ILancaster 31nttlitgencer. WEDNESDAY,MAY 17, 1871 DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION. Head'rs Democratic State Committee of Pa., 1. Philadelp April 24, 1137 L The delegates chosen totheDemocratieState Convention will assemble in the Chamber of the House of Representatives, at :Harrisburg. on WEDNESDAY. MAY 2f,1871, for the lib!. pose of nominating candidates for Auditor- General and Surveyor-General, and for the consideration of matters relating to the organ ization of the party and the advancement of Its principles. The Convention will be called to order at 10 o'clock A. M. - - By order of the State Committee. W. MU ICHI,EII, Chairman the rower of a Newspaper: Who can estimate the influence of a newspaper? Every day, or once a week, it comes into the household with its budget of news and its columns of edi torial comments. It is eagerly received from the hands of the carrier, or through the mail, andseldom does it fail to arrive at the appointed hour, or on the regular dity. In the columns of a well-conducted journal is matter suited to the tastes of its different classes of readers. The busi ness man looks first at the me , aet re ports. scans the price of c ommodities in which lie deals, and m entally lays out his plans for the co ming day. The far mer ponders ever the produce market, looks at the agricultural column, and then lays the paper aside until the day's work is done and the evening lamp in vites him to return to its perusal. In the meantime the mother marks who has died, and makes a note of a seem ingly valuable recipe, which occupies an out-of-the-way corner. The daughters of thehousehold want to see what Cupid has been doing, and the paper is turned over until the list of marriages is before their eyes, and then they turn back to the poetry, and look to see whether the editor has had the good sense to select a pleasing love-story for their special delectation. The politician wantsto see whether thelash is laid upon theopplisite party with due severity, and does not grumble if several solid columns are de voted to the publication of a vigorous speech from some popular leader of his party. All classes like a little humor, and even the boys and the girls must have their morsel in due season. The publisher of a live newspaper has to provide daily and weekly food for thou sands of people, with tastes which differ its widely as does humanity in its in te variety. The taskis notan easy one, Liu] the wonder is that it is so well performed as it is. It is not strange' that a well-conducted newspaper should become a great power, or that people of all classes very properly defer to its opinions. If they find that it is tit to be trusted they trust it almost implicit ly, and would take the advice of the editor of their favorite paper on almost any subject. While each newspaper needs to hare a controlling mind to direct it in all its branches, and while individuality is important, the death of the editor may affect a journal very slightly. 'the col umn rules of a well-established news- paper may be suddenly turned up, leav ing a broad black mark, where there was only a slight lino the day before, and a touching tribute from the kindly pen of a co-laborer may tell the sad story of a career of laborious usefulness sud denly terminated, but the paper comes out as promptly and continues its visits us punctually as if nothing more than usual had happened. If both proprie tors and editors of the INT ELLICI F.NCER should die in the same moment, the pa per would be published just as usual. It has been in existence since 1794, has out-lived generations of men, and bids fair to live on, increasing in power and influence throughout an unlimited fu ture. There is no reason why It should ever die. Every now and then some silly fel low who has conceived spite against an editor, or who has been offended by sonic arth•le in It newspaper, writes an impudent note to the publisher, desir ing his paper to be stopped at once, or withdrawing his advertising patronage. The irate individual expects that his announcement will cause a sensation, and produce a disastrous effect upon the finances of the .establishment, which has excited his ire. He forgets that his subscription or his advertising patron age is a mere drop in the bucket, and chiefly important to h imself. Mr. Swain, one of the founders of the Philadelphia Ledgcr, and the honored father of Wm J. Swain, the proprietor of that most excellent newspaper, the Philadelphia Public liccord, was accosted by a man bit Chestnut street, one day, who gruffly greeted hint with the remark : " Well, Mr. Swain, I've stopped your paper." „ Stopped my paper,'' said Mr. Swain, "that is terrible; you can not be in earnest." " Yes, I am," said the fel low, feeling his importance and begin ning to bluster up, " I've stopped the Ledger." With well-dissembled sur prise and concern, Mr. Swain induced the indignant individual to go with him to the office to see about the matter. Arriving at the corner of Third and Chestnut, they descended into the press room, where a Hoe Cylinder was throw ing oil' impressions as fast as they could be counted. "Ah !" said Mr. Swain, " You hav'nt stopped the Led ;lc r, you see!" " I meant I had stopped m,y paper," said the lost subscriber in a voice that sunk to a whisper." Oh !" still Mr. Swain, "Is that all? You told me you had stopped the Ledger." Good wine needs no bush,and surely this is a story which needs no comment. Its meaning and its moral are alike too plain to be mistaken or misunderstood. The silly individuals who threaten to wreak their vengeance upon well-established newspapers, are the veriest fools in all the world. They equal in Ignorance and conceit the gnat on the horn of the ox, which Imagined it made the wheels ~f the cart go round. A GEORGIA paper exposes the money making proclivities of the genuine Rad ical. It refers to is man named Whitely :ts an example. lie was elected United States Senator by Bullock's Legislature, ;when the omce nttn rureany peen mien by the same identical Legislature that elected him. Fearing that the Senate at Washington might not admit him to a seat, he ran for the House of Con gress and was beaten by Tift. The Sen ate refused to admit-him, but voted him pay, as a United States Senator, from the time he was elected to the date of its de cision against him. The House of Con gress admitted him over his competitt r, who had beaten him and he has drawn his pay as Representative for the same time that he drew his pay as Senator.— Thus the political adventurer has drawn pay front the Federal Government, for the same, as a Senator and also a Repre sentative, and at the same time was drawing a salary from the State of Geor gia us a Solicitor-General. Ma. OItvILLE GRANT, the President's brother, appears to have been unsuccess ful as a politician. General Bloomfield, the officer in Chicago against whom Mr. trout made charges, lately resigned his office, and demanded that the charges should be investigated at Washington. General Pleason ton informed him that his record was satisfactory, and an in vestigation was unnecessary, as no no tice had been taken of Mr. Grant's charges. TITE new Territorial Government of the District of Columbia was inaugurat ed on Monday. The Legislatureorgan ized with Frederick Douglass as Presi dent of the Council, and C. L. Hulse as Presidentpro tern. of the House. The Governor, in his message, states that the funded debt of Georgetown will not ex ceed s2.so,ooo;'while that of Washing ton is over $2,000,000, with $1,000,000 of floating debt.- Tho question of the; eligibility of FrederickDouglassiestated to be settled by a nine-months' residence in the District, and making it his &one, Narrow-Gauge Railroads for Lancaster County. We publish elsewhere the act of As sembly which has passed both Houses of our State Legislature incorporating a company with power tobuild and equip narrow-gauge' railroads to runfrom Lan caster to Reading and from Lnncaster to different points on the Susquehanna river. Among the incorporators will be found the names of a number of our most prominent and substantial citizens, and it is expected that measures will be speedily taken to carry out the project. Narrow-gauge railroads are now attract ing much attention in this country.— Those now in use In England are found to answer every expectation, and to be among the very best of .paying invest ments. The following facts in relation to Festeniog Railway, which have been carefully compiled, will give a correct Idea of the construction of narrow-gauge railroads and the manner of operating them. • This rail.ny is a single line of way, commencing at certain slate quarries In the district of Festenlog and termina ting at the shipping port of Portmadoe, in the North Wales. England. The length of main line is thirteen and a half miles, with a branch of one mile. The difference in elevation, from the - - sea level to the upper terminus is seven hundred feet—being continuous ascend ing gradients; the maximum of which is one in sixty-eight, and the maximum curvature is about 114 feet radius, and in length from SO to 200 feet. Nearly the whole line is a succession of curves, following the contour of the hills. The line runs through a rude, rocky coun- . - try—the heaviest filling being 60 feet, and cutting 27 feet. The width of em bankments are 10 feet. There ure two tunnels, one of , 730 yards through sye nite, the most expensive rock formation to excavate, and one of 60 yards through slate formation. Many of the fillings are built through and through with dry stone masonry, and others with retain ing walls having the intermediate space ed with soil. 