Lancastet 3ritelligencer.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1870
The Cry of Corruption
Those Radical journals, which are now
engaged'in declaring that the action of
the Democrats in voting for .Gen. Irwin
is evidence that corrupt means were em
ployed, are arguing in a very illogical
manner. The Democratic members de
cided in caucus to defeat the man who
was the representative candidate of the
Republican party. Mackey was the
choice of Senators Cameron and Scott,
of Covode, Forney and a large majority
of the prominent men who lead the
Radical party in Pennsylvania. To de
feat such a candidate was to strike a
blow at the corrupt combination which
has ruled the Republican party in this
State. Viewed merely in the light
of a stroke of party policy the ac
tion of the Democratic minority is
perfectly' justifiable, But they had
a higher object in view. The people
demand a reform in the man-
agernent of the affairs of the State
Oreasury, and the Democrats in the
Legislature are determined to do all in
their power to effect it. With Markey
r.‘-elected there would have been very
little chance for accomplishing the de
sired result. 't•lto.se vho voted for him
would have opposed every attempt at
reform. Sines his defeat we notice that
they have changed their tone. It i•evl
dent that good will clinic oat of die
breaking of the mucus •ate. 'flue peo
ple will be the gainers, and we do not
think the Republican members who
helped to accomplish the result will
have much difficulty in an•wering to
their colistilti(ml, for Ibo (quiree they
pursued.
The Fiudlay•Scull Cast
The -tat. Senate have had a warm
time ON't`l' the 1 . 011k•Sh ., 1!..•:lt ill 201.11
Itattittal ment
he!, lieltlacanens and a majority of them
vote,' to sustain the report of Harry
\Vlliitt's committee, giving the .neat to
Scull ; hut potent tits eulogist, have
always been with the parts' in power we
ar e glad to notice that there are two
Itepultlietuet in the Senate of 1'4.1111,31-
ettli n t who can not he commit
:to outrage Ity the lash of !tarty drill.
When Air. \Vhite's resolution NVZIS
1111.111. S1.1110.1)r EtINVI'y 111.`-
tionneed it ill :1 very vigorous speech.
Ife ilvelareil that the returns showed
there \V:IS but One 1/tWi . llll . l . l'llill'ate, that
signed by :I uutjorile..lthr return judge,
and held In' Nlr. Findlay ; that t he paper
presented by Scull \vas iiiilwrll•et ti
it , face, hearing the signature of but
one porson, and giving the smallest
number of title.. 110 s(•.,tit,4l the idea
ihat :Ind tie
-1101.1Ill•Pti litt•attriupl tvltieh 11:111 been
ininle to fore-tall :odium lid' a vote in
',end ..:1111.11,. llt. dila( 041 111 the 1,111,-
ii , 11.1 I,•t lc' . of Ex-Att,,rney
Itri•tv-hT, awl ,icarly that th,
law arid the fial. \sere all in favor of
Ir. Findlay. Ile declared that the Ite
pithlican party emild not aillird to coin
mit any smell outrage wit`
Wilt'll it cane ton V./te on tilt
ncilllil Illy M.:II,
S4•11:11.,1 . \vas found ready it
maintain his ile,•rveil reputation fot
honesty. Ile said, lerietly but ell11 , 11:1
lieallr :
that 1110 l“%v :uul the I:u is it
the tultul
we in lilt , t,11.111 , i.i1l a II m u 1 hart,
Itit‘t iiy Itavt.
'if trite ThitY hit"
t•x All i111101)011111 1 111 1 1 1 111tOli0111111 1
l'ol' 1101111 , 1 y cit s :ffid iu
ittgrit . v
Own] tit titt• tif till g, Lid t•itizttit,
:Litt
1.051ry 1/0i1111:1 1 :0•1 St till 010
it ‘tia , tit•tiiiii•il itt2,:titittt Nit*
gull Ity tit. vitto, Ilir ttititetti:t•ii
sviilt lii. litirlYt Mt% \Valhi , ' Him'
I hitt I liritin Findlay lie t-Nyttrit, hut Iht
Sittittl:t•it ilitt•lartill 1110111001111 It , be 0111 it
01 . 114 . 1% allti 1110 S.011:lie tOliollllloll.
The Position of Ike Lancaster Senators
The I.:lnc:l,ler I,ttlity Senators twvt
1n n posiii..ll.\viti,9l i. pt•rft•vtly &f e ll
in tvgard 1.• I late cle. , timt
Trt•Astircr. They did not g,t int
i•all117-, :I \ , lit•retW • t•, unt
ht
fall ,wite,.:( iu
clffirg.• Cri•cly ulnilo 111:it
Li, rinuinaii~~r~ Nvi•re
isr.im 111111. : 4 1.11.11 I iIIg th, en,e, it
111 I I . NI/1,11•13 Warfel
ri•-t•kotimi of
\Vt. kIIIINV that )11% !tilling:l'Vll 11'11111,4
NVIIII•11 )lllli
key Wa , yenr ago. Ife 1.,1
:it the 011ie. The which
he I/I'llllli, a, (11:111111all of the
'l/111111illeti to investigate the
ilinn2.eitint the State Treasury,
placed 16111 iII
Ili , ruling I,a either of the candidate::
yka.y avlivatc, not an taitirt.ly int
p.i.niaa• thing. \V t• think In•ata,,l
in de.•lining in Nalt,
Nezro !tale hi 11;101111;4ton
.ily, Litt
ti ittlially in the interestslif the negrotis.
The Common Commit there insist that
ittigroos shall he entertained at till the
hotels curl restaurants jtist as whites are.
The prtiltritttlirs trill not receive them
it, guests, and the question will go to the
courts for determination. Itestatirant
Itmopers trill take the sa u te tel The
argument ids the hotel keel:his is that
their liusinti , s is of IL itriVatt . eh:u'-
❑eler, anal Litt . y litter the right to
l'eflist . , to IL , / With they
111:11tk ur while. The littlllllloll
Into Lis it , hotel tit' inn keeper has liven
tionst rued to Ise that ho is h ound to re-
t'OlVt.' all proper perstitts re , tirting tti his
house its travellers. Whether they Call
he stistaitietliti refusing toneeept nog:rites
u= proper potent-, itt 1a he tititermitititi in
l'itttrltt. I lithe riteswereumistnne
hliud
one-
Its to their own interests, they
would 111,1 force such tin issue 'vim the
court-; hut, by white st.:ll
- twit partistitt,, ditty first make
\rat' fit] . and time for mix
ed lied :Intl I.ttartl, a-t well as IlliXol
in the rtistattrants. 'Filer! is
, ttiotthintz hitt III 111•11 of the I gui all
111 k.
GEN. ItEvNomis, commanding in
Texas, , telegraphs to (len. Sherman that
he has issued a proclamation declaring
its State Constitution adopted, nam
ing the memlwrs of Congress and the
members of the Legislature elect. Ile
also announces that he has organized a
Provisional State Government, and has
installed Davis as Governor and Flan
nagan as Lieutenant Governor; and
that he will convene the Legislature by
proclamation at once. Gen. Sherman
replied yesterday by telegraph, approv
ing this action:
Foie five long years we have been anx
misty looking forward to the time when
.uch ammo 'icemen tans the above would
cease to be made. They jar upon the
ear, and sound strangely in a govern
ment professing to lie republican in
furor. The time will come when every
lii Who reads the history of these
daysov ill nuu•vel at the undisguised sys
tAn of despotism which has been so
1 tog tolerated in this country,
ON Thursday the Georgia Legislature
was ordered to take a recess until Mon
day by (ten. Terry, in order that the
eligibility of the Conservative members
might be inquired into by a board of
army cOcers. And yet the government
tolerating such outrages is called a
republic. There never was a greater
misnomer applied to any object that had
an existence, and there is not a despot
isn't in the old world where such an out
rage would he attempted.
Com NtisstoNnn Dni.A.No has decided
that farmers who make it a business to
sell produce in market-houses or other
public places, are subject to retailer's
license, but not those who only sell from
Sane to time.
THE LANCASTER W-R-FIKL-YLINT:ELLIGENCER, WEDNESDAY, JX_ITARY 19, 1870
Welles to Robeson
The reader will find in another col
umn, a letter addressed to Secretary of
the Navy Robeson, by his predecessor
in office, Mr. Welles, in which is ex
pbsed with fearful vividness, RobesOn's
total ignorance the busluess of his
office. The latter stated In his late re
port, that by theorder which, proMpted
by Porter, he had given to change the
rig of the steam vessels of the Navy, he
could show by figures that he would
save to the Government two millions of
dollars a year, in the item of fuel alone.
In answer to which boast Mr. Welles
quietly calls attention to the fact that
the value of all the coal burned by' all
the vessels in the Navy during a year
does not exceed one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars ! Thirty thousand
tons of coal is all that the steamers use,
and it will be a matter of great difficulty '
to any one endowed with only ordinary
mathematical capacity to " show ley
figures" how $2,000,000 could be saved
In the purchase of this amount of coal.
We will wait anxiously to see how Sec
retary Robeson proposes to " show by
figures" this astounding result. That
gentleman has not heretofore been re
nowned for extraordinary mental capa
city, either inathematival or otherwise.
He is a good looking fellow, popular
among the ladies, and hasan elegant set
of mutton chop whiskers. His beauty
is his strong point, and we should not
have been surprised to hear him "bu
gle" uptyr that; but we 11111,4 confess
that we are greatly taken aback that lie
should lay claim to be able to show any
thing "by figures:" and we doubt
whether be ran show anythingby them
but his own intense stupidity. Neither
can Admiral Porter, whose orders it
is Robeson's business to promulgate.
. .
i,not a innilienint iral proili
y, nor a proilig - y of anything but self-
Of this he has a prodigious
iiouni, :mil it ha, already viist the
a priiiligioussuin of To
•tvr void he has radically the
rig of our ,leitin ve,,els at till eXpk•lle,
the intert,t of NVOtIIII I'll)" nit the
CO:1111W navy will \rani for years. 110 11
he has changed the -ityle or painting,
changed the naine.of the chang
ed the uniforms, vliangeil the flag- and
•
many other things al great expense to
the count ry. It is a pity he cannot ,ace
that item (aS2,iiiltywn in reel, for he
1111 S I'o,l lIS Inneh more than that awl he
of that ,ize In hal
aner hi , neeollllt.\l'r>hnulil like Inn
See hint '• shmvhe tigllre ,•' this •acing
of :iii2,11110,01111; hut tst don't Lclitcc he
Las ability ennugh lo .In it, wiles, per
chance he finds ,onn. smart ,uhnnlinate
In help hitn out ol• the n•rapt, a, cleverly
Colonel Bailey gnl him past the rebel
dam on the Ihnl River, \Olen I)iek Tay-
Int' had him as fairly "stumped - a,
Welles has him now. Lel us havi•thn,e
The Findlay Case
}Well ill tlti" cane,
th;url:- to the 111/11e , iy
Senator, Billingfelt and I,,iwry. \[r.
