Lancaster 3ntellfgencer. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1871. The Democratic Policy Some Democratic politicians, appar ently greatly demoralized by the fact that our party has been beaten this fall by small majorities In the great States of New York and Pennsylvania, are urg ing the Democracy to promptly declare that they will make no Presidential nomination in the coming year, but will support the nominee who may be presented by the Republicans who are unwilling to support Grant for re-elec tion. We are entirely unable to see why the Democracy should be call ed upon to make so complete a surren der. Our party is numerically stronger in the country than the Republican party as was shown by the agregate of the popular vote for themembers of the present Congress. The total Demo cratic vote for Congressmen was '2,741,- S6O; while the total :Republican vote was 2,055,374 ; a Democratic majority of .56,486. Moreover, we have a larger number of electoral votes that we can r•rrtoinly count upon than our oppo nents have. It is true that we need a small increase of strength in a few of the Northern Ittates, to enable us to elect our candidate ; but there is no rea son to suppose that we have not an ex cellent chance of securing such an in crease, as against a party which Is fore ordained to have for• its standard bear er so weak and assailable' a man as (4rant ; a partx,whose corruptions are daily being uncovered and whose law lesness is disgusting all law-Ridding Even though we were weaker than we are, the opposition to President ;ran t Which has developed itself in the Repub lican party, is not now such, as would warrant us in making a surrender to it. IVe who live in minority districts have a wide experience of the result of these plausible-looking political alliances with disalrected Republicans. They very generally fail of success; indeed they always do, unless the defection in the Republican ranks is very great. Otherwise the Republican votes that are gained are balanced by the Democratic votes that are lost. For it is a fact which politicians are too apt to ignore, that the Democratic masses, cannot Is , moved as the puppets in a show. Arguments of expediency are lost upon them. They care little for :success, unless it car ries with it the triumph of their princi ples; and they will no( vote for any man who does not carry thes'e emblazoned Upon his standard. And they are righti They care not that their party leaders should lie fed at the public crib ; but it is of vital importance to them that their party principles should direct the gov ernment councils. But while this is so, the I feniocracy 'are ready at any time to !mike com mon cause with all who stand fast by the ( 'onstitutlon as against those who disregard it ; with all who desire. Purity in the conduct of the I overn ment as against the corruption which pervades all departments of the present administration—ln short they are ready and anxious In gather into one grant army till who are in favor of reforming abuses and giving to the people a Gov_ eminent worthy of this great Nation. They care ant who clay dispense ollices, the goVerlitilt•lll be restored to its primer functions and the dangers which threaten in the shape of ventralizat ion and corruption be averted. To aceoni plishsodesirahle a result they will make any sacrifice which is not a sacrifice of principle; Litt we believe„lliat the end desired can be best twoom plished by hold ing' the Democratic party together, and cm . rying it into the coming contest a solid political phalanx. The County and Our Fire Department. The County of I,,ancaster has twice, within a few week's past, been indebted to the Fire Department of the city for services rendered at the conflagration of the property belonging to the County. It was not possible, of course, for the firemen to save- the Poor House barn from destruction, but they insured the safety of the adjacent buildhigs. They however, save front destruction our splendid Prison, which cost the County several hundred thousand dollars. The County has within the limits of the City, itmluding the Jail and the Court House, uttire than a half-million dot tars' worth 4. buildings which are untaxed and yield nothing to the revenues of the City, nor does the County,although hav ing so large a property dependent for its security from deidruction by lire upon the efficiency anti exertions of the City Fire Department, pay anything tow ards its support, except, we believe, a small annuid . contribution of a hundred dollars or so to one company--the American. We call the attention of the County Conainissioners to this matter, and ask them whether their economy is prudent orjust. There is no good reason why each of our Fire Companies should not re ceive an annual subsidy from the Coun ty Treasury, nor why Its aid should be extended only to one. Our companies are now consolidated under one direc tion, and When ill service 11111:4 render mutual assistance to each other, and lend the use .of their hose and other material where it can be most profita bly used. Our safety from fire, there fore, depends upon the efficiency of each company, and the company most re mote front the property tired, may he able to render as ni kWh assistance as that which is nearest. The ('ennnissionets should It-collect that It is important lot then) to give our tli 7 emen no jibit cause of complaint against limn. or, though they may always he 'elicit upon to do their duty, they will naturally (It) it more cheer fully in behalf of those by whom they are sustained and encouraged. Alore over, the valuable Poor House build ings, the ( 'ommissioners will remember are outside the city limits, and our fire men Mere under no obligation to save them from burning. Yet they have never hesitated to lend their aid on the numerous oecasitols when fires have taken place at the Poor House, and they probably never will ; but it is not right that lite County should take advantage of their generosity and humanity, and leaping the benefit of their organiza tion, refuse to contribute to its support. We trust the Cothilliiishiner3 will take Chi's tatter into serious consideration, 3114 deChle to make an annual subscrip tion to each of our Fire Companies. Why Fish Stlths Mr. Fish would gladly abandon the position of Secretary of State. Twice, if not oftener, he has placed his fornial letter of resignation in the hands of the ?resident, but each time he has been induced to withdraw it. He is not re tained against his will because Grant feels any great love for him, but because the politicians cannot agree as to who shall take up the abandoned portfolio. The latest successful effort to induce Mr. Fish to remain iu the Cabinet grows out of the dissatisfaction of Senator Conkling at the proposed appointment of Judge Pierrepont. He it was who in duced a lafge number of Radical Sena tors to sign a letter requesting Secretary Fish tocontinue in office. If Grant will find a than who will prove acceptable to Roscoe Conkli og and his friends,no more letters will be written requesting Mr. Fish to remalu at the head of the State Department. A FEW days ago we published what purported to be an interview between Senator Trumbull add a correspondent *of a Louisville newspaper. The Wash ington Patriot, which ought to be good authority, says that Senator Trumbull declares that he knows nothing about the alleged interview with him on the Presidential question, that nothing -of the kind, according to his recollection, ever took place. THE LANCASTER WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13,1871. Progressive Radicalism. Among the ultra of the Radicals and the teachers of Radicalism—of those far fetched Ideas of political absurdities enunciated by its leaders of the Wen dell Phillips and' Theodore Parker school, and its still more absurd social teachings a la Woodhull and Cady Stan ton—there is a persistent effort toward legal enforcement of that which could never, for a single hour, be tolerated by popular sanction. Senator Sumner, it is said, is to introduce a bill into the Senate compelling a recognition of all the, social rights claimed by the negroes and their ultra friends. With all the "Fifteenth Amendments" have gained in this direction, already, by judicial decisions in recognition of their rights to occupy places In passenger cars, at steamboat tables, Sc., there is Ebut a short step to the attainment of full fledged negro supremacy—at least equal ity. Mr. Sumner may think he is sincere in the advocacy of his advanced absurdi ties, but lie 'tenet. His natural antipathy to the negr'o is as strong as that of Jeff. Davis or Bob Toombs, for he Is, par rx- Ilrnec ad aristocrat, and would as nat urally shrink from social contact with a greasy darkey, as lie would from a skunk. He is, however, a demagogue— s political trickster, and an aspirant for distinction in the new social movement, ust as he was for martyrdom to South Carolina Brook's cane. Practical syrn ' pathy and love for the negro, when thor oughly tested, is :a far different thing from the mere abstract professions and buncombe utterances of Radical free doin-shriekers. A few illustrations of recent occur rence, and to the point, rosy serve our present purpose. A few days ago, in the trial of a Phil adelphia murder case, Judge Allison, iu response to a point made as to the right of the witness to carry arms, ruled that the occurrences on election-day was a sufficient justification for . ' any colored loan to carry arms, and declared that lie should so instruct the jury. It was further elicited as a fact, boldly avowed, that the District-Attorney had advised the negroes to go armed, and that in his official capacity Had the witness been a whit , . 1111111 and a Dens 1111/ found to be armed ill defiance of the law, and the Distfict-Attorney who thus coun seled him, other than a: Itadical, both would have been indicted and convicted under the sanction and instruction of Wu Court. When Judges upon the bench give this advice to the negroes, we 1%11 expect nothing but violence and bloodshed. 