Eancaster 3intetligencer. WEDNESDAY, NOTEMEE4t 22,1871 The Army 10 be Increased! For What? The organ of Grant at Washington tells us in moat significant language. It has the hardihood to an nounce, by way of paving the course for an extension of Presidential usurpa tions, that it Will require not less than ten thousand regular troops, judiciously distributed through the Southern States, to Insure a free and fair election in 1872 ; and it even goes further, and adds that it may be necessary for Congress to in crease the army ! If there ever existed in the minds of honest men a doubt of Grant's deter• ruination to foisthimself upon the coun try as its ruler by employment of the ha onet, those doubts must be removed i) the developments of 'the last few months. Distrustful of - the people of .he North, and knowing that there Is not the ghost of a chance for fairly car rying a single Southern State, he is de termined to force his re-election by plac ing the whole South under bayonet rule. To this end, his tools and emissaries are busily engaged in manufacturing Ku- I: lux outrages, and other sensational stories as to the rebellious spirit of the people of the South, In order to lend a seeming warrant for the sending thith er of armed bands of desperadoes, and lobbing the people of every vestige of Civil and Constitutional right. Protes tations on the part of the officials and people of the South that there are no disorders requiring armed intervention, are of no avail. Details of wrongful ar rests and arbitrary imprisonmen Ls, without accusation, trial, or an oppor- I unity for defence ; the sickening 'tor . core of homes invaded at midnight, heads of families torn unceremoniously way, women Insulted, children panic stricken, dwellings pillaged, and once happy homes made desolate and sad-- all these are nothing in the balance against the Presidential aspirations and h'is brutal rule. The people of the Mouth are not to be permitted to live In peace, or to prosper as they once did. They are, and always will be, opposed to Radical principles and the effect of Radical teachings.— Hence they must be punished. The negro Is elevated over the white man ; the property of whites is enormously taxed to support carpet-bag and negro government—for neither the negro, the carpet-bag adventurers, or their still more Mfamous scalawag backers, have a rood i,f ground or anything else which can be made contribute a farthing to the fundm of the State; the treasury is rob hed,cthe governments bankrupted, and • general desolation Spread throughout the land. Vet this is not sufficient to gratify the malice and greed of the ty rant of the White douse. They must be still further humiliated, impoverish ed and disgraced ; deprived of the rights of freemen, or made to suppliantly cringe as slaves, and to vote for the despot who scourges them at the point of the bayonet and under fear of prison Fars. It is for'these unholy ends Unit Con gress will be asked to increase the army' And to pay for this increase, the people will be taxed millions of dollars, in ad dition to the oppressive burdens Ns bich are already crushing them. Reading Enterprise The project for building ten:Anthracite furnaces in the City of Reading is now a fixed fact. The enterprising business men of that place took hold of the mat ter with a firm grip,and the result is one which wthit be very gratifying to them. The President of the Reading Railroad Company WIN Induced to see In this , chcnie a means for building tip Read ing and adding to the profits of the road '1 1,41 Alio) same to re. Mr. tiowati is a liberal gentleman, Lt keeps the interests of the great collimation over which lie presides steadily In view all the time. I n lending the credit of the Reading Railroad to the project for building ten largo furnaces lii the City ,f Reading, he has laid the foundation for future Ironic which will amply repay any Prose lit expenditure which may be made. These furnaces are to be con structed at once, and it is expected that ten thousand people will be added to the population of Reading by the time they are Ilnished and put into successful operation. The Reading Railroad en eomages Moat enterprise, and, in lids respect, it presents a decided contrast, to the course which is pursued by the Pennsylvania Central. The officers of the latter corporation devote all their attention to securing control of through lines,whereby immense protils are pour ed into the coffers of those who are for aunate enough to own stock in the vari ous private freight lines, which are run ror the benefit of individuals. That the Reading Railroad is pursuing a wiser 11011 more limiest policy in laying the foundation of an immense local traffic, To) intelligent citizen can doubt. By su • doing itis widening the base of its finial vial superstructure, and placing itself in a position which will enable it to defy -those storms which periodically sweep across the monetary world,carrying de struction in their course. If the Penn sylvania Central were as liberal in its (I,:uings with the cities and towns along i.e route, as the Reading Railroad is, Lancaster would soon feel the Impulses and our business men might be induced to rival thoSe of Reading In energy and enterprise. 1.7 ntil something is done Lanea,t or will remain stationary. Senator Norwood, of Georgia. 11 , .;1. Thomas' Manson N,orwooll, the newly elected United States Senator from Georgia, it a native of that. State, forty-one years of age, and a practicing member of the Savannah laarsince Ile was a mernher'of the . House of I laesentatives in the (;eorgia Legisla ture in 1861-2; besides this, lie never held any ()Mee, either before or since the wiel. His father was poAaessed of an ample fortune, but believed it proper for everybody to learn trade. Accordingly, he had the subject of this notice, who was his youngest child, to learn the trade of a shoe and 1.0,a-maker, which he did ; and Le made the boots with his own hands widch he wore when he went to col- lege. }leis said to be an able speaker and debater, and one of the best inform- riL [Hen of his age in Georgia Toni Murphy at Last Iteslgnei if lie outside pressure, from all sources, against the longer retention of Murphy in office, has been so great that Grant was forced to suggest that his resigna tion would be accepted. The long con nection of this favorite of the President with the Tammany frauds, and other pilferi rigs and rascalities equally odious, .vere too heavy a weight for even Grant ) carry, with the sustaining aid of the I.,ung Branch Cottage. So Collector tom is shelved, and Chester Arthur ap pointed his successor. As a kind of salvo to poor Murphy's lacerated feel ings, and in grateful consideration of the " Cottage by the Bea," Grant retires Win with Lhe assurance that Presidential intidence iu his honesty and ability Is unshaken, and that time will prove his iunocenceofthechargesbroughtagainst him. Poor Tom ! Another martyr to tie progress of reform lu (Alicia' circles. flow beautifully near this crusade is, ap prom:ll.l4lg the grand head of corruption ! Startling Items &line of our taxation items are start ling. For instance, the taxes collected !or the year 1871, from whiskey and to bacco, amounted t 0580,000,000. In 1880, before the war, under a Democratic Ad ministration, this would have paid the whole expeuSes of the Government.— What a beautiful little legacy, in the way of debt, will not Grant leave us— especially If he should succeed in a re election h the Democratic Party Dead The Radical press are constantly pro claiming that the Democratic party is dead ; and yet, with the most ridiculous inconsistency, they keep Melling what they proclaim to be a defurict carcass, and admonish the adherents of their rot ten party that there is vitality and dan ger in its passing elements. It may serve the purpose of administration offi cials, as well as of those faint-hearted and " make-shift " Democrats, who, in their impatience of Success, would sacri fice principle to expediency, to regard the old party organization of Jefferson and Jackson as dead ; but a review of what it has done In the past, and what it is achievinkto-day, neither dispirits us, nor renders us hopeless of the future. For a dead party, the Democracy have evinced most remarkable powers of vi tality. Let•us see what are the ingredi ents which so tend to haunt the con science-stricken Radicals, and which, like Banquo's ghost, not down at their bidding. We give below a table of the Democratic votes cast in each Presidential canvass since the first elec tion of Jackson. It will have a rather curious effect upon those people who are convinced about every other year hat the old party is " dead." They or .heir predecessors have been claiming .he same thing ever since the first Had cal triumph in itinit. En IB2S---Jackson In IS32—Jaeksou IB3l3—Van Buren In 1840—Van Buren In 1844—Polk In 1818—Cass In IBs2—Pierce In MA—Buchanan In 1840—Douglas and Breekin ridge n 1861 (when none of the Southern States voted)—McClellan 1,811,75. n ISO—Seymour 0,0U:,,710 Considering the increase of popula ion since ltina, the Demoeratic" vote text year will 'probably be about three tillions. Taking out the negroes, this a a clear majority of the white voters of the rnion. This immense army o freemen, standing