Eancastet 3ntelligencgr. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1870 Exit Whittemore Whittemore has been allowed to re sign. He is now an Ex-Puritan preach er, an Ex-Army Chaplain, and an Ex- Member of Congress. We suppose be will continue to be addressed as the Rev. Whittemore, but to the prefix of Hon. he is certainly no lotiger entitled. If he had not resigned we suppose he would have been expelled. The newspapers, Which Butler cursed so bitterly the other day, had raised such a hue and cry, that for once the Radicals in Con gress found it impossible to whitewash a rascally member of their fraternity. Butler was ready to dare the worst for his client; Schenck was as valorous in defense of his comrade as he was at Vienna; Covode, who holds a seat un lawfully, wanted time to "investigate;" and Cessna was ready, from instinct, to shield any species of rascality ; but Logan, who has not quite lost all the decency he learned in the Democratic ,party, was inexorable. The miserable carpet-bagger could only gain a brief, t mporary delay,suflicient to enable him to get in his resignation. He was thus saved from Immediate, unconditional and ignominious expulsion, by the skin of his teeth. Bad as the case of the reprobate Whit temore is, it does not stand alone ; dis graceful as his conduct has been he has many companions in iniquity. The sale of cadetships is not the only piece of rascality that is practiced in Congress. lb fact it is but a small mutter when compared to other transactions which arc of almost daily occurrence. It is well known that Congressmen are bought and sold over and over again each session. The tariffrizig buys them; the whiskey ring buys them ; the rail road rings buy them—in the words of a witness who lately testified before a committee, they are constantly bought and sold, " like sheep in the shambles." Many of them, and especially number; of Radical Senators, have grown inn mensely wealthy wi thin a few year. past on a salary of live thousand dollar. /I year, while they have been spentlinA live limes that amount annually. Thaddeus Stevens died with two loin olred thousand dollarsof Ittdolroao Stock in ilk possession. How did he get them ? "Old 'Fluid" was reputed to be honest, but somehow this amount. of , securities was discovered among It is assets. Where did they come from? It is well known he (lid not buy them.— Does any one need to be told that Con gressmen who arc in the ring make large sums of money In• being conven iently convinced that it is right and proper for them to vote in a certain way? The fact that legislation is conducted in that way is too notorious to excite com mentally longer. It is now looked upon as a matter of course. Is not such con duct equally as dishonest and equally as disgraceful as that of Whittemore? NVe leave the masses of the people to say. But it is not among the Radicals of Congress alone that such infamous con duct is carried on. Have we not seen seats in the Cabinet given to incom petent men because they had lined the pockets of a President with large bribes? if Grant hall his dues he would not be regarded as one whit more honorable or holiest than the disgraced carpet-bagger \V hittemore. The truth is iiorru thin has seized 111,011 the very vitals of the Radical party and spread throughout itsentire system. No man can put his linger down on a sound spot in County, State or Nation where the Republican party has hail undisputed sway for any length of time. Peculation, plundering, bribery and corruption arc the order of the day wherever Radicalism rules. Exit AVliittemore! You are a petty scoun drel, but i you leave behind you in the House . from which you have unwillingly departed many bolder and timer successful rascals than you have groved yourself to be, who are still honored because II y have not yet been detected in their villainies. .4 Georgia Senator Foster Blodgett, the leader of the Radical party in rlcorgia, who has just been elected United States Senator by the Legislature which was reconstruct ed by Congress and purged by bayonets, has a record which must recommend hint very strongly to the Republiean majority. At the outbreak of the war he was the meanest and most malignant rebel in the State. When Alexander 11. Stephens teas pleading in language which, in the light of subsequent events reads like the inspiration of prophecy against secession--disavowing its courses and foretelling its consequences—this fellow Blodgett was organizing a vigi lance committee in Augusta to hang every Man Who lifted his voice in favor (tithe Union. Stephens, who lives near Augusta, was one of his threatened vie tints, and Blodgett did his best to incite mob violentv against that great and honest man. Blodgett afterwards held the position of rebel provost marshal, and relentlessly enforced the conscrip tion acts of the Southern Confederacy, dragging reluctant victims from their homes and forcing them to fight it.tainst the Union. He never risked his own cowardly carcass. As soon as the war was over he rushed to Washington, and, pledging him self to support Johnson's adminis tration, was appointed postmaster at Augusta. Ile took the iron-elatl oath without any reservation ; whereupon he was indicted by the grand jury for per jury, indicted by men who knew his record, aunt many of whom had been the victims of his tyranny and villainy it the days of secession. Such is the man who has had the conlldenec o Heneral Grant, and who has been allowed to dictate the policy of Con- grass in relation to Georgia. At his bidding Georgia lvas thrust out of the Union, te a l the best members of the Legislature turned out of theirseatsat the point of the bayonet. Elected by a frag ment of a Leg,i,latue he now comes 'iel: a \Va,hington demanding a seat in the Senate of the United States. Of course he will get it. Since that body has been degraded by the admission of a negro thief, better men Ilium Blodgett would almosttseem to be out of place in what was once the most honorable and august legislative body in the world.— ' The perjured, rebel provost marshal will find the Radical majority ready to wel come him to a seat among them. In Challis Some years since, when we were a boy, we saw a strange procession pass ing along a country road, in the State of Maryland. In front was a covered wagon tilled with negro women and children, while behind walked a gang of men and boys, their wrists be ing fastened to a long chain by iron couplings. A year or so since we saw a lot of negroes working in chains at Richmond. They wore prison stripes, and were breaking stones. He who passes by the Lancaster County Prison now, will see white men in the same miserable condition, engaged in the' same kind of work. Our Prison Authorities are determined not to let a single vagrant desert. To do so would b.! to lose a few cents per diem on the lyaird of those absconding. So they have gone to the expense of procuring chains and padlocks, for which the County will he expected to pay,and the vagrants are now fast enough. Such a thing is alike a violation of law and of decency. If they choose to walk oft when they are put to work by the Pris on Authorities, let them go. The Coun ty will he well rid of them. Senators Nye, Patterson and Sawyer and Representatives Dawes, Van Wyck Fitch, Cragin and Fla are "stumping' New Hampshire for the Republicans. The state Treasury, Having called attention to th'e evils of the former management of State funds, we sketch the various remedies proposed by our legislators. Senator Billingfelt's bill provides that ' the Commissioners of the; Sinking Fund shall receive proposals every month for the of the State loan next due, and. award to the best bidders such amounts a' the condition of the Treasury may justify. The offers are all to be recorded and report ed to the Legislature, and those accepted, with amounts redeemed and-rate, are to be published. Senator Billingfelt's bill aims to se cure an application of the money re ceived by the Treasurer to the payment of the debtin monthly installments, but goes no farther than that. Its provi sions are not sufficiently specific to in sure the accomplishment of the single object, he seems to have in view, and it will not be opposed by those who desire to prevent a thorough reform of the abuses which have attached to the man— agement of the State Treasury. Now, that Irwin is in, his friends do not wish to hamper him ; are willing to give him a chance to get back the money his election cost him ; and they do not re gard Senator Billingfelt's bill as calcu lated to prevent the a omplishment of cc that cherished purpose. The pr ea are that it still be preferred to any of the more stringent and effective plans which have been proposed. A bill prepared by Senator Howard cre ates the Governor, Secretary of State, Audi tor General, Attorney General and State Treasurer a Board of Control, which shall select four banks as depositories (two in Philadelphia, and one each in Harrisburg and Pittsburg), in which all public money shall be forthwith deposited; all claims against the State to be paid in drafts and checks upon them ; the Treasurer not to be responsible for loss after deposit, and all surplus funds are to be applied to 'militias ing State bonds at market rates. This bill would effectually prevent traffic in the State funds by the Treas urer, but its proposition to do away with the Commissionersof the Sinking Fund, and to organize a new board composed of the ( tovernor and other State officials is regarded as sufficient to insure its de feat. Senator Wallace's bill requires the con struction of tire-proof vaults and safes for the Treasury, which shall be the only place of deposit for public funds, which shall not lie placed in banks for tiny purpose. The Treasury shall be always open to inspection by a C o mmission appointed by the Gov ernor or either branch of the Legislature, to whom all the funds and accounts shall be exhibited, and the Treasurer and Clerks may be sworn. If any deficiency be found, or if the Treasurer otherwise violates the provliiiions of the bill, he is to be held guilty of embezzlement, and made liable to im prisonment from one to twenty-one years, and to a tine of double the deficiency. Thu bill extends also to "'any officer who is responsible for the collection, and safe keeping, transfer or disbursement of pub lie money belonging to State, county, township, city, or village," and makes hint or any person so advising him liable to the penalties above stated if he shall convert to his own use, or loan to another with or without interest any portion of the public funds in his possession. Senator Wallace has offered another bill which directs that the Treasurer shall promptly pay over at the end of each month all moneys due the Sinking Fund to the Commissioners thereof ; and said Commis sioners are required to apply moneys thus received to the immediate purchase of State bonds at market rates. In this bill Mr. Wallace also provides for selling the bonds of the Allegheny Valley Railroad, and the application of the moneys received there from to the payment of the State debt. 