Eancasier jutelligencer. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1871 The Governor's Message. We laid before our readers last week the Annual Message of Governor Cleary. It is a lengthy document, treating ;of a great variety of local affairs, and giv ing the views of Its author upon na tional matters. The Governor shows that the finances or the Slate are In a sound condition, $6.5112,747 of the State Debt having been paid oft• since January let, 1867, the average annual reduction being $1,648,- 187. Ile suggests that the bonds now In the Sinking Fund, amounting to nine and a half million dollars, shall be sold and the proceeds applied to the speedy extinguishment of that amount of debt. The people of the State will approve of that suggestion, and will not receive with favor any attempt to transfer these bonds to the coffers of a gang of Rail road speculators. The Governor is like ly to have a chalice, this winter, to veto the nine million steal again, and he is pledged to do so by the language of his message. A heavy preitsure will be brought to hear upon him by the friends of the measure, but we hope he will prove relentlessly resolute. Should this sum of nine and a half million dollars he applied to the extinguishment of this :kniouut of debt, the liabilities of the Stale wbuld he reduced about one-third, leaving $'21,500,000 still nutstanding. Under the present rate of taxation unclyncome, the whole State debt could be wiped out in eight years, or the rate of taxation for State purposes might be reduced if it should be considered dcsi• [able to relieve the people, and to ex tend the time of payment. The Governor favors a Constitutional Convention, and he adduces eleven con secutive and eareftilly numbered rea sons why such a Convention should he called. \Ve agree with hint in most ‘if Iris suggestions upon this subject. They are not new or original, having been al ready discussed in the newspapers, but they are none the less sound on that ac ount. lie urges the Legislature to cake a fir and impartial apportion ment of the State. If that is not done at the present session it will be the fault of the Radicals in, the Lower House. The Democrats will lie ready to vote for any fair bill. 'l'lle (oninton Schools and the Sol diers' Orphans' Schools are spoken of at length. The 1 ;overnor forgets, lioNvever, In inform the Legislature why he I;ceps 31cl'arland in the position of Su perintendent of the Orphan Schools %ellen he ought to have been dismissed long ago. 'I'M , Legislature will be apt to take notice of that omission and to eject the fellow who hangs on so tena ciously to the office which Ile has Mall aged to make one of great profit. 'that bogus and costly concern, IL•tics' Vlililtu•y History, is lauded by the (lov color. Every intelligent soldier in the State 1111(1115 an expensive hum bug. A geological survey,of the St:tte is re commended. is an important matter, and worthy the consideration of the Legislature. Of the value of such surveys their can be no doubt, and money so expend,. lis well spent. A careful estimate should be made of the cost, and a clew• idea be had or wii:a will be re q uired to he dune before it is attempted again. \\die!' such a work s done, it should be dune in the most thorough and scientific m;uuua•. The I ;overnor devotes the conclusion of Isis :\lessage 10 a. dimension of nalluunl allhirs. In other (Vfll'ils, he supplements the document by appending thereto a sort of Presidential Nlessage under the eery modest heading or tom.k,." It is remarks upon the tu•itrare stake and unprofitable, being merely a rep•liliom oflhocuuuuunplucesiudulg ed by protectionists. There are, howrvel•, some excellent suggestions in this hurt or the int,sage, and t;i•alit lluile eclipsed by the generosity and •dato,ninn,llip of (teary. That is not Very high praise, but it is well deserved. The I:overtitut declares uneomprontising hostility 1,1 "1 eheal, lahor," ex pres,es himself• in favor of universal uninesty, and administer, a severe re ldse to the President for slatirming _troops al the civet ion rolls in 'Pennsyl vania. Ile believes thene should he no interference in olertious:un•where by the lederul authorities. (111 that Htihjivt thy I;l)vortior's head i-:perfeetly There is (mu 'mull or the niessiore• It might 1114'11 111:11.1l. 11111,11 more ef !Votive by briny; reduced to ume-halt ulirmoisiuns. \Ve lho (lovertior wrote it himself, with the :u , si,lailee of Thal oilier voluble creature, 1)r. (Ilium'. OvinotTativ Opposition to the San Ho nil:1:w Job rho 1).,,.,0r:Lth. (.4ongrt have determined to oppose I kraut's San U.nui'lgo Job at every , 1:1!41., 131111 13y 1111 power. Forst, doing they arc twitted by some Ile 1113,11 it seeming alt:tntioninent of their ancient doctrine of manifest destiny, \Odell has been falsely interpreted to moan a readiness to alt., wit all the ter ritory on this continent. The I)etno cratic parly has made most valuable ac quisitions in the past. ruder Its rule the east region embraced under the title ~r Lookinon tens poroloo.ed from Franoo rmr the insignificant cunt of fifteen mil lions of' dolltrs. 'l'lle Louisiana territory embraced not only the State or Holt 10000, hilt till French territory lying Crest atilt! Mississippi, 'file Democratic party tuinexed Texas anti acquired at a comparatively small expenditure it vast and valuable territory at the end of the Mexican cccl', embracing the great de posits of gold and silver iu ( 'alifornia and the adjacent regions. 'rile I)ento eratie party has always made good bargains for the people when it \vent into the real estate business. Alas ka with its icebergs anti its few frost bitten savages is all the Itadicals have acquired, and no one doubts that there was a huge job in that transaction. I :rant is bent upon the acquisition of San Domingo, with its deadly climate and its sparse population or lazy ne groc,-, because he and his cronies expect to make an immense suet of looney out of the transaction. It isa pity the Dem ocrats are 1114 slritag enough in the prtt . .. s ent Congress to kill ,tur the st.eindle at once. The best they can do is to 111- libuster ttgaimA it with the hope Or de laying until after the end of the present session. If that run he oo coolidishod, (hove will be an end of the dirty jolt. A lieitiorralle TH111111)11 In Indiana Both branein, of tin. Indiana I,ettl, int tire have been organized by the Dent nentey. Two liepublielin Neuutnry were absent. It Is believed the two absent SL•uatins Intend to act with the Democ racy hereafter. The seat of the Repub lican Senator from the I 1 uncle dirt Het is contested, and It Is believed theellarges against him will he 'made good. That, with the two recalcitrant Republicans, would give the I)emoeritts a working majority of three in the State Senate. The Mate Treasury Contest A report from Harrisburg states that Itob. Mackey will certainly receive the uucus nomination for State Treasurer. I remains to be seen whether he will e able to command the united rote of rl e Republican members when the elec imu takes place on next Wednesday. The Democrats will pursue such a course In the manner UR HOUIId pOiltield policy would seem to dictate. There NCPIII , 4 to he little disposition among ham to Interfere In the fight now go ing on In the ranks of the Radical% Tut; Philadelphia Morning Pool has been sold to a Joint company. It will appear on Monday morning In new type, onder the name of the Philadel- Apliia Post It has beep an able advocate of extreme Radical views. THE LANCASTER WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1871. The Radical Press on Geary's Message. We are glad to observe that certain of the more reputable Republican newspa pers of Pennsylvania, openly commend that part of Governor Cleary's Annual Message which refers to "the employ ment of United States troops at elections without the consent of the local and State government." The denunciation by the Governor of this unwarrantable interference on the part of the Federal Authorities, is bold and uncompromis• Ing. He felt that the dignity of his of fice was lowered and the honor of the State and the rights of her people vio lently assailed, when United States troops were marshaled under arms at the polls In the of Philadelphia.— What Governor Geary says upon this Important question, is well said, and we repeat that we are glad to see certain of the more reputable Republican news papers of the State, standing squarely by him. Few have dared to dissent from the views expressed in his message, and the Philadelphia Pont, so far as we have seen, is the only Journal in the Com monwealth which has had the hardi hood to condemn him. The position of the Republican press of Pennsylvania, on this question, at the present time, is very significant. It shows that the objection to Federal In terference with the recognized rights of the states, is very general in the minds of the people of Pennsylvania. Repub lican editors have been made to feel that, and a knowledge of the opinions of their readers, and a proper deference thereto have caused them to side with the Governor, or constrained them to refrain from any condemnation of what Democrats regard as the soundest and must significant part of his message.