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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1869.
CAMPAIGN OF 1869.
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Attorney General Hoar’s Opinion.
Oae Weaver, a citizen of Texas, was
some time since charged with hilling a
freedman. He was indicted for murder
in the county where he resided, but was
afterward handed oyer to a Military
Commission at Houston to be tried. The
question consequently arose whether
the military authorities had any power
to take him from the civil power and
try him by military law, and this ques
tion having been submitted to Attorney
General Hoar, that functionary has de
cided that they had the power under the
act of Congress of March 2d, ISG7, which
provided for the divisionjof the Rebel
States into military districts and their
government by military law. It was
also enacted in the above law that its
provisions should be operative until the
States had respectively adopted a con
stitution approved by Congress, and
Senators had been admitted therefrom;
and as Texas had not complied with the
conditions prescribed in the act at the
time wlfen "Weaver was tried by the
ourtmartial—September, nor has
since complied, Mr. Hoar holds that, so
fur as this law goes, that State is still in
rebellion to the l.'nited States, and is to
be treated by military commanders as
such. TheN.Y. Mf entry, comment
ing on fhis opinion of Mr. Grant's Cab
inet ollicer, pertinently remarks,
"strange anomaly, that a people who
four years ago laid down theirarms, ac
knowledging the authority of the Fed
eral Government, should still be treated
as rebels, simply because they have de
layed adopting a State Government
according to the reconstruction pro
gramme of the Radicals. And stranger
contradiction, that a country should he
at one ami the same time under the
government of civil law and of military
law, both virtually claiming suprem
acy.
Attorney General Hoar comes to the
startling conclusion that thkwak
not yet e.nijep! lie admits that "it
is obvious that under the Constitution,
the United Slates Congress has no right
to subject any citizen of a Slate n> trial
and punishment by military power in
time of peace ; ” hut he holds that the
power vested in Congress to declare
war, includes the power aUo lu deHart*
" how long the war shall continue and
when peace is restored ; " ami lie decides
that Congress has declared that tin; war
still exists in Texas! That we may do
no injustice to his extraordinary posi
tion, wefurther quote his language as
follows :
The rights of war do nut necessarily it r
minute with the rexsalion of actual Imsuh
lies. 1 can have no doubt that it is compe
tent for the nation 10 retain the terriiory
and the people which have once uKMimo.J a
hostile and belligerent clmiaeiei- (uilhin
tlie grasp of wnrj until the work of restoring
the relations of peace can heaecotuplisheil ;
that it is lbr Congress, the depart mem of the
national government to which t.hl> power to
declare war is entrusted by l lie Const i tut ion,
to determine when the war lias so far ended
that this work cun he safely and success
fully completed. The act or Congress of
Mujreh g, ]Mi7, is, ill my opinion, a lego-da
tive declaration that m Texas lie* war.
which sprang Irom the rebellion, is not, to
all intents and purposes, ended; and that
it shall lie In-Id to continue until, in enu-
formiiy with the legislative will, a Stale
government, republican in term and sub
ordinate to the Constitution and laws ofthe
United States, for which the mil makes pro
vision, shall have heel) re-eslablldied. It is
true that in several arts ol Congress the
suppression of the rebellion and the end ol
the war have, in express terms, or by im
plication, been roeogni/.ed, but it will be
found on examiimlion that these phra-e.s
have been used in regard to special sub
jects, which does not seem to me iueon-isi
ent wilh the proposition, that for some pur
poses the rights of war are not ended, while
in respect to captured or abandoned prop
erty, a limitation of the i ighl to commence
suits in tlie Court of Claims has been li xed
by statute, mid lor the purpose of settling
tlie question of the pa 3" of « liners in the
volunteer army, t he tin to of the president's
proclamation, declaring the in-unvetuai at
an end, has been adopted to interpret Un
phrase, *• close of the war.”
There was a political necessity upon
Hoar to uphold the usurpations of tlie
military in Texas, and he is too good a
lawyer not to know that they could
only be defended on the ground of ne
cessity during the state of war, when
the civil courts are closed. So he was
obliged to found liis opinion upon the
outrageous lie that the war is not yet
ended. Notwithstanding tlie 1* resi
dent’s proclamation long ago declaring
that the insurrection was at an end and
its subsequent rat ideation by Congress ;
notwithstanding tlie fact that our owu
army lias been reduced to a peace foot
ing, and that not a rebel Inn been in
arms I'or over four years, the Attorney
General of the United Slates says the
war is not yet over !
We trust lliut the Atli.rm-y Guioral,
if the time ever arrives when in his
opinion the war has mine td an end,
will advise us of the faet; for we should
like to know when we will all be unani
mously of the opinion that we are once
more at peace, and we presume that
when Mr. Hoar concedes that the war
is over we may fairly conclude that
everybody is of the same opinion.
lint how about the great lhMon l'eaee
Jubilee'.’ Will its authors dare to so
far disregard the views of their own
lovely Hoar, as to persist in their in
tention of singing Peace! JVaee! when
there is no Peace, in a building cover
ing a humlnd arris, more or less, of
ground, tilling it with dulcet sympho
nies and voices sweet, with the music of
a thousnndof brassinstraiments? Surely
no! Boston cannot go back on Hoar.
The Peace Jubilee has come to an un
timely end.
That w ret died Philadelphia hum
mer, Mr. Charles Kleekner, member of
the Legislature, who had the audacity
to sue us for libel in Dauphin county, is
not anxious to prove his good character
in the city of his resilience. The Phila
delphia papers are giving him every op
portunity to do so as they do not hesi
tate to proclaim his dishonesty. The
]Ji*p(dvh editorially puts him in a black
list of Republican Legislators who liuv,e
disgraced themselves and their party,
and the/’orff heartily agrees with it in
its estimate of these miserable jail birds.
Kleekner, we presume, thinks he has
his hands full, to attend to his case
against us; and he is right. By the
time we get through with him there
will not be a grease spot left of him for
anybody else to wipe out; we will
llnish him.
• The “fat boy” of ihe Thug Organ
abuses us over his own signature in a
paragraph of the worst Kuglish we ever
saw in print. If he were serving us a
devil in our office, and he should write
so ungrammatically, or let a stick of
matter go out of his hands so full of
gross typographical blunders, we
should feel impelled by u sense of moral
duty to his ears. He had better
come and serve an apprenticeship where,
he might learn something, if he posses
ses the necessary capacity.
Tiie Mate Guard claims that (deary
has two-thirds of the delegates to the
Radical State Convention instructed for
him. The politicians of the Old Guard
wiil please take notice of the announce
ment in the Mate Guard, and be gov
erned in their votes for Governor ac
cordingly.
A writer at Knoxville says Brown
low’s health is very bad, and his phy
sique much shattered, but “ there is no
lack of vigor in his miud.” I'or vigor
read venom.
The “fat boy” of the Thug Organ
charges us, over his own signature, with
trying to “nipple his temper.” We
deny the softimpeachment. we neither
iesire to “ nipple ” him nor his temper.
THE LANCASTER WW.KLY- IHTELLIGENPER, VEDNESDAY, 9, 1869.
Tiie Corruption of Radical Editors.
Wien Forney, State Librarian, and
editor of Geary’s organ, the Harrisburg
State Guard, charges George Bergner,
Simon Cameron’s right hand man, and
the proprietor of the Harrißburg tele
graph, with cheating the State out of
thousands of dollars in the public print
ing. Bergner retorts by charging that
Forney stole some thousands of dollars
of the money appropriated for refitting
the State Library. Forney, by way of
replication, alleges that there are thous
ands of dollars worth of “pale postage
Btampß,” the property of the State, now
locked up in the private drawers of
Bergner. Bergner, by way of sur-re'
joinder, swears that Forney stole a
push cart belonging to the State. What
a beautiful pair they must be; how well
calculated to teach the Radical classes
morality.
The Lancaster Exjircss assails the
State Guard for defending legislative
corruption. The Sta\ Guard replies
by charging that the editors of the Ex
press have “been seen’, "with as
much success in silencing ils batteries as
any purchasable concern in the coun
try." And yet these scurvy fellows,
who expose the rascality of each other
in such a style, are the editors and
proprietors of the three Radical
organs of Central Pennsylvania.—
If one half of what they say
of each other be true, they ought all to
be in the penitentiary together. What
can be expected from the ordinary poli
ticians of a party when its editors,
tiiose whose duty it is to control public
sentiment and to denounce corruption,
are convicted, on tlie evidence of each
other, of the meanest and basest crimes.
When those whoeoutrul the newspaper
press of a party are so utterly
unfit to be trusted, it must be
hopelessly corrupt indeed. That the
people of Pennsylvania will rebuke
it by an overwhelming deteat at tiie
next gubernatorial election we do con
fidently trust and verily believe.
Economy Under Johnson, Extravagance
Under Grant
The Radical party first came into
power upon the cry of “ economy and
retrenchment.” How it economized
aud retrenched expenditures tiie people
know, and are not likely to forget for
many long years to come. They are
continually reminded of it by the con
stant visits of tlie tax-gatherer, aud the
increased price of every article which
they buy. The Democratic party was
truly a party of economy. Its masses!
