ggtomurtey jtttdHflgttrtt. WEDNESDAY, ATJGIIBT 18, 1869. DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET. FOR GOVERNOR: non. ABA. PACKER, or.Cnrbon county. FOR JUDGE OF SUPREME COURT: Don. CTRUS l. FERSniRG, of Cambria co. meeting «f the pemoobatic “ county committee. Tho Democratic County Committee will meet on. MONDAY, Ibe 30th day of AU GUST, at 11 o’clock, A. M., kt the Demo cratic Club Booms in the City ot Lancaster, for the purpose of organization. R. R. TSHUDY, Chairman. B. Ji McGuann, Secretary. Democratic Comity Committee for ISO9‘ 1 Aclamsuawn Borough—Richard Reagar. 2, Bart-GeorgeS. Boone. 8. Brecknock—Keubeu Hhober. 4, Caornarvou—Jacob Yohn. 5 clay—Col. David Hauck. o! Coluraiu—R. B. Patterson. i £5 We«t'3,| U i KelnboM. ■ : {“• i, _u,i •• —George Sauer, li' Conestoga—Ulrich StTlckler. ti Cfliiov—F. M Gramm. . . m! Donegal East—Muytown—T. J. Albright. 15 Donegal West —George W. Wonnley. Hi' Drumore—James (>. Mcdparrau. 17 Earl—Capt. Jsaae Hull, is Earl East—George Duchman. m. .Earl West—John D. Fritz. 20. Ephrata—P.M. Heiiler. 21. Elizabeth—George Youlz. 'll Elizabethtown Borough-Samuel L. 5 cite.. 28, Eden—Will am Dungun. 2-1. Fulton— Joseph K. Moore. “• Hetnpfl.lU Holimun: Hempfleld Wo-it—Ei F. Hoover. 2H. L'lrapeti-r E««t —D G. hshleman. ihi i ~mneter W* st—Samuel Long. S iSSKur : V 1 " —A brain Shank. .. o —nu “ Dr. H.Carpenter :r ‘ .. “ _.5Ui " Jac. Gundaker. •.TV .. •• liLli M —£L B. bwarr. .. •* —7ib " —U. H. Nttumnn. «. •• —sui “ —George Oar.z. : ;s * .. *• _*jLh “ Lewis Ztcner. 81). Lancaster Township—Benjamin lluber. •10. Leacock —P. M. Baby. -11, .Leacock Upper—Ml Batten. 41. Little Urlt-iiu —James H. PatlorfOn. <lB. Mnuheim llormigli—LonstanlineM Uli.nls.. ,j_l. •• Township—B. J. McG.ann. ■r>.' Manor— George G. Brush. . ,iii “ Imllantowu—dins. J. HI oiles. ~7* o .MlllcrrvVllle— Daniel BWtlh. W Marlellu—F. K. Curruu •U). Marllc—Thoiriii.s l.abi zlus. , r ;U. Mouul Joy Bnrmihh— ll eury Slmll ucr. r,j •» •• Upper—John Mcßride. r,>' » “ Lower—.l. K. Baker. r,,T. BarndlHC— A. B. Mcllvatne. 51. I»e«4uea—U. K. sener. 55. Penn—K. M.i-tauth r. ' .5(1. Providence —John O. smith. 57 Itaiiho i.—Benjamin Mci.'ulche;n, SS. •* ll.—Joseph Del weller. 5!). HLrasburg Uoiougli—George B. Eager, lid. '• Town*>h p—FiuuKlln Clark. (j|. Salisbury —Dune Walker. (12. Salisbury—G-on.e F. shullz. till. Warwick —K. It. Tshudy. ill. Wnahlliglon Borough—James U. Douglass. The People or l'cnnsjlvanJa Want an i t Honest (iovernor. ! The (iubenmtoriul contest now pend j ing in Pennsylvania, is regarded by a , large portion of the people of tlie (’out- i mouwealth more aa a matter of local j interest than in its relations to national politics. There in a decided lull in that excitement which has raged so fiercely for years. The bitterness of partisan' ship has greatly abated, and many | thoughtful men are ready to lay aside the trammels of parly, and to act in telligently ami with discernment upon local ami State issues. Neither party cun any longer hold its members com pletely under control when improper nominations are made. We* see the most decided evidence of the loosening of political bonds in dillerent parts ol Pennsylvania. In Philadelphia, and elsewhere, improper candidates arc threatened with certain defeat. Tills is as it should be. The honest uud conscientious citizens of th*) Com monwealth are not bound to support condidates who are unfit to discharge aright the duties of the olliees for which they may la* mimed; and there never was a time when tlie people of this great Stale could more properly show their determination to enforce the nomina tion of good men for oHiee than the present. 1 f rings and corrupt eombina. lions of poll I icians will persist in putting forwaid men of improper ipialincations, and questionable moral character, hon est and conscientious voters should promptly refuse to support them at the 1 polls. It is highly important tlmt an honest uml perfectly upright man nliull be chosen dovernor of lYnnsylvuniu at the coming election. That John W. deary is not such a man in well known to every Intelligent citizen in the State. Under his rule we have-witnessed such a carnival of legislative corruption as never disgraced any State before. With the power iu his hands to crush out that sort of thing he has not only utterly failed to do so, but deliberately sold himself out to .the “roosters” and “ pinehera ” of the last Legislature, lie was willing to give his sanction to any piece of 1 usually legislation which might l>e presented, so long as the thieves, who made up the ring, were ready to send their tools and pimps as delegates to the Slate Convention with instructions to vote for his reiiuuiiualiou. Thu record of deary’s corruptness is full and com plete. It can neither be denied nor explained away. There it stands, re corded in black on while, printed and bound up iu the huge volumes of im proper private bills which bear his sig nature. JI ml lie possessed the manli ness uml honesty of duVernor Heilman ofiNew Yoik, he would promptly have put down the brakes upon improper legislation, have saved the honor of the State ami have prevented large sums of money from being stolen from the State Treasuiy. He could easily have prevented the employment of the army of extra pastels and folders and other useless ( lUciule, many of whom, like Illyus, drew full pay without doing the Stute the slightest service, it is said deary has grown rich within the past three years. Jie oll't-red to pay Ihiriy four thousand doliais rash fora farm a few months ago. Where did he get the money'.’ Ho acknowledged that he came out of the war very poor. How has he managed to save so much more than the whole of h is salary as dovernor amounted to ? Hid he get it all from the sale of pardons, or did he share in the spoils of the I<gislative ring; not only getting ddogaUs pledged to renominate him, but money for signing improper bills? These are serious questions, and thousands of lamest Republicans in Pennsylvania will not touch deary. They know that lie has not proved to be an horn st uml upright dovernor. Opposed to the corrupt candidate of the Legislative thieves and the pardon brokers, stands that perfectly upright aud inflexibly honest mau, Asa Pucker. His election will insure honesty in leg islation, foi he will promptly veto every improper hill which comes up. The people of Ptnuf-ylvnuia look at the ex isting duburmUurial contest from a i local stand point, aud they feel deeply impressed with a conviction that neither the houor of the State nor the funds drawn from the toil of the tax payers can be safely entrusted to deary. Believing that they are preparing to give Packer and Pershing a rousiug ma jority iu October. Pendleton for Governor The Democratic State Central Com mittee 'of Ohio have nominated that distinguished gentleman, Hon. Geo. H. l’eudleton, for Governor, and he has accepted the nomination. Mr. Pendle ton is thoroughly identified with the interests of the great State of Ohio, and is very popular. He will enter upon the canvass with vigor, and will rally the Democracy of the State in all their might. We hope and believe he will he triumphantly elected. • Secretary Boutweel has ordered that all ten dollar notes comiDg into the treasury be held and no more issued. They will be entirely withdrawn and new ones issued on different plates. This is for the purpose of breaking up successful counterfeiting. There is but one State in the Union in which the Radicals expect to hold their own at the fall elections, namely, Vermont. They will lose largely in Maine, and they tremble even now at the prospect in Massachusetts. Enrorclng'tbe law Against tsury, The whole world of brokers and money lenders Is just now much excited over the fine and Imprisonment of certain prominent members of the Wall Street fraternity. The Usury Laws of New York, like those of Pennsylvania ana other States, prohibit the taking of more than a fixed legal rate of Interest. In New York, as elsewhere, the usury laws had, however, long seemed to be a mere dead letter upon the statute books of the State. Men who had money to lend took the highest price they could get for their commodity. When bills of Indictment against a number of prominent brokers were found, a short time ago in New York City, the matter was very lightly regarded by the ac cused, and one after another they plead guilty, expecting to be promptly re leased with a merely nominal sentence. The decision of Judge Cardozo, fining several quite heavily, and sentencing others to imprisonment in the common jail, startled the whole fraternity of brokers like a clap of thunder from a clear sky. One of the party thus sum marily Bent to limbo, was Ruesel Sage, a man who is always addressed as Hon. Russel Sage, a prominent politician, long an Alderman of Troy, Treasurer of the county of Renselaer, a member of Congress from the Third district, largely influential in electing Bank’s Speaker, wbt rewarded him with a position on the Committee of Ways and Means, a Director of the New York Central Road, I and a personal friend of Dean Rich i mond and Thurlow Weed. It required some back bone to sentence such a man I to imprisonment, but Judge Cardozo | was equal to the emergency. His de- I termination to execute the law could I not be shaken, and he was right in the 1 course he pursued. So long as a law exists it is the business of a Judge to execute it fearlessly and impartially. Doubtless these transactionswili lead to vigorous efforts to secure a repeal or a decided remodiflcation of the usury laws iu Mew York and elsewhere. It is a questiou which admits of argument on both sides. Heretofore there bus been strong opposition to every attempt to modify the usury laws of Pennsylvania, although the enactments which exists have been long disregarded. The ten dency of public opinion is iu favor of lifting all restrictions from the lending of money, and puttiug it upon the same plane with other commercial commodi [ lies. Still it is the duty of our law makers to protect the needy from the i machinations of rapacious usurers, so : far as it can be done consistently with | proper freedom of trade. The Attorney General anil the Governor. We publish elsewhere an article from that live Radical newspaper, the Phila delphia Morning P'oaf, in regard to the treatment which Attorney General 15 re water has received from Geary through Covodu. The Post is righL in characterizing the action as an outrage upon decency and a very grave blun der; but itcertainly is either very ignor autof what is going on in its own party, or else it purposely misrepresents tills matter. The whole thing is public talk In Harrisburg, ami no one there is in doubt as to the moving cause or the di rect connection of Geary with this dis graceful transaction. It is not true that Col. McClure had anything to do with it. lie is ncithes the adviser of Geary uorofCovode, but occupies a position which would preclude all idea of luti* maey of atiy description with either of them. There is no doubt that Cleary did authori’io Covode to write | J the insolent and blundering letter j which the J'osf publishes, and its incredulity upon that point is only assumed. It is true Geary has morethau ouco been publicly accused of falsehood by prominent Republicans, and it may be Hit* Post expects him to come out now and give the lie to Covode. He Is cer tainly capable of doing that, hut no one will believe him if ho does. Kvery body will believe Covode in preference. In fact it is simply absurd to sup pose that Covode would ever have written sucli a letter, much less that fie would have published it without being moved thereto by Geary himself. Co vode may spell the uauio of the Creator of the Universe with a small G, but he is not quite sucli a blundering idiot as the Post would make out. He is an unscrupulous and dishonest politician, but lie is both shrewd and cautious, — The attempt which the Pont makes to shield Geary only plunges him more deeply in disgrace. Grant Surrenders to the Sealjwags and Carpet-baggers, The Radicals have Anally succeeded in forcing Grant to commit himself in favor of Lho handful of scalywags aud carpet-baggers who are trying to estab lish a party in the South. It seems the President has not learned wisdom from the results in Virginia aud Tennessee. The position of neutrality between the contending parties in those States, which he was said to occupy, was not only the proper one for the executive to take, but he was thereby, to some extent, shielded from the charge of hav ing been defeated at the late elections. If he had committed himself fully aud openly in favor of Stokes that would not have had any iuiluence upon the result in Tennessee. That his endorsement of the extreme "Radical candidates in Mississippi and Texas will prevent the native whites from carrying the eiec tious we do not believe. The only ef fect will bo to render the defeat of Grant's administration more signal and disastrous. We are glad the Radicals have succeeded in their designs. After the Mississippi (ind Texas elections are over they can not claim the defeat of their favorite candidates as a victory.— •Grant’s foolish action makes the issue too plain to be mistaken or misinter preted. Nothing but the direct inter vention of military force can prevent all Llie Southern States from following iu the wake of Virginia and Tennessee, and we think Grant will slop short of that outrage. Slanders ol a WouJd-lic Adulterer. Mr. P. K. l''rease, the editor of the Ucnucinloum Telegraph, denounces Cy rus L. Pershing as a bigoted Catholic, and indulges in quite a tirade of abuse of our candidate for Supreme Judge. The animus which actuates that Radi cal falaitier is easily accounted for. In ISGo this man Frease attempted to pro cure a divorce from his wife, an unfor tunate lady, then confined in an insane asylum. Mr. Pershing boldly opposed auy such unlawful action, and be there by gained the lasting ill-will of the edi toi'ofthe Telegraph. Mr. Porshingdid not hesitate to denounce, as it deserved t the conduct of a man who thus sought to free himself by legislative enact ment from ties which no court In the country would dissolve. It i 3 scarcely necessary to state that every charge which this man Frease brings against Mr. Pershing is as false as the assertion that he is “a bigoted Catholic.” It would be no objection to Mr. Pershing if he did belong to the Catholic Church, but it happens that he is a prominent member and deacon in the Preshy teriau Church. So much for this slanderer and would-be adulterer. Meeting of the State Central Committee. The first meeting of the Democratic State Central Committee, held at Har risburg, was very full. The State was more perfectly represented than at any gathering of the kind for years, Chas. W. Carrigan of Philadelphia, and James H. Hopkins of Pittsburg, were chosen permanent Secretaries. The delegates from different parts of the State all spoke of the campaign in the most hopeful terms. Everywhere the De mocracy are entering upon the import ant contest with that vigor which Is sure to bring victory. Patting on tbe Brakes. The result of the recent elections In the Southern States has filled the leaders of the Radical party with alarm. They see in it a shre Indication of the speedy, downfall of their corrupt, ex travagant and tyrannical organization. Unless a speedy stop Is put to the cur rent of political events, the present year will see the power of the Republican party completely broken down, and the result of the next Presidential election decided three years in advance. All that Is necessary to insure Buch a result is the election of Conservative candidates in Mississippi and Texas, and the choice of Packer as Governor of Pennsylva nia. That all threeof these events will happen wo regard as almost absolute y certain. The Radicals behove as we do; and that conviction Is exciting a fever of anxiety in the frenzied imagination of threaders of the party. They are besieging Grant with the most importunate appeals, and their only hope seems to lie in such executive interference with Mississippi and Texas as will effectually prevent a free expres. Bion of the popular will. They hope by military interference to cheek the tide of Conservative victories in the South. The fact that Grant’s brother-in-law, Judge Dent, is to be the Conservative candidate for Governor in Mississippi is a special cause of uneasiness. They hope to induce the President to inter*, fere, so as either to secure Dent s resig nation, or to caußO his defeat. A special telegram-to'Forney's Press reports that the pressure of the Radicals has finally had its influence on the mind of Grant, lie is said to have yielded to the entreaties of the carpet baggers, and to be ready to use all the power of the administration to control the coming elections in the South. Grant may be foolish enough to commit himself to the destructive policy of the Jacobins, but he will speedily discover his mistake, if he should do so. Nothing short of absolute violence can prevent the Conservatives of Mississippi and Texas from carrying those States. Should the military be used for such a purpose at this day the effect will be more damaging to the Radical party tliau a popular vqte against it in every Southern State. The time has gone by when the people of the North can be induced to sustain such a policy. Thousands of honest, liberty-loving Republicans throughout the North would revolt against any such abuse of power by the administration. The enforced election of negro Legislatures and carpet bag Governors and Congress men in Mississippi aud Texas would not check the reaction which is now going on. It would only hasten the downfall of the Radical party, and ren der Us defeat at the next Presidential election more complete and overwhelm ing. Any attempt to put on the brakes iu ( the manner proposed will not check the downward course of the Radical party—it will only break the dilapida ted concern to pieces. The Cabinet meetings from which to much is expected do not appear to bo of any marked value. Mark Twain says that at one of the most recent ones the subject discussed was ‘ warts,’ and hours were tukeu up by the President and several of the Secretaries in detailing the different methods which they em ployed for the removal of the ugly ex crescences when they were hoys. The story has a moral. The body politic is literally covered with warts, hideous, disgusting and Irritating lumps of de formity. They are to be seen every where throughout the country in the shape of useless Radical oflico holders. : As a class they are not of the lean kind, but fat, festering pustules, full of tiie venom of corruption. They ! suck up the sustenance of the peo- 1 pie, absorb the revenues wrung from ; the tax-riddeu masses, and swarm and swell like the multitudinous lumps upon the hideous body of a hopping toad. Wo find them iu Congress, in ourtitate Legislatures, iu the Revenue Depart ment, in Diplomatic Circles, everywhere in short, whero there Is a chance for such parasites to fasten and take root. Geary Is a huge and hideous wart, with a “ring” of repulsive corruptionists around him, aud Graut, himself, is r6* garded by many Radicals as little better than a useless ami not very ornamen tal appendage. The Radical wurts must be cut ofi’, dug up, pulled out by the roots, burned with caustic, annihilated and utterly extirpated. The once fair, cleanly and healthy surface of the body politic must be restored to Us original purity comeliness and vigor. Demo cratic surgeons are taking the patient in baud. A member bas been lately re stored to perfect soundness in Virginia aud another in Tennessee. Pennsylva nia will be attended to on the second Tuesday of October, aud skillful Demo cratic doctors will make a clear job of It. Gearj’s Defeat Conceded, The Republican newspapers of the I State are very much inclined to throw up j the sponge so far as the