squarely by their or ganization, pursuing a consistent course, and working faithfully for their cause, is bound, In due time, to resume control of the government. Talk about a" dead" party that numbers three millions of white freemen—more than Rome count ed in its palmiest day' What, the Democracy bus done In the past, it can do in the future. It is the only party that has preserved its organ ization as a body of constitutional free men, opposing all Infringements upon the organic law of the land, courageous ly advancing in numbers, and attracting to its standard the intelligent anti pa triotic of all classes, who would inter pose it as a barrier to complete despotism and bayonet-rule under Radical aggres sions. With such a showing as is here given of strength and vitality, can any one in his sober senses regard the Item ocru•y as impotent for the achievement of its old-lime triumphs, or suggest the disbanding of the glorious cohorts that old guard of veterans which never fal tered before any foe': What the Demo cratic party Tins been in the past it roil and wii/ be in the future—the hope of the nation, the slay of republican insti- tutions, and the only grand, reliable, national organization under which the country call he restored to its wonted prosperity and peace. Radical Robberies In l'hllatielohla. The Radicals of Philadelphia are not mnpletely happy—not nearly so much lelighted as we might expect them to in view of the fuel that they have, brought the wholesale eheatery which was practised under the infamous Reg istry law, gained complete control of the Government. Damoging exp, cures are daily being made in reference to the management of the financial affairs of the eitind it seems to be freely admitteds,that those who have the disbtirsement)of the moneys wrung from the people by taxation for muni cipal purposes, are intent upon plunder ing the City Treasury. Year after year the debt of the city has gone on in creasing at a rate which is truly alarm ing to the taxpayers; and the worst of it is that there Is not the slightest hope any improvement. .The Ere, Telegraph bewails the existing co Lion of affairs, and says: While the public is accustomed loan varying increase in the revenue extrae from them,,hl the amount of the debt, the magnitude m the deficit, and in the e, timates of the stints required for the ensu g year, they are now called upon to con template aggregates of an unusually atari ling character. In rputul figures, the del exceeds fifty millions of dollars, the Ilabi i ties fulling duo next year amount to nearly 5111,000,000, of which nearly $11,000,000 intuit lie raised by direct taxation, and tax-pay it's have no reason to hope that they will be more fortunate hereafter than they have been heretofore, in evading enor mous deficiency bills and the creation 01 large new loans. 'fn all apearances these deficiencies will be greater titan ever before. We know already that the expenses of one department—the police—are to be increased by nearly half a million ; that a defalcation in the City Treasurer's office will cost near ly halt a million more; that the total amount of outstanding warrants and the amount 01 interest accumulating upon them, is larger than over; but how much our inn priced Paid Fire Department is to cost, how many new loans the Water De partment and the Gas Trust will require, how much extra expense is to be incurred by the Park Commissi9n, the School Board and various other defihrtments, cannot be accurately determined, although past ex perience indicates that it will foot up at least several millions of dollars. Here is a cheerful bit of reading for the men who pay taxes in Philadelphia. Here is a nice commentary upon the re sults of Radical ride. The past Is evi dently a story of disgrace, the present is disheartening in the extreme, and there seems to be no rainbow of promise to gild the cloinfs which overshadow the future. The property-holders in the City of Itrotherly Love are forced to re gard every increase of revenue under Radical rule us an encouragement to ad ditional expenditures. The Telegraph expresses this conviction when it says: " Taxpayers are settling down to the dis heartening conviction that improvident Councilmen and venal officials will find means for disposing of all the money they can possibly obtain either by loans or tax ation, and that the only hope for an eco nomical administration is based on the curtailment of the municipal revenue." In4ither words, the robberies com mitted by Radical officials will only be limited by the opportunities offered for stealing. That is the plain English of the language employed by a leading Re publican newspaper. Let it be remem bered that this is spoken of the loyal city of Philadelphia and not of New York. When Republican politicians shall unite to rebuke official corruption in Philadelphia, as the Democrats did to break up the Tanunany Ring in New York, then we may believe some of the professions of honesty Which are made by " the party of great moral ideas." Meantime the people of Philadelphia must expect to be plundered so long as Radical politicians constitute their city government. TIP Senatorial Mandamus Case I n the Supreme Court at Pittsburgh,' the argument was heard in the case of the State against John Emminger, Democratic Return Judge of Cumber land county. Application was made for a mandamus requiring defendant to show cause why he refused to issue a certificate of election to Hon. J. M. Weakley, as State Senator elect from the Nineteenth District, composed of Cumberland and Franklin counties.— Au answer was filed by Eromlnger, In which he set forth that he bad become cognizant of gross frauds and bribery having been used to secure the election of Mr. Weakley, and would consequent ly violate his conscience and sense of duty by certifying that he had been duly elected. He had forwarded to the Secretary, and to Mr. \Vcakley, the same certificate that he had filed with the 'Prothonotary, and in so doing, claimed that he had peformed all that the law and his conscience required.— The Court intimated that a peremptory mandamus would be Issued, and made returnable prior to the closing of the present session of the Court, and that the only question was, what form the mandamus would take. Radical Vainglorying The only worm of consolation Upon which the Grant and Murphy cortnor ants can feed at present, Is the result of the New York election; for, in no other State have they made a cheering show ing for 4adloal successes in the future. The abSurdity of claiming the result there as a Radical triumph, is too trans parent to deceive any intelligent man, even of the most Radical stamp. Al though party politics were Ignored in the City, where the contest turned upon . purely local questions which predom inated beer all others, and exerted a controlling influence throughout the State, the result is not without its polit ical significance. A simple glance at y. the vote will show that the State is Democratic wherever the Democracy of the city are united. It Is h well known and conceded fact that nothing but the reduced majority for the Demo cratic ticket in New York, caused by the fact that thousands of Democrats, as such, united in the Reform move ment, in which politics were ignored, enabled the Republicans to carry their State ticket. It was not a Republican victory, and the New York Tribune ad mits that the result reached in the city is mainly due to Democrats and i)emo• cratie journals. It says: "There were t hose, however, who ren dered more efficient service to the Reform cause than either half of the mutual admi ration society whose pretensions we are considering; and first among these we rank Oswald Ottendorter's Stoats Zeitung. IL is easy and profitable for a Republican jour nal to expose and reprobate Democratic prodigality and theft; not so easy t'or the editor of a Democratic organ, as the staiifs Zr,! tut!, is known to be. That journal sac rificed something and risked mulch in taking ground against the Tammany rob bers; and when its editor, in the Nomina ting Convention of the Itemoi•ratic Reform ers, proposed the name of I ion. I•'ranzSigel for the best office to be tilled at our recent election, and carried him through triumph antly, the battle of Reform was half won. Hitherto, Republicans hail been asked to vote,for Democrats exclusively, in oppo sition to the Tammany candidates, and had seen the men thus lifted Into importance by their suffrages regularly sell out to Tammany at the very next election. The Republicans had thus been used to aggran dize Democrats till they had grown tired of the process, and coyilil not have been In duced to support a cidiuty or city ticket composed of DemocrafN exclusively at the recent election. The nomination of Sigel by the Democratic Reformers changed the whole aspect of the case, rendering hearty co-operation among Reformers of all par tieMnot only possible but easy and morally certain. henceforth, victory was within our grasp ; and to no man are we more in debted for it than to Oswald I ntendorfer— to no journal more than to the Shorts Zeit/tag. Mr. Benjamin Wood, of the Midi/ News, has likewise been most efficient in the work—not so much through the columns of his journal as by his knowledge of all the influences secretly fermenting