Findlay li:t been admitted to ,cat,
and the I larri,litirg
Id- a , a li nal settlement of the conte,t.
It i , that I\lr. Svtlll had
serious doubts :Mout the propriety of
conte,t, but he \VII , overruled
by Jolut Ce,,na and certain other Re
publican liolitician , in the district.
Scull i, Collector of Internal Revenue,
and Ce,,nit i. anxious to confer that
upon Si)1111 . Prwlaiu Cl,llllty
1111111, SD 11: 11. heal 111/ Ilksatista,timis
which exit there, awl \Odell thren.leil
It) Helen( him ilex( fall. That Find
lay wits entitled 14) the ,i4:41 uu honest
wail who inaile himself itetitiaiiited ‘vitli
Ilie fart , in the ea,. can 1 . 1,1* II moment
4144'041. Vet a liiitjtirity of Republic:Hi
were rea4l( I) eject him 1 . 1 . 44111
Ili, -eat :it llie bidding of .144hii
Camas-Backs
The Eiktai whi / till, the attentiat
of the Maryland Legislature to the fact
that the murderous method, now em
ployed he gunners on the Mats at the
mouth of the i-insimehanita, are driving
the ocleltrated canvas-hack ducks front
their favorite feuding ground. The
says that they kill di-appear from
those maters if not protected. In the
name of epicures in general its van for
the pas,a g e of a La \‘. Mn' the r ia, , ,tial
!hi; 111,,t Nvat,r-i.wi. If driven
from the flat- which lie at the junetion
of the pure maters of the Susquehanna
with the liraclzish waves the ( liesa
peake, the canvas-Mick duct: proper kill
he s=tricken from hills of fare forever.—
It is only at that ono point that the wild
celery grows, which gives to it, flesh the
pee:Warty delicate flavor that aktill
guishe, it. 'Pits Legislature of :%lary
laud is tin:minion-1y Democratic, and
I)cmocratic otliciak are apt to lie fond
of good Such k•ing; the case me
may expect In cos the real
protected from the um:di:dile grevil of
tot-hunters.
State Temperance Contention
State Temperance Convontion gill
assemble at I larri , louro . ;11l the Stil of
February ;it 11 o'clock. .\. .M. Full del
egations at•o UN peeled 0) be present from
olitlerent organizations. State 'l•tutper
tntec organization, ;ire to 100 reproo,enteol
by delegate.- not exeeeoling live in num
ber oath; (lounty 'l'outperanc:• organi
zations, h't' not wore than three olele
gatos moll ; 'lleinporance Soeicties, I/i
-s-knoll, of S. °Cll., Tolliplars ot• 11. &
and I.oclgesoofl hood Teinplars,Churehes,
arlIS of chic, awl 1.1'011,1-01S, :101l tolVll
hy (meat-legate carp. I'redentials
still lot. roiluirel 11 . 4.111 those de-drillg to
take part in the provetoolings. Prepara
tion, arc 'ring wade to insure that this
oonvontion ,hall Loa forinithololo denoon
,t rat ion of ti. frietiol , oof total abstinence.
si.:s intends to seettre 101 l pay
for carrying the iNlissi , sitipi election in
favor the Radicals. It i , propo. cd to
elect three foiled chilies Senator loon
that State, I lie vanilitlates ale
11. Ets,glt..stii, for the short term, tinting
March 4, 1071 ; ilelbert Ames,
now Provisional Governor for tern end
ing tlareli I, 1 , 75; and I:1.11. All , ll,
(;(IVCIII , II . elect, 11l till the tc.t.lti ,•(.111-
nieticiug tlutieh 4, IS7I. That will be a
'tea t division of the spoiLs, will rat
able these patriots to feather their nest
hanilsoinely. I iii. Iteynoltl , is a viol
iliilate for Senator in Texas. The bay
onets provided lino by the Federal
litivernment ;try to lie used to pitchfork
hint into the 1 - peer Ilottse of the Na
tional I,egislature. I low nicely things
do wool: under lln It:ellen! .ri•eonst rue -
tion
'1 • :u: seen,: to ho intensely
disgusted with the editorial comments
of the Philadelphia !',•rs.v upon the
conduct of the Republicans who voted
for I ;Emeriti 'lrwin. It quotes largely
front Lath tiles to show that Forney
approved the action of the Senators from
this county when they bolted Cameron's
nomination for failed States Senator in
1867, and expressed wonder at the
marked change of:sentiment now exhib
ited. Has the editor• of the Erpro,l
failed to mnice the fact that Simon Cam
eron had absolution passed through the
Senate recently exonerating Forney
from certain very ugly charges in regard
to the disappearance of large sums of
money which (tune under his control as
('lerk of the Senate? That ought to be
amply suffieient to account for Forney's
championship of Cameron and his man
Mackey. We are surprised at the seem
ing stupidity of one neighbor. What is
the use of wasting a whole column of
wordson what might have been disposed
of in a single sentence?
HENRY WARD B kki•i ER has declined
the proposed increase in his salary. lie
says he can live comfortably on $12,000
a:year, with what he gets in addition
from Bonner for contributions to the
New York Ledger. In thus putting
aside the tempting offer made him, he
has shown an unexpected degree of
modesty and moderation.
Luxurious Extravagance In the Navy.
Jtist now, when wheat hardly pass for
raising, and the farmers of Chester and:
Lancaster counties are resolving, in
meetings held' for that purpose, to re- - 1
duce the wages,ofagricultural labor one
•ft , urtli while business ot-11l kinds is:
.stagnant, and thousandantmen are out,
of employment, theftr ought to be aburi
dant opportunity for • th,e' tax-payers to
make themselves acquainted with the
manner in which the vast sums of
money wrung from them arc being ex
pended by , the party in power. There
is much talk of economy in the admin
istration of General Grant, but it all
comes from the 111 - T and the pens of in:
terested parties, from the men who live
by politics, and grow fat on the spoils
of office, and get rich by the emolu
ments of party patronage. The .rmy
and the navy are not being re, 'O , l as
they should be in time of peace, ,t Is
safe to say these arms of the pt, ser
vice are costing the country fully twice
as mujlt as they should do un
der existing circumstances. With a
military man for President, one who
keeps half a dozer full-tledged lienerids
on full pay, standing about the minors of
the White I louse to do the part of
ushers and to attend to other light
duties, such a state of affairs is to he ex
pected. Yet the Republican press in
general has not 0110 word of condetnna
(inn f o r 010 eXtraVagaln, which pre
vails. The New York a little tuore
independent than most Radical jour
mils, speaks out occasionally. It calls
attention to :1 2:1,4, 01111,V in t h e navy as
During the war, when hundreds vt,-
sets were arriving and departing front the
New York station weekly, the voinntand
ant of the Navy - Yard needed no a.ssistance ;
front any one in receiving reports, inspect
ing vessels, anti superintending their de-
partttre. Hut now, N‘thell Nye have a sivalr
vessel arrive 11l a month, we have a Port
Admiral tut receive her u•ontinander's re
port audio, titter the stereotyped congratu
lation upon his safe arrival. Lot 11A
con
sider for a moment what it costs the euntn
try to support this blue and gold append
age to otheial dignity. Take for instatuq•
our own New York station. At the foot of
\N"all street lies the Froth., fitted up ill
ilirrnt style, with gorg,ustus trappings
and luxurious apartments manned by
t wit ye 111.1 orte hundred seamen,
tunl detailed for chit," 149 nag ship of the
Port Admiral or t h e New York station.—
The items of her expenditure ILr line year
ll lie;
Pay of Port Atlitilrul lilt
Pity :if toast:, .. 16600
Pay of :staff;
PAN' LWci vcolllrers Is "01
of Fr.:ilk's seamen, out. Ittitiantil,:t(
it:, year ettelt
iiie bnn,l real atltl Melt it rut lilts, lit &!11,1
per yt:lty
tine (11011,:tittl ltins',!coal the Frtillc will
hunt the iti•xt stittitlier ill itti , :tittlrt•
:dial,.
tear :if xt:s,el and it:tit( of koep
ing, Itt•t:l.:ittippetl ao,l ill repair l,!lxr;l
Total D.•r prat ts:i
This of course does not include the cost of
titling out the Froth., which inay safely he
estimated at ::: , :10,000 more. Thus our Port
.I.liniral, at the end of the year, will have
riot the nation just $lOO,OOO, and we have
seven of thorn—mu :It every naval station !
\Viten the Radical fanners of (liester
county hold another ineetiier, for the
purpose of reducing the NVilgl'S of agri
cultural lal eirer- , , We hope sione
ingincii will cull their attention to the
doing, of the party in power. An array
of facts could easily be produced which
N%-ooltl create a Very doeided , C11 , :01011
ill -411 . 11 an t,,,tublage.
Dr. Paul Schwpp
New York ,57,(,(1.s which
list published the letter of Prof. (heist
showing that a person ol• the same name
and description tit' 1)r. Paul Seliteppe
tinder sentence at ('artiste, Pa., for the
murder of :\liss Stinneelre) had been
convicted some years ago of forgery and
theft in Iterlin, l'russia, had on rattu•-
dac another article in regard to his ease.
It says that Schteppc hiss continuously
sent communications to that journal,
but the editors have thought it best not
to publish them. The llev.lr. Schmidt,
of Carlisle, has been in New Yorlr tosee
the Mel:smith who pretended to know
the Berlin forger, and it is stated that
the dose:it:lion made by hint of the man
identities Into with the Carlisle Selocp
pe. Th e researches, it is also it:Welded
,by Itev. r. Schmidt, concerting
Selooppe's father had a very distinct
result. What that result is, is toil dell
. iiitely stated.
A t lernian paper publisl..:44l at
states that Schteppe has tvritten to 1)r.
.latish, of that city, stating that his
name ill %V:L, and not
311,1 1.111 Ille Doctor and his
father elle-, le eltatige their family name
in this isaintry 14) facilitate the i)retittn
44intien. The IN:t•tv Yerl:
'' t• tt . )•iil4lsay llo , re, tce e.)11141
give Herr 3 very plausiblt) reason why a
choice of nate)) was net practivable."
THE dm, 11, great injustice
~li en it asserts that we al Nvays take the
B art of I)miieratie claimants for tiflict..