'There is one (nature however, of this Radical love of the negro, that is some what peculiar, and brands it with the most shameless and transparent hypoc risy. It is only in a prifitien/ sense that the negro is esteemed ; soeicalg, he is ignored by the most blatant advocates of what are ridiculously termed his rights. Ile is an essential element, to Radival success ; and, in so far as he tint be wielded for Radical purposes, he is nattered and cajoled. But just here the turkey's importance reuses, anti his mission is at an end. Take a vase in point. Thomas Chester, who is an nounced as " colored lawyer and dis tinguished tdi Harrisburg," was refused the privilege of purchasing a itiket to the Philadelphia ( ;rand Duke's Fall, on account ~f his color. Al r. Ches ter, We are told, shinned IlaW in LOMIOII, and was admillyd to praelieeill the English Courts. Ile also visited St. Petersburg, was cordially received by the Czar, and welcomed to the Court of St. Petersburg as au American citizen and representative of In is race. The parties who received the lirand Duke and who ehoperuned hitn, were principally of that political school which streets love'for the negro and his social as well as political rights; and this snubbing of a colored man was in per fect keeping with their hypocritical pro fessions. M , Chester, in accordance with the spirit of District-Attorney Mann's advice, and Judge Allison's in structions, should have .one armed, have dealemb.d his right to admission, and if refused, have etrehle.,l his leug in. No wonder the darkies in the " City of 11rother13' Love," where they are so numerous, and contributed mainly to Radical success, should become indig nant, and give utterances to their eon tempt of the wily demagogues by whom they have been so often snulitied'and deceived. Grant's Finger In the I'le The New York ,Sun has a correspon dent, who gives a detailed history of the Emma Mine, and the Utah Ring, from which it appears that Brant and Ben. Butler were engaged in a most un righteous crusade against the Mormons, fur the purpose of getting possession of the vast silver and other mineral wealth of Utah. The Ring, formed at Wash ington liar this purpose, undertook liti gation when all etihrts at inducing the Mormons to emigrate failed. Arbitra tion, and final compromise at length made them the possessors of the Emma Mine, which is said to be rich beyond all anticipation ; the happy thought was suggested of organizing a company, and to sell its shares in Europe. To this end Schenck was presented with shares to the amount of fifty or a hun dred thousand dollars, Mid Grant, who was at the tail of the whose prin cipal business was to obey orders and pocket the proceeds, made Schenck Minister to England, and he and the Hon. Ed. Cook, Governor of Montana, went to Europe to bull the stock of , the Emma Company ; and this the corres pondent says, is what they are now at, with the sanctionids the President, Call not see why a Minister Plenipoten tiary may not hold Stock in a silver mine and 111111 the same in Europe, any more than he, as President, can hold stock in the Seneca Stmie-Quarry. A pretty kettle of fish, truly. Vaithee T 3 rally) In a lecture delivered by Wendell Phillips, ill Philadelphia, a few nights since, he said he could take any one of the audience in to a coon ling,rooni,whose name and Ilwation he could give, where the partners of the concern sat down the day after election, and, taking a list of four hundred employees, sifted out the name of every man who had not voted the ticket they wanted. Every man who had not shown a willing ness to hold his political opinions In sub servience to his . employers was uncere moniously throw out of work at the beginning of Winter. " And this," exclaimed Mr. Phillips, " is Christian civilisation!" This is Massachusetts! Yankee monopolists and manufacturers make the harshest task-masters. They are ready to grind their workmen down to the lowest cent of wages, and insist upon making them their slaves in more senses of the word than one. Whileßad- Mal Congressmen from New England are passing laws, making it a grave crime for a Southern planter to attempt to in fluence the votes of negroes in his em ploy, the capitalists of Yankee-land make the bread of their employees de pend upon the ticket they vote. Thus is the Radical majority in Congress kept up, and by such means has a tariff , which robe every consumer, been per petuated. Hadn't, Time One of the remarkable features of the Message is the announcement in the concluding paragraph, that it was "hastily summed up." It would, ,be a satisfaction to the people to know why and wherefore a document of soonich importance should be sent to Congress without having been well and wisely considered. It was surely not for want of time on the part of the President, un less junkettings and dissipations, ex tending over fully six months, are to be regarded as of paramount importance to the affairs of State. Party Substituted for Country. Radical assumption of power is a sub ject which should be constantly kept before the American people, in order that its rapid Inroads upon Constitu tional guarantees may be checked ere It be too late. Radicals have, for the last ten or twelve years, bad such complete possession of the Federal Government, that they have come to think and act as if It belongs to them. " I am the State," said a French despot. "I am the Government" says Grant, and every petty official basking in the sunshine of Executive favor, chimes in an affirma tive bray. This identification of them selves by Radicals with the government, has led to many practical evils and abuses—to many tyrannies and much political persecution. This has natur ally led to another assumption—that op position to them is opposition to the institutions of the country, to the Con stitution and laws, to the sovereign au thority, and is, therefore, rebellion. This has led to habitual interference in local elections, to the employment of troops, for the purpose of putting down opposition, and to a transfer of the juris diction of the State to Federal Courts. The definition of " rebel " has been changed. It formerly meant one in re volt against the Government. It now means, according to Radical interpre tation, one who is bold enough to dis pute theauthority and supremacy of the 'Radical party. The idea is even carried further than that. Personal govern ment has made such rapid progress, under the present administration, that actually a member of the Republican party who dares to avow himself an op ponent to President Grant, is regarded as contumacious; while, so far as Dem ocrats are concerned, they are looked upon as case-hardened rebels, and the Southern people who oppose Grant, are regarded as tit subjects for outlawry. What is to become , of the country and its institutions—of freedom of opinion —of untrammeled sutiruge—of the lib erties of the people—if this thing, is to continue. The creature who happens, for the time, to be the head of the Rad ical party, and the President of the United States, will become a greater despot than any of the crowned beads of Europe. 'Po substitute party for coun try, and to make the support of that party the test of loyalty, and opposition to it the evidence of rebellion, is to sub vert the whole theory or the Govern ment, and to endanger every right of the citizen. Against this glowing usurpation of power it is the duty of every freeman to interpose a most iletermined and for midable front. Let The Revenue Bureau' be Abolished. Senator Sumner has introduced into Congress a bill for abolishing the Inter nal Revenue Bureau. It provides that after the let day of June next all taxes shall cease, except those upon distilled spirits, fermented liquors and tobacco In its various forms, and that these taxes shall henceforth be collected by stamps. In presenting this bill, which will free the country from the burthen of sup porting an immense army of officials, Mr. Sumner professes to be only fol lowing up the suggestions made by President Grant, when, in his an nual Message, he recommends that the number of articles front which Internal Revenue is.to be collected be reduce&to three or four. This is taking the Presi dent at his word itt u manner which he never contemplated. Grant never thought of reeommending the cutting up by the roots, of a system which gives to him his chief support iu the struggle for a renomination. Ile is too ..ont pletely dependent upon the good will of the office-holders in the Internal Reve nue Department, to think of recom mending a measure which would turn them away from the public crib and force them to depend upon honest labor for a living. Itut the people, the tax payers, would be glad to see this army of drones driven out of the snug places they occupy. That the revenue derived from the articles natned,w,mtd be more honestly and perfectly collected by a proper system of stamp duties than it now is, must be generally conceded without hesitation. should Mr. Sum ner's bill become a law, the vast amount which it annually costs to pay an army of officials would be saved. \I r. Sumner also thinks that the country would be the gainer in being relieved from the efforts of these gentlemen to control local and national politics. On the first of next September, the Revenue Bureau will have existed just ten years. The people have endured a Trojan siege of ten years from the Internal Revenue system, and they would be delighted to see it come to an end. l,et Mr. Sumner push his bill vigorously, and let us see who will dare to vote for the •ontinuance of a costly and odious sys em which can he dispensed with with wt detriment to the interent of the iovernment. Ingratitude to Butler Notwithstanding the danger of such au experiment—for Ben was never known to forgive an injury—the cham pion of Essex