
would disgrace a decent bar room ; and on 1
a recent occasion a session was enlivened
with a display of buffoonery that would
scarcely be tolerated on the stage of a comic
, theatre. A shrewd manager, io search of a
sensation, might make a splendid hit by
engaging the whole legislative troupe for a
characteristic performance.”
If there is a drop of honest blood in
the veins of any Republican who reads
that, he must feel it crimsoning his
cheek with shame. Never was Penn
sylvania so disgraced before.
The Philadelphia Inquirer speaks of
this Legislature as follows :
“ Why is it that no property owner feels
the ground safe uuder his feet, that no
corporation is certain of its franchises, that
no man is found to clear away the fog of
fraudulent and bought legislation that
hangs over the State Assembly while it is
in session? While hundreds of private
acts are hurried through in a night, and
while less than a dozen measures of public
good are permitted to creep through in
three months, the conduct of our Repre
sentatives will necessarily ho the subject of
the greatest suspicions.
Jobbery, bribery, and corruption, at Har
risburg, are rampant, and that they are not
worse than they are, is due more to the
criticisms of the public press, than to the
integrity of many of our Representatives.”
Even Forney’s Press , miserable,
truckling, subservient sheet that it is,
has been forced to speak out. A day or
two since it said :
The time is drawing near w!»cm the State
Legislature is expected to adjourn ; ami, as
it approaches, the people will begin to in
quire what has been doDe and what has
been left undone. The adjournment of this
body will probably bo a relief to the State,
whose sense of dignity, honor, nnd self
esteem has more than once been injured by
its proceedings. It is with no feeling of
pleasure or satisfaction, certainly, that
we come to speak or write of the
body which has passed the Twelfth and
Sixteeulh Streets Railroad bill; wbicli has
dallied with a negro minstrel company,
and which last week outraged propriety and
the reputation of the Commonwealth in the
disgraceful “ lemon” scene
But to one thing we would call the atten
tion of the members. Now that they have
had their firemen’s ball, nnd their minds
are again turned to the affairs of the Com
monwealth, let them immediately take up
and repeal the hill abolishing the Twenty
ninth judicial district, lately passed with
such clandestine anil questionable haste.
The Seuato has already tardily vindicated
itself—let tho House do so likewise. Tho
members probably cannot npprociato what
damage they have dono to the party by
their action in the case— to place tho mat
ter on higher grounds. Every lawyer in
the State repudiates it and blushes at it.
Every Democratic paper and orator, al
though keeping quiet now, is treasuring up
this record against us for the stump in Oc
tober. Let it be understood, without
equivocation, that repeal we must have.
One of tho principal actors in the
“lemon” scene was Samuel Josephs, of
Philadelphia, a Democrat, who is stig
matized by the honest men of his own
party as being a member of the “ring,”
and in close and corrupt fellowship with
the Radical thieves. That is the char
acter which he bears, the description
which any Democrat who may be ask
ed gives of him at once. He is suffi
ciently described by being thus classi
fied.
Is the State of Pennsylvania to be
disgraced by the election of such an
other legislature as that now in session ?
That is a serious question for the peo
ple. They have the power to prevent
it. Will they exerciso it? If they do
not, the proposition of another Radical
paper, the Philadelphia Post , had better
be adopted, and the whole concern sum
marily abolished.
Negro Officials.
Two out of five Justices of the Peace,
just appointed in Washington City,are
negroes. B. F. Joubert, a negro, has
been appointed Assessor of Internal
Revenue for the FirstDistrictofLouisi
ana, and C. M. Welder, another negro,
has been made Postmaster at Columbia,
South Carolina. There can be no pre
tense that competent white men could
not have been found to fill all these offi
ces. A gallant white Union soldier,
who fought through the whole war. was
an applicant forthe Columbia postoffice.
Negroes were chosen because tho Radi-,
cals are determined to enforce the fa
natical ideas of equality between the
two races.
A Military Establishment.
A female correspondent of Forney's
Press, writing from Washington say 9 :
The Executive Mansion has changed in
appearance since taken possession of by the
new occupants. Mrs. Patterson was a
model housekeeper, and it remains the
same in this respect. But it is changed,
just as a man looks different and better
when he dons a military suit, and leaves otf
the plain garb of the citizen. Tbe White
House looks as if it had just put on a pair
of new epaulettes, with everything to
match; and if you should bo unfortunately
stranded in nuy one of the many rooms of
this famous building,’you would every mo
ment expect the familiar command:
“Shoalder anus—right face! forward,
march !” Even the policemen walk with a
“military tread,” and put on airs in per
fect keeping with their high station.
There was a time in their history
when the people of the United States
would have received such an announce
ment as that with marked disfavor;
but tbe old-time simplicity has given
place to tinsel and show iu society, and
military pomp and circumstance id the
White House is in keeping with thede
gencracy of these days.
The woman's rights question has
crept into the South Carolina mixed
Legislature. The question of women
voting was referred to the Judiciary
Committee of the House, who heard a
speech from a mulatto woman named
Rawlins, in support of woman suffrage.
She held that inasmuch as the Consti
tution did not define the voter as male,
the intent and scope of that paper were
that sex was unknown to tbe Constitu
tion, and that, accordingly, women
have as much right to vote as men have.
The Committee has not reported. Its
chairman is a relative of the mulatto
A well-known Western Radical journal
says that “ a whole herd of office beg
gars have returned from Washington
with faces as long as hogs’ snouts. One
of them swore that Johnson's Adminis
tration could yet be considered respect
able in comparison with Grant’s.—
Another was furious at Colfax, because
he hadn’t recognized him, although
before the election he had called him
his best friend. A third cursed the
Yankees because they had gobbled up
the rich things, and left nothing but
crusts and crpmbs for the Western
men.” And so on through the whole
gamut of patriotic disappointment. The
spectacle of so much human suffering is
truly sad to behold.