(Mr conduct in regard to the
he fire the false
ness of the charge. In regard In the
contested seats in the 4enate, \ve have
not said one word in which we have not
heel, borne out by the very lit,t Haiti
-1.81 authority. In regard to t \vo
con
testedscatsin Hie
van. to urge the I>eniocratic majority of
the l'oitunitices to to Intl justice to the
claimants. NVe never de
fend \vrwilg in ally Party, and \v"ald 1 ") t
sustain a 'Democratic majority in unlaw
fully depriving a Itepublican of a seat to
which he was legrally elected. (tii the
contrary, lye \\multi denounce:my action
of the l:ind freely and boldly. That we
should do both from motives of justice,
and because tre believe no party prtilits
by such out rages.
TH E Dcistival Congress that has just
;N ap ', tyos i ll au Way more
suf'ees-Ittl than any previous assemblage
of the kind. It began with denuncia
tion, and ended in uproar; the delegates,
each and all of them, having such vast
stores of original ideas that a panic seized
them lest the winter should pass away,
:itol the and go, before
they could all find utterance. The whole
Congress, therefore, began to speak at
the s:uue moment, eneh iu his native
language, much to the edification of the
sp,efamcs, who thus beheld the best
possible representation of the confusion
it tongues, free or expense. The Amer
ieuo di t guutu subsidedlt WILY
fi)11..,v.,1 by the representatives of tfer
many, two Frenchmen remaining ma.•+-
ters of the situation, and discoursing at
each other until their powers of speech
had left them.
THE last spike has been driven in the
railroad that connects Alormondom
with the outside world, and Salt Lake
City sees the eats :alive and depart.
The event was celebrated by the Saints
with every semblance of delight, and
Bri;diam Young, when informed that
the “entile world believed his power
and creed uutst he obliterated by rail
roads exelaimed with more expressive
ness and energy, "that !Oust be a d—d
poor religion that cannot stand one
railroad." Ire has faith in his system,
and his followers adhere to hint.
(Itt.kNT has finally mus
tered up courage enough to write the
word rcto. • It is not :my unconstitu
tional net that he thus forbids to become
:t law, but a little bill allowing a (*on-
SerVatiVe Mall ❑:Oiled to have a
hearing before the Commissioner of Pat
ents, relative to an improvement upon
pistols. The ease involved no great in
tellektial taloa - , and the President is
doing as well as could be expected after
stu•h an unusual ellbrt.
SENAToit SuMNEit has nearly finished
his hill providing for the resumption of
specie payments, and, it is said, will
introduce it some lime this week. Mr.
Sumner favors an early resumption, and
lins expressed himself in favor of fixing
the lot of July next as the tints proper
to begin.
A. NUMBER df Bedford county farmers
are preparing to emigrate to Tennessee.
We call assure them that they will find
a most delightful climate and rich land,
which can be bought at low prices. We
knew no section which offers so ninny
inducements to emigrate as Eastern
Tennessee.
Final D.•cislon of the Contest for State
Treasurer
The exciting, bitter and
; disgincef4
Contest for the office of State Treasurer s .'
j - Iwhich'haii entered largely I.into the po
litical ; movernents of the neva)Reims of
Pennsylvania; for itiany months
, and which - his engrossed" so unich
public attention since the - assembling of
the Legislature, was decided on Tuesday
by the election of Gen. W. W. Irwin
over Robert W. Mackey, the regular
Radical caucus nominee. It is not often
that the obligations of a caucus are thus
boldly disregarded by. those who take,
part in it ; hut It became evident, as the •
decisive hour approached, that about a
baker's dozen of Republicans were ready
to unite with the Democrats to defeat !
Mackey. The first ballot showed that
the recusants were In dead earnest,
and that the Democratic minori
ty had it in their power to elect Gen
eral Irwin. This they did not hesitate
to do, regarding the defeat of the Treas
ury Ring as a matter of decided im
portance, and believing that such a step
would be the inauguration of a much
desired reform in the management of
the State finances. Had the contest
been merely a personal struggle between
Irwin and Mackey the Democrats would
have regarded it with calm indifference,
but when an opportunity was presented
to take the initiative in a much need
ed reform they were not found wanting.
Having pronounced against everyspecies
of corruption in our State politics,
and declared war upon all mischievous
rings the Democratic members of the
Legislature were in honor hound to
prove the truth of their professions by a
correspondent course of action. The
triumph of Mackey would have prevent
ed such an examination into the con
duct of the State 'treasurer as is de
manded by the public interests. The
action of the Democratic inembets will
',wet the cordial approval, not only of
their own party, but of very many hon
est and conscientious Republicans. A
full ace.unt or this loyportant election
will he found elsewhere in our report or
Legislative proceedings.
'ro sliow how the elootion of Irwin
regarded by different parties we give
some extracts from leading daily papers.
The Harrisburg Pfariot, with great good
judgment, strongly advised the course
which the Ile:not:rat.: decided to pursue
in their tuucus, and is naturally jubi
lant over the successful accomplishment
tf the result. It rejoices in a double
leaded leader :
The Ring Broken--Den. W. W. fru in
Elected State Treasurer—The Begin
ning of the Great Reform.
The Joint Convention of the two I louses
of the Legislature yesterday elected (len.
W. W. Irwin, of Beaver, State Treasurer.
Robert W. Mackey, Esq., the present in
cumbent, was the nominee of the Republi
can caucus, whilst (;en. Irwin was support
ed by the 10:moor:Its and independent
Republicans. on the first ballot the Den,
oerats voted firr It. (I. Barr, Esf 1•, of
Pittsburg, who had received their caucus
nomination. on the third ballot lien. Irwin
received 70 votes and Mr. Macke,it . til.
Although this is a crushing detbat to the
Radical ring which has controlled the finan
ces of the State during the past year, and
which last winter manipulated the Legis-
I and during the late gubernatorial
eenvass furnished the sinews of war for the
ra-election Geary, we do not claim
it as a Deinocratie victory, except in the
sense that it clothes the honest men Of the
Republican party with the power to reform
the abuses which have crept into the ad
ministration of the Treasury. The Demo
crats, casting aside their party predilections,
as well as ignoring all personal preferences,
determined to give these men the opportu
nity they professed to seek in the election i
of Ben. Irwin. We have full faith in the
integrity and gooil intentions of that gen
tleman, and in oimmon with the tax-ridden
people of the Commonwealth, we Conti
, dently expect at his hands a faithful and
! upright discharge of the duties of the office
to which In , has boon elected.
The overthrow of the ring affords all (iv
;
cession fiir great rejoicing, not only by
Demiterats, but on the part of all men who
desire a purification of the political atmos
phere. That Legislative immster, the Tax
slain after a hard battle last winter,
! will not be resurrected. The elwdion of
! Irwin has buried it in a tond, so deep that
! it can never he exhumed. Other jobs which
depended 011 the election of the ring candi
date for State Treasurer, are completely
I spoiled. The occupation of the legislative
; brokers, allot entirely gone, is narrowed
to a very limited sphere. All this is a
glorious consummation and t h e people may
well rejoice that it has been reached.
The representatives of the Democratie
! party in the la , gislatureileservegreat praise
! for the unanimity of action which charity
terized their conduct in this struggle. They
stood together, shoulder to shoulder, in the
! hour of conflict. They demonstrated that
the minority, In' placing itself on the high
! ground of integrity of purpose, and by
! moving in solid phalanx, may wrest the
palm of victory front the majority. As for
the independent ReillibliCallS vv Ito Melted
shields with the Democrats in the baffle fm:
the right, their h on esty, fidelity and cour
age challenge the admiration alike of friend
and foe. That this union of the good and
true men in the Legislature will be pro
' ductive of important beneficial results
we are not permitted to doubt. A new era
! in the politics of our State was begin yes
terday. Let the Rip Van Winkles of the
! time awake from their shunhersand realize
the change.
! Bergner, of the I larrisburg Tefrgruph,
Simon Cameron's organ, is fiercely in
dignant at the Bolting Republicans. In
a double-leaded leader he famrs out his
maledictions as follows:
1 Election of State Treasurer—Bolting Br
; publicans anal Democrats Elect Irwin.
After the vote on the Scull-Finfllay case
! had been announced in the Senate, it 'sac
. 1 positively predicted that a bargain had been
I consummated between certain Republicans
1 and Deltas:rats, which would certainly elect
1 W. W. Irwin State Treasurer ; that various
important bills, which the Denim:rats were
! desirous of defeating, would receive the
; support of limn who Nvereeleetedfla RepUi,
liCallS; and, in addition to this, it was al
leged that large sums of money were offered
by men in the interest of Irwin to accom
plish his election. Whether all these charges
are true WO are unable to determine at
present, lint it shall receive our studious
. attention hereafter. Sufficient to say now
that the Ifeniocrats NEVEn elect a nun un
less the party gains by such trickery. Mr.
Mackey WaS the regularly nominated can
didate of the Republican party, and having
served that party and the State with signal
ability in the management of its financial
affairs, he was entitled to their support;
and there can be no good excuse offered by
those bolting Republicans who to-day trans
ferred the keeping of the public money into
the hands of their opponents.
Senators Kerr and Lowry, representing
strong Republican districts, voted for Ir
win, whilst Senators Billingfelt and Warfel
dodged the question on the third and last
I ndlot.
Representatives Ames, Bowman, Buff
ington, ('ore', Craig, lodshalk, Ilerr, Les
lie, M'Cracken, M'f'reary, Reinoehl,
Wheeler and Wiley, elected as Republi
cans, joined their Democratic friends, and
assisted in the election of Mr. Irwin.
As we have said before, corrupt means to
defeat Mr. :Mackey, it is alleged in the most
positive terms, were used; and we hear it
positively asserted that checks given to
some of the prominent bolters have been
seen. We hope, therefore, that the com
mittees already appointed will investigate
these charges without fear.
The Evening Express, the Republican
daily of this city, has been opposed to
Mackey front the beginning, and is
exultant over Ids defeat. It indulges in
duplicated headings and a double-leaded
leader after this style :
The Treasury Ring Broken—General Ir
win Elected State Treasurer.
Notwithstanding the game of brag which
the Mackey men have been so persistently
playing, ostentatiously boasting up to this
morning, that their candidate would be
elected on first ballot, it will be seen by our
despatches in another column that General
Irwin was elected State Treasurer on the
third ballot, 1,3 - a vote of 71 to Id.
This ends the campaign against the Trea
sury Ring which the Repress commenced
fighting last fall, and it ends most glori
ously in a victory for the honest Republi
cans of Lancaster, who dealt the first effec
tual blow at the Ring by not only re-elect
ing the very man whom Mackey declared
should be defeated at all hazards, but also,
defeating the entire legislative ticket.
