/Lancaster 3ntellig enter. WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1870 ' , Trouble Neat Fall." John Covode is no great orator, but he manages now and then to startle audi ences which he addresses. At the Con vention which assembled to nominate John W. Geary for Governor in 1866, Simon Cameron not only dictated the candidate but named the Chairman of that body. Covode was made the spokes man of the Winnebago Chief, and two speeches were prepared for him, one to be delivered on taking the chair, the other after the convention had done the work cut out for it by Cameron. By some blunder "Old Glory to God" fished up the wrong speech from the capacious depths of his coat pocket, and on taking the chair proceeded to read a fulsome eulogy of Simon's candidate for Gover nor. The friends of Ketchum and other candidates grew intensely indig nant, and a storm burst upon the head of the speaker. A moment or two sufficed, however, to show what a ludicrous mistake Covode had made, and he sat down amid peals of uproari ous laughter. Never was any chairman of a popular convention placed ip a more ridiculous attitude, and so con fused did he become that he forgot every particle of parliamentary law he had ever learned in Congress, and blun dered in his decisions until the confu sion of the convention became utterly inextricable, and the assemblage little better than a mob of excited and yell ing mailman. For some time after that Covode gave up public speaking, and the only in stance in which we remember of his having distinguished himself, was the occasion when he related the story of his grandfather having been sold as a slave at the Walnut street wharf, in Philadelphia. Ile was not elected to the seat he now holds in Congress; and, since he succeeded in ousting the legally chosen candidate, has been re markably quiet. Ile did make a short speech on the Thrill; the other day, however, which is thus reported : " The I louse is disgusted and the ((oil ntry is disgusted with the Tariff bill. We have begun at the wrong end. We slum hi have gone to work and reduced die internal reve nue taxes. The people do not earn about duties on imports ; they want the internal revenue taxes reduced. I would have sug gested long ago to the Committee of Ways and Means to abandon this Tariff bill if I had known that the Internal Revenue bill MS ready to be reported. I understand now that it is ready, and I hope the chair man of the committee will report it to-mor row, and lay aside this Tariff bill, with which everybody is disgusted. (General laughter and clapping of hands.) This leg islatiun is nut practical. It stands in the way of practical legislation. It stands in the way a appropriation bills, and of ht, portant measures in which the people of the country hive a deep interest; and I tell you that if we do not lay aside this Tariff and go to practical legislation, we will go home without accomplishing anything that the people want, and we will hare trouble next fall—some of us." k Laughter—on the Democratic side especially). Covode is right for once. Hy some strange fatality he has blundered into a correct position, and has managed to astonish those who know him by tell ing the truth. "'rite country is disgusted with the Thrill' bill." It is a bill Of abomination., a thing of shreds and patches, pieced together to suit the views and gratify the &mantis of a set of greedy monopolists. As it now stands, with many caits clau,s sanctioned by the house, it is in solute things a slight improvement upon the hurthensome and iniquitous statute now in operation; but it cannot he put through the Senate, and ir it could is not calculated to allbrd :my a pp reciable relief to the burthened tux-payers tithe nation. Covude seems to have di-covered what the people tle maw I. Ile speaks words of truth and solwrness when he says "they want the internal revenue taxes reduced." They not only want a reduction nuole there, but they want to be relieved from the still more oppressive taxations of an in iquitous tariff, \\Midi plunders them ht' stealth, as an exchange terse ly and vigorously expresses it—nib bles like a mouse at the contents of the pour Man . , cupho:u•d--takes toil of I•VOI y I IJI that hi. month or hark —raVageS Lis coal licap b un t his hilt and !irk, thelllaeldlPZ n'l , lll IlL , lolltS — slice. :LII int . h I,r two front the tail of his Sun day rent :toil clips a yard or tNvo from his %vile', Loot calico gown kith noise \Odd', in 1,111111 curtails all hi- iteciii, , aries and comforts by mul tiplying their coot, yet tale's front each su little at a bole, that he does not feel the felonious lingers \ollie they are :dealt their laidne,s. ThelV is Ind uuich logic in the speech or Ciivoile, Hit thy• facts stated are im portant. We can not answer fur the .11.11t1S1', but Wc eau fur the people.— They are thoroughly ‘lisgusted with the kind of t:u•ill the Radicals have been giving iis, ;mil with much niore if thy work of l'ongress. NVe have an endless aniontit of very stupid tall: hut no wise legislation. Nothing has been (lone since kraut came intar• power that is calculated to relieve huaiuixs from the stagnation which prevails, or to better the condition of the people. We have had sOlni. 1,1111:41illg at reconstruc tion, awl endless gabble about banks, tariff's, currency, and funding bills. Land jobs and bills appropriating money are the only things that the present Congress has seemed capable of per fecting. Dull as the masses seem to be, and hard as it it , to excite them to proper action, we think Covode Is a true prophet when lie says to his brethren: rri///iner trou ble n , .rl fQI( Taking the scripture for his guide, remembering that it says: "the wise man foreseeth the evil day and hideth himself," Co voile has very judiciously concluded not to he a candidate for re-election. lie intends to keep out of the trouble which is coining. \Ve admire his sagacity in this: and none the less because it is the only iustsoce in Which We ever discov ered any thing in him worthy of being admired. More than one Radical cau date for Congress in Pennsylvania will " have trouble next fall." !Jcath of Hon. C. L. Ward Hon. Christopher L. Ward, one of the most distinguished members of the Democratic party in Pennsylvania, died sudilonly of apoplexy, at his residence in Towanda, Bradford county, on Sat urday morning last. The deceased began 1 life itsa printer's apprentice, worked as journeyman, became an editor, studied law \ol l ie engaged in journalism, speed ily acquired an extensive and lucrative practice, and succeeded in amassing a vast fortune by honorable industry and the exercise of that marked business sagacity for which he was dialingukh ed. He never sought office, and though held in high esteem, and on terms of personal intiinacy with more than one President ti the United States, neither desired nor accepted official favors from them. Mr. Yard had control of the Har risburg Patriot for some years before it passed into the bands of the present proprietors, and scut Chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee in the campaign of ISG-1. Ile was a man of fine culture, a great lover of books and art, is said to have had the finest pri vate library in Pennsylvania, lived lib erally, dispensed a generous hospitality in his elegant home, and was noted for his bountiful charity. He was a man of pure character,- and leaves behind him a name that was honored wherever he was known. The State has lost one of its best citizens by the death of C. L. Ward. The Altoona Sun The Daily Altoona Sun has made its appearance. It is a neat, business-like little sheet, and shows evidence of de cided vigor and enterprise. The pro prietor, Mr. D. W. Moore, is an experi enced newspaper man of excellent capacity. We wish him abundant suc cess in his new venture. Growing DissatlefaCtionWith the Repot, Bean Party That the Republican party is In great danger of becoming disorganized and splitting up on the important questions now agitating the country, is admitted by the more sagacious of those who tree connected with the organization. With the adoption of the Fifteenth Amend ment, the one strong tie that bound the different elements together has been broken. The tariff question is agitating the party to its centre, and the antago nisms, which have been excited cannot be easily reconciled. The great West demands a very decided re duction of duties. The farmers of that section are tired paying enormous sums of their hard earned money to enrich a few favored manufacturers in the East. They see how they are being constantly taxed on every article which they con sume. The Republican newspapers of the West are in sympathy with their readers, and they are speaking out quite freely. The following extract from the St. Louis Democrat, one of the ablest Radical journals in the country,tells the feeling which prevails. It says : "The Republican party, if it is to win in 1872, must be a very different party from that which conquered In 1868, in measures and in men. The old questions are settled. Men will not go on voting two more years about reconstruction and negro suffrage.