On Tuesday last two men were drowned
at Qneen’s Run, while rafting—the raft not
making the shnte but going oyer tbe main
dam sweeping the men off
Confession of George S. Twitchell, Jr.,
—He Impliestes ills Wile—She Leaves
the City—Great Excitement.
Philadelphia, April 3.—George .S.
Twitchell, Jr., sentenced to be executed
April Btb, for the murder of Mrs. Hill,
his mother-in-law, this morning made a
confession to his spiritual adviser,“Rev.
Mr. Bringhurstand Prison Inspector Perk
ins. He says: “ I went to my room on the
night of the murder, and instead ofgoing to
bed I laid down on the lounge and fell
asleep. My wife was In bed atthe time. I
was aroused by repeated calls and ran down
stairs where I found her mnch excited, say
ing, I have had a quarrel with mother aud
killed her, save or help me to hide it; we
then threw her out of the window. I went
down stairs and washed my hands ; my
wife went to bed where Bbe remained until
the servant girl arrived. We were in bed
abont twenty minutes. I made a solemn
vow tb eternal God that night that I would
never reveal it, but I can Dot keep it any
longer. I am sorry that I said I knew
nothing of it but I did it with the vow in
my mind to save my wife. I now make
this disclosure that I may have peace with
God. (Signed)
Geo. S. Twitchell, Jr.”
This confession creates great excitement.
The case has been carried before the Su
preme Court of the United States at Wash
ington, by counsel for the prisoner. It is
said Mrs. T. has fled the city.
Philadelphia, April 3.—This morning
Mrs. Camilla E. Twitcboll left the city
UDder circumstances which would appear |
to lend countenance of truth to the arraign- j
ment of her by her husband for the inur- j
der of Mrs. Hill. About a week ago she ■
visited the condemned man in bis cell for j
the last time. She then had a coversation
with the Rev. Mr. Bringhurst, in the
course of which sho manifested the
liveliest conceru as to whether her
Husband had said anything to his spir
itual adviser which would implicate her in
the murder. She inquired especially if
Twitchell had made any statement about
the crime. Mr. Bringhurst responded that
he bad. Then the wife inquired if bo had
made a confession, to which she again re
ceived an affirmative respouse. Mrs.
Twitchell then inquired if her husband bad
made any statement concerning herself in
connection with the murder, to which
she likewise received an affirmative
response, "yes,” said Mr. Bringhurst, “he
has told me all about it.” Then exclaimed
Mrs. Twitchell, "he is a villain, the Greatest
villain on the face of the earth.” She then
directed her inquiries to the day of execu
tion, asking if Twitchell intended to make
any statement on the scaffold. She
was assured, by Mr. Bringhurst,
. that be intended to do so. This
brought out the inquiry as to whether
! any newspaper reporters would be present,
and when she was told that such would be
the case, she exclaimed! “That would be
bad.” Since the day on which this conyer
> sation occurred, Mrs. Twitchell has not
been near the cell of her husband, and this
; morning she left the city for parts un
i i known.
What the Press Say
The Philadelphia papers contaiu com
ments upon the confession made by George
S. Twitchell, Jr. We make some...extracts.
The Sunday Mercury says :
Ever since Twitchell’s incarceration he
has declared himself innocent of the crime
charged against him, and has been prepar
ing for the world to come. After the death
warrant had been read to him. Rev. Mr.
Bringhurst ventured to question him in
reference to the murder of Mrs. Mary E. j
Hill, and received an answer that ho was |
ionocent, whereupon lie immediately kuelt ;
down and prayed. In this position ho re
mained for forty-live minutes, appealing to
Almighty God for the salvation of his soul.
The prayer was a beautiful one. When he
arose he wiped the sweat from his brow and
advanced to the window, where he met the
bright glare of the sun, and exclaimed “God
has at last heard my many appeals and
opened the door a little, and given me a view
of the mercy seat.” Mr. Jiringhurst was
never before so effected as he was on
this occasion. The prayer the reverend
gentleman expresses as having been ren
dered with the greatest feeling and spirit, as
his condition showed at the time of delivery.
"When Twitchell had taken a seat on his bed,
ho asked Mr. Bringhurst to pray for his
wife, that she might be blessed with relig
ious faith. Ever since that interview with
his spiritual adviser, the condemned man
has displayed great religious leoling. lie
has not shown any dread whatever, and has
all along borne a cheerful and pleasingcoun
tenanco. To Mr. Bringhurst ho spoke in
the highest terms of his wife up to Friday,
the 27th of March. Mrs. Twitchell has been
in the habit of visiting him throe times a
week—every Monday, Wednesdayand Fri
day. The conversations have been very
friendly,but any great ex tent touch
ed upon the murder. The condemned and
his wife were never allowed alone in the cell,
for it is a rule of the prison that when a per
son is sentenced to’deatb, one of the keepers
must bo present wh»>n an interview is being
had with a condemned man. Mrs. Twitch
ell, when she first visited her husband at
the prison, after he had been sentenced,
desired permission to gain admittance to
his cell whenever she called. This request
was not* granted ; but in order n«t to.sep
arate them entirely,she was noti lied that the
days above mentioned would bo set apart
tor her visits. On last Friday week Mrs.
Twltchell last visted her husband. They ap
eared as loving as ever, and the request was
made by Twitched that she should call on
Monday, as usual. Monday came, but not
the wife. This occasioned some uneasiuess
in the husband’s mind. Tuesday arrived,
but no Mrs. Twitched. Wedncsduy, Thurs
day, Friday and yesterday passed, but the
woman did not put in an appaarance.
