WEDNESDAY, DEC. 22, 1869. GBEATINDEOBiIEKTS. 830 FOB 92ii, To any one sending us $2O we will send FROM THE PRESENT DATE UNTIL JANUARY 1, 1872, FIVE COPIES of the Weekly Intelli- GENCER, worth at the subscription price to single subscribers, 510, and FIVE COPIES of the “Hearth and Home,” a literary and farm journal of great ex cellence, published in New York, and edited by " Ike Marvel ” worth at the regular subscription price to single sub • scribers $2O, or $4 a copy. Each paper will be sent to a separate address, and a fine opportunity is pre sented for energetic men to make money in getting subscriptions. For every five copies of each paper they get subscribers for at the regular price, they will make slo—au average of one dol lar on each paper. It will be remembered that neither of these journals can be had at the Offices of publication, in single subscriptions, for less than $2 and $4 per annum respectively. Stanton on the Supreme Bench. Grant has appointed Stanton to fill the vacancy on tho bench of the Su preme Court caused by the resignation of Judge Grier. The correspondent of the N. Y. Tribune says that both the President and tho Vico President went together to the house of Stanton to ten der him the position, and that he ac cepted it. By this action of Grant he has shown himself to be a mere tool in the hands of the worst Radicals in the country. He had no love for Stanton, and owed him nothing. Stauton did his best to oust him from his position in the army at the time of the siege of Vicksburg, and there was no concord between them during President John son’s administration. Gen. Sherman despises Stan tou, and is said to have tried to preveutUraut from appointing him ; but Simon Cameron and certain other Radical politicians interested them selves, and managed to overcome all obstacles. It is evident that Grant is intriguing desperately for a re-election, and that he will not hesitate to eat auy amount of humble pierather than offend influential Radical politicians. Simon Cameron boasts that lie carries the Re publican party of Pennsylvania in his breeches pocket, with his pocket-book, aud wo hear nothing more about Grant’s opposition to any appointments he may dictate. He will soou have the great Ulysses in leading strings, and will make him dance to whatever tune he may see lit to play. The appointment of Stanton to the bench of the Supreme Court is simply an outrago. He does not possess the professional qualifications to fit him to discharge the duties of the position, ami liia temper aud the tone of his mind would necessarily prevent him from upproaching auy question with the calmness necessary to proper judicial investigation. He gained some reputa tion when in practice as an energetic case lawyer, but was not regarded as the equal of many others in Western Penn sylvania. He never held to any prin- | ciple with tenacity sufficient to control bis conduct when self interest was ar. rayed against liis convictions. When the {Southern States seceded lie ap proved the course of the departing Senators, and told one of them so in bold aud passionate terms. Yet, he was ready a few months after that to accept llie position of .Secretary of War under Mr. Lincoln, aud to violate all laws and every dictate of humanity in his conduct of that office. He proved to be a revengeful, treacher ous and cold blooded tyrant. Without a shudder or a pang of remorse he con signed thousands of Union prisoners to a slow and lingering death rather than carry out llie teiins of exchange to which he had once fairly agreed ; aud, when remonstrated with, brutally de clared that he was not going to ex change sound rebels for skeletons. If Grant had searched the whole coun try through he could not have found a man more likely to mako an unjust Judge than lid win M. Stauton. The extreme Radicals pressed his appoint ment iu a spirit of revenge against the youth, aud he goes on the bench fuliof the bitterest emotions, and with a soul eaten up by the most viudictlve pas sions. The spectacle is most humiliat ing, and Grant’s conduct in the matter is perfectly inexcusable. He has sacri ficed all his independence, and from this hour he must he regarded as a mere tool of tiie worst meu in the Republican party’. Abolish tbe Revenue Officers, Hon J. Lawrence Getz introduced a resolution in Congress the other day, directing the Committee of Ways and Means to inquire into the expediency of abolishing the offices of collectors, assessors, and other agents employed by tho internal revenue department, and, in lieu of the present expensive system of collecting taxes, to apportion the amount required by the General Gov ernment among the different States, in proportion to their taxable population, to be collected by them in such manner as they may see fit to adopt. That such a system would save the people millions of money annually we have no doubt. The State taxes are honestly collected, aud defalcations and dishonesty are rare things among the domestic tax gatherers. The taxes due from the different States to the Federal Government could be collected without any increase of local officials, and the whole army of Federal appointees, now receiving high salaries could be at once dispensed with. There is no tax which could not be just as easily gathered by State authoriliesaa by the ageucies now employed. There would be less dispo sition to evade a State tax, and less chance to do so, because the citizens of each Slate and of every election district, •would feel a direct interest in pre venting frauds and in seeing that all taxes were honestly returned and faithfully' collected. Of course the officials who are living at their case, and many of whom are growing rich by plundering the public treasury, will oppose any such judicious change, and Radical Congressmen will be slow to give up the power which the control of an army of revenue officers places in their hands. The people cau not ex pect to see their burthens lessened so long as they patiently submit to bear them without a murmur. They must, give public officials to understand that they are their servants, and not their masters. When the masses earnestly determine to protect their own rights we shall not fail to secure needed re forms, Buch as that suggested by the resolution of Mr. Getz. John W. Stevenson has been elected by the Kentucky Legislature to succeed Mr. McCreary in the United States Senate. Mr. Stevenson is a man of de cided ability, and will be a welcome acquisition to the Democratic side of the Senate. “England collects $75,000,000 of rev enue from thirty millions of gallons of whiskey, and wo fail to get half that much from one hundred millions of gallons. The reason is a simple one. The English officialsarehoDest and the revenue honestly collected and return ed, while the Radical office holders in this country are very often no better than thieves. TECE X,AJSTGA.STER WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22 1869. The Tennre-oHMUce Bill* The probabilities are that the present Congress will, In accordance with the imperative demand of Grant, repeal the Tenure-of-Office Law. As the bill was put through for the sole purpose of curtailing the power of Ex-President Johnson, with the Bingle design of pre venting the removal of Radical officials, it was justly regarded as an outrageous piece of partizan legislation. As Buch we freely denounced it at the time of its passage, 'and our opinion, tber expressed, has undergone no change. Wo believe that it was calcula ted to do injury by putting dishonest and incompetent officials in a position where they would feel comparatively secure. Tbe President could not dis miss them summarily, and many of the frauds which were perpetrated uader the late administration were due to the provisions of the law which Congress is now hastening to repeal. The rumors of corruption and the well authenticated reports of gross frauds on the revenue which reach us from all parts of the country show that many of Grant’s appointees are unmitigated scoundrels. He has shown a great lack of judgment in making appoint ments, from his Cabinet down to the lowest officials, and he needs the largest kind of liberty to correct his damaging blunders. We do not think, however, that it is a regard forthe public welfare which now leads him to demand the repeal of tbe Tenure-of Office Law ; we believe he is influenced by a desire to have the thirty thousand office holders in the country under his absolute and unrestrained control, in order that he may compel them all to work diligent ly to secure his renomination. That is well understood by his friends in Con gress, and, as a large majority of the Republican members are ready to con cede what he demands, we are not surprised to see it announced that the very men who advocated and voted for the Tenure of Office Liw are now just as ready to make speeches against it, and to vote for its unconditional repeal. It is said aome Radical Senators are not prepared to r«caut so suddenly and so completely. They do not relish beiDg placed in a position so palpably false and indefen sible. Colfax, who is industriously in triguing for tbe Presidency, is said to be opposed to the repeal qf the law; but neither his ambitious designs, nor the reluctance of certain Senators to make so speedy a change of position on the question, is likeiy to affect the re sult. We hope Ihe law will be repealed. It is wrong in principle, and calculated to work injury to the public interests. Be sides we are in favor of permitting Grant to assume the responsibility which he seems 10 covet. With the repeal of the Tenure of Office Bill, he will have to answer to the people for the appointment and continuance in office of every obnoxious, every incom petent and every dishonest official. We are in favor of giving him full swing, of allowing him all the rope lie needs to hang himself. Increased Appropriations. The Radical newspapers have been talking much about tbe economy of Grant’s administration, and have been contrasting it with that of Johnson. That the