'Lancaster 3ntettigencet. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1871 To those Who Change their fleshlefice. Such of our subscribers as purpose changing their residence should give us timely notice, so that we may know where to send their papers. In Writing be particular to state both the office at which the paper is received and the one to which it is subsequently to be sent. Write name: and name of post-office plainly, The Victory la New Hampshire The heart of every Democrat and of every Conservative citizen in the united States is made glad by the glorious news from the Old Granite State. For the first time since 1..515 the Democracy have succeeded in securing theircandidate for Governor of New Hampshire. But the victory does not stop there. We have swept the State, defeating all three of the Radical candidates for Con gress, and electing In their stead staunch supporters of the great principles of the Democratic party. Nor is that all. Wu Lave secured majority In the State Legislature and have chosen a large number of the coon- ty ofllter4 '3ihe Democratic majority in the Leg islature insures the ultimate election n the (!andidate for Uovernor. The triumph hi grand, cmnplete ant uverwhehning In 1868 (hunt, had a majority or nearly ' , even thousand in New liampshire but year by year the Democracy have been steadily awl surely gaining upo their opponents. Last year the Itadiet majority for (;overitor way canvass of the ;-,tale made by that party this Spring was reported to indicate a increased irajorily at the eli•etiun Tuesday. But, alas fur the mutability ( political predictions! The canvassers had IniHeounted. Bail not take into account the many men who are thoroughly , Wsgusted with the manner In which the leaders of the Itepublic•an party have niisniainwed the alrairs the nation. Th'ey did not know th hundreds tvhuiu they coindedas Itepit Nvt.re rt , :tily to vote the !honour:lt liekut quietly This revolution in New I lampshire is full of significance. It is calculated to remind politicians very forcibly of the condition of aflairs hi. the Democratic party twelve years ago. The corruptiOl of Congress and the stupid folly of tla President have disgusted the people the whole country. When the ( 14 . anite Stale gives way before the rising tide of public, opinion, a political deluge may be expected, to follow. The Democracy havct good reason to rejoice over this great victory. It her alds the incoming of a new political era. All that, is needed to insure the complete overthrow of Radicalism in Is 72, is the exercise of wisdom Ly the Democratic party. Nothing lmt aulift inescu.SuLlc blunder i•an prevent the eleetiun I)entocratie President, to succeed the man who has done so much to wreck the party that elected him to a positito NO6(.11 . 110 is unlit to 1111. The lutes news is to the ell'eet that the Demo oratic triumph in New Hampshire IVeston lacks a few is vomplete votesor a majority over both his emu I,etitors, but the Legislature bei Dennierutie he will lie chosen by tha Ludy. All three of the Democratic C‘ gressmen are elected, and there will Radical left to represent that state iu the 1, - ( - ,t - t . er House of the Natio Legislature. Over such a victory t ieiniivra , y have a right to rejoiet Connectient The Connecticut election takes place ‘,ll the ti of April. Slate Officers, Con- gressmen, members of the Legislature and County officers are to lie chosen. In April of IsGS the Democrats carried it for the first time since the breaking out of the rebellion, electing English Gov vrilt,r by a majority of 1,761. In Novem ber of that year Grant had a majority over Seymour of 2,93 c, votes. In April, Jewell, the Republican candidate for I tovernor, heat English -11 l votes. In April, 1570, the tables were again turn ed, and English again elected by a ma jority of 513. English and Jewell are running against each other again, with all the chances in favor of the former.— The Democrats of Connecticut hope, with the encouragement given by New Ilampshire, to elect not only the Gov ernor, but to gain one or more Congress men. The delegation now stands three Radicals to one Democrat. At the last election Strong, Rep., had 73)i majority ; Kellogg, Rep., .171; Stark weather, Rep., 2,39 P, and Barnum, Dem., 1,10. 1f the Democrats of Connecticut do as well as those of New I lampshire the represen tation of the State in Congress will be reversed. THE Radical members of the Legis lure are complaining because the Den eratie Senate does not make haste to through the multitude of private b which have been originated in llouse. 'l'lle Senate has been more than usually prompt In advancing business au public character, and a number of bills of general Interest which original ed in the Senate are now before the I louse, which declines to act upon them. 11' the Senate should kill majority o' the private bills now on the ealenda IL would deserve the thanks of the pee plc. 'Mr. Jltickalew only told the truth the other day when he declared that nlne out of every ten of theme private hills are utterly worthless, and should not be passed. TM.: failure of the Republican mem bers of the State *enate to sustain Mr. Billingfelt's resolution,condemning the course of the United States Senate in displacing Mr. Sumner from the Chair manship of the Committee on Foreign Relations, does not meet with the ap proval of the Republican press of this State. The Radical editors of Pennsyl- eania are more sagacious than the hide bound partisans who stood up in oppo sition to the Senator from Lancaster. They see very clearly that this is not a time to stifle the expression of that hon est resentment which moves the hearts of the masses. The events of the coming year will vindicate the conduct of Mr. THE Liberal Republicans of Missouri do not intend to coalesce with the Rad icals. A meeting was held in St. Louis, on Saturday night, at which resolutions were adopted re-affirming the platform of the Liberal State Convention of last August, opposing a high tariff, declar ing that the safety of the Republican party demanded reform iii the civil ser vice, protesting against the President's interference in the affairs of the State, declaring against an endorsement of the present Administration or a renomina tion of President Grant, and denounc ing the removal of Sumner. Tun Democratic Congressmen from New Hampshire will be given their cer tificates in a day or two, and the united delegation will start for 'Washington at once. It is said they will be given a grand reception by their fellow-mem bers'on their arrival at the Capital. GRANT is making arrangements to leave Washington, in April, for a trip to California, where he will remain for some months. He wants to get.as far .off from New Hampshire as possible. Th. • I st WEEKLY INTELLIG-ENCER, WEDNESDAY, MA_RCTEI 22, 1871. - INW//k Free Elalt and Coal In the House of Representatives on Monday resolutions repealing the duty on salt, coal, tea and coffee were prompt ly passed. The vote for repealing the duty on salt was yeas 148, nays 46; on coal yeas 130, nays 67 ; ou tea and coffee yeas 140, nays 48. Seven Democrats voted to retain the duty on salt and eleven to retain the tariff on coal. The following is the analysis of the vote of the Pennsylvania delegation. For repealing the duty on salt : YEAS—MeSsrs. Acker, Getz Ilaldeman, Meyers and Storm—Democrats, 5. NAYS—Messrs. Creeley, Dickey, Foxler, Griffith, Harmer, Roney, Rillinger, Mete/- land, APJunkin, Myers, Packer, Randall, Scofield, Shoemaker, Speer and Townsend —l6. Democrats, 5 ; Radicals, 11. Absent—Messrs. Negley, Mercer and Shcrwsod-3. Democrats, 1; Radicals, 2. For abolishing the tariff on coal : Yeas—Messrs. Acker, llaldeman, .Meyera and Storm-4. All Democrats. Arays—Messrs. Creeley; Dickey, Faster, Getz, Griffith, Dormer, Elillinger, Kelley. McClelland, M'Junkin ' Myers, Packer, Randall, Shoemaker, S cofield, ,Speer and Townsend-17. Deinocrats, ; Republi , cans, 11. Absent—Messrs. Negley, Mercur and ,Y7ierwood-3. The Democrats who voted to repeal duties on the necessaries of life, are in accord with the sentiment of their party throughout the country. The tax was put upon salt for the benefit of a few monopolists, and every Democratic newspaper in Pennsylvania has de nounced it as a gross outrage. The peo ple of the United States use 40,000,000 bushels of salt a year, and the tax at 1•i cents a bushel, amounts to .