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Our Congressman, Hon. 0. 3. Dicket.'
untlArtoi2k, the nth& day, tolSplyoto pkei
speech otlff.r.Ditmea, of latiiihrilitsite,
charges spade. briar: Dawes are; iota.
very grave &mutter. , T.HeishOwthlatlet
eeededYeir that the. I*44 I II.MOY*,
tratioti,has so far proverrsto Wits most
extravagant Adctstly.inittiiiitliioOL
this citurttry lams . everaffifeted lit &Hine
of pettlie.:---VMeliii7p7eirirdif
ing :4der thtiiii#4t'bitr,e'tele - '
tion 'With Intilitesan,ikeriideßSitiliii
in a declitting etindltion:, appropriations
gret;tly excieding44*,Pf anycilSc of
Andrew johnson's ;administration •ere
asked for by Gratitht• Secretary of the'
Treasury. Among" &her' esitii Toi
the current year he calls attention to the
item: of 4800,000 for, Leung,
which would be4n . .additien to Die $.3,
000,000 to:be' elitelneil ,the Sale of
the present Navy 'Yard at Philadelphia.
He -denounced •'such expendittires as
$077,850 for the I'ortiniouth Navy:yard
against $50,000 expended Mit ,yettr ;.
$747,341 for' the Navy Yard at Boston
against 'sloo,ooo last year, and so on
through the estimates of the secretary
of 'the Treasury for Navy , Yards alone,
until', a total 0f43;607,394 'ls, piled up
against $451,000 last year. He shOwed
that the appropriations for pu bile works,
alone ' demanded by 'the present Seen
tary of the Navy, amount t 0.5240,173
against $5,493,000 last year ; and that the
total estinktei 'for the Navy for the
present year amount to $28,441,761 ,
against $15,065,666 appropriated last
year. _ _
In summing up Mr. Dawes shows that
the estimates of the administration
which came into power with professions
of retrenchment and reform amount in
the very first year to $331,079,174.69, an
increase of $42,682,537.01 over the appro
priations for 'the last year of Andrew
Johnson's administration. Mr. Dawes
confines his criticism to the estimates
already made, for which the money is
actually demanded. ' Ho slid not take
Into account the millions which Grant
proposes to spend for earthquakes and
tornadoes in the tropical isles to off-set
the icebergs of Alaska; nor the other
numerous millions more which will be
required to • complete the vast public
works which the administration pro
poses to commence in the very first
months of a term pledged to retrench
ment and eoonomy in public expendi
tures. That Mr. Dawes is decidedly
within the mark, 'instead of being be
yond it, the future will abundantly dem
onstrate. We do not wonder that his
exposure has created a decided sensation
in Radical circles, and are not surprised
that Grant is excited over such a speech,
coming as it does from one of the ex
treme Radical representatives of Massa
chusetts. Nor is it strange that a des
perate effort should be made to discredit
the statements of Mr. Dawes, backed up
net they are by nn array of figures that
can not be gainsayed.
Our Congressman Is an Impulsive lit
tle man, not gifted with ranch caution,
and greatly in the habit of blurting out
whatever comes uppermost when he gets
on his legs to talk. Herushed gallantly
to the defense of General Grant, and in
his effort to excuse him did not seem to
care who else might be made to suffer.
Mr. Dickey did not succeed in showing
that Mr. Dawes was mistaken to the
extent of ono penny in the alarming es
timate which he made. He did not even
attempt anything of that kind ; but,
with a reckless disregard of the feelings
of his fellow-members of the House, and
a total want of care for the reputation
of Radical Senators, he proceeded in n
labored attempt to show that Congress
is responsible for much of the frightful
extravagance which prevails. Admit
ting that Mr. Dickey's position is cor
rect, it leaves the Republican party in
no better condition. The fact still stands
uneontradioted that the first year of
Grant's administration will cost the
country between forty and fifty millions
of dollars more than any year of Andrew
Johnson's rule. The highest sum ever
expended by a Democratic administra
tion, was some eighty millions. Let the
taxpayers compare that with the three
hundred and thirty millions demanded
by Grant, and they will hate a fair il
lustration of the comparative economy
of the two political parties.
Judge Woodward and League Island.
Hon. (leorge W. Woodward voted
against the League Island Bill, and
some Radical newspapers in this State
are cursing at him for so doing. We
imagine the taxpayers will thank Judge
Woodward for saving them from un
necessary expense. This is not the
proper time for the commencement of
gigantic projects which must entail an
enormous annutel expenditure. We can
certainly get along in time of profound
pence with naval facilities which proved
to be amply sufficient during the late
gigantic war. What is needed now is a
rigid retrenchment of expenditures, and
a reduction of taxation.
That is what the Radicals promised
to glve,us as soon as they got rid of Andy
Johnson. Yet, we find Grant's admin
tration, in the very first ye l ar of its exis
tence, demanding fifty millions more
money than was expended during the
last year of his predecessor's rule. Mr:
Dawes visited the departments, and each
one of them Insisted that the fullamount
asked 'for would lie required to carry it
throdgh the year. Ile had an interview
with Grant, and was informed by him
that he had carefully examined the esti
mate for the War Department, and that
no reduction therein could be tolerated.
If there is to be economy practiced a be
g tieing must be made somewhere, and
we think, with Judge Woodward, that
the refusal to grant several millions to
establish a single • new Navy Yard at
League Island or any other point is
right. The time for such things may
come, but Reertainly-ist s now, when
the people are taxed almost beyond en
durance. Let the Democrats in Con
gress vote steadily, and as a unit, against
every unnecessary expenditure of mon
ey. The political battle of the future is
to he fought upon financial questions,
and upon them the next Presidential
election will turn. It behooves the
Democracy to taken proper position and
to stand to it firtnly. If they do so they
will hiy the foundation for success; if
they do tint they will deserve to be
betiO4.l.
Grant Refuses a Present.
The. first present Mr. Grant has de
clined arrived Friday by express from
Cleveland. This was a dog directed to
the-President. The express charges on
him were'
,$.lO. Mr. 'Grant refused
to :recelVed at that Price, say
ing there was no use for dogs at
the Executive Mansion, wheieuPon the'
express agent retired' muttering, and
ail a memento the one offer
ing,whieh hasbeen turned away from
the,;Thite House' since the 4th of
March..
No Public Documents
VP,tethis tithe the State Legislature
has fefilee4 ta ,pihtt any public docu-
Aleuts, .and that will account for the
fact that none• have been received.
ITetially the mills were hereto(ere bur
thened with a huge lot oLtrash by thiti
time, We think the taklOtyers Will be
perfectly en Csl tc.,4 #. l .th q ui thepi:
said to be very , anatous.that
the proposed PurchaSes4AanDoininko
and Bt., Thomas, shall -he ratified. Tie
wants a batch ,of earthquakes and tor
nadoes in, the , tropical isles to, offset
Howard's icebergs in Alaska.
A suspension of work in the construe
thin aiiifsteani engiheering departments
oeilie4eW TOrk,'!Rhilidelphis and
`tiortiondtithl,las7 Yarcisluta beenArder
;ol:" Vitietfill throw out of employment,
9i 4 e0 0 . 0. iet4 0 0!?; '`,
TITE LAW-A-12•
FTrr!'l7rTr , rrl'""74
1.,, The Fifteenth Amendment haaltann
ted the Republicans a long r hi.m. Is is
the last of the - quattioneirte,fe
given to the wen* by*lwar ai4
which belong hamedistelytezthe . _
2101113 and rafts:n=o war :I: 4 '
publicans ongkit to. t• .„,,
t +
as long as possible rfor they veife; -
thing to gain from it as it stands. But
when the Fifteenth Amendment be
domes a sealed book there will be an
end—oflegal -artifices in_ behalf-of the
civil and piiiftiplatatue r oltThe negro.—
He has beenidef_a_ftierattuz, a citizen
and asoter,XligAte? To this . extent
I law pp
eeftainly. Ix3 — rttt . - . •
But no tier . To`igtaiFe:44,4lgi st'li
in advance" isimpossible in;latiThe
yery net titl p tyclid is tui invasion df
human nattire.,;lnCtlitliiitTe.,l l 7 :- :
Slide of the Ridical leaders will et pi .
to foree he Relmblicimb to take it, and
in &big 0 Nila Ovlaft, u4etr,509#41. ,
Everyone of the att
Southern States. ,j
construbtedunderthe FifteenthAmend 4
mint 'will, fall. into, the halide !Sr the
Democratic party, and the Republicans
can not risk a division in the North.
On suffrage 'they can hold togediernet.
on any other proposition concerning the
negro. Suffrage being settled leaves the
ultras nothing to do but to agitate for
social equality, which cannot be made
to work as a polaticiiitiattement.. Be
sides, the, disappeafanee di the ''negro ;
question as a live and progrwaive elf-,
ment in our polities will clear the field
for now divisions and combinations
upon financial topics, from which the
Democrats have everything to hope.
So that the Jubilation In Radical cir
cles over the Fifteenth Amendment is
pure effervescence and amounts to noth
ing at all. A very few months of
universal suffrage will develop the
truth of this most thoroughly.
As to the principle of State rights
which is struck at by .the Fifteenth
Amendment, New England had better
look out. She is now the apostle of con
' tralization, when she owes her own un
equal power to the strict observance of
State lines and Jurisdiction. Virginia
WAS cut in two. Texas Is to be cut In
four. The same power may reduce the
six New England States to one. That
Is the moral part of the Fifteenth Amend
ment which the sharper of the Yankees
should look to. The South went to war
to preserve slavery and lost it. New
England Is trying to ruin the South in
order to got a consolidation of the gov
ernment by which she can only appre
hend the loss of her Individuality and
power.