The Philadelphia Age commends the
course of the Democratic members. The
PlTas, the Post and the Inquirer de
nounce the conduct of the bolting Re
publican mem hers in unmeasured terms.
They take substantially the same view
as the Telegraph. It is evident that the
Republicans who voted for Irwin are
destined to receive very little sympathy
from the press of their party. If they
acted from conscientious motives they
can afford to be abused.
Mn. WARFEL was sent to the Senate,
because it was generally believed that
he was honest and independent in char
acter. if he should act as a mere parti
san, without regard to right or justice,
and should allow his will to be controlled
by votes taken in secret caucus, and by
other doubtful agencies, he will speedily
lose his hold upon the people of this
district. Let him act with the fearless
boldness of Senator Billingcelt, if he de
sires to retain the confidence of the
public,
Complimentary Notices of the Intent-
We are modest, and not disposed to
. I:gtilide ourselves before the public,
vired not profess to be indifferent to the .
good' - opinion of our brethren of the
prEss ; and we thank them for the many
kind notices which our appearance in a
tAiitlreks has drawn from them. The
following will serve as samples of the
compliments which have been paid us
by the Democratic editors of the State:
The Lancaster Inielligencer appears in a
new dress, which becomes it very much,
thqugh in point of appearance it has always
been ahead of the average standard. The
11teliye:.er is the best example"e know
.of
t that merit innewpaperon
does tot need to depend upon large broad
sides to sin recognition. Although one of
thia snuffled of our exchanges, it surpasses
In enterprise and ability two-thirds of the
journals that make greater pretensions.—
Erie Obaerver.
We congratulate the Lancaster IOW:
gencer on its improved appearance. It is •
dressed inn new suit, and thus gives evi
dence
of pecuniary prosperity. We rejoice
at this for the Intelligence) . is one of the
ablest and most fearless champions of the
right in Pennsylvania. Smith and Stein
man,
are sound and able Democrats, and
deserve the success they have achieved.—
l'uncy
The Lancaster Intelligence,. appears in a
suit of bran new type, looking as guy ns an
incipient bridegremn. The ratettigencer is
an able and spirited Democratic journal,
whose sueres.s we rejoice to chronicle. Its
independent and fearless stricturres on the
corruptions in the legislature challenge our
special admiration. Long live the hd//i-
goirer.•—llarrisburg Patriot.
SPLENDI.D.—The new dress in %%Midi the
Lancaster hart/igetwor appeared. No pen
pie are more deserving of tut ableand hand
some paper than the oft-defeated b u t never
dismayed Dennwracy of old Laneaster, anti
Harry Smith R Co., are the very boys who
knuW how to uive them the artieh
Mono Sun.
The Lancaster one or the
spiciest, sauciest, :thirst, truest boldest :uul
best Democratic papers in the State, has
donned a new dress, anti in 11! , ,V unexcelled
in the State in either appearance or pluck.
—Bellefonte Inetehman.
The Lancaster Ineelligenre, has donned
new dread. Spieler or better looking pa
pers than the Jetettigencer are few and far
between.- Ileilyd , gsbury Sea rd.
as a Reconstructed State
Reeonstructed again, acted her part at
the State Capital on the 11th. In the
1 Icuse, ,tie O'Neil, a negro, was set on
to challenge the votes of the white
Democratie menthers. The scene is thus
painted, as the work of intimidation
proceeded:
Bryant (Radical) objected LI, l larris's
ruling, and di.s•lared that the I louse was not
organized according to act i,r Ciingress,
intimidation was 'King used. 'rite Speaker
called him to order, but without attention.
'rho Sergeants-at-Arms were ordered to
arrest him, but he pushed them aside. Re
publican and Democrate friends swore that
he should have a fair showing. Tho gal
leries, literally packed to suffocation, broke
forth into cheers fi ir Bryant, Two of the
Sergeant;-at-Arras then collared him, one
drawing a pistol and putting it to his breast,
but he defied them, crying out, lam a
Republican Union soldier and an American
citizen, and I defy you all." A negro
member behind him at this juncture drew
a pistol, when several members followed
suit, and fin.. a time it appeared that blood
would be sins'. The crowd in the galleries
added to the excitement by cheering Bry
ant.
IT i,,:dd,thut Judge Black will make
piddle in a few days a statement, giv
ing a history of the 11C( . 111'rellCe f1)111
Nlirelllher to the 4th of March preced
ing :11 . r. Lincoln's inauguration, eon
venting the action of the Administra
tion in its endeavors to reinforce Fort
Sumter, and the position which he and
the late Edwin M. Stanton maintained
regarding that matter. Ile will make
known a portion of the secret history
of that period which will out only he
interesting, but will throw light upon
the strange action of certain gentlemen
who held Cabinet positions under that
Administrat ion. \VhateverJudge Black
may sad• in connection with sit import
ant a matter, will command the atten
tion of the whole country.
TH.\ T ponderous blatherskite Nye,
\vlin " represent," the howling wilder
'less,: of Nevada in the United States
Senate, stumbled against the wrmig
man in the Georgia tlebate, the other
day. The I)entocrats never went into
010 he ; and ;',11;10,1*ThIlr-
Mall, of ()}Ii4,OIUS : " \ C ho
says that .' \\nit•, sir, tilt' awn ( . 01111ty,
with it' Itenineratie majority of three
thnusand, sent mote I)entocrats to the
\vat• than there are voters in the whale
Maloof Nevada. — The lain \vluteker of
the mountains thereup o n subsided.
N YE has said a goonol thing just oonce,
and here it is:—Said Nye. ,of Nevada, to
Sumner, of Massachusetts, " f am tired
of this reconstructioom upon which we
have spent four yearS," ilillStrat-
NI Mr. Sumner's po s ition by the story
or the clown in thin ,ircus, who pounded
the wionolchuek till it NV:I, dead, and then
kept nit pounding it. Said a loystanoler,
"D,o you want to punch a thing after it
is deaol " " Yes," said the closet] ; " I
want In teach this partieuliir wosalchuck
that there is a punishment after death."
Coongress has !wen striking at these dead
woodchucks r.l* tour year , . Isn't it
,Lout time to stop?
IT soeuts iirohable that the law estab
lishing, the Freedmen's Bureau will be
repealed this winter; jut movements
(ill 1 . ,)//t in f'iingress to transfer many
of (hi , ollicials over to what is styli.4l
'l'liel)ipartment of Education. It seems
to Is utterly inconsistent with Radical
piney to robin,. the number of oflicers
in any 11‘11.1i1.111l'Ilt or the (;(.•,.,•romt•ot.
To provide ease herds ti ro ' political fa
vorites, and to devise mean: for feeding
an immense 1•1*‘/Wli of useless retainers
at the t'Xjalse of the taxpayers, seeMS
to be considered the chief end of the
(;overnntcnt by the party th,w in power.
THE .Iforniity l'rmt revalls the old :eery
of the little tiny (letirge WaAtingttin anti
the cherry tret. Whiell he lilt With his lit
tle hatchet, cull reetinunenils :iiVerlinr
(teary peril-, it carefully
it lirefounilly. \V are ,tirry to sac that a
very large number tic the pulilie wen in
the Itailit•al party do tint hesitate to
speak Very contealpitiMisly tit tho I;ov
ernor's regard for the trtttli. Ile , cetti,
to have earned the reputatiun of a liar.
It is sail to think that .I:it:lid he
the public e,tinitite of the Govoroor of
roon,,yivonin.
'Fit EE is trouble in Mississippi. .\ I
corn, though eliosen Governor by' the
Itadicals, Mts al kill of hi.v ONVII.
u native Of Mis,:brsipiii and seems M have
s(mle sel (-respect. I-le has refused to he
sworn in by General Aiwa as a mere
provisional Governor, claiming that he
WIN elech d (40V0r1lOr by the people of
his State, and that lie is entitled to the
executive chair by reason of that elec
tion. 'l'hus do the Radicals nie , ..t with
cheeks in their foolish reeon-truetion
selienws at every turn.
REV. HENRY WARD ill.:11C111.:1{'S sal
ary was raised to ii , 20,1x - P) a yvar the other
night, by the members of Plymouth
Church, The business num of Fisk,
jr., engineered the 'natter. Fisk is said
to keep up some five establishments,
with a female at the head of each. Mr.
Beecher's views, as expressed in the
Riehardson-McFarland ease, commends
him to such people. If it had not been
for that lie might have gone on starving
for an indefinite period at the rate of
only 512,000 a year.
A PLAN has been concocted to form a
IeNV State of the fragments of Maryland
and Virginia on the eastern side of the
bay, and Delaware bodily, and all is to
be conducted under a simple act of Con
gress, or, perhaps, a military order. The
scheme has so far "progressed" that the
new State is already christened tke
State of " Chesapeake." " Delaware"
is to he stricken from the constellation
of States of the Union.'
THE prohibitory liquor law has proved
to be a dead failure in Masstiehusetbi.
Two thousand rum shops have been
kept running in Boston in spite of it,
and movements are being made to effect
its repeal by the present Legislature.
Thy; Inauguration of Governor Geary
for 11)s second term, took place in Aar•
rislOrg yesterday. The Inaugural Ad
d POS-4 will be found in another column
Mild Weather at Richmond
A correspondent writes to the Balti
more Sun from Richmond, as follows:
Here we are now in mid-winter, accord
ing to the calendar, and yet with summer
breezes eddying through our streets' and,
green grass puttingortt freshly; in our Cap-
itol Square. Tho toniperatura yesterday,
and to day hiS been , deliciously sliming-I
like, and it ' appmrs as if the autumnal sba-,
son of 1869 had been met half-way by the
vernal of 1870, to the utter exclusion of old
winter. We really have had no winter yet, I
for a few cold days can no more make a
winter than three swallows can make a
summer. We have had some scattering
snow-flakes that melted as they fell, and
little thin ice that vanished ere the sun
reached his meridian. Even the trades
that winter has usually doomed to idleness
have only suspended business partially
this season, and that merely through the
force of custom. The weather has caused
no interruption, as formerly, to the brick
layer and plasterer, t 1.9 many buildings,
either just completed or still in steady
course of construction, will attest. The
farmer is fallowing for his next crop, and
our whole system of internal navigation is
open to commerce and travel. Surelythis
remarkably temperate climate is not to be
esteemed as among the least of the attrac
tions offered by Virginia to the capitalists
and the immigrant. Its advantages and
comforts are so manifold that they cannot
but induce investment and ssttlement here
to a large extent as soon as the common
wealth regains; her equal statues in the
Union.
