WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1869.. DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET, ' FOR GOVERNOR: Bon. ASi PACKKB, of carton county. FOB JpDGE OF SUPREME COURT: . Hon. CTBUS I. PEBSHISfij of Cambria co. Tiio Trlamph In Tennessee. The election in Tennessee furnishes most substantial cause for rejoicing. The Radicals had established there a system of disfranchisement which was so sweeping and so rigid in its provis ions that there seemed to be little hope of breaking their power byState action. A large majority ofthe whitefl, compris ing nearly all the intelligence and wealth ofthe State, were kept from the polls, while the voting was chiefly done by ignorant negroes marshaled under the leadership of scaiywags and carpet baggers. Galling as such a state of things was, the only hope of the white property holders seemed to be that the Supreme Court of the United States would decide the infamous disfranchise ment acts to be unconstitutional. So strong was the hold which the Radicals had managed to secure that there seem ed to be little prospect of breaking it in any other way for years to come. Less than half the people of the State were voters. Those who were enfran chised numbered about 95,000, while not less than 110,000 whit,()00 ■white Conservatives will be added 110,- 000 disfranchised whites. 11 all the negroes should continue to vote with the white Radicals the staLus of parties in the .State would he as follows : White Conservative Hem curat*. White and black Kadlml* Democratic majority But the negroes will not all vote with the Radicals hereafter. Thousands of them voted for Hi nlcr, and a very large proportion of them w'ill vote with their employers in future. Overwhelming as wastliedefeatof Radicalism in Virginia it is still more complete in Tennessee. The home of the old Democratic hero, Andrew Jackson, has been redeemed, aud the reign of the carpet-baggers and scalywags is forever at ail end in that gallant blate. As it ic in Tennessee and Virginia, so it will be everywhere throughout the South. • The negroes will only help to swell the Democratic majorities. Thus have all the schemes of the Radicals for controlling that section been suddenly thwarted and broken up forever. The fabric which Congress spent so much time in rearing, has crumbled to pieces, and every Southern State can be relied upon for a Democratic majority at the next Presidential election. The election of Asa Packer in Pennsylvania, and Gen. Rosecrans in Ohio are the next great conservative victories to be record ed. That we will chronicle them in due time we have no doubt. The Doom of the Hndlciil Farty. The more sagacious and honest news, papers of the Republican party openly admit that the power of thoorganization is broken, aud its rule[almost at an cud. The New York Hun says: The Republican party seems to be pussing through a most dangerous crisis. The Southern elections are all against it, aud if the current is not changed, itn doom is cer tain. Three causes are working for the de struction of this great party : the conspicu ous failure of Grant’s Administration; the universal amnesty notions of the Hon. Bo rneo Greely ; uud the instability of thenegro vole. , After exposing the titter imbecility of Grant’s Administration, showing how impossible itis for the Republican party to hold control of a single Southern State except by keeping the whites dis frauchioed, aud alluding .in mournful terms to the unreliable character of the negro vote, the Hint makes tbisemplmtic assertion; 1 The recent Muoliuus iu Ibo South, then* fore, do not uiuio clearly indicate lo the Democracy the road l-yj S'lfich they arc to uchiove a national viciulry in 1-bTli, than they point out to the Republicans the men ami Lhe,ineusureH whereby' their doom is al ready aeulcd. That the predictions of the »i> tin will be fulfilled to the letter, no sagacious man can doubt. The days of Radical rule of this conn try are almost at an end. The election of Asa Packer in Pennsyl vania will be the finishing stroke, the <-oup do {/race. ! Cheering Political News, The political news which appears in our columns to-day is highly encour aging. Radicalism is not only routed, but utterly destroyed iu Tennessee. The election uf Beater and the choice of a Conservative Legislature-pledged to the repeal of the odious disfranchisement acts, will give the .Democracy a reliable majority of aboutonehuridred thousand in the Slate. That will afford a com fortable margin for the Presidential election in ISTd.' The Democratic victory in Montana is also cheering. The political sky is bright, and the fuluro is full of promise. Let the Democracy of Pennsylvania work as they ought, and the Keystone State will be redeemed on the second Tuesday of October so sure as the sun rises. Requested to (Resign, Attorney General Brewster has been “impudently requested (lo resign by John Covodc. This uas doile at the instance of Geary who was moved thereto by Simon Cameron. Simon hates Brewster because he had the manliness to oppose his rascally schemes attjho time the last United teUtes Senator was elected. Simon will only Geary on con dition that he throws Brewster over board. Fearingtouct hiiAself Geary got Covodo io request a resignation. Brew ster peremptorily declined to do as re quested, and the result is', another ugly '"quarrel in the ranks of the Pennsylva nia Radicals ■ , ,„ r 1 - Andrew Johnson. A special despatch to limey's Press states that Andrew Johnson is sure to be returned to the V. S. from Tennessee. We hope thal may prove to be the case. Andrew j Johnson in the present ISenate wiJl be emphatically the right man in the place. He will handle the Radicals withoutgloves, and will be a sharp thorn ii their sides. By all means let him be chosen. It will be a perfect specimen of retributive jus tice. another Assault upon catholics. 