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WEDNESDAY, DEC. 8, .1869.
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The President's Message,
The First Aunual Message of Presi
dent Graut has been looked for with
great interest by men of all parties. It
was conceded that it would exercise a
controlling influence upon his party in
Cong-ess, if it should lay down a bold,
clear aud comprehensive policy. The
Radical majority in our national coun
cils greatly need the guidance of some
master mind. They aro perfectly at
t ea, ami much divided iu sentiment on
all the great questions now agitating
the country. The Republican party
really has no policy, and it seems
destined to drift on to inevitable
disruption and destruction, unless
some controlling and sagacious spirit,
gifted with the rare qualities that
distinguish great party leaders, shall
speedily arise from its ranks to mould
the diseordant elements into one
homogeneous whole, aud to point out
with clearness and precision the
(nurse to he pursued in the future.
Certain it is that no such man can be
found in either house of Congress. The
Sumners and the Rutlers are utterly
unfitted for sucha task. TheCabinetis
made upof commonplace material, with
nut a single commanding or original
mind in it.
Js Grant fitted to become such a lead*
cr as the Republican party needs? His
nomination was regarded as a political
necessity, and it was conceded that the
organization was making a dangerous
experiment when it elected him. Being
utterly destitute of auy training in civil
affairs, it was not to be expected that
he would display the qualities of states
manship which are so much needed at
a period liko our present. Up to the
meeting of Congress he was not expec
ted to speak, and lie could only be
judged by hh acts. These gave very
little eucouragement to his friends, aud
enabled bis political opponents to dam
age him seriously in public estimation,
by proper and legitimate criticism.
General Grant’s first Annual Mes
sage was therefore anticipated with no
little anxiety. His friends hoped, al
most againsthope, that it might redeem
the unenviuble reputation he hud been
making for himsolf. That they must
feel sadly disappointed as they read the
document, which we publish elsewhere,
we cannot doubt. Instead of the brief,
terse and vigorous paper which the
Radical press led us to expect, we have
a long, cumbersome and diffuse docu
ment, iu which a verbose and stilted
style utterly fails to cover up the timid-
ily, vacillation ami restraint of a
mind, void of fixed political opinions.
It must be evident to the most casual
reader, that Grant’s chief aim in the
preparation of h is Message, was to avoid
giving offense to any one of the factions
which make up that wonderful con
glomeration that rejoices in the narneot
the Republican party. Certain it is
I hut he shows iu this Message none of
the elements of a political leader, what
ever lie may have been in war.
After a few paragraphs of nfopkomorie
rhetoric, Grant plunges into the ques
tion of reconstruction. The thoughtful
man will look in vain for any evidence
of Miperior wisdom in what he commu
nicates on that most important ques
tion. In regard to the vital issueofthe
udmisMon of Senators and Congress
men, duly elected by Southern
States, he has not one word to say ;
and (lie only positive suggestion he
makes is the recommendation that
the Governor of Georgia be “authoriz
cd” (compelled is the word he should
have used) to reassemble the Old Legis
lature, in order that a modern Pride’s
purge may he administered to it, the
object of which is to force the ratifica
tion of the Fifteenth Amendment.—
Having hiid down a programme for
Virginia he could not retract what he
hud so publicly done, aud he graciously
condescends to recommend that the
Mother of States be re-admitted to the
I'uion.
On the subject of the currency aud the
resumption of specie payments his re
marks are of the most vague aud in
definite character, He asserts that no
substitute can be devised to take the
place of “a return to a specie basis,”
aud in llio very next sentence declares
that “ immediate resumption, if practi
cable, would not be desirable.” He
vaguely suggests that some legislation
be had, looking to resumption at some
indefinite period in a ijioiote future.
Boutwcll’s plan for funding the five
twenty bonus at four or four and a half
per cent, is approved.
His position on the tariff question re
minds us forcibly of his boyish exploit
of riding the mule in a circus, (so graph
ica.Jy detailed in Bonner’s Ledger by
his garrulous father,) when he faced to
the head or the tail of the animal with
e<jiial ;.:cilily. Jfe avows in one line
that the existing tariff stauds in sad
need of and reduction,
ami in the very next advises the indefi
nite postponement of this much needed
work.
He declares that the means provided
for the payment of the national debt are
“more thau ample,” but recommends a
continuance of the odious and inquisi
tive income tax, which, like a spider’s
web, catches honest gnats and flies,
while wasps and hornets, the big rogues
break through its meshes and escape.
Ho commends the Quaker Indian
Agents, though we have yet to learn
that they have accomplished anything
worthy of commendation.
In regard to Foreign Affairs the Mes
sage is as equivocal, and undecided a 9 it
is in regard to domestic matters. The
Alabama claims are very gently touched
aud no decided policy is avowed, nor
any determination expressed to bring
them to a speedy adjustment. Like the
tariff and resumption they are indefi
nitely postponed. He puts his mailed
foot down upon the aspirations of the
Cuban patriots, and, in siding with
Spain, uses language which will be
received in Euglandasau abandonment
of the high ground we took in regard
to her recognition of the belligerent
character of the Southern Confederacy.
When he says “ this nation is its own
judge when to accord rights of belligcr
cneyf* he stauds on the very same
ground that the English Government
professed to occupy during the rebellion,
aud briDgs Mr. Sumner's airy castle
tumbling about his ears.
On the subject of protecting natoral-
ized citizens the Message * backs down]
from the old American attitude. The
obvioUß sympathy with governments
which wish to reclaim their “con
scripts ” isaslgnificant change from the
tone of Democratic administrations.
He opposes* reciprocity treaty with
Canada, favors the unconditional repeal
oftheTenure-of-Officeßill, and refers
to the reports of the Departments in
general terms.
The Radical Congressmen, who have
been waiting for such a message as
would lay down for them a clear line of
policy, will find little help in the loose
jumble of disjointed utterances which
Grant has sent forth in the shape of a
First Annual Message. It neither de
fines a policy, nor lays down a plan of
administration ; and the telegraphic re
ports assure us that it has failed to sat
isfy leading Republicans at "Washing
ton.
Free lotc and Harder.
The shooting of Richardson by Mc-
Farland has elicited comments of a very
questionable character from a largo
number of newspapers which claim to
be respectable. Following the lead of
the New York Tribune , which seems to
have returned to its former doctrine of
free love, not a few prominent journals
have fully espoused the cause of a man
who, whatever may have been his other
virtues, recklessly trampled under foot
the laws of marriage, deliberately rob
bed anotherof hisdomesticpeace, alien
ated from him his wife, and broke up
his family circle. Richardson did not
pretend to deDy his guilt, but in a pub
lic letter, published at the time of a
former controversy, he boldly avowed
his unlawful love for the wife of Mc-
Farland, and announced his determin
ation to marry her as soon as a divorce
could be procured. The woman, more
shameless if possible than the man,
went through the usual temporary resi
dence in Indiana, ami a short time
since returned to New York, where ar
rangements for the proposal of effecting
the unhallowed union were being made
at the time the tragedy took place. It
was uuder circumstances of such aggra
vation that McFarland shot Ricliard-
We take it that Richardson’s connec
tion with the press has had much to do
with the course of comment which lias
been pursued by a number of journals.
The feeling of friendship among news
paper men is very strong, aud the dis
position to stand by their class is very
commendable, but it will not do to
carry it too far. The man who publicly
glories in his impudent and illegal in
terferences between a man and his wife,
who boasts openly of bis Jove for her
and her love for him, who deliberately
announces that he is only waiting fur a
decree of divorce from some convenient
Court to marry her, outrages the estab
lished views of morality, and puts him
self beyond the pale of legitimate sym
pathy. Ther6 is more iu this labored
defence of Richardson than meets the
eye. It is an exaltation of the most
pernicious aud destructive doctrines,
and, if permitted to go on uurebuked
and unchecked, would speedily under
mine all marital rights, and land us in
a foul slough of free love more degrading
than Mormonism. It is tiie gradual
spread of such loose theories that has
made fraudulent divorces and bogus
separations, obtained by nominal resi
dence in distant States, so common.
if the papers which have espoused
the cause of Richardson so zealously
had confined themselves to denouncing
the attempt at murder, covering the
crimes of the victim with charitable si
lence, their course would not have call
ed for censure, and we would not have
had a single harsh word to say of the
unfortunate journalist for whom so
much sympathy has been demanded.—
The law says no man has a right to
take the redress of wrongs in his own
bauds, as McFarland did, and the law
is right; but the law does not sanction
such a course of actiou as that pursued by
Richardson. The comments of the New
York Tribune and a number of other
journals is calculated to encourage
adultery and to foster a disregard of the
marital tie. There is a vein of senli
mentalism running through the story
of this tragedy, aB given by them, that
is decidedly demoralizing.
We are glad to see that many respect
newspapers, taking a right view of this
case, are openly denouncing the odious
doctrines put forth by the New Y'ork
Tribune and a number of such journals.
The Slate Treasurer,
Every Radical newspaper in the State
has had something to say about the
coming election of a State Treasurer.