'The plan proposed by Senator Wal lace in his two bills would insure a com plete reform of the abuses connected with the State Treasury. It would pre vent all speculation in the funds of the State; it would secure the Common monwealth against defalcations; it would force those having charge of the public money to apply the same im mediately to the payment of the State debt, and would thus stop the interest on the amount cancelled. If thorough reform is what the members of the Leg islature really desire they will pass the bill of Senator Wallace, or some net equally as radical and sweeping in its provisions. Senator Warfel's bill authorizes the Com missioners of the Siiiking Fund to receive annually proposals for the keeping of the funds, and award all 0ver:350,000 to the best bidders, who shall deposit State or Nation al securities greater in amount than the bal ance in their hands, and are to have ten days' millet) when more than a third of their deposit is to be withdrawn, The Com missioners are also authorized to sell part or all securities and storks held by the State, guaranteeing the purchasers, and apply the proceeds, together with the sur plus in the Treasury, to buying up the in debtedness of the State at current market rates. The Treasurer and the Banks are to report interest separately in their month ly reports to the Auditor General. The bill of Senator Warfel would do away with many .d• the abuses which now exist, and the final provision com mends itself to the taxpayers. There are certain securities and stocks held by the Slate from which no adequate pro fit is derived, and they should be speed ily disposed of and the proceeds applied to the payment of the debt. Senator - Warfel's bill is in some repects better than that presented by Mr. liillingfelt, because it goes farther, and reaches evils which Mr. Billingfelt's bill does not touch ; but it is liable to tho objec tion that it does not do away with the banks as depositories of the funds of the State. Senator I tarry White oilers a bill propos ing that the Treasurer and Sinking Fund l'ommissioners shall select banks as depo sitories of the public money, the Treasurer to he responsible. Banks are to keep sepa rate interest account, and shall pay at least three and a halt' per cent. Any attempt to secure deposits by bribery incurs a fine of $l,OOO and live years imprisonment. Sur plus to be used in redeeming the State debt. In investigations of official conduct, no per son shall be excused from answering; but if he shall answer, he cannot be prosecuted nor his answer used against hint. Senator harry White's bill is so evi dently framed with a design to allow a continuance of the abuses which now exist, that we can hardly suppose it stands any chance of passing. The members of the Legislature would only stultify themselves by voting for a bill which bears on its very fare such evi dence of double dealing. Under its pro visions the profits of the State Treasurer might be to some extent reduced, but the abuses now so much complained of would continue to exist. The last of the series, but furthest ad vanced, is a bill introduced ill the House by ; Representative White, of Allegheny, which passed that body after two special sessions of warm dismission, and it is now before the Senate. Mr. White's I louse bill requires that the Treasurer shall deposit the funds in banks ,object to call, Unlit other safe means of keeping them are provided, giving no bank more than half the amount of its capital stock, and the Treasurer to be responsible. The Treasurer shall not receive or cause any other person to receive any advantage from the funds, during or at the close of his term. Violation or evasion of the law is felony, with $5,000 tine and live years' im prisonment. The banks return the affiounts of interest to the Auditor General and they are charged to the Treasurer. The Treas urer shall, in his report, distinguish be tween mOneys belonging to Sinking Fund and others. The Commissioners of Sink ing Fund meet each month, ascertain the surplus in the Treasury over amounts ap whited and to be paid, and if the amount . justilies, shall pay the State debt on pre sentation, or receive proposals. If no ad vantageous proposals are made, they go into the market and bny as low as possible. This bill meets violent opposition, as will any other which means reform. It has been before the Senate, and Senator Billingfelt made a speech against it, basing his opposition upon the ground that it leaves the funds of the State to be chaffered for by the banks. Senators Warfel and Howard, willing to forego their personal preferences for the sake of securing something that will meet the case, have agreed to sup port the House bill. It originally pro posed to give the Treasurer $B,OOO salary, which the Senate have amended to ss,ooo—about the average figure al lowed by all the bills. He is also re quired to give bond in $BOO,OOO. The bond now given by the State Treasurer is ridiculously insufficient, being only $BO,OOO, while the amounts in hand average about $1,500,000. We would prefer the plan of Senator Wallace to any that has been presented, but would commend the legislature for passing either of the others, which really means reform. The people of Pennsylvania will not be satisfied with petty tinkering on this subject; they will not approve of sham legislation which•leaves the State Treasurer abun dant opportunity to make a fortune for himself and his friends by a skilful man . ipulations of the funds of the State, THE. LANC A STER WEEKLY -TNTELIEN-ORRi- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1870. Our Departed quests. A dark shadow has fallen on the fair fame of Lancaster county ; a deep stain has fastened upon its reputation. Its character for generous and gushing Hos 'pitality has received a deadly , wound, and its renown, we fear, has fled away foreyer—likefts guests. And this has happened just when we were at the very pinnacle of our fame, when it has been noised abroad throughout the whole land, and had even penetrated into Berks county, which is celebrated—vide the Jackson story—for its slow receipt of interesting news. Just when we have been boasting loudly of our hos pitality, and had thoroughly succeeded in persuading at least ourselves, that we of Lancaster county were the most generous and clever people on the face of the earth, the whole airy fabric of the temple which we in imagination had built up in our honor, comes tumb ling down about us, and we find to our dismay that we are no better than other people. And our wretched people in authority have done all this :—they who should have laid down their lives and their offices rather than have been the occa sion of the happening to us of this great injury. They caused our New England guests, whom we have felt ourselves honored in entertaining at our Castle for the last few months, to be pressingly in vited—to do what, do you think—why, to break stones on the turnpike in front of the jail Absolutely, it takes one's breath away to think that our officials should have been guilty of so great a breach of the fundamental laws of Hos- pitality ! Which one of them would have asked a guest of his own,to bring up his coal or dig his garden for him? Cer tainly not one! We are glad to be able to say that the guests of the county animated with a due sense of what was due to their own self-respect, indig nantly refused to break stones upon the streets, and took "french leave" of the gentlemen under whose direction they were expected to do the stone-break ing. The Keeper of our Castle, in the simplicity of his heart, thought that his guests would be plett,ed to take a little exercise in the open air during this pleasant weather, and would not there fore take advantage of the violation of the law of which he was guilty, in thus allowing them to leave the quarters. in which the Aldermen had directed that they should remain for a certain period; so our Keeper sent but one or two of his assistants to attend his guests during their morning exercises. But he mis calculated ; he did not realize the fine sense of honor which animated their breasts, and how they revolted at tire thoughts that they, received as guests, should be now treated as servants. It had not been in the bond which they had made with the Aldermen and Con stables; that contract simply called for food and lodging on one side, and fees on the other. They had moreover been accustomed for many years to look at the Lancaster County *ism' as a sure refuge against cold and labor, and in their enthusiasm they had been wont to say of it: - Blest