Prison Reform
Under the above caption the Express
publishes rather a caustic editorial on
the Inspectors of the County Prison. It
asserts, with decided positiveness, that
the people of the county, at the primary
election of last fall, decided by a large
majority in favor of effecting a complete
revolution in the management of that
institution. Mr. Sensenig, the Keeper
who has had control of it for some time
past, was regarded as being peculiarly
obnoxious, and reports derogatory to his
character have been freely circulated
among Radical politicians and the com
munity in general. According to the
Express his removal was decided upon
and demanded by the Republican voters
at the last primary election. Yet he
has been re-elected. There are rumors
that one of the Inspectors received
no less than' two thousand dollars
for his vote. This report Is cur
rently circulated In Radical quarters
where all the facts ought to be well
known. The report of the County
Auditors shows how large sums of
money can be made In the man
agement of the County Prison, and
people who profess to be posted say
that their figures are far within bounds ;
that the profits are much larger than
the Auditors estimate them to be. If
that be so we can understand how it
would pay a candidate for Keeper of the
county prison to buy a vote at the seem
ingly exorbitant price of two thousand
dollars.
With the suggestion of the ExpreBs,
that there ought to be a complete re
form in the management of the County
Prison we fully agree, and we believe,
with it, that to transfer the control of
the Prison to the Court of the county,
and to remove it from the sphere of
politics altogether, woe:ci be right' and
proper. We hope our cotemporary,
which seems to have much influence
with the members from this county,
will Insist upon the passage of a law
embracing its proposition. The Lan
caster county members can have
such an Act of Assembly passed
without the slightest difficulty.—
All they need do is to draw a
proper bill to that effect. The rule
which prevails, by which local legis
lation is never Interfered with by
outsiders, will insure its adoption with
out a word of objection from any quar
ter. If the proposed reform Is not
promptly effected we shall be forced to
conclude that our members are in favor
of a continuance of the corruption
which now exists in the management
of the County Prison ; and compelled to
believe that the Erpreas is either desti
tute of influence or dishonest in its pro
fessions In favor of reform.
Forty Ballots
On Monday last the Prison Inspectors
balloted forty times for a Physician to
the County Prison. Just think of it!
Six Prison Inspectors, each with a can
didate of his own, gravely balloting
forty [lines to determine who should
have charge of the health of the County
Prison ! Does any one suppose these
officials were thus obstinate because each
believed his choice to be best fitted to
discharge the duties of the office? We
reckon not. There is surely no living
soul so simple a 9 to believe that. It Is
only another dirty little scramble over
the scraps of patronage that fall from the
political table. The health of the pris
oners, and the fitness of the Prison
Physician for his place, are secondary
considerations with the officials. Each
one had an object to serve in getting his
man elected. Hence these forty ballots.
The Income Tax.
By law the limitation on income taxes
expires during the present year; and
although the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue has, in his annual report, re
commended the continuance of this tax,
either at five per centum or a reduced
rate, Congress has not acted upon the
same. The question is now mooted as
to when this limitation expires, and the
matter has been carefully examined by
the officials of the Treasury Department,
with a view to its determination. Al
though no definite action has been an
nounced, it is known that the Commis
sioner will decide that income taxes are
to be assessed up to the end of and In
cluding the current year of MO, and
that the levy will he made accordingly..
This will be a matter of surprise to the
'taxpayers, and occasion quite an excite
ment among those who return large in
'comes. It is understood that strong
opposition will be made to the further
continuance of this tax by Congress.
Female Mormons In Mass Meeting
The women of Salt Lake City have peeted under the combined rule of,ne 7 ,
held a Mass lifeeting and unanimously groes, carpet-baggers, sealywags . and
resolved that polygamy is the best and bayonets in the South. Central Terry
most desirable relation that can exist be- summarily turned out two nfore : white
tween the sexes. : They dedlitre that the State Senators on Saturday, giVing theii
institution is divine in its origin, benign places to ,negroes. The Louisiana Leg
in its Influences, and calculated :to pro•L islature is spending its timeln devising
claim perfect hapPiness. ' , They prochtini Methods of enfercing social equalityche,
their unflinching determination:to stand tWeen blackF; auci.WhiteS ;. "a bill haS been
by the system to, the last , In spite of a passed giving the Governor almostsbso-
Gentile. Congress and all opPosl ng, siert ; lute ir.introt of eiectiens; and the Pro
d per
es. They seem to be , fully:as plucky ty r hofd'ers in ,"Spir Orleapi3 . are .f1 1 :P11 1 4 1 k
as.their short-haired sisters of the East, meetingsto devise. means of protecting
who insist upon the' right Of tarrying "theefedit of the State and the liberties
and unntarrying themselves at pleasure ; a dio : .peeple,,agtilitin , ruinous legfalti;.
heldingoffice and doing, as they fancy tion.! , , . , ~; „ ~ . ~' „„
generallY.. ITange/iri , *ei, ec and Per:. !The Alabama Senate spent' Saturday
plexing is , t e conduct .of the.:ientale in, dliOusaing dreentorialashing Ctiri 7
brandh lof 4 - taq - ~ , : Who can fully gross tortanove diasbillties..‘ The House
t. gs
uncle . ei??4 l Yoii -by witch; 00 ' latielit six / 1 41thideba0 3 ,0 itesoltitic . #lo
Aaretugedi:ooo explain:. them Bath., tit 41 n - rneint , eet.gi: ttyrePOilicti,t4(4o
fa e
orily, '•. r , ~,','''' ',.- -• .': i .:,',, letter reflecting. upon therLegislattirs:.! ,
iy{~ i4r.: .k'a ~~.r.1i
. The Fruldsg lirtyllege. •
The follewingje an official qopy of like
hilt .11shltig the I
' b
letter, document, or
are hereby repealed.
Sue.-2. And be it furth; enacted, That
the act shall take effect on and after the let
day_of .Tt 115, 1870.
"ThT3 - gitore - ft ' certainly* sweeping; - it
it should be adopted by the Senate and
signed' by the President, not an ounce
inalls aft i-thirtU)Mtliji" cifilifittl/ttly
. ..
In their great readiness to respond to
:the ricirtest l'atiociteMleriiiial,
Ihtiftimerc9l:9liltbVo9
M., /ain
In Ida recommendation: .. - aaroCl;(iiit'smll
took good'Card'at'intiffd Eiteptiou In
'favpr, of county, mewsiutpem t FtLieAare
know ehettlated•rvithirr-the. , alffelent
countle4VhereltieeaW_Plitilifihed }ties
of postage. This is an accommodation
to the people which the ryernmeut
ought to afford The atootlnt'PrtioWe
and ainoyanee saved tio'resideniaa the
imral .districts, who are the prittelpid
subscribers to county papers, :more thhti .
eom.pensates forthe
.sum.yebichmig)#t7 e,
saved by renewing the postage on such
Journals. - Inhis nyport i Mr. -fres*ell
The objection that' Congress .may 'desire
to print and disseminate pOblicdoctimenta '
Shot:dal:tot avail against the appeal-of the
'department for deliverancefrom the frauds
that are fast overwhelmingitr. Tithe privi
lege be abolished official publications may
still be forwarded in thi3 mails. It is ohly
asked that they, like private matter, may
be chargeable with postage.. lilt be urged
that this would precentor impede the ditfo
stun of the knowledge of public , affairs
among. he people, then it • may be said in
reply that if it bethe purpose of Congress.
to 'give information to the people,: a few
more telling expedients may be resorted to.
An unburdened press, managed and di
rected by private enterprise, can do more
than Congress to , enlighten the masses.
Better far that the franking privilege- be
abolished, and that all newspapers sent to
'bone lide subscribers from a known office'
of publication should be carried free, with
out • regard to weight, throughout ;the
United States, as now throughout-the coun
ty wherein printed and published. There-
Mins of the department last year from
newspapers and pamphlets amounted to
$77,872. This portion of its. receipts the
department can forego; provided it can be
protected against the frauds inseparable
from the franking. privilege.
We suppose the sweeping 'bill put
through the House so hurriedly will be
amended In the Senate, so as to. accord
with theyiews of the Postmaster Gen
eral on the subject of newspapers. We
are sure ft ought so to be modified. To
destroy the sytem now hi operation will
be to put the masses ton decided Incon
venience without assuring any compen
satory benefit to the Post Office Depart
ment.
How Washington City is Governed.
There ls a fierce qUarrel going on in.
Washington City between two wings of
the Republican party over the municipal
offices. Affairs have been so badly
managed by the present officials a .9 to
cause a revolt in the Radical ranks, and
a meeting, embracing many of the best
white men of the party, was held for the
purpose of expressing their views and
devising some remedy for existing evils.
The room in which they were assembled
was Invaded by a gang of disorderly,
drunken negroes, who had been 'sup
plied with liquor and urged on by the
city officials, who desire to hold on to
their nice fat places. The result was
that the assembly was completely at the
mercy of a howling mob of blacks,
and the objects of the meeting completely
defeated. This is a specimen of the kind
of order which prevails at the National
Capital since the admission of negroes
to the rights of citizenship. Bad, in
competent and dishonest men have been
elected by negro votes, and the munici
pal affairs have been so illy and ex
travagantly managed that the decent
white citizens of Washington, without
respect to party, are largely in favor of
abolishing the present system of muni
cipal government altogether, and of
transferring the entire control of the
city to a Commission to be appointed by
Congress. But for the fact that all the
influence of the Administration was
ex
erted to elect the present incompetent
and 'corrupt officials, Washington city
would not be so sadly misgoverned as it
is at present. It is now In a sad condi
tion
truly, and there seems to be no
hope of relief except in the abolition of
popular government, and the transfer
of power to a set of Commissioners
chosen by Congress. What a commen
tary is furnished upon the policy of the
Radicals by these facts!
:End bra Libel Suit
Honest" Andy Armstrong has come
to grief again. His libel suit against
Father Abraham has turned out to be a
profitless venture. The charge was that
he had pocketed about $B3 more mileage
than he was justly entitled to. Andy
claimed $lO,OOO damages. When the
case came before the Aribtrators, the
defendants produced the original re
cords from Harrisburg, which showed
that " Honest Andy" being entitled to
$l,OOO salary, $25 for stationary and
$8.40 for mileage, had pocketed $1,116.80,
or $83.40 more than he was entitled to.
The Father Abraham, in its report of
the ease says :
Mr. Taggart who was then cashier in
Treasury Department,) 1411.9 called to the
stand and sworn. Its testified that when
Mr. Armstrong presented said warrant for
payment, he culled his attention to the man
ifest miatake,by asking him (Mr. Armstrong)
whether the amount was right, and the latter
assured him it was, whereupon he paid him
the money.
