E.aiicaster Intelligeticer, WEDNESDAY, MAY Di, 1871: ' How to Meet a Bemoanlle , The Presidential contest of 1872 Will be such a political struggle as:has rarely been witnessed. The questions irivcilvixl are intensely exciting in themselves, and the interests at stake ,are,: of the greatest magnitude., The Republican party, entrenched in power; with every Federal office filled by its members, with the Treasury of the Nfit t kaill ate clutches and the Army under the com mand of its candidate, Will not yield its hold upon the spoils without exhausting every meatis at its command.. Desper7 ate men will resort to desperate devices,: and we all know that the leaders of the Republican party' have shown them selves to be utterly unscrupulous in their conduct of elections. Every appliance which corrupt ingenuity can suggest,. will be employed In the effort to defeat the Democratic party. It will be forced to enter the Presidential contest relying solely upon the soundness of its princi ples and the popularity of Its candidatm• At the last Presidential election 5 ,83 4 ,- 788 votes were polled, and Mississippi, Texas and Virginia did not participate, while the electoral vote of Florida was Illegally cast by her State Legislature. Every State will vote next year, and there will be not less than six and a half million voters to be brought to the polls. There are certain States which the Republicans will make no effort to carry, and others upon which they can safely rely. They will concentrate their ener gies, and bring their money and other appliances at their command, to bear upon certain doubtful States,chlefamong which may be reckoned Pennsylvania. For many years past the October elec tion in this State has virtually decided the Presidential contest. As Pennsyl vania goes . in October, it goes in Novem ber ; and as Pennsylvania goes, so goes the Union. The Republicans are already actively at work in a most effective way In this tilttte. The leaders of that party have au abiding faith in the influence of newspapers, and they always devote large sums to the circulation of the New York Tribune and other leading and local Radical journals. They do not wait until a Presidential campaign opens to sow their seed. They know that time is required for It to germinate and bear fruit. The year before a Presi dential election Is the tint° when Radi cal newspapers are furnished at low rates or given to such us can be induced to take and read them. As early as the first of March the Republican Execu tive Committee of Venango county met. and raised a considerable sum of money with which to aid in the circulation of Republican newspapers. The Chair man of the Committee chose the Week ly New York Tribune as best suited to his purposes, and wrote to the editor that he expected " to pay for and cir culate four hundred copies of the Tri bune, in addition to those already taken." These four hundred copies are to he put into the hands of persons in Venango county, who do not take any political paper, and into the hands of such Democrats as will be likely to be Influenced. Committees have been ap pointed to canvass the different election districts with a view to finding out such Democrats as would be likely to be in tluenced by a weekly perusal of an able Republican newspaper. Here we have au instance of the thor ough and systematic manner in which our opponents manage political affairs. They do not wait until the battle is be gun before making ready for It. They train their own hosts and do all they c to to weaken the enemy in advance. Any man of intelligence can calculate what must be the influence of such an organized elibrt to circulate newspapers us that which the Republicans of Ve nango county have already entered upon. The Democrats of Pennsylvania would du well to learn political wisdom from their opponents. If we expect to make proselytes we must not wait until the National Conventioris are held and the eandidates announced. The time to in fluence the minds of men Is in the year which precedes a Presidential cam paign, and not in the midst of the fierce excitement of an active and noisy can vass. Few converts are made by mass meetings. Much of the money which is so freely contributed , to hire brass bands and to pay the expenses of parti san orators with brazen throats and iron lungs, is wasted. If every dollar of it was used for the circulation of Bound and able Democratic newspapers in the year preceding a Presidential election, the result would be ten converts made by the silent influence of the press to one made by drumming and bellowing. MUSH meetings are good things in their way. They rouse the lukewarm and encourage the wavering, but the press is the great political evangelist by whose constant preaching the political world Is to be converted. Republican newspapers habitually distort facts and conceal from their readers the alarming encroachment upon liberty, and the dangerous assump tions of power which their party is con stantly making. We would fear noth ing from their arguments and appeals if able Democratic journals were given a fair opportunity to combat them. A large majority of the people of Pennsyl- Vallia will vote for the next Democratic candidate for President, if they are fur nished with the means of 'Making an in telligent comparison between 'Rio two parties. The best means, the only effec tive means, for accomplishing that re r, 18 the free circulation of Democratic wspapers. Democrats, who have the interests of the party and the good,oe the country at heart, must do this work. Every reader of this article knows from five to fifty men who will vote in 1872, if living, bill who are taking no political paper. It Is safe to say that a majority of these men could be educated to vote with either party by Ihe constant perusal of an able newspaper. The Republicans are al ready employing their usual tactics in this matter and Dediocrats must meet them with similar weapons if they would win. We shall return to this sub ject from time to time, and Shall not cease to urge its importance. The Soldiers or 1812 Already 21,000 applications for pen sions ou account Of soldiers of the wai of 1812, have beemtlied with the Com missioner of Pensions. Eighteen clerks are engaged in making record of these, and are behind as far as the middle of last month. On the Ist OrJuly next; the Congressional appropriation will - be available, and the clerical force will be increased. . THE hope is entertained that when Greeley gets back from.TexasheWill be able to write a sensible chapter upon what " I know about the Hu-K.14." He has been dealing upon second-liana information hitherto. The fact that-he is not hanged ought to be pretty fair evidence that the people of the South ern States throughwhich he passed are law-abiding. A numberof prominent citizens have addresseti a letter to MayorFrei, asking him to permit the use of his 'xittaMai: candidate for re-election. The 11fayor, in reply, declines the honor, as "cir cumstances of .a private and- business character" compel him.to forego it. AN entlitniuge Radical Papei:jvin4 up a long article,i,fayoring• Grant'ato:. nomination, taylttg" o .lle.lallotind•to, t.tke.!'. /I#4 - 4,,o,,•prpoqii4rojet,.l4o . ti: to . Eta,takea evatzrtlakogAat:As Offerekto' Jilin, it'q,* 'VIA , Ite . ah u t e to a $ lOO,OOO hotuta.!' 11cP.I.I.e;LLTGEwcETt, I*e Radical SAM Cavitation and Its ominees. All accounts. froth Harrisburg concur in representlig'that 'the ..jtatihnit.Con 'vention which warheld thereon Wid nesday was the worst assemhlage of*- rupt pollticiuts thrOver modes de4t * on the State Cap ,Shl.rifrDeThOhr, .ohief of the gang of Radical repeaters of Philadelphia, was there, at the head of his deputies, acting in the capacity of delegate. Forney's Custom House Gaugers and Tide-waiters, with the ruf flanein the pay, of the Sheriff, consti tuted a majority eir• the `delegates from Philadelphia:- • - Wm. M. Bunn, , ,the per ' jurer and pecnlator,VhO has just evaded the State Prison by.pleading thestatute of limitation was an honored effleer of the Convention, and a prominent par- ticipator in Its proceedings. Mero l 9 to' keep hishand in, we learn that he voted. several times for absent delegates. When detected and rebuked his trickery only, seemed to increase the admiration of his friends. The Hon. Wm. J. Ovens,ll4 brutal assassin of CoL Riddle, was hon ored with the position of Door-keeper to this delectable gathering of roughs and office-holders. CoL M. S. Quay, Simon Cameron's henchman, marshalled the Convention and dictated all its move ments. With Russell Errett, Ite_yenue Assestor, and one of the end-men in the Cameron band, he constructed the plat form and nominated the candidates. There was a small number of respect able delegates in the Convention, but they had neither influence nor consid eration. The mass consisted of assessors of taxes, gaugers, post-masters, members of the Legittlature, clerks, pesters and folders. In this despicable herd, as may be readily imagined, the Cameron ring were all-powerful. Secure in the pos session of the State Treasury, with its millions, tbe next purpose was to con trol the auditing of the public accounts, and make up the vouchers for money drawn from the Treasury to suit them selves. It was a desperate game of the most desperate gang of political free booters that has ever harassed the Com monwealth. So far as this Convention Is concerned the game has succeeded perfectly. A nobody, named Dr. David Stanton, a distant relative of the truculent Sec