Gubernatorial election is concerned, aud to acknowl edge the defeat of their candidate as a foregone conclusion The Radical politi cians are turning their attention to the local tickets, having no hope of affecting the political complexion of the State, except in securing a majority of the Legislative bodies. Their efforts to ac complish this result must be closely watched aud sedulously counteracted, aiuce from the infamous mauuer in which they have gerrymandered the Legislative Districts, there is great dan ger of their carrying a majority of them, if our majority in the State is not over whelmingly large. We have, there fore, a great deal of work to do ; not to carry our Governor, for of his electiou we are pretty well assured, — but to bring out a Democratic vote heavy enough to carry a majority of the Senate aud Assembly. The struggle for this majority will be vigorous and doubtful, aud we will need every vote that we can get out to obtain it. The following article taken from the Norristown Independent, a strong Rad ical paper, indicates the general senti ment of the better informed Republican politicians as to Geary's chance for re election, and shows how little hope they have of his success : A calm survey of the political Held in duces us to believe that ibero is more dan ger ahead than the ardent uulhinkiug Ke publicans are willing to concede. General Geary may have umdo some new friends during the last three yeurs, but he has not retained all his old ones. He has not acted upon the nlotto: “Htmember innu and bear in mind A lallhfu! Irieod is baid to limJ; And when you tiud one that is true Change not au out one for a new There is not perhaps much dissatisfaction in the West; but there certainly is iu the Fast. Aud inis is the more unfortunate because it is the home of Mr. Packer, and he being a high-toned and esteemed citi zsu, he will reap the benefit of whatever there is of coolness and apathy in tbo Ro p.iblieau party. The chairman of the Republican State Central Committee, Don. John Covode, is from the West and may not know the at mosphere we breathe; yet be cannot be en tirely ignorant of the facts. We are not alarmists,'but'we speak tbe plain God’s truth so that tbe danger may be seen aud averted. The Kentucky Election, The Louisville Courier thus sums up the result of the recent election in glorious Old Kentucky: Everywhere in Kentucky tbe Radicals have lost ground instead of having gained it as they expected. We have beat them on theirown dunghill, carrying tbe moun tain counties wherever there was a contest. Wo gain so far a Senator aud three Repre sentatives, from districts which were thought to be hopelessly Radical. The mouutain boys couldn’t stand negro suf frage. That’s what’s the matter. Over one million of dollars belongiug to the‘State, is at present in the hands of private individuals. What security is there that it will be returned to the Treasury ? What per cent, is being paid to the State Treasurer for its use ? Our Presidential Pleasure-Seeker. Gen. Grant has adopted an entirely new theory of the duties of the Presi dent of the United States. One of his novel ideas seems to be that it Is no part of the duty of the President to do any hard work, but that his chief labor should be to carefully administer to his personal comfort and enjoyment. Here tofore our Presidents have felt it in cumbent upon them to stay at the seat of government throughout their entire terms of office, not only for the purpose of attending to the emergencies which constantly arise in the affairs of State, but to do the daily routine work which was crowded upon what has heretofore been considered their very laborious po sition. President Grant, however, does not appear to find his duties to be at all laborious. At any rate he has evidently determined not to allow himßelf to be un- duly troubled by them, and all summer he has been going junketing about the country, resolutely bent upon having a jolly and pleasant time. At an expense of a thousand dollars a day to the tax- payers of the country, he took an ocean trip in a government vessel to Cape May where he washed away in its magnifi cent surf the accumulated dust of ages and felt better thereat. "Mine Host” of the United States Hotel, when in Washington a short time before, had invited Grant to visit the Cape and stop at his hotel, promising to “chalk his ! hat”; an inducement which the Gener |al could not resist. Thence our festive President, still in the government ves sel at an expense of a thousand dollars a day, went to Long Branch to enjoy divers clam bakes and to receive his fifty acres of sand in Bricksburg. Having got all that Long Branch could give him, and his Secretary of the Navy wanting his steam-yacht to take ■ himself and his friends on an excursion I along the Atlantic coast at a like cost of a thousand dollars a day, our gay Pres ident goes to New Pork and for eoono my’t|sake, as the government could no longer pay his board bill, stops with his brother-in-law. While here he testifies his great respect for the laws, which in his inaugural ho declared should be strictly enforced even if bad, to the end that they might be the sooner repealed, by directing U. S. Marshal Barlow to refuse to give up a prisoner when re quired to do so by a Judge of the Su preme Court of the State of New York, and to surround his office with a com ' pany of United States soldiers to prevent the service of a civil process issued against him for his disobedienoe of the law. Having thus di.-linguished himself, our most excellent President goes off to the oil regions to visit a friend resid ing therein, and lo angle for the gift of a flowing well from the hungry aspi rants for otlice in Oildora. And here he at present abides. We are not advised whither he proposes next to travel; per? chance his devoted friends hereabouts might secure his exalted presence in Lancaster, by suggesting pointedly, yet delicately, the addition to the Presi dential pruperty without cost to the Presidential pocket, of one of our lager beer breweries, or anthracite furnaces ; or perhaps better still, a first-class iron ore miue Lo match the President’s splen did marble quarry over our border in Maryland. Some cf the newspapers are getting I savage over the President’s fondness for ' running about and letting other people attend to his business, and are disposed to abuse him for it. Put this is cruel and we are inclined to think unjust; for these papers dou’l look at tlie mat* j ter from Grant’s stand pniut. He re ! garda his cilice as an Imperial one, and i himself as the divinely appointed ruler ]of the Nation. Being an Kmperor, j therefore, why should lie not enjoy i himself and do just what ho pleases, 'just when lie pleases? This isa kingly i prerogative which should pass without ! challenge or question. As matters slund, we are not dis posed, to think that the country loses anything by Grant’s clam eating at Long Branch, or oil smelling in Venan go. Wo should even be glad to see him j go to gold hunting at Pike’s Peak ; for, j confidentially, we don’t have the most | exalted opinion of his administrative ability, aud however weak and foolish are the substitutes he leaves in Washi ngton, they can hardly make as great a mess of the affairs of government, as be has a special talent for creating. Our President lias no aptitude for civil ad ministration ; ho don't know anything about it, and apparently don’t want to know anything. Therefore, it is proba bly, for the interest of the country that his disposition to get away and stay away from the seat of government should be eucouraged ; we trust, there fore, that Piesident Grant will lay out a programme of sport to occupy the whole year. He should be invited to go deer limiting on the mountains in ' fall, trout fishing in the valleys in the i spriug, sledding aud skating in Canada |in the winter, yachting and clam bak ing at the ocean side through the sum- I mer. Bo we must object to the tone of the followiug article, but to let our read ers know what the captious newspapers say, we give them the following from theN. Y. Express: It is not a pleasaut spectacle at a time like this to wituess at what pains the Chiel Magistrate is. to tuke as little part in the duties of the Executiveollieeas he possibly can contrive. When military satraps like Canty, in- Virginia, are threatening to up s<-t a .State Government, just created by the people there, with Federal officials like Marshal Barlow, in New York, opposing State judiciat process with Federul guns, it scarcely becomes the President to be ucting as if he had abdicated his office, and was quite inditlerent a-i to what outrages the bad, or weak, or loolish men around or about him put upon the people. Revolutions have been precipitated, ere now, by much less unwise messages than that which tlm President is said to have sent to Marshal Harlow on Friday, to keep his prisoner,—that is to set at naught the action of the local civil authoiity,—"at all hazards.’’ True, we may not, among us, as yet that intlammablo popular feeliug that drove the Bourbons out ol Madrid, the other day,—aud which years before, com pelled the Orleauist Citizen King to decamp trout Paris in a hurrj’,—but, it seems to wokave meiihunong’us, who are doing all they can, one way or another, to create some such feeling. Radicalism, and Radicals, when thus left by itself, unchecked, run, as , if by an unerring instinct into revolution. In all kiudness, wo would advise the President to try and be President, in fact, and not in name. Let him trust less to the Regency, which his Cabinet members seem to be engineering at Washington, to save lmn the trouble of attending to his own proper duiies, —for though a " Regency ” may be well enough as a leeler towuxds the "coming t-mpire,” wo uo not think any considerable number ofour people, justyet, are prepared to put up with it. \Ve do not know whether the General’s love of the turf aud kindred pastimes leaves him any time for the study of history or not, —but if so, lie wiil find that nearly all the Chief Magistrates who have been suddenly ex pelled from place during the last two hun dred years, owed their expulsion, first, to their own neglect of public duty, and, sec ond, to trusting too much to Cabinet under lings and other subordinates of the " Re gency, ’’ or " the Crowu." Radical Row In Reading. The Radicals of old Berks, not belug satisfied with the terrible defeats they get from year to year, seem to have come to tbe conclusion that they can afford a first-class quarrel among them selves At the County Meeting the other day the soldier element was com pletely ignored. There was a deliberate purpose in that. Itseems that the home brigade carried off every important fed eral appointment in the district. The soldiers were utterly ignored by Grant and a lot of political bummers gobbled up every particle of patronage. The Boys in Blue were indignant, and at the County Meeting they attempted to introduce resolutions condemning the appointments. This caused a grand row and a lively fight. The Chairman of the meeting declared the resolutions out of order, and adjourned the meeting amid the wildest confusion. Theßoldier laddies appointed a Chairman of their own, the crowd tarried, and the soldier resolutions were passed. So great is the dissatisfaction amoDg the Radicals of Berks that there is no telling how big the majority for Packer and Pershing will be. Lol Wbat a Change. The Radicals are beginning to find out, since the elections In Virginia and Tennessee, that “politics makes strange bedfellows.” As with therefined Mas sachusetts trauscendentalist who de sired to be divorced from his wife “be* cause his wife was not the psychological complement he took her for,” so these Radicals think Sambo may not al ways be the saint they painted him. He will not always pull in the traces, believe all that is said to him, do all that is told him, and now and them thinks that though all Democrats are painted black, they are about as white as those who have been bamboozling them since the war ended. And Bince Sambo won’t see through Republican spectacles, won’t call the Radicals Saints, won’t do as he is bidden, he is in all exceptional cases to be read [out of the Radical church militant. Thus we read at headquarters an elaborate article, written by author ity, proposing to disfranchise ninety nine out of every hundred negroes now entitled to vote. We quote from the Washington Republican: “The system of putting the ballot box into the hands of the ignorant masses—no matter of what origin—if continued, cannot fail to lead to very serious, if not disastrous results. Congress 'will be remiss in its duty to the country if early action on the subject is neglected. It is contended by many of our ablest men, aDd with great force of ar gument, that the best suffrage qualification would be 1 ability to read and write the English language correctly.’ With this as the universal qualification test in all Fede ral and State elections, the ballot-box would be protected against ignorance, and to a very large extent against the possibility of corruption.” After forcing the ballot upon the ne groes of all the Southern States this sounds strange, indeed, and doubly strange in view of the pending Amend ment to the Federal Constitution com pelling the Negro Ballot in all the States of the Union. One would suppose that what has been done would be slightly in the way of the future undoing of past compulsive acts, —but with Radloalo nothing is easier thpn rolling up the Constitution one year and burning it up, if need be, the next. It is a dead letter when it pinches Radical toes, and a foot ap long as 4 giant’s when a free and easy construction is required, and so the Republican proceeds; “It is objected that we cannot deprive any portion of our cltiaans of the right of suffrage already granted to them. There is no ground upon which to base such a con clusion ; but if even the argument was sound it would afford no plea ugainst the proposed change in the laws governing the right of suffrage. Suppose Congress, dur ing the next session, enactec] a Sixteenth amendment to the Constitution, requiring the qualification of ‘ability to road and write tbe English language correctly,’ as the condition of a right of suffrage, to take effect in one, two, or any certaiu number of years bonce that might bo agreed upon, and called upou tho different States to ratify their act, what State or class of in telligent citizens would object to tho propo sition? None whatever. The measure would be universally popular.” Another Amendment then is to he tried ainoe the African baa become re fractory and the Pagan Chinese are un reliable. Hurrah now for a lGth Amendment to the Federal Constitu tion ! Virginia, Virginia lately elected a Governor ami Legislature and the Conservatives having swept the State, we are now told that General Can by is going to re* quire the members elect of the Legis lature to take the Iron clad oath, and In case of their refusal to do so, he will give their seats to the candidates whom they defeated. As the required oath is to the effect that they have never borne ! arms or givon other alii In behalf of the , Confederacy, very few of the Conserva tives can take it and the consequence of General Canby’s requirement be that the defeated minority will be , placed in power. The first question which naturally oc curs tooneonhearingof Canby’e action ! is what has he got to do with it ? Has i not Virginia just elected a Governor In accordance with the provisions of the law and by the gracious permission of Grant; and if so, does he not supercede Canby in the civil functions which he i has so long been usurping? The elec* 1 tion of Walker as Governor is notdis i puted, and it would seem to be his pro- I vince to see that the necessary measures ! were taken to have the Legislature duly sworn into office. It is very re markable that we should have a milita ry officer dictating to the Legislators of a sovereign State the oath of office j cessary to be taken ; but we are used to I the happening of strange things in the novel processes which the Itadicals en force for the reconstruction of the South ern States ; processes, the only object of which is to secure their own ascend ancy in these States. This last dodge of General Canby caps the climax of their iniquity. Badly beaten in the election, they seek to retain their pow er in the State by enforciug the taking of this iron-clad oath which General ! Grant some time since specifically de -1 dared would notbe required of thesuc ■ cessful candidates for office. In for mally iustructiug a General in Louis ' iana, Grant expressly declared that he had so instructed Canby in Virginia.— His words were these: I repeat to you, as heretofore, tbatt/ie members of the Louisiana Legislature are only required to take the path jyrcscribcd by their Con.' and auk not KEiiUIUKD to take th- /t prescribed in the Re construe .-u Vets. Generals Meade and Canby art? acting on this view of the case. (Signed,) U. S. Gkant. These little mean devices may succeed in deferring for a little while the day of final retribution; but this is all they can do; for it will surely come at last and with a pent up strength which will annihi late the Republican party. That party has lost forever all chance of securing power in a single. Southern State by the will of the people ; aud its career in the North is fast drawing to a close.— Its doom is written and its fate is sealed. The present heated term is very hard upon our Republican county politi cians. The candidates for office are greatly to be pitied, and no doubt sin cerely wish that the 28th of August would hurry itself along, and that the weather meanwhile would decently be have itself. What with the heavy work they have to do, the mental excitement which their constant scheming and combining engenders, and the immense amount of whiskey which they have to swallow in soliciting votes, there is reasou to apprehend that if iu addition they continue to be alllicted with the present hot weather, half of them will lie dead upon the field, before the day of final battle comes. Let us have rain ; the corn and t ota toes want it, and so do the Republican candidates, for the dust ypon the coun try roads is smotheriug. Tiiomas Jefferson, while President of the United States, made it a rule not to confer office upon any of his rela tives. U. S, Grant makes it a rule not to appoint anybody but relatives. Jef ferson refused all presents. Grant ac cepts all. The difference in the men can readily be seen by their conduct. Upwards of Seven Millions of Dol lars overand above the payments on the State Debt, claimed by Governor Geary in his last annual message, were appro priated during the first two years of Governor Geary’s administration. So the Auditor General reports. What has become of the balance? And so it now seems that this fellow who murdered another man’s wife in Boston the other day is an A 1 carpet bagger and a “friend of the family,” having been a delegate from Mississippi —whither he prowled as a manipulator of negroes—to the Chicago nominating convention of last year, and afterwards a reconstruction registrar in the same State, a position secured for him hy Doorkeeper Dent. With such a record, his butchery does not seem so strange. Cyras t,Pershing’s Standing as a Lawyer. Bobert L. Johnson, one of the ablest and best known lawyers In Western Pennsylvania, replies to certain queries of Forneys Press In regard to the stand ing of Mr. Pershing as a lawyer. Mr. Johnson, is a man of the highest honor and the most unquestionable veracity- He knowß Mr. Pershing well, having practiced with him for years, and his , notice of the man may be taken as that ] There towards the West and Northwest, of one who is most thoroughly acquaint- ! floating upon a sea of black mist, I count ed with the person of whom he speaks. ' over thirty dark objects, in the midst of Mr. Johnson says : 1 which stands Mount Jefferson, like a beacon If John W. Forney had the good fortune 1 ofBilve , r already slightly Unt ? d by th ° to be acquainted with Hon. Cyrus L. Persh- ' ra y® °f the morning sun. These objects, ing, aea was a man 0/ (rulA, bis notice of I apparently floating around this beacon, Mr. Pershing would be equally creditable I were the summits of the different moan* with that of Judge Packer. As he is not, I 1 * niT , a rru a shall give blm the information be seeks. ... “ the Cascade range. T To the Democrats of Pennsylvania it j Bea * n they seem to float, was the were, indeed, useless to tell “ who this Mr. mist and smoke which rosted on and over Pershing is.” He has spoken for himself j the intervening valleys, and this is what we aUhe bar in the canvass, and in the halls j being above tb(J clouda .