— ] lad the Republican leaders in Congress been wise, they would never have al lowed such a law to be put upon the statute books of the l'nited States. They might have known that thousands who have steadily voted the Republican ticket would revolt at such an outrage. If Grant had been IN wise a politician as Geary, lie would have vetoed the bill, and have made an immense deal of capital by sending out to the country a judicious and well-written message, as signing a long list of lofty and patriotic reasons for so doing. The next time the President pays a visit to Harrisburg, we would advise him to stop over Might at the Executive Mansion, and take a few lesons in political wisdom from its occupant Reversing the Ballot In Florida The Radicals have managed to reverse so many elections in the South that the country is prepared to hear of almost any kind of deviltry in that line. The ease of Florida is the latest on record.-- In spite of fraud and force the white men of the State / rhauaged to give their candidates a ma ority of the voles cast for Lieutenant Goo and Congress man, and to secure a majority in the Legislature on joint ballot. This being known as the result of die election the Radical State Board of Canvassers, to whom all the returns are made, and whose duty it is to count and declare the ballots cast, determined to throw out the entire vote of enough Democratic coun ties to change the result of the election. By casting aside the returns from Cal !non, Taylor, Lafayette, Suwannee, Sumpter, Brevard, Manatee and Dade counties, all of which gave large Demo cratic majorities, theßadical:candidates fur Lieutenant Governor and Congress are elected, and a large Radical majori ty in both branches of the Legislature secured. The intended villainy of the Board of Canvassers having been suspeeted an in junction restraining them was issued by Judge J. I'. White. This was done to restrain the hoard of Canvassers from stepping outside their sphere or duty, which was confined to counting the ballots cast and footing up and declar ing the result. The perfectly proper action of Judge White was made the ground fur all indictment, and fur the first time in the history of the United States, or of any other country Whcre law is respected and its forms ob served, a Judge was arrested and held ,•//inimtlly liable for a judgment render ed in a civil court. This outrage was perpetrated under the auspices of a Fed eral Court, the Judge of which was a ereature of the party in power. As soon as the warrant had been served upon Judge White, the Radical Board of Canvassers proceeded with their villainous work of throwing out the vole of eight Demo cratic counties. If necessary to effect their purpose they would have thrown out Iwire lin many more. 'flier, is no remedy for suell outrages except through the honesty and integ rity of the masses ; but it is gratifying to know t Ind this remedy is being efrectu ally applied. Every such piece of vil lainy as that perpetrated in Florida is another !tail securely fastened ill the collie of the Radical party. Rumored Repentance or Grant. The New York /',,s( of Saturday eve ning contained a special telegram an nouncing that President Grant having finally become convinced that the San Domingo swindle mulil not be put through, had given it up for a bad job. The correspondent of the Post claimed to speak by authority, and he also an nounced that the President was very sorry that he had ever meddled with the concern. As none of the morning papers contain anything confirmatory of the report we conclude the corres pondent of the Post must have been misinformed. The Post is one of the best newspapers ill the country, and not given to the publication of sensational reports. tf its in formation should turn nit to be correct the country will feel relieved and Grant will be allowed to repent of his folly at his leisure—he will have plenty of leisure after November, 1072. Cabinet for Grant The New York //emit/ has been sup porting Grant's claims for re-election with all its might, but It began some time ago to insist that he would be ruined in popular estitnation unless he made a complete change of his cabinet. In Saturday's issue It constructs no less than live different Cabinets for his Ex cellency, and gives him a chance to chose among the lot. Anna Dickinson and Mrs. Woodhull, figure in one; Val landigham, lien Butler, Jim Fisk, and Iloruce Greeley, In another; AfeClellan, McClure, and lien Wade, In another; Senator Revels, Jay Cooke, and lien. Butler, in another; A. 'l'. Stewart, Ad mind Porter, and Urr, of South Caro- HIM., in another. The President ought to he able to please himself out of the Land Grabs In CIIIIIgrPNS 'llit•ro an , now just fifty hills on the table of the Speaker of the Lower House of Con gress. or these thirty-three are land-grabbing jobs, which call for gifts of public lands amounting in the aggre gate to over 100,1)1)0,000 acres. Ten are private rel lel bills, and only seven relate to mutters of public interest. From this simple statement the people can learn the course of legislation in Congress, and ascertain for themselves how the public interests are being cared for by the Radical majority. PRESIDE:k;T GRANT and Senator Mor ton have been busily engaged for some time past in getting up a report on the condition of the South. The document will be composed of ku-klux stories, and will be full of horrible details. It is the design of the President to make It the basis of another wholesale reconstruc tion of the South. He sees that he will be ignominiously defeated In 1872 unless something of the kind Is done, and done speedily. THE negro cadet is again being court martialed. This time for lying. The Radical papers accuse the Radical cadets and officials of being engaged in a con spiracy against this lone, lone negro. Mr. Stevens' Executors Attempt an Ex planation. It was stated recently in some of the newspapers that the Executors of the will of Thaddeus Stevens have, from improper motives, delayed tiling an inventory of his personal estate, as required by law, and it was intimated that the object of the Exec utors has been to conceal the fact that Mr. Stevens owned over one-twenty-seventh of the entire stock of the Northern Pacific Railroad. This stock, it is alleged, was sold by the Executors to the late Hiram Walbridge. The Hon. 0. J. Dickey, Mr. Stevens' successor, and the lion. Edward McPherson, Clerk of the House, who are the Executors, say that there is no truth In this statement; that Mr. Stevens did not own any Northern Pacific stock, and the delay in rendering an inventory has been chiefly occasioned by a large claim made upon the estate by the colored woman who was Mr. Stevens' housekeeper, who demanded pay for 2.5 years' service in that capacity. This claim the Executors have finally compromised. Another difficulty was a suit for $.30,000, which amount, it was claimed, Mr. Stevens subscribed several years before his death to build a local railroad. If this claim had been allowed, it would have swallowed up nearly all the personal property belonging to the estate. Mr. Stevens' real estate has been found by the Executors to amount to $lOO,OOO, and his personal property to $40,- 000. The effort made on the •27. th to pro cure an order from the Court in Lancaster to compel the Executors to file an inven tory originated in motives of personal en mity to Mr. Dickey. The Executors ex pect to complete the inventory in a short time. We find the above in the Washington correspondence of the New York Tri bune of Thursday. The reasons assign ed for the failure of the Executors to file an Inventory of Mr. Stevens' Estate, are doubtless those given by the two Honorable Executors of Mr. Stevens, who sit in the .National House of Rep resentatives; and their transparent shallowness and falsity but strengthen the general belief that the failure to file the Inventory is in fart caused by the desire of the Executors to conceal the nature of sonic of the assets. What has the indebtedness of the Estate to do with the tiling of the Inventory? If there are claims against the Estate which are disputed, they will delay a final settlement of the EXUCUtore ac count, but cannot in any way operate to cause delay in the tiling of the In ventory, which is nothing more nor less than a detailed statement by the Ex ecutors of the property of the deceased which has come into their hands. The Tribmit correspondent gives $40,- nill as the amount of the personal estate which Mr. Stevens left and sloo,oou ns the value of the real estate. We have reason to believe that the value of the Estate is much greater than this. Tltt. Adams county property of Mr. Stevens consists of a Charcoal Furitace antl thir ty-five thousand acres of land, and is it self worth far more than ::".,100,00). The Executor:4 claim that all the debts which the Estate owes have been paid except a claim of the Messrs. All for a $30,0n0 subscription to a railroad, which cannot be collected because the railroad was not taken through Mr. Stevens' property, as it was understood it would be when the subscription was; made. They have probably paid oil' al I the debts out of the Bank balances to Mr. Stevens' credit at the time of his death, as no real estate ham been sold by them, nor have any public sales or per_ aortal property taken place. It is the fuel that Mr. Stevens' Estate is thus free troll debt that renders the Execu tors bold in refusing to comply with the law, requiring them to tile an inven tory of the property in their possession. They claim that lii one can compel them to do this except an heir, devisee or creditor; and as there are no creditors and as they themselves seem to be the only heirs which the Estate has, if their views of the law he supported by the Court, their suppression of the inven tory will have nobody to say it nay. It will never be tiled if the present ellbrt of the lily and County of Lancaster fails to produce it. 