administration of the latter was less economical than itshould have been we arc free to admit, but it must be remembered that the Ex-President was all the time hampered by the action of the Radicals in Congress. There is no such excuse for Grant, and the Radi cal party cannot escape public odium by such misrepresentations as availed them at the last Presidential election. They will be held to a strict accounta bility for the mauner in which they manage public affairs, iuasmucli as they have entire control of the government in all its branches. The Secretary of the Treasury has just made his estimate of the appropri ations necessary to meet the expensesof the government for the current fiscal year, and they foot up as follows : Legislative § 5,519,901 23 Executive Treasury 1 Interior... War Agricultural Postoffice The appropriations last year for all branches of the government only amounted t 05251,415,251 01; making an excess iu the amount asked for this year of $49,682,537,01. Here is economy, with a vengeance! As an instance of the mauner iu which the fifty millions extra are to be expended,we notice that the employeesjiu Secretary Boutwell’s office are to be paid some $14,000, over and above their regular salaries, for what is called extra service, Baid extra service amounting to just nothing at all. If we are ever to have a cheap government in this country again it will be after the Radicals are banished from power. Stanton Conics to Grid. It is now currently reported that Grant cannot be induced to appoint Stanton to the seat soon to be left va cant on the bench of the Supreme Court by the resignation of Justice Grier. — Ulysses has not forgotten how Stanton did his best to have him superseded by N. P. Banks, when the siege of Vicks burg was going on. General Sherman, who has much influence with the Pres ident, remains bitterly hostile to Stan ton. The country will be thankful that this reckless violator of law is not to be eleyated to the bench of the Supreme Court. The reasons which influence Grant may not be of the highest char acter, but the result will be none the less satisfactory for that reason. We : hope Stanton will be permitted to play the part of “a sick loyalist” without interruption. 41 r. lloar.j Attorney General Hoar has been ap pointed to a seat on the bench of the Supreme Court of the United States. That he is not the right man for the place, his conduct as Attorney General abuudautly evidences. Some of the opin ions he has rendered have been open to the gravest objections. Hehas failed to display any marked legal ability, and has shown a tendency to narrow minded par Lisausb ip. Whether he will evideuce a proper breadth of judicial iudgmeut in bis new position remains to be seen. There is said to be consid erable opposition to his confirmation in the Senate, but it is not likely to prove sufficiently strong to defeat him. He is likely to receive full pay for the li brary he gave to Grant. The Right Spirit. General Morgan, a prominent mem ber of the Georgia Legislature, in re joinder to a letter, says : “ The present Legislature never will re seat the negroes, nor will it pass the Fit teentb Amendment. These are settled facts. For myself, I have been a subraissionist as long as I intend to be, and gone as far as I intend to go to gratify the unhallowed will and domineering spirit of a corrupt Con gress.” That is the right spirit. Better never to have a representation in Congress, than to endure the insult of a second reconstruction, after once complying with all the terms exacted by the Pres' ident, by Congress, and even by the Federal Military Commander of the State. Let the Radicals assume the re sponsibility,' and the odium of thrust ing the State out of the Union again, if they dare. Reaction must speedily fol low. Governor Geary has withdrawn his order of execution in the case of Dr. Schoppe. This was made necessary by the allowance of a writ of error by the Supreme Court, which is made re* turnable on the first of January, a day subsequent to the date fixed for the exe cution. The Radical Two Thirds. By hook and by crook, by fool means, such as they have learned so well how t to employ, the Radicals expect, to hold their two-thirds majority during the present session of Congress. Contested election cases will be uniformly decided against Democrats, without regard to the facts or the evidence. A majority of the Election Committee will be found as pliant and unscrupulous as the mem ber from Pennsylvania, the tricky dem agogue John Cessna. Already we have It said that Covode has his case "fixed,” and that General Foster is to be unseat ed. That will beone of the grossest and most glaringoutrages ever perpetrated, but it will not stand alone. Enough of the seats of the Democratic members have been contested to make the Radi cal sure of two thirds majority, and the same outrageous course which has bo often disgraced Congress since 1861 will be relentlessly pursued. It has come to pass that no Democrat can hope to hold a seat in Congress against a Radical contestant, unless he is elect ed by. an overwhelming majority. — The two thirds majority will not now be needed to overcome a veto, for Grant will be found to be a very pliant tool iu the hands of Congress. He will sign and attempt to enforce any act which may be passed, regardless of its constitutionality. The two-thirds ma jority will be used to suspend the rules, to stifle debate, and to rush improper measures through iu hot haste. The schemes of tbe Ring 3, the pet measures of the lobby, and all kinds of paying jobs will be enacted iuto laws by the process well known to the initiated. There is money to be made by voting away the public lauds to railroads, by conceding all that manufacturing mo nopolies eak in the way of a tariff, by manipulating the whiskey ring, nud by amultitudeofotherrascally devices. It pays the Radicals to keep up their two thirds majority, and they will stop at nothiug which enables them to do so. Wandering Congressional Committees. One of the grossest political abuses of the day is the appointment of a whole batch of roving committees of Congress men each session. Assoon as that body adjourns these peripatetics starton their peregrinations, armed with free-passes on the railroads. They have their com ings and goings duly heralded, and their progress announced nightly by telegraph. They dine and wine sump tously at the best hotels in the country, aud are driven about to see all Ihe sights in the finest coaches that can be procured. Some take their wives with them, but a majority prefer to leave all such encumbrances in the quiet of their rural homes, trusting to chance and luck for female compauionship. ,Of course they live liberally and deny themselves nothing, since the taxpay ers foot all the biilsof every description. Articles supplied which would not look well iu a list of items are set down as “sundries” or charged up as contin gents ” A jolly time these roving blades have of it during tbe recess of Congress. We notice that the Committee on Accounts of the House is having a hard time in settling up the billsof the vari ous waudering committees which were appointed at the last session. The ac counts of some of them are so outrage ously extravagant that an effort is being made to cut them down. The Sub Elec tion Committee’s bill,afterbeiDglargely reduced, still amounts to $17,000. This was spent by them in a short pleasure trip to the South. There ought to be au immediate abatement of this nui sance, but the people need not expect it until there is a great reduction of the Radical majority in Congress. The Alaska Seal Fishery It is said that a Boston company offers to pay the Government two hundred thousaud dollars a year for the exclusive privilege of catching seals on the coast of Alaska. No such contract should be entered iuto. To give one compauy exclusive controlofsuch business would be to debar actual settlers and all private parties from engaging in the business, and would retard, instead of advancing the interest of the territory. Besides such a monopoly would naturally be incliued to realize all they could out of their bargain in two or three years. The seals would be killed in season and outofseason, and the breed broken up or driven to other habitations. The British government protects its seal fisheries by stringent laws deoigued to perpetuate the auimals, and to enhance the market value of theskins, by bring ing them to market only when in prime condition. Tbe same system should be adopted by us iu regard to tbe coast of Alaska, which is said to be the finest seal fishery in the world. It might be made a source of revenue to the Gov ernment, aud a raeaus of profit to the inhabitants of the coast for many years to come under proper protection. To give up the entire business to a party of greedy Yankee monopolisls would be to -kill a goose that might continue to lay golden eggs. 1,31)0,714 00 155.410,701 00 30.903,829 51 50,575 50 L 30 28,441,71)1 37 252 070 O 0 30,134,754 21 375,000 0U .§331,007,825 f»2 Stewart ts. Boutwell Mr. A. T. Stewart, the gentlemau whom Grant insisted upon making Sec retary of the Treasury in spite of the law, is now a strong advocate of an in stant resumption of epccle payment.