'Geary’s home organ,, the Harrisburg Telegraph , is keeping up its assaults upon the Catholicß. Its last issue con tained a most scurrilous article, defam atory-of several respectable citizens of that place. Theanimusjof the article ■was sectarian bigotry and hatred of Catholics. A new crusade againet that denomination of Christians is being in dustriously fomented; by| Geary’s home organ. We look for a speedy revival of all the proscriptive tenets of know* nothingism In Pennsylvania. Other Radical papers are following the lead of the Telegraph. rpiq-pp t a TsTC A STRIH, ~W -A.TTG-TJST 11, 1869. v Armstrong, Bteiiman, Illyns & ,Co. ■ * : A. Armstrong, origlhaUy- a Philadel phia Policeman, later a member of the ■Legislature from Lancaster county, and -.now an aspirant for a seat in the State Senate, published a long letter in the Express of last "Wednesday. The writer seems to consider that he has been ma ligned by certain evil-tongued persons in his own party. The charges that he drew too much mileage, and that instrumental in enabling Ulyus to filch $712 from the State Treasury, have ex cited this aspirant honors very much, as is evident from his-letten We have not room to publish Mr. Armstrong's statement in full, and must content ourselves with giving an ac count of the Illyusand the mileage mat ter from the facts furnished by Mr. Armstrong and others within our own knowledge. It appears -from Mr. Arm strong’s statement that in 18GG, John M. Stehman, being the only “old mem ber” elected from this [county, claimed the privilege of appointing, one of three officers about the House Whieh were conceded to Lancaster county. Stehman appointed Illy us, leaving Arm strong, Roath and Steacy to agree upon the other two, which they did. The next winter Stehman was not returned, but Armstrong, after having declined to do so at the close of the session of 66, at some time during the succeeding campaign, agreed to take care of Illyns. The moving cause for this subsequent agreement was no doubt the support which Stehman and Illyus gave to se cure Armstrong’s renomination. At the commencement'of the session of 1867, there was a squabble over the division of the subordinate offices, and, if what Republican members said is to be be lieved, Armstrong bolted the caucus nomination for Speaker, because he could not get an large a share of plun der as he demanded. Ho put his oppo sition to the re-election of Davis on the ground of principle, but he afterwards 'gave the lie to all such professions by agreeing to vote forDaviSj on cohdilion that he should have the naming of an additional clerk. When he attempted to reap the reward of his trickery he was foiled, a resolution which heoflered being voted down. Whilethe figlitover the Speakership was going on, Stehman visited Harrisburg, according to Arm strong’s statement, and took him to task for opposing Davis, declaring that “he (Armstrong) had been left out in the cold aud ; .Ulyus with him.” Armstrong states further that Stehman informed him the next day that he had the prom ise of Davis that Illyus should be attend ed to. Armstrong’s statement ends with an averment that Illyus could not have been paid wilhout a warrant drawn by the Speaker on the State Treasurer, which had to be countersigned by the Chief Clerk. So much for Mr. Ann strong’aownstatemeutof his connection with Illyus. On Friday Jlyus appeared in the Ex press with the following sworn state ment : Nkvksvii.lk, Fa., Aug. f»th, 1666. Editors of the Express: 1 notice iu your issue ofthe -Kb inst., that the Hon. A. Arm strong, in a letter, is vindicating himself from haying any connection with my re ceiving pay at‘Harrisburg as pastor and folder, in the Session of 1868, and implicat ing John M. Stehman, that through his in* lluencol wn3 paid for that position. I deem it but an act of justico to Mr. Stehman, to state through your valuablo paper, under oath, the exact case: First, in the session of : (>7 I was one of the Transcribing Clerks of the House, be ing then appointed through Mr. Stehrnan ; but as Mr. Stehman was no candidate in the Fall ol ’67,1 and my friends, Mr. Stc-h -man included, prevailed on Mr. Armstrong and Mr. Steacy, in .the event of their re electton, to have me re appointed as Tran scribing Cl’k, which they agreed to do. They asked mo repeatedly to use my inilu ; ence in their behalf, which I did, in my own district, and several other districts I can vassed. Mr. Armstrong asked me how niauy votes ho could depend on from Man heim twp., I told him about lifiy, and he was satisfied—but we gave him several more After his eleotion,.! and my friends urged my claim. He promised ho would have it done when the caucus met, prior to the organization. Mr. Armstrong re fused to go into caucus, aud in consequence of which (I then being his man for the above-named position) I fell. After tho House attempted to organize, Mr. Arm strong, with eight other members, locked the organization—of which nearly every person is aware. After the Houso was or ganized, and Mr. Armstrong voting for Mr. Davis for Speaker, Mr. Davis anil others, oifered to give him a position as paster and folder for me—but said that a Cierkship could not bo had. Mr. Stehrnpn and others urged him to accept it, and I agreed to take it. But Mr. Armstrong still refused to ac cept it. Then Mr. S. cumo to mo and said that they may now do as they please, he would huvo no more to do with it, and went home. Mr. Armsfrongdboii told rne he was going to have me appointed by re.so lution, and said that he had made an ar rangement to that effect with Mr, Day is and others ; and in consequence of a failure for a clerkship, 1 should nave tho appointment of paster and folder, anyhow. I was off and <>n at Harrisburg every week a few days, for about five weeks, still expecting to be set to work, when they told me not to come till they would send for me. I became dis gusted, and dici not go up any more until toward the dost- of the session. I wrote to M r. Armstrong asking what would be done in my case, wheu he sent me the following despatch : IJarrisruro, April 13th, IS6B.—To A. C. Illyns: Come vp. [Signed.] A. ARMSTRONG.” I did go up, and at the close of tbe Session, Mr. Armstrong said I could get my warrant by calling at tbo Chief Clerk’s desk, when one of the clerks filled out my papers, and the Chief Clerk and Speaker signed them. I then pioceeded to the Treasurer’s office and drew §712. as pay and mileage tor paster and folder. A. C. Illyuh. Sworn and subscribed before ) me, August Mb, A. D. 1800. } [Stamp.] Walter G. Evans, Alderman. According to lilyus’ sworn statement he ia no better than a thief, inasmuch as he pocketed $712 of the public money, without ever having rendered the State the slightest service. His testimony, voluntarily given under oath, convicts Audrew Armstrong, the Speaker of the House,-the Chief Clerk, and the State Treasurer, of being principals with him in this unblushing piece of robbery. The whole case illustrates the manner in which the State Treasury nas been robbed under Johu W. Geary. We ask the honest Republicans of Lancaster county how they can eoulinue to sup port a party which is so confessedly corrupt ? How cau they vote for Geary who permits and connives atsucb gross rascal ily ? Andrew 7 Armstrong utterly fails to clear himself of the charge of pocket ing over one hundred dollars