„ Nqw the Mr. Forney, in the Press, set* down what I tuorniug sun removes the pall of night, and 11 common rumor” says of Mr. Pershing. 3f i kisses the snowy peak of “Jefferson,” it were so • it would only prove common ; which blushes iu crimson light, while be* rumor like the Pros, a common liar. In hind hi Just modeatl appearlnß to replv to the “ rumor,” let me say that Mr. . . , z.. .. h , Pershing is about 45 years of age, and has BQZ9*8 QZ9 * staD “ the Three Sisters, seemingly been a member of the Cambria county bar, anxious for the same compliment. They in constant practice, for nineteen years. \ are not kept waiting long, for soon they too The Press l proceeds to cross-examine the • rece i ve the same delicate attention from the “ Democratic party for information,” and ~ ~ ,».« ,u -as it seems to be very much needed in that Go{l of D ay, for the sun.kisses all the quarter. I shall give it: j little ones who meet his gaze as readily as 1. During all the time since Mr. Persh* i the larger peaks who are merely met a lit ing’s admission to the bar iu 1850, he has t j e enr h er . And thus mountain after moun had a regular and respectable practice in 1 ~ - ~ , , . , ~ Cambria county; and has always been held ; laiD i r, dS e after ridge, and plain and valley, in the highest esteem by the Republican receive ono after another tho light, as the president judge of the district, Judge Tay- 1 power of the sun increases, and keeps on lor. Unless when he was in tho Legisla- ciriving back into the recesses of the deep ture be has tried cases at almost every ses* 11. t sion of the court, some with colleagues and i distant weat, Uo shades of night. I watch many alone. Ido not give the uames or with intense delight, the shiflings and number ot cases, but if the Press prefers changes in the beautiful panorama spread truth to falsehood, it will examine the re- out before me,’till reminded by Liebe (who °°2 d Mr f . Pershing has argued a number of ha 3 long * in ™ me .while I was lost cases before the Supreme Court with mark- in reverie) tbui I hiul not yet reached my ed ability. 1 goal. I made another c-o'ort to ascend higher 3. Mr. Pershing was never known in gt jn. Every step became more laborious. Cambria county as - a justice of the peace” t was pusae d by Pursee, Smith and Munger, lawyer, his practice having been almost ex- , ~ J . , clusively in the courts of Cambria county, i who all were on their way to overtake 4. Mr. Pershing’s whole lifetime, since I Leibe, the latter being but barely seen like manhood, has been devoted to the elabora- ; a little living speck, now quite a distance tion of “great principles of law ” and he I a^ui ] The rarilied air now oommenced to has “ shared the glory of contesting near- 1 • . r . Tl ~ 1 ly all the “ leading cases ”iu tho ooinmuni- , have its effect upon me. I breathed with ty in wh}ch ho lives. great difficulty, and could make but little 5. Mr. Pershing does “ livo in a county ” ; headway, and also a “court town.” There is a dis- _ , trlct court in Johnstown, something like' At each effort to pr coed towurdthe sum the district court of Pittsburg of which : mit I accomplished a smaller distance: Henry W. Williams was an assooiate Judge. . until completely exhausted.'when finally E&’JW'h^Vh^C“; within about 200 yard, of the highest point with a population of ”5,000. - attained by my companions, I reluctantly 6. “Has Mr. C. L. Pershing any legal yielded to an evident impossibility. I could standing at his own bar ? Is ho known as go no farther and therefore contented myself a lawyer or a politician ?” asks the Press yxa aiiuiug the wild peculiarities of The reply is, Mr. Pershing has a highlegal a 1 , standing at his own bar. He is known us a t.io sceno which surrounded me, and found good lawyer, on honest statesman, and a ample remuneration for all my toils. There sincere Christian. to the north, is tho principal snow-bod or 7. “ Will Mr. (J. L. Pprshing,” the iVcss reservo j rs f ro m which the White River ro conllnues to Interrogate, “if elected, resign . . , TT , 01l ... his position as local attorney fur the Penn- cetves its supply. Here is where all tbo sylvania Central railroad?” In answer, I smaller ravines of tbo lower part of the would bqg leave to ask. Is the'Press a mountain culminate in ouo grand, broad dunce, not to know that tbo moment Mr. jjasin. ‘oh snow, beautiful snow !” what r-.K-tlc truce, the power of old -Sol" every lawyer, knows that his connection have left upon thy white bosom ! How he with all clients will, ipso facto, cease? has torn and larceiatcd thee! And yet In conclusion, let the Press be ussured here's beauty even in the grotesque shapes that the Democrats have been as fortuuuto J rr , or ,.i in their selection of Pershing, us its editor loft behind. There are causeways admits them to have been in that of Packer; avenues, pyramids and columns, miniature that to a bright intellect Uo has added bab- j,jn s ;, U( i valleys, little, dellcntely shaped its of plotting industry ; that be, in nddi- momm , entB !ind ravines, which lead tostil 1 tlou to being a sound elementary lawyer, is n man of general ability ami Bound print- ileepi r under snow canals, which bear tho tioal comtnou sense, eutirely free from ever-trickling, ever dropping, slowly but those quirks and conceits which beset men (surely dissolving and ever lessening sup of the Head and Williams stripe; au d, ! . walyr u 3 m elts from tho snow to above all, lot him to assured that the man - * 1 who preserved his integrity during five 1 iorm the livers which stretch out through years of radical domination in tbo Legisla- tbo distant valleys like belts of silver, and ture, is tho man for the people now. Cyrus serve to make those distant valleys of Or* L. Pershing is a man ol acknowledged ; so fortile 80 ricb . 0n the western honesty, integrity aud competency. His » . , , ,i . . nomination was unsolicited on his part, slope is a larger (but apparently not s He is under uo pledges, except to an honest deep) bed of snow. Over this I havo passed and impartial discharge of his duty. Ho and looked with amazement upon Us curi iifcvertookH nomination agreeing to per- forme u surface. In the midst of this mit his ludiciul integrity to bo controlled v J , . , , , by partisan polillcs, ua (lid Judge Wil- suow plain I came suddenly upon atreach- Hams. Ho never sat to decide n caso in erous ravine, which extends nearly across which ho wns personally interested, as did ij rou ji. a t part, and is not visible until Jucigo Williams. within a few steps of it, when it suddenly * — yawns before the unsuspocting expedition ist, and is calculated to mnke him doubly cautious for tho rest of the way. Although thoso snow beds or basins are crossed with much labor, yet they are in finitely better than the loose volcano sand which interrupts tbo way to tho summit; tho latter is so loose and deep at Home places thnt it is almost impossible to find a foothold, and makes tho ascent quite.difll cult, mid wuh tbo causo of my fuiluro to reach the summit, as at tho time our party attempted to scale tho mountain these beds of sand had to be ascended nnd we wero unfortunately unprovided with ropes and grapples. I havo since learned from u gen tleinanAvho visited Hood nbout ten years ago, that this very point, and the only point at which it is at all possiblo to reach tho summit, wus then covered with snow, and this was tho “ bridge" upon which they as cendod. At this time this vory part is en tirely bare of tnow and presents an almost perpendicular wall of continually falling rock, which, as I said before, it is uttorly Impossible to climb without the uso of grapples and ropes, nnd even with those appliances, it would be a hazardous under taking. My advice therefore to tourists (to this, ono of the greatest wonders of our country) is that they go provided with all tho appliances necessary, or they, like my companions and myself, mny bo doomed to return without accomplishing'tbo pur pose for which they came. Mt. Hood is, beyond a doubt, an extinct volcano ; all its surroundings indicate this* A chasm which is located near the lop and from which sulphur gas is emitted would seem to prove the fact, if that wero needed* and the loose upbenved sand and rock which covers its summit and lies along Its sides, u.l would go to corroborate this opin ion. A visit to th“ mountain itself, without ascending it, has sufßcieut of exciting inter est and adventure to repay any ono who loves nature’s wild scenery, nnd Mt. llood will become—when Oregon hasbecomeone of the great states of the Union—a great point of interest for the future tourist of tho Pacific slope. At 10 A. M., after au abseuee of ueaily seven hours, we again (tired and sore), ar rived at our camp and with a glorious ap petite, sharpened by tho fresh mountain air, soon despatched our provision*, saddled our beasts and wero mounted and on our way down the steep sides from tho bench toward the foot of tbo moutain. Our guide led us over high ridges, over plains where once stood a forest of trees, but which long sin<*o have fallen and gono to decay, then down a gentle slope to a cool mountaiu spring, where we eagerly quaffed tho puro cold water. Prom here, through a dense limber, where a few of us once more lose the trail, confused amid the falleu logs we await the result, till the guide comes to our rescue, and leads us out of tho labyriuth.