— Had Congress agreed to repeal the law, in accordance with Grant’s urgent re quest, there is no doubt that we should have had Mr. Stewart’s views incorpo rated into the President’s late message to Congress. It is well known that Grant has no ideas of his own upon the great financial questions of the day. He did not write a line of that part of his message which related to finance. The ideas and the language were all Bout well’s own. Had Mr. Stewart been Sec retary of the Treasury, he would have had no difficulty about the incorpora tion of an entirely different theory from that held by Boutwell. Thisshowshow much dependence is to be put in the civil capacity of Grant. Sumner’s Page. Sumner has at last succeeded iu se curing a negro page to wait on him in the Senate. Andrew Slade, a light colored mulatto boy, sou of Slade, the late colored steward at the White House, has been appointed to fill the responsible position. All Sumner now needs isa divorce from his wife,who has abandoned him. He will then be able to give practical evidence of his hatred to “ Caste ” by marrying the daughter, or the widow of some colored barber or restaurateur. He has a choice of causes on which to ground his application for a divorce and can either plead deser tion by his wife, or his own impotency. Secretary Fish has declined to fur nish to Congress the correspondence with the Spanish authorities in regard to Cuba. He says it is “not deemed advisable to do so.” Whether such an answer will satisfy a dictatorial Radical Congress remains to be seen. A number of the paymasters in the navy are reported to be deficient in their accounts, some of (hem inconsid erable amounts. The Treasury Depart ment, which has the auditing and set tling of the accounts of paymasters, should be prompt in enforcing the settlement of these accuunts. Many are doubtless of long standing. A great amount of duty was thrown upon the auditing officers in consequence of the war, but this should not delay prompt settlements. If the clerical force is not sufficient, it can easily be increased. The Senate still hesitates to confirm Mr. Hoar as Judge of the Supreme Court, and he hangs on to the portfolio of Attorney General. He will not resign his place in the Cabinet unless the Sen ate confirms him as Judge, which it is not likely to do. The Party of Repudiation. Acting on the maxim that "a lie well stack to is as good as troth” tbe Repub lican newspapers and stamp oratore have persistently asserted that the Dem* ocratic party favored the repudiation of the national debt. The theory of Mr. Pendleton, though folly endorsed by Thaddeus Stevens, B. F. Butler, Sena tor Morton and other recognized Radical leaders, was interpreted by<tho Repub lican press to be neither more nor less than disguised repudiation. In vain were resolutions passed defining the position of the Democratic party on this great question, aLd solemnly pledging it to the pay men t in full of every dollar, principal and interest, according to the exact terms of the contract made be tween the Federal Government and its creditors; in vain was the uniform op position of tbe Democratic party to re pudiation in any shape or form of State debts iuatanced to prove its complete and spotless integrity. Radical news papers and spoutCTß still retailed the lie from day to day, sticking to it with a tenacity that made some fools mistake glaring falsehood for truth. The debate in Congress, which we publish elsewhere, gave the Democratic members an opportunity to define the position ofiheir party in such a way as insures the wildest possible circulation of it. There is no Republican newspa per of any enterprise or character which will fail to lay before its readers the re marks made iojreply to the individual opinions of Mr. Mungen; of Ohio, and the resolution which was adopted with but one dissenting voice. Not to do so would be deliberately to pursue a courae calculated to shake confidence in the national securities, with the undisguis ed intention of adhering to an exploded falsehood. The Democratic party has always set its face sternly against Repudiation of every description. When Congress passed a law making depreciated legal tender uutes a payment for debts cou tracted in gold, every Democratic mem ber voted against it, aud the Democrat ic press universally denounced it as a gross and unconstitutional violation of good faith. By that law one-third of the debts then owing iu the country were, in effect and in fact, repudiated. When, in the State of Pennsylvania, the Commissioners of Allegheny coun ty undertook to repudiate an honest debt, a Democratic Supreme Court re strained them from their iniquitous de signs, and rendered a decisiou which consigned the would-be-repudiators to prison. When a Radical Legislature undertook to repudiate one-half the amount of interest on our State debt, by payiag iu depreciated paper cur rency what had been expressly stipu lated to be paid in coin, every Demo cratic member voted against the out rage, which was accomplished by a solid vote of the Republican majority. Thus it has been, not only in Pennsyl vania, but in other States. Whenever a proposition has been made to repudi ate a legal obligation, or to shirk the payment of any part of an honest debt, the Democratic party has arrayed itself in stern and decided opposition, and the iniquity has been perpetrated and the disgrace entailed by Republican Legis latures. The Democratic party will be found to be just as strong.y iu favor of paying every dollar of national indebtedness justly due. The Democratic Congress men who spoke for tbe party in the j House were elected in districts where | the Democratic majority is large. They uttered the sentiments of theirconstitu ents, and what they said has been fully and heartily endorsed in our National and State Conventions, time and again. The national debt will be paid,principal and interest, audit will be paid just as much by Democratic votes as by Re. publican votes—just as much by Demo cratic money as by Republican money. The solid vote of the Democratic members of Congress against every 1 form of repudiation, which followed the ■ speech of Mr. Muugen,is no new action ion their part. More than four years I ago, Hon.[Samuel J. Randall, of Phila j delphia, offered the following resolu j lion, for which every Democratic mem i ber then voted, except Mr. Trimble, of 1 Kentucky : ! Resolved, That us the sense of this House 1 the public debt erected during tbe late ro 1 bellion wus contracted upon the faith and i honor of the nation ; that it is sacred and inviolate, and must and ought to be paid, principal unci interest; that any attempt to repudiate or in any mauner to impair or scale tbe said debt shall be universally dis countenanced, and promptly rejected by Congress if proposed.— December 5, 1565. The Republican newspaper press, and Radical Congressmen and stump speak ers have been all the time the cause of the agitation which has been kept up in regard to repudiation. They knew four i years ago, as well as they know now, that the Democratic party was opposed to repudiation iti any shape; and yet they kept up the false hue and cry. The Radicals are responsible for whatever damages may have been sustained in consequence of their coustant efforts to belie and misrepresent the Democratic party. i Had the Democratic party come into power during the war, or immediately after, there would never have been aDy talk of repudiation. The financial affairs of the Government would have been economically managed ; tbe Union would have been speedily restored, and the South would have yielded a vast revenue, instead of being for several years a source of public expense ; the number of officials, instead of being continually increased would have been constantly diminished ; frauds upon the revenue would have been checked, and peculations by dishonest officials prop erly punished ; taxation would have wisely distributed and constantly de creased; aud the whole country would to day have been in a more prosperous condition than it is, with its credit abroadand at home fully sustained, and with business of every description flourishing instead of languishing, as it does now. Rich aud poor would alike have reaped the benefits of wise legislation, aud none except dis- honest officials aud grasping monopo lists would have been heard to com plain. We notice that leading Republican journals are now claimingtbat theques tion of repudiation has been killed and dragged out of the political arena. It can be kept out for all timo to come, if RadicaFeditors aud orators do not re turn to the lies they have so persistently promulgated for political effect. The Tax on State Banks. Mr. Justice Nelson and Mr. Justice Davis did not agree with the majority of the Supreme Court in its decision in favor of the right of Congress to tax State Banks. They noted the fact that there were four State Banks iD exis tence at the time of the formation of the,Federal Constitution; held that the different States are competent to char ter State Banks, and showed that this has been three times decided by the Supreme Court. They also further held, that the bills of State Banks, in stead of being property of the banks issuing them, areonly evidences of in debtneas in fact, as such not liable to taxatiou, and that Congress has Dot the right uuder the Constitution to tax the franchise and the indebtedness of such institution. Justices Nelson and Davis hold the tax imposed on Stateßanks to be an unjustifiable attempt to crush them out of existence; and no sensible man will deny, that it was imposed for that very purpose, and to give Congress full control of the money of the people, Hon. John Russel, ex-Secretary of State of Ohio, and a Republican Sena tor is dead. That leaves the Senate a tie, and will prevent any action on the Negro Suffrage Amendment until a successor is elected. Grant on Horseback. A great pleasure ha 3 been provided for Grant by some wealthy expectants of official favors, a solace has been found for his weary hours, and his van ity and his love for horses are both to. be gratified at the same time. Ben. Butler, Bill. Kelly, John A. Logan, Garfield, the Congressman, and Cooke, the banker, have got up a subscription for the purpose of erecting an equestrian statue of Ulysses on the south front of the Treasury building, right under the windows of the White House. A studio is to be constructed on the south side of the Presidential mansion, and then the work of modeling is to be commenced at once. First, the horse is to be mod eled, and the General has selected one from his stud to serve as a pattern for the moulder. After the horse is com pleted (it being conceded to be the more important part of the work) Ulysses himself is to be cased in plaster of Paris, in full uniform as General of the army. The work is to go on under the