TEIUIS OF PUBLICATION. THE REroßTr.it is published every Thurs day Morning, by E. O. GOODBICH, at $2 per tinuum, iu advauco. ADVERTISEMENTS, exceeding fifteen Imes are inserted at TEN CENTS per line for first insertion, aud FIVE CENTS per line for subsequent insertions. Special notices, in serted before Marriages and Deaths, will be charged FIFTEEN CENTS per line for each insertion. All resolutions of Associations ; , ..mmunications of limited or individual interest, ami notices of Marriages or Deaths exceeding five lines, are charged TEN CENTS per line. 1 Year. 6 mo. 3 mo. One Column, $75 STO $3O Half " 40 25 15 One Square, .. .10 7A 5 Estray,Caution, Lost and Found, aud other advertisements, not exceeding 10 lines, three weeks, or less, $1 50 Administrator's A Executor s Notices.. 2 00 Auditor's Notices .2 50 business Cards, five lines, (per year*. .5 00 Merchants and others, advertising their business, will be charged S2O. They will be entitled to i column, confined exclusive ly to their business, with privilege of change. Advertising m all cases exclusive of subscription to the paper. JOB PRINTING ol' every kind, in Plain and Fancy colors, done with neatness and dispatch. Handbills, Blanks, Cards, Pam phlets, &c., of every variety and style, prin ted at the shortest notice. The REPORTER OFITCE has just been re-fitted with Power Presses, aud every thing in the Printing line can be executed iu the most artistic manner and at the lowest rates. TERMS INVARIABLY CASH. tfavils. rpHOMAS J. INGHAM, ATTOR -1 KEY AT LAW, LAPORTE, Sullivan C;>nnty,Pa. pEORGE B. MONT AN YE, AT VJT TURKEY A T I.A IF—Office in Union Block, formerly occupied by JAMACKARLANK. WT. DAVIES, Attorney at Law, • Towanda, Pa. Office with Wm. Wat kins, Esq. Particular attention paid to Or phans' Court business and settlement ot dece dents estates. \TERCUR & MORROW, Attorneys JLTX at La ie, Towanda, Penn'a, The undersigned having associated themselves together in the practice of Law, offer their pro fessional services to the public. ULYSSES MERCUH, P. D. MORROW. Marcb 9,1865. PATRICK k PECK, ATTORNEYS AT X LAW. Offices :—ln Union Block, Towanda, Pa., formerly occupied by Hon. Wm. Elwell.aud in Patrick's block, Athens, Pa. They may be consulted at either place. H. w. PATRICK, apU3 W. A. PECK. ÜB. McKEAN, ATTORNEY • COUNSELLOR AT LAIC, Towan da. Pa. Particular attention paid to business in the Orphans' Court. July 20, 1866. HENRY FEET, Attorney at Law, Towaula, Pa. jun27, 66. W r 11. CARNOCHAN, ATTOR • KEY AT LAW Troy, Pa. Special attention given to collecting claims against the Government for Bounty, Back Pay and Pensions. Office with E. B. Parsons. Esq. June 12,1865. £4DWARD OVERTON Jr., Attor- Jney at Laic, Towanda, Pa. Office in Mon tauyes Block, over Frost's Store. July IJ, 1865. JOHN N. CALIFF, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Towanda, Pa. Also, Govern ment Agent for the collection of Pensions, Back Pay and Bounty. So charge unless successful. Office over the Post Office and News Room. Dec. I, 1864. Ol). STILES, M. 1)., Physician and • Surgeon, would announce to the people ol Rome Borough and vicinity, that he has perma nently locate at the place formerly occupied by Dr. G W. Stone, for the practice of his p ofes sion. Particular attention given to the treat ment of women and children, as also to the prac tice of operative and minor surgery. Oct. 2,'66. Dll. PRATT has removed to State street, (first above B. S. Rnsso'! & Co's Bank). Persons from a distance desirous 1 cm .-ulling him, will be most likely to find him on Saturuay of each week. Especial attention will be given U> surgical cases, and the extraction of teeth. Gas or Ether administered when desired. July 18, 1866. B. S. PRATT, M. I). DOCTOR CHAS. F. PAlNE.—of fice in GORE'S Drug Store, Towanda, Pa. Calls promptly attended to at all hours. Towanda, November 2s, IS6G. LM>\Y'D MEEKS—AUCTIONKKK. -Lai All letters addressed to him at Sugar Run, Bradfoid Co. Pa., will receive prompt attention. I FRANCIS E. POST, Painter, Tow anda, l'a, with 10 years experience, is con fident he can give the best satistaction in Paint ing, Graining, Staining, Glazing, Papering, Ac. ear Particular attention paid to Jobbing in the country. April 9, 1866. J J. NE W ELL, COUNTY SURVEYOR, Oi well, Bradford Co., Pa„ will promptly attend to all business in his line. Particular attention given to ruuning and establishing old or dispu ted lines. Also to surveying of ail anpattented lands as soon as warrants are obtained, my 17 \\~ HERSEY WATKINS, Notary T T • Public is prepared to take Deposi tions, Acknowledge the Execution of Deeds. M rtgages, Power of Attorney, and all other instruments. Affidavits and other pipers may be sworn to before me. Office opposite the Banking House of B.S. Russell A Co., a lew doors north of the Ward House. Towanda, Pa., Jan. 14, IBC7. Dcnttstrji. TIWENTY-FIVE YEARS EXPERI .I ENCE IN DENTISTRY. J. S. SMITH, M. D., would respectfully inform the inhabitants of Bradford County that he is oermanantly located in Waverly. N. Y., where be has been in the practice of his profession for the past lour years. He would say that from his long and successful practice of 25 years duration he is familiar with all the different styles of work J rie in any and all Dental establishments in e.ty or country, and is better prepared than any "■ ler Dental operator in the vicinity to do work tee best adapted to the many and different uses that present themselves oftentimes to the Dentist, as he understands the art of making his own artificial teeth, and has facilities tor doing the same. To thosw requiring under sets of teeth he would call attention to his new kind of work wiiich consists of porcelain for both plate and teeth, and forming a continuous gum. It is more durable, more natural in appearance, and much better adapted to the gum than any other kind of work. Those in need of the same are invited to call and examine specimens. Teeth filled to last for years and ottent mes for lite.