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WEDNESDAY; SANUAIty:XIp:TO.
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The Report of the County Auditors,
Which we publish. elsewhere.r
read with great interest ttrpebpli rof
tall partiee„. it is an , nblyldrawis doou-
In&,' and Setti
ditors in plain I,f 3. .rAns,,arAMs.,l9ar ferel=
ble English. Noone can read/b;iitholit
bein* :convinced ViCilreat;
dad 'ofpcttypecuyition Otnjxthi
our COunty Otlicialii,which in die Aggre
gatol'itruounto-yetrMy-tot
, , : y r .'t7
once to the County Prison —Trove,
as :: t eonelusfvely figural can, that
the Yas been no„
done about that institution. ',Upon:the
torn} itlon ' Whleh the
rnanagentent of the Cotint,i,prii**e
Itostxtdusrevrt has comp:rentedrepeat
'edly, and We Are gittitto lirid a full Board
of Republienn Audifnre snaninilig
views. • -
The traBlc'in yagrants,ont:of which a
certain Radical Duke strCet Alderman
and the modelconstable.of the Second
Nvoci have managed to extract a hand
, eine yearly income, is a subject:to Which
we" have time and again • calied,public
attention. We are glad to see that our
labors in beludf of the taxpayers of Lan
caster county are likely to bring forth
fruit. If the remonStrances of the Grand
Jury and the emphatic condeirmatlim
of the County Auditors do not have
the effect of checking' this villainous
business, some more effective agency
will have to be resorted to.
'The Commissioners are very properly
hauled over the coals, and the complete
exposure of their very suspicious prac
tice's, In the:letting of bridge contracts,
can not help arousing a sense ,of
indig
nation among the tax-payers of the
county. That many thou Sands of dol
tars might have been saved to the county
by open and fair dealing, no one who
reads the report of the Auditors can pre
tend to deny. As to the intinenees
which controlled the conduct of the
Commissioners we leave the public to
judge. It may be that some few will be
found, with sufficient charity in the
cockles of their hearts, to conclude
that the members of the Board
had no pecuniary interest In these
transactions. If such there be, we
cannot help envying them their un
sophisticated innocency, but would ad
vise them not to travel far from home,
or to visit any large city without taking
some experienced friend with them.
They would be fit subjects for the drop
game, or uny other trick of the sharp
rascals who make n living by fleec
ing green-horns. The painting of
the Court House is shown to have been
a nice little job, arranged for somebody's
benefit, and the County Printing and
other matters are alluded to which will
demand the attention of the tax-paying
public. In the matter of mileage our
County Commissioners seem to have
taken lessons from Congress and to have
Improved on the practices which have
from time to time drawn forth the most
caustic comments of Horace Greeley.
'The men who are engaged in ffiching
money from the County Treasury may
have kept themselves within the safe
limits of the law, and have prosecuted
their nefarious designs without render
ing themselves liable to punishment,
but In morals they are no less criminal
than any thief who Is now pegging
shoes or weaving carpet In our County
Prison. The fault is in that system
which condemns the impecunious
wretch who steals a pocket handker
chief to imprisonment at hard labor, and
permits those who filch thousands of
dollars from the Public Treasury to go
scot free.
We eommend the report of the Audi
tors to the careful consideration of the
public. We hope it may haVethe effect
of remedying some of the evils com
plained of; and we shall be glad to
rbroniele every honest effort at reform
which may be made in any of the de
partment whiehs are now the subject
of just condemnation.
Virginia Admitted
The Senate bill for the admission of
Virginia, with all its odious provisions,
has passed the lower House of Congress,
and the Old Dominion is to be admitted
into the Union on certain harsh condi
tions. The Senate bill is a violation of
the pledges made to Virginia by Con
gress, in direct opposition to the clearly
expressed views of Grant, and violative
of all good faith. ft. Is so ungenerous,
unmanly and unwise, that the sense of
all honorable men must revolt against
it. Horace Greeley has denounced it
openly and freely in the N. V. Tribune,
declaring it to be one of those political
blunders which are worse than crimi
nal. He rejoices in the fact that the
negro Senator from Mississippi, is in
structed to urge the relief of every Mis
sissippian front all disabilities or pro
scriptions growing out of the rebellion,
and expresses \the i hope that he " will
be able to insp re)with magnanimity,
even the brea4,.iif Charles Sumner;"
and commend " l berality, good sense,
and practical statesmanship" to Wilson.
For our part, we think Sumner, Wilson,
and a majority of the Radical Senators
are past learning, even front a negro.—
They are so set in their evil and obnox
ious ways, as to preclude all hope of
amendment. Grant would veto this Vir
ginia bill if he were not the mere stupid
tool of a party. -Vs it is he will stultify
himself by signing an unconstitutional
set which is in direct opposition
to views he has frequently expressed,
and in violation of solemn pledges
which he has made.
Judge Black on Stanton
The admirers of Edwin M. Stanton
ought by all 'means to read the letter of
Judge Black, which we publish else
where. It tells in plain language the
true story of Stanton's life at a most
critical period. It disposes of a score of
fictions which have been paraded
through the Radical newspaper press
since the death of Stanton, and refutes
a score of lies which have been industri
ously circulated about the administra
tion of Mr. Buchanan. It proves beyond
a question that Stanton was the faithful
lieutenant of Judge Black while in the
cabinet of Mr. Buchanan; that he was
opposed to the coercion of States, a bitter
opponent of Lincoln and all who were
connected with him, and a List friend of
Breckenridge. The living and the dead
are alike entitled to justice. Judge
Black's letter does Stanton justice, while
setting out the faCts of history in plain
and truthful words. It is a valuable
contrlbutfon to the history of the times.
THE New York 75•ibune in speaking
of the proposition to increase the num
beief Congressmen, suggests that their
might be less objection to the movement
if the members would agree 'to reduce
their salaries. It does not contemplate
with pleasure the expense which would
be entailed by paying four 'hundred
Congressmen salaries of $5,000 a year
each, to say nothing of stationery and
other incidentals which run up to such
a formidable figure. If there were a
clause in the Constitution prohibiting
the expenditure of more than a fixed
sum for the salaries and perquisites of
Congressmen, we would hear no argu
ments in favor of increasing the num
ber of Representatives.
.
THE. hiquiren.says .we Lave ceased
eulogizing Senator Billingfelt . at his re
(Attest, because he feared pralie from us
would injure him in the estimation of
the Republican party: There is not,a
. word of truth in the, allegattork.. We
have on several occasions expressed.oar
belief in the sterling honesty of Senator
Billingfelt, and we hold to that opinion
Our saying so Cannot injure him.
' We never had any' ponvehmtlon with
him In Tegarl to :Ins action' as:4 itteFnbCr
of t,lie legitdAtµta: Mig,l*ve,fiald
of him has been it free' qf aiespeCt
asaltelbk au. eithibitiotoOtonaty and
manlinessin a political opponent.
Report of the Grand Jury.
The report made by the Grand- .b . n3 , -,
on Saturday last) contains sdme things
worthy of notlee : /' l. ' , " """ 1 a ' !.'
compllinent nix* theAru4igers ,
~ the 1
Alms House, th s
'Hospital Ord the t; . , . -
ty Prison, they ' dul,ged 1 som' :7 ery -
eture l i.
proper strt Awn . N..".`;` .: ..
practice inilulgiq in by ceikr" dn.. , ,I 111
tang Magistrates of "apprehending, and
committing vagrants who would other
wsse pass beyond the limits of our coun
ty.". We have called attention to. this.
abu g ge f time to time, and have point=
ed. but 4er liikhich certain par
.,: 1 . 1113 city_pit tile county to very,
Oriaidealiligliiipenseti' r.' : ... - , .--•
4;efi*e,f receive' ot Itli€fidliiednl.
oeton44 l 4:'oi : e& 4.44. r- kith : 344'
venie along . Petty,ao are,lhe,tge'Eci i nj,n
dingle ease,..a,: diligent fanning ,off this '
field enables t' win:infest ;harpoons
-1,1;., cultiVate filo eitpoii T.,o,37,eoniid
mble,igniiiin of monoifrt6o ..ty,4` 8 0,.-
ty. Treasury: , during. the.. cotgAe. !A.efiklk
yidar. • We hope , the authoritatiive . denttnj
diatioit of the' Grand Jury, :Fay liavu i a
tendency_ to check thig really disgrace
ful business. The reeornin'endation n4e
by the Grand Jury, that the vagrants
thug thrown into prison be pinto work, ,
1 a t something,which will pay the' orpertrie
of keeping thew, Is rase ifi n tiCeortlance
with suggestions heretofore nuule ky us,
a nd we hope to see it acted .upon.
There - Untie point made by the Grand
.Inry whibh we 'confess'eursehes not ex
actly able - to comprehend. When paey
characterize a certain official as, ` 1 Mr.