On Wednesday last the prisoner was very
much depressed in spirits, and looked more
dejected than he had on any former occa
sion. He could not understand her absence,
and wondered concerning her conduct and
whereabouts. He was informed that she
was'sick, but Rev. Mr. BriDghurst soon
dispelled his mind, for on that
very day he «?lled upon a certain person
and ascertained that she was out, and had
not been sick. This was a “stunner” to
the poor and dejected prisoner. His conduct
had changed. He did not speak as he had
done before of his wife. In a conversation
with Mr. Bringhurst, on Thursday last, he
intimated that he would like to make a
statement concerning the murder, and did
convey to the reverend gentleman some in
formation, which Mr. Bringhurst has kept
to himself. Yesterday morning, by appoint
ment, Rev. Mr. Bringhurst and Mr. Wm.
B. Perkins entered the cell of the condemned
man. Here Twitchell dictated and signed
the confession.
The Sunday Transcript says : There are
certain facts stated in tne “confession” that
convict Twitcbell as a principal in the
murder, and not merely as an accessory.
He represents that his wife was asleep in
bed when be took a position on the lounge,
and that afterwards ho was aroused by the
cries of his wife. According to this the
wife must have left her bed in order to com
mit the murder, in cold blood, and not in a
quarrel, as he says she stated. lie also as
serts that he merely assisted to throw the
body out of the window, and this being the
case, he could not get any blood on his face,
and why then say, “ I washed my bands
and face at the hydrant?” His wife, if he
is to believed, committed the murder, and
yet bad not a particlo of blood on her, while
he, who only assisted to throw’ the murdered
woman out of the window, found it neces
sary to wash his bands and face. The fact is,
that Twitchell not being a lawyer, and not
having consulted his counsel in regard to
the confession, did not know that his par
ticipation in the crime, after its commis
sion, by assisting to cover it up, made him
guilty, thought that by implicating his
wife, 'who could not be again tried for mur
der, it would save his own life. In this ho
has made a great mistake. He has fur
nished, without knowing it, the last nail to
his own coltin, and now that he has made a
partial confession in order to “bavo peace
with God,” he should at once make repara
tion to his wife and peace with liis Maker
by a truthful statement of the real circum
stances of tho case. There is also an ex
planation for this attack upon his wife to be
found in tho disagreement between the two
since the middle of the week previous to
the so-called confession. For reasons satis
factory to those who aro acquainted with
them, Mrs. Twitchell had ceased her visits
to her husband’s cell, and he becoming in
censed at this, do doubt concluded to im
plicate her in tbocrime, in revenge for what
h« believed to be her desertion. In doing
so he has used the Hov. Mr. Eringhurst,
whose knowledge of human nature is so
limited that he believes every word Twitch
ell tells him, and whose faith in the inno
cence of the prisoner is in no wise changed
by the statement published above.
The wife who is thus cowardly implicated
by Twitchell dare not now open her mouth
for fear that she may be accused of endeav
oritig to assist in the execution of her hus
band. A heart-broken woman, sbe is in
retirement in this city and has not ficd, as
reported in one of the afternoon papers.
She was in consultation with her counsel
yesterday morning, and is willing to bear
all the ignominy which her husband can in
dict upon her. Much of the prejudice against
Mrs. Twitchell has originated from the un
truthful statements published in the daily
papers in regard to her conduct towards her
husband since her acquittal. She has never,
as has been stated, forwarded a message in
quiring “where George desired to be buried
after he was huog; ” she has never express
ed her regret that reporters would be pre
ent at the execution to take down-his con
fession ; she has not abandoned her hus
band in prison; but, on the contrary, has
frequently told him that she would sacrifice
every penny she had in tho world to assist
him.
The Bulletin says: “ There are some facts
to corroborate this extraordinary confes
sion, but there are many things about it
which will find very partial credence among
those who are familiar with the details of
the case. Twltchell’s statement, while it
does not relieve him from the onus of the
crime, overturns some of the essential the
ories of the prosecution, and unless further
confessions shall explain away some of tho
glaring inconsistencies of the present state
ment with the evidence given at the trial,
it will not be received as we should wish to
receive the statement of a dying man. The
Commonwealth having abandoned the
prosecution of Mrs. Twitcbell, and thejury
having, under the instruction of the court,
returned a verdict of not guilty in her case,
the confession can have no effect in bring
ing her to justice. If i'witchell’s story is
true, he can verify it by more detailed
statements. As it stands now, it is full of
improbability, but those who have access
to him, ana have won his confidence by
kindness and sympathy, will doubtless be
able to elicit such farther testimony from
tbo condemned man as will either establish
the truth or the falsehood of hie remarkable
confession.”
. £he JBvenxne Telegraph says : 11 After
carefully examining the BOKBdled ‘ confes
sion/ we.have come to the conclusion that
Twitchell has not spoken the truth, and
that, instead of the tale now told being a
real statement of facta, it is a thorough fab
rication. In truth, we think, that Geo. S.
Twitchell has added another lie to his list of
crimes, and one, too, by which he hopes to
escape the impending death sentence. Let
ns look for a moment at the position of the
parties. Twitchell has been convicted and
has been sentenced to death on next Thurs
day. All efforts to obtain a pardon from
the Governor have failed. His case has, by
a species of legal jugglery, been brought
before the Supreme uourt of the United
States, and the judges are now deliberating
on their action in the matter. Thereisnopoaj
sible hope for Twitchell except in the action
of the Snpreme Court of the united States.
To influence the minds of the press is now
the great point. Meanwhile, Mrs. Twitchell
has been tried and acqnltted. The law of
the land prevents any one being more than
once pat in jeopardy of life or limb. She
therefore is safe. Nothing can again cause
her to stand in the criminal dock for the
crime of murdering her mother. Then
what is a more natural thing to be done by
the prisoner than to make a confession
which will make the wife the murderer and
he accessory after the fact? She cannot be
injured save in reputation, aud her trial
has done all that injury possible. She has
nothing to lose, and everything to gaiD, and
therefore it is not only likely that he would
make a confession accusing her of the mur
der, but we contemplate even more than
| this. We expect that she will corroborate
j the confessiou.