— ( hlorofotm, ether, and "Ki/.ous iuide" admin istered with perfect safety, as over four hundred j patients within the last four years can testify, j 1 will be iu Towanda from the 15th to 30th of every month, at the office of W. K. T \YLOR j (formerly occupied by Dr. O. H. Woodruff.)Hav'- j lug made arrangements with Mr. Taylor, I am I prepared to do all work in the very best style, at 01s office. Nov. 27, 1865. I)R H. WESTON, DENTIST Office in Patten's Block, over Gore's Ding and Chemical Stors. Ijan66 WARD HOUSE, TOWANDA, PA. On Main Street, near the Court House. 0. T. SMITH, Proprietor. Oct. 8,1866. AMERICAN HOTEL, TOWANDA, PA., Having purchased this well known Hotel on Brnlge Street, 1 have refurnished and refitted i- with every convenience for the accommoda-i >n ot ail who may patronize me. No pains will ! spared to make all pleasant and agreeable. I May.!. tf. J. s. PATI'EHSON, Prop. St"* 1 } I'kß HOUSE, :i four story brick j V edifice near the depot,with large airy rooms, I eo gant parlors, newly luruDhed. has a recess in ' •' addition for Ladies use, and is the most II onv>nn nt and ODIJ- first class hoiel at Waverly. i ', l! H l -'- : prin ipal office tor stages south | in express. Also tor sale ot Western Tickets, t • " h'? o D f. ua ' °? *' rau 4 Trunk Rail-way. Fare etroit from fiuffitlo, 14, is cheaper than any route - Apply (or tickets as above to , C. WARFORD. , ' "I al| 4 care ot Horses at reasonable ! Waverly. N. V . 0ct.26, 1566.-3 m. C. W. OF FRAY-' Bool.s at the NEWSROOM. liratlfuvii Hcpdcr E- O. GOODRICH, Publisher. VOLUME XXVII. THE XIGIIT COMETH. Amber and crimson and purple, Silver and azure and gold, Robes of glorious sunset Sweeping in many a fold, Out from the golden portals, Aud leaving the twilight gray, Gilding iu wondrous beauty Down the bright track of the day. Fades the last gleaming, Now to thy dreaming— The lone Night cometh. There s gloom on the rippling waters, Sparkling so late in the sun, And mystic forms from the woodland Seem gathering one by one- Gloom on the rippling waters, Low murmuring in their sleep, V bile trom the dim old forest, Come whispering wild and deep. Wrapped in shadows, O'er the meadows The lone Night cometh. Showers of silver spray are raining, Downward from her half-closed eye, And the breezes, low complaining, Ever fitful, pass us by:— And the woods and vales and mountains, With their wealth of crystal gleams, And the pale shapes of the shadows Seem a wondrous land of dreams. To the lowly, Pure and holy, The lone Night cometh. Night, with gleaming, starry circlets, Ne'er so glorious as now, Binding back the midnight tresses From her damp and pallid brow, And sparkling, wide and broadcast, She the dew of slumber flings And nothing breaks the stiilffiss But the rustle of her wings, Calm and stilly Sleeps the ljjy— The long Night cometh. God, and angels, too. are watching ; Night is coming o'er the lea— Bravely, gravely, to the contest; Sleep soon calls for thee and me. Then'.s the time for idle dreaming— Toil we till the setting sun, Till life's battle shall be over, And the victor's crown be won. Onward ever. Falter never— The lone Night cometh. S.nlr. THE EES CUE. BT MBS. EMELINE -. SMITH. THE incident about to be related, is one of many similar ones which oc curred during the early settlement of America. Those who sought a home in the savage wilds, which then cov ered the land, wedded themselves to a life of peril and hardship. The dan gers which continually threatened them called forth all the heroic qual ities of their nature, and their lives were marked by many a lofty deed of dat ing and devotion. Such deeds should not sink iuto oblivion,for they belong to the history of our country, and as suco, should be recorded and remembered. We would present a picture to the imagination of the reader. There is a broad and beautiful stream, with its deep, still waters, flowing on be tween banks covered by luxuriant foliage ; and its bright surface dot ted here and there with fairy little isles, where graceful shrubs and lra grant flowers bud and blossom undis turbed in wild and lonely loveliness. Bright-plumed birds, of many varie ties, are winging their way over the quiet water, and the surrounding scene echoes with their tuneful min istrelsy. On the borders of the river, at the edge of a forest that stretches far away over hill and dale, stands the rude but picturesque dwelling of backwoodsman ; with the blue smoke curling up from its luwly roof, and its humble walls glancing out from the green foliage that surrounds them. There are some indications of taste and refinement near the wood