Brubaker,our efficient District Attorney,'
we fancy we detect bitter irony lurking
under the semblance of a compliment. If
thereeord of the term of QutuiterSessions
at which the Jurors were present is to be
taken as an evidence of the efficiency of
the District Attorney, we cannot help
regarding the remark which we have
quoted as the most cutting sarcasm. It
was verily "a court of general Jail deliv
ery," nearly every criminal arraigned
being promptly acquitted. ,
A ,herse-thief, was foolish enough to
plead guilty. Had he stood a trial, the
probabilities are that he would have
found the District Attorney sufficiently
efficient to ensure his acquittal; and he
might now be rejoicing with the rest
who wero so easily rescued from the
clutches of the laws they violated. We
are compelled to conclude that the in
ability- of the District Attorney to secure
the conviction of offenders attracted
the attention of the Grand Jury, and
that they took the mildest possible way
of calling public attention thereto. We
would respectfully suggest, however,
that their language is very capable of
being misunderstood. Common coun
try folks may not comprehend that the
compliment paid the District Attorney
is merely ironical, and some may be fool
ish enough to conclude that th ey in ten d
ed their remark fo be taken as trutt ,
and not as a piece of cutting sarcasm.—
We are determined that none of our
readers shall mistake the real meaning
of the Grand Jurors.
Bridge Building in Lancaster County
In our local columns will be found a
full report of the proceedings had at a
recent arbitration, in which the Com
missioners of Lancaster county are
plaintiffs and the Directors of the New
Holland Turnpike Co. defendants. The
revelations made in this ease must at
tract universal attention, and no one
who reads our report can fail to be con
vinced that the conduct of the Com
missioners in the matter was perfectly
inexcusable, if not positively criminal.
When public officials take the liberty of
entirely altering the specifications under
which they invite proposals for doing a
piece of work, there must be some mo
tive for such action ; when the altera
tions are secretly made, for the purpose
of giving a job to a favorite contractor,
the community has good reason to sus
pect that there Is something wrong.
The testimony proves most conclu
sively that the Commissioners secretly
altered the bill of specifications, under
which they advertised for proposals to
build a bridge on the New Holland
Turnpike, at the Printer's Paper Mill.
If the evidence is to be believed, it must
be conceded that there are good grounds
for concluding that the alterations were
made from improper motives, and for an
improper purpose. The rumors which
have prevailed for some time in regard
to bridge building In this county have
been reduced to a tangible shape by the
testimony elicited in the case, of which
we give a full report elsewhere. The
taxpayers of Lancaster count.), irre
spective of party, are interested in this
matter. They have a right to know the
entire truth, and weare determined that
there shall be no concealments, if we
can succeed in our et - flirts to gather up
the facts.
We have no cause of quarrel with the
County Commissioners, except such
cause as is to be found in their official
misconduct, but, we are determined that
the public shall have a chance to judge
them by their acts. If they are to be
judged from the facts substantiated by
the sworn testimony of the witnesses
whose evidence we print elsewhere,
there can be but one opinion in regard
to their conduct. That X - C specifica
tions were so altered as to give a
chance to clear some thousands of
dollars on the bridge at the Printer's
Paper Mill, would seem to be the only
possible conclusion from the testimony.
Who profited by the speculation it is
not for us to say. It may be that the
Commissioners let their favorite con
tractor pocket the entire amount. It
may be that there was no corrupt col
lusion between the Commissioners and
Capt. McMellen. All that is passible, and
it is barely possible that one perscin in ten
thousand may be sufficiently charitable
to believe it. We will not say a word
to disturb the blissful credulity of
such an exceedingly charitable crea
ture, if such a one can be found. We
give the fadts and leave the taxpayers of
Lancaster county to draw their own in
ferences.
Obituary
George D. Prentice died in Louisville
on Saturday last, the 22d inst. He was
born in Preston, Connecticut, Deeem
her 18th, 1802. Graduating at Brown
University in 1823 he studied law, but
soon abandoned his profession for a lit
erary life. In 1828 he became editor of
a literary journal entitled the New Rap
land Weekly Review, which did not
prove to be a pecuniary success. In 1831
he became editor of the Louisville Jour
nal, and soon made for that paper a
reputation of no ordinary character. As
a wit, satirist and political writer he was
unsurpassed by any man of his day,
while his merits as a poet gave him no
mean position in the literary world and
made his newspaper a favorite medium
for introducing to the public the contri
butions of a number of persons iu the
west who afterwards made a copsider
able figure as poets and authors. Mr.
Prentice was a most enthusiastic ad
mirer and supporter of - lenry Clay, and
a firm adherent to the Whig - party. Dur
ing the war he awns devoted to the t
though both. his sons entered the rebel
army. His health has been such for
some yearttaStOprecludehim from labor,
and being a free liver he never managed
to accumulate much property ; and he
died poor, Some time since the Jammu/
passed out of his hands and was united
to the Courier. • The paper, published as
the Courier and Jolirnal, one of the
ablest Democratic journals in the coun
try.
THE news of the admission of Virgin
ia under the odious Senate bill was not
received With any expressions of popu
lar delight in the Old Dominion. The
passage of the House bill last week was
.kreetOd With loud acclaim. Under the
Senate hill.Virgln la comes in discontent
ed,under the House bill she would have
come Mightily.' The Senate billeon
;Unties bittar'teelng, the House
have done away with it.
no mere chance candidate, thrust upot
a Convention in the mbist of a fierce
strife between contending/actions. - Ile
would never have been thought of by
the Republican party hi connection
Simon Cameroit tn Pnot derailed to
have a ,ttnl„tellits • own in . the
executive chalither-nrili-Atago
lug determined to-effect such a result
- henated tipAlONgilfidnUtletirttlitl
boldness which liaamade fnin the War-'
:wick. of the Radical: gparty.in,
vani a. Orders WeiViliatied from the man
sion of Lochlel that evary fugleman who .
professed allegiance to, the chief Of "die.
dian duneion )±*;
And! SkiitightlwitY, there., went uP. ,RPTY.
-front amajorily of the 'tepid:die= AM
.Papers 'ttf .the 'State th* the war italty
demanded a candidateWltli a ism' teeth*
i4io that .cleaiY tla.4,lthe ninn4estine'd
-lead it to.viciory. Bintofißmaerenla4l
seen his.maM had 'sworn , him to do his
bidding, and flea 7 'l4d, made them*
tilisetjulons profestdQn ,of
legianee and had pledged litinseltyihe
ruled and gnided imall things by the
dictate Mills political master—to .do all
that he might desire and not to do 'a
single tiling in cOntradictlen of his will
or contrary to his interests.
When Cameron succeeded in getting
his chosen tool foisted into the guberna
torial chair, he found out whatan un
reliable creature he had Chosen. Geary
is one of the vainest and most conceited
creatures living, and his sudden and
unexpected elevation completely turned
his head. He became possessed' of an
idea that he was really - a great man, and
soon began to ehafe under the rule of
Cameron. The result was that he earn
ed the contempt of the man who made
him Governor, and was left to. his own
devices. He broke his pledges with as
little scruple as he had made them.
To secure a renomination, on which
he had set'his heart, Geary entered into
a combination with the most corrupt
members of the Legislature, and was
read y to do their bidding on all occasions.
In making that charge we are borne out
by the record of his own signature to the
many acts of improper and corrupt legis
lation which were passed during his first
term. Not a single one of the iniquitous
acts passed by the Ring was ever vetoed,
by him, and special and improper legis
lation flourished under his fostering
care as it had never done before, while
corruption of every description stalked
abroad at Harrisburg, and the grossest
extravagance prevailed and became the
order of the day. If any proof of the
truth of what we say is demanded, we
refer the inquirer to the many allega
tions so boldly and openly made by
leading Republican Journals previous
to his renomination, which have never
been retracted by them. They charged
that he was the choice, not of the peo
ple, or of the Republican party, but of
the "roosters" and " pinchers" who
disgraced the State by their outrageous
conduct in the Legislature. The nomi
nating convention was packed with the
tools of these base creatures, and they
were sufficiently numerous to control its
action. It is an undisputed fact that
they were unanimously in favor of Gea
ry's renomination, and that he was
made the Radical candidate for Gover
nor by their votes.
That Geary was only saved from defeat
by frauds and an unscrupulous use of
the basest means lending Radical news
papers nom, - admit. He made a most
disgraceful bargain with a set of desper
ate political brigands in Philadelphia
just previous to the day of election,
agreeing to remodel his cabinet to,, suit
them, and to surround himself the
creatures they might name.. How well
he keeps faith with these desperadoes,
let the removal of Hon. B. F. Brewster.
and the superadded insult of appointing
his illegitimate brother, F. Carroll
Brewster, to the office of Attorney Gen
eral testify. That transaction was so
eminently disgraceful that not a single
Republican paper of any respectability
in the State undertook to defend it,
while the best of them freely denounced
it. The bargain has been more fully
consummated by the appointment of A.
H. Russel to the position of Adjutant
General, and the selection of Wm. Mc-
Clure, a cousin of the notorious A. K.
McClure, to act as Deputy Attorney
General.
Feeling that he had lost the respect of
every decent man in Pennsylvania, and
cowering under the lash of public opin
ton, Geary attempted to turn the tide of
popular indignation by making ion&
mouthed declarations in favor of reform
in the annual message which he sent to
the Legislature. The trick was a trans
parent one, and he got little credit for
honesty. He had broken his word so
often and so shamefully that no one who
knows him puts the slightest confidence
in his promises, or attaches any impor
tance to his declarations in favor of re
form.
John W. fleary enters upon his sec
ond term of office despised by those of
his own party who know him best, sad
distrusted by the whole people. He has
sunk himself so low in public estima
tion that no honorable Pennsylvanian
con think of the man who fills the Gu
bernatorial Chair of State, or hear the
name of Geary mentioned without feel
ing the hot flush of shame tingling upon
his cheek.