has been snubbed, by being placed seefind 011 the Judiciary Committee of the House, and first only on so insignificant a Committee as that for the Revision of the Laws of the United States. This. is supposed to be the revenge which the regular Repub licans choose to take upon him for his guerilla raid on the (lovernorship in Massachusetts last Fall. It is about as small a trick as they could play, and it is also a very impolitic, as well as un grateful one, especially on the part of Speaker Blaine, who was the avowed choice of Butler for the Vice-Presi dency. The hero of Fort Fisher is a strong friend and a bitter enemy. It would have been better for Blaine and all his friendly instigators had they forgiven Butler all his sins and invited him into full fellowship and brotherly communion ; for, as they have declared war, they may rest assured he will wage it with theta, even " to the knife, and the knife to the hilt." When he chooses, lie can make it more uncomfortable for Iris foes, and at the same time attract more sympathy Root his constituents than any other man in the House. We shall watch the progress of this little family muddle with especial in terest. Another one Found Guilt) In the case of City Treasurer Joseph Marcer the jury rendered a verdict of guilty on five counts 9f the indictment, charging that he unlawfully loaned the City's money, that he took and con verted to his own usg $300,000 of the City's money, that being charged with the safe-keeping of a large amount of money belonging to the City, he took and converted it to his owu use, and that being charged with the safe keep ing of the City's money, lie was a de faulter. Notice of a motion for a new trial was given, and Mr. Marcer renew ed his bail in 5100,000. The motions for a new trial in this case and that of Mr. Yerkes will be argued. Another Defalcation Frederick A. Harden, chief of divis ion of accounts in the United States Treasurer's ottice, has been arrested, charged with having embezzled and converted to hie use $15,000, which was In his possession, for safe-keeping, transfer and disbursement. He is a Massachusetts man, and has been in the Department for the past nine years.— The matter is still undergoing investi gation at the Department, and it is said to-day that the whole amount of the de falcation so far discovered is thought to be about $51,000, accomplices of Marden inside or outside of the Department having bagged $36,000 or more. A VETERAN 6TRAIOHT-OUT.—Mout gomery county has a Democrat 95 years old, who has 'voted a straight ticket 74 ears. "Time at Last Makes All Things Even.' Grant has sustained a most terrible defeat in Louisiana, even at the hands of his whilom friends. His unwarrant ed interference In the political affairs of that State had so incensed Gov. War mouth and his factional adherents, that protests of the most determined charac ter were frequently made against It.— Warmouth is, like Grant, himself an Illinois adventurer—a former impecu nious and unimportant personage in Wabash county; and with no more promise of official distinction than had the Galena tanner amid his vats and un savory hides. His military reputation was of about the same standard ; yet, as he followed in the wake of the invad ing Federal forces, and snuffed the chances of personal aggrandizement, as does the jackall on the trail of the hunter; and being, for convenience, a truly devout and loyal Radical, he in time gained a stepping-stone to official promotion in Louisiana, and was final ly made ,Governor, with a re-election last Fall, on the most Radical issues.— Oscar Duan, the negro Lieutenant . Governor, whose death we recently an nounced, and elected upon the same ticket, did not chime in very well with Warmouth's ideas; and in connection with Grant's brother-in-law, Collector Casey, undertook to run the Radical Convention at New Orleans in opposi tion to the ( tovernor, and especially in the interests of Grant. Warmouth had, however, enlisted as his friends, a large proportion of the party, and among them many leading neero officials, of whom Senator Pinchbeck was the most prominent. It was this doughty Sena torial friend of (Yarmouth who was a leading member of the Committee which waited upon President Grant at Long Branch, last Summer, to protest against Casey's interference in their local affairs by m enus of (latlin guns, and to demand his removal. It was upon this memorable occasion, and at the Interview, that Grant became so much affected at the impudent and dis loyal request, (or from some other cause, both oblivious and unsteady,l that he fell back upon the piano and dismissed the Committee in the most rude and Insulting manner--not even deigning u respectful reply to their request. As Senator Pinchbeck left the presence of the oblivious Ulysses, he was heard to exclaim, in a low tone, " We will be even with loin yet" LieutA lov. Dunn died, and Pinch beck has been elected President of the Senate, and virtually Lieutenant-Gov ernor, giving the Wartnouth faction the political sway in Louisiana, and strik ing Grant's administration a blew which effectually destroys its power in the State. Pinchbeck, like most of his race, is somewhat revengeful ; and if there is ever aflbrded an opportunity of turning the political tables against the man who so insulted hum, he will not be slow in availing himself of it, especially as both he and:Warmouth must feel that Radi cal rule to that section is about at an end. How truly and exultingly, in view of the changes which have taken place, may the snubbed darkey Senator exclaim, with the once enslaved, but afterward triumphant Hazeppa— " For time at 1.1 sets all things even-- Anil It we tin but watch the hour There never yet was till Mall W II tell could evade, if nillonllyea, 'rte. pat)etll search antl sighs lone. Pleasant Reading for Alexandel The various newspaper accounts of receptions of the Grand Duke, and the honors paid to the Czar through !lissom and which will, no doubt, be promptly forwarded by some of his suite, cannot fail to be interesting reading for the mighty potentate of all the Ituishas• He will, of course, weigh them well, and cannot full to understand them. lie will separate what is official and formal from what is spontaneous, voluntary, and the effect of feeling and natural Im pulse. They will enable hint to feel the true strength of the feelihg existing be tween the - American people and the Government and people of Russia, and to understand the character of our coun trymen more intimately than by any other process, except a personal visit.— The manner of the Grand Duke's re ception cannot but be gratifying to the Czar and his subjects, although he may think our hospitality is a little overdone, and become somewhat nauseated tic much that is said and dune, as it is evi dently in bad taste. Still the visit of Alexis, with all the pomp and costof the royal surroundings, cannot fail to be pleasing to that great monarch, and to tend to cement still ntore closely the friendship which has always existe d be tween two great nations. Pa) meat of the State Debt Governor Geary has Issued a procla mation with regard to the payment of the State Debt, the Sinking Fund, &c. in which he states that the amount of the debt redeemed and held by the Com missioners of the Sinking Fund, from the Ist of December, 1870, to 30th No vember, 1571, was ,:'2,113,22,ti.63, made as follows : Five per vent. Ivan redeemed...s 391,0.13,63 Six per centioan redeemed 1,719,160.(xl lieliaf Mae:, rainelled ......... . 35.00 In addition to this, the State Treasur er has redeemed, during the year, of the overdue loans, Sla,:tua making the aggregate redemption of i-22,1i11„ - iitox, during the last fiscal year. A SENSATIoNAL despatch ttpiPtiaedill the New York Herald on Saturday, which stated that the impeachment of President Uvula was seriously contem plated. We marked it down as a silly canard at once. There was-,a day in this Republic when no... President could have acted'as Orant has done is ithout being impeached; but th.d t.et ter and purer Wile:, ill tile di,) dl , - diStlint, when Americans loved liberty for its own sake, when the Constit mon was the rule Inr official t,ll,ltlet, and when any man wino Wade nn•rehaudve of the Chief Magistracy would lint have dared In ,litiNV his face in any void e• plave. Polineal Dodgt Under the pretext of making an ex cursion to Florida, fur which free passes have been extensively distrilded, Butler, Senator Wilson and other Rad icals go to Georgia to stump the State in the approaching I iubernatorial canvass. The dodge won't win, and a larger Dem ocratic majority than ever will he ea-t, it . Grant does not intcriac, his in!ling guns. HON. JAMLS BLACK - miocE, the newly elected Mayor of Pittsburgh, has been a life-long Democrat, and is a most worthy gentleman. The Pittsburgh , the leading Republican paper a the city, says, as the worst thing which can be urged against him, that "his even temper and general good nature, while good qualities in the private gentleman, are not desirable in the character of the Mayor of a great city. One Olerslghi Secretary Robesou's report fails to in lonu us how many United States frig ates are at present maintaining a pro tectorate over Ben Wade's " d—d old chicken-thief" Baez,as also whether the orders still are to make war upo'n Hayti, in ease that power seems likely to push the Dominicans to the wall. SYSTEM ul REPRESENTATION.