mileage. He refers to the records at Harrisburg, and quibbles about the matter, but he does not even assert his innocence of the eburgo or deny his guilt. This expo sure of the loose manner in which tbe finances of the State are managed ought to be sufllcieut to open the eyes of the people. If such things are not to be continued, there mußt be a complete political revolution in Pennsylvania. The re-election of Geary will encourage all the thieves to renew their attacks upon the State Treasury, and fraud, corruption, bribery and open robbery will still be the orderof the day at Har risburg. Alabama. The election for members of Congress and Legislature took place id Alabama, on Tuesday last. The telegraphic re ports of the result are very meagre, but enough is known to indicate a gain of several Democratic Congressmen, and a handsome Democratic majority on the popular vote. Grant carried the State by some 4,000 majority. The usual Radical riot was indulged in by the reconstructed ‘ men and brethren.’ West Point. A proposition has been made by the board of visitors to West Point to great ly enlarge the institution, with a view to a large increase in the, number of pupils. We do not think the suggestion will, be received with any degree of favor by the people. There are hun dreds of useless army officers now doing nothing but drawing'their pay from the Government. The people of the United States, the tax-burthened masses will not favor any further increase of that clasß of idlers. They are r?ady to do all the fighting that ha likely to co-me for many years, and do not apprehend that there will eyer be any lack of officers to lead them. * 1860—1808. Jn Democratic rule, tLe numbeKpf A oflfc'ei}s amVpermns em ployed inland abotlttheponse of Bep restpjtatipss at Harrisburg aud salaries, wtere as follows: '-*M« On© assistant clerk) One resident clerk— '*&£***'* **-' Four transcribing clerks (eacmfGso)'*.‘.. 2 - One extra do ••• 450 Flveaergeants-at-arms ($450)...- 25 ® Five doorkeepers ($450) - 2,250 Five messengers ($450) - One postmaster - Two extra messengers ($450). Tea-pages Fourteen pasters and Jolders (S3KJ)A—. 4,000 One marshal of yotnnda - 350 One ................ One man In "basement, ——• 350 Total officers, fifty-three la 1868, under Radical i ule, the House expenses and officers and employees, are thus stated in the official record : One clerk... One assistant clerk - bJJJ One resident clerk (J. A. BmulD- 1 *“" Six transcribing clerks - G.Otf) One ass’t resident clerk (W. Cooper) - J,ow One do. (W. F. Small)- ™ Six sergeants-at-arms u> ’y Ten doorkeepers - Eight messengers - - - Two postmasters (principal and ass't)...- 2.200 Thirty-eight pasters and folders - 00,500 One marshal of the rotunda Oae aab’t marshal of rotunda One engineer... - —■ One fireman - _ One assistant fireman One superintendent of closets One assistant do ‘ Thirteen pages Three additional cllicers, title unknown. *,400 Niaety-eJyht cflictrs..- There are the figures to ahow the ex travagance of the Republican party, as compared with Democratic economy, and figures won’t lie , you know. The number ofmembera of the Legislature haa not been increased since ISGO, and no vatld reason can be given for the in crease of useless officials. Let the tax payers of the State remember that there will be no reform until there fs a change in tile complexion of the Legislature, or an honest man in the Gubernatorial Chair. Geary is the willing tool of the “roosters” and “pinchers.” Bis re election would be the greatest calamity that could befall Pennsylyania. Thccor ruption which has developed such hide ous proportions under his fostering care would continue to increase. It would take more than sixty thousand dollars to pay for extra pasters and folders and other useless officials about the State CapitoL Let the tax-papers of Penn sylvania place Asa Packer in the Gu bernatorial Chair and there will be a • speedy change for the better. Geary’s Vetoes. The Radical newspapers are parading a report that Geary vetoed more bills than any of his predecessors, and are endeavoring thereby to produce the im pression that ho did something to check the tide of fimproper and corrupt legis lation. A look at the volumes of pamph let laws will let in a flood of light on that question. A mere glance at the outßide of the hooks would in fact he sufficient. In ISG2 the evil had not fairly begun, and we find the pamphlet lawsof that year contained in a compara tively thin volume, the whole number ot acts of Assembly beiug only SGo. By ]£()G the present systemof legislation had got fairly under way, and the number of bills passed was 11.12. The increase has been tremendous year by year over since. In ISG7 the number of bills passed by a corrupt Legislature and signed by Geary was H'J], and lust year it was still greater. A largo inajority oftliese hills never ought to have been passed. They constitute a hulk of cor rupt and improper legislation, such as never encumbered the statute hooka of any State. Only about seventy of the laws passed last winter are of a general character—all the rest were private bills. Tile people can see by looking at the Pamphlet Laws whether Geary inter posed his veto to prevent improper legislation. The figures which we have given tell the story. The truth is that he was always ready to sign any pet scheme of the “roosters” and “pinch ers.” His veto was not used to protect the people from outrage and wrong. He was the too! of the Legislative ring, and was hand in glove with the thieves. By pandering to them he managed to pack the State Convention and thus to secure a renomination, against ihe earnest wishes of the best men in the Republican party, thousands of whom will refuse to vote for him. Honest men of all parties will go to the ballot-box in October, and eacli one will say by his vote, veto —l forbid the re election of Geary. The Poor Man’s Pasture Fleld. Grant has converted tbe grounds about the Presidential mansion into a pasture field for his fast hor3es ; and the tired denizens of Washington city, the work ing men and their wives and children, the poor who can not afford to go off to watering places, and for whom war steamers are not provided, are deprived of the blessed privilege of getting a breath of fresh air. Policemen are posted at the gates, which always stood wide open under Democratic Presidents, to prevent any one from intruding upon the pasture Held of the blooded nnimals, which expectant office-seekers presented as bribes to a covetous Executive. Let no one say that is not in accord ance with the spirit of the Republican party. In this county