The Mild Weather
This January of 1870 ought long to be
remembered as the mildest ever known
in this latitude. We have had sunshine
as bright as that of June, and breezes as
balmy as those of May. The ladies have
discarded furs, and have strolled through
the streets in costumes almost as light as
those of summer ; the merry children
have gamboled on the green instead of
skating or driving their sleds down the
ice clad hills, and we have sat with
doors and windows open, inhaling the
soft air that came creeping lazily
,up
from the sunny South. The thermome
ter has ranged as high as sixty degrees
above zero in the shade in the very
middle ofwinter. Perhaps such a re
markable spell of weather was never
known in this latitude hi the month of
January.
Yet people are not satisfied with the
glorious sunshine and the delightful
temPerature which has prevailed.—
There has been no little grumbling
about Lt. City folks declare that It is
unhealthy, and the farmers insist that
the grain Is being injured by it.
„The
harvcsters of ice are in despair, and the
lumbermen are unable to get the.logs
hauled. An exchange says that a foot
of snow in the pine forests of Maine and
New Ilampshire just now 'would be
worth 1.30,000,000, or 52,500,000 an inch,
BO great are the pecuniary interests In
volved. The lumbermen of our own
State are complaining loudly, and Ilan
caster county is interested to some con
siderable extentin this matter. If we
should have no snow, the rafting season
would necessarily prove to be a , very
dull one; those who make: tn'oney as
pilots and labOrers would hallo make
money, the mill-owners would be af-'
fected,.and the price of lumber would
advarmematerially, ,
It is toe,' early, iloweyer,' for any one
to despair. The chances, ale that we
shall have plenty of lee and, snow., A
long cold spell may follow the balmy
Weather which :we have been enjoying,
and we May have frost and snoW,',in
May to make up for the softnem and
brilliancy of this most 4eilglitful Jan
uary. Let us take the goods that God
provideans, with the hope that we shall
not be made to pay, during along, cold
spring for the pleasnre we • have !wen
enjoying so much.
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urally'. are - to' cook - id - ate on !term 'of
eghallty w,ith nekr&h, 'these wllitie fire
men might have efultiA, ' ,Pleix .edn\ -
parr y ,:since. IV
Pennsylvania ha 4 Ote l il 1.0
give the black man -the ballot•if- this
colored minter? , organization had been
placed at the tail of the procession, but
that it should, 'be granted the post of
honor.was an indignity to which they
could not submit.
MOO:white men Will agree with the
Harrisburg Flrearen, that lt was hoot fit
ting that they ahouhlmuchhehind ne
groes in the proceasion, and would prob
ably- go • further and decline to have
them in the same line With themselves,
either before or behind them, . feel
quite sure that our Laneaster Firemen
would endure no such association. The
Radical leaders have induced a small
majority of Pennsylvardans 'to vote in
favored giving the suffrage to the negro;
and to this decision we must needs soh
mit and conform ourselVes al best we
May, provided twp-thirdi of the States
endorse, as Pennsylvania has done, the
Fifteenth Amendment to the COnstitu-
Non of the United !States. -Political
equality therefore we may be compelled
to eoheede. to the negro; but We still
have the power to refuse to associate
with him on equal terms. We can still
refuse to eat, sleep, or walk with him ;
allow him to marry into our families'or
put him th anthoilty over us. And
we trust—although with great :fear
and trembling—that white men In the
future will never become so debaasi 'as
to allow any or these„ privileges to the
people of this inferior race.
The Harrisburg firemen have fitly
vindicated their own self-respect, in re
fusing to be forced as equals or inferiors
into asseeiaildn with the blacks. That
this company should have been invited
by Geary to assist in his inauguration,
Is not surprising ; they were his proper
body-guard ; In 'association with blacks
and blackguards, he is in his natural
element.
The Harrisburg Telegraph condemns
the firemen of HUrrisburg for leaving
the procession, and tells them that they
" have heretofore been liberally patron
ized by.men of all parties." That is cool
and refreshing, truly The citizens
patronize the firemen, do they" And
pray what then do the firemen do, when
the citizens' houses are burning? Who
is patronized then?
Little Stealings by Blg Men
Some suggestive and rather amusing
Items of information may be found In
the report of the Secretary of the Senate
detailing the contingent expenses of that
august body for the year ending Dec. 6,
1869. This document, tells just what
newspapers each Senator prefers to read
at the public expense, and shows a
laudable painstaking on the part of
them all to be kept fully informed of
events and opinions in the States which
they respectivevely represent. It is
hard to understand, however, that Sena
tor Edmunds should find it needful to
the discharge of his duty to have Our
Young Folks for one year, at a cost of $2;
Senator Saulsbury Demorest's Monthly,
at $3; Senator Harlan, the Ladies' Re
pository, Leslie's Magazine, and Leslie's
Pletoriat, at $4 each ; and Senator Cole,
Oliver Optic's Boys' and Girls Magazine,
at $3. We find again $5 charged at one
time, and $.3 at another, for snuff for
the use of Senators. Three pack
ages of scissors, in extra super velvet
cases, are put down at $l5, and no end
of two, three, and four-bladed pen
knives, at all sorts of prices. On the
19th of February $lO was paid for hack
hire, conveying a committee to inform
Gen. Grant of his election while the next
day only $5 was paid fur conveying anoth.
er committee to Gen. Grant's residence.
Pocketbooks and card cases figure fre
quently in the list of articles purchased,
some of them costing $4.50 each. Four
dozen ladies' boxes are set down at
$24, but what use they were Intended
for is not told ; nor is the name set
down of the; happy recipient of one
extra morrocco note: ease, with lock,
at $2l. On the 19th of May, 1869, it ap
pears that somebody had a polished rose
wood desk, $230, which was boxed up at
a ftirther cost of $B. The amount of
stationery of all sorts is incredible. With
out having gone into a thorough com
putation, one would say theft the hon
orable Senators must have several
hundreds of glass inkstands, more than
a thousand, dozen of penknives, and
enough lead pencils to keep an ordinary
fatally in kindling Wood an entire win
ter. The entire account covers eighty
pages of fine print.
Segro 11. S. Senator
General Ames has not only succeeded
in getting himself pitchforked into the
U. S. Senate on the points of his bay
onets, but has managed to secure the
election of a full-blooded, Curly-headed,
ebo-shinned,gizzard-footedneg,ro, as his
colleague from the reconstructed State
of Mississippi: H.' R. Revels (negro)
has been elected for the term sliding in
1871, and Governor AleOrn is: then to
succeed the sable solon. General Ames
is elnisen for the term ending in 1875.
The Radicals rejoice greatly over this
elevation of a negro to a seat In the
Senate of the United Stater, Grant is
said to be very muck pleased, and For
ney goes off into expressions of the most
ecstatic' delight. "
"It must be now, de ItinFdom's, comb,
And de yen! . ob,Jubno..
O.NE of the hitterest'opptthents of the
admission of Virginln Was Jain Steven
son,, of the Second Ohio. District. He
foamed with impotent fury at the rebels,
and swore that no mercy should be
showed to them. The Pittsburg Post
He, perhaps, in,the heat and fury of the
moment, forgot that In 1861, in the city . of
Chillicothe Ohio,' he dlspdayed.a rebel
from his window, ,audiluit difriag the same
year, in a Public spoSch, he ridiculed the
Federal soldiers, to„ unlimited 'extent,
and went solar fares to elegantly say that they
"ran from the tattle' of Run sci'fast
that you could hear the hard-tack rattle, in
their , Be also forgot that ,he itele
graphed, Over and over a.vin to the' Ohio
Legislatese in April and May, 1864, not to
"vote aidngle dollar l'or this infainous
.
So it always is with converts to Radi
calism. The - fellows who have deserted
the Democratic party for the purpose of
securing office are the meanest, and most
malignant creatures in the country. , 'Be
ing utterly destitute of and
knowing that they are looked upon, ith
distrust by decent Republicans, they
out-tiered Benxi, and dive dOivrideeper
into the 'poo l' of . ftattisau
ty* than any °the; Melt, and itr4-
riably comedirtmr„ Den: Didier,
who voted sixty times, for Jeff. Davis et
the Charleston Convention, is a speci
men of the ohtsateawhom we allude, and
he is followed 14 , enehudnor reprobittet
as John Cessna' ini PentisAvattia.
/ polh. Mtge.
great a man m4ht safely rest neon hie own
imatitazottrely - otrazwwara -.. • -, • - that i
the Governor should admitthat , a . - • :mis
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pledge to-my future 'concluie L
We Ede abrry to( hear thia Instead of.a
sttibborn persistence in lais past poppy .sve
bad hoped for a reform, , 1 , 1 , f
, : It true that' the GoVenter iulvocatas
refonn, 'and. says Alan ,he is in. favor• of in
.t6iNe.RY,, protective tariff, ,virtuq,
thepayment ot the flebt, mid placation,. .It
is this assertion that will cause wide-sead
alarm ip tha State. When John W. • 'e ery
declares himself A frd'of Virtue is to
eitrected that heivill be the ehainpThilaf
vice. HA has taught VS by' the Coot - blind
and marked differemie betweenliis profen
sloe% and his acts td believethat he always
means the opposite of what he says. If this
Message means anything,, it is, therefore,
that Governor Geary will insist upon kg's
latiye corruption, the betrayal of las friends,
free trade, ruin ()Mane industry, anarchy,
moral depravity, traffic in office, and will
do big best to disgrace and degrade the hon
orable office be tmfortnnately holds.