$6,000,000. That much 1.1 annually taken directly from the pockets of the people, and only 198,000 of it go into the National Treasury. All the rest is transferred to the coffers of a few men who have a monopoly of salt boiling. We are at a Toss to conceive how any Congressman can frame a decent excuse for having voted to retain the duty on salt. The lax on coal only yielded the sum A . $519,000 to the Treasury last year. It s a useless and all unnecessary i ipposi ion. Our Anthracite has no rival in the world. The tax may aid the rail road corporations which are now engag ed in an odious conspiracy to prevent the production of Anthracite, but that is a strong argument in favor of its speedy re peal. The owners and workers of our vast fields of bituminous coal do not need protection.Viliey no reason to fear competition from the poor article which is produced in Nova Scotia. The only persons in Pennsylvania who are deeply interested in retaining the duty on bi tuminous coal are certain gentlemen, 1110 Si of them intimately connected with the Pennsylvania. littilrow.), L vlio have a monopoly in the business of furnishing Westmoreland coal to the gas companies of different cities. No far us the tax on coal helps them it injures the commu nity by increasing the price both of fuel and of light. If coal cannot be dug from our mines awl taken to market without the help of tariff dutie,4, it would be im possible to conceive of any industry which does not stand in need of protec Lion. The idea of protecting such a coin 'nudity by means of a tariff seems to be simply preposterous. The only reason why certain Demo cratic Congressmen from Pennsylvania voted to retain the duties on salt and coal, is that they fear any break which may be made in the chain that monopolists have fastened upon the limbs of indus try. If the existing tariff is tampered with it is deemed probable that the tax oil iron may he materially lessened.— The Democrats from Pennsylvania who voted for dear salt and dear coal did so at the direction of the iron masters of the State. That the step was an unwise one we arc fully con vinced. Extreme votes of that charac ter must lessen the influence of the Pennsylvania delegation, instead of in creasing it. Members from other States who might be disposed to allow a mod erate tail ir on iron, will be set against it by this action of our members. The assaults of all the free-trade, newspapers in the country will be directed against the duty on iron, to preserve which a few _Democratic Caligressmen seemed to deem it necessary that they should cast votes which are completely inde fensible. Unless we are greatly mis taken, the iron. masters of Pennsylvania will have cause to regret that a majority of the Congressmen front this State voted against free salt and free coal. Wade's Return The San Domingo Commissioner , will be back at Washington very soon. Tliy are all enthusiastically in favor of an nexation. l laving been sent out for the express purpose of bringing kick a fa vorable report, nothing else was to be expected from them. Uhl Iten Wade is prepared to exhaust all his rhetoric in praise of the land he was sent to ex plore ; but his enthusiasm will be great ly chilled when he reaches Washington and learns what has happened during his absence. Ile will find (rant very much down in the mouth about the New Hampshire election, anti will discover that his old friend, Sumner, has been abundantly vindicated by the people and the press of the county. If he goes into the Sen ate Chamber he will be speedily tott vinced that no treaty of annexation can be got th.rough that. body; if he steps into the House he will llnd nearly hundred Democrats there, till swort enemies to (lrant's pet project, ant lore than enough of honest Itepuhli sus reudy to unite with them h lefent any anemia to put through (flint re,ml ut lon for annexat ion.— We Call imagine the surprise of bluff hard-swearing lien. its he finds how great a change has taken place In Con gress and throughout the country dur ing his comparatively brief absence. Ile left the President perfectly eon lident of success - -he returns to !Intl that his tri umph over Sumner has led to defeat In New Hampshire, and such general de moralization of the Republican party as renders success In the next Presidential election impossible. Under the circum stances it would not be surprising if Item Wade should join hands with those who are urging (Init to abandon the San Domingo job. the New Hamosblre Election. The Republican newspaper press is not slow to admit the completeness of the Democratic victory in New Hamp shire. With great good sense they tell their readers very plainly that the re sult is owing to the lack of wisdom on the part of Congress, and to the stupid folly of an obstinate President. Grant is soundly rated fur the course lie has seen fit to pursue, and is given to un derstand very clearly that he must make a change at once if he would not destroy the Republican party utterly. The abandonment of the San Domingo job is now called for, by newspapers which supported it warmly, and Grant is urged to make this a peace offering. It re mains to be seen whether he will have the good sense to do so. We consider it pretty safe to predict that he will not. Tat; Radicals in the United States Senate have entered upon a discussion of the rise, progress and doings of that mysterious myth, the Ku-Klux-Klan. The subject is one on which speeches of interminable length can be made, as no one of the Senators knows anything about it, except from vague rumors and the reports of lying scalawags and car pet-baggers. The talking on the subject may be kept up for a month. and there is no prospect for an adjournment of Congress until the last Radical spouter has had his say. WILLI ANI L. Scow Esq., a prominent Democrat, has just been elected Mayor of the city of Erie over Orange Noble Esq., who has held the Mike for three consecutive terms. The great tidal wave which swept over "New Hampshire has reached our city on the lakes. The Proposed Amendment of Our City When the Republicans had complete control of the State government they adopted various devices for the purpose of depriving the Democrats of fair repre sentation. In order to enable them to secure control of the municipal affairs of Lancaster they cut the city up into nine wards, taking care tomake such a gerrymander as would give them a large majority in both the Select and Com mon Councils. The Democracy protest ed against this outrage, but they were laughed at and insulted. Their oppo nents had the power, and they exercised it in a relentless and tyrannical manner. In vain was it urged that such legisla tion was contrary to the spirit of our in stitutions. The Radicals showed an utter contempt for the rights of the ma jority. Lancaster city has not failed to give a decided Democratic majority at Presidential and State elections for many years ; and yet, under the present infamous apportionment, they find themselves able to elect but two of nine Select, and but eight of twenty-seven Common Councilmen. There is not an honest Republican in the State of Pennsylvania who will un dertake to defend the gerrymander by which the majority of the citizens of Lancaster are thus disfranchised ; and when we come to examine into the par ticulars of this outrageous enactment, its iniquities and Inequalities become still more apparent and glaring. The following tables show the population of the different - Wards, the number of taxables, and the number of Council men apportioned to each : PORELATIILN OF LANCASTER, BY CEN SI'S OF IS7O. 11,,p../..ti.m. e 3,,,1ie• 11 et tr il. 1 , 1 \Val' ti ..... .... . 2,1 , r 1. 3 c1....t, I 320.113..031. 2.1 ..' 3 3:cti :3.1 " '' 1 139 til. " .... 511. : 1 1 :-.M3 611 i .. " 711 t " •' .111.) - , I It '• MIL " r , Totltll'i.ptilarn,2o,l6l. I.IST t)I , Wltrtl . , In arranging the diN,i.iion of the city, which formerly contained but four ; Wards, those who had charge of the gerrymander tool. care to make the Ist, 2d, 3d, 4th and 7th Wards kmreli , publican, while the lith and nth were so evenly divided as to render them doubt ful ; the 7th and the Silt Wards were given more population and more taxa ides than any (dhers, but, being left overwhelmingly Democratic, they were denial representation according to their numbers. Alt examination of the ta bles shows that the tidal population of the city is ;AIM, which, divided by di the number of Common Councilmen, I gives a ratio of 746 to each. Multi plying 74n by 3, gives 2,230 as the population necessary to entitle a Ward to three niewbers of Common Council. The First Ward, which etee4.; font*, falls 131 short of the number necessary to entitle it to three ; the 2;1, Id, lth, halt and llth Wards have just about the requi site population for three members; the sth Ward, which was carved out by a Radical politician for his own benefit ; falls about 11)11 short of the population entitling it to two members; the two strong Democratic Ward., the 7th and sth have a large excess, the 7tll having In 2 more than are necessary to give it three Councilmen, and the sth au excess of 352. An examination of the list of taxabtes gives the same result which Is ruched by a comparison of the popula ion of the Wards. The bill presented by Mr. Iluckalew proposes to do away with the incluality and the injustice which was perpetrated by a rascally gerrymander of this city. It is fair in every aspect—so fair that the ill-natured editor of the .E. , pr , s,•l did not dare to assail a single one of its provis ions, and was forced to deal in personal defamation of the supposed author of the bill. The act now before the Senate or their consideration does not embody a single provisiod which has not been strongly recommended Ly the can press of this oily. It applies the cumulative system of voting, which has received the .auction of the Union League, to Lanca.ster. 