imme diate supervision of the President. It, is said that Butler & Co. found him languishing for some congenial oc cupation. He has no taste for books; he takes little interest in affairs of State, and can not be induced to apply himself to the business appertaining to his station ; Washington does not afford enough of the kind of amusement he covets, and Butler & 00., whohavehim in leading strings, were put to their wits ends to devise some plan for keeping him from running off to New York dur ing the session of Congress. So, they conceived the project of having him and his horse done up in broDze. — Tbe committee have raised a sum of sixty thousand dollars, with the distinct understanding that the con tributors are to get it all back with interest, in the way of official favors. The Military Committee of Congress have promised that a sufficient amount of metal shall be furnished from cannon captured from the Confederates in “ tbe laiu unpleasantness” to make the casings. Prof. J. A. Bailey has been selected as the artist, and his designs have been adopted. It costa a good deal to keep our epauletted spbynxamused, but Butler & Co., will lose nothing by the operation. They will no doubt find tbejob a profitable one in the end. It is rumored that Butler intends to con tribute me bushels of stolen silver spoons to be melted .with the bronze; that, however, lacks confirmation, and the selfishness of tlio Beast gives strength to the doubt. Libel Suit Between Editors Mr. M. S. Quay, editor of the Beaver Radical , Secretary of the Republican State Central Committee, and for three years a member of the Legislature, has prosecuted Brigham & Co. of the Pitts burg Commercial for libeling him. It seems that the Commercial took occa sion to comment upon the fact that Mr. Quay is erecting a splendid mansion, and to insinuate that he had suddenly grown rich through arts that are said to be practiced by itiahonest members of the Legislature and other corrupt offi cials. The case was up for a preliminary bearing in Pittsburg on Saturday, aud excited much interest. If it should lead to a thorough exposure of the conduct of the legislative ring at Harrisburg it would be productive of no little good. The parties concerned all belong to tbe “ God and morality party.” Elsewhere we reprint a Washing ton letter from that well-known and reliable Republican journal, the New York -Sun. The Sun thinks there is no hope for the Republican party in the future unless it becomes more honest and economical, and it hopes, by such exposures as are made in the letter which appears elsewhere, to make up a sense of indignation among the masses of the party sufficiently strong to en sure the choice of more reputable lead ers. We fear the efforts of the Sun will be utterly fruitless. The Republican party is too far gone in corruption to be saved. Not a white man can get the authori ty to sell liquor in Washington without he pledges himself that negroes shall drink at his bar if they choose, and make use of his premises at they may deem fit and proper. So far as drinking saloons are concerned, this step towards practical amalgamation does not per haps approach the highest point of im portance, but as an example of the extent to which the principle will ulti mately be carried, if its advocates can retain the power.it is valuable and note worthy. Gigantic Frauds on the Revenue. Tbe following Washington despatch will show how honest the fellows are whom Grant has appointed to office : Washington, Dec. 14, ISG9.—The coun try ia becoming prolific of sensations in tbe way of frauds on the Government. It is only a s-bort time since the people were as tonished at the drawback frauds in the New York Custom House, and lora week or two rumors have reached here that there have been discovered in Cincinnati, Ohio, frauds on tbe Treasury, which are so gigantic and audacious in their character that the pub lic would be incredulous of their existence, if it were proper to make them kuown at the present time. These rumors have as sumed such a tangible shape in the last few days that tbe Government officials have taken Hi- matt*'-in hand for investigation, and prciii'i’ -1 -oon as the parties are ar rested , i* i • - fud particulars, and intimate that the New York drawback frauds will be throwu completely iu the shade by ihe enterprising Cincinnatians who have been engaged in these jobs. Congressmen Getting Away from Their Constituents. The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald says : In seeking lodginus for the winter one of the main objects of Congressmen was to get out of-tbe-way places, so that they could not be easily found by their office hunting constituents. Some of them have gone away to the outskirts of the city, and only tell of their whoreabouts to particular frieudsina confidential way. A Senator informed me the other day that he had either to get away from his constituents or else resign his office. He could not stand the pressure. Another Congressman says be did all he could to keep his name and residence otjt of the newspapers, but one constituent, who happened to find him out, published it in the newspapers for the bene fit of the others.” salaries to be Raised. The New York Tribune says “ Already there are thick-flying lumors from Washington that during the present session the salaries of even? body, from the President down to the doorkeepers are to be raised. These prognostications are set afloat with a purpose. They are intended to prepare the public fur a ; and they will be followed by distressing accounts of the slow starvation which is destroying the health of the Washington clerks, who can not. so meagre are their stipends, rake and scrape enough money together to go to market once u week, aud who are in dan ger of perishing (with their interesting familes) in the streets in consequence of the altitude of the Washington house rents. — Well, gentlemen, come on with your pa thos j we are ready for it!’’ The Senate made unnecessary haste to confirm the nomination of Stanton. It is rumored that he promised Grant he would resign shortly, but the proba bilities are that he will stick to the Judgeship with the same tenacity he stuck to the War Office. He belongs to that class of politicians which never re sign. Terrible Locomotive Explosion—. Loss Philadelphia, Dec, 20.—A terrible lo comotive explosion took place this morn ing at the Richmond Coal Wharves, which resulted in serious injuries to several per sons and the loss or one man’s life. The locomotive Annapolis, belonging to the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, which was stationed at the time on a siding in front of the ronnd house at the upper depot, Port Richmond, exploded with ter rible force killing the engineer and serious ly injuring several others. Joseph Nagle, engineer of the Annapolis thrown a distance of about a hundred yards, instantly killed; He was thirty years of age, and leaves a wife and two or three children. The fireman, James Brady, was seriously injured. James Taylor, engineer of the Gold Mine, which was standing near had his arm and some ribs broken. John Forbes, engineer of the Lexington, also standing near, re ceived severe injuries. No cause can be assigned for the explosion. The Integrity of Democratic Presidents. When Thomas Jefferson was Presi dent of the United States he procured from the Spanish Minister some wine* It occurred to Mr. Jefferson that Foreign Ministers received each things free of daty, whereupon he wrote the follow ing letter to the Collector of the Port of Philadelphia: Washington, Feb. 6,1803. Dear Sib: Monsr. d’Yrojo, the Spanish Minister here, has been so kind as to spare me 200 bottles of Champagne, part of a larger parcel Imported for his own use, and consequently privileged from duty, bnt it would be improper for me to take the bene fit of tbat. I must therefore ask the favor of you to take the proper measures for paying the duty, for which purpose I en close you a bank check for 22i dollars, the amount of it. If it could be done without mentioning my name, it would avoid ill intended observations, as in some snch way as this, “by duty paid on a part of such a parcel of wines net entitled to privilege,” or in any other way you please. The wine was imported into Philadelphia, probably about midsummer last. Accept assurances of my great esteem end respect. TH. JEFFERSON. Gen. Muhlenberg. What a contrast in delicacy of feeling and regard for law does this action of Mr. Jefferson present to the [course of conduct which now prevails. Grant, who deems it all right to employ a gov ernment vessel, at an expense of several thousand dollars a day, to carry him about to fashionable watering places, would neverthink of refunding the sum of $22.50 duty to the Treasury. John P. Hale, for many years a leading Radical Senator, disgraced the United States, when Minister to Spain, by allowing large amounts of goods to be imported into that country free of duty under the privileges of his position. There has been a vast change since the Democratic times of Jefferson. Under Radical rule all sense of honor and decency seems to have been blotted out, and official in tegrity is a thing almost unknown in this country. James Buchanan, the last Democratic President, was a model of scrupulous honesty in all his dealings with the government. He paid a bill of expense which some of his friends had thoughtlessly Incurred by ustogaU. S. vessel on one occasion; and throughout his long public life never gave any one a franked envelopeor used that privilege improperly. Grant might learn whole some lessons from the conduct of his Democratic predecessors, if he were so disposed. WiIAT IS GOIKG ON IN WASHINGTON. The Growth ol Corruption—The Bios: in the Senate—NLaasichaseits. Correspondence of The N. Y, San, Washington, Dec. IG.