in the Democratic ranks, which might be com bined in active opposition to the Tammany oligarchy. His experience as a Mo4art , chief was invaluable; his counsels were wise and prudent ; he knew where to strike with effect; and his every blow told. So :Ur. Mark M. Pomeroy, of the Demo crat, %Yielded a very considerable influence among Democrats, and spared nn effort to secure a Reform victory. No journal has bean more out-spoken and vehement than his, in condemning the robbers and their robberies." "1,023 771,91;9 1,128,303 1,:31,0111 1,223 - 03 1,595,512 I 3 ,337 Will our over-jubilant Radicals just stick a pin there? Without the assist ance of Democrats, rendered in good faith, the Reform ticket could not have been elected; and if Republican jour nals would speak out as boldly against e robberies carried on by their par sans, and unite as earnestly as did the Democrats in undoing the wrong, we might look for a speedy reform in Fed eral affairs. They aid not act in good faith in the contest. While reed Ong the co-operation under the cry of re form, in the city, elsewhere they clung to their party organization and elected candidates known to be corrupt. They refused to vote for INIr. Seymour, who was run as a reform candidate, treacher ously deserting hint and voting for Fields, a noted corruptionist, thus show ing the arrant hypocrisy of their pre• tentions. Notwithstanding this seem ing triumph of the Republicans, the Slate is thoroughly 111111 reliably Demo cratic, as will be amply demonstrated in the Presidential canvass of Honor to Whom Honor Is Duo. The New York Tribun , pays the fol lowing welkleserved tribute to the man who is now universally recognized as the leader or the New York Detnoc- mocracy Mr. Tilden is the Chairman ,if the treat cratic State Courtnitte; he is by nature at by llle-long practice an intense partisan politician; he could look only to the De mocracy for such political honors as the future 'nay have ill store or hint. Yet he deliberately resolved on pure tying the City tlovernment at the expense, as even then seemed probablemla great party defeat,hav ingllirst enlisted ilt r. , Collor in the work,he himself devised the means by ‘vltich the Tammany Ring lost the key of their posi tion Indio Cuntronter's onice, and therefore atirly deserves honor for all the brilliant sOceeSses that have followed. Such an encomium as that is rendered doubly dear,w hen it in remembered that there is not a prominent Republican politician in the country to whom such high . praise can be justly accorded. The Tribune itself fails to denounce the ink . deeds of men of its own party with that freedom which the truth demands, and even Horace Ureeley has never been known to act so noble a padt as his news paper represents Mr. Tilden to have done. It was reserved for the Chairman of the Detimoratic State Central Com mittee of New York, to give an exam ple in these degenerate days of that more than Roman virtue which distin guished the fathers of the American Republic. Let those who are in the habit of reviling the Democratic party daily, point us to a Republican politi cian in Penfisylvania, who is capable of playing the lofty part enacted by Mr. Tilden in the New York election. It there be such a one, he is not to be found among the recognized leaders of the or ganization. Not a man of the Whole batch is capable of rising above the in fluence of partisanship—not cue of them would risk a temporary defeat of the Radical patty for the good of the State or the Nation. With them public plunder is everything—princiiile lees tl an nothing. A Good Suggestion The New York Sum, one of the many able anti-Grant Republican journals, makes a very sensible and timely sug gestion. It says, if fifty of the leading Republicans in the country, who are known to be decidedly hostile to the re nomination of Gem Grant, would only speak out promptly and boldly on that subject, they could render his defeat in the next National Convention a fore— gone conclusion, beyond all peradven ture. But if, for two or three months longer, they pursue the shilly-shally course which they have pursued for the last six months, Grant will stand a good chance to be renominated in spite of their latter-day opposition. But, though Grant may be renomina ted, he will not he re-elected; and more o'er, he will be defeated by such an al liance and under such circumstances that it will give the ftnishing blow io the Republican organization. More Opposition Brewing We have received proof of an article which, it is said, is to appear in a short time in almost every liberal paper In the country. It is issued by the " Council of Political Reform," New York city, and is intended as a feeler toward the nomination of Hon. Wm. M. Evarts, ex-AttorneyrOeueral, for the Presiden cy. The article narrates the connection of Mr. Evarts with the Administration, and more especially his Identification with the Reform movement since it had gained any reliable hold among the prominent political agitators, and his influence and ability as an exponent of its principles. The movement seems to be one of considerable extent, and is one among many others, which go to show the wide and growing disaffection toward Grant among his own partisans. It le evident that Grant will secure a re nomination, and it is equally evident that a Conservative Republican will dispute with him the right to presides• tial honors. Federal Interference In Elections President Grant has plainly shown a disposition to disregard all the require ments of honor and decency in the con duct of elections. Those who hold office under the government, are compelled to pay over a liberal percentage of their salaries for the purpose of forming an immense corruption fund, to be used In bribing and influencing voters In doubt ful States and districts; and even poor mechanics, employed upon the public works, aro made to feel the pressure from the White House. Just before the recent election in Maryland, an order was issued from the Naval Department at Washington, to the Naval Academy at Annapolis, directing that It be made known, officially, that if any of the em ployees about the Abaderoy should vote the Democratic ticket, that they would be summarily discharged for so doing This order was especially intended to influence the common laborers, men of he pick and axe, of the eaw and he painters, the blacksmiths and other median iem There is a law on the statute books of the United States, bearing the signature of U. S. Grant, which makes it a penal offence to threaten a voter with dis missal from service on account of voting against the patty of his employer. This statute was enacted for the purpose of Intimidating white men in the Southern States, and we suppose (trout considers that it applies only to negroes. If a planter should undertake to Influence the votes of the blacks in his employ he would be liable to be fined and impris oned, and the Federal Judges would show him no mercy ; but the Pres ident of the I 'tilted States or ders all the white working men about the Nava Academy to abstain from voting the Democratic ticket on penalty of dismissal ; why should U. S. Grant be allowed to do, through the officials of the Naval Department, that which no private indicidnl mould do v,ithout sub jecting himself to severe pains and pen alties? Is the maker of the law to be allowed to break it with impunity? Grant's order deterred nearly forty Democrats from voting in Annapolis. Fortunately there wereenough Conger vative white voters in the county of Anne Arundel, to prevent the success of a single one of the candidates put forward by the few Radical whites and their negro allies, but the Republican newspapers of Maryland are boasting that they expect to carry that State for (Arent We do not believe these Journals have any faith in the predic tions they make. If they have the slightest hope of carrying Maryland, it is the offspring of a conviction that the influence - of bayonetS will be added to such orders as those which were issued to the working men at the Naval Acad emy. Urant will scruple at nothing to secure a re-election, but we believe there will be such a revulsion in the minds of the American people 11,-i will ensure his defeat in spite of all the des lerate devices to which he can resort. No State Is Exempt rant's usurpation of all po•xer in the South may be extended at any time, and upon the slightest pretext, to any State in the There is not a sin gle one that may not be divested of self government whenever the President desires to proclaim martial law. Do the people consider this—do they care Or do they need the experience of South Carolina toappreciate the entertainment which is In store for them '.' The fact that a State is Republican is no security. South Carolina is the banner Radical State of the South ; and yet the first to be deprived of self-government. _ Is It Not Time? The question has been appropriately asked, now that the Democrats in New York are disposing of their rascals, is it not time that the Radicals should ex hibit equal honesty. Carpet-baggers are plundering the Southern States to bankruptcy, and ravenous rings suck ing the life-blood of the Federal govern ment. Why don't the Radicals kick them overboard, as the Democrats do their rascals? Do you give It up ? Be , cause, if they did, there would not be honest men enough left in the party to carry a single State In the Union. Tat small-fry Radical journals are jubilantly quoting the London Tunes In support of the re•uomivatlou and election of I ;rant. That is characteristic and right. The Times is the inveterate hater of the ("tilted States and her in .stitutlons ; and cannot fail to be pleased whit Ills despotic course towards the South, as well as ( irant's foreign policy, which has culled England exactly. The British government has found in the present. Administration a convenient tool for carrying out English designs, and therefore the Time. , is anxious for its continuance. The Railroad Lease Acting President W. I. ( iatzmer, on behalf of the New Jersey Company, has formally turned over the railroads and canals in the State, to the Pennsyl vania Railroad Company, under the new lease, for a period of 99 years. The lease includes''.