'he fences are chiefly dry stone wa sonry coped in mortar, and the culberts are in dry masonry, faces in mortar. The bridges are of stone masonry with the exception of one over a turnpike road which is au iron-girder bridge. There are also live other bridges con- structed of kr-girders for foot-passer gers and cattle. The gauge of the road is one foot eleven and ahalf inches, and was originally laid with rails of sixteen pounds to the yard. These afterwards were replaced by rails weighing thirty pounds most of which have been in use for eighteen years. The timbers used for the track is a framing fixed at every joint, which is arranged by placing two sleepers, longi tudinally; under the cross-sleepers, spiked together. The joints of the rails are fastened with socket fish plates, which embrace the web and lower head of the rail, and con nected together with bolts and nuts. The cant of Lhe outer rail is about three inches in maximum curves. Tim permanent way is well ballasted, having water-tables at intervals, and drained by side-gutters in the cuttings. The sidings at stations are about four hundred yards long. The company had seven locomo tives, ()lie of which is equal in power to four hundred and forty tons of a load on a level at a speed of 13 miles all hour. The usual load of the Fterlie engine, over the heaviest gradient is 00 tons, ex clusive of the weight of the engine, from 12 to 20 miles an hour. The length of trains with this engine are front 300 to 400 yards on the ascending gradients, mixed with passengers, goods, and empty slate-cars. The cylinders of the four-wheeled en gines are S} inches, and 12-inch stroke, with wheel-base of 11 feet, and are work ed up to 100 pounds pressure. There is much less wear anti tear of the perma nent way and also of the wheel-liang,es of the engines on the Fterlie principle, besides the advantage resulting radii a uniform grip upon the rail of all the wheels. The movement around the curves is easier, there is no impact fric tion of the wheel flanges against the out er rail. The heaviest engine in use is he nerlie engine, weighing 191 tons, four of the smallest weigh S tons, and two others 10 tons in steam. The diam eter of the Ilogie wheels of the first named engine is 2 feet 4 inches, and those of the smaller 2 feet. The consumption of fuel is considera ble less, comparing them with an en gine on the broader gauge. The company have first, second, and third class carriages—close and . open— some with longitudinal seats running through the center of the cars, with the oacks together, and others with cross seats iu the ordinary manlier. They are ten feet long, and six feet wide, and constructed upon the same plan as street cars, excepting they are entered on the side, and will carry about fifteen pas- sengers. The goods trucks are made similar to those on standard gauge lines. These carriages and curs will carry from two to three tons paying freight, the wheels of which arc eighteen inches in diame- During the year 1869 this line carried 241,617 tons of traffic, paying a weekly income of $2OO. This line was originally built for a horse trim-way; since Mil it has been using steam power. The road has cost up to the present time 0-130,000, and upon this capital they are paying an annual dividend of IB.f per cent. The careful reader of the above de scription will see at once that the Fes tenlog line has been greatly more expen sive in building than a similar road through any part of Lancaster county would be. It is perfectly safe to say that the expense of building such roads in this county would not be one-half as great. The dense population of Lancas ter county, and the extent and variety of its productions, give assurance that such roads could be profitably run from this city to different points within and beyond the limits of the county. With such roads once constructed the farmer would cease to haul his grain over hilly roads in Conestoga wagons, marketing of all kinds would be shipped by rail, the slate, iron ore and other minerals of the county would be transported at cheap rates, and many country people would daily avail themselves of the means placed at their command to visit this city in the morning and to return to their homes In the evening. A road of this kind between this city and the. Peach Bottom slate quar ries ought t'o pay fully as well as the Feztenlog railway. These narrow gauge railroads are destined to traverse all parts of our State within a few years, and there is no place where they would pay better than iu Lancaster county. they furnish every requisite facility for carrying freight, and passengers ride upon them in as much comfort as upon those of wider gauge. By such rail ways coal and all other commodities would be delivered along their lines at very cheap rates. All our people have to send to market would be carried cheaply, and all they purchase would be laid down close to their homes with out being enhanced in price by expen sive means of transportation. We hope soon to see narrow gauge roads travers ing Lancaster county in all directions. The Border Bald Claims The Harrisburg Patriot says, the re fusal of the House to appoint a Commit tee of Conference on the Border Bald Claims is justly regarded as a gross breach, of parliamentary decorum. Af ter refusing to concur in the amend ments of the House to the Senate bill, the Senate pursued the parlimentary course of appointing a Conference Com 'ln Wee: The Emilie refused to meet the Senate Airi,the way,sio biing alxmt an adjtiatinent of differences, and thus the bill titig fallen. What Wendell Phillips Advises —Wendell Phillips may properly be re garded-its-an...impersonation of undis guised Radicalism. ire earn no mask and does not cloak his thouglitsAn de ceptive phrases.:' He speaks one - Ms meaning iii plain bold terms, and : de lights in dragging into public the pur poses which the-more crafty members of the Republican party would fain con ceal. This candor is often the source of embarrassment to his political associates, but the history of the past shows that his utterances are the key-note to their real sentiments. For this reason his speeches assume importance which might not otherwise attach to them. He has always acted the part of a pion eer for the Republican party, and, sooner or later, the rank and file have been marched up to the advanced posi tion taken by him. In his usual way, boldly and without attempt at disguise, he spoke out at a meeting of the Reform League ,n New York city the other day, giving his opinion of the Ku-Klux act, and of the manner in which President Grant ought to use the extraordinary powers conferred upon him by thatenact ment. He regards the subversion of the civil law as complete, and claims that the Ku-Klux bill confers absolute and dic tatorial powers upon the President.— These powers he advises Grant to use in the most summary manner. He says: "Now I want Grant to go down into Georgia, or South Carolina, and not arrest two men such as the telegraph told us were arrested the other day, "of disreputable character:" I want him to go down to ar rest some ex-General who counts his acres by thousands, numbers his wealth by mil lions, and who stands enshrined in the lov ing admiration of hall the South. I want to track him to his lair in this nest of as sassins, and then arrest him at midnight, try Lim by sun-rise, and hang him before the sun is an hour high—(applause)—and when it is done Georgia and South Caro lina will leant unmistakably that they have a master." • - • It is evident that Mr. Wendell Phil lips considers that the methods of the civil law have been displaced by the en actment of Lhe Ku-Klux bill, and that military force is now enthroned in its stead. Judges and Juries might declare the persons whom this leader of the Re publicans wants hung, to Le innocent and unotFending citizens. It would not do to trust to tribunals in which the accused would have an opportunity of being heard. A tribunal more arbi trary than the old Vehmic Courts of Westphalia, is deemed necessary to reg ister the decrees of Radical hate, and to carry them into execution. Even the forms which are observed by a drum head court-martial, would give a pris oner an opportunity to make a defense but the great Apostle of Radicalism would dispense with all forms. The object which Wendell Phillips has in view when he advises Grant to hang up leading Southern men without trial is not concealed. He boldly ex poses it when he says : Unless President Grant has made up his mind to stretch the long arm of his power into the centre of the rebel States and stran gle this rebellion of assassins by court martial, he will never have a Republican successor. ( Applause.) lie will never have a republican successor, and when I say that 1 sin only repeating the exact words of the Senatorial counsellor who stands near est to the right hand of the President. I tun only repeating what the man whose oppor tunities are the largest to investigate, and whose political insight is the keenest to dis cover, and whose closeness to the President renders him the very best of authority, confessed to me, with his own lips, sup ported as it was by the concurrent testi mony of half a dozen 01 his assistants. Thus we have it boldly proclaimed that the Republican party can only maintain its hold upon power by vio lence and bloodshed. If the people of the South are left free to vole as they please, if they are not coerced by the strong arm of military authority, if some of the leading men in that section are not seized at midnight, tried by sun rise aud hung before sunset, then will Grant never have a Republican succes sor. Such is the feast to which the American people are invited. They are expected to countenance outrages such as wero nover perpetrated un- der any form of government which pretended to be free—expected to sit still and allow Grant to re-elect