'rite Tribme correspondent tells us that the Executors expect to complete the Inventory in a short time. \Ve are thus given to understand that these wonderful Eset mot, (have heell busily engaged for two years and a half ill writing down on a sheet of foolscap a schedule of Ito. Stu. ens' property and that they expect soon to finish the her culean task. This no pression. however,. is not correct ; the Inventory was taken and the appraisement of the property made soon after Mr. Stevens' death. The Executors have long had their pa pers ready for tiling, but have not tiled them, and will not lily them until they are compelled to do so. 'There is no ground for the assertion that this movement was inspired by personal hostility to Mr. Dickey. - _ Lobbying for Sall Domingo. tdim, adopted to 1111,11 We publish on our outside a hio the San Itotningo ill') through ('oil- graphical slteteli (,i • the great Spanish gress, take the following example ol the agitator, ( meneral Prim, wino was assas appli:LllCes used : intent a few clays ago. A. despatch "Alter thesehisin het wee!) the President ;r, Al - . 1' I tun acing liii death says trout . al ril 1 Otl . and Senator Schurz, orders were given to ' exclude Irwin iattrranto:e and favor I.: Nsuitl . that much sympathy was manifested Mr MEMBER \V 11 , / A lki )I'r . , TO E V I Etos 1)0 - TiTAT sEN,vroit. 'l'llis oliey was °lien \ ,ions tn the last, and bade adieu to his sively carried out, in the out (Wire ti e - • partinent espeviall v. W(.llll(Nday last, • friends who tvere present with the tit when the l'iodinaster tied' ral was 'ill the : most serenity and coini,osure. Ile \vas floor of the I halst, with several of his volleagues lolthyhut for Salk I/011011W/, ile perfectly aware of his approaching dis took oeeasion to ' , 00' (W., or the reval• solution, hilt Viewed it calmly. vitnint meinhers tram >lissnurl whit lie expressed deep anxiety fur tin had been plai,tl umb,r the Exeviitivo safet • and welfare of the new King, bun, uml invite! thew to visit his depart niont, saying that be desired tore-establish statin g his fears that the troubles the friendly relations that hail previously' had begun with his itssassination were existent, and uddril that he hoped they not. yet over, but that the hostility o would support. Ow Sail resolittiwi then pcndiug. ()tie of the tlictiiburs ait- the enemies of AlimikilS anti his new stverenl that he iamb! not vollsisteTitlV pito , , , goN ernment would yet manifest itself the Department unlessshould he. allow- mut e to 1 . 1111 il . lll appOintilllMLN in his die. more strongly. triet, hail always been the recognized Those best informed in Spanish poli privtlege ot'a member. nil ill reply to a tics say that Pritn's assassination will go direct question, how he intended to rote on r, . ../. r Sall 1/1/111illg“, 110 S3lll. decidedly, in the far towards brt 4kti, n down LH negative. \lr. Croswell sought to torsuade ion in that country, awl that the cause him, bat without Oleo!, that the resolution will receive it check from which it will only proposed an inquiry, and did not ruin [nit nieinliers to annexation." take years to recover. In the better days of the Iteptiblic, President and Cabinet resorting to such low tricks would have put upon thorn forever the ban of public; rep ohation. The Attorney General at Home. A special despatch to Forney's Po sx It would appear from the returns of the recent election in Georgia that Attorney General A kerman, like many other great men, "is not without honor save in hie 0 , ,V11 country." In the county where he resides the vote for Congressmen stood as follows: Corker, Democrat, Beard, Repub lican, 1:111. IL is apparent from this that either the I:toklux have possession ,d• this county or else the in ti tience n the ttoiney leneral is not telt so sensibly as it should lie. :qr. Akerman has purchased a residence in an other county since the election. The publication or that item is no doubt intended as a sly thrust at the Attorney I htneral. Forney would like to see a general break up in llratit's Cabinet, and would be delighted to take thmplace of Postmaster I ;eneral 'ress well —or almost ally other appointment. Wtt are not sure that he would decline thepositioaofAlt trney I general, though he has never made any pretensions to legal acquirements. Ile could pick up a deputy almost anywhere who would be as good a lawyer as Ai; erman. T HE Perry County Democrat hue been enlarged to an eight-column paper, and comes to us now filled with excellent reading matter and paying advertise ments. Its patrons generously advanced money enough to enable the proprietor to pay cash for a line "Campbell Power Press." Perry county has been re deemed from Radical rule, and we have no doubt the change has been largely owing to the promulgation of political truth through the columns of the Demo crat. TILE Phlladelphla Poet says If you want to get an Mike from the Leg islators or Senators at Harrisburg, put yourself under training as a prize-fighter, kick up a tremendous row, kill off a man or two, make yourself notorious as a bully, and demonstrate to the world that you are always ready and anxious to disturb the peace of the community. That Is a hard hit at the Radicals of the House, who made the notorious desperado Win. J. Ovens Sergeant-at- Arms of that body. Radical as the Poat Is, it revolts at the Idea of placing the slayer of a gallant soldier In such a po sition. Watering Railroad Stocks Governor Palmer, of Illinois, has boldly laid hold upon one of the great est evils of our times. In his Annual Message to the Legislature, he calls at tention to the gross abuses which are attendant upon the existing system of railroad management, and recommends the passage of laws controlling the cor porations which, created by the State, have grown to be more powerful than the State itself. He urges that enact ments be made, bringing all the rail roads of the State under the oversight of proper managers, and fixing the rates of fare and transportation. Something must be speedily done in this country, to check the growth of. uncontrolled power in the hands of gigantic corpora tions, which are managed by one man, or by a small coterie of intere,,ted We glean some important facts in re lation to railroad management from a circular Issued by Hatch di Co., of New York. Commodore Vanderbilt, pos sessing fifty millions of dollars, which he could turn from one investment to another at very short notice, bought up enough of the stock of the New York Central and Hudson River roads to con trol them. • As soon us they were fairly In his grasp he commenced his great series of " teutcrings." In ISG7 he doubled the stock, then $7,000,000, of the Hudson River Railroad. (July 50 per cent. of the new shares was required to be paid in, but the amount realized upon this transaction by Vanderbilt and other holders of original stock amounted to the modest sum of $3,500,000. In 1505 Mr. Vanderbilt declared a scrip divi dend of SO per cent. upon the share cap ital of the Central Railroad, which was then $28,730,000. That is, lie actually increased the stock of the road Si) per cent., and lie and his fellow-hold ers summarily added, by a simple resolution of the Board of Direc tors, $23,036,001 to the amount of the stocks they hail originally purchased. These vast gains did not satisfy this hi nancial giant. Ile contrived the union of the two roads, and made this the pre text for another stock dividend upon the now largely increased capital of the two roads, which produced the addi tional sum of $2.2,1-15,ii0. Thus we see that Mr. Vanderbilt, by his "as/ fenny , '" increased the stock of the two roads, overwhich he has absolute control, front $30,000,000 to $00,0(10,000. And that lie did by a process which did not add a single dollar to the actual value of either of the roads, the increased value thus created being merely speculative, and having no existence except upon paper. If this operation affected no one ex cept Mr. Vanderbilt and his speculating friends, the country would have little concern in the matter. But the money must be wrung out of the people who do business over these roads to furnish pay ing dividends on $90,000,000, instead of on the $33,000,000 of original stock.