:Z4'c;?; . ,4tr,l,l44lto.ii.rattc - PHI DAT, assrAav 0167 THE Republican .response, from be. yond the burdens of Pennsylvania, to the Inaugural Address of Gov. Geary, and the speech made by Hon. Simon .0 meron immediately, after bas elec ton to the LIMA States Senate, are zinnia. 'cant of the unbiased opinion of the et:lua us. Both are pronounced admirable as to matter, and the feeling is that the loyalty of Pennsylvania will be fitly sup- , ported in the Executive Department of the . State. government and in the Na tional Senate. MIL. G EMMY.. W. WOMDWARD, in a letter written in response to an invite.. lion from sundry respectable gentlemen, rcaident in this portion of the, Siam., tp be ag-do a candidate for the Supreme bench, grace fully declines. Of commanding presence,' dignified manners, uncommon abilities, and high amb.tion, Kr: Wow:mann has not been sinecessful to obtaining the honors lie coveted. Confessedly a favorite with the Democratic leaders, he has never in spired tho enthusiasm of the Democratic - masses. His manners have been too cold end stately, hie habits too aristo cratic, and his social standing too emi nent to constitute him an idol of the vulgar. A maims] in his . party—always taking the most advanced opinions, in the wrong direction, and maintaining Ahem with remarkable cogency—he has incurred the strong dislike of the oppos . lag party. In his private relations ge nial and blameless, when ho vacates the bench, it will be with few or no personal enemies, and the cordial appreciation and regard of a very extended circle.- RECENTLY Ma. HOEUCE GREELEY on. dertook to convert the Republican of New York to his doctrine of glinting universal amnesty in exchange for uni versal suffrage. He was not only re _pealed, but lost the Senatorship in cone. quence. Not at all thscourieed, he has been to Washington and tried his powers of persuasion on President Jounces for an hour. Ma. IforamtGintstmr, in writing from Chlcagiiinto Kansas, to correct an ap- prehension that _he was opposed intim reolection of Mr. Pomeroy to the United States Senate, availed himself of the oc casion to:say that for the present he was cart of favor, but could wait. lie added, That when the South shall be let in and the negro to left out he would be heard Pali Genfial Banainast le a good soldier is widely known. In the qtupities essential to statesmanship be does not melee an enviable figure. His imbiollment would have been seriously un4ntunate if our Southern Ighbors had power to resent commen surately the wrongs inflicted on them. • 3fn. flawnix, of. the Commercial testified before the t. ommitiee of Inves.. tigatiorttbat be had no ground but ru mor for his late sweeping accusations agalubt General CAMERON. We judge he would not like to have his own Character as severely handled on no bel ter ,nuudation. Ix ;gloated in Washington correspond mice that 31r. Cowan pLotests Le did no sett the Austrian tuissiun and is doubt ful if he will take it if offered. It is nut reported that a returning modesty is at the bottom of E 0 much self abnegation. Tug fratecnizstion of the Orleanist and Democratic deputies is a political event of significance. In limes vast sim ilar coalitions have been Includes to movements which have shaken down the throne. Tilt: NEED mons; Lbw ELL .titiS Taking Into view it. admirable loca• thin, and its unsurpassed facilities for manufacturing, Pittsburgh does not grow -) es fast, nor half as fast as might be ex pected, or as some other cities less fa vored-in thee, respects. Its wealth in crosses rapidly,' quite as rapidly as that of any other city, and it is probably true, now, as it has ever been, that no com munity in the United States is better pre pared to bear-up under any financial or commercial crisis that may occur than Baia By the term Pittsburgh, in this connection, we mean that congeries of municipalities of which Pittsburgh prop ' ler Is the centre. Why does population not"keep pace ' with progress in other respects in this lo cality? It is simply because there are not houses enough to accommodate any more people, or even to render comfort able all the population we have. It is -this scarcity of'dwellings that has run rents up to the exhortntant rates now de manded, by owners, and which the ten :ants must tither pay or leave. The law of supply and demand operates in this as it does in everything else; and the old plea that a thing is worth what it will bring may be as fairly and successfully urged in this matter as it is in Idaho or Idonhri, where a dollar is often de. mendd and paid for a pound of flora. It if idle to grumble about it. The ef fect, hoWever, is bad every 'way, for this extravagant scale of rents necessitates a corresponding