Eancastrt 3ntelligencer.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1870
The Result In the State
It will be seen by the table of return
from the different Congressional dis
tricts which we publish in another
Column, that the Democracy bad a ma
jority
In the State at the late election of
one hundredand twenty-one. In mak
ing up the table we have put the vote
for the Independent candidates in the 2d ,
4th and 9th districts in the Democratic
column, because they were mainly sup
ported by the Democracy; while we
have for a similar reason :added to the
Radical vote, that cast for the Inde
pendent candidates in the 11th and 22d
districts.
Constitutional Reform Demanded.
The crying evils which have existed
in our State Legislature for some years
past, havehadthe effect of arousing peo
ple of all classes to the absolute necessi
ty of a reform in our State Constitution.
It has been made most unmistakably
clear,that there is no hope for a cessation
of a the corruption which prevails, while
the present system of legislation con
tinues. The majority has been largely
to blame for these things, which have
cast a shadow of deep disgrace upon a
once proud Commonwealth, but un
worthy Democrats have been found
at Harrisburg year after year who
could be purchased. The ring has
been omnipotent, and bribery has
been the order of the day under
its Management. The public inter
est has been shamefully neglected, and
Paying private bills have engaged the
attention of members of our Legislature
to the exclusion of almost everything
else. As the report of the Union League
of Philadelphia, which we publish else
where, very truthfully says, "our Leg
islative halls have often been converted
into market places, where important
public offices have been sold to the
highest bidders, by faithless and venal
public servants; vested rights have been
threatened and assailed for the sole pur
pose of extorting ransom from their
lawful proprietors, and public acts,
which concern the common welfare are
passed or rejected without intelligent
consideration, and thus the welfare and
the happiness of the people are fre
quently impaired and imperilled by
dishonest and incompetent representa
tives."
When the Union League speaks out
thus it condemns the course which has
been so constantly pursued in our Legis
lature for quite a number of years past,
during which the Republican party has
unbrokenly held a decided majority in
both branches of that body. The reso
lutions adopted are a confession that
nothing better is to be expected from
Legislatures controlled by that party.
We believe the Democratic party would
show greater honcsty,but as there have
been recreants among the members of
the Legislature chosen by it, WO would
gladly see such constitutional restric
tions adopted as would put it out of the
power of corrupt nuts to form rings and
carry on the system which is so justly
condemned. We need :Uhl tunst 111tVl
a Convention to amend the Constitu
lion of Pennsylvania.
Legislative powers should be restrict
ed to the enaelment of general laws, am
the power of granting charters to vol.
',orations be left to the courts, will
proper restrictions.
No 10111 should be allowed to pass ex
rcpt sifter being printed and put on tile
111111 then only on call of the yeas ant
nays by a clear majority of the member
elect.
All "nervosad expenditures for ordin
ary purimses should require a two-third
vole on call of yeas and nays, owl no
illl'rease should lie 'node to the State
debt without the s: u u•tion of a popular
vole, except in case of \vat• or insurrec
tion.
The session of the hegislature should
be limited and the salaries or members
and officers be fixed by the Constitution.
Every member should he required to
swear,before tabling his scat, that lie had
not directly or indirectly paid or prom
ised anything of value to secure his elec
tion, and that he would not receive Itny
thing in consideration of any official act.
The State Treasurer should be made
elective by the people for a term of years,
and the funds of the State be placed be
yond the reach speculation.
These are a few of the amendments to
our State Constitution which experienve
has shown to 1,6 absolutely necessary,
but there are others which could he
readily suggested.
A Convention, called to amend the
State Constitution, ought to be chosen
iu alaa Mall.' wide a system which
would insure a fair representation of the
minority, as well as the majority in
every section 10' the Commonwealth,
and !ill mete partizan considerations
ought to be cast aside by the people in
the choice or delegates. The very hest
and wisest urea of the State, and none
others, ought to be selected l'or this im
portant work.
In one respeet the work of the pro
posed cOliVentiOn ought h, la funda
mental. The present ayatent of rhoosiug
Congresamen, )leniber- , of tlo• Legiala
tore, County t ., ,mmi,-inner-, City and
Borough I 'on hemm,n, and -jtoilar bod
ies ought to le up, awl a plan
— adiTted l v which Ile. minority would
'he fairly repre-en Md.
We ar, glad to be able to say that the
newspaper pros, of Pen nayl vania is very
largely in favor of the immediate adop
tion of all the reform, we have indicat
ed. And any
- other judicious :unend
monis to the state Constitution which
might be suggested would receive the
support of the press and the people
without respect to party.
We understand that Senator Itneka
lew is preparing a bill which will meet
the requirements of the press and the
people, and we hope to cue it adopted
with unanhoily. The times impera
tively demand reform, and the people
demand that the desired reform shall
not he delayed.
Who Defeated Schenck"
A few weeks before the election, Gen
eral Schenck went on to Washington to
see about all important office in the In
ternal Revenue Departmen 1, which had
become vacant in his district. 011 ar
riving there he found to his :astonish
ment and disgust, that a man who had
no influence, and who had not lived in
the district a year, was already appoint
ed by the direct order of President
Grant, At the instance of Gen. Schenck
a prominent member of the adminis
tration at once waited On the President,
and represented to 111111 that the ap
pointment of the man who had been
named would defeat General Schenck
• for Congress. To this the President re
plied that the appointee was one of his
many second cousins, and he was re
tained and Schenck beaten. Grant is
ready to turn his old friend Cox out of
office because he declined to enforce the
levy of a tax upon the poor clerks for
election purposes, but lie would not de
prive his second cousin of On office to
El WC Schenck from defeat. What a
great and magnanimous creature our
President is! What a glorious thing it
would ba if he could be continually kept
1n power—glorious for his relations we
mean—not for the country.
Look After That Negro
The Philadelphia Ledger says, Ben
jamin S. Turner, the colored Republi
can candidate for Congress in the Selma
District of Alabama, is making a vigor
ous canvas ou the platform of " univer
sal amnesty, universal suffrage and uni
versal repudiation of the National debt."
That negro thinks his fellow-negroes
will gladly vote to rupudiate the debt in
order that they may be relieved from
the little taxes they pay, and we have
no doubt he knows his people well.—
Mr. Turner needs to be looked after by
the magnates of his party.
The Effect or Negro Voting in Pennsyl
vania.
In Philadelphia the Radicals managed
to win a viettiry by the aid of negro
votes, and the newspapers of the party
in that city haVe not been slow to ac
knowledge their obligations to the black
voters. There a Very large number of
the newly enfranchised were concentra
ted, and but for them the Democratic
city ticket would have been elected and
gains made in Congress and members of
the Legislature. But the negro vote did
not help the Republican party in other
cities, or in the rural districts of Penn
sylvania. In Pittsburgh the Radical
majority was cut down to one-third of
what Grant received. Harrisburg, Read_
ing, York and other towns were either
carried by the Democracy for the first
time; or gave a largely increased ma
jor]
In most of the counties where the ne
groes are most numerouslhe D'emocracy
made large gains. In Cumberland there
is a large negro population, and they all
voted solid for the Radical candidates,
but the result was an unusually large
Democratic majority. In commenting
upon the result the editor of the Carlisle
Herald does not attempt to deny that
ho has a full appreciation of what caused
it. Ho says:
We have met the enemy and we are
theirs, and that unmistakably. The De
mocracy have carried Cumberland county
by at least 700 majority, and the Republi
cans may console themselves with the re
flection, that they have been saved many
anxious days in figuring out close results.
Disagreeable certainties may not be grati
fying:, but they have the merit of saving
much labor and anxiety, and in this respect
aro decidedly preferable to pleasant delu
sions. We have been whipped thoroughly
and effectually, and have had the informa
tion of this result with great promptness.
Now how was this brought about. There
are many reasons that might begiven, with
apparent force, if it were desirable to con
ceal the truth. It rained all day ; there
were no State officers to elect; we hail no
active canvass of the county; and the whole
string of stereotyped excuses could be used
again, if there were any sense in evading
the issue which we have before us; but this
would be cowardly and stupid. The main
reason for the present large Democratic
majority, is that a considerable number of
persons, who have heretofore voted our
ticket, this year voted with the Democracy
because the colored men were enfranchised
and a much larger number refused to vote
at all, for the swue alleged reason. This
they hail an entire right to ‘lo if they say
tit, just as every man has a right to follow
Ids whims and take the eonsequeneos of
Into folly.
That is an honest confession.