. never countenanced lavish expeudi- j
I tures, and its public ofiicinls always
I respected till' whins of l lie people.’
i Democratic Fft HiU-nis livid in simple |
ami uno.-ieiitatinii" Hylc, ami the White
llmi.-e prcM-nled an appealum-e of Re
publican simplicity such as was proper ;
ami la-coming. I I
We have some n.-co! lection of hem irg |
vague talk about economy from the
Radicals during tiie last campaign.
. With the incoming of the new Presi
dent retrenchment and reform was at
last to begin. Have the promises which
were made been kept? Let a simple
statement of affairs about tlie White
House, which a correspondent of the
New York Jh raid has been iuvostigaD
ing, answer.
Under Andrew Johnson there was a
clever official named Cushaw, who acted
as usher to the President. For £l,OOO a
year he took charge of the White House, ’
bore all tiie imposilionsand annoyances
of countless visitors, and repaid them
wilh uniforu politeness and courtesy.
How is it now under President Grant?
There is Dent, full Brigadier, with a
salary of f-Vnidperannum; Cook reeeiv
ing£l,(>(!(>; Price, £1,(500; young Douglas
£2,')(iO; Adams £I,ooo; and Simmons, a
gentleman of color, £oo a mouth for
simply bearing cards from the eminent
ly polito Dent to the President's private
office. All these officials combined
only discharge the duty under Grant
which Cushaw monopolized under
Andrew Johnson. In other words it
now requires £lo,.'!>■() to accomplish the
laborious business of attending to the
White House visitors, while it only cost
£1 under Johnson.
There are plenty of people in Penn
sylvania who still remember the cele
brated spoon speech of Congressman
Ogle, which was delivered during Van
Bureu’s administration. Ogle made a
terrible outcry about extravagance in
those simple and economical days, and
his speech, in which he enumerated the
number of silver spoons in the White
House, created a furor of excitement,
and gained for him the familiar sobri
quet of “ Spooney Ogle.” Could that*
Old Line Pennsylvania Whig visit the
White House now what would he say.?
lie would no doubt be amazed at the
advance of extravagance and luxury,
amt lie-might ventilate matters ou the
11-ior of Congress. But would he be
heard? Would any speech which
might lie made arouse the people ? We
fear not. We have got used to extrava
gance and corruption.
The Reign of Venality
A Radical newspaper says
“ is drifting into the posses- i
sion of th*‘ Tile Ihirmu-le family. <>Tii-es |
ar e oh'aim d not from any omsid.-nilions o|' (
t-uiim-tit fitness, hut beruu-e Iho smrcsyfu 1 i
min have traded with the * rmef paid down \
tile s’.ipulated price, and agreed to do llit- •
heiiesi*, ill iht‘ poliiica! l'hilime-. In fact, \
ottieu is regularly bought, being sold to tile 1
highest balder."
It is not ofti n that a publication in .
the interest of the Jacobin ..puny in ;
America utters .-o mueli mueer
n-111 g tie.' eoiTUplioll of its I.\vn pdlil ieal
Us-'Oebites. But ihit.gs have arrived at
sin'll a puss Unit tbete is not mueli tt-e,
even for tin* nm-: subservient partisan
sheet, to attempt to disgu i-c ihe fuels. —
The people, no matter what the parly
they vole with, know from their own
daily observation that eyerv charge in
the fort going is true. They have seen,
with pain and disgust, a man elevated
to the highest ollice in the land de
meaning the nation lie represents by
“an itehing palm, to sel 1 and mart its
oil ices for gold.” The federal otlice
holder under the present administra
tion who lias been appointed “for any
considerations of eminent fitness,” no
man can name. The men who lmvc
gained the highest ollioes are those who
have crossed the palm of the appoint
ing power with the largest price. Cases
nut only of eminent unlitness, but of
actual incapacity to perform the duties
of the ollice giveti as a reward for favors
received, will occur to every one. The
“.ring” which represents the circum
ference of oflicial patronage is a circle
of gold with the inscription “Venal
ity ;” or it is the circumference of a
tumbler, through which have looked
the seedy crew of political vagabonds
described by Senator Drakeas “Grant’s
damned old bar-room cronies.” Into
the possession of such unworthy
wretches the country is not merely
drifting; it is there already.
The “fat boy” of the Thug Organ
says :
Wo can aflbrd to treat such ungentle
manly scriblcrs with the contempt they de
serve.
You blockhead ! The word scribbler
has two b’s in it; but you seem to be too
ignuraut a scribbler to know it.
White men cannot vote in Rhode
Island unless they are possessed of one
hundred and thirty-four dollars worth
of real estate, yet at the next session of
the Legislature the Radicals will adopt
the XVth Amendment, by which all
the worthless negroes in the State can
put their vote in the ballot-box. They
like negroes, but despise “poor white
tra3h.”
The “ fat boy ” of the Thug Organ
has two editorials in this week’s issue
over his own signature. Query? Is he
compelled to attach his initials to what
he writes, in orderthat no one else may
be held responsible for the murder of
the King’s English of which he is
guilty ?
Negro Suffrage and Imperialism,
At the present time when no exciting
political campaign engrosses the atten
tion of the people, they should compare
the acts of the Radical party now in
power with the promises made by that
party, and by past experience act in the
living present and prepare for the
fqture. In the Chicago platform the
Radical party declared that “the ques
tion of suffrage in all the loyal States
properly belongs to the people of those
States.” But mark their consistency.
Immediately upon the assembling of
Congress the question of the extension
of negro suffrage to the Northern States
was agitated, provoking an almost end
less discussion and causing a gross neg
lect of business vital to the true interests
of the nation. This agitation was con
tinued by the Radical majority in Con
gress untilitculminated in the proposed
Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitu
tion, which, if approved by a sufficient
number of States, will establish negro
suffrage in every State in the Union.
To aid the consummation of this ne
farious scheme our State Legislature be
trayed its trust by ratifying this same
Negro Suffrage Amendment, contrary
to the known will and desire of the
people, and cognizant that the measure
would be utterly rejected if left to a di
rect vote. But this action of our State
Legislature was not merely in violation
of the promises made in the Chicago
Platform, but was also in direct opposi
tion to laws which are immutable in
their character and are recognizable by
ail people. It is all folly to presume
that we can change tlie nature of the
negro or alter his scale of being. The
African is inferior to the Caucasian race
in every respect and was so ordained by
Divine Providence, whose decrees are
unchangeable. The more sagacious of
the leaders of the Republican party are
well aware of the inferiority of the
Black to the White race; they only
seek to degrade the right of suffrage in
order that they may the better succeed
in their attempt to establish an Empire
in cur country, which scheme is now
openly advocated by a New York jour
, nal styled “ The Imperialist," which it
is alleged is sustained by funds contrib
uted by a brother of a member of Mr.
Grant’s Cabinet.
It is but seventeen years since Louis
Napoleon made the celebrated declara
tion “ The Empire is Peace ” and now,
in connection with this expression of
Napoleon, 77<c Imj>cri<dist publishes the
recent significant words of Grant “ Let
us have Peace.” us have an Em
pire—is not this tlieirobvious meaning
And will the people stand in apathy
and permit these things to pass? Will
the Democracy allow this once glorious
Republic, made by tlie immortal Wash
ington, tlie illustrious Jefferson, and
liieir compatriots, to be transformed by
a fanatical oligarchy into an Empire?
We think not. Tlie people will by the
ballot hurl from power tlie Radical
Monarchists, and put in their places
wise and pure Statesmen who, when in
power, will carry out the grand princi
ples embodied by the framers of the
Constitution in that revered instru
ment.
A Sentence to be Parsed,
We do not want to he understood as
disparaging qualifications of the
very learned gentleiuau who fills the
office of District Attorney in the great
county of Lancaster. We would not
call him a fool for a nice sum of money,
for to call a lawyer a fool is libel, though
to call a preacher a fool is not. We
won’t say he is an iguoramus, for that
might also be actionable. We would,
however, respectfully suggest to the
County Superintendent the propriety of
giving out the following sentence to be
parsed at the next Teachers’ Institute :
“ Are noi people sometimes in I he habit of
n! tr'ii;s tvlhng things that sometimes ain't
That is the precise form in which our
learned Di.-trict Attorney put a leading
question to a witness the other day. It
will tie remembered that he undertook
to control tiie election of County Super
intendent, and rumor does say that his
man would have been successful if some
of the Directors from the rural districts
had not got too drunk to put in an appear
ance. Who furnished the whiskey we
know not, and it would he asking too
much to request the conscientious Dis
trict Attorney to inquire. We hope the
County Superintendent will not forget
to give notice when the parsing exer
cise comes off.
Repudiation In Florida.