— Thousands of men who were forced to gath er under the Republican standard by those issues will drop away now that those ques tions are settled, and their places must be made good by new motives, now measures, and now adherents. In other words, the condition of the country has changed, as needs have changed, and the Republican party must adapt itself to the new condition and the needs, or it must expect defeat. Let no timid soul call this harsh and heartless. Parties have no business to ex ist, except to secure such government as the condition of the country requires. Ile who votes for a party because it has done great things, is like the man who takes his time from a watch that has stopped—be cause it was right once. We have similar rumblings of discon tent with the course of the Republicans from many other equally orthodox sources. That there will be an open rupture among the discordant and war ring elements, and that before long, we have every reason to believe. It will require more sagacity than is possessed by the present leaders of the Republican party to prevent such a result. Acquittal or McFarland Thu prompt acquittal of Daniel Mc- Farland furnishes another proof that no man can be convicted in this country who slays the seducer of his wife. The plea of insanity, which is always set up in such cases by counsel for the defense, and upon the elucidation of which they amplify so largely and expatiate so elo quently, is only a plausible pretens:, un der cover which jurors find it con venie t to cloak their belief, that the seducer puts himself beyond the pale of legal protec tion:lnd justly forfeits his life to the injur ed party. 'Without the interposition of any:such plea nn acquittal could be confi dently expected in any court of this country. The lawyer wlfß would aban don it and take the bold ground that the husband has a right to slay the sedu cer of his wife, and the father to slum( down the man who debauches his 1 daughter, would be just as sure of a ver dict as he who resorts to the hackneyed plea of temporary insanity. The I.llli f.rmity of verdicts in favor of the ac cused, in such cases, shows how strong is the sense of moral indignation against such offenders. Society tolerates the libertine until he is summarily punish ed, and then cries out "served him right." There is no little inconsistency in such action, hut it is our way of do ing things. The provocation given to McFarland was such as few men have been called to endure. The mind of his wife was completely poisoned by the odious free love doctrines of a set of Radical reform ers Who revolve about the New York Tribune. The details of the trial show great demoralization among those wh o have been prominent leaders in the Re publican party, and a perversion of views upon the subject of marriage which is astonishing. The acquittal of McF.irland was not fora moment doubt ful after the main facts in the case were brought to the notice of the jury du r.ng the first week of the trial. The defense might safely have stopped long before they did, but they thought proper to make a very full exposition of all the facts in the ease. The details of the evidence have been eagerly scanned by the people, and there are few who will not commend the action of the jury, and pronounce the verdict to be at just one. The Protestant (Ecumenical It is proposed that there shall be a grand Council of Orthodox Christian denominations held in New York next September. The alliance is to be bowed ion what is supposed to be the COMiell me of the various confessions of faith adopted by the diflerent Protestant de nominations which mutually recognize each other as Evangelical. The sum mary of faith was originally adopted in London in ISlr, and embraces the fol lowing cardinal principles: I. The divine inspiration, authority and sufficiency of the I loly Seripturee. 11. The right and duty of private judg ment in the interpretation of the Iloly Seriptui es. 111. The unity of the Godhead, and the Trinity of the Persons therein. I. The utter depravity of human naw re in collSetillenCC Of the fall. V. The 111,1TO:01011 of the Son of Clod, II is work of atonement for sinners/it . man kind, and II is inediatorial intercession and reign. \'l. The justilivation of the shiner by faith alone. . . VII. Tho work of the lloly Spirit in the conversion and sanctiticationof the :MIMI . . VIII. The immortality of the soul, the resurrection of the body, the judgment of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ, with the eternal blessedness of the righteous, and the eternal punishment of the wicked. IX. The divine institution of the Chris tian ministry, and the obligation and per petuity of the ordinances of Baptism and the Lord's Supper. That summary cuts oil the large de nominations of professed christiads Universalists and Unitarians, and is not especially acceptable to the different schools of Lutherans, while Ritualistic or High Church Episcopalians, who Maud aloof from all such unions, will have nothing to do with this alliance. la. Council does not bid fair to exhibit any very marked unanimity among Protemants, and with the warring of contending schools the Unity of the Church of _Rome way only he made the more conspicuous. Col. McFarland OV. Geary keeps Col. McFarland at the head of the soldiers' Orphan School, in spite of the fact that he was promptly rejected by the Senate. The Senators who voted against the confirmation of this man had good grounds for their op position to Liar. They did not believe that he was fit for the place, and thought lie was running the concern for his own aggrandizement ratherthan for the good of the imitates. That opinion is shared by the people of Pennsylvania, and con fidence in the schools has been greatly lessened in consequence. Theseinsti tutions cost the taxpayers an immense sum of money, and the people have a right to demand that they shall be placed above suspicion. In continuing Col. McFarland Gov. Geary is acting very improperly, and hedeserves to besevere ly condemned for so acting. The San Domingo Treaty A Washington telegram, which we publish elsewhere, asserts that the San Domingo treaty is likely to be put through the Senate. - We cannot believe it. Great as the pres-ure is which Grant has brought to bear in favor of this in iquitous measure we are of the opinion that the Senate can not be forced to adopt it. We shall see. GRANT has a cottage at Long Branch which costs, according to Forney's Washington Chronicle, the snug sum of $32,000. Grant has somehow managed to accumulate money much more rap idly than any other President ever did. He makes the omee pay himself and all his numerous relations. THE LANCASTER WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER, WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1870. The Teachings of the McFarland Case. Out of the tedious details of the Mc- Farland case useful lessons can be ex tracted. The verdict ought to strike every libertine with terror. It is ren dered certain that in no part of this country can ajury be empanneled which will convict of murder the man who slays the seducer of his wife. It is vain to urge the sacredness of human life, vain to portray the enormity of assassin ation, vain to plead the unpardonable nature of murder done under such cir cumstances. The Sickles and Cole cases established a precedent which the ver dict just rendered in the case of McFar land has confirmed. Under the plea of insanity or frenzy, no matter how feebly it may be sustained, the man who kills the seducer of his wife will be acquitted. In vain may lawyers and casuists argue that such action on the part of jurors is wrong. They may prove their position to the satisfaction of outsiders, but jurymen will always take the side of the injured hus band, and conviction is simply out of the question. One or more of a paunch may withstand the influence of the prevail ing sentiment, and be proof against all sympathy with the general feeling of indignation which is universally ex cited, but more than enough will always be found ready to prevent punishment. That is the fact, and it can not be argued down or set aside. Proper or improper, there it stands, and it will surely be maintained. Let all free lovers take warning; let those who are disposed to disregard the sacredness of the marriage tie lay the lesson to heart ; let the man who would gratify his base passions at the expense of a husband's honor re member that by so doing he puts him self beyond the pale of the law's protec tion, and places himself in a position in which he may be slain like a wild beast. This is one of the teachings of the Mc- Farland trial. But this case furnishes at least one other instructive lesson. The state ment made by Mrs. McFarland, taking it to be i ll true, does not furnish a vin dication of her action. Granting that the conduct of her husband was as bru tal as she declares it to have been, it fully justified her in separating from hint ; but who will pretend to excuse her engagement to marry Richardson, made, as she confesses it was, before she had even quitted the roof under which she and McFarland were dwelling to gether. This she does not attempt to deny or conceal. In her defense she publishes a letter written totter by Rich ardson, under date of March, 1867, while she was still the lawful wife of Mc- Farland, and before the first step had been take' to procure a divorce, which shows how improper a relation existed between them at that time. The follow ing extract is unmistakably clear in its meaning : My darling, in all that I am or do, or have or hope for, in life or death, you are irrevocably interwoven. I regret nothing that I have done, save just to the extent that it has atreetell or marred your happi ness. My whole heart, toy whole life go out to you. I think I see a happy future, sunny days, loves of children, loves of home, good to others. I know I see n loy alty nothing can shake, a trust that is ab solute, a love that is litter and vital. The mind of Mrs. McFarland had been corrupted by the teachings of the men and women into whose company she had been thrown. Site had undoubted ly imbibed the doctrine of free love and natural affinities. Her respect for the sacredness of the marriage tie must have been