himself by such means as Wendell Phillips and Ben Butler recommend. It is impossi ble to exaggerate the wickedness of such conduct. What punishment could be too great for men who, merely to carry an election, light anew the lire-brands of civil discord ; and who are ready to jeopard the peace, the prosperity and the happiness of the country us a means of controlling its votes. The people of the North and the :-..;outli are all alike anxious for peace; and they arc con vinced that nothing but disastrous dis turbances can he expected while the present leaders of the Republican party are continued in power. THE Germans of the West are begin ing to make Grant an object of ridicule in their comic publications. A weekly paper of that character called Puck is published in St. Louis and has ja large circulation. In its last issue it has among its illustrations one picture entitled "Two Popular Demonstrations." One of these demonstrations is the "Tri umphal Entry of President Grant into St. Louis." He is represented as wel comed by one street-loafer and a dog. The other is the "Reception of Curl Schurz in St. Louis." He is represented as addressing a countless throng, who receive with enthusiasm and delight his eloquent utterances. Another picture represents Schurz as knocking over with a snap of his fingers a solemn pigmy with short beard, who is squatting near by smoking at him. The letter-press of Puck is jolly and entertaining, and ani mated by a serious and patriotic purpose which gives character and elevation to its humor. THE last Ku-Klux outrage in North Carolina cousists In an unwarrantable interference, by means of an anonymous note, with the liberty of a colored citi- zeni, who combined the diffusion of the gospel on the Sabbath with more prof itable commercial transactions during the week. The pastor in question lives in Lincoln county, and the notice which he received reads : REV. Atill DEAR Sin: You must either quit preaching or quit stealing hogs. K. K. K. Copies of this atrocious document have been transmitted to the New York Tri bune and to the headquarters of the gov ernment, and it is confidently anticipa ted that a military force will be imme diately Bent to protect the aggrieved party iu the peaceful exercise of his civil rights. FORNEY telegraphs from Washington that there are indications in official dr. des of changes soon to be made in the office of United States District Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylva nia, and also in the office of Director of the United States Mint at Philadelphia. Daniel Dougherty and Isaac Hazelhurst are named as the probable successors of Aubrey Smith. Wm. B. Elliott is spoken of as likely to succeed Hon James Pollock in the Mint, THE President has ordered that Gen eral Babcock be assigned as Superin tendent of Public Buildings in place of General Mahler, relieved. Gen. Bab cock will still retain his position on.the President's staff. Grant provides well for those of his own household, and does not pay the slightest attention to the law which prohibits a United States soldier from holding a salaried civil office. THE Emperor William has ordered that no statue of himself shall be erected during his lifetime. That announce ment reaches us while John W. Forney is appealing to the holders of fat offices to make up the sum which is needed to erect an equestrian statue of Grant, where be can see it by looking out of a window of the White Rouse. Imperial modesty puts our stupid • Prelident to open shame. Sound Adrift to the State CoeUntie& The little Evening Herald, of Phibt delphia, is one of the boldest and sotmd est Democratic newspapers In the,eofin... try. It has opinions of its own and always expresses them freely and forec II its last Issue.we find a leading editerfal,ittwitich excellent advice • Is tendered to tlieznernteye of the_ patio eratie State Convention. Speaking-of candidates it says : We must offer to the people of Pennsyl vania candidates for Auditor and Surveyor- General whose reputations, like Caesar's wife, are abovo saspicion, and who, In addition, have the necessary qualifications for the proper discharge of the duties of their respective offices. The names of a number of gentlemen have been announc ed, amongst which we recognize several who possess all the requisites of acceptable candidates. We have no preferences in the matter, except as one man is better qualifi ed and more popular. We go for the best man, because we believe the best man and the best man only, can win. That paragraph is in full accord with the opinion of the Democratic press of the State The newspapers of the rural districts have spoken out on the subject, and the best of them are a unit in the belief that the character of our candi dates will decide the coming contest. The people of Pennsylvania are In no mood to be trifled with at the present time. They have been made suspicious by the prevalence of corruption in the Legislature, and by the fierce annual struggles over the office of State Treas urer. They do not regard the of fice of Auditor-Cieneral as one of minor importance. They know how much depends upon the intelligence and the integrity of the official who passes upon all the accounts of the State. If either party puts forward a man whose character will not bear the closest scrutiny, he will be beaten in advance. The Democratic party must select one of its purest and best men as a candidate for Auditor-General. The nomination of some political hack with a doubtful reputation would be suicidal. There are plenty of men whose selection would be equivalent to an election, and there are others with whom defeat would be absolutely certain. In speaking of a q)latform the Heru/e/ very judiciously says: In regard to the advaneeine..t of the prin ciples of the Democratic party, the surest and safest method of doing this is to take up the great questions of the day and make them the issues of the coming contest. In adopting resolutions we would caution the convention against any false step. "Let the dead past bury its dead." We live and act in the present and for the future. Noth ing will be gained by exhuming the de cayed carcasses of dead issues. There are many great and vital issues engaging the attention of the people of this State and of the whole country at the present time, and we are glad to see that the Herald believes with us that the Democratic party of Pennsylvania should address itself to a consideration of them. The position of the two polit ical parties on the living issues of the day is well defined, and what remains to be done by us is to rouse the people to action, and to induce them to actas their reason and their true interests would dictate. The ties which bound the Re publican party together have been great ly weakened since a State election was held in Pennsy Ivan ia,an d the confidence of multitudes who acted with that or ganization has been much shaken.— Thousands who have never voted a Democratic ticket heretofore will act with us in the future if we do not fool ishly repel them by exciting prejudices which often prove to be stronger than principle, and more potent in control ling the political action of individuals, than even self-interest. The road to success lies oixm before the Democracy of Pennsylvania. They can carry the State at the coming elec tion if the Convention puts forward perfectly unexceptionable candidates and places them on a progressive plat form. Our opponents will make a des• perate ellbrt to elect their candidates. It must be remembered that they will be backed by all the power of Grant's administration. Money will be lavish ly used to prevent a Democratic triumph in Pennsy 1 van ia next Fall, as that would be regarded as indicating the result of the Presidential election. Nor must it be forgotten that the negroes will vote for the first time at a State election. The tight will be a desperate one. Still, we can win, if we are not weighed down with bad candidates or a re-actionary platform. The roads to success or de feat are alike open to us. It remains to be seen which the delegates to the State Convention will take. The Governor's Message Governor Geary desires to be all things to all men. He suffered the Ap portionment Bill to become a law with out his signature, because there was de cided dissatisfaction with it in some parts of the State. He has been playing fast and loose with the miners, and he recently delivered a speech before a Workingmen's Meeting at Harrisburg, in which he tried to play the part of a profound political thinker but only succeeded in exhibiting himself in the capacity of a shallow-paled dema gogue. The last emanation from His Excellency is a message to the Legisla ture In reference to claims made by citi zens of the Border counties of Pennsyl vania for losses inflicted upon them by the rebels during different invasions.