The Radicals have reduced the State
of Florida to complete bankruptcy,
and after a tierce contest among them
selves they have come to the conclu
sion to lepudiatu the State debt. It
appears that under the Osborn dynasty
bonds were issued to the extent of tbo,-
boo to run the State government. The
money was raised and conveyed into the
State Treasury. The last Legislature
authorized the issue of bonds at six per
cent., running thirty years, to the
amount of £">on,Uoo. They were to be
negotiated through theStute Comptrol
ler at not less than seventy-five cents
on the dollar. The present Governor,
Reid, who seems to he at loggerheads
with the Legislature, learning of their
action, set about to manipulate the
Comptroller so as to prevent the negoti
ation of the bonds. He not only suc
ceeded in thin, but got the Slate Treas
urer to refuse to pay the interest on the
iot),000 issued by the Gleason-O-boru
faction. The result is that the State
Treasury is bankrupt, and the parties
who bought the first bouds are likely to
lose both principal and interest. Flori
da is not the only State in which Radi
cal rule is likely to reduce to repudia
tion.
The “ fat boy ” of the Thug Organ
abuses the Expn ss in a column of the
worst English we ever read. The fol
lowing will serve as a sample of the
whole:
lie (the editor of the / .r/ov.s.s) says, “Of
the four or live Republican papers in the
county, the larger portion was given to the
ono Thug paper.”
(Out render.s are hereby informed that Ihe
term " Thu;/ jxi/>er," tht.s amiable by Push
ichnebcr ihe 1 ii'parcr.)
We just give the above to show how
elegantly and intelligibly the “fat boy”
can write when he does “ilia level best.”
We hereby olfer a reward of five dollars
to any one who will parse the sentence
contained in parentheses and tell us
what it means. A wonderfully clear
head that “fat boy” of the Thug organ
must have.
The Radicals of Pittsburg have nomi
nated a legislative ticket composed one
half of the old members and one-half of
new men. The new men are said to be
no better than those they displace. A
resolution was passed declaring in favor
of economy and reform. Radical re
solves are cheap. Every Radical Con
vention,which has assembled since Lin
coln was first nominated, has passed
similar resolutions; but they have all
been broken. They were never meant
to be kept, and are only thrown out to
gull the masses. There can be no hope
of economy and reform either in Na
tional or State affairs while the Radicals
arepermiUedtoremain in power. There
must be a change of parties before a
change of policy can be expected. The
thieves will not desist from plundering
so long as they are sustained by the
people.
The “fat boy” of the Thug Organ
calls us an AminacZa??i Sleek. Amina
dab we suppose he meant, but his mouth
has been so full of “ cuss words ” ever
since the late terrible defeat of himself
and “ Pap’s ” faction, that he cau’t
keep the word “ dam ” out of his edi
torial columns ; and so he not only
prints it in monosyllables, but attaches
it to polysyllables, when it is utterly
out of place. For shame, “sonny”—
don’t swear so awkwardly and so fre
quently. It is terribly out of place
while “ Pap’s ” funeral is going on.
Why Grant Appointed a Negro Postmas
ter at Macon.
The Washington correspondentofthe
New York Herald lias exposed to the 1
world the secret influences which in- ]
duced Grant toappoint the negro Turner i
as Postmaster of the City of Macon. It
seems that Sumner forgot his late quar
rel with the President, and called at the ;
White House with Ben. Butler to bring j
about thi9 result. These two narrow
minded and vindictive men, the Radical
leaders in the two Houses of Congress,
told Mr. Grant that it was necessary
that this step should be taken, in order
to rebuke the disloyal element of
Georgia. They paraded the lying re
ports of murders which had been pub
lished in Radical journals as a reason
why their demand should be acceded |
to. Butler bullied Grant intoacompli- j
ance with the request. He told him in j
plain terms that he would make his ,
refusal the cause and the occasion for a :
fierce assault upon him and his Cabinet
when Congressagain assembled. Grant 1
cowered before the two Massachusetts .
Radicals, and allowed himself to be in
duced to do an act which must degrade
him in the estimation of the decent and
right thinking men of all parties.
The stories of outrages which Sumner f
and Butler related to Grant have been
proven to be a series of falsehoods man- ;
ufactured and promulgated for political 1
effect. It is true that two Radical
members of the Georgia State Senate ;
were shot, and every Radical newspa- ;
per in the North heralded these results j
as the bloody work of the Ku-Klux. j
But, when truth came slowly following !
on the track of the lie which had trav- I
eled so fast, it was discovered that one j
of these loyal Senators was killed by an 1
outraged husband, and the other by the j
brother of a young lady whom he j
had grossly insulted. It was lech- !
ery and not loyalty that brought
them to their death. It is true that
Sumner received a letter from
one Belcher, the negro Assessor of
Internal Revenue for the Third Georgia
District, announcing the murder of two
negroes, who were with the last named
Radical Senator when he was shot. Of
course the private letter of this negro
official was soon put into print by Sum
ner, and of course the sensibilities of all
northern loyalists weregreatiyshocked.
1 But, no sooner was the N. Y. Tribune
received at Augusta than Belcher, con
scious of the lie he had written toSutn
ner, published a card in the Chronicle
setting forth that he had been entirely
misinformed in regard to the matter,
and that there was not a word of truth
in his letter. The negro even went
farther and gave an explanation which
satisfactorily accounts for the unfound
ed stories of outrages which so fre
quently appear in the Radical news
papers of the North. After denying
i that there was any truth in the letter
1 he had written to .Sumner lie said :
“Special de-patches I'rutn Atlanta to He
[ publican papers in the North announced
| the murder of these two men by the Ku
! Kiux ; but ibeieis nu foundation lbr the
! report,the outrage being worked up to serve
j the ends of certain parties m tins Slate, who
I tire tcarlnl of being th prm d of their ollices
| under the State government.”
; This denial was published before
' Grant made the obnoxious appointment
j which Sumnei and Butlerdictated, and,
| if lie did not know it, it was his duty to
| have informed himself.
! After Turner had been appointed, a
deputation of tiie white citi/.ens of Ma
; eon waited upon the President, anti
I protested against his continuance in
i office, informing him that Turner was
utterly unlit for the position, that he
had made himself obnoxious to all
parties by Ids ignorance and impudence,
that Mr. Washington, who had been
removed to make way for this ollensive
and incompetent negro, was a truly
loyal Republican, and had given the
highest satisfaction in the administra
tion of the office. The correspondent
of the JU raid gives the following report
of Grant’s reply :
The Prc.-idi-i.t inUrmed the deputation
that he* had nothing whatever against Mr
Washington. His removal had been made
through a conviction that it was necessary
to admini-t.-r some sort of a rebuke to the
rebel element there who hud countenanced
the lute outrage-, and he (the President)
thought Turner wiuld give them a most
unpleasant dn.-e. It was too late now to
protest against the appointment. It had
been made and must stand, no matter how
unpalatable it might be to the peoplejof that
section, loyal or disloyal.
No decent white Republican can read
that account of Grant’s brutal conduct
without a Mush of shame, it would be
charitable to conclude that he was
drunk. Bui, drunk or sober, he can
render no satisfactory excuse for the
appointment of Turner. The motives
which lie avows are sucli as no man fit
to be President would even allow to in
fluence his conduct. They indicate a
narrow-minded vindictiveness which is
perfectly disgusting. iSuch ideas, so
brutishly expressed, would disgrace the
most despicable and ignorant ward
politician. There is not a hole or corner
in the State of Pennsylvania, we thank
(lod, where any Radical stump speaker
could avow sucli sentiments without
being hissed by the decent men of his
own parly. Grant was elected because
the people believed that he possessed
both ability and magnanimity of char
acter. The masses refused to be con
vinced that tiie man who led the Union
armies to their final victory was the low,
ineau creature that he had seemed to be
for many years of his life. They gen
erously overlooked the shameful record
of the past, and cheerfully credited him
with virtues that he never possessed.
They deemed his vices the infirmities
which sometiuiesattach to high- minded
men, and knew not that they were the
natural outcropping of a base nature.
The people believed that Grant would
act upon the umtlo with which he con-
eluded 1 1 i letter of acceptance, and sup
posed he expressed the ntimeut of his
own heart when lie said “let us have
peace.” Had the masses of the North
known that Grant would allow himself
to be made a mere willing tool in the
hands of the eunuch Sumner and the
beast Butler to wreak their personal
spite upon the whites of the South lie
could never have befit elected. Hon
orable and patriotic Republicans would
have scorned to vote for him. .Sensible
Republicans would have seen that peace
could never come under su> h a ruler;
that the old embers of sectional passion
would be fanned into a ilume ; and that,
instead of the wounds of the nation be
ing bound up, they would only be torn
open afresh.
The elevation of negroes to ollice in
any Northern State would be regarded
as an indignity by a vast majority of
the people. Grant would not dare to ,
name one of the race as Postmaster for
any town in New England. Yet he
has not only appointed most obnoxious
negroes in prominent Southern cities,
and turned out reputable white Repub
licans to make place for them, but he
assigns the basest possible reasons for :
his conduct. He openly confesses that
this thing has been done to give the !
whites “« most unpleasant dose.''' 1 ;
Is that the way to restore good
feeling between the people of the two
sections? Is that Grant’s interpretation ■
of his motto, “Let us have peace?”