It was the same all along the southern
line of the State, except in Chester I
county. More than a thousand negro
votes were polled solid for John Cessna,
but that did not save hint from a dis
graceful defeat. Thu Radicals were
perfectly confident that they would car
ry Franklin county. They had enrolled
six hundred negroes, and nearly every
one al them promptly appeared to vote
the Republican ticket. Vet " the party
of great moral ideas," tone of which is
negro equality) met with a Waterloo
defeat. The Chambersburg Mpository
does not attempt to disguise the causes
which led to this result. It makes a
candid confession, and says:
'l•he Demovrary owe to the negro vile
u•ir triumph in this part of the State. Wu
ii not 1110011, by any means, that the color-
I voters voted for the 1 Mmovratic
raudi
ales; they hail far too much good sense for
not, !tut we mean that by reason of their
xercising the right of suffrage, so many
I• those who hitherto voted and acted with
no Republican party, this time voted with
he 1 lemot•ravy, as to enable them to elect
heir tielmt. There is no cnur•ealiug or de
ying this humiliating lint.
Many white men who have hereto
fore voted with the Republican party,
purposely absented themselves from the
polls because (bey were not willing to
vote with negroes, and some Democrats
remained at home for the same reason.
Had there been a full turn out of all
Will, are opposed to negro suffrage and
the consequent (4mality which must
follow the odious Fifteenth Amend
ment, the Democracy would have had
a majority of at least twenty thousand
on the popular vote in Pennsylvania.
The State can be carried by at least that
majority next year, if the Democracy
du their whole duty. The election will
be an important one in itself, and espe
cially important in its bearing upon the
Presidential election to follow in the
succeeding autumn.
Let every Democrat in Pennsylvania
determine to do his wile duty at the
next election. Let there he 110 laggards,
no-stay-at-home patriots in our ranks
next full. Let every man determine in
advance that he will do all he can to
secure such a victory as will ensure the
election of a Democratic President in
1572. It is none 100 early to begin to
think and talk of that.
The New City Go eminent
I:ing Caucus tleterntined - the cliarne
ler of the ne city government lasi
night in a summary manner. 'File ltalli
cal nieinlii.q . s of ( 'initieihi met and renom
Mated all the old officers, wilh thi, es
c,ptiai of the City tinlicitor antl two of
the Uegulators. That staneotherehanges
enulti have been made which would
11:1V0 iJelleiltied the taxpayers we think
nn onr will deny. The Street Commis
sioner has not been Wit 11f his house for
months, and yet the Mike is one which
demands constant and active supervis
ion. The Superintendent of \Vater
NVorks is not such a man as should be
ill charge of them, 111111 his incompe
tency has been clearly demonstrated.—
We 51.111110 , 0 W:.1,1 retained simply be
cause tin removal at this time would
have been 121.111:1111 1 Milt to an admission
a the truth at the (.Ikarges repeatedly
mode by Ow I NT1 , .1.1.14 d.:NCEIt :Ind slit,
- .
stanlialtal by an unana . %verable array
The most important change niade is
trial of City Solicitor. Our friend, Pica_
yune .4,1111,4 M, has been turned out to
Maki! room for Edgar E. Reed, Esq. In
making this elninge the members of the
caucus were no doubt influenced by one
of the ancient laws of chivalry. In the
days when knights' errant rode through
the land, armed cop ri pic, and chal
lenged their rivals to combat, it 11'1W
customary and considered lawful for the
victor to bear Off:mine weapon or other
possession of his opponent, and to hang
it up over his castle gate until the van
quished should pluck upsuflieient cour
age to do battle for the recovery of it•
In the terrible encounter which took
)lace between Johnson and (teed some
time since, as our citizens will all re
member, Iteed was declared the victor
and the champion's belt was awarded to
him. Under such circumstances ohn
son was deemed to have forfeited all
right to the honors, emoluments and
profits of the 0t11.2e of City Solicitor.—
The Radical majority in Councils, in
caucus assembled, very naturally con
cluded that it would not do for "a young
and vigorous city government" to dis
regard the claims of muscle. So Mr.
Reed received a large majority of the
votes cast on the first ballot. This
action of the City Fathers may have a
tendency to encourage breaches of
the peace,) but it will no doubt foster
the lislic art and bring the prize ring
up to a proper standard in Lancaster
city. We are sure the aforesaid ring,
much as it has been abused, cannot be
so costly to the tax-payers as sonic others
which have an existence in the Repub
lican party of this County ; and we are
not sure that better candidates would
not be secured by letting the different
aspirants settle their claims as Reed and
Johnson did than by the Crawford
County System.
As will be seen by the report of pro
ceedings in our local columns, the action
of the caucus was confirmed in Joint
Convention of the City Councils. Ed
gar C. Iteed, Esq., will now suspend the
certificate of his election over the door
of his law office, and Picayune Johnson
must show himself to be his equal in
muscle before he can expect any more
favors from the Radical party of Lan
caster County. That is , what the action
of the Radical majority in caucus and
Council means. Edmund Burke did
not speak the truth when he said " the
days of chivalry a•e past."
Counting Out.
John Covode, the Chairman of the
RepubHelm State Central Committee, is
a coarse scoundrel. He is ready to aid
in the perpetration of any conceivable
political villainy, and is by no means
choice in the agencies he employs.
When the news of the defeat of Arm-
strong, Cessna and Morrell reached him,
he looked at the majorities given to the
Democrats and exclaimed: " Humph !
What the h—l does that amount to
Those majorities can be beat."
Covode contested the seat or Henry
D. Foster, after having been fairly beat
en, and for months together he kept an
, -
unlimited supply of old Westmoreland
whiskey in one of the basement rooms
of the National Capitol, which was at
the service of any Radical member of
Congress who chose to drink it. There,
over his extemporized free bar, Covode
received the promise of the votes which
ousted Henry D. Foster in spite of the
fact that he was fairly elected by a de-
- - _
tided majority of the legal votes of the
district. The fraud was so glaring and
outrageous that Covode did not dare to
run again In opposition to the man he
had chested. Ile knew very well the
fate lie would meet at the hands of the
voters whom he had defrauded of their
rights. The question of Covode's right
to a seat in the present Congress was
nevertheless decided by the people of
the district, and Henry 1). Foster was
returned by an overwhelming majority.
That ought to teach Covode a lesson,
and not only Covode, but Armstrong,
Cessna and Morrell. It will take an
immense amount of brass fur either o
those worthies to appear before the ilex
Congress in a contest for the seats of
the men by whom they have been fair
ly and honestly beaten. They each had
large additions made to the Republican
majorities of the districts by the negro
In the case of Cessna it amount
fully one thousand, and to scarce
, CSS than that in Morrell's district.
Vet they were fairly and honestly beat •
en, and beaten by the votes of in telli-
gent :mil conscientious Republicans who
united with the Democrats to accom-
plish the result.
We call scarcely conceive it possible
that the next Congress will continue the
outrageous system of deciding contested
election cases by a partisan vote, regard
less of the evidence. It seems to us that
the time fur that kind of thing has gone
by. The people have become complete
ly disgusted by such rascality, and
neither Meyers, Speer, nor Sherwood
call be deprived of their seats without
exciting the indignation of many who
did not vote for them. If the Radicals
of the next Congress desire to add sev
eral thousands to the Democratic vote in
Pennsylvania let them oust a number of
the Democratic members. They call
take no surer steps to insure the over
whelming defeat of the Republican par
ty ill this State at the mming Presiden
tial election. It may be that sonic of
them will have sense enough to sue that,
and to understand that the party would
lose vastly more than it would gain by
the admission of Armstrong, Cessna and
Morrell.
We confess that the lutes of Meyers,
Speer and Sherwood hung upon mere
selfish considerations. We have bons
since ceased to expect justice from the
hands of a Radical majority in Congress.
The oaths of the present members have
been so repeatedly violated in the de
cision of contested election cases, that
we deem them capable of any and every
conceivable outrage. There have been
some few Republicans with sufficient
honesty and decency to protest against
the outrages which have been commit
ted by tlarommittee on Elections, of
which Cessna is a member, but they
have been too few to prevent the num
erous infamous decisions which have
been made. It may be the Radical ma
jority will be so much reduced by the
coming elections as to put the rascals
of the party In a minority. In souch an
event justice will be done, and Arm
strong, Cessna and Mo'rrell will contest
in vain. That they will contest there
is no doubt. They will do so ill order
to secure the two or three thousand dol
lars allotted to pay the expenses of de
feated candidates, if for nothing else.
Taxes In Virginia—Why Don't the Ne
groes " Pony to ? "
The Norfolk (Virginia) Jourimi pub
lishes what it terms " A Sad Exhibit,"
showing that in Prince Edward County
twelve hundred negroes have been re
turned by the Sheriff' ms delinquents for
the payment of their taxes; in other
words, two-thirds of the African race
contribute nothing to the support of the
expenses of the State and County in
which they live. It is inferred from
this that the same is the fact in most of
the other counties in Virginia, if nut in
all. The Joarwit, from which we quote,
remarks :
Few of the regrow .ovn land or any prop
erty assessed for taxation, the only taxes
which they are required to ;my being the
poll tax, and we see that they cant of pay
this, or will not. In 1000 the negroes paid
but forty thousand dollars into the Slate
'Treasury, or about ten cents a head, and
we very much doubt if they pay a larger
average now, if so groat a sum.