be the spot where cheerful guests ret Ire, To pause from tul 1, and trim their evening tire. Blest that abode, where want and pain despair, And every stranger finds a ready chair: Blest he those feasts with simple plenty erown'd," Blest he the cell where eight• of us crowd. It was, therefore, a new revelation to them that by the sweat of their brows they should earn from us their Dread, and one which they naturally did not like. So in deep disgust they took an abrupt leave of Castle Sensenig and of their confiding keepers, and started in search of new pasture. Won't our neighboring farmers have a pleasant time of it to-night? Just so. And will they bless the IsTELLto ENCDR, whiel was at the bottom of this Ilegira? Per Senator Buckalew's System of Cumula The system of cumulative voting de vised by Senator Buckalew seems likely to be soon put into practice in Pennsyl nania, to a limited extent at least. A bill has been unanimouslyreported from the Senate Committee on Electoral Re form, changing the manner of choosing various county and municipal officers. It provides, among other reforms, that three County Commissioners shall be chosen next fall by the cumulative sys tem of votin„ in each county in the State. Every voter can cast a ballot bearing the names of three candidates, if he chooses so to do, and in such ease his ballot would count one for each of the candidates whose names appear upon his ticket, or he can vote for but a single candidate, when his vote would count three for that person. In that way the minority would al ways be sure of a representation, where they constituted one-third of the popu lation. The fact that the system has met with such favor as to be unanimous ly reported from the Senate Committee, gives us reason to believe that the bills presented will pass into laws at the present session of the Legislature. The plan has met with commendation from the press without distinction of parties, and there can be no d ,übt that it will obviate many of the difficulties existing in our present system of elections. It ought to be applied to all elections, so far as possible, both local and general. Thus would the minority be always fairly represented, while no wrong would be done to the majority. Let the matter b. , fairly tested in our local elec tions, as is proposed by the bills now before the Legislature, and we believe the day is not far distant when the sys tem will be applied to all important elections. There is no reason why the entire electoral vote of Pennsylvania, or of any other State, should be east for one candidate, when the people are almost evenly divided in their choice. Under Mr. Buckalew's plan the votes of the minority would count in a Presidential contest, as well as those of the majority. The system is so perfectly in accordance with the true theory of our government, Hutt we cannot doubt its ultimate uni versal application. A N aristocratically inclined Baltimore negro went to South Carolina sonic time since and attempted to force him self into a position of perfect equality in theatres, hotels, &c. Finding that his claims met with opposition lie tried to get a bill passed through the Legislature making it a misdemeanor, punishable with three years' imprisonment at hard labor, for any one to deny a negro ad mission on a perfect equality to any theatre, hotel, or other place of public resort. The bill was put through the Lower House in a hurry, but the Senate defeated it. An existing law imposes a penalty of six months' imprisonment for any den ial of equality in the respects named. That ought to be punishment equal to the enormity of the offense. THE Rev. Whittemore has gone back to South Carolina. He announces that he intends to run for Congress again, and declares that he will be re-elected. There is a negro majority of twelve thousand in his district, and he calcu lates upon being able to secure a re election. Here is proof of the fitness of the blacks for the exorcise of the elec tive franchise. Whittemore figured at a Missionary meeting held in a negro church at Washington before leaving. We presume he will keep up the pious dodge among his negro constituents in South Carolina. THE Richmond Enquirer says that the Virginians are likely to become the greatest swearers on the globe. There are so many oaths required of the offi cials before they enter on the duties of their office that it has become necessary for the Governor to call the attention of the Legislature to the subject, and to invite at their hands a declaratory act defining particularly how much the offi cers of the Govern scent must swear to. They have seven oaths to take already, and they don't know bow many will be imposed upon them in the future. Looking After the Negro Vote of theflonth. The Radicals in Congress have been putting their heads together to devise some method for preventing the negrog of the South from voting with the ntr tive white population. .Recerit eve* have convinced them that the hold of the carpetbaggers upon the blacks is rapidly loosening, and the prospect of a united delegation of representative Southern men in the National Capitol harrows up their souls with dread. They see with terror the approaching end of military rule, and can not shut their eyes to the prospect of a united poll of the entire electoral vote of the South against the Republican candidate for President in 1872. We do not wonder they are scared. The negro threatens to be the destruction of their party, and they are in danger of being put in a position where they can no longer steal fortunes out of a treasury, which is con stantly replenished by the toil and sweat of the masses who find it very difileult to make a bare and scanty living. So, in doubt and tribulation, Radical Con gressmen have assembled to devise some method of controlling the negro vote in the South. The associated press fur nished the following brief ace Punt of their action : "It was decided to send an agent into the South, and Isaac Myers, of Baltimore, President of the National Labor Union Congress, was designated as the proper man. It was also proposed to send an agent into each of the States, to make a beginning, and through 'Me Union Leagues' to reach the class to be benefited. Perfect unanimity of sentiment in the matter under discussion was apparent. The New Era newspaper, the organ of theeolored people, was endorsed as the proper exponent of the objects of the Labor Union movement. The result will be that these emissa ries will draw off some of the negroes from labor; but the bulk of the blacks have already learned, to their cost, that neither the paid lecturers of their own race, who go down from the North, nor the white carpet-baggers are to be trust ed. The Union Leagues have been broken up to a great extent, and thous ands of the best negroes in the South will have nothing more to do with them. In the rural districts the native white pcipulatioli will control enough negro votes to prevent any Radical suc cess for years to come. It is only in the cities and towns, among the idle and dissolute blacks who gather there be cause they are too lazy*, work regular ly for a living, that the IteN'erend Isaac Meyers and his coadjutors will be able to produce any impression. Over the mass of negroes w ho are engaged in ag ricultural pursuits these Radical mis sionaries will have no control. They will vote with their employers ; and no man in the North needs to be told how the farmers and planters of the ; ,- ;outli will vote. a strict party vote, every Republican voting for hiin and every Democrat against him. In vain did Democratic Senators ask that the ease might be re ferred to a committee for investigation. The Radicals knew very well that such asubjeet would not bear much handling. Having taken the stand the party now occupies they were compelled to admit Revels to his seat, or to go back upon the professions they have been making for some years past. Revels is a black carpet-bagger, and his past history has been far from being a rePutable one. He was once pastor of a negro Church in Leavenworth, Kan sas. One of the leading members of the congregation accused him of embezzling the Church funds, whereupon Rev. Revels sued the brother for libel ; but a jury found a verdict of not guilty. The following card, signed by one-half the jury has been republished lately: the Voting The Admission of Revels The negro Revels has been admitted to the Senate of the United States by LEAVEN wonTH, Aug. 27, 1867 " We, the undersigned, were jurytuen in the case of tile State of Kansas vs. ,)ohn H. Morris, in which one Hiram R. Revels was complaining witness. Said suit was insti tuted by the said Revels in the form of a criminal prosecution, fur an alleged Madill charging the said Revels with embezzling the funds of his church; with falsehood and hypocrisy, in a certain phamphlet en titled A Aumbug.' " The defendant (Morris) took the ground that the alleged libel was true, and proved to our satisfaction that the said Hiram R. Revels had embezzled certain funds be longing to his church, and has been guilty of falsehood, and had unnecessarily forced a quarrel on the said Morris, thus compel ling hint to act in vindkattion of his Own char.:utter. In short, we found that the alleged was true, and that it seas publisled 1111- good motives and justifiable ends, all of which it was necessary to prove to secure an acquittal in a suit for libel. " E. M. RANKIN, Foreman; " AM ES CURRAN, " ABEL A RMSTRONfI, "A. L. RUSHMORE, "11 . MARKSON, "J. 13. FLUNO." This fellow Revels will prove to be a fit companion for certain white Radical Senators, who have made immense for . - tones by selling themselves to rings and lobbyists of every description. We do not wonder the black, Reverend thief was cordially welcomed by them. The White and Black Radicals of eolith bin In Council The Columbia Spy of Saturday