Even if the reports of murders which
appeared in Radical newspapers had all
been true that would not have excused i
Grant’s conduct in this matter —for the j
innocent many should not be made to !
suffer for the crimes of a guilty few, but |
when the alleged outrages were shown '
to be false how base does the conduct of
the President appear to be. If he had
deliberately set to work to devise means
for producing discontent in the South
he could not have hit upon any
surer plan than the one he baa adopted.
The only excuse that can be rendered
for him is to be found in the fact that
he has become a mere tool in the hands
of such men as Sumner and Butler. But
that only proves his utter unfltnees for
the position to : which he has unfortu*
nately been elected. He is fastsinking
into public contempt, and even -the
more decent men of his own party de
spise him.
The hate HeTlral of Libel Suits.
The N. Y. Herald says
For soipe years there was quite a lull iu
these respects, and libel suits were rather
few and l'ar between. But lately they have
been revived, and at a rate so tremendous
that, in comparison with the demands made
upon the press by offended honesty in for
mer years, they were as but a moth upon
the smokestack of a locomotive. The irre
sistible and irrepressible James Fisk, Jr.,
of Erie-Grand Opera-railroad notoriety, i
i first began to have recourse to this sort of |
rehabilitation of wounded honor, and be
opened with a libel suit for §lOO,OOO acainst
Mr. Bowles, of the Springfield Republican,
and he quickly followed it up by another
against Mr. Greeley, of the Tribune, fora like
sum; then against Mr. Norvell, of the
Times, claiming another §lOO,OOO, and fi
nally against Mr. Raymond for the snog
amount of a round million. Not to be out- |
done by the railway impetuosity of Mr. j
Fisk. Mr. John Rutsell Young has com- •
j menced about ten suits in diflerent parts of ;
I the country, and two or three of them in this j
| city, and two in Philadelphia, each at the i
j exact figure of §100,000 ; a trifle Jess would
' not satisfy him. The Evening Mirror at ;
' Indianapolis has lately been sued for §3O,- j
1 000 damages for libel by one Talcott; and a i
■ case is now pendiug at Pittsburg, by an j
ex-memheroftbe PennsylvaniaStateLegis- ;
i luture, against the Pittsburg Leader, which ■
i journal had charged him with veuality and j
corruption. Thus the revival ol libel suits ;
goes bravely on all over the coifntry. There j
are now no less than 750 libel suits pending
against editors or publishers in this country j
by personages who claim a plaster of green- I
backs for their wounded reputation, and
fthe total amount of damage ulleged to be ;
i done to these 750 injured plaintiffs sums up j
§47 500,000. Who will deny heroalter the j
1 power of the press? '
1 Besides this we learn that Major :
1 Russell Errett, United States Assessor
• and late Senator from Allegheny, on
i Saturday brought two suits before Alder
| man Nicholson against the Pittsburg
! Commercial for libel, one for the civil
j and rhe other for the criminal offence,
j The alleged libel consists in publishing
jan attjele from the Harrisburg Mate,
' Ouara, iu which the Major’s course
! while Senator is severely condemned,
j Mr. Errett has also instituted a civil ac-
S tion for damages against the Directors
I and Stockholders of the Commercial,
S and tke customary writs iu such cases
j have been issued from the Court of
Common Pleas.
Mr. "Win. R. Ford, whose name is
mentioned in the same connection, in
tends, we understand, to commence a
similar prosecution.
As our readers are aware we have
been prosecuted for libel, by a member
of the late Legislature from Philadel
phia, named Kleckoer. A true bill was
found iu Dauphin County Court at
April Sessions, and unless the gentle
man, who imagines that he has been
aggrieved, should abandon the prosecu
tion the case will be tried iu August.
Our neighbors of the Daily Express
have also just got into a libel suit. Ex
iSheriirSmith has prosecuted them for
alleged libelous matter published in re
lation to his conduct at a delegate elec
tion.
As a general rule, parties who prose
cute for libel in Pennsylvania get the
worst of the bargain. It remains to be
seen what fruit the new crop of cases
which have sprung up will bear.
The Columbia Spy is aguerilia sheet.
It is Radical, intensely so, but it fights
more or less on its own hook. Its editor
has somehow conceived a deep seated
di=like for certain members of his party,
and he occasionally puts on the paint
and takes to the war path, lie cuts and
slashes after a lively style when his
temper is up, and blurts out ugly truths
iu a reckless sort of way. In his last
issue lie says :
Ou Monday one of the defeated Thugs
met a government otli.dal, who intimated
to him that if he had his deserts he would
be in the penitentiary, whereupon the de
feated Thug responded, that lie paid the
otlieial jive hundred dollars (while employed
hy the Uoverntnent to pievent fraud*) to
ju'nnd a. car load of whiskey lo pass through
Lancaster unnu>lested
The Spy calls upon the present Col
lector to investigate the charge. We
second its call, and would insist upon
au examination into the Hackman case
did we not know that Mr. Dickey’s tool,
the Assessor, would be most unwilling
to take auy steps in that matter. The
Spy suggests that General Grant might
be induced to attend to the Collector if
he does not do his duty. Could the
General he induced to force our officials
to clear up the Hackman fraud ? Sup
pose the Spy tries to find out whether
Ulysses meant anything by his boast,
that lie would have none but honest
men in office. We would like to seethe
President’s honesty tested as well as
of his subordinates. Let the ball
be set in motion.
So perfectly was the ” fat boy ” of the
Thug Organ convinced that he had an
nihilated both the Intelligencer and the
Expnss, that he seized the first copy of
the organ which was thrown oil’by the
press, and rushed up street to read the
editorials, which he had inserted over
his initials, to “ Pap ” aud an admiring
circle of friends. After he had got
through this exhausting exercise a
school marm, who happened to he pres
ent, pi.-ked up the moist sheet and ran
her eye over it. As she detected blunder
after blunder the face of the “ fat boy ”
grew pale and then ‘all aflame.” In a
terrible state of excitement he rushed
back to the press room in the “Soldiers’
Monument,” tore the forms ofV the
press, removed his initials, aud cor
rected some of the blunders which ap
pear.in the copy before us. We shall
keep the sheet we have as a rare speci
men of what the “fat boy” would do
as an editor if left to himself. Any one
may examine it who may see fit to call.
The Advance of Negro Equality
The Radicals of Washington city are
making the most desperate ellorts to
consolidate the negroes in support of
their ticket at the cotuing municipal
election. Not only have they divided
the o (Vices with the blacks, givingthem
representatives in every Ward, but the
(,'ily Council has just passed an ordi
nance imposing a line On any manager
of a place of amusement who may make
any distinction between Cite races. The
negroes are to he al lowed to occupy what
seats they please, and mixed audiences
are to he the rule hereafter. The blacks
demanded this, ami it has been granted.
That is the legitimate result of negro
suffrage, and the same thing will be
done all over the country. Give the
negroes the ballot in Pennsylvania, and
it will not he a year uutil a Radical
Legislature will pass laws declaring it
to be a penul olfeuse to set up any dis
tinction between the races. The negroes
will be put on a perfect equality with
white men in every respect, so far as it
can Lo done by legislative enactment.
Why was llcstcr Yaughn Banished by
Geary 1
There has been no liitlecomment ex
cited by the summary banishment of
Hester Vaughn by Governor Geary,
lie had no right to demand that she
should leave the couutry, or to make
her speedy ail'd secret departure a con
dition of pardon. There has been much
speculation as to the motives which in
fluenced him in this illegal transaction.
It is stated by the Albauy Evening
Journal that fbe person from whose
deceit Hester Vaughu suffered, and
whose name she refused to give even
when her life was at stake, occupies a
high social and political position in
Philadelphia, and that she was spirited
out of the country for fear lest, under
the excitement of association with those
who have taken such a lively interest
in her case, she might be induced to
disclose his identity. If it be true that
Governor Geary banished this girl to
cover up the crime of some prominent
Radical, what a commentary does it
furnish upon the character of the men
who now occupy high positions in
Pennsylvania.
• The “ fat boy ” of the Thug Organ
calls us a blusterer.—
What kind of a blusterer is that? Will
the “ fat boy ” be k»nd enough to tend
us his dictionary. Thatadjective is not
to be found in ours, and we use Web
ter’s Latest Unabridged Edition.
FROH EASTXESSESSEBTOWASUISG-
Editorial Kotes.
After more than a week of vigorous and
exhilarating out door oxercise we
bade adien to the pleasant acquaintances
we had formed in Rogereville, and on the
morning of the 3rd of May reluctantly
turned our faces homeward. A more de
licious day than that which witnessed our
departure we have rarely seen. There was
not a cloud to obscure the peculiarly bright
blue sky, and the pure atmosphere was
filled with the odor of flowers. The climate
of East Tennessee has been repeatedly pro
nounced to be the very finest in the United
States, and our observation convinced us
that it was deserving of all the eulogies
which have been passed upon it. The pic
turesque mountains which cut the country
up into lovely valleys shield the inhabitants
from the bleak winds of winter and temper
the heats of summer. Spring, a bright and
balmy spring, sets in with the beginning of
April and extends to the middle of June.