retary of War, and a neighbor of Quay, has been nominated for Auditor-Gen eral. Ho was a surgeon in the army during the rebellion, and owes his pro motion to a Lieutenant-Colonelcy to the favor of his once powerful relation, just as he Is indebted to his neighbor Quay for this nomination. When we add that he was born in Ohio and is forty-two years of age, the history of his career is completed. If he has no qualification, no claim or fitness for this important office, he will serve the purposes of the Treasury Ring, and to their secret knowledge of his character his nomina tion is due. The Ring are not in the habit of mistaking their men. When they want a pliable and subservient agent they know where to find him. The candidate for Surveyor-General is Robert B. Beath, of Schuylkill coun ty. He served in a negro regiment, and ' since the war has been in the employ of some of the coal operators. The office being ono of no importance the ring cared little for It, only taking heed that the nominee should be a man complete ly under their control. The platform prepared by one of Grant's office-holders has nothing in it calculated to excite the admiration or claim the confidence of the people of Pennsylvania. We shall take occasion to review its misstatements and its ab surdities hereafter. The action of this Convention has made it possible for the Democratic party to sweep Pennsylvania by an old fashioned majority. But care must be taken in the selection of candidates and the preparation of a platform. For Audi tor-General some man of high character must be put forward. If some tool of a ring, or some political hack, with a damaged reputation is nominated,a glor ious opportunity will be frittered away, and the Presidential contest will be de cided against the Democratic party one year in advance,so far at least as the great State of Pennsylvania is concerned. Let all good men pray that wise and moder ate counsels may prevail in the Conven tion which will meet next Wednesday. The Dead-Lock In the Legislature We have frequently alluded to the proposed amendment of the Registry Law,, so far as it relates to Philadelphia, and have shown by numerous quota tlr.ns from prominent Republican jour nals of that city, that the Democrats demanded nothing more than Is abso lutely necessary to secure fairness and to prevent gross frauds from being per petrated at elections. If the honest and reputable Republicans of Philadelphia were permitted to vote upon the pro posed amendments to the Registry Law, few of them could be induced to vote against them. But there is a gang of corrupt political adventurers belonging to that party, of whom Mann, Bunn and other desperate adventurers are the recognized leaders. These fellows have made a living out of politics and they expect to continue to do so. Bunn is now filling the office of Register of Wills, when he ought to be picking oak um In the penitentiary, and William B. Mann expects to be made the Republi can nominee for District Attorney through the agency of his repeaters and rounders. He cannot be elected if a Lig vote Is cast and an honest count made. He expects to succeed by the perpetration of gross frauds, and desires the Registry Law to remain unaltered, so that he may have complete control of the ballot-boxes in thedifferent districts. The Republican members of the Phil adelphia delegation in the• State Legis lature, are all under the influence of Mann and his gang, and they are Milt ed in opposition to ally amendment of the Registry Law. Being thus United, they command the support of the coun try members of their party, and have been able to procure the passage of a caucus resolution, declaring against the proposed amendments. Such action on the part of the Radical majority in the Rouse, necessitated a combination among the Democrats of the Senate, and the result was the passage of the resolutions adopted on Saturday after aoou.. The two Houses are • now placed in ,a position of positive, direct and complete antagonism to each other. The Radicals of the lower body refuse to permit the passage of such amendments to the Beg istry Law as will insure au honest elec tion in Philadelphia, and the Democrats of the Senate decline to pass upon certain other measures, among which is the Appropriation Bill. This action on the part of the majority in the Senate will meet the approval not only of the entire Democratic party of Pennsylvania, but of very many honest and conscientious Rephblicans. If the House should eon- Uinta obstinate, and the present .do4d lock should result in an adjournment, with legislation in its present unfluish7 ed condition, the Democratic party can go before the people of the. State upon the issues'thus raised without the slight est fear as to the result, The 4tiestiOna involved are such as all the people can. readily underptend, and there'will lie, no two oPirdetei as 6 which party, is right when the causes of the deadniock are, fully e.xPlalued. Let the §en44 'stand firm to the end: • . -I±DariarEn Wasfinunarn taw 'trans :tithed to'the &ate Department aiet* from. Jules Fame, dated Vadatides, :Apill-23, announcing the re.eetablfeb: rditkit'oT . gte;pariaixrt eyittern rdinbe. .Everytraveller otwfiatever.nattonalliy, lip6tif'p:4octeti upod cdtaring French tiirrit4;3s;;PrOlh9WAP4ll4* regu .ige_autheziticated ny a French agant on Ihtilartneni, of . the prescribed fetii.f, The Registry Law The The` Radical _majority in the if fiver House of our State Leglsl,ture seems * e r , Oto,difeatth- L, &tali?: the y % ' L'.... , . .: a - - I-., Dei4 v °orals .. -,,,,...... ssu ac. , ge gas win ,)," tio , :to • , .. e pjila 11 e' ' 2"..* : kJ ..-' e; • •• • • i repress tation n the , ec 4 .11 1:4.463 of I each district. This.l444 is so rea sonable that the mostbigoted Repub lican newspapers in the city have been compelled to admit its entire justice.— In commenting upon the proposed amendments the Evening Bulletin says : !!TheHembiletut party cannot maintain Itself under, the loaduf bad nominations and lit'icriiiiiisliiei: "lt cari 0- not, for ". . ample, survive the Inflictlon.of some of the men' who are now freely dallied about as candidates for r lmport.ant 'Rest tioiyanthegovernme,nt oel'4ilidelphla, any, more , than It can , carrY iiilch.a4 abomination as the Public Buildings Commission. But it can afrord to deal fairly and justly with its enemies. It' can afford to go to the. people, doing_an act of simple justice in the matter of this Registry Law. If there had:teen half the zea shown in this' t.,egielature, among Repulalleans, t:o rid usof die'odi ous Building Ring that still struggles to seize upon the Treasury of Philadelphia, as has been evinced to help theparty by refusing, the righteous demand for these Registry amendments, the Republican party would be ready to go • into the coming contest with all the prestige and assurance of a great victory." A Ku•KIuX Proclamation In North Car Gov. Todd R. Caldwell, of North Car olina, last week, issued a proclamation in the nature of an appeal to the people of that State. It recites that in some of the counties of the State "armed bands of disguised men are prowling about, and In the night-time commit ting outrages o f atrocious character upon weak and defenseless citizens, white and colored, old and young, male and female." The Governor declares that the,clvll authority as heretofore consti tuted is powerless to suppress this evil. He says that this " must have an end, and the good name of North Carolina be vindicated." To that end he makes this solemn appeal to the people, more especially to those who have heretofore held places of honor or trust—to minis ters of the Gospel of every denomina tion—to unite and assist the authorities in maintaining the laws, and to build up a fraternal feeling throughout the state. The proclamation closes with a warning to the outlaws, and a threat that when the power to punish them can be exercised, it will be applied with out mercy. This proclamation confirms and assumes all that the friends of the Southern people have claimed from the first : that the pettple alone can govern themselves and protect the helpless race which vengeful, or malignant, or igno rant politicians have pretended to wish to protect; and second, that the out laws in the three or four counties of North and South Carolina are wholly destitute of political character, and could not maintain themselves one week if the people of those counties had been allowed to administer their own affairs, even as the Governor, in the helplessness of his nominal power, appeals to them now to aid him in doing. The Civil War In France After three days of almost continu ous bombardment and several assaults by way of feint and reconnoisance dur ing Friday and Saturday, the Versailles forces entered Paris on Sundayafternoon at the gate of St. Cloud, near Point du Jour, on the western side of the city.