— The spread of corruption here is appalling. It has in vaded the highest places. Such opportuni ties through class and special legislation never existed before, and they have been improved without stint by distinguished members of both branches of Congress. Fifty or more men might be Darned with out the least effort, who came to Washing ton poor OBly a few years ago, and who are now rolling in great wealth. It is hardly necessary to inquire how these sudden and large fortunes have been acquired. Enor mous railroad grants, whiskey taxes, banks, tariffs, and the like, furnish the ex planation. Iu former times political and personal agencieswere employed to exert influence In Congress for special objects.— They are now almost entirely discarded, unless they be of the gentler sex, who have become ‘-claim agents,” and whose exer cise of that calling provokes more than criticism in the lobbies, which they unbe comingly haunt. In all the big things Congressmen of supposed power, and who are open to con viction upon the principle so broadly an nounced by Sir Robert Walpole, will admit of no intermediate agency. They are fi an k enough to demand the price of cooperation, and to insist upon the conditions of the bond, even to the last ounce of flesh. Hence, wo see them making costly voyages to Europe, setting up grand establishments here, driving fast horses, sporting fine car riages, and affecting tbe airs of court life. There is what is called a ring of Chairmen ia tbo Senate. As the Chairman has power to call the Committee together, and to ex ercise exceptional influence in many ways, he is necessarily the orgau of its authority, and oftou, by a sort of conventional rule, the director of its opinion. Hence such places are sought with unusual zeal, not only lor their prominence, but for their advantages. There is a sort of tacit un derstanding among theso Chairman gen erally (to which there are exceptions, ot course) that one shall not oppose any pro project particularly pressed by another. In this way multitudes of corrupt schemes are carried, Jbecause the Chairmen who is favored to day reciprocates the courtesy to-morrow, when some other job is to be hurried through. No questions are asked. The committee report theconcealed roguery. That is sufficient. A luw is made, oue or more Senators are enriched, and the Treas ury is robbed. But these are patriots all, and preeminently Radical, else they could not be Chairmen. Look around that chain ber and remark the pursy demagogues who have grown proud, pretentious and wealthy by shouting for freedom, bleeding Kansas, on to Richmond, and reconstruction. Their shouts, like the mantle of charity, cover all sins with the faithful; and the greater the knave the louder the shout. The noblest of causes has suffered by an organized venal ity, which has had no purallel in history. These practices and others have carried demoralization everywhere in the public service. Witness the President giving the example of choosing his Cabinet in consid eration of presents received from Fish, Borie, and company; of tilling the great offices with Butterfields and Grinnells, wbn were regular gift collectors; and of crowd ing the public service with the kindred of himself and his wife down to the remotest degree. It is stated with confidence tbat more nepotism has been practised since the 4th of March last than by all the Presidents since the foundation of the Government. The Clerk of the House has reported that some §67,000 in round numbers had been expended of tbe contingent fund, and since the 4th of March last, when this Congress commenced, committees of various kinds have squandered this money without the east reason. This shameful practico is of recent growth, and deserves tbe sternest condemnation. Among tbe curious items is one to the “ Hon. N. G. Ordway, Ser geant-at-Arms, for fees, §6,588.78.” This man draws a large regular salary, has his office, clerks, and stationery free, and yet is allowed fees, which have already summed up a fortune. And so they might easily do, at tho price which it has cost to bury mem bers of Congress, with moarning gloves at '§4o per dozeD, and everything else in pro portion. Although the South has hardly had any representation in Congress for eight years past, which should naturally have reduced the contingent expenses to that extent, it will be seen that they have frightfully in creased since 1861 under evt ry imaginable pretext, until the plunder from that source has became enormous. It is no longer considered respectable or prudent even for ladies to go unattended into the mat Me room of the Senate, or the reception room of the House. Notorious females are seen about these places, send ing in their cards familiarly to various well known Senators and members who control patronage in the Departments and who have heretofore secured offices for persons of more than doubtful repute. Men who spout very strongly about “moral ideas” are exactly those that have been most noted in this regard. If a fraction of what is known here was published, what a sensa tion there would be, and how some ficti tious reputations would fall! Well,Massachusetts has got another plum in the nomination of Mr. Hoar as Justieeof the Supreme Court The suffering condi tion of that poor State, which now has only about a third of the consular and diplomatic appointments, most of the pick ed places in the Departments, two Cabinet Ministers, a lurge proportion of the carpet-bag repre sentation, the choicest Committees in both Houses of Congress, and the lion's share ol the profits of the war, required this sop to relieve her wants. Mr. Hoar is a respecta ble man, but be has not gained much repute as a jurist among the profession here. He has, however, the great merit of being from Massachusetts, which supplied so many substitutes of all colors during the rebellion for her patriotic citizens, who found it mere congenial to “ prepare the heurts of the peo pie,” to pocket large dividends, and to organise victory by profitable contracts. A Lady Outraged—The Negro Killed. The Sayanah Republican records an in* famous outrage committed upon the per son of a respectable lady, Mrs. Johnson, in Thomasville, Mitchell .county, Ga,ontbe 29th of November, by an immense black rascal by the nameof William Lee. It ap pears that Mrs.lJobnson had retired for the night, with no one in the house but a very small child and the first intimation that any person was near was the door being broken open and the fiend standing before her. She asked the negro where her husband was—he being in his employ, and had been for some time. It was then that he inform ed her ofhis hellish intentions. She imme diately seized an axe, and attempted to de fend herself, whereupon the negro took the axe from her. and at the same time struck her with a stick which he had in his Hand, knocking her senseless. Upon restoration to consciousness she discovered that she had been dragged pbout forty yards from the house. The negro, DQt being sadisfied with what he had done, then stamped with his infernal feet on.her throat ana in her face. She became nnconscioosfor the time, and while in this condition be finished his hellish and damnable work. On the morningof December 4, a parly of njen, disguised as old men, represented that they were the sheriffs of Mitchell .county, and demanded this fiend, who had been identified and arreste'd, bat they were in formed by tbegood lady of the Jailor ( the tailor being absent) that she could not de liver the negro to them. After some parley ing, they succeeded in getting possession of him. He was then taken a short distance from the town and shot, abont daylight, two balls penetrating his body and killing him. Bepndlatlon Bepndlated. The following is the Associate Press re port of the debate which followed Mr. Mud gen’s speech in favor of repudiation: ’ Mr. Mungen’s argument, which was de livered from manuscript, advocated the repudiation of the national debt Assoon as be had oonclnded his argument, be was replied to, and his position repudiated, by Messrs. Brooks, of New York, Randall, Slocum, Cox, Kerr, and Woodward, all the members of the Republican aide gathering around the speakers and ovincing intenso interest in the discussion. Mr. Brooks, of New York, said the gen tleman from Ohio said—and well said—be spoke only for himself. If what he said had not been said on the fi >or of the House, in the presence of all of us, I should not feel it necessary to disclaim all responsibility for his advocaoyjof repudiation, and I think I may speak for the Democratic members from New York State, as well as for myself. The national debt never b&s been, never can be, never will be repudiated. While much of what the gentleman said is true, all that relates to repudiation we utterly disclaim. We expect to pay every cent of the debt according to contract, and under a better and reduced system of taxation we think it will be as easily paid as tho debt of the War of 1812. Mr. Kerr said: While I remember very well that my friend from Ohio [Mr. Mun gen] did us on this side the justice to remark that, in whatever he wa9 about to say, be would attempt to bind nobody but himeelf, yet I deem it an act of duty to myself and to those I represent, and I believe I say with becoming modesty,to the whole Demo cratic party of this country, to say tbat I do not endorse repudiation in any form, aud that Ido not believe that that great acid honorable party of which I have the honor to be an humble member, endorses any such theory. While I approve of very much of what my friend from Ohio said, and while I believe that there is very great truth in much tbat be b&9 said, I think it is my duty to say as much as I have noweaid to enter my emphatic disclaimer of the conclusion and theories of my friends. Mr. Slocum said : lam elad the gen tleman from Ohio makes no pretenses of represeuting any political party in the re marks he has made. Tbe Congressional district I have tbe honor to represent on this floor pays into the Treasury more taxes than two or three of the Western States combined, and I can assure the gentleman that he represents the sentimeuts of no party, and, I may soy, of no people of that district. For one I here declare that no partie tie, no hope of