The probabilities arc that about elec
tion time some Radical Will) wants the
votes of these delinquent nt%roes will
pay up their taxes and drive them to the
polls like a herd of cattle. The average
Virginia negro is not capable of appre
elating the privileges of citizenship.
The Earthquake.
A well-defined shock of earthquake
passed across the States North and West
of us yesterday morning. The shock
seems front the telegraphic despatches
to have occurred between the hours of
eleven and twelve, there being some
discrepancy in the :levant hi caused by
inaccuracies in observation and report
ing. The general direction of the
earthquake wag northeasternly and
south westernly, and its duration from .
fifteen to fifty seconds. The shock was
felt in the western part of this State,
but was not noticeable east of the Alle
gheny Mountains. Our readers will ob
serve from the telegraphic reports that
it was quite violent in some places,
chimneys being toppled over and win
dows broken. People Were sent hurry
ing from their houses, but no injury to
any human being is reported.
Inciting' to Rlot.
The Radicals seem determined to
force a collision in New York city on
election day. The decaying political
fortunes of General Grant require that
a victory should be speedily gained by
his adherents somewhere and somehow.
So the military, who proved to be worse
than useless in North Carolina,arc being
shipped to New York. The Democratic
authorities will do all in their power to
maintain the majesty of the law and to
preserve the peace. Should there be
rioting and bloodshed the fault will be
with Grant and his injudicious adds-
Easily Contented
The Examiner professes to be delight
ed with the result of the recent election.
In 1868 its candidate for Congress had a
majority of 6,311, now his majority is
only 2,311. Another such victory would
annihilate the Radical majority in Lan
caster county, and give to the opposition
a majority as large as that just received
by Mr. Dickey. We think the reign of
the Radical ring-masters in this county
is about at an end. The honest masses
of the Republican party have done the
bidding of political traders for the last
time, unless we greatly mistake the
meaning of the recent election. The
Examiner must be very easily contented
If it is pleased with the result.
THE Pall Mall Chadic, referring to
the appointment of the Hon. 0. P.
Morton as Minister to the Court of St.
James, says : "A thoroughly Incompe
tent person is selected to represent the
United States in England, and is in
structed first to bully and next to threat
en war. This incompetent person hesi
tates, probably preferring a domestic
skirmish with the Democrats to a war
with England."
Radical Frauds In Lucerne County
The Radicals carried Luzerne County,
electing Shoemaker to Congress and
Garrick M. Harding, Judge of the Coun
ty, by the grossest frauds. The Luzernd
Union explains how the result was ac
complished. Recreant and mercenary
Democrats were bribed to stand at the
polls and give out Republican tickets to
unsuspecting Devi:rats. It is well
known to every man who has stood at
the polls on election day, that a majori
ty of voters take the ticket from some
known member of the party, and vote
without so much as breaking the string
with which the different slips are tied
together. By bribing certain active
ward and township politicians, Shoe
maker, Harding and some other Re
publicans managed to cheat enough of
unsuspecting Democratic voters to se
cure the election. Shoemaker played
•
this game once before, and defeated
Stanley Woodward for the State Senate.
Some time afterwards the fraud was
discovered, and the Luzerne Union
spoke of it as follows:
Mr. Shoemaker was elected to the State
Senate by a fraud upon the ballot box. The
tickets were tampered with by paid tools
who inserted his name in the place of Stan
ley Woodward, his opponent. It is a fact
well known here that in one district every
Democrat who voted up to so late an hour
as 2 o'clock in the afternoon voted for Mr.
Shoemaker unknowingly, and that he re
warded the dishonesty of the party who
committed the fraud by securing his ap
pointment to a position in the House of
' Representatives. This is a fact that can be
substantiated by ample proof, and itlis a fair
deduction that a similar game will be prac •
ticed this fall. Democrats must stand at
the polls and see that every ticket is open
ed, examined and voted fairly and hon
estly.
•
The Usion warned the Democrats
hat a similar game would be again a
tempted at the recent election, but its
warnings were not needed and the
tricksters succeeded in their infamous
designs. Shoemaker was never legally
elected to Congress. and Harding will
take his scat on the bench of Lucerne
county a disgraced and disho tiered man.
All who were concerned in the transac-
ion ought to be sent to the penitentiary
instead of being elevated to positions
which they only take for base purposes.
The Uaion intimates that measures will
be taken to punish Shoemaker and
Harding for their villainly, and we hope
justice finny lie meted out to them.
There is reason to believe that the
same foul game was practiced by John
Cessna in Bedford county. The Cu
relic openly charges that such was the
case. When Radical members of Con
gress make large fortunes in a single
term by voting away millions of acres
of the public lands and by other
schemes of robbery, they can afford to
pay big prices for tools to do their dirty
work. And they can the more easily
afford it when every clerk at Washing
ton and every office-holder in the coun
try, down to the pettiest postmaster, is
taxed to raise a vast corruption fund.—
The corrupt use of money at elections is
one of the greatest evils of our day, and
it prevails to a greater extent than most
people imagine. The case of Lucerne
county is oily an instance a little more
glaring than others.
A Great Republican Victory.
Democrats are not disposed to I,e v
dietive. EVen iu the midst of an eke
tie n triumph they rejoice with modera
tion, and mingle feelings of pity for
their opponents with the joy of the hour.
We are sure there is not a Democrat ill
Pennsylvania who will envy the Re
publican; the great victory they claim
to have achieved in South Carolina. All
four of the Radical candidates for Con
gress have been elected—Oirer ()id of the
j . WIP IV yell( N, That is a fitting result
of the policy of the party, a true Radical
triumph. Let the cannons be brought
out, and the welkin be made to ring
with shouts over this magnificent Re
publican victory. The time is not far
distant when the party will be left to
depend upOn negroes for all its triumphs.
White men will nut support a policy
which degrades their own race and ele
vates to power representatives of a horde
of semi-barbarous Africans.
Is Ours a Representative Government .
The October vote in Ohio, for :Con
gressmen, will be about as follows :
Republican 225,000
Democratic 210,000
The people are ten-nineteenths Re
publicans and nine-nineteenths Demo
crats, and were entitled to be represent
ed by ten Republicans and nine Demo
crats. Instead of that, nearly one-halt
of the Democratic voters are disfran
chised, and the representation given to
the Republicans, a double wrong being
perpetrated. This is not in accord with
the genius of our institutions. As if
this was not bad enough, even when the
Democratic members are elected, even
the strongc , t, if the contest is a close
one, are counted out. In Ohio a Repub
' limn Legislature so gerrymanders the
State as to deny seats to Democrats ac
cording to their votes, and in Washing.
ton, when men like Schenck - are defeat
ed, the demand is to count them in, in
defiance of the majority, A Democratic
Legislature in Ohio, imitating the ex
ample of their opponents, could devise
a system that would give the Democrats
twelve or thirteen, if not more, of the
nineteen members, although beaten 12,-
1 000 in the State.
It is high time the cumulative system
of voting, or what Senator Buelyilew
styles the free ballot, was adopted in this
country. That would cut up by the routs
the outrageous system of gerrymander
ing Congressional and Legislative Dis
tricts, and would insure a fair represen
tation of all parties. We hope to see it
in full operation in Pennsylvania before
three years have passed away.
Rim k Bass
A few gentloinen in i'lliladolpliiithave
subserilJeti all 111111/Unt of money suf
ficient 141 111.11, 111 ,, E0 taISS in Ow
1)01a \varo thou \Very put in the Polon - lac
some fifteen years ugo. Potomac is
now full of delicious vow tlslt from
the head of title water to the Lase of the
Allegheny :\ looulaiiH. All its tributa-
Teti swarm kith them, and they fur
he finest sport In the angler ant
delightful and healthful food. We no
Lice that noun• persons who have no
studied the suhjevt properly imagine
that all the young shad Will he eaten up
by the bass. Aloie of the former are
now annually destroyed by the eel pots
than would ever be caught by the bass.
We are glad to see a vigorous movement
made for stmck Mg the Delaware, and we
hope OH:Susquehanna and other streams
in this State may be speedily furnished
with a suilleien I supply of black bass to
ensure their rapid propagation. By the
way we heard something once about a
movement to stock the Conestoga. It
could easily be dome at very little ex
pense. We hope the gentlemen who
hail tile law pissed prohibiting netting
in that stream will make arrange
ments for procuring black bass. The
nece"ary unwind. of money could be
collected in this city in half a day.
Democratic Nominations In New York
The Tammany Ilidl Democracy of
New York held their County Conven
tion on Wednesday evening, resulting
in the nomination of A. Oakey Hall for
Mayor, Mathew 'l'. Brennan for Sheriff,
Charles E. Loew fur County Clerk, and
Patrick H. Keenan. Uershom N. Her
man and Nelson W. Young for Coroners.
Speeeches were !node by Augustus
Schell, John Mullaly, Judge Friedman,
Judge Garvin and others. A letter was
read from Oen. McClellan, promising
to be present at the great ratification
meeting on Union Squara' next Thurs
day evening.