— The point of entry had been rendered untenable by a terrific storm of shot and shell from the Versalllists batteries, causing the abandonment of the ram parts by the troops and general flight of the population of thatquarterof thecity, many of whom, it is stated, were killed. This quarter embraces the village of Au teuil, which formerly- lay outside the city, between the ramparts and Bois de Boulogne, but was enclosed within the new line established by Napoleon 111, which now encircles the city. The as sault was made by General Douay, who was afterwards followed by Generals L'Admirault and Clincham, and their forces continued to hold their positions during the evening. This event on the west was preceded by the abandonment of Fort Montrouge on the south, which bad been' surrounded, the Communists making their escape by a subterranean passage into earls. The demoralization which seems to have succeeded these occurrences, seems to have become more extensive under the feu d'enfer from the Versalllist guns, and panic in Paris was the result. There is yet, however, some organization and considerable power of resistan6e on the part of the Communists, but their hopes are slender against the odds and the victory of Sun day. How to Get the Troth about the South We publish elsewhere a letter from Eugene McCua, Esq., a prominent law yer in one of the wealthiest sections of Alabama. He was in the Confederate Army from Manassas to Appomatox, but fully accepted the situation with the surrender of Lee. He . has asked for no " bob-tail pardon," but is more truly loyal to-day than manynloudinouthed Radical ranter. Mr. Maiaa informs us In a private note that his ancestors came over with William. Penn and settled near Doylestown. He Is a distant rela tiVe Of that gallant soldier, thorough gentleman and able editor, Gen. W. W. H. Davis, of the Doylestown Democrat. If lawyers and other, leading men of the South would write truthful accounts of the condition of affairs in their re. , spective localities, the effect of the lying reports with which Radical newspapers are so often filled, would be counteract ed. The people of the North a:e pre pared tp hear such witnesses as Mr. Mc- Caa, and to credit their testimony. Our columns and the colunins of other lead ing Democratic newspapers throughout the North will always be open to such correspondents. In no other way could Southern men do so much to influence public opinion, and to. break the chains which Radicaliam has fa.steried grain the — lnds of its dupes. Let every section br tam South be beard froni in letters atiOreaged to,,ls.ierthern newPpapers by men of truth. and candor„ anal the fiite of the Republican-party Will surely be sealed'at; the net'Preildentlal eleetion. . . Aurnalfam Pumec RECORD.—This admira bly conducted Philadelphia newspaper has completed its first year and enters upon its second with the:assurance of complete success. It Is the only penny paper' in the city which receives the de spatches 'of' the Associeted Press:Mid it gives a.complete report of each day Is do ings In a maimerjeat suited:Witte wants of,ifs residers: It it independent fp pull tics, but deals,ably and fearleiwly with financial questions, the tariff; unconsti tutional acts of C,Mig ress, legislative cor suption and, ;zither measures, of puhlic policy, 'f,P.P.l l 'btirt Quidirmts,—That is a. title Of 'll4* 3:oo4oe;filtie Weekly I*.B4iiied is Waisted in his editoriallabbra, 14 - oloOff Both ientielhen have jouriqty_ sun, Um paper diresents,n ver - ytittMor ttre , appeararite hnii•the first nutnheris Slecrivitir,eirellegt matter •well. . giVeS interestfiv n -sketch a the4ifeof Cilieffigit.loolPr - Son; and'atipreellent Jikeneita of :him., ;One V4re 1 4 i3 ofiprominentl3etnvomtsuf: ?44H fiver' are "2.l3Ci'Oeiti:- • • " cL r , !Aepualailon In Manilas, , r The , i,Veople of Mineesota have deli . eMtelylrepudiated. ~ ~Thet,,omAlttttion'sorthe State, fPleed 1854contated a iiection.lorbhAiling .. e y 106 of thtii credit: of the State for ko n ,i, . i ftose. : Apri4 18.51 1 / 21 an amend.. - ~, • tiKtt) \ tfry j* . t.4fon An adopted` 3.‘the peop , atmoi .t uherVninahri.au thorlzing the issue of State bonds to the" amount of $5,000,000, " for the purpose of expediting the construction of certain lines of railroad." Under this authority the State issued 2,275 bonds of pnetbousand dollars each. The companles'‘ltich'receleed them lie= came embaiTtutsethnid faileilttrearry out the conditions of the grant. The State 'neglected . er refused to ,pay tnterest op ,these bonds to the contractors. and the capitalists who had purchased them. In 1860 an amendment to the Consti tution was adopted "expunging' from it the amendment of 1858, and providing that "no law levying a tax, or making other provision for the payment of in terest or principal of the bonds denomi nated Minnesota State Railroad Bonds, , shall take effect or be in force until such' law shall have been submitted to a vote of the people of the State, and adopted. by a majority of the electors of the State voting upon the same." Before this amendment was adopted the mortgages held by the State had been purchased, and the railroads on which they were given, bought by the Government at nominal prices. The State has neglected to meet the interests on these bonds until the pre sent time. An election has just been held In Minnesota upon a bill for a settlement by arbitration of the claims of the bond holders, in accordance with the provis ions of the Constitutional amendment of 1800 above referred to. It has been voted down, and the debt of the State distinctly repudiated by the people. The language used by Governor Sib ley, in his message in 1859, Is the beet commentary on this proceeding " Far better," he said, " that we were visited by pestilence or famine, for these are instruments of God for which we are not responsible; but our own net in violation of public faith, and the pledg ed honor of the State, would sink Min nesota for all time to come beneath the contempt and indignation of the civil iced vorld." Minnesota is the most bigoted Re publican State In the North•west, and it is a significant fact that she repudi ates an honest debt just now, while the States which were recently hi rebellion, and which have been so outrageously plundered by negroes and carpet-bag gers, are making gigantic efforts to pay off debts which the property-holders had no hand in contracting. A Glance at the Political Situation The Force act, disguise it as the Rad ical journals may, is truly a revolution In our system. Grant appears to be an uncalculating as well as a dogmatic man, and in the present condition of the public mind this is the most danger ous character. The times are out of joint. The general politics of the coun try are purposeless. Obduracy out of power is but a foil for obduracy in power which is well nigh supreme. With the legislation of Congress in his hand and the army at his back, the President is as safe in his autocracy as the Emperor Alexander of Russia. He means busi ness. There is but one interpretation for his proclamation, as there was but one for his Ku-Klux bill. It is the pre• lude to the overthrow of all liberty; and the unhappiest part of it is, that there is small reason to expect resistance from the people, who are really able to resist. The warnings that are given are derid ded. They are whistled down the wind as mere partisanship. Presently, when the centralizing machinery has done its preparatory work, and perfect itself, and we rind ourselves bound hand and foot, the scoffers of to-day will relieve them selves with a few shrugs, and settle down into the imperialistic one-man power they are now, by their skepticism and indifference, assisting in its plans and schemes. The-war fever here at the North has never died out. The preju dices and lawlessness that war engen dered are still strong and general. Trust ing in these. 'and relying upon their power, the unscrupulous Radical leaders arranged and exacted the Ku-Klux bill. Order must prevail at the South—the same sort of order which prevailed at Warsaw—even if all freedom is destroy ed to secure it. The President has now taken a step In advance. The Ku-Klux bill is to appl "anywhere and every where," at is, it 'is to be enforced whet er Democrats are numerous etterl'gh to be troublesome. Before the next Presidential election this ma chinery will work well, and we shall see it work in a very lively manner. 'harmony. The Philadelphia Pose, speaking of the Radical State Convention, says : In another article we have said that there never was a political convention held in this State in which there was more har mony. There was no dispute and the choice of the majority was unanimously and enthusiastically retitled. Those who are familiar with the facts know very well what it was which made the Republican State Convention such a very harmonious body. It was merely the gathering together of the representatives of a gang which is band ed together for the purpose of plunder ing the public. The Treasury Ring, of which Simon Cameron is the chief and Quay and Mackey officers high In command,controlted every movement of what is vaunted as a harmonious and en thusiastic convention. Harmony may always be .expected in , an assemblage which meets for the sole purpose of regis tering a previously prepared decree.