The address Is a lotig one, but its length
is its greateSt Merit, ft is a sturrip speech
on official stilts. It informs us that armed
rebellion was signally crushed, and that
the Government has established its author
ity. 'We learn Abet the Penile Railroad
Las been nempleted and plenty has
blessed the labors of the husbandman.—
Peace, too, has cheered our firesides. Some
thing of this kind we dirtily remember to
have heard before; still it is well to be re
minded of these blessings, as sonic slight
consolation 'for the misfortunes of the Com
monwealth.
The creature of a convention, the dupe
and the duper of dishonest politicians, a
man false to his friends and fearful of his
foes, John W,.. * e,ar y begins hie !second
I term with the confidence of no anon who
knows him, arid. with the distrust of even
those who do not,. If his past is to 'be
taken as the evidenee of his future, there
is 'no reason to hope that the 'next three
years of his administration will be , credita
ble to himself, or' howirable to the State.
Geat was the gleritication at Harrisburg
yesterday, but it was empty • glory and
hollow show. We are weary of the man,
And do not care to say all that• the occasion
.so strongly suggests. We
. judge him only
,by what we know of luni, and that is
enough to depress the hopes or arouse the
indignation of : the - humblest citizen of
Pennsylvania:
Row ITUI He 13e Received ?
Ho* will the negro U. Senator be
received by his RadiealColleagues? That
is a question we Cfln not help asking?
It will not (id for 'them to treat :him as
the Radicals of the House did Mr. Men
ard, "the colored gemman from Louis
iana." He must not be crowded back
into a dark corner, and compelled to
croueh on an unused sofa under the gal
lery. The Hon. W. H. Revel is, accord
ing to Radical doctrine, the perfect equal
and the full peer of Sumner, Simon Cam
eron or any other Senators. The Radi
cals must act up to the principles they
profess. They must face the music man
fully. Revel is an Ohio " nigger," a
carpet-bagger. That prevents him from
being a proper representative of the
blacks of Mississippi; but it will not
authorize the Radicals to treat him with
any disrespect. Let Sumner open his
arms to the new comer, and let him see
that there is no exhibition of " the bar
barism of caste" on the Republican side
of the Senate.
TIIE Senate has voted twice in favor
of printing a moderate supply of the an
nual Message of Governor Geary, but
each time the Joint resolution has been
defeated In the House by Republican
votes. The feud between Geary and his
party is open and intensely bitter. If it
were based upon better grounds than it
is it might be productive of good. if
the people had any respect fur Ceary, or
any belief in his honesty they would at
tach some importance to the charges by
which he has whited the ire of Radical
members of the Legislature. As It
stands now the quarrel is only signifi
cant and noticeable as showing how
readily rogues fall out among them
selves. It is possible the old proverb
may prove true in this instance, but we
believe the honest masses can only come
by their own in Pennsylvapia through
wise action on their own part. All
that can be expected from the row be
tween Geary and the Radical Legislature
is that it may open the eyes of sonic who
have long willfully kept them closed.
The Tennessee Constitutional Conyention
A correspondent thus speaks of the
Tennessee Constitutional Convention,
which is now attracting much attention
from the fact that it is thought Congress
may attempt to interfere in the affairs of
the State, should any attempts be made
to abridge the newly conferred privi
leges of the negroes
As I looked over the hail to-day, I was
much impressed with the eminent respec
tability, if I may be allowed the expression,
of this body. Most of the ' , delegates armin
the prime of manhood, or just down a hit
on the:shady side of life. I noticed quite a
number of gray heads, and opposite to them
several almost boyish faces. Judge A. 0.
P. Nicholson, the Hon. George W. Jones,
and Ex-Governor Brown are, perhaps, the
most conspicuous characters in the Con
vention. There are a number of eminent
lawyers, among whom may he mentioned
J. B. Heiskell, John Baxter, John Nether
land; W. ll:Stephens, John C. Thompson,
J. P. Honer, and Matt. Martin. Haskell
is, perhaps, the most striking member.—
Hiablack hair which, in its.coarso disre
gard for all restraint, bristles out from his
head in all directions, gives to his weird,
thin face a very singular expression. Ex-
Gov. Brown is without doubt the most
graceful and polished speaker in Elie body.
His words are chosen with singular care to
general and striking effect, Dibrell, Bates,
John C Brown, and Campbell, served in
the war 4.9 Confederate Generals. Gant,
Mabry, and Kyle were Union men, as was
also John Netherland, who was a popular
Whig. Of the remainder of the members,
little more can be said than that they are
prominent men in the various vocations of
life—agriculture, law, medicine, J.:e.
Commendable industry has been mani
fested, and a short session Is looked for.
Tuu _Philadelphia .Press pays Hun. 0.
J. Dickey a high compliment for the
speech made by him on the League
Island Bill, and declares that he is a
worthy successor of Thaddeus Stevens.
A. Little Fichool Girl Die. from the Effects
of Pqnl/bment.
•
A sail iitEdr In Manchester, Conn., should
he a warnim; to school teachers against the
possible. dangerous consequence of some
putdaanents that seem perfectly safe.—
The sthric, as told by a aorrespoudent ()flit°
flartford aberrant L,, itisubstanee, that a lit
tle girl 'nine years old, attending a public
I
• school n.Manithester,having failed to recite
her geography lessonperfectly on Thursday
was required on Frithryito repeat .the. les
,SOn, for that day and the day before. ,She
fMled e.geiei, and, as a punistiment, was re-
SuAred to stand on the door Ina passageway,
where, tliep yeas a draft of mid' air, while
she learnedit. She stood there for an hour,
mod, afterwards was compelled to stand In
the schoel room five hburn'longer,
learneilThurtitlay's lesson and for an hour
'thoretr'ying to learn Friday's,and was not
released until some time aer the other
scholars had been sent•home. She is said
to .have been full of health and spirits pn
Friday milts:Ong, Imiton Saturday lier, legs
began ,to swell and she sriffered'infensefy,
soon 'becoming delirions, trying, to repeat
the lesson which was the occasion of her
punishment, and begging of her teacher
leave to take bet .seat: After a:few days of
;this agony she died. An havestigation by
the sehool.cOmmittee Wat 4 demanded and
bald; the committee finding,tikat the teach
er wite.fluditY of aim erro.? . An JOSifle:Pt.• .
Congressional . Apportionment.,l
The following shows.the number of in
luthrtants to each representative in Con
:vew, itthe whole 111nbor-ip Axed at three
hMltirc (l o , # l, •aPPPubatiortof thirtY7fiseven,
wriT r ei • .t,tl34rty7nitiesß4 otliymifoni3;
EOM" 1 , One representotve 38,
,1 ;tie .rePrpsentatiVe t 0. 1 246 0 61 9 , 1 ";
oneri3pteientatlve to 130,000;andr40,111,
000'oriereprellevitativiild'IM,9061.
more fretentaii and_ win:Ogee of leitter_
zi The
i g • Ma t v 1,.. ;
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I;r:ddred •toii ifike en - e f o
officers, of what:evensx*lw Lest•
easkral, lad Nat merehowiterr in' dam
ladilelgtethie•ffilSkltneeteratia btluoral •
-tpifijllltYPATJ . ellfl
r ' - 4113 -
W•!9 tic 7.* • mUti.
bib • • .
, 4 1,111ffir-qa-litide: " set ce *Mt
'onlettfif ;Uhl t td`bellfirta th 'conarediat
-antis* willtopt !Thelma/it
matt= tbratityrollsitiff• taloa* anal • • o
lawayrboin thathiebrifthe staffibtireatal ••
Placed tinder the, loottal of a dommodom
INI(91 431 0 W• anjAhlute A.
.kelt - Pll.ferr.ak Prillioulkflx
'tiprrepli- cdiny4i F t q 7 ,s ,
1" Beet yewr for a rogation
Orders they 00141 gold in losy departnier .
at
lowing fthdertcyt6 l‘lessen the gathers
tof the line officerS bg• the 'Navy." '
"After etperfeet deluge of orders such
-these, !thertitartie rastits Sitting climax Gen
'end • OMB'. • Noo , 12)1, :whereby every staff
offiom' in•the Navy.,tothenamber otnearly
6i)g, waereduqedatti,rank. several grades.
This la alb thernore,torthildag,wlen it , is
knilgu that the line ',advjaer`'m the Xasy
.Departneent, to whose influence thla order
is to be attributed, had himself beero-
Moted within fi ve years fiver entire grad es,
and over the heads of worthy men , is se
niors by aget and service of a qua rter of a
century: Just at that junction, too, a total
change of uniform was directed, in order to
give an opportunity to brand the staf
°Mem 441 their degradation.
Thus illlßUititd and degraded, it is no won
der that the staff ofdcers are endeavoring to
secure a defined and permanent statua.
They are quite as necessary and indispen
sable to the tia*aerviee as are the sailors.