The heat of summer is not a 9 great as it is
in Pennsylvania, ami with September
comes a long golden autumn that stretches
oq into or through December. The winters
are mild and durlnga greater proportion of
them the weather is such as to tempt even
invalids out of doors. As wo sat here at
home by coal fires in a close room, day
after day in the latter.part of May, we often
sighed for the more genial cltme we bad
left behind us.
Andrew Johnson got into iho car we
w'ere occupying at Greenville. We got a
good look at him and heard the conversa-
tion he had with a Massachusetts Yankee,
who bad been down m that country pros-
pectiDg. Mr. Johnson looked to be in ex- ! years.
cellent health, and presented evidences of j We came back from our trip/through Yir
marked physical vigor. We did not in- ! ginia into Tennessee fully convinced that
trude upon him, but sat and listened as he ! a n vast West dm s not olfer such indneo
spoke with great vivacity of the natural i ments to emigrants ns does the country of
advantages ot East Teunessee, and the which our notes give but a vague doserip
many inducements it oilered to emigrants. , tion. We assure our readers, iu all good
He bestowed deserved praises upon its fer conscience, and without the slightest thing
tile soil, which produces abuudant crops t 0 pj as our opinion, that no part of the
with the most negligent husbandry; of its : United States which we have ever seen
e.xhCJislles3 mineral wealth hidden in the ' ( aru ] W e have been all over the West more
mountains ; of its magnificent water power ' oncP ) presents so many combined ad
which was going to waste, nnd„of the ca- , vantages as do Virginia and Tennessee,
pacity of tne country to support a dense Whot ver may go to either of these States,
population. He called the attention of the lx? f» rI11 ‘- j r or mechanic, can nut tail toiio
~ , , „ ~ . „ , well li he uses ordinary mdustrv.
Yankee to the contrast which Tennessee ; "
IHVH( HUM u, Nov England, giving duo I Thc Georgia Outrages,
credit to tin* industry of the latter section. . ~ . . , . , 1f
, , ~ , , , Butler wants Georgia to be put under |
In a humorous wav lie alluded to the scenes ... , i
. . , . , - martial law because “loyal” men are, i
he bad witnessed there ou a Sabbath dav, . , , *' , . t . \
when ho saw the descendants of the Pur'i- ] as he a!id mell of his kmd persistently j
taus, farmers, busy carting home the hay declare, murdered for their political
they hud cut in the fence corners along the | opinions. Xow here is what a corres
ruilroad to save it Iroin a threatened shofv- i pondeut of a Radical paper {X. Y.
er, and of the haycocks which stood thick Times ) writes upon that subject. Recol
in a graveyard which he looked out upon lect we are not quoting “Copperhead ”
from a wiudow of oue of the principal ho- or n rebel ” testimony :
tels of Boston. lie said a bare liviug was “ Politics have no more to do with the
too easily mado in Teunessee, and that j murders which have taken place in Georgia
man, being naturally a hizv animal, could ! than the religion, dress, height or personal
, . . . , , • appearance ot the victims. Ashluirn was
hardly be expected to work when not uu- ! k */ led by lho POmpuny which usyally fre
der the spur of necessity or some other | q UeIUB negro houses of ill fame, of one of
strong inducement, lie asserted that all ! which he was an inmate. Ayer was killed
Northern men who wont into Teunessee to I by “ '““Kto who had refused to allow lnm to
~ become a boarder in a negro lodging house.
engage m any legmnmle busmess would , (olb Ashlmrn aIU ] Aver wero men of aban
be cordially welcomed. The Yankee was character and most political emplm
a fellow of good sense, and had the decency ! sis " their names umv be paraded as the
to declare that he was ashamed of the im- I “ Honorable': Mr. Ashburn atni tbe "ilon
, ~ . orablo Mr. Ayer, those who know their
necumous and disreputable adventurers | hisl(jry) p-u H .y lt; |l the truth, must admit,
from his section who were prowling thru' ; lbal either had any political as
the South for no oilier purpose than to so- 1 piratums, no descent negro would have
cure odices which thev were unlit to lill, 1 permiled them to associate with him. Ad
cure crnces wuicu imy ’, kj wbo ifJ rupre . Me ntecl by the writers ut
by pandering to the ignorance ami the pas j st , ns . U j on romances for political ell'ect, as a
sions ol the negroes. Mr. Johnson got out ! venerable and exemplary preacher of the
at his mill, a few miles above Greenville, : gospel, was alsi a notorious debaucher. Ilis
and we kept ou our way. As the night ad- negro amour* are more numerous than the
, *, , number ol his years. k * * It is true
vanced and we climbed up the western IIU , heBe were R ' dlcal poiuiclaue. It la true
plateau of the, Alleghenies it grew quite iiiey were brutally murdered. But
ehillv and for (he iitst time, in Virginia, they were murdered for their vices by some
we bad lire in the car*. We left the Kog- 'bv
ersville Junction about J o clock in the af- lbose wb „ se honor and the sanctity of
ternoon, and daylight the next morning whoso family they had attempted to out
found us descending the Blue Ridge. We rage.’’
entered Lynchburg in the midst of a warm Iu spite of these facts (now notorious),
spring rain, and after a good breakfast } ; the Radical wire-pullers will continue
with plenty of time to eat it, took the Or- ! t Q clamorously assert their original
ange and Alexandria road for Washington, j falsehoods, and innocent people in
Georgia will be made to sutler for them.
The Orange and Alexandria Railroad
pusses directly thiough.what is known as
the Piedmont Region of Virginia, lying at
the eastern base of ike Blue Ridge and ex
tending from the Potomac river to the
Norik Carolina line. It is traversed by
broken ranges of kills or mountains of mod
erate elevatiou, which run parallel with the
Blue Ridge, and are distinguished by vari
ous names. This section is watered by the
James, Roanoke, Rappahannock, Potomac
and York rivers and their tributaries. Be
tween the mountain ridges lie beautiful
and fertile valleys, once unsurpassed in
richness and still susceptible of the highest
culture. Corn, wheat, rye, oats and lojaceo
grow luxuriantly on such of the lamls as
have not been exhausted, liven the soil
which has been cropped for many years
without manure produces grass in alum'
dance, and can be readily reclaimed at
comparatively little cost. This section
abounds in valuable minerals, but lime
stone, which is so plenty in all the country
west of the Blue Ridge is here wanting. The
soil is a deep, red clay, loose in its texture,
and wherever turned up to a proper depth
it will bring line clover. This is a great
fruit section, all the varieties nourishing
and coming to the greatest perleclion. The
seasons are from two to three weeks earlier
than with us ; the winters are shorter and
much milder; anti the climate is not only
perfectly healthy but very delightful. Ma
larious diseases are uuknown in the Pied
mont country, and the climate being more
settled and less subject to sudden changes
than it is with us, throat uml lung diseases
are much less frequent.
The people of this section are eminently
conservative and law-abiding. Most of
them went into the rebellion or sympa
thized with it, but when the war was over
they accepted the situation in good faith.
There has been little disturbance of any
kind in this section since the war ended.
All through this country there are flourish
ing schools of a high character. The Uni
versity of Virginia, which is located at
Charlotles\ille, and of which we had a line
view, has long been notc-d as one of the
first in the United States. It was founded
by Thomas Jefferson, ami went into opera
tion under Ins supervision in UJ-i. The
buildings which were erected bv 'h- Suite
cost nearly half a million dolla: ••• :he
University received from tho Sia'.. . ;; . u
mini etidowmentoffifteen thousand 1, .k--.
The library contains over Jo.OOu volumes,
and the scientific apparatus is most com
plete. The University is divided into sep
arate schools, and each student is allowed
to select bis own course of study. The corps
of professors is very full, and they have al
ways been men of high attainments. Be
sides llxo University there are exivlhnt
schools of less note scattered at convenient
distances throughout the country. The peo
ple are educated, refined, hospitable, and
society is no where more pleasant than it is
In this part of Virginia.
Good lands cun be bought, at low prices
all along the line of the Orange and Alex
andria Railroad, and the nearness of this
section to Kaslorn markets, its adaptability
to the culture of grains and fruits, its salu
brious climate and its social attractions
must necessarily draw to it a large and in
creasing tide of emigration. Already many
persons from Pennsylvania, Maryland and
other States have settled here, and the uni
versal expression of those who have gone is
one of satisfaction with the change.
For some time after leaving Lynchburg
the traveler sees very few traces of the war.