man's home, which give a cheerful appearance to that otherwise wild and lonely scene. A graceful vine curtains the lowly window, and many bright flowers, natives of a distant soil, shed tie ir grateful perfume around. Near the door hangs a cage, containing a rare and beautiful bird, whose song of gladness breaks sweet ly upon the stillness of that solitary place. On a low seat at the entrance of the dwelliug, is seen a young woman, caressing an infant. She has lost the blooming loveliness ot youth—her cheek is pale, and Iter brow wears that thoughtful expression which is imprinted by the touch of care ; yet she is still beautiful iu form and fea ture, and none may look upon her without admiration. As she bends over the child in her arms, her eye fills with that unutterable tenderness aud love which are only seen in the eye of a mother, and which make the face of a beautitui woman almost au gelic. Now and then she turns from the child, to send an anxious glauce towards the forest, as if she watched for the approach of some one from that direction. She is momentarily expecting her husband. He left his home at morn ; the hour appointed for his return had pessed away ; the shadows of the trees are lengthening iu the rays of the setting sun,aud yet he comes not. The fond wife begins to tremble for his safety—a fearful foreboding of evil steals over her mind, and the dark dread of some ap proaching calamity haunts her imag ination. She has reason to fear ; for that portion of country was, at this time, the theatre of many a tragic scene. Sometimes the woodman iu penetrat ing too far into the pathless recesses of the forest, lost his way, and wau dering for days in the dreary wilder ness, suffering many miseries, and i perishing at last by the paDgs of hun ger. Sometimes the wily red man, who yet lurked about those lonely wilds, entrapped the white hunter, and, from a spirit of revenge, or the thirst for blood, sacrificed his victim with the most wanton and barbarous cruelty. As the anxious wife thought of these things, her fears and forebod ing became almost insupportable.— Hushing the infant to sleep, she car ried it into the dwelling, and deposit ed it in his cradle bed. She then hastened forth again, and wandered along the path that led to the forest, anxiously looking forward the while for her husband. She walked onward for some time, fondly hoping to see the object of her search,but her hopes were vain, and sending one more searching glance around, and seeing nothing but the gloomy shadows of trees, she turned with a heavy heart to retrace her steps. As she was proceeding homeward, a sudden fear for her child, whom she had left alone, crossed her mind, and caused her to hasten forward. Drawing nearer to the dwelling, this fear became so in tense, that it amounted almost to a conviction of some terrible calami ty. Flying, rather than walking, she searched the house, and sprang to the cradle—it was empty, and the child nowhere to be seen ! With frantic eagerness she rushed to the back door of the dwelling, which she had left closed, and which she now tound was open. She was just in time to see a party of Indians mak ing rapidly to the woods. Her heart whispered the fearful assurance that they bore away its treasure. Here was a trying situation for a timid and helpless woman—her husband afar off—perhaps in peril—her child —her first born, and only one, torn away by the rude hand of a savage —dread night approachiug, and 110 earthly arm to aid ! Without pausing foi reflection, the mother flew along the path which the Indians had taken. Now and then she caught a glimpse of their forms as they moved rapidly through the trees, but as the twilight deepened and surrounding objects became more indistinct, even that slight comfort was denied her, and she traced her gloomy pathway without knowing whether or not it would bring her nearer the object of her pursuit. Yet she paused not a moment in indecis ion, but hastened onward through the increasing darkness, unconscious of the uncertainty of her search, and the wildness of her expedition. She had but one thought—one hope ; and that was.to be near her child—to save it, if it could be saved, or perish with it, if perish it must. Strong in this determination, she pushed for ward,thoughtless of fatigue, and fear less of peril. As the night advanced, the wind rose and sighed among the trees with a mournful and heart-chill ing sound. The stars, that had hith erto shed a faint light through the branches, were now veiled in black clouds, that seemed to presage a storm ; aud ever and inon the shrill croaking of • a night-bird, or the pro longed howl of some beast of prey, was borne to the ear of the unhappy wanderer, waking fearful thoughts, and warning her of the dangers by which she was surrounded. Those who have never roamed in a forest at midnight, can scarcely real ize how much that is terrifying is connected with such a journey. At one time, the howl of the hungry wolf will burst so sdddeuiy and clear ly 011 the ear that we can scarcely persuade ourselves the monster is not close at our side—at another, the falling of a decayed branch will pro duce such a loud and fearful sound, that we deem it the fatal plunge which must doom us to destructiou. Now the wind will come with a fitful and moaning