— The dividends annually paid upon the waterings amounts to 53,301,300, and that sum is taken front the pockets of the people, the farmers and the mechan ics of the country, and transferred to the overflowing coffers of Commodore Van derbilt and a few capitalists such as lie. Thus does a single individual sieze upon two great railroads and erect 101 l houses on every mile of them, at • which all who travel over them, or ship freight by them, are compelled to pay tribute. The warning of the Ins eat l lovernor of Illinois comes not a moment too soon. The power of corporations in this country is increasing at a rate that is fearful to contemplate. The propel checks must be speedily applied to them, I or they will soon control government itself. Governor Hoffinan's Financial {len s. We publish elsewhere an extract from the very able message which Gov. Hoff man transmitted to the New York Legis lature. lie shows up the weakness and the folly of the financial system which has been pursued by the administration of (;en. I ;rant,and suggests a remedy for the evils which exist. That a speedy Abe to specie payments is greatly to be desired no one will pretend to deny, and no one will dare to assert that there is any probability of its being achieved under the financial system now in oper ation. Financial questions will enter very largely into the next Presidential campaign, and the business men of the country will decline to support a party which has exhibited such incompeteney as has been displayed by that which is now in power. General Juan Prim Brother Beecher's Buhers The pews in Beecher's Plymouth Church brought at 11111•0011 till Tuesday night nearly s7o,n;to. Pils bury, of New Jersey, acted as auction eer, and the bidding began with great spirit, a premium of :i4fitt above the $l2O valuation being (acre(' for the first choice. The premiums paid for pews in the body of the church ranged front to i;•Ino, the average rate being Pews in the side aisles ranged front :fS2ou to :1 , 261). Pews in the first tier of the gallery brought front 5225 to and in other tiers front tti to $227, The prices paid were higher than those re alized lust year. 'flits would scent to induce the belief that Brother Beecher's star is not on the wane, as Many sup posed since the Itichardson-lcFarland free-love Ti.; right time for John W. Henry to have shown his disapprobation of inter ference with State elections by Federal soldiery was when Mayor Fox, of Phila delphia, telegraphed to him I u relation to the outrage committed at the October election. Had he spoken out then In terms of condemnation when United Stales marines were menacing the peace ful voters of Philadelphia his words would have had greater effect. He would have added the force of action to utter ance. Still wel . do most heartily and cordially commend hint for the manly words of his message. "Better late than never" Is an adage which Is perfectly applicable In this case. THE Washington Patriot thinks the next National Convention ouuht to be held at the National Capital. The l't triol gives some very good reasons why Washington should be selected, and lays particular stress upon the fart that no sectional Influence in favor of any particular candidate could be brought to bear upon the delegates. THE good wilt of a prosperous news paper establishment Is worth more than the presses, type and fixtures. Au in ventory of the Cincinnati Times Office was filed In the Probate Court of that city a few days ago. The machinery, type, &c., were appraised at:$80,000, and the good will at $140,000. Bankrupt City Treasury '1 he monthly statement of the City Treasurer, which was presented to Councils last night, shows that there is now in the Treasury but ten dollars and twenty-six cents. " Our young and vig orous city government " cannot run all the jobs it hastm hand unless the money is furnished Li good deal faster than it can be wrung from the pockets of the people by any ordinary rate of tax ation. So we are not surprised to find it asking foranother loan of ten thousand dollars, for the purpose of meeting the ordinary expenses of the current year. We shall probably know how much was spent during the year for ordinary and extraordinary purposes when we get an answer to the plain question asked by the resolution of Mr. Wehrly. Vast sums have been squandered on land jobs,water jobs and dam jobs ; and it is no wonder the Treasury is bankrupt. If we had something to show fur the money which has been so recklessly wasted we would not complain ; but the streets are in bad condition, the tinkering at the Water Works, which cost so many thousand dollars, has left tin• basins as empty as the Treasury is. No wonder a prominent Republican 101'1111,er of the Select Council advised them to make the loan twenty-rive thousand dollars at once, assuring his colleagues that they wo•.tld have to apply to the Legislature for leave to make other extraordinary loans before they got through the year. Our City Government may yet make good its claims to be considered " young and vig orous," but it must abandon all hope of being regarded as economical. The election of Mayor Itlee has proven to be a very costly experiment for the tax ' payers of Lancaster. Sun ey or• General As the time approaches for, t he meet ing t)lthe Conventionswhich arc to nom inate candidates for Auditor and szur veyor-I;eneral the usual crop of candi dates is seen springing up all over the State. Au esteemed friend writes us from Chester county to the effect that Dr. John A. Morrison will be presented to the Democratic Convention as a can didate for the office of Surveyor-t ;eneral. Dr. Morrison is a good man and would make an excellent officer. A correspondent of the Reading Euyl,; nominates Hon. t;eorge Sanderson, of this city, for the same position. We copy the letter and endorse all that is said in reference to the character and ability of Mr. Sanderson : t 1 tt. Enrron :—As the time fir the as semliling of the next Democratic state Con ventien fur the nomination of candidates for Auditor I ;moral and Surveyor General is drawing nigh, permit me to suggest the name of a well Rnown citizen fir the, latter position. I refer to the lion. George San derson, of Lancaster. Fur thirty years one of the leading Democratic editors of the State, and for ten years Mayor of Lancaster, his name has become almost as i" familiar as a household word," and he, therefore, needs no introduction to the Democracy of Berko county, or of Pennsylvania. His services in the editorial sanctum and on the stump are deserving of this recognition at tho hands of his Democratic fel tow-citi zens of his native State. II is abilities are of the highest order, and his nomination and election would he a sure guarantee that the duties of tho position would lie per formed to the hest interests of the tax-pay ers. AN DEmoelcAT. READIN4i„Ian. -I, 1571. The Senatorial Contest In Arkansas. Meek McDonald, a fellow of doubtful reputation \s'l o carpet-bagged from Lock Haven, this State, to Little Hock, ArKansas, and managed lu creep into the [Hite(' States Senate, being now in ireat danger of defeat, has written a letter in which lie exposes the Mall MA' in which the recent election in that State was conducted. He says in con clusion: "L"Mloubted nepublicans, regularly nom inated in Republican districts, if tutwilling to commit themselves unqualifiedly to i;overnor Clayton, have been 'registered' out and Democrats elected in their stead, \vhile in some Democratic districts Demo crats who refused to pledge themselves to l'layton have been 'registered' out, and Itepublicans 'registered' in who are known to lie in Clayton's ilitcreAL ; arid ou tile eve of the meeting of the Legislature, Iteptih licans known to be his supporters were calicllstlii, while other trite Republi cans, supposed to be oppflsool to hint and his schemes, Were , denied rather than submit Myself to ilegrailati , ill ill eitilersing, such COlithict, I feel it ifictim- herd On myself that. 1 should cont,st under such cirvuniKtancvs. A I.Ex A NuEic luDos.% The miserable carpet-bagger tells his story in tones that would 1111/Ve us to pity, dill we not know that he would beaten Clayton at his little game if he could. The trouble was that Clay ton had too many cards in his sleeves, and was better aide to play them. No body can pity :\leDonahl, but every body must pity the people of Arkansas. THE newly elected, Senator from M ich igan, Ferry, is a Zach. ('handler man. It is generally understood that he is shortly to lead Z. C.'s only unmar ried daughter to the hymenial altar, and it was ill Colleeillitlice of thiS , aliti eipated niatrinionial alliance that old Inch. supported him, us it was probable that he could not break on' th e mat e h r and did not Nvant anybody less than a Senator to carry away the last or the household. \\'. :1. Howard, who emi grated to ( ;rand ltapids from Dtroit, fur the sake of the advantages of location in the Senatorial light, will no doubt re turn to the latter city and wait till Cluttidler's term expires. The Patriot The• Harrisburg /',f/ii,/ donned :tit entire new dress with its first issue of the year Is7l. It has adopted a new heading, with a rill M . tie State Capitol and agricultural and titiandevices surrounding it. Tiiy—riTfrbir is one of the ablest Democratic newspaper , in the country. It Inks very handsome in its new dress, and has our best wishes for its seeress 1/I , lllliarY and p u gilist. 121=11! 1;111(1 (.11,, I (In ay at II ,1 Lot AI. Atom . 