We agree wiih the writer that the
short open winters which prevail along
the latitude of Richmond, will have a
decided tendency to attract emigration
to that section before long. The advan
tages of farming in such a elimate will
s.am be fully appreciated by many Penn
sylvanians, and the greater pleasure of
living there will be another ,trong in
ducement for them to make a change.
Dr. Porter's Position
In an article which appeared in the
INTELLIGENt 'ER, giving a description of
the contest for Speaker of the liou.4e,
We way have unwillingly done injustice
to Dr. Porter, of York, and we, there
fore, cheerfully give place to the follow
ing letter explanatory of the position he
occupied :
lIA [mist:rim, .11 1 1. lo 1 , 70.
trd;ts , 'o Intel! igrwer
tt ENTLEm ES :—ln your issue of the
fourth inst.,
.you make u statement, which,
to say the lelmt of it, is calculated to mis
lead the public in regard to illy position as
a candidate for the Demis•ratic caucus nom
ination for Speaker of the }louse of Repre
sentatives. Now the facts of the -.asp are
these: Some time lwfore the assembling
of the Legislature, I received letters from
my Democratic friends who had serveil
with me in the last sesshm of the House,
asking 1110 to allow my mune to be ustsl in
connection with that nomination, for the
express purpose of preventing Mr. )sephA
front again receiving it. I consented to do
so, and afterwards learned Butt Ilan. It. B.
Brown was a candidate. On the morning
before the caucus was held there was a dis
tinct understanding between Mr. Brown
and myself, that ill case Mr. Josephs was a
candidate at the second ballot, that whoever
had the lesser vote, would withdraw in
favor of the other, and so I instructed my
• friends. Immediately upon the announce
ment of the vote Mr. Josephs withdrew his
name. 1 idlowed another vote to be taken
in order to show that there teas 11,
between .Mr. Josephs and myself, my
friends voting for Brown as had been pre
' viouslv arranged. You are at liberty to
publish this hitter if you see proper.
Itrspoc•ltullc you vs
Rough on Geary
The Philadelphia Post seems resolved
to place lieary• in his true light before
the people of Pennsylvania. It says:
The Covernor, we are told, wants every
man punished, no matter what his posi
tion, who tampers with the purity of elec
tions. This is after he is elected for three
years. But how about Geary himself? Did
Ire not tamper with the purity of elections
last fall when he made his secret bargain
with the rooster politicians of this etty, and
shamelessly broke Iris word to his friends
and enemies alike? The things that Geary
(lid to secure his nomination and election,
are but partly known, but enough is known
to show that he owes the (lovernorship to
a combination which disgraces the State.
'Why didn't the Post tell the truth
while the campaign was going on?
What is the use of blowing after the
mischief has been done? Let the people
learn from this how Iljticreliance is to be
placed on what Radical papers say just
before an election. The Pod did all that
lay in its power to elect the very man it
11,,W so bitterly and so justly,
and it did so will' full knowlenge of his
combination with the rascals whom it
now denounces so bitterl,y.
PI:OI , ESSOIi THATCHER, the weather
prophet of New York city has issued a
bulletin which is calculated to make
people feel uncomfortable. 1-lesays :
The present mildness of the temperature
i, :Utmost without procetlent, and the public
are told to prepare to hear nest's Of further
earthquakes, with great slums, in Europe.
He thinks we \yin have nitwit siel:ness
in the States, recommend,:
inerett•toti attention to sanitary regula
tion,
A Great Radical Seare—llizmitant's
lotion for the Admission of Virwinin
Defeated by One Vote.
Virginia mine nearer being admitted
to the House to-day than she has at any
time since her Representatives marched
out to join the rebellion. John A. Bing
ham, the leader of the conservative ele
ment of the House, when his State was
called for resolutions, ()fibre(' one for the
immediate admission of Virginia to
ogress, and demanded the previous
question on its passage. The Republi
, vans of the extreme school were evident
' lv not prepared for such a movement,
and before they could recover t hemsel ves
Bingham had enough votes at his back
to sustain the previous question and to
order the main question to be put. The
vote was so close that when the extreme
i Radicals realized the situation they en-
deavored to retrieve their fortunes by
moving to reconsider the vote ley which
the previous question had been suss
tained, whereupon the Speaker recorded
' his vote in the negative and announced
that the House refuse tee reconsider the
vote. 'flee Radicals now began tee Ali
: buster, of - fering dilatory motions with a
view of consuming the morning hour,
when the resolution would go over under
the roles. Whittemore, a carpet-bagger
from South Carolina, moved tee adjourn,
adding, some remarks in the shape of a
I protest against admitting Virginia. This
brought Randall, of Pennsylvania, to
his feet, who expressed some surprise at
the gentleman from South Carolina
coming lien , to oppose the :alai fission of
Virginia. There eras a good deal of
confusion just about this time, and the
Speaker brought down his gavel critic
groat force and frequency, spthat nothing
could lee distinctly„,„),wdrel.
moreshook his fist menacingly at Randall
and was understood to say that he carro
here to look after the gentlemen from
, Pennsylvania. It so happened that a
new clerk was keeping tile tally of the
roll 'all and being unused to the business
he made severed mistakes. The Radicals
discovered this and took advantage of it
tee get some of their friends 'Tenni,' in
favor of reconsidering who haeln let been
I present at the beginning of the roll call.
Tick changed the result, giving the
Radicals a majority of one, the speaker
critic his cote, Stella.? Itintion to reconsider
was carried. I lad the Democrats been
out in full force the resolution would have
been adopted, despite the Radicals. As
it was, lioWt•Ver, there %Were jlist enough
absent to allow it tee Le defeated. l'he
following, Democrats from New York
Were absent : Fox, Morrissey, Potter,
(irevne and . .\layliem, and the following
Trott Pennsylvania: Reading,, Stiles,
Van Auken, NVoodward and I lakienezen.
Any twee 01 these gentlemen being, in
their seats when the votes were taken
would have saved the resolution and put
Virginia half way into Congress.—.V.
3'. //emir/.
I=1!
We have already called attention to
the late annual message of Governor
Hoffman _to the Legislature of New
York, as the best conceived, most thor
oughly digested and forcibly reasoned
of all the great State papers on the fiscal
condition of the country and an early
resumption of specie payments that have
yet been given to the public. On the
appearance of this message some small
politician raised the foolish cry that it
was stolen from a speech made at the
last session of Congress by Senator Mor
ton. Those who thus sought to detract
from the merit of Governor Hoffman,
and the great ability he has shown,
have indirectly paid him the highest
possible compliment. 111 noticing the
attempt to do him discredit the Albany
Argus very pertinently says: "When
the Welehmun Fluellyn argued the re
semblance between Henry V. and Alex
ander the Great, he clinched his proof
by the fact 'that there is a river Mon
mouth, and look you there is a river in
Macedon.' And such is the resemblance
between Morton of Indiana and Hoff
man of New York." There are no
words or ideas of resemblance between
the two papers.—Phil. Ledger.
Fifteenth Amendment
CHICAGO, Jan. 14,—Both Houses of the
Minnesota Legislature have ratified the
Fifteenth Amendment. The vote in the
House was 28 to 15.
The Fifteenth Amendment.
"To prevent ooafusionfrom such pro
ceedings in the future, -Congress, willl on
reassembling, pass.Senator r Williams' bill,
expresslV declaring such aethm on the part
of State Legislatures null and void. They
will 'settle the ease .of Nett York very de
' •
Cofigress?has done a. 'great many un
constitutional and illegal acts in the past
and may . contiMl6 them in-the future.—
It promised the State of Georgia that
when the Fourteenth Amendment was
adopted, the State should be received as
an equal with other States. It promised
Virginia that when the Fifteenth
Amendment was adopted, the State
should be recognized with the other
States. It promised over four years ago
that when the Southern States pledged
themselves officially against slavery,
secession, for the payment of the Federal
debt, mid the repudiation of the debt
created in the South by secession, that
all these Commonwealths should be
recognized in tae family of States. It
has broken every important promise—
bullied the Executive out of his Consti
tutional rights, and frightened even a
Supreme Court, composed of Republican
Judges, from making decisions in almost
every important financial and political
ease before the Court. And, now as the
Times writer conclusively says:' Congress
will settle the case of N'ew York very
decidedly.' Well that remains to be seen.
The Legislature of 1870 has lawfully
repealed an act of the Legislature of
180, having an undoubted right to do
so, according to the opinion of men as
eminent as Charles O'('onor, George T.
Curtis, Reyerdy Johnson, and men of
equal solidity of character anti ability
with themselves. The only power on
earth which can dispute this right is the
Supreme Court of the United States, and
until that Court annuls the last act of
the State, it will remain in force in spite
of Senator Williams and a score of Con
gressional bills. The Supreme Court, it
is true, is threatened with annihilation,
if it decides any political question against
Radical power, and Senator Drake has
bill of pains and penalties at hand to
forbid all such decisions, but no such bill,
no such art, can lawfully deprive this
State from regulating the franchise of
its citizens, and no respect will be paid
to such authority short of the Mandatory
decision of the only power which can
rightfully give direction in the matter.
'ortainly the year of our Lord, 1870 will
nut see the State of New York violating
the rights of its own Legislature and
people by the bullying threat of the
Radicals, in the shape of the act of
Senator Williams. Goorgia can be co
erced, Virginia throttled, and the people
of Texas anti other States pinned down
by Federal bayonets, but the people of
New York will practically and firmly
maintain all the rights which are left
them under the Federal Constitution.—
It appears that the correspondence
concerning the Alabama claims Was re
opened last fall, with a letter from Mr.
Fish to Lord Clarendon, in which he
says that the President deemed it due to
himself mid to like subject to declare
that lie concurs with the Senate in dis
approving of a mixed Convention to
settle the claims and the treaty recently
negotiated. Lord Clarendon, in a letter
dated November 1869, to Secretary
Fish, Writes: "Her Majesty's (lovern
ment regrets uu less sincerely that the
President of the United States concurs
with the Senate in disapproving that
treaty but their regret would, in sonic
degree, be dinlinished if Mr. Fish had
been authorized to indicate some other
means of adjusting the questions be
tweeu the two countries, Which, as
lung as they remain open, cannot
be favorable to a cordial good un
derstanding between tlwm. This, how
ever, Mr. Fish has not been empowered
to do, but he expresses the readiness of
the President to consider any proposal
emanating from this country. It is ob
vious, however—and Mr. Fish will prob
ably on reflection admit—that Her
Majesty's Government cannot make any
new proposition, or run the risk of an
other unsuccessful negotiation, until
they have information more clear than
that which is contained in Mr. Fish's
despatch, respecting the basis upon
which the Government of the United
States would be disposed to negotiate.