cadence, so like the hu man voice, that we for an instant, be lieve it the wail of an agonized being and again it will sweep by with a ' rushing sound like a troop of enrag !ed monsters bent on a mission of death. Sometimes an unseen, low drooping branch will softly touch the shoulder, congealing the warm cur rent of life with the idea that a spec tral hand has suddenly arrested our progress; and again a black a.d blast ed tree, with one or two sere branch es protruding from its side, will, for an instant still the pulsatiou of the heart, as we behold in it a frightful phantom, stretching forth its arms to grasp our shrinking forms. All this, and more, must one feel and fear in a lonely midnight pil grimage through the forest; and all this the mother endured as she pur sued her almost hopeless enterprise. She had traveled far, very far, for the darkness of night, and the intricacies of the wood, had scarcely lesseucd the speed with which she commenc ed her walk, and she had been many hours on the way. Weariness was beginning to overcome her—hope was departing from her heart, and despair chilling all her energies,when she discovered afar off through the trees, a light. It was but a feeble glimmer, yet oh ! how it irradiated the path of the waudorer. The in stant she bebeld it, hope sprang back ' to her heart, and strength invigorat- j ed her frame. That faint and far off \ ray seemed the light of returning j happiness, and she watched it as ea- j gerly as the mariner watches the star 1 which guides him over ocean's stormy j waves. She now hastened onward with redoubled energy, aud though j her steps sometimes faltered, and her j heart sunk withiu her, as the light j disappeared behind some intervening i object, she still kept her eye steadily in the direction of the beacou, and saon gained a position where it shone brightly before her, and she could approach without losing sight of it again. As .-he drew near, she gazed upon the scene which that light re vealed, with mingled feelings of as tonishment, hope and fear. REGARDLES3 OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER. TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., FEBRUARY 28,1867. There was a large fire built of the dried brauches of trees, aud around it lay the dusky forms of five or six ludiaus, reposing npou the ground. Their appearance was savage in the extreme ; each with his painted fea tures lighted by the fitful glare of the fire, and his tomahawk aud scalping knife gleaming at his side. Near them were implements of hunting, and around the fire lay scattered bones and fragments ola recent rude and hasty repast. The whole scene was calculated to strike terror iu to the heart of the delicate being who gazed upon it. But she scarcely saw the rude sav ages or their implemets of death, for her whole soul was absorbed in con templating a portion of the scene which we have not yet described,and which riveted her attention with a thrilling and magic power. Bound to a true, was the form of her hus band ; and at his feet on the cold ground, lay her child. The father's face was pale,and stained with blood; the infant's face was covered by its dress, and its form was motionless as if chilled by the cold ha id of death. How felt the fond wife and mother wheu that sight of horror met her eyes ? Repressing by a mighty ef fort the Bhriek of agony that rose to her lips and conquering, by the strength of a heroic soul, the almost irrcsistable desire she felt to rush forward, and clasp those dear ones to her aching heart, she stood gazing upon the scene with feelings that cannot be described. .She saw with a throb of sudden joy, that her hus band lived, but her heart grew cold again as she watched the motionless form of her child. She longed to fly to its side, and ascertain the truth, for the suspense that preyed upon her spirits was terrible,but again her resolute mind restrained her, and she began to deliberate upon the situa tion of her husband,and devise means for releasing him. The vived light cast by the fire on all things near it, enabled the wife to note the scene distinctly. She saw, with a thankful heart, that the sava ges all slept, and that she cou'd reach the side of her husband with out passing near enough to awake them ; but she saw that he was bound by strong cords, which she could not hope, iu her wearied state to unfasten, and she looked about for something to sever them. There was nothing, save the knives which the Indians wore at their sides. Look ing more intently, she saw that one ol these had slipped from its place, and lay on the ground by its owner, so near, that his hand almost touched the hilt. A pang of intense fear shot through her frame, when she | thought of approaching so close to i the terrific form of the savage, but 1 another look upon the pale face of! the prisouer, reassured her, and she j determined to rescue him or perish iu ' the attempt. She could not approach 1 the Indians without revealing herself 1 to the eyes of her husband, and she j feared, in that case, an exclamation of surprise would follow Iter appear ance, and rouse the foe from their slumber. After pondering a moment upon the best mode of proceeding,she determined to steal softly to the back of the tree, place her hand upon the lip of the captive, whisper a