— Months before this harmonious Repub lican Convention assembled, we were informed that Cameron, Quay and Mackey had decided to nominate Dr. Stanton for Auditor-Cieneral, and no one pretended to imagine that any one else stood the slightest chance., Days before the Convention assembled, all the prominent newspapers of the State announced that the candidates would be Stanton and Beath. Why should there be any lack of harmony in a con vention composed principally of Feder al office-holders, and others who are in compete subjection to Simon Cameron? A Blast against Beast Butler Ben Butler has - just made a speech to the negroeS of Boston, which is so ex tremely Radical as to call forth condem nation from the New York Tribune and other Republican newspapers. The Har risburg State Journal, Governor Geary's personal organ, goes for the h,eatheu Butler in the following rough style : Gen. - Ratler Is to-day the greatest bore and Imposition the Republican party Is compelled to carry. He is determined, by hook or by Crook, to keep hiineelf in the public eye and ear, regardless of how much herlisgraces the futrty to which he professes to be attached, or imperils the.principhis he is supposed to uphold. Such men are never of use to any one bid thamsettes. Impracticable as .they are insincero,..yOu dare relY on their )0 cieforto anus Or trust their professidds. Why can't Gen. Giant give Butler a . roving commission to - vialt and remain .16 Europe for. the next two years; and give us a repoA On the moving banse of French revolutions. He . stiould do thls for Butler or—once more bottle him: • Grant'tried making war, upon Butler once, but the Beast prepared a nine coltunn,articie on Ulysses- for the . ICe* York Herald, Which "Was Plat .lit type and a-proof sentto the President. :Grant read the: damaging ievieW of hie lifeand career, and then, like Cipt.'coten,Coon, lis,came down ona. 1111 C94 4 0 Butler, took 'him to his dmsom,:made limit familiar friend; and 'elevated him tb the position of counsellor, Mani. cisntial,.advi {. The. country . l!es as torlishedatthe suilcien.reconcillation of two men *lib seemed to hateeaoh-other sd ; !Mitt Wad put ./§4*; Tiiric;AtergA•i?ut' -which was, aneywards,wi ,, uvmmWil,..dicl 'the bruilness, Gmnttowited beforethe. pillite4lussault of Butler, and the pen ' ••to be mightier than the sword] axspdthe sketch of Grant by Butler if i rtet, see the lightb .. ll , woild prods Id sensation. the Federall4lffiehilsi." Te barefaced attempt 4r. the (A . :96in forestallthe aelibtrof** 'Publiolus Rtuty of Pennsylanla 'xi. refer ente_to-the Presidency has excited con siderable Indignation. A majority of the party newspapers seem to be indisposed to speak out, but a number of influential journals in different parts of the State •refuse to remain C.Shatinon, of.P.llleteugh,fg,wfwaselniA-da .04.tbAtt most Indiscreet fto 4413 g -woos prf4,4 1 . 11, , a bull in a : china!thop, hoe* •,very well that the Cominittee on Resolutions was divided on the question of lagging' a resolution renotnYnatipg , Grant, bit, having a purpo.4e of his:Own to serve, and knowing that the Feiferal office holders' composed. a considerable pro portion of the ConVentlon ' he boldly amendmentmoved as an amendment to, the ninth resolution the following clause: "And which facts indicate the propriety of General Grant being renominated in 1872 as our , standard-bearer.r. Disinterested. Republicans wero op posed to committing the party in any such way, but the holders of Federal appointments and the expectanta of Presidential favor proved strong enough to carry Shannon's amendment through. Among others who distin guished themselves by urging the adop tion of the indiscreet resolution, was the Revenue Assessor of Lancaster county. Captain Rea's admiration for Grant is only limited by the salary and the fees of his office. In commenting upon this action of the Convention, the Lancas ter inquirer says: We consider it a pieceof impertineoceon the part of the Convention that does no credit to those who were engaged in it. As well might they have undertaken to say who it was proper to nominate for Gov ernor In 1872 as to say who was:the choice of the Rep ublicans of this Slate for the Presidency. The delegates were elected fora specific purpose, the selection of tan dilates for the State ticket this year and the adoption of a platform of principles. When they had accomplished this, their duties were at an end. Quite a number of the delegates were Federal office holders, and doubtless deemed it essential to their personal interests to make this declaration, in order to strengthen themselves with the powers that be. The remarks of Mr. Errett show this very clearly. Wo think that In so doing they have impertinently Inter fered with aquestion they were not author ized to act upon, and damaged a cause they Professed to favor. The Republicans of ennsylvania, at the proper time, will elect delegates to represent their views on the Presidential question; until then, any attempt to forestall publPt opinion by un authorized declarations Is simply con temptible. Dwelling Together lu Unity The Harrisburg State Journal does not seem to have any very great love for Grant. It gives him a hard rub every once in a while. The latest instance which we notice is the following : Gen. Butler and President Grant have arranged all their difficulties, settled all their differences, personal and professional, and are now reported t) be on the best of terms, Butler being a constant and wel come visitor to the White House. Peace and harmony are as lovely as they are es sential to political success, and it is beauti ful to behold our loaders thus dwelling to gether on terms of affectionate confidence. The fact that Governor Geary is a candidate for the Presidency, and that the Stale Journal is his organ, may ac count for its hostility to Gen. Grant. As the time for the meeting of the Repub lican National Convention approaches the probabilities are that many a bitter assault will be made upon the man who now seems sure to receive the nomina tion. There is abundant material for many quarrels in the Republican party, and the prospect for a warm time is very promising. That distinct sovereignties could exist under one government emanating from the same people, was a phenomenon in the political world which the wisest states men in Europe could not comprehend; and of its practicability many in our own country entertained the most serious doubts. Thus far the friends of liberty have had great cause of triumph in the success of the principles upon which our government rests. But all must admit that the purity and permanency of this system depend upon its faithful admin istration. The Slates and the Federal government have their respective orbits within which each must revolve. If either cross the sphere of the other the harmony of the system is destroyed and its strength is impaired. It would be as gross usur pation on the part of the Federal Govern ment to interfere with State rights, by an exercise of powers not delegated, as it would be for a State to interpose its authority against a law of the Union.— Federal Supreme Court in IS3O. At Jersey city, on Sunday, John Ma hanoy was arrested on the charge of murdering Ills brother Thomas. Miss Mary Davidson was burned to death by the explosion of a coal oil lamp at Staunton, Va., on Sunday night. Mrs. Wittier died at St. Louis on Sun day, from injuries resulting from a coal oil explosion. Her child had been killed by the same explosion. Horace Greeley writes from New Or leans that, owing to the drought, cotton and corn are more backward this season than ever before. The cotton crop is exposed to destruction from the worms. Lately a fire at Bradford, Canada, destroyed the entire business portion of the town, the town hall, and one hun dred dwellings. Not one store is left In the place. Agnes Lewis, the young girl sixteen years old, who has this year plowed one hundred acres of land on lug father's ranche, near Antioch, Cal., is a cousin of Ida Lewis, the Grace Darling of New England. " Blood will tell." At Scranton, Pa, on. Thursday, Mr. W.W. Scranton, in charge of the Briggs breaker, was arrested on the charge of having incited to the shootingof the two miners who were killed in the disturb ance f Wednesday last. Mr. Scranton, who denied the charge, declaring that he had called upon his men not to shoot, was held in $13,000 hail to answer. We are told that " In London a child is born every' five minutes." 'How grate ful our children should be that their Ibt is not cast In England. We don't see' how a child that is horn every five min. utes gets time to play marbles, learn its A RC's, throw stones, or pursue any other Juvenile study. Those Britishers do have the queerest customs—don't they? A fire at Baltimore, yesterday morn ing, destroyed the drug warehouse of William H. Brown & Co., 'arid dam aged the notion house of Steelman, H.einrichs & Co., and a couple of build ings adjoining. Taal leys,s,•about $230,- 009. The fire is supposerto haive been caused by spontlineous combustion. J. Harry Weaver;•a member of the Balti more 'City Coundils, whci , had just to turned from Philadelphia, teas killed by the explosion of steam fire , engine No. 1, us he was g,dirtglrath the depot to his home. Meeting or the-Montgomery , COnnly (Ohio) Denmeraey. DAYTON, Ohio May 18.—The Montgome ry County Democratic Convention met te day, and Vallandigham, from the Corn opt tee ou Resolutuur, reported a new Demo cratic platform, intended for the ground work et a National Platform. These reso tions declare that they unite 11 on theliving issues of the day, and accept. thd legitimate results bf the war, so far as waged• for its ostensible purposes, and •fully (=our in the three several amendments •to the' Constitution •recently adopted and scam esce in the bana, as no-longer Issues before theoxinntry. They declare thatlthe Demo cratic party pledges Itself to the faithful and absolute eseentlort and enforcement of the, Constitution as it noW ib, so as to ee cure NOM rights to hit persons witlabut distlnedan of racid, color or canditiod. The resolutions/femme! abanlutnequall , ty for 'each end eCery Stale in the talon, oppose centralization antli he oonaolidathin of power in the hands of the General Gov ernment, demand genedd ameeety., faVor• the payment of4he public debt as early as practicable cringe/in:it with moderate taxa tion,,apd,call for theostrintest, economy and honesty in - all the dopigtmenta of the Gov ernrttent; call for 'teforre in the haternal reiretdM oyster(' and eiVll' siellice; `favor's et,rittl, Tevettuiti tariff, and declare that all twataon should'e biteeded wealth add nog population; demand a remedy , return to specie paythenta, eytnpatbize with the la toir Masao and statedhat there *AD see'. ma 4 war , between -labor and 04 0 4 ; oppose the "greeting of. public lands ,to ittilmaidift 0 0K1 0 e114oItcquiffaon of San ret , •Pe9P9nithq bUrp , Passel; 1 re* l 3.4l lo.,and7# -1 4 0 -'t/gYallin 141.1 . 