completely undermined before she could consent to listen to such language. How completely she had strayed front the path of correct morality can be learned from an impassioned paragraph in her published defense. Speaking of itichardson's letter, from which we have quoted, she says: This letter is the key-note of the absolute love and trust in which Mr. Welland:son held the Mr the three years which pissed until his death. For the Peering with which I tried to repay his loyalty to me, and the gratitude I telt for the chivalry with which he tried to avert, xs far as possible, all the misfortunes which seemed destined to fall on my helpless head, I have no word to speak. But the lust sentences of the letter I have just quoted were in Illy heart always. All this reduced to plain fact amounts simply to an admission of love making and an engagement to be married tootle man while she was the lawful wile of another. Yet this is regarded as per fectly pure and proper by a huge circle of people in New England aud else where. Thousands of women who ha bitually read the New York Tribune, and find mental aliment in similar sources; who sit under Beecher's min istrations, and take their religious creed from Frothinglnun will unite with Mrs. McFarland in holding her conduct to be pure and proper, and in regarding the course of Richardson as chivalrous. The extent to which the poisonoug virus of free love has infected the literary circles of New England arc shown by the man ner in which this case has been spoken of and regarded. In minds which have not been demoralized by such pernicious teachings there can be but one opinion in regard to the matter. The action of Richardson in pressing his love upon Mrs. McFarland was the very reverse of chivalrous; and her acceptance of his proffered affection the very opposite of purity. The passions of the guilty pair may have been kept within bounds, and no greater outrage on morals than McFarland owns to have been committed ; but still the hideous fact stands confessed, that Richardson undisguisedly made love to her while she was the vife of another, and that, forgetting and trampling under foot the sacred obligations of the marriage tie, she accepted his markedly improper ad vances. No amount of ill usage from her husband can excuse conduct so in consistent with pure morality. This exposure of the tendencies to free love, which have been cropping out in New rffigland for some years, ought to teach the country a salutary lesson. It ought to be sufficient to warn the com munity against newspaper:3, and publi cations emanating front tainted sources. If such should he the case, some good may yet come out of the McFarland trial. Robbing the White Iloust When Mrs. Lincoln left the White House it was rumored that it had been pretty thoroughly stripped of plate and household goods. These reports were then denounced by the loyal as " cop perhead lies," but the report made by the Senate Committee on Pensions the other day, contains a very significant sentence. That set of extremely loyal gentlemen, in declining to give the wife of "the late lamented" a pension, said : They hare good r e USW!. to believe she also recrirrd no inconsiderable amount of cloth ing, pfate, household goods, etc., after the death of 'Mc. Lincoln, which, in considering her pecuniary condition, should he added to the above mentioned mint. That paragraph contains inure than a mere insinuation. It amounts to a di rect charge that Mrs. Lincoln carried off no inconsiderable amount of public property when she abandoned the Ex ecutive Mansion ; that the many big boxes which were carted off did not contain private effects alone. It is humiliating to have such exposures made, but when they are made on such authority they cannot be disbelieved. Two Women's Rights Conventions are now running in New York City, Henry Ward Beecher presiding over one and Theodore Tilton engineering the other. They are alike Radical. In Tilton's con vention Mrs. Stanton offered a resolu tion, which was adopted, to the effect that the decision of the McFarland case, and also of the Sickles and Cole cases showed that man had a property in woman, and was a practical diffusion of slave law in the United States. Beecher's branch was slimly attended during the day.— The electibn in Vermont is a damper on the advocates of female suffrage, the vote being almost unanimous against it, but the strong-minded will not give it up without a struggle. We publish elsewhere Sumner's bill for enforcing complete negro equality. It is presented as a supplement to the Civil Rights Bill, already on the statute books. That bill undertook to give the same rights to the negro everywhere that the white man possesses, but it has proved to be almost a dead letter. Here and there a negro, backed up by the money of some Radical fanatic, has contested his rights in the courts and secured nominal damages from a rail road company or other corporation ; but such decisions have been productive of little fruit, and practically there is as wide a distinction preserved between blacks and whites as existed in this country at any former period. Since street cars have been run in Baltimore for the use of the negroes, a few white Radical politicians have taken to riding with the blacks for the purpose of se curing control of their votes ; and we have had examples of similar subser viency displayed by the same class of office-beggars in this State and else where since the Fifteenth Amendment was declared to have been adopted. But the social distinctions are still rigidly observed. When Fred. Douglass came here to lecture, he was refused accom modation by one of the Republican landlords of Lancaster. That turned out to be a good thing for Fred., for he was taken to the house of a Radical ex- Congressman, and shared the best he had. But there are precious few, even among the followers of Thaddeus -Ste vens, who would have given a similar proof of their belief in the doctrine of perfect equality. There is a strong an tagonism between the two races, and it can not be overcome by legal enact ments, no mutter how rigidly they may be construed, or how severe may be the penalties prescribed. We hope no Republican will fail to read Sumner's bill. It affects every man in the community and strikes right home. Every railroad car or other public conveyance; every hotel; every theatre or other place of public amuse ment ; every common school, college or other public institution of learning ; every church ; every cemetery ; every benevolent institution, including secret societies, must be opened to negroes, and no distinction made between them and white men. The penalties pre scribed for the violation of this leveling law are very severe. It is provided that any one offending against its provisions shall be summarily mulcted in t he sum of $5OO damages, and compelled to pay full costs and counsel fees to any negro who may bring a civil action against him. Railroad officials, hotel-keepers, man agers of places of public amuse ment, school directors, college trus tees, church wardens, directors M cemeteries, and officers of benevolent associations will have a nice life of it when this bill becomes a law. Plenty of greedy lawyers can be found to take up the case of any negro who may con sider himself aggreived, and in United States Courts, before Judges appointed by a Radical President, and juries se lected by a Radical U. S. Marshal, the negro will have the advantage of the white man. What a crop of law suits will at once spring up ! Ne groes will make it a point to urge their claims to equality for the purpose of se curing the damages allowed by this law. But the thing does not stop there. Aftgr an offender has got through the civil process with a verdict against him, he is liable to prosecution on the crimi nal side of the United States Courts for a misdemeanor, the penalty attaching to which is a tine of not less than $.500 and imprisonment for not less than thirty days. That is decidedly severe; but that is not all. The license of a landlord and the charter of any corpora- Women's Eights Sumner's Bill for Enforcing Negro Equality. tion refusing to grant. negroes perfect equality are to be forfeited upon convic tion for an offense. If any of the officers of the U. S. Courts fail to hear and prosecute the claims set up by negroes fur violation of any of the provisions of this act they are to be liable to damages and heavy tines. This is an important part of the bill, and calculated to insure that no mercy shall be shown to any white man against whom a negro may see tit to make complaint. Should the Jury Commissioners of Lancaster county fail to put in the wheel a proportionate number of negro names they are to be liable to a criminal prose cution before the U. S. Courts, and to be subjected to a line of not less than 51,000. Should the Sheriff fail to sum mon any negro juryman who may be drawn lie is to endure similar pains and penalties. Such is the ultimatum of the leaders of the Republican party. That they will pass such a law and undertake to enforce it we have no doubt. The ne groes demand it, and they can enforce their demands. The leaders of the Re publican party rely upon the negro vote to maintain the ascendency of their party, and they will be forced to yield to the demands of the newly made voters. The proposed law is only a sup plement to the Civil Rights Bill, and only provides fur its enforcement. Hav ing given the negroes all the privileges specified they can not refuse to sustain their claims to exercise them. The Republican s.of Pennsylvania Will not relish the enforcement of the Civil Rights Bill, to sustain which they voted. Thousands of them did not see