—The Democratsof Northampton county have recently adopted the following system of representation in nominating con vention: Each district is to be entitled to one delegate for every fifty demo ciatic votes, but no district is to have less than two nor more than live dele gates. WENDELL PHILLIPS lectured at Stein way Hall, New York, ou Wednesday night, in the course of which, alluding to Gran L's message, he said "it read like au almanac of 1830, about forty years old. It might Ito for the time of Mon roe, but now It has "an ancient and fish-like smell." Political Gossip Stimulated with hope by the success of the Pittsburgh election, they have started a Citizens' Ticket in Allegheny City. Radical Rings in their Western strongholds are likely to fare as badly as did the Tammanyites in New York. An Indiana Democrat of the passive school, wants the old name abandoned, and the title of the" Continental Party" given to the fusion of all political ele ments opposed to the Administration. A " Political Protoxyd " with 80 per cent. of Democracy, and I.'o per cent. of Republicanism—the latter not only forming the base, but absorbing all the properties and peculiarities of the 80 per cent.—is the latest suggestion of the political discontents. Speaking of Speaker Blaine's Vice- Presidential aspirations, the Slate Jour nal says Pennsylvania owes it to herself to retaliate his treatment of the State, In cruelly betraying her great laboring in terests, and basely Insulting her delega tion in Congress, by defeating his aspi rations at all hazards. " What can the matter b e " with our Republican neighbors of the State Jour nal Is it going to sour on its party, and devote its acknowledged ability and sprightliness in opposition to Grant? . The indications are very much like it. It don't like Fish, nor the puerile effort being made to make a great man of him. It don't see why he and Akerman are not permitted to resign, when the peo ple want them to, and when they seem so anxious. It is dovfn on Congress for its neglect of the business of the nation and devoting its time to the settlement of the Presidential nominations. It pours a continuous tire of grape and canister into Blaine, and don't seem to be in a very amiable mood with the party generally. Senator Sumner is said to have refused to sign a letter requesting Mr. Fish to remain in the Cabinet, while another story is that the letter was not presented to him for prudential reasons. Senator Sumner is somewhat spunky as well as revengeful. Senator Wilson says he has tiled to bring about a re conciliation between him and General Grant, but without success. The Sen ator, too, feeling himself ,snubbed in Committee appointments, formally de clines the Chairmanship of the Com mittee on Privileges and Elections. A rumor, started a few days ago, that the Conservative Republicans had re solved on a National Convention to nominate Greeley and Groesbeck, as Presidential candidates, created consid erable flutter in Congressional circles.— Like most sucti on dits, the rumor could be traced to no reliable source. I=! J udge M'Candless,of the United States Supreme Court, is seriously ill with neuralgia. George 1•'. Merry, Citizens' candidate, was elected Mayor of Worcester, Mass., yesterday, by 2,000 majority. Rev. Edward T. Higbee, minister of Trinity Chapel, New York, died sud denly on Sunday. Cargoes of produce, valued in the ag gregate at s2oo,otil, are frozen up at Prince Edward's Island. Negotiationa are progressing for a commercial treaty between the United States and Spain, and will soon be con cluded. Thomas Durgan "Pounded" his wife to death, near kondout, N. V., (al Sat urday night. He Was 4 drunk at the time. There has been a sudden revival of the small-pox in New York within a day or two. The disease is also increasing in Brooklyn. Gov. Caldwell, of North Carolina, shows the increase of the State debt un der Radical management to be iif2.-1,:loo,- k The next Lebanon Conference of the Lutheran Church will meet In Pine grove, Schuylkill county, on the first Monday in March. The steamship Nina, from New York for Cardiff; has been abandoned at sea. Her crew were saved by the steamship Aleppo, from Poston, and landed at Liverpool. A sensation was created in Berlin by the Czar's speech at the Georgenfest, which is regarded as putting an end to French hopes, and the guarantee of peace In Europe. The steam tugs Highlander and Her cules were horned at Kingston, Ontario, on Friday night. Loss, Srlo,oon. A man named Charh-s Kelly was burned to death. Over fifty eases of violations of the revenue laws, in the illicit distillation of "applejack" and whiskey, will be tried in the United States Circuit Court at Alexandria, at the January term. The schooner H. M. Fisher, from Cape Hayden for Boston, went ashore last Thursday night at Cuttyhunk, and bilged. The crew, six in number, were saved by some of the islanders at the risk of their own lives. At Memphis, several women have registered for the purpose of voting at the next Municipal election, under a clause in the City Charter, allowing all property holders, resident or non-resi dent, to vote. Pembina adviees state that three French hall-breeds have been tried at Fort Garry on the cluirge of having taken active part in the recent Fenian invasion, and that one of them has been convicted and sentenced to death. A conductor, named Henry Brown, was crushed to death ou the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne and Chicago Railroad on r , aturday afternoon by being caught be tween the platforms while attempting to couple the cars. There were 470 deaths in Philadelphia last week—'27 less than during the pre vious week. Small-pox caused 199 deaths, 71 of its victims being adults and 128 minors. The small-pox deaths show a ileerea,e ui 34 from the week preced ing. =ll In the Woman Suffrage Convention at Washington, on Saturday. speeches were made by Mr. Blackwell, Mrs Howe, Mrs. Churchill, Afrs. Livermore, Lucy Stone, Mrs. Celia Burlelgh, and others. Resolutions demanding woman suffrage were introduced. The Pennsylvania Railroad has pro posed to lease the Memphis and Charles ton Railroad for forty-five years, guar anteeing three per rent. annual interest the lint live years, and then six r 5501. The 9 oestion of the lease is to he suionltted to the stockholders. Five passenger trains of the Faion Pacific I Lailroad, from the \Vest., were , now hound at Laratniestatiou on Mon day night. 1' he trains from the east had arrived at Cheyenne, hut the road wan lilsked up On the summit between Laramie and Cheyenne. At LaWrellee, KllllBll,l, a motion for a new trial in the case of 1)r. Medneon w as over-ruled on Saturday, and woo senteneed to be hanged on Jan uary h. The priaoner's counsel filed a bill of exceptions, which will take the 1•:ue to the Supreme Court. 'rile law yers think the Supreme Court will grant a new trial. In reply to a letter from the secretary of War, Attorney•lieneral Akerman de cides that a railroad which has been aid ed in its construction by donations of public lands, is a public highway for its m, mile length for the use or the t:overn meld of the United States, and the I bov eminent is not subject to charge for the tramportation of troops and public prop erty on such a road. In the C. S. Court at Columbia, S. C., on Saturday, a no/le prosequi was enter ed in the hist indictment against Brat ton and (tillers of the Ku-Klux, and a new indiettnent waspresented charging them with murder. Objections made by the defence to the new indictment were over-ruled, but time was given until Monday to examine the new indict ment. Hon. William Ciastim, Democrat, was yesterday re-elected Mayor of Boston. This endorsement was due him for an able, prompt and efficient discharge of all the duties of his responsible position. His hearty advocacy of all measures calculated to advance the interests Of Boston have secured for him the esteem and confidence of the better class of cit izens, who gave evidence of their confi dence by voting for him yesterday for a second term. Hu•Hlnx Capital In Nord. Carolina Holden Intermetlilllng. - Resolutions having been adopted at sev eral meetings of colored men in North Car olina charging members of the State Senate with being membersllf." Ku-Iflux " or ganizations; the whole matter has been tinder investigation, and the result, as stated by a correspondent of the New York Herald, is that the authorship of said reso lutions hat been traced to ex-Governor Holden, at Washington, who still med dles in the political and internal affairs of the State. The resolutions were all mailed from Washington under a govern ment frank, to radical leaders in the differ• ent counties, all of whom called meetings to have them_ passed in accordance with the instructions that accompanied them. THE LANCASTER SCHOOLS Our City Common School. Vindicated Messy. Editors; Please indulge me in a few remarks in addition to what has al ready been said, in reply to the letter of Hon. S. P. Wickersham, published in the IsrrELmokrtcErt of Wednesday last, and re-published in the Erpress on Saturday, in which he attempts to Justify his criticism at the late Teacher's Institute, by referring to the maxim which says, "our best friends are those who tell ns of our faults, and teach us how to correct them." Now the spirit of that maxim is first to be sure we have faults, and what they are; then, in stead of publishing them to the world from house-top, to admonish us of them private ly. He says, however, that our faults are, first, " the number of children not in at tendance at the Public Schools ; and second, the Inferior school accommodations pro vided," and volunteers to teach us how to correct them by pointing to the example, for our emulation, of a large number of places where they have very costly school buildings and high taxes, and happen to haves somewhat larger per ventage of their population enrolled in their Public Schools, but far less average attendance than we have, as the modus operamli by which to secure that desirable result. I ant not in the habit of accepting the teachings of any man, however high the source, without first satisfying myself, at least, of their truth ; as we are told to " prove all things and hold fast that which is good." If it is better to have a large per ventage of toe population enrolled than to have a /unto' per tentage in daily attendance at school, then we are is little below some places; it' not, we are above most others, as has already been clearly shown in the table published in the I NTELLIOENCER on Monday evening. We have not only a much larger average attendance, but are also educating Ft great.er per (tentage of our population at far less expense, than most of the places named, notwithstanding their boasted superiority in school .acaommoila liens. Prof. \V irk ershant, however, admits that in average attendance, we measure up to our sister cities; but objects to this com parison, and thinks a large percentage 01 population citroticil, is better than a high average ullcood,uu•e. In order to illustrate theferec of his criticisms, 1 will give a few examples, by extending a little farther the comparisons in the table published on Mon day. Erie has a population of 10,040, and has enrolled in her Public Schools 2,623 pupils, with an average attendance of 1,307 —or 12 per vent of the number enrolled, and 7 per cent. of her population. Erie has $177,603 worth of school-property ; the interest on which, at 6 per vent., is $10,656, or $s a year for each pupil in attendance.