'rite first section takes away the extra Councilman from the Ist Want, which has four when it does not possess popu- lation or taxables requisite for three, and givee one to the tills, which is en titled to this increase. Surely no one will say that it Is wrong to apportion representation according to population. The second section orders the election of Select Councilmen by a vote of the people at large. In regular course there will be three elected each year, and when either party has a decided 'ynajority it will elect Iwo mid the rilivority party one. It is in accordance wit lt(1e , :enius of our institutions to elect mein- bers of the higher houses of our legis lative bodies by a difrerent system, and in divisions different from those which chose the popular branches. The pro- vision in regard to ciect Councilmen will insure the chm e of better men. Neither party will dare to put up an improper or an unsuitable candidate. tater this act the Ititiailtlictitis will certainly retain control of the Select Council until after October, IST2., as it \•ill be impossible to vote them Out before that time. If, as the Eipt,ss has repeatedly claimed, the City of Lancas ter is Republican, that party will !Hain lain the ma,Sority in the Select Council by a fair vote, which ;t secured by a wrong. Besides, it is not fair to allow the Fifth NVard equal representation in the Select Connell with wards which have more than twice its population. van not be a large majority either party In the Common Councils of this oily If the members of that body are elected under the proposed cumula tive system. In each of the Ist, 2,1, :Id and 4tlt Wards the Republicans will elect two and the Democrats One. In the it Ward each party will elect one. In the 7th the Democrats will elect two and the Republicans one. In the sth Ward the chances are that each party will elect two, though the Democrats may possibly secure three of the four. The oth and lilt Wards will be debatable ground, with the chanees that the Republicans will carry one or both of them. The bill now before the Senate is not as favor able to the Democrats of this city as it should be; it concedes much for the sake of getting rid of existing evils. The chances are that it Will give the Repub licans a majority in Common Council. The election by the people of a City Treasurer, a City Solicitor, a Street Commissioner and a Superintendent of Water Works, is only an extension of the principle applied to the county by the Republicans, when they made the County Solicitor, the Prison Keeper and other officers elective. There is not now a single appointive office of any im portance left in the county of Lancas ter. They have all been made elective. If the plan is good for the county, it cannot be bad for the city. The proposition authorizing the bor rowing of money is appended to the bill presented by Mr. Buckalew. The pres ent Republican administration has been extravagant; the city debt has been largely increased, and the limit to bor rowing set by the charter has been reached. There still remains the power to raise money by increasing the rate of taxation, but, as the Mayor's election occurs next fall, the Republicans desire to tide over their troubles without ask ing the people to foot the big bills they have been running up. If they will consent to correct some of the out rages they perpetrated when they had the power all in their own hands, the Democracy will agree to their proposition for borrowing money.— If they persist in perpetuating the wrongs they have done, they cannot complain if they are left to raise the money they need by taxation. Let the HQuse agree to the bill offered by Mr. Buckalew, and we shall haves fair rep resentation of the people and a much better city government. We have de monstrated that the bill is more favora ble to the Republicans than their num bers would warrant, and no right-think ing man of that party can object to a single one of the provisions it contains. Grant In Philadelphia When George Washington was elect ed President of the United States he positively declined to accept of private hospitalities, deeming that he ought not to place himself In a position which would ever seem to put him under an obligation to favor any one, who might have a claim against the government or be an applicant for office. When he visited a city he put up at a hotel, where he paid for all he got. Other Presidents imitated his illustrious example, and it was reserved for the present incumbent to give an exhibition of such lack of pro priety and want of delicacy, as Is well calculated to disgust the American peo ple. Grant is ever ready to accept private hospitality, and never declines to be made a dead-head on railroads or at ho tels. Mr. Buchanan never accepted a free pass, and, like a man of honor, al ways insisted on paying full fare when he travelled. Grant makes his trips free of expense In the palace ears of railroad directors. =During his stay in Philadelphia he was dined and wined by rich men, and accepted a private box at the Chestnut Street Theatre. He played the dema gogue between times to the best of his ability, and visited gatherings of the Cierruans and Irish, taking Rorie along with him to make speeches, which he was not able to deliver himself. To complete the round of the circle he at tended church, and the minister, having been advised of his intention, took for his text a portion of the 10th verse of the -Ith chapter of lot Chronicles, which reads as follows: Oh, that Thou wouldst bless inc. indeed, andllarge toy roast, and that Thy hand might be with tar, and that 'llion wouldst keep me from evil, that it may not grieve lite; and Omd granted hint that which he requested. We are not informed as to the exact application which the pastor made of :Os text, but we have no doubt Mr. tirant Joined heartily in the prayer put up by Jabex. To his mini it no doubt einbraeed San Domingo, his houses in Philiclelphia and elsewhere, his cottage at Long Branch, his Drleksbury farm In New Jersey, and the innumerable pres. ents ho has received, together wills all he expects, including a renomination and a chance to continue to be a sort of royal mendicant for at least four years longer. It is not unlikely that he will reward his entertainers in Philadelphia by letting them name the person who is to fill the fat (ace of !'ollector of the Port, Which has been made vacant by the resignation of Mr. Moore. A Rald upon Radical 011ice-llolders New Republican members of Con groii are p!turally desirous of turning out the friends of old members and of putting their personal adherents in office. To accomplish this purpose some of them have been busy represent ing to Brant that Collectors, Assessors and Postmasters are against Iris policy and opposed to his renomination. The President is the very man to listen to stick stories and to act upon the sugges tions made. lie is said to have ordered the decapitation of quite a number of suspected officials. The guillotine is to be worked vigorously, and no man's head will be safe unless lie gives indis putable evidence of his fealty to Grant and of his readiness to work diligently for his renomination. The officials of thin goUllty have nothing to fear from our Congressman, and they will be safe enough, if Ulysses can be assured that they will work to secure the appoint ment of delegates to the National Con vention pledged to vote for his renom ination. They know the terms upon which they will be allowed to hold their comfortable positions. The Strength of Parties In Congress. Ry the election of three Democratic Liongrezisnien iii tiew Hampshire, the Republican majority in the louse has been reduced from thirty-five to thirty two. There are still thirteen vacan eitcs, four of which will be filled at the election which takes places in Connec ticut, on the 3rd day of April. The Democrats expect to make some gains there. The other vacancies are from California, Texas, Michigan and Illi nois. It is safe to predict that the Rad ical majority will be below thirty when the Ifouse re-assembles in December. When we remember that there are five negroes and numbers of carpet-baggers among the Radical majority, all of whom will have a short reign, no one can doubt that the Democrats will have majority in the next Congress. Protect the 1141118. There is one little hill before Congress which ought to be passed before ad journment. We mean the act for the protection of that most magnificent game creature, the burralo of our west ern plains. Multitudes of them are an nually slaughtered for mere sport, and nothing but a very stringent law will prevent their complete destruction.