— The Governor admits that their losses were suffered because the State patriot ically transferred her troops to the Fed eral armies, and that the citizens of the Border counties suffered for the general welfare. He shirks the question of State responsibility, however, and recom mends that some action be taken to se cure payment from the General Govern ment. Had the State of Penpsylvania assumed to pay these claims there is no doubt that Congress would pass a law to compensate her. With our Congres sional delegation united in making such a demand it would not be refused. If the people of the Border counties go to Congress with theirclaims unendorsed by the State, they can not command the same respectful hearing that would be accorded to th, State her self. The claimants would fall Into the rapacious clutches of the Congressional lobby, but those greedy harpies would not descend upon the Commonwealth. The message of the Governor shows that he has been impressed by the sufferings of the people who were robbed and plundered by bands of. rebel inva ders, but it does not exhibit much saga city and shows a decided lack of moral courage. A PROTEST against a portion of the Treaty of Washington has been sent to the members of the United States Sen ate. Two of the four living heirs of the late Earl Stirling, who are now citizens of the United States, allege that their father inherited from the first Earl of Stirling proprietary rights over the Canadas and the Cankdian fisheries, and that he devised said rights among his children. The late Earl came to this country some years ago to make known his rights, and his claim, they say, was endorsed by lawyers from both hemis pheres, among them the Hon. Heverdy Johnson. Ile is Still True We find iu the Mesaager Franco- American the following intelligence : Advices from San Domingo, under. date of April 24, announce that President Baez received by the steamer- Tybee an auto graph letter from President Grant, in which the latter gives him the assurance that the project of annexing San Domingo to the Dotted States is by no means abandoned. President Grant believes that the ratifica tion of the treaty by the Federal Congress may yet be hopckl for. Of course Gen. Grant will never aban don a project in which his personal feel ings are so much engaged, and with which he has So zealously identified his administration. He will fight it out on that line If it takes till March 4, 1873. A PARTY of white men, Oded by In dians, have just 'made a raid upon a camp of Apaches,' killed eighti, And taken twenty-eljibt children prlsonini: 'lt is thus that Indian, warn are excited guilty. tha slaying ofthe ihnotent with the . Grant and Cameron If we can credit the Harrisburg cor respondent of the New York Herald the State is fixed, and the nett Radical Republican ticket is to be, for President U. S. Grant, of Illinois, for Vice-Presi dent Simon Cameron, of Peimsylvama. Grant has been in Harrisburg twice within the-last two weeks. Theeorres pondent of the Herald in 'speaking of these Visit's, 'says - President Grant was in this vicinity last Saturday and the Saturday previous. On the occasion of. hia first trip the House passed a resolntion inviting him tonsil the House ofßenrestentativesi then In awl ' Edon. The President declined the honor. His return to the same neighborhood again in a week has set the quidnuncs to sur mising a cause for his frequent visits to the Capital of this State r :and they have con cluded as follows: A repetition of last fall's elections in 1872 requires Pennsyl vania to go Republican in order to elect a Republican President and how to do that is what concerts the President; so he just took a run over here to see bow popular Senator Cameron is in Pennsylvania, and if the Keystone is sore for the Republicans, if Cameron is named for Vice President. The President went home entirely satisfied of Cameron's popularity, for while the President was here, In order to show how strong he was in the State, he had a bill introduced in the House authorizing Simou Cameron and William Cameron to erect a boom in the Susquehanna at NI illeusburg, and ere the President returned to Wash ington the bill passed. The erection of a boom is for the purpose of catching drift logs floating down, the river, and while the H onse and Senate were passing Cameron's bill to catch drift-logs in the Susquehanna, the sly old Senator was devising a plan to catching something more important, and he succeeded in catching a President float ing up the Susquehanna, and the next ticket is to be Grant and Cameron. The thing is fixed, and the President will hence forth labor for the nomination of General Cameron for the Vice Presidency. - When Grant was first inaugurated Simon Cameron could not get near him, and to insure the defeat of any aspirant for office it was only necessary for the President to be informed that the ap plicant was being pushed by the Penn sylvania Senator. Never was the cold shoulder of a ruler turned more steadily against a partisan than was that of Grant against Cameron. But, when the President entered into his San Do mingo speculations, he found himself in want of just such talents as are pos sessed by Cameron, who for political tricks that are dark and ways that are vain never had a superior iu the United States. Besides Simon has a good stout Scotch Presbyterian head on his shoulders, and Le can stand a vast amount of liquor without showing that he has been drinking. iWhen he had Grant up among the pine forests of this State, trout-fishing in the midst of a ➢fay flood, the old Winnebago chief was often the only sober man in the party. When Grant was drunk as an owl, Cameron was as cool and col lected as a political adventurer ought to be under such circumstances. From that time until the present Grant has had a great and constantly increasing respect for Cameron. Instead of being a nonentity, our aged Senator is now a power behind the throne. He has ab solute control of the official patronage of Pennsylvania, and he pulls down and sets up whom he pleases. We are not surprised to learn that Grant is desirous of having Cameron associated with him on the Republican National ticket. The speedy passage of that boom-bill is suth cient to convince him that Simon is the only man who call save Pennsylvania from givine her electoral vote to the Democratic candidate for President. There is a good deal of political drift wood in this State, and Grant is con vinced that Cameron is the only man who can rig up a boom to catch it. How wise the President is in his conclusions time will tell. Grant and Cameron would constitute a ticket which would fairly :represent the Republican party. That no one will undertake to deny. Connecticut. The action of the Radical Legislature in defeating the will of the people, and declaring Jewell Governor, is one of the most daring abuses of power yet perpe trated outside of Washington. The pur pose to commit this fraud and to con summate the result was clearly fore shadowed from the hour in which the returns elected English. The only question was, how could it hest be ac complished? First, it was proposed to give Jewell votes in Cheshire, which had been rejected. As that plan would not work, then the expedient of reopen ing the boxes in the Fourth Ward of New Haven was adopted. And when it was found that the ballots gave Jewell 100 less than was returned, by counting two packages of 50 each as 100 each, they fell upon the desperate resource of going out on the highways and gather ing iu enough swift witnesses to swear they had voted the " Radical ticket " not for Jewell, but the ticket. Although, even with this hard swear ing, the number of 1110 was not made out, still the Radical candidate was elected by the Radical Legislature, just as members of Congress have been elect ed by the Radical House of Representa tives, while they were in a minority at home of many thousands. It is worthy of note, that in the pre tended investigation, no Democratic witnesses were examined or were allow ed any part In the proceedings. It was all ex parte, and against the Constitution and laws of the State,which provide the formal mode of declaring and contesting elections. The whole course of the ma jority, from the beginning to the end of this business, has been revolutionary, and, in that respect, consistent with the conduct of the Radical party hero and everywhere. They determined to get possession of the Governorship, by any fraud, however bold, and any violence,-. however extreme. This scandalous out rage has already produced a great re-ac tion in popular sentiment. Bunn let Free Mr. William M. Bunn, the man who secured a seat in the Legislature for himself by the false swearing of a set of perjured villains, and who managed by similar means to oust Mr. Diamond from the seat which Senator Decliert now holds, has just escaped from the hands of justice by a legal technicality. He was charged with suborning a number of witnesses to swear falsely against Mr. Diamond, and the charge would have been abundantly substantiated If the case had ever come to trial. So Bunn and his shrewd counsel took advantage of the clause of the new penal code which declares that felonies not enu merated and all misdemeanors must be prosecuted within two years after their commission. The crime was committed in January, 1869, and a true bill was not found until March, 1871. The Common wealth urged that the prosecution com menced with the taking out of the war rant; also that the penal code had abol , isbed the distinction between suborna tion of perjury and perjury itself, to which the limitation does not apply; also that the accused was a member of the Legislature until April 22d, 1869, and privileged from arrest during that period. Judge Paxson held that the law interposed a shield between the defendant and justice, and it seems to us that he stretched the law in order to cover one of the roost graceless scoun drels in Pennsylvania. Mr. Bunn was also charged with drawing some hun dreds of dollars more from the State than the fees of his perjured witnesses amounted to; and proof of that charge would have been produced in abundance if the case had come to trial. The Grand Jury, after holding the bill under con sideration for several days, ignored it under circumstances which excited a great deal of publiceamment, and which the Philadelphia Ledger says are still unaccountable, in view of the fact that the, priinafacia ease proved at a hear ing before one of the Judges of the Quarter.Beesions,.was strong enough to to convince the Judge that Bunn Shahid not be; discharged .Bunn is 70 , 15' BP/Illster. ug. Awe for the city, of Philadelphia, aaneinber of the Union League; snits rutintig,hly honorect by the . RepubliesintAtity.'lloe'shilieht his crimes were committed in a success ful attempt to cheat a DemoCratic State Senator out of his seat, some means will be found to save the Hon. William M. Bunn from the penitentiary—some 4.11a1 technicality or, other shreWd device. The Pipte Vonyenti9n. I We. find the following admirable arti cla-in the Cambria Freeman, and we think we recognize in its sound advice the clear intellect and the unselfish de votion to the Democratic party which distinguishes that able lawyer, Hon. Robert L. 