an odious and oppressive local law prevents the poor man from turning his cow out to graze upon the commons or the edges of the highways. The act was put through last winter with the sanction of the ltadicalC members of the Legislature from this county. It applies to the townships of Bart and Colcrain. We have received several communications on the subject, some of them from men who have always voted the Republican ticket. Some of the farmeraof thatsec tion have taken advantage of the law, and have raised the price of pasture to so high a figure that more than one poor man nas been compelled to part with his cow. Thus are their families de prived of one of the greatest necessaries oflile. Such a law ought not *to have an existence ujion the statute books of Pennsylvania. It is not needed in such districts as Bart and Colerain, and is uDjustand oppressive. Legislating for the rich against the poor is the rule now. It is done in a thousand ways by a Radical Congress. The duty upon necessities is vastly great erin proportion than itison luxuries,aud the laboring men of the country pay the bulk of the taxes. A change ia needed, but it will never come until there is a change of rulers. Let the poor who are oppressed remember that. The Radicals, who are always legislating for the negro, neglect the interests of poor white men, and pass laws to oppress them. Bleeding Candidates. Under the above heading the Express publishes an account of a fellow who ha 3 been extracting money from the pockets of tbe Radical candidates who are now swarmiDg all over Lancaster county. It seems the offender is a ci gar peddler, who pretends that he has been and is doiDg valuable service for every expectant of office whom he meets. The extent of his levy on each one is five dollars. This thing of bleed ing candidates is not an uncommon thing in this county. If what the Ex press eays o f George Brubaker be true, be bleeds all who are put on the ring slate very copiously; and, if the Inqui rer is to be credited, the editors of the Express are like the horse leech of the Scripture, whiclj cries “give! "give!” It is gravely asserted that the editoria, columns of the Express are always open to purchasers, and that candidates pay its editors liberally for the support of what pretends to be a very moral and Independent newspaper. Bleedihg can didates Is certainly no new thing In Lancaster county, as many aspirants for office have discovered to their cost. Ho@ AEsfeibljmen Were.Nomlnatetl In !#. K&aneaster Co*f»tr r Tfie oorriiptlon.. t liat Masts in tHsJtaalr cal party'iof Lancaster nonn^jr'is'cer tainly unsurpassed. Tlje struggle now going on fir the local offices is WiDglng to public notice" domeM thelnfamoun intrigues of the leaders; The Columbia &py has contained some remarkable revelations of rascality, and it continues to add to the shameful record. Its last issue reveals the circumstances attend ing the election of members of Assembly last year, to which the Intelligencer has alluded on more than one occasion. The Spy confirms air we ever said on the subject, and gives the particulars of the corrupt job. It says: A vear ago it is well known that the lob bv corruptioniatsat Harrisburg, sent to this county in advance of tho primary election, at least t vo thousand dollars to be divided eauallv between the fonr gentlemen who were at the primary election that year, nominated for Assembly, and in order to make their election sure, each of those gen tlemen pnt into a “pot” two hundred and fifty dollars respectively, out of the five hundred received by eaob, to which was added from other sources fifteen hun dred dollars to be used in buying the support of the Chief Thug in Duke street, .and for other corrupt purposes.— The result proved the correctness of tho estimates made by honest “Don,” for the four men he bought and paid tor were returned as nominated. When these men of straw put in an oppearanoeat Har risbnrg, they were sought after by that pure roan. Bill Kemble, who did not then | know that they had already sold themselves to “Don.” lie was a candidate for office and generously drew his check for ten thousand dollars, and handed the same to the Christiana corruptionist, who was to secure their votes for him. To the cred it of Mr. Hopkins, it is said, be refused his share ot the pile. Dr. Gatchell, it is reported was also counted out, and he had to make his own arrangements as to how his votes should be disposed ot during the session. The best part of the joko was, when William discovered that the Jour persous had been purchased and paid for befoio they left the county, he wanted his money back again, but they in responso put the thumb of their left hand to their nose und faoed the east, shak ing their lingers in a mysterious manner, | and said, “no go.” William hastened to “ Don” in tho hope ho could sell his pur- 1 chase to him und thus get his money back, when, for the Jirst lime, ho smelled a rat, aud kuew thathe was sold. The Chief Thug was also fooled nut of the snug sum be ex pect'd to realize for hissupport of the quar tette. , A r s goon as ho heard of the Kemble check ho hied to Harrisburg for a distribu tive sbaroof.tho same, I>nt they said to him “no go” also. ' How much longer will honest men continue to support a party which is so completely steeped in political infamy ? It will be notioed that both contending parties were ready with bribes. The Cameron faction got ahead of their op ponents iu the end, but both were alike involved in the disgraceful businees of buying up members of the Legislature. There will be no cessation? of the venal ity which has made our Legislature noted for its infamy until there is a change iu its political complexion. Bo long as the people return a Radical ma jority so long will the “legislative ring’’ remain intact, and the “ roostera ” and “pinchers” have things their own way. The surest method of inaugurat ing the desired reform is to elect honest Asa Packer Governor. He will do much to check the rascality which has run rampant under Geary. It is not denied that the present Gov ernor hag boon'a willing and pliant tool in the hands of the base men who have plundered the public treasury and disgraced the Htatc. John W. Geary could not have been renominated if the Radical cJJale Convention had not been packed by the Legislative thieves. Da vis in the Hast and btrang in the West, the chiefs of the “ ring,” have been re nominated, together with a majority of the “roosters” aud “pinchera” who followed their lead. Of course they are all eager to insure the re-election of Geary. They know that with him in the Gubernatorial chair their will be no check upon the scheme of plunder. The only hope of reform lies in the election | of-that strictly upright and honest man | Asa Packer. We are convinced that I the mat.