— Scraut•'u !MS a pOptlbitioll of :12,09:2. Num ber enrolled, ;heel; average attendance 1.60-1, or less than 3 per vent. of population. Scranton has $10.1,300 worth of school-prop erty ; the interest on which is $11,670, or $7.21 - 4 for each pupil in attendance. Allen town MO a population of 13,084. Number enrolled 2,504': average attendance 1,623- 11 per cent. of her population. Allentown has $300,300 worth of school property. The interest on which is ,i 211,5110, or $ll fur each pupil in attendance. And so on, with few exceptions, to the end or the list. Lanca— ter has a population of 70,232, N umber en rolled 2,00; average attendanee 2,332, or sq per own.. of the Milo her enrolled, and W per cent. of her population. Lancaster has $46,000 worth of school-property; the interest of which is $2,760, or $1.15 a year for each pupil in attendance. These figures need no continents. Those interested can draw their own inferences; and, although it is said our ihvent;oli by which these results are obtained, needs no patent, as no other town of any size in the United States of America, has used It, I, nevertheless, respectfully oommend it to the people of Erie, Scranton and Allen town, as showing the difference in results, in proportion to the means used. liy fi nanciers, that enterprise which yields the greatest return on the smallest invest ment, is considered most successful. So in school-matters. We think that plan or system, by which the largest results are obtained nt the least expense, is the wisest and most successful administration of tile Common School Law. I am, however, in favor of improvement and progress, whenever I am convinced of the direction in which it can lie made. It Is said that our Male High School has been forced into a building that illy comports with the character of such a school, and may be one of the reasons why more do not attend. As has already been shown, the erection of costly school-buildings, in oth er places has failed to produce more favor able results than our own. In llarrisburg, for Instance, (a centre of wealth and intel ligence) where they have ic::29,000 worth of school- buildings, the City Superintendent in regard to the 80y5'...11 igh School, says: "A serious and apparently mf,f,rfsollubl /dr drawback toils prosperity, is the fact that so few 'boys remain long enough to take anything like a course which such a school could re,goice by the award of a diploma." The City Superintendent of Altoona, says: "•Tardiness, truantcy and irregularity of attendance, are still groat hinderances to the proper progress of our schools." In Allentown, the enint,ri UM of school-buildings, Where they have $380,0011 worth of school-property, their average at tendance was nil per cent. of the number enrolled, and their City - Superintendent says: "The past year has afforded very little that is 111 , in the operation of our schools. We can point to no astonishing growth in that direction." Prof. Wickersham also says our private schools -are a hail symptora—of our delin quency, I suppose—worse than any other. I am not so sure of this—with those attend ing private schools we have nothing to do. And, inasmuch as they are being educated, both morally and intellectually, and their parents, uncomplainingly pay their school tax besides, no one has the right to com plain. And that they are going to private schools is not owing to their "aristocracy," as the majority are the children of the poorer classes ; nor to the superior facilities and accommodations afforded, for they are on the whole greatly inferior to those en joyed by the children in the Public Schools; but trom motives which exist in a greater or less degree in most cities—the principal One of which is to secure for their children store ntr,ral and religions instrneti.n titan lher receive in the l'ut,it,! Setto,,ls. l'vr tainly not :1141,11i11,4 A tot:. Ilearty llothks to the 1 - I,,ard Ihrt airs for tie aotioo taken at it+ Wonting last Tlllll,ty evening, on the muhjeot of a of the city. Let the W,prt: be Jong , elite:idle and alltl, soles,. all the usual indications ate decep tive, it will reveal the ugly fact that there are some hundreds of ehtliiren growing up this -iii', with little, or no education—growing up, many ul them, to become a curse instead of a bitelaillg tAI the community in which they live. And, in addition, it will appear that there are some hundreds noire attending private schools, whose parents Sr ould gladly send them to the public schools, if these were provided With more 001111110,1it111,4 build togs, and more attractive surroundings, and the teaching in them Was better done. I may be over-sanguine, but I look upon the step referred to, taken by the Board of Directors last Thursday, as the eornmence ment of a now era its the set, Ol affairs of our city. IL will lead almost certainly to other much needed improvements, and, in the end, I trust, our conservative, old city will find herself under the quickening influence of that spirit now stirs almost every part of the Commonwealth up to the pur pose of giving every boy and girl, rich and poor, high and low, within its limits, the best education possible. Among ail the interests of a town or a State, that of a right education of its children stands high est, is the most important; and a glad day it will be for Lancaster, when this truth shall be practically realized by her people. And, now, at this seemingly auspicious moment, will the members of the Board of Directors and the citizens generally he pa tient and good-humored with me while I tell them in two or three short articles, the plain truth about their schools? lam ratter disposed to do it in any event ; but I do not wish to incur the ill-will of a peo ple among whom I live and upon whom I would gladly confer any favor in my pow er, if it can be avoided without violating a tense of duty. First, then, our school- buildings are not only of small value, as heretofore shown, in comparison with those of other cities and towns in the State; but any man of taste will acknowledge that they are cheap struc tures without architectural symmetry or beauty, they are not pleasant to look upon, and, as a whole, they are ill-suited to the vigorous working of a live system of pub- lic schools. Such a system requires a com pact body of interacting higher and lower agencies. Our primary schools have little more connection with one another and with the schools above them than they might have if located one hendred miles apart.— There is no common bond ...of sympathy among them—no common life that stirs them to action. They exist only in frag ments, and such schools are always more than half-dead. But "A Director," in his communication which appeared In the INTELLIOENCER of December 6th, in vindication of the Lan caster schools, with an air of triumph, points to the fact that inasmuch as our school-houses cost as little, we have but a small amount of interest to pay on the in vestment. Erie, he says, pays, at 0 per cent., $10.656 interest on her $177,000 worth of school-property, or $8 for each pupil ; Scranton, $11,670 on her $104,500 worth of school•property, or $7.25 for each attar.; Allentown, s2'2,Soofon her sllso,ollo won't of school-property, 'or $l4 for each pupil ; while Lancaster pays only $2,760 ou her $40,000 worth of school-property, or $1.16 for each pupil. This statement shows, of coarse, that wo do not invest much money for school-buildings in Lancaster; but it does not follow that it would be wiser to invest more. It may not be the best kind of economy to save our money and stint our children. The huts of an Indian vil lage cost little; lint, is it better on that ac count to live in huts than in the neat, taste ful dwellings of a Pennsylvania village? Lancaster has not a single school-house that a citizen can show a stranger with any degree of pride, and yet there are men here who desire this state of things to continue, because it enables us to hoard up a little more money. Has not Our system 01 schools been crippled lung enough by hav ing cheap school-houses, cheap teachers, and cheap supervision ? Shall we tint soon abandon this short-sighted, narrow-gauge, penny-wise-and-pound-foolish policy 01 managing our school affairs 7 Besides, there is not a shrewd business man in the cities named by "A Director," who does not hold that a good school-house pays back to the people Wilt/ erect it, both prin cipal anti interest. 