The Ledger says: Wo have yet to bear
of the first person who believes it. The
general belief is, that the reverse of the
story is most likely to be true, thatris, that
Twitchell himself may have had some dis
pute with Mrs. Hill while .sitting iu the
room with her: that he killed her, then told
his wife, and that the two then threruhe
body out of the window. But, however
that may be, no one gives any credit to his
“.confession,” not because there is any be
lief that Mrs. Twitchell is guiltless, for there
is no such general belief, but because Twit
chell’s story is intrinsically improbable,
and because be has shown himself to be
: utterly unworthy of credit,
i The Age says: We regard his statement
| as a last and bungling attempt to exculpate
J himself, for he probably supposed the cir
cumstances ho alleges amount to an excul
i pation. But the law, w r e believe, treats
such an accessory as punishable, like the
. principal; and, therefore, an attempt to
: make a mere technical discrimination in
, favor of Twitchell, on the mere form of bis
conviction, should have something more to
sustain it than his own confessiou, even if
, faith were put in its sincerity,
i The Tost says: There is no evidence to
support TwitchelPs statement that his wife
; committed the murder with her own hands.
J Her knowledge of it before the deed is a
I different matter. Thu evidence all goes to
; prove that Twitchell did strike the blow,
1 and to this he owes his conviction and she
; her escape.
j It is, therefore, unlikely that this state
j ment w'ill save Twitchell from being buDg
| next Thursday. The Governor refused the
I application for a reprieve made on Thurs
day last-, and sent word that he was im
moveable, | unless some importnt reasons
for believing that Twitchell might be inno
cent were furnished. It is not likely that
his accusation of his wife will be considered
such a fact.
Tho Case of Georg £ Twitchell, Jr , lu the
United States Supreme Court.
Washington, April s.—Chief Justice
Chase to-day, in the Supreme Court,
livered the opinion of the Court denying
the writ of error to the Court of Oyer and
Terminer and the General Jail Delivery of
the city and county of Philadelphia, and
Supremo Court of Pennsylvania for the
Eastern District, in the case of George S.
Twitchell, Jr., convicted of the murder of
Mrs. Hill, upon the ground that the Fifth
and Sixth Amendments to the Constitution
of the United States were not restrictions
upon the State Government, but only upon
the Government of the United States. The
claim of the petitioner was that the Penn
sylvania Act of 18(50, with regard to indict
ments for murder, was a violation of the
sth and (sth articles of amendment to tho
Constitution.
The Governor Uelnse* a Reprieve.
Harrisburg, April -Partios callod
upon Governor Geary to-day to uscortaln
the chances of a reprieve. Nothing has
transpired to change tho belief that Twit
chell will bo hung on Thursday next.
There is no reason to believe that recent
events have altered tho mind of the Gover-
Statement of George 8. Twitchell, Jr
Yesterday afternoon two friends of George
S. Twitchell, Jr., visited him at the County
Prison .and engaged in a conversation, ho
having expressed a desire to explain the
statement made on Saturday.
The following interrogatories, and the re
plies thereto, we give for what they are
worth :
Question. Is tho statement mado on Sat
urday of your own composition, and with
out any inlluenco whatever 7 .
Answer. It was my own entirely, and on
Saturday I asked for Mr. Perkiua to be
present, along with Mr. Bringhurst, at the
reading of it.
Q. Did you on any occasion ever before
know Mrs. TwilcheU to leave her bed ufter
retiring?
A. Yes; I have kiwivn Mrs. Twitchell
frequently to leave the room, and also have
known her to be gone sometimes for over
an hour and converse with Mrs. Hill. But
on this evening in question I fell asleep on
tbe lounge, and cannot say whether sho left
the room or not.
Q. How do you account for the blood on
yoursbirt and persou ?
A. All I can say to that is that in lifting
up the body to throw it out ot the window, I
caught hold of the head and shoulders, the
heaviest portion, and my wife 'the leet.
Q. Was Mrs. Hill dead when you threw
her out of the window ?
A. As far as I am able to judge, Mrs. Hill
was dead when I lifted up the body.
Q. Where was Mrs. Twitchell when she
called you ?
A. She was in the entry at the end of the
staircase leading up into our room.
Q. Can you account for the pokor iu the
yard?
A. I ca?mof. I knew nothing of n poker
until after our arrest.
Q. How about the ashes on the window
sill?
A. I was smoking after tea, as it was my
usual custom, and I presume I left them
there.
Twitcbell hero added : “I did not entertain
tho slightest idea that my statement would
altnr my situation, as far as the law went,
but made it to have entire peace with my
God, and (lid not think it would be publish
ed until after my execution. My reasons
for not stating it sooner are simply these,
that I fully expected my wife to come for
ward and state all, ancj not leave me to per
form the unpleasant duty; but her absent
ing herself from me, and her actions so
unnatural to me, aDd in such a position, has
compelled me to come forward and state all
I know, which I did on Saturday. I would
state, also, gentlemen, that if theso state
ments can be said by my wife to want
foundation, and are incorrect, let her come
forward and deny them.”
?be G. G. G. L\ aud tne Dollar Stores,
We already see evidences all around us of
the corrupting influence of the Great Grant
Gift Enterprise started at Washington on
the f»th of March. Its effect baa been to en
courage a lot of young probationers in
swindling to embark in gift enterprises on
a smaller scale, and to call them “dollar
stores,” where tho public under the be
witching lure of a uniformity in prices, are
persuaded to purchase for one dollar
what is not worth twenty-live ceDts. We
are called upon through every mail to
raise tho potential voice of the Patriot
against the latter. Qui bono * If
the people are willing to wink at
Graut’s Cabinet, and the thimble-rig pro
cess under which it was organized, what
reason have wo to hope for success in de
nouncing the dollar store—which is only
Grant’s cabinet seen through tbe wrong
end of a telescope? If we sympathize with
the victim of the dollar dodge, the rules of
arithmetic require us to multiply our sym
pathy by about fifty thousand in behalf of
Mr. A, T. Stewart, who investeifso largely
in the G. G. G. E. t and drew a blank. We are
opposed to tbo dollar store busiuess, but we
cannot resist tho belief that the greenhorn
who buys a tin pea pot at one of them un
der the delusion that it is solid silver, is
better off than tho millionare who pays
$OO,OOO to be Secretary of tho Treasury, aDd
after his check has been cashed finds him
self confronted with a law of last century
which remits him to private life.—Cincin
nati Enquirer.