-cs see that, and so we have no | doubt about the result. A Motley Crew What a motley crew the Republican party is. High tarifl’men in the East and free trader? in the West—bard money men here, legal tender and tional bank men there—Greeley in favor of an immediate resumption of specie payments, and other maguates contend ing for an indefinite extension of the rag money system—Grant in favor of Walked in Virginia, and Dent in Mis sissippi, and more thanhalfhis Cabinet opposed to them—one-half the Cabinet favoring the Cuban insurrection, the balance standing by Spain—Fish for justice to our imprisoned Fenian citi zens, Hoar denouncing them as cut throats—Grant trying to steer clear of tbe miserable muddle of Congressional reconstruction, and Wendell Phillips anathematizing him more deeply than he ever did Andy Johnson—Butler whettiug his knife, and preparing to take the war path against the President when .Congress reassem bles—for prohibitory liquor lawß and against them—for universal negro suf frage, and opposed to allowing China men to vote In Caiifornia-and, in short, for aud against any thing, just as hap pens to suit some special locality. Never was there such an incongruous assem blage of materials as goes to make up the Republican party. It is a bundle of inconsistencies and absurdities, and is only held together temporarily by the ‘ adhesive power of public plunder. Let that band be broken and the whole con cern would at once dissolve “like the baseless fabric of a vision,” leaving naught behind, except a foul odor, such as springs from the soil on which carrion has gone to decay. Knew Ills lian The Columbia Spy gets off the follow ing : Among lb.. 1 in an y pleasant reminiscences o* tbe Old CY.mmo!jr-r,n : J Mr. T. Stevens was called, was tbe filowuig viz: A young gentleman of the Lam-uv.er Bar, who bad been elected to t Ik* House of Representatives, called on tbe old gentleman h few days be fore the session commuuced, und asked for advice and counsel as a legislator, when he was promptly answered in the following lahguuge: "Never sell your vote for less than eight dollars und a half.” Tbaddeus knew bis man. It would have been more satisfactory to the public if the >S py had given the name of the gentlemau to whom the “Old Commoner” so addressed himself. We know that Mr. Stevens had a very low opinion of the Radical politicians of this county, but we did not suppose he held them quite so cheap. No doubt he knew his men, however, us well as any one could. He used to rule them with the rod of his iron will. The National Executive Committee of the Union League of America meets in Philadelphia on the 11th inst., “to make provisions for the election in Mississippi and Texas.” A meeting was held iu New York some weeks ago to perform a similaroffice for Virginia. Tennessee aud Alabama. The result was seen in.the recent elections in those states. Geary, ia President of the League. He must feel very proud of the result of his efforts. The truth is both Geary and the League are played out. He had better dissolve the con cern aDd retire to private life, or, if that is impossible, he can take tbe census of two or three townships, as he did, ten years ago, after being Governor of Kan sas. He has about enough brains for that. TnEREis great destitution among the freedmen in Washington city,* and earnest appeals are made tb the charit able for means to keep them from dylDg of starvation. Giving the capital of the nation over to the rule of negroes does not seem to have done much for the favored race. Gbant is still deallog out offices to his favorites. The last instance is the appointment of his negro barber to a first-class clerkship. We expect agood barber has been spoiled to make a very poor clerk. Land for the Landless. » r -fy«:\ good Democrat to assist in the l . . icn of a good Democratic newspu, , 1 to see to it that bis friends and neigbuors, of whatever political faith, aro supplied with on ». Thisiscotonly the best, but tbe cheapen way to secure suc cess. Twenty dollars expended iu this way will do more service >o tbe cause tbau two hundred spent on public meetings. Detail of our party iVeuds see toil that a sound paper is placed in the bands of every per son of their acquaintance who will read it. We endorse every word of that. It is very sound and sensible advice. Let the Democracy try the plau suggested aud they wiliseethe result. Let a systematic effort to circulate able Democratic news papers be made in every election dis trict. Of course county papers should have the preference, and State papers be next chosen, Wo offer the Intelli gencer at very low rates. Let it be circulated as widely as possible during tbe campaign. An Envoy to San Domingo. Hon. Cornelius Cole, Senator from California, has gone on a special mis sion to the Negro Republic of Sun Do mingo. The New York Sun eays, he has gone with authority from the Administration to renew proposals for purchasing that paradise of lazy and barbarian Africans. Let Grant confine himself to private real estate transac tions like that of Brick vl lie. Let him go into.the fertiiizingbuainess, andget the poudrette manufacturers to pour their products on his acres of barren gravel and sand until they blossom with roseß and*are crimson with cranberries. The manufacturers of artificial manures can afford to do that by way of advertising their wares. Let Grant send some Sen ator as an agent to them. By all means let him keep out of the wholesale real estate btisiness. We do not want San Domingo. Even If we could get it for nothing it would prove to be a dear bar gain. The York Press says Wm. MeCand less, an active Radical politician of that borough, has come out squarely for Packer, Mr. McCandless has always been opposed to the Democratic party heretofore, and is a man of considera ble influence. The Press says there are hundreds of honest Republicans in the county who will not touch Geary. Look out for thunder from old York. Numerous are the jokes upon our junketing President. The other morn' ing a large placard was found stuck upon one of the pillars of the portico in front of the White House containing in big letters these words: “To let for four years to a permanent tenant.” The word permanent was capitalized, and the placard caused great amusement to the passers by. It was finally removed by one of the servants, A BTABTUSG FACT. of Seven Millions of Dollars from (be State Trea v-jsjy. in Two .Tears I ‘ Who Are the Thieves ? ?