'The only school-houses that are a tax on the people are pt or Ones, said a citizen Of Titusville to me, a few weeks since, concerning the beautiful, new school-house recently erected in tnat nour ishing town, "it is a good investment;" and this gentleman is war h three or four hundred thousand dollars, and pays a school- tax o severs Mt. ason.l.lettftrs ayear, the tax liir school-purposes in Titusville being 50 mills uu the dollar. With a school tax like that at Titusville, some of the rich men of Laucaster would think the world was at once owning to an end ! of course such a tax is not necessary here, but Lan caster, in addition to other bEmefits of a higher character, would make motley by investing $.50,000 next Summer in building the right kind of a school-house for the Sec ondary and High Schools of the city, than by investing it in hank-stocks or ihivern ment bonds. In connection with this Matter ‘ll tho pe cuniary advantage of erecting good school houses, it May tend to liberalize the views of some people if I State that while Lancas ter pays only 7 mills on the dollar for school purposes, Allegheny City pays 17i mills; Altoona, :19: Allentown, 13 ; 111; Easton, 1G; Erie, 2.5; Johnstown, ; Lebanon, I'2! ; Meadville, _0; Norris town, 9: Pottsville, id; Reading„ ; Scranton, 1:4].; Williamsport, ; Wilkes barre, 15. I advocate no extravagance, but if a people are justified in making a liberal use of money anywhere, it is for the intellectual and moral lite of their children. The one thing needed to make a town Or nation prosper is nice —fully de veloped MEN. If lkral gives, us: material out of which to form multitudes of such men, as I have no doubt he does, it is (cur duty to find it, even Il we have to search it out in dark alleys and narrow streets, among filth, rags and depravity, and when found, to give it clue culture at any price. Boston has probably the best organized school-system in this country. Money is lavished] upon it cc ithout Stint. In his late report lion. John 11. Philbrick, City Su perintendent, gives a number of facts ex hibiting the excellence of the schools, and, among others, the statement that 7S per cent. of the whole school-going population of the city attended the public schools the past year, and then adds the following paragraph. I sincerely hope that " A Di rector" and all persons holding similar views will ponder well his weighty words . This favorable chewing is doubtless the combined result, (Oct merely of the agen cies which I have here described, however important and desirable they may be con sidered, but also or the operation of other causes, among which I regard LIS far the most powerful, the liberal settle on which our system of public schools is conducted, as to iteeollllllokitttiMlS, tho c'harac'ter Of the teachers, and the quality of the instruc tion afforthtd. And the reason why eve can afford to maintain our schools on a liberal scale is, that the large mass of our tax paying citizens, I mean especially that class of citizens who possess the means of paying tho tuition of their children at first class private schools, send their children to the public schools. If the schools were not kept up to a high standard of excel lence, this class of parents would withdraw their children, and place them in private But this would cost them more than the taxes required to keep up the public schools to a high standard. And when parents who earn their deny bread by their daily labor, see the door of the school where the children of the well-to-do go, wide open for the admission of their own children, they will make great and willing sacrifices to secure to them the ad vantage of attendants , . Like causes will produce like effects in Lancaster. With your permission, 1 will trouble you further. .1. P. WICHERSIIANI. rum Selmylklll County LLEw ELIYN, Dee. '2, Ih7l Messrs. Editors:—We have very cold weather fir so early in the season. On Than ksgi vie g .day the boys were skating on the ponds—a luxury not often indulged in on that day by the juveniles. The pop ulation of Sehuyk ill county is about one hundred and nine thousand. In the next ten years it will inerease very rapidly. It has al ready outstri ,td Iterks county, and is not very far belond Lancaster in is a:6th and population. Ai I lie , anie rate of increa,o in the hem decad, and it m. ill lie hoieli greater. the population will he, at le., t, “ne hundred and thirty or forty thousand. 'At present tichrlykill And Lebanon Make up our Con gressional District and it is a Very close 1,110 . The Ra/111,11, have Inannp , rul 01 elect their Reprosentives the last three ierins, l.y lety nig rip a lew lieinteratie distriet, in Sehuy kill eounty, ;ma snuuiug the ballot boxes, hut. Cake Was elected by fraud, and so was Killinger , neither if oLori tr ei a enti tled to a seat in the National Congress. I suppose rake thud !eel a tint it it, liar ill, Was rarely seen ill his seat. A prom inent Republican, o. ho resides in \ Lon, told me, that he was only prevent 515 days during the Dist Sessi o n, though he drew his full salary. At Con irevt. appor tionment Sehoylkhll should lie el anted Inaluber without any hitching on--the in terests of the eminty demand it. IL is .Bile probable that .loot Mel'aillalit will lat the t DelfllWrillie I,lfldidatO l rota this dis trict for Congressional honors; tin better selection call be Iliad°, he is very popular with the masses; his reputation is spotless; he is at present cashier of the Shenandoah Valley Bank ; he is a native of Caernarvon township, Lancaster county, and eOlllOB of • gtoil Democratic stock. SCHUYLKILL. Tardy Cum pe t lon Nearly a quarter of a century ago, Nich olas P. Trist, of Philadelphia, rendered very important service to the United States as Commissioner to negotiate a peace with Mexico. The treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo was mainly brought about by his exertions. He never received compensation for his in valuable labor, but last Spring Congress voted him the very moderate sum of'.!o,- 000. Before he could get his money a claim was put in by General Butler, on behalf of one Linus Childs, for part of the sum, for lobby services rendered by him and others. This claim has finally been rejected by . the Court of Claims, and Mr. Trist, now an old man and in very limited circumstances, wilt at last receive:his money. The amount IN small for the service rendered, but it is better than nothing. =EU One of the papers is very happy in say ing that Grant's object in declaring martial law in the lately rebellious States, is to "invent a new rebellion at the South, and achieve glory by crushing it, thereby win ning a re-election." It is lamentable that such a pitiful policy could possibly be in augurated as a mere political bolster to one weak mediocre man ; or, in other words, that fifteen greet States should be placed In mortal likelihood of suffering beyond rule, that he and his hangers-on may keep their places. THE WHARTON POISONING CASE ANNAPOLIS, Dec. g.—Mrs. N. H. Hutton was called as the second witness fur the State, and, being sworn, deposed as fol lows:—I live in Baltimore and am mar ried; have lived there nineteen years; I did not know General Ketchum until I met him at Mrs. Wharton's, on the '24th of June; I first saw him there that evening at 7 o'clock ; have known Mrs. Wharton about seven years; I opened the front door for the General; Mrs. Wharton met him and invited hint up stairs; I had seen Mrs. Chubb before then ; about ti o'clock I met her going to Mrs. Whartou's as I went there; Mrs. Chubb had been for medicine, and was returning for my brother, Eugene Van Ness; General Ketchum appeared very well; I saw hint at the tea-table; I went there to get a cup of tea for my sister, who was up stairs; Mrs. Wharton gave it to me; she was officiating at the tea-table ; Mrs. Chubb was also there; Gen. Ketchum said, "If you are as hungry as I tun you would take some tea;" I saw hint after that in his room ; Mrs. Chubb and Alm Wharton were also there; I called Mrs. Wharton from the room to get something for me; next saw the General Monday evening ; he With then sick iu ; this was between seven and eight; I had some conversation with him then in reference to his sickness; Mrs. Wharton was not pres ent, but my husband was Ile said he hail been quite sick, but was now better, and that Mrs. Wharton had poisoned him through a glass of lemonade (this was ruled by the court as inadmissible evidence for the Jury, and was consequent ly excluded, they being cautioned not to be governed by it I next saw him on Wed nesday morning, when I wont to Mrs. Wharton's that morning, at 10 o'eloek, and carried a pitcher of milk ; when I saw Gen eral Ketchum in his room, he was lying upon the bed, his eyes wide open, and his arms stretched out; I sat down beside the bed and began rubbing his hands: I re mained there until Dr. Williams gave we a prescription for the General, and then left the room and called Mr. Sar gent and !asked him to have it filled, offering bun my purse; Mrs. Wharton said she wanted it charged to her as eount at linallian'S ; I returned to the girl's room, and watched for Mr. Sargon is return; when I saw him enter the gate, I left the room to got the medicine; 6n Went into my brother's room, anti gave the ined ieine to my Mister in-law. she handing it. in ule ; I gave the medicine to lir. Williams, and he asked for a st o lid anti some water ; those I went fir to the MMus; naafi, and procured them from a serval, t ; I took them to the doctor, and saw 'UM drop lust medi• eine in one sp oo n, and take water in anoth er ; I remained in the roonl ;mane um`, and Dr. NVllliains gat o uue directi.ot when nn give the next doseof niedieino ; knrty drops were tin be given in tsvo teaspoonsful .nt water, at I ; and he thought I ought to hare some a_ssistance. alhl Mrs. \ liar ton ollored to remain with nie until a nurse was procured; she asked what the doctor was giving the General, but 1 was tunable to inlortn her; told her the tittle the ntotheino Was to be given; the General wade some effort to arise, anti M no. \ harton len the room and rxlled Mr. Snowden; the General made several other efforts to arise, but I restra It out him; Or, re-entered the COMII with W ; the tioetor or dered the bags nit nee U. be rentovell frottn the General's heat, ; after that he was tuna; Nlrs. Snowden reline t h e, room ; the doctor stated lie had Leon utmble LA/ get ka nurse, and sant Inc would have to leave, telling me again to give the inedieine at one o'clock ; r.Snowden remained: Mrs. NVitarton was not there : I WILS celled into another room; Mrs. Wharton reline in, and said she would remain with Mr. Snow den and the (lateral ; Mrs. Loney is my sister; I was out Of the (4 , oorars runlll a short time ; while I was 1/11L, Mrs. Whar ton also came out and spoke to my sister about a telet rate ; said she had a despatch :antral Brief., anti asked toy sister to take it down town; 1 again wont into (jell. oral Ketchum's room when my aster lull ine, and Nlrs, \Vltartort remarked, "I here , dropped the medieine tor yell, Mrs. 1111 - L , 11 C . I sari, IL is let yet hall past I'2 (t'elock ; I went to the bureau awl fielllti tile wed irgne had been itruppxd in a tea-cup; I told Nlrs. 11'llarton there WILS 0. 