The publication of the article was not
denied by the defendants, and the Ar
bitrators, Messrs. William 31. Slayma
ker, George B. Mowery, and Samuel M.
Myers decided that there was no cause
of action. ,It remains to be seen whether
" Honest Andy" will try his luck before
a jury after such a defeat in a prelimi
nary
' A Manly Reply.
Governor Alcorn, of 11fississippi , though
elected as a Radical, does not forget that
he is a native of the State, and that he
has a character to sustain. In his let
•ter refusing to he instructed as Provis
ional Governor by the military au
thorities, he speaks out in the following
manly manner:
I regret, General, that I do not feel at
liberty to accept the commission which yon
do me the honor of placing in my hands.
Coming from the military authority, and
subject for its support to the militarrpow
er, the 'fitness of things appears to me to
forbid:my acceptance of it while I hold in
immediate prospect the position of civil
Governor by that sanction most acceptable
to my instincts as an American citizen—
that of popular choice. Inasmuch as T
have trampled upon many,,,prejndlees of
my education to arrive at the conchasioa of
sdnnd pollOy in promoting the interests of
my fellow-citizens or the Sete in the grins.
tion
tion of reconstruction, I may,perhaps, be
indulged in the frank confession that lull.'
der the fellowship of error and chastise
nient by which I am bound tei the 4crtithern
people, I am constrained by an irresiatible'
force of my heart to drtfw back from lot or
part in their goernment by any other right
than that of their consent.
When the Southern States•afe once
fairly in the Union, the Radical paily
will be speedily annihilated in that sec..
Ron. Such men a 9 Alcorn will desert it
promptly.
THINOS are working a might be ex-
„.,.,
:,,lg;-:5
rata Telegraph.
to be a probability
lei:, P h 1-1•
be pat
_;. t.th:re
reason to believe that a majority of the
members of Congress are Inclined to
vote for It. That the New York Her
fiklr2wklch- want& _to break_dosva_the
associated news arnca.,l7mjd-i
-numlijgif, ge gg rallI c ita t ra filt
_nswiation, are • actuated b<
le inatter,
persistently : ' .
asg.iiiiotTßA, 1,1
proposectsystern mfonidibe Mere ittitt I
elve totheittblib gapcilhan , thwp •
oneLbitt, betifi4e - thy iinye:ithreht. tierc
AVA I f
first sight thew taigatterkein, yo, : uelleirre!,
advantage to helderivedifkonit kavirigthe.
telegraph tinder i.ontrel: df • thel geivernl
meat, with opicv.l, irdefith ll o: l :i!Yi li4
'agear - fif;d4 iiffidcA xl ( j.4 . k' 111 g itt e I
which hi4Afeeit eratiferkedOti these ieipe
that of " Postal Telegraph!"; has rat ten- ,
deney to Pop'ulriiiie ;That , it;wonid
7corit badly, In, the, end 'by our - ho#rt.
eonvictiOn.'
We are.opixrsedto ithe asstunptiert qp•
the governmentof ariY basinerre , :ivihiely
cati
,'srr'And' effetive4) ,
coridueed.hs*Prt . i l 4 c'04044
of telegraphing, Thislinesinow; In ex.-,
istence are extended ten every. point4it
the, country where there, istinrpoild
bility, of 'making the 'offices' Pay, :add'
Malik, do not aCtiudly.etear eXtera4.,
companiettare constantly spring?,
ing up, and competition has reducedthe.
rates to astandardthat does not Malt'
of large profits. It is nit ateltnerwledged
fact that private enterpibree are always'
more economically c,onducteeithan; Ruch
es are under govermental control. The
mails of the country could beoctirried by
a private ,for,rifneli, lees tinM,
the poet office department now costs., If
members of Congress do not believe that . , '
let them offer to receive a contracts for
the 'nail serVicd,,of the United filiateif
and they will find plenty of responsible
parties willing to take it at much less
than is annually paid., Thatthe service
would be as honestly and as . ,effeetlvely . '
'Managed as it now is we haVe no doubt
Still .there are certain good and silt!
ficient reasons why the• government
Should continue' to manage :tile poets]
system.; but the Same argthrient will•not
hold good when applied to the telegraph.
lines of the country. . . !
We are opposed on general aridsotind
principles to the creatpn of such a pro-.
nopoly.. We are, opposed to the Creation'
of an enormous supplementary ampy of
government .officials. We have enough
such creatures already{ We are- op
posed to entrusting nil the,secrets of the
business world and the general Comirea
pity to government employees. They
1 1 are safer in private hands. We . are
strongly opposed to the creation
of a gigantic government mono
, poly In telegraphing, or ~anything.
else. The whole system! la false and
pernicious to the - ItM., Aegree,_ nrid It
ought nevi . 'r to be encoptaged - hY the
people or favored by their representa
tives.
We look to the Demoemtie members
of Congress fora complke exposure of
the evils connected with the proposed
change. It .1 their duty to ventilate'
the matter thoroughly. Let them do so
fearlessly and fully.
The Waitt•Dlamond Contest
A minority of Radical State Senators
on the committee appointed to try the
contested election case of Diamond vs.
Watt, attempted to take snap judgment
by entering a motion to quash the peti
tion of Mr. Diamond. That this wag
done with the deSign of preventing an
examination into the merits of the case,
and an exposure of the high handed out
rage perpetrated by the board of Return
Judges' which summarily rejected re
turns enough to give the seat. to Watt
there is no doubt. After able arguments
on both sides, in which L. W. Cassidy,
Esq., particularly distinguished hint
self, the motion to quash was voted
down, and the ease will now go on .in
the regular course of such proceedings.
That Mr. Diamond will be abundantly
able to establish his right to the seat,
now unlawfully held by his Radical op
ponent, we have no reason to doubt.—
Let the facts be fully inquired into, and
justice be done. That is all Mr. Diamond
asks.
The Philadelphia Day, a Republican
newspaper thus alludes to this ease:
The Harrisburg correspondent of The
Press in a late letter, says, " Watt will un
questionably be able to retain his seat." If
this be true, the Senate will ratify one of
the rankest election frauds ever committed.
It is an admitted fact, even among Mr.
Watt's warmest personal and political
friends in this city, that the return, by vir
tue of which he holds his seat, was a fraud
and forgery, Land if the Senate 'admit him
as a member; after investigating the case,
they will disgrace themselves, •and practi
cally disfranchise the citizens of the Second
Senatorial District, so far as their represen
tation in the StatOSenate is concerned.
Is the Senate utterly. destitute of con
science? Are its Republican members
completely . blind to their own beat Inter
ests, and deaf to the dictates of even sound
party policy? If they admit Mr. Watt we
must so conclude: ' But it may be that the
correspondent from whom we have quoted
was not so well inforthed ns hie positive
manner of speaking would Indicate, and
the result may prove that the Senate is not
lostto all sense of propriety. Nous verroas
The Morning Post, the Sunday Des
patch and other Republican journals
have spoken in equally decided terms,
Forney's Press is, the only paper In 1 , 1111
adelphia which ; bits the hardihodd
defend the rascally 'items by which
Watt obtained the seat he now holds.
The Negro Senator
The Negro Senator from Mississippi
has put in an appearance at Washing
ton. He was warmly welcomed to' the
floor of the U. S. Senate by a number of
Radical members. A question as to his
right tb a seat will be raised, under that
clause of the Constitution which pro
vides that no one shall be eligible to a
seat in the 'United. States Senate who
has not been a citizen of the United
States for nine years. It is held that,
negroes first become citizens• on the rat
ification of the Fourteenth Amendrdent,
but the Radicals Wiri no doubt adinit
Revels to a tent. They cap not do other
wise without impairing the consistency,
of their party. There is no necessity for
it, but it will be done nevertheless. A
Radical newspaper, correspondent says,
llevehi is, in t perE6n, short, stout, with
characteristic features, a yellow skin and
conical shaped head." In other words
he is a mulatto, with the negro Charac
teristics predominating.
Wno, with,a lively sense of individ
ualities, can blame tWo young ladles,
white for refusing, , at Columbus, Ohio,;
to be- dipped into a pool of water, In
church, intrnediatelfit i fter an odorlfer
ous• and oily negro ha been Initnersed
therein. It would not have been the
plessantestthing to takes, dip alter some ,
not too sweetly-scented white'person.—
The Raffled papers pitch into the young
ladies for ytefaihe to an Instinct which
was born with all.deeent Caucasians;
but we shouldrilko6 have- the irate ed
itors tell us , ivhich of their. wlVes 'or
64 1 311 0 0,"0. 111 4 11 EN,o'colisehtt i d to en
ioy the rejected eiperience had:if 0 - e*
offered her. ..• ;• .4; •
''NVE:thank Thee .for. this Eelme
Adzianistltitioiri"Vas 410 pittyeiceif
map* arthe:O f eittile . :M the'Th#Me
Orao en. tin OritlPAhaii*
last,: when the' Fortpdirst • Congress ,re
assembled in adblaze' l of:49yalCse. "What
di*he thitat'of . it 'fitljt"Litt-thdthiht e r t
the exposureof tiie
OeMiteX o S4ttliorlfif? l ,fitagOitiii.:44 l3 :ti
shape, ofelegantglits, cutlery;: May:pa,.
ltet'et *etit hidletd:
ble in`s: 6sdf'ot *te rnet* {hi
Radical party
GEN': CAlO3lt taut tattbd over the gov-
P,n4l#onl-)7lloNaclqtßelA Sallie
, ,:.‘,,;
and tie South Carolhi
apialtidan who
mau . aoght
13Eii!B
of South , e:
I =4 tylor :lf State is to be pledge(l . es
the stocks of MeClure's rall
roads,and that gentleman expects tosue
ceed in his shattered fortunes
t - the - expense of the Igo.. • . .
A te H -tii;c47
s elt i
ed teihitilltkiatidnuteollarti.ftlidgillltle!
