Q CM taytte 1/11141 .A.T.Ifill'ir 12. 1167. TIM REFORM Nov R.MENT IN ENG. LAND. - .• The extension of the franchise under gas Refozzi Bill, so as nearly to double tie nadtber of voters, is a step in thedt- Mt= of popular government greater thin has been made In that country at One time for nearly two hundred years, sad we may rest assured that It Is .only the &ant a new series which will. nol end until the political Institutions of that ancient monarchy shall be brought into close saiimilation to those of 'this noun- , Tba statesmen of Europe for three quarters of a century have watched the experiment of popular government in ;United States. with great Interest y uw and acknowledged that it was - admirably calculated •to develops the spirit and energy a people such AB ours, and that under it we mule aux migbd progress; but they bad little faith in its strength. They honestly believed that it was not calculated to bear np-tm der those rude sbocks to wbich Europe an State& are subject. Bit the war of the Groat Rebellion—as u nder shock. than ever amid= of the old world success fatly Stsitithied-4emitnstreted that In tiffs ophgcnii. they •erred; and now the 'ealy serious barrier. to the progress of libaral ideas and popular government- li England, under a pressure of public opinion, which at would have been per- Bons to reran, has conceded a large ex. tendon of the right of suffrage; but tla - - este by folki hag not yet been conceded. Tho wealthy and the aristocratic classes cling SO the Ciao wee vote, because they ' bolas thereby Ina great degree to con trol the mffrages of the dependent • dames; and so long u that mode of . voting Is adhered to they will, In many places, control IL The next straggfi will be for the ballot; and when that shall be conceded the power of the aristocracy, u such, will be broken. • Yen are poitty much alike in all countries, and therefore we may be sure that is 1100/1. II It is ascertained that the • power of the government is to Pin from the hands' of the few to those- of the mamba thousands of leading men in the mere localities will mount the new waits, that they may be carried into ethos or plate.--The.flunky of to-day will be a demagogue to-morrow. - For more than a thousand years Eng - - ~. land has been slowly progresdng in the _ Ens of popular freedom, and this slow . lieu has been her salvation. Her con. initiation was not made : it grew. Even its dead wights and excrescences hare had their saes. To Dave cut any of Men. of prematurely would have been attend od with danger. Bat it is certain that I Vest numbers of her people now believe that the pruning knife may be used free li t . The abolition of church rates, and, '• indeed, a total separation of the Church ' . Rein the State, are freely discussed, am are sure to follow in due time. sad It May be that the abolition of monarchical • Mons, and the substitution of an elective sad responsible -- chief magistrate, an ' .events not very remote. All these re !bred, radical as they now appear, may be brought shoed by peaceable processes. step by step, without any very_great na ' dotal commotion. The time for resist trig ideas by brute force is fast ponder +twits*. Our slaveholdera thought they - could crush ideas under the heels of tiseir mobs and their . battalions; base " the experiment ended in their being crushed themselves. They, too, like the aristocracy • of England,. clung long and tenaciously to the Ciao roes firm of suffrage, to that, by their lordly presence, they could overawe the 'poor and the dependent; but now, "in the coons of human events," their for mer slaves have the ballot and are out voting them. It might be profitable for the chases which have long ruled the British empire to mutt their eyes ore . - . • this way, and witness the fate of theft who once most resembled them in this country. 'The progress of sound politl cal Ideas - never cause violent commo bona Ilia the attempt rudely to resist that minis which doe this. . Mara It bne very hopeful sign attend. lag these movements in England, and thatis, that statesmen who haVe resisteu these reforms, seeing that they are key !table, are already proposing the estab Alshtimat of a great system of national , education, so as to prepare the mane,. for their new responsibilities. Thai ohms, if it is done, will enable the na t , Bon to Pais through this great transition Wily. 1111161111 M. JOHNSON AND STAN - lON The President, having curtly and ' ruddy sicked Mr. STANTON to - give up his portfolio of the War Department, and the latter gentleinin bavieg in on mistakable terms replied that he will D - 01 • do it, Is in an awkward dilemma. very .11kily Mr. Jonirsoir supposed that Mr. flyaarron would regard his note ass per , Soma knelt and forthwith resign; but in this he was mistake's. MI.- Bralmos was Secretary of War long before Mr. Jounce! was Preaident of the United &Mee. Ile was appointed by Mr. Lut. must during his first term and confirmed • by the Senate, then pi -appointed by Mr Lino= at the begtlaning of his second - term, and hale confirmed, so be has • 'Very good reason to feel that, although he is Secretary of War while the other Pveddcat of the United States, he. is not if.r. Jousees's BecrePtry, or bound to heed his 'captious demands. Strdni. >a the - Ixtudidence of Congress and th, country, and conscious that his continu - anal at his post is esse_ntial tb the peace • and well-being of the itatioe, ho can &third, without in the slightest- degree Impairing his Character as as bonorabl, Han, to disregard such a demand is that . which the President made Upon him. But the President can suspend him 2 . rus, he can; but how long Neal he re main suspended? The Tenure of cili. Itivi declares that tiering a recess of tht Besets the President may, upon eel deans satisfactory io himself that au officer haa been "guilty of misconduct 'in once, or crime, or for any'reason shall become Incapable or legally die ' qualified to perform its det/es, in , such OW, end Ito other, the President may Autspend such officer, and designate some suitable person to perform temporarily the dells; of the office until the next session of the Senate, sod until the same 'shall be acted upon by the- Senate." It ,is, however, his duty under the law to report the suspension, and the . reasons kw It, within twenty days after the next isesstiag of the Senate. Should thefien ate not concur in the suspension, "ouch ofteetr., eo attopeaded, shall forthwith re. eititssatit duties of his 'Tidy President knows perfectly well what probability there is Of the present Senate concurring in Mr. Sratavort's sus resides; or how much weight his Teas one tia'r such suspension *would have with that body. Ile would not dare to charge him with "misconduct in office," or "mime," or of incapability; and no nth. ei reason is admissible. To pht him Out, - and then have him walk back triumph. 