But Her Majesty's Government fully
agree with Mr. Fish in considering that
it would he desirable to turn the diffi
culties which have arisen between the
two ( lovernments to good account, by
making the solution of them subservient
to the adoption, as between themselves
in the first instance, of such changes in
the rules of public law as may prevent
the recurrence between nations that may
('(lncur in them of similar difficulties
hereafter."
ME=
Prince Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte,
whose name figures so prominently in el/11-
Ileetioll with the quarrel arising out of an
article in the Mart . liaise, has had an ad
venturous career, anti, unlike his elder
brother, Lucien, has chiellv followed mill
tary pursuits. Ife is the th e son of Lucien,
prother of Napoleon 1., m a d was born at
'tome in Isls. In 183'2 h (guile to this
country to join his uncle, Joseph, formerly
King of Spain. lie next proceeded to Co
lumbia, and joined the army of Santander,
by whom lie WILS placed in command of a
squadron. Soon after he returned to Italy,
where he was regarded with disfavor by the
Papal (los - eminent, which in lSJii intimated
to hint that he should leave the Papal
States. Surrounded by a troop of mouldy,'
police, he wounded two and killed their
chief; he received, however, two wounds
in the encounter, and had In surrender.
A tier a rather long, detention at Fort Saint
Angelo, in Rome, he returned to this coun
try. Ile next went to England, and thence
to the island of Corfu. During an excur
sion in Albania, he had a quarrel with the
Pallikares, and and sustained almost un
aided a deadly conibat. The English ( Me
eminent having induced him to leave the
Italian and Greek coasts, he left for London,
after vainly offering his services to France,
and to :deluging Ali, the Vteeroy of Egypt.
In IS4s, on hearing , the news of the revolu
tion, he hastened to Paris, recalled to the
public( the life and opinions of his father,
who had always entertained republican
principles, and (obtained a military appoint
ment. lie Was elected in Corsica to the
Constiment Assembly, a n d was placed on
the Committee on \Var. Ile usually- voted
With the extreme Left, and against 'having
two Chambers; for the right to labor; pro
gressive taxation; amnesty for the trans
ported prisoners; and in favor of the entire
republican constitution. On many 01,11-
si ons he testified to the sentiments of his
cousin, Louis Napolt,on. After the election
of December 10, he continued to sit with the
Mountain party, and disapproved of the
expedition to Romeo "The democrats re
ceived a consistent support from him, ex
cept in relation to personal matters of the
President. 80-elected for Corsica, hearted
as fine ~r the Ile/St ardent adversaries of re
action. The anger of the Right sac ellen
eXeilell 1, his delllecratie ardor.
AI. I'irrri• Bonaparte also energetieidly
denied that ally projects were entertained
respecting a ',Ur el' OW, in rather unparlia
nicidary language. Ile showed the same
intraetalile disposition in his Military rnu
durt. In lola, he left fi. Algeria, where he
assisted at the first operations of the siege
of Zaaelita, and then, before the assault,
and without permission, he returned to
Prance. 'l•he Minister or war deprived
him of his military rank, and this measure,
which was followed by a duel betW(4 . ll M.
Pierre Bonaparte anal a journalist of the
esurua• right, revolved the e X press appro
bation of the Assembly.
Thc reap delnl having placed in an awk
ward position the members of the Bona
parte family, who hail pronounced in favor
outhe maintenance of tla-Constitution,
Pierre Bonaparte retired to private life.
At the re-establishment of the Empire he
received, with his brothers, the title of
Prince, but without being any longer 0110
of the imperial fiunil3 - . Ile does hot 1111101
frequent the Court of the Tuileries, lives
sometimes in Corsica, to gratify his tasto
for hunting, and at other times at a coun
try-house at Auteuil. Ito devotes part of
his leisure to literary pursuits, and trans
lated Niccolini's tragedy of Nabuchodon
met,.r- into French verse.
Itiunnay--.• Bargaln
some time non a young man or Mount
Bethel, in this county, disappeared sudden
ly, leaving behind a wife and a small child.
After absenting himself about a year, he
again put in an appearanee in Mount Beth
el, a little before the last holidays, followed
in a few days by a young Michigan woman,
who claimed him as her husband. It now
appears that the young gentleman on leav
ing here went to Michigan, where, passing
himself as a single man, he succeeded in
winning the hand of a young lady living in
the neighborhood of Pontiac, in that State,
married her, lived with her for a time, and
then, pretending that he was going to Pon
t iae to work, he deserted tier and came back
to Mount Bethel. The Michigan wife not
hearing of her precious husband for some
time began to suspect that he had decamp
ed, and, finding that he was not at Pontiac,
and knowing that he was from this county,
she packed her trunk, and with her babe,
tune here in search of the truant, who was
found at the house of wife No. 1. Of course
there was " trouble in the wigwam " on the
unexpected arrival of wife No. 2. With a
probable prosecution for bigamy, the pros
pects of the young husband were not at all
agreeable. Finally, however, a way was
found out of the difficulty before him, when
the first wife proposed, for two hundred
dollars, wall down, to resign all claims to
her faithless husband. The second wife
agreed to pay the amount and immediately
wrote to her friends in Michigan for the
money. It is generally admitted that the
Mount Bethel wife got the best of the bar
gain.—Easton Argue.
A Montreal young lady has been " to
hogganning "—Anglice, sliding down
hill. Her leg was broken by doing the
thing, and she might be considered lucky
in escaping with a whole jaw after pro
nouncing the word,
The State Legislature. I (Union), Dimmick, Ellis, Engelman,Esch-
TursDATiJanitary -11, 1810. i bath, Forsythe, Godshalk, Hall, Harvey,
SENATE—In the Stiitellenate, yesterday, I Herr, Hursh, Josephs, Keene, Keifer, I.el
bills were introduced allowing Rxecuters dig, Leonard, Lealic,M'Ateer, M'Criteken,
and Administrators to tesldiy h their ownnereary, M'Kinstry, Meyer, Miller (Phil
behalf; regulating the practice onnedicine adelphia),A.Lilliken, Sfontgemery,llooney,
i
in Philaddphia;•autheriaigg accused per-, Porter (Cambria), Porter (York), Reinochl,
sons to testify at their own request; au- Rohrer, Selmatterly, Schwartz Stoll,
therialngthe people to Yale for an Atlor- Sedgewick,skinner,Snyder,StechASchnyl
ney General and'Secretary'or State, at the kill), Vankirk, Wheeler, Wiley, Woolever
next October election; regulating trans- and Strang, Speaker, of the House of Re
portatiorfof cattle on railroads; and mak- I presentatives—ili.
mg the Governor's salary $B,OOO. 1 So the qusstion was determined in the
The resolution of the majority of the ' negative.
committee in the Scull-Findlay contested I A third ballot was had with the follow
election case, which gave the sent to Scull, I ing result:
Republican was considered. I Messrs. Brook,', Connell, Graham, liens
bhe discussion of the Scull-Findlay ,'lee- I rev, Howard, Mumma, Olmsted,osterhout,
Lion case wa.s continued until late at night. Robison, Rutan, :Watt, White and Stinson,
Messrs. Purman, Buclealew, Lowry, Davis I Speaker, of the Senate; and Messrs. Adalre,
and Wallace opposed the resolution admit- I Albright, Bunn, Chamberlain, (Introit,
ting-Mr. Scull; and Messrs. Berard, White I Cloud, Comly; Cooper Darlington, Davis,
and Olmstead advocated its passage. , Deinitmer, Elliott, Fulton, Hill` Holtz,
Finally by a vote of 15 to 15 the Senate I Humphreys, Johnson (Crawfordl, John
refused to pass the resolution decaring that lieu') (Philadelphia), I::ecath, Kerr, Kreps,
Scull, Republican, had a prima facie right ; Long, Longenecker, M'J unkin, M'Atalion,
to a seat. Two Republicans, viz.: Billing- l Marshall, Maxwell, Stiller t Allegheny I,
felt and Lowry voted with the Democrats I Miller (Philadelphia), Niles, Parsons, Rob
against Scull. I erts, Robison, Shurlook, Smith, Steele
Immediately after the vote was announced t ( Armstrong), Stephens, Stokes,Stcnc, Tay -
Findlay., Democrat, claiming to be the new , tor, Thomas, Tyler, Vankirk, Walton,
Senator elect, presented himself before the : Webb, White anal Strang, Speaker, o f the
Speaker's desk, and demanded to be sworn House—dl, votid for Robert W. Mackey.
In office. The Speaker declared that there I SI easra. Beck, Brodhead, Brown, Ituelm
'WM nothing before the Senate, the evening low, Davis, Duncan, Findlay, Kerr, I °in -
session having been held for the special 1 deacon, Lowry.re
51'Inti, M ..unite,
I
..ag.tt,
purpose of considering a resolution which ' Purman, standup, Turner and Wal has., ,I
had already been disposed of. I the Senate; alllllMessrs. Ames, A rinstrc mg,
Mr. Gralhain moved to adjourn, which Beans, Boileau, Bowman, Brobst, Dro wn,
was agreed to. : Ito ffilmton, Carlin, Colay, Craig, rreitz,
Nfr. Billingfelt voted with the other Re- ; Dailey, Dill (Adanisi, Intl l'ililii:‘, Dim -
publicans in favor of adjournment. ! 'nick, Ellis, Engelman. Esolthatit, Forsyth,
Horse: In the llonse the following res- ' I todshalk, I lull, Harvey, llerr, lint-sit,
(illation was adopted: Jose)ths, Keene, Keifer, Laidig, Looluird.
Re:mired, That s.i much of the t iovernor'a : Leslie, \!'A leer, IFCraelten, St crt•or ,
message as refers to the State Treasurer le' M'Kinstry, Nlever, NI illiken, Nl.ititg,,,kl
- to a elinunittee of seven, to be up-' erv, Mooney, Dot ter (Cambria', Porter
pointed by the speaker of the House, and I ( fork b fteinoolil, Itolirer, Set:warty,
that the said committee is hereby instruct- ! S('llluttlerly. Scott, Sed(-tew lel , . Skinuer,
eft to inquire as to tine manner and time at Snyder, skittle tstointylk ill t, \f lit
which moneys are paid into the Slate Trea- : Wiley tut , ' Wooloi er, a the 11. , ,., 7 ,
sury, where and upon what tontlitioessaid vet c h 11.0 W. \V. Irwin.
moneys are kept; whether any illegal list. : NI r. Inv in was thereupon &eland Stab•
has been made of said moneys, or of the Treasurer elect, and rite Joint i 'on, cotton
bonds hold by t h e Commonwealth, and that adjoitrocd.
the said vionntittee be empowered to send , I'M. I lons,. so,„ ,rt..,. .0i,,,,,,1 until bt
for persons and papers, and to plat',' any ; morrow mornitet at II tl.,•Iloi• k.