scale of prices fur every thing else, whether labor, or commodi ties, begetting all round an abnormaland utwtiolesorlie condition of things, and thus rendering_ the profitable prosecu tion of soma branches of business ira - Bntwby : are dwelling houses so-scarce here? Tyre reasons Ma^ be urged: One, that around suitable for building upon is scarce and correspondingly high; the other,that building materials and labor "have, for the past four or five years, been so enormously high, that to erect awel links wee sure to entail loss upon those who did It. • It Inttat'be admitted that ground in the city and near It is beeothing scarce, hut :Mill there is much not yet unoccupied; and as facilities fur reactdng more distant to- Militias are abundant, this is not so form idable an obstacle to the multiplication of dwellings as might be imagined. By the completion of the West I'enn , yl Tanis Railroad riling the west ank of the Allegheny, a very large extent of excellent building ground has been brought is ithin eel.) , and speedy access to the city. And the removal of numerous old and 111-appointed manufacturing es tabliidnents, now in the city, to locali ties farther out, would not only reindvd what are now Smoke nniaan ma, but leave !room for many beautiful idocks of build . ' For several years, say from 1862 to 1865, IpCIUJIT'e, there was,a disproportion between the value of houses and the cost at which they could be erected; but, high susbisbor anti m a terials sill] are, this elate ofthingidbos not now exist. Yet capi talists are still disinclined to go into the bailaesiot bulldog; because they are =IEE FIM!!51 -looking f , r that "good time coming" 'when everything a 111 be cheap - again: But thin is a delusion. Things are not going to be as they have heed: Real es tate will keep up, and so will • rents. We do not say they will keen up to what they are now, but much above the rates which prevailed before the war. Dwel lings will always be in keen demand; and money judiciously expended in their erec lion id 1867 will be well invested. But whether the profit upon such In vestments in Pittsburgh be six per cent. or ten, per cent. houses must be provided for the p,:ople who are to orry on its multifarious nd ,over-incr9asing indus tries, or those industries will be crippled If not ruined. It was nothing but the scarcity of dwellings that enabled skilled workmen here to compel their employ ers, during the past four or five years, to pay them from twenty to twenty-fitie per cent. more wages than the tame classes were getting in Philadelphia, where houses are plenty and rents lower. In fact 'the present stoppage of the iron mills of this city may be in a great measure attributed„ to the same cause. And suppose . Congress should enact a tariff bill that would protect the manufacturers of our country against forego competition, where will those of Pittsburgh he with the present made ruate supply of dwellings for their oper atives? Why, pirfectly at their mercy, while the operatives, In turn, will be at the mercy of their landlords. It is the true policy of these gentlemen, there fore, to invest some of their- means in the erection of dwelling houses; for un less they do so, they may rest assured that no protection against foreigners will do them much good. Congress can pro tect them _against foreign competition, but Congress cannot protect them against domestic extortion- happily this is in their own power; and by mak ing some investments in thts Way they can at once defend themselves from ex, tortion At the hands of their workmen, and defend their workmen from extor- tion on the part of their landlords. SUDDEN CONVERSION.. A tow days ago the Cornmereiat was full of wrath at Ststow Castsuos. It depicted him as a moral and political monster, whose touch was contamina tion, whose methods were crimes, and whose friendship infamy. Yesterday It "went back" on itself after this fashion: "Mr. Cameron was not our choice, nor, we think, the choice of the majori ty of the Republican people of the State. But be has been elected by the Legisla ture, and will, no doubt, represent the State faithfully and creditably in the I:fatted - States Senate. Mr. Cameron is not a novice in governmental matters, and his competency to the high and im portant functions of the office to which he is chosen, no one, "we believe, has called In question. We 'acquiesce, of course, in the decision constitutionally made. rie think the State might have, done better. It certainly might have done worse. Mr. Canimon's speech after the election, is more than unex ceptionable. Asa sample of his semi meats, we could ask no more than that the stock should' open cut as fresh and good as the sample." Did