1,l M uu edd* lalidn 6 , of- it lito
!AAp!
ide r) p7llLielarteWie #o, 3 , ( hciiii
hind , i i
* . el Pqt 3 4 8f:10fli ti'
I . tptlator.fefgstkrkpkeutk9t4.ll
bleis leliaxacteri :, HA iti theilvt3cniv. -1
1 ol i ft*ift ottliatfletlikultkettrittiet 4 9llk
t 4 40 4 : ' -‘ 7 l4(V i t 4 f#VAC 0V 1 T 4 , 11
J: 1 33
. 44- -1
signs,: , and will hriugallltltetipplianees i :
1 :by:which the Pennityi tael.egisletdrel
kilo leeribotitit4 tio't.:" ' . uloloeneJ
grditit** o* (3 441 : t 4 , 1 0A t *- , V,
rpotie`itiat.ilkeT_hae;Mß , printed .in,the
Chambeistairg. RepoiitorV a .moatr.flat-i 1
tering . notice of the sable, solons 1
aniOng whom he ' is, .lporing.,'... He r
enlogi , thi , 4'ading I ,l ' ikliillthoPg t*m, 1
as he used tto eulogize politicians, in this'
fState 'Whom. he -expected to use. They
'Col.: yi r yAStlllle i gstift so#".with ten uti-. 1
'f,itairinK4uuld,apd Wa faire no doubt the'
.ex-Aorl)oia, eNrPOrters fialleit. 4l 4 l -Pailidi
Will. lie , deliglited when they receive ex
tra evlesredlthe i llelifispilor..;And see htt
'letter copied hy leading' Radial Jour:
. fial; 'Of courf3e fife Colonel does n 4
rely upon flattery, alone-to carry', tire
projeets through. : He-will hare more
substantial reasons' baioffei,' and the ne
grcl „legislaters
, of South Carolina *lli
ha . N.O to be mo re. inporillptlbly,.hdriest
thaw Col. McClure ever found a Radical: 1
majority in Harrisburg, -if. he 'does not
succeed . In carrying out kie`propeto.—.l
Th'e state of S&ith Carolitia i s
died With debt ,by a Neiro tegislAardin ,
order that Col. McClure and a few other
impudent and impecunious adventurers
mayinake money. In contrast with such
swindlers Dick . Toptia and Jack Sll'epl
herd Shine out, as boneatmemand high. :
way tobbery looks respectable.
InerenSitig the Rate' or Taxation.
As old ,cock's' Cron - the . young ones
learn, and petty .rascala take their cue
tram those of larger calibre. The C'om
misslonera df Laneaster county, being
degrons of imitating the financial tlydz
tern which .has brought the manage
ment of the State Treasury - Ant° such.
deserved ill:repute, are determined to
'ketii a:big =expended balance con
stantly- -;act year the County,
Tax was, levied - at a,valuatien of mills
on the , dollar—now it is suddenly in.-.
creased. to 5 mills—and that when the
Auditors' Report' shows that there is
in the tieastiry an' nneXpended,lialanee
of $58,919.22, with - which to meet the.
current expenses of the coming' year. At.
the commencement cif the last Afield year
the nneipended balance was more than
twenty thousand less than it Is at pres
ent, and a tax of Si mills on the, dollar
of valuation met all expenses and left a
large surplus. Why then increase the
rate ,pt a tine when. farm &oda* are
ranging lower than they have done for
years? That Is a question the taxpayers
of Lancaster county would like to have
answered. Can the County Commis
furn Islt'a satisfactory reply ? Our
columns are open to them, or to any
supporter'or defender of their seeming
ly very reprehensible conduct. There
are rumors that an Immense amount of
bridge building and other work is to be
let out at private contract, during the
present year, but, as this lacks confir-
I matlon, we can only urge the County
Commissioners to give a proper explan
, nation of their conduct.
Hos. FRANK P. BLAin, JR., was pre
vented from voting, in Missouri because
he refused to take theoath of " loyalty"
prescribed by the Constitution of that
State. The Supreme Court of Missouri
endoised the notion. An appeal was
taken to the SuPreme Court of the -Uni
ted 'States, and that tribunal is equally
divided upon the issue. This shuts the
ballot-box against Mr. Blair in Missouri
so long as he refuses to bow his - knee to
bigoted, partizan legislation.
So long as John W. Geary lives he will
continue to make himself ridiculous by
displaying his vanity and indulging in
extravagant self-laudation. At his recep
tion, the other evening, some one asked
him if he did not dance. " No," said his
Excellency, "I have not danced since
the war ; my legs ar•e too full of bullet
holes." Comment would be utterly su
perfluous.
WENDELL PHILLIPS thinks William
Penn would have been a " dough face"
had he lived in New England. The
Boston Radical Club has been engaged
in smoothing down the Quakers with
velvet with one hand, and tearing their
skins Mr with II curry-comb with the
other.
."The Colored Troop.. Fought Bravely.**
By the published programme for the
inauguration ceremonies of yesterday it
was seen that the Excelsior Reserves,, a
colored regiment from Philadelphia,
were given the post of honor. The
Chief Marshal of the occasion, acting by
the authority and. In the name of the
joint committees of the Senate and
Rouse, .deliberately assigned. these ne
groes the place nearest the menwho fitly
or untidy In that procession represented
the dignity and, honor of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania. That, pro
gramme was a deliberate insult to the
citizen soldiery rind the brave firemen
who, intended to take part in the cere
monies ; but it was for a purpose—there
was method in the insult; it was to teach
the Anglo-Saxon, the Teuton and' the
Celt, of whom our volunteers and fire
organizations are made up, that a new
era had dawned ; that a new nation had
been born ; that aide by side with, may,
In advance (if; those whose energies have
made us the people we are, were to be
placed these re-presentatives of an inferior
and a mongrel race, that thus they might
by such contact be familiarized with the
fact of which radicalism:boasts as its
greatest triumph; that theyi . rnight be:
taught. by this. public ce ruintrigl in g
.9f
the races, this, elevation, itf Om black at
the expense of the white, that the day
had dawned in which the, inferior were
made the equal of the superior, that the
ballot, the public school, the Jury box,
the workshopand the foundry were now
the property of the negro and to be con
taminated by his odorous presence and
his inert and stolid faculties. We know
that It Is one of the dogmas of these
Radical worthies .who would thus de
base the character and break the high
spirit of a free people, that habit is one
of nature's laws that men can be
brought by practice and persistence to
accept any given condition of thing's;
and that thusthe Africaa, an Impedi
ment in our pathway of, progress, may
be made for their benefit a.positivc ele
ment of political. power,—.l.'atriot;
.The Laxiesater.lateUlgentele.,
• •Welutve!heretbfore neglected to men
tion that the "Daily and: Weekly LA
CASTER.L....rrEtarciEncatt, one. Of the
moon , spirited and. dnost ably conducted.)
Deniocratic.papersin Permsylvnu* has
recently :appeared In a new dress ~ of
beautiful type: . .._ It is one of the neatest
printed' papers in the. Statey:and, one of
the. most Welocime' of our esehangesi ; It
gives us pleasure 1 to be able to record
these evidences of its prosperity,,andme
hope that the. enterpnse tvl i be properly
appreciated : by - . the 'Lancaster: county
Den:Mersey, as it, IS, certainly worthy Id
theirmout enthgatißile supPont.*—Ektmo. ,
erotic Press:(Yogkj • .
. .
The Cinsinnati 'Times lir Oealfing 'of'
the,rollka, " E n. Chighda" .4 43*,:', ' ''
Taken ilia 'alass, - stnnien.cancontrire'
more ontlandishittitt ugly fashiints than:
ifn . would thinle . it ibossiblemithiNtt #3O
- ' ?hasp! AttOn:•.'Thice;' foelinitince;-
t '..*ftVrtitri 'Fi rst it - ,iipiestaitS"ti.
addLepr P )fe r tfir it ;llol"ll6l Z
46wii li.: dniitia 'isiac ' - a
&wired WO Oifter*anii; it initeifetteti
at urnTiison th6llabli tot' thelheMViibte
it sticks straight aarbehink and looks
MS ivivire 'nittrala cst : ' : a r :.grvy - honnti.
Nestling 44 the zodiy.of, thbystratek 'of
e OP**. 4.0 3 =lke' of A
mast; j _ .. ....„, 0,.... - .... . p - :4 1 ;r0g,
4.... v -.4vmr ! :. -r: , --:
Late Mum, -
111chgoLdillsencerbm are teknied fn
'44 _ C1D 41)12 4 ' •
1111%
000 alive - ••• • night
Hermlarßorr, ' insurance agent, of
Boston, was killed by falling from
train, on the Old Colony Railroad, last
B r4Pida7-e-7 0 } 311 4--
A • • taking iniesti,gatir - found
•• • •ri r
vtlnaltnagriSrkt
--•- • •
' Pisve.ls4 l 4o ' •
• 4 c ! '1„/
iz The , bigapaiHiellbaitlisikrfa
land bad Widely olkltheiseale ofenn - Eneti
:k4 wad
eonxtdennedbytittentlirailik-,r,0 , 5.... - 91.41 ,
" Milirflistidlsoovererbf goldlnVallfor.
. • issidlto , beihr a, - dmUttitexiondlitintii
~In littridoceo:/!..2%; subieriptkin.
haiebentritartedtdri
Th . — irt. 4440 ghliiivetelburidlm;
;Side; ;Ofat'#toiningtbn i.
t
;Posed' to
The - 5e 1 464 . ,
T felq3oint'
miasionet`orEdneatioin;' nlitace of Ear : .
ila iktP:t 33 ?;•Plfn ed •
Viva caresmasiiehy•Ani/Coi,..cnt .
on -the ,, Piallifig- - Ratimaoi t eat of , 000i/i •
on Saturday morning, and three•persor e
were „ ,;
1 - The • , lowee , , lionse••of :of:, the Callfornia:
'Legislature, by a vote of 51408, has con„
eurred -With the Senate in rejeetidg
Suffrage amendnient. ..f
At , Lowell; - Masslilyesterday, a 'snow
'lidOtteen the roof of. a • church' threw,
down' a chimney,:and•killed a man who.