'Johnston, who is a Delegate from Cambria. If there ba a fair pro portion of such men in the Convention all will be well. The article reads thus: The Democratic State Convention to nom inate candidates for Auditor-General and Surveyor-General will meet at Harrisburg on Wednesday, the 24th of this month. The convention will be an important one, as I the election by which it will be followed may be regarded as the opening of the Presidential campaign in 1872. It is there fore of the highest importance that the ut most prudence should mark its delibera tions, and that nothing should be done without calm and careful consideration. The indications of a Democratic victory next October are plainly to be seen, if the convention does not throwaway the golden opportunity by hasty and inconsiderate action. It must be above and beyond the vicious and fatal influence of all selfish and corrupt rings, and keep most steadily in view the plain and paramount duty of nominating candidates whose honesty is coaceded and whose competency is not de nied. No mere party /met, intent upon office mainly for the personal gain he Lan realize out of it, should receive the slightest favor or countenance at Its hands. It does not at all follow that the nominations must be made from amongst those whose names have already been most prominently men tioned in connection with the two posi tions. While we do not deny thatamongst those suggested there are several gentlemen who are eminently qualified, there are also scores of others in the background, who, believing in the wholesome, but almost obsolete, maxim, that the office should seek the man and not the man the office," are equally as competent, but whose sense of propriety would not permit them to make ' any personal efforts iu their own behalf. With strong candidates, we want a sound platform—one that wilt ignore the dead h.- sues of the past and embrace the vital, liv ing questions of the present—that aims at the removal of grievances under which the people now sutler through the reckless ad ministration of the government, and not at the accomplishment of visionary and im practicable results in the distant future. With such candidates and such a declara tion of principles, the Democratic party will not only deserve but achieve success. Without them, defeat is a foregone conclu sion. The convention has the power in its own bands, to a very great extent, of mak ing the political battle field on the second Tuesday of October an Austerlitz or Water loo. A despatch from Toronto says that the Government papers there give rath• er equivocal :support to the Treaty, while the opposition papers strongly disapprove of it, holding that the grant to American citizens of the right to fish in Canadian waters may make it necessary for the American Govern ment to adopt a policy of reciprocity. The papers of Nova Scotia and New B runswick, and those that represent the French-speakingpopulation on Ontario, favor the rejection of all parts of the Treaty relating to Canada. A Wilmington, N. C., despatch cor rects a statement made in certain North ern papers, that the out-laws of Robe son county, whose doings have been from time to time published, are Ku- Klux. It says that the recognized lead ers of the band, Lowry, Apple, White and Strong, are negroes, and " it is not known ;that a single white man is con nected with the band." THE contest at Paris between the con tending parties seems about to end in the defeat of the insurgents. The forts around the city are being captured, one after another by government troops. and the city must soon be surrendered. It is to be hoped that order may soon be brought out of the chaos into which France has been plunged. IT is rumored that the vote iu the Foreign Committee on the Treaty stood to 1 in favor of the ratification, the negative being Mr. Casserly. It I. 1101, roported that the son of the Russian Czar will not come to America. At Charlestown, Mass., on Friday, Edward Oilbert, aged 28, was killed by a cooper's adze falling on his head. A gravestone of date 1694, stolen from the Cambridge burying-ground, was found in a Harvard student's room on Thursday. A conclusive argument against sui cides is that it is the height of impo liteness to go anywhere till you are in vited. There were 229 deaths in Philadelphia last week, being 13 less than during the previous week, and 90 less than during &he corresponding week of last year. Maples large enough to make three ten-foot rails each, with 4,000 trees to the acre, have been raised from the seed in seven years in Monroe county, lowa. In excavating the ground for the new City Hall in San Francisco, the body of a man with four aces and " kings full" up his sleeve was dug up. Supposed to be an ancestor of Bill Nye. - - The steamer Isaac P. Smith exploded her steam drum at Baltimore on Satur day, severely scalding and otherwise in juring several of her hands. It is stated that the Emperor of Brazil will visit this country in September, and remain here for about two months. Previous to his visit he will go to Eu rope. Said a pompous husband, whose wife had stolen up behind him and given him a kiss, "Madam, I consider such an act indecorous!" " Excuse me," said the wife, "I didn't know it was you." - • • President McCosh, of Princeton, is preparing an answer to Darwin's theory about the human race, which, it is said, so uses up Darwin that those who have apprehended that their original parents were monkeys, may now breathe freely. .) At Chicago, the Common Council has ordered the tax levied on the ground where Stephen A. Douglas is interred, to be paid, and the sale of the ground advertised by the Tax Collector to be stopped. Wm. H. Clymer, of Temple, and Dr. Stanley Smith, of Reading, Berke co., sailed from New York on Saturday by the Bremen steamer Hermann for Eu rope, expecting to be absent a few months. Jacob Apple, au old citizen of Maxa tawny township, and well-known throughout Berks county, died at the residence of his brotherin-law, David H. Hottenstein, Esq., on Wednesday last. A child about three years of age, son of Isaac Fair, fell into the mill race at Birdsboro', Berks county, on Thursday, while playing, and was drowned. This was the second case of child drowning at Birdsboro' the past week. Wm. M. Fenton, ex-Lieutenant Gov ernor of Michigan, died at Flint, in that State, on Saturday morning. He was colonel of the Fourth Michigan Regi ment during the rebellion, and for years was a leading:Dernocratic politician of the State. John Greiner, of New Mexico, author of the "Log Cabin Songs" of IS-10, died at Toledo, Ohio, on Saturday, of paraly sis. He was a Representative to the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows' of Ohio, which had just closed its session at To ledo. The latest advices from Arizona re port the routing of Lieutenant H. B. Cushing and 25 cavalrymen by 150 Apaches Cushing and one soldier were killed. A forage train was attack ed by Indians near Camp Verde. One Mexican was killed and an other wcniud ed, and 87 cattle were captured. William Batton committed suicide at St. Louis on Friday. At the inquest on Saturday it was testified that he had at tempted to hang himself five months previously, and was cut down by his wife ; also that he was the last of a fam ily of six brothers and sisters who had all committedeuicide. In Judge Underwood's court, Nor folk, one day last week, two attorneys, who are cheerfully described as the great Mogul of carpet-baggers and the Ty coon of scallawags, fell to fisticuffs. The. judge is appealed to to enforce.tbediu lilux bill, to whose provisions they are directly amenable. Sacramento, Cal., has a horsol , before. which Dexter will have to bow in hu- according to California ac' counts. It is claitned that the , atilmal the other 'day, after trotting half-round the mile track on too Sacramento Park, made the last half•mile In 1:07; that keeping tight on,-he trotted the third halt on reduced time, when he was again put on his speed, and Clone under the Wire for the fourth half-nille itrl:4l7f: The honk , la said to 'he-a;St."Cblr, , anct fOr iiaatabit theibutkitier busiL , nowi3OhsifiertqlgOrkfor 2:15, or 'even a Nati ate iiittobr • Frog egrar West George K. Ree4,-Esq.; one of our most prominent bankera. la now on a trip to the Pacific Coast.. The following letter from him will be read with interest: Omsk A, April 29, 1871. " All aboardfor San Francisco." A law vrords,quickly spoken at the de , parttire of a railway train, apparently a very common event, and yet these brief and simple words pronounced on Wednes day noon, April 26, are certainly in their significance worthy of attention for at least a moment. They not only mean that we are to cross a broad continent on the longest continuous line of railway operated by any nation, bat that the far East and the far West of our Republic, almost 4000 miles apart; have been united by a visible bond that joins the extremes of the Continental Republic, and will influence the trade of the world. At Harrisburg we took the Pacific Express, along the beautiful valley of the Susquehanna and Juniata, and over the Alleghenies, which for grand mountain scenery and wonderful engineering skill, Is said to be second only