Recovery of n Horse Captured In War,
and Damages for injuries,
The Charlestown Spirit of JcJfcrsonTefc-m
to the case of Major General Kelly, tbo
“ hero of Philippi,” captured in bed at
Cumberland by McNeill’s men, and sent
within the Confederate lines by General
Jubal Early in February, 1865. General
Kelly, it seems, lost a horse at the time of
the capture, which fell into the hands of the
Confederate General Rosser. The animal
was wounded, and after the war was re
stored by General Rosser to General Kelly,
upon the request of the latter. Among the
party who captured General Kellv in bed
was Mr. John S. Arnold, now residing in
Mineral county, West Virginia, and, being
a man of means, General Kelly brought
suit against him In that county, and recov
ered $350 damages for the injuries received
by the horse. The Spirit of Jefferson says
that the only witness in the case was Gen
eral B. F. Kelly himself, who swore that he
saw Mr. Arnold riding the horee the day
after the capture. Mr. Arnold was made
to pay pretty dearly for one day’s ride on
General Kelly’s steed, but as the horse was
regularly captured in war, reasonable peo
ple will consider both the suit and verdict
outside the pale of reason.
Grant Rewarding tbe Gallant Soldier.
A telegraphlo dispatch of last evening an
nounces the appointment by President
Grant, and the confirmation by the United
States Senate, of George Bergner, Esq., as
postmaster of Harrisburg, vice General Jo
seph F. Knipe, removed.
When and where will be the next display
of Radical love for the soldier ? Are there
no more Longstreeta ?
First—Gen. Thomas J. Jordan, who serv
ed with marked distinction in the army of
the West, and now the gallant Kpipe, cov
ered all over with the scars of wounds re
ceived in the war that made Grant Presi
dent, are compelled to stand aside to give
place to two sturdy stay-at-home patriots.
“Let us have peace. M --/farrts(wrp Patriot.
DB. MVDD AT HOME.
Tint of a Newspaper Correspondent to
hi« Besldence in Charles Connty—ln
teresting Interview and Statements,
The New York Herald has a letter from
a correspondent, who gives an Interesting
acconntof a visit to Charles county Md.,
and an alleged interview with Dr. Mudd,
lately released from the Dry Tortugas.
After describing the country through which
he passed as a terra incognita quite suitably
selected by Booth as the ronte of his flight,
he relates his approach to the domicile of
Dr. Mudd, where the aspect of tho country
became beautiful, yet seoluded, and pro
ceeds:
We knocked for admission at the same
door that Booto did after his six hours’ ride
it took us right—and were promptly an
swered by a pale and serions-iooklng gen
tleman. who, in answer to our inquiry if he
were Dr. Mudd, replied. " That’s my
name.” It was gratifying, after so long n
journey, to find the man you sought direct
ly on band and apparently, prepared to
furnish you with the amplest stores of in
formation regarding his connection with
Boo\h, <fec. Having stated theobject of our
visit —that the Herald felt an interest in
learning some particulars of his experience
in the Dry Tortugas, and his recollections
of the assassination conspirators—his
face grew extremely seriousj and he an
swered that of all things ho wished to avoid
it was newspaper publicity, simply because
nothing was ever printed in connection with
his name that did not misrepresent him.
“ A burned child dreads the fire,” ho ex
claimed, “ and I have reason to be suspi
cious of every one. It was in this way
Booth came to my house, representing him
self as being on a journey Irom Richmond }
to Washington, aud that his horse fell on :
him, fracturing his leg and otherwise injur
ing him. Six mouths or so from now. *
when my mind is more settled, and
1 understand what changes have taken
placo in public opinion regarding me, I
shall be prepared to speak freely and fully
on these matters you ure unxious to know
about. At present, for the reason stated, I
would rather not say anything.” !
Having, however, convinced Iko Doctor \
that it was with no rnotivo to misrepresent >
his statement that we paid him this visit, j
and that between Booth's case and ours !
there was no analogy, he invited us to pass
the evening Rt his house and postpone our
return to Washington till the morning. Left
alone for a while in the parlor, an ample,
square apartment, with folding doors sepa
rating it from the dining-room, wo began
to feel an irresistible inclination to imagine
two strangers on horseback ridiug up to the
door in the dim gray of an April morning,
the younger of the two lifting the other from
his snddle, and both like evil stars crossing
the threshold of an innocent and happy
household to blast Us peace forever. Dr.
Mudd’s return disturbed our reveries.
The doctor says he is thirty-five years of
age; married in IS6O ; built the house in
which he now lives after his marriuge;
owned a well-stocked farm of about thirty
acres, and was in the enjoyment of a pretty
extensive practice up to the time of bis ar
rest in lSt>o. The world went well and
smoothly with him previous to that unhap
py event. His house was furnished with all
the comforts of a country gentleman’s resi
dence. He had his horso and hounds, and i
in the sporting season was foremost at overy !
fox bunt and at every manly outdoor sport. |
Ho had robust health and a vigorous, j
athletic frame iu those days, but it is very 1
different with him now. Above the middle I
height, with a reddish moustache and chin !
whiskeia, a high forehead and attenuated
nose, his appearance indicates a man of
calm and slow reflection, gentle in raauner,
and of a very domestic turn. Ho says he
was born within a few miles of this house,
and has lived all his life in the country. His
whole desire now is to bo allowed to spend
the balance of his days quietly In the
bosom of his family. In bis sunken, lus
treless eye, pallid lips and cold, ashy com
plexion one can road the words “ Dry Tor
tugas” with a terrible significance.