con tained quite a lengthy and "hifalutin" report bf a meeting held by the negroes of "Tow Hill" and vicinity, to make preparations fur celebrating the adop tion of the Fifteenth Amendment. Sev eral negroes made speeches which ex cited the liveliest admiration of the editor of the .Vpy. lie says: "It has never been our lot to listen to such out bursts of simple eloquence: they Bpoke as Ito white citizen could speak." • The Editor of the Mr. Yocum, and a candidate for Assembly, a Mr. Franey, were there and tried their hands at speech-making; but we suggest thattheir failure to equal the negroes of "Tow Hill" in oratory. is hardly sufficient ground for the inference that "no white citizen" could have proved equal to the The negroes passed a rc,:olution , draw n by Mr. Yocum, denouncing the Demo cratic party, and pledging themselves to support none but Republican candi dates for ollice, Frailey included. It was also resolved to have a grand parade on the fourth Tuesday after Grant shall issue his proclamation declaring the Fir teenth Amendment to be ratified. We shall take care to have a special reporter on the ground on that occasion. Gold and Bonds Gold is down below sixteen and a half and has remained almost stationary at 161 to 16 for two days past. For the first time since the end of Mr. Buchan an's Administration bonds of the Uni ted States are worth their face in gold and more than their face in silver-coin. The return to a Democratic hard money currency seems to be approaching at last, after a dreary reign of depreciated paper. We are glad to see that the Senate refuses to sanction an increase of paper currency, a resolution directly ill opposition to that put through the House last week having been adopted. Nothing should be done by Congress to prevent a return to specie payments, which seems to be approaching by a due course of business without any un due shock to trade. Let usget down to a sound financial basis as soon as possi ble. That is •the only pathway now open to true and lasting, commercial and financial prosperity. The New Hampshire Election No less than six Radical members of Congress, not belonging to New Hamp shire, are stumping the State—two of them of the pattern of Nye, of Nevada, and Van Wyck, of New York. The Democrats have put no one in the can vass. The candidates are : Governor. Railroad Commis'r. Democratic John Bedel, 31. T. Donohoe. Republican Onslow Stearns ('has. P. Gage. Temperance.....L. 0. Barrows. H. 0. Peirce. Labor Reform. Samuel Flint. Geo. Roberta. In 1869 the whole vote for Governor was 67,781, of which Stearns had 35,777 votes, Bedel 32094 votes—Republican majority, 3,773. In the Legislature there was a like majority of 50 on joint ballot —the Senate 9 Republicans, 3 Demo crats, and the House 193 Republicans, 140 Democrats. It is seven years since the Democrats carried New Hampshire, but the party even there, with Congress, the Federal and State Administrations fighting them, by no means despair. A Proper Amendment of the State Con - • atitutton. / Senator Wallace has had much etpe -rience in the workings of our State Leg re. He knoics whence many:of the evils, which are a muse of such jtuit complaint, spring front, and he is as well prepared as any :man can be to suggest remedies. He has offered: a joint resolution proposing the following amendments to the State Constitution : Be it resolved by the Senate and House of _Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennay/varria, in General Assembly met That the following amendments be pro posed to the Constitution of the Common- wealth, in accordance with the provisions of the tenth article thereof There shall be two additional sections to the first article •of the Constitution, to be designated as sections twenty-seven and twenty-eight, as follows: SECTION 27. No bill shall be passed un less by the assent of a majority of all the members elected to each branch of the Legislature, and the question upon the fi nal passage shall be taken immediately upon its last reading, and the yeas and nays entered upon the journal. SECT. 26. The Legislature shall pot pass loud or special laws granting divorces; or changing the names of persons ; or author izing the sale, mortgaging or leasing of the r3al property of minors, or other persons under disability; or for the assessment and collection of taxes for State, county, road, borough, ally, school, poor or other purpo ses; or for laying out, opening, working or vacating roads, highways, streets, lanes, alleys or public squares; or increasing or decreasing the number of officers of any municipal or other corporation; or regu lating the jurisdiction and duties of justi ces of the peace, aldermen or constables; or for the punishment of crimes and mis demeanors; or regulating the practice in courts of justice; or providing for chang ing the venue in civil or criminal cases; or providing for opening and conducting elections of State, judicial, city, district, county, borough or township officers, or designating the manner, time and place of voting thereto ; or giving effect to informal or invalid deeds or wills ; or releasing the right of the State to lands acquired by es cheats; or auditing or allowing any pri vate claim or account against the State, or authorizing any corporate body with bank ing or discounting privileges to receive more than the uniform rate of interest fix ed by general law; or creating or amending the charter of any corporation which the courts are or shall be hereafter authorized tot create; or extending or les soning the length of term of office of any officer elected by the people during such term; or increasing or decreasing the fees or daily pay of public officers ; or in any case for which provisions now exist, or shall hereafter lie made by any general law ; and the legislature Shull pass general laws providing for the cases enumerated in this section in which such general laws do not now exist. The adoption of the proposed amend ment offered by Mr. Wallace would cut' up by the roots the bulk of special legis , . lutiou, and would reduce the atumal volume of pamphlet laws to less than one-fourth of its present dimensions. It would leave such of the subjects enu merated as are proper in themselves, to the courts of the different districts, where they properly belong. It would give us short sessions of the Legis lature, and would withdraw the atten tion of the two Houses from subjects over which they ought by right to have no control. It would de stroy many of the abuses which now prevail, and would take out of the con trol of partisan politics questions which never ought to be allowed to enter that domain. It would greatly lessen the cost of legislation, and would thin out the " roosters" and " pinchers" by depriving them of their occupation. It would inaugurate an era of reform, such as the people of this State desire. We hope to see the resolution promptly passed, in order that the people may have an early opportunity to vote for the proposed amendments. Men of all parties will unite to secure their adop tion, and only corrupt members of the Legislature will attempt to prevent the projected, and much needed reform. Utilizing the Vagrants The Express says: A conference waif last evening held be tween the Street Committee of this city and a committee of the Inspectors of the Ilan roster County -Prison and a committee of the Directors of the Poor of Lancaster County, relative to the breaking of stones for the street, of this city. An arrangement was entered into by which the Poor house officers will deliver stones on the street in front of the Prison, where they will be broken by vagrants of the latter institute ; the stones to be purchased by the Street Committee for use on our streets. This scheme, the joint product of the assembled wisdom of the three august bodies named will be watched with con siderable interest. We predict that few stones will be broken. If the vagrants find that they are compelled to labor they will leave for a more hospitable region. Let it be distinctly settled that no one Leaving after being set to work will again be received in the prison, and the costly nuisance which has caused so much complaint will be broken up, and with its demolition the fees improperly extracted from the County Treasury by men who have traded so long and so largely in wandering vagrants will be greatly diminished. Let there be no sham work either on. the part of the officials or the vagrants, and the tax payers of Lancaster county will soon see that they have renewed cause to thank the INTELLIGENCER for another reform. Falling oil In American Commerce The supersedure of American by Brit ish ships is briefly shown in the follow ing comparative statement of Boston New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore New Orleans, and San Francisco : EEC= . . . . . —l,iti 'To 1861— —11462 TO ISII9. American Foreit,•n American Fore Ports. Vessels. Vessels. Vessels. Vest, Boston i .1) 50 30 70 New York 70 tilt 3ii al Philatielphla....443 17 57 43 Baltimore 79 21 49 51 New Orleans 74 26 43 57 San Francisco.. 