our neighbor fall under that sor cery in the practice of which he'recent ly denounced CAMERON as an adept? Ras he Cansnos's gold or greenbacks in his pocket? Did the piciman, out of anperabounding compassion, adopt him into his political family as one born out of due time? Will the laudation pres ently become so unqualified and intense as to singest the need of a Legislative Committee to search out the bidden too tire of it? We see how the case stands! It is easy for an editor, glib of speech and • careless of ,the rights and feelings of others, to burl defamations about promis, Difficulty alone appears when he is called - upon to disclose what basis fact or fancy his accusations rest up on. Hereaftt.i let it not be said there is no persuasion or enlightenment in a Sergeant-at-arms, deputed by an Inves tigating Committee. When an editor has male en ass bf himself by swagger ing infinitely beyond his knowledge or means of proof, and has thus brought himself to the very brink of public ex posure and shame, he is apt to wilt and become r'ocile, and, with his hat under his arm, make the best apology he can, in the hope of being let off without mer ited punishment. Good neighbor! You buy wit Yery dear and in small fluent'. ties. Hold on to what you get with both hands, for no body lacks It more than you do. I= In spite of the recommendations of Secretary 211.'CuLtocn and Commissioner WELis, the sentiment of the country , and a high sense of expediency, has in duced Congress to increase in the tariff bill, now pending before it, .the impost duties on iron and wool. As the tariff now stands the impost on unwashed wool of the lowest grade is from three to six cents;-a_ pound. Mr. Waits proposes six cents. The Senate and Mouse bills ten cents and ten per cent. ad valorem in addition. For wools of the second class -Mr. Wki.Vs rates are at least doubled. On woolen cloths Mr. Watts proposes a duty of twenty five cents a pound, and forty cents ad valorem; while the Senate bill makes forty-five cents, the House filly cents, and both add thirty-five per cent. ad valorem. On blankets and woolens and worsted yarns, the specific duties pro. posed by Mr. Warns are doubled, the ad valorem remaining the same. On hosiery the specific duty is doubled, the ad valorem duties being unchanged. On wearing apparel, wholly or in part of wool, the duty is to be advanced from twenty-four cents to fifty. Similar ad vances are made all through the list. On iron a corresponding increase of the imposts has been incorporated into the bids; but fresh classifications of many of the articles prevent precise com parisans. . If the two Houses will, without delay, compare, perfect and pass a hill, em bodyg the proposed changes, these two Important interests, now suffering a se vere paralysis, will quickly recover and resume unwonted activity. The gov ernment, moreover, will be able defin itely to count on large revenues, which otherwise would fall provokingly short. A CORRESPONDENT or the Now York Tribune; writing from Conetantinople, under date of Decen her 22d, says: "Men here in Constantinople, who rival the Jews in their love of money, are now pouting it nun like water to fur l:lieu Anne, ammunition and provisions to the theta's. What is more, volun• teen are7goirur forwardlteadily to their support from Turkey, Greece and Italy, Souse idia of the enthusiasm which pre vails ma* be gathered from the fact that even comidon shopkeepers are giving as much as ifre hundred dollars a month, and are pledged.to continue it while the wsir lasts. One is almost ready, in view of such feels, to belieio what the Greeks Say of thenselves—that the only reason way their kingdom has not flourished has beei that it was too small; that patri; otiam Ilea not -wanting,. but only a - chance' to airplay St." EDITORI IT. DELETITIEFII A YEW few days 61."" a c e. s d worded dispatch was receive.: oolong our tele grams vetting torte • that '4 .he Kingston, South Car. had been destroyed by are 'and .sty-two ne groes 'lad in the flames." It h ''...r P a e n Uired that burning cf th a e° l .Z hca f e o d' risP rtunate prisoners was not acci -o:ental, as the telegram I ntimated,' but was the result of wanton cruelty upon the part of the jail keepo r and sheriff' of the count*. A single white prisoner confined in the prison was permitted to escape, his cell door harl.ng been thrown open by the barbarous officers, but al though they knew that the negroes were perishing, they could not Had otailcient authority to warrant them lo liberating the prisoners front 'certain, and horrible deaths. The knowledge of the brutal inhumanify of tho sheriff and jailor, caused Major cer/eral J. C. Robinson, commanding Department of the South, to