THE Tammany Congressional Con
ventions were held in New York las
night, and made the following noml
notions: 4th District, Morgan Jones
btb, Wm. R. Roberts; 6th, S. S. Cox
7th, Smith Ely ; Bth, James Brooks
9th, Fernando Wood.
After the Battle
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The Evening Telegraph, one of the
most ably conducted Republican news
papers of this State, has been thrown
into a moralizing mood by the result of
the recent election. It casts its eye over
the hard fought field and sums up re
sults as follows :
At length we have the full returns from
all the Congressional, Senatorial, and Leg
islative districts in the State, and the field
can be surveyed fully and calmly. The
total loss is seven regular Republican
candidates for Congress in districts now
represented by Republicans, with one gain
in Luzerne and Susquehanna, and one In
dependent Republican (Creely), to offset
the disasters. At the best, the net loss is
five Republican Congressmen, making the
delegation stand 11 to 13, instead of 6 to 18,
as now. The net loss on the Republican
majority of the Legislature is 10, and the
popular vote of the State shows a Democrat
ic majority. Donley, Morrell, Armstrong,
and Crilfillan are defeated in districts which
two years ago gave them from 1000 to 2000
majority each, while Judge Mercur who
was elected by 311 in 1808, is re-elected by
125. Covode's district, which was close
before, now elects Foster by 730, and Cess
na's District, which elected him by 11-I in
1868, now defeats him by 15. In two Sena
torial districts which elected three Senators
this fall, each Republican candidate should
have had 1000 majority, but they are all
beaten badlv—from 500 to 1100. They were
repudiated by the people because they were
suspected of pledging themselves to vote
for the re-election of Simon Cameron to the
United States Senate. The Republican peo
ple have determined that the Senatorial auc
tion of 1867 shall not be repeated. If men Will
surrender their manhood to procure nom
inations, or after they aro nominated, they
must henceforth leave hope behind them.
The loss of Republican members of the
Legislature in the Franklin, Huntingdon,
Indiana, Armstrong, Crawford, and Union
districts is but the same result from the
same cause, while the slaughter of Repub
lican Congressmen is due to the fact that
they dispensed the patronage of their dis
tricts to promote the pretensions of Cain
oron. Armstrong's district reverses its
2000 Republican majority because he was
announced as wanting to lead off in res
cinding the resolution of censure on the
records of Congress against Cameron. The
nature of the disaster may be summed tip
as follows:
Killed—Simon Cameron.
Wounded—The Republican party (seri
ously).
Missing—A largo assortment of Cameron
camp-followers, supposed to be of ganizing
to plunder the victorious enemy's baggage.
Retired—A largo number of brave, trust
ed, and non-Wheel -hunting Republican
leaders, who are not for sale.
Will the would-be leaders of the Repub
lican party heed this emphatic warning of
the people?
Stanton's Own Testimony
Edwin M. Stanton, though dead yet
speaketh, and that in a way that is cal
culated to confound his panegyrists.—
Wilson must feel that he is placed in a
very awkward predicament by the fol
lowing epistles from Stanton to James
Buchanan, which were written a good
while after the inauguration of Abra
ham Lincoln. We copy front the New
York World :
WASHINGTON, March Di,
DExii . SIR: Notwithstanding what has
been said in the papers, and the universal
reports hero during the last week, the order
for the removal of the troops from Sumter
has not, as I eon assured, yet been given.
Yesterday, it was still under debate. Every
day affords proof of the absence of any set
tled policy or harmonious concert of action
in the administration. Seward, hates and
Cameron form one wing; Chase,
ith Welles
and Blair, the opposite wing. Sm is on
both sides, and Lincoln sometimes on one,
sometimes on the other. There has been
agreement on nothing. Lincoln, it is com
plained on the streets, has undertaken to
distribute the whole patronage, small and
great, leaving nothing to the chiefs of de
partments. Growls about Scott's "
imbe
" are growing froment.
The Republicans are beginning to think
that a monstrous blunder was illade in the
tariff bill, and that it will cut off the trade
of Now York, build up New Orleans and
the Southern ports, and leave the govern
ment no revenue. They see before them
the prospect of soon being without money
and without credit,. But with all this it is
curtain that Anderson will be withdrawn.
I do not believe that there will be much
further effort to assail you. Mr. Sumner
told me yesterday that Scott's proposed
order was based upon purely military rea
sons and the limited resources of the gov
ernment. The embarrassments tint sur
rounded you they HOW feel ; and whatever
may be said against you lutist recoil as an
argument against them, and in giving rea
sons for their action, they must exhibit the
facts that controlled you in respect to SIMI-
ter.
Mr. Holt has gone to New York. I have
not seen him. When he called on me
happened to be from Ironic, and when I
called ho was absent. Judge Black is here,
and, I suppose, intends to remain for some
tines. Ile is staving at Harrison's.
I hope to be able to procure a copy of Mr.
Molt's letter and lieu. Scott's comments
next week, and I intend to call and see the
general and have a talk with him.
Withsincere regard I remain yours truly,
EDWIN M. STANTON.
His Excellency James Bechtnall.
On the 16th of July, 1561, Stanton
wrote again to his friend, the ex-l'resi
dent :
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So far as your administration is concern
ed, its policy in reference to both Sumter
and Pickens is fully vindicated by the
course of the present administration. For
forty days after the inauguration of Lin
coln, no use was made of the means that
had been prepafed for reinforcing Sumter.
' Whatever may be said of Ben
nett's malignity now, I think the public
will be disposed to do full justice to your
efforts to avert the calamity of civil war;
and every month for a long time to 1,1110
will, I am afraid, furnish fresh evidence
of the magnitude of that calamity.
General Dix is still here. He has been
shamefully treated by the administration.
With sincere regards I remain, as ever,
truly yours, ItinwiN M. STA NT4.N.
His Excellency.Jamcs Buchanan.
TILE Sons of Temperance held their
Sunday evening services in Cooper In
stitute last week. Dr. Mary E. Walker,
attired in her peculiar style of dress,
delivered an entertaining and effective
temperance speech, in which she allud
ed to President Grant in terms the re
verse of pleasant, giving instances in
which he had become so befuddled with
intoxicating drinks that he had to be
taken home by his friends. Mrs. Dr.
Walker added that his intellectual pow
ers had become so torpid that they were
not equal to Fish's.
Thanksgiving . Proclamation
WASHINGTON, Oct. :11.—The following
proclamation was issued to-day :
WHEREAS, It behooves a people sensible
of their dependence on the Almightly, pub,
licly and collectively, to acknowledge their
gratitude for Ills favor and mercies, and
humbly to beseech for their continuance.
And whereas, The people of the United
States during the year about to end have
special cause to be thankful for the general
prosperity and abundant harvest, ;111,1 ex
ception from pestilence, foreign War and
civil strife. Now, therefore, I, Ulysses S.
Grant, President or the United States, 1,11-
earring in any similar recommendation
from the chief magistrates of States, do
hereby recommend to all citizens L. meet
in their respective places of worship im
Thursday, the '24th slay of November next,
there to give thanks fir the bounty of i ;oil
during the year about of close, and to sop
plicate for its continuance hereafter.
Lt WitIIOSS whereof I dye Ilcrolllll, sot
Illy hand and have causod the seal it the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy, and of the independrio, of
the linited Slates the
By the:Pre3ident
New York.
N w Vona, October ttl. —A Hll, Rel , ll ii•
limn, has withdrawn front the Congressiii
nal field in the list district of Lids Suite
leaving Walter S. tiessiiiiis the only Repoli
liean candidate.
Thu lower part of the city i, with
circulars from Mayor Mill, itsserting that
the census has been incorrts•tly taken: that
a fair count will show a population of
1,250,000, and a voting population of 206,15 m. I
He appeals to all citizens and all parties to
register Monday or Tuesday next, that this
point may be clearly established.
The action of the Federal authorities rel
ative to the registry is creating intense ex
citement. The Democrats scent confident
there will, notwithstanding, be a larger
registration than at any previous election.
The Republican Congressional Conven
tion of the 6th District met again to-night,
but split into two parties, one of which
nominated Horace Greeley, and the other
Thos. Stewart, for Congress. Neither is
likely to accept the nomination. Iu thehth
District the Republicans, after a heated de
bate, in which the eliding of the young
Democaacy nominee were advocated in
vain, George Wilkes was nominated for
Congress.
The census of the city has been completed.
Following is given as the populationlof New
York city: 9'.43,910, being an increase of
112,656 over 1800.
clamm
'rho general election in West Virginia
will be held on Oct. 27th, the fourth Thurs
day in this month. State and county offi
cers and Representatives in the Forty-sec
ond Congress will be voted for. The can
didates for Governor are Wm. E. Stevenson,
Republican, the present incumbent, and
John J. Jacob, Democrat. The candidates
for Congress are Nathan Goff, Jr., James
C. McGrew and John S. Witcher, Republi
cans, the last two being members of the
Forty-first Congress. The Deniocratic can
didates are John J. Davis, 0. P. Downey
and Frank Hereford. In 1868, Win. E.