Without the energy and ability of our na
val constructors and engineers, Farragurs
fleets ofgnnboate , frigates; and InVincible
ironclads would not have told the tale they
did at New Orleans and Nubile. Duties
such as theirs, and those of all the staff offi
cers, require just as much intelligence, ap
titude, and experience as the naval profes
sion proper, and deServe equal credit and
reward. If Congress wishes to foster an
active, energetic, and harthonious Navy, it
must take promptarid Ifberal action in the
restoration' and protection of the staff
corps.—N. Y, ,94n.
The Tax on Retailer,. orProduee.
The following . letter from the Commis
sioner of Internal Revenue will be read
with interest by those who buy and sell at
our markets ;•
,
" Complaints aro made at this office that
the Assistant Assessors ore giving too strict
a constrnotion to the law and the ruling
under which a person who maces ft his
business to 'sell the products of his own farm
from a stalior stand, is required to pay a
special tax as produce broker.
"It is enacted in paragraph 18 of section
79, act of June 30, 1864„ that every person,
other than one having paid the special tax
as a commercial broker, or cattle broker, or
wholesale or retail dealer, or peddler, whose
occupation iF. is to buy or sell agricultural
or , farin products, and whose annual sales
do not exceed ten thousand dollars, shall
be regarded as a produce broker.
"IA determining the liability of a farmer
to the special tax of a produce broker, it is
necessary to inquire whether it is his occu
pation to buy or sell agricultural or, farm
products, and also win:ghee he is exempted
from that toby any other provision of the
statute. It is provided do section 74 of the
act of June 30, 1964, as amended by the act
of July 13, 1860, that no special tax shall he
required of producers for selling their own
products at the place of production, ,te.,
and in paragraph 32, of section 79, that no
man shall be required to pay a special tax
for peddlin "the products of his own farm
or laden."
"These aro the only exemptions I find.
If as it has been claimed, it was not the in
tention of Congress to tax a farmer for
selling the produots of his own farm in any
way whatever, it would seem strange why
these special limited exemptions and ex
ceptions should have been made in his
favor. Why should he have been exempted
from a non-existing tax:? However desir
ous I may be to relieve farmers from tax
for selling the products of their own farms,
I am unable to find any legal authority to
do it, it is their occupation to sell them, un
less they fall within one of the exemptions
or exclusions above mentioned. The rul
ing,under which a person who makes it his
occupation to sell the products of his own
farm from a stall or stand is required, to pay
a special tax as produce broker, should lie
construed with the utmost liberolitit,..gting
him the bene fi t of alt dinibts respecting his
liability, It'cannot ordinarily be said to be
the occupation of a farmer to sell his pro
ducts. It is his occupation to raise them.
The selling is an incident to the production.
It is only when he makes such soiling his
regular and constant business that he
should be required to pay the tax,
"Assessors will, therefore, give their as
sistants the necessary Instructions, and wit.
take special pains to muse a liberal con
struction of the law In this behalf towards
producers."
[signed] "C. DEtAxo."
The Intntuation of Gambling
The infatuation of gambling is strongly
illustrated by a tale told by one Collins,
an employee in the Boston city treasury,
who has been arrested for stealing from the
deyartment about $lO,OOO, mostly in gold.
Collins says:
" When arrested I had $1,400 in gold and
some few greenbacks—some 170 or 180 odd
dollars. I there acknowledged that I had
been gambling, and also that it was with
money belonging to . the city of Boston.
No one induced me to play; I have played
before and won. A few days ago a near
relative asked a loan from me of $l5O. T
had but eighty ; I gave Liftv and toOk 'the
other thirty, endplayed at 1110 Court street ;
I lost it; T'thonght I would try again ; took
$65 from the treasury and lost that ; I next
day took $l5O with the same result ; next
day $4OO, with no betterluck ; I saw no way
to recovermyselfond day after tla ‘ y I drew
andlost, lost, lost; I had gambled before;
I played when I was in the water board
at city halL,iind lost $lOO, but this W*B recov
ered. for me ; in California I made money,
and returning, I took an oath to myself
that I never would again gamble ; bnt—l
have broken my resolution ; the amount I
have taken, which is about $9,000, has been
lost in gambling ; hardly $5O has been spent
for cigars or hack hire,
The day he was arrested he secretedss,ooo
in gold in his desk, intending to take the
night train for New York and the steamer
for Europe. The 82,400 were " to pay ex
penses" with.
Mother and two Children Frozen
The Jonesboro' (I 11.) Gazette, January 10,
says:
"On last Monday, on the farm of Allen N.
Kimmel, in the Mississippi bottom, two
men in search of cattle came upon the cold
stiff bodies of Mrs. Hatched and her two
little children, one aged two and the other
five; they hod been tread about' two weeks.
Mrs. Elatchett had been living in Missouri,
but having some difficulty with her hus
band, left - home with her children. She
crosSed the river and attempted to go to her
sister's, but . . as is known, perished from
cold in the dead hour of the night, having
been refused shelter, as reported, at a farm
house by the roadside."
The 11 . 21ptlinigileh
..nligedy7:ruhsletion
avid Sentelce , of the 7llmrdereri.
. .
ILUNTINCILION, Jan. Y.l.—The trial of &Al
lier and Van Bordenburg, the murderers
of the Peightal family, wa isincluded on
Tuesday, and resulted in a verdict of
with regard to both prisoners. Thevertliet
was hi strict accord with the evidence,
which fixed the terrible crime unerringly
upon the two men.
TAT: PRIHONERYCH
manifested but little feeling during the de
livery of the sentence. At its .conclusion
they were removed to the jail, to await the
day of execution, to be fixed by the Gov
•rnor.
The Feelt•elialtindot.
Recent intelligence from the Feejee Is
lands states that a petition has been ex ten
sivelt signed by the islanders, requesting
the tinned States • •vernment to assumes
protectorate over •....satire group, consist
mg of 124 islands,B2 of which are tunnhah
ited. .The petition has, been forwarded to
Washington. Great Britain -had previons
ly, refused to add j Fecjee_to her colonial
possessions. There, are about llfy, Ameri
can ,residents on the Sslanda. 'English set
tlers are arriving there ,In great numbers
'from Australia' and New Zeeland, to engage
in the raising of Rea Island. cotton, which is
said to viola fabulous returns, owing to
the highlyproductive soil. The population
has increased in a year from 40 to 1,000,
The Fenvkhinh. Privilege
The Davenport (Iowa) Gazette says the
beauty of the f waking privilege bad an apt
illutwrition at the postoflice h that city, a
few days ago. It was in the arrival of a
:re
i tri lode% duly- fr l a k n i ked, t in the shape
6.'drefa t rntdinalt;.`egunnti.arV t p t i- h re4;
little letter Was niaile(J'at Washington, and
is directed to'Saiinlnicisco. It the
-tame of a gehtlemitni appointed to an im
portant 'dlplomatic position abroad, and is
consigned - with all. cafe td the -charge , of a
United States.cnnaul.general.
,lown, and Ohio Ratify the.,Fifteenth
A.mendnient: •
Caic too,. Ji& 28.---The lowa House of
Ref Amendmenteekintatives" to-dig' raffled the Fif
'tee tAmendment by 83 yes 'to nays.
It Was by the Senahkyeeterday.
edlumbne, Jan.' 20. , —At nine o'clock, to.
night. the House adopted the Senate row:du
ll= ratifying the .F fifteenth Amendment,
comp l et i ng oldo, a ratilhation thereof., ~ Pie
F 043. 4 0 0 .41- YPS 4 5 7 , naYa 55 . A1e8 2 4'3. Sates,
irdelnp,:sabxwat, and GunninkUm,
'Retard' riepublletths, ,voted In the afllima
.tive.
erectitudeetonaionlaers in the
— Mr. — Dawes - made arFarguMent igalnat
the paarage of the League Maud bill. He
showed that under it, tI it could have been
forced through under theprevious . nautical
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-, • 1 4f ttlitNtittA#„diit Afteti - tali lile ettentleit
forithearonae tithe ittitimatti'ftimlahed •Inr,
,thelNiney,Yard,alfor We next: tiara year.sis
, fellowital , To..Partemio4o; N. H. .$571,000,
f . .450101:114111 , Mrn td : :15:47,
I, ag',q, 1090,900 i Issw X0rk,1811301,1-ixtft
°°;°°°; rhik* [ Phlatllltni, figalnßtM
' !t 1 W7 44 04:n4.06:4' I'o t. $57.1.000;
r i
' Orfalk,.. an a i n vinstl3o o2lfina
'island,' Vil; - '
the Siscre4ry 'Of' avy' proposed, besidOs
the eSoo;oooYOnLeagne:lslitiill, a tow 1 4* , -
, ittuici :kir , Natfy- ;Yards .of t4,01:17,14
rm
• t:$451,000: last, year: 'Vie : estimates
did not inspire himrwith muehtlonfldence,
altnOttgh. the & , cren
,iry-promastelto effect a
saylng of 8•:000,0001 m timilntlele..of coal
-alkiet which hafLw.0ff4,404•:51.5 0 , 0 0 0 for the
list two:years. - , Emewas an, achievement
in matlopmati6i wlaieli feOnd p, parallel only
in the adhleverneht 0(1116 Poaliimater Gen
eral who proposed to Save $5;000,000 a year
by the abolition of the :franking privilege,
while the franked matter Would 'not pro
due° $200,000. '
He thought if the two mathematicians
who had prompted these two Secretaries
could be brought to light and set to work.
they could show that the public debt might
be paid boibre the expiration of the Admin
istration., • The book of estimates for the
next fiscal year contained appropriations •
for public welts of .14,6.2.5,173, against ap
propriationto for the same objects last year
of $5,493,000. The' Administration of An-
drew Johnson had surrendered to the elle-
gationthat it had-been profligate in expen
ditures. The people_ had' tried it on that I
charge and found it guilty, and had taken 1
.from it. the sceptre of power and put it in
the bands of the Republican party on its
professions of economy in the administra
tion of the public service. The people in
tended to hold them to their promises; but
what was the first evidence that they pmt
fbrth- to the country of their determination
:to carry out their pledges?