where the Radicals were leading them, and did not understand what they were doing. This bill of Sumner's can not fail to open their eyes. Let them look at it and then let them tell us how they like the result of their own work. Chaos Come Again No sooner is one war on the La Plata over than another is begun—in the shape of a rebellion in the Argentine Confederation. The causes at work to to produce it are :is yet a mystery, but any one at all familiar with the interior polities of that country will not lie at a loss in guessing that it is simply a ;wearisome repetition of the old story—the attempt of a faction to get the government front the hands of another faction. The fact that there had been sonic " lighting, without de cisive result," would indicate that the Government troops had as much busi ness tus they could attend to. But what it is all about, we must wait to see. The McFarland Case Still Being Heard. Mr. McFarland has published a series of loving letters from his wife, written during the years when she alleges that he treated het so brutally. It is not impossible that he may have acted very badly and still have been the recipient of such affectionate missives as these epistles. are capable of such things. They forgive a multitude of faults in those whom they have once regarded with affection. We hope we have now heard the last of this wretched ease. Let it sink into oblivion. The Public Record We have received the second number of this new daily, just started in Phila delphia by Wan. J. Swain. It is a very neat sheet, with full news from every quarter, admirably condensed and pre sented in an attractive form. Its editor ial department evinces decided ability, and it is well filled with paying adver tisements. Mr. Swain is a son of one of the founders of the Philadelphia Ledger, and brings to the business the knowl edge, capacity and capital required to make his new enterprise a complete success. A Cause of Rejoicing Forney's Press is jubilant because the negro is still steadily advancing toward complete social equality. Hear its last triumphant shout: Army commissions will no longer be the goal of young Democratic exclusives. West Point, like the department sinecures, is not to be any more a white reservation. Con gressman Pierce, of the Fifth District of Mississippi, emulating the example of Hon. Benj. F. Butler, has appointed a colored boy cadet at West Point. His name is Michael Howard, and he Is a son of a Rep resentative in the Ipresent State Legisla ture. Removing the Capitol Under Radical rule in this country it would be surprising if anything should be permitted long to remain in a con dition of stability. A tendency to change, and a disposition to try expert- ments is the distinguishing character istic of the party. When the question Of removing the National Capitol from Washington has been agitated,we have thought it not unlikely that a mere reckless desire for change might induce many Radical members of Congress to favor the proposition. We are glad, however, to notice that there is no dis position to rush the matter through hurriedly, as so many other affairs have been. The vote on the motion to ap propriate $500,000 for the construction of a new State Department shows that the friends of removal could only mus ter a very small minority. Washing ton is now so easy of access, being with in a few days' ride of the extreme points on the Pacific coast, that the argument in favor of removing the public build ings to a central location loses all force. No more beautiful site could be selected than the one which was chosen by the man whose name the city of Washing ton bears, and we imagine it will be very long before a majority of Congress can be induced to vote for a removal. The property holders of Washington, who have been somewhat apprehensive, may go on building and improving, with the assurance that they will not be ruined by any sudden change of the seat of government. Bolstering a National Swindle. Grant, the chief of lobbyists, and the gang of hungry harpies who are in league with him, are moving heaven and earth to secure the ratification of the San Domingo treaty. There is money in the job, and the parties who are engaged in pushing it are deter mined to realize on the speculation, no matter what may be the cost to the tax payers of the country. The last dodge is a meeting at the Cooper Institute in New York. A crowd can be gathered there for any purpose under the sun, and there was about half a house pres ent to hear what the speakers had to say. A lot of fellows who hold stock in the enterprise were selected to act as officers, the flags of the negro republics of San Domingo and Hayti were intertwined with that of the mon grel government which has been estab lished under the rule of Ulysses, the smoker; a braas band was in attendance; the negroes who were thickly inter spersed among the audience rolled the whites of their eyes in cestacy and kept time to the music with No. 11 brogans; while Banks of Massachusetts and Fitch of Nevada undertook to cover up under a cloud of words the iniquities of this latest and most infamous national swin dle. A series of lying resolutions, pre pared by those who expect to make money out of the job, were read, and passed and the piebald, mongrel assem bly adjourned. Then and Sow When the assassins—real and unreal —of President Lincoln were tried, the court was made up of military officers, upon the alleged plea that, being Com mander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy, he was not like a civilian, and, therefore, this form of trial was regarded as emi nently proper. No appeal or remon strance was permitted, though all the country felt alike in regard to the terri ble wrong of such a murder. The Court Martial sentenced Mrs. Summit to exe cution, and few now doubt that she was an innocent woman. lint President Lincoln being dead, a Committee of Congress, called upon to report a bill to relieve his widow by pension inform the country that the murdered . Execu tive was no military commander at all— he was only a civilian; and being only a civilian, his widow is not entitled to a pension. The Committee say, in their report, that, although, by the Constitution of the Uni ted States, the President is made Comman der-in-Chief of the Army and Navy, lie is it civil, and not o °them The death of President Lincoln occurred while he was engaged in business of civil life. There wan no principle on which pensions had hitherto been granted in this country, which would warrant the passing of this This is just eating all the words spoken in 1865 in behalf of trying the Presi dent's murderers by Court Martial. It the honest part of the Republican party ever blush, here they have a first-rate opportunity to du so for their leaders in 'Washington. Rmumßs of ..Esop's Fables will re member the fruitless attempt of the man who bought a Blackamoor to change his dusky hue to the color of his own, by means of scrubbing brush, ashes, soap, and vigorous application; and that all the man got for his pains was, that the poor Blackamoor caught cold and died. The Radicals are in about the same category with reference to the negro, and after vain ellbrts to wash him white by the Fifteenth Amend ment process, all they are likely to gain is the social and political. death of the newly enfranchised, as well as of the entire Radical party. Ihit if either profits by the moral to be deduced, it will be the poor darkey, when he finds that all the white washing processes of the Radicals have failed to put him on equal, social or political footing with the white man. The Corrupting Power of Great Corpora The Philadelphia Post, the ablest Rad ical journal in that city, says : "That Railroad Companies are rapidly becoming a vast power in the management and direction of political affairs must, be evident to even a casual observer. They command all the approaches to State Leg islation, and their power and influence is felt in every political contest and in every locality. In illustration of this we need go no further than Harrisburg or Albany. Here we have annual exhibitions of the power of these isirporatiims. A liw years ago they worked quietly, Lot they now put forth their efforts boldly, and hid as openly for the legislators as they would for mules at a horse market. 'They don't 'are to go to the trouble and expense of electing members or the Legislature, because they ran buy them already elected at a very low figure. The Negro Wedding at Joe. Molt';. lind the following itow ii an ux A colored female servant hi the family of Judge [loft was married a day or two ago, and was presented liv that gen with a superb wedding trousseau, including 0 valuable set of jewelry. Mr. Ilolt also opened his parlors to the bride and .1.70,11 and their colored friends, where the mar riage ceremony was pernirmed. Lest the liberality of Mrs. Surratt's tour derer should be set down to the general ac count of philanthropy, it is well to state that the bride was his east-iditnisiress, and that the poor nigger who relieved hint of her was only reconciled to his fate liv lithe superb wedding, trousseau, - tun! "the val nape set ofjewelry.—Eitstott • The Argus man knowsidl about Holt's past domestic relations, aunt is good au thority MI the subject. 