` roads and branches, with a total length of 497 miles, and the Dela ware and Raritan Canal and feeder, ID miles in length. Besides these there are included the Jersey City Ferry Compa ny; the Camden and Philadelphia Ferry Company, and the Delaware Bridge I'mupany. Deeming Reconciled for Minder The old saying, that family quarrels are generally the most bitter ones, the most frequent as a general thing, and reconciliations speedily brought about, is illustrated in the Radical fatnily.— The Republican factious in New York who had been Iran ing each other's eyes out. prior to the election, have at last been harmonized, as there is now a show for the division of the plunder, which for some time past has been the perquisite of the l'ammany faction only. The cohesive power of plunder is very strong, especially in the eyes of a Republican. Death or Km Mired tookman This distinguished divine, whose death we recorded as having taken place at Newark ou Monday night, was one of the most prominent and popular clergymen of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The intelligence of his death will he received with, feelings of pro found sorrow, occurring as it has, in the very prime of his manhood and useful ness. What has the country Gained? The statement of the secretary of the Treasury that he has paid $273,000,000 of the debt since March 1, 1569, means simply that he iiai drained the country of that much money, which was sorely needed at home, to pay a debt which was not due. The result of this finan cial operation is, that we have saved the Interest on that amount and lost the profits. Will the friends of the policy tell us that the country has gained by the operation? How They Do It In Texas In Texas, when repeating, smiting, and military tyranny fail, the Courts take the matter In hand, and throw out enough Democratic counties to elect the Radical candidates. • Or three Demo crats elected to ('ongreess, only one will receive a certificate. fio glaring is this fraud, that one Radical, possessed of more decency than usually fulls to the lot of such, refuses to receive the certi ficate, alleging that his competitor Is entitled to it. No Longer Reserved. The President, since the New York election, has thrown off somewhat ot the reserve which has heretofore character ized his conversations concerning his own canvass for re-nomination. He has now said to several persons, with per fect distinctness, that he no longer has any doubt about his re-nomination and re-election. Editorial Brevities. The Adininistration circles are con siderably agitated by the rumor that Butler, Speaker Blaine, Carl Schurz and Senator Conkling have been in secret consultation during the week. The new South Carolina bonds are offered at IS cents, but there are no buy ers, as repudiation seems certain. This is one of the beautiful results . of carpet• bag stealings and negro legislation. The State Journaleaye t heie bas never been a President who has deferred more to the wishes of the people than Grant! Has there ever been one who respected hem so little? President Grant does not desire re porters to be present when he receives the Grand Duke Alexis. He has no no• lion of his attempts to ape royalty being exposed, and has therefore ordered the White Room closed upon all reportorial interviewers upon the august occasion. There is some talk In political circles of the restoration of Mr. Sumner to the Chairmanship of the Committee on Foreign Relations. It will never be ac complished while Grant holds the reins so well In hand, and cracks the whip over Radical Senators. The people of Carlisle are somewhat elated at the prospect of having the Bald- win Locomotive Works of Philadelphia located there. There is a rumor that the Company Intend purchasing the Carlisle Barracks for their purpose. The fashionable circles bid , fair to be nwre:than usually animated the cowing Winter. What with balls, receptions, operas, and the arrival of distinguished people, the bran monde will be peculidr ly devoted to the (loddess of Fashion. The South Carolina prisoners, victims of (.4 rant's bayonet rule, are to have the very best legal talent In their defence, if they are allowed a trial at all. Ex-At torney-lieneral Stansberry and ex-Sen ator Reverdy Johnson are engaged in their behalf. In a recent visit of Senator l'ariShurz to New York? he expressed himself as determinedly opposed to Grant's to-elec tion, and hoped the Democrats would nominate a Conservative nun, for whom the Republieans could vote without stultifying themselves. loraee Greeley, in his levture on Abraham Lincoln, places peculiar im portance upon the value of a strong po litical canvass, as bringing the people face to face with their rulers, and that they always come out of it with a much better knowledge of political affairs. The official vote of New Jersey gives Parker, Democrat, for Governor, 82,299, and Walsh, Republican, 70,292. Ma jority for Parker, 1;107, This is a glo rious triumph for the gallant Democ racy of Jersey, and a glowing tribute to the worth of Gov. Parker. The foolishest of all foolish reasons for committing suicide that we have yet seen, is that given by the young man who drowned himself at Carlisle, the other day. This was to the effict that as Mr. Darwin had proved men to be descended from monkeys, he did not wish to live longer. The probabilities now are that Tweed will be permitted to take his seat as Senator, notwithstanding the alleged fraudsagaiust him. Ilia bank-book and ledger accounts of sums disbursed to Radical legislators in carrying through his infamous schemes, are too ugly to be encountered id case of his threat of ex posure being curried out. St. Louis is peculiarly auditions and grasping in the Convention line. They aspire to the honor of having both the Radical and Democratic National (Jon ventions held in their city next year. Also, the Tobacco Merchants' Conven tion ; also, the Cotton Growers' Conven tion ; also, the Saengerfest ; also, the Sehenbienfest ; also, anything - else it can get. The Prussians du nut seen' to have much respect for women's rights advo• cates. An enthusiastic lady who made a speech on the subject In Halle, was sentenced on the following morning, by a police judge to two days' imprison ment on bread and water, ror advocat- Lng free-love doctrines. They should have Tilton, Woodhull & ('n., to recon struct soelety there. They have had a clear ou , ,e of ku- Kluxism In Indiana, Where three ne groes were Ming by white men. The negroes had been indicted by the (Irani] Jury, and the citizens feared they would escape punishment. No one attempted to interfere with the mob, who broke In two doors with sledge-hammers and chisels, but the Sheriff unlocked the third, seeing that he could :not keep them out. Will Grant declare martial law in that State? A Tannuany sachem, Interviewed by a 11 - oild reporter, said he had conversed freely . w It h many prominent I imnocrata who are also Tammany men, and they, one and ull, believe it to be due to the Democratic party that M r.T weed should resign the position of Grand Saohern, and of Chairman of the (leneral Com mittee, without further delay. The in creasing desire to purify not only Tam many, but the party, was evidenced iu the course tit' the conversation. A all has been issued by the Secre tary of tile National Republican Execu tive Committee for a meeting at Wash ington on the 11th of January, for the purpose of fixing the time and place for holding the next National Convention. An early campaign is promised. There is little use in the meeting, as Grant's nomination is already fixed. There is an element at work, however, which foreshadows trouble , in the Radical If Grant was in .Europe, his head would stand in danger of decapitation. Ile is to-day exercising more despotic power than any crowned head in the Ohl Woi Id. There is no despot of Eu rope who dares to seize his suhiects and thrust them into dungeons,without making accusation and proof of crime, and giving to the accused an oppnitiuii ty to be heard. There is an t%ccaslonal expression of independent thought by Radical jour nals, among which we Instance the New York Standard, in its demand that Horatio S, 'pour shall contest the seat of the Radical scamp, Tom Fields. It asserts that it ran be proved that Mr. Fields was not legally elected, and says: '• We want to , ee Mr. Seymour