But after passing Orange Court House the
still existing evidences of the mighty strug
pie begin to multiply. After crossing the
Rapidan River we come to that section of
Virginia which was made completely deso
late. All aloDg the lino of the road the earth
works still &tand with their walls of red
clay, which were stamped iulo solidity by
the feet of the sentrys who for four long
years paced their rounds upon those rude
ramparts. For miles on either side of the
road the forests were swept away to
furnish fuel for the vast armies which
wintered hero face to face with each
other. The feno-s and out-houses are
gone, aud lonesome-looking chimneys
in their dreary isolation tell where
fine old Virginia mansions once stood
with ever open and hospitable doors.—
Here you can see acres of ground still cov
ered with the chimneys of stone which
served to create a draft to the huts in
which whole armies burrowed half under
ground for months. The Union forces
hugged the line of railroad, while the rebels
ranged discursively where they saw fit;
and as you pass from Gordonsville north
ward you can see at how great a disadvan
tage Lee had our armies during the second
Bull Run battle, under the blundering and
boastful Pope. As we swept through this
section of country, and looked at its won
derful capacity forjdefense, we wondered
that the Southern people ever permitted
the first step to be taken toward
an invasion of the North. Had they made
the war a purely defensive one from the
start, and conducted it patiently upon a
comprehensive policy based upon that idea,
they could never have been conquered;
and the Southern Confederacy would have
been an existing government to-day, recog
nized as an independent and sovereign na
tion by ns and all the world. The ride
from Lynchburg to Alexandria by this
route is full of interest, and it is well worth
any oue’s while to go over it, just for the
purpose of catching a passing glimpse at
the scenes of so many memorable events.
The train we were on ran slowly enough to
give us a first-rate view of the country, and
we found plenty of people among the pas
sengers who could point out to us the plac
es of interest. Some had served on one
side and some on the other. Here we
heard an ex-rebel describing the part his
division took in the Second Bull Ruu bat
tie, while just behind him sat a Northern
i soldier who had been in the opposing ranks.
( They shook hands with each other cordial
ly. And as we looked on at the scene we
could not help but wish, that all the ani
mositie-s engendered by the late strife
might speedily be as effectually buried, as
was that which once actuated the brave
men who thus casually met for the second
time in their lives.
We arrived in Alexandria just at thetime
when General Lee was receiving hisfriends
at a private residence in that city, but,
j without an intimation of the mere presence
of the man on whose exploits we had been
i thinkiug all day, we took the boat for
j Washington, and a half hour’s ride on one
J of the most beautiful rivers in the world
; lauded us safely in the National Capital,
■ where we spent a day pleasantly with
! frieuds, some of whom we had uot seen for
Thc Irisn Church Bill.
The bill for the disestablishment and
disendowment of the Irish Church has
passed the House of Commons by a ma
jority of one hundred and fourteen. It
now goes to the House of Lords for con
currence. It said they dislike it great
ly, but it is not likely they will long re
sist its passage. Mr. Gladstone is in
earnest about this matter, and if the
Lords do throw out the bill he will
promptly send it back unaltered. They
dread his power of creating new peers,
and will eventually be forced to suc
cumb. Earl Grey finally carried the
first Reform bill by threatening to ex
ercise that prerogative. It may be ta
ken for granted that the fate of the Irish
Church is sealed, and an old and irrita
ting Irish grievance doomed.
It is stated that in Boston there is a
new movement. The young men there
have organized an “American Liberty
Legion,” of which Mr. M. C. Mengis is
President, ami which is to advocate the
extension of the ballot to all males be
tween the ages of eighteen and twenty
one. They assert that they have strong
claims to the right of suffrage, inas
much as they are taxed with older per
sons, and are subjected alike with them
to perform military duty. The organ
i/.ation has indulged in a newspaper en
terprise, which paper they have named
the litjoruicr, and the motto of which
is: “ Bullets should win ballots—Taxa
tion should entitle to Representation.”
The movement is said to have many
supporters among prominent men, but
it will probably require much agitation
to receive serious consideration.
A Kilting Rebuke.
I The Logans and Siekleses are well re
. buked in a letter written by Chief Jus
; lice Chase, in response to an invitation
j from Charleston, S. C\, to attend the
ceremony of decorating the graves of
! Union soldiers at Magnolia Cemetery.
He writes: “May we not indulge the
hone that ere long we who adhered to
ihe national cause will be prompt also
to join in commemorating the heroism
I of our countrymen who fell on the other
side, ami that those who now specially
mourn their loss, consenting to the ur
\ hitrament of arms, and resuming all
' their old love for their country, one and
indivisible, will join with us in a like
commemoration of the fallen brave of
the army of the Union.”
Tin-: “fat boy” of the Thug Organ
calls the editor of the Hx]>rcs.% an
, “ amiable guerilla.” We suppose that
jis what Artemus Ward used to call
“sarkasum.” It is evident the “fat
| boy” was not in as amiable a mood as
; a fat boy ought to be when he iuveiUed
! that uuamiahle epithet.
i Skcketauv iiouTWEJ.n has divided
| the territory of the United States into
fourteen districts, and has appointed a
special Treasury agent to each, with
1 numerous assistants. The Washington
! correspondent of the N. Y. Herald esti
, mates the annual cost of these new offi
| cials at the modest little sumofs3Sl,-
onO, aud insists that there is no legal
1 authority for their appointment. The
i people would be rejoiced to learu that
i they are to be saved this additional ex
pense, did they not know that the Rad
icals of Congress are always ready to
add to the number of useless officials,
regardless of the cost. We do not ap
prehend that Mr. Boutwell will find
any difficulty in getting all his illegally
appointed underlings paid full salaries.
■ Modest merit is sure to be appreci
; ated, and we were therefore notsur
! prised to find in the reported proceed
| ings of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps
; the following paragraph :
The Secretary read as follows :
Harkihuuru, June 1, 1869. General 11.
I G-, Nickel: Official business prevents me
being with you to-day.
! ” J. W. Geary.
j Some one here proposed three cheers
j/or Governor Curtin , which were given.
| How are you Snicker&ville!
! The New York Citizen says that
, Mrs. Jenny June Croly has called for a
parliament of women, to be held in
j that city next October. Parliament 1 3
derived from a word signifying to talk.
I Won’t there be a high old talk on that
' occasion.
The WnsMngton Municipal Election.
Citizens Driven from the Polls—Negroes
etono and t lab tbe Police.
The Municipal Election at Washington
yesterday resulted in a victory for the Rad
ical ticket. A special to the Patriot states
that not oontented with this a Radical riot
of the most disgraceful and disorderly char
acter was inaugurated at about tnree
o’clock. The negroes, who, during the
early part of the day bad been tilled with
whiskey oy their candidates, began to
gather in crowds throughout the city and
commenced marching aud shouting deli
ance to police and all law and order. The
scene in a short time became the most
shameful and damnable that ever disgraced
a civilized city. The police were stoned,
clubbed, cut and beaten wherever they
made their appearance.
The riot commenced in this manner : It
appears that a negro named Stuart had
voted the citizen’s ticket, and on being seen I
bv the mob it was the signal lor a general ]
rush towards him for the purpo*eof'indict- I
ing summary punishment. Stuart 1U d '
aud entered a store. Toe negroes burst j
opeu the doors aud pul tbo proprietors to
flight. At this juncture Major Richards,
with a large squad of police, some of whom
were mounted, arriveu on the scene. Ti *
street tu trout of the building was partially
cleared, and Stuart, who was hid in an up
per story, was brought out for the purpose
of removing him to a place of safety. On
making ins appearance the bluck demons
sent up a dealening veil, demanding that
be should be handed over to them on the
spot. Cries of “ Hang hiln !" Shoot him!"
Cut him into pieces !" rent the air. A ter
rible onslaught was made on tho police,
who formed a hollow square around the
unfortunate man. The police did their
duty manfully, and when all other means
failed tired on tho mob. There was a more
determined effort on the purt of the mob.
Shots were tired ; stones ami bricks were
showered down upon the police.
A pistol was tired in such close proximity
to Major Richards' head as to burn his face.
His horse received a shot in the leg ami
several policemen received’ wounds, many
of which it is feared will result fatally.
Two negroes were shot through the head
and instantly killed, whilst many others
received injuries which, it is hoped, will
serve as a lesson to them in future.
It is said that application was made to
the White Hons.- fora detachment of troops
to quell the riot, but the n quest was de
nied.
A rumor that a company of marines were*
ordered out from the navy yard caused
the moL to disperso.
There was considerable fighting during
night in different parts of the city.
Many citizens were driven from the polls
while the election was going on. Two men
wiio expressed a desire to Note the citizens'
ticket were dragged from their carriage
and pounded to insensibility. Thenegrms
seemed to act with a seme of being sustain
ed by their white brethi rn, tin* Radicals.
The Radicals eler-.- d lln-ir « :iti ">* oily
ticket at Washington \oienlay, including
the Collector, Register and Surveyor, by n
large majority, probably over three thou
sand. Nine negroes are eleeted, namely:
Tile Register, one Alderman aud seven
members oft he Common Council.
Tin* vote was lighter than it was nt the
municipal election last year, the number of
registered voters now being live thousand
less than it was then. The election was for
Collector, Register, Surveyor,nnd Members
of City Councils.