'Pm.: decent Republicans are every where protesting against the re-election of Congressmen who misrepresent them. In Cambria they protest against Mor rell, in Greene against Donley, in Phila delphia against O'Neill and Kelly, in Adams and Franklin against Cessna, and Covode is absolutely shamed out of an open candidacy for renomination. THE Cleveland Plaindtahr, noticing the monthly crop report of the Com missioner of Agriculture states that there has been a very marked improve ment in the appearance of the wheat, and predicts a large yield in Northern Ohio. Similar news reaches us from all quarters. TirE.Central Association of Pennsyl vania Democrats, have opened a splen did Club House, at 1041 Walnut street. J. Rinaldo Sank, Esq., is President of the Association, and it numbers among its members a very large number of Democrats. We wish the new organi zation abundant success. IT is said that the $l,BOO paid by Bul lock to the Washington Chronicle was divided as follows : John W. Forney Sl,OOO, D. C. Forney S5OO, a subordinate S3OO. State Items. Dogs are making sad havoc among sheep in Washington county. The Democratic Primary election takes place in Westmoreland county on the second Saturday (11th) of June. - Land is selling for $l4O to $l5O per acre, near to and adjoining the town of Somerset, Somerset county. "Ninety Minutes in Kweer Kom pany" is the title of an entertainment given in West Chester recently. E. F. Houseman, of Westmoreland county, is a candidate for the Radical nomination for Congress. The Pittsburgh Dispatch will issue a Sunday number on and after the 15th instant. A man named James Price, near Mt. Union, in Huntingdon county, was killed by lightning one day, not long since, while sitting by his window. The Lycoming county Agricultural Society will hold its annual fair at Wil liamsport on the 14th, 15th, and 16th, of September. J. M.Wright, proprietor of the Parkes burg Hotel, on the 4th inst., while gap ing, dislocated his jaw. Dr. Stroud was called in and reduced the dislocation. Young Drum, convicted two years ago of killi❑g a man in Greensburg, and sentenced to the penitentiary, has been pardoned by the Governor. Peter Foust, of York county, commit ted suicide because he was on the jury that convicted Billy Donavon of the murder of the Squibb family. Scranton is rejoicing on the action of the locating committee of the Pennsyl vania Agricultural Society selecting that place for the next annual fair. The (Greene county) Messenger says the road between Waynesburg and Rices Landing is worse than it was ever known before. It must be bad. The combined weight of the County Commissioners of Chester county is six hundred and ninety-six pounds, as fol lows : Ingram 278 ; Haggerty 210; Doan 208. The State Superintendent of Common Schools has appointed C. R. Lane as County Superintendent on Common Schools, in 'Wyoming county, vice J. B. Rhodes, resigned. The Reading Railroad Company have placed appraisers on the land prepara tory to an extension of the East Penn sylvania Railroad from Allentown to Easton. Edward Paine, who was running a circular saw in the saw mill of Aaron Boyd, in Slocum township, Luzerne county, fell before the saw and was com pletely cut in twain, on the 7th inst. The Postmaster-General has appoint ed J. W. Sherer, Postmaster at Lyons Station, Berks county, on the E. P. It. It., in place of J. It. Heilig, who is about to remove from the village. A number of miners are now engaged in opening a vein of magnetic ore, on the line of the Waynesburg Road, four miles from Downingtown, Chester co. The prospects arc very good. A party in Philadelphia have pro posed to iron and put the rolling stock on the Somerset county Branch Road and take the mortgage bonds of the road in payment. A fire raged on the Ridge at or near the Mt. Pleasant and Somerset Pike in ,Somerset county for four or live days re cently, destroying an immense amount of timber. A six pound cannon ball was found by Robert Patterson, near Dunbar, lay ette county, a few days since, imbedded eighteen inches in the ground. It is undoubtedly a relic of Braddock's ill fated campaign. Not to be behind Chicago in modern improvements, Philadelphia has now a divorce case in court. The parties arc said to have lived happily together for upward of twenty years, and now conic into court and ask a decree of separa tion ! It is estimated that one thousand coal barges, one thousand boat teams and one thousand crews, have been laying idle for the last six weeks along the line of the Schuylkill navigation, caused by the miners' strike and stoppage of the coal trade in the Schuylkill region. Three men set fire to the mountain forests in several places in the South Mountain, near Gettysburg. The fire was very disastrous, and the neighbors think it will only be the beginning of a series of disasters if the incendiaries can not be caught. The subscription books of the Plice nixville and West Chester Railroad have been opened and 2,5.55 shares taken. It is expected the road front West Chester to Steamboat Station, on the P. C. It. It., will soon be commen ced, and completed during the summer. A mad dog was killed recently in Tre slyffrin township, Chester county. It made an attack upon a little girl, but she managed to drive it off without re ceiving any injury, with the exception of some scratches, which are not consid ered dangerous. A. F. Balta.., Esq., formerly of Potts town, Pa., and an Assistant Engineer on the Philadelphia and Reading Rail road, who returned home to Tilsit, Prussia, a year or more ago, has been chosen Chief Engineer of a new railroad SOO miles in length, in the Argentine Republic, South America. The District Convention of Good 'l'etnplars, was held in Greensboro, Greene county, on the 26th and 27th ult. Delegates from most of the Lodges in Allegheny, Westmoreland, Fayette, Washington and Greene counties were present and manifested great zeal and interest in the cause. The Altoona Triti' says: The re cent heavy rains have effectually ex tinguished the tires raging on the moun tains in this vicinity, much to the relief of farmers and others whose fences and cord wood were endangered. We learn that Win. Bell, of Pleasant Valley, lost some 150 cords of wood width he had cut on Brush Mountain. The body of an unknown white man was found, Wednesday night, floating in the Delaware opposite Market street wharf, Philadelphia. The deceased was dressed in black coat and vest, and black plaid pants. He was 5 feet 7 inches in height, was apparently about 35 years of age, and from the condition of the body was in the water a long time. A new house in Cambria borough, was struck by lightning not long shire. Some of the timbers of the building were badly splintered, and one of the carper" ters engaged at work, was whirled around, and stunned by the shock. The saw in his hand with w h ich he was working was thrown from his grasp.— He was not however seriously injured] The Lewistown Democrat says that on the sth inst., Jacob Bice, a well-to-do farmer of Wayne twp., Mifflin co., was killed by lightning in his own house whilst engaged in painting stair rods. The brush with which he was painting was set on lire. Ills daughter, who was in the room at the time, escaped unhurt excepting her lingers were numbed for a while. Mr. Bice was ill years of age. Mr. James Morrell. Secretary M . the Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad Company, was seriously injured, Wed nesday evening, at Ills residence, in Philadelphia, by falling over the hand rail near the top of it flight of stairs to the floor heneath, a distance of :bout twelve feet. (Inc of his wrists and a leg were broken, causing intense suturing. being of advanced years, his injuries, it is feared, may prove fatal. The ( n, - ernor has appointed and the State Department commissioned the following Notaries Public or a term of three years each : J. Morris Harding, Philadelphia, t re-appointed); Benja min Doerance, (re-appointed,l Elkland, Tioga county ; John H. Helfrich, Al lentown, Lehigh county; Alpheus N. Michael, L special for bank,) Hanover York county; Charles S. Seitz, especial for bank,) (lien Hock, Yurk county; Benjamin Urm ler,lre-appointment Philadelphia, and F. M. Banks, Read ing, Berks county. The Schuylkill county coal miners' strike is doing incalculable injury to that region. The trade is already di verted to a large extent to the other an thracite coal fields, and bituminous coal is taking the place of anthracite in many branches of manufacture. It will take many months to bring back the trade to its former channels, and it is doubtful whether Schuylkill county will ever recover her lost ground. The miners so far from benefiting them selves, are killing the goose that lays the golden eggs. A delegation of brewers front Pitts burgh, called on the Commissioner oh Internal Revenue, Thursday, in regard to the proposed enforcement of the law of Congress:allowing only one bunghole to a keg or barrel. The custom preva lent of late of dra wing ale or beer from casks by means of air-pumps, has neces sitated the opening of an additional bung, with which, as yet, there ham been no official interference ; but Pittsburgh brewers having been no tified by the collector of internal revenue that the law would be strictly enforced after July first next, and there being a large stock in hand, complain that the transferring of the ale or beer to other casks would be ruinous to its quality, and ask only protection so far as the quantity already manufactured is concerned. They were informed by As sistant Commissioner Douglass that it was a case without the jurisdiction of the department, and that additional legislation by Congress could alone sup ply the desirbd remedy. SKETCHES OF TRAVEL NORTHWARD NO. V.