They have arrayed themselves with the
contending candidates, ami are lauding
Irwin aud abusing Mackey, or the re
verse, as the caso may be. In their
championship of one or the other of
these aspirauts they never think of di
recting public attention to the gross
abuses which have crept into the ad
ministration of the office for which there
is annually so fierce a scramble. The
Philadelphia Morning Post is the only
Republican journal of any stauding
which has taken high ground in the
matter. It boldly dencuuces the abuse
of power which bauds over tho money
of tho State to be used by the Treasurer
for thepurposeof enriching himself and
his friends. The Post demands that the
Constitution be so amended ns to do
away with the evil. That would prove
to be rather a slow process, but perhaps
the only effective oue. It is too much
to expect a modern Pennsylvania Leg
-slature to break up by au act of its own,
any such nice scheme for plundering
the taxpayers. We hope some one will
be found bold enough aud honest enough
to force thocoming Legislature to a vote
on this important question. Let the
people of each district see how their
members stand. The entire Lancaster
delegation is pledged to tbe abolition of
the abuses attaching to tbe office of
State Treasurer, and they will be ex
pected to lead off. Let them do so early
in the session.
Bent’s Defeat
The manner in which Dent insolent
ly and ostentatiously set himself up as
a candidate for Governor of Mississippi,
was enough to insure his defeat. He
had nevei done any thiDg to commend
himself to the native population of the
State, and was neither liked nor trust
ed by them. The Conservative Con
vention, influenced by his boasts that
he wopld be actively supported by
Grant, consented to put his name on
the ticket, but there wore thousands of
Conservative voters in the State who
felt that it was an insult a d a degrada
tion to vote for such a man. One of the
brother’s-in-law has como to grief, and
we have no tears to shed ou his defeat.
Presents to Grant,
We publish on our outside to-day a
list of those who contributed large sums
of cash to-fill the pocket of President
Grant. A glance at the names will suf
fice to show that the money thus ex
pended was we.l invested, as a large
number of the donors drew big prizes
in the great gift distribution which fol
lowed the inauguration of the receiver
as President of the United States.
Among the questions likely to occupy
much of the time of Congress are those
of the removal of the National Capital,
what shall be done with the Mormons,
and how to dispose of the woman suf
frage clamor. These might afford to
wait for thesettlement of the Tariff, the
regulation of internal revenue affairs,
our foreign relations, the return to specie
payments, &c., but the outside pressure
will be too great in their favor, we fear.
The Philadelphia Ledger , always
well informed on such subjects, says
there is no prospect that coal will be
any cheaper this winter than it is at
present, and adviseaits readers tolay in
their stoofe of fuel at present prices.
THEE LANCASTEB yEEKLY USTTELLIGtEdSTCER. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8 1869.
Jobs in Cpngreis.
i The present session of Congress prom
i ises to be distinguished by an amount
• of jobbery greater even than that of
• any which has preceded it. The agents
of a multitude of corporations and rings
are already oh the ground, and many
more are making ready for an active
campaign. The lobby will be a power
ful combination, and weighty argu
ments will be freely used to influence
the votes of members. The projectors
of uew railroads and canals promise to
be particularly active. Since Congress
has departed so far from the good old
rule of Democratic times, the bonding
of railroads has got to be a most im
portant partof its business, and judging
from the immense number of schemes
now on hand, the comingsession will bo
chiefly given up to their consideration.
A Washington correspondent of the
New Y’ork IWZmncsays, there are more
than a hundred canal and railroad bills
now pending, and more new ones to be
I produced. Nearly every Senator and
| Representative is interested in one or
j more of these schemes, all demanding
! subsidies of money or grants of public
I laud. Without attempting to estimate
■ the number of acres involved in the
i revived railroadgrantsin thsSouth and
elsewhere, which amount to several
millions of acres, the uew bills, now up
for consideration, p>rop>osc the construc
tion of 13,490 miles of railroad and to
.*mbsidizc them to the extent of 210,454,746
<icrcs of public lands. Besides these, are J
proposed canal,river and other improve
ment grants, amounting to $2,721,000. —
‘The proposed grant for the China and Pa
cific telegraph cable,to belaid by the New
York and Western Telegraph Company,
is estimated at oOCOmiles in length, anil :
if so, will demand a laud grant to the
extent of $19,200,000. There are also
s übsidies asked for in the form of guar
anteed interest on railroad bonds, the
principal cf which is set down at $104,-
300,000, and the annual interest at SG,-
203,000. Beside this is the sum asked
for in bonds to reconstruct the levees
on the Mississippi river, of which
no estimate lias been made. Oth
er schemes for takiug money out of
the treasury aud laud from the poor ]
man’s farm are in embrio or iu actual ;
existence,‘.which will greatly swell the
enormous total we have already given.
The number of acres called forin House
bills, not noted, cannot be less than
10,000,000. This makes a grand total of
24S ,370,7-10 acres of the public lands, al
ready up for disposed to various corpor
ations in which Congressmen arc direct
ly (>r indirectly interested. Of course
there is a splendid margin for profit in
these schemes, and it is not strange
that Radicals who went to the
Senate poor a few years since
' are now millionaires, living iu magnifi
! cent palaces aud reveling in more than
| royal luxury. The Senate, if the report '
be true, has come to be even more cor- '
nipt than the House, and it is the favor
ite body for the presentation aud pre
paration of such schemes of plunder as
those we have noticed. Profound in
deed has been the fall of what was once
the pureataudmo3tdignified legislative
body in the world. &•
We learned recently that some weeks
ago, the booksellers of this city were
driven into great activity aud a condi
tion of equally great curiosity by reason
of a sudden, aud for several days, a con
stant demand for the works of Charles
Lamb.
As good business men, they were nat
urally active in supplying the demand,
but they became curious by reason of
the well-known tastes and acquirements
of theirsuddenly eagercustomers. Why
should the chiefs and subordinates of
the two Internal Revenue offices for)
this 9tli District—men who were never'
suspected of any familiarity with the
name, much less with the Graceful
genial writings of “the gentle Elia” be
come suddenly ravenous for food so
much above the ordinary cravings of
their stomachs? This was a most nat
ural query. But tho wonder has been
solved. We aro inforinpd that about
the time of the raid on Lamb, a promi
nent distiller of the county, whose
effects have since been seized for alleged
stupenduous frauds upon the Revenue,
was so warmed in the cockles of his
heart, that ho generously presented to
the chiefs and employees of the two
offices named each a fine sucking pig.
How to cook the piggies was the ques
tion to be settled. Tire Dr. said “Ugh,
masted, of course.” Home wag of an
j outsider suggested that the best essay
j extant on roast pig was that written by
; Charles Lamb, and instantly each of
the pig proprietors, conceiving that
Charles Lamb had written a cook book. 1
internally resolved that Ac wculdsecure 1
a copy and thereby warrant his having
an artistically roasted pig; lienee the!
raid ou tho booksellers. As there has j
not been a house destroyed by fire in i
this city since this general pig delivery, ]
it is fair to presume that nouo of the
pigs were cooked according to the origi
nal recipe as described by Elia, but they
do say that Johnny Martin and Jake of
the same name have on hand an unfin
ished dispute as to which had the best
roasted pig.
If the Revenue laws, whether in their
enforcement or evasion, uniformly lead
officers to au acquaintance with good
English literature, we are in a fair way
to general intellectual culture, for sure
ly iu the instance wo have referred to,
it may be said reverently and truth*
fully that “outof the mouths * * of
sucklings,” some persons have learned
that of which they had never before
heard or dreamed.
We also hear that there have been
extensive experiments made by some
of the revenue officers of this district,
having for their object the discovery of
the cheapest method of fattening hogs,
and the ascertaiument of the best mar
ket for pork. As this is a subject in
which the -farmers of Lancaster county
are largely interested, we hope the re
sults arrived at may be given to the
public through’the press. Our columns
are open for that purpose.
The lower branch of the Tennessee
Legislature rejected the Fifteenth
Amendment by an emphatic vote, and
an exchange says that this action is not
intended as a forerunner of a bill to
limit the right of suffrage already made
universal in that State, but is meant as
a solemn assertion of the right of a sov
ereign State to decide this question for
itself, and a refusal to give the federal
government power to impose it on
others. Tennessee may accept negro
suffrage or not, as her people elect. That
is herconcern. But she will not force
it upon others, who protest against the
colored movement at the ballot-box.
The Radical party, in their Chicago
platform, emphatically declared, that
the settlement and determination of
this question properly belongs to the
several Suites.
Ben. Buteki; has written to one
Chambliss, who ran as a Radical candi
date for Congress in the Second District
of Virginia, advising him to contest the
seat of the successful candidate, James
11. Platt, Jr. Chambliss only got a
single vote, aud that is supposed to have
been hisown. but still Butler thinks he
can secure his 3eat. When we reinem
er what the Radicals have already done
in the way of unseating Democrats and
treating elections as if they had never
been held, we are not astonished at
Butler’s utterances.
It Is stated that the Ways aud Means
Committee of Congress have agreed to
recommend a considerable reduction in
the tariff. The amount of the pro
posed reduction is set down at $2O -
000*000. The tariff on coffee Is to
be reduced to four cents a pound,
and that on tea to twenty cents. This
is a stpp in the right direction, and it
is to be hoped the advocates of a correct
tariff system will not rest satisfied until
they have effected a complete reform.
fig and Lamb,
The Contest fotf Speaker*
. The position of Speaker of the Lower
House of our Stafe Legislature is justly
regarded as one of decided importance.