— After thus feeling our way for about six miles, we are cheered by tho joyful words “Wagon Road.” Wo had struck the emi grant road in tho While River Valley, and wore, figuratively spoaking, out of the woods, but literally, in tho furest. These immense forests are ouo of the greatest sources of Oregon’s future wealth. For 2-i weary miles we traveled through the timber ; timber enough to supply the coun try for many years, and timber of the best kind. No stunted scrubs. Trees two hun dred feet high, and eight feet througii the butt. One of the features of this deuse mass of trees, was the large amount of burnt and charred limber on both sides of tho road. These fires must havo been terrific indeed, judging from the sad traces left behind. We loach Barlow’s Gate, forty-two miles from tho Dalles, at 9 o'clock, 1\ M., uud camp for the night. On the following day we make only twenty-two miles, camping on the grounds of Mr. Brookhouse, after having passed through ono of the prettiest valleys Tygh (tic) iu the Slate duriDg the day. The next morning wo leit our camp aud con tinued on our arriving at Dalles city at I o’clock P. M., just one hun dred and twenty hours from the time of starting. The entire trip was made without any accident to mar its pleasure or cause a regret, and I must always class it as ono of the most interesting expeditions ever on- Attorney General firewater ami Iho ov The mnat extraordinary movement in Iho Republican parly that has Loan made in this canvass is tbo note of IJon, John Covode to Attorney (ienerul Rrewster. ytill more ex traordinary thnn the writing of the note is its publication. That cannot possibly do good, and may do great barm. Let us see what Mr. Covode requested. The note, as wo quote it, is not a luerul copy of the orig inal, but it is substantially oxaet, almost word for word. Com in'entai. Hotf.i., 1 July :iO 1M59. f Hou. lJc>\)Amiii Jirciaatcr .-—Alter consul tut ton with our political uttaouluLcx, who are anxious for iho election of our mului.l friend, I am wit- Isliod thatyonr resignation as Attorney Gen eral Will gu a long Way to hunt exlming dlaaen slons. 1 write thus frankly to ><>u because I know you desho to socuiethat result. This couolUßlon Ins not b.-eti arrived at hastily, but lihh been aulhorlz.-d by the Governor him* sel'. Very truly, John i.’ovodk, Chairman State (Central Committee. Two or three points hero aro important. Mr. Covode signs himself Chairman of the Committee, but does not presume to say that he writes by the authority of the Com mittee. He says he has consulted with Mr. Brewster's political associates, but does not mention their names. He says the Gover nor has authorized the request. He de clares that Mr. Brewster’s resignation will bo a benetil to the party, but does not muke a single ebargo against the Attorney Gen eral, nor deign to give a solitary reason.— The note is a cool demand for Mr. Brow stor’s resignation, destitute of tho courtesy of an explanation or an argument. Who published this lotter? Who dared to hazard the success of the Republican party by attacking the Attorney General of the State in this critical cam pulgn ? What is the objection to Mr. Brewster? How could his resignation help Governor Gearj ? These ure questions which the party has n right to ask, and tue answer must come from Mr. Covode. Who assumed tho responsibility of pub lishing Mr. Covode's note, and meanly sup pressing Mr. Brewster's reply? Unques tionably the Attorney General sent Mr. Covode a prompt and emphatic an9wer,aml no doubt lie repelled the insolent request with tho contempt it merited. It is now due to,him and to the party thut his lettershould be published, ana we call upon Mr. Covode to produce the document. His own lettor is iu print, and bis honor requires that ho should produce Mr. Brewster’s. Mr. Brew ster has had no part iu this public scandal. He has been utterly silent; he will not print his reply; but Mr. Covode, who writes as chairman of the State Central Committee, who permits his letter to be published, must explain bis incomprehen sible course. The Governor has been placod m a very painful position. Mr. Covode asserts that Governor Geary authorized him to ask Mr. Brewster to resign. Surely there is some monstrous mistake iu this, and Mr. Covode has beeu deceived by the anonymous gen llemeti whom be calls his “political a.-soci utes.” But it is impossible for us to credit that the Governor did anything so extraor dinary. Governor Gearv appointed Mr. Brewster Attorney GeDernl of tho State ; lor three years he has been officially asso ciated with him ; be has profited by his ad vice, and has trusted him without reserve. It is not known that he has ever made personal or public complaint of Mr. Brews ter’s management of the legal affairs of the Commonwealth, but now, at the be ginning of a campaign, it is affirmed that the Governor, in a roundabout way, invites Mr. Brewster to resign. We do not believe it. If the Governor desired Mr. Brewster's office, ho had only to ask it us freely as he had given it. That is a personal matter that the two gentlemeu could settle m ten minutes; and in self-respect Gov. Geary could never have authorized Mr. Covode to muke such a request, or publish such a note. The appointment was made by the Gover nor, and in ordinary decency nobody but the Governor had the right to ask the resig nation. We think we understand the whofe affair. Mr. Covode has unconsciously been make the instrument of the enemies of Governor Geary, who havo resolved to affect'his de feat. Perhaps Mr. McClure can throw some light on the Bubject perhaps Mr. Mann can tell the public ol the plot to drive Mr. Brewster out of the Attorney Generalship, and to disgrace the Governor inthe estima tion of honorable men. There are men in tho Republican party who labor by day and pray by night for its defeat, and they are the men who have organized ibis plot. It is not a mere persoual matter.. It is well known that since the election of Mr. Scott to the United States Senate, Senator Came ron and Mr. Brewster have be .>n politically opposed, but it is hardly nee: ssary to say that Mr. Cameron had no part in this in trigue, but condemns it as a gross political mistake. If there had been any just cause of complaint against the Attorney General, then the Governor should have removed him ; in the absence of such cause Mr. Co vode had no right to send him such a noto unaccompanied by a single reason. The writing of it and the publishing of it make the greatest political blunder of the year, and Mr. Brewster will do wisely if he re uses to publicly notice such (an imperti nent invitation. Wo are entirely ignorant of his intentions, but for the sak e of the party we hope that he will not resign his office until the Governor himsolf asks it in a straightforward and manly way. llie Deficiency In the ConmyjTrcafiury finally Discovered, Columbus, 0., Aug. 16.—The long looked for deficiency in the County Treasury has finally been discovered. The first exami nation made by M r. Hines was hastily done not occupying half the time consumed in the last. His return was that everything was all right. How the deficiency couid have been supplied for that time is a mys tery. The last examination which;is just completed, shows a dificiency of over $15,- 000. The work was very thorough, as three prominent bankers, as well as othor re sponsible gentlemen, were occupied in it. It has been claimed by some or Headiy’s bondsmen, thrt the deficiency will amount to bat 910.000 after his claims are deducted. Ibis is only a supposition. EXPEDITION TO HT. HOOD. POBTLAIfD, OBEQOjr, 1 July 80,1569. ] At early dawn our party commenced the task of ascending the steep and nigged sides of Mount Hood. With great zeal I pushed on with the others upward over the loose sand and rolling stones, 'till exhausted by the first efFortvl sat down to rest, and sur veyod the grand scene which surrounded me. gaged in. Thanking all those kind friends of Ike Dalles, who contributed so much to my eu joyment while among tnem, I can assure them that I shall ever bear them in grate ful remembrance and remain Their friend, Renter's Majority in Tennessee Increas ing— Etheridge on llie Situation. Nashville, August 11. —SenteFa major ity is 62,000, with 19 counties to hear from. The State Senate, composed of 25 members, stand 21 -conservatives to 4 conservative republicans. The House of Representa tives, composed of 84 members, stands 67 conseryatives, 9 radicals and 6 conserva tive republicans with two districts to hear from. In a speech at Milan, Tenu., on Saturday, on State affairs, Mr. Etheridge announced his opposition to paying any portion of the twenty millions debt contracted urfderjthe Brownlow administration. [For the Intelligencer. New Albany, Indiana, \ August Bth, 1809, } mo, Editors Intelugenoeb: A total eclipse of the aan is not only one of the moat im* posing spectacles of nature, bat one that la not often vonchaafed to ns, Comparatively few now living In this part of the world have ever seen one; and it la not probable that many of na will see another. Their appearance in the same locality is exceed ingly rare. As the privilege of witnessing the great phenomena of Saturday was denied to the people of your vicinity, I will attempt a abort description of my observations for the benefit of the readers of your valuable paper. As New Albany was very near the centre of the path of the eclipse, I had a line opportunity of witnessing it in all its im- posing grandeur. The day was most aus- i sel, either by affidavit or otherwise, piclous, being unusually cool for this season ' Mr. C. N. Potter, couosel for Edward U. and this climate, much resembling a day in j Jones, read the at £ da y* l gentl^un. . . 