political advancement will ever induce me to favor any measure tending towards repudiation, either directly or indirectly, or any measure tending to prevent this government from discharging every obligation incurred in the suppres sion of tbe rebellion,in tbcßtrict accordance with tbe letter and spirit of the law crea ting tbe obligation. In behalf of the Dem • ocracy I represent I here repudiate all repudiator?. Mr. Rundall said : Mr. Chairman, In the time allowed me it is hardly possible that I should follow the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. MungeD) in all his sayings, or what I might mildly term his political heresies, but for myself, and I think I can speak for my constituents, I am utterly opposed to repudiation. But the moment allowed me gives me the opportunity to remonstrate ; against the enunciation of any scheme of legislation which I believe would place my country in a dishonest attitude before the world. Not only do I believe that wo should pay tho debt, but I believe, what is | of vastly more importance, tbat the coun- | try has tbe ability, the disposition aud re j sources to pay i(. I agree with the gentle- , man from Ohio (Mr. Mungen) tbat this ! debt was negbtiated at ruinous rates. Thut is a matter of just criticism against the party who tbeu controlled the govern ment and made the negotiation ; but as regards those who hold bonds upon which is stamped the faith and credit of the country, nay, repudiation stands iu no other light than the light of dishon esty. In buying this, I but speak what I have said bt'fore my constituents. But, sir, I do nut apprehend half the danger Irotn speeches such as t :at of the geu'leman from Ohio, which I do from tho extrava gance, from tbo corruption, from thb undue and unequal taxation which has been placed upon the statute book by tbe ma jority uf this House. I have a vast deal more apprehension of tho growth of tho spirit uf repudiation from that cause. — Agaiu, the autne thing is to beapprehended when tho majority stand up here and de fend one of tbe most crushiug, one of the most wusteful monopolies—the banking interest of the country. The same thing is to be apprehended from the legislation lhat has been, with tbe view of mnkiug the few rich at tbe expense of tbe many. I be lieve thut in tho interest of my country Iheru should be no question about paying the eutire principal of the public debt. Mr. Potter said: Mr. Chairman, upon questions of public faith and national honor, I do not purpose to let any man do cide for me, or any organization to control my vote. lam not unmindful of some of the evils to which the gentleman from Ohio has adverted, but without now referring to them, I desire simply to say, that for my self and my constituents, I disclaim the doctrine of repudiation advocated by tho gentleman from Ohio. Mr. Cox said: While no one is more ready thsD I to honor tbe soldier and the gentloman from Ohio, who has just spokeD, I will not do him the injustice to believe lhat he undertakes :o speak either for the Democracy of bis State or of the Nation. — Ilia opinions on repudiation are his own, aud he alone is responsible for them. They are not tolerable nor excusable because of the wrongs suffered by the masses, because Coogress lails to tax as they should the bondholders; because Congress fails to obey the claims of loyal claimants, or because of the outrageous and persistent taxatiun of the people. The worst form of repudiation bus not been referred to. The legal tenders are a debt, and so loDg as they are unredeemed, so long is their repudia tion. Who is responsible for this? I charge the Republican members now around mo with either lackingthe skill or the courage to redeem the legal tenders. Mr. Dawes—That is my interpretation of Mr. Peudloton’s theory. Ia it not repudia tion? Mr. Cox—l might not agree with Mr. Pendleton’s interpretation, yet it would not be repudiation. Did not the distinguished moralist from Massachusetts (Mr. Butler) agree with Mr. Pendleton, and Thaddeus Stevens, and Senator Morton, and are they repudiators? I understand the astuteness of the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr; Dawes). He desired to give a partizan face to this debate, but he cannot do it. With out regard to party, this Houso should en deavor to raise • ud not to degrade our credit and honor. I denounce repudiation in every form, whether it repudiates legal-tender notes or bonds, loyal claims, orconstitu tional guarantee?. I will never consent to favor the dishonor of my country, which is hound up with its prosperity. All of our constituents pay taxes alike to sustain tbe public credit. There are questions which will press hereafter, whether taxation is inordinate, and whether we ought not to reduce it. Whether, with a full Treasury, it is not an outrage to keep up these bur dens, but we all agree that our credit should remain unt rnisbed. We may differ on tbe ways and means to preserve our credit, aud as to other fiscal questions, but on this Jet us be in concord. > Mr. Woodward said that it seemed to him to be a day of general confession.— [Laughtor.] He hud happened to be u member ol the Supreme Court of Pennsyl vania, when the Republican county of Al legheny, and the Republican city of Pitts burg, repudiated the most honest and righteous debt, and it had fallen to hi-* lot to write the first opinion that was over wiitten in I’ensj lvania against those repu diators. O'.her opinions in other cases hud lMlowed, and tbu*e county commissioners and municipal authorities bad been im prisoned—the commissioners for one whole year—in jail. Ho went on to speak of a Republican Congress having on February 25, 18G2, passed an act declaring that green backs, then worth about GO per cunt, on the dollur, should be a legal-tender In payment of debts, t.f ing a direct and palpable viola ti-'-i* of a c.oiistitu’iona! provision, and in utter repudiation of one-third of the whole indebtedness of the couDtrv. Against that instance of repudiation, bis whole soul rebelled, and be had, wiiou he became a member of tbo House, offered a resolution instructing the Judiciary Committee to re port u bib to repeal that law, as a disgrace to the country and the age, and he v/as obliged to say that thut Committee hud not yet reported on his resolution. Mr. Myers expressed the hope that i; never would. These, and other instances of repudiation, had had the effect of setting men liUe flint against repudiation and ro pudiutors. He looked forward to the time when the Republican party of the country would be in favor of repudiating the natiou al debt, and he might at some future day have to stand up iu defense of the plighted faith and good credit of the.nation agaiust tho Republican party. Mr. Schofield asked his colleague to do justice to the people of Pittsburg and Alle gheny by saying that it was not a party of repudiation. Mr. Morgan claimed that there was in disputable evidence that the Republican party of the JJniled States was a parly of repudiation during the late and when greenbacks were worth fifty cents on the dollar, every State under Republican juris • diction repudiated the payment of tho in terest of its State debt in gold. Mr. Garfield said that Ohio had not done so. Mr. Cox said, that iu Now York the Democratic party paid the interest in gold, but that the Republican party paid it iu paper. SPtCTATOR. Mr. Fitch addressed the Committee in favor of the immediate recognition of the independence of Cnba, and was followed by Mr. Willard, wbodelended the positiou taken in the President’s Message on that subject. Mr. Garfield then, by unanimous consent, moved that the Committee report to the House the following: Betolvcd , That the proposition, direct or indirect, to repudiate any portion of the debtof the United States is unworthy the honor and good name of the Dation, and that this House, without distinction to party, hereby sets its seal of condemnation on any and all such propositions. The Committee then rose, and tbeSpcakei having resumed the Chair, Mr. Allison, Chairman of the Committee of the Whole, reported Mr. Garfield’s resolntion to the House, and Mr. Garfield moved the previ ous question upon its adoption and called for the yeas and nays. The previous question was seconded, and the yea 9 aod nays were ordered in the res olution. Mr. Jones, of Kentucky, moved that the resolution be laid on the table, and the vote was taken on that motion by a division of of tho House, and there was bat one mem ber voting iq the affrmative—Mr. Jones himself. Mr. Brooks, ofNow York, suggested that as a great many members were absent on account of the understanding that no busi ness would be transacted, the vote should not be taken till the next meeting of the House, when the vote would show a full expression of opinion. Mr. Schofield, with that object In view, moved that the House do now adjourn. The House refused to adjourn, and the vote on the resolution was taken by yeas and nays. . Before the announcement of the result, Mr. Eldrldge said that he had voted under a misapprehension and desired to withdraw his vote, as he understood the resolution to be virtually one of censure against the gen tleman from Ohio (Mr. Mungen). He said I understood it as charging that gentleman as being unworthy. Mr. Garfield—Not at all. Mr. Eldridge—Or that his speech was an unworthy one. Mr. Garfield—Not a word In it about the speech. Mr. Eldrldge—Ho had a right to make the speech, though I did not agree with him in H. Mr. Jones (Ky.) asked and obtained per mission to make a statement. He said, lest my vote should be misunderstood, I desire to say that I am not now in favor of repudiation, and prohably never shall bo. Several members repeating, probably ! Mr. Jones—Yes, sir, probably I never shah be. I should be in a certain conlin geney in part. If the alternative were ever presented to me whether to vote that part of the bonded debt not specified to be paid in gold should bo paid m gold, or that there should be repudiation to that extent, I should go fur repudiation. But lam not now for repudiation. I only conceived that this resolution was not a proper one to be adopted at this time, as it might be misun derstood. I therefore voted no, und I main tain that vote. The vote was thou announced : yeas 123 ; nays 1. The negative vote being that of Mr. Jones. So the resolution was adopted with but one negative vote. Mr. Eldridge asked the indulgence of the House to state why it was that' be had ex - pressed a wish to withdraw his vole. He aa d that he did not wish by any vote ofhis to pronouuce censure on the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Mungen). He said that he believed that that gentleman had the right to make the speech he did make, if he was himself convinced of the sounduoss of bis position. That was the reason why ho doubted the propriety of voting for tho res olution. He was not a repudiator and never ex peeled to be. Ho paid his own debts and was in favor of the government paying its debts. A message was receivod from tho Presi deuf, announcing tho ratification of tho Fifteenth Constitutional Amendment by ibo State of Alabama. The House then, at half-past four o'clock adjourned till Wednesday next. IMITUEK SUNIAG HOSUtOF Cnviug lu of a Stine at Stockton, Pa.