404 fa s few weeks would be greatly wens than to suffer him to remain, and the President has sense enough to know thaw If the President la resolved to compel Congress to bring blm before the bar of thel!tsnate under articles of . Impeach ment, he could accomplish his object In jots Way more effectually than by driving ads eldand well-tried officer froth his ?or that provision of this law, which emancipates the members of the Cabinet front the caprices - of the President, and **des Mr. Elffanffon to retain the posi ifintheehas so long and so faliblitily fa iiidebted' to ibe earnest and metbitent trees of the Hon. Tyro*: As WlLriatie, attic 2.8 d Mulct. INUTLKILL i cou rir W AR UPON TN s REAM sG HAILtiOAD A correspondent of the Philadelphia I'ress, vnittog from Pottsville, August. 6th, says: The people of Schuylkill county.ase in a whirlpool of excitement over the nomination of a State Senator, which In the (trictrac of ten event takes place days. There are three candidates before the Democratic party, though the con test has n trrowed down to . twa _ mr. Wm. 31. Randall, of North Illanheim, the present Incumbent, and Bernard of Pottsville. The former at the last session of the Legislature was a de .armload opponent of the bill giving the ' Reading Railroad Company the right to nay and sell coal, and to lease any col liery with the Intention of working it. It is mid that mainl s - d efy through his tion that bill. waeated. !Sinceexer- that time Mx. Bernard Redly, a contractor on the Reading road, has announced himself a candidate for the position of Senator. The canvass has fairly pened, and the Most i n excitement prevails throughout tins entire county. It may be said that the tight is now between the coal-operators and miners anti the Read ing Railroad Company, A. series of meet ings, to take place in every section of the county, have been arranged, at which prominent gentlemen will make ad dresses. . Ho thou proceeds to detail the proceed ings of a largo meeting of the dem. Gurney,' held in Pottsville on • the eve ning before, over which It. It. Mounts presided, and st which the Hon. - FRAN ms fituangs was the chief speaker. Neither in the discussions nor In the . . resolutions is there the slightest refer ences to politics, either Si ate or National., Opnosittim to the Reading Railroad ap peared to swallow np all other consider. mina' As an interesting. piece of hls 'sory we give the following paragraph from the report of Mr. ROGUES'S re marks : Tie sp.aker then gave a history of the , Reading Railroad from its start, in whlal he said that in the year 1087 the State Lsgialature authorized a coml ie). to crmstruct a railroad from Reading to Philadelphia,, with a capital of $l,OOO,- 000, which they had the right to Increase to 82,000,000, and with the right to declare dividends nut above 12 per cent., and if above that, one-half to go to the Educational Fund. In this charter was a clause that if said company thall mitt. fawn abuse any of the privileges granted them, the Legislature might repeal said privileges. The road was constructed. What is the state of the case now ? This company, that was chartered with a capital of 'sl,ooo,ooo,'m its last report to the Legislature, has a capit,l paid in' stock of $22.742,867 27, and a debt of 80,710,562 117, making a total capital of of 829,462,420 84. According to the same report, this road...of-58 miles in length, has now 748 6 10 miles of track. In that are not included the following roads The Auburn and Allentown, the Schuylkill and Susquehanna, the East Pennsylvanta, Columbia and Lancaster, .he Lehigh and Schuylkill, the Enter prise rosa, and the road inam Tamaqua to Ilazlelon. These combined add 300 more miles, making a grand total 01 1,048 6 10' miles. Ile stated that in 1866 the Reading Railroad carried 5,197:66: tints of freight (the bulk of which was cost) while this -- Pennsylvania • carried but 2,1136,119, showing in excess of 2,011.208 in favor of Reading. Jar. litionits, after dwelling at length upon the misdeeds of the Company, declared war against it in the following style: "I now propose to enter Into a contest with it, into which the word comprombe a not lobe entered. I promise io attack , t in the trout, on the flank, and in the ear. In the front, by securing rival ornfets; on the flank, by securing legis- I ition to head off the further privileges which they ask; and in the rear, by hold ng them responsible, benne the courts ler any infractions of their charter." Of the merits of this controversy we know nothing; but the opposition to the road must be intense indeed when such uoliticlans as F. W:lluouse are so ab sorbed In the question as to lose sight of party. - We give the last of a series of resolutions adopted; - "Resolved, That we earnestly urge on both political conventions of this county to require written pledges from their several 'candidates for the Legislature •hat they will oppose the granting of any further corporate rights or privileges to to the' Philadelphia and Reading Rail road Company, and that they wtll make every possible effort practicable through legislation to have this company made eccountable.beforethst body and before the courts for the numerous abuses of their franchises," TnE NEA sERPEN r A sea serpent in Lake 3lichigan is the newest marvel of the day. Sundry sail ors have seen It, or think they have seen it; at least they have Been something which--was "very like a whale," and so we have long and very particular de scriptions of the , "critter," just as we need to have years ago of the serpent which visited ,Nahant and other partiof • the rockbound coast of New England. I It is a little remarkable, and Is evidence , 4 great sagacity on the part of this shy and mysterious monster, that