1 which disclosed that the defendant was u early autumn. Not a cloud was to be seen broker> lbat he did ma ke two loons ol above the horizon. The san sbono with its money, as alleged in the indictment; that usual brilliancy, throwing its radiance over they wore made on the application of a bor .. . , . ... rower: that the moneys were the moneys the simplest things of nature. 0 f principals, und the loanß were made at Early in the afternocfn, long before any | t be rate 0 f 80Ven per cont per appearance of the eclipse, men, women and defendant receiving a brokerage of one children, slugly and in croups, could bo eighth or one-sixteenth of one per cent for _ ... ° . r ' , procuring the loans: that if tho loans so seen wending their way to what are famil- at ] e ore infractions of the Usury law, iarly called the “ knobs.” These knobs are which may well bo questioned, he did not high elevations which lie west of tho city, so believe or understand them to be; that, and from which can be had a commanding on co nlrar y* fr° m his general knowl . _ -,, .. . _ ~ ® edire of business, such transactions have ™w of tho surrounding country for miles. e on % “ ot beeQ ' punlab(Kl but b s V o been To the east at the foot of the knobs lies the regarded as lawful, and he so supposed city ot New Albany, with its spires, numer- . them to be; that defendant had nothing ous public and privato buildings, Ac , re- j whatever to do with any of the schemes tor Jieved with shrubbery. To the south rolls |. ock . ini » up capital or m^ ne £' 8 ° , . T A . J .. . ... At _ lar from having oppressed any one by his the Ohio river. In the distance to the south- ’ action, the very borrower’s affidavit Is here east can be seen Louisville, Jeffersonville ! to show that he regurded Mr. Jones’ uctiou and Portland. Towards tho west horizon , not ouly as blameless, but as a favor. Mr. n . f„„. miiuu ,11b Potter thou proceeded to show that the of was a chain of bills three or four miles ds- fenCo comni^tt€d (U committed at all) was. taut, slightly higher than the point of ob- . p Ure ]y a technical one, and as such desorvod. aervation. The view’ was thus, in every either a very alight punishment or no pun direction, most magnificent without nsingle ' ishinent at all. obstruction. 1 Mr. Harrutt, who appeared for Meters;. ~i Howes ct Maoy, road an affidavit of tho Tho moon rnaJo her appearance upon tho aMU , Ig fo J rlb Blmoat „ s i, n ,i„ r stale of sun from tho northwest at -1.2(1 o’clock, | facts. marching on, up higher, and still higher; The counsel assoeiuted.'wUh Mr. Burrell upon tho sun's disk, until but a tblo rim I thou proceeded to argue tho law ol the mat , r. t. . . ter before the court. Ho said bo hjulmvos was left. It seemed llko a huge dark mass , t j ßated lbo cuao with considerable care, atw\ of destruction hung in tho air to contest hudcomotothoconoluslonthaltbeseacciviOdi with the monarch of tho skies for suprema- parties had a perfectly legul defence tilths cy. Its progress seemed to be of the most 1 prosecution—uay, that they even huAn do- J , ‘. i fence upon the merits. I hero wero throe fearful rapidity. classes of individuals in this and, in every The most noticablo phenomena was dur- olber civilized community. T.. 0 first class iDg the brief period of total obscuration. • was that which entertained, tbo belief that. The totality continued but two minute, and fifteen seconds. Ihe reova\e times areas 0 f what wasculled a moderate compensation 1 follows: or reasonable reward for tho loau and uso ol Beginning ofccllpso.. Beginning of totality End of totality End of eclipse Sunset At-I.oQ P; M. tbo western horizon pre sented a grayish, slightly sombre appear anco. This color us tho moon roso upon the sun’s surface, and at r». 10 tbo shadow’ was ono of affecting gloom. Tho gloominess gradually crept over tho whole scene, as if a storm was coming ou. Per sons standing by had a death-liko appeur- ance. At o.loP. M. a very perceptible change had taken place In tho utmempbere. It be came quite cool; tbo mercury in tho dry bulb thermometer bud fallen seven degrees. The ladies drew their shawls around them, whilo tho gontletnen buttoned up their coats. At .1.2 U P. M. the cuttlo wero observed going from their range in tbo woods und upon tho commons, the crickets In the grass began their chirruping, tho cbictyeus went \ to roost, birds wero seen to porch ou tho ! trees und place their heads uuder their j wings as in the repose of sleep, and bats ' circled around our heads. The total obscurutlon came suddenly'—or at loust seemingly so—its effect wus awe inspiring to tho most intense degreo. What a sight of magnificent grandeur! JuHt as tho totality came on, and-tho last rayso the bright sun wero extinguished, a beautl. ful corona formed nround tbo moon—a glorlu of silver, yellow and green light, tho silver color predominating. The moon was seen complete, with brilliant corona and brilliant protuberances. Venus and the stars Kegulus uud Algoln were distinctly seen with tho nakod eyo. We wero peculiarly struck with tho mourn ful sighing wind, cold and strong, that bo gan to rise as If from the largo old trees bo neuth us on tbo north sido of tho hill. Tho sight was sublime beyond all description. Tho tints of the sky wero changeable und exceedingly beautiful. Tho appoarunco of the beayenß and God’s own gorgeous and variegated colorings In the corona with tho doalh-llke gloom and woful mystery that envolopod tho earth, presented a sight so graud that fi-eble man shrank buck with awe ut tho contemplation, und acknowl edged God in his wondrous works. As we gazed, amazed ut the sight, we suddoniy observed an increase of light, and in a short time the sun appeured in all Us refulgent glory, seemingly the moro bright for its recent obscuration. n. u. J. Geo. U. I’omileton Nominated for Gover nor of tibio bar Hie Democmilc Ntnio Central C'oiiintfttee,—UU Filial Accept ance. CoLUMiics, 0., Aug. 12.—Tho Democrat ic Stale Central Commltteo of Oblo, met yesterday, all the districts being represent ed by their conimltteo-men or by proxies. It was found the majority oflhe committee were earnestly in favor of taking tho re sponsibility of making a nomination with Pendleton us tbeir tlrst choice. A despatch was sent to Pendleton asking him if he would be their candidate. Lie answored that ho did not want the position ami would prefer its being given to some ono else. This did not suit, and the committee took a re cess, during which time despatches llew to and from Cincinnati rapidly. At lust, John G. Thompson, took his seat at ono of the tables in the telegraph office, and stuted the situation at length to Mr. Pendletou, who was In the telegraph office at Cluclunutl. When the committee again met they unan imously nominated Pendleton, and then sent despatches to tho noseut members, asking au endorsement of their action. The endorsement was received utid Pendleton iuformed of the fact, lie answerod that under the circumstances he would accept tho nomination, but it was coutrary to his wishes. The Democrats here feel jubilant over the nomination and promiso to do good work. At 8 o’clock last night a large number as sembled at tbe west front of the State House, to ratify the nomination of Geo. H. Pendle ton for'Governor. The meeting was called to order by John G. Thompson, who in troduced Colonel George W. Many penny as Chairman. After staling the object of the meeting, be proposed three cheers for tho nominee, and then introduced Hou. Miltou bales, as the first speaker of the ovening. Speeches were also made by Hon. A. U. Thurman, Hon. Frank M. Kenney, J. M. Coudoll and Hon. D. J. Callen. Marshal Barlow Defying the I'roccHs of Marshal Barlow, having resolved to re tain in bis custody the Texan Pratt, has taken precautions against bis own arrest by the Judge’s orders for contempt of court. For this purpose be has quartered in tho United States Court House a body of ono hundred und fifty soldiers—picked men— under command of a captain of artillery, and holds them in readiness to repel by force any civil officer who may approach him wilh unfriendly intent. A strong guard of these men accompanied him to his house on .Staten Island last evening, and will re turn with him this morning. It will be observed that his employment of the military arm is not to prevent the rescue of the prisoner Pratt. He is sufe in Fort Schuyler, and the presence of troops in Chambers street contributes nothing to maintaining the Marshal’s possession of him. The Marshal is endeuvorlng to uvold the service of process upon himself, and a possible commitment to prison. He has no more right to do this than any other citizen. He is precisely in the same position in point oflaw as if bis hundred and lifty protectors were not United States soldiers, aud he had simply hired them for the occasion. He is on the wrong track, and a dangerous truck, and should get oil as soon os possible. Is he not committing an act of riot ? Marshal Barlow seems to have forgotten that he is in the civil and not in the mili tary service of his country. >’o exigency of war now requires him to protect bis sacred person at tbe risk of conflict and uloodshed. If Judge McCunn chooses to arrest him, let him submit and have his cause tried in the usual course ; but let him not make himself linbie to the Stuto Prison by an act of resistance to the otlicers of the law. Iris asserted that he is obeying the instructions of the President and the Secretary of War. We doubt tbe truth of the assertion, for if it be true, those high officials have pro voked a conflict between the State and Federal authorities which is both unneces sary and mischievous. It is much moro probable that they have merely directed the Marshal to hold on to his prisoner, and that, their orders have been strained further than they meant.—AT. Y. Sun. Theft and BllB,OOO. New York, Aug. 16.