'll, was nominated for S. Senator by the Itopuldican 1,1111•11 , the >taine Legislature, I:tst 'l'h rev inclios of snow fill at Chivau . o and throughout the Noll It‘vpst on Sat urday. In Ataitus and N tv I laaliPdlir, Ile all OV(.r iia.l,llllll'y, friall n foul to a lout and a-half dts,j, Ti ter , i s n bill 6etu re the \'ir.lT is Legislature lo change the name ,o• the iAtate to the "Old Dominion. - The dead body of (I, W. Bartlett, a drummer M . Hreilhaum \Vikom of New York, NV:I , fi.1111 , 1 llt'al . S.tvannah, yesterday. The : 4, ctiatorial route , -I In Nl:tine been promptly by tho re nomination of Senator Lot \I. >lorrill by it vote of III), agitit) , :t :; for I Chitin berlal it. The Svnittorial vonteNt. in :\ I Ines ended in lhu elrrllun Id the T. W. Ferry It, stirceed tho :11.11(rwart1. Ints tli rev several to rnim In tilt , I louse ul whirl; he hR Still nn notice tucw or. The ship Itritatinia, from London for lioston, was burned at on January :id, after having been :wen Ilkinasted ninety miles from Cape toil. Those on board have landed ut Yltrllllllltll, SCOlla. At Bunton, on : 4 itttirday, Iwo I ial named Giglio and Itonivo, convicted of having killed a t•ountrytnan, named Luigi tilteraldini, were senteneed, the former to six and the latter to four ycatY rn prkonni The steamer 11. S. Turner struck a sunken obstruction, and sank near Island No. 10, In the Mississippi, on Wednesday night. No lives were lost. Her cargo, chiefly sugar, is a total loss, but the boat may possibly be savedg Dr. Livingstone, the fatuous African traveler, whose fate has long been ob scured, is said by a cable telegram to have arrived at Mozambique, and was waiting a vessel bound to England. It is to be hoped the report Is true, as the whole civilized world is interested in the great explorer, who was so long ago reported killed by the savages. The steamer Ironsldes, with passen gers and mall for Richmond, left Wash ington on Saturday morning, to con nect with the railroad at Acquia creek, but had a hole cut In her side by the ice and was run on the fiats, where she now lies, In three feet of water. The passen gers and mall were taken back to Wash ington. They were sent to Richmond yesterday by the Potomac route. _ state Item.. The editor of the Carlisle /Icro!il has commenced eating goat meat. Tha First National bank of Bethle hem is about to apply for au increase of capital, to the extent of $350,000. There were 2.511 deaths in Philadelphia last week, a decrease of 19 compared with the mortality for the previous week. Charles 0. Ritter, an ostler, was frozen to death In a stable In Pittsburgh, on Monday night. Titusville is to have acid works which will cost Sttau,uno. •. hotel has Just been completed there on which $1.10,000 have been expended. Dr. Acker, the editor and proprietor of the Norristown Repistrr, is building a twenty thousand dollar printing (Mice. The Pittsburgh bi,:pue,h could not be gut out on Tuesday on account of the gas freezing up and leaving the workmen in darkness. Despatches fronilthe Schuylkill and Lackawanna regions, received at New York, announce that a general strike of the millers will be ordered on Tuesday. To make little boy's trowsers " last ": when you make a suitof clothes for him, finish the coat first, and by so doing you make the trowsers last. It is the only way the thing can be done. fr. Diller ltingwalt, a well-known citizen of Carlisle, while on his way home from market on Saturday last, fell down on the street from paralysis, and instantly expired. On Friday last two horses belonging to Joseph Arnaltl, of l'pper Augusta, were drowned in the river at Williams port. They had been driven on the ice which broke beneath their weight. 'l'wo colored children were burned to death in I liester, l'a., on Tuesday morn ing of last week. They were locked in a room while the parents went out to work. 'William McDonald, of the Erie R, - publiotn, has au improvement (m " quads "—both ends are beveled, so that the compositor can easily separate lines. Judge Dana, of Wilkes-Barre, has sentenced John (lallagher, to seven years and four months imprisonment for killing Everett Van Loon, on the Isth of March last. on last Friday morning in Marysville, Alfred sqiuder, arose about four o'clock, as was hia 1•11S1.0111. to kindle the fire. After kindling the fire he returned to bed., where lie was D oua i dead at ab o ut six o'clock. Henry K. Smith has been elected superintendent ol the West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad. rupwardsof oieven years Mr. Smith was superin tendent of the Philadelphia, German town and Norristown Railroad. .Andrew Bauer, jr., s young man who Lad been teaching school in Douglas township, Montgomery county, com mitted suicide by hanging himself in his father's barn, in Mount Pleasant, Berk, county, on Tuesday evening last. During the fiscal year ending Novem ber 30, P,70, the State Legislature grant ed aid to the charitable institutions of the State to the amount 0f.i ,.. :136,5t5,G.0, and to the soldiers' orphans' schools R. A. Howard, son of Rev. Dr. How ward, of Pittsburg, Pa., has been elected to the Legislature of Arkansas. Mr. Howard is an old Pittsburgher,;:ind at genuine and ardent Democrat of the best type. A Pittsburgh clergyman went into a wholesale liquor store a few days ago, and ordered a keg of good whiskey, and at the some time gave positive orders to have the keg labeled molas,es, and sent it out to his residence. In Pottsville, on Tuesday night, a fire broke out in a shed used by the Railroad company for storing oil. which was en tirely destroyed, together with some ad joining buildings, in one of which two horses were burned to death. Jiro. Diviney, of Blairsville, Pa., whilst attempting to take a sewing ma chine down stairs, last week, slipped, fell and was killed. mrs. Diviney was the wife of John Diviney, who was Postmaster of that town, under Andrew Jackson, 111111 was for forty yearn a lead ing Democrat of the county. Henry I ;erlach, jeweler, Numher 222 North Third street, Philadelphia, wag robbed im Saturday morning of jewelry m I, valu e of ,s!t,nou. Th, thieves forced a 1 1 , 1 111 1 dour, 111111 111111111 V the key to the safe in the overcoat picket of Mr. Iter lach they opened the sale, took the vul uahles and escaped. As ,Mr. Patrick (lartli lig, an employe, of the Ilarrisburg car company, was going to dinner yesterday, noon. and in the act of crossing the railroad track opposite the dispatcher's ounce near the Pettnsvl vania railroad company's round house, he was struck by a passing train and Iciited. Ile leaves a family. linister Ilaucroft writes from Berlin to .1. G. Siebeneek, editor of the Pitts rgh Chrtmi , /,', that the castings of the 11111111,01dt monument have been twice lost—hence delay. A Dresden foundry now has the thing in charge, :Lod in three 111011t1IS see may expect a consign ment. k excited over a shooting case. A imoi suspected a neighbor of unlawful intimacy with his wife, and a few nights ago pretended to leave lint, Lit slim.] guard near his door with a loathed revolver. At a late hour he discovered the suspected party entering his domestic castle through a window, and tired three shots at him, one taking efli•c•t in his leg. 'Flue matter will probably be ventilated through a divorce case. in Tuesday morning, hot wt.eil the hours id live and six, the dwelling cif Brandt,:Wont, I I milessouth ul Neivville, I:timberland i•ounty, on lii took lire and wits totally. consumed. In the evening about retir ing t into a large wood had liven placed in the stove to preserve the lire till morning, and by some means the lire was communicated to the logs con tiguous tin the pipe hide. The family were all aroused in time to save them selves from destruction. We do not know that any articles wore rescued Inuit the hult,c. On Saturday, Dee. 'll.ll, as %cp. Ilart man, of lloyer's Ford, Chester co., w.is returning from the Phomixville Hank, where he had ilrawn over S-100, he w attacked by ruffians, on the railroad, between the telegraph office at the south end of Black thick Tunnel, and the Phienixville Depot, and tea robbed of and his watch. Tills occurred in broad daylight. .A Warrant way issued for a man 1111111 ed l'honms, and another named Rogers, of Nail Pleimixville, the kimposial - Constable Col lins, of Phomixville, in attempting to make the itrresi , ,wa. knoeked down by Thiiitia,, who their took to his heels and made lii. eseape. It,nb highwaymen are still at The trial ul Timlna , .1. I;,.vt•r, I,)r the riltirdt•r.d . lli, father, brotlivr and sinter, was expected h, I I 1)11 \V ( 1 11111,- 1111) . 1 ) zit Perry emints. lle is ehargell with the di111111111 ) /L1 11.1 . 1. of Ilr,t ,tupelying vietitii., ‘vithehh,raorni, and then tiring tile hou,eiu \vhich they re,ided, the f“ur the 1.11,1iy perishitlg in tile Thane'. Thi,-.4)oettrred 011 the night of tht• 1./evember. It is stated that ' , hire his tiliprismititent the :Lectised attempted t., lilt 1)r. lron) whu,o nllire the elitml,h,rlll Was hs ,drering him three hundred d,llar, U. permit Ilim 11,, on to replace nettle sittlitar Iti the elle shtlell, 111111 that II Dr. shialltt ,wear, when 1,11,1 upon evidence, that the Imttie had 111 1 13 ) lwen TIM ST.\ T E .t PPORT lON 111:A T The 1.1%1 ofToxoblem on Which the Leak e A 1/1/0 e11...in...1 or Ihe Slain will be 'lode. In the l'elle‘s int.t table, talion liilllllll.l' of lusit- He, in 1.m.11 county a P(.11114y1V1111111, ilf•- ettrillng In the assessors' returns of 1`71). It is en this enumeration that the Legislature iv re~luirrd 1.. ha.° the realoimrtilptilimit the State into Settaterial and Itettresetita tive districts ler the next seven years: f 4,11,11.1/. Th.othle.v. I ',,,,,/,,/. M.,,,/,/,., iAllittu, 8,11111 Lalwllslol . 31,1103 'A Ileglemy ..... 52,206 Lawrence 7,095 A rinstrong. . .. 1 1 ,3,6 Lebanon 8,72.8 1 leaver 7,6•23', Lehigh 13,379 liedn mi.l 0,621.1.0 zerne...... .• 30,552 Berk s . "3,1115l Lveotning 11,840 Blair 7,767 :IDireer ...... .... 11,255 Bradford 11,410 M'l: van 2,204 Bucks 16,6415 : I .llllli 1. ...... ... . 