Ici the prime of his years, looking prema
turely old and careworn, thero nro few In
deed who could gaze on the wreck and rav
age in the face of this man before them,
without feeling a sentiment of sympathy
and commiseration. “I have come homo,”
said the Doctor sorrowfully, “to find noth
ing left me but my bouse and family. No
money r , no provisions, no crops in the
ground, and no clear way before mo where
to derive the moans of support in my pres
ent enfeebled condition.” Thero wus no
deception here. In the scanty furniture of
the house and in the pale, sad countenance
of the speaker, there was evidently enough
of poor and altered fortune. It was now
evening and growing rapidly dark. A big
fire blazed on the amply, hearth, and Mrs.
Mudd, un intelligent and handsomo lady,
with one of her children, joined the Doetor
and ourselves in the conversation over tho
events of that memorable April morning
after the assassination.
“Did you see Booth, Mrs. Mudd?” wo
inquired with a feeling of intense interest
to hear her reply.
“Yes,” she replied; “ I saw himself and
Harold aftor they entered this parlor.
Booth stretched himself out on that ho fa
there and Harold stooped down to whisper
something to him.”
“How did Booth look ?”
‘‘Very bad. He seemed as though ho
had been drinking very hard; his eyes
were red and swollen, and his hair in dis
order.”
“Did bo appear to suffer much ?”
“Not after lie laid down on the sofa. In
fact, it seemed us if hardly anything wus
wrong with him then.”
“ what kind of a fracture did Booth huh
tain?” we inquired, addressing tho Doctor.
“Well,’’said he, “after he was laid down
on the sofa and having told mo his leg. was
fractured by his horse falling on him dur
ing the journey up from Richmond, I took
a knife and split the leg of his boot down to
the instep, slipped it off and the sock with
it; I then felt carefully with both hands
down along his leg, but at first could
discover nothing like crepilution till, aftor
a second investigation, I found on the out
side, near the ankle, something that felt
like indurated flesh, and then for the first
time I concluded that it was a direct aDd
clean fracture of the bone. I then improv
ised out of pasteboard a sort of box that
adhered close enough to the leg to keep ft
rigidly straight below the knee, without at
all interfering with the flexure of the leg.
A low cut shoo was substituted for the
leather boot, and between five and six
o’clock In tho morning Booth and his com-
K anion started off fora point on tho river
elow.”
“How did Booth’s horse look after his
long ride?” wo inquired.”
“ The boy, after putting him up in tbo
stable,” the Doctor replied, “ reported that
his back underneath the forward part of the
saddle was raw and bloody. This circum
stance tallied with Booth’s account that he
had been riding all day previous from
Richmond, and no suspicion arose in my
mind tor one instant that the man whose
leg I was attending to was anything more
than what he represented himself.”
“ You knew Booth before, Doctor?”
“ Yes,” replied the Doctor. “ I was first
introduced to Booth in November, 1864, at
the church yonder; spoke a lew words to
, him aud never saw him afterwards until a
little while before Christmas, when I hap
pened to bo in Washington making a few
purchases, and waiting for some friends
from Baltimore who promised to meet me
at the Pennsylvania House and come out
here to spend the holidays. I was walking
past the National Hotel at the time, when a
person tapped me on the shoulder, and, on
turning around, I discovered it was the
gentleman I was introduced toatthecburch
about six weeks previously. Heasked mo
aside for a moment and said he desired an
introduction to John H. Surratt, wiih whom
he presumed I was acquainted. I said that
I was.
“Surratt and I became almost necessuri
lyacquaintod from the fact ofhis living on
tbe road I traveled so often on my way to
Washington, and having tbo only tavern
on the way that I cared to visit. Booth and
I walked aloDg the avonue three or four
blocks, when we suddenly came across
Surratt and Welchman, and all fourbavlng
become acquainted, wo adjourned to tbe
National Hotel aud had a round of drinks.
The witnessds-in my case swore that Booth
and I moved to ir’corner of tbo room ami
were engaged for an hour or so in secret
consultation. That was a barefaced lie.
The whole four of us were in open
conversation nil the time wo were togotber,
and when we separated wo four never met
again.”
“ You told the soldiers. Doctor, the course
the fugitives pursued after leaving your
house?”
*• I did. I told them the route that Booth
told me he intended to take; but Booth, It
seems, changed his mind after quitting here
und went another way. This was natural
enough; yet I was straightway accused of
seeking to set the soldiers astray, and it
was urged against me as proof positive of
implication in the conspiracy ?”
“ Y'ou must have felt seriously agitated
on being arrested in connection with this
matter?”
“ No, sir. I was just as self-possessed as
I am now. They might have hanged meat
tbe time and I should have faced ddath just
as composedly as I smoke tbis.pipe.”
“ What did you think of the military com
mission ?”
"Well, it would take me too Jong to tell
you. Suffice it to say that not a man of
them sat on my trial with an unbiased and
unprejudiced mind. Before a word of evi
dence was heard my case was ptejudged,
and I was already condemned on the
strength of wild rumor and misrepresenta
tion. The witnesses perjured themselves,
and while I was sitting there in that dock
listening to their monstrous falsehoods, I
felt ashamed of my species and lost faith
forever in all mankind. That men could
stand up in that court and take an oath be
fore heaven to tell the truth and the next
moment set themselves to work to swear
away by downright perjury the life of a
fellow-man, was a thing that I in my in
nocence of the world never thought possi
ble. After I was convicted and sent away
to the Dry Tortugas a confession was got
up by Secretary Stanton, purporting to
have been made by me to Copt. Dutton on
board the steamer, and was afterwards ap
pended to the official report of my trial.