70 In 72 20 Ships and barks in the foreign trade fell from 873 in the year 1855, to 91 in 1869, but the building of schooners gen erally employed in the coasting trade, is as prosperous as from 1855 to 1860. The great question is how to recover our lost commerce. It is in the power of Congress to do so much, if it will, and that without any large sacrifice of income. We must have the best mod els, and the I ;overnment must change the oflice of destroyer to that of friend and protector. If Nye can build ships at home by removing restrictions upon ships' material and freedom from tax, and a liberal support, well. If not then we must buy ships abroad, and at least have the honor of ownership and the profit of carriage at home. We may hold our own, perhaps, with coastwise commerce, but the time to act is 'tow, if we are to possess our share of the com merce of the world. England has risen from the lowest ebb of commercial de pression, and so may the United States, if they can find any real encouragement in Congress. The Diamond-Watt Case The investigation in the Diamond- Wa t t case progresscsslowly. A re-count of the ballot-boxes of certain districts, was made at Harrisburg, showing a gain of 177 votes for Watt. The Har risburg Palriotsays Diamond has shown that he was deliberately cheated out of nearly 500 votes by the Radical board of return judges ; and it claims that he has a decided majority as the case now stands. It further says that there is "not the shadow of a doubt of Mr. Dia mond's election and of his right to the seat now held by his opponent." Let justice be done in the matter. A RADICAL member of the Ohio Leg islature has been arrested and held to bail for passing counterfeit money. The present session has not proved to be a profitable one, and in the absence of bribes he was forced to more desperate expedients for raising the wind. We should not be surprised to hear that some loyal members of the Pennsylva nia Legislature had resolved toasimilar dodge. Times are said to be a little tight at Harrisburg and living, as is the custom there now, is decidedly expen sive. THE reconstructed Governor of Flor ida is a fine parliamentarian. Having a certain act before him, he declines to sign It, believing the same unconstitu tional„ but says, " I don't want to be exacting, and I have filed the act with the Secretary of State, and it will be come a law in five days hence without my signature!" Forney Leads In Social Reform John W. Forney has been branching out extensively in Washington society during the present winter. Mrs. For ney gave a grand entertainment . some time ,since, . which was heralded in columns of elaborate description in "my two papers ; both . daily ;" and a few nights ago John .W. had " a gentle maii's party," which was also exten sively reported. The latter assemblage was slightly promiscuous, and a number of negroes were present as honored guests. As the wine corks popped and the feasting grew lively, the scene pre sented was one of a decidedly mixed character. A reporter who was present gives the following account of what transpired: "At CoL Forney's reception last night we had the first practical commingling of the white and colored races in a social way that has transpired this season. The ap pearance of Gen. Tate, the Minister from sE, at the President's reception, and at some others thereafter, was of a severely formal character, but at Col. Forney's re ception last night the severe formal cere mony of presentation to host and guests was followed brthe tippling of the glass in respectful recognition and general partici pation at the informal refreshment table. Prof. Vashon and three other colored per sons were the recipients of these civilities. " While these social cotnminglings were progressing, the colored guests gathered about the refreshment table, after the custom of their white friends. The waiters at the table were not only genteely dressed, but good-looking colored men. A distinguished member of Congress not dis covering the difference between the colored waiters and the colored guests, hailed one of the latter with, ' Here, waiter, give me a slice of that cold turkey. Come, be lively now.' To which he received a dignified bow and the response : 'Thank you, sir, I am one of the guests. lan Professor —,' The Congressman, an out-and-out Radical, somewhat nonplussed, replied: beg your pardon ; I did not observe it ; we shall get used to these things by-and , bye.' " As I heard the story, a well-known news paper correspondent here, whose sight is somewhat impaired, saw the back of a woolly head, and called to the African to bring him a cigar. The "colored gentle man" turned, remarked that he was a guest, and added: "I think we have met before, sir. We dined together at Mr. Sumner's." Another version is that the reply wt. simply an indignant "sah ' Sii!" from the outraged negro guest. The President of the 1 - nited States was one of those who holimoblied with negrotis on this occasion. Forney is determined•to lead in social reform, and Urant refuses to be left be hind him in the race. Verily the world A Kitchen Cabinet Forney is making desperate ciffirts to set up a kitchen cabinet in the rear of the White House, and rumor says that he is likely to succeed in securing the right to dispense such crumbs of official patronage as fall from the table about which Grant's crowd of relations sit sandwiched in between the jolly fellows who paved their way to fat places by the judicious use of costly presents. The Washington correspondent of the Balti more Gazette says: During the lifetime of General Rawlins the President permitted himself to be gov erned by the superior fact and sound judg ment of his Secretary of War, who, in addi tion to his other duties, was charged with the delicate mission of watching and flank ing any move that General Tecumseh Sherman might make toward securing the Presidential nomination in 157'2. Poor Rawlins died at his post, faithful to the last; and since that time General Grant has been, like a defeated prize-lighter, very "groggy," and "all abroad." Among those heretofore particularly tabooed was Colonel Forney, and he would have still remained in eclipse, but for the tight made over Attorney General I loar's nomination. The Chronicle was on its last legs, and offered for sale without finding a purchaser. It needed "pap," and must have it or perish. Hoar's discomfiture was the " ill-wind " which brought good to Forney and put him on his feet again. The entente cordiale is now perfect between hint and the President, and the (Aro/fide has secured a new lease of life through bountiful Executive patronage. It is the courtjournalparercellence,and hence fawns upon the would-be aristocracy of the Ad ministration ad ?museum. Grant as at last meat for the politicians. Forme.' will yet have his kitchen Cabinet. THE Philadelphia Ercning Telegraph expresses the hope that Whittemore, if he should be re-elected to Congress, " will devote himself fearlessly to the task of unearthing and punishing every description of corruption which differs in character, but not in guilt, from his crime." It suggests that he shall in quire whether votes are not sold as well as cadetships, and whether a considera tion has not sometimes been received for recommending candidates for Inter nal Revenue officems well as forposi dons at West Point. If the Reverend car petbagger should come back to Wash ington with such a determination, and should devote himself to the work thus cut out for him, lie will open up a mine of corruption which will prove to be exhaustless. Could he get at the facts he would be able to show that a large number of those who voted to expel 'din are fully as guilty as he is. We hope Whittemore will take the advice of the Telegraph if he should be able to induce his negro constituency to send him back to Washington. REVELS is the first negro that ever enjoyed the franking privilege under the United States Government, and the first use he made of it was to write to his wife requesting her to come on to Washington. The wives and daughters of Republican Senators are in a perplex ing quandary over the matter. It won't do to cut the acquaintance. of Mrs. Revels, for that would be to insult the sable Senator•, and to put a slight on the African race, which the party relies on for a continuance of its power. It is said that Mrs. Revels has an unpleasant negro twang to her tongue; thatshe says "thar" and "whar" very broadly, and ejaculates " I golly " whenever she is pleased or surprised. She also has a strong penchant for red bandana hand kerchiefsasahead-dress,and wearscolos- sal brass ear-rings. Her appearance in official circles of Washington society will produce a sensation. time last summer a very good rule was adopted which required the army of clerks in the departments it Washington to be present at the desks, or to suffer a deduction of wages for the time they Were absent during business IMurs. This was heralded :is one of the grand economical reforms to be effected under Grant. We are now informed not only that the rule has been rescind ed, but that all the hack pay of which lazy and negligent clerks were docked is to lie made up to them at the end of the present month. The amount is something over $20,000, Of course Radical newspapers will say very little about the change which Ims been de termined upon. Hereafter laziness will Le at a premium, and late hours the rule with clerks. A POLITICAL preacher named J. J. Shorthill, who eloped with the wife of Geo. Colkill, one of his parishioners in the town of Pauxsuatawney, Jeffer son county, this State, is now being tried for adultery at Brookville. He went from Pauxsuatawney to Rogers ville, Tennessee, where he lived forsome months before any suspicion attached to him. We hope the scamp may re ceive .his just deserts. GENERAL SITERMAN has six aides-de camp, all colonels, and all stationed at Waghington. Three of them are em ployed as ushers at the White House. If but half the number are required at army headquarters let the balance be discharged. The people can not afford to keep a vast retinue of colonels and generals to act the part of lackeys about the Presidential mansion. SENATOR Low is bill for the forma tion of a new county out of parts of Crawford, Warren and Venango, to be called Petrolia county, will not get through this winter. After passing the Senate it was defeated in the House by a large majority. The project is one on which the old man had set his heart, and to accomplish which he has labored most earnestly for several successive sessions. During 1869 the fire department of Reading cost $5,655.80. The