—0 n Saturday last two officers of the Washington Fire Insur ance Company, at No. 172 Broadway, dis covered that a tin box, containing cash, bonds, checks and notes to the value of {128,530, had been stolen. They did not mention their losa to the police. This morn ing at an early hour, as an officer was pa- i trolling West Twenty-tbird street, he dis covered a package on astoop witba printed address on it directed to the Washington Insurance Company. It was taken to the station house und opened, when it was found to contain bonds and papers bearing on their face the value of .nearly $llB,OOO. The secretary of the insurance company was apprised of the discovery, and recog nized the contents of the package as part of the funds stolen from the office on (Satur day. All the stolen property was recovered excepting $BOOO, consisting of $6OOO in Rings county bonds, $2OOO in (Government and |IBQ in gold* TitAVixuit. Sentence or the Wall street Usurer*—The Court Boom Crowded with the Bull* and Bear* and Honey Changhrs. It having become pretty extensively known that the Wall Btreet brokers who had pleaded guilty to usury some few weeks since would appear before the Court yeater day to receive their respective sentences, the spacious court room was tilled to reple tlon by a deeply interested crowd of spec* tutors, the main portion of which consisted of tbo money changers and capitalists of Wall street, whose countenances evinced the deepest eagerness in the proceedings which were about to be enacted. After the formal opening of the court, at eleveQ o’clock, District Attorney Garvlnaroseand moved for judgment in the several cases of usury before the Court. He said before his Honor proceeded to the discharge of his duty ho supposed each of the parties implicated would say something through their coun- money. And the third class wus that which was opposed to any restriction ut all upon the prollt to bo made out of tho lounlnu or use of money. This latter olusa waa sup posed to bo it; favor of what wus known us . usury. (Counsel huro read from lllack htone’s Commentaries cm tho subject.) He couilnued to say that tho crime charged . against these inen (If crime it was) was a . technical crime. The Court should consider, it’as such, and in that view of the case ad minister only a nominal punisbmonL lli was truo-U was a legislative violation of tho . Htatute, nut it was equally true that it In volved no immorality or turpitude or base-, ness whatever. Since 1830 iu this Stale it., hud been a misdemeanor to take lutereaS w. a greuter rate than seven per coni per an num. Tho revised statutes contained a pro vision empowering the court to imprison for one year and ulso to impose a lino of $250 for this alienee; but tho Legislature of 1537 reduced the imprisonment to six ! months and increased tho line to $l,OOO. — I Counsel then went on to argue at great length on tho points taken by himself, con tending that for nearly thirty nine years i»«» action had been taken by thocourts against what was called usury in this State. MV. North, having road an affidavit ol ' George Phipps (another of tho parties lm i plicated) almost to tho sumo purport ax those which precoded It. j District Attorney Uurvin uiudo a few sug • gestious to tho court, urging that as long us a statute against usury existed on tho luw books of the Slutu it ought to bo respectod, and the parties violating it should tie pun ished iu some way. ILhus. Min. S t -(\ -1 2<> 00 5 20 oo 2s i:. . (> 21 :-i 1) 51 -io Judge Cardoso then proceeded to deliver judgment as follows: “My views havo been slightly modiilis) by the remarks of tho learned counsel fur tho defendants, though I differ lu some re spects from tho views which havo been pre sented to mo. 1 havo given Ibis subject vory cureful consideration. I havo not fulled to give duo weight to such of tho considerations suggested as I think nro ontillcd to-uuy, Including the oir cumstanco that this Is tho first action for a. Jong period taken by tho Garnd Jury lu this country upon this subject, and UmA thus, to aouio exteut, offenders against thlx law muy huvo fallen into tho Hupposltluu that it might bo violated with impunity.— But while this may mitigate, it does not excuse tho crime, und I havo no right to say thut an otrenco, oven though It oo not malum in sr, Is trivial and may bo over looked, which tho Legislature, though sev eral times urged, have refused to repeal Hid statuto, has declared so Importantuud se rious that it Is enjoined us a duty upon every judge presiding ut a Court of Oyer and Terminer specially to churge tho Grand Jury to Inquire us to Its commission. The truth Is, violation of this statute, liko uny thing olse which tho luw denounces as a crime, should be made odious. Either an. act should not bo legally u crime or else it. should bo treated us such. These views, : together with tho great evil which whs near being accomplished by tho rocoul combi nations to lock up mouey except at fright ful rules.of interests, threatening bankrupt ey to very mauy commercial houses.umb great distress to tho great mass of tho com munity—tho Inboring and tbo poorer cluss es—only averted by tho timely hearkening of tho Grand Jury to tho instructions of tho Court and the presentment by them, of: those Indictments, leads mo to believe that: while they may bo very mild it is my duly to impose such seuteucos, discriinloul lng of course according to tho information, which I have carefully endouvored to ac quire us to tho circumstances of each caao boforo mo, as will operato as an admonition, against future offences of this description. Under theso viows I have concluded as fol lows, and such is the sentence of the Court: —Edward K. Jones wus the first to plead, guilty, and his example doubiles* influ enced most of tho others, thus saving much public timo, labor and oxpenso. A lino of $250 will bo a sufficient vindication oftko law in his case. David M. Morrison ami George I’hifT followed him speedily with, pleas of guilty, and I am Informed that they aro not gross offenders ugainst tho law. A. fine of $250 euch is imposed upon them. Emanuel Knight euine volunturily into Court and surrendered himself, befiwo tho warrant for hla arrest was executed, am) immediately pleaded guilty. Ho should therefore bo placed iu tho same category with those previously mentioned, except that, I understand, his transactions huv* been much greater and) bis habit more iu veterute. A fine of §5OO It Imposed on him. Russell Sago was among tho lust to plead guilty, und though there is but ono indict ment against him, I learn that there were a large number of charges on which tho evideuce waa perfectly plain und conclu sive, and that there is good reason to believe him to have been connectod with tho com bination to lock up money which I have mentioned. I think, and such is the sen leuce, that In addition to a fine of $250 ho must be imprisoned in the City Prison for five days. The same remarks apply to some extent to Reubeu W. Howe, who, although but one Indictment, out of a great number of charges fully susceptible of proof, hua been Mound against him, while there huvo beon’ two against his partner, Charles A. Macy, who uppearstohavetakon a more ac tive part in sucli transactions than Dls part ner, although I am not informed that he has been instrumental In )tbe combination to lock up money. A line of $5OO is imposed on him. Charles A. Macy is fined $4OO on each indictment. Georgo Wutts’ case .differs somewhat from ull the rest.— He was among tho lust to withdraw his plea of not guilty, and I leurn that ho assumed a defiant air when tho officer went to arrest him, telling him (basod upon what he supposed to bo technical errors) that if ho executed ibe warrant it would be at his peril. Mr. Watts, I learn, belongs to a wealthy and influential family; but if re lying upon that circumstuuce, he supposed that hejcould occupy any position bofore the court different from that of tho humb lest Individual, ho certainly was In error, udU ho and others through him must bo taught that all ate tho same bofore the Jaw, and that to tho luw the highest and tho low est must submit, and that the judge who should distinguish in fuvor of wealth or position in the administration of justloo, awarding a different sentence to one thus favored from what he would visit upon the lowliest person arraigned for a similar crime, would bring disgrace on the bench. The sentence in bis case, therefore, Is that he be fine* $250 and be imprisoned in tho City Prison for ten days. Iu each case the defendant will also stand committed until the fine is paid. As the Court rendered its jadgment in each case there was a very perceptible rise of excitement among the spectators in the crowded court room. It was supposed that judgment would have, in the cuseof such wealthy and worthy delinquents, gone no further than fine, und consequently the little appendage thereto of Imprisonment struck not only the operators themselves, but no doubt some of their dupes, with sur prise, in the one case gratifying, in the other quite the reverse. The parties were not even prepaied for the infliction of fines so heavy, and thoy bad not supplied their purses wijh the necessary amounts* which necessitated their detention in court before the admiring gaze of the spectators for a considerable time. The parties who bad received the unwonted summons to the dreary Tombs were taken off at onoe in the custody of the Sheriff’s deputies,— H. Y, Herald. n Conrl. J U DOJI ENT OK TIIE COUKT, Graut's Soliloquy on Long ttranfbi On the beach at Long Branch Tney steal my heart away, With a dog dght or a clam bake, .Every day fstay; And 1 think that to be a President la notnlng else but play, I meet Miss Olive Logan, At Hoey’s I spend the day,, Et >p a bit with LydiaThompton To try some blonde croquet. If Borle didn’t bore me, With nary board to pay, I think that down at Long Bra&Qli 1 00 old stay till I gray.
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