-• Ur U- r- jthe reports of the Auditor General for 1867 an 41868, taken In connection with the -statements- contained in. the laMf annual message of Governor Geary, develop the astounding fact that daring the last two years upwards of Eleven Millions of Dollars have been taken from the State Treasury, only Fout Millions of which have been ap plied in payments on the State debt, leav ing Sevtfn Millions to be accounted for in appropriations for the current expenses of the C&mmenweaMhr interest on the State Debt, and other expenditures. flseal year or - 1866, there, remained in. the .... $1,711,C53 27 During the fiscal year of 1807. the rectSpLs at the Treasury, exclu sive of the Slate loans, amount " edto 5,428,5:30 07 Daring the fiscal year o£ 1868. the receipts of the Treasury were... 5,216,043 £5 Receipts in two years .... 812,880,414 83 Balance in the Treasury at the end of last fiscal year, Nov. 30, 186 S ........ 1,012,925 ST Taken out of Treasury In 2 years- $11,367,487 52 These figures are taken from the reports of the Auditor General, for 1867 and IS6S, and the. reader is referred to those docu ments for verification of them. From these statements the fact appears that Eleven Millions, Three Hundred and Sixty seven Thousand, Four Hundred and Eighty*scven Dollars were taken from the Treasury dur ing the fiscal years of 1867 and 1868. In Governor Geary’s last Annual Message, transmitted to the legislature, January 6, 1569, is found the following: “ By the report of the Commissioners of the SiDking Fund for the year ending Sep tember 3. 1867, the loans redeemed amount ed to §1,79-1,569.50, and by their report from September 3, ISC7 to November SO, 1868, “ to 6 loans redeemed” amounted to $2,414,- 815.64, makiDg a total reduction of the Slate Debt,-in two years and three months, of $4,209,380.14.” By the Auditor General's reports we have learned that hesumt la* ken out- of the Treasury during the two years of 18*7 and 1868, wa5....................... .. .. §;u,:y>7,4S7 52 By Geary’s message we ascertain that the whole amount of the State Debt paid off during a pe riod of two years and tbreo months anterior to November 30, IgtfS, was 4,CJ.9,580i14 Leaving for current expenses, &c. $4.J55.101 33 It now remains for the defenders of Gov ernor Geary’s administration to show wbat became of the Seven Millions and upwards remaining in the Treasury after the pay ments made on the Slate Debt. How much of this sum was unnecessarily wast ed in extravagant appropriations ? How much of it was squandered in increased rates ofinterest on the State Debt? How much of it was given to Radical State offi cials and a Radical Legislature, in the shape cf increased salaries ? Row much of it was stolon by Radical pasters aud folders and other officials of the Legislature who did not render a day’s service to the Com monwealth? And let it also be explained how it comes that upwards of One Million Dollars are permitted to lie useless and dead in the Treasury, when that sum might be applied to a further reduction of tho State Debt and the saving of a large amount of interest tothetax-payers of the Slate. What has become of theset'en millions ? Who the interest on the One Million? Where does the money go whp are the thieves? —llarr\sb\ira Pqlno?. A Scheme for the Parchasc ol t übtt. The New York Sun says that General Sickels, acting under instructions from the Administration, has made a propo sition for the independence of Cuba to , the Spanish Government. The terms j proposed are, the payment of fifty or j more millions of dollars to Spain by j Cuba, in consideration of which all au- i tfiorily over the island is to be resigned ; and the Spanish army recalled. The United Stales is to guarantee the pay ment of the money. This scheme the Sun seriously objects to, and that on grounds which will commend tliem aoives to the favorable consideration of tho people of the United States. There is no why we should pay from fifty to a hundred millions of dollars for Cuba. We d« not want possession of that island at present, and, if we did, there is an easier and cheaper method of securing it. Should the revolution succeed, Cuba will fall into our hands without an effort on our part. We do not want any more Gostly purchases of ; real estate at present. Wlia: Wendell Phillips Thinks of Grant. Wendell Phillips leads the thoughtful Radicals of the country. He is a pioneer in sentiment and where he goes the mass of the party follows. He Las boldly opened hi 9 batteries upon Grant. After pointing out what he might have been ho exclaims: “ Instead of this what have we got for | President? A jockey and a seaside lounger; | a restless boy, needing constantly to be | amused, and so impatient of business that i be cuunot stay ut his post more than a week I at a time. Five months iu office, he has j not yet given us an administration. But [ posting a copying clerk here and there, to I keep the machine in motion, be hurries off I to idle a week at a watering place, act Dum my at a monster show, or Helpless at nr steamboat excursion. The' Presidency] must indeed be a sinecure, if, iu such aa hour as this, a man bred in a camp and Um yard can properly discharge its duties Jmree hundred miles from the Capitol, in the in tervals of the race course aud the half hours left after theatres and concerts.” Many Radical newspapers are pub lishing Phillip’s articles in such a man ner as to convince their readers that they adopt his views. Verily Ulysses has suddenly ceased to be a hero, os, for wo had an appetite by this titno which would make an Alderman fed happy. 