1111011 ill thin VIII., that, it wasn't the right dose; Mery was nearly throe lable .spoolsftl in 011 1•011; Mrs. Nl ' llart4,ll send the modieMo smelt so strongly she added water;nurcu I said it was 11,11 much lor the tioneral a, swalliow, and said she had hot ter drop amain, dose; she liesinMsl inset that duce being given, Lill I don't know her exact. I said It Is not yet time to Lim 110 11111. skit, will Mr. silowilen inn the other; Mrs. Wharton Inquired the time; I said 1,011(y 111111 II Les to I ; she SOoll etched again ; it was Then eighteen minutes to 1; and again, and it barked fifteen minutes; 1 took tnv watch and passed rs. Wharton, amt told her as sill, Was stJ anxious about the time she had bolter keep iny watch; she remarked, " May toff ypur wutelt is not right;" 1 had ,unipared my watch with Itr. \Villitints, and it Was with his; she kept the watch about Live IllinkILLIS .Lie o'clock ; she, thou returned it by Mr. Snowdon, who handed WO, saying, " It is live minutes to 1111 e o'clock, let us give him the dose; the first dose gave him such relief f am anxious fur him to have a n other;" she went to the bureau and brought the cup to the side of the bed ; before she did so I said she hail better let one drop another dose, but she said, "uh, no, let us give him ;- she then askod Mr. Snowden if he could give the dose; lie said, " Yes, my hand is steady, I will give ititro him," I assisted :qr. Snowden in lifting the I ;talent', when Mrs. \Vharten handed him a tablespoonful of the mix ture; we had some difficulty in get ting the I leneral to open his mouth ; Wharton remarked, after they got the spoon in his mouth, not. to remove it, that they would pour the remainder of the mix ture in tine spoon, which was done; mire. N.Vharton remained Standing tenth the Cur and spoon in liar hand; alter it little whale, ten or tifteen niinutes—tho General began hi be very restless; at first he begat. to slap my shoulders as 1 was sitting on the bed by hint ; 1111 then grasped the bad: of his njek and the front of his throat, and his stoinaeh and chest, ,atohing hold of them with both hands, tearing his flesh and uttering murmurings of stillnring pain and remonstrances of " I out ! doi;'t !" Lo llltha his throat bleed ; I got oil the lied and went to his feet and endeavored L., take hold of Virtu; re. \V harton was still near the bed, when I tried to lake hold of his feet lie continued to say. " Don't ! don't ,.. I asked Mrs. \l'llarton if she did not think he W 13.4 going iiltret,llCulsirms; she replied. " Yes ; I said 1 was going for a doctor ; Mrs. \Vharton said "Let the colored Mall go," who was nl the rOl/111 ; the niau did not know where the doctor lived ; so I event Illy/101f ; Jl rv. Wharnron lett the room just as I did ; she still 1.01 the clip and the spoon her hand, and had been since the dose was given; 1. don't know where she went; I went into the street; this was before half-past I o'clock; I went into the doc.or's °Moe 1001 wrote II Message on his slate and returned 10 the street; Or. NVill rains lives a little more than a kileare from Mrs. ‘N'harton's; while there I eats' Or, NVil hams driving dirty!, the street and hailed bite, and asked lain to griLir Mrs. Whar ton's ; he did not Ku directly with !no; 1 re turned to Mrs. \VlLirtrai's ;led found ifetton,tinowden /1101 0 t•iihirtlll 111/111 ill (jell. lietchurn's neon lir. NVllliatirssorin chine and I loft the 01,11111 of a motion from ; after a while I went back, and General Ketelaini WIL-. 101111 under the influence of chloral ; 1 staid a lest' 1110111811 hi; the doctor also went mu; at about filteen minutes of Urn I went to erlithe doctor. as we I.llolll.tht ton General tlyir ; about. toll 1111IllItt/8 after three 1 retained 10 the room and the Gen oral wa , dead; Mr. I 1 110,11 and Mr. l'raw -111011 were thrum the room ; 1 re 1111111 i 1/./1. I,i•aritig C;en. ova. suffering :at," 1 In• dos, wa. effinlninnten 1,1 Una Mr, Wlll,lOll 110 ell, 1/111 ill/ 11111 rt•coll• Inct hi. iloHorii/1111.; I vs.,. 1111,0111 011 Iho M HI// l a y wheli .\ Ir, 'llll hi, Virlei 1,41114,10/1 to gl/ fur nt,lionne; Mrs. Wharmil eirtered the rOl/111 where they V. 1•10 011 that day,itiel 0:11/1 0111/ had broken a VI/l1 01 1111/01/1100 which the dnrtor had lilt hit . (inland.] Ketchum; prior In this I heard a 1100.0 wch 11, the ot a 0011 WOlll/1 Wilk./ 11l the 1 leneral's room; wluh she , Mrs. Wharton, canal in she SOIL. very OXHIt I / 4 1, :Ind N/1111 she had broken the vial, rierl did rim 1,111/W what to do, I suggested t e st. she nrtworn• the Ialot•I and nonlll It to One dreg- ! gist, but 'ln. that WlOl tio•strIly011 ; 11111110 Other Hilgl4/141.1011/4 by Wlll.lll shorlitllll I have the inedieine re•plact .1, and Mrs. Chubb stud she mild gl/ tor It; :qrs. Wharton till her where t in g” , her 11/ bring 0111111 tartar-einetie, that she hail a p.nu in lier eldest alai wanted to make a plaster: Mrs chillib went. out; shortly utter, 1 went down, and M re. Wharton ask- I ed the if Jlro. 1 'lllll,ll had returnial, that it was getting late, and she W :LS worried about her; while 500 were conversing Mrs. chub!. 11,0110 in, allll had parcels in lair hand, hilt I don ' t kwlty 1011111 V/111.11 1.110111 ; ut ter the General's death I said something, about 111, clothes, and I told Nil,. \Vharion they were all par•ketl, and I asked if ,he knew where the leneral's vest W 3 ,1, 111111 she said it W. in her °lnset or wardrobe. NNAPOI.I , , Dee. 7'.—The court filet at 10 -o'clock. The crowd was greater than till any' previous day, with the 11 hillber of ladies largely increased. Several distin guished officers of both tire army and navy were present within the bur; here and there among spectators were seen faces of gentlemen well known for their zeal the paliJit. All artist of a popular Now York illustrated paper was sketching llio scene from corner to corner. Mrs. Hutton was called to the witness stand, when Mr. Revell, State Attorney, said the prosecution proposed now to re new a question which had been objected to and withdrawn yesterday, and asked witness to detail the circumstances con nected with the making of a milk-punch at Mrs. Wharton's house, of which Van Ness partook, and in which sediment was found which proved to be tartar emetic.— He admonished the witness not to answer until the court had decided whether or not to admit the question. The defence objected, anti asked if the State proposed to show that Mrs. Wharton made the punch, or her connection with it. The State proposed tic show that she was present when the punch was made, and otherwise connect her with it. The defence stated that Mrs. Wharton was now on trial fur poisoning General Ketchuin. The question might properly come up on the trial for attempting to poison Van Ness. The admissibility of the question VMS ar gued by counsel on boat sides at great length, when the court said it had been shown by the witness, Mrs. Hutton, that on Wednesday Mrs, Wharton administered a dose of medicine, or mixture, to (leneral Ketchum ; that certain symptoms soon followed, and Ketchum died shortly there after. Mrs. Chubb, had proved that she purchased tartar-emetic for Mrs. Wharton on Monday, and the court were clearly of opinion that It was proper to chow that tartar-emetic was In the house at the com mand or under control of Mrs. Wharton. The witness then stated that she brought the milk from her own house on the morn ing of June 28, and gave It to a servant, who took it to the cellar ; aft( rwards witness got the milk front the servant and gave It to Mrs. Van Ness, who prei ared the punch, witness assisting, and Mrs, Wharton being present.. The pooch was ordered by Dr. Chow, and one half of It was poured Into a wine glass and the other half Into a tom bier, and was placed by Mrs. Van Ness in a refrigerator in the dining room. The State now proposed to show to whom the punch In the wine , glass wss given, when the commisl for the defense said it would he admitted that It was gi yen to seine one, soil that no bad effects avers produced. Witness continued, end maid that later ht the day sin. saw the tumbler w hlrh hitil boon placed in the ri•lfigi.reitor with the L.11.'11 in Lino third-story !rola room; Mrs. iiney hail the tumbler, mut there was Ti Stedillll.llt in the 11.1(10111 of il. She anw Mr-. Loney place the 111111101 Hr in her pocket.. Mrs. Loney is a ',toter of the st any., mid M T. Van ! , :ear le. her brother. The direct examination ended, and the wit DOSS was turned °Nor to tilts collllSigl for thelilt cross-exittnitted It) Mr. Steele. The Wit 1.10.4 mated that tutors. than two hours intervened Instil this time the 1 , 1111011 was 1 , 11( is the reirigeratur and the tinie at which she ~1555 the humbler tip stairs; that it 55/L0 about 10 A. :Nt. Wh en Dr, NVllluttlis paid his first visit to tteneral Keteloini ;within her knowledge the Doe tor remained ever sill !mill . ; 110 pill IVO L., the 411101,1'S stud. The further cross Iqsl - • roboiated her statement in the direct e% • B.IIIIIIM 1011. lii. I'. t•. Williams was then s‘vorn, and testified that he was a physician, and had practiced .11 Baltimore tor eighteen years ; lie had no "Moja' position in any medical college.; he first sate t:eneral IGdrhum 1111 the altertioon of Juno :16, between 4 and o ' clock, in Ito thlrd - story front room at Irv, W hart iin ' s ; he 50)1,1 seated all 11 Sala, Much nauseated, very 1.1110 and prostrated; Ina Pak" :is ra i n '', an d h e syaa ,1111111111 14 every tett ; intittlies; ordered him to bed, and prescrilital him a dose of two drops of 1:11,1,,p4)4,111111 01 111100 wnler to 111. taken oven' two hours 111011 110 was rehot oil; think. he pate Ilit , dirrruun 6 , rs. 1 t,t ton ; when he gal 111010 lai 0110 elseSVas it, 1110 100111; 100 k the,prescrip tion him:wit to the tit itgged tiornattl ' s, Had Sent It hark 111 the 111111:11' ; 11111 11111 1/11111. 