State officer on oath; and that the said , Tut. altar, .1.111. l:,
committee lie authorized to inquire \\*both- in lie S(ato Sctudo t osterday. Ile SI tat,-
er any corrupt motinsllllVe been used to in. politan Pollee hill was reported baek l'is , a I
ducats the election ofState Treasurer; Pr( - ' t h e
I , lllllliiii`e, also 1110 bill liie lielii, se, e •
vhied, That the .1,,•:,,ber, tithe Said 00111- city against Idea in Philadelphat. Bill.
mittee shall be entitled to no compensation were introduced allowing litisban(ls and
fur said service. ' wive , tt I,, lifY . 11 , 'II time rases, a n d I'. Pr , '
Nominations Were Miele i,sc State Treiei- Vent Ito ii \ ..rl,silling of oily passers get oars.
tirer as follows: Mr. Hong nentinated B. :.a petition it :LS ri`et.iVell feelll 5 , 511,-t1.1 . ..11•
NV. Mackey, Mr. Josephs nominated s.. testing the seat a . Sir. Findlay. in It. lad f •;1
i iross Fry, SI r. Itointtelti tiontinattol W. Vc, Scull, and it was :es recd 1., II 1,, II e. , I i I iii :1.
Irwin, Nfr. Leitlig 110111illateil Levi Taylor, , tee on Tuesday.
Mr. Seliatterly nominated Daniel D. Barr, It: the !bust, NI r. I; ralutio, e.mte.cit
Mr. Scans nominated Nathan P. ileiiWee, , the Sea( ia.h.i. 1 . . m,—,..y, ,:, :,11,,,,1.11 to
Mr. Leonard nominated .Jas. N. Peal-tad, I withdraw, and the otatun eh, in tho 1 . :INI .
Mr. Adaire nominated Joshua Iteall , i, Wii , ili ,,, iil Veil. A III • i, lII . EIII II II 1 , 11111,1111,
Mr. Corny nominated 1,. D. Shoi•maker, the seat was presented, \\i1k:11e . ..4.1111,11i,
Mr. W 1,011,1, 110111illilieil Child, W. illitoillee ( . 1/1111111/II • 1 • • Intl :In, ',III, 111 . /1 to.
'oeper. Adjourned. : situ, the mattor ‘t a's inthalititely pttstittt-
Ny, ; ,,,, ; ,,, : 1t,,,, 1•2. • ed. The Sonato bill raising tht.t;t,t•rtioc,
' —Mr. Whitoolierel a resolution salary to s7,nee was called up, but lite I I ot,o.
.... .
that II irain Findlay be sworn in as Senator
from the Twentieth district, which was
adopted, and Mr. Findlay was sw.qm in.
Mr. Itillingfelt reported with:intendment,
a bill entitled An act to tie 01,ml:try of the
Mvernor of the CommonNvealth.
Ily Mr. Connell, a hill entitled An act to
provide for the appointment of a letropol
tan police for the city of Philadelphia. Re
ferred to the 1 'onuuittee on the Judiciar‘•
Local.
liy I Icitsz.ey, a hill entitled An act
to prevent the injury or destruotion of bag
gage ‘vitliin the limits of the State. lteler
red to the Committee on the Judiciary
Ibeneral.
lie Mr. I,ms ry, joint ri,ohnion.
our Senators and requesting our ltvP
resentatives in I Mtigress t 4) SeCtlre the
reeognition by the lMited States govern
ment of heligerent rights of tine struggling
patriotsof Cuba. Referred to the Committee
on Federal ltelathms.
Several hills of 3 hig . :ll 11;0111 . 1. %,•I•t•
lar
sented and reMrred.
tin motion of Mr. Brooke, the Senate
proceeded to the second reading and con-id
eration of a hill to regulate the salary .rt ht.
Governor.
In committee of the whole, the bill NV le.
read, agreed to stud reported without amend
ment. The hill fixes the salary of the (;(us
ernor at ~57,00 per alllllllll.
The bill was read a second and third lio n
and agreed to.
On the question, shall the bill puns'' -
The yeas and !MN, were relluirisl liy Mr.
Buckalew and Were lt
follows, viz :
Yeas—Messrs. .then, Brooke, connell,
Dimenin, fir:Mani Ilenszey, Howard, I:err,
Lowry, Mumma, Nagl)•osterhout, Ran
dall, Robinson, Milan, IVatt and Stinson,
Speaker--17.
Nays—Nlessrs. Beck, Billinglelt, Broad
head, Brown, Buck:dew, Davis, Findlay,
Linderman, Myr, ()Misted,
Purman, 'Turner, NV:ill:we, Warfel roil
So the que,l jell et a, 11l lrrtui uoJ , in the
aliirmative.
in motion of Mr. Tamllee, t h e Scuttle
proceeded ill 010 Sleet/lel reading and 1 , 11-
sidsqmtimi of a bill entitled An net to incor
porate the Avondale Relief Association).
The bill was read a second and third
time and passed.
ELECTIUN ue sTA TREANVEHIt.
At 12 o'clock the members of the Senate
proceeded to the hall of the ilmise for the
purpose of electing - a State Treasurer in
joint convention. [See lionise prooved ings. I
The Senators returned to the Senate
elnunber, and the Speak,•r )01journed the
Sen ale.
'I lovsE.—A iler the passugo of several
local bills, and the hour ~f twelve o'elock
having itrrivoil, the numbers of the Senate
were introduced, who were assigned seats
on the floor of the House.
Mr. I isterhout acted as teller on the part
of the Senate, and Mr. Weld, :is teller nu
the part of the House.
The Speaker of the Senate nuinounced this
as the day fixed by law for the election of
Site Tri ) asurer. The rolls of the little:,
were then vaned, With the fallowing; result:
illessrs..kllen, Brooke, 1 'onnell, I fralmin,
Ilenszel•, Howard, Nlunlina, unlisted, Rob-
Ifutan, NVatt, \VIM, and Stinson,
Speaker, of the Senate; and Messrs. Adaire,
Albright, Amos, Bunn, Chamberlain,
l'hurell, I 'loud, t'onily, Cooper, liarlington,
Davis,Dein linger, El !MU, Fill t0n,11111,1 long,
Humphreys, Johnson (Crawford), Johns
ton, ( l'hiliidelphial, I:eech, Kerr, Kreps,
Long, Longenecker, W.ltinkin,M'Malion,
Marshall, Maxwell, Miller 1 Allegheny),
Miller I Philadelphia), Niles, Parsons, Rob
erts, Robison, Shurlock, Smith, Steele
I Armstrong), Stephens, Stokes, Slone, 'Tay
lor, Thomas, Tyler, Vankirk,
Webb, White and Strong, Speaker, of the
House-61011 Republicans, voted for lird.'t
\V. 'Mackey.
Messrs. Beek, Broadhead, llruwn , Buck
:dew, Davis, Duncan, Findlay, Linder
man, M' Intire, Miller, Nagle, Purnian,
Randall, Tinnier and Wallace, of the Sen
ate; and Messrs. .krnistrong, Beans, Boi
leau, Brobst, Brown, Carlin, f 'reitz,
Dill Adams 1, Dill (Cnion), Dinunick,
Ellis, Engelman, Eschbach, Forsyth,. Ill!,
Harvey, Hursh, Josephs, )acme , heifer,
Leidig, Leonard, leer, M'Rinstry,
Meyer, Milliken, Montgomery Mooniev,
Porter (Cambria), Porter York . ), Rohrer,
Schnatterly, Schwartz, Scott, Sedgewiek,
Skinner, Snyder, Steele ISchtnylkill) and
NVoolever, of the Mouse, Al Urmorrals
voted for If. u. Ifarr.
Mess,. Bowman, Millington, Craig,
( iodshalk, 1 1 err, Leslie, 'racket' ,
M'Creary, ICcinuohl, \\lull), Mel NViley,
of the House, all Republicans 11, voted
fiir \V. NV. Irwin.
Mr. Lowry, of the 5,.•,,at.,•, role'l Gar
Bishop Simpson.
Mr. Warfel, of th, .‘.
1.. I fenderson.
('ern', of the 111,111-4., cotudl t.
Shoemaker.
There being no election, the con\ ention
proceeded to second ball,g, tollows :
Messrs. :Olen, Brooke, I ',Mel, (frith:tin,
Ilenszey, Howard, Mumma, ()Mislead, Os
terhout, Robinson, Ittitan, NVatt,
\Vilify and Stinson, Speaker of the Senate;
anal 'Messrs. .ktlaire, Albright, .kmes,
Bunn, Chamberlain, ('hutch, Cloud, ('on
ly, Cooper, Darlington, Davis, Deininger,
Elliott, Fulton, Hill, Hong, Humphreys,
Johnson (Crawfirril 1, Johnston (Philadel
phia), Keeell, ):err, I: reps, Long, Longe
necker, :NUJ unkin, M'.Nlalion, Marshall,
Maxwell, NI Hier (Allegheny ),Miller I Phila
delphia), Niles, Parsons, Roberts, Robison,
Shurlock, Smith Steele I.krnistrong), Ste
phens, Stokes, Stone, Taylor, 'Thomas,
Tyler, Vankirk, IValton, NV'eld., White and
Strang, Speaker, of the House—Wl, voted
for Robert NV, Mackey.
Messrs. Beek, Brodhead, Brown, Buck -
alew, l (avis , I huivan, Findlay I:err, Lin
derman, Lowry, Nagle,
Furman, Randall, Turner a n d Wallace, of
the Senate; and Messrs. Arninstronni, , , Boi
leau, Bowman, Brown, Buffington, Carlin,
Craig, Creitz, Dailey, Dill(Adams,)
hill (l'inion,) Dinunick, Ellis, En,, , ,lnnan,
Esehlrach, Forsyth, tiodshalk, Hall, I far
vey, Herr, 1 fursh, Josephs, Keene, I:etTer,
Leidig,Leonntrd, Loslie,M'Ateer, li)Crack
en, M'Creary, id K instry, Meyer, Milli
ken, Montgomery, Mooney, Porter It'ant -
brill), Porter (York), Iteinioehl, Itohrer,
Solinatterly," Seliwartz, Seott, Sedgewiek,
Skinnier, Snyder, Steele, (Schuylkill),
M'heelor, NVoolever and Wiley, of the
I muse-4;11, voted fur W. W. Irwin.
Messrs. Beans and Brobst, of the House
2 voted for D. 0. Barr.