'Wo drank ofthe cool stream and aoqn again stai led up the steep aides on our way to Mt. Hood. After two hours’ wandering through thick under growth und heavy timber, over fallen trees and burnt logs, we havofinally missed our trail, and are literally " lost in the woods.” We were completely bewildered mid tho dense timber, wiib no outlet visible. On either hand pilesoflogs, impenetrable over hanging boughs, which seemed to dosoout tho light of day Itself. Our Indian Guide, Sampson, stretched vainly for a w bile his long bare neck, cast ing his ej r es in every direction, as though determined to see the outlet from our maze of trees, and finally, led by a sort of instinct peculiar to tho wild man, pushed his pony through the thick forest out ?Vf sight from tbe rest of the party, aud was rbr n while lost to view. Our suspense was of short duration, for ore many momenta had ex pired we were grntifiud by the reappear ance of tho pony’s head, with tho welcome news, conveyedpn a series of gesticulations frum Sampson, that he had fouud the trail agaiu. We now loiiowed "whuro ho led the way,” and after a few hours more of scratching and jumping reached u beautiful green opening in this labyrinth of moun tains, where we fouud not only grass in abundance, but also a spring of most ex cellent water, whien Irom its extraordinary temperuture, we culled “Cold Spring”; und, here, at the suggestion of Sampson, who assured us that we would find no moro “ chuck ” (water) for very fur, far uwuy,” halted for tho night although it was blit 4 p. m. This made onr second night of camp ing out and the adventures of the succeed ing day we will recount in another letter, THA V KI.Klt, PoIIILASD, ( >BEUON. I July 21, 1866. ' j Before finally leaving our camp at Cold Spring, we ascended a ridge adjacent thereto and came upon n wonderful ledge of rock. o , completely overlooking thy valley beneath and towards Mount Hood. It was a most refreshing sight! There, twenty miles to the southwest of us, stood Hood—his finely drawn outlines up against tho clear evening horizon, like a monntuin of silver against a cloth of bluo and gold; while to tho far distant ea3tstood Adams, roaring bis snoV* capped summit far abovo the sea of mist beneath. Still further from us, and to tho southwest, was Mount’Jefferson, another of the most striking snow peaks of this continent, and in the dim distance, but barely visible, were a number more of the same kind, tho whole forming a group of mountain scenery upon which the eyo would ever love to rest, mid the imagina tion muko its insatiable feast! The rock upon which wo enjoyed all this “ bouquet of beauty” we called “ Prospect Hock,” and take it to be about 35 miles from the Dalles aud 20 from Hoed. After leaving “ Prospect Rock” and uiir camp at “ Cold Spring” we started up the steep mountain side, in n zig.zugcourse, un der spreading firs, over fallen logs-our mule will persist in Jumping, consequence some hard bumping-but still we reach the height in safety, when tho wildest and most ex citing part of our journey only actually commenced. First we came upon a num ber of beautiful prairies which aro nature's parks in theso wild forest lands ; theu upon a patch of pure white snow, which likoa gem bedecks the mountain’s boßom and spangles and dazzles in tho morning light liko rubies and diamonds! To our right once more, and nearer now, stand our goal, (Mount Hood,) and so near dooahe appear that one almost imagines him within a few stooes throw instead of 14 miles distaut. ’Tis a sweet quiet, Subbath morning, and we worship in this vast temple of nature.— Who so dead to all the refining sentiments of the human heart that bo cau look upon all this without a feeling of veneration for that Creator by whose band all theso things were formed? We almost involuntarily shudder as we look down into tho deep dark valley beneath from an elevation of at least 6,000 feet and counttho chances ofoui getting down its broken and torn sides in safety.— Yet this must bo accomplished ere we can roach the end of our journey. We no long er trust our valuable necks to the beasts bnt prefer dismounting, and literally slid ing by the serpentine trail down with them; now over looso boulders of rock which gave way under our unsteady tread ; now hold ing on to a scrubby flr which seems to hold out its little boughs for our assistance; then again hanging over a yawning abyss with loose earth for our only foothold, and thus down, down, down we go. ’Tis a miraclo ! We are down ; safely down. After a few hours, hard riding over the backbone of a ridge which divides Tyghe valley from the valley ol the White and Hood rivers, Sampson eays, point ing down the hillside to the left, “chuck,” thus proving that Indians never lie, for it required just three hours to reach this spring after leaving onr camp, whiefi three hours might have been con sumed on the preceding evening aa well, and wonld have brought ns to the foot of Moant Hood Just that much sooner. Here we watered onr beasts pnd partook of the pure, cool mountain stream ourselves until we all were refreshed, and again com menced our way up and along tho back bone of the dividing ridge, enjoying some fine views of the surrounding mountain scenery. Among the many points of inter e it in thisjgrand panorama of naturo I can - j not forget a dark biuo lake deep down i amid the mountains to.ibe south of Tygho | valley, which for forsaken looking sur | roundlngs'cannot bo'surpassed, and forms i one of tho features of this Switzerland of i America, calculated to make a deep lm [pression upon the mind of the lover of na tural scenery. From this point commences our descent to tbo foot of Mount Hood. Tho distanco down is at least five miles, and a dangerous, tortuous passogo at that. We * dismount in descending. Suddenly one of | our party’s horses takes it into bis head to I stampede, my mule and the horses of my I companions follow, and soon tbo last tliut I is seen of them is a confused heap of horses j and mule piled promiscuously together i among brush and fallen.limbt r. In tho ! meantime I held on to my mule“as though jmy life depended thereon, and wua thus dragged down with the quadrupeds, sus ’tuning among other things n number of t small scratches and a big fright. Wo soon I extricated ourselvos from tho heap, Liebo I and Monger came to my assistance, and ' after considerable scrambling and kicking wo wore unco moro in order and on our Way down to White river. i Hero wo reached the great sand lint form ed by tlie eternal washings from the motin | tain sides, during the thawing season. It is a sterile looking place. A desert of sand,, loose rocks and cobble stones, extend at least six miles, till we reach the hot of i Mouut Hood. The sail bears down upon j us here, with leaden weight, which, wuie q uot for nn occasional gust of wind down tho gulches, would bealmost insuffcrablo. We hasten over it with all possible speed, and la few hours later reached the (what we | called) first .table or bench of Ml. lined j Whore at h p. in., under a cluster of st unit d* j scrubby firs, wo made our last camp before | ascending to the line of everlasting snow • I It being thought too iaio in the day to ul i tempt tlio ascent, we rather reluctantly | concluded to tnuko ourselves us eomforta : bio us possible, till morning, and in tho I meanwhile amused ourselves by rolling ' huge- stones down the torn und washed ; mountainside.imo tho ruvinc below, watch I mg thorn in their headlong course down, | down, with an interest equal to that enjoyed I by a child ou seeing a spinning top. till ) spent and exhausted, they rested far out in I tbo distant sand some miles away. If tho sand tints through which we had passed bo fore reaching our camp presented a dreary and saddoniug appearance, wlml shall Isay of tho immediate mountain sides. 