few words of explanation, and implore him, not by the sligbest murmur, to frustrate her plans. With a throb bing heart, she commenced her peril ous undertaking. Noiselessly she made her way to the tree, aud accom plished her purpose. There was no time for delay, yet one instant the mother turned to look upon her child, yearning to clasp it to her bosom,but not daring to lift the cloth which con cealed its features, aud assure herself whether or not it lived. A little while before, she would have given worlds to be able to do this, but uow she felt that to behold it wrapped in the slumber of death would unnerve her arm, aud render her unfit for the fur ther prosecution of her trying task. With a firmness that would. have done honor to a stoic, she conquered the promptings of natural love, and hastened away. With a step as noise less as the falling dew, she glided towards the slumbering savages ; as she drew near, her frame trembled so violently, she could scarcely sup port herself; and when she put forth her hand to take the knife, the beat ing of her heart was so audible, she feared it would awake the sleepers, and she pressed her hand convulsive ly upon it to still its tumultous throb biugs. One terrible instant she thought the eyes of the Indian open ed, glared upon her with a fierce aud malignant expression ; but this was mere fancy for he still slept, and the next moment she was gliding away with the knife firmly grasped in her hand. With a few rapid strokes she liberated her husband, and then bent down aud uncovered the child. To her unspeakable joy, she found it iu a slumber as sweet aud peaceful as though it had been hushed to rest up on its mother's bosom. With a pray er of gratitude upon her lips, she lift ed it lrom its restiug place, turned to her companion,and motioned the way to their home. With rapid aud noise less steps they hurried away, speed ing ouward with tremulous yet hope ful hearts. Not a moment did the fond mother spare to caress her in fant—not a word did she utter to greet her husband. The spell of a new found, uncertain happiness had settled upon her spirit, and she fear ed to break its thrilling charm. For a time they traveled thus iu silence and darkness; moving as near as they could judge, in the direction of their home, and anxious to be farther, still farther away from their enemies. At length weariness compelled them to rest awhile, and, as the dawning day began to shed a trembling light abroad, they crept into a thicket and sought repose. The beams of the rising sun light- Ed the wanderers on their homeward pathway ; and wheu that sun was sinking to repose, its parting rays fell caraly over the woodman's hum ble home, revealing a scene of bliss such as seldom visits the abode of man. How radiant with grateful joy was the face of the fond mother, as she clasped her recovered treasure closer to her bosom ; how full of ad miration was the eye of the rescued husband as it rested upon its fair preserver ; and oh ! how warm and fervent was the prayer, breathed in that hour of safety bearing up to Heaven the devotion of thankful and happy hearts. ffllitai. REMARKS OK HON. GEORGE LANDON, SENATOR FROM BRADFORD COUNTY, lii the Senate, ou Tuesday, January 29. 1867 ou the bill entitled Joint resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, protest ing against the confirmation of Edgar Cowan as Minister to Austria. Mr. LANDON. Mr. Speaker,l have observed that one of the gentlemen who has spokeu has apologized for so doing. 1 shall make no apology. Ido not rise to make a speech. I am sent here by men who have their political faith, their moral sentiments their patriotic . convictions. I am i charged with t e duty and the re sponsibility, so far as 1 am able, to represent, maintain and defend their ideas, their views, their feelings, and their convictions. It is my right to ' do it and my duty ; I would be recre j ant if I failed to do it. I do not dis ! like these discussions at all, sir ; I j consider them really the most import ant of our Senatorial proceedings.— Not that the Senate chamber is to be i a political atena of party contest ; i not that we are to turn it into a town j meeting ; but in this chamber the , three millions of Pennsylvauiaus are | concentrated, sublimated, politically ; boiled down ; and here, in this small, arena, we discuss and give life to those principles that permeate the whole body of the people. We speak here, and the people hear ; we make declarations here, and those declara tions are afterwards weighed by the public ; principle comes iuto contact with principle, aud the people can determine where the truth is ; aud I say of such discussions let them go on. As Jefferson said, " The truth has nothing to fear from error while the field is left free." When the Re publican party .on this side of the Senate chamber, when the Republi can party in Congress, when the Re publican party in the wide country, cannot maintain itself by fair argu ments, then let it go down. Mr. Speaker, 1 hive listened with great interest to the remarks on the other side of the chamber, but my in terest has been mingled with amuse ment. 1 always listen to the Senator from Clearfield [Mr. WALLACE] with interest. lam always sure to seat myself where I can hear when he speaks. I admire his intellect, but not his party ideas ; I admire his boldness, bis resoluteness, but 1 am sorry he is not on the side of the country. The most lamenting thing is to see high talents debased by con secrating them to vile purposes.