—Lake George We left Albany at seven o'clock in the morning by the Rena..elPer and Saratoga Railroad and in a few hours reached Alex - ean Station, where we took the stage for the village of Caldwell,some thirteen miles dis tant, at the head of Lake George. .The stage ride is decidedly pleasant. Three miles from the station we pass through the village of Glen's Falls, where the Hudson river makes a descent of about 60 feet in a succession of falls and where some of the most thrilling scenes of Cooper's Last of the Mohicans are laid. A few miles further on is Bloody Pond, the scene of the death of Colonel Williams in 1755, and still nearer the Lake are the ruins of Fort Edward. A sudden turn in the road brings us in view of the beautiful and famous Lake George. It was near ono o'clock when we reached the Fort William Henry Hotel, a large and elegant house located at the head of the Lake near the remains of old Fort William Henry. The Indian name for Lake George was Horicon, or the silvery waters, which, on account of the purity of its waters, the French called it Lac Sacrament. The lake is 36 miles long and 240 feet above the level of the sea. Prospect Mountain, Rattle snake Cobble and French Mountain, are all near the Fort William Henry Hotel. From the summit of tha two latter most beauti ful views may be obtained, but to see the beauties of the lake the tourist must pass over its entire length in the pretty little steamboat Minnchaha, which leaves the Fort William Henry Hotel every morning at S o'clock and returns in the evening. Four miles down the lake is Diamond Island, which during the year 1777 was a depot for military stores for Burgoyne's army. Further on is the " Trout Pavil ion," a favorite resort for those in search of fine fish. Dome Island is about twelve miles north of Caldwell, and is so called from its resemblance to a dome. A little west is Recluse Island, a most lofty spot, the property of a New York gentleman, who has here erected a beautiful country home. The island has also attracted con siderable notoriety in comiesion with the celebrated "Earthquake Hoax" of Janu ary Sth, ISGS, when it was telegraphed throughout the country and published in over live thousand newspapers, that the island had been sunk by all earthquake to the depth of eighty-tire feet. Recluse Island contains the remains of sonic earth works which were erected by Abercrom bie's forces in 1758. Close by is Ship Island, so called from its resemblance to a ship. Bolton is one of the most charming places upon the Lake and the trout taken here are frequently of enormous size. Fourteen Mile Island, is on the right of the entrance to the Narrows, four miles from Bolton. Tongue Mountain protrudes itself into the Lake at this point, and on the Eastern shore is Shelving Rock, famous for its dens of rattlesnakes and its good fishing. This is unquestionably the most beautiful and picturesque portion of the Lake. The scenery is grand, beyond all description, and scene follows scene with the rapidity that gratifies the mind and tills the eye with ever-changing visions of grandeur and beauty. At this point the Lake is very narrow and the space between the shores is almost tilled up with islands of various sizes and shapes. At a distance no passage can be seen and the islands resemble a tongue of laud stretched across the Lake. But as we approached The shaggy mound no longer stood Emerging from entangled wood ; lint, wave-eneireled, seemed to float, Like castle girdled with its float :1 Yet broader floods extending still, Divide them from the parent hill, 'fill earl, retiring, claims to be, An islet In an Inland sea.", Before us is Black Mountain rising to an elevation of more titan two thousand feet, and still further on is Sugar Loaf Moun tain, which many tourists imagine resem bles the form of an elephant. Half-Way Island marks the centre of the lake, and near by is Harbor Island, the scene of Montealm's first skirmish with the Eng lish. On the west is Buck Mountain, about eight hundred feet high, and a short dis tance above is Sabbath Day Point. Here the lake is very narrow and the water some four hundred feet deep, and remarkably pellucid. Tho view is one of rare beauty ; in the east is Bluff Point, directly in front of us rises St. Anthony's Nose, while two miles beyond is Rogers' Slide, a lofty precipice of naked rock. Prisoners' Island is still farther north, and to the west is Howe's Landing, where the English army under Abercrombie landed in 1758 previous to attacking Fort Ticonderoga. It is named after Lord Howe. About noon we reached the landing at the foot of the lake, where stages were in readiness to take us to Fort Ticonderoga, of which we shall speak in our next article. Lake George is rapidly becoming ono of the most fashionable and popular, as it already is one of the most delightful, of our summer resorts. It is annually visited by thousands of tourists in search of health and pleasure, and before many years have rolled away its islands will be crowded With cottages and its banks adorned with elegant villas. No pen can do justice , to the beauty of Lake George. Years ago it began to attract attention and many European travellers have styled it "The Como of America." In this brief and hurried article we have merely spoken of the most prom inent and conspicuous places upon the lake and have not attempted to describe the beauty of its scenery. There is scarcely a spot on land or water that has not been the scene of some heroic adventure, or some warlike exploit,or has not been consecrated by song or story. It is conceded that no lake in America has greater claims to con sideration. Persons who have spent whole summers at hackneyed watering places, after beholding the magnificent scenery of Lake George, feel like the poet who wrote "A! timid heart! with thy glad throbs, Noun• self-reproaeh Is blended, At the long years that riled before, The sight of scenes so splendid." C. A. I Defeat of Female Suffrage lu England Assault Upon a U. S. Consul. P. 11215, Vac 12-6 I'. M.—The total vote tot the Plebiseitum is ILS follows: Yes 7,3314,434 1,560,709 In Algeria, the following is the result Yes. No, Civilians 10,791 13,451 Army ... 1 10,163 0,1129 PA ins; May I': p. M.—No disorders have taken plass to-night, and tranquility now prevails throughout tinselly. 'l•he Em peror:n.l Empress yesterday visited Prince F,ingene and the Military School and were everywhere received with enthusiasm in their progress through the city. I:ty 12:—The journals of this city :Isret , that CM Americans had the yacht rase all their twit way from the start, and lake the national ,lefsit in good part. Mr. BOUVerie wooed that the vonsidera timi of the hill allowing ~omen to vide, he pfedpniied six 1110110.. Sir !WWII AllStrllthOr splice in suipport of and Lord Earlier opposed the hill, hut the latter admitted that his constituents urged its passage. Neicdegate made a speech against the measure. Mr. 1d,,.1,4ntie denied the existent, of a demand or desire fur the bill. 'rho II) ,use divided on the motion to po,t iaale, Whirll Wa4 agreed Li) liy 121.; deloou the bill NV:I . + received with loud cheering. 'rho lion. then itcl j,iirned. Let csic, stay l'Liner, Vivo consul of the [tilted States, was violently assaulted by an American residing in this city. lle was rescued by thin police and his assailant, wle)se name is withheld, was arrested. NO explanation is given of the cause of the attack. The Sebum pe Cone Before the Supreme • Court. ItinnisitUtto, J fay 13.—The Sehappe case came up in the Supreme Court this morning, on zi writ to review the evidence in the lower Courts, as per recent net of Assembly. The Atiorneys for Setceppe, Miller and Hepburn, tiled the petition of Schappe, to which the District Attorney, Maglaughlin, entered the plea that the ease was ended on the 14th of February last, and that when the Legislature passed the bill, on the tif teent day of February, this ease was not pending, and could not be governed by the new law. Messrs. Miller and Ilepbunt filed the replication of the plaintiff in error, and Maglaughlin filed the demurrer thereto. Chief Justice Thompson said, positively and emphatically, that he believed thesa.se was closed on the 14th, and was not pending when the act of the Legislature was passed on the 15th, and he could not see how judg,- meet could possibly be reopened now. The case was postponed till the 2.3 d inst., when this point will arise in argument. Court adjourned till Monday morning. Terrible Hallway Accident in Belgium BRUSSELS, May 11—Midnight.—A horri ble accident occurred to-night on the Lux embourg Railway, near the frontier town of Arlon, by which twenty-seven persons were killed and forty badly wounded. Par ticulars have not, up to this hour, been re ceived. Governor Warmouth has appointed Gen. Longstreet Adjutant General of the Louisiana State militia. OUR BUNDLE OF NOTHINGS- Hard-Working' People "Work and Watt" There must be something radically wrong, either in the personal, or the social system, of those who seem doomed to a life of incessant labor—who are apparently compelled to work, from "early morn 'till dewy eve," from day to day, from month to month, and from year to year, in order that they may bo able to " keep soul and body together." Such a system imposes, necessarily, the lowest form of sensuous life without an opportunity of cultivating those higher faculties, which are the distin guishing characteristics of a true human ity. Such a system is, however, not always, the result of the inequality of civil laws, nor of the unbalanced machinery of society, for it is often, very often, self-imposed, and the circumstances of this self-imposition, have much to do in determining its intrin sic character. Some people are constantly laboring, and, for the matter of that, it never can be seen that they ever make any progress, pecuniarily, intellectually, or morally. Others, from a greed of gain, are always laboring, in order that they may hoard up the mere material re sults of labor; and still others again, acquire