Whilst he knew the ungracious position
that he occupied, ,he proposed to speak. :
plainly but truly to his party friends in the
House. Ile knew. that while faithful were
the wounds of a friend, there was not much
,comfort derived from them. Andrew
JOhnson, In - the last, year of his adminis
tration; had - estimated that to could carry
on the Government for g 303,000,000, and
that amount had been cut down over twen
ty millions.: What did their own Admirt
ie,tration animate that it would carry on
the Government for the year? - 6331,079,114,
an increase of over $28,000,000 above the es
timate of Andrew Johnson; and an increase •
of $49,045,Zi37 over the amoontappropriated
for the present year; but this; included an
error of $7,000,000 in the footing of the. Post
Wilco Department, which would reduce
the increase to $42,000,000. But ho believed ,
that, and net ontering into the estimate Was 1
the little sugar plum of $BOO,OOO for League
'eland, and back of it also were the Rev of
Samanatmd the Island:of St. Thomas, atl7,-
009,000 in gold, and back of it, too, were the i
noltions that would be used by the Senate
for the appropriation bills as they passed '
the House,
There was the new Postoillce building at
New York which the architect said would
cost four millions, and the granite for which
was estimatedto cost a million and a half.
Were they piing on with such expendi
tures? Were they going to put throe mil
lions from the old Philadelphia Navy Yard,
and eight hundred thousand from the
Treasury, into League Island, when they
might as well wait five years. Two things
seemed to be desired—a reduction of the
public dobt by the Administration, and a
relief from the burdens of taxation by
this House. Neither of these things
could be accomplished without the other
thing which both overlooked—a reduction
of the expenditures. How was it proposed
at the other end of the Avenue to pay the
public debt unless the expeoditures wore
reduced? How did the House propose to
relieve the people arid the enterprise And
the capital of the country from the burden
of taxation under which they were groan
ing, unlesS uxpenditures were reduced?
A very marked degree of attention was
paid, op both sides of the House, to the
speech of the Chairman of the Committee
on Appropriations.
WASIIINGTO'N, Jan. 19.
/u the United States Senate, the consid
eration of the Virginia bill was resumed,
end Mr. Edmunds amendment, requiring
officers to swear that they are eligible un
der the Fourteenth Amendment, was
agreed to by a vote of 45 to 15. The Re
publicans voting no, were Ferry, Fowler,
Kellogg, Ross, Stewart and Trumbull. Mr.
Nye voted in the affirmative, but after
wards changed his vote, making the nega
tives 16.
In the House on motion of Mr. Brooks,
of New York, the General of the Army was
directed to state by what authority military
officers are acting in the Georgia Legisla
ture as a commitztee to adjudicate the qual
ifications of members. Mr. Peters intro
duced a bill to exempt from the provisions
of the Bankrupt Act certain laws relating
to life insurance policies. On motion of
Mr. Ferry, the Pension Committee were
instructed to consider the propriety of pro
viding that invalid pensioners shall be paid
pension for such time as they may
.kurve
been in the civil service between March 8,
1865, and January' 6, 1 8 68. Tho- Loagtte
Island bill was taken up, and Mr. Randall
offered an amendment that the proceedings
of all sales in transferring the'lqavy Yard
shall be covered into the Treasury. Mr.
Kelly also made a speech replying to the
statements of Mr. 'Dawes. The bill wont
over at the expiration of the morning hour.
Mr. Schenck, from the Ways and Means
Committee, reported a joint resolution de
claring that tax should be paid upon the
incomes of 1870, to be collected in 1871.
The Pension bill, appropriating $30,000,000,
was passed, aid the House soon after ad
journed.
THURSDAY, Jan. 20.
In the in U, hi. Senate, the House Census
bill was reportod, with a substitute. Bills
were introduced to preserve the harbors of
the United States against encroachment, to
promote the distribution of public lands in
California, and to establish a postal tele
graph system, incorporating the United
States Postal Telegraph Company. The
Virginia bill was considered, and the Senate
adjourned with the understanding that it
will be voted on to-day.
In the House, Mr. Bingham asked leave
to introduce a bill making it punishable by
fine and imprisonment for any person to
propose th tare e
r r a er v il m o g f the
a proposed tietin of any
State
constitu
tionalgis amendment. Objection was made by
Mr. Eldridge. Resolutions were offered
declaring the power of the House in regard
to concurrence in treaties where appropria
tions are required. A bill regulating the
appraisement and inspection of imports
was reported and recommitted, The League
Island bill was considered: The Printing
Cormnittee reported a resolution for the
printing of eighteen thousand extra copies
of the report of Special Revenue Commis
sioner Wells, which was adopted after some
discussion, and the House then adjourned.
WAsnixoToN,Jan.2l.
In the V. S. Senate, Mr. Sherman, rum'
the Finance Committee, reported, with a
verbal amendment, the bill to construe the
Income Tax law, Mr. Patterson intro
duced a bill to abolish the Freedmen's Bu
reau, and providing a Bureau of Education.
Mr. Pomeroy introduced a, Constitutional
amendment establishing female suffrage.
The Virginia bill was considered and pass
ed by a party vote, with various amend
ments. The bill as amended requires the
Legislative officers to swear that they have
never engaged In the rebellion after having
taken the oath as officers of the State or of
the United States, or to swear that they
have been relieVed of their disablities by
Congrcisa. It further provides a penalty of
tine and imprisonment for swearing falsely,
and exacts 119 fundamental conditions that
Virginia shall not deprive any class of nth
rens of the right to vote,. hold office, or
shareln the privilege of the schools.
In tho 'House, Mr. Schenck asked and
obtained leave for the' Ways and 'Means
Committee to sit dliiing• the sessions. He
said he expected to rtport the revised Tariff
bill very early next week—probably on
Monday—and that.he would. soon after
naoye to take up the revised Tax bill. After
some speochinaking in Committee. of the
Whole, the house adjourned. ,
The House Confinitbse on Territeries are
examining Witnesses in regard to affairsin
Utah, preparatory to reporting Mr. MrCul
lom's bill against polygamy: •
The Judiciary Committee haVe agreed to
a proposition that if Judge Watrona;et the
Texas District, who is considered.mentally
disabled, shall resign, he shall be allowed
his salary for the rest of his life.- If he re
fuse, the President Rill ; be authorized, to
appoint an ASsiatant Jut*,
WARRINGTON. Jan.% 24.
lii;the U. 8, Senate, the credentials cif Lot
M., gcirr,ill, Maine were presented; and
Vpas mom in: Mr. 3.'prton offered a
resolution of inquiry Ss to' the Military
Conitaliation investigating
the eligibWtj of
the Georgia Legislaters, butlis considera
tion to by Mr. , Sumner. The
bill' o retire the.Thiree Per Cents, and sub
stitute coin notes,. was consider, and ad
vacate:thy: Mr. Sherman,
In the House, bills were. introduced giv
ing the letter puTiors $12410. salary , where
the free, delivery system ift in operation;
increasing the number of Judg,es of thofiu
promo Coort; .rekilatrolg the triode of 4-
termining the ratification of 'ConstittitiOnal
Aixteadnuihts4 n noMdint for 'health' and
*Myth' coal es ; axiirtp'establiah postal
telegraph lines. This last was introduced
by hir:Wasildeira, who moved its reference
- :26;-18 7 70.
BtateLethLta
The
- a, Jan. la.
In the Senate,;
of
three Democrata d was
drawn to t • the Scull-Fin a • contested
ii t t e gr ii ,jtatteMliPir ia ir•
!•Wi . Ts 4 l — , f - 7 1NW 7 R1 . 773 :1 4 /gia4P
ANrcl i t;
• , r[f i pitiiffife4
tWttriatemptirrettini in-ThlfadelOhia
real estate; eieeptiter PrespbteYef Ittb
Federal;, State or City 00ettrtutilmt,wiere-
Vetted faittwably, and: "them refeinxt Ire a
a PefthOD Mnißlittlßt.:Ce Philadelphid , teeth-
OeetitlOs
gPPwa , Tiara
.'lko ' 'ut4l.2o4lllrisargsualitlrig Tnpat
ut 'Wahl was referred to the rtetrehehme4t
Committee. A numbeibrblVe,4ll4tm
ttilieed 'ank 'referred; seininkt ein one to
rOtortithe'spring,eleetions[requiringSela
arste ballets, to be pilss3ed liv single envel
opesandAtumbered.! and one to. allow All
Aultabafinw Aidersi;en, Without regird , io
amount ofjudgmeht, to be appealed to the
Common Pleas. A. motion to reconsider
the discharge of the Committee lathe
Grahani-Moonoy case received only three
I'DIMIII the' affirmative.