— They are shot down and the entire car cos left to rot in the sun. These ani mals furnish the chief food of the In dians, and much of the discontent which exists among them Is caused by the de struction of the wild herds upon which they depend for food, tent-co ors, bed ding and Other comforts. The Ilion who kill game wantonly are despicable crea tures, and nothing but cet•ere penalties will restrain them. Let the game law be taken up and passed before adjourn ment, A Leglsli the llcad•Lnck Expected A report comes front Harrisburg to the elicit that a serious disagreement between the two Houses of the Legisla ture Is probable. The Senate has pass ed a bill modifying the outrageous law in reference to the appointment of elec tion officers in l'h lladelph ia,and theßad ical majority in the House refuse to con sider it. The Apportionment bill is also hung up in a Committee of the House, and the Radicals talk freely of refusing to make any apportionment this winter. Rumor has it that the Democrats in the Senate will shut down on all private legislation, if the House persists in de clining to act upon all important public business. A dead lock in the Legisla ture may ensue. A proper spirit on the part of the House would prevent the oc currence of such a thing. "The Capital." ' Tie Otpital is the name of a very handsome weekly newspaper, just start ed at Washington, by Doun Piatt &Geo. Alfred Townsend. Both these gentle men are well-known throughout the country. Donn Piatt has made an en viable reputation by his letters from Washington and his contributions tothe best of our magazines. George Alfred Townsend, by his poetry and his bril liant newspaper correspondence, during and since the war, has acquired a high position in the great fourth estate. The Capitol has brains enough in its employ to make the fortune of half-a-dozen weekly newspapers. It must become a splendid success with proper business manage . ment. It is devoted to liter ature, art and politics, claiming to be independent of any political party. NONE of the contested election cases in the present Congress will be acted upon until next December. If things turn out as we expect the Radical ma jority will be less then than it is now, and there will be a chance of having such cases decided on their merits. The Express declares solemnly that it fully expected defeat in New Hamp shire. Blessed, are they which expect noth ing, for they shall not be disappointed. The County Treasurers A few weeks ago there was a consid erable gathering of the County Treas urers of the State at the Capitol, and many were the surmises concerning the object of their visit. .11 seems that they were summoned by a circular, signed by two or three of their number, to make an impudent request of the Legis lature for the extension of their term of office for one year beyond the period for which they were elected. With most of them the object is to secure the sweets of office for another twelve months. But some of them, especially those - who have been most active in this move ment, may have more powerful private reasons. Their accounts with the peo ple may be in such an unsatisfactory con dition that it is not convenient to settle just at present. They, therefore, go to a complaisant Legislature and ask for an extension of time. It is not at all probably that the representatives of the people will oblige them in this par ticular. If there were any good reason for the change the law should have no application to the present incumbents. This little game of the County Treas urers has at last made itself apparent, in a little bill, introduced on Monday in the House by Mr. George Whitson, a mem ber from this county. Mr. Whitson's bill provides simply that the tern, of the office of the County Treasurers of this Commonwealth shall continue for three years, and that the present incumbents shall remain in office for one year be yond the term for which they were elected by the people. We cannot but regard this bill as a corrupt proposi tion. No honest representative would present it or give it his support. 4r. Whitson is strongly suspected of belong ing to a ring at Harrisburg, which is organized for the purpose of eNerciaing . _ a corrupt control over the legisiation of the sessiou. This proposition which he has just submitted will not entribute in the least to remove the Impressions which exist concerning him. Has any portion of the good people of this Com monwealth made a demand for this bad change in a wholesome law? If there be any petitions on file in the Capitol, I there will be little trouble in showing that they do not emanate from any ro spectable portion of the people, but that the signatures have been obtained on the personal solicitation of some greedy Treasurer. The Treasurer who goes to Harrisburg and beseeches and button holes members of the Legislature to give him an office for a longer period than the term for which he was elected, shows himself unworthy the confidence and respect of his fellow-citizens. He cannot be the man they took him for when they made him the depositary of the public funds. Let them look to his accounts. The framers of the Constitution wise ly limited the term of the State Treas urer to wo years. It is well that it is so, or that officer might some day go before a venal Legislature and purchase an ex tension of his term for five, ten or twenty years. If a Convention shall be held in Pennsylvania to reform the present con stitution, these County Treasurers have called the attention of.the people to serious defect in It. it will be necessary to put them under the same constitu- tional restriction which now exists in regard to the State Treasurer. The new constitution must provide that there shall be no more Whitsons with their little bills to extend the term of Treas urers, for as many years as they may be able to raise funds, to satisfy the greed of the "rural ring." For a naked,• up right, down-right, rascally proposition this one to give the County Treasurer an extension of one year, beats all that have been offered in the Legislature for along day. The ring Is evidently hard up. Oyer the hence James ti Blair was elected to Con gress from Missouri, as a liberal Itepub- Bean ; but, on reaching 'Washington, he found the organiption of that party in the hands of men with whom he had nothing In common. He discovered that the majority were pledged to a support of the existing tariff, in favor of extrav agant expenditures, and so bitterly hos tile to the people of the South, that they crammed the negro Congressman, El liot, with t spee,h and set hiw up to abuse the whites. Consistency and fi delity to the principles he had enuncia ted in his canvass, prevented Mr. Blair from acting with the Republican party, and so he left their ranks and came over to the Democrats. In a letter announcing this change, he says : Elected as a liberal Republican, and pledged Gr a tariff for revenue, and against protection, and for full amnesty and re moval of all disabilities imposed upon those engaged in the late rebellion, placed me in a condition where I could not be governed by a majority vote in the caucus meetings of the Republican party upon those sub jects, and at the first meeting which I at tended, Iso announced to the caucus. Ob jections were made to Inv remaining in the caucus, as I was opposed to all of the fun damental principles of the party, and could not be bound by the action of the majority. - - Upon reflection I came to the conclusion that, as there was no agreement between my views and the views of the majority of the callous upon those questions or meas ures, no good could result front my parti cipating In the caucus, and, hence, I with drew. To yield to a majority in the caucus would lie but surrendering everything to the protectionists, and to those who seem to think the continued humiliation and de gradation of the white people of the South the strongest bond of union and cominu nion in the Republican party, This I could not do without a violation of the pledges I made during my canvass. If the Republican party has no higher, nobler, nor mere exalted a mission, aim, and purpose, than the taxing of the people of the t 1 est for the benefit of the aristocrats and monopolists of the East, and the con tinued degradation and humiliation of the white people of the South, thou I must confess that I am at a lons to see how myself and toy liberal Republican friends In toy district, who agree with mo In sentiment, can consistently longer affili ate or act. with R. Respecthilly, yours, .1. !Kam Hard Times at the Capital As an illustration of the hard times which prevail at the Capital of the State, we are informed that ..i.4110,1100 have been drawn by members of the Legis lature and deck-hands already, against $BO,OOO for a corresponding period of last year. The times thus far have been ex ceedingly hard. There have been no pickings worth while for the "roosters." The nine-million bill which was settled and paid for last year, has not yet been brought forward for prudential reasons. The State Treasury being barred against them for the present., the "roosters" are now going fur the County Treasuries in a bill to extend the term of all the Coun ty Treasurers in the State for one year. ' This is another evidence of the hard times at the Capital. Let Cessna qe Removed The Chambersburg Valley .Spirit very properly suggests that the Trustees of Franklin and Marshall College can not afford to continue John Cessna as Pres ident of the Board of Trustees. The ed itor of the ,S'pirit is a graduate of the in stitution, and is naturally sensitive when the honor of his Alma-Mater is likely to suffer. He says:: "John Cessna is the President of the Board of Trustees of Franklin and Marshall Col lege. He was elevated to that position by a scurvy trick on the resignation of Mr. Bu chanan. By his course in Congress, and especially by his shameful connection with the Chorpenning claim, he has brought himself into great discredit in the State and nation. The friends of the Institution, of both political parties, feel that the Presi dent of the Board of Trustees should be a man of highest character, above reproach from any quarter. In a short time, the Board will meet, and its first action should be to request its President to tender his resignation. The College cannot afford to continue him any longer in this position." THE tilt between Butler and Blaine in Congress was one of the bitterest things of