11111 0,10 stillienait litiporlalleo for 111111 10 roman,. San' Istaelinin again the next morning i Tnesilay i about to o'oloek; font.' Inn, asleep, and made n 110150 1 50111 ~,akett hot,' he hat ; lio rep/td, " tjuito tt ell, " and S 111 . 1”1,14 I detei !nominal to return to Washington in the , inornitig ; that litt had oxiaaatal to retu r n with Mts. l ' loll.ll, I/111 112111 oVarsloia 111111,11 f. Nils Chubb had oak ell him and asked it bo wxv g • 1111 14 Wax lllll l4 lol ; 1111 10111 hem it was 1111'11 Its/ Into, hat 110 Wlllll,l 10110,' in a later Irani 211111 illaa it' it lair al throe o ' clock. lit, tn.:rood that thou , Waal. , las•assily for lama Inodlriue, and I gave 111111 110110 111 1 Insisted till pax ing we. Nat , 111111 tgitill 011 ‘Veilliesday uallruiug, lute lap, reralVeil n tnossatto Iron, NI Fs, hartual at r0i1,., 110011•111111aly, its Ilia 1,101,11 sta., tVorsa. Wallahs a alit 111/11 11,14. 1 111 1 1, 11 1111111 niter le ; the tionomal sus lying 0n a sofa tat Ills right side with In, halt ell a ~hair and ho he, to On , lark ua 1114 `41.111 ; 111111111 11 1/1 , 1`,11. [kinking he was/..100p ; then spoke, but there was no analvor ; wont up and paid H 11111111 1111 Rot. 1/11111 ' 4 sho o Ides, 5011011 a slight convulsive [rime. ; passed user his 1011/111 1/1111y : LllO 1,11111 hoing 11ar k !toss pushed open the ,Ilutters aii,l rotti 1 11 ed to the wait ; haunt his hood and Ill,' Vl l rY 111111 • 11 1 : 111114,411 1 11 ; 1,0,0111041 n lIVItI 1111- 1111111,111141 ; /11111 v 1141411, hllll 111111 1,1,0'11 11,, 11111011; hut replied "Tolerable: ' antolltp.eul into has plavauas acilitlllital ; slalak and questioned hit. again, but Ito IZI4VO only it monosyllable answer 111111 agatii relapse , / , he Intl not describe any of Ills Iliallags tlyinptalllS; wluiess clays 11111 think he w its 011111110 el speaking n 1,11101101 1 ; 0114 . 11 NI,. Iluttuat to aid him in potting I:11,1 mm I' bed; spunk 111111 and Indio,' Jointly, " e itii ' t you get up; ' In , hosttated, and thou •oint Ni , ,., , hit tailing to ri.o, ttltuo., roinoved chair and raised 111111 to n suing po, tun,; asked hint it he tt 114 11111/1 11/ wall. 1•1 bell ; 111/1 1111 tv Is )11111611 , It 111/ ,o; \I r, 1 1 111 1.1)11 fal4llll 111111 to 1114 10, 1; 1 , 5111141 111,1 arm, 111111 legs wort, 4(111 and rigid , he wan too boat y io earry, 111111 it 11 :11111 hit, along Om floor, iin 1,1, 1,11, lasi, alai lila. hillu, II; la'llliass rocalleat [hal any word 0r sOllll,l 0 1 11110 1 . 1 , .111 Ito • /01‘,,,,i alter /hey started to toil Into io 1.0,1 ; tilt , 11 0•44011 hllll, and , a 111,4 11111'1 I'll 111 1,0 11111 111 1114 111,111, 11111/ V. not. a preserlprion Po' a hal 1111111,1 1.111 , 1111, of follow tas 4;atllil,e , , with pieta/ hill , , la give, lialy drops ovary two hours, in Iwo al tV111110; r, and Ni no. 1l litton ore in 1111. 1 . 00111 It 11011 1 110 1111 . 4 1101110 Wits si.llL and while waiting, svitne,, omit dew!, stail, to nee NI,. Wlntrton 111 ina ly tar tI th, eiinditein, and ilei ~,rnloiely 4)l sending for his frionds, its 110 Ihllug 111 113tallaill was Vary ill; :1,11,1 for tI 4110 kIII,V of lilly rallltiVas of Lilo 1 /onaral Who ought 10 110 0 0 /1/10,1; Sll.l 14)141 1110 1111 had a brother-1,1.1a,, in NVashington, ionolal Brice, and I undnrnlnlld her to say /1 5,111, l ' harlea Ketchum, in Now fork; Wharton then spolto alumt it holds Wll 11 . 1, she maid she haul entrusted In XII . . 1 I ilium to had hire ttln, 1 100101'1, 111,1 asked it In , haul root - al:0d it; ha answered " Yes, " that 1 1 [atoll had givioi loin a hottlo its ail tllO 11011 s, Dr. Williams here mialliceil a t,ll-11.... Whin!, which 111,01111 W. the bottle handed him by Ileum], and resumed his evidenea Iln 1,,111,Ws Nlrs. Wharton asked if b. did net 11,1111, it 111111 44,111.111110,1 11111111t1111111, wi i 111,11.1, , ,,V0r. 011 110 thought It 11,111; ~1,01111, 1 1 11011111041 111. , 1,1:1111,11 . ci rru mstauusw 111111, , f wldrh 11ii• ['EAU" hail been found, awl intimated that silo was I,IIIX il,ll, that tilt, liO to SIO,IIIII 1114 1/0 known further, unless inwessiary, Mating that IL might give 11,411 to the impression that the ioneral bud inamil.staretl it to hinl sell ; she said the bottle was f,,111111 010 Oro thing hshire (Tuesday .0011111g.1; at OW 1.11110 11111'11,1110 15114 1,111,1 slit, gild her servant, Somali, hail ;4,11 , 1,, 1110 11erlorlir, r Io nmke 111, his 1,4 , 41; the tien era] p, change his piedlion mini the 1.1 to solit ill the fool. ; wliilu Slot was torang• Mg the sole, Benin begun t,, pull 011' 111 , 11-eltglieS ; abu wan hr ulttka the boil as oho (li•J nn ; neulrthing rvdlyd front hell, 1,1,1 tag tile 11,01 f ; 1:1411,,ral 101,1111111,•nod call, " Look mit, poi will Meals lily watch : she 1.4,41 1111(1 1411.25' his will -It in It lob; they left the room, leaving K etelin in lying on the sofa, and on ititerward,, nnnsu said, " Y 4,11 k ilf so Mrs. St/hart/in, Mali, thing roll from the bed which the I;eniirsl thought wan his watch," and Stisitti after wards 12'1,1)111p t,f, nee what it wits, and fund this bottle, 111,11 gave the bottle to her. NVitnems rnnlinuetl. There was no listed on the phial when it was handed to line ; Ito the sealing-wax the 1'014,11/all Rogers " were stamped ; they are druggists ht BaltillIOr0; the convermation with Mrs. NVlnirton was in tier room and found the medicine there; in, krd 101" a 14110011, which 11 rs, lliaton brought. Willie,s said he wished to state here that when ho first saw letetititii he thought the General was la boring under congemtion the I ram, threatening apoplexy, with this in, examined particularly the pupil, of hula eyes; they were !littoral in alea and appearance, but insensible to light, um he discovered by "palling the shutters; wit • IIeNSCOIItIIIIIO,I of that cudnion until was raised !row the sofa to his teal, when he . diminismed It, or changed his he pression, nn finding that Ketchum did not sink to the floor, as would have berm the VlO4O had it been lipoplaxy ; there was net the 11111,0•111ar laxity attending apoplexy ; Ha. In u.vrles were still' ut,,i Witile.t resumed li, riarrativo It 4 1 )10 thee Wool 10 11 re. Wharioll said 110 was I(l.iii th dad tills blade, as iL 1111;4111 explain the isnelitiou In ultlcit lie toned the lielieral, and lor 101 , /Lll., rt1:1..011 lie bait taken wilhule visa he Wight rec., • er, as there were no tteideinsu ut dance! oils amount of opium 111, rig bet.ll la heir ;'• witness ,bated why bethought an ortirth,se of laudanum hail not been tilk en, detailing the syllipteins and ellects hf LI dangemes !pmmy ; Ur. Williams ~ow resumed Ins statelheet, broken ell tel hit LLiei /0/1/1 Lo ginse the flied Wine to Ketchum, inlet con tinued: I admini.tered a them of Jeteol nue!, ; p 1 drops ru in table-spun u, xddiug two ten-spi,onsfel •tf water. It Wile dilli , •111I Ih pet the +IP/1,11 ill the iii,ll iii; his teeth v° clench whirl. ~/1/111 not 11,11 1114/ Cite° had 1,.• tern ilialer 11111 leilleiere ill 1 °polio ; re titles,. Li, willi . ll the eltert of the nit - thou.' ; 111 fifteen minutes Ketchum began LI, limn - ore; his color Wills Mach better, and the expression of his eyes was loafer; Willie's took a seat by the bed alai Wateleal for sole() tithe; XllOlllll stated Moore, that when he gave the limo it Was 11 ; 110 gave directions to repeat it at It; li'eleck if there worn no improvement, but toter seeing the alt eri changed Ms mind mil ordered it given at I o'clock ; witness then Jett the house ti nurse; Ile returned to M rs. \ liartOLl'S and inlonned her that he could not get the nurse, and that he had n dune ii, he given at 1 o'clock, and would rOLIIrII as near that hour an possible; after dismissing the theory of apoplexy and that of opium, Ire thought the !letter:o might be labor leg under the Bright's 111Sease ill the kidneys, anti suffering from urinal poison ; he had pa.sed no urine that day, and it %ire necessary to tow a catheter; WlLliess left the house to visit a patient, and was returning when he met :Ora. Hll uu11; Weill for a err theter, returned to Lha house, and eland the General in convulsions, lying on hie nark, at full length; Llie convulsions were peen liar, and seemed to have a tendency to throw him on his left stile, and were ac companied by means; there were marks on his forehead, neck and Shailliell; the Skill was lore at 011 butte ,ides of the abllO mtlu; witness adillltlistered chloroform mid used the catlietur,•and then ordered and administered thirty grains of chloral ; wit ness went home, tested the urine, and found it healthy; returned and found Mr. Snow Chill Mel Mrs. Hutton in Ketchum ' s room; witness Weill to tun itedettle, and being puz zled about Ketchum's condition, rental ked to Snowden, "1 fear the lieneral has been poisoned;" this WaSILLOUt 2 o'clock, or a lit tle after; while in this condition of doubt and suspicion, Mrs. Hutton entice to hint and they went to the corner of the room, and Mrs. Hutton said [ witness was here checked In his narration and re/min ed]; went out of the room to see Mrs. Loney, who produced a tumbler ittin her pocket and asked him to examine it anti tell what It contained; being put on his guard by what she said to him, he took out
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