order a close and immediate examina tion into the affair, and the arrest of the two inhuman monsters responsible for the death of the negroes, upon the charge of murder: Two ROILANTIC young men of New York recently read a sensation story written to the Erie Dispatch, by a live correspondent, In which it was set forth that vast wealth was obtained by a party who: had explored the sewers of New York, in the way of diamonds, silver ware, watches, &c., These verdant youths immediately formed the biilliant idea of becoming immensely wealthy and laid out a programme for the explo ration of the sewers of every city in the Union, commencing with Philadelphia. They ►t once repaired to that clean city and obtained permission from the au thorities to go into the sewers. Their search, which lasted for some time, re sulted in the finding of huge piles—of filth and dirt, pteces of wood, dirty clothing and rheumatism._ All tattered and tern, and with dreams of wealth unrealized, they abandoned their scheme and went on their way rejoicing in the possession of More scents than they had brought with them, and perhaps more acme too. Tax annual meeting of the stcckhola ere of the Mercantile Library Association of Philadelphia wee held Tuesday OTOLI- Ieg, at the ball of that Institution. The report of the Board of Directors stated the number of stockholders at 5,766; sub scribers, 401; voltimes added during the year 1666, by importation, 1,665; by auc tion purchases 1,126; by general purchas es, 1,706; total, 4,687; cost, $5,721 76; average cost, $1,22 per 'volume. At un usually large number of these were valu able scientific, historical and philosophi cal works. Volumes loaned during the year, 177,603, against 169,211 in 1665. The working expenses of the institution for the yeaawere thirty-six per cent. of the income, the latter being $27,920. Building fend. $16,866. Number of books ascertained to have been lost or. stolen, 4,738 volumes. Tug Pittsburgh Republic, in a burst of enthusiasm peculiar to itself, said, ,in Wednesday's issue, that "the selection Of General CAMERON to a seat in the United States Senate is a grand triumph of conservivism over radicalism. He is the great Representative Man of Penn sylvania." Since SIMON made his pow erful speech at Harrisburg the Republic has been silent, and we modestly inquire how Wilkes the triumph of Conservatism Over Radicalism f Mr. CAMERON is truly the "great Representative Mall of Pennsylvania," and the Conservatives are welcome to the vietory they pretend to find in his election. Oan taillion lix hundred and fifty thousand dollars capital is Invested In the Cam'.wia Iron works at Johnstown, Pa. Three thousand two hundred men are constantly employed at wages ,vary ing horn $1,42 to $4,00 per day. From a mere village these iron works have caused Johnstown to expand Into a . good aired town or fifteen thOurund inhabl. tants. TEE members of the Philadelphia Bar have just organized an association "for professional and social intercourse." We hope it is nit their 'Mention, in keeping company with each other, i to divorce themselves entirely from good society. IN the Illinois Legislature a resolution has been introduced providing that all future charters to railroad companies shall contain a proviso reserring to the State Legislature the right of legislation upon tariffs.. IT Is said that deceased Chinese will be the chief articles of export from .Cali fertile when the new steamship line be tween San. Francisco and China is in operation: The Celestine cannot beer to be buried in a foreign country. Tan .31organnmn, West Va. Post says: "In consequence of the sickness of one of our bandy-and another having been elected to the Legislature, - we can issue no paper next week." Very good ex- MM. Paniaub, Missouri, a man named Guitar called another, named O'Neill, a liar. The latter retaliated and struck Guitar above the temple with his fist, killing him instantly. A MOSHER AND CHILD Were loot in MOW storm, the other day, at Milwaukee. They, were found before life had depart- ed, and are now doing well. Wasntworox gossip predicts that Sen. ator Foster will bo sent minibter to Italy, in place of George P. Marsh, the Scan dinavian scholar. A SOCLETY for the mutual protection of inventors and mechanics has been started under favorable auspices in De, troit. • 'lns Platte Cltyjßank of Missouri was recently broken into by burglars and robbed of a large sum of money. TO•DAY is the anniversary of the birth: day of Daniel Webster. It will be duly celebrated in Boston.. Two MORE militia companies have been scut to Lafayette county, Mo., to preserve order. ("Annie A. 3foona, the queen nn run nem, Is sliding at the skating parka In Detroit. Tat