That officer appoints all the different
committees, and it Is in the committees
that the greater part of the work of leg
islation is perfected. A corrupt com
mittee on corporations can engineer any
number of improper bills through the
House, under the infamous system
which has grown up of passing acts by
their titles alone. An intelligent ex
member, a prominent Democrat, told
os a story which illustrates the manner
in which the Ring carries out its de
signs through tho help of the Commit
tees. Some two years ago, a bill was
presented in the Committee on Corpo
rations, which was entitled an act to
allow one of the Churches of Philadel
phia to dispose of certain real estate.
Our informant, being a member of tb©
Committee, and a lawyer, called for the
reading of the bill, remarking at the
time that it was a matter for the Courts
and not a subject for legislation, if the
body-of the bill contained nothing more
than appeared in the title. A Radical
member from Philadelphia moved that
it be approved without reading, and,
the Radical majority voting with him,
it thus went to the House. There it
wa9 passed by title ornumber, without
reading, and when through,, ibe title
was changed, and what professed to be
an act for the benefit of a church
turned out to be a bill conferring privi
leges ou a passenger railroad company.
This is asamnleof themaanerin which
improper legislation issneaked through.
If the speaker should be a member of
the ring, as has been thecase foranum
ber of years past under Radical rule, he
lends all his influence to further the
passage of every rascally bill which
may be brought up. lie rules to suit
the ring, is guided by the members of
that corrupt combination, gives them
the floor when they want it, decides
questions as they desire, and prevents
the voice of honest men from being
heard when they would enter a protest.
Thus is the pow-jr of the riDg so firmly
established that it eannet easily be
broken.
It will surprise no one to learn that
the Radical ring, fully appreciating the
advautago of owniugtheSpeakerof the
House, have.set up their candidate in
tho person of Butler B. Strang, of Tio
ga. Mr. Strang is a gentleman of abil
ty, but be is ready to do all the dirty
work that may come to hand. He was
recognized as the leader on the Radical
side of the House last winter, and was
the head and front cf the riDg. On one
occasion he became disgusted with the
foul work in which he was constantly
engaged, and vowed he would do no
more of it; but lie did not keep his
promise, aud to the e.ud of the session
he led th 9 gang of harpies which dis
graced the State, and made the reputa
tion of the last legislature hideous.—
That Mr. Strang will be chosen Speak
er of tho next Home, we regard
as already settled and determined. —
A majority of the Radical members
of the House are also members of
the ring, and they will make Mr. Strang
the caucus nominee of t he party on the
first ballot. \Ve have no idea that there
will be any Radical members found
bold enough to bolt the caucus candi
date. There may be a few troubled with
some slight scruples of honesty, but
they will quietly pock e 3 them and vote
for Strang.
Under these circumstances it behooves
the Democratic members to putforward
as their candidate some man of unspot
ted character, and of unimpeachable
integrity. Wo are lustonished to learn
from the Harrisburg Patriot, that Ham**
uel Josephs, of Bhiladeiphia has had
the impudence to send out circulars re
questing the Democratic members to
support him for Speaker. The editor
of the Patriot, naturally indignant at
the presumption of this corrupt rooster
sketches his true character in the fol
lowing words :
Mr. Josephs L tho very prince of those
professional Legislators who make money
by making laws. He does not disguise the
nature of Ins busin »*•■«. Ho has never made
any attempt to cor,cent it. Ho hires votes
and pays his hirelings in open day. His
boldness is perhaps to be admired by those
who despise the snivellers who boast of
their patriotism a.ail piety while clutching
the rowurd of crime. That he is not a mean
and paltry trafficker iu Lhe trade in which
the souls of men «r<* bought and sold, may
bi l to his credit. That ho is socially not a
bad fellow, is a fact which renders iiitn all
the more dangerous when plying his pe-u
-lutravocation ir> the L'-vis.aluro.
We endorse every syllable of that
pungent paragi-aph. It only tells the
i plain and patent truth about Mr.
i Josephs. He and a few professed Derno
i crats like him have done more to pro*
j vent the success of the party in recent
■ .State contests than all other causes
i combined. While a very large majority
| of the Democratic members of theLegi3-
I lature have been honest and true, a few
i corrupt fellows have joint'd with the
Radical members of the ring in almost
every sehenov of plunder which has
been brought up. Instead of being hon
ored they ought to be forthwith drum
med out of our camp to the tune of the
rogues march. When we have assailed
the infamous legislative record of the
P.adicals, we have had the votes of such
fellows as-Sam. Josephs thrown in our
teeth, and the force of our invectives
against corrupt legislation has thus
been broken and destroyed.
Every Democratic member of the
Legislature, who knows Josephs, ought
to feel himself insulted by the receipt of
his impudent circular, and no one can
vote forhim without subjecting himself
to the gravestsuspicions. The Patriot
truthfully says:
The purpose in nominating him is r.ot
merely to non(e -nn empty compliment.—
Tii© worthu-e of h«' ring waste no lirao with
•such non.seuso. I: means business. It is
-attmingly devised that this Admirable
■Crichton of the ring .shall bo nominated,
first, that Democratic Jins may be hushed
concerning the record of its real candidate,
-Mr. Strang ; and secondly, that Mr. Josephs
may be reeoguized in t.ho appointment of
committees as the leader on the Democratic
side of the house ! Thu- will a double pur
pose be.accompliahed. The ring will enter
into complete and undisputed possession of
the Legislature, aud the Democratic party
will be gravely compromised. Now, with
out the slightest personal feeling in the mat
ter, we do most solemly pretest against,and
most earnestly deprecate the proposition to
nominate Mr. Satnoel Josephs. The op
position we make is based on public and
party necessity. The people of Pennsylva
uia cannot afford to be again dishonored by
a repetition of last winter’s corruption.
Still less can the Democratic party of the
State afford to share with the Radicals the
rosponsibilities/or mischievous legislation.
Should Strang and Josephs be nominated
by the respective caucuses of the two pollti
cal parties, the anti-ring members will
probably nominate a third candidate to be
supported by all who are in favor of Legis
lative Reform. To this complexion mnst
it come at last if the ring Legislators bold
out to the end in ihoir determination to rule
and ruin.
Xesroes In the Schools or Washington.
The Radical Corporation Attorney of
Washington has decided that the daugh
ter of the negro preacher, Sella Martin,
£nu3t be admitted as a pupil in the school
for which she received a card from one
of the Directors. This decision the cor
, respondent of the Baltimore Sun says
will render the public schools of Wash
ington mere pauper institutions. Al
ready many of the best citizens have
withdrawn their children aud sentthem
to private institutions, aud none who
are able to afford to pay for private in
struction will send their children to
schools where negroes are admitted.
There are in Washington plenty of
schools for the blacks, a sufficient por
tion of the tax being set apart to employ
good teachers. A fewambitiousnegroes,
who are not content unless they are
recognized as equal to white men in
every respect, have been induced by
Radical teaching to stir up this strife
which can only result in the destruction
of the public schools of Washington
The ushers and attendants at the
White House are enjoined, by its mis
tress, to wear swallow-tailed coats.
There is no more grace or sentiment in
a tall cylinder hat, but, if custom de
mands it, and fashion declares it to be
" the thing,” who Bhali refuse to obey ?
Beecher’s Speech fiver Richardson’s
• We publish elsewhere a fall report of
the funeral obsequies of A. D. Richard
son. The speech made by Henry Ward
Beecher willattractnniversal attention.
He exhibited a bitter temper, and rail
ed over the coffin of the dead man like
a common scold. Mr. Beecher made a
great mistake. The condemnation so
freely expressed by the press was not
leveled so much at the deceased as it
was at his living apologists and eulo
gists. When the Vice President of the
United States, and the most prominent
preacher in the country unite in an
attempt to excuse adultery, to briDg with
contempt one of the commandments of
God, and to’sap the very founda
tions of our social system, charity for
the dead can not induce the newspaper
press to be silent. There was a dispo
sition to let this tragedy pass without
extended comment, and the excitement
which it has caused would never have
had an existence but for the improper
conduct of men and women from whom
other and better things ought to have
been expected. Beecher and FrothiDg
ham married McFarland’s wife to Rich
ardson knowing that the Indiana di
vorce was a sham and a fraud, obtained
without notice to her lawful husband.
The defiant speech of Mr. Beecher over
the corpse of the deceased adulterer only
blazons abroad his shame the more
fully. He stands before the world
branded by his own act as a justifier of
eeduction and an abetter of adultery.
A Little “ Sliorf.’
Under the above heading, which we
suppose is intended to describe the per
son of Adjutantßeinoehl, tha Examiner
has the following:
Onr candidate for Speaker of tho House
at Harrisburg, according to the “ Invisi
ble ” correspondent of the Blair County
Radical, wo fear,will be even shorter iu tho
race for Speaker than wo supposed. “ In
visible ” lias an estimate of the probable
vote in caucus which gives Johnson, of
Crawford, 23 votes, Strang, 2(3 and Reinothl
(3. Four from Lancaster, one trora Chester,
and oue from Lebanon. Wo incline to the
opinion that the estimate is n little “ previ
ous,” and that our young military friend
has not put in his “big licks” yet, but
when he does, ho will make Messrs. Strang
and Johnson come down from their “ high
limbs ”at a double quick gait. “Shape
and talent” are not io be put off'with a
miserable half dozen, not even a baker’s
balf dozeD, when so many are needed. The
The senior editor of Father Abraham hav
ing withdrawn himself from the candidacy
for Clerk of the House, ought to throw his
friends to the Major for Speaker, and then
our Speaker mignt make a Page of him.