in the Assembly, not only because he is the choice of the people of the Nineteenth District, but because we need the expe rience of a statesman so honest and pure." Tilton has, like Wendell Phillips, many ridiculous political whims and social vagaries ; yet they both have some redeeming traits—not the least of which is their uncompromisinghostility to (!runt, and exposure of the absurdi ties and rascal' ties of his administration. Both of these Radical suvans, like Gree ley, designate Grant and his adminis tration as a grand failure, and contend that one term of such a man is a suffi cient calamity ; and with regard to his re•nominatiou and re-election, think the song, 7 The Grant that a' . l are rFalqin Is not the ti rant jar is just now peculiarly appropriate. Will they be found as outspoken in their opposition to him after his nomination ? That is a question that will test their sincerity. Tux Democrats of Cumberland coun ty have repealed the Crawford County System of nominating candidates, and have come back to the better plan of choosing delegates to aconvention. The County Committee decided to do away with the new-fangled system, and the masses of the party have seen its evils so clearly exemplified, that they are glad to see the old plan of making nom inations restored. Wherever the Craw ford County System has been adopted It has produced difficulties and weakened and distracted the party resorting to it: Let the result In Cumberland be a warn .ing to the Democracy elsewhere, State Item■. Wheat is declining In priee. Clearfield wants a skating fin Perry County grain fields look well John Kiehl Is ontrial at Pa., for poisoning his wife. Twenty deaths from small'-pox occur red in Pittsburgh last week. Five casesof small-pox are reported In Rochester, Beaver county. The Elk Democrat reports the killing of a huge bear near Ridgeway. A bear was seen within a mile of the town of Clarion a short time since. Erie has only six patrolmen to tramp over an area of streets equal to GO miles. Thirty-two new house were erected in Selinsgrove during the past season. A citizen of Clearfield county has shot three wolves within the past few days. Hog cholera is very fatal among the swine. in Sullivan county. Ten Sheriff's sales are advertized to take pia:* in Mltliintown next week. Bradford county is beginning to use Sullivan county coal, exclusively. The Juniata Valley Camp Meeting Association has a cash capital of $50,000. Reading has more lager beer saloons than any city of its size in the country. A bridge is to be built across the Alle gheny river at President, Forest county. The Adams Express Company has opened an agency in Miftlinburg. The Railroad men of Pennsylvania now control the railroad system of the Apprehensions concerning the small pox has affected the Fall trade of Phila delphia. Two Huntingdon con nty'school teach ers shot a bear last week, which weighed 180 pounds. Bears are bold and ravenous in the Allegheny Mountains near Kittanning Point. Cash-up City is the name of a new settlement in the oil-region of Forest county. All the Pre:,ideutJudgea elected in October have received their commis- The sr vere storm of Tuesday night was very itijur ions to the North Branch Small-pox is decreasing rapidly in Altoona. It interfered considerably with work in the railroad shops. There are two eases of small- pox in Wheatland and several others in Mercer county. It Is rumorril that ( ieu. t 1. IS. McClel lan Is about I take up his residence in Meadville. The that Le1)11111/11 lifts as fine a druncc..rps os tileVa one in the State. A Union county farmer hauled a load of wheat to Lewisburg the other day that weighed 5,457 pounds. A loon was shot in the canal basin at Sharon last week, which measured four feet from tip to tip of wings. A new banking institution has b e en opened in Oil City, under the name of the Oil City Trust Company. A Sullivan county thief stole a hive of bees the other night tram Itiley Steen back. Johnstown has 21 church for every forty-eight inhabitaants, and they are building two more. It is insisted upon that anthracite coal j has been discovered in the M 221111- tains, Centre county. Captain Huff, of Milton, lois been pre senied with a M:isonic apr,,n over o ne hundred years old. During the month of October the Reading letter-carriers delivered :10,u-It mail letters and collected 19,574. The Danville jail is pronounced more ornamental than useful. An objection applicable to most public buildings. One of the Sunday-Schools of qadia non contributed SI4O to the relieflif the Northwestern sufferers by lire. The Commissioners of Snyder county have had the roofed public bridges In that county insured. Mr. John A. Taylor, of Northumber land, has been a member of the Order of Odd Fellows for a period of forty-five years. The Protestant clergymen of Altoona have resolved to attend no more funer als on Sunday, unless imperative neces• sity demands it. Mrs. Francis Gaston, an aged lady re siding in Canoe township, Indiana county, accidentally fell in her door yard a few days since, her head striking on a small snag, which entered her brain, causing death in a short time. A correspondent of the Sullivan Pt tus says that. the Money Creek Improve ment Company have cleaned out and cribbed the creek from feeler's mill to the mouth of the creek, for the purpose of driving logs. Tlie house of a 'Miss Dale, near Tion esta, was entered last week, while she was absent, the carpets cut to pieces sofas ripped open, furniture broken, bedding and clothing torn so as to be unfit for use, and a general havoc per petrated, causing a loss of S.)00. An old woman In a neighboring coun ty, whose goose was killed two years ago by a bungling sportsman, has com menced suit for $BO damages, as she claims that If the goose hail been allow ed to live, Its natural increase and feathers would have amounted to that 110111. Ott 111onday evening of last week the house of it "clever fellow," named Ket tleberger, In Clearfield, was burned down, on Saturday evening follow ing a new weather-boarded one stood upon the old foundation—put there by the generosity of his friends and neigh bors. The Christian religion has its effect in many ways. Between sixty and seventy deer have been killed within two miles and a half of President Furnace, near 011 City, during the last four weeks. They have not been so plenty before in the last twenty years, and sportsmen are taking due advantage of their numbers. It is supposed that they have been driven in by the great tires in other sections. 'the Delaware county Aso r.'con learns that Dons. Perrin, noted as a French Communist, has negotiated for the pur chase of the Palmer properly, on the West Chester and Philadelphia. Rail ! road, near Angora, promising to build a town of .",w houses, and will make ap plication to the next Legislature Mr a charter for a eo operative bank in con nection with the yew town. Three children, respectively named and aged _David Heffner, I:_t years, I let• tie Heffner, .10 years, and Francillia Eller, 3 years, in search of coal un Sat urday afternoon entered an aban doned drift situated !bout half-way be tween this it,,,, and :SI inersville. They vane (here but 11.-11 , o; time when the Lop ravel in :Old cmiiipicit'iy !Wiled them. The pe.,ph• ,pi the view hear ing of the calastruplle from a brother of the little OH Eller, who had been with the party and had left the Wirt in time to save his life, gathered about the place and unearthed the bodies. Life was eX- Lillet ill each. Carqner Palmer held an inquest on Sunday morning last. Daring Burglary In Phill.lo pith, Sometimetturing Saturday night a heavy robbery was perpetrated at the j ea ,..t r y store of J.,%. S. Franks, No, North Sixth street, by which the burglars succeeded in carrying off jewels to the value of altout $20,000, which was abstracted Irian the fire proof safe. The entire coot slits of the sale, consisting or the finest quality of gold and silver watcher, chains, bracelets, etc., anti about 2,50 gold rings were carried at. It is supposed that during the day one of the burglars secreted himself in the cellar of the building, and when ready to begin work he admitted iris accomplices from tae front dour leading to the second story. They went up stairs and into Bryson's printing office, in which there is a wnitlOW, near a skylight river the track part of the jewelry store. The burglars 'mole an exit through the window and jilitipeil Upon the skylight. They broke thritligh the glass and lower ed themselves by means tit a rope to the store floor. The left side of the door of the safe was taken nil by means of wedgea and a sledge, and all the valuables reunived.