4,263 Butler 9,830 1 onroo 4,746 Cambria... ...... . 8,01111 . Montgomery., 14,928 Cameron s9B: loifloif r 3,900 Carbon 5,1175' Northam pion. . 11,042 Chester 17,848:Nortlitun - land 11,721 Centre 41.43 ' Perry 6,756 Clarion.. 6,211' Philadelphia... 1)11,674 Ciinton 5,5541 Pike 1,717 Clearfield 1,558' Potter . 2,967 Columbia 7,591 'Schuylk 111 23,078 Crawford 114,9)) ) Snyder 3,469 Curti ber1and.....12,174 Somerset 5,915 1 / a uphin...........12,1199,5u11ivan 1,416 Delaware ' l ,362lSusqueburnia.. 9,532 Erie,. 15,258 ;Tioga ......... ..... 8 5611 Elk . 1,939 1 1 - nlon 4,503 Fayette 10,192 1 Venango 8,947 Franklin 10,210; IVarren 5,235 Fulton 2,3l2lWashington.... 12,097 Forest ......... ..... 798;1Vayne B:3 ' 33 ~ 6,l22. , lVestmorelund 14,256 7,olllWyoming 3,262 7,7GBiYork ......... ...... 18,331 5,3211 Greene ...... Huntingdon 1ndiana........ Jefferson Juniata 4,217 Total 811,9C4 FROM HARRISBERG Organization of the Leglatiottr4 Scenes and Incident. HARRISBURG, Jan nary 3, IS7 I When the House met at 11 o'clock this morning there was a dense crowd of people present,everyseat being occupied and many people standing. Quite a number of ladies front different parts of' the State were pres ent to grace the occasion. The election of the Republican caucus nominees was, of course, a foregone conclusion, and Mr. Webb was soon elected and escorted to the chair. He is rather tall and spare, it ith a thin face and sharp features. His voice is weak and poor, and he does not look as if ho wore made for the position he has been chosen to fill. The House will sometimes task his powers of control severely. The speech which ho made on taking the chair was feeble. Following is what he said : ucatfenica of House tel fires: I return to you my sincere thanks for this evidence of your confidence in se lecting me to preside over your delibera tions for the session of the present winter, and I assure you it shall be my pleasure, as it will be my duty, to try and perform the duties fairly, impartially, and in ac cordance with my best judgment and abil ity. And, as you must .be aware, my suc cess will, to a very great extent, depend upon the support which I shall receive at your hands. I believe I quite fully com prehend the responsibilities and the duties which will necessarily devolve upon tile in u proper discharge of its duties; and I must earnestly solicit your support and Intl in the transaction of the business of the House, and also that you should be chari table when I err. The business of the session upon tt Melt we are about to commence must neeessari ly be exteneave and important. It is not probable that a great State like Pennsylva nia, with all her varied interests, can other wise than require at the hands of her rep resentatives much legislation. When we attempt to contemplate the great manufaii turing,, mining, agricultural inid other pro ducing interest.sof our great Commonwealth tee are compelled to acknowledge that duty to our constituents in providing Mr their necessities and in protecting them against unwise and improper legislation, require us to be faithful in a proper discharge of our duties, both in ascertaining what is required to properly encourageand advanite her great and important interests, as also to prevent that which shall work injustice and wrong. Sincerely hoping that our session shall he both pleasant to ourselves and benell,'lal to our constituents, I again thank . VOll for the honor which I have received at your hands, ieneral Selfridge has been Clerk of the House fuv several sitiiiiessive terms, and there was no opposition 11l his re-election. Ile possesses a commanding. figure and makes an excellent officer. Mr. John A. Small has been Resident Clerk fora 'min tier of years, and has niadelffinsellso pvt, tar that the Denes•rats of the lion, all voted for hint out of compliment. When a motion IV tondo to elect the subordinate olllecrs in a batch, Capt. Got,. \V. Skinner, the member front Franklin, moved to substitute the name of Capt..la.s. 11. Cooper fur Sergeant-al-Anna, in 'dace of NVni. J. ()yens. In support of his motion Capt. Skinner spoke as follows: I have a word or two to say in Um case ~f this man. 110 Wit , the commanding . udl cer during the war of the oelebrated Coop er's Battery, from this State. Ile served over three years, and participated in nine teen hard-fought battles. Ile is well known in the Stale; especially in the Western por tion of it; known to be a Inall of ability and unexceptionable eharu•ter. We pre sent Litt as the nominee of our caucus for this position. We present. hini —a soldier tried tint true—against thecancus nomineu of the other side of the House, who, in stead of having been a soldier, stands charged to-day, of being the Murderer of a soldier. A Man who sustains no charac ter, and who was never known to turn an honest penny, ]f such a man should be elected over ('apt. Cooper, we want it to go belk,re the people that the Republican mem bers of this House have done it Ves, WO want it to go before the soldiers of the State, especially the men ofdapt. Cooper's Battery, who served with him through al most four years of hardship and strife, who eon testify to his gallantry as a soldier, and Lis efficiency us an officer. If . Radical love for the soldier is not a sham, let them prove it by electing Capt. Comer. if they ore iu favor of honest, upright wen for oillee, lon them repudiate this notorious Lad ulan " Ilemesl Billy" Elliott, of the Philadel phia ias Trust. Ring, came to the defence of the miserable creature \Omni lie had inenweil to 'oaks the 11011111 We “t . the UO - Ile endeavored to explain ()yens' connection with the foul murder of Col. Riddle, but he made blundering work of the matter, and failed to tionvinco any one in the House, Mann, of Potter, makes pretensions to piety, but he managed to stretch his eensiiience sufficiently to join in the defence of the despicable desperado...- When a vote was taken on Capt. Skinner's motion there were many weak and almost inaudible replies upon the Itepubliiiitil side of the Llouse. They were ashamed of the votes which placed the slayer of the gal lant Col. Riddle in a position of political prominence. ()veils and the rest being elected the House soon adjourned. As the hour appriiauhed for the meeting if the Senate the Chamber began to till up rapidly, and when three o'clock t'strie it was densely piteked. Hon, Harry White went through the duties ,Fr eliciting the preliminary 1 1 1/p11117.10.11111 11101 all air of such great dignity as to impress the whole audience with a sense of solemnity. 'rile scene was really cue of intense interest.— 'rile Republican party was p/1.,111114 tint of power in the Senate of Pennsylvania and the Democracy coming in. The event marked the beginning Mit new mit 111 the polities of Pennsylvania. The power Of the Radll . llll - 11111y Wl - 1, 1 11r,,k,111, /11,11 ol'its adherents felt that the sceptre of political Way was passing from its hands, eertainly Mr years, and possibly forever. Senator sects parried to his plaction the Demo eraLie side, and sat there NV rapped in shawls, with his son beside him. Senator \Varlet took his seat 1/11 1.111 1 141111/111 . 1111 side, bear ing the marks of deep grief upon his fat, Ile had left the open collin of his mother and the bed on which 1/11e of his children lay dying to he present. In the 11, 1 1 , 41111,1 111111 the presence of these afflieted Senators could be recognized the stern mitiirenwnts of political necessity. When the new Si•naiiiis hail till linen sworn in Senator liavis, tit Iterks, rose in his Place and moved that the Senate pro ceed to the eleotifoi of a Speaker. This wtts the•lirst time that such a motion had came Iron' the Ileinoeratie side of the Senate for years. ' ( ' lie motion was adopted e illetitt dissent, and the roll was called, Senators indicating their elloire by voting For Win. A. \Vallieiti, Clearfield, or harry of Indiana. .\(r. Wallace having . 114 , 4 , 11 de clared dilly Harry While di , - seerilled front the seat le , lillyd .111 , 1 1,11- 11111q1.11 M r. \Vallare to it. as designate) to udnlinistrr Ihr oath 14 office to his 511,1,0101 . , :till yl r. Wallave,viire by the uplifted hand, standing in his place.-- Thus scats the pOWIT iu the Senate efi'enti sylVania formally transferred to the lieino c ratie party. Mr. Wallace recognized the importune(' of the mei the resiiiinsi hility which 1,1111 . With iiiisver. Ito lakiog the chair he , i.iike :is SENAD/Itst .‘i . 1 . 1 . 111. Iny thanks Ihr the honor you ha, a conferred upon 1111 . . 1 Shall 1.11th.11,1r to thetilltll,lo . iIIV post With illltlartialit V. I pray your :ell and support in the rules and in the preservation nl that decorum which lio4 . 4inies the Senate. In stssioning the control or this body for the first time w flit, years, we recognize ./111" I'llll r1,q1.110.111114, awl forgetful of the cal. tunnies that have been heaped 1111,11111.111or nig all ~fillo4oyeans, and hLitlind wav e to the great. doctrines of Prue govern Mon t,lotig at their ebb, but now approaehingtheir trill tide hi LllO pH bile mind, we trust by their mmover it, the future, 'Cult ing no step ud( ward, It is our illiS.