'ldle Radicals elected .I.dm V. Cook, a
negro, for Register; a negro Alderman;
six negroes tor Coiinm Council, out of Ul to
be el cell'd, or one negro m each of the seven
wards fir the City Councils.
Public Debt Statement
W as j it noton, .June J.
The public debt st m nn iil for the month
of May is as follows:
UU'AI'ITI’UTION UK la iiT lIRAUINU INTtKEST
Bonds at '> p> r cent
LPiiiiK al ■ > per cent., ltMU's.
Komis of issc. al <> per c« nl.
5-giJ bumfs at ti per ceul
A mount outst-i ml lag.
InU-ies'.
Cert til cates I! pe r ecu l interest... s.>!.< >7 j m'O mi
Navy peusion u. uU ti per cent. in. I l.uoo (»>u id
Amount outstanding,
luteri st
DKtVr REAKISC No INTEREST. VIZ:
Demand am I legal leu tier note*.. $; ■.•)!), 'l I i 0
Bosliil ami iraoiiuiml cnneticy.. .t'l, t ;‘J Hi
Cerlllicates ot gold deposited i;t,;vla,7J) 00
Amount nutst Hiding S-ll’J soU,'. h 7 -to
LU.IJTuN WHICH INTh.RK.cr ll VS CKASKU SINCE
MATURITY
Amount outstanding
interest
TOT a r. Uilir.
Principal outstanding St
Accrued interest
Total debt, principal and i at crest?'.
AM CNT IN HIE TUKASL’H V.
Coin In the Treasury {si.Silt),Bill I 0
Coin lur v him i ert HU- t« .■» ot de-
posit are outstanding
Currency
Sinking Jinni. m bonds hearing
coiu inteiest and ue<*rueu Inter
est thereon
Amount of public dr bt, U-s* noli
and siuk lug lui.ll, in llie Tl eiis-
Amount ot public <b bt. less cash
and sinking land, in tbe'i’nas
ury on the lit ultimo
De-rensc "f the public debt dur
ing ttie pusl luuuili
Decrease since March I. ImIH SC >\)
IiONUH J.-vO'EI) TO THE J'A Cl Kir HA 11.KOA U AND
Amount, issued jf.'S.::G-S :cu no
lulete.si accrued and not yet pa.d I -lUl.ilM 2a
Inteiest paid by ibe U H :{,'!Hj,o6.'( Tin
Interest repaid by transportation
i f malls, Ac*
Balance oi interest due V. S.
C lose of tlir .Noli<eppo Trial—The Prison
er Convicted ol tl order — I T lu* Murderer
Titus Pleads t.tillty, „
Cahi.islk, June :>.—Tho Sclucppu mur
der trial was concluded to-day. The de
fendant was f-.nnd guilty of murder in the
first degree. Yesterday was occupied by
the reading of additional medical authori
ties on one side and the other by tin* speeches
of \V. J. Ncbearer, for tin* prosecution, and
the speeches of \V. 1L Mtiler, Esq., and
Hon.Mumuel Hepburn on tin* part of the
defendant. Thu District Attorney, C. E.
M ightughlin, 1-Nq., closed on the part of tho
prosecution this morning in an elaborate
and able argument. The court then deliv
er' d a very impartial charge to the jury, re
view ing the entire testimony and explain
ing .".nd answering the law points submit
ted by the counsel for the defence. The
jury then, at one o’clock I*. M., went to
their room and returned into court at live
o'clock with a verdict that they find tile de
fendant, Dr. Paul Nehn'ppe, guilty of mur
der in llie first degree, in tin* manner and
form as bo stands indicted. The counsel for
the defence made the usual motion tor a new
trial. So much interest is caused over this
case that one of our papers (Liu* Carlisle
llemitl) is printing the entire e\ idence. the
argument of counsel and the charge of the
court, in book form.
Adam Titus, charged with the murder of
Henry Stamm, near Shippeusburg, tins
county, in the beginning of January last,
was ttiis alternoon arraigned by the Dis
trict Attorney and pleaded guilty lo the in
dictment. Thu court wiil to-morrow hear
tho testimony on the part of the Common
wealth in order to determine tho degree of
guilt. The prisoners are both Hermans,
and have not been in-this country very
long.
Military Trial In Texas a Wit
ness to 1 cMtlfj.
Texas .him* 2.—ln the mili
tary trial to day. Richard Figueres, who
had turned Stale's evidence, the pruM-cu
lion's .strongest witness, was placed oil the
gland. At first he staled he did not want
to give his evidence, as General Buell ex
pected more of him than he could tell, and
had this morning threatened him with
prosecution am) punishment lor perjury if
he did not tell all he had slated privately ;
also that he would be tried for the crime
with the balance. Ho only recognized a fi-w
ot the prisoners. Figueres shed tears, atul
the scene created much feeling, liislesli
mony was not concluded. One or twomore
freedmen have been examined, and sworn
every way. The trial will last three months.
Twenty-one prisoners are under trial by
this military commission. They have ull
been con lined in tin* st-s'kadeat Jitl'erson
for several months, and are charged with
conspiracy to oppose the reconstruction
laws of the United States and with Ihe
murder of G. \\ . Smith and two or three
others. The (ollowing uio the names ot the
men on trial:
Richard I*. Crumb, Ludwig P. Alford,
Wm. li. Mugill, Mark 11. Joplin, Silas H.
Nance, Charles L Pilcher, John A. Rich
ardson, Matthew 1). Taylor, John C. Mur
phy, Jr, Henry A. Snaley, Walter L.
Marshall, John M. Vine-, William A.
Hightower, David K. Carpenter, Richard
Batte, William I). IlannagMii. George Gray,
Oscar Gray, ilenrv M- \\oodsmall, Wil
liam K. Crawlord, S’athaniel McCoy, freed
om!), Richard Davis, Iret-dman.
It is charged in itie speciticalions that
lhe>o men, and twice as many more not
vet arrested, were members of the “K nights
of the Rising Sun," an organization which
the military claim they can prove wag for
the purpose of murdering people who did
Dot agree with them in opinion.
Opinion of Attorney Uenernl Hoar.
In the case of James Weaver, a citizen of
Texas, convicted of murder by a military
commission and sentenced to be hanged,
Attorney General Hoar has given un opin
ion sustaining the legality ot the mllitury
Court, and stating that he sees.no reason for
the President withholding his approval of
the finding. Tho Attorney General holds
that military trials are authorized by the
reconstruction acts of Congress, which has
power to declare war, and to declare when
war is ended. The rights of war do not ter
minate with the cessation ot actual hostili
ties and in Texas the war is not, to all In
tern’s uud purposes, ended.
United States Mint.
The deposits at the United States Mint,
at Philadelphia, for May, were $901,676 118
in gold and $47,137 18 in silver. The coin
age for the same time was $030,000 86 in
gold, 27,596 f>o in silver, 36,950 in nickleand
§13,030 in bronze. Besides this coinago
there passed from the mint §10,231 in lino
gold burs and §17,909 85 in fine silver bars.
The business of the mint was quite small-,
the total number of pieces coined being
1,205,500, of the total value of §507,626 SU.
The work per month has frequently been
five or six times this an£7unt.
Tho B«slitrr Law.
Just about this lima tbe assessors are
moving around to collect what information
they can concerning the right of the people
to vote. It is to be hoped that Demot ratio
assessors will do as littK) as possible ot this
contemptible work assigned them by the
Radical Legislature. They will thus savo
the Commouwealtb many thousands of dol
lars, relieve tbe pooplo from much petty
annoyance, and preserve thoirjown seif ro
apect. We know it is a very naive and
simple request to make of the assessors, for
most petty officials eudeavor to make all
the money they can out of their paltry por
tions, that being tbe motive in usking for
them. This registry law, if carried out in
accordance with tbe intentions of its makers,
will cost the Commonwealth not less thun
ifive huudred thousand dollars a year; as
there is pretty constant work for the asses
sors from the first day of Juno until the
second Tuesday in October.
But it must be remembered that no want
ol registry will deprive the citizen of his
right to vote, provided he conforms to the
Constitution of the Commonwealth. That
law which the people themselves framed,
was designed to make the exercise of suf
frage sun pie and free. As if in fear that tbo
day would come when a corrupt legislature
, would undeitake to throw obstacles in tbo
1 path of the citizen on his way io the polls.
the framers of the Constitution imbeddid
:in that law a few simple rules concerning
j the exercise of suffrage. These rules no
| legislature can abrogate, tmubl'v nr impair,
i Tne CoiMitunnn expnssly declares that
'• every while freeman of theage ot twi-niv
cne } oars, having resided in this State one
year, and iu tlit* election disuiet where he
oilers io vote, ten days immediately pro
ceding such election, and wnlun two years
paid a State or county tax which shall have
been assessed at least ten days belore the
election, shall enjoy the rights of an " ejec
tor." 'fins is the law which dt-lerniinouho
qualifications for sutfrnge. Tin* citizen who
has been assessed and paid a State or county
tax within two years, requires neither r.-g
-j istratioii tmr assessment, to entitle him to a
i vote. TheConsiitmion protects him against
the conspirators in the legislut lire vs In> made
' an obscure, cumbersome and.interminable
I enactment in order to entrap bun, and de-
I fraud him of the right of stitlrage. It was
l tilt) Radical Legislature oflast winter wfiich
| has thus been happliv anticipated by the
I founders of the Constitution. This Legisla
, lure borrowed the registry law from States
I who-e Constitutions do not so carefully tic
| line the qualifications of a voter as does
, that of Pennsylvania. Tin* Radicals in ■he
j but Legislature, iu Hus instance, aswell as
I om* or two other memorable ones, quite
I ignored the important consideration limt
! there is a St.ite Const ii ut ton, which protects
I the citizen alike against thtnr igu-.ranee and
i their cunning.