THY IDIDAY, Jan: . ..M..
the State 'Senate a number of billa
were reported fayonibly, among them ono
to calla Constitntional Convention and ono
to form a new county called "Petroleum."
IA bill was introduced to make the mode of
voting. uniform throughout the. State. On
motion, the Judiciary Committee were di
rected to,inquire if any additional Supreme
Court Judges are required. Bills were
transmitted by the Governor creating a
Department of Inatruetion, and for a cen
sus of the taxable inhabitants. In the
House, the Senate bill increasing the Obr
crow's salary was reported tiegaticely. A
bill was introduced for the erection of u
bridge over the Schuylkill, opposite Green
Lane, in the Twenty-first Ward. The hill
extending the term of the City Commis
sioners was reported favorably.
FRIDAY January 21.
In the State Senate, the bill giving sala
ries to officers of the State House Row was
reported. A joint resolution to adjourn on
March 17, was passed. Bills wore in trodneed
creating a Board of Control over the State
funds,and raising the salaries of the Justices
of the Supreme Court- Mr. Billingfelt,
Chairman of the Finance Committee offer
ed a resolution requesting the State Treas
ures to give a statement of the balance in
the Treasury on Jan. Ist, with the propor
tions belonging to the Sinking and War Re
demption Funds, and state the deficit in the
general fund. The resolution laid over ac
cording to tho rules, In the House, a com
munication was received from the Gover
nor, announcing that he had appointed
Frank Jordan Secretary of State; Carroll
Brewster Attorney deneral ; and A. L.
Russell Adjutant General.
NiONDAY, Jan. 24.
In the State Senate, bills were passed au
thorizing the reduction of terms of impris
onment on account of good conduct, mid
to prevent baggage smashing. In the
House, a resoluticm was passed authorizing
the Committee to investigate the affairs of
the State Treasurer to examine back for the
last three years. Joint resolutions were
reported asking Congress not to reduce the
tariff' on . pig iron. A bill was introduced
dividing Philadelphia into live 'highway
districts, the voters of each district to elect
a Commissioner for three years, these Coin
missioners to exercise the potters of the
present High Way Department, and appoint
Supervisors of the different districts.
TMLE GREAT TORNADO
Awful Scene's at Cave City
CAVE CITY, KY., January I.B.—The par
ticulars of the doings of the tornado which
cut off and demolished nearly one-third of
this little town yesterday morning will
never be known. The storm had a begin
ning and an end, and the end was not more
than two minutes later than the beginning;
but a description of the scene, during those
two minutes, or of the sad havoc which was
the result of the storm, can have no begin
ning, and can never be made complete.
The storm began about 5 o'clock in the
morning with a heavy fall of hail, which
continued but for a moment, and was im
mediately followed by a long, continuous
sheet of flame, lasting another moment.
The wind storm then commenced its terri
ble work. No words can portray an idea
of the scene, Those who had witnessed the
most terrifying battle scones say they never
saw or heard, or felt or conceived of any
thing so perfectly hideousand terrifying as
the howling of the winds, the vivid flashes
of lightning, the crashing of houses, the
drenching rain, the heart-rending shrieks,
and piteous wailings of the terrified and tile
wounded, the whole of which occurred in
two minutes, or probably leas time. The
wind shrieked, screamed, howled and roar
edi By the occasional flashes of lightning,
it could be seen that the air was filled with
flying trees, timber, houses, fragments of
houses, stables, and buildings of all kinds,
furniture, stoves and cooking utensils,
clothing, bedding, anlmals,fowls and every
conceivable thing, animate antiinanimate,
that came within the range of the storm.
If the fiend had form, it was that of a heavy,
angry cloud, which swept the earth and
tore everything it touched from its fixed
place. The crash was quick and terrific,
but the noise of the breaking houses was
music compared with the bellowing winds
that preceded it. The destruction was com
plete. About fifty houses were demolished,
and there is not to he found a portion of a
building, a piece of furniture, an article of
eweiry, an article of clothing or bedding,
a book or a piece of ware of any kind that
is worth the sum of fifty cents. The re
mains of the houses may servo for firewood,
the fragments of furniture for kindling,
the clothing and bedding for old raga ; but
there is nothing left within that track of a
half mile in width, and extending at least
twelve or fifteen miles in length, except in
two or three singular instances, that is
worth a farthing, or ever will be, in the way
it was originally designed. The total lose
can never he estimated. It is enough to
know that several hundred persons are
homeless, without clothing or food, except
such as they have received from kind-heart
ed citizens. Most of the destitute are poor
and unable to purchase clothing or furni
ture, or even food, even if they could find
houses to live in. Eleven will he taken to
their narrow homes to-day. It is indeed
wonderful that this number is so
How any creaturo could exist in that storm
and survive is a mystery beyond the com
prehension of even those who were in the
thickest of it. Many of the survivors were
terribly lacerated and bruised by the flying
splinters and timbers, and some of the dead
were shockingly crumbed and mangled.
The Methodlot Book Concern
There have, It appears, been further in
quiries carried on with reference to the
frauds in the " Methodist Book Concern."
Nothing favorable to the managers has been
discovered. Vouchers only were given in
the printing department, and not one of
the original bills is to be found. In the
building, all sorts of littl e Jobs were brought
to light. Tho chief of the department had
taken all the" gold sweepings " as his " per
quisites "—worth about 81,600 per year.
Bills for goods were paid by the concern,
"but," remarks a sub-committee, 'there Is
no record to show that goods bought were
received at all." Fourteen hundred dozen
skins, which must have cost the Concern
twenty thousand dollars, aro" not account
•,d for " and so on front beginning to end.
Whowould not help to,support so very de
serving and • useful an anetitution.—New
York Times.
General Irwin Denies the Charge of Cor
ruptlon.
The Philadelphia Evening 'Telegraph of
yesterday printed the following.
HARRISIICRO, Jan. 13.—General Irwin,
State Treasurer-elect, authorizes the state
ment that no bargain was made with the
Democracy to defeat the Metropolitan Po
lice bill, or any other Republican move
ments for legislation. Dir. Wallace came
to him after Mr. Mackey was nominated by
the caucus, and said that if be (Irwin) could
procure enough Republicans to stand by
him, he (Wellace)thsught he could organize
the Democracy for him. Not one word
passed ahont either the contested seats in
the Senate or the Metropolitan Police bill.
Murder Trial at neat Haw.
REsnr.so, Jun. 20.—John Dear, was ar
raigned in the Criminal Court to-day, far the
murder of Richard Harlan, near Leesport,
this county, on the Bth Of October last, The
parties were seen together at the latter place
the, afternoon and evening preceding the
murder, and the prisoner purchased . a
hatchet at a store which they visited, The
body of the murdered man was found in
the road the next morning with a cut in the
neck severing the Jugular vein and a hole
in his forehead. The prisoner was appre
hended the following day in Schnylkill
county, with hatchet In his possession
similar to the one he had' purchased. Tho
trial - will probably occupy two days pr lon
gar.
A Horrible Death
A young man while intoxicated, fell into
the machinery at. the rolling mill at Scran •
ton. The„engineer heard the grinding of
of the bones, ; and supposing the cogs were
Mashed stopped the engine Munediately
As he did so, the blood, like line rain Came
drizzling - down with little pieces of ticeh
The men saw something Hy through the
aLr,which they thought was acloth fronLthe
engine, but which was the (unknown being,
thrown some .forty feet from the. wheel,
landing on the top of a Aimee°, where $
was found broiling, burning and thsfigured.
The name of the unfortunate young man
Was James F. Posey:
The iCe in the Maumee river at T9tedep
Oh44l:woke up on Saturday, carryingaway
a portion of a bridge. A large quantity,.of
corn was, also . destroyed. -
The K am , L eg ba t iturn, on Wedrlaika,y',
12thinst,, e d en tedresolutiona flaking Corti
veils to provide for the early apportionmeht
of repreigentatives tinder the melar census ;
also recommending that the National' tip):
.tei be removed to ort Leanentvertinitllli
tary reservation.
(I,otar:UWigence:
.o'9 lIITTITO. . .tt
REGISTER OF Ser.ra.—The following Is a
46.P.ArAsAelttct be, held, blue fop yr);kkh have
been printed at this °Mee:
Farm stock, farming Implements,
und furniture, at the reiddenee pf „.,
qi2tififelanft,igittitiny .Reeeterettler,-'"-"“
East Hempnehl townstittr "' •'',
Stock, farming Implements, also 30
acres of wheat In the ground,proie
erty of Clark Phillips, In Drn
t6ll=Vizm.ritgaerziarizi.:44:!, ,
' u thre of nbenArgits,,ao4•47pf,,`
Elizabeth twp '
Stock and fuming Implements 01
Barr Sheaffer, In twp
Stock and farming utensils of Peter
:IMMO st.tbas reindeniew Mt: Frank •I
Wallow one mile from Columbia-. 9
. _ ......
Rtock and farming . = nits of
John R. Brown, tif
Block. farming finplemetra,, t alas,
grain to the ground, of hfartln Y.
Greenleaf, iteAhtl tiling& eSS Fial
" T u k=;T 7
nt S Ste i lk°
r. T p h.eXl
a
iZltriVag k
Th! afillhlirl !Whit* C* $.