+loll LO remedy the evils of the present. filets and their logical sequences are to be justly estimated, and iu their light we must mould the policy to lead the State and con trol the nation. Experimental reltirms are worse than useless, but healthy progress, under the guidance of established truths, becomes a necessity and a duty. load in such reforms, to guide our mueli loved state in such a tillannel, to Increase and to develop her resources, to cause "her witste places''to resound with thin hum of busy Industry, to give equal and holiest repro. sent.ation to every citizen, to retrench in her expenditures, to pay her debts, to check the tido of speeial legislation, and to banish cor rupting and debasing influences from the waits of power, are objects worthy the in tellects and energies of each of us. Uncontrolled power, by one political or ganization during a long term of years, in evitably begets mismanagement and ex travagance. Tits administration of the alft,tirei of this Commonwealth has been no exception to this rule. In the correction or 1.1101,0 wrongs, Senators, we invite your cordial co-operation. The Constitution min mends us in this year "to apportion and distribute equally throughout the State" Senatormand Repre sentatives. This provision is mandatory. To perform it now is a sworn obligation; to perform it in a spirit of equality, of hon esty anti of Justice is dikhactly enjoined.— To fall in either is a violation of our ()Melia oaths. An apportionment of the State by which the voice of her people expressed at the ballot-box shall be fairly and Justly rep resented in these balls is Imperatively de manded from this Legislature. Just repre sentation for all the people and a fair hear ing for every shade of sentiment In a con stitutional convention, if it shall be your pleasure to call one, are vital pro-requisites to the creation of an acceptable organic law, and their denial will ensure its defeat. _ - - • The rights of one-half of tho people of your commercial metropolis In the matter of the selection of their election officers have been outraged and trampled upon by a preceding Legislature and they aro de nied a voice in their choice. They are thus disfranchised in one of the most vital Mat: tore of local self-government. To correct this violation of a fundamental American principle we earnestly invoke you. The relief of an overworked Su profile Court demands and shoo Id have our earliest attention. Special legislation Ifikilietminu the vice Of our system. 'file prevalence of a general rule of law• over our whole territory, upon subject, usually within the scope of legis lative action, is now tee exception, and spe cial enactments and special privileges are found upon almost every page of Our vo luminous annual statute book. To put an end to this, and to govern the people by salutary general rules, the pressure of which shall be light and equal, seem to be plain duties, In the correction or the imperfections of administration, in the redress of wronas that are patent, and in the performance of duties peremptorily enjoined, right and justice are infinitely better guides than a desire fiir partisan advantage or efforts for party success. Iteixson, concession and mutual deference in the lerh;rinance of the duties now before us, will ensure their sat isfactory accomplishment and inflexible will and united purpose in the support of vital principles will Conlin:nut their suc cess. In this spirit the representatives of :150,t00 or the citizens of this Common- • wealth, for years misrepresented anti dis franchised, assume the control of the Penn sylvania Senate; anxious to aid in launch ing the Shtto upon a career of healthful progress and well digested l Morin; earnest in their determination so to shape the pres ent its to control the future, and ready to extend the fraternal grasp to all who, for getful of the past, can see the pathway of the state and republic wily made clear by economical administration, good govern ment, magnanimous forgiveness and the genuine spirit of a W , rltl-witit. charity. Will tile Senate please designate sonic one to administer to me tile oath of office. ifon. Williain:A. Wallace, hits been a member of the Senate since 1,4;2, and has taken an active and prominent part in leg islation during that !writs!. Ile has been revogni,ed tun , of the leaders of the Young Lance racy of Pennsylvania. Is Chairman of the State Central Committee he displayed great power of organization. lie is a progressive nuts and bold ill the execution of his designs. II is address fore shadows the policy which will he pursued by the Democratic majority in the Semite. "1:11e1e - Jacob Zeigler, who was elected Clerk of the Senate, is as extensively known among pelitiefillls, as any 11111(1 iu Pennsylvania. Ile is a genial gentleman, run ;Tit kindly limner, still always ready to help a friend. Ile is fully actin:tinted with the duties ;if the "Moe, and entered upon their discharge williont the "lightest rill iarrassllb•bt. NV. P. Furey, Esq., 'led:, is ene el the liri.:litest yeting Ilion in tht.Slitte. As an eiiiter Le hits mule his niark in seve ral levalities ‘vliere he 113: 111,11 1 , 111r1, , ),•Ii Ile is Ii,AV Iho 1)WIll.l . turd 11111 , 11silt•I' tot . 010 (111111 k Or the very he , t newspapers in the l'emitienwealtli. Senator Allen tried to raise a little s . .x - i , itennent by mos ing that the name of Capt. James 11. ('doper bo snl. , littiled Ser geant-M..% rms. ne.tea,l of the nominee of the ,s ,•allous. r..\ Ilea got oil the usual lninconihe hieh IZadieal °rah', :Ire ill 1110 sat iil of making NV hell they talk soldu•r Ihr elh , et; but he hail all the to i11111:411 1 11 11111 of his , ails at ranee by Senator 1::i11,11111, W II:1 1113111. a tell ing rel"th conl•luding Lv anneuleaug the that 11 r. 1 • 11111111:11I tVAI.I :11,1:l 14.113111 Tlll l nothing by this attempt to exen, their conduct, in electing the rascally ruffian 11tells ser geant-al.-krni, of the I lon,e. Immediately:titer the org,aniz.ation of the Senate motions and resolutions Its - re mad,. looking to reform oldie State Con.titution. Philadelphia, introduced his bill which hat hero exce , sively pub lished and discussed, ill the 11ee That a convention 1., reform the Slate 041- W 11l I/1 1 called is regarded as ner tails, bill it still Ile 1111 It fitil . l l l . 1//1,14 1111111 that suggested by Mr. Connell. 1111th llnutos inljonrned os - pr until ill. nlOrrOW lit it o • oloek, \Ollll till • 1 ;1, 11 , 4 , 3 . L.1t` Will he read. =IIIIIIMMEII The two lloma, met at II o'clock this morning. The t Nlessage was presented and rend. The Senate or dered the usual nimiher of copies to he printed. Several veto MeSSilgiiii 1 . 1,111 1110 I;overnor were presented. Signo of the bills ceulcd vro were tricks to ncui~l Iry Special enactment general salutary laws; one is a i.illiiiiiolllolll ton charter that never Innl an existence, :1114,01..1* ill two pag 's of emi,races tea less than eight NV . IIIIIIIO. any distinct punrtua- Lion -- tLci'u'hcingl.lollo-0111011,1 or eiilll - 11110 or these proposes to take private property hir private use, 111111 (Wii others are exact copil.4 or I.i \vs already existing. Such are some of the still existing proofs the :11111 huts been by prove ells Legislatures. It is to lie hoped ineinher4 01 the present nno May 111,1 . 11, by' the 1,1 11, 11 P., made in Senator Ilroadhvad rca.l a lilt., Ir,, (I Capt..lanti, 11. Coola, th.nying that :\ Ir. Allen had any authority to pri,olit. Liu until° as a Candidate for Sergeant-at -A 1,11,4 of the Senate, and declaring that hu euuld hilt have act,iited the ulliee, if he 111111 horn elected in stieh a Manner. Capt. Cooper is ono Of the Lost yi/11111.: 1111.11 in the State, and Lu is its true a inineitirat as )Ir. resolution pro pFsing aille.rillmont to Ilie Con.titution or Pviiii,)•lvalli3, relative t.. the el,•11,11 Stale Trt,,tircr. Laid on the tali], .11s., Ali :wt. ii.c.o.p..rati. llw (%):11.st,Iga \ • allcy Climpatly. ',id MI [hi. SI.VI I III 1.1 i Vale I,lll+ were p3,...1et1 in Ow lipri•tiiiiire liven 111 Ilse, When S011:11,/r 113N1 , rose and said, he had 11 , )t ber , ire, to :0,1111 seam ing ton ruugh on the minority; but now that tile roiltivst was mail,. liy a gentleman on his own site, he would 11 , ,V Mill here after übjret tii passim hills in till , . hasty A oormnittoe of three Senators Wl.l, alp palatal to con ter kith a •iniihtt• voinniittee Iron, the House in regard tI the 111111,a tital of a Lt.gistive Record. Last winter eunvin,il the people at the State that . 111 , 11 a r,, , n1 is needed, and they will omit 1/1/- ill't to paying a re:l,o:mM° prim 11, it. They Will however, 'won having the work eelioomie“iis doau•, It nowt not lie mule n /•,:t1 . 1" Mr. I:iiel,al•W pre.ented a h.t 'of I, the role, the oenate, otter tthirh that bgaly 'rho., portions of the a overtior's Mf•ssaw. Which rrrununeud gonor.tl wne , ty awl eontleinit Federal interferon,. in elootions startled the Iteptiblioan inenilrers of the I.egi ,, lature. Ny/e..l , arlictllarly notice Hole in the which hotly rrtuaetl to 114(•1. the inlamxhalS row,t to ally Com mittee, " I Elliott, the Thiel' of the Philadelplita tias Trust Iting roil 111 r ehatnpion of lho ntllinn ()V1.114 r 0 1 .1 1 ,0,1 In VOLO for the printing or th, „f n, l ,iex hr the ine.sage. rapt. tikllllll, NV..11.14`1,1 that the I:lli.at tn' to pre% ent it 11,111 trine polilished in the nom, spapors. Some of the 1ta1114,11111.1111,1., swear , ionry is trying to get hack into H' Urtnol•t^ttie party. Vlt, liLLlr 1111,i111,s dunu ill 1114 114411•41.. Stvele 111. ti lion ner Illit 40141 or (;,..,0 4 r. S. Pittnoy, motillwr frmii \ rin4tr,iig 4,44,1 a 4,liilllittvo Will 114. ilruwn to 1,, idu it Neunurl dl/41.1111 4 , member front Philitt.b. Mare that I ' l,le thin 01110, 11011Cenirtil,hit ,Vtl the punsage of any and nit hills under 141111011•411111 of the roles. Thal in it IllOVe in the right di rection, Mei JI r. .l use phs iktlntitted yotir that he hail liof.l2 . lll,ltived to tithe such a cli111,1) of au-ta.a by that • va.o ‘vhiol had hap!, given hint by the N TELI.IOF:NI•EIt, from thine to lino, Both Houses will alljourli over wutil Tote. next week, to give the Speak - 4 . 