residentsof Lykens desire to have that place incorporated as a borough. John Ritts,' the only Revilutionary soldier now living, was born in Bedford county, and is now 108 years old. The Chartiers 'Railroad in Washing ton county is progressing finely, work having continued all winter. The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania A. Y. M. meets in Philadelphia on Wed nesday, March 2d. The Jersey Shore Post-office, 16 miles from Williamsport, Penn„ was robbed recently of abouts4s in cash. Mr. Robert Kennedy, of Allegheny City, broke his arm, below the elbow, while drawing on a pair of tight boots. William Behm, of Berks Co., recently purchased a sorrel horse known as "Bar ney," from Augustus H. Dunkel, of Al lentown, for $3,000. The population of Philadelphia Is es timated at 840,000 people who dwell in 105,000 houses house. The citizens of Hollidaysburg have subscribed SlO,OOO to build a railroad to Martinsburg % The buildingof the road is now considered certain. Mr. Miller, aged 78 years, was married to Mrs. Henry, aged 86 years, on the 2d inst., in Upper Turkeyfoot township, Somerset county. The Building Association in Wash ington, Washington county, is a success: A number of the best citizens and mon eyed men of the place have gone into it. Recently a man named Reynolds was °Mug the machinery at the top of the slope of the Myerbville colliery, when he lost his balance and tumbled head long down the almost perpindicular slope. When picked up at the bottom, he was dead. Richard Brokaw, employed in a roll ing mill at South Pittsburgh, was seri ously injured a few days ago while run ning a heated bloom through the rolls, and was struck in the face by the scales flying otT. One eye was entirely de stroyed and the other badly injured. At the Sewickly fair, which closed on Saturday last, says the Pittsburgh Post, there was an exciting contest for a gold watch to be awarded to the most popu lar young lady, and Miss Annie Hauls, of Lawrenceville, was declared the suc cessful compeititor. A man in thesouthern part of West moreland county had a woman arrested for committing a rape upon his person. He swore that by physical force and threats she accomplished the "horrid outrage." The atlitir was finally coin )rom ised. The Brickmakers of Reading have °rifled themselves into an Association, 0 be calico! "The Brick Manufacturers kssociation of Reading," the principal object of which is to be establish a uni form price of brick, hs well as to protect the interest of the trade. Highwaymen are flourishing in the vicinity of Pottsville. A son of Mr. Sol omon Hoover, of that borough, was driv ing out the (4irard road to Frackville, on Tuesday the 22tl inst., and was at tacked by three men who were masked, but whipping his horse he escaped without injury. On the 11th inst., while a number of men were at work building a kiln for calcining ores at Dunbar Furnace, Fay ette county, a scaffold fifteen feet high, fell and precipitated the workmen, seven in number, to the ground. Strange to say, only one of the number was hurt. The oil excitement runs high in But ler county. Preparations are being made to sink wells in different places in the county, and new wells are being •truck in every locality throughout the pil regions. A . A well has been struck four miles kip the Clarion river, at a )(Ant called Alum Rock. Mr. Johnson, of Philadelphia, intro duced a bill in the Legislature recently, providing that it shall hereafter be un lawful to place any steam engine or boiler within three hundred feet of any public school building in that city. Engines and boilers already erected are excepted from the provisions of the bill. Mr. Joseph 11. (;rove, a well known and esteemed citizen of Plumb town ship, Venango county, met with a shocking death by his clothes catching in the rag wheel, while oiling the ma chinery of a grist mill. He was whip ped around the cylinder, breaking his bones and mutilating his person fright fully. A most malignant form of typhoid fever, says the Daily Oil City Times, has broken out at Albion, in Eriecounty. It is professionally called curebo apinai meningitis. Death occurs in from twelve to seventy hours from the time of attack. A number of deaths have occurred at that place in the last few days, and physicians from the city of Erie have been called to aid the local profession in treating the cases. The discovery of steel ore, in the county of York ,of avery superior quality, is likely to lead to pleasant and profita ble results. Last week a contract was entered into by the York County Iron and Steel Works with Messrs. S. W. Hopkins & Co., an English house in New York, for one thousand barrels of steel ore to be shipped to that country. The English company also reserved, in the contract, the privilege to take live thousand tons at the same price, to wit: 57 dollars per ton. 1=! The rainfall of the season in Califor nia has reached 151 inches, and abund ant crops are now expected. A Fortress Monroe despatch of yester day reports a three-masted steamer, name unknown, ashore ten miles south of Cape Henry. Official proclamation of the Fifteenth Amendment is delayed by the non-re ceipt at Washington of official notifica tion from all the States which ratified it. The Working Men's Protective ion of Boston, have resolved to oppose fe male suffrage, on the ground that it en croaches on the legitimate sphere of man. The United States Court of Claims has given judgment for Born heimer Brothers, of New York, against the United States; for $lKi,OOO, the proceeds of cotton at Savannah. • The House Committee on Railroads and Canals have agreed to report favor ably the bill for an air line railroad from Washington to New York, and for a railroad from Washington to the Schuylkill river, in Schuylkill co., l'a. General Sherman has issued an order, turning over the control of affairs in nississippi to the State authorities. The Fourth Military District is abolish ed, and :‘lississippi attached to the De partment of the Cumberland. In San Francisco, on Washington's birthday, there were numerous outrages committed upon Chinamen. At one time a serious riot was threatened, but a heavy rain aided the police in dispersing the mob. Near Denver, Colorado, on Wednes day, E. D. Kinney and John H. \Veils were shot by a ruffian, named Dubois, and Kinney was instantly killed. A number of citizens went in pursuit of Dubois and killed him. In the State Senate yesterday the House bill authorizing the Highway Commissioners to appoint Supervisors was passed by a party vote. In the House the annual Appropriation bill was passed in Committee of the Whole. The New York Methodist Con ven tion in session at Syracuse, litis declared in favor of an organization to oppose the claims of the Homan Catholics to a share of the funds for schools and other institutions, also to Oppose the sale of liquor. In New York, the murderer John Reynolds was sentenced to be hanged on the tith of April. Michael Mead, who kicked his mother to death, plead ed guilty of manslaughter in the second degree, and was sentenced to 7 years' imprisonment at hard labor. The Supreme Court of the l`nited States decided yesterday that the people were not called upon to determine for themselves when the war of the rebel lion ceased, but August I.'o, 188,6, the date of the President's proclamation declaring the fact, is to be regarded for all purposes of litigation as the duy on which the rebellion ceased. The Postmaster General, in a commu nication to the Senate, yesterday, says that reports from 4M Post offices during the month of January, show the total cost of free matter sent from these offices to be $159,734. From this the Posttna.ster General thinks it would be safe to esti mate the cost of fmnking at $200,600 per month, or $2,400,000 per year. At Richmond, Va., Franklin B. Ho vey, of New York State, was shot and mortally wounded while going to the railroad depot, by a drunken soldier, named John Gerhelser, who was stand ing on the sidewalk. The murderer was arrested after firing on the police. The Virginia Legislature has passed a bill allowing 12 per cent. interest in cases of special contract. Governor Walker has sent a message to the. Leg-. islature, recommending that persons as suming office, in addition to the oath imposed by the State Constitution, shall be required to swear that they are not disqualified by the Constitution of the United States. AN EXCITING SCENE IN CONGRESS The carpet- Whittemore Before eHottso. • (Special to the Baltimore Bun.] WasWitfriTlllq, Feb. 22.