— Nothing was known or the robbery until about one o'clock yesterday, when the proprietors stopped at the store, The burglars were evidently very guarded in their movements, owing to the fact that there was a bright gas-light burning all night, and yet they proceeded with their work without detection. No trace of the burglars has yet been discovered. Important Herndon. Under the date of the lot instant, the cashier of a national bank in Pennsylva nia writes the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, making the following inquiry : " Is the income on -the new live per cent. ten-forty bonds, deposited by national banks for security of circulating notes, to be included in the two and a half per cent. tax on indk , iduals, or is it exempt." In reply to which the Commissioner nays, that the interest derived from the now live per cent. bonds of toe United States, issued under the refunding act of July 14, 1870, is not taxable under the internal revenue laws. New Telegraph system. It Is proposed to have an internationali zation of the telegraph systems of the world, by which the electric wires of all nations will be brought into co-operation in certain oases, and will be controlled by international authority. As a preliminary to this scheme the British government is to purchase the Atlantic cables and the Washington government is to assume the management of tho Western Union Tele graph in this country. (Cattenpahtlruce of the liittlligenecr., Letter frdth Atlerttn, Gt.*Fula. AtLANTA, Nov. 5, 1371. Me.mrs. Edifo,s —Savannah Is the prin cipal cotton market along the Atlantic; all from the interior, both by rail and the Savannah river, Is brought here for ship ment, and- he amount of bales stored would cover acres of ground. The thermometer, as reported by the Signal Corps, averages 54, but I should judge during mid-day, in the sun, it was at least 75. Negroes and children are running bare-footed, while the ladies wear Summer dresses and carry fans. About two miles out on the Central Railroad, Is a splendid Fair Ground, with a good track. They intend holding the Annual Fair hero commencing on the 21st instant. Leaving Savannah by the Central Rail road, westward, we peas through the same level country—through thick pine forests —occasionally emerging upon a plantation, and roe versa, until reaching Millen, a dLs tepee of 70 miles. Here we waited two hours and a half fur the train from Macon. Millen is the junction of the Macon and Augusta Railroads, and contains a wood and water station, and several houses.— Seeing one labelled "Saloon," I made for it, and inquired: "Have you anything good to eat" "No, sir, I have nothing... " What have you good to drink then. Any ale!" " No I I have some sr hiNkey ai.d very good porter." I ordered him to get toe a bottle of por ter, but all the porter 1 drank heretofore, I thought tasted better. So I asked : " flow much is to pay 7" " Fifty cents, sir." I paid the fifty cents, but have drank no porter since. This place being but 20 miles front the K. K. K. districts, and seeing a man who I thought could give me some information respecting them, I enquired: "I suppose you sometimes hear or see the Ku-Klux around here! Can you give me any idea of them ?" "N o! we never see nor hear them here, but sometimes hear of outrages committed over in that direction ; but when we go to investigate the limiter, we invariably find no truth in the statements, exrepting a few instances, where the persons outraged wem deserving the punishment." "Are there, or was there at any time, I any , marks or signals posted up that you are aware of, and what were they ?" "There were sometimes papers stuck upon negro shanties, such " Beware, K. K. K !" and, "'Phis is to iiive Warning, K. K !" "Is there any sepra,nien hy she'll, or what class ni iter9ons these :toners are put "Some 01 us here believe it to be done by boys, who are instigated by persons in the interest of I; rant's administration,with a view of creating excitement for political purposes. Grant knows he cannot carry a Southern State, unless he can carry them with bayonets, and he must have some ex cuse in doing sit. I also see by the North ern papers, amt. there is a great deal more excitement there about the II I<l us, than we know of here.- Finally, leaving M it the railroad runs westward, through a more rolling country; the sell bring more like a red clay ; here the cotton plantations begin, and ware it nut for the absentee of Lancaster county buildings, the country would somewhat resemble it. Cotton is the chief article cul tivated ; much or it is still " although the season is nearly over. An average crop per acre yields from . - ,00 to SOO pounds, which is worth Inuit Di to 17 cents per pound in Savannah. Corn is selling at 31.10, and oats, at 75 cents per bushel. Flour is generally brought from the North, and sells at from ft,7 to $lO. Augusta is a very handsome city, of about 20,000 inhabitants. lt has, like most Southern cities, the welcome shade trees; many of the streets having a centre lawn, and are very wide, but not paved. Some, I noticed, have a narrow plank track. The side-walks are also wide and paved with brick. Most all the churches are tine struc tures, and stand in the centre of a grove of tall Llve-Oaks. There are four rallrgstds centering here,—from Columbia, from Charleston, from Savannah and from At lanta,—besides the Savannah river Is nav igable. Persons visiting here should not fall to stop at the Globe lintel. They will rind the proprietor, Mr. Hewitt, will spare no pains to make his guests feel at home here. I will gice you all 01(111111 , i° at li n k the stories are made up: About a year ago, a reverend gentleman came from New England to Augusta, with a representative, to open a colored theo logical School. All the ministers ;here kindly received him, and allowed him to preach in their churches. Things passed nit finely until letters were published In Northern papers, over his signature, set ting forth that " Union men " were mur dered nightly on the streets of Augusta, by Ku-Klux. A church committee :wait. ed on him and asked him to explain, when he openly acknowledged that he had done It for political effort. After publishing such lies, they refused him the church, and oven the colored folks withdrew their patronage from the school, when the reverend gen tleman left in disgust, and a howl went through all the Radical papers, that a cer tain reverend had to flee from Augusta for his life. Leaving Augusta by the night train, I arrived in Atlanta this morning. This city has a population of 21 , .,00u. It has very fine buildings and large tine stores, which seem to do a largo business. The streets are not sr) With) and roll 111 ,, r0 ir- regular. They are also minus the Live- Oaks, so popular i❑ Southeru Cities. This is at present the Capital of Georgia, and the Legislature is in session. As to their do ings, you are posted. it. V. I. ~11,•pt,nolent. t . 1,1 t 11,• t Lel ler front New °tiro.% NEW ORLEANi, Nov. 11, 1 , 71. Edflirs .—At Atlanta I again took the night train for Montgomery, Ala bama, This city has 11,09 1 1 inhabitants a large piirtion of them must be negroes, as nowhere have I seen so many on the streets. It has a "Centre tiquato" like Lancaster, in the centre or which is an Ar tesian Basin, surrounded by an iron rail ing. All day long this sq . uare was tilled with ~ X , mule and horse teams, driven by negroes, front the isitintry around, bring ing W.al, rr of t. at amt larrnitig produets here tbr sale. 'File streets are wide, but MIL macadamized. The buildings are mostly brick. Ilion the out-skirts are litre pri vate residences, surrounded with trees and shrubbery. To the East, 4 , 11 au elevation, stands the white Capitol building, looking aY itniarsil‘g its the Capitol in Washington. The naplist Ams.qatlon oere lout eution here, and the lila e was IA li, r. lime, Mr the tirst thee, I hear. artttal Ku-Klux urganioltiois, Why does not Grant ',Mee Mentgotne•ry tinder martial law ? Here is a secret oath-bound political organization tulle:lithe '•Natiuial Guard," fully artutsl and et [nipped, anti either at the expense of the t tot:eminent (it of the State. But, somehow, they refused ad Wit as members certain tether Radi cals for smite cause, when those rejected tried to break up the erganizatien, art! called an indignation meeting, when speeches were inade denuuciattery, calling them Ku- lux. The " Guards" broke up the meeting by hooting down the speeches, anilniiw the el tlee is to pay in the Radical camp. Thu State Committee Men were here trying to heal the breach, but of no avail. ;'peaking with a gadical upon the mate rial of which their party is composed, he ac knowledges that it in very corrupt all through the South, and that they are sink ing very fast on this account. He said the reason is, that at the outset, carpet-baggers had come from the North, who never had a day's experience in matters of State be fore, and who by the aid of bayonets and negro votes, had themselves elected to of fice expressly for the spoils, and that they, in conjunction with the ignorant negro, have run riot to extremes. • My next stopping place was Mobile, 105 miles south-west from Montgomery. The railroad here runs through a varied section of country of timber, brush, marsh, and land under cultivation, the soil being most ly composed of a willteish sand, and wash es very readily. Mobilo bas a population of about 28,000 inhabitants, and is situated at the mouth of the Alabama river, which is navigable for upwards of 400 miles in the interior, and there is a large wholesale and shipping business done, both outward through the Gulf, and to the interior of the State. The streets are wide, well laid out, and street rail-ways are running through quite a number of them• It also has several fine Parke, one of which is in the centre of the to*n. ft has also a Theatre, large and well arranged Market-houses, a