— Four t!oases with Ten Perso nH tarried Down-N'oucol ihcTeu Saved. Hazleton,. Pa., Pec. IS.—A terrible min ing accidont occurred ibis morniug ut five o’clock, ut the village of Stockton, near this place. At the hour named thocommunity was startled from slumber by a loud noise, caused by the caving in of slope No. 1 of Lindorman it Skeer’a coal mine. Upon parties hurrying to the scone it was discov ed that two double dwelling houses had been carried down with the • enormou* masses of earth that filled the shaft and tunnel. Stockton is a village situated on the Hazleton branch of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, two miles distant from Hazleton. It contains many very neatly built houses and other buildings, tho company’s stores and the hotel being tho principal structures. Tho company employs about 1200 miners, who make this their home. The mine runs parallel with tho railroad track through the middle of the village. About filly feet above tho place of this morning's accident the mime cuved in some years ago, but no danger of its happening again has since been apprehended. About ten years ago a small hole was made by tho falling of tho earth directly in front of tho two ill-futed houses. The residents of houses Nos. 3 and 4, Mr. Philip Welheran, his family aud boarders and the family of Mr. William Morrist and boarders, were saved from a terrible death by a singular circumstance, A dog belong ing t j Mr. Morrist awoke the family by Its persistent howling and barking. One of the men urose for the purpose of ascertaining what ailed the animal, when be discovered that the house was sinking. He immedi ately gave the alarm, and the two families had barely time to escape. Mias Mury Wetheran, runuing in the wrong direction, fell into the abyss, but was subsequently rescued by some courageous youug men. She is somewhat bruised, and prostruted from excitement and fear, but will recover. All of the residents of houses Nos. 5 and G lie hopelessly buried in the ruins. They comprise Mr. Schwenk, his wife, a sou of nineteen years, a daughter of eighteen years, u sou or emhi years*, mid nu iufnui This comprised one family. The other consisted of Mr. Isauc Ranck, his mother, wife, aDd infant. This makes a total of ten persuns. It is reported that some men were in the mine at the time of the uccident, and il so ull are undoubtedly dead ; but the report is very doubtful, and cannot be traced to any reliable authority. Ko far il has been found impossible to reach the 1 dead bodies of ibe victims. The cavo is seventy-live feet wide and sixty leet deep, and as the stoves in the houses set liro to the wood work, the entire cavity is now ft burningand smoking mass. The Pioneer No. 1 fire engine ofUuzelton was soon on the ground aud made every exertion to extinguish the fire in the hope thut some of the persons in the cave might be saved. Tnore was not, however, the faintest probability of any being alive one hour after tho accident took place, aa all were buried by tho fallen earth with fright ful effectiveness. It is dangerous to enter on the work of of rescue because of tho earth's still contin uing to fall in and thus enlarge tho cavity continually. The excitement is very great nnd is in creasing. Families in the vicinity are mov ing out of their houses, fearing theirs will fail in next. It is the geueral opinion that other houses will fall in. Thero is also danger of the mines.taking fire. Messrs. Liudermuu und Sheer arrived at ibo scene of tho disaster this afternoon. They are sparing no pains to secure tho bodies as speedily as possible. Fnrtlcnlnrs of the Virginia Tragedy. Tim following additional details of llio shooting of Dr. Oliver are given in a dis patch from Charlottesville dated tho Kith: A tragedy occurred here this morning in which a lulher became the avenger of hi* daughter’s injured honor by tuking tholife of her seducer. Dr. Anthony R. Oliver was killed at about 7* A. M. by GeorgeS. Ayres, of Fauquier county. The parties to the tragedy are both Englishmen. Ayres Is an old resident’of upper Fauquier county, near the borders ol Loudon, where he possesses considerable property, occupies a high po sition in society, is a respected member of the Baptist Church, and a gentleman of family. Dr. Oliver recently emigrated to this country from New-castle-upoa-Tyne, England, and has been indefatigable in his efforts to induce emigration from his coun try to Virginia. He succeeded at one time in bringing oversixty families, all of whom settled in the Piedmont region. From the fuels elicited tho cause of the tragedy origi nated some time last summer, when Oliver went on k visit to tho house of Mr. Ayres, in I uuqti ier, where he spent several mouths. W Idle there enjoying his hospitality, under tho insidious guise and plea of “medical treatment,” Oliver seduced and ruined the daughter of Ayres, a young and nnsopbis tiCßled girl. For a long time tho paieut was unawaro of the terrible misfortune which brought shame und disgruce upon his family, but in time the matter became developed, and with the determination of being revenged, he set off at once in quest of Oliver hen-. He arrived yesterday evening at 2 o’clock, and spent the night at the hotel, creating nosuspicion whatever by Ins conauct. Soon after daylight this morning he wont to the house of Mr. Browne, brother-in-law of Dr. Oliver, by whom he was admitted to th parlor, where he took a seat while Browne completed his toilet. Upon the return of the latter, Ayres asked to sc-e Oliver, and Brown knocked at his room door und ho informed him. Browne then withdrew. In a moment Oliver opened the door and ad vanced in his night clothes to meet Ayres, extending his hand and exclaiming, “How do you do, old fellow ? ” Ayres drew back in indignation, and said : “ I cannot take your hand ; nothing but your life’s blood can wipe out the in famy my family has sustained from you.” At the same time he raised his pistol, a Colt’s navy, and fired. Oliver then retreated through the open door, Ayres following and still firing. Two shots had taken effect, and Oliver fell behind his bed. Four shots io all were fired, two alter Oliver fell, three takingeflect, and Ayres then left the house, having fulfilled his terrible mis'jion. Oliver waa dead. Browne, who bad no apprehension of any hostility between the parties, thought the first report was the explosion of one of Oliver’s metnllic cartridges, but when tho successive reports rang upou the air, he and Mrs. Oliver both rushed to tho apartment in time to see Ayres leaving through the front gate. On looking iDto Oliver’s cham ber they saw him lylDgdead upon tho floor, his body partially under tho bed. Ayres then went direct to the telegraph office, from which he sent a message to his relatives and friends, and Immediately afterwards surrendered himself to a civil officer. As soon as tbo tragedy became known tbo greatest excitement prevailed among tho community here, all of whom sympathized with Mr. Ayresuoderthe un fortunate circumstances. An inquest was held upon the body of the doctor, and the ury, having heard the testimony, rendered the following verdict: “That the said An thony R. Oliver was killed about 7 o’clock, A. M., this IGth day of December, 1860, by a pistol in the hands of George S. Ayres. In testimony whereof the said acting coroner and jury have hereto set their hands.*’ Up to the present Ayres had not been committed, but be voluntarily remains in tbe custody of an officer, awaiting what ever disposition may be made of him. Ho is said to have been a man of the most ex emplary character and un upright Chris tian. He conversed freely upon all sub jects during the day, except tbe shooting, about which he was exceedingly cautious in his replies. The unfortunate young lady Is spoken of as a model of virtue and chas tity, and her friends are unwilling to be -1 lieve she submitted to tbo degradation without undue lufiuenots being brought to bear. Darlngtbe day Ayres was visited l y a number of clergymen among whom was a chaplain of the University hero. Synopsis of Congressional Proceedings. Washington, Dec. 14. In the U. S. Senate the Joint resolutions of the Ohio Legislature, rescinding Ihe rati fication of the fifteenth amendment, were presented. On motion of Mr. Trnmbul) the Public Lands Committee were directed to inquire whether land offices may not be dispensed with in States where no public lauds are for sale. Mr. Cole introduced n bill for semi-monthly malt service to China and Japan. On motion of Mr. Howard the Financo Committee wore instructed to in quire into the advisability of reducing Ibe penalties indicted by the Internal Revenue act of July, ISfiS. Mr. Cole ottered a reso lution looking to the lovying of a tax of $1 per gallon on distilled spirits, nod the col lection of a tax according to tho capacity of the stills. The resolution was laid upon the table at his request. Mr. Morrill, of announced the death of Senator Fessenden, and offered tho customary resolutions ol respect. After the usual eulogies and tho adoption of the resolutions the Senate adjourned. Iq the House, resolutions were offered by Mr. Gentry, looking to the abolUiou of the present system of tax colh-ctnrs, and the apportionment of the tutorial lax among the States ; ami by Mr. Cox, urging intervention on behalf of American citizens held as political prisoners by the British Government. Both were referred. Yuri ous memorials and bills were introduced.