Stevenson's majority for Governor was
4717, and the three Congressional Districts
are now represented by Republicans.
Pottsville has no market house.
A Temperance meeting, largely at
tended, was held in the Court House, at
Harrisburg, on Friday evening.
Huntingdon has now a United States
Senator, a Congressman and a State
Senator. Bully for "ye ancient bor-
ough!"
The wonderful run of 303 points at the
French carom. or three-ball game, was
made at Philadelphia last evening, by
ltudolphe, in a game with Kavanagh.
A Farmer in Pennsylvania has found
that even discarded hoop-skirts can be
made useful. By suspending them, and
using the proper weights, he finds that
they make admirable turkey and chick-
en coops.
A male otter, measuring three feet
nine inches from the point of the nose
to the tip of the tail, and weighing four
teen pounds, was shot at the mill dam
of Samuel Kurtz, on Brandywine creek,
by William Sypherd last week.
Patrick Hasset, aged 32 years, residing
on Stewart street, Philadelphia, died
yesterday morning at the Pennsylvania
Hospital from injuries received a few
days ago by a barrel of molasses rolling
on him from a dray on Commerce street.
While the Episcopalians of Media,
Delaware county, are using extraordi
nary efforts to further foreign missions,
the heathens in their own immediate
neighborhood have twice entered their
church and stole the minister's surplice
belts, bible and missionary money.
Thomas Reece, of Homeville, Upper
Oxford township, Chester county, shot
himself while gunning, on Wednesday
last. His gun went off accidently and
the whole charge entered his left arm
near the shoulder, producing a danger
ous wound.
Yesterday a portion of the machinery
at Daily's nail works, Harrisburg, broke
and a piece of iron, thrown with great
violence, struck an employee, Mr.
David H Miller, on the head, producing
a frightful fracture of the skull, from
the effects of which he died in about
live hours.
•
Ou Tuesday last a little child of Rich
ard Hubbell, of Reading, was badly
scalded by upsetting a kettle of water on
itself. Mrs. Hubbell was washing, and
set the kettle on the floor, when the
child, who is but 13 months old, crawled
to it and pulled it over, scalding both
legs and one arm.
On Monday afternoon Edward Pow
ell, residing No. 39 limes street, Phila
delphia, was looking through a place at
Adrian street and Uirard avenue, at au
officer shooting a mad bull, when the
shot missed the animal and hit Powell
in the eye, inflicting a wound that caused
his death.
On Tuesday evening of last week, Mr.
Abraham Yoder, while engaged in
threshing grain at his farm, near Boyer
town, Berka county, was struck in the
head by a fork falling from the loft
over-head, one of the tines of which
penetrated his skull, and was wills diffi
culty removed.
Ex-Governor Parker left a collection
of old coins valued at nearly $20,001, and
supposed to be second to but one other
collection in the United States. This
immense collection he had made with
great sacrifice of time and money, and it
consists of many rare specimens from a
date anterior to the Christian era down
to the present time.
On Thursday afternoon last Mrs. He
.
ry Ellis, of Mead township, Crawford
county, gave her little two-year old boy
some chestnuts, which she had he,rself
previously made tine. While eating, the
child began to cry and drawing some of
the chestnut into his windpipe, it was
choked, and died within fifteen min
utes.
At a pie-nir on Friday :it Deckers
brewery, on Staten Island, Win. Fergu
son, a sailor, quarrelled with his wife
about their children. A remark that
she made so exasperated hint that he
drew a large sheath knife and plunged
it into her back and breast. The hus
band was arrested and sent to jail. Mrs.
Ferguson's recovery is doubtful.
J. Schultze Spielman, son of J. D.
Spielman, Esq., of Altoona, was run
over by a train or cars at Derry Station,
at an early hour on the 22d inst., and
instantly killed. Mr. Spielman, who
was Train Master of the Pittsburgh Di
vision, undertook to couple some cars
while ill motion, and was caught be
tween them and somewhat crushed.—
] I e then dropped between them and was
run over by several of the trucks, being
entirely dead when taken out.
A few days ago Mr. Israel Reed, of
Barry township, Schuylkill county, di
rected his workmen to remove the
wheel of his mill iu order to make sonic
repairs to it. Upon bringing a lighted
candle to it to examine the interior, a
violent explosion took place, which
blew Mr. Reed's hat oil but did no fur
ther damage. The wheel had been im
mersed in water in which there was
considerable coal wash, and it was sup
posed the explosive gas originated from
the submerged coal.
In Kitlaniog, last week, a Radical
named I). A. Dougherty, shot and kill
ed a young Democrat named Joseph
Stehle!. It appears the Democrats of
the town were celebrating their victory
by bonfires at which Steinel was as
sisting, when Dougherty came along,
armed with a revolver; an altercation
ensued, and lie shot Steinel through
the heart. 11e was at once arrested and
lodged in jail. Steinel is represented as
an estimable young man, soon to be
married.
On Monday night Nathan S. Patter
son, aged ni years, died at his residence
at liermantown, from the effects of a
piece of sponge sticking in his throat.
He drank a quantity of hartshorn, sev
eral years ago, in mistake for water.
This produced an affection of the throat
of an inthunmatory nature, which be
came chronic. In order to obtain re
lief he had to use an instrument known
as a probang. In using this on Satur
day last, tile sponge became separated
from it and lodged In his throat, which
ended in death on Monday night.
General Sheridan is in Brussels
- tadanie Parepa is in London.
(„Ml Pan Tucker has Leon lynched in
Chattanooga.
A Cincinnati base ball nine is com
posed of SI tailors,
The Boston 7 5 •eue.vcript thinks Henry
Ward Beecher is becoming an Univer
salist.
(;reeley delivered his lecture on farm
ing out West. The hearers didn't
know whether it was a joke or not.
The great arithinetieal paradox with
base hall players is that sometimes nine
make a score and sometimes nothing.
It reported that the Pope, in defer
(ice the advice of all the Powers, wil
remain at Itione.
A I,nuisville daily that hlas been Vs
a few itintiths has tiltatatly That
four luLel suits anti a thurl.
A train was thrttwii from the track
itt•ar l'art.y, Ohio, yet•tinalay, tint! tht
inntinecr and iiroinalt mere
Tlit•re worn yellow liver'
i r h, tis , tt n
thaiths till \Vctititattlay.
The greatest "wringing ticichine" iu
the (sundry, aceonling to the New York
Erlip..ss, is the Iteventie Department.
At Montgomery, Alabama, the iti
zens have subscribed $l,OOO. and the
City appropriated $5OO for the
sull'erers front yellow fever in Alobile.
Ilen. Sheridan say , there is as much
shirking among the soldiers of the
French and ( iertuan armies as 11101. WaS
in ours during the rebellion.
All the saw mills on the 'it. Anthony
side of the Mississippi, near i imeapo•
were burned on Thursday night.—
Loss sl:o,iiitik
=MEI
Sev'y of Suitt
lleraeo laieley id reperleil :t having
plireleiseil a lIVW Litt. If he hits we will
stalo , (mr pile new style i newx
A Nebraska girl speaks four lal
guages, sings, plays the piano, dance.
chews, smokes, drinks and swears, a
in the highest style of the art.
A lodging house keeper advertises "I A
furnish gentlemen with pleasant am
comfortable rooms ; also, one or two gen
tlemen with wives."
From a certain hilltop in the southern
part of Tazewell eoun,ty, Illinois, where
the vision extends for twenty miles,
nothing can be seen but corn.
Some trouble has been caused in
Washington by the daughter of a prom
inent officer in the United States Navy
wearing crape on her arm for General
Lee.
New Haven, Ct., claims the only
original oil portrait of General Lee in
existence. It was painted by J. M. King,
of that city, soon after the close of the
war.
A female child with two heads, three
feet and eighteen toes, was born near
Cardington, Ohio, on the 14th inst. The
two heads are perfect in shape, but the
third limb Is as large as the other two.
It seems to be quite healthy, and takes
food in both mouths at the same time.
The Republican Congressional Con
vention of the First Rhode Island Dis
trict, having taken fifty-five ineffectual
ballots, agreed to dissolve yesterday,
with the understanding that a new Con
vention shall be called if no candidate
be chosen after one trial at the polls.—
On the last ballot Jenckes received 12
votes, Davis 18 and Fames 25.
State Items
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PENIINTLVANIA ELECTION
Ontetra Congressional Returns.
The following are the official returns of
the Congressional vote in Pennsylvania, as
received in the office of the Secretary of
the Commonwealth:
FIRST nisrittcr.
Repubti,an. !k•rna•rWl.
Huckel. Randall
Philadelphia, 211 Ward :2'= 2 5 98
lltr2 1731
'• 4th " 922 20,1
•• sth " 11142 1702.