9, time to intik(' tip the Committees, I I A There was little of Interest in the pro ceedings of the Legislature to-day. Several veto messages from the Governor were read In the Senate and his vetoes sustain ed. A resolution WILS adopted granting to each member Purdon's Ingest and a copy of Zeigler's Manual, and to each new Sena tor Ileitle's Ingest. Several bills were in troduced and laid on the table until the committees are formed. A special com mittee was appointed to determine where Rothertnel's picture of the battle oft lettym burg should be placed. The Senate ad journed until Tuesday next at 3 o'clock P. M. In the llouse the Report of the Trustees of the Agricultural College was received. Each member was voted a copy of Pur don's Digest, Zeigler'e Manual, and Beltle's Digest of Corporations. A committee was appointed to act with the Senate Committee in regard to the Gettysburg plat committee consisting of Messrs. Mc.funkin, Humphreys, Smith, (PI Rehmehl, Stone, Whitson, and Strang was dr a wn to deride th tested election ramp Or Matthew \t, St, Geo. S. Putney, of Armstrong cot Putney is a Demoerat, and soinvii, accident or by it very cute arrangen the slips, every Demoong but or drawn out or t h e has and .)h.j,ted uii R 001111114WD composed entirely of R wits secured. Mr, l',ltney wits laid, od, but he will stand little chance (, lug his seat with moll a emninitlis House adjourned till TLit,day alter] 3 o'clowk. Ethtnr, flaying recent! sled through the Stain of Mis.mi suiloNvhat studio! it:, liktory, I le giving the people of LanoaNh.r I native home,) tin•nugh your paper what of an ldra of that grill State future prosprct. no behold %, list ronitirkaltle hiw mule, hilt rtivetitly, not only iii but in the pvrtitutiviit resources, the constritiqiiiii of its rat rho itioreasti of its population, the at but production of its farms shit It: tilt. it. laitiki Fair, Largest aunt br.t rcrr kohl iti cis and the lvonderfill growth "r its Cu 4 tics, anti use stoic V 0111111,6,1 that iti the hi progre , . of oli, nnliomniu ropulat can 1 , 1111. re With HIV iIIME It [ions, tvliielt are certain to he real respect to this Li . rii.tt S..itt.. 11.3 d, iron itild other Mini tls inexhaustible. 1 think I Iflay uu I,Seltioll that any other Slat,. Or in Illy extent :mkt N . .klite its willentis s a Skil.% 11. pit, I,tintry lier furni,ll,4 %vat, ilattve 1,119,,,,, The prt i.st,tiri art , rtt•li awl 11...1111 intl. It tnitzlity and It. c•ltmat t. t•ltaritiing. iw file mn.l 4,111r111 ; in nil' N:111e., till. rt•gtoti, iu Ow ,vt, itt.lging by IlliJ \ 0111,11 the it Itzttnigtailott tt Illt•II :111,1 ”thrr \Vo.ll.rtl Ettt.t.p., 1'311,11, N“rtliot :Ind -.11,1 fr.. 111 :tII irtrts t 111 p01,1,,, L 1 Ull l l'lllllll 11111.1 er t•11111:01 . ,• collt. , Wevt. l lll vnlloy.,:uul it the t';t tht, 11111ts1 Statos shall es,, Is , 1,111 1,1 1 11101 it gill titt.l its ‘‘ay sottliess i the areal valley 111 . M1 , 41.,1111 , 1, 1111111,14 y 111 SI. I,llls, it 1/1.11.4 is t_t”. tine, in casily all is the I de. groat tk111•v nt the >t ississilph I very e,.1:0%,ay t, the valley tit tht. mill the golden land lIIMIII=I Lilt , Hat iL 11.1 al 21,n00, and lln• .•ity ..1 \.,1 \ .01% In ,thirly tail . ll a pollailliti , ol :U.:,1 , 011. I rallkl,l tht• cighttt ray .t (Ito I ti itt,v the f , ,t11111, illle rt.ttt. 1,1. I,mi, I Lewitt 111 I,lttlot 14 IL gr,it IL II la,t 1 . 1,v ye 3,. The ha, IntN, 1 . 1 , 111 Hutt groM tutu rivh 1. , St. 1.,1 e4.ttimerekil Itail‘vay. ink; iu Inns I•VI'Vy threctimi “poli n 1114, Gar (hi. 4 . 110 . rPri ,. 111 her iii Atllitact I{ soult• t•mililleloolnkt.. with ilil• lllli 111111111111i1i1,11' till. 11;1, 111111 j 4 Lllr 4.•1.1111 . 1. w . n gritilti ")414 . 111 il,ll I dir,El.ol, fl,lll .\ll,ll It . 010 Pi1 , 111 ,,, 11 I T.. 11 t Car, d0Ve1. , 1 , 1110111, trill: Iht• bridge Ito mighty ri Ilic lailnilok, the 1 1 the eleVal,rs, the in , ll gl.saa tri,rkN, 211141 nlhor t•-.l3lolishlti in tqloratioll St. Louis IL s4l.4lwl.ll.twit :V( Ilis 11011 iliSbory hae tcilnrvavl. .\ city I..gt , hat, natural 101,1tItngt, stipin,rl it. S4t. 1,111, liav ail Chit. tutu City, in Ih.• Western jar State, 1,11 Elll' Lerpriming am] rill populat In lid, ct it, pm.i•nt 11111 raLlwaylllo , ll,l4. In (5 ill . tlu• lotiding \\l'l ICI sissippit Ivor. tlll, \\'t,l hank and SI. .1”,4.1111 jai 1110 hank 1111 , 1 is4r)llli, all. kali I:4n ernor leenry's Stitlemi.nl 111 II 1)1.1,1. \ VI , arram• (;eary . ..4 ~latannatt thi• l'annavl,llala iriilll the lin:ulai;tl of lilt! • The unnunl Ines , age• n( linvrrn~r was pu L 1 sl,,d yt,tonlay. and in it vary 4ull c..talitom ~ ranam,vl,llll. Tha 11,111 a nt tla , qarati,m4 Trca4ury, II brif• "I sl;,::ai.an:t, giV an x,..• ',Ward rrl the•Stato. dt•lrt, v. 1 1 .11.11,1 Ilio :01111 11,5 iii,,,, habillts4, lir ovary Platra..oa ii all vary wlll, and it ell moult; h. Ibis the 110,411 g. i on to 14,1 y (111 the 111 . 11•I'llill of .la 1 , 67. the totalindel,Lediii,s or' theSt, thin, :11,1 111; to her :pi, Itiu, the $6,:',.1.2,7 The reduction luring the o, ing N over, her 1,711, reductiun per annum for I f , ,ur 1•:11 . `1 In 1,111 Iho 1111 . 0 , 111,41 . 11 , 1 1 1 Lhu 1)1 , 1 ,1 011 ‘ , 11611 II guing statement in 111/0111, (Si , are roll of the truth 01 . 1111 0111 fOllllll k, that les lie mien are lit to pi - I-qit a •,eries oI ii In eitatlng Lhe annul it of Stan, debt dated, the message presents IL materir perhaps lituntentionstlly, lint still the sa•rinlis. the the lifteel I January, 1 , 67, the debt id' the ! nionsvcalth was tc.l. - 1,1117,1 , 1, in, 701,-1110 ; ~,,,, , 1111-1111,' the 1,1111.1.i011 11 , 1 t t'5 6 ,C 9 2.7 17. . 1. 1 , 0 111111•11 Shl , ol. 011 010 lot 111' .Luc intro' Sll"‘‘ , /l• N;1, 6 17. 1 , I. wi ti 1,1 , W ill 1.1111 T1,11,11111 - . N•, leaVIIIV0la,•110 ,iyer cash on hand N 1 , 70, the deli" ,V11,t4,t1,1 I 1,661, with of 1,1,11 in the his ingot "r netnnl doht, liver bond "r z , 719, a reduettun in four years o 0 :1, , ,,P, little less than a 1111111 , 111 1/01' 11111111111. mealier \\WI natu rally 15,0,1er sync tiovernur 1,111.411111•11 1114 t,(111 . 1.4. T.llO nig lio•In :nay l'Xf /111111: !luring the, of the Legislatti re of 1017 a lull was I to pas morn of the doh! of tln , SI sran n endue OM 1111 , ;111th osl that ‘ ear. The new I,oinl , 11101 be 1,11111 110,1 tllO 011, Ili , 01 , 1 pf•ti, 1,111, 1111 the 011 had hn brought in for redemptinn. Th, the amount. In $37,70-1,109, .11ist (hit iuvertior I be remembered there Myere ur the nary Li, lutv over - due luansB2,ll: svhich reduced the minutia nf actual I tv ;431,76,i, 171, 'l'hore svosal`tr, the ad( al sum reducing theactual indebtedness Luz"... 573. Nu,' let it lc• renimilhered, th 1 , 67, and and as Llii. 111 , 41.1111, It, ,blo//01/ 0/ I.), 1 , 6;,t fo,•L ill g 11 1 .1.11 that i11.1.1.10•t4 401111,, h,il fru, eharatable ennelusion ~r Th, .liintiary, 1 , 117, ‘,11,1 1 Henry went, ',tittle, and ' , Hints the Intermit...Lintl the tllll ttcn nlillioun 1.1/ 1011111011 11101 t 111 t 111•1111111 011/ 1•11 , 11 it if the larger red. luring his adininistralcon. our 1.4' l'llll.l, are 111 good enough cutulitinit out ,Lraining the l'itt•tm and figures t o I Issue than troth and Justim, lairly wn I'l 111•r111 litlerlerenee in 1111• Del Election. third nnr lu Om efflin....ling Hilo I/I Stilts 11.111 , 11 the InnrrG•rrnra a on, I nit.t antl,ritn, nr thu litti. titan• 1•11. conn may.. : • ' " 1 . 111 , 1, wore, 011 the day nt the la oral election in this State, porsiiiis 111 . 11 r 111111)4,11S in Ap'l.lnuu uunk Ile and sitver,tl other votiug 'dares i Stale, falsely inaiming to net as ma under authority from the Federal g. went., and assuming thi right to lot with the lay:11111y elinsen ineetion in 1.111..11,11111 . 141. of their duties. I r mend Lite passage or a law making si 1.14311%0 a tinnily, punishable with lii finturo or the right 114 suffrage, with other penalties as the Legislature deem t,cpeilient 111111 111,1 , 11 r, 111111111 U ration of ihr 1111,S'Imi1J11 , 11. 1, all who in rare, intirit, ur micourage the pitriaa Ali execution at Chattanuoga, Ten the Nth inst., was rendered choral•t to say hilarioll4, by a steamboat exc to the gallows, which was erected dimtanee down the river, at 50 the trip for all except Iho condemned in or, tvbu was oomplinuruted with acre et. lie had a stateroom, and the joy eursionists dropped in to sue 111111 one. Ile was hichly gratified with tention paid him, smoked and chant: his visitors, and 551101, a table lit du broke down front the weight of an ling on it, he laughed heartily. As riding l'rum the bout to the place of non, seated on his minim hojokingly ed a doctor whom he saw in the er. let his body rest In peace. Ho was swung off, to the grout enjoyment of and drunken crowd of spectators whom such an execution must ha duced a powerful moral effect.
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