A Specimen of Kadtcal Economy.
The Louisville Courier and Journal
pitches into a piece of Radical'stealing
after the following very vigorous style:
We wish that some admirer of Grant,
President of the United States, and Wash
burne. Minister to France, would under
take to explain why the former continues
the latter m his high position at a salary of
$17,000 iu gold if he has so little cinlidence
in his ability and discretion that ho can’t
trust him to attempt the negotiation of a
postal treaty with tho Government to
which ho is accredited, but must needs
send out Senator Ramsey for tho purpose
at an expense of $15,000 in gold. But
the affair admits of no explanation.—
The belter class even of the Radical or
gans openly condemn it. The worse
class avoid tho subject. Tull us where
Washburne was and what he was about
when Ramsey was vainly endeavoring to
do tho only work that our government has
occasion for ordering done at tho French
court since Washburne’a appointment.—
Those were light fingers that took that sls,*
000 in specie lrorn the Treasury to pay Ram
sey fur his bootless mission. Oue such
transaction tells tbe character of an admin
istration as distinctly as a thousand could.
The infamy sticks to the administration’s
skin like wax or pitch. Skin the adminis
tration, and the infamy would be found to
have permeated itfe fiesh, blood, bones,
nerves, and gristle.
A large meeting of Germans was
held in Philadelphia on Saturday night,
to consider tho case of Dr. Sehceppe,
who now lies in the Carlisle jail uuder
sentence of death. It appears from a
statement made by Mr. DittmaD, couu
selforthe German Benevolent Societies
of Philadelphia, that Governor Geary
held out hopes that Sehceppe would be
pardoned. This wa3 done at a meeting
had before the election. When the
election was over, Geary refused to re
ply to letters sent to him by Mr. Ditt
maD, and treated him with contempt.
How like Geary that is! Resolutions
were passed at the meeting condemning
the course of the Governor and the new
Attorney General.
Vice President Colfax is promi
nent among those who have been en
gaged iu a systematic attempt to make
a martyr and a hero of A. D. Richard
son. His open connection with the
disciples of free love has shocked the
moral sense of the public, and some
Republican newspapers have had the
decency to censure him in terms of de
served severity. The people of this
country are not yet prepared to endorse
tbe odious doctrines of the school of
pretended reformers to which Colfax
belongs.
The Emperor of Russia having decreed
tbe banishment from bis dominions of
two thousand Jewish families.that class
of our citizens are naturally excited and
indiguant. A deputation waited on
President Grant, and requested him to
use the influence of the U. S. Govern
ment to prevent the carying out of this
harsh ukase. The reply of the Presi
dent was favorable, and tbe good offices
of our government will be promptly
employed to prevent tbe proposed in
justice.
The j mltpendcnt baa reached its ma
jority, aud celebrates the conclusion of
its twenty-firstjyear by issuing a mam
moth illustrated sheet. Tbe New Y’ork
Sun says:
The Indepen lent contains an illustration
in which Mr. Tilton is drawn as an Angel
who has knocked down slavery and yarious
other evils ; but by a blunder”of the artist,
the Marriage Relation is not represented
among the dethroned powers. When that
is destroyed, the long and handsome locks
ofTheodore will be as powerful as Samson’s.
His modesty only is more conspicuous. We
await with auxiety the development of the
effect of that wine on Mr. Tilton's brains—
if, as the old woman said about the ships,
“ there is any.”
When certain Radical leaders pre
sented to Grant his most costly house
and lot, he wrote to them thatheshould
endeavor to pursue such a course as they
could approve. He has faithfully done
so. He has appointed them all to office,
and they approve it highly.
An Infamous SwiuUle In New York
Ooe hundred mid fifty laboring men,
who, were induced by advertisement to
pay five dollars each into the bunds of a
bogus linn in New York, lhat promised to
convey them to New Orleans and procure
them lucrative employment there on the
levee, discovered on Saturday that the
whole thing was a swindle, and that those
engaged in it had disappeared. Persons
passing through William street on Satur
day morning observed ulurge gathering of
able-bodied, respectable looking men, clad
evidently in their holiday clothes, and the
majority of them carrying small portman
teaus'or water-proof bags, standing about
in the vicinity of No. 60, between Pine and
Cedar streets. When tnese men first be
gan to assemble they did not attract much
notice, but as noon approached, and fresh
additions were every moment made to their
numbers, the curiosity of persons doing
business in the neighborhood or passing
along the street was excited, and the his
tory of the swindle came out. The suffer
ing that must result from this shameless
fraud, not only to the men themselves, bnt
to scores of innocent women and children’
cannot at once be set down. Some idea’
may be formed from the tact that many of
them had broken up their humble homes
and laid out the little means they possessed
to procure necessaries for the voyage.
Others bad given up situations with the
prospect of bettering tneir positions, and alI
had lost several days, work.
UenClnl Brrckinridce ln^WaAhlngton—
Uih Visit to Geo> Sherman,
Washington, Dec. 3.- General John C
Breckinringe called upon General Sher
man at the War Department yesterday, to
pay his respects. He wasat once admitted,
and an agreeable interview followed. Mu
tual compliments were given upon the
personal appearanoe of the two gentlemen.
General Sherman remarked pleasantly that
he had not had the pleasure of meeting
General Breckinridge since he saw him at
Darham Station, North Carolina, where
the terms of surrender of Breckinridge’s
forces were agreed npon. They conversed
on old army scenes with great cordiality
and the subject ol politics wa&nol alluded*
to. General Breckinridge declines to con
verse on the subject of party politics, aud
during hia staynere has been very quiet
and unpretending*! J 4
the carriage, death and funeral
OF A. D. RICHARDSON.
lhe Btebardson-Snare “JTarrlajre J”
The courtship commenced by Mr. Albert
D. Richardson, when the lady be addressed
was the undoubted wife of another, legally
and morally, and continued after a bogus
divorce from her husband was obtained,
until the man thus robbed of his wife, ana
injured iu his honor, took revenge upon the
spoiler of his peace, culminated on Tuesday
night, in the “marriage” of Mr. Richardson
to Mrs.' McFarland, or Mrs. Sage, as she
now names herself, the Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher performing tbemarriage ceremony,
after a prayer by the Rev. O. B. Frotbing
ham, and the Rev. Henry M. Field standing
at the side of Mr. Beecher!
The New York papers of yesterday give
a particular account of this wedding which
they inform ns was consummated iu com
pliance with “ the request of Mr. Richard
son and the unanimous advice of the
friends of both parties.” These papers
print in full the prayer of Mr. Erothing
ham, a portion of which, with a shudder,
we copy below ; italicizing the more sacri
legious and profane expressions. We cut
from the Tribune:
Mr. FrothiDgbam —Let us pray—
O our Father, may it pleaso Theo in Ibis
place and at this moment to bless these
Thy children with that blessing which Thou
alone canst give—a blessing that shall make
the dying bed full of peace and satisfaction
and gratitude; that shall make the living
heart fall of courage and faith. Bind to
gether these two hearts, our Father, and
though the bands may not hold each other
through the journev of life,may these hearts
still be one before Thee, to whom life and
death, the world to come and this world,
are the same. Father, we thank Thee for
what these two have been to each other, for
what they may be jet. May he take her
image with him to the spiritual Ofc. and may
she, bearing his name and vindicating his
honor, carry with berjtbrougb
all tho pilgrimage that is vet before her, to
strengthen her courage and give her pa
tience under her burden, to help her
through all her care. Bless those who may
depend upon her. Bless the little ones who
are left in the world without their father. Be
Thou their Father, their Mother, iheircon
slant Friend. And in the assurance of the
heavenly life, may he pass on to Thee;
may she remain with them and him here
below.
This invocation, thus begun, to the Father,
ends with a repetition cf the Son’s prayer,
which we forbear to copy iu this connec*
tion.
And now comes Mr. Buuchc-r's pai t of Ibis
blasphemous performance ;
Mr. Beecher (to Mr. Richardson.)—Do
you take the woman whom you have by
your side now, in this hour, standing near
the heavenly land, aud renew to her the
pledges of your love ? Do you give your
heart to her, and your name? Is she, be
fore God and before these witnesses, your
beloved, your honored and your lawful
wife /
Mr. Richardscu (in aq audible and clear
voie j ) —Yes.
Mr. Beecher (turning to Mrs. Sage)—And
do you accept him as your head in the Lord ?
Aud are you now to him a wife sacred and
honored ; bearing bisname? And will you
love him to the end of your life ?
Mrs. Sage—l do, and will.
Mr. Beecher—Then by the authority giv
en me by the Church of Christ, I do pronounce
you huabaud and wife ; and may tbe bless
ing of Almighty God, the Father, the Son,
and the Holy Spirit rest upon you and abide
with you.
“Short and simple, the ce-romony,” soys
tbe Tribune, “ was deeply impressiyo and
affecting.”
This strange story would be incomplete
without the following, also from the 'Tri
bune :
The intelligence of the marriage was
communicated to McFarland last evening.