to "Cape Horn" on the Sierra Neveda Mountains, which we expect to see. We did not change cars till we arrived at Chicago, a matter of consid erable importance to ladies traveling with children a distance of 752 miles, passing through Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and a small corner of Illinois, a granite column standing on the right of the road marking the boundary line of the two States. The crops along the line of the road seem to be as far advanced as with us, and just as promising of a bountiful harvest. We ar rived in Chicago at 7/ P. M., and remained till next day., so that we might take a look around by daylight and rest, as we have a long ride before us. This magic city is still on the march of improvement. Go up or down, whichever street you please, you will Lind buildings going up, and many that will compare with any in our Eastern cities. The Drake block, that was burnt down a short time ago, and which many of our Eastern insurance companies will not forget, has been rebuilt, not a vestige of the ruin to be seen. At 10 A. M. we left the C. It. I. S: Pacific Depot for Omaha, distant about 500 miles, passing through the northern part of Illinois and the south ern part of lowa. We can no longer speak of these States as the "far West," as that laud is generally now conclud ed to be somewhere near sun-down or at least beyond the Rocky Mountains. Miles and miles away stretch the undulat ing plains, farther than the eye can see, and in rapid succession we pass the villa rest- dences of the old settler with his immense fields of grain and herds of stock. Beyond the boundaries of earlier settlements, we reach the rude cabin of the hardy pioneer, who has located still further west, and here within a few years will arise homes as at tractive as those he left behind. At Rock Island, across the Mississippi, they are hard at work putting up a new bridge for road use and railway-trains, the U, S. Govern ment to pay part of the cost. The present one is to be removed, as it crosses an island In the river owned by Uncle Sam and upon which ho is expending some greenbacks in the erection of an arsenal and other Gov ernment buildings, On the opposite side is the town of Davenport. As we only stop long enough to take tea, wo had' very little opportunity to see what it looked like, the main portion lying north of the railroad. After a comfortable night's rest in one of the Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars, we ar rived at 10 A. M. at Council Bluffs, on the east bank of the Missouri river, one of the oldest towns in Western lowa. In 1016 it was known as a Mormon settle ment by the name of Kanesville. It pre sents a neat appearance. Newspapers and schools are well represented; the State In stitute for the Deaf and Dumb has been located here; the citizens claim that this must be eventually the terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad; they say the Com- pany have purchased land near the city on which to erect their buildings, the change to take piece when the bridge is completed ' across the Missouri. This bridge will cost 32,000,000, and will afford direct transit for the trains forming an unbroken chain from the Atlantic to the Pacific. It is located a little below the present depot, and will be of iron, half-mile long—the spans eleven in number, and each two hundred and fifty feet—fifty feet above high water-mark, and 70 above low tide. The piers are to be hollow cylinders, instead of stone. filled in with concrete rock ; they are cast in Chica go, and brought here in the shape of enor mous rings, ten foot long, Ii inches in thick ness and 9A feet in diameter. When polio place, the workmen take one, place it on the sand, cover it with a cap, the air is then pumped out and tho atmospheric pres sure drives it down until the top is level with the surface of the ground.— Twenty-four hours are consumed in sink , ing, one; then a current of condensed air is let in at the bottom by a pipe, drives out the sand through a valve in the top cr cap. If the earth is composed of gravel, the air, instead of being exhausted is condensed, the men throwing out the gravel with shov els. When this is accomplished another ring is bolted on, and the process is repeat• ed until the pier is complete and reaches the bed-rock. They expect to complete it during the present year. OGDEN, May 1, 1871, ). 1,032 miles from Omaha.; There are four great "Trunk Lines" rom the Atlantic sea-board, which connect with the Union P. R. R., at Omaha. We found the trains all on time, waiting to cross the ferry. After some delay in get ting the baggage and mails aboard, we backed over to the other side of the Mis• swirl. At this point it is very narrow, and the current rapid. This delay will be , avoided upon the completion of the bridge. We secured our tickets and berths in sleep ing cars, which is the only way you can expect to enjoy a part of " home comforts" while crossing the continent, insuring you a refreshing sleep at night—Pullman's splendid coaches accompany each train as far as Ogden ; from that point West the Central P. R. R. have their own, and that I think will be the case before many years on all our leading roads. Here all baggage is weighed, and if found to weigh more than the limited amount, (100 pounds,) you pay extra at the rate of fifteen cents per pound. I saw a lady pay $129. I could not help but ask my friend, "How that was for high?" She only had a few Sara toga trunks, and could have done better to have sent them around Cape Horn.— When you travel take as little baggage as possible, and only such things as are actu ally necessary—it is a good rule and always works well. Omaha Is situated on the west bank of the river, on a sloping upland, a thriving city of 20,000 inhabitants. The State Capi • tol was first located here, but was removed In 1868, to Lincoln City. In 18.54, a few squatters located here, amongst whom was a Mr. Jones. In the Fall of that year he was appointed Post-master, and is said to have used the crown of his hat for the Post office. When one of his few neighbors asked if there was a letter for him, off came the hat, and the missive fished out. The old hat 11/1,3 given place to a largo first-class Post-office, employing six clerks and an assistant post master. The U. P. R. R. has given it an onward impetus, having loca ted their shops and store houses here. The whistle is sounding its warning signal to step aboard, and at 12 o'clock (noon,) wo start. Looking over the time-table we find 224 stations, and 1,914 miles of road—time, four days and night. We follow the Platte Valley through its entire length. Here buffaloes roam, but we did not get to see any. The light and graceful antelope we see in numbers. The most important sta tions between Omaha and Cheyenne, is Fremont, County-seat of Dodge county, wlierp the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad connects with the Union Pacific. Colum bus, is George Francis Train's geographi cal centre of the United States. The Capi tol will be removed here when he is elected President. Kearney is 101 miles west of Omaha, near the old Fort by that name. The Fort was established in 1848, by vol unteers of the Mexican war. Plum Creek Is the scene Of some of the most fearful Indian massacres known in our history. Jalesburg, once a populous place, is now almost .deserted, and was known as the -toughest place in the Far-West. Gambling and dance-houses constitute a good por tion of the town. From this point to Denver, Colorado, is 200 miles. Passing staL4r; and several other stations, we : eome„to, Prairie Dog pity. For several miles up and. down the valley, the dwell- Inge of the. prairie dogs occur. : Their dwelling consists of a little excavated . mound' with ti hole in the top. On the ap proachur a train they can be seen scamp 'ering for their hotises ; arrived there, they aunat dO , their barns or stand on their hind jogs ! , harking at the train. as it. pause. Should any one venture too near, down they go Into .their holes: It Is said,' that the opening in the top lead to subterranean chambers,• connecting one with the other. This is a mistake, is a few buckets of water will soon drown them out. The prairie dog is faf a sandy brown color,' shoat-the alas of a Liao° squirrel, living on grassanditiota; Ihtiflititiliasin - uonsiders; it good eatiiig. 'Wolves prey on Aci little fellows, stroking around their towns, by chance picking up an nnwari straggler, though they aro not easily4sught, some one always being on the 100 -Out for dan- ger. We pass Antelope and o ter the best grass country in the world, a ; thriving in this section all the 'season care, except preventing them from strayint yond reach. This grazing section extends about 700 miles north and south on the western base of the Rocky Mountains; springs abound ; the grass grows from 9 to 12 inches high, and is peculiarlyinitritious, always green near the root, Summer or Winter. During the Summer the dry at mosphere cures the standing grass as ef fectually as though cut and prepared for hay, retaining its nutritive quality. The cost of keeping stock in this country IS illSt what it will cost to employ herders. We pass Hillsdale about 10. miles, and catch the first glimpse o't the Rocky Moun tains—Long Peak, one of the highest on the continent—its towering crest robed in snow • At Cheyenne we had the pleasure of meeting Judge Fisher, late of Lancaster.