a habit of laboring, and work on through life, from a mere slavish love of work, and because it seems to release hem from the obligation of cultivating at moral and intellectual manhood. Labor, of sonic kind,seems to be mans normal con dition, and without it, none of the splendid results, which we sec in progressive civil ized society, could possibly bo accomplish ed. But then, when the object of labor has no higher aim than the more gratification of the sensual man, it becomes in an emi nent degree, mere "Labor in vain." The great mistake arises from the false prem ises upon which our personal and social ideas of labor are founded ; and the prem ises being wrong, of course, these .wrongs must necessarily he entailed upon all those who, from necessity or choice, become the subjects of labor. Labor is too frequently looked upon its :111 evil, When it is in reality only a means, fur the accomplishment of higher ends. Some people - otherwise well intentioned—are much too prone to making their labors a merit, hoping, no doubt, there by to cover a multitude of delinquencies, in the higher regions of their natures, and the fallow condition of wh i ch, only irrevok - ably dooms them to a state of mental dark ness. We often hear it said—indeed sonic people take 11 great pride in saying that they are" hard working" men and women—that they have "worked hard" all their days— that they are still poor, and have nothing to show fur their labor, and that they ex pect to be hard wtrrking people to the end of their lives. This is only their external condition. Perhaps it they were capable of instituting a thorough self exploration of their interior condition, it might lie found that they had not labored there at all—that they hail all their lives been indo lent and negligent—that they had accumu lated even less internally than they had externally. This is indeed the lowest and most hopeless degree of poverty, a state from which they may never he released, riven when they have done with this world and enter upon the realities of another.— They never seem to think that they lire " burying their talent," and that When the Master comes, it will be taken from them and given to him "that bath ten talents." If there is an energetic exercise of the hu man-will, no civil or social restrictions call impose upon the human mind the shack els of irredeemable ignorance or moral do gradation. Surrounding circumstances may do much that is calculated to degrade and destroy, especially among those who yield, or resign, their individuality to those cir - cumstances, but the immortal mind can and often dues rise superior to these. Every • man has a moral nature to regenerate and disenthral, and if he labors faithfully., ac cording to the best light ho has an oppor• tunity of receiving, in behalf of these, it will not be of SU much consequence how ample are the material results of his labor. Still, if even material labor seas pursued from a proper stand-point, if proper aims were cultivated, and proper uses Were made of its material results, there would follow a corresponding emancipation from the thraldom which unwise and =nequal labor imposes. Men would not labor merely that they might eat and drink, or that they might luxuriate in low sensual delights. There aro fields always that aro "white for the harvest," and in which "the laborers are few." If each individual sys tem of labor was renovated and reformed, it would ultimately purify and reform our civil and social systems of labor, because, as God's general providence is only a com plex form of his particular providences, su our general systems of labor will finally be in harmony with our particular systems —whether they be equal or unequal— whether they be "wise or unwise." 1101.1.0 VIEW. Horrible and Fiendish Outrage In Ran sits—Prompt and Merited Retribution. FORT SCOTT, Kansan, May I:l.—Art ac count of the most diabolical affair ever re corded is published in to-day's Monitor. On Tuesday seven men, either Texans or straggling outlaws from the Indian Terri tory, canto to the town of Ladore, a few miles south of here. After drinking all day, they went to the boarding house of J. 11. Roach and asked to stay all night. Be ing refused on account of their drunken condition, one the party knocked Roach insensible with a revolver, and they went to the lied occupied by the two daughters of ItmAch, aged twelve and four teen years, and ravished them during the entire night, using knives to amomplish their purposes. Roach revived after a time, but feared to stir, knowing that he would bo killed if he did 54 , . Ho describes tile 'tics and entreaties of the girls as heart rendering. A quarrel arose among the demons, and one was shot dead while satisfying his lust. At day-break the party fled,one taking With him to the woods the youngest girl. The town was imme diately aroused, and parties started in every direction in search of the fiends. The one with the girl was soon overtaken and hung to a tree. Two others were found secreted in the town and were hung to the same tree; and the remaining, three were also captured, and two of them were hung. The other at the last accounts was in custody of the citizens, but will probably share the fate of his companions. 'The universal verdict here is that in tins instance, atleast, the summary manner of inflicting punish ment is entirely justified. Dreadful Tragedy In Wllllaumburg, N. Y. N EW YORK, May 13.—A terrible love and murder tragedy wits enacted in Williams burg to-day, in which a young man shot himself and his affianced. . . - For sonic time past Syl van us Smith has been paying his attentions to Miss Julia Wells, a young lady who boarded with a family named Deport, No. 63 south Third street, 'Williamsburg. Smith commenced to drink hard lately, and the young lady decided to discard him. This afternoon he came to the house partly inteXimited. Miss Wells comedown stairs to tell Smith to go, but seeing his condition, turned to retreat, When Smith drew a revolver and tired upon the lady. The ball entered the back of her neck, ',assist up through and out of the um of her head. Ile then placed the revolver to his Own head, and tired two shots, lodging two bullets in his brain.— Ile then attempted to follow the girl up stairs, but fell. Ile then tried to tire an other slant at his own head, but his hand was too Weak to hold the piste' straight. Medieal aid was obtained, and it tOund the girl inn a very precarious condition. She May recover ; but Ile hopes are entertained for Smith, although he is still olive. (Inc ball has been extracted, but the Other iv still in his brain, and death is but the ques tion of a few hours. Miss Wells is twenty years of :Inge, a very respectable lady, anti having many por n:nowt attractions. Shocking 3lurtler In 21111mouri The Carrollton (Mo.) liccoot of the 7th inst., relates the circumstances of a shock ing and unprovoked murder near Manda 'Hie, in Carroll county. The murdered man Was trained Butcher—the man who killed him, Abe Lee. Mr. Butcher, who was a respectable and worthy citizen, own ed a large farm near Mandaville, with sev eral houses on it. Lee, without leave, moved into one of them, and Mr. Butcher ejected him according to law. On Monday of last week Lee, with sonic of his cronies, had been drinking, but sorer at home, when he saw Mr. Butcher riding past on horse back. Seizing his double-barrelled shot gun, he deliberately stepped out into the front yard, and shot Butcher in the back, lodging 24 buck-shot in his body and kill ing him instantly. The murderer escaped. It is supposed he has gone to the " Indian Nation," where he has relatives living, Another Expedition Leaven for Cuba. New Yquic, May 15.—Yesterday morn ing between 2 and 0 o'clock an expedition sailed for Cuba under the command of Col. Cristo. The expedition numbered 300 men, all Cubans, with the exception.of live American captains. They carried with them 7,000 rifles, consisting of Remington, Winchester and Enfield, 1,000 muskets, 200 revolvers, 1,000 axes, a battery of 6 large guns, uniforms, equipments and about two tons of powder. They sailed on board the steamer Young to San Domingo as regular i passengers, where ben. Williams s wait ing for them. BUrnltlig of Budd Deble'. Stables. PEILADELPIIIA, May 15.—The extensive stables of Doble and Mylin, were destroyed last night by fire. The valuable horses in thi building were all rescued, and most of the carriages and other stock. The loss of ma terial, apart from the building, is estima ted at $5, 000 , but it could not be definitely ascertained, as Deb . 