He was lying in bed in his cell at the time,
and his informant, not wishing to make the
announcement too abruptly, asked bitn,
after a few incidental remarks:
“Have you heard the news concerning
Richardson this afternoon ?”
“ No, I did not, except that I saw in the
News that he was worse.”
“ You did not hear of the eetemouy ?”
“No! What ceremony ?"
“ Henry Ward Beecher visited Mr. Rich
ardson this afternoon, aud—”
“ He manned my wife
“Mr. Richardson and Mrs. S:ige wero
married.”
McFarland throw himself back on bis
pillow without utteriug a word. After a
long pause, his informant gravely asked :
“ Do you think that is hard ?”
“ Yes, I do think it is very hard," was tho
slow response. Nothing more was .said on
either side.
Dcndi of Albert l>. KiebardMon—sic>*nr
lni.cl Nnys He In Sorry-Tlie Last Mo
mcntN or tlie Deceased.
New York, Dee. 2.—Albert D. Richard
, son died at live minutes live o’clock
this morning. As stated yesterday, he was
gradually sinking during the day, and his
; death was momentarily expected after
! midnight. He was so weak that it was n
; matter of surprise to his attendants and
! friends that death did not occur sooner. lie
' was conscious until within two hours of his
. death. During the night brandy and other
; stimulants were given him, but death had
i theu sot in and they had no effect. Delay
the last two hours of his life entirely un
-1 conscious, and passed quietly away with*
I out being able to recognize those who sur
rounded his bedside. Among those pro-
I sent when ho died were his brother, C. A.
Richardson; his son, L. P. Richardson;
his wife, Dr. Spencer, Mr. and Airs. Hol
[ den, the minister of the Gilbert familvand
I one or two newspaper writers. Vice Pres
i ident Colfax, a warm personal friend of
Mr. Richardson, called at the Astor House
this morning, and when toid of his death,
he was deeply affected. lie had a long in
terview with Mr. Richardson’s wife, and
expressed his sincere sorrow at the tragic
ending of the life of liis friend. An inquest
will be he’d this afternoon, ami bis body
, will be removed to-morrow afternoon to
Franklin, Massachusetts, his native place,
for interment. Tbe burial service wilt be
performed at the Astor House, previous to
the removal of tbe body.
Mr. Richardson was born at Franklin,
Massachusetts, in 1 S3l . He was the secret
correspondent of the Tribune in the South
at the lime the acts of secession wero pass
ed, and was the army correspondent of the
same paper at the West during the war.—
He was taken prisoner by the Confeder
ates and suffered confinement for a time
in both the Libby and Salisbury prisons.
Ho escaped, and soon afterward printed the
‘‘ Field, Dungeon and Escape,” a book
which has reached a circulation of ninety
six thousand copies. He subsequently
printed a life of General Grant. On the
opening of the Pacitic Railroad Mr. Rich
ardson was one of the excursionists and :
afterwards published a work entitled “Be- i
yond tlie Mississippi,” of which twenty
thousand copies have been sold.
Mr. Richardson had been an industrious
worker and his productions wero always
read with interest. He left several uncom
pleted works.
Mr. McFarlind, on receiving the news
this morning of the death of his victim, be
trayed little emotion. His lips slightly
quivered, and he observed, “Well I am
sorry.” He then resumed bis placidity and
conversed collectedly with one or two
friends.
New 1 ork, Dec. 2.—The inquest in the
case of Mr. Richardson was commenced
this afternoon. A jury was empaunelled,
and a po-t mortem examination held. It
was found the ball had entered about five
inches below the left nipple, and passed
downwards and backwards to near the
crest of the illium. In its course it passed
througu tbe left lobe of the liver, the stom
ach, and grazing the left kidney. In the
abdominal cavity was found about thirty
two ounces of bloody fluid, and in the folds I
of tbe messentery a quantity of pus. Ex- t
tensive peretoreets about the wound was I
evidently the immediate cause of death.—
The lungs and heart were healthy; the.
brain weighed MJ ounces. The body will ■
be taken to Medway, Massachusetts, for in- i
termeut to-morrow afternoon. The Inquest t
will be resumed on Monday. The examin- I
ation was made by Drs. Swann, Cusbmar,
Finnel, Morton and Clark, 1
A Remarkable Fnnoral Scene.
In a little church yard in Franklin, Mass ,
is a new made grave, wherein is to be de
posited all that was mortal of Albert D.
Richardson. Franklin was the native place
of tho deceased, and it was his expressed
wish that he should bo buried there by the
side of his kindred and of his wife whodied
during his confinement in a Southern
prison during the war. This request bis
friends assured him they would faithfully
iulOll, and on Triday, in pursuacce of it,
they started on their mournful journey to
wards the place of burial.
the funeral services.
At 12:30 o’clock on Friday the funeral
services were performed over tho remains
of the late Albert D. Richardson, at the
Astor House, preparatory to their removal
to I ranklin, Alas*., for interment. As it
was not desirable that any but the friends
and co laborers of the deceased should be
present, and to avoid any gathering of curi
ous persons, no announcement had been
made in tnis relation. Notwithstanding
this fact, quite a large gathering were in the
corridor leading to room 41, In which were
the remains, long before the hour appoint
ed. One of the Messrs. Stetson, actiq* as
usher, prevented the entrance of any°but
friends. When these had all entered the
restrictions were released until tbe services
had been completed.
THE APPEARANCE OF THE BODY.
The coffin containing the remains was in
the centre of the room. It was of highly
polished rosewood. On the lid, which was
partially removed, was a silver plate bear
ing this inscription; “Albert D. Richard
son, died December 2, 1869, aged 36 years G
months.” Decorations of wreaths of came
lias and tube-roses were laid on the coffin
while running entiroly around tbe outside
edges of the case were vines of immortelles.
The body was arrayed in full dress, the
right hand holding a small bouquet resting
on his bosom. The face was scarcely
changed, except being perhaps o shade
more meager than in life, with the eyes
sunken slightly, It bore no evidence of
physical agony endured by the departed
THE FU2TERAI, ASSEMBLAGE.
In the room and surrounding the coffin
were all the most intimate friends, male
and female, of the deceased. In the group
were Horace Greeley, Mr. and Mrs. Sin
clair, Col. Thos. W. ICnox, Junius Henri
Brown, Whitelaw Reid, E. C. Stedman;
near them deceased’s newly married wife,
now a widow, and her children, all in dense
mourning. A little to the left of these sat
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher, while
the Rev, Mr. Frothiugbam sat a little in
advance and to the left of them. Scattered
around the room were other friends and
companions; Mr. Colburn, with whom de
ceased suffered captivity daring tho war;
Mesers. Oliver Jonnson, Larned, Wilson.
Bradford* Howell, the Messrs. Stetson and
kj£ d ,y frienda sat in a group j usfc
behind the officiating clergymen. During
the services manifestations of grief were
general. When the Rev. Henry Ward
Jtaecher uttered his preliminary eulogisti
cal remarks, which he did with a most re
markable'eamestness and emphasis, tears
suffused the eyes of nearly every one pres
ent It was evident that tbe assemblage
were tbe dead man’s friends In every sense
of the word—friends whose sympathy and
love was not born in a day, and which wi.l
last while memory survives.
address BY REV. O. ’B. FROTH INOII AM
The following remarks were made by the
Rev. O, B. Frothingbam :
Drab Friends; We stand here ut this
moment in the presence of God. Tho*world
isnot with us in this chamber, only tbatGreat
Spirit which searches all kind
Spirit that never bates, never deserts, never
forgets. That infinite forgiveness which
smooths out all the rough places of our life
and strengthens everything that is created
and welcomes oil at last to the eternal arms!
Let us feel tbnt we are in the presence of
the All-holy Eye. Let our thoughts be
geDtle, all our words be trustful, let our
hopes be sweet, and pure, and high. Being
asked to Bay a few words, I shall not trouble
you by taking you into the secret of this sad
history, so sadly ended. Let us leave the
secret of it to Him who alone knows the
secret. It is not fur any of us to go into
the heart of this sorrow ; it is not for any
of us to probe the wounds or to sit in
judgment on any parson. The man whose
body lies before us, here, stricken down
in middle life, in tbe height of his
power and of his ' usefulness, was a
man who asked no favors for himself while
, he lived. Ho was clear-sighted, clear
. hearted, very strong of purpose, aud very
brave of spirit. Were he alive, he would
answer them himsolf. While he lived ho
. was always ready to answer for himself.
His sickness, as you know, was painful.
He bore it without a murmur, never Tear
ing death, saying that he feared pain, but
, never showed it. Through all these days,
when ho was hanging between life aud
death, no complaiut escaped his lips, no
harsh words of judgment or of criticism.
No reflection upon the deeds, the thoughts,
orthe motives of others. Nothiug severe
against his enemy, nothing but tenderness
, and unspeakable gratitude to all his friends.
He was a man of great iudustry, and his
industry (of how few can it be said ? ) was
spent in instructing and helping his fel
low-men. His career was one of labor.