claims of Rhode Island against the .Upited States have been Odd. Tnk State government of Pennsylva nia, under the new administration, stands as follows: Governor—Major General John W. Geary, of Cumberland county. Private Secretary—John Robley Dun gliaon, of Philadelphia. Secretary of State—Colonel Francis Jordan; of Bedford county. Attorney General—General BenjAmin Brewst.r, of Philadelphia. • Adjutant 'General—Brevet Brigadier General David B. 31cCreary, of Erie county. Auditor General—Major General John F. Hammitt,' of Montgomery county. Surveyor General—Colonel James H. Campbell, of Lycoming county. State Treueurer—Willian. H. Hemble, of Philadelphia. Preeident of the Senate—Louis W. Ball, of Erie.- • Bpeaker of the House—Colonel John P. Ghee, of Allegheny. The Story of tle Fourth of slorch. 1865- - •%V were Joh.. f.; .t Ha. Brandy. A corre-pundent of the 80.,t0u Conn 7 ,, i, , ,tc.ittb, writing from ld - frAingtou, Jell; the following spicy story, setting forth where Andrew Johnson Cot his brandy' on the memorable Fourth of March, Ihfi : The scene on March 4th, 1,4:3, when Andrew Johnson disgraced himself, and almost degraded the high office he was elected to till, I have heard related, with out restraint, by a gentleman to whom Vice President Hamlin told it.- It runs thus: Mr. Hamlin was in tlie room knoWn as the Vice President's, about eleven o'clock, when the Vice President elect arrived. There was nothing unusual in his appearauce, except tust he did not seed) In robust health. The usual cour tesies being exchanged, conversation proceeded on ordinary topics for a few minutes, when Mr. Johnson asked Mr. Hamlin it he Lad any liquor in the room, stating that he was sick and nervous. Ho was told there4as none, but it could be sent for. Brandy being indicated, a Bottle was brought out by one of die pages. It was opened, a tumbler pro vided, and Mr. Johnson poured it about two thirds full. Mr. Hamlin said, in telling it, that If Mr. Johnson ordinarily took such drinks as that, he must I e able to stand a great deal. After a few minutes the bottle was placed in one , of the book-cases, out of sight. When near twelve o'clock, the aer geant-at-arms, Mr. Brown, came to the door, and suggested that the gentlemen get ready to enter the chamber. Mr. Hamlin rose, moved to. the door near which the sergeant-at-aims stood, and suggested to Mr. Johnson to come alro. The latter got up and Wr'aiked nearly to tiro door, when, turning to Mr. Hamlin, he said, "Excuse me a moment," and walked back hastily to where the bottle was depmited.l Mr. Mariann saw him take it out, pour us large a quan.ity as before into the glass, and drink it down like water. They then went into the Senate chamber. What followel will not 5000 be for gotten. 'The foregoing I believe to be a correct 114111011 of "how. Andy got his brandy." 'NEUF: are upwards of one thousand paper mills in operation in. the United States. The capital employed by these mills la not lar from $40,000,000, and the production of the different styles of, paper Is about 1,200 tons a day, The prices of the better qualities of rags have ruled at the East front $l6O to $2OO per ton, aud poor qualities from $llO to $l4O per too. To produce the estimated amount of paper per annum involves the consumption of 37,50 tons of paper rags, which cost, according to the average ruling prices,ln the aggregate, $60,000,000. 'These figures, which are derived from recent data, show the vast extent of the paper interest in this coun try. Within the past four years the prices of paper stock and paper have doubled. ANOTLItin specimen of Southern loy alty is found in the following extract from the 'Clarksville (Tenn.) Wirsta.e./..: "The feasts, gotton up in honor of the vagabond Congressional Committee, strolling through the South, send up a had odor to the nostrils of true and un contaminated Southerners. We can see, in imagination, the expression of mingled snnow and contempt portr tyed upon the features of the untrtyr prisoner of Fortress Monroe, as he reads that his vilest counties are feasted sod lionized on the anti where the battles for freedom were fought, and by the men for whom he now suffers." TO CO? £II.IIIPTIII ES 7 —TO CON sclirrivE4. C/16E12 UPI (MEL IL Ur epteldo h as hoes Poloist lait—oar that las ear coaeumpticn In the very wore: st•gca. When the haat CCIAA. had Veen ep the C tse h the nee. Z. A. WILSON'S Ilreat lee Rem edy for CcositiordlociwAse trim] se a Forlorn hope, s , mite t miracle.ihr patient wa. Teetered to complete health, and now Plea to testify to the s lrtae..4thb treat remedy. c a n m.aeml racar a pamphlet. alritlit • tu'l history of ;Olt great e p Bane. 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