the kind ever witnessed in that body. Neither asked or gave any quarter. The sympathies of the Democrats were, of course, with Blaine, and against the blustering bully of Massachusetts. Hon. E. W. Nesbit, formerly Judge of the Supreme Court of Georgia, and member of Congress from that State from 1838 to 1840, died at Macon on Sat urday, aged 68. the Young Men of the South. The New York Evening Poet has the good sense to see what will be the effect of the vindictive and proscriptive legis lation of Congress upon the rising gen eration of the South. While giving an earnest and consistent support to the Republican party, it has the Manliness to speak its sentiments' freely and bold ly. It deprecates the discussion now going on in Congrt ss,and warns the Rad icals against the passage of such bills as that proposed by the extremists of the party. It insists with emphasis, and ar gues in a manner which ought to con vince the most mulish member,thatevil, and evil only, ran come from such fed eral interference as is proposed. It says: A generation of young men is growing up in the Southern States, and the future is in their hands. How are they to be made patriotic citizens of the Union? Is it by proscribing their fathers, and allowing them to grow up under a reign of terror? Yet if they grow up to be unpatriotic and rebellious, - what must be the future of the country? Are eleven States to be held in the permanent condition of subjugated pro vinces and dependencies? If they do grow np "unpatriotic and re bellious," whom shall we blame—the Gov ernmencthat subjects them to iniquitous measures and laws, or themselves? If left to themselves, they would make as good Unionists and Americans as the Abolition secessionists not long ago turned Republi cans. The bane of American civilization is that a clique of disgraceful wretches, who went into power with empty pockets and come out with full ones, insist on abusing the Federal Government so as to make it interfere with the just progress and rights of the States. low Circumstances Alter Casei Mr. Tilton's paper, the Aye, we see, finds fault with the French Government for suppressing a batch of Red Republican journals, for giving expression to incendiary seutiments,and advocating a course of action on the part of the people, which would make any government, republican or other wise, simply an impossibility. When Mr. Tiltim was running the foci - pe iichnt some years ago, he was Hot so compunctious about the freedom of the press, even in hls own country. Democratic journals were shut up by his own party then within pistol shot of the /micro /id. ni office, not for utbir ing incendiary sentiments, nor any thing of the mod ; hut we remember, he had no word of condemnation, rath or applause, in fact, for that unlawful exercise of power. 'flers may be arbi trary and self-willed, but at the worst, he is no match for Stanton's •' orders in council," nor Seward s little bell. The Frenchman, in point of fact, is acting in the interests of free government; whereaa they, on the contrary, were but playing the part of petty tyrants, by virtue of the Might that then made Right. A id vin.r tight is now going on over the vacant Collectorship in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia delegation have pre sented D. I'. Southworth, but Simon Cameron says nay ! He and ii.ecretary Delano are working together Mr another Man. The quarrel promises to be a bit ter one, and the chances are that Cam eron will will. If he can not lix Giant in any other way he will inveigle him into a palace car, carry him Ml' to diar risburg, and ,:ettle matters in his pala tial maitsion over yttrium; bottles of champagne. The Philadelphia declares that the disgraceful fight between Butler and Blaine is full of danger to the Re publican party. It continents upon matter thus : "The danger of the reoent troubles in the Bepublicau party is that the most pop- Mar and influential nice iu the country are at war with each other, and differ in respect to our political pulley. It is use less to say that General Butler drops into insignificance when he opposes Speaker Blaine, or that his power would be destro3 ed even if he should oppose the party it self. Such men wield great influence, and it is the worst element of our present po litical situation that the leading minds of the nation are not in harmony with the pol ice of the Administration.- üB►TEARY The Philadelphia newspapers bring the announcement of the death of the lion. El lis Lewis, ono of the most distinguished lawyers of Pennsylvania, and for a long time Chief .1 ustice of the Supreme Court of the State. Ile died nu Sunday, at his resi dence in Smith 12ourth street, Philadelphia, yfter a brief illness. Ellis Lewis was born in the village of Le wisberry, in York conic ty, on the lath of May, Mc . lir, com menced life as t, printer in Harrisburg, and worked in the office of James Pea cock, publisher of the l',,tn,qylvania Re publican. His first ditty was a carrier of the newspaper. Hut his tastes led hint to the study of the law, and he was ad mitted to the bar in 1522. In 151, Gov ernor Mester appointed him District-At torney for Dauphin enmity. lie was elected to the Assembly in IS:i9, and in he was appointed Attorney-General of the State by Governor Wolf, and in October of the same year he was appointed President-Judge of the Eighth Judicial District. In 131:1 he was appointed by Governor Porter President•J edge of the Second Judicial District, which com prises the county of Lancaster; and while on the bench here he gyve e‘ idence of those line qualities of mind Which so distinguish ed him in the capacity tit Judge. In ISM he was nominated by the Democrats as one of the live Justices of the Supreme Court, and was chosen by the people. Ile be- I came Chief Justice In ISM, and was unanimously re nominated by the Demo crats in IsM, but declined. in to e. 5 ho was appointed a Commissioner to revise the Civil Code of the Commonwealth. For his learning and knowledge of medical juris prudent.° he revei yeti the honorary degree of Doctor of Nietlivine from the Philadel phia College of Medicine, and the degree of LL. D. from Transylvania University in lientucky, and from Jefferson College, Canonsburg. Ilk decisions while nn the bench of the Supreme Court are of the highest authority with the legal profession. The "Abridgement of the Criminal Juris prudent.° of the United Stabs - Is lice only law book wkien hu lute. written. Thu tivdes of Judge 1,3 w is were decided ly literary, nod after his relief from the la bor, of Ills 111.064,4.t0n he wrote frequently for the newspapers and perlotlitradt. It IM to be hoped that Ills vontributions to litera ture will be collected and presented to the public in a durable form. Dun Rice Heats Train unto Rice, the showman, arrived in Col umbus, Ohio, on ail II A. M., train the other day, from Ile wanted I to go to Girard, but the Cleveland train had I just gone. The notable Dan, says the Saar Journal, was touch provoked. lint eonclud ed to keep tsiol as the cireumstanees would permit., and that he might the better do this, came up town. lie wont to the depot again iu good time for the 4 P. M., train, but in has anxiety to avoid impa tience and excitement, read a newspaper in a sitting-room until just half a minute after the train steamed out of the depot for Cleveland. Ile made a tremendous effort to reach the out-going train, but even Dan Rice is a slow coach in such a race, and he failed. lie danced about like one of his famous trained horses for a brief period, and then made a proposition to the eirect that he would pay one hundred dollars to catch the train. Thomas Walsh, in charge of an engine in the yard, accepted the prop osition, and, Rice jumping ou board, the locomotive was put to full speed in pursuit of the Cleveland train. There were no cars attached, and the train AV as overtaken at Lewis Centre, sixteen miles from Colum bus, in just sixteen minutes from the time of starting. The ride was not an unpleas ant one, and the veteran showman rather enjoyed the mad gallop of the iron horse. When he reached the train he proceeded to settle accounts, when the engineer said half the amount would do, and 1350 VMS paid over, the "mile-a-minute" man re turning more leisurely to this city, leaving Dan Rice to pursue ilifi journey to Ilirard on the regular train. Remarkable Tenacity of Life During a fox bunt some weeks ago, in Piccawixen, the fox was run into a burrow into which one of the hounds also entered and becoming entangled and unable to extricate himself, he was left to his fate by the sportsmen. After the expiration of seven days and nights, a party of gentle men determined to make an effort to ascer tain the fate of the poor creature, and after considerable labor succeeded in unearthing him. Upon being taken out he was found to be alive, but much postrated from the effects of hunger and his cramped condi tion. At first he was blinded by the sudden glare of light, but in a short time he began to recover, and at the sound of the horn, he joined the pack and returned home, and to-day is apparently as well as ever. Strange to say the fox, which was found but a few feet trom the hound, and untouch ed by the latter, was quite dead when the burrow was opened.