—Atho time since the Impeachment trial, or singe ono year agraterday, when the electoral vote for President was counted, has there been such a crowd assembled within and without the hall of the House of Representatives, as was this day witnessed. As soon as the House met at noon the spacious galleries commenced to fill up, and for half an hour before the hearing of the question of privi lege, involved in the proposed' expulsion from his seat of Representative Whitte more, there was not standing room in the aisles even, while the reporters, arutdiplo matte galleries were overcrowded by those who had obtained spacial permission to enter them on this occasion. To such an extent was this carried in the diplomatic gallery that foreign representatives could not obtain an entrance, but availed them selves of admissilon to the floor where in some instances they were invited to occupy the members' seats. Tho re porters' gallery was about half occu pied with ladies. On the floor of the House members of the Senate, employees of both houses and probably, several hundred other people who were not privileged, fill ed the vacant spaces beyond the desks and chairs, even extending to the cloak rooms. All the doorways on the outside were so blocked up with people that the police had to secure ingress and egress from members and officers of the House. The dense masses packed into the galleries were not moved during the entire sitting of nearly five hours. On the floor nearly every member was in his seat. That of Mr. Whittemore, on the right of the central aisle, near the main door, was noticebly vacant for some time, until a buzz ran around the spectators' galleries, as dia grams of the floor were hastily consulted, when Mr. Burr,a Democratic member from Illinois, sat down in \1 r. Whittemore's seat, and was taken by strangers to be the notable member arraigned at the bar of the House. But at the precise hour of 2 I'. M., fixed Mr the case, Whittemore did appear, holding a bundle of papers in his hand, mut walked almost unveil cerneilly to his seat. A sensation ran through the hall as this part of the programme was tilled, for it had been generally circulated that he would not put in an amiearance. Opera glasses were leveled at him from various quarters, and for half an hour every body looked at Whittemore. Butler and Poland went over and talked to him. Dockery, of North Carolina, who sat in the next seat chatted away with him, and to all intents the accused seemed full of self-posession. This, it afterwards appeared, was founded a good deal on his belief that the House would not at least succeed in expelling, Lim to-day, but that he would succeed in siteuring a po.stponenu to the affidavit which he had made, asking for noire time and for additional witnesses for his defeme, which was presented by Mr. Boller, Avho stated, by the scat', that he appeared as Ilia eounsel, and which was followed soon thereafter by a resolution, offered I ny Judge Poland, to postpone fir further invest igation. The moment Mr. Lognut rose, chairman of the military committee, to de bate the resolution of eN pu kion, appeals were made to him by Messrs. Butler and Poland to yield for a postponement. Mr. Butler became toile irate at Mr. Logan's refusal to yield, sad thumping, the desk with his fist, white his finny grew redder with every thump, thundered o u t: " I null here now . as counsel for this man;" and he went on to characterize the military vein- mittee as public prosecutors, which Mr Logan as vehemently repelled. At this j point the I tense got into one of these an- cloying parliamentary muddles, which lasted nearly an hour, as to what should be the particular order ut proceeding in the case. .Mr. Butler and Judge Davis, of New York, made several aiming, the many points of order that were submitted as W ! the rules that governed the courts in opening and closing eases; but these were Mr the most part overruled, the Speaker informing the gentlemen named that this teas a parliamentary body and 'let a court of law, and going farther, and stat ing that Mr. Whittemore could not depu tize Mr. Butler as his eimnsel. Finally the Speaker brought dewn his gavel and brought up Mr. Whittemore, who, as he rose to his feet, met the eye of every per son in the assemblage. " Does the gentle man from Somali Carolina desire to be heard 3 - said the Speaker, to which Mr. NVltitternere replied, "1 take the titer and yield half of !cry time to the gentleman from Massachusetts," I Mr. Butler.) '''till' member has 45 minutes remaining of his hour, fifteen minutes having been occupied by the reading or the affidavit," added the Speaker. "Is that all the time lam to have?" inquired Mr. Whitteniere, in an imploring tone of voice. '• That is fia. the House tiedeeide," replied the Speaker. There was at this stage another wrangle as to who should speak first, during within, amid much merriment, Judge Poland finally got his resolution read to postpone the hearing of the ease, and to continue the investigatiim On the defense set up in Mr. Whittemore's affidavit. Mr. Logan denied that he had yielded the floor to have that „resolution read, but as it got in and was pending, it was agreed duct the debate should go en. (fen. Butler opened for the defense, alai spoke nearly an hour. Ile defended Mr. Whittemore, denounced the ease against him as one of black mail, pitched into the newspaper men as com posing a lying cabbie, and urged pestpone ment. Mr. liogan replied for an hour in a Vehement strain, claiming that with- Mg could be gained by a postponement, that .Mr. Whitterniire did not deny re ceiving the money for his cadetship, but only put in a plea that he did not use the proceeds for any private purpose, and that the use he had made of the money Was no fact in mitigation of the evidence that he did sell hisofficial trust and receive, money. At 4.30 P. Si. he conellideil, and the I louse agreed to vote at once on the resiiluti ) crn to postpone and reopen the ease. :Acrid the most intense interest throughout the hall the roll mil proceeded, and it only took twenty minutes to show that by lie for tic 155 against the neither, the I tense refused to reopen the matter. It Was lime evident that ; the next vote would expel Whittemore and the excitement gathered force. He became flushed, jumped out of his seat, walked a few steps in the aisle, and then went back to his seat again. Mr. Logan rose to demand the preVious question on the ex pUlsion, Which was carried. Whitteinore then ex citedly arose and asked for hue to reply to-morrow, not to-night, he said, and without a word, amid a scene of painful silence, it Was accorded him, and the }louse ndjuurned till to- Morrow 110011 to let Min Make a farewell defense. (If course the test votes showed that he will be almost unaninuiusly ex pelled. and his request, it is said was mere ly to gain time to resign as a meniber. The immense crowds Were slow in getting nut of the capitol, and full of disappointment that the great scene of the day had not been completed by the expulsion. Mr. Whittemore to-night telegraphed to Gov. Scott, of South Carolina, tendering his resignation, and it has been accepted. Ile will appear in the liens° to-morrow, make a ficrewell defense and annoum•ea this fact. The military committee are prepared, it is understood, to report in favor of the ex pulsion of a TOIIII('SSeS member, charged with selling a cadetship, ag,ainst whom the evidence is as strong as it Was against Mr. NVliittemore, ZET.S. 'line \Vashington correspondent of the N. V. Tribune says: Immediately after the vote was niatnutni cod Mr. IVitternore left his scat and retired at the clock -1,0111, where he spent nearly an hour in conversation with numerous members, who went to him to express their sympathy at his misfortune. A painful and disgusting scene occurred on the floor during the calling of tine yeas and nays of the resolution of censure. \\line, with few exceptions, members slit quietly in their seats, evidently deeply impressea with the solemnity of the proceedings, 111111 filled with a feeling 4)r regret that circumstances had placed them in such a position, Mr. Whittemore was surrounded by a number of the impudent boys wino net a.s ',ages 11/1 tine floor, clamoring Mr ink autograph, from the sale of which they hoped to derive a good benefit. lint this was not all; :it the same Dino, Messrs. Benton and Farnsworth stood inn the midst of these boys, each beg ging of Mr. Whittemore the right to nrru py Seat 11111101111 US 110 was 00111110111`11 Ut vacate it. The seat tieing an availableone, there was a demand for it. Nlr. Benton being the first to ask, 'Mr. NVlnittennore, of course, gave 161111110 privilege, but Farns worth 01111111011 that before the day's session began he had asked the Doorkeeper that the seat be assigned him, and this ;plarrel, about a, ;lead man's boots, the two honora ble gentlemen kept up until :qr. IVlnitte more left the hall. Congresllonal Draw-Poker Washington Correspondence Newark Journal. Draw-poker is again the popular Con gressional game. Rumor has it that at one of the West End circles the play rages very high, wh'le in the vicinity of the Capitol certain Representatives quarrel all night over a twenty-five cent stamp at the same game. A room at a leading West End hotel is said to be devoted entirely to poker playing, in which ono of the proprietors frequently takes a hand. A night or two since, at ono of these frequent gatherings, a visiting gentleman was mulcted to the tune of t 5,000. Among the Congressional Representatives present at this party were the knight of the big moustache who sits with the majority and represents the State of Illinois (by the way, lie is said to be the acme of poker players), and the knight of the stubbly moustache - from Ohio, who holds the cards more in his own hands at the round table than he did as a general in the Federal army. At this game a "straight flush " is allowed to beat " four aces." The " white moustache " held one of these mar vels on Friday evening last, and caught one of his opponenLs to the tune of a thou sand. The " picaninny" game previously alluded to takes place at one of our leading down-town hotels; a Western Representa tive and ex-Senator, and a big Representa tive from Kentucky being among the nightly participants. Unlike its rival at the IN est End, this game partakes of no sporting character. Strangers are not, allowed a hand, and it is purely one of amusement. There were 346 deaths in Philadelphia last week, an increase of 12 over the number for the previous week. Of the deaths, 84 were from consumption, 36 from inflammation of the lungs, and 31 from scarlet fever, IRE STATE TREASURY INVESTIGATIO tlltappllentlon of the Sinking Fund Hon the Treasury Ilan Been Managed Chief Clerk Nicholoo'n on the Stand HIGHLY IMPORTANT TESTIMONY !I The Senate Finance Committee to in quire into the management of the State Treasury held a meeting last evening.