This was one of the most infamous dodges
practiced against me, and was evidently in
tended as a justification for the illegality of
my conviction. X never made such a con
fession, and never could have made it, oven
If I tried.”
*' How did they treat you down there to
the Dry Tortugas ? ”
“ Well, I feel indisposed tp say mnch on
that head. If I maae disclosures of mat
ters with which I am acquainted certain
officers In command there might find them
selves curiously compromised.”
“ You did good soryico during the fever
plague, Doctor?”
“Well, I can say this, that as long as I
acted as post physician not a single life was
lost. My .whole time was devoted toflghtlcg
the spread of the disease and investigating
Its Bpeoiflo natnre. I found that the disease
does not generate the poison which gives
rise to the plague. The difference between
contagion and infection which I have dis
covered is, that ono generates the poison
from which the fever springs and tbo other
does not. Contagion, such as small-pox,
measles, Ac., generates the poison which
spreads the oomplaint of yellow fever, ty
phoid fever, and other such infections dis
eases. It requires contact with tho poison
and not with tho disease to lofect a person,
and if a thousand cases of fever were re
moved from tho place of the disease, no
danger whateverneed bo apprehended. Tho
fover in the Dry Tortugaa was of the samo
type as the typhoid, and tho treatment on
tho expectant plau—that la, watching the
case and treating the symptoms as they
manifested themselves.”
‘‘Were you untrammolod in your man
agement of the sick ?”
"No, sir; there’s wbero I folt tho awk
wardness of my position. I wns trnmmoleil,
and consequently could not act with tho
independence a physician under such cir
cumstances should have.”
Tho Doctor talked at considerable length
on many other topics connected with his
imprisonment. In reply to the remark
that bis feelings must havo beeu greatly
exercised at comiug within sight of bis old
homo nud meeting his wife once more, ho
paid, with visible tremor, that words were
entirely inadequate to express the over
whelming emotions that tilled his mind. It
appears that a few days before he left tho
Dry Tortugaa a compauy of the third iiuil
lery, who were on board a transport about
being shipped to some other point, on see
ing the Doctor walking on tho parapet, sot
up three cheers for the man who periled Ids
life for them iu the heroic light with tho
dread visitation of fevor. Wo talked along
till midnight, then retirod to a comfortable
feather bed, and, rising with-tho sun in tbo
morniug, started ou our homeward journey
to Washington.
Great Hobbery In PhlliMlclphm—Bl,ooo,
COO In Uumls nml t iuli btoleu.
Tho Renetieiul Saving Fund Society, at
the S. W. corner ol Twelfth and Chestnut
streets, wns robbed some time yesterduy ol
bonds and other securities amounting, it is
thought, to over $1,000,000. The'Society
employs a private watchman, but It appears
that ou Suuduya he leaves the building at
six o'clock in the morniug. At that hour
yesterday everything wns secure. About
tour o’clock yesterday afternoon, the pro
prietor of the billiard saloon, in the second
story, desired to enter the premises, the
door of which is on Twelfth street, and im
mediately iu the rear of tho Society build
ing, and is in fact an addition to tire main
building, but being unable to do so, at once
informed the President of Ihe Society, Mr.
Charles A. Kepplier, of the fact.
Entrance wua effected at lust by getting
Into the billiard suloou through a Chestnut
street entrance, nnd then dowu thoslnJrwny
leading from Twelfth street. Here U was
discovered that the window opening on t>>
this stairway had been pried open, and
through this the President an;l oilier gen
tleman entered the 011100 of the society.
They found tiro gas burning, uud the other
tloor strewn with envelopes, which had con
tained tbo securities of the society. On
searching curefully it was discovered that
ovory bond belli by the society, to the
amount of over $BOO,OOO, had been stolen, r.s
well as pome $200,000 or $300,000, it is sup
posed, coupon ami registered bonds, that
had been left in tho tiro-proof by private
individuals, for safe keeping. The tire
! proof is built of brick and stone, inside
! the ollleo, with double doors of chilled iron,
! the outer door being locked with a combi
I nation lock. Tiro burglars wont to work
in tbo most skillful and systematic man
ner, anil must have completed tho job in a
| few hours. They placed in lronl of the tire-
I proof door, u piece of oak timber, nbout
j four feet long, the end fastened to I lie tloor
f by strong iron (damps ; to thisanolher pn ce
|of limber was connected, as a brace. A
j largo iron brace uud bit of tlio finest steel
was then brought to hear upon the lock,
and after removing the plate containing
; the letters, a hole was drilled through the
| door into tho lock, breaking the boll, and
' thus allowing tho door to bo ousily opened.
I Tho breaking of the inner door was but a
trilling matter, and tho work of rilling the
I liu boxes containing securities belonging to
. private individuals commenced. Every -
] thing was taken trom them, except a $lOOO
i bond, which seems to have escaped their
notice. The Treasurer of the Society, Mr.
Patrick hud s'>o,ooo worth of bonds
of his own in a box taken ; of lho.se $45,000
were coupon bonds. The amounts belong
! ing to other private individuals could not
bo ascertained lust evening, us the boxes
are only plucod in the tire-proof for safety.
The securities held by the Society, to the
amount of about $800,1)00, ami $BOOO iu cash,
were kept iu a small iron safe, which was
also insido tbo lire-proof. Tbo safe had
four locks, ouch with a different kind of key,
but with powerful purchases tho locks were
broken, to all appearances, wit h great ease.