—Port Tobacco Times THE OLD GRANITE STATE! The First Shock of A San Domingo Earthquake! NEW HAMPSHIRE REDEEMED! A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR ELE4TED GAIN OF MBE CONGRESSMEN! The State I...miniature Democratic CONCORD, March 14.—The annual eloc• tion for Governor and Members of the Legislature was held in this State to-day. The weather proved most favorable tor the polling of a full vote. The partisans of all political organizations exerted them selves to the utmost to secure a victory. The Republicans presented as their can didate Mr. James Pikg, an es-member of Congress, who was a Methodist Minister of South New Market, against whom the Democrats arrayed Mr. James Weston, a Civil Engineer, who holds the position of Mayor of Manchester, to which ho was elected last year. The Republican majority in the State, in Nies was 1,363, The State Committee, after a oaroful canvass of the situation, proclaim ed a probability of an increase upon these figures. CONUCUIP, N. 11., March Id.—lint few ad ditional returns have come in to-day, but they only make more certain the Demo- cratic success. Mr. Weston lacks about 200 votes of tin elootion by the people. The Republiean.4llavo elected Councillorsin the I I Id. and INN - h. Districts, the Democrats in the I Id. and Vth., and there is no choice in the Ist. The Republicans elect Senators in Districts 11., 111., Vii., and IX., and the liemocrats in IV., Vi., Aill., XI., and XII. Districts V. and X. are very close, with the chances in favor of a Democrat in the latter. In the Ist. there is no choice.— Representatives are all in except 14, and stand, It.publicans, 100; Democrats, Labor Reform, 4. Thd remaining ones stood last year Republicans, 2; Done ierats, 12, which will give the Democrats the or- ganization of the I louse, probably, and in- Buenos Ayres came in sight. At sures the election of Mr. Weston US (for- Hails were furled, We dropped anchor some error. The Democrats have all three of the Congressmen by 450 majority iu the Ist. the guardship, run up the stars anti ',Din's, District, 900 in the 11d., and 1.50 in the 111 d. and were saluted by two other A merit-an C9Neoiltu, Mar. - s icl.—Provisional certili- oarques. The Custom I louse oilier board eztes.having been granted to the Democrat etl us some hours liefore we were allowed is members of -Congress-elect—Messrs. Hibbard and Bell left by the morning train to go On shore, and our captain was obliged for Washington, and will be joined in New to make knit a lint of passengers and crew, York by Mr. Parker. The State Senate with their names, ages, twenprifions, and stands live Republicans and six Democrats. Mr. Fling, in the Tenth District, has but intention., in visiting tlw Republic. We six majority, and Mr. Thrasher, in the felt real sorry to leaV, our beautiful vessel, Eleventh, but 19 majority. Both are Demo- 7so statineli anti trusty, with everything and ends. everybody so well The Stu/estrum claims DAM tho House stands 1911 Republicans aid 10'1 Democrats, d u cte d : elite "/ ourwas a Fr"' giving the Petnocrats the four Labor Re- man, a naturalized citi4en of the Argentine formers. inoluded in this estimate the Republic, who s p o k e F ro n e b, Italian, Sp:ua •lY« claims Underhill, of Chester, ish and A , in s is ino ot . aiw Aj, Imo Legro, of Lancaster. Wilson, of Pembroke, a warm side for the land of La Fayette, and and Norse, of Lancaster, who were return- I ed by town clerks as Republicans. I our heart went out instantly towarifs his The Democrats also claim, and no doubt t countrymen, '(Vet bail.' farewell to our are sure of part, if not 1.13') whole of t } "I" , worthy captain and crew, kissed our hand ' which will give Latent a majority of which to the fair "Ella, - “F Portland, dropped a they say, by the vote of the disaffected Lolling Republicans, can be increased to tear in memory of "home, sweet. Mune,' twelve or fourteen. The allotment of °lli- then stepped P 151101,3 UP see Ittl , .'llo, Ayres, corn is complete, and the ousting of this with its-numberless house., with no hills present ineumbents, and change of acts or mountains fit' a background—nothing relative to the Supremo Judieial Court, to enable a complete rotation In the bench, but great stretches of pampas, or prairies. are subjects of discussion in Democratic ANc i , eNpee t e d to leave ISucuoa A yres, fur circles. Cordova, silt September =il, but as the gov- Cosconr, March 20.—The Art,siet, gives the returns for Representatives from all the ern meat had made out our passes for the towns in the State, and classifies them—Re- bent steamer on the route to Rtisaria, publicans, 1.0, Democrats and Labor Re- were obliged to delay our departure for formers, 1111,. The rat riot says the House two day ,. This gays us a ,„„:0 t.i see will stand if"; Itemocrats and 112 Radicals, m : , ore ot cuy, and in company with some the Labor Reformers being classed as Dem ocrats. of - our country penplo, we went in the eve - Recent Hoods in Mississippi iitve done great damage to the plantations. All the lowlands have been overflowed. The chap who took the thread of life to sew the rent of a house has gone and invented a patent point for eross•eyed needles. Ou ttie 7tti Mist., jo Indians attacked the mail stage on the Mariposa desert in Arizona, shot thedriver, captured seven horses and destroyed the mails. A meeting of citizens of San Francis co, on Wednesday, adopted a resolution formally inviting the President to visit that city, and appointed, a committee to arrange for his reception. At Hartford, Conn., on Wednesday, the Grand Jury indicted Mrs. Ann M. Stiles, for attempting to murder the Pitk in and Dewey families in South Windsor, by poixoning therm Her trial is set for July. The " Prairie Farmer " reports that John P. Alexander, the great stock raiser of Illinois, has made an assign ment for the benefit of his creditors.— His liabilities are stated at and his assets at $1,Z00,000. A wealthy bachelor married, off hand, a beautiful young limy whom he caught inspecting cook-stoves at the fair. Since then you can't ge'. within forty rods of the stove department for the crowd of pretty girls. The Pre - 4s lays the blame of the defeat of its party in New Hampshire to the general Republican apathy. The Po ss is in error. (feneral 'Ulysses S. If rant is the individual to whom this great honor is fairly attributable. The annual commencement of the Women's Medical College wits held to day at noon at the Academy of Music, which was well filled. Prof. Isaac Coot ly, M. D., presented the valedictory, ' and the Dean delivered the diplomas. The Grand Jury at Albany having failed to indict Dr. Van }loosen, who killed his wife last winter in a fit of delirium tremens, the Court yesterday ordered him to be oonfined in the Luna tic Asylum until recovered, or until further order of the Court. In Newark, New Jersey, on Tuesday, a German woman named Weisbeck, at tempted to commit suicide liy poison ing. She was saved by an emetic, but almost hnmediately became a raving, maniac. A family quarrel led to the rash act, Francis Creeley, aged elghly, said he would ho willing to die when he had seen his youngest grand-daughter mar ried. lie attended her wedding the other evening, near St. Louis, and tak ing part in the dative, fell dead wit 11"" k t a groan at her feet. A Maine father has sued a sou•iu-luw for lunches, horse feed, and things fur nished while he was courting his girl. Ile has brought in a counter claim, charging his futher-in-law with meals furnished since the wedding, while the old man was visiting. The Baptist denomination in this country, embracing all its shades and forms olopi n ion , u m hers 1, - )1;:t630 com municants, over whom are played 9,553 ministers, connected with aStiee a lbum. The 'mintier of liaptist churches is 16,605, or nearly twice as much as that of the Baptist ministry. In Philadelphia, on Tuesday, a negro girl named Rebecca Evan 4, robbed her mistress MN. All ow ay and then set fire to the house. Fortunately the fire was discovered before much damage was done. The girl was arrested and con fessed her crime, and the money was recovered. Mrs. Sarah Martin, of St. Joseph Missouri, believes in hanging murderers until they are dead, and partially hang ing those who assault with intent to kill. She asks the Legislature to pass a law to that effect and offers her ser vices as official hangwoman, pledging herself to give satisfaction and make no blunders. The Springfield Republic claims the youngest compositor in the State, Willie Watt, aged seven years. The Lancaster (Ohio) Gazette says: "The writer of this was a compositor at the age of seven years, setting a column of pica a day in 1822, on the old belatuare Patron (now (Pcicetc). We stood up to the case in an old-fashioned Windsor chair that had a board seat.' The following brief cards appeared in the Atlanta, Georgia, Intel( iyenerr, last week ; "CARD TO TUE Poetic.—My connection with the Ineelligenner ceases with title Issue. anti Governor Samuel Bard takes charge of the tmae, "JAMIE', IIiV7IN WHITAKER. - A CARD TO THE PT:BLIc.