very fine har bor, several very large first-class Hotels, one of which is the "Gulf City," and trav elers visiting Mobile, should not fall to stop here. The number of lager-beer and drinking Saloons averages about four to each block. There are three daily papers published here. By way of a variety, I took a steamer at Mobile for New Orleans, via Mobile Bay and Gulf of Mexico, leaving Mobile at 1:30 r. 3t., and arriving in New Orleans at 7:30 next morning. This is a very pleasant trip and gives the traveler a view of Lower Bay, "Grand's Pass," and the Gu:'; espe cially during the Summer this trip is most delightful. The sites of a number orb-a teries erected at the mouth of the Alabama and Tensaw, during the rebellion, are visible. There are also a number of water ug places visible along the shore. Now Orleans claims to have a population of 200,000. In a business point of view it reminds one somewhat of Philadelphia, but the narrow streets resemble more those of New York ; while the verandas of al most every house, extending over the side walk, savor somewhat of the descriptions we read of Spanish towns. Tho streets are paved with diamond shaped stone, while a few have the Nich olson pavement. Canal street is the Broad way of the Crescent City; most all the lines of street railways canter here—there being very little or no grade, the cars aro all drawn by single mules, who aro fre quently made to run a full gallop in ad vance of the ear. 'rime does not permit me to give a atom extended report of thisiiouthern Metropo lis. I leave hero to-morniw, home ward bound, It. F. I. [Ft, (lie Intelliguu,r The ttttt neon Schools of i.n n .•n..trt• Wtekenthona Confuted. .1/c.,Nrl. Edifors —The high (Alicial posi tion of Professor Wickersham, gives to his utterances, in sclwol matters, a considers- lion with the public which they otherwise by no means deserve. It is only in this light that I shall try, through the medium of your valuable paper, to say a few words in reply to his late comments in the Teach ers' Inititute, on the condition of our City Schools, as I find them reported in your issue of last Friday, " While ho compli mented the State at Large, anal the county generally, Prof. Wickersham was not so well pleased with the school statistics of the City, from which it appears there are but about 2,700 pupils in the public schools. Harrisburg, with a not much larger popu lation, returns 4,: - .oo' : pupils ; Reading and other towns a much larger number In proportion to population, Ar., e," judge by eoniparison alone is always dim genius, and in the majority of eases, un fair. Iteadintr, fur instance, has so greatly outstripped this oily, not only in popula tion, but unfortunately fir u.s , abit, in busi ness importunes, that it is unfair to mak 0 it a standard tt hereby to judge its ahn,.at In anything. Harrisburg is more equal, and inasmuch as he refer• tol another branch to Erie, Columbia and A [onto w I elteerfitllly on: brace them in the column of leids -tdiowing the number of pupils in attendance, in prOlitll 0011 In the respective populations. \Viten I say 1111111110 r of pu pils, Ido not uu•au those it the teachers rolls or registers, but the scholars in at- tendanee: and hero cemes in the unfair part el the Proto,,r's critiviom for while he parade- , for' the publie the difference in the IllllllbOr al* pupils returned, IL, lie calls it—betwixt this City and the others named, which in reality is uo more evi ilemp of the pupils actually receiving in struction, than the muster roll of the late Confederate army was proof of its lighting strength—he willihelds what is toe only real test, viz: the average number of schol ars in attenilanee. Let us ser how the (11S0 stands—the average attendance I have taken from dl r. Wickeridiani's civil report as State Superintendent for the year IS7O. The population I have from an d ually sourer,: =MEI 11111 41..1 I nrrl nbli Kt It AlJtownen I ottinlt In 1 may be pardoned to iisk, wind laleoines of tho boasted superiority of those towns to our uw❑'l Erie with their immense school property, avieirding to the above data, is much behind us; Harrisburg and Allentown tint bettor than Lancaster. The Professor proceeds, as reported: "The valuation of school property et Lan caster 19 net down at 8.10,000; that or Har risburg is $2'29,100; Erie, $177,000: Allen town, botwoon tt:0011,000 and s4oo,uuti ; while most other cities are far ahead of Lanoaster, Indeed, there is scarcely it town in thin State of :,,UOO population but wail has bol ter School accommodations Man our own." Judging by the tone of Resilience, ono Is led to Falpposo the Professor Spoke front actual Investigation, whereas the tact IF pretty well known, that he has never boon Inside of our selionla since he holds Ills present position. The value of school properly, of course depends largely on the value of the real estate where It happens to be located. The Information too, on which the above estimates of vela(' is based, Is of the most uncertain character, being merely the guess ar judgment of the officers of each School Board. but I hold thablhe mere value Of school property, is no evi i deuce .1 the standing of the schools—no more so, than is the fart of a Mall living in a large and costly house, evidence of his wealth and usefulness. The late Mr. Burrawes, and others a ho controlled our solnail affairs years ago, bad our school houses located, nit in the ventral or [inki ness parts of the city, where real ,estate is necessarily Sala:o4o, but hinter out in different parts of the eitylviv Ile, f, building lots were cheaper is hielit as they argued, answered their purpose well. I know, front pers..eal knowledge, that three were \I r. llti rtlice•.• views. The policy there was to lentil many seboal hauses, and not so large, in Ilea of that other plan in vogue in somerut our cities and LONVes of building a very few, but large and i•dilices centrally located. The fact may as well Inr leehtealea le further ex plauati ,, ,i that soulle of tale valuable pr, , pt•rly ni lour loolso+iii+i-ioal it ui~t in the relunu•J. I [e l m, , ir like oilier., are oven 1..• great 11111,0 , ement; tt tt 1111:ty 1 , 11 OUde this and mill claim that ui the matter id 1.111,11 Ling knowledge, they are, if anything, above the average but be this, as it mar, I hurl bark V01(1,4,1110 in dignation the charge inferiority. If as a ritithn I.anra.ster. or in Lls position 01 State Superintendent 111 Schools, Prof. Wickersdiam has complaints, to make, why not lay them before the proper -Wiry bandy them before to Ire esponsible and greafty Per rerled Tearhers' Institute, a body In 'lO way responsible, and destituteof pow er to correct the evil, if there be any, of which 1w complains. But, I inu-t deny the right of that gentleman ur any one else to arraign the Board for a dereliction of olticial duty in this matter, unless there really exists a lark of adequate school arcomum dations. School•houses are built and fur nished for use, and not for show, and I am far from sure that the Board should pull down Our one-story school-houses and substitute them with two or three-storied buildings to eater to any one's fancies on a matter more of taste than utility ; however this may be, the question is for the careful consideration of the Board, guided by an enlightened sense of public duty, P.lH4joirlexti I.HW EDITvItS OF THE IsTELLIIIENCER: M. Drosius, Esq., addressed the convention of teachers last week on the subject of the School Law. Ilk opening remarks were a glowing tribute to the elevated profession or teaching. He consider3d It above all other callings the most honorable, digni fied, glorious and responsible business In which a human being can be engaged.— Now we know that Mr. Broshis is as rood of glory as any other man ; why, then, does he not engage in this most honorable profession and immortalize his name ? Mr. Broslus did not forget to advocate his pet negro dogtna,much to the disgust of the better portion of the audience. There shall be no distinction made between pupils be cause of color or race; one shall be fondled as much as the other, be he black or white, was Mr. it theory. Is Mr. M. as good at teaching by example as by precept? Does he tip his hat with the same politeness and affability to a colored lady as to one of white complexion? Is he willing to associate as freely and as lovingly with Dinah as with the fair and beautifu:ly featured Caucasian? .1.••••••••• Consistency, thou art indeed a jewel 1 He told the teachers they bad a legal right to inflict corporeal punishment with the rod s but that he was opposed to It and couslder• ed it unnecessary. Now we would simply Inform Mr. Brosius that teachers know more about this matter than he does.