•• tith " 7SO 11.5. ,
" llt h " . . 76! 1291
Randall's majority
D DISTRICT.
O'Neill
Philadelphia, lit Ward 1795
7th •• 16th
Sth "
'• 9th "
•• lath " 2111;
" 1:03
Creely's 11111jOritY
THIRD DISTRI Pr
Myers
Ph Iladel lt la, 14th ward._ 1219
131. h " lltSo
•• 113th •'
17th •' „ 1 . 2.11
ISt h " . •'lll3
.. 19t ••
Myers' majority 13..
FOURTH DISFRICI
Kelly
14r-
Philadelphia, 14th ward
1u
".11th ••
Kelly's maJnrlty ..... _270'2
Hann,
122.1
" 114
ninjorily 10)
41 XTH DISTRICT.
UlKrr
645.118
Lehigh ......
Montwornery
Arker . ,nnfority
: 4 EV esru viKritirr
majto . llv • 2177
F.11.11'1•11
Hunt.,
VII
Di1 . 1.•3 11111.1.111 y ......
q ENTIL
1:1111mwr.
1 el In, n
'MINH
K Winger's Itinfttrity„. 629
ELEVEN , ' 1,15T1L1 , 1%
Storm,
I. I tav IT, H. K
tittrlll'prtl ...... ... 5:;17 . _'79tc
Carlton PALS 1319
Monroe 17.1 T MI
l'llle .In
Wayne -ICI - :2.,
StorllCS
Shoeuml,
Slioentalcor' , ..
Tilin rtaarll I.lrit.l
1:s2I
1::19
Bradc ,r
Nlluz 014,
•411111 s an...
l'uluuibiu
Merotir's majority 171
F“I'ItTERN Ell nu: fl a It,.
Parker. Soo! I
Dauphin ",..2ls :I+l9
Juntata . 1 . 21. a Wo
Northumbertaml. . . :':0r.!....... , 1
5nyder......... ... 1612 1 .: 211
Union 1 , ,.... III!'
nw..j.aity ..
I.lsrmi
lwr
I
I cm!! cI lc I
I rr
lc 1
Haldeman' , maimMy
SI XTEENTIC 1'9.1
l'eNsna. Myt.r,
39s I 41G7
11a• hors I.
Fruu I Ilu
Fun n
`innnn r,tt
Nlyers' olap)rity
Disr. r.
Morroll. spoer
34;t5
Cambria.
Huntingdon
.Mlllllll
speer's maJmity 1 l
KIEIturERN Ili InsTßicr.
A runs! rung. Sll,l . w0..,1
entre • ..2r.",:t :sill
lintoti 112; 221)1
yconll ilg :ti I I 4,79
log:1 Is! 21Ir;
'ol.lyr 13:K1 107
Sherw.. innalrl 1 y
NIN KTKENT II Di',
Seo Ile 1
Cameron
Clearfield 1371
Elk 31.!
Erie .769 r,
Forest NO;
Jefferson 11,1
M'E van 700
Warren 11'67
se“fleld's
TwKN•I . I,III
lart”ln
, .
tl rltltt h's majority 70.1
W ENT 1' -V I Iv, 01,Tit
Stewoll
Fayolto
Indiana . 377,
Wost no. o lam I 1,7
mitj,lty ........
Neglcy. ll"pltin. I
•I,VEN, -11111, 1,1,1'1:1 , '1 -
.\1 .1111,1.111.
A11,11011).11,111, 1, ryi
BLit 1.1 -
A ritist ,
\I Juni:Hl' , in:tj.,rit 170,
.1 1 7,.,11'1 -1,1 1,11 1,1•11'1 . ..1. 1•
11,11.•y.1
11'.1‘1•1", . .
1r4•,/,/. 1 TN,
1!•i17
M 'I. .
b.,,/,.v. ker. / 1,. •
Ist. District G7ii, It,'
2.1. District .......1 , 11::1 1111;9
:1511. District
4th I,lqtrict 11121 11622 27,2
sth 1/ktrici 11:51 1 i itil 1111
tilli District 1172 121 , 19
7th District um,. N7ll '.;177
Slit District rAW, 11,111 • —•
111.11 District .r . o , 7 111 1 - 111
11/th District 11:12 , 1 11597 5 . 2.1
11111 District 76211 12154 -- -
12th District 1 , 1,79 12 , 159 I__L -
hlth Dhitrict 11117 1115.1 171 --
14111 District I 520 11211 272i1 -
15th District 1111111 1 , 0,6 ::
Milli District 11511 12,,9 _ .
17111 District 11131; I.l=, ---
I,lth District 11175 1321L5
19th District 1:165 12151 t'AII -
31111 District 17177 111 1 , 1 '
list District.. ...... _111'541 12'.11M •---
22.1 District ...........1:415_' s/,IS 4751 -
711 District 1 . 2:All 8.91 37111 -
711th District 11:5.9 1711.1
1!IIEMMIll
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The DemocraLs hail a jubilee at Indianap
olis on Saturday lust over their victory in
the State. Speeches were made by Hon.
D. W. Vorhees, ex-Senator Hendricks and
others. The demonstration was tine; fully
ten thousand joyous Democrats participat
ed in the proceeding. The majority for
Col. Eddy for Secretary of State will be
over 2,000, and a working majority is claim
ed in both the Senate and house. Indiana
has done nobly.
Uallroad Sold
The Gettysburg Railroad, with its appur
tenances and franchises, was sold at public
outcry, at the Merchants' Exchange, Phil
adelphia, at 12 on Monday— James A.Tow n
&mot, of New Haven, becoming the pur
chaser, at $lBl,OOO. We are without further
particulars, and cannot say whether the par
ty buying means to extend tke road or not.
It has certainly gone at a cheap figure, con
sidered merely as an ordinary investment,
but for the purpose of extension it is worth
five times what it has brought. A little
time may serve to give us full light on this
important subject. —Compiler.
The Conservative caucus of the Vir
ginia Legislature yesterday nominated
R. T. Daniel for Congressman at large
from that State.
The Lefielature
1 W. W. Watt, It
2 A. W. Henszev, R
3 D. A. Nagle, D
4 Geo. Connell, R
5 H. J. Brooke, It
Henry S. Evans, R
r, J. W. Knight, D
7 Ed. Albright, D
8 J. DePuy Davis, D
9 W. M. Randall, D
10 A. G. Broadhead,D
11 P. NI. Osterhout, It
12 S. Turner, I)
13 A. (1. Olmsted, It
14 A. B. Dill, I)
13 C. R. Buckalow, D
10 David Alumina, B
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Philadelphia-Ist, S. I'. Thomson IL; 2d,
George INPG owan, D.; 3d, Samuel Josephs,
D. ; -Rh, William Elliott, R. ; sth, William
Dully, R.; oth, John P. Mooney, II.; 7th,
R. Johnston, H.; Bth, W. L. Marshall, IL;
11th, George A. Quigley, D. ; 10th, J. E.
Reyburn, R.; 11th, S. M. Hager. H.; Nth,
John Linnon, ; 13th, John Dliumbell, R. ;
14th, John Cloud, H. ; 15th, A. Albright,
R. ; 16th, William F. Smith, R. ; 17th, Jos.
A. Campbell, D.; 18th, James Miller, It.
Adams—lnane liereter. I).
Allegheny—D. N. White, R. ; John H.
Kerr, K. Henry Wagner, It.; John S.
Robb, It.; NI. S. Humphreys, It.; James
Taylor, R.
Armstrong—G. S. Putner, I).
Berks—John A. ('on rat!, I).; A. T. C.
Keifer, D. ; 11. A. Schwartz, D.
Bucks-Samuel Darragh, P. S. C. Pur
cell, It.
Bradford find Sullivan-1211110i IL W0)1;
It.; Perley 11. Buck, It.
Blair—B. L. Hewitt, R.
Cambria—NV. Horace Hose, D.
Carbon and Monroe—W. It. Leonard, D
Centre—l'. Cray Meek, D.
Clarion and Jefferson -Edmund Eng•
ash, D.
Clearfield, I•'orest and Elk—John ft
hall, D.
Clinton, Cameron find McKean , -A. C
Noyes, D.
Chester—Leyi Prizer, It. ; Jos. C. Kot+,
It.; Samuel 11. Hooper, R.
Crawford—D. D. Williams, D.; J., II
Cray, It.
Columbia and Montour
(ant, 1).
Cumberland —John It. Leidig, 1).
I huiphin—A. C. Smith, It.; John E. Par
sons, It.
Delaware—Tyson Lewis, D.
Erie--I eorgo W. Starr, It.; I. New hal
Fayette--''iioutas It. Solnialterly,
tireene—Robert A. I,l'Connell, U.
lliintingdon, Mifflin and J uniata —Alira
ham Rohrer, D.; 11..1. I\l'.l.teer, D.