— This is one of the largest towns between Omaha and Ogden, situated on a broad, open plain, the Crow creek winding around two sides of the town. In 1867 .there was not one house on the spot. The streets are broad and laid out at right angles ; it con tains about 3,000 inhabitants. At one period there were 11,C00 in and around the plain, but as the road :extended westward, the floating, tide-serving portion followed, leaving the more permanent settlers, who are putting up good and substantial build ings. G. K. It. •••••• TILE PEANSYLVANIA PIN('ZIEBN How They Live and how They Opernte— The Versedn of the Body Politic—nosy They LhY Their Exdis nod then notch Ti Correspondence of the N. S. Cum Prrrsminuu, May 7.—1 can hardly agree with Bret Harte that the heathen Chines, are peculiar for ways that aro murky and tricks that are remarkable for vanity. The Occidental rhymer evidently never heard of the Pennsylvania Pinchers, or he would have made an exception in their favor. The Pincher is a genus ma for, and only peculiar to the Legislature of Pennsylva nia. It is a cross between the coot nun highwayman and the professional lobbyist. Sometimes he is a member of the Legisla ture, and sometimes he is an outsider, but under all circumstances he is isipecunions and somewhat unlike Micawber, he is al ways turning something up—after the manner of Juveniles hunting for angle worms—sometimes finding ten dollars, sometimes a hundred, while now and then a cool thousand rewards a big effort. The Pincher is indigenous to the soil of this (Allegheny) county and Philadelphia, these counties being the in(* populous and affording the best held of 4erations. The means through which the Pincher works is private and local bins in the Legislature. 'The Pinchers from this county number six or eight, two of whom are members or the House of Assembly. The out con tinually hang about the halls of legislation, and operate through the inside members. They work something alter this style: A citizen has, say, for instance, a valuable piece of real estate near the city, a tine suburban residence,_ or something of that sort. It is debt mined to pinch lum to the extent of a few thousand dollars. A bill is introduced into the Legislature incorpor ating a bone-boiling company or some other equally obnoxious concern, which is to be located upon some adjoining waste place. It would almost ruin the property of the citizen. The bill is referred to the members from Allegheny, and they being in favor of public improvements, report it favorably, and of course it is ready to be passed. The property-holder becomes alarmed at the prospect and rushes oil' to Harrisburg. There he can get the ear of no one Sr ho will aid him except the Pinch ers. They tell him that for S3,ON, or sonic appropriate sum, they will secure the de feat of the bill. He deposits the money subject to their order when the bill is de feated. The Legislative Pincher, who first reported the bill favorably, then, as he has a right to do under the rules, objects it off the calendar, and the money is: divided among, the Pincher brood. In this way the war is carried on against all kinds of men and all manner of business, each victim being pinched as long as he will bleed. One particular incident fell under the notice of the Sun correspondent a few days ago. The druggists of Allegheny county were startled one morning to rind that a bill had been introduced and reported favorably in the Legislature, creating the office or Drug Inspector for Allegheny county, with a salary of from $2,500 to $3,000 per annum, and clothing him with extraordinary pow ers, by means of which he could shut up as many drug-stores as he chose. No ono had ever asked for such a measure, and no one knew anything of it until the Pinchers had got it on the high road to a passage. Thereareaboutonehundroddruggistsdeing business in the county, and they became greatly alarmed, and sent a committee to Harrisburg, at the bead of which was a Pincher, although the druggists did not know it. At Harrisburg the pill-venders were informed that nothing less than $lO,OOO would satisfy the public demand for the safety sought in this bill against Imposition and delete, ions drugs. Suffice It to say the Pinchers had struck a rich load, and the druggists bled to the full amount of ten thousand, and the bill was thrown over board by the Pincher in the Legislature. I might multiply instances how men of all classes, and corporations as well, are regularly bled whenever the Legislature is in session. Our most respectable business men are inn constant state or terror trout the moment the Legislative session opens until it adjourns, as they have no guarantee that the Pinchers are not planning a raid upon their purses. Not less than $30,000 is picked up in this way in Allegheny county alone, by the Pim:Ler:l, at each sw oon of the Legislature. The Border-Damage Claims—•A 31.eavng from Goveruor Geary. The following message from the (lover nor was transmitted to the Legislature: EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, May 12th, 1871. To the Senate and Ifertae of Ittpreeentattreti —GENTLEMEN : The claims 01 a largo por tion of the citizens of the border counties of the State for extraordinary losses arising from the late war, demand the dispassion ate and serious considdration of the Legis lature, and it Is but j11:4 to a people who have been called upon to bear un e qual bur dens in our national deliverance that they should have the fqllest exercise of the sov ereign power of tlie Commonwealth to se cure just restitution from the General Government. Most of these losses were suffered because the State, in discharg ing the full measure of her duty in maintaining free Government, patrioti c ally and promptly transferred her own defence of troops to strengthen the shattered Fed-' eral armies, and our citizens thereby suf fered for the general welfare. Leaving all abstract principles nut of view, justice and fair dealing demand that proper restitution be made to our citizens by the General Government, and it is due to the claim ants that the Legislature take such action in the matter as will secure a most careful adjudication of the losses, and clothe the of ficers of the State with the amplest power and authority to enforce their payment, while justice should be secured for all our citizens. 'I he people of Chambers burg have been almost utterly crushed In their business operations, and their con dition should hasten the generous action of the Legislature. The blow struck at Chanibersburg was a wound inflicted upon the Commonwealth, and it should be the pride as well as the pleasure of every pat riotic citizen to sanction snob :triton as will secure reasonable restitution to the citizens of that ill-fated town, as well an to others who have suffered.— I earnestly recommend that the Legisla ture, in its wisdom, shall adopt such measures as will provide the necessary means for adjudicating these claims and pressing them on the National Government to an early and Just settlement. Should the Legislature approve this suggestion, it will afford me groat pleasure to do every thing in my power as Executive of the Stale to effect the desired results, and I suggest that It might be well to invoke the aid, also, of our Senators and Reprcsenta fives in Congress. [Signed] ArlIN W. GI ARY The Richmond ( Y•) Tragedy . . The Had tragedy which occurred a few days ago in Richmond, I:y., Is related as follows In a coumtporary Journal: "Mrs. James Terrell was lakeu before the county court, discovered to be a lunatic, and order ed to be sent to the Lexington anylum.— Her actions were so dangerous to her self and others that it was nemnvary to have her closely hound. Vt'hile in thin condition, as she was lying on the Lied, awafting the ar rival of the conveyance that was to take her to the asylum, her husband who appears to have been strongly attached to her, and whose heart had been pierced by the irre mediableness of his affliction, rushed up to where she lay, cried out that his anguish was more than marr could bear, and cutting his throat from car to ear sank lifeless at the foot of the bed. For en instant the lunatic ceased her ravings and a faint gleam of Intelligence shot across liar disordered features. Then that last spark of reason died out, probably forever, and, shrieking imprecaUons, she, was borne to her living, totrib: This is Indeed a domestic tragedy, the horror of which is not often equalled." areas Fioefii, In Virginia. The recent heavy rains have caused freshets in the Potomac and 'Shenandoah rivers. The temporary supports of the railroad bridge 'across the Potomac, nt Washington, were' knocked away yester day and travel was suspended. The loco motlim and two cars or a freight train on the Orange, Alexandra and .lldanasaes Rail road were throwrodown an embankment by the undermining of the track, and the fireman and engineer were Injured. All the temporary,bridgpa on the Winchester . and Potomac brancti of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad are weighted dowawith coal cars to prevent them from floating tally. ThtNew:York, papers' publish the full text of the treaty stipulation. The follow ing Is a correct analysis The treaty 'commences by reciting the authority of the higher contracting par ties and the purpose of the document. The first subjectis the Alabama claims. These claims are to be adjusted by a tribunal of five arbitrators—one appointed by the President, one by the Queen of England, one by the Emperor of Brazil, one by the President of Switzerland, and one by the King of Italy. These Commissioners are to meet in Lieneva, to receive documen tary evidence furnished by the respective governments, to hear counsel, ono on each side, if desirable, on any particular point and make an award at the earliest possible " these Commissioners make an award will bear a sum total to be distri buted the respective governments. If they do . • make a specific award, but only general o es and decisions, then a board of three ~essors will be appointed to make a spec[. award, in individual cases. One assasso will be appointed by the President, one b • the Queen and the third by the two joi. • . These assessors will sit in Washington he regret of tho British Government, as . already been reported, is frankly °afire.: .. at the es cape and depredations of the • federate cruisers. Three special rules o neutral obligations aro laid down. First, • :ball be the duty of a neutral nation to use •uo diligence to prevent the building, Mtn* out or escape of any vessel intended to make war upon another nation with which it is at peace. Second.