Ho welcomed labor ; but the labor that ho
( gave, he gave towards those ends that were
uoble, just, geuerous, and humane. He
was a warm hearted aud consistent friend,
liberal wi:h his hand, with his heart, with
all his talent. I puj-s no judgment upon
, him but the judgement of his lrieuds, and
! they are those who knew him most inti
mately—those who knew him longest—they
. speak the most kindly of him, and say that
he needs the thinnest veil of charity to cov
er up any faults he may have had. For
. myself, with all my soul I believe that ho
was a pure-hearted single-minded, euruist,
and true man. If he committed impru
; dences, so do we all; if ho foil into mis
, takes, so do we all. But, in my judgment
his imprudences were small considering all
things, and his mistake was small. As I
know the story, it seems to me that he
conducted himself with singular discretion
| and with great purity of purpose. Let us
remember bow complicated life is, how
surrounded we are behind and before with
subtle enemies. Let us remember how
every time we move we put our finger on
some spring, and it may bo a spring, as in
this case, that may cause death ; and may
wo remember, as my friend tried, I believe,
to remember, that we live in the presence ot
God, and that although our lives are all in
the dark they are in God's light, for he
changes and guards and brings all things
out into a true issue in tbe end; aud
let us remember the great hereafter
where all secrets shall be disclosed, where
all shall read the lessons of our life and his
and the infinite love shall pronounce upon
the upshot of what we bavo done and be
lieved. Wo believe that we shall all stand
before God, and let us believe humbly and
meekly that we are to stand before this
same Christ. For tho rest, let our hearts be
gentle and cur feelings kind toward the
unfortunate man who brought this, our
friend, to bis end. Let us make allowance
for humau infirmities and passions, and let
us spread the broad mantle ol our charity
over him, judging him as we would wish to
be judged. Let us think with tbe utmost
tenderness of tbe woman who is left now so
suddenly a widow, so soon after she was a
wife. Let us remember her loneliness, her
long sorrow, tho past that was so hard and
so bitter, the future that is to be so lonely
aud dreary, so much work to do and so lit
tle help to do it, beyond what she has iu her
own heart, from the love of God nnd he
who is gone before her. Let us wish from
onr own hearts thut she may be strong,
true, like a woman convinced that she has
done what she thought, in her human
strength and weakness, to be the Lest. And
let us think of those little ones who are left
fatherless. Let us think of thorn tenderly,
casting upon them only the sweetest thought
as wo associate them with their father who
lies here dead. Let us learn to share each
other’s joys and sorrows, to bear each
other’s burdens, to forgive as we are forgiv
en, and to do what we may while we live
together as brothers and eisters and child
ren of the same great Father in Heaven.
And may we do our best to allow no bitter
ness to spring up in our hearts and in tho
hearts of others to slay convictions, and
perhaps break up sociaiy. And let us, with
love and faith, aud hope and comfort, help
and sustain, remembering that here we are
only trying to love them that we may live
faithfully and truly in the world beyond.
And so may onr thoughts follow these
friends as they carry these poor remains to
mingle with their native dust, remember
ing that the spirit has always been and is
now with God.
REMARKS BY Till! REV. HENRY WARD
BEECHER.
If I believed that this man had broken
down the garden walls and plucked the
fairest dower of a neighbor’s garden, and
that he was struck dead in the heat of this
moral crime, I should have no word to say.
But silence would add one more to those
troubles that have fallen upon him, and I
do not mean to be silent, but to join myself
to the number of those who believe this
man to bo a true man, and that in his post
sad history ho behaved himself morally,
demeaning himself so that his conscience
was true before God, as I trust one day his
name will be before men. I cannot bear
witness to his private worth from my own
personal knowledge. I knew him without
belngucquainted with him. Butthose who
were most intimate with him, those that
counselled wit!; him step by step, both
men and woL_jn, who are themselves
virtuous and above reproach, testify that
both he and she who is left to mourn
his absence, have always lived in a pru
dential manner; they behaved in main
virtuously and rightly—that they did
not violate those Christian canons or mo
rality which are and should be, as they al
ways have been, dear to the Christian heart
of the community. And, believing, there
fore, in the substantial integrity ami virtue
of his course, I was called, and with alacri
ty came at his bidding but a day or two be
fore he died. I went often to the throne of
grace during the anguish of my country’s
trial with those men who stood by her
most faithfully, and I vowed they should
be rny brothers, and that as long as I lived,
come what might, if they carried them
selves faithfully' toward my native laud,
they should not lack a friend in me. There
were two classes engaged in fighting that
rebellion ; those who were in thq field, and
these who kept up the heart and spirit of
the country at home. Among the latter
he occupied a foremost place, and did his
work nobiy and well. And I am willing
to stand by his side in this hour of dark
ness and disrepute if it needs be. For, my .
j friends, how strange is this hour that you
aud I see. Death settles all enmities in
ordinary cases; death reconciles bitterest
foes, but here is a case where death creates
enemies, and leaves no peace even in the
grave. The lion iu his strength at din his
own fastness is able to defend himself, but
no sooner has ihe cruel arrow of the hunts
man laid him low than he is set upon by
every vile thing, every fly, every crawling
worm. Sow that he is down, flesh flies
aro all around about him, and death, that
is to most men a truce to old enmities, is
the very array ingof the battle against him.
It is a shame, a sorrow, and u disgrace that
it should be so. All the more need is there,
therefore, that those who know him, and
knew that he was a pure aud true man,
should in this hour stand fearlessly for his
integrity, and should not let her who b ars
his name go down iu the darkness aud
trouble by reason of the misapprehensions
and slanders that have fallen upon him.
He cares no more for it himself, but oh !
there are children who bear his name; there
is the house which must—loving macb—
suffer much ; and there are faithlul friends
who are witnesses of his integrity, for their
sakes we stand here to-day, uot for a felon,
but for a man worthy to bo honored. In
taking my farewell of this corpse, I believe
that I take leave of a man whom one need
not be ashamed to call a friend. Let u.
unite in prayer.
PRAYER BY MR BEECHER.
Holy and just Thou art, 0 God. Thy (-ye
pierces a 1 concealment and obscurity.
Thou canst read the secrets which are hid*
den frcm men. We must once more draw
near to Thee, O Thou that givest liberty; in
times of trouble we hear no voice, wo reach
oat and find no hand that we can touch, yet
Thou doatgpme to us, fulfilling the prom
ises Thou hast made. Be pleased iu Thy
providence to clear away all doubt and
darkness that have settled on Thy servant
who lives before us. Be pleased to establish
truth and justice, and we beseech of Thee,
O Lord our God, that Thou wilt spread
abroad throughout the community, those
agitated and torn with various discordant
themes, a blessed mind, aclearenjudgment,
»and more temperate feeling. Especially
for that hundmaid would we pray who wao
led by him, and who is now leading. Never
leave her, never forsake her, and may there
be no day so dark, and no hour so desolate
that she may not find that consolation
which alone can come from Thee. We pray
for those who bear his name. May there be
those who will take care of them, and may
life bring its blessings to thorn. Wo beseech
Thee that Thon wilt draw near to all those
whose friendship has been grievously
wounded. And may they have that divine
blessing which makelh rich and addeth no
sorrow. Oh for the spirit of God among
men, and for larger trust; oh for more sim
plicity and truth. Nor would we forget
him who lies imprisoned/ and in this hour
of our sadness and sorrow, oh God remem
ber him with forgiveness, and gracions
ness, and kindness, and overrule all eveuts
that are yet to transpire for the furtherance
of truth and justice. And to the Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit will be the praise for
ever, Amen,
STARTING FOR THE BURIAL PLACE.
Shortly after 3 o’clock the body of Mr.
Richardson was removed from the room In
'Which the funeral services wore held, and
carried through the side passage of the hotel
to the door, at which a hearse and some
carriages stood waiting. Mrs, Richardson,
Mr. Richardson’s obildren, Mrs. Sage, Mr.
C. A. Richardson, a brother of the deoeased,
and some intimate friends, entered the
carriages and were driven to the pier, where
the steamboat in which the remains wore
to be taken to Massachusetts lay waiting
to start. Tho body will bo interred at
Richardson 1 aS9 '’ lh ° native P !ace cfMr -
WHAT MCFARLAND'S FIKRNDS SAY
MW, n r £ S i° f e , TentB in which tbe I»‘°
Albert D. Richardson and the McFarlands
tlgured still engrosses the attention of the
public. The narrative told by McFarlaud’a
rolatives and friends, however, differs verv
widely from those which has been publish
ed in regard to the late tragedy. According
to their statement the connection which
was formed between Albert D. Richardson
and Mrs. McFarland was one of deliberate
seduction. Mr. McFarland, they aver, had
always lived happily with his wife. It is
true thnt at one time he was worth from $5O
- to $75,000, which he lost in real estate
B P ec clati°ns daring tho war. Ho is
of New Hampshire birth, but by
Irish parentage, and if of any religion at all.
is a Roman Catholic. McFarland is a man of
considerable culture; was at one time a
professor in a Maryland college and sub
sequently a member of the Legislature of
Wisconsin. He is some fifteen years older
than his wife. It is denied that ho could
not support his wife and children ; ho has
always been in the receipt of an income
sufficient to maintain her in comfort and
respectability. Ho was in the offico of a
United States Assessor in this city, and bad
an income of from ?1,200 to $1,500 a year.