Wag passing along , the street, ••,, • • ,
The, internal "'revenue receipts for
January have, been •$1:,479,000; an in
crease of $1,380;008 over the, receipts of
Janutily,lB69; • •
I The. State cif ..1.111418 ,'noW has 5,1'85
miles of railroad, of *Well 4,788 am opnu
for business, costing 'Oh their 'ekluip
gnents,sll.s,s6B,sl,r '
Grundy county, lowa-, bought a $2,769
saft3 last month; andzat., the • beginning ,
of the year its treasii#* tod s jirsr 'eleven
cents to inn frac) H.
The newspapers are unite busy chron
icling the movements_ of the young
Prince on one page, and rebuking their
neighbors for snobbery and flenkeyisna
on the other.
A. little girl who was lost hi the streets
of London recently, on. being questioned
as to her parentage and place of birth,
declared that she wan !`th e e child of sin"
and "wasbom in wrath I"
A large nuhiber of bilis 'are before
Ccrpgress. - Already , during the present
session,.•9B.shills and 80.0 40. joint reso.
lutions have ' been Introduced in the
HOuse.,
The Secretary of the Treasury has di
rected the sate" of one Million in gold
each ls'eeh' during February, and 'the
purchase of one of bonds in each
alternate'week for the Binking. fried.
There is 'a proposition before the 1111 ,
Hots "State Constitutional ConVention tO
!abolish the Semite, and to vest theleg
lshitiye authority of the State in o sin
gle body, to be called the ' Legislative
AssernblY, composed of ZOO members.
General Canby yesterday ordered all
military commissinies In Virginia to
Cease, And all trials df citizens by such
be turned over, to the civil courts. Gov
ernorWallter also called the Legislature
to meet. on February Bth. ,
Mrs. Southworth has written another
novel, entitled " The Maiden Widow. "
Her publisher., Mr. Peterson, who has,
'read it, says it is one of her most power
fully written efforts: Mrs. Southworth
Is believed hy many of her admirers to
stand at the headof all female writers.
A large Fenian military demonstra
tion took place at Buffalo on Saturday
night, and 'the first of a series of mass
meetings was•held, at which the Ad
ministration at Washington was de
nounced for not demanding the release
of Irish-Americans confined in English
prisons.
At Pittsbu,yesterday, two strangers
entered the Third National Bank, and
obtained $3200 on a check for $BOOO on
the Corn Exchange Bank of New York,
which was subsequently discovered to
be forged. They also obtained $2500
from the 'Second National Bank on a
similar forged check. Both escapee!.
A physician, examining a student as
to his progress, asked him, .."Should a
man fall into a well forty feet deep, and
strike hiahead against one of the tools
with which he had been digging, what
would be your course If Galled in 119 a
surgeon ?" The student replied, "I
should advise them to let the man lie
and fill up the well."
Mr. John H. Stephens died recently
at his residence in Newark, N. J., hav
ing reached nearly 81 years of age. Mr.
Stephens has been noted for several
years as one of the wealthiest citizens of
'ewark, the value of his estate being
now estimated at about one and a quar
ter millions of dollars, the largest part of,
which is in improved real estate.
A young* man at Muscatine, lowa,
lately crawled into a boiler to clean it
out, but the engineer, being ignorant of
'the fact, closed the door and fired up.
The young man became uncomfortably
warm, and to his horror discovered the
boiler filling with water. His shrieks
were unheard, but fortunately the en
gineer opened the door and the half suf
focated prisoner was released.
The Henry county (Iowa) Press gives
a sketch of an old woman of one hun
dred years. Her name is Mary Morely.
She was born in the State of Maryland;
in the year 1770. Her father was an old
Revolutionary soldier, and was killed
in one of the last battles of that war.
She had seen George Washington and
most of. the other emlneht patriots of
his day. She was married at the age of
twenty-four years, has raised eleven
children, and been a widow more than
fifty-four years. Her husband was a
soldier of the war 1812. She is seem
ingly as active and strong as most wo
men of sixty.
The hero of five great wars is dead.
Sir De Lacy Evans, who fought in In
dia, in the Peninsular war, In the
American war o'lBl2, in the Carlist
war, and in the Crimean war f died In
London, on the 9th lust., at the ago of
83. He commanded at the sacking of
Washington, and was wounded at New
Orleans. He had two horses shot under
him at Waterloo, and fought .for two
years for Christiana against Don Cbrlos.
He distinguished 'himself In his old age
at the Alma and Inkerrnann. No gen
end lb the pritishnrmy at the time of
his death could boast of a more distin
gulalied'eareer. General Evans was an
Irishman. He WAS born at Molg, in 1787.
State Item,
A bill is before the Legislature for the
charter of a taliroad from West Chester
to Phceuixvllle.
Several citizens haVe been arrasted by the
military ,in Warren county, Georgia for
offences alleged to have been romrnhted
several months since.
41 H meeting of the working wynzien in,
Sit, Louis, last °Ceiling, nieasurati were
taken towards establishing a c , o-opei - ative
store.
The DiMetani of the Delaware Conitty
National Dank, have re-elected Edmund
Pennell,.Esq„ President, and Caleb
Entlen, Cas4Fer.
A well-known rat-catcher caught, re
cently, in Chester,,Delaware county, in
one stable, ninety rats, which he sold in
Philadelphia at twenty cents each.
William L. Whitney has been elected
('ashier of the Minor's National Bank of
Pottsville, in the place of Frederick Pat
terson, resigned.
A new railroad ls l / 2 to be constructed
from West Chester to. Downingtown,
and the route 'will be put under survey
as ikion t&the weather will' 'permit:. ; •
The TrUstees of the Philadelphia (las
Works, give notice that aftei, theist' 6f
February, the price of gas wilt, be' re
d uced twenty-flee cents per thbusand,
maklng:the' hew; price two &liars and
thlitY cefit,4, ' •
• An,41d. 1 4 1 # 1 4 1 reamed .194 /1
of Buffalo Run, Om:are coUnty,,recently
,slowu Man epilePtic fit in ikls •Own
barnyaid,-,and was "planet:4 Intl, hold.-
ble manner by hogs,•beforehc was digt ,
covered and rescued. , ,
Mrs.' , Ecelestori, of .Hollidnysburg,
dieninedmot long; ainee that a enakewas
trying to crawl 1 into:the I cradle where
her infant Waa sleeping; and next morn.;
Rug, on Opening the front door, her hint
band- discovered , a black snake, about
two feet alongi endeavoring, to.- makvite
way; up the steps.. ; ~1,.: • ... i;;...
Thomas . Whittier woe convicted:at Pitts.
bnuk *hien of perjxcryi in falsely swear
ing that he: d;ptirchased liquor on Bunt'
day:at A certertfvPrniand. VA9_ 6o otenszed
to dv.e,yeers.p.nd,two .41/elm An the pgni r ,
triA l 77
t c ,r
_,O e ,
didn't get the $.2, ,Tost horpt . and
"I:9litt i taree./OdOIV -n . ." • " •."
8 1 4i‘
fidite - Agricultinid•Elbccetwfor the`ptirik;4o)`
of the elettion of OtlimwsraS hide=
in'ipirrftibtiik.;;Sohtt;C.-lhiorrisWas;
Preilde4; MI& ;Elbridge.hirCon
responding; &Jordan: EL ).11.1:.
Chemist and Geoldgiat,Strul
esti Librarlario, Widen- memo, :Were:
added to tlie Pteedd.To Palm**, • ,
Nis Lot
When Dr. Delwin
•:••• • •ro ..... " • for : • last P(;"
ty yams. ADm days sgo hies.•
who took a deep • • •In • - * spirt
welfare of Mr. n•mtloe, . • • this extract
from a newspaper, and requerted her hue
band to mak - arr. Prmtlee to read it. •
..1_ - - - -- -
cannot be that this earth is man'
only abiding Pam. It cannot be that o •
life is a bubble, oast up by eternity to 8 r •
inotosinte • • • 2: 41,_ . 2 _ d. sink
Simioua .. 9 164ffleti
*Elm the, ent_ Plia,vg_w ,foimer
.01randering unftnauwt_lyny - iguthe
:rainbow and iltroktPd eAtlliee-Pi.eß.Tis with
pa beauty that is notafearra,ana then pass
diff and learn lel '
,tomtilteteel lovell
meet ' Why la itthat thetstviir; hold.
tir eixfeWta araUff4 the' lid t' thmite
areWl abovelli t e s t
• Wl* in
iever
proarellade drflitally;
that bright-ftirms oft-huniant beady' are
presented to our views:end takedfrontkeio
leating , pi thousand stratum of oar affections.
to flow bat/1r; MAO AlPilletterrent 1 1P9e4Ptir
'hearts? We are herd:era hlgiterAeattey.
.thertthat Aerii4s aresmn hero,
the rainbow eieVei fadea trite%the et 1 1 4 5(
are Spread out before'he Mee wands Mit
'slumber on the ocean, and where the bean.
WM Mirage which pass before us 'like
ililuidolm will stay forever inourpresence."
:( Doting the night the doctor asked Mr.
Itrentibelf WI would mad the extinct. He
repliedthat he : was no !migmatite to mad..
phail read for youft asked. the Alec
" Yee, teri.94 ' , The
oputiftd words were
,bettimeir dying
author was too neartheother woril to ap-
Predate Nib" their significance. e Mut
tered few sentences, with his falling eyes
turned heavenwart but the rounds were ,
too indistinct* to be intelligible: 'ln the
meantime two of Mr. Pientiee's best and
most beloved friends, Mr. , andrldra. G. W.
IGriffin, had reached his!bedsida. To Mrs.
Griffin, the poetess of WM elty4 me dos;
poem he ever wrote was addressed, She
was much devoted to. him, ,and he . ever
apoke.of her in the moat affectionate terms,
always eallibig bee u Alice." She approach
ed, and, leaning, over his' pillow a short
time before he' breathed"Ms last,' asked
him, "Do you know met" "Yes," said
he, "it Li Josephine." "I',o,"•said Wk. ,
Griffin, "it is Alice." •" Yes ye s, I know
you now ; said he, a ft er whieh he , •spoke
a few intelligible ivords, For the last hour
he made no effort to converse with (1980
around him. To the questione that were
addressed to him ho merely answered ,yes
or no. His last intelligible words, uttered
some two hours before his death, were, " I
would like to kriow—"--Lon twine Jo
Jamtavy
GEORGE PIVLBOYIY
Transfer of the Inanalas from the Eng
. ltsh War Vessel to the City Balk
PORTLAND, Me., Jan. p. --After days of
delay and much. patient. wailing the crane,
(erring of the remains tif George Peabody
from the English war ship Monarch took,
place at noon to-day, in - the presence of an
immense assemblage or people and in ae
cordance with the programme previously
agreed upon. , . -The steam tender containing
the remains was followed to the wharf by
the boats of the fleet, in naval funeral order,
AdmtralFarragtit andhis staff, in. the steam
launch, and hie, flag etefuner bringing up
the rear 'rpm the moment that the
bf remains,
left the.ontireli until tliey were deposited
In the funeral car.'