—lt shall be the duty of the nation not to permit such vessels to enter any of its ports for repairs, munitions or sup. plies; or, having entered, not to permit their departure. ThiraL—lt shall be the duty of a nation to use due diligence not to permit the violation of any of those obligations in any of its ports or waters. These rules are not admitted to have been recognized as such when the Alabama es caped from a British port; but the British will adopt these rules in consideration id the Alabama claims, as if they had been in force, and the two nations hind thounelvem yin the future to abide by them. The Ala- bama claims are considered by themselves distinctly and as a separate branch ofelaims. The other war-elaims aro to be settled by the ordinary Joint Coin to issioners, Knell a, have been again and again appointed to set tle the claims between the United States and Great Britain, France, Spain, Mexico. Peru, and other nations, the claims to he considered as those relating solely to inju ries to persons or property by nets done or committed in the progress of the war. Those Commissioners are to sit in «li h• ingtou, and to be appointed by the Presi dent, one by the Queen, and one by the too jointly. Tim; ti.sheries, Ins tuts been already pub shed, are the aim-fisheries, excluding iver fisheries and 1-hell-fishery, are opened 0 the exactly reciprocal use or all citizens f both nations, with the privilege of land ing anywhere to dry nets, cure fish, pur chase supplies, or sell the products or I us fishery, subject only to the local and gen eral law, and regulations or ow hindlng.- 'lho rolati vu wane 0r thiH vonet, 011 is to be considered and determined by a Board of Com IllhOdollerS appointed no the preceding. I( they decide that the privi lege Is worth a certain specified sum more to the United States than the reciprocal privileges are to the citizens of (treat Itrl lain, the United States shall pay that sum. The free navigation of all waters belong ing to the two governments Is stipulated fur citizens of both countries. The canals being in part private property the two na tions eitgago to urge the States mid the Provinces respectively to grant full freedom or the tout of all facilities tor water trans portation to the citizens of lxith eountries Froe transit Is stipulated rural' productions of either country through the territory of the other to a point within the same—as, for example, ut wheat from Mil wan kes Ilertl , ol Cannata by the grand Trunk Railway to I tswego, out tlis way to New York, In bond, under such regulations as the twit nations ma) proscribu; also for the transit of for glottis in bond from New York to Ibs en, Portland, and such other ports UN trio government may designate, to their desti nation in Canada; also that the Canailmit Provinces shall lay no export duty tot 1,11,- duets shipped to the United States. nunATIoN oY THE TREATY. rho term of the treaty shall be ten years, d so much longer as shall be matisiaetory both nations. Either nation may ter- Mato it after that time by giving milieu two years to the other nation A Maltz, of To•o M 111 l An Alm.. don“Il Enrolly Moo for n Allulon nlre'r Antal, Oustavus Sehurmann married in ISt:. in Europe, and a few years afterwards he abandoned his wife and two in Pant child rem, and eloped to A uterica with one Catharine Bangles, a factory girl, taking with hi n the greater part of the Joint estate of himself and his wife. Ile settled in Indianapolis, where he lived with Catharine Bengels as herllll, band until her death, in 1055. lie had by her 5 children, and ho died in October, 1070. 'I he abandoned wile, in her own behalf and that of her children, brings suit for such inter est in SellUrnialln's estate as is provided in their maim untie' contract.. In her com plaint she further alleges that, alter the death of Catharine Isengels, Gustavus Schumann recognized the plaintiff as his lawful wife, and endeavored by divers let tern and other ways to in'thett the plaintiff to leave her home at Aix-la-Chapelle and live with him at Indianapolis. When said Gustavus abandoned plaintiff ho took with Min, of the mint estate or acquisitions of himself and plaintiff about 00,000, leaving her about, f&l,laci. The property owned by Schurmann Louisville and Indianapolis was all aeq II I r ed by hint since his arrival in this country, I and belonged to the said community estate provided for by the anti nuptial contract. The plaintiff claims the full nue-half and ono-sixteenth of said estate in fee-simple, and ono-eighth for life. Schurmann lett I an estate in Indiana and Kentucky, chiefly in the two cities of Indianapolis and Louis ville, of the value of upwards of $2,000,000. The rents of the real estate in Louisville amount to about 23,0(1) per annum. The annual income of the decedent amounts to over $70,01.10, In the hands of the defend ant, Charles I'ost, the administrator ap pointed in Indiana, there is river $100,050 iu cash. Plaintiff prays that the real estate in Kentucky be placed under the control of the commissioner of the court as receiver. Life to the tionth—•A Robbery and Pro!, . . able Murder. Tile Atlantic Conslihdionalial of Monday, May Ist, has the following: " A young man named Todd, of Fayette ville, Talladega county, Ala., In January last went to Weturnpka with a load of cot ton, which ho sold, and started toward At lanta in company with a friend named Dar • den, both driving wagons. They camped at night, and a gang of negroes came upon them and robbed them, and then let them go, shooting at them as they fled. They returned to Wetumpka, and accompanied by the hi:era and 801110 citizens, went back to their wagons. The Sherill'arrested eleven negroes in cabins near by, some 0 whom proffered to turn Slate's evidence' They were all lodged in jail, and Darden and Todd bound over to appear as witness em. Their trial was set mr April 2.51.1). On that day young Todd was seen about P.: o'clock, and, although diligent search and inquiry have been made, he has not slue been heard of. His mule was at Hughes' stable, and remained there until Thursday, 'pith of April, when a neighbor, Mr. J. F. Averett, carried it home. - It is said that the jailer at Wetunipka overheard the tie groos (the robbers) talking about the mar ter, and that they Bald Young Todd would not appear against them. As a matter of course, old Mr. Todd believes his sou was murdered at or near Wetumpka, that he might not appear against the rubbers. I living, information of his whereabouts will be thankfully received by his distressed parents. They may be addressed at Fay etteville, Talladega county, Alabama. 'rho following is a classified eitatemeot the operations of the Dead-lAaler during the 'month of April, being an nb straret front a detailed report on Mu In that office: 'rho number of lettere received were; Ordinary domestic letters, 200,74;1; local, rr drop 10tter5,.44,100 • held for postage, 370; misdirected, illegible. or blank, 5,44 n; addressed to parties at hotels, 3,227; ficti tious addresses, 5,543; registered, 478 ; re turned from Ibreign countries, haV itig orig inated in the United States, 5,710. Total domestics, 350,258. Addressed to parties In the United Staten, but originally mailed in foreign COUntrlen, 10,119. . . • Total number received, 375,677. Of this number there u ere : Letters with • out inclosures, 169,676 ; with money in closed, (0,089.75) 1,1411; with Μ or checks, 1,867 ; with small articles of prop erty or Jewelry, 065; with amounts ot frac tional currency, ($312.49) 1,1:28; with pho• tograplas, 3,996; with receipts, or other papers of value, 2,196 ; with pea Inge stain ps, 1010. The lielspowdbllity rue Lost lresumer On the 20th of May, 1835, the United States Treasurer shipped. per Adam,' Express, 51,000,000 In Legal Tender notes and slee,- nue in seven-thirty bonds to the SLID-Trete. ury at San Francisco. The safe containing the funds was a part of the freight of the steamer Gulden Rule, which sailed f New York on that date, and which was wrecked on the 30th of May on ltancador Reef, in the Caribbean Sea. Wreckers were employed to find the Missing treasure, and after several weeks of constant labor the task was abandoned. Since then the sum lost has been charged against the United States Treasurer, and last week the Secre tary of the Treasury addressed a letter to the First Comptroller asking his opinion as to the manner in which the missing funds should be accounted for to the government. After a careful examination of the history of the case the Comptroller is satisfied that neither the bonds nor the money were ever recovered, and that the United States Treasurer Is entitled to credit . the MOut t lost as " destroyed money," and Adams Express Company will be relieved from any further responsibility of the matter.. Return of Mrs. Lincoln Mrs. Lincoln returned to this country the other day, She is still clad in mourn ing, but looks welL She has been abroad with her sou Thwideus for about two and half years. Thaddeus Lincoln was school eighteen months In Frankfort, c 4 many, net and fbr three montbsin Lond. n. Mrs. Lltiooln 't last **Ming' aOthe itverett honse. hdo ortwo-ebeitlll kwO to (Thlcegowlth her son bla education In this 001111t;7,'
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