They had their own rooms in tho boarding
house, and had their meals in their own
room. The summer before the first shoot
ing of Richardson, Mrs. McFarland, was at
the White Mountains for three months, in
company, part of the time, with her bus
band’s nephow and family. The ac
quaintance of Mr. Richardson and Mrs.
McFarland begun in tho house of Mr.
Sinclair, ot the TrUnnic, at Croton, on
tho Hudson, near Peekski!!, in the year
IStx). Shortly after the intimacy began,
Richtrdson endeavored to induce her to
come and board in tho same house with
him—at No. 72 Amity sf. But as Mr. Mc-
Farland declined to do ho, Riehvrdson
; finally hired rooms at 62 Amity (where Mr.
j and Mrs. MoFar and wero living), and
i went there to board. From thut lime the
intimacy between them becamo, us the
trieuds allege, most offensive to McFarland.
: The father of Mrs. McFarland kept a small
, store for the sale of periodicals in Boston ;
■ and it was then that aho was married to
I McFarland, the Rev. Theodore Parker por
-1 forming the marriage ceremony. She had
some little talent for writing and reciting;
and it was at Richardson's instigation that
she wont on tlie stage at the Winter Gar
den when Booth played Shylvck there two
winters ago. Mrs. McFarland played A'd
ri.s-.sa to Madame Methiuu Schiller’s Portia
It will be remembered that it was on one of
tho occasions when Richardson was escort
ing her home from the theatre thut the first
shooting occurred.
The N. Y. iStm thus propetly criticises
the course ot iboso who were promineut de
fenders and champions of the course of A.
D. Richardson :
It is not for mortal nmu to indulge harsh
feelings beside tho open grave.
Albert D. Ricburdsou breathed his last ut
about 5 o'clock yesterday morning. Of no
man could it ever bo more truthfully said :
j “Ho died as the fool dietb.” And yet his
terrible offence, and tboend it brought upou
him, are chiefly to bo attributed to the fatal
follies of tho school of Free-love philosophy
to which he belonged, rather than to any
peculiar viciousness of character of his
own. Indeed, we believo with the
exception of his unwarranted interference
with Mrs. McFarlaud, he had lived an ex
emplary and useful life. His card, publish
ed Just March, showed obliquity of precep
tlon as to tho truo relations between man
and wife, rather than any determination to
do what be kneiv or believed to be wrong
And it is not so much on the deceased vic
tim us on the heads of his livingaiders and
abettors, and especially on the clergymen
who performed und sanctioned the hymen
eal mummery of Tuesday lust, that the
public censure must now fall.
Tho moral deductions from this case pro
bably suggest themselves to every reader
Who has been made happier by this free
love episode ? Is it Richardson himsoll—
stiff and cold, awaiting burial ? He showed
courage ; but courage in sotting at defiance
the laws of God is foolhurdiness. Are his
doubly-orphau* d cnildron better off or hap
pier ? Is Mrs. McFarland—twice married,
but now forever unbusbanded —happier?
If poor McFarland himself hud faults, is he
now reformed and bainted—tell us, O ye
long haired sentimental reformers—in his
lonely cell in tho Tombs? Are his children,
more than fatherbss, worse than mother
less, happier ?
Are any of the actors happier ? “ By their
fruits ye shall know them.’’
When the trial of McFarland comes on,
we presume that one point of defenco will
be that Richardson's wouud might not have
proved mortal hut for the ill-advised influx
of visitors u.v whom his room ut tho Astor
House was flooded, after he was shot.— N.
Y. inn.
The itlcliardsou Inquest,
New York, Dec. «, lSt>9.—The Richard
son inquest was held this forenoon at the
Coroner’s room, City Llall, in the presence
of about liny persons. McFarland was ac
companied by his counsel. John Gruham
and Charles S. Spencer, and by his brother.
The prisoner, who made a favorable im
pression upon the jury and tho general
audience was entirely composed, not at all
unnerved, and quietly listened to tho testi
mony. Tho substaoco of it is known to nil
of your readers. At the conclusion of the
testimony the following was rendered :
VERDICT.
The jury find that the said Albert D.
Richardson came to his death on Thursday
morning, December 2, 18+39, from the effects
of a pistol ball, discharged at him ;by Dan
iel McFarland, in the offoe of the New York
between the hours of 5 aud t> on
the afternoon of Thursday, the 2.3 th of No
vember, lS'iD.
IMPORTANT STATKM!- NT BY MCFARLAND'S
COUNSEL.
Mr. Graham, counsel for the pri.-oner,
hero read tho following answer :
I am instructed by my counsel that
nothing I can now advance will have tho
effect of changing or shaking the regular
course ol tho law. Tne proceeding which
has just t rminated is one, I am informed,
which has to bo adopted m cases liko the
present; it is, I am advised, in tho nature
of inquest of cilice, in which by the usual
practice I am not allowed to interfere by
counsel or otherwise*, and in the arrange
ment ol which the large mass of evidence is
exclusively within the control ortho officer
who presides over und directs it. With the
knowledge that 1 cannot at this time have
tho opportunity of constructing my state
ments by the testimony of witnesses, and
the belief that any narrative I might in
dulge in, would bo unattended with any
benefit in a legal point of view, I await lor
my vindication the impartial trial guaran
teed to me by the laws of the State ; ray ae
cu.'it-r will then be confronted with me, and
the power w’isely created for the complete
development of truth will then be observed,
and the result will then be declared by a
jury of my peers. While I fully appreciate
my situation, and regard the future with
becoming concern and Bolicitude, it may be
that time will demonstrate that the sanctity
and safety of more social nnd moral inter
ests depend on the success of my defense
than identify or connect themselves with
the maintenance of the prosecution.
The prisoner was then remanded to the
Toombs, and the papers in tho case at once
transmitted to the District Attorney lor tho
action of tho Grund Jury,
Gov. Geary Tlireatrns to Whip Pome
body.
The Harrisburg correspondent of the
Philadelphia Pojst is responsible for the fol
lowing :
» There was weeping and wailing and
; gnashing of teeth at the Capitol the other
1 day, und a dentist may bo required for the
Governor if this thing continues. A mem
ber from your city caiied ou the Governor
with two or three gentlemen, and, after the
usual courtesies, asked if he remembered
their interview at the Continental Hotel just
before the election. “Perfectly,” said the
Governor. “ Weil, sir. I came up about
tbut pardon you promised me.” ‘‘Pardon '
I promised you none.” " Why. Governor
these gentlemen heard you.” “I don’teure
what they heard, sir.” “ I do, sir. “I wi-di
you to understand, sir,” cried the Governor,
•* that I won’t be intimidated ; I have been
a soldier, and I am a gentleman.” “ No
body doubts it.” The Governor looked
surprised. “ Well, Governor Geary, will
you give me that pardon?” “A'o, sir!”—
After a few more words your member left
in disgust, and shocked the religious people
of this city by using profane longuage
along the streets. Geary’s troubles were
not over, however, for wbo should enter
hut a member from Pittsburg. ‘-Well
Governor, how are you?” ‘‘Quite well I
thank you, Air. , but I huvobeenjust
insulted by a man who pretends I prouiis
od him a pardon.” “Ah ! that iajust what
I came for, Governor. You recollect the par
don you promised me just before tho elec
tion ?” Geary struck an uttltude of horror.
‘‘Great Heavens ! sir, I promised you noth
ing.” “You did not?” ”No, sir; I made no
promises whatever to anybody during tho
late canvass. I owe nothing to you, sir, or
to any man. My election U solely due to
my personal popularity .” The gentlemen
present were struck dumb on hearing this
boast. “My God! Governor,”,|said the
Pittsburg man, You know that you prom
ised me this pardon, and said that you
couldn’t givo it before the election because
it would make such a talk.” A chorus of
voices endorsed this assertion. The Gover
ner threw out hie arm and shouted, “I
tell you, sir, I promised nobody noth
ing. I have been foully slandered.—
The newspapers of Philadelphia have base
ly traduced my character, and I swear that
if it were not for these official votes, I would
go down there und lick that man Fitzgerald
and others within an inch of their lives.”
A blasphemous reply ensued, which I am
compelled to omit, and tho gentleman left
desiriDg the Governor to go to some place
where the thermometer is considerably
above zero. The affair made considerable
talk here, and it is rnmored that the Gov
ernor will make an official reply to these
base slanderers in his forlncomluE message
It is generally understood, however, that
as tho Governor said he would whip some
body, he won t. A false report that he had
promised.™! lo flog any one canned general
alarm, b ( ;
State Items.
Scarlet feyor prevails In Harrlubarg;
Bears appear to be plentiful In the State,
this year.
A temperanco paper In Corry lived two
weeks.
Allegheny City talks of having a $2,000 000
park.
Bishop Doraenec, of Pittsburg,has arrived
safely at Rome.
Deerand wild turkeysaroplontv through
out the State, this year.
A vein of iron oro has been discovered in
tho Armstrong Valley, Dauphin county.
Ono of the Williamsport mills late sawed
np a log which yioldod 1300 feet, hoard
measure.
William Terry, while working in the
Summit coal mines, had his throat cut with
u pieco of coal and bled to death.
John R. Donnldson, recently elected Pro
thonatory of Tioga countv, has held that
position ever since 1535.
Thodea-i body of a man, with n pistol
shot through tho bend, was found at Mill
nun. tayeito county, last week.