The, solemnity of the scene was made
:strongly, doubly impressive by the firing
of heavy guns on the iron-clad, and from
the Arsenal and Fort Preble. The remains
were then handed over to the State author lties,Governor Chamberlain receiving them
In an appropriate manner. The procession
was formed promptly, and was preceded by
two companies of the Portland militia, fol
lowed by members of the Logislatiue, the
funeral-car committee of the Peabody In
stitute acting as pall-bearers.
The relatives of the deceased, Admiral
Farrigut and Staff; chic officers, and clos
ing up with Captain Commerell and the
officers of the British and American squad,
roue.. As the procession moved.to the City
Hall the streets .were lined on either side
with people, and the bells tolled, and the
minute guns broke upon the air. The coffin
-was placed in the cat.falque by twelve
stalwart men. The crowd In the vicinity
of the City Hall was immense, but the beat
of order prevailed.
The decorated hall and other sombre
surroundings attracted great attention.
The remains will be removed to the native
town of the dead philanthropist on Tues
day. The United , States authorities took
no part in the official ceremony to-day.
Col4:blooded Murder—The Vieilm 'Ter
ribly Avenged.
The 7.1 f emphitiAralanche of January 28
says :
Last Saturday night four'masked persons
visited Col. David Coleman's residence,
near King's Bridge, between Huntingdon
and Trezevant, and knocdr.ed at the
and asked the old gentleman to gime out.
Colonel Coleman recognized the voice of
the speaker, and pporpad the door, when one
of the party . Are& upon and ntortally
wounded him. Hearing the firing, a son
who was in the house rushed towards the
door and commenced • tiring • upon the
maskers who broke and ran.
On Sunday_ morning a crowd of negroes
rode into Huntingdon upon horses that
were known to. belong to parties in the
neighborhood where the shooting took
place, and being closely questioned, one of
the negroes came forward and made a full
confession of the murder on the night pre
vious, and detailed at length his connection
with that and other depredations, and' also
disclosing the names of all engaged in the
Ku-Kluging throughout the country. In
the course of his confession, he stated that
a negro living with Colonel Coleman had
given information concerning a box that
was concealed about the premises, contain
ing upwards of $22.00 in money.
Colonel Coleman lingered until Sunday
evening, at which time he expired. He was
an old andrespected citizen of the county,
and was highly esteemed by all.
As soon as the confessions refereed to
above were made known, the sons and
other relatives of the deceased took charge
of the negroes and placed them under guard.
Tuesday morning there was a general con
sultation of the citizens, and while many
were in favor of dealing summarily with
the prisoners, a majority of the people
counselled moderation, and insised that
they should be placed in jail to await
This was finally done, and the pegrooe
were lodged in the Carroll' county jail at
Huntingdon. But a more summary trial
than that promised in the courts awaited
them. That night. Colonel Coleman's sons
and some friends rode into Huntingdon,
rescued the prisoners from the jail. took
them to the woods and literally riddled their
bodies with bullets.
How the Prince Looks
A Washington correspondent gives the
folfewing description of .Prince Arthur:
The young gentleman is passable in ap
pearance, about the middle stature—dye
feet eight, I should say ; well built, dressed
neatly, with some sort of light pants and
black half-frock, buttoned close. Ills com
plexion and tone is tallowy or white-brown
in hue. The Face , is thin and slightly oval.
The nose is the most prominent feature. It,
is more like that of George the Thlid than.
that of his father. Top areimmbdiately re
minded of his mother, especially at • the
eyes The light, whitey-brown; straggling
whiskers and hair, with the pale, cold 101 l
b.ue, gray eyes, and whitelsh lashes, add' to
the general tallowy expression of his thee.
As he passed me, I had the chance to lhdk
at him well. The first impression was that
the gross expression which is somarked in
the, Prince of Wales' face was not. a char
acteristic of this young gentleman's. This
feeling was followed by one of a disagreea
ble character. Theprevailing ' expression
of his face WWI one nf cold haughtiness and
superciliousness. He WILq Speakingto Mrs.
Thornton when I first saw him, but the
next Moment raised his hew:land looked at
the democratic sovereigns who were gazing
on hint with a quiet but unabashed civics&
ty, that pe possibly thought, was impudent.
On the whole he looked like a dapper little
ladies' Man.
A PrlaiNeas /Scalding a pt4Oti Wall '
Chew to the place I saw two Arabs and a
woman building • a rough wall 'along the
road. There was an 'air df inteligence
about the woinan'wfaCe notln acdordance
with her occupation, apparel, or soiled
hands. The impression wasconfirrned on
conversing with her, and I was astonished
to think she could not.gain a living by
some higher occupation then building a
S ould she be kind enough to, IN'llte her
name fOr met"''
"Yes. Would I walk into her house, It
was close by. ?' . • ; • ;
Idid not like to take her from her work."
Oh, she lad plenty of tants.
We egtared p, neat otatago,, l.l .lF-.
xdahed and, .well, anpplled with booka.,
was now more pu.z.tatl. than :Civet. Ellie
produced a largo 'hook and, asked ael to
write my Mune I.glarielzaret'er thapageS,
and saw •E'rettelf Ilbunta,'Oeintall Baratta',
RllEtailth Pri nces, .'lrish and English' Lorda
and'Lltikes, , anti:Franc& Joseph,- Brapentr .
of Multi*. She winte.hei name on. a card,.
tha "Frincess.:de /a , tour drettureignewP
She obtannal, a Vara tkom the Salter% oil
the i nteoo ofo und;whereon Chriat,taught•
the erL tlfater,and mactitaut temple,
on it, at her own expepae, *Melt% will con,
Mtn this prayer ld.:eveiy lingpage, She
has alreadye.apended'ovey 200,900/4•AtitlT.
. !;
. ,
• . • • . I 1 •* 7 14,tii.44.1.j,;, k . : ;
,4 0 ? ,. f ! , • • , :
1 IL i'':.lte , OrithOkiiktiAtinitiokeli i itloiii.
331aglegi)tir iti.*tmalt) b 4 a Ciitibt-bagter
1 fititri:Otao - itigiirid , 4l3tate ' Ale If iiiga&
1 alai of Oberlin,i Ind *a rottifeily,st lideth;' .
ixnet Preitcher"arindlatatpolia,;from vrhiolA
1 city Ihe - • emigrated tailifiailiaippi. within' a
' few mum; andium never been prominently
karma in .politica i bean& .11a.rel itt nearly,
forty. Tama eld, di o i : : : bpaltilYi:tlMl44=l,
0, 14; /44 1 1 11 aal - P,.'r rtPo.6 lol lnqw .
4 5
to .Powage More .
Netakbae
n o w in, Witahingta v 0 0..,
12werit n9,ii'-# cl.e.O k lit'. , if, . . . ettl
. 116 - election ?t. Mt • - 1
' OM ~M aradati Beira -- .alirbe3,6od
local repu tatio n , at Natchez, _ , Retie •
was but ..little :knowizi , ln i the Stae... , The
=lam of biz having haw atitw m ! o r o w
Mug resionlk!or.zuOVCAllaittle,ta
the weitton:Arm(!lnirtiaL_ uks4loQ:ll33:
I MF. di9A irti9N-:fgtidi r
Ift
uP to •
Preatkx9
:ra
Limner moved to amend anbatitniing
his bill. ifr. Shorn= the Senate to
take prompt action. Mr. orton demand
ed that there ahonldberimompdtagitg
aa to whether thht bill Latlif-a, ,
et'' ' - 2 2r tZtaW31 3 ;t -
S , thattosfaaid of the ltd11:41)
aferimmit,
an a , ' Thfri:Dortfa Japekmathainan
Um. and htt 41.-* PMQ,..tbeiletUtieradir
/a e louse a tno t e , ,
jo ,
.. ii ~..!• el .t. i.d i f &.. ; , • id ~....ii i .d i t .; :.
acquired or.perfected to.any. agriculMr7i
rj ip a t io l t-l#, Carirckat not herettifcire'
ot'excepthysettliimentruideithei
AO/111 - . ni*e-empthiri liWaitiast piiwist•
't i l ek ' 86 flift further hutdllesag r mlforme re
I tuned mmaideratMn of the e laland
bilL•44‘aw.hea irerwitiadwby mar& My
. era f trbLeil aml Reading. !The Committee
on Elect.iontt medal' majority rePurti , that.
lA. B,,Mitelleoe..Radical,nas theVt °cis
;Witte swat frtantheFourthCon onal
, k•• , ' let ,of South Paridina. e , Other
' claimant is Nc.'D. Simpson. Theminority
rt
rePe,that neither claimant wi entitled
to the seat, was idoptFil by 'a -cote of 10.4
yeas to 7S•naya,but the whole auhject wen,
after contdderable confu.ts,' recommitted
to to exithined Olt itainerits: • The • House
then Wok 'a recess till 7:30-P. M. There ,
'ere xtot more than adoeen members pree
, ent.daringthe , ovening sesaion, and after,
„sortie unimportant !Teaches, the House. 44-.
journed.
, • WdslittnarOX,
In the United States. Senate, the House
Invalid Pension Appropriation bill wes
ported.' Mr. Buckingham introduced- a
supplementing currency bill. James B:
Howell was sworn in as Senatortrom lowa
to succeed Ma' Grimes Mr. Sherxrian's
currency bW was discussed.
In .I.he House, on , rnotion of Mr., , Van
,Trump, the 80911liarr e 9f the Treasury Was
asked. to state the if; rest paid by the GOv
ernMerit on
,the Bonds of the Pacific Rail
road Companies, why - these bonds are
omittid in the public debt Statement, etc.