— When he took his stand thisevening, I expected something rich, expansive, something that should partake of the character ol the avalanche ; but we liave found, Mr. Speaker, that that side of the House may do the best it cau, it may put forth its Hercules, if it has any, it may marshal all its tal euts, but so miserable, so degraded, smitten with political leanness is their whole theory, and so damned is their whole policy, that when they have put forth their bravest efforts, the result only reminds us of the old adage, *' The mountain labored and brought forth a mouse." Whenever they eulogise modern Democracy, their mental sunbeams fall upon a dunghill. I want to follow that Senator a moment in his argument. He says to you, to me, and to every Republi can in the country, " When you took the Government all was quiet, but in less than one year there came blood and war and trouble we admit it sir. Who brought the blood ? who brought the war ? who brought the debt ? who grasped the pillars of the country, sir, like old, blind Sampson, aud shook the whole fabric of the na tion ! \\ as it the Republican party? Was it Abraham Lincoln, who was elected ? Does not the world know better ? Does not the world know that the Republican party,every lead ing man in it, absolutely humiliated themselves by going down into the dust before tbe South and praying them to stay their vile, ambitiotfs proceedings ? We brought tbe blood sir? No. sir, the world knows who brought it. The Senator tells us that when we took the helm and placed our banner on the outer wall, all was peace. Does not the Sena tor know that the camp tires of war were kind!, d long before Abraham Lincoln was elected ? What did the Democratic party go to Charleston and divide itself for ? To inaugurate civil war. Why did they applaud iu the streets of Charleston when Lin coln was elected ? Because they wauted a pretext for war, and his election was that pretext. The Senator says, in the next place, " Where is your policy ? We have our trouble—we have our millions of debt. Now, where is your policy to rescue your country?" 1 say to those gentlemen and to the world, we have a policy—a policy well defined, well determined, square and angular. The first idea of our' policy is this : that the loyal men of' the country, the meu who stood by the stars aud stripes, shall maintain the govern ment, while rebels shall take back seats ; that is the llrst principle in our policy ; and we learned it from that Democrat whom the Senator from Clearfield has eulogized—An drew Johnson ! We have learned many things from him, but one thing especially have we learned, and that is, never again to trust a Southern Democrat while the heavens stand. The first item of our policy is, sir, that rebels must take back seats ; that they must not be masters of this country ; that, having sought to destroy the country and overwhelm the Government, they must not, aud shall not, come in now and be the lords of the Government. That is one idea. Another idea is this : that we intend to be true to the Declaration of Independence, and make liberty a reality ; that the map of liberty shall be as wide as the travelings of humanity in this coun try ; that where man goes, he shall go enwrapt in the Declaration of In dependence, and the stars and stripes shall float over him and protect him in the rights that the great God has thrown around humanity. We do not stop to inquire whether a man is red, or black, or white. If we find him with the mind of a man, if we find him with the impulses of a man, with ability to grasp the present and anticipate the future, we say to that man, Liberty is your birth-right, and you shall have it. The principle of Republican Government is this : Every man who supports the Govern ment and pays taxes, and is required to do military duty, that man has a right to a voice iu the Government. I know not, sir, how you can get around it. YY hat else is Democratic Government ? What else is Repub licanism ? If you require him to up hold and obey the Government, you shall give him a voice where only his power is felt, at the ballot-box. where the man deposits his ballot, that ex presses the freeman's will, as light nings do the will of God. Some of my Republican friends may not go quite so far as ttiat. I propose, though, that every man shall have a i voice in the Government, and I am not alone in this position. Well did our lately elected Senator express himself, in his noble avowal of prin ciples, when he declared : " 1 shall lie glad to see the day when the word " white " is stricken from the Constitution of Pennsylvania." This may be in advauce of slow, timid men ; so was his recommendation, in 1861, to free and arm the slaves ; but he was right then, aud is right now. Another principle of our policy is, that the National debt must be paid; but not one jot or tittle of the debt contracted in trying to destroy the Government. Put these things to gether, and you have the outliued of our policy, broad as the continent, comprehensive as the merits and de merits, the rights and obligations of