Thcro ure thirteen public schools in Potts
town, which, the Ledger s„ys, are pro
grossing very successfully. P
The Danville Iron Company is securing
lands and putting up steam engines lor
miuiog purposo*, in Berks coumv.
A gentleman had his pocket nicked on
Saturday in the cars at ILirrisbur.' ot over
two hundred dollars. "
Prof. Addison P. Wyman, the popular
composer, has charge ot the department <>:
music in the Llollidnysburg semiDarv.
The Kutztown railroad is now completed
to wnhm half a mile of the borough of
Kut/.iowu, Berks_couuty.
htioch Arden has been dramatics! in d
in being played at the Walnut Str.et
theatre, in Philadelphia-
The New Jorsoy Central railroad c.rs
which formerly ran from New York to
Harrisburg now go no further than Allen
town.
Miss Kate Bateman, after an absence oi
six years from Philadelphia, appears this
week at the Walnut street Theatie in that
city.
It is cslimilcl that life millions ol ilnilars
pei year are paid out lor labor in the tur
naees, mines and mills in Sbenango Valiev
Mercer county. ' '
The heavy storm week In-lbre last com
pletely destroyed lh- new Catholic Church
which was being crech l,iu New Mniord
Montrose county.
J- J. F.-kvl, serving a thro.* \enrs’ t.-un
in the Albany Penitentiary f. r whiskey
Irauti.dn .1 in that ills' itufr.iu, on Saturday
ol drupsv. " ’
The Lutheran Church, known as Hoff
nmu s Church, in Jomier township, Somer
set county, took lire and burned to tho
ground on tho l‘>tli ult.
J. 11. Jacobs and 11. XV. Bland asm,.unco
that they have taken chnrgo of the l-'irnma
Dispatch newspaper of Heading and will
henceforth exclusively conduct it.
The number of students in the n-spi ctivc
classes in Lafayette College is as follows:
Seniors 2i); Juniors I<J; Sophomores i‘, •
Freshmen 72; Resident Graduates t To
tal 17!).
During October, 17 foreign.* vessels, „ m ]
Jet)? coastwise, entered the port ot Philadel
phia. Ol tbo.foreign, only one was a steam
ship. For the corresponding mouth, fr'iis
the numbers were 58.und .7172. ’
Ihe work on tho Topton ami Port Clin
ton Railroad, is going on ntpidlv at the
south end or tho tunnel, mar Windsor
Castle, Berks county. Thev have workid
in about 70 feet already.
Messrs.‘Archer N. Martin A Co., have
Jost finished a new railroad, connecting the
Wost Chester ami Philadelphia R. ft. whh
their Serpentine Marble Gmirrh s, in Mid
dletown, Delaware county.
A new railroad is in contemplation by the
Lehigh and Kiisquehun » Railroad Cnnipa
ny, from Lockport to Danielsville, to no el
the demand fur slate transportation from
that session.
It is stated that the temporary tnstle
work of the new bridge across the Alleghe
ny river at Venango, was carried away by
the fiood Thursday afternoon. The coin
pletod portion of tho bridge was uninjured.
iSomelimo lust summer a boy named Wil
liam .Strulhers, ot Bioomaburg, Columbia
county, was enticed on board of a emml
boat, since which time nothing has been
heard of him.
The number of burglaries and robbeticr.
in the State is steadily ui>on the increase.
Tho thieves appear to bo reaping a can lval
at present. Much of this can be aLtril ucd
to people leaving their doors and windows
unfastened.
The Hurrlsburg .Vomiio/ Patriot slates
that the police of that city are determined to
mako summary work ot persons.whose ad
miration of symmetrical f.et receptacles
causes them to loiter at the foot of stairs to
inspect feminine gaiters.
On tho 22d, a dog belnnigng to Kliai
Reed, of l’ottsville, uitiieked a child, aged
10 mooths,(luring the absence of M rs. Reed,
und almost killed it. Mrs. Reed heuring the
screams of her child, ran into the liousej ust
tu time to save Its life.
Tho projected town of Brin Mahr, mi tl.o
linooflhe Pennsylvania Central Railroad,
in lower Mericn, Montgomery county, is
well under way. Thu avenues have all
l>een opened, lots tho Ibmi
datious of two handsome mansions are
being built.
Daniel Yerger, SO years of age, an old
resideut ot Upper Hern township, Berks
county, was found dead in tho woods about
a mile above Hamburg, the 23J ult. He
left homo on a visit to ins son who icsidc*
near the Blue Mountaiu, and is suppose 1
to have died from natural causes.
An invention for catching mail bags »t
rallroud stations while tho train is passing,
has recently been perfected by John Fore
man of Pottstown. It was successfully
tested last week catching tho mall bags
from a train at tho rate ol 30 miles an hour.
A patent has been applied for.
The Easton .dryu.? anys a largo wild cot
has for Homo time been running about tho
Lehigh Mountain. Jt was seen lately near
Bondi’s tavern, on tho old Philadelphia
road. Those woo saw it .• ... .-m jt j,h
largo as u good sized dog. Tho hunters an*
on tho watch for it.
Last week Mr. Luwscr, gunsmith, was
victimized in Harrisburg to tho tuno of
twenty dollars by a counterfeiter who pass
ed a spurious note of that denomination on
him. John Albright, at Now Buffaln,
Perry county, has beou arreslOvl lor the
offence.
A Now Mail Routo has been temporarily
established by permission of thu Depart
ment, viz: from Iolk Mills (the now office
recently established) in Klk township, (hies
ter County, via Hickory Hill, to Oxford.
Tho mail is now' carried each way from
these points on Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays.
A shad was caught below Morrisviile, at
Moon’s Point, in tho Delaware river, not
long since, which weighed four and a hall
pounds, and in lino condition. The appear
uuee of shad in tho Delawaro at this time
has ci Gated considerable speculation among
tho fishermen, the first appearance of Hus
excellent li>h in lliu Savannah marl.nl
being only last week.
A man was found dead by tho heating
flues at Groves furnace in Montour county.
It appears as though ho hud laid himself
down by these flues the night previous to
keep himself warm, and inhaliug some of
the gas emitted therefrom, was suffocated.
The deceased was named George James
und ho had been nu inmate of the borough
Poor House, for some tirno push
We read of kerosene oil exj.lo-i<,u ,
caused in different portions of the Slate? by
the sheer carelessness of tho persons hand
ling that most inflammable liquid. Ii j-i
inconceivable why people who aro told
daily of tho dnnger of lighting fin h by the
aid of kerosene, or {of filling kenm-m*
lamps in the neighborhood of a flame, will
not be deterred from running the fearful
risks of doing these things. Caro ol tho
most ordinary character would prevent a
largo proportion ot llnse kerosene acci
dent.".
An exciting fix hunt cam,* off n cent ly in
tho upper end of Chester county, v. hi- n
wus pin ticiputed in by* several hunters Iro-i,
Pottstown. On Siilutday, the 27th ult the
animal was let loose again in Chester coun
ty, about a milo from Pottstown, a larco
number of hunters nnd upwards of twenty
hounds being on hand for the sport. A good
start was given tho fox, and ufter u long
chase over the hills, ho doubled on his truck
and earn© around to tho starting point
After a run of about three bourn, he was
captured in the vicinily of Nieinan’s pond
and the dogs did tho n&L of tho business, ’
On Thursday last n bold attempt was
made on tho life of General Hatch at Carlisle
by an insane soldier who was on
guard at the General’s residence. Tho sol
dier walked into thoentry and inquired for
the general. General Hatch appeurd at the
door of his sitting room nnd asked “Wh it
do you want?” Tho man made no reply
and ho again inquired “What do you
want?” When the man suddenly leveled
his carbine—which was a breoch loader—
threw the barrel down, placed a eartidge in
the chamber—sprung tho barrel, us he
thought, back to its place, took deliberate
aim ut the general und pulled tho trigger
Luckily a small pin, which connects 0 tho
barrel with the breech, wasout of place and
the burrel did not spring back far enough
for tho hammer to hit tho cap in tho car
tidgo, consequently tho load was not dis
charged.
A Chester correspondent of Del. co.
American, says: “Chief Revenue Detective
J. J. Brooks visited this city, Friday week
on official business, surprising a number
of manufacturers, offenders of the Revenue
Mr. Brooks stepped into a cigar mnnu
actory usking for a cigar. A Imndlul was
taken [from tho case und placed on the
counter, chewing tobacco was uost usked
for, nnd some tbut was notjput up iu pack
ages was offered him, tho sales iu both in
stances beiug in direct violation of tho Jaw.
o( another manufactory were
found to badly kept, the bonds calhug for
two hands, wbero six wire imployeu.’
Rev. John Chambers heads the list of
Philadelphia clergymen occupying a singlo
charge. The Rev. Mr. Furness entered tho
First Unitarian Church Juuuary.l, 1525
nearly forty-five years ago. Tho Rev. Mr!
Barnes is now in the fortloth year of hia
pastorate. Tho Rev, Dr. Mortoii has had
charge of St. James’ Church for raoie than
tbirty-nino years. The Rov. Dr. Boardmnn
has just entered tHo Ihirty-Beventh year of
his present ministry. Ou Sunday theßov.
Dr. Suddards eutered upon the thlrty-slxih
year of an unbroken pastorate at Groce
Churcb,