—.III assuming the management of the Intelligencer, I shall dis charge my duty to the public fearlessly and without regard to consequences. "SAM Great excitement was created in the town of Flatbush, on the 14th inst., owing to the death by suicide of one of Its most respected citizens. Mr. Dit mars, the gentleman alluded toAwas about fifty-live years of age, and left all estate variously estimated at $200,000. His wife died about six weeks ago and left about seven thousand dollars worth of real estate to her relatives. This seemed to prey on the man's mind, and he was apparently much displeased with his wife's will. On Monday night he took about two ounces of laudanum and died in a few hours afterwards. Letter from &kith America. Correspondence of the Intelllgetleerf CORDOVA, Argentine Republic, S. A., ). November 5, 170, Our last letter brought the history of our voyage to OP. M. on Sept. 10th. 'As soon as it grew dark, the lights on Flores and the revolving lights In Montevideo could be distinctly seen ; and shortly after, the bril liant lights of the city, just ti miles off, pre sented a sight worth seeing. At a distance from the city was a tire, which we could not understand ; so our "half-Spanish" RS trouotnors tried their hands or rather their tongues upon the pilot. lie told us that the city was besieged by rebel troops, of which the nearest detachment was within a mile of the city, and that their camp-fires caused the light which we lied seen. The government troops were termed "Colrado," and the rebels " blancm" This distinction is caused by their dress—the Colradoes wearing red uniforms; the blancoes, white ones. Two days before, the whites had made themselves agreeable by capturing 3,500 of the reds, and killing 30 of them. , "The colored troops fought bravely," Int they were no match for the whites. It took a long time to get this information from our pilot, for he could not understand a word of English, and we had hard work to make him understand. our Spanish. At 11 o'clock that night there:was a fear ful storm off the mouth of the La Plata, and the pilot ordered the anchor to be cast, as we were nearing some thingernus banks, and he could not make his reckoning.— The next morning when we arose, no Lund was in sight—nothing but great winces of thick muddy winter, which were flashing about the vessel just like the waves of old ocean. At 9.-I.i the " Ella" passed within a few hunilrell yards of the light ship ,-,tr Point Indio, which is a dreary plane to live in. 'Here the jolly tars have to weather all the storms, with but little company out • side of the patient windmill whieh is fir ever pumping out the water. At II A. M., FM Italian freight Stellllll, vnsscd north.— It was the fortieth vessel which ice had seen after leaving the fishing neut. .kt 1•2.30 wreck was seen to the south of ns. Tine harbor is full cut wrecks, whieli:tchl greatly to the perils of navigation. An hour later we passed the last called Uolonia, on tho coast, or I . ruguay.— At four o'clool: we headed directly west, and up the river in the taco of a cold tcinti. rtn the southern hank a tower and shine trees were in sight. At the sailors began to furl the sails; and a little later the steeples and towers ut ruing to see the different stores, which were exceedingly showy. The jewelry was par ticularly attractive; and then there were so many imported fat grinds of ',earl, rare woods, Chinese enriosities, velvets, silks, satins, laces:, carpets, furniture of every deserlptiou, toys, cutlery, line in• struments, china, in last the Lest and rarest things we have at horns were all displayed to great advantage here, for the storey are not very deep, but tieing brilliavetly lighted everything dazzles and au reels in the gas light ; and then the Senoritas turn out in all their e.xtravaganty of dress. Von 'lever see the latter during the day, but at night it is perfectly proper for two or More of them to go out unattended till 0 r. NI. 1 believe that I never saw a Spanish lady walking with a gentleman during the en tire week I spent in Buenos Ayres. Mile. Carlotta Patti gave a contoert while we were there, but as it was Sunday night we did not go. On any other night we would have gone for the sake of seeing, the boa ton of Hinnies Ayres. I cannot say much for tie beauty of thex• have nitwit handsomer ones in Laneaster, If I were a reporter for a 11.,11 newspaper I should write that Miss A.. IL C., of East Xing street, or M iss It. E. E., of East ()r -ange street, or Miss C. 11. 1., of \Vest Chestnut street, outshone all the belles of Buenos Ayres. In fact there are pretty modest faces hidden alsint a quarter of a mile back in those long Mennonite bonnets, that are prettier far limn the " black ,Span ish" chicks. 1 adtitirod several, but was not stunned hy any. They do not wear hats or bonnets. if they are not in mourn ing they generally have some rich lace gracefully uver head and neck ; if, how ever, they we, r mourning, the end of Thibet shawl is turned over the Lark It!' the head. Little children and lathes Wear the deepest mourning; and on ehildren six or seven years old not a ' , hired of Whit°. is vie IWe—stockings and every portion of the dress are Idark. During this season of mourning they never go out, exoept. at stated bon rs to church; but at the opera, if you inquire wino occupy the boxes with Inttien•work trams, you Will 110 (OM "thirst, are for persons or families in mourning. Among the A merioatts there we next Prof. , ; etirge Stearns, of Vermont, who li came out last February With his us if,' mid child—the latter only is months old. The Professor's chilies call hint to Entre Rios, but as there is a revolution there now;, he Is wafting patiently for the troubles to cease. Mrs. Bock and a lady friend called on Mrs. Clapp, wife of the American Con sul, Mrs, C. hail hoard Of their arrival, but sicknes4 hi her family prevented her from calling She is ex veedingly pleasant and easy In her home, and the ladies quite enjoyed their call. Aceortling lu the cuss tore of the country they lunched with her. I atu told that the n t , n m •nt one enters a house to leaks a friendly call, he hears the orders given for mate, their favorite bever age. This they drink so hot that anyone else would scald his mouth, and yet they expect every one le take It Just as hot. In fact they say it ,is only o holesotne when taken very hid. Itis then so very nutri tious that it man can work anti he strong and robust with only mate to drink. I shall not send you the prescription for compounding; it, lest soot• ill ' your young lawyers who are more troubled by itnpe curiosity than Ly practiec should endeavor to add to their fortlines by drinking Mate fora livelihood. I have other items of Buenos Ay res sight seeing to communicate, but my letter is long enough. Those of your readers who have taken the trouble to read my letters may think that I an a long time getting to Cordova, but let them be patient. It is 7000 miles front Lancaster, and takes a long time to get over so much ground, espeeially when lutist of it is anther water. get there by and 6y, and until I de so, I am as ever, faithfully, thine IMENSIMIIIII plulning Away the New llnniimhire iirant's Indies are busy trying to explain away the New Flamshire election. liars are a few questions for them: Do they know any way to explain the .verner-elect out of the executive chair? Do they know any way to explain the three new members of Congress out of their seats? ➢o they know how to explain away the votes which these three numbers of Con gress will give uniformly against Gen. Grant? After the fourth of March, 1573, Gen. Grant will have nothing to do but drink and make explanations. But neither his drink nor his explanations Will ever put him back into the White House. And by the way, if, as Mr. ti reeley says, liquor had something to do with the res•dt of this first State election, was it liquor in New Hampshire, or was it the liquor in the White house.—N. F. Ran. Suspension of ••The Paper Pirrsurnotr, March 11.—The Paper, a new journal established on a liberal scale, in the interest of the Democratic party, three months since, suspended publication to-day. It is said to have sunk large sums of money. The suspension, it is claimed, will be temporary, until the subscribed stock is paid up. The Military Bill for the South Slauxli. l treed by the Motile. A NEW INVESTIGATION ORDERED A Committee Appointed and a Report to be Made In December. nen Buller's Bottled Wrath Escaper In a Column Letter to His Colleagues. Wasitisirros, March 15.—The disorgat , ized condition of the Republican party in Congress has received a most forcible illus tration in the last twenty-four hours, with an effect heightened by the Democratic tri umph in New Hampshire. Last night the Radical caucus of the House ratified the report of the Connell of Ten in the shape of the Military bill drawn by General But ler, but to-day the Republicans of the House abandoned Butler and their comma pledges and - authorized in lieu of the bill a special committee of thirteen to investi gate the condition of the into insurrection ary states and report to Congress in De cember. Tim Democrats, however, had previously served a pretty good notice on the Reptiftliemis that their military caucus bill should not be submitted, and that any effort in that direction would be resisted at every step. 'rills notice was fulfilled to the letter. The Speaker, therefore, privately wrote the resolution for a comnlittee. The Democrats consented to its being offered, to its being read, and, finally, to its adop tion. They thought it better to agree to that than prolong the session. Great WO, the wrath of Butler at his defeat.