1: is a chaos of wild, rugged, barren waste ofsand, torn by the washings of a thousand yeuiH t Into chasms and ravines, which are calcu lated to astound and horrify. No concep tion can bo formed of the amount ol wear log duuo by tho rushing waters down thiso gorges. It is simply ihu immonsity of con fusion. We passed the evening in discussing tho probabilities ol gutting to tho summit. Ami thus the hours passed hy, till lime for sleej*- and rest approached,when we turned under our warm bluulcuts for the night. Soon tho rushing and roaring of the mountain streams ceuscd, because tho supply pm duced by eacli returning sun bad giveu out for tbe day, to bo renewed by tho first rays, of the morfiing. Tho wind lulled and it be came calm and a Sabbath stillness pervaded this elevated mountain retreat thut inyited to sleep and dreams of home. Tl’. A v KU'OR Tlic National Debt llocoh-CPocum. Does tbo Tribune imagine that any Intel ligent roan is deceived for a moment, hv its laudations of Mr. Rnutwell, into the be lief that under his administration of the Treasury tho public dobt of the United States bus beou in fact reduced seven mil lions of dollars during the mouth ol 1 July and nearly forty-four* millions "sine Geueral Grunt assumed tbo Presidency”'.’ i The statements prepared by Mr. Botiiwell, ■ it is truo, uro Ingeniously contrived, but they deoeivo no one who does moro than [ merely gluuce nt (beiiguros which set fortli Ibeir totals. Tbe simple truth, us every one with eyes to see must havo by this lime perceived, is that the debt is not reduced at ail. Tbe lowest point at which the debt, less cash in the Treasury, ever has stood since September 1, 18i>5, was mi May i, 1868, wbeu it was reduced to ?2,500,;V.'8,5”7. Mr. Boutwell’s statement for August 1,. ISG9, indeed, makes the debt, less cash In the Treasury. -ISl.:VsG,7.Tf> —itn apparent reduction ofslB 1*02,091. Hut this results a fictitious one, obtained by manipulations which overyouosees through, aud the debt, if made up on the sumo system which pre vailed in May, 18U8, would show a total of 52,5U8,7cn,ii.>!) 82,107 o;n :tu< Interest. :j7.s7i*,:tM :i .:lva.u:ik Currency luierestdcbl us.oos «K) I'ISHMOj Interest Matured debt G.aon. toj -i,7H),i)'i<; Interest suu.cyj. tWi.Tsi Legal-leiulcr aud de mand notes :t'.2,or*>. 151 :t',(i.lV'.,7ia Fractional currency... ytl U7j.SoJ) Guld cerlltlcalGH 21,157 2,5 W 2ti.725 *|(| Total Actuii Uucrcnso, only. .$2,15:5(1,202,-155 $2,U;i3,122,7:w ' - 1,0711,717 Look at theso figures ! Tho gold boaring debt has increased, undor tho euro of tins model statesman, $54,650 in four months; the currency-interest debt has decreased $3,795,000; tho matured debt has decreased $1,213,3-17; tho loguJ-tender ami currency lias decreased $5,593,964 ; and tin gold certificate debt has increased sls,o.'i.'v -3-10. The most burdensome debt or ihV United .Stales, of course, is that which benra interest. Well; thoinlorost-beunug debt on April I was $2,176,481,650, and on the Ni ot August it was $2,172,741,300—a reduction or $3,740,350 In four mouths ; und that is uiL liut is there no per cunlra? Certainly there is a per contra, und he re it l.t. The “amount in tbo Treasury,” according to the system pursued in making up tbo state ments, is deducted from tho amount of tho debt; Which Is liko n man who owes $lO,OOO counting the loose change in his pocket ns an offset to his dobt, Tho umounts in the Treasury on April 1 uud August i compares as follows: April 1. August 1. BA2.&JU.W) se-t.4"0,77U Coin du •; doposl io»s. Curreucy Bonds 21.1172 600 3tt,7!5,H1u 6.502, 028 2.1 3K1.t».-i 517.312 TOT tiII.UUG.PJJ 3153'/,6.002 i2 55U.W.0 By adding ibis increaso in " amount in tho Treasury'’ to the $1,079,717 uctual de crease of tho debt, Mr. Boutwell and his eulogists figure up “ a decrease in tin* dobt” of $43,629,726 in tour months, and call upon all of us to fall down and worship him.— But nothing could bo so fallacious ns to calf this “ a decrease.” For, should anything happen to cause tlie 136,725,8-10 of coin in tho Treasury belonging to depositors to bo withdrawn aud.the currency baUuco to be reduced ten millions ol dollars—which events may happeu at any time—tho nomi nal decrease ot the debt would bo at once changed into an Increase of three millions of dollars. Ihu utmost that can bo suid in favor of Mr. Boutwoll’s four months’ work is this: the dobt has decreased by causes, out of his control $1,079,717, and he bus con verted $27,342,737 of gold and currency into that amount of bonds, which at present are lying in the Treasury instead of being on the market. So loog ns they lio there it is all well enough, but until they uVo cancelled uud destroyed there will be no surety ihut they may not be ngain put ou the market. When we begin to get statements from the Treasury showing actual decrease in the utnount of our interest-bearing debt, with out retrnrd to *‘amounts'ln the Treasury,” wo may know that tbo burden of our dobt is really lessened, but not before.— N. !'• World . Htlll Tbey tome. Miles J. Matthews, a leading merchant of Equinunk, and nlwnys an opponent of Democracy, Ims como out for Fucker ami Pershing. Tho negro equality doctrioo, and tho plundering and pjrofiigutu practices ot bis old associates to take the step. Mr. Matthews wields a powerful po litical influence iu his section, and will make it felt on the right side this fall. Wel come 1 — Wayne County Ilcrald. Getting Bleb Very Fast. We stated a few days ugo that Mr. Sen senig, Keeper of tho Prison, was not very rich when elected—that he was engaged in building eight two story houses at a cost of $12,800, and some time ago desired to buy a farm for $30,000 and pay tberoon $20,000. We have the pleasure to state that this is not tho only evidence of bis wonderful pros perity, for we learn that judgments were entered against him in 1566-7umounting to $5,900, ail of which have been paid off since,, and judgments have been recorded In Ida favor to the amount of $7,000, handsomely reversing the order of things, and Instead of being debtor is now creditor. We would like Mr. Sensenig to state by what agree able means be can make so muoh money in so short a time. Did ho find Alladdin's lamp, or did he hire out the oonvicts and receive the profits of their labor, or what other legitimate means did he adopt ?—Co* lumbia Spy. The county Jail at Mercer Is without & single occupant.