— Among tho hills was oue to provide for meteorological observation at tho militaiy siatious in tho interior of the contineoi, i with a view of lessening marine disustets on ibe Northern Lukes, by timely notice of approaching storms. Mr. Ward obtained leave to have printed and recommitted a bill pending in the Reconstruction Com • milteo, imposing, as u lundauiental condi tion to the admission of Yirgiuiu, that she shall never deprive negroes of the right to vote, sit on juries, or enjoy equal privileges in the schools. A message from tho Presi dent was received, announcing that he h-td signed the hill to remove political disabili ties from a large number of persons. The census bill was considered. After tuilogies on the lute Senator Fu?s uidon, the lluumj adjourned. Washington, Dec. 15 In tho United Slates Senate, on motion nf Mr. Kellogg, the Commerce Cotnmiitee were directed to inquire intotheoxpediency of repealing tho laws relating to the di-tn bution of customs penalties and forfeitures. The House resolution for a recess from De cember 22 to Jamiarj' f> was ngVoed to. Mr. Osborn introduced u resolution, which was referred, authorizing tho internal Revenue Commissioner to give rewards for tho do toetion of persons trying to murder revenue officers. On motion of Mr. Carponter, ot Wisconsin, his resolution declaring that in tho opinion of the Senate tho Spanish gun boats should not bo allowed to leave the country, was taken up. It was advocated by Mr. Curpentor. Mi. Sumner opposed it, aud it was laid over. Tho resolution regu lating tho hours ofj-irbor of Governmont employees, and tho bill limiting the uppel late jurisdiction of the Supreme Court u ere considered. After an Executive Session, the Senate adjourned. In t ho House Mr. Jonos, of Ky., n lie red a resolution authorizing the Prosideul to do tail war vessels to receive tho licet convey ing the remains of George Peabody, and make other preparations for tho reception of tho body. Bills were introduced by Mr. Prosser to provide forsp* cie payments, and Mr. Dyer to increase the tax on National Banks. On motiou of Mr. Hay,the M ining Committee were directed to investigate the Avondale Mine (iisuf-ter, end report a bill to prevent 6uch occurrences, and also to consider tho propriety of the creation by the House of a new committee, to be called “Of Public Salety,’’ to investigate nil mvidents fatal to or endangering human life. The Census bill was considered in Committee of tho Whole and reported to the House, which adjourned pending its consideration. Washington, I)>c. 1G In the U. S. Semite, the lull authorizing the erection ofa bridge across the Delaware at Philadelphia, was reported favorably.— Mr. Sherman offered a resolution inquiring whether any arrangement has been made to turn the case of Yerger over to the civil authorities in Mississippi should Congress restrict the Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, ami if uny nrrnugeun*nl exists for delaying tho proceedings on the habeas cor pus in that case. Mr. Sumner objected, and tho resolution laid over. The Georgia bill aud the bill restricting appellate Juris diction of the Supremo Court were cousid • ered. Mr. Sherman introduced u bill crea ling a Bureau of Customs Revenue, and Mr. Sumner a bill declaring that “ theacis of the several departments shall not be called in question by oilier departments," aud defining the limits of Hie judicial pow • er. Bills relating to steamship lines to Europe wore introduced by Messrs. Rico and Ramsey. Adjourned. In the House, bills were introduced, by- Mr. Judd ami Mr. Allison, to apportion Representatives for the Forty second Con gress; by Mr. Kcheuck, to establish u Bu reau of Customs Revenue; by Mr. Scott, to amend tho laws in relation to the assess ment ana collection or revenue ; and by Mr. Stone, to repeal tho ten per cent, tux on State banks. On motion, the Judiciary' Committee werodirected in inquire if legis lation is necessary to decide any eleruon contest that may arise in the Electoral Go) lege. A letter wus presented from the Nr ere tary of tho Navy, usklngauthority to enlist 1500 men for tho Navy, in addition to the 8500 now allowed by law. Tho remain ing amendments to tho Census lull were disposed of, and tho bill pas-ed and sent to Iho Senate. A message was re ceived from the President, stating in rep'y to a resolution ot the House, that It is tini deemed advisable to furnish tho corres pondence with our Minister to Spain m re latum to Culm. Tho House went into Com mittee of the Whole, and Mr. Mungen, of Ohio, read u speech advocating tho repudia tion of the national debt. When lie had concluded, he was replied to and his posi tion denounced, by Messrs. Brooks, C« x, and Nlocutn of Now York, Randall and Woodward of Pennsylvania, and Kerr of Indiana, who declared that tor themselves and tho Democratic party of tho country they utterly disclaimed and i-ppoßed repu diation in any form. Their id. arks wero listened to with grout interest by the Re publican members, and Mr. Garfield moved that the Committee report to tho House a resolution, declaring the House l , without distinction of party, condemned nil propo sitions direct or indirect, to repudiate any portion of the debt of tho United Slate*. Tho resolution was reported to (he House, when Mr. Jones, of Ky., moved to lay it upon the table. On Ibis motion the only affirmative vote was Mr. Jones, und iho resolution was adopted by 123 yeas to cue nay, Mr. Jones being tho negative*. Ad journed uutil Monday. Washington, Dec. 17, In llio U. S. Senate, tit 11m wort* introdmvd to abolish tbo office of Naval Officer, to re duce tho number of army officers, and to abolish franking, substituting a dUlnlmiion of postugo stumps therefor. Tho Georgia bill was considered, tbo discussion being continued at a night besHlon, and was finally passed; yeas-Jj, nays l), being amended to allow persona who were forced into the rebel service by direct physical twee, to hold fleets in tbo Legislature. The House was not in session. Washington, Die In tbo United States Senate, the bill re pealing tbejdulien on canned uud preserved fish was reported favorable. Mr. Schurz introduced a bill to reform tho.civil service, which was referred. Mr. Trumbull, from the Judiciary Committee, reported a joint resolution, Ideclariug Virginia entitled to representation In Congress. On motion of Mr. .Sumner, tho I’re.-ident wus requested to communicate copies of correspondence between tho Uuited States and Great Bri tain concerning pending questions] since the rejection.ol tho Alabama Claims Treat v, After an extcutlve session tho St-n.de ad journed. In tho House, a inomuriul was prc.-i nt. d from tho Tennessee Senators and R-o:e -sentutives, asking Congress to interpose “ for tho relief ol ltie* loyal citizens” of ihut Slate. A number of bills were introduced, among them one for a free banking s\ s' cm, and otliers to suspond t ho operalmu of th,< Public Credit act of March 1$ las', ab di-ii frauking, regulule labor contracts with ;m -fuigruniH, und regul.totho taking of had u civil and criminal casco. Mr. Cox off-rid a resolution declaring for tin ly resumption of specie payments, which was relern-d. On motion of Mr. Woodword, the President was asked information in regard to ciiizms held in military custody. On motion of Mr. Poland, tho Committee on revmmn of Laws were instructed to consider the expediency of providing that bankruptcy pio< eidii g< pending in one district uiuy i J( . inm.-lemd to another. Mr. Butler having *.stattd that the Reconstruction Committee hue post poned the consideration of tho Virginia resolutions umill after the recess, Mr. Farnsworth moved to suspend tho rubs that he might introduce a resolution for the admission of Virginia. The Hou*-**, t y u vote of 105 ugaiost G 3, refused to suspend the rules. Several Republicans, among them Bingham Furusworlh, aud Poland, voted for buspenaiou. Thu Gooigia bill, as passed by the Senate, was taken up ai.d discussed, the debato being continued at a nighi sessiou, untill 11.30 P. M, when tho House adjourned* Abolition of tbe frnuiiluic Privilege. Tbe bill recently introduced tn the Hmi.-e of Representatives by Mr. Farnsworth in relation to franking abolishes all franks after July 1, 1870, und appropriates momy for purchases of postage stamps, requiring alLofficors who uro allowed money to keep on uccount of its use, und report toCongrexs auDually. Tho amount for Seuators uud members is left blank, to bo filled up by Congress. Appropriations for tho President and the Departments are as follows : Secretary of Senate, Ac §lO COO Clerk of House, Ac 10,000 Pjesident, for Executive Muusion.... 10,000 Stale Department 100.000 Treasury Department 250.000 War Department 200’00Q Navy Department 100.000 Postoffice 250.000 Attorney General’s Office 10,000 Interior Department 250,000 The Postmaster Generul is to furnish postage stamps and envelopes, to be used exclusively for official business, wilh water marks to prevent counterfeiting, and tho bill provides penalties for their improper use.— Washington Republican. The oldest Senator in Congress is Simon CameroD, who was born in 1799. The youngest is Thomas W. Osborne, so called Senator from Florida, born in 183 S. Sprague, of Rhode Island, aud the carpet-baggote McDonald, of Arkansas, Kellogg, of Ijouls lana, and Spencer, of Alabama, are all under forty.
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