's was absent from home. A Stringent Law for the Enforcement o' Negro Equality. The following is the test of the bill recently introduced into the U. S. Sen ate by Mr. Sumner, entitled "An act supplementary to an act, entitled an act to protect all citizens of the United States In their civil rights, and to fur nish means for their vindication," pass ed April 9, 1500: Bo it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all citizens of the United States, without dis tinction of race, color, or previous condi tion of servitude, are entitled to the equal and impartial enjoyment of any accommo dation, advantage, facility or privilege fur nished by common carriers, whether on land or water; by inn-keepers; by licensed owners, managers or lessees of theatres or other places of public amusement ; by trustees, commissioners, superintendents, teachers or other °Myers of conunon schools and other public institutions of learning, the same being supported or authorized by law ; by trustees or officers of church or ganizations, cemetery, associations and benevolent institutions incorporated by national or State authority ; and this right shall not be denied or abridged on any pretence of race, color, or previous condi tion of servitude. Star. 2. And be It further enacted, That any person violating the foregoing provis ion or aiding in its violation or inciting thereto shall for every such silence forfeit anti pay the snm of $OOO to -the person ag grieved thereby, to be recovered in ally ac tion on the ease, with full costs, and such allowaneo for counsel fees as the court shall deem just; and shall also for every such offence be deemed guilty of a inisdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be tined not less than $5OO nor More than $1,000,0101 shall be imprisoned not less than thirty days nor more than one year; and any cor poration, assOciation or individual hold in g a charter or license under national or State I authority violating the aforesaid provision I shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit suet, charter or license ; and ally person assum ing to use, or continuing to art under stich charter or license, tints forfeited, or aiding in the same, or inciting thereto, shall, upon conviction thereof, 1,0 , deemed guilty Id' a misdemeanor, and shall be lined not less than 81,000, nor More than $5,000, and shall lie illiprisolled not less thall three nor more than seven years, and both the corporate and joint property Of such corporation association, and t h e private properly of the several individuals composing the sante, shall lie held liable for the forfeitures, fines and penalties incurred by the violation of the tirst section of this sot be It further enacted, That the saute jurisdiction and powers :ire here by conferred, anti the same duties enjoined apaii the ~,arts and officers or the I wted suites in tile exeeution or this act as are conferred and enjoined upon sail, court. and officers in sections three, font% live, seven and ten of an act entitled An :let to protect all persons in the United States in their civil rights, and to furnish the Means o,r their vindication, - passed 9, ISOO, and these sections are hereby made a part of this act, 111111 any' of the afores.,ol officers failing to institute and prosecilio such proceedings herein required shall, for every .step otlenee, forfeit find pay tleo oC s.ilMi to the person aggrieved thereby, to he recovered in an action on the car a fib rllll costs and such allowance tor coin,. I fees as the court shall deem just, and shall upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilt) of a Inisdeineanor mud be Iluv,l 11 , 1 hi ss than SI,IIOU nor more than i.` , - - f, 909 - star, 4. Anil be it further emieff-d, That no person shall bo disqualified for Nei N,c,• :is juror ill any court, national or Slate, by reason of race, color or previ ou s row hu.,u of servitude, provided such fiersoit pos,es- SOS all other glialitications which are by law prescribed ; and atv officer or outer pers,w charged with any may in the selection , a summoning ofjurfirs, who shall exchltil. 1.1 LO Sailiallai ally person hit the reason above named, shall, on con v teflon thereof, be deemed guilty of IL iiikdelli111111r:llla finial nut IV, than $l,lOOl nor more than $5,000, SEc. 5. And lie it further enacted, That every law, statute, ordinance, regulation ”1" custom, Whether national or Slate, ini•los sistent wills this act, or making any do.- crimination against ally persell of color by the Use et the word " white," i. hereby repealed awl annuleil. Sno. 6. And lie it further enacted, 'Phan it shall be the duty of the judges of the several courts, upon which Jurisdiction is hereby conferred, to give this act in charge to the Grand Jury or their ri•spectiveCOtirts at the commencement of each term thereof. An Exciting Scene I,a,it Timmlay iivening's passenger train oil the Vet IVieeete.lll tellilrOall Met with 11 terrible eatastrophe while nearing The wands in the vicinity hail been on Il re for some tinie,!ain I a pile of about live hundred hard mil: seasoned two years, which were placid idong, the track about twelve miles f nun micro SOOII Staldeet to the IleNtllle • tivo element. "'rho danger to the train,'' says the 'Mil waukee Sete.,, " was not apparent until the engine had turned a curve a short distal., from the tiro in the road, and was approaell ingon a down grade. The engineer 11111110- diately whistled 'down brakes,' but seeing that this would stop him in the lire, 1111 whistled "oil brakes,' and putting inn all steam possible determined to ruin the gauntlet. The rails had been SO sully warped and the ties consumed that Line en gine N 4.1.1,1 sl/011 1111,W11 troth 11111 11,11. k, bumping along on the ties until iL was fin ally brought tea halt, with the 0110111. 1111c1 tender tine Other 01111 Of 11111 train also free. The engine and lender were immediately uncoupled and run out ton place infsal'ety, and the passenger ear also disengaged and removed, although not. before it was badly scorched and the glass broken from the windows. The rest of the train, consisting of ono baggage ear, OM, heOOllLl-1:111,1 unit two freight ears, was entirely consumed." " The express messenger saved all money packages, amounting tott2,ooo. The mail agent, I 'urtis Parker, was :Odell, sac ,• nothing. 'Finer, were Il cu or six 1:111i1,1 1,11 lino train, 'besides 'Si 111011, WllO are 01111111,1 to 1111111kM fir their efforts in behalf of the train. The men worked hard inllnight,llll.l at times they were obliged to throw Walt, 011 the backs of the men to keep their clothes front burning. Thu ears, however, wore burned up inn about fifteen minutes. 'rho engine was a heavy 0110, or thirty tons, and luckily escaped the fate of the cars." Murder of rt rolled f4totcps 31onshol In t . tali . [From the Salt Lake Telegraph, May 3.1 We learned lust evening that Caplidn Storey had been killed by Air llorz, n des perado whom he WILY attempting to arrest. Some time ago llorz killed a man by the name of 'HUMUS DIME), in Nevada, tool came to this city, from whence he went I:rantsville. Deputy Sheriff Joseph V. Carrigan, of Nevada, arrived here in pur suit, and, acompanied by Captain Storey, on Sunday they started to Granter ille after him. Yesterday morning the attempt to arrest was made at a house on the west aide of lirantsville. Sheriff Carrigan drew his revolver, and the Deputy Marshal took out the warrant and commenced to read it. Iforz jumped on Carrigan and took the pistol from him and fired aL Storey, whom he shot and killed. lle then tired two sled, at Carrigan, wounding him slightly, and then made his escape, well mounted, going south. :Sheriff Carrigan obtained the as sistance of the Sheriff of Toole county a.' a posse from lirantsville, and started in pursuit. Porter Rockwell and a posse tarted early last ovening in pursuit. Thu remains of Storey' were brought (odds city by an ambulance about eight o'clock last evening. A Npecisnen Lewislostion I" The Mlllbilled W 151.11,111 4/f the carpet. bag gers, scallawagsand negroes of the la.st Lou isiana Legislature resulted in the passage of a repealing law which operates to Oct free every criminal in the State now hell for trial under indictment. tilt Friday hest the District Attorney moved before Judge Abell that 17 persons whom he natnid, indicted respectively for lii tinder, Minn cide, perjury, burglary, larceny, and other crones, he discharged trout arrest. The Judge admitted that, as the law now staled. at least tiOn eriminals similarly held in lbu State would have to be set at liberty; hut he proposed L 4, delay action in the hunt hope tint soino saving elato,e !night yet be discovered in the statutes by which stieh a calamity can be averted. Tht• District At terne_y said that there was not at the utmost more than ritio copies of the new statutes, and he himself had been unable to proenre one. The motion NV. pOSi 110111211 until next Saturday; but one of the prisoners, a Whose ease had excited some sym pathy, was set at liberty. the English rneht Rnee---Another Amer• lean Triumph The ocean telegraph informs us that the long pending yacht race in the British Channel between the Amerham yacht Sap pho, of Mr. Douglas, and the English 11,,at Cambria, of Mr. Ashbu ry, resulted in the success of the American yacht. This inlay be regarded as another American tritimpo for our yachtmen and yacht builder,. Channel sailing inn British seaters is not the kind of thing to thoroughly try the mettle of our yachts fairly, yet we have now, for the second time, beaten English boats in their own waters. In an ocean race Amer ican yachts are more at home, as the mag nificent race of our three yachts across the Atlantic proved. \Vo shall soon have another opportunity of testing the compar ative qualities of ant American and an English bout upon the broad surface of the ocean.—S. F. Herald. A Brilliant Wedlting The marriage of lion. Richard .1. Halde man with Miss Maggie Cameron, last eve ning, at the residence of the bride's father, Senator Cameron, passed off withgreat P eclat. The groomsmen were General P. B. M. Young, Congressman elect front Geor gia, and Cameron Burnside, of this city. The bridemaids were Miss Lizzie Halde man, of this city, and Miss— Loughridge, of Baltimore. Among the distinguished gentlemen present were Governor Geary, Hon. Eugene M. Wilson, Minnesota; es- Governor Swann, Maryland; Hon. J. D. Stiles, Pennsylvania ; Hon. C. A. Eldridp, Wisconsin; Hon. T. N. M — Neely, Hon. J. L. Shoemaker, New York; Hon. B. T. Biggs, Delaware; Hon. P. Van Trump, Ohio; Hon. Charles Haight, Now Jersey; Hon. George Dawson Coleman, Lebanon, and Hon. John. J. Pearson. The entire party, with a few exceptions, are stopping at Bolton's Hotel.—Harristiurg Patriot,
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