men. Traitors bltall give place to loyal men ; liberty shall be made a living, shining re tlity ; our financial obligations shall be fully met; but rebel bonds, with rebel bayonets, must and shall lie in the dust. No policy, indeed ! Can the Senator, with all his party aids, give the coun try a better one ? Mr. Speaker, iu 1861, and from that up to 18=6.7, the great question in this country was this : The Southern half of the country, having slid off into aud quite a large pro portion of the Northern half of the Democratic party being in sympathy with them, the question was this : Cau the friends of the country save the country and maintain and carry it through, with the Southern half making war upon the Government, and a large proportion of their north ern sympathizers doing the same thing ? That was the question. We went through it, but hundreds of thousands of our fellow men were sacrificed. True, sir, it bathed the valleys iu blood, and covered the hill-tops with tombstones, and made the hearts of fathers and mothers break with sorrow and agony. But we went through it. Now, the ques tion is changed ; the rebels, having been defeated, want to take posses sion of the Government by political legerdemain. Now, the question is, whether we, the friends of the Gov ernment, with the debauched politi cal ideas of men on the other side, can like the Governmeut through successfully. I heard one of them say—and it puzzles me to understand these characters—l shook hands with one of them forty-eight hours ago, aud he said that if Virginia wished to puy her rebel debt, it was not our business. That was the question : Whether we could carry the Government through, with the Northern Demo crats in sympathy with the rebels, and abetting and defending them, and the Government debauched ; and for aught I know, the Supreme Court also. This great question was upon us, while all the trouble came from this Democratic party. 1 use plain terms, and I tell you plainly, to-day, from the depths of my heart, that from 1860 to 1860 the war and trouble in the country was due to you. When you nominated your candidate for the Presidency, the South, cheered your nominee ; when victory turned on their side, you whimpered, " I told you so ; damn this abolition war."— Hut when victory turned on our side, and the boys in blue were triumphant, how was it with you then ? There were no shouts—there were a few, but they were very feeble. Your sympathy with the rebels encouraged them. lam sorry, but it is so. My Democratic friends, 1 tell you you have given the weight of your talent, the weight of your position, against your country. You may have sinned ignorantly, but in this day of political light, there was 110 excuse for your ignorance. You were not born fools, aud it is a pity for men to make themselves less than God Almighty made them. Mr.Speak er, they have been prophesying these years past, and they continue their SjfrSi per Annum, in Advance. predictions. If you look back, you will see a liue of prophecy from 1860; and in every single case their pro phecies have failed. You remember they said the war would bo a failure; the Republican party is going under; they are almost used up ; they are on their last legs. But does it look as if the Republican party was de clining, when, last fall, they rolled up a majority, from Maine to Missou ri, of four hundred thousanjptrong, and that on this very issue that we are discussing here to day ? My Democratic brethren, the moral con victions of the world are against you ; almost every pulpit in the land is against you. Daniel Webster once well said that no party could main tain itself against the moral convic tions of a Christian land, i'oor souls ; were you to die as a party, there is not a decent clergyman in the land who would read the burial service for you. Every intelligent man who preaches the truth, or who can analyze a single proverb in the Book of Divine Wisdom, has lifted up his voice on the side of liberty, and prayed for the overthrow of its enemies. Gentlemen, your prophe cies are all vain ; the Republican party will not die ; it has within it elements of progress and morality ; it is based on right, for it has aimed at the right. It embraces the intel ligence and the morality of the land. I would say, in order to save your selves with them ; they will take you on trial, though your probation must be protracted by reason of your past misconduct. I now come to the question that we are discussing, that is the resolu tion condemning Edgar Cowan. There are two lines of policy in this country, and this resolution will be voted for or against, just as those who vote upon it hold to the one or the other line of view. The one policy embraces these ideas : First, the rebel States have not in the least affected their rela tions to the General Government by their rebellion. Second, they are all sovereign States ; they were sover eign States when they seeeeded ; they were sovereign States during the war ; they are sovereign States to-day. Third, they are entitled to full and immediate representation. The very moment we wrested the bayonet and sword from their grasp, that very moment they became rein vested with all their civil rights, and if they are denied representation, it is wrong, an outrage and a usurpa tion. They