-- Teachers know from experience the neces sity for and utility of the rod In the school. room, so that hisopinions on the point were entirely gratuitous and theoretical. All the other points on which Mr. It. raved and ex patiated were stale points, known to many of the teachers before over M r. Bromins was born. In the course of his remarks be touched on the subject of temperance, but did not practice his theory when he came to charge for his speech. Twenty dollar. was the round little sum asked by this gen tleman, whose heart is In the cause of °duo, tion, for the words of wisdom which he de livered before the institute. Mr. IS, loves moral suasion rather than corphreal pun ishment, but forgets that moral suasion bra failed to effect Its object with the Tempet - aces Reformers, and now they pray for the rod ft/ tmr to ii , sist them In accomplishing their aims. t . ,.,o3pentitale el the Ititellhgeuetr. tel front the Cool Regions. I.I.EN\ ELI. Vv, NOV. la, lay 1. Edliors •—lith•lillo.4 ix not (Wile as brisk as it should lie, as there are still some diffietilties concerning the basof ; the men demand the basis—the major part of the operators are paying it -a lOW have, so tar, refused to give It coal Is (0" lOW for the above figures. Pottsville will soon haves, street railway, the, laborers are at work now laying the track ; it is etimpleted through Centre street. The company intend to connect St. Clate,Port Carbon,Mitiersvilleand sev eral smaller towns with Pottsville, by the street raflway. At no very distant day these towns w tll bo effilsolidated into ono city. 'rho population of these boroughs is ! about thirty or thirty-tit o thousand, and the next ton years, it the Reading Railroad COLllllally kit,olols the lands which they have purchased around Pottsville, Miners ville and St. Clair, will add at toast twenty thousand iniuthitants to tlio above Mel, tiolleli Shalt wbiclt they are Inidivax• between Pottsvillt• and St. ULM, w ill fsiumet the.o two hot Durieg treat Sutotner there tcill lon' least two linteirett Itott.es erected on the street loading front Pott.ville to St. l'ltti . Pottsville is ilk...tine.' to boootno one of the great tnanufacturing towns in the interior of Pennsylvania; i; all the requisites to make it a Itirtningliani or a NI - 't hilly or forty )1.,11, :140 Plat,Ville amt vicinity w as a how ling w ildernm-s, cover ed with pica forests and deep IllOrdstil.; the Lear and wolf hula indi+pilt.ible stray ; mot it a+ finely graded strcets an Lan easter or Heading ; buildings, Loth pneal.• and public, that \yin compaio very fasmra lily with thus „ of any of h. r tow In the Shute mitnide of I'llll.ll,llAm. Millersville is loo.ttod I,lli 110r111WONI. of Pottsville, tt ith a population of about six thousand, and among (trout nn. several millionaires. Flit. lore have erected two nosv school , hotmc.., whirl: cost thirty or forty thotisand dollars. The scLot , l. .11 010 alp „ vo Jon .tigh am m.t ciollti V, Iff•rhal, mo In the State. Port 111 1 . 110. i i. art, Ithollt. 01E00 1.11011.t11.1 InhubituutH In I 111. 114.roliv,h. 'rho tiola.l Roan' erecteil II 111 1 1 1 . 4,11.1.1-111.11 SO 111 Ilu I.OWII Inal. Slllllllllol', al a t . 41.1 or iusoot. 1111 , 11 ,1 111 d thillalm. 1.1.111 Al. A ilml.thlt• A 1,1.01111111.11 The !lONS,. of the appointment iif Ira .1. \I. Foltz to 110 Sllrgl.l.ll- 1 .0111 . 1 , 1 1.1 1110 Gaited States Navy, 1,111111. 111 tenet alter oar paper hail been 111111111-1111 last week, tent therefore, we were compelled to delay to% - Mg a notice of it mitt' It is a dtllleu t matter In properly (IXla" OSA till. 1.111111114180 f illuasure teal ul till , lipp,liktmenl, for should wo Nvrite, lust 11..1 ea 1001 Olt. words would appear to the general 1 - I.llitel to he extravagant, or at least tennis no grossest flattery. list where friendship ha, de..eennled front fattier Inn snot, Inn lIIn has to tine writer, a friendship that has nlwa n been trite and kind, and alike tendered le joy and sorrow, Houle excuse runty be just ly Maimed tor any stli.ll seeming flattery None 1411 , 11 in 1.11.110 r meant or intended. It In Just forty years since l)r. I.'l/117. 1,11 bored the Navy, and he has steadily ad vanced the humblest le the highest position In his branch of the Department. When he entered, the Navy was 1111011 Wllll 1111.1110111101..4 I.VIII/ were upheld by 11 I/1141. 111111 wicked pride In a system of 'mow and privileged assassination. Bet tinltoroe In the long years that he 11114 lieon eolitivo oil with the Navy, has never had udlspule with a brother talker. flu the contrary, he has noble friends with I.vory 0111., 111111 li.• day there Is probably ilia a more 'mintier (0- liver with all 11/11111A 1.11/111 110 In. )Vll.ll LIM 2,13 . 2. I I 17:1,11,112,617 I I 111/011611,31171 7 1:1,K41,1,1P.... I I , 161 7SO I. MlM2=l=== leally loved ; bin kindness for (IWO, 111, ul Ways been nicest earnest. 11° has 1,1 I'll must xuooevvful in his prima h.° too, and is to.day one of the meet 0111i111111t nurgeue- In A Intl/ lea. 'rice Doctor IN eminently pa triode and has passed through two wons with very groat credit. Probably no ether surgeon has bean In as many battles as be Ilan. Ills first engagement, wits int 00 lilll Of February, at quallaii ib mtou, SO ultra. Capt. Simla - Ink, who 1.011111111111111.1 111011X1/1111111b11 11 11 shore, tiles Mllllllll a him in his report, "Assistant Murgeon Font/ .144 waive and mialous ill the discharge nl his duties, binding up 111111 dressing the wounded tinder the lire Of the wilicuy." In tile NI ex heel war Ile went u•dumi Ing the battle of l'ulo A Ito, and won on /let v not only during that battle, bet also in the more Hangoinury battle Of liesni•n In lit Palma oceurring the next day. The late distingulebell :%talor Ithiggohl. whit was mortally W 0111113141 al yule ARO, wits ender 1/r. Foltz's earl, Until 110 Ile Wits fleliVely out linty /luring Ile, on AI venni,' and Tolima., The iirst emilliet In whiell Dr. Volt/. a„• engaged during the Itehollion, wan at the leini barilment of Forts Nl'Croaand If oranca., Pensacola. In he was attached to Ail. niral I'arragtit'sl4lllllo,oll as !lOnt nil remained in this position until the close if the war. Thus 4111,10 11101101111 of this laid would probably lie honor enough for soy 1111111, but 114 ruunpiruuu+ in [flinty of Farragill'a battles ler great bravery in the iliaeliargii of kiln list Of theft may In reador. I 'II the '2:all a April lie way prroo_all ul the tleSper - Ilte passage el Verts Saint Philip, and the next day in the pas sage iII' the l'halinettu Forts:trot the capture of New Orleans—on the 2stit of May. at Itatim Rouge, passing In an open boat nu der the lire of the silteley le attend the wounded- - on the i!.stli of Juno in it.' hazardous battle of Vitikitintrg -tin the I:ithofJ lily In the desperate battle with the rebel 1,111 Arkansas; In lire midst of action the I iiichir passed in all epee heal to attend the wounded on the 'Tyler—ell t h e night following in another battle with the ran .\ rt:tsesiss, amt the batteries at burg --on the .Itily is ill. the lealter• beless 1 lel,sleirg 1111 , 1 the run At has• sas ou the of August at Donaldson ville-int the I Ith of litrett, 1 , 43 at Port ti lid You iiit the fill, at t.cand ott the tiritli and I.llth at % are instils. mid 1,11 April Ist at 1 ;1 - 111111 1 11111 . . tillell is lir. will it is 11111* he• and his Illellll,l Stay erdl I.s orowl. ft is 11 cr..410 lu I .ollllrnl I:ranr, titnitilatrati.st tll 111akf.1.11,1141011 1 . an Hp- milltment,all , l W0111)111,1 1101 lila that 10r will ably ulxllfigl• the Metlivid till 1.1111. -I'6ihi•hlp/ul. 160 (n (,y Five out of fifteen vacleta at the Nax al Academy al Annapolis, who have bee•o convicted of hazing, are shortly to lee dis. u)iest•d. • I • he practices of which these 4,t -dots have been guilty have been of the Most outrageous nud disgraceful !diameter. In (MO rove a victim WAS InallpVllnd to drink the contents of a 11111 g; 14intuilling a mix ture of castor-nil, mucilage, ink, tooth powder, and a box of quinine pills. Another victim 5.144 10,141 by the heels run of the tipper story window Or a building. Yet another victim was emnpolled to kneel. down before the Herndon 111.11111inent, and was vompelleil to otter a prayer for the President, the American Eagle, the Star Spangled Banner, and his perseentors - • Much practices an dirs.) deserve a greater punishment than mere That was rather a two edged joke a filch wan made not so long since In the Text', Legislature in this wise: At the late elec tion some live Democrats were elected to the lower house to till unexpired terms, and on coming up to the Clerk's desk P, qualify took the customary oath to support. the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments. At this a sable member named Cotton, thereunto Incited by a car pet-Sag Satan behind him, ['loved that whereas the spectacle of five Democrats swallowing all the amendments In one day was glory enough, the House do now ad journ. From the Democratic side came a rail nest that the mover read hie resolution over, and then was developed the tart that the Hon. Cotton could neither read nor write, and was then holding the manuscript of his resolution upside down. CM= Ferdinand De /homey, Spanish charge Wallah' at Rome, and Miss Leila Addison, were married at Pittsburgh on Saturday. the ceremony being performed by Bishop Dominica. The unusual circumstance con nected with the affair Willi that the bride• groom waa represented by proxy, the late prime minister availing himself of the privilege granted under the laws of the church, having appointed the brother of the bride to represent him. The Bishop says this is the drat ceremony of the kind ever performed in this country, though not un common In Europe. The lady sails for EuropeM a few days. More flaring Dirgrxre A Two•EdKcd Joke
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