This noted ilkilsa dak Which 021 , 1 several
years was the subjliktopifornarkl Wet last
developing paelffff_theeklikrh.law
sultowd.as alfeti Safer& kaAlera a chance
to ascertain Rome - of the oryconnected
with it. W 0 will lay before our readers
what we stiff' and Iteartatait 'Arbit,riation
in the Court nonse,at,'T..turtstister, In a suit
wherein the County of Lancaster is Plain
tiff, and the New , Holland Turnpike Road
Company, Defendant, on the oth and oh, nu,
14th days of JitialutrY, respectisely.L--
The bridge is on the.line of the turnpike
aforesaid. Tho Turnpike Company held a
meeting on the 28th of February„ 186 S, and
passed a resolution •agTeeing to pay one
third part of aII, reasonable and proper ex
penses, in and about the erection of a bridge
at the place where the old Binkley Bridge
stood. (this old bridgefill dowitin August,
1807). The bridge to be constructed under
the authority and direction of the (*ennuis
stoners of Lancaster County, the hoard
consisting at the time of Samuel Slokont,
Christian Niazdy and John Strolum,jr. This
proposition was submitted to the Commis
sioners aforesaid. After considerable delay
the Commissioners indicated that they
would accept the proposition, and required
bond from the Turnpike Company for faith
ful performance. The Company executed
such bonds to said Commissioners on the
3rd day of June, A. D., 1808, In the penal
NUM of $l,OOO, which penalty was con
sidered large enough for any contingency.
Shortly afterwards - the Commissioners in
vited propoicals for the bridge, and publish
ed that the specifications for the bridge
could be seen at their office. 'rhreo propo
sals were made, one by John Shaeffer, of
Lancaster city, for $20,000; one by James
Carpenter, of Lancaster city, for $18,000;
and 0110 by lilies MeMellen, of the aunt
place, for $16500. 'Mb contract was award -
ed to Mr. McMellen, and the work com
menced about the Ist of September, l&kl,
and was completed about the lit of January,
1809. The Commissioners then petitioned
the Court to appoint Inspectors to Inspect
the work, aceordlng to law. Tke Court
appointed Michael Clopper, of Columbia;
Antaziuh Herr, of Strasburg ; and John F.
Long, of Lancaster city, as Inspectors,
who reported to the April Term of the
Quarter Sessions of 18110, find in said re
port valued the bridge at Eleven Thousand
Dollars. Some immediate proceedings
were then had between the Printers Paper
Mill co., and the contractor of the bridge
and the Commissioners in reference to re
moving the debris of the old bridge out of
the stream. Subsequently, about the first
of September 18,69, the Commissioners gave
notice to the turnpike Company that the
should pay them one-third of 810,600. The
Company believing that all wets not right,
declined doing so, partly from actual
knowledge of the miserable character of the
structure and supported by the appraise
ment of the inspectors at $11,4;00,, Lieing
deduction of $5,600 from the contract price.
Not desiring however to have any difficul
ty and willing to do their whole duty, they
tendered to the Countuisalouers ou the 27tit
day . of September, 1809, $4140.00 in full foe
thou- share of the bridge, which the Com
missioners deelined to accept, and a few
days after , a;ard, brought suit against the
Company and claim $5,600. T/10 matter
was referred and the arbitrators met as
afore4aid, the Board originally coinfisting,
of James Carpenter, George Albright,. anti.
George D. Sprecher. Mr. Sprocher being
unwell on the day of meeting Mr. henry
Fisher was substituted by consent.
'rho case was then opened on part of the
county by .Tease Landis, Esq., who produc
ed Li/0 Bond of. -the-Company. and put it in,
evidence; also %specification of the bridge,
and called 'Rohn Strohim: Jr., one of the
Commissioners to swear that that ems 010
specification upon which the proposals
were taken and the bridge built, and thee
rested for the present.
And. M. Frantz, Esq., then opened on
part of the defence, lie said that ha aLso
had a specification fora bridgoat Ifinkley's,
but that it differed materially from the one
shown by Mr. I.andis; anti that if the
bridge had been built according to the one
in his nosaession, the Turnpike Company
would have cheerfully paid the $.5,600. Tint
the bridge not being built an, and being de
fective in all its parts, being a fraud, the
Company wore unwilling to be made vie-
Urns of extortion, but are ready anti willing
now to pay as they promised, one-third or
all just, reasonable and proper costa, end
that he relied upon the honesty and the
judgment of the men selected to adjust the
matter.
Witnesses for the defence were called,
who testified subsUmtially as follows :
Attornics for defendants, lion. Isla, E.
Hiester and And. Id. Frantz, Esq.
Michael ('le per, affirmed: I have lof ill
a great many bridges ; this bridge is too
light ; too many small stones in the walls;
the blue washing of the walls prevented to.
from making a thorough examination ; the
stories average less than two feet; the bridge
too light for such a road; if two heavy
teams pass each other on It, it will
go down ; If I had a heavy load
I would not risk it ; there are 00,274
feet of pine timber in the structure ;
the rubbish of the old bridge lies in au,
stream ; this bridge could be built for 311,-
000, and a living profit loft to the contractor.
Amaziah Herr, affirmed : The timber in
the bridge agreed with the specification we
had been given by the Commissioners;
they as Inspectors compared it and made
an estimate aud found that there were 66,-
274 feet of pine timber In the structure;
Inspectors /afterwe had valued, as the laa
requires the whole bridge wo added 131,000
for profits; it is my Judgment that the
bridge could bo built for $11,000; wo found
the water running in it at both ends; the
bridge is too low for the road and not high
enough from the water ; if It had not been
colored we could have seen whether the
stones lathe walls were edged up or not ;
we examined the abutments all round.
Henry Forney, affirmed—l saw the ma
sons put np the stones edgeways mashie;
asked the boss mason why they did it, he
said the stones wore getting - scarce; the
bridge is about two arid a half foot too low
for, the road, turning the water into it on
both ends.
At this stage of the proceedings, owing 0 ,
the persistence of the Attorneys, for the
defence to refer to thOspeelileation they had
and which differed fu (enema of timber
and masonry, one hundred per cent.,
providing for a bridge a little more than.
mite as big, or rather strong, and twice as.
expensive;.the Attorneys for the county
(Jesse Landis and George it. Kline, Ems...
horrified apparently with the idea of trick
or frauds in this matter pf bridge building,
desired the Arbitrators to look at the speci
fication and judge for themselves. Mr.
Carpenter took hold of it, and after looking
at It a little while there was an Ominous
shaking of the bead, followed by the decla
ration that that was net the paper shown
him when he called at the Commissioner's
office. Terror and' dismay. occupied the
countenances of the counsel for the county
for a while. Upon recovering from the
shock Mr. Landis desired Mr. James Car
penter to show In what particular it differ
ed from the ono the Commissioners showed
him. Mr. Carpenter replied that it differed
entirely, adding insult to injury, by saying
that he had taken a correct copy of the one
shown him, and that he would bring It
along after dinner and compare them to
gether. In the afternoon Mr. Carpenter
produced his copy and the two wore mm
pared, ..the result of which disclosed the
alarming fact that the paper shown him
and,upen which he made his proposal pro
videdfor 139,252 it, of white pine timber and
21,014 feet white oak, and for 36,000 shin.
glen. The walls to be 30 feet high to chords
above low water mark, the bridge to' he Is
feet wide, and no stone to be used In the
walls less than 3 feet long, and 10 by 20
inches; whole amount of masonry over 202 s
perches, the old bridge to be carried out on
the shore for the use of the county (we
give the main parts). Whereas the veil
-Dm ton Elias t:Mellen had, and upon
Which the bridge was actually built, pro
vided only for 69,274 of white pine timber,
and - 16,39:1 of white oak and for 23,50 s
shingles; height of chords above water 24
feet, and dimensions of stones for abut
ments and pillar '2 feet, 10 by 15 inches;
no amount of masonry specified ; no men
tion of the old bridge to be carried on - shore
for the use of the county.
By reason of this strange and startling dis
closure Mr. James Carpenter was called as
a witness and "withdrawn from the Board
of Arbitrators, and by consent of mime.
en both sides the trial continued before the
remaining two. Mr. Carpenter affirmed
that the specification In iris p,osscssion was
a One copy of one in the Commissioners
office handed to him.
Mr. John Slender affirmed; that ho pe
in a proposal for Binklev's bridge; that Lis
proposal was $20,000 and some dollars ;
said that he in - connection with a mason
had examined all the stone quarries about
Lanioster and that they concluded that the
kind of stone 3 feet long and 10x20 inches,
as then specification required which the
Pottunissionars showed him, could not be
got; but at .great expense, and ihak ac
counted for his high figtire. Me had
the specification out of the office over Sun
day, (this was admitted by the Clerk of
Commissioners), and also' made a copy of
the principal parts of the timber, which ab
stract • was otottpared with the 'copy Mr.
Carpentachid;and found to correspond with
it. Sheaffer's testimony throughout gener
ally, and in detail, supated and confirmed
the. theory that the deuce adopted now,
that. thine were two s cations got up for
Blidtle3q bridge by somebody:--the !up a
terrible tomre-crow, to 'Mita high prof
and" the',Other 'one 'a trifling, inadetf
thing, malting mush 'roam to, possible
between the' actual mat of the'bridge is it
is and what the cost would •Mave beta had
it'been built according' to the :spealfiestien
shown to everybody excepting the re-