should come in at once, and participate in the government of the country, in making laws for the country, and that the past should be forgiven and forgotten. Those are the items of "my policy." The ideas connected with the other policy are these, that the rebel States did affect their connection with the General Government by their rebel lion ; that, by secession and open war, they became divested of their constitutional and legal authority, avowed public enemies, and have no right to participate in the legislative affairs of the country until we, the masters of the situation, are ready to permit them. In this other policy, the idea is that they are not sover eign States, that they lost their sov ereignty by their treason. Another idea is that treason is a crime, and ought to be punished ; and that they cannot be represented until the basis of representation is changed, so that they may be admitted with safety.— Mr. Johnson is the advocate of one policy, the advocate of the sovereign ty of the lately rebellious States, the advocate of their right to representa tion, and of their equality with all the other States, while the loyal peo ple represented in Congress" hold to the opposite ideas. Mr. Cowan has been the lickspittle of Mr. Johnson —a mere tool of his, to play his sec ond hand fiddle. I voted for him in 1801 ; therefore 1 have a full right to speak. But I did not vote for his nomination. I wanted another and better man. Edgar Cowan has be lied everything 1 ever heard of him before I voted for him ; he has belied every representation his frieuds made to me ; if he had any noble impulses before 1 voted for him, he has belied them since. He is not the man 1 voted lor. In regard to President Johnson, I may say this : he is a re markable character. Not remarka ble for talent—lie is notalllicted with that. He is not remarkable for statesmanship, for that embraces the idea ol sagacity and comprehension. He is not remarkable for patriotism, for that signifies love of country, and those principles which make a coun try great and happy. President Johnson is most remarkable for au dacity ; he is the most audacious character in the land. He is remark able for impudence. From head to heel, he is a compound <>f impudence and audacity. Look at his St. Louis speech, where, in speaking of Re publicans to Democrats, lie said : " If you will stand by me, I will kick them out as fast 1 can." lie is char acterized also by persistency. If he cannot rule, he will ruin. Hence, his organ came out, the other day, say ing that the President would main tain his rule for the next two years, until his time was out, and, if it was necessary to carry out his purpose, he would use the strong arm of mili tary power. Mr. Johnson has struck out his policy ; he has betrayed those who put him in power, aud allied himself with Southern rebels. Edgar Cowan has given him all the support he could, aud the question comes up: Shall the Senate of the United States confirm his nomination, which is the reward for his services ? I have two objections to the con firmation of Ed,'ar Cowan's appoint ment. It would be an insult to the loyal majority of Pennsylvanians for him to be confirmed by a Republican (Senate. Again, when our Govern ment sends a representative abroad, it is supposed to select a man who is an exponent of the dominant and ruling principles at home. I ask if Cowan is a fit exponent of the domi nant principles of Pennsylvania and the Northern States ? No, sir Then why should we send him abroad ? If the Senate should confirm his nomi nation, they could be virtually iu co alesence with President Johnson.— Are they prepared for that ? I trust not. Hence, the propriety of saying to the United States Senate : "Gen tlemen, by our regard for our coun try, our respect for ourselve, our con sideration of the past, and our hopes for the future, we pray you, do not confirm Edgar Cowan." NUMBER 39. For The Rkpobtep. SCHOOL VISITATION Directors are required by law to "visit the schools once a month" and "record the results" for future ref erence, and to guide the action of the board. It is a fact that comparative ly few of our schools receive that systematic visitation which the law contemplates. Our late State Super intendent says truly that "no duty of the Director can be more benefi cial to the schools than the one here enjoined if well and faithfully done." It is, however, seldom " well done," and frequently not done at all. Di rectors excuse themselves with the remark that they get no pay for their time, and cannot afford it. But the law provides that the Secretar> may alo this duty for them, and be paid therefor, so that even this excuse falls to the ground. Our schools can never be what they ought to be so long as the majority manifest so lit tle interest in them. There should be a stronger sympathy between pa trons and teacher—a feeling that their interests are common interests. Frequent visitation of the schools by parents and Directors would prove of incalculable advantage to all con cerned. If Directors faithfully per form this duty they will be prepared to perform the other duties of their office far §more intelligently. They are the legal employers of teachers. How else, than by inspecting the work, can they know that those they employ are faithful t