— General Irwin presented himself. Tho Chairman inquired whether ho was ready to answer any questions. General Irwin replied that it depended upon what they wished to examine him. The Chairman then had read the resolution authorizing the investigation. Gen. Irwin begged leave to make a statement exonerating the chair man from newspaper imputations, ho (Mr. Billingtelt) being a warm personal friend of himself, that ho (Gen. Irwin) might nut be compelled to testify. Gen. Irwin, being sworn, mid that he was not now in pos session of the funds of the State, and that to answer the questions of the Committee it would be necessary for him to examine the hooks in the Treasurer's and Auditor General's offices to prepare himself. Ile, therefore, desired the same favor which had been shown to Mr. Mackey, and the Committee postponed his further exami nation until Wednesday evening next. Mr. Thomas Nicholson, present cashier of the Staten-Ca-41_11'y, was then sworn, and testified that during eight different years in which ho had been assleiated with the Treasury, moneys had always been kept on the same system. During the whole time he never saw a transaction that the whole world might not look on. No illegal use of the funds had been made to his knowledge. The aCCOUTAS had been kept as already stated, in bank vaults, etc. lle recapitulated the testimony of Mr. Nlackey in regard to corporation check being de posited in the vault, and also stated that when general Irwin handed over his papers to Mr. Mackey, there WWI among them a receipt front William 11. Mann, for W 193, which was counted as cash, and seas still in the vault. There was a difference between real and apparent had- ances or sometimes two and three hundred thousand dollars, because the 'rruasury did not always get 1111111011i:1W rmdit l'ior its ad vances to members, departments and de posits to meet interest. 'rho vault account to-day consisted 010I1S1111l1 in money, tifty-iiine dollars Clearfield haul; not, and him hundred dollatntother funds. The vault ties ant W all liable to increase and decrease as corporations deposited their clieeks. In reti•rnnee to loss front 11'01111,14 it.uk tit 1111111110110 of Erie, money a the State NVII, drpu..iled ill it through influence t;ideon .1. Ball, who wav cashier of the bank, and made application to Mr. Slifer. The witness then gave his opinion, at the rotill,t of thlp•0111111itiee, 1111011 a variety ,f subjects confweted with the State Treasury and legislation. Ile Justified the practice of the Tiea,ttry in refusing to pay tilt school warr:uds tti counties delinquent ill paying tas due the Commonwealth. Nlessrs. Itillingfelt and Wallave, however, denounced this practice as being unjust to school interest, and illegal. The ,vittiess continued, that he knew nothing .)r the State Treasurer getting the benefit of deposits. lie then At de nolllo,ll the existing practice of having funds due (lie t'orunionwealth sent !snail Pittsburg or other distant parts. a the stme to I larri,burg and afterwards returned to the same localities to pay Dix inunt or other claims against the State. Cheeks received fm land Nvarrants from remote portions of the State were rottuted as cash 111111 (11 0 1/“Si - tell in hanks at Harrisburg and collected ithout charge. Ile declared that every dol- lar in the State Treasury, and a in s illion and a hall in addition, belonged to 111, , sinking fund and that the large appro priation fOr soldiers' orphans and 1,111,114,11 114111 Is had eaten into this fund. The re peal of the State his on real estate in Isli:t had also retineed reveipts nearly a urlliun a year. 110 enlarged upon %Olathe tanned the bungling system ”r Pennsylvania as vompared with that at \Vashington, by which County 'Froasureis paid judges nail. warrants; by which advances were made to almost everybody, Dent Itovernor to pastor and fi,ider, and by whieh warrants were paint before they became due. tint County 'treasurer failed to make quarterly reports and payment as its mired by law, and in Philadelphia :done the State was an nually defrauded of at least one hundred thousand dollars in tavern licenses. Mr. Taggart, cashier under State Treas urer Irwin, Wits sworn, and testined that the receipt of William It. Mann 1111,1 been fur money advanced to that person for err vices as District Attorney in examining foreign insurance accounts. Mann had been paid by State Treasurer K emble, but had overdrawn his compensation Icy the amount of this receipt. The witness 1/0111,1.11, however, that there had been no Mud set tlement of Mr. Mann's account. SATTERLEE t CO., 11110 H ERN Sleeve Bolton, On the Ist of Janutttry, 1007,a shingle was loner, out to the brlteze at 70 Broadway, which bore the legend Satterlee Commission Stork Brokers. The opening of the firm, which wa.s celebrated with Ile early lunch, ass the occasion of much t'oll - The members— Livingston Sat terlee, Ifirum Van Dusan, Richard B. Bostwick, and Geo. 11. Satterlee—were men of fashion and of family. Such was the situation in the let of Jan uary. On the 10th of J one they failed for t. 300,000, after a short but spevulative career, under vireumstances that were con sidered very suspicions, In Septemitet they offered to pay fifty vents on the dollar, paying in the notes of the firm with the endorsement of tleorv,e It. Satterlee. gentleman was a special member of the firm, and as such incurred no liability, not being responsible for the sum he had in vested In the concern. This, he claims, was $lOO,OOO. Several of the creditors wrote to Mr. Salderlee desiring to know the cash value of the property on which he proposed endorse the paper of the late lirm. Ile re plied that, Lying in landed estate, it was ditlioult by say, and that he was not pre pared to tiz its value, and that then:Nets of the tirm were from $OO,OOO to $lOO,OOO. All the creditors accepted thLs com promise nave Baird it: Co., locomotive builders, of Philadelphia. That lino claimed $40,459, under somewhat peculiar circumstances, The firm of Satterlee lout purchased ['nun Thos. NI. Tyng -IS bonds of the Chicago and '.'s:iirthwestern Railway belonging to Baird it. Co., and paid I'm , them by a draft at lilt days, due on the 1:11.11 of June. The firm failed on the 10th. Baird it Co., had the Company arrested on a charge of fraud. 'They were released on bail, George Satterlee, the father, being one of the bondsmen. law's delays were sufficient, it would seem, to stave ,ii any further iwtion until Sept. 11, 155, whet a friendly suit WIL . 4 begun by ( 11. Bost wick, brother of a partner of the firm and himself a member of the old firm or Sat terleo A: Co., which was merged into that of January, 1547. Ethan Allen was ap pointed receiver, and he took an assign ment from them of what itssetk they had and they turned over seine slips of paper representing shares, :LS follows: lire Simile River Petroleum t'ompany. The Columbia Insurance Company. The South A merivan Navigation and Marine Railroad Company. And so on, ad I Vim Mon. Their returns of moneys owed them were equally rich. 11. Tracy Arnold, at cousin 01 the Satterlees, and a clerk in a rural (rank, owed the firm $145,005.17. Bostwick owed it $1,772. Livingston Satterlee owed it $14,000. Other members of the families of the firm took proportionate slices. To balance this thejudelitednoss of the firm should have been in the same direction, Mit it wasn't. 'rhe National Hank of the Commonwealth stand elaimants $100,(x01, which they lent Satterlee and his brethren on the security of 1,000 shares in the South American Navigation and Marine Railroad, and their notes for $OO,OOO, drawn on 11. T. Arnold, the cousin iind clerk before men tioned, and endorsed by them. The Far mers' Loan and Trust lent them $24,000 of the security of :tilt shares of the South American Railroad, mind a note drawn by Gen. It. Satterlee, the special partner, for the benefit of the lirm. host , Sprague of Rhode Island. lent them $ll,OOO, taking as security , ISO shares of the Sallie, and 25 in Central Park, North and East River Railroad Com ny. Sylvester Taylor of Providence, pa Rhode Island, is mentioned as a claimant for various stuns, amounting in the aggro gate to 20,00, but his occupation end bUsl netts place are marked unknown. Other unknowns are claimants for various KIWIS, one being $11,137.23. The old company is down for $19,370, and George 11. :inherit.", the special partner, for $52,41152. The assets actually handtil over to Sir. Ethan Allen who is a personal friend of the firm, and perhaps advised them profes sionally prior to his becoming receiver, were three sleeve buttons. In the schedule of their personal effects they returned their clothing and Jewelry. Richard Bostwick had O suits of clothes, 24 shirts, cravats and collars innumerable; and George li. Sat terlee about the sante. They had only one pair of socks between them. The father of the Satterlees, George C. Satterlee, WON in court for examination yesterday morning, but the hearing was postponed until Thurstlay.—N. Y. Sun. The Sale of Catlehohlie4 The Military Committee are continuing their investigation. They have not taken, a vote upon any of the cases before them, but will, early next week, report resolu; dons expelling several members, unless. they resign. The charges made by Whitte more against Mr. Asper, a member of the committee, that there were lottera In the pockets of witnesses implicating him, were completely disproved yesterday. Mr-But ler was called beim° the committee, and compelled to admit that Asper's exculpa tion was complete. Governor's Appointments Governor Geary has made the following appointments: PhiladelphiL—Robert Cartside, Quaran tine Master; Alexander P. Coalesbury, Harbor Master; John E. Addlcks, Health Officer; Charles C. Overback, Inspector of Domestic Spirits; John Q. Ginnodo, Grain Measurer • Dr. Thomas S. Reed, Bark In spector.Allegheny—Charles Barnes,'Sealer of Weights nod Measures; William W. Logan, Flour Inspector. Killed on the Railroad. AttanY, Feb. 28.,—John Kentworthy was killed at Schenectady by railway cazso to-day.
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