On motion; the Mining. Committee were
directed to investigate the Avondale Mining
disaster, and report whether Congress has
power. to legislate for the prevention of
such' occurrences. The League Island-
Navy . 1 1ard bill WWI diltiC11889(1. Mr. Ran
dall spoke in support of the bill, while Mr.
Woodward opixned it. After an argument
by' Mr. Scofield in 'favor of, the bill, Mr.
Dawes niovecito lay It upon the table, and
hiS motion was agreed to by a vote of 94
against 67. The House wont into Commit.,
tee on the legislative appropriations, and
Mr. Butler, of Mass., read a speech defend
ing the Administrationi against the charges
of extravagance recently made by Mr..
Dawes. The latter replied to Mr. Butler,
after which the House adjourned.
, . Wesalsoros, Jan. 27.
In the U. S. Senate, the House resolutioir
prohibiting collections from subordinate
officials to make presents to their anperlor
officers, was concurred in. Tho credentials
of Messrs. Lewis and Johnston, Senators
elect from Virginia, were read, and ;Mr.
Lewis, who was present, was sworn in. The
currency bill was considered. .
In the House, a bill was introduced by
Air. °Milian, requiring National banks
going into liquidation to deposit lawful
money in place of their circulating notes
and take up their bonds. Messrs. Platt,
Ridgway, Miles and Porter, Representa
tives elect from Virginia, were sworn in.
The bill abolishing the franking privilege
was passed—yeas 174, nays 14. Mr. Church
ill, from the Election Committee, reported
a resolution giving the seat from the 'l.`wen
ty-first Pennsylvania district to Mr.
Covode, and said he would call it up on
Tuesday. Mr. Dawes made a speech in
Committee of the Whole, and Mr. Logan,
from the Military Committee, reported a
bill reducing the number of army officers.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.
In, the U. S. Senate, John W. Johnston,
Senator elect from Virginia, was sworn in.
The bill amendatory of the Virginia bill,
allowing affirmation where the officers are
conscientiously opposed to swearing, was
passed. On motion of Mr. Edmunds, the
Judiciary Committee were directed to re
port if further legislation is necessary in
organizing the Georgia Legislature. The
Presidents veto of the Rollin White relief
bill was considered. The Military Academy
Appropriation bill was reported. Mr.
Sumner presented a bill,which was referred,
.for the payment of bounties to colored sol
diers and sailors, without regard to their
previous servitude. A substitute for the
bill to establish a line of steamships to carry
mails to Europe and Asia, lesson ocean
postage rice., was reported and recommt
ted. Mr. Sherman tried to get his Currency
bill considered, and Mr. Stewart, the Cen
sus bill, but the bill appropriating $30,000
for the relief of the poor in the District of
Columbia, was taken up and passed, and
the Senate adjourned until Monday.
in the Heine, James E. Gibson, member
elect from the Eighth Virginia District, was
sworn in. Bills were introduced to collect
debts due from, Southern railroads, and
amendatory of die bankrupt laws. Mr.
Cake, from the Printing Committee, re
ported a bill which was passed, abolishing
the office of Congressional Printer, atiii pro
viding for the election of a Superintendent
of Public Printing, to perform the same
duties, at a salary of $4OOO. A report from
the Election Committee was adopted, de
claring the claimants of seats from Georgia
under the election of April 20, 1868, not
entitled to their seats. These claimants
were admitted to seats in the last Congress.
The Election Committee were discharged
from considering the claim of Simpson,
member elect from the Fourth South Car
olina District, he being unable to take the
oath. Mr. Cullom introduced bills to or
ritze Lincoln Territory, and consolidate
the Indiana under a Territorial government;
also,giving a Territorial government to the
District of Columbia. The House went into
Committee on the Legislative Appropriation
I bill, and Mr. Voorhees made a speech to
show that the holders of the public debt
since 1862, taking into consideration the
prices of gold over currency, had raid for
the whole bonded debt no more than $l,-
371,424,288.
He said a vast proportion of the public
debt; as stated on paper, bad no existence
in reality. In 1862 there were issued bonds
to the amount of $60,M,, ,, 440, ands per cent. 1
The average pries of .gold was then 1381 in
currency. At that rate the purchasers of
this first issue of over $60,000,000, paid for
those bonds only $44,030,649 in gold. If
those bonds were to be paid back in gold,
the holders would receive $16,951,801 more
than they paid to the Government This
walla bonus—a gift. On this bonus interest
to the amount of $6,102,654 was already
paid, and the interes yet to accrue on it
would reach the sum of $14,1519,526.
The account, therefore, in /862, stood as
follows; Amount of bonds 501d,560,982,.
450; amount ;paid for them, $4,030,649 ;
amount of bonus, P 16,951,801 ; interest al
ready paid on bonus, $6,102,654 ; interest
yet to be paid on bonus, $14,239526 :
amount of ponual and interest thereon,
$37,293,981. Thuslt would (be seen that
on an investment of a- little over $44,-
000,000 the traffickers in national bonds
had obtained securities for over $37,000,000,
not one dollar of which had left their °offers,
or ever found its way into the-vaults of the'
Treasury.
The same system of calculation on the,
bond !Saud of 1863; $160,987,550, with gold
aVeraging 158, allowed that the bondholders
had paid - only $101,890,654, and that - the ba
nns and interest on the bonus °monied to
$130,012,736 on the transactions of that year.
The result in 1861, when gold averaged all;
was as fellows Amount of bonds Issued,
$381,294250; amount paid for them„ 1189,-
697,536 ; • amount of bonus, $191,594,014 ; in
terest already paid on bonus, $45,982,708 ;
interest to be paid on bonus , $183,930,832 ;
amount cif.bonus and interest on boons,
$421.50E1,154,
The like catmint - kid for 1855, with the ave
rtigo' mice of gold at 143, showed on an bode
of V 279,746,150, bonne and interest thereon
tothe amount of $157,870,540- The result
for 1866 on an issue of $124,914,400, with:
gold at 141, was a bonus and interest there
on of $79 1' 9,,09,787.. • The result foa 1867 on an
Issue of $1,469,550, with gold at 139, wane
bonus and interest thereon of 8260,158,907.
The reknit for 1668 on an issue of $425,443,-
800, with gold at 137, was a bonus and in
terest thereon of $247,758,457. The like cal
cuhttion on the five per cent. bonds, 1195,-
139;550, showed the result Of bonus and In
terest thereon at $218,546,894. .The amount
of bonus and interest thereon on the whole'
bounded debthe showed by this calculation
to reach-the stupendous total of $1.5600658,r.
The total amounts paid to the Govern-.
ment ~ fir the whole lbonded debt was
$1,3Z1,42,4„2141:. - 'Who had ever known the
parallel of this in the history of constitu'-'
tkinal goVerriment? And to mstain all;
this injustice the people were taxed. as' ne
people ever were .before: The amount , of
federal taxation wan 1268,923,402 ; amount
of. State and, 1,,cal :taxation, V.50;300,000; i
total, amount of texation4 • $610,823,402.
Tberewse no language within , the scope of
human - tongue that . - Muld exaggerate the
overwhelming signiScence of these figures.
It, MO face Of all this hew Should' we char
admit° that POlCy'whielr made from 'al).
tax' • or tribute more . thin one-teiith 'the
propeitY•of the United States?' The paint-'
ing had been hut-feeble and , unworthy of
the great theme. It presented , • a • sinister.
and shocking aspectto the tax-payer. • , - •
In conclusion; 'Mr, Voorhees said he was
not for. repudiation , , but. he ,placed himself
upon the platform of Demecratio. Con.,
vention of Indiana, that the debt should be
paid in Strict compliance with the contract,,
the livry.tweittiee being payable In •gmen- .
bticki. - ',The law Which authorited the WOO
of tide national ennency said, In very plain ,
and simple words, that it. is "legal tender ,
(mall: debts,-, public and private, except
duties on imports and Interest on the pub-;
lie debt." Therefore, ,if the . people , owed
anything, else ;besides( duties . op.:imp:o 4
and interetiton fhe . pn . , l 4/e debt, the, green,
back currency *telt ..mr.l tender for its
payment—thekrose at - , by,,a_bare state:
mantle: the itt4 fotee.tele'.detnonStration.
After some 'remarkii "by ',lfessam: ' Built , :
412 an Tht*ree; '.'o6 11#4* - icioduzipirpiritifir.
0 0n t'ArsA: the - ptklOctiti,ea...t h iLh i e;
P '; Aiontoiiill wii4b reported ,
ateeMit rntiudu&d 4 bia r t 4 • ll ' me "
ptoddiio breatt e rie tax! ell( tisrfoti. - !NO'
FOlO 44500 d, with the - thoutfitsyuliug .
ta* A. 44 10.! * 5 4 4 1 i .1i h 09.411 for ' dab4P,
lrmt,:aa..oh
I ' l* V_pl44a SO* o ovole n 4 ,O
-
*tn. n the : • no business wastrans
acted. A.ldebelkeetthis debtt=totde
plane, uottartey, of By ., an
mo t re
pudiation alter, tlw emattple,of Mr. un
m. aphiteddiaerunion follow:ea, ewe.
voarhees and Eldridge declaring that they
did not agree antic Mr. Golladay, but &rot%
ingders. the payment of Fire-twentlee In legal
ten
. ..W:OunnOTOrre
fa th eU.N. Senate Mr. Orsgbilptrodtioect
a blll abolishing the office of Surveyor of
Cilatoma. It transfers the duties of that
°Moor to the' Collector of Customs, and
di reets; tin:PQM:Mt etthe EharObsru '
of; finen'axid - fcitTelitireCititd _
States Treasury. TIM remillitlcabs'af the
Oblo Legislature, ratifying the Suffrage
•
Amendment, were presented. On motion.
of Mr.. Morton, the Frtsidant 70111iskstif4r
in ormatlon in regard to the ratification .of
af.ow
_,Amemlinsuat. wr-Miasbalppl.,-
Andalher Stabe.:—Micltrun
ratted: f rom the Feet (C/Aeog,:tllnraittee. re
back with :monuments the bill
I .‘' establish a postal telegraphsystem.—
Mr. Morton introdueid 'bill providing
Ibr the admission of Mlisisalppli which wan
referred. It la similar to the•Virgirtik bill,
but require: trio test oaths.' 'Ms ettrtlney
.bl.ll was taken up, and Mestira. Manch and
I Sumner withdrew their amendments. An
amendment was then , adopted, yeas,- 43,
nays 12, allowing a banklo4sted In a State
having more than Its proportion ofcircula
tion to be removed to any. State having less
than its proporUen, provided the Mount of
tune of said bank shall not be deducted
from the amount of new issue pro's-hied in
this act. Mr. Morton moved an amendment
making the increase 152,000,000, and -Mr.