By the provisions of this infamous enact
ment, the “claimant ol a vote" (that is tin
phrase inwhirh the citizen ol PenusylvuniaL
is described) it’ not a housekeeper, must
give to the assessor his place of boarding,
ami the name of the boarding house-kt eprr,
and if working for another, tlie name ot bis
employer. This beaulitul provision to in
sult and annoy honest citizens, and convert
assessors into domestic spies, will work
somewhat in this fashion. .John Thomson
is a butcher, and boards with pretty Mis.
Jones in A street, and killsj lor Ke_\scr.
'The assessor comes around and ask- tin* im
pertinent questions required by this law.
11 Thomson liup pens to he in a eon uu tunc.i*
ttvo mood, hu gives the required lnloriinV
tion, and down go tbo two important facts
recorded above, on tin* assessor’s lis h, as a
necessary preliminary to Thomson's* onjoy
| ment of tile right ol suffrage next Ueluher.
| Bui belore a week has elapsed alter regia
! (ration, John Thomson, iu tin* exercise of a
1 right which tho legislature lias not \ et as
sumed lo control, tias clmngeil In- place of
1 boarding. lie Ims quarreled with the lovely
i widow, has removed into B vtioet, ami no
I longer kills for K. Soon Hie vigiluni and
industrious assessor, will) a laudable desire
to carry out tho law and earn ins | ay, is
: around once more and again takes up
Thomson in a new boarding home, amt
I working with another employer. This huh*
] registration operation may go on a ball
I dozen tunes between the Just da}’ of Juno
j and tbo tiisl dav of October, and if tho pu
-1 lienee ol the independent citizen who bears
the mum* of Thomson without a p, lias not
by this time In mo slightly disturbed, tho
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lad must be attributed to Ids innocent trade
of killing sheep and lamb*. But what n
jumble will tho assessor's books make!
What a tale will they tell of tho wanderings
of Thomson !
By the express terms of tlioConstitulion,
the eit.Zell ol Pennsylvania who is between
the ages of twenty-one and twenty two is
not required to pity any tax lo entitle him
to tin* privilege of an elector. lie of course
need not lie assessed. Bill the Radical law
requires Ids registration to entitle him to a
vote, or subjects bun to extraordinary
modes of establishing his right at the polls.
If the assessor in pursuit of his vocation
should ask one of our youth who Is about
to ass mm* the rights of man hood, i ho ques
lions concerning Ins age required hv this
law, and should lie answered “ forty f” tho
information thus obtained would bo no
very valuable contribution to bis registry
book, nor would the figure “forty" opposite
tlx* name of the lively youth iu any way
ailed his right to vote on age, according to
tho Constitution, without proper iegi.-jj.ru
lion or pa} merit of tax. Or if a young man
coming to ins majority should answer an
impudent assessor’s quest ion concerning
Ins age by pulling his lingrts contempt. •
uotisly to his nose, and replying “Ask my
mother and she’ll let you know." tho lad •
tiro ot the assessor to find the maternal an
cestor, and thus record tin* information in
Ins hook of registration, w ill iu no way ai
led the rigid of the young citizen to tin*
exercise of suffrage. Tho Constitution
guarantees him the rigid to vote <«n comply •
mg with its provisions. The rcgi-lry law
lias riot repealed t he ('oust K utioii, although
Radical legislators may imagine so.
If a natuiHllzed citizen who was born on
the banks of the Shannon should tell the
assessor that he was born at Nchlippen-
Schloppen in Herman}’, and the assessor
should so enter it in his book ot registry,
aud on examination of (In* naturalization
papers at the polls on election day, they
should show that the claimant was born in
Ireland, tho slight discrepancy would in in*
manner impair ins rigid to vote. The imt*
uralization papers prove right ot citizenship,
and no registry law can defeat that instru
ment. Ignorant or dishonest election offi
cers alone could avail themselves ol the
registers’ lists to deprive a ciiizen of his
rights, when lie has made good his claims
under the Constitution, and by hisauihen
tic certificate of citizenship If the citizen,
native or naturalized, shall strictly comply
with the Idler ot the Constitution of tin*
•State, this registry law cannot ailed him in
his right--. Compliance with tin* higher
law will make that transparent piece of
Legislative trickery a inert* nullity. Its
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only Use will be to annoy honest oil iz«*us m
the exercise of their rights and to abstract
a large sum of money annually from the
Slate Treasury to pay the wages of asses
sors for molesting theip neighbor!!.— liar
ji-'.fiurij J’ittnot.
What tho Bninmor* tl I<l Booty of Ini*
mouse V *liu- iHwcovcrcd— Wlml Will
Be Hone with 11.
Single June, is6.‘>, three large wooden box
es, received at that time, by the Treasury
Department, from tin* Provost Marshal
( M-neral of ttie Army of the TentieHseo, have
lain in the Treasury vaults. The hoxis
were sent directly to tho War Department ;
bill Secretary Stanton turned them river to
Secretary Spinner, ifii Friday, at Ihe in
stance of a Cm ted States Senator— a por
tion ot whose constituents were supposed
to be interested in the contents—tho boxes
wero opened. A joint order of tin* two De
partments was issued to that elliet. The
boxes were found to contain exceedingly
tii l liable in voice of d in moiids, pearls, m*rk •
laces, watches, ear rings, brnorhes, chains,
seals,nd all manner of rare and expeii'-l ve
jewelry to ihe value of many thousands of
dollars. The most valuable properly, liow
evi r, which the boxes contained, jmh i l .
very large amount of solid si I ver wme, run •
sibling of pitchers, salvers, spoons, knive-.
urns, cups and all kinds of plaie, some >.i
which was thought to have been more than
ali u mired years old. (>ne of [lit* boxes con
tained some very re-li wearing apparel tor
ladies —silks, velvets, lares, Ac. besides an
i tiered ibh* »»mou n l of ('mi led crate note* and
bonds, and'notes ol .State hanks. There
was also a small amount of specie, both
gold ami silver. Tho boxes were about tho
size of ordinary dry goods boxes, und tho
value of their contents is variously estima
ted at from to SH:o,UiW. Many ol the
articles contained the family cri-sls. initials
or monograms of the owners, and all were
of the finest und most cosily description.
The valuables are supposed to have been
taken possession of by General Sherman's
men in Georgia and other States, whero
they had been abandoned by the llceing
inhabitants. In some cases ihev wero
taken from banks which had ceased to do
business upon the uppronch ol the Federal
army.
It is said that tin* Department officers are
uncertain as to how they shall disjsmo of
the properly. Some hold that it should be
returned, under proper restrictions and
proof to the owners, if they can by found,
nibers hold that the property belongs to tho
Government. In our view of the case the
former opinion is alone consistent with Jus
tice and the dignity of the Government.—
Nothing has yet been done, and the valua
bles are returned to tho vaultsol tho Treas
ury.
Two Boys Torn to Pieces by » I’antlior
l From the Louisville Cour.t-r Journal.l
A man living in Taney county, Mo., re
cently sent his boy to mill, a distance of
ten or twelve miles, and, tho boy not re
turning as soon as usual, a neighbor sent
Ids boy to see what had become - f the lad,
and the second boy not returning in due
season, a party consisting of the parents of
the boys and tnree or four other men, all
armed, started tosenrch for tho youths. Af
ter traveling some four miles a sight suffi
cient to chill tho blood of tho bravest was
presented to their view. Right by the side
of the road was a large panther deliberately
tearing the flesh from the remains of one of
the boys—the last sent out. Tho grief and
horror-stricken parent raised his gun to his
shoulder, and, taking good aim, fired and
killed tho ferocious beast. After searching
o mile or so more, the mutilated remains of
the other boy wero also found.
The small pox in NewJYork city is pro
nounced epidemic, though it is said to be
well under control. Tho New York Times
The existence of numerous cases of small
pox in the city for several months past has
been well known to tho Board of Health
and other authorities, but, for commercial
as well as sanitary reasons, tho Intelligence
has been concealed from the general pub
lic. The active efforts of the Board of
Health to prevent the spread of the disease
* have been very effective.