Tile mortgages, amounting to $250,000,
wero not disturbed, but the olliersecurities
wore removed. They consisted of $125,01i0
city six per et. loan : $03,000 U. H. Five
twenty bonds; $13,000 Pennsylvania War
Loan, coupon bonds; $lO,OOO New Jorsey
six per cout. coupon bonds ; $20,000 Dela
ware six per cent coupon bonds; slT>,()oo'
North Ponn’a. coupon bonds ; $lOOO mort
gage bond,same road ; SII4,IKK) U. S. bonds;
His; $25,000 Fhilu. and Erie bonds; $12,001'
Allegheny county bonds; $2OOO Camden
City coupon bond ; $23,000 Huntingdon and
liroad Top Railroad bonds ; $04,000 Schuyl
kill Navigation Loan ; $23,000 Camden aud
Amboy coupon bonds ; $lO,OOO Long Island
Railroad ; $lOOO North Pennylyuuia 7 per
cent, bond; $32,000 Allegheny 5 per cent,
bonds ; $15,000 North Pennsylvania 0 per
cent. loan. The registered bonds stolen
amount to about $400,000, and the coupon
bonds to about $150,000; the mortgages not
touched to $250,000,
The depositors in this Society number
about 3000, and, of course, the securities
stolen were held for their benefit. *To incut
the loss sustained, the Society will secure
the registered bonds, tho mortgages, be
sides tho real estate, worth some k SBO,OOO,
making a total of $730,000 to meet their lia
bilities, even if the coupon bonds should
not be recovered.
The place of the robbery was soon exam
ined by Chief Enue, hia detectives, and by
officers und directors of the Society, ami
great astonishment was expressed at tin*
possibility of the burglars making oil' wlib
tbo property in. broad daylight, for the rob
bery must have been committed during yoa
terdny morning. The number of bond*
stolen wauld inako a bulk of paper not
easily hidden. A list of the bonds and tbeh
numbers were taken for tbe purposoof giv
ing early notice ot the robbery. The Society
authorized Chief Knue to oiler a reward ol
$25,000 for the arrest of the burglars.
The Managers of .tie Suving Fund lmvr
decided to suspend payments to deposi
tors.—PAifo. Ledger. .
Tho Public Debt Statement.
The Public Debt Statement Just fcniiui,
differs from that of last month inrontaining
full details of the consolidated items hereto
fore shown. The decrease has been about
two and half inllllions, which would have
been greater had the statement been post
poned uutil the sth or tith Inst., so as to in
clude all tho receipts of tbo last month,
some of which have not yot been returned
to tbe department. The present statement
shows the aggregate of debt nearing coin in
terest, $2, 107,876,650 ; debt bearing interest
in lawful money, $168,605,000 ; aggregate of
matured debt not presented, $6,003,403;
debt bearing no interest $414,413,-185. Total
debt principal outslandings2,so6,BoB,s3B and
interest accrued. $30,303,016. Amount uf
coin in the treasury, $82,530 865 ; coin repre
sented by gold certificates $21,672,500 ; cur
rency in treasury $6,802,628 ; debt less cash
$2,525,196,461. Total amount of bonds is
sued to Pacific Railroad Company $56 852,-
320.
Tho amount of interest which has accrued
prior to Jan. Ist, 1860, is $3,300,000, and of
this amount the Government has received
from transportation,ole., $1,337,352, leaving
a balance duo tho United .States of $2 82.8 -
760. ’ ’
A I)anby Ofllclnt Alrtt lll»I>({rnltj ou tin-
Floor of the Mcnnte,
LicuL-Gov. Dunn (colored), of Loulhiuiui,
was on the tloor of the Senate and llouao on
Thursday, uu<l was well received by sev
eral of the Senators and members. Sumner
introduced him tosovoral Senators, and the
dusky politician comported himself with
remarkablqolignity. Senator Wilson was
completely taken with the colored Lleuteq
ant Governor, and, in the oxuberunco ol
his emotions at finding his dream of dayM
long vanished realized on the lioor of the
Senate, and a great stalwart African ming
ling on familiur terras with the Caucasian
magnates of the land, rushed over to tht-
Democratlc side, and, singling out the
venerablo representative of the irreversi
ble Democracy of Kentucky, Gurrott Davis,
proposed to introduce him to the dusky
Lieutenant Governor of Louisianu, and thus
inaugnrate tho era of peace and political
amalgamation. “Do come,” implored
Wilson, in hla blandest tono; “he is a good
Southern man, though his color is a little
dark; and you might as woll becomo ac
quainted with him now ns wait until ho h
sent hero to the Senate by tho State of Lou
isiana.” 41 No, sir,” sternly responded the
diminutive but inflexible Kentuckian ; 4< 1
want no introduction. sNol that I have any
objection to the nigger, for no man will ex
tend him more protection than I will when
he is in his proper place. I don’t blame
him, either, for being here on this floor ; but
I blame those who introduced him. You
know well enough, Wilson, this Is a piece
of ostentatious humbug; but I’H t>o no
Sarty to it,” and saying so the immortal
arrett turned on his heel and left.— N. Y.
Herald.
X Train.(on n Western Bond Pitched
from a Bridge.
Chicago, March 31.— Another frightful
accident occurred on the Toledo, Peoria,
and Warsaw, Railway athalf-past 12o’clock
this morning, Just east of Eureka. The
Eastern bound train, while crossing a
bridge 300 feet long at that place, wua
thrown from the track by a broken rail.—
The engine was pitched from the bridge,
turning over In its descent, and alighting
on Its wheels. Niue cars were detached and
very badly damaged. The engineer, W.
W.'Morgan, was Instantly killed, and the
fireman, Corry, seriously injured. Seventy
live feet of the bridge was torn away, and
it, with the train and road, are a fearful
wreck.
Accident on the Central P&ctflo Ball
road— Eight Persona Hilled—Uestrac
tive Fire.
San Francisco, March 30.—A despatch
from Verdi states that two engines on the
Central Pacific Railroad ran off the track
beyond Elko. Fourteen cars were smash
ed, and the conductor, two engineers, two
firemen, and three brakesmen were killed.
The company’s buildings at Snicked were
destroyed by fire Loss, $50,000.