Chandler one making it $100,000,000. • Mr.
Chandler's amendment 'was rejected, and
the Senate adjourned, with an understand
ing that the bill would be voted upon to-day.
• In tho Houses number of bills were tn
trodueed and referred, including the fol.
-lowing: By Mr. Scofield, forapprenticeship
in the Navy ; Messrs. Cessna and Whitte
-more, for the admission of Mississippi;
Mr. Sherrod, to remove ell political
billtles; Mr. Beck, requiring all orders of
the Commissioners of Internal Revenue
concerning distilleries to bo signed by him
personally, and endorsed by_the • Secretary
of the Treasury ;Mr. Morgan, toabollilithe
• Departmental Agrieniturp; M rJ Arinatrong
for the redemption of United States bonds
nut exceeding 1,100,000,000, by the Issue of
an equivalent amount of Interest-bearing
hetes, and by Mr. Wells fixing the pay of
Senators and Representative!: at s3ooo'per
annum, and reducing mileage to 10 cents
per mile. Mr. McNeely offered a 'resolu
tion declaring the Five-twenties payable
in legal tenders, and censuring the bond
purchases of the Secretor:: of the Treasury.
The resolution was tabled by a party vote.
Mr. Ingersoll offered a resolution, directing ,
the Banking and Currency Committee to re
port within six days hiss44,ooo,oooaddifional '
legal tenders bill. The House refusing to
second the previous question, the yeas being
43 and the nays 71, the resolution went over.
Mr. Marshall offered a resolution declaring
that the constitutional authority to levy
taxes does not include the power to impose
duties except for the collection of revenue,
and directing the Ways and Means Com
mittee to report a bill accordingly. Mr.
Kelley moved to table the bill, when the
morning hourexpirlng, it went over. Mr.
Fitch offered resolution giving belliger
ent rights to Cuba, which was referred to
the Foreign Committee. Mr. Cox desired
to offer a resolution looking- to the repeal
of the tariff on coal. Objection twins made
by Mr. Cessna, ho moved to suspend the
rules, but the House, by n vote of 75 to :A,
refused to suspend them. Messrs. Ootager
and McKenzie, members elect from ir
girds were sworn In. Mr. Scofield intro
duci:d a bill authorizing transfers In Navy'
appropriations to the Bureau of Construc
tion, which was referred. The House nt 5
o'clock adjourned.
Mate tossislatare.
TUESDAY, Jan. 24
In the State Senate a petition was pre
sented from 30,000 citizens, " irreapeetive of
'party," against a Metropolitan Police bill,
In die Lions°, a bill was Introduced incor
porating the " Pennsylvania and European
Telegraph Company," with unlimited cap
ital stock, and the power to take private
property which may be deemed necessary.
The Senate supplementary Park •blll was
concurred in, with the clause allowing the
Commissioners to appoint their own Solici
tor, and sent to the Governor. The bills
making it unlawful, to assess damage on
private property for the opening of streets.
and extending the term of the Commission
er of City Property, were postponed for 011 V
week.
WEDNESDAY, Jun. 20.
In the State Senate, the bill creating a
Board of Control over the State finances.
wag reported favorably. Mr. Nagle intro-
duced a bill extending the jurisdiction of
Alderman in Philadelphia to actions in
volving not more thans3oo, In the House,
bills to enable the citizens of an election
di etrict in Philadelphia to deterraitio wheth
er intoxicating liquors shall bo, sold there
in, and to prevent the publication of ob
scene advertisements, ete., were : tepOrted
favorably. Bills tvereintroduded tirOv Ming
that the citizens of Philadelptildsliall vote
at the next election on the 044116 n of the
site of the Public Buildings, amizelatingdo
elections.
Tit unanAifirjan. g 7 . ;,
In the Senate among the ihtrocluced
was one authorizing the election of a Judge
of Nial Prins; also, one relative to allow
ing accusedparties to testify in their ovhi
behalf. Adjourned.
In the Houso, the bill relative to judicial
sales arid the preservation of the lien of
mortgages was passed. The Record con
tract was non-concurred in by the 'louse.
Adjourned
tunsx, Jan. .2s.
In the State Sonata a bill was introduced
for.the more speedy redemption 01'1110 Stale
debt. The bill - forming anew comity, railed
Petrolia, passed to a third reading.. A hilt
was passed to prevent the !REMO of unauthor
ized insurance policies. In tho'Houtto an
unsuccessful attempt was made to call nil•
the bill extending the jurisdiction of alder
men to POO suits. .
.3jorrnaY, Jan. 31. -
In the State Senate, the hill creating ,1
now county called Petrone was passed.
The Metropolitan Police bill was taken up
and passed toa second reading, Mr. Lowry
being the only Republican voting against
it. In the House a nuinber or bills were
introduced but none passed.
Emancipation of the Russian Kern,
The Pall Mall Gazette mays!
On the 19th ofFebruarytbe emancipation
of the Russian serfa wilt be complete, us
from,that date they will beallowed to leave
their communes and settle in , any part of
Russia they please, instead of being, ad
scripti „alebo as hitherto. It is pretty gen
erally admitted in Russia that, whatever
may be the futnre consequiniceii of the
emancipation, it has so far greatly Wolin
ished tho general prosperity ofthe country,
and it is feared that the new state of things
which is to begin on the 18th of February
will only add to the evils which have al
ready been produced by tbe roomier°. ,Tbc
want 'of mpitai and ,the badness ,of ,the, cli
mate in the north of Russia ha node ag
riculture a very unprodtable pursuit their,
and it is probable thatmany of the Nieaiants
who are now compelled to inhabit the
northern districts will make use df thch
newly acquired liberty to emigrate tit the
south, where the land 1m exceedingly fer
tile, and their, work would consequently be
far more remunerative. Intbatcase the pent
ants who remain.. will, according, to', the
Russian law, Lava to, pay for these 'yam
have gone,, emancipation the eancipation dues axe
levied, not on the individual, M4'41 1 016'
commune; and if the emigration 111 , VI.
thing like so extensive as good. judgea' -
pect it to be, it must reduce the corinnittiew
in the north to utter ruin, health% oinking
heavy losses to the government. . •
A Murderer's ,Alletake.
The Cologne Goiette relates, a horTid
story, as enacted at Schrimm,, in the gov
ernment of Posen. A country girl, living
not far from that place, had received her in
heritance of 300 thalens from the airthorities
there. On'her return hotne she Spent the
night in' a:• village; having no' 'residents , '
there she took refuge at the house of the
village Justice,: to • whom, in virtue of tds
position, gave her whole confidence, and
informed him of the object, of her journey.
Ho was ready to tako her in t end asked her
to go to bed with Ids wife.. When all lay
in a deep sleep the covetous host iccittnp,
went into the garden, and dug d hole Otero.
Ho then took a 'sharp knife; went np , te tiny'
bed where the two were nefotilr, and aith.
steady hand ent the thrbat the r person, ,
lying ftirtheat from thewall, 'took np
victim .and buried, her in. Abe Orden.— r
When hectune hack he found the bed envt,y.
He had murdered his own wife instead of
the stranger.. The, wife , lay sloes to ,the
wall during the evening, but bad after Ward
Moved to the outer side of the bed. - : The
girl had got 'but of bed After the maiden,'
anti lutstened away , with' her money.
Pours Proeeedings. ••.• '
In the.Cotirt: of , Caranum Pleas, tho fol
lowing oases word heard and disposed of
daring the Pleb week; •
Robert Maxwell vs. ,Goorge Eogert4,-,
Vordlot,for plaintiff, with six cents dama
ges and sii. cents sta.
'G. Psitli , m co , ASsigheo; . vs, '
Soarer.—Verdict • for defendant,
!Henry 'Shaffner .tta. 'Samson Reek;. l, ...
Court granted a rule in plaintiff to doclare
in ten days, or itulgimint of non-suit. '
First National Bank:vs. Thomaa Grcenu,
Defendant claimed stay of execution as a
free-holder ,and. &oda being produced
by;fl.g- Ahe cgurt allowed
the stay.claituod .
BalnUcl M
.ari 'rtifri,6%,
tbr
Exeeuof George IV: Te?ry,deceatied.- ,
Verdict foe phlintiff in the sum of 1F183,62','
and sex ceafs'costs.' . On motion of 'defend
ant's countel, 'Court granted It'lntle to to
show cause why:anew , trial altonld net tar
grazde . d : ',RlW3ol22l •f.• .
Buokiva. ve, bletzroth.—Court „granted
rulems N. Elimaker•asul H. Pt. Eby ' ,Erato., ,
to ahow power of Attorpoy,l4 lt,art,da.7, or
Judgment. . • • •
Jaebb IC, EMT*. vs: -Toon 'Acit 'Burger.r
--Petition tad inidavit of 'DI, ;'Vrol t & •
Co::filed; Awl on rabtlern of W.: It
Eag.; Court granted' rule •• td sitewtitatiso:'
why an issite•should not boamntrat • t
Jacob:W. •Landia, arst• • Josiah Potvell.r— I
'Verdict , for . plaintiff in. the stun . of 110eilt
raltb, Kix , cents, mita. I 0 ,ut aPpileation, of,
oonusql, the Court, granted , a rule toldwir.
eaeatteO Ipyr 'kin!, 419144 th4 ) ?F , rpm
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itte n arnitUf 43:',E•1;Heitey,'Eagl, 1 Cotitrt`a*
pointed' -Amos lEitymalmii• Matt, exiobin, '
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