Mr. Corny, of the House—l, voted for
D. Shoemaker.
Mr. Brobst asked leave to change his vote
after the Speaker had voted and before the
result was announeed, which was not al
lowed.
There being no election, a motion to ad
journ was made, OTT which the yeas and
nave were required, with the following re
suit:
Yeas—Messrs. Allen, Brooke, Connell,
Graham, Henszev, Howard, Kerr, Mum
ma, Olmsted. Osterhout, Robison, Buten,
Warfel, Watt and White, of the Senate;
and Messrs. Albright, linnn, I'hureh,
Cloud, Coady, Cooper, Darlington, Dein
inger, Elliot, Fulton, Hill, Hong, Hum
phreys, Johnson (Crawford), Johnston
(Philadelphia), Keech, Kerr, Kreps, Long,
Longenecker, MlJunli in, fir Mahon, Mar
shall, Maxwell, Miller, (Allegheny), Niles,
Parsons, Roberts, Robison, Slim-look,
Smith, Steele (Armstrong), Stephens,
Stokes, Stone, Taylor, Thomas, Tyler, Wal
ton, Webb and White of the House of Rep
resentatives-sth
Nays—Messrs. Beek, Brodheiul, Brown,
Buckalew, Davis, Duncan, Findlay, Lin
derman, Lowry Mlntire, Miller, Nagle,
Furman, Randall , Turner, Wallace and
Stinson, Speaker, of the Senate; and
Messrs. Adaire, Ames, Armstrong, Beans,
Boileau, Bowman, Brobst, Brown, Buffing
ton, Carlin, Chamberlain,, Corny, Craig,
Creiti, Dailey, Davis, Dill )Adams), Dill
11V a cute tii tii v ii,i Ii r it.
1111•11111, I . 111.. Senate !WI
dlleed. tile . "11Ve11t1011 pnweeded lu
(urinal ~ „n oting and atinvilni•lll
votes rams nor I; ipvi•rni , r tht Ina elt,tion.
ing Born il.an•, it appear,.o. Ow:
•It,lnl \V. (;cary had rcoci, 0,1
.I.n Win..l.
tulle ',al', :111,1 Wlll. It. tulle s. , te
mlienctipal .114411 \V. rwary v,,
duly elected t;i0V1.1•11401' lour tilt, yi . :ll'+, Iti
m., Tni , day,
IS, IS7O. The Men] her: of lilt• Si.11:110 11. , 11
ithdreW to their 1 . 11:011ber.
11‘41, I lowaes oser lthr:l
11::V.
I=ll
lIIMEIM=fIII
111 thi•
I;nru notice ..In hill to the public doh:,
i•stellil bald:jug - i•.tithlish
spec I, payinviiti.. The 1,111 rcw upliutiran
III•ti and lireser‘ al fish fern: interiunl lax,
from the Ih
151111, ( . 11111111i11,0, 1 . 1114,1.4 . it a hill " Ino 1,, I
vide a tuitional eurniwy
viotillize the of
!piles." The V hill
A message Wit, l'i•i''in thi•
vetoing it bill for the rrllol of Iti.hti \ kilt'.
After ail tixoeutive the
journal.
In the 'louse, >I r. Farnss,ortli, I),mi ii'
repot led :I Id!
for the tultitis , dott fd•
:1111,1111, theme hi n d
nu 11111' shall huh :itly utlire in the
,vithout taking . test oath , , :11141 Ilea 1110 , 41!tte
stildt anielukd
to deprive any etas of citizens of 11111 right
to vote and !told 4drive, eSt•epl ill 101111i , li
111011 t Of t•rilue. Itinultaut hi ,
hill ELV a substitute, 11111 both ti ere order.d
to be printed. >I r. Scofield, 1 . 1,11111 W
1 '41111111'11(4', reported a hill transferring the
l'hihtdelphia Navy \*:till to I.engtie I.land.
The I I ott,e then %sent into Committee ot the
Whole, and NI r. Kol leg made a ech o an,
Nvl t ieh the I louse adjourned.
In the Senate, yesterday, the rosi.ltitintis
.if ti. Legislature id . Ni'e Y. 1 1 •1,, Vit -
ing tin. ratitli.atinn tif the rifteentli mond •
nient wen. f Al 1 • . I W:litl • .11,1,113
resoltition that Indian treatit.sslialt he rim
skier.' in linen ~.vino. ti,r ui
trndurrd hill lii loud Ihr natintialdel., lu
extend liatil:ing larilitlry and. .•stablislo
spevie paynirtits. Virginia 1.111 ‘1:1 ,
tiISCIISSOII, the.
jnitrnisl.
In the I Innse, (he resnliitintis of thi• Ni.u%
York Legislature risit•inding the raliliiatinn
nl tlniSintfrageaniciiilllll.lll,
Mr. 4i:1.1 - field introduces! it hill t.. i-ll
the 11111,1111 if rrlll grrn, Iru uluu • n uJ
:Ib:U.IIIMA 'Mill, The I,vagni. Island 1,11
Virginia kill aasrnn
sidered, r. Farnsworth, \i h., had
ported it fruw the 1100101,i1 . 111 - C0 , 11 1., 111111 . 11
Lee, spike against it, teSi la( II 4•1:111 , 1',. Mr.
Paine spike of I Dill, nil 11 r.
agait,t it, suhrn the 1 Inn ••• ail
jianint.d.
111131
In the S. Senate, a hill tn. roportls I
amendatory of the :tot ins, Ming nor
mnrivan stnainslM, liar lal‘senti No•s,
Yost: and Eurimn. It dirtsis the Postman
ter I innnral to nontrwl ith tin. Company
named in tin, ant for tio convt• anne ul the
paying ll oo Ita I. cri, ,ni the Coin-
Vany•s bonds. lin , nonsiderat ion a HIV
irginia \Vas rota mod, and 31r.
IIIIII•Ilfin10111W:IN,Vit.1•11•11, Ilm yeas Lei ng 11,
and the nays •15. ither amendments s, ern
1111 . 01. ed, peII.IIIPZ 1%11101 the S,11:110 :1.1-
j1)11r11,1I.
In the I louse. Mr. Nlct'orniii,l, ..111 a
resolution looking to thl. 1,(.1;11 , 111111.11i on
l'errit.rial litlVerllllll.llt over the Indian
Territory. 11*. Willard otrored
tehioh were referral, tloclaring the novo,si
ty for 1111111illiStratiN, Cellllllllly,
funding or the de ht :it a liovcr interest,
opposing any acquisition tio.riniry -
ring the oxpendittire of money or 1111,1,1 , 1•
of the puhliedelit. Mr. Morrill iulrodneed
It bill, erhirh (V:, pissed, to pry% ent the
giving of contributionm or presents train
persons eniph,yed by the doverntuent to
their ulllrilel superiors. The Virginia hill
wa_s con.idorod, a night se.sion hoing hold.
IMEIMIEME=I
In the I'. S. Senate, \Vllley introdue
rd :1 bill V. :11101i,11 franking,
111411 lhl• letter carrier system in cities 01
5000 ioloiiritunt.. 'Ol, spoke in explii.
nation nun joint resolution in regard to the
seizure of 4000 barrels oil* tvltiskey in San
Francisco last August by the San Frativisco
authorities, illlll the ,reliability of their re
lea," by the 110,1'11:11 Hl,OllllO
TIIo resolution directs that
the whiskey be held subject to delctwiva
tiun hy the United States Court , . After
a defence of the Commissioner of Internal
Recount',Messrs. ll:twilit, Sherman
and I‘lorrill, the Virginia hill W:l4 nukes
tip. Various amendments score
when the House bill was prownted, 111111
moved by \1 r. •Trumbull av a substitute.
:\ft•r it night session, lasting until half-past
ten o'clock, the Senate ad . tonrned until
Monchty, with an understanding that the
bill would be voted 1111011 Mat day.
In the I louse the Virginia bill scar (:11(111
lip, :mil after discussion .Ir.
Sti list ittte teas 11,11111 tell - yeas 9s, nays
and the bill us :11111.11(11.11 teas passed by :1
cote of 1.12 to 4P. It admits Virginia 11
ith
nut imposing ally further conditions. Mr.
Meyers voted for the kill as nut•ndrd, .111,1
Messrs. Kelly and ageinst it. The
I lot,e udjourncd until Nlonday.
IZZEINE=1111!!1111:1
lit the U. S. Senate, Yesterday, Mr. Sum
ner, front the Foreigh 'Committee, reported
a hill for the adjustment Of the old French
spoliation claims. .Nlr. Ramsey introduced
a bill providing that whl , ro full postage is
not paid 111/011 letters, the balance Shall he
eolleetell on delivery. The bill prohibiting
retired officers bring assigned ("duty which
would entitle them to rim pay was passed.
Mr. Sumner, front the Foreign l'omtnittee,
reported n substitute for the Lill relating to
foreign telegraphic communication. The
Virginia question was taken tip, :trill the
Senate bill, on motion of Mr. Stewart, W:11.1
table(l by a VOtt! I/12.5 The House hill
was then taken up, on motion of the same
gentleman, and rend a second time. l'end
ing its consideration, the Senate went into
la reutive SeSSil/11,1tIltiSOC/II lifter adjourned.
In the House, !tills were introduced to
repeal the tonnage tax ; to adjourn longress
OD April 12th ; to annul all acts of legisla
tive, executive or judicial officers laboring
under political disability; to ffifolish frank
ing, and establish a postal telegraph system.
Mr. Lawrence offered a resolution giving
the hall of the house for the delivery of at,
address on the principles of the National
Labor Union, the members of the !rouse to
Le present, and moved the previous flues
tion. The house refused to second the
previous question, and the resolution went
over. On motion of Mr. Beek, the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue was asked
for information as to the increascor decrease
in the manufacture of distilled spirits other
than high wines during the present season.
Mr. Orth offered it resolution, which was
adopted, declaring against increasing sala
ries of public offieers. Mr. Holman, of In
diana, offered a resolution, looking to the
withdrawal of the National Bank notes, and
substitution of legal tenders, to be used In
liquidating tine public debt, also disap
proving tine Treasury purchases of live.'
twenties at a premium, etc. The previous
question was moved, but not seconded, the
yeas being 39, mid the nays 71; ' so the reso
lution went cyor. A resolution by Mr.
Cox, making eight hours a day's labor fur
workingmen in Government e.nploy, was
referred. Mr McNeely offered a resolution
looking to the substitution of gr( enback
for national Hank currency, but the House
—yeas Sit i nays 11'3—refused to suspend the
rules for its consideration. Mr Judd's bill
to apportion Representatives in the Forty
second Congress was considered. After some
further brsuiess, the I louse adjourned,