Indiana and NVestmoreland- Daniel Ita
'limy, It.; Thomas Me.Nlullin, It.; Ilanni;
Ina K. Sloan, D.
:Lane:lister—George Whitson, It.; John
it. Wiley, It.; A. C. Itainoehl, It.; I
M. Engle It.
Lebanon—Jonathan /Audio, It.
I.ohigh—Adani \Voologer, 1,.; Ilernidn
M. Fetter, I).
Lyconting, tonal and Snyder Saimiel
Wilson, it.; John Cummings, It.; Scott
('lingan, It.
Luzerne—tteiirge ('crap, It. ; .1.;1111 F.
M' Mutton, It.; ; S. \V. Keene,
Mercer, Lawrence and Butler—Alexan
der P. Moore, It. ; Samuel IL Clarke, It.
tt. NV, Fleeger, It.; E. A. Wheeler, It.
Nlontgontery—Jobe .1. C. Harvey, 1 1 .
()liver li. :Morris, it.
Northaultium--Samuel Boileau, It.;
011 It. ituglentut, B.
Northumberland -- Nlontgiiiit
ors, It,
l'erry and Franklin -
t ;verge I,V. Skinner, It.
Sehuylkill—hunes Ellis, It.; .1. Irt nt
Steel, it.; l'randis iti It ecu, It.
Somerset, Bedford and Fulton; --William
11. Manner, H.; Samuel P. NVishart, It.
Susquehanna and 'Wyoming— Ed ward It,
Beardslee, It.; .k. It. Walker, It.
Tioga and Potter—ll. Id Strang, John
S. Nlanit, It.
Veining., and Warren
It.; C. \V. Stone, It.
Washington and Beaver —I , . M. Lethei
man, It.; \Villiant . Mickey, It.; \VlM:tit,
C. Shurloek, It.
Wayne and Pike—David A. \Veils, It.
—Lemuel Ross, It.; Frank .1. 1 , .1'; ;1.1.,
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111 IC IRUNDLE OF :1/401'11INGS
No. 2.4.—Modern:Jehuhon
" Your terg' the man
meanest titlnc aEr
lit ,
so very hard he irE to drive;
eve trr•ard your half-starved coach man reo
It rrosts you 111000 for whips than tray."
'Chore are two extremes in equine velo
city, equally to Ire deprecated, and both of
which are recommended to the vigilance
of the I renevolent ; not only for the cruelty
practiced towards dumb animals in the 4)1111
extreme, but also for the jeopardy in which
human life is placed in the other, leaving
the moral quality of the subject nut or the
reckoning altogether.
We were once touch amused at the graph
ic remarks made by a village "Sage,"
when a fellow-citizen had invented a two
shilling Irridlejlrit, and hired a large build
ing, and erected a steam engine, and other
machinery on a largo scale, for the manu
facture of them. Looking up at the build
ing and listening to the busy buzzing of
the numerous wheels, the old man remark
ed, that every sound presaged foiliffe.—
" Why?" " Because, only :dealt 0110 1111111
in every three hundred owns a horse, and
only about ten out of every hundred !torsos
neerbE a bit of that kind, and about one-half
of the remainder are too glad of the priv
ilege of shunting still, to make any
attempt to run away." " I would
rather invest in a manufactory of but
tons, matches, or clothes-pins?' The old
10116
16 rt. , l 611
10
12,11
12,11
11C.21 10:135
1,2 i
inatrs predictions clinic true, for there
was not suflivient demand for the article to
sustain the factory, but that is " neither
here zior there." 'those horses which are
" glad of the privilege of standing still,"
form one of the extremes to which we allude
above, and "goodness knows" there are
far too many of these poor, miserable, hard
worked "crow-baits" in the land. These
" poor devil " are always sure to get "more
whips than hay," and many of their owners
seem to feel that there is just so murk
money within the skins of the animals they
drive, which ran only be brought out by
the administration of a "club " er "cudgel: ,
without the least regard to how they are
fed, what their lied, or how many heavy
burdens are imposed upon them. " Pieir
old horse. let him die;" for it is far
better that he sleuth] give up the ghost at
once, than, that that period in his experi
ence shenlil arrive, when Inn is no longer
able to "go." The other c.i.drceic is in
cluded in that culpable system of "jell.
ism, - which is lieeiiming so provident in
the rising nialc generatien of our l'OtllltrY r
and WiliC•1111,V.11 , the rural districts quite
as much, if not more, than it 1101, the cities
and towns. The lier,..es belonging to this
extreme always are compelled to travel "iin
their niuside," and are drivcu with "Whip
Frow It.• 1•4,1111. I
spin`' dashing through the popubius
tioiroughlares ities, towns and I hinges
in delialiee latv, mill at the imminent
unearth the lives and limbo of their citi
zen., especially of the helpless ago! and
the Ii i.lie.' hill rent. 'l•hohurso,:tsageu
oral thing, is a nohlc, intelligent :tint saga
and if troll instructed, well
foil, anil W,4.1111,1, is iluito ue will
ing and " go" at a reas on able rah, tdhis is.
• II IN
Nlany in 110, r6tya, however, are ay Lally
treated, and nitwit for v. hips, as those
do, NV hick are glad of the privilege of
staielite4 still, and tend to their own
ors M 1,11 1 ,1.10 tifiviit - haliitv of life, which
ultimately '1)11,1: tloieu 010 1111111, 11.5 Well
11.-• the til,•111,0`1 con.
Between thr.r, two extremes are various
other classes, ~.1110 of whirl are treated
benevolently, soo n • tolerably, some rigidly,
;not I,thor, rather parsimoniously ; too
much subjceled to the use of the whip, and
the denial of hay. There, is the staid, fat,
slow moving l'em,togn, and rural family
horse; the high nettled span of the town
or city gent ; the daily worn, and ambigu
ous tenant of the livbry stable; the solid
looking, Mooing machine of the coal-heav
er; the obstinate long-eared hybrid of the
ore team ; the ponderous motor of the
drayman ; the semi. corn fortable appendage
of the truck man, and the fatigued and
sometimes sparingly fed quadruped of the
common carter. All these receive such
treatment as is (Belated by the humanity,
generosity, necessity, or ability of their
masters, but it is feared that some of them,
on certain occasions, if they do receive
more hay than whip, they aro often the
the heirs of a more refined cruelty, and
still oftener of wantonness and neglect. I' ,
cruelty to horses Numething or nothing!
BELLE-Viaw.
A new form of envelope has recently be
come quite popular in Uermany and pos
sesses the convenience of enabling one to
open a letter when completely sealed up,
without the ordinary difficulty of finding
an entrance. The arrangement consists In
Introducing a thread which projects from
one of the corners, by pulling which the
lower edge of the envelope is cut through
without injury to the enclosure, the ad
dress or the stamp.
VALENCIENNES, Oct. 18.—Thbota, an at
tache of the Foreign Office, has Just arrived
hero from Paris. lie says the people aro
calm and hopeful. Politically, affairs aro
unaltered. The resolution seems to be com
mon to all the Prussians now Investing the
city, to screen themselves behind their
powerful batteries.
So tremendous Is the French lire that tho
plains are absolutely swept by it. ;rho best
unners in the world are collected in the
Faris fortifications. The marines never
miss their mark at six thousand metres.
The Prussians aro threatening the imme
diate bombardment of Paris. This is im
possible, for so long as the French forts
outside aro so well served, no enemy can
approach near enough.
The manufacture of arms is wtively go
ing on in Paris.
LONDON, Oct. Timex, to-day, in
an editorial on the Continental situation,
reminds its readers that this is the anniver
sary of the battle of nations, which occur
red near leipsie, un the Isth of Oct. Mer,
IL has been generally underst oo d in the
terman camp that thp bombardment of
Paris, front all the batteries simultaneous
ly, would be opened on this anniversary
day, which is so fall of glorious remem
brances to the lierinans, and which has
been regularly celebrated for years. The
world is waiting for tine events of to-day.
The Anglo-American Ambulance Corps
has left Versailles for Orleans, where there
aro three thousand wounded French and
tiermans,
The German army in France, is main
Mined by constant reinforcements, and it is
estimated that there are fully six bundled
thousand armed Germans on French soil.
tianawtta has left Tours for the French
17 E. Blllingfolt, It
J. B. Warfel, R
.
18 A. a Miller, D
19 C. M. Duncan, D
Al Hiram Findlay, D
21 R. 13, '
D
Dr. Crawford, D
22 Harry White, It
23 W. A. Wallace, 11
24 A. A. Furman, D
23 Thos. Howard, It
G. 11. Anderson, It
20 J. S. Rutan, It
27 James Kerr, It
iN Harrison Allen, It
21) U. B. Delatnoter,
'Thomas l'hal
D. 11.
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❑n proved Envelope
LATENT FOREIGN NEWS
armyin the Vosges, which is to be organ
ized for the purpose of restating line I ter
man advance on Lyons.