— Ile sat in his seat, the picture of anger, refusing to art any a teller, refusing t o vote, and denouncing the Republicans who I had imver attended the caucus with coining into the liens° and selling out the poi ty. The Speaker elint•hed the proceedings by promptly appointing the Committee. Mr. , Priers, of Maine, Who proposed it, declined to be made Chairman, and Butler was lip , pointed. Ile Itlstt said beforehand that he i , ""1 , 11 "ever l lwks , ' „ hit '6." " P" !molten. Yo morrow tie wt. resign, its will four other Radical members of the Committee, and thus endeavor li t e‘obar rass the Anti-I:u I:lux legislating Itepub , Beaus. As s use ns the I louse h a d attoptcil I this programme it passed It reSioilltlkill lad jaunt on Monday. While this was all going on the Sultan trial Radical caucus was lin full blast in t h e Senate (11111111/er aht, discussing the Butler military MIL Tint news was sent to them at once that the hail thrown that measure ovor board stint adopted 0 now programme. This ratiolis 0,4,11 a 111 ;a sour of dcuno nalinutinu. No It,. Stillittors con ill agree on a plan to save. lhr 'surly. filet SIIIIOII Cameron warm I ed them to step tuutionsly, tier by tlueughL ilhr re Wort, 10 rvr- I Molly del not w Weill by lizOoo "OWII a bill ns this. Finally it was in' p, , -,,1 it-ik tile 1 tolooi to concur • a iolla ruuemiltru ofiliVrqlgatiiill ilio • named seven Senators; but Mere was sit 11111 cit mud lamentation over Now I lampshum that the caucus broke up w Matta having lout ttnything decistvc. It will reassemble again to-morrow. . . 1 11111efill 11111101' .111 lel ',lnger Vtalllttill 111.01-1111 wrnl 11. Tll night he 111,1 551111011 .1 111111111 1011., In 1110 I.WIIIIIIIIO/111 1110111101,4 .It HlV li nts, rek lesvlng ILv selnin hekilty, anti ;4111ng reaseiN why he will not :115n1e by Its action. Ito bolts to this t'gr.ii--Itecati , tithih 0011111111100 NV. 1111 . 01.11 1110,11 the lieptiblwans by the nearly twat,- iinoin. sou, I 1111 111.11101,11110 party 111 010 11 mi , e, aided by mon. , twenty ur thirty Ite• pithlwatn.ottl), against the llrei.l.al ul th, ithijOritY that party It 11 duly ...Wed 1,111 iu, ..r the 1101.0. .I e wer - 1.11,311111 01111 0111111111111 W ra,etl hy IL et.inbinaliiin of the high-1101i% ith the liennieravy, the the ,•Ilve, 1, permit the 'laughter /WO, 1•Xl1,111111111,11 of their teditleAl irientlg the the tariff veilltt he .01 Vllll, evert fer nine ne,iiths, by an oarly ailjourunivtit *PI 1..t.1114,-0.1, 111111 taw ileilanerivey them in p 111,111111 “, 111 a tiolliterlall 1,11111 : 0:11,f1II1ye. meuausl, iu LILY belief, to 111111 - (ler :tin! outrage 0110111411 Cllll/11 nien of Iho Smith te I,vere.,nie by fear, intiniitlali.,p, ana injury the niajtirity 441, next election, well K11,11(1.1112 that thiS I,lllllllln , I• 1111 di , tlll . lll lie anti that it kill tarnish :ill eXe . .t.ho to litt , 'tepuhliruwn to vide , for 11.1' • early adjti rumen!, without, Leg,lll.ation men in the Slates. Third —liveause woul,l he whidlc lu.Verle, t,r any Ruud iourpni.e. sitting in the it C:111 haea, miler parliann . ntAry law, no power Ll vokupt.l It Single Witltt,,ai whn does out ciitm,(!l.l, COlllO, cur ail dwiwer Cro.lll our it'llen lie diut , COW, / eth—ltevaturo nay sot; U•e Vl,lol'- 111311 el the °nit,1110.1.(041 would lunli,h tits. deetitn•lt that ;;;;1011 I laced iU the bands of the lienes - rney ili the eetiting ,Illtera, in this, that the repel L. tit the committee would be whelly nugit tory, illusory, and tireless to ',bee: the es act state of thing's at. the Soutii. wtieuever and w hurt the cent nittlee would go there , would hu sti erten° kinl peace, and try shun idi he r.,luprllr.l s.; to report. Filth and - ,:xth charge that it is a legisla tive r; • ; sa/. --herause the eery resellitier4 which authorized the eeshinittee was framed, and, in lily belief, purposely, lid the interest , of the I)enioeratie party, such Collinlittet) oauuot report, under the rules el tbe Ilnuse, it the htcu of aud,.hy their pesitien, in ;eery than it year ;rent Lill, Linn', the 1 real puwrr out hdlg inserted in it, to ',pill. at any tune; and twilig a speeial sit 1,111- 11,11150 under tile rules e 1 Ih , • ' llollsr, lie called in its turn. The eighth is a !pull of Butler. 'lhe hater ta:nelibles lc ith this as.„,suft the Speaker: I opt rnnsprllyd W tak,, this uvr.ie inn ad dress yuli us deelining to serve, bevatuse lino anitmitieenient tit Ulu ta:tiimitteo W ILS le /1 111:1,10 by the Speaker mail alter tho volt: ul adjourintient hod lweii taken, moil thereupon inns hammer fell, by %Licit he:tiljourgoti thin I as it) preeltele the possibility of resign ink; the place, awl was. Llttelllrleit to inn furetal gloat me at the. time. I believe I can detuun , trate, 11 yen ii' a iiiajf:rity of a parliamentary Luny vas Ibree a M:iss:iellusetta man nil a ...nuilittra , :it jolea.shro, that it is ..taile ;nag her thing for the Siaathi, In; inert Itlletiler till a I'olll - his eollSellt. I 'MVO the 110110 t to Ine, very truly, your friend IlbsiamiN it1"I 1.1..11, A Root livt‘i.eelt rand Wahl. Exciting - Scones In the 11110MV W.‘sitiNieroN, 1471.---Tlled.iy, just after 1110 reading, of the joirritl, arising old of a letter addressed by Item Butler, to. his Itepitlilletin collet rtes 011 the deer 011ie. House, explaining his reason fur 11011.10,- 11114 uu the special committee hi investigatis the Southern outrages, Lel exciting seem. iiiieurrisl. The letter was 'printed ill !dips lied laid lhln Lll,ll/114 upon the desks itet the. lIINTIIIOI , I. drudge It arose lest flee 110111.01 Live truth of that part of the letter which eliarges. that the high-tariff men united with lbw Democrats In pig 4 the resollllloll 111 Weis- Mr. Kelley AlletVerol that the high-tar iff men, as it general rule, had voted against, the resolution, and in tiny it .Jl* nellio hill for the relict 14 the South. Mr. !littler said he del not In Ills letter refer to Mr. Kelley, because Mr. Kelley lout always stood will and in, tended the 1.010.115, Mel 1011 himself bound by the outlives 110 referred hi ether who were. tarilf and who hail fought ill every stop the bills intended to suppress the X. ill the 111001.1111111., while Mr. Itutler was speaking, Speaker Itlaineculled Ji r.NVIii el , er, of :sere to the chair, uud roan down hi+itself to the floor. As MOOS as Mr. Butler had finished \f r. I fluter WILY rovognizoil Isy the Speaker pr f• and proceeded to deli %.1•1. 11110 of most scathing . .perches hmtrd In the for matte years against, ItuLler. Ile de !minified the letter of (Seller 1111 W.. le it,, statements and mean in its Insinuations and inferences. I tut ler, he said, had spoken of tricks; the tvliole country known that the gentleman from :%lassachusetts it•, thq 4,1' trickery. At this remark I the Dimmer:l\ lc side of the House started to implatill, and it witA sewn limo before the Speaker 1,, h iti, 1,111111 restore order. Mr. Illalne !asinine Merl, and 11101 . 0 0X- . . idled. 110 eharged Butler with insineerity RR a party man, and intimated that it it should further hie ambition he (Butler) would go over to !lie I ultiocralic stile and lead thew gallantly as ho did at the Charleston Convention, when lie voted fif ty-six twice for Jolt Davis lor President, The Republicans who don't like Buller started applause, which speedily eotlllllll - to the galleries, and for seine time the was a ,eene of uproar and hale seribable confusion. . . . Mr. Blaine rernuming, maid that Butler a Chairrnan of the Recourntruetion Cow inn tee. had returned to report when he should have reported, other ice he might have had the hill panned for the relief of the South long ago. BUTLER our TII E TO Riff.'. Ile started out calmly, hilt soon got worked up to a terrible state of exeite men I. Ho said he was not responsible for the dis graoeful spectacle which the House had witnessed to•day. Ile had used his right as a citizen and member to give ilia rea sons for not serving on the Cummitlee of the House. For this the Speaker of the House saw lit to leave the Chair, and come upon the Iloor, and pour a torrent of per sonal abuse upon him. lie had felt, both in the hest Congress arch in this, that the Speaker did riot regard him with a friendly eye. lie ienew what it was by experience to he on bad terms with it Speaker. Butler then went on to say that he still regarded the introduction of Blaine's•resolution yestel they as a trick. Said he, Fur ways I hat are dark and tricks that are via Commend tne to lauloc, which 1 Ilse to n:,;11.- lain, This erected another uproar of latighter on both sides of the House. While the discussion WILY iu prOglolkallu Dernocrata left their seats and cantilever to the Republican aide. They took no part other than spectators iu the light, but they seemed to enjoy it immensely. It is re garded by all as one of the most disgraceful scenes ever witnessed in the House. lieepina . to Ono Thing Every young man after he has chosen his vocation, should stick to it. Don't leave it because bard blows are to be struck or disagreeable+ work performed. Those who have worked their way up to wealth and usefulmass do not belong to the shift less and unstable class, but may be reek oned among such as took MY their coats, rolled up their sleeves, conquered their prejudice against labor, and manfully bore the heat and burden of the day.
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