6d , .tit9lll im that ha Itap4•ll taw twteilonkerWthilb . Joartv V itrhaernidb liil3 itt'Eirtt Of the'rneolntitititi'whleh' eriLado , 4:s3t Efedamatlcim ,' + i, - ~ ,; • ~ .. f , ~i 5DA1E714.4 - 7 - ‘24, 187'1. TAM TECTII ABOUT THE Sorrir Letter from as Alabama Lawyer I.i.[Cotitspanditodlif theldtetlikenwird f'f'" MAawertto Ctin?TrVeAla., 'Wax!, 1874 qt .. .ligaiiiCiniatc: I oobilsioxuilly iee 443nprbfyoutpapeT; and I 14iii:ow of:Tto 44 1 , 614 cJW 0 f0,110 1 f09 11. ( PP ;War, 4 - Xistenesitidi‘bi, defetnte, not:only`of, the Bentham people, but of the people of the whole country against the policy of the "thieves and fools in power," than by writing yon a truthful letter rom one of the wealthiest and at the same time, one of the most Radical counties of Alabama. Maretige equuty Lap in area of, about 1,200 square miles—the Tombigbee River orfriitibi'VrerifelincToiffißiTiatid it - Iforrin the most fertile - portionkif. the State: l The sollin.the north•balf Is rich break. prairie, end will produce from 1,000 to 1,600 lbs. of cotton, Or' rom SO to 50 bushels of compel. acre . . The soutberh 'portion is gener al ly :randy, finely tbribered, and yields cotton, as abundantly. as the .prairies, but, is riot to suitable for grain. Lands are worth Own SLOO to $40.00 per acre. The highest price is paid for the prairie lands, along the line . of the Selma and Meridian Railroad. The population is about 30,000, of whom 23,000 are negroes. TitLs will 'explain the . politics of the county. The rich lands, the negro.majority, and the chance for official 'plunder, made Marengo a land of promise to the carpetbagger, and at the close of the war they came from every corner of New England; many of them purchased large plantations, and boasted that they would "civilize and evangelize the unfortunate colored brethren," and at the same time teach the Southern people how to make cotton. These persons soon came to grief. The negro would nut work, and would steal, and for once the Yankee met his match. Most of these unfortunate pur chasers wound up in one year ; some few held on till '67 ruined them. " Their free laborers" cheated them on all occasions— stole their stock, got in debt to them, and then ran away. When remonstratettwith the ungrateful Cutfys would tell their Yan kee benefactors, "Now, you just go back North; this nigger ain't got no use for Yankee nohow." The other class of ad , venturers, the genuine carpet-baggers fared better. They had no capital, and went into politics, and became office-hold ers, and since '67 have been growing rich and influential. It Is probable that Maren go has had the most impudent, unblush- ing, thieving rascals in office that ever before disgraced n civilized community. One of the members of the Constitutional Convention was an old negro, who could not read. ff'he last three Representatives in the Lowor House of the Legislature were C. W. Dugan, of New York, L. C. Carlin, of Ohlo, and Levi Wells, a negro. Dustan broke, trying to raise cotton with free labor, and turned politician. Carlin does not and never has lived in the State.— Wells is a pretty good hostler, or was when he had a master to watch him. The three are not worth one cent of property, and yet they pretend to represent a county which pays annually a tax of upwards of $60,000. The Clerk of the Circuit Court, one C. L. Drake, of Chicago, holds the three other lucrative offices, Register in Chancery, School Director and United States Com missioner for the Southern District of Ala bama. lle'also claims to be a preacher of the Gospel. This pious rascal is adefaulter in office, and was last week indicted by the grand Jury for burglary. Ile was caught breaking into the room of the County Treasurer, admits the fact, but, as an ex cuse, says he was drunk. I might go through the whole list and expose our Rad• ical office-holders in the same way. They are all birds of a feather; but we are get ting rid of them very fast. Some few have made plenty of money and gone "home," others have been removed for want of suf ficient bonds, and several have lett like Parson Drake, to avoid the State Prison. With such officers, and with such Et large negro majority, you will be surprised to hear that there has never been any riots or any disturbances in the county. The two races have lived peaceably together; the negroes, generally remain on the old plan tations. Under carpet-bag advice, they tried moving for a year or two, but found it did not pay. Since 1867 there have been I think, six homicides committed in the county ; one white man was accidentally killed by a police officer ; one was shot in a private quarrel sue negro was shot while engaged in hog stealing, by a white boy, who was attending to the hogs; in the other thrc e cases negroes: were killed by negroes. In every instance, except one, and in this the man absconded, the parties were ar rested and tried by law. Cases of larceny are very common ; it seems to be perfectly natural for the negro to steal. They sel dom commit burglary, but cannot resist the temptation of " picking up things that are handy," and it does appear that they steal only to keep in practice. I knew one to steal a bridle and single-tree from a plow, and carry them nine miles, when he did not own a horse, plow, or foot of land. He was arrested and tried for the offense, .and it was proved he had no use for the articles, and that they were only worth $1.21. Since the passage of the Ku-Klux bill, it may interest you to know something of the terrible Klan. I speak by the card. There is not now, and never has boon, any such organization in Alabama. There is and will be always a union of the true men or the States, to resist outrage and wrong, to enforce law and order, to preserve our lib erty, and hand it down to our children, If this be Ku .Kluzism, .General Grant and his party may make the most of it; but.if under that odious law ho attempts. to con trol the free people of either Alabama or Pennsylvania, his agents will find that there are times when " killing is no mur der." No disguised person has ever been, seen in Marengo. No one has. over been punished by, a secret organization. No citizen, " without respect to race, color, .or previous condition," has ever on any ac count been deprived of any constitutional right, or molested in the enjoyment of hie' freedoin. The laws, however odious and oppres.sive, have been quietly submitted to. And yet.we have been insulted by hire ling adventnrers—we have had our prop erty confiscated, have been burtbened with enormous taxes, have seen the offices. filled by strangers, and the :s9ats or justice dis graced by, men. 'fit only for the penitentiary. We,submit, because we have faith in.the people, the trhitepeople of the United States, and believe the day will come when "right and' might" will be in the hands of the Democratic party. We' look to Penn sylvania for help. Without the assistance of the great commercial States, we can do nothing. Upon Pennsylvania.depends the success of the experiment of free govern ment. I believe the Old 'KeYstone 'State will be true.to the Constitution, true to the white race, sad not Rano to bor ropu.tloo fot intelligence and devotion to Republican institutions. With toy best wishes I arn your FRIEND. [For the Intelligeneer.) Barn-Ballings in Coleraine A number of our citizens enjoyed a fine time on Friday, the 12th inst.,-at the resi deuce of Mr. 'Teddy Thomas, our Demo cratic blacksmith, where they met for the , purpose of raising a barn on the farm which he recently bought from Mr. Franklin Sutton, of Lancaster city. • ' By eight o olock A. M., about fifty of, the sturdy yeomanry from Coleraine, Bart and Eden townships. were coltected•npon the scene of action, and the business of the day, was commenced and briskly carried on' under the efficient superintendence of Mr. idlinStautfer, the contractor ! gotil about. 111 .o'clock A.. M., wen, the "echoing' horn" called alt hands to cOmeand partake •tt sumptuous entertain,ment, consisting of every species of:delicacy that the 'season and • market would afford, 'which. 'Was spread upon an extended 'table, beMsath the cooling shade of the grove east of the mansion. Mrs. Thomas presided .over. the repast, and was assisted by the most respectable: matrons- and. daughters.of .the neigbitor: 7 hpod.,-LArnec4ately after partaking,ofthe rrlcieshMunts at the hands ck our generous hostess and her umillog asMstants,'Teddi apPekred . WlM 'a" larAe box of NO. 1 Oa-, vanas in his hand: . which wi:VgieMtraitY' distributed amongst the thron*,"u:nd, eooh the' 'bredue was laden with their , frictrane, odors The -The work was resumed soon after, and by, T o'clock M. diairalsing. was completed,. when: another genesalremake: was taken, and, Mree TuStY,•4l.9l.,__ ware given. for .Terldren,ew brat', Vigra trait : Y.*: gcadnally PprarAett for their, horn*.vn Mg spent pg, day" without a 'ainVe..o/k - : ri3nco to, mar the pleusiir,A tbe,ora 'On the same daY a neiglibdr *chide cm, the Funnel far* raised a 'barn 'of , a6rollar dithensions,' being'aSsfsted liy about 'an equal number of hands, and about 6 O'clock , Pt •M. they ireneriseerilssOlnefrimuthe little .end; of,thedansuil, With , grim:faced and: wearied::74mb4rWOudi n g: their!: WAY hora*Wardr t l* / ** ll4 . 5 AP* lO difY • - C I R I .• •••,-,!,,•••• ' ' th, Atefilkeneerr.l„ . SALT Lest . May 2, 1871. AtChelanno - we m from St. ..raOtittiaitlpuzsas Citlighe North Mis itiorl d , Zaneae Paeifla Railroad, both on Ofte. tifiesengeta. tiql me they saw slag,nail:the t u 4i:ks4oas'!) . . many lying ' hiltatq - ctithut, and the bal. ancelelt to decay. This waste should not be allowed, or they too, in a few years, will be exterminated. I see - very little game so far, except wild ducks and antelopes, both of which are very. plenty. In fact, there is very little to interest the traveler until you enter Echo Canyon; not a tree for hundreds of miles. I could not help but think that this section of the country wail:ls:3og ander thaesme curse as the fig tree that had no. fruit. upon it: " Dried up from the roots." The old emigrant road , here inns north, and the over-land mall route south of-the railroad, Last week they bad - Anita a snow-storm, and the 'doing the ivhele 'winter thit, detitinplitike tleeiCuti are protected by show fences, and other points by anow-sheds.— I see by a reward kept diaring the winter of 186&-9, the 'deepest snow which fell at one time Was but three lziebet, and that was in May. It Is not the deep snows that oltr struct the road, but the drifting during the heavy winds. At Sherman, the highest point on the whole route, 8,242 abet above the level of the sea, the coldest day of the season (689) the thermometer marked 8 below zero, 29th of 'January. The warmest day in the same month, 22 above. At Oma ha during the Summer, the range marked was 110; at Sherman 82. From Sherman to Laramie, the average grade is a little over 471 feet to the mile., so very little steam is needed to propel the train, for the down grade is suffielent to carry it swiftly along. The plains of Laramie are good for graz ing. Cattle can be raised and fattened on these plains at a mere nominal coat. I saw one man that had 4,000 head of horses, 0,000 beeves and 10,000 sheep roaming over these plains, some he would not see twice In one year. They are all branded, and he says he seldom loses any. They are shipped to the Chicago market and coat about $lBO per oar-load. We cross the Laramie river, (everything is called a river out here, even If you can jump over it,) then the Rocky Mountains, and enter the Salt Lake Valley. In pass ing Green River City Station wo find it deserted. At one time it was supposed It would be the terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad, and contained 2,000 inhabitants and substantial adobe buildings, (brick about four times as large as ours, made of clay and dried In the sun.) As the road stretched away to the westward, the city was deserted. The walls of the houses aro still standing, but the roofs aro carried oft to do duty at some other point, as timber here is very scarce. At Waheotch Station they attached a car of observation at the end of our train, so that we might have a good opportunity of seeing the scenery as we passed through Echo and Weber Canyon. In 07 miles we descend 2,547 feet. The traveller must closely watch the Canyon walls, for fresh objects of wonder and in terest will spring suddenly into sight on either hand. Wo pass through a tunnel 770 feet long, on two long trestle bridges, and descend the Canyon amidst some of the grandest scenery. About 6 miles be. low the Hanging Rocks, on the highest cliff, can be seen the fortifications erected by the Mormons to defend this pass when Uncle Sam was after them. We cross Echo creek 31 times in 26 miles, rush past the Witches' Cave and Pulpit Rock, when our engine gives a scream, down goes the brakes, and we stop e. Echo City Station. The valley of the Weber is very fertile and thickly settled with Mormons. As we run along the banks of the Weber river, and just as we enter the narrows, we pass the "one-thousand mile-tree." On its trunk is a sign,telliug the Western-bound travel er that he he has passed over one thousand miles of railway from Omaha. We pass through another tunnel, rushing swiftly along the "Dent Gate," and catch the full view of the Great Salt Lake,and Lave made up our minds to stop at Ogden, the termi nus of the Union Pacific Railroad, and go down and see Brigham Young. S.s.m I,nrcm- CrrY, May 4, 1871 At Ogden terminates the Union Pacific Railroad, 1,032 miles long, and commences the Central Pacific Railroad, 882 miles. There passengers change care, baggage and mail. We took the Utah Central Road to Salt Lake City, 36 miles long, built by the Mormons and under their control, Brig ham Young President. It runs through a thickly-settled and highly cultivated val ley, bordering the lake for 20 miles, the waters of which are so exceedingly salt that no living thing can exist therein; in Sum mer a wiod place to bathe, water warm and very buoyant. This valley was first settled in 1847, there is now about 150,000 acres un der cultivation. Rich veins of gold, silver, iron and nearly all the metals found in the great West, are found to exist in Utah Territory. But a short time ago I saw an account in an Eastern paper of the sale of the Emma mine for ono and a half-mil , lion of dollars. This is but a short distance from this place in Cottonwood Canyon. The consequence is that the city is full of prospectors, and all you hear abotit the hotels is about mining. Every chap has a specimen brick of gold or silver, or some quartz ready to form a mining company, or sell an interest. It put me in mind of the oil operators In the east. After a good night's rest at the Townsend House, kept by ono of the faithful, we started out to see the sights. Salt Lake city lies at the foot of the Wahsatch Mountains. Thla lofty range forms the back-ground, and gradual ly declines toward the Jordan River. Piles of snow can be seen in the gorges whore thb warm sun-light has not the power to melt it. The principal material used for building is stone and adobes. The Streets are 132 feet wide, with streams of water flowing down either side, keeping the shade-trees in lovely green foliage during the scorching Summer months, and the gardens are all irrigated from these mountain streams, that are continually flowing through the gutters, each one In turn having the right to use it, and all under the charge of a water master. It Is laid out In blocks of 10 acres each slid sold oat in lots of 1/ sores each, so that each one has his own garden ; in the business portion of the town they have been cut up to suit purchasers. At Camp Doug. lass, three miles from town, as it overlooks the whole valley, we had a good view of the city, Jordon River and Lake. On our way to the Temple we called to see Brigham Young. lie received us very kind ly. Ile i.i about 70 years of age, and looks as if ho might live many years more. He looks very much like a friend of mine in Lancaster, will not - men tion his name as lie align& not minx it much of a compliment. He has now only 16 wives and 49 children. He lives in a very large and comfortable house; his whole buildings are surrounded with a hall about 10 feet high; Lis family is scattered through the city; ho has his own school-house; we took a peep into it and found the children just as happy and full of fun as with us. In early life he was a Methodist, in 1831 he visited Columbia near Lancaster, and there connected him self with the Latter-Day Saints. In 1846 when the Mormons vacated Nauvco, he directed them on their westward journey, and temporarily located at Council Bluffs. A few years after they pushed still further west and made this their settlement. He takes an active part in all public improve ments, and it is said graded 150 miles of the U., P. R. It. 'lhe Temple is erected inside of Temple Block.; ten acres.inclosed with assail about the same height as around Brigham's habi tation. It is perhaps the largest -ball in the world of a single-span roof, unsupported by pillar or column. It is 250 feet long, and 150 feet wide. The ceiling is 62 feet high ; and will seat 14,000 persons. At the west end, behind the. rostrum or statid,•is the grand , organ, the third largest in the I.lnl- . ted Btates--3,000 pipes, the largest 16 inches .In - dlinneter. This building is not psed ey,fuT Sabbath, but on festive op;tnsions. every ward they liave school-houses, in which they keep niee tinge, each ward being under charge of a Bishop, And the whole. Supported by.the Tithing system., , Each 'one of the faithful are required to give one tenth of their anittitil' income, The Epts citipSl are',braildin 'a tery nett) Ofiurch,ii4 hitve • a - Sunday-school anti.44a select dai-tiehool in' a flourish: bug ePridLtiorlt, The. C. 4 , 341 1 4 1 T4eatre, are , botittne ~ Two miles north hi the 'celebrated .Warrir Spring, it boils out at the foot of a rock in • a very large volume about `same as the Litiz fiktitt ti . giltlii'v* . hOt and kit egg iti the Q it:let 6flfah Z ake, :snit .einPtieS' Salt Lake, and runs along the, southern side of the city, tkt 1 &moltittita,m like the Conestoga. '4liiiity we'ry fin store!' and a,gooir . f. ass , Thefigthinliestir to pkao.: signs alifese " Hollaies to:the Loi alive Merciatile XqE Institutibnjpit.lit ' that they might lib as many are how k and in the mining dl Sex Fne We left Ogden on ea M., and arrived here this: Jg - i,tts same time. It was sang Andiedioda'rlde, nothing particular to hatereati-theixavelles until we reached the Sierra Nevada Moun tains. Corinne, 24 miles west Of Ogdep, i st present is the centre of a very extensive trade,has a large warehouse,immense pits of freight and any quantity of teams, as it is the ' . diSti l ibuting point for the Montana ' trade. This territory lies north of Utah, and is genarally considered solely as mining country. At Blue Creek Station we cross Blue Creek on a trestle bridge 300 feet long and 30 high. After 'passing some deep cutting and heavy work we pass at our left another bridge 500 feet long and 87 high, built by the Union Pacific, and also the old track to Promontory Point, but was abandoned by order of Con gress, and the Junction of the two roads I transferred to Ogden. We pass the point where, on Monday, May 10, 1869, ten years ago, the connection of the two roads was made. The town is deserted, as the supply of water isvery limited; tbo Railroad Com pany supply their stations along here by means of water cars. It Issaid that when ever a train stops here, curiosity-hunters must have a piece of the last tie. Three or four have been placed their glace, having been cut to pieces. They get aboard proud of their treasure, for the little chip 18 still a piece of the last tie. At Hot Springs, a tele graph station to the right of the road, can be seen more of these escape pipes or safety valves, for the discharge of the superabun dant steam inside of our little globe.— They aro said to possess excellent medicinal qualities. At times they aro quite active, emitting jots of water and clouds of steam. IL Is related thatonce a party of emigrants, who wore toiling across the plains,arrived near these Springs, and.aontaDutehman ahead to select a suita ble place for cam ping. In lila search he found these Springs, which happened to ho quiet at the time, and knelt down to take a drink of the clear, nice-looking water, Just at that Instant apt of spray was thrown over him, and springing to his feet he ran to the train shouting at the top of his voice, "Drive on, drive on, hell is not five miles from this place. At Boca we enter California, and at Summit Station we are 7,042 feet above the level of the sen, on the highest land of the Sierra and the dividing ridge which separates the head waters of several mountain rivers, we pass through a succession of tunnels and snow•sheds, so closely connected that you can hardly tell when you enter or leave one. The largest is 1650 feet long, the others range from 100 to 870 feet. The snow-sheds reach 45 miles. When we know that along this summit the snow falls from 16 to 20 foot deep, wo see the importance of these sheds. As they are all frame, fires sometimes occur. The company have an engine always fired up with large force pumps, with water cars arid tanks all con nected, sufficient to check any ordinary fire. Dutch Flat and Gold Run aro both stations and small mining towns. Around them you can see on every hand, the miners' works, mining•ditches, and flumes, carryfrig large and rapid streams of water many miles to any claim that may want it; they are owned by a Water Com pany, and charge the miners according to quantity used. To these pipes are attached a hose with an iron pipe, through which the water rushes with great velocity.— When directed against a gravel bank, it cuts and tears it down, washing the dirt thoroughly, and astonishing to those who havenever seen hydraulic mining. The wa ter carries rock, dirt and sand through the tail-race and into the long flumes, where the riffles for collecting the gold are placed. Leaving Gold Run we descend the moun tain rapidly. Here and there wo see Chinese =Ea cabins; iu fact, all along the line of the Central road you see John working, and have seen, at most stations,Pawneos, Utes, and Shoshone Indians; they are great beg gars, and know how to say greenback, and so dirty that you aro almost afraid to lot them come near you. At Cape Horn the train stopped live minutes, giving the pas sengers an opportunity to enjoy the view• A. ball may bo thrown from the car plat form, which will descend three thousand feet before striking the bottom of the val ley so precipitous are the sides of the gi gantic gorge. The view from this point cannot be surpassed; timid people will draw back—ono look into the awful chasm being suflicient to unsettle their nerves. It is the grandest scene on the whole line of the roads. At Baciarnentol had the pleas ure of seeing an old friend, (F. Russel,) looking, well and hearty. Ho was ono amongst a Number of Lancasteriari, who, near twenty years; ago, eame to seek their fortune amongst the gold hills of Califor• Ma. This is the Capital of the State, and is situated on the east bank of the Sacramento river. It is mostly built of brick. The streets are broad, well paved and'bordered with shade trees. We pass tlirOugh Stock• ton and arrive at Oakland, the terminus of the railroad, and connected by forty with San Francisco. [For the Intelllgeneerd Leiter from the Coat Begloam. NEW cAISTLE, ;4/ay 19, 1871 IfeBBrB. Editors ,-0111" social problem has at last bean solved—work has been re sumed at moat of thecollleries in the coun ty—a few have not yet accepted• of the do• cislon. About four Months of time his been Idled away, which can never be re gained; an average loss Of two hundred and fifty dollars to each man that labors about the coal-works, and the business part of the community have sulTored great ly I Many, there Is no doubt,'are ruined. These strikes should be avoided. No good can result•froui them, even It the mon do . get a small advance in wages; they sac rifice too much time to obtain it. Those men that work for fair• wages, and have steady employment, are always the men that save the most money. The decision of Judge Elwell gives, wo believe, general satisfaction. It Is riot at all probable that we will have, another suspension of the same length soon again. The decision of the umpire settles matters until January lot, 1571.; 'and if at the beginning of next year, any differences should oemr between the 'employer and employed, an umpire should be elected, immediately to adjust the difficulties. The men resumed at $l3 per week foi miners, $ll for Theme moorers, eio ror out side men, and a drop of 10 percent. on con tract work. These figures are none too high, but we snOpose It is. the best that could be paid at the present time; We hope the time is not far distant when they can get larger figures for their labor. When coal sells above $2.75 . at Port Carbon, an advance of one per cent. in every three will be paid to the men, and a deduction of one per cent- in every three down to $2.2.5 ; coal is not to fall below that, or at least not wages. We have very cool and dry weather in these mountain regions; wo are located about 1000 feet above tide-water, we sup pow that accounts for our cool weather, more than being One degree farther north than Lancaster. Col. Beath, of this county, has received from the Republicans, the nomination for Surveyor-General. We do not think ho will give much strength to the ticket. Ho may be a very good citizen, but we know that every large majority of the voters of this county never knew that such an Indi vidual resided in Schuylkill. 'I he Radicals are very much dissatisfied with the nom', nations, and they did some tall swearing when they received the first despatch front Harrisburg. They say the State 18 lost to them. All the Democrats hays to do is to make a geoct ticket, and success is certain. Schuylkill will give 2,000 majority. .. • ' • SCHOYLKILL. WAR ,DEPAIITMENT, OFFICE OF GRIEF SIGNAL OFFlcua, WAsnnurrox, May 22, 7 P. M.—The barometer has • fallen at the Pacific and.. Rocky Mountain Sta • tions. The rainy and threatening weather *mak prevailed Stinday evening from Al'. kansat to - Like' rade trail very gradually elesied • away. 'olnridlness: now prevails over the Southern and Eastern; The barometer has fallen in.the latter region and is sensibly'sfationary4outh of the Oblo. It has risen onltne upper Lakes, with falling temperature and iresh northeci artially.cloudy and clear Ns er iamb able for Thnadayjn pie_ inter on 4. dieturWee Jpugleated r , the taottth , ell:Land the Cake .Ch* . ":ltitpttalit9to(4 ) her Anil cleatlng Weather are hle4or the Eaitern • •, Latest Tromso Parli. , Torritoto Are of iron- HonterimiXtetv7.-Th Is e „Isolation of Paris. 'two rrusitinos How Cow -1 _,ple e VersallUst Meg Pleats Over - She Whole:, City—•Psweren Pcipseselon ' et the Government Troops. Pa Ma,y 23:—Advicea , from Paris repbrt a terrible tire of cannon and musketry, since day-break • this morning, in the direction of Montmaitre. The Isola tibn of Paris by the Prussians is.now corn plebe., Dombrowski was. ounded and en deavored to make his escape from tho Ver sailles treeps, but was prevented by the Prussians. OwrsitmorP4Luts,May a desperate strukie at Montmartre,com mencing at daybreak, the Versaillif flag ow floats over Monemartre, and the whole c itlently now la „ We possession of the Gover • 4. ent troops. , We briefly stated i 412 the Buffalo Erpreaa of ' young men, In attempt er above Niagara Falls Thursday afternoon, had the Falls. The three men arrived at tho F 12'40 train from Buffalo Thursda! and proceeded directly from the d , to the Eagle House, near by, which is k • .t by Christ. Gomm. They remained then t about half an hour, making few remarks, and merely asking of the proprietor per mission to leave their boxes and portable table behind the counter until thevreturned. The property referred to consisted or a good-sized oblong box, foil of packages or prize candy, an envelope box containing it lot of cheep Jewelry, brass rings, etc., and a three-legged stand, ouch SS all Itinerant peddlers have. After leaving Gamm's they went up the river-bank about a quarter of a mile to II little boat-houso kept by a family named Walker. Here, after some hesitation on the part of tho lad In charge, they obtained a fiat-bottom row-boat and started across the river apparently for Chippewa. Tito German, who was the largest as well , nt the most intelligent of the party, handled the oars. Too course taken by the boat was straight for the other side. The current at this point of the river runs swiftest, and not [natty moments elapsed front the time the unfortunate trio loft the boat-house before the rosiatiess current took complete mastery of the frail craft and carried it with fearful rapidity towards the seething torrent that create the precipice. The 'atom oarsman continued to apply his oars with energy for about a minute alter the current struck the boat, but very soon the craft seemed to break In two simultaneously with lie cap sizing, and the horror-MO.le en spoliators on shore next saw the three struggling ill the rushing waters. As they apprenelied. Street's Island, three nom who happened to be Wltuoimen or the iteeldent, ran to the edge of the bank In hopes of rendering as sistance to the drawing men, but although ono or the throe was carried within lit ,' feet anti the others not a dozen feet from the shore, It, was found Impossible to sue. cor them. Ono of the men Informed our reporter that, had he been able to gel a pole or rail or any kind, he surely could have saved ono or two of the 111-hued Melt. Too largest, it is !Mid, 14W11111 fur sumo (Milano, in direction of the island, hut the current was too strong fur him, and be was carried struggling to the brink and hurled, all on melons, into the abyss below. The other two woro drowned ore they passed the island, as their bodies wore seen to lime inanimately Just above the Falls. Mr. (MUM, keeper of the saloon where their things were left, mays they were all young men—their ages probably ranging between eighteen and twenty-two—well, but cheaply dressed, and easy and eareless in their manners. One WttS an Irishman, one a German, and tho other a Jew. A po lice °Meer who saw them, remarked that they looked "Just like any itinerant ped dlers." Yesterday forenoon a singular object was observed lying in the water almost under the now Suspension Bridge, on the Cana dian side of the river, and upon Investiga tion it was found to be a large piece of flesh torn from the trunk, apparently at the hip. It was taken In charge icy the authorities on the other side, and we believe quietly interred (luring the afternoon. No other trace or vestige of the lost men had been seen up to six o'clock last evening. A Man trashed to Death L. the (Anent . . mull 'Railroad Iron, N'orkt. A. fearful accident occurred yesterday evening in the Cincinnati Railroad Iron Works, which resulted in nhockingly crushing to death a workman named Win. C. Jones. It seems Mr. Jones was a hook er-up at the muck rolls. At the time the accident occurred, a bloom weighing about eight hundred pounds was passing between the rolls. Mr. Jones; who lioldltnt hook, in stead of catching the bloom at the end as it came out, put the hook under the side, and, the heavy weight coming suddenly down upon the implement, threw the luau upon the belting that connects with the• roller near the floor. A moment more and thin moving leather had conducted the victim into t h e Jaws of death. Feet foremost, he passed between the end of the roller over which the belt for running the machinery moved, and the coupling at tached to the end of the roller Immediately above. To stop the machinery was the work of a moment, but in that point of time the man had gone crushing through untilail but the head had been flattened intoa shape less mass. The very food that the man had taken into his stomach exuded front 'the mouth, and death came no suddenly that the hand caucht by one of the employees did not so much as quiver froth the awful shock. It appears that he fell about it week' ago near the name place, Miteseaped with about about the head. This fa ttie first man that has ever been killed at the works though they have had HOMO hairbreadth ear:apart.-- 06/Oil/Mai Gazette, Saturday. , Sodden Innen. of Vice PreoMimi Colfax In the acclaim Chamber. WasniNoToN, May 22, 1871. The Senate' was eng aged for live hours to-day on the treaty. ' Senators Davis. of Kentucky,, and Thurman, of Ohio, inadesoeuches. Though not opposing the treaty, they severally in. dicated amendments which they. deelted to.be made. It is said.tho latter.geutiensau, expressed a doubt us to the, wisdom or In, oorporating in new rules or lu the of nations a prohibition against, neutrals building or equip Orig, vessala Mr belliger ents ' believing that this subject abehlit he left to the operation of municipal law. Time far but ono Senator has mentlutied how' ho Will veto on the. treaty,. and this will be In opposition to it. During the proceedings today, near..theo, close of the session, Vico President Colfax, feeling sick, requested Senator Pomeroy to occupy his place. Directly as tile latter gentleman reached the chair Mr. Colfax 101 l the platform, and'on his way olit, hnil donly becoming direly, ho would havo fall en heavily to the floor but for' the efforts Of Mr. Flagg, the principal legislative clerk, who was conducting him from the -cham ber. Major McDonald, the chief clerk, and Capt. Iluotett, Lite doorkeeper, immediately. repaired to the Ocoee, and so did dishiest*, tore In the vicinity., The Yice Priml4ent. was conveyed to his room Tile,nconrrcince ennead a temporary cessation of litudttegs,, which was resumed as soon as it wtoiltitier tained that the sickness was not 'belleild to be of an Alarming character, • ' tiiviler Explosion Endex.ExyaoxiTinii The Lehigh l'alfry (Altenrowit,' News Hays: " • A eingular and most extraordinary Emil- dent oocurrod on 'Monday- , evening last, which resulted in the death ,of..Mrs.-.lcle. Wittman, and the serloua and perhaps fa... tel injury of her two children; I,t apppars that Mra. Wittman went to the barn fur the purpose of setting a hen, and, ay is the Cue. tom of some farmers; she desired to mark the eggs.; Accordlngly'sho returned tti the house and asked her 'husband where 'lid' had put the pencil used for that purpose. Ile told her abo would find it on it Certain' shelf the barn, and she returned_ fora followed by her two little children. (intim. farm Is a stone-quarry, and blasting] pow• der ix of course used, A can containing powder was on sue suction %Viten. the pup cil lay, and . also some matcheX. The un fortunate woman In rcachingTor the ' knhcked down the 'can 'and the =Calm' The matches ignited 'and an explositin eft sued, burning both mother and children terribly. On Tuesday Mrs. Wittman Sur !erred terribly, but before her death, which took place on Wednesday, her agonizing pain was over. One of the children isle a very precarious condition. ,; Dover WILY somewhat excited on Tuesday by the appearance of, a largo ,number of Iruit-growers of this State and Maryland, who assembled fur the purpose of canyess• log the prospects of a largo crop ofpeaches, and to discuss the best and cheapest titan of getting the saute to market when ripe -- The growers from all parts of the peiell section report that the trees are as full of peaches as they can well bear, and that the crop will, unless something not now expected occurs, reach at least 8,500,0011 baskets, about 500,000 more than were gath ered In 1005, the champion peach, year This increase over 1809 Is baat4, upon thy fact that thousands of new trees will tailue into bearing lor the dist time, and that the extension of the Maryland and 'Delaware and Kent railroads have stimulated the business of fruit-growing along theline'of these roads. From 800,000 to 500,000 new trees have been planted this season, not only fo supply the place of those that may, die, bat to increase the total annual „FA}, duct.--Dclatc:are Gazelle. Groed of Bodkin rotitielans,.. .. The Cincinnati inquirer glveathe follemt ing : . , 4. 'political p.artY . friend of Dr. ;Peck s member or Congress fromthe Toledo, !Able,' district, allied upon Mr. Reed, thin po'st. , master at Toledo, and upon the 'other .l.'o - oral oftice-holders there; and Informed' them that they were recitdred , to Contribute - $4,000 toward - the expense of. Dr.: Peek's election, and on their. refusal prz , Reck;had. them removed and; other Republicans ap-i. pointed in their places, who agreed,,bcdal ; pay the required stun, . Ruch, syn,uuder . , stand, la a correct statement 15 theV/se (Il i ii i the rem ovalntPoeinuister. Reed, ar 0 Kr.d; , There was no charge of 'want Of paity del-' ity, against him, no charge'of 1%.-ttliact d4honesty„.tiothlng t hat h , refna , ankribute Itek r lize -of - lir.: :f s - - ateotionitoiDoogivos4 — .Alietuoorliall• bieNsbocieiof.ootisldesibiolli' Iturbandol ,)11(,.1 1 .: . ,: if tio it viof, 1../t livillwi !lIIM DUX_ act yesterday, says iturday, that throe to cross the ;qv a small Dyne carried over Ern= ==M=l Peaches
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