The Prussians still occupy Moung tined-
Iv. They have made no demonstration
against Blois and Tours, and it is net la
litlVed that they will at present.
tent. Bourbaki has been appointed cin•
wander of the Army of the North, and
Ji
reeled to operate in concert with Itaz.aine.
Hamburg and Bremen are threatened by
the French fleet, and the excitement in
those cities is intense.
Li,NDoN, Oct. LS. .The Pro:shins attach
ed the unfortitied town of Nlontilidier, kill
ed three citizens, and captured MO of the
Mobiles. A re q uisition of raidato rates
Was levied on the town, and tine Mayor and
M. Durand, a banker, were taken
hostages for payment. The warttalthert,
troops have been placed tinder command
of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg.
LoNnoN, Oct. IS.--The ha, of Meehlot
berg-Schwerin ut Soissonseonsistsof Pom
eranian, I lessian and 'Magdeburg artillerx ,
Schleswig engineers, eight battalions id
landwehr and Halberstadt horse. The a •
vestment lasted three weeks tad the hea
bardment four days. Hy the capitniat
.1,000 prisoners of tsar and 1:12 ciitinelis 1,11
into the Prussian hands.
111:m.3x, (tot. 1.9.- P P. M.—The Irrins
the capitulation of the fortress:lml garris.ei
of Mete have been agreed uon at the Pres.
stall heath ittarters at. Versailles hettvecit the
French tioneral Itayeti tutul ing
'rho following are the conditions under
which the eapitathition is made :
Marshal Ilazaine Iv ill sign a troety olpenco
between France and l'russia us the plow's,.
tentiary of the Emperer Napoleon.
steal 113,7.1tille'S army is to be disarmed, but
is to remain at Mete. Napeleon's the
Prince Imperial, is to ascend the throne of
Prance, and Marshal Itaeaitat is to hentill
Mated regent. The receipt .t• the terms ei
the capitulation of Mete and the prospectit
return of peace haee proilurr,l a trelle,
,11111 S excitetnent in thisvity. The intensii . ‘
M . feeling ten felt throughout all circle.,
particularly upon the stock e‘changc,
where very gr,.,1
to-tlay.
tl'ru:.inus :11, IC
turning towards Paris ithont
I attle with the l'rei•li on the tight lank ot
the '1•111 Prussian . . arc still In
oiccupatifiti of IMeson. 1 1 tcing to Bull
great losses of l'hateaudini, the Pi
have nearly destroyed that tats by tire
At liateininea, tt here the Pri,sial,
at
larked and were ,licaten on, they c
verge by c‘ffelitig:lioavy ~
names, The inhabitants paid tie . .111111
111,1VV as it was, Within fifty thotisan.
trams. The tfornialis then 1•1..1.•11:114 . .1 Ibt
but Illrl'ai.oll l, l 11l 1,411111 so..n an ,
collect the I/1' hill, the loa 11. 'tit
best answer to the Prussian despatdics
saying their loss was trilling 1,0.1..11. Pa, .
on the 13th. fin the occasil , ll of the sortie to
the Parisians, is found inili
tar}' report. NVllit'll ilijllsl 1.1/111i , i11 , 1, S.h.lls
jug that alter the battle the Prussians de
Jimmied a. truce of lice hours ill 1.1,11, I
bury their dead.
I.offtioN, Het. 20.-I..etters receivil het
Irum Paris, dated I blotter I:., state that Ili
citizens and troops are still 01.1 I.c
spirits and hopeful 11.4 / the resell. Dail
sorties are matte by the garrison, and intoe
hiss is inflicted upon the Prussians.
' rho latter have not been able 10 1.1 . 1 . 01
batteries, owing to the terrible artillery lii
from the forts anti vigorous sorties of II
I esieged. Despatches fridu Itoerny,
the Belgian border, flitted yesterday, at
flounce that a lallhAiti from l'aris had jtt
landed !fear that place.
I.offfifos,Oct.2o.—Despatelii, from Ilan
hurl state that ten French ships of tviir 11
outside of lleligolatid. None are in sill
011 the ninfutlf of the Elbe. Preparations
meet the French vessels of tsar have hoc
Italic in the Weser.
. .
TOURS, I kit..20.—A.1 Vitae, from Paris eta
(hat a number of Americans, who hurl t.l
tained passes Train the Prussian author
tics outside the city, found it impossible t
leave. The Prussians es pi:lined lie
owing to certain strategical reasons, 11
Americans would not be permitted to lea,
by any of the usual roads. The l'rUSSial
advised the Americans to leave by a bra
going down the Seine, and promised the •
protection by that route.
Minister WMlll.lll'llO has informed Fit,
that he himself will remain in Paris as Ira
as the (ravernment authorities do.
It is announced that the supply of ilm
in Paris is sufficient for live months.
Despatches from Rouen, Lille, Bell . "
and other, )ilaces show that the &term in
Lion to resist the Prussians is :as string
ever.
A large French forte is assembled at P
sancon.
I iaribaldi has issued a stirring whir,.
the Franc-Tireu re.
TOURS, ()la, 2().- -NI. I /rapist, delegi
front the liovernment of Paris to Tim
who hunted frtin a balloon at Itirarciy si
terday, brings news of another engageme
near 'Paris, which began in the morning
ll:Lutes Bruyeres, and lasted for tam
hours, and wits resumed in the :dram.
i and terminated after three hours' in.
I lighting. The Prussians, who rittaek
lin 1.01.11 actions, were repulsed w
heavy loss. The despatch front Ito,
which contains the above intelligel
does not give the date of the affair
According to the latest Paris advices, T
1 elill, giving way to the unceasing denim
of the National livards, has given Ins et
sent to their organization in mobilized rut
ments, as an active force for sorties and s
vice beyond the walls. lle also ailment
that he has a plan for a general attack
the besiegers, which, when matured, ,
be carried out 011 a formidable scale.
the meanwhile, he will accept Vol ante
for sorties and night surprises.
The Paris gOiciii/ leuraiii, of Heti,
rah, positively declares that Burnside I
110 mission from the Prussian authorit
when he visited Paris, but Was merely
officious agent.
:)rt. 10.—The it
view of the continontill shunt inn
morning, censures the arrogates , of
Prussia'. in their terms tar peace, and
proves the language of the Emperor,
"no government yielding a foot of Frei
territory SIN a condition o f [WWl . 4,11111
Min its power a day."
not. '2O. The ele,t..r.d I
proposed for lionio, allie.ss her folirl
deputies in tho l'lmniber of Deputies.
reported that. the foie, in i1t.11,1414 , t,,
advice of all the power+, I . l`illaillY ;LI Ito
'rhero has been no communication
Italy and the other power. lag t h e • •n I.
of the Spanish candidature.
'rot' its, (Wt. '2.2. The 1.11 , ,, 11.4 lli
lias been received here nem N
'bateau: Friday, the lith M
hal Itazitine lutulu n 401111' 311,011 I) 111
crushing the enemy, whieli reunions
twenty-six !Wallows of infantry and
regiments of eaN airy. Ile also eapt.
p. 13 wagons laden wily stores and
visions of war.
"'l • ha sickness among the be,vgi,
constantly it creasing, and the Prie ,
have hero forced twit, to reit ['se lheir
around I\l etz."
LoNnos, Oct. The London pal
. ,
In -day publish reports :mph. by dower
from Nletz, to tho eiroot that Marshal
7.11.1110 NVa. , l ; (. 11.11rtibert. ri
eLnd, and that. lie tiger and pestilene ,
veiled it, the city. These stories lire
• .
orally discredited. At Berlin, leiwoN
the Gqpitulation of Ihu.abio is hourly
petted. It now seems that the "vertu r• .
recently made looking to surrender re
ed only t.O the troops which had refugee.
Metz, and not to the garrison or city.
The Daily Nee, publishes a telegi
dated outside Metz, Wednesday, antic,
cing that the Prussians heard cheering •
the tiring of salvors inside of Metz. A
eerier from Metz, who afterwards cam•
the Prussian headquarters, reported
the Republic had been proclaimed,
marshal Bazaine, while endeavorin
check the Republican manifestations,
been shot. lie, however, added that
report was doubtful.
The correspondent of the
ing Standard says the American Am
lance Corps has been given to tinders(
by the Prussians that its aid is not wan
Chartres has been surrounded by
Prussians, 20,000 strong. They have
forty cannon. The Prefect or the Del
meta and the Mayor of the city have
ranged with the Prussian commander
the rights of the citizens shall be respei
A despatch from Bills to-day says
the Germans entered St. Quentin yeste
morning. They made requisitions for
millions of francs, to raise which the I
ing citizens mine to Lille and born,
from the bank.
The work of deepening and wide
the channel of the Potomac river,
Analostan Island to the Long Bri
under the recent act of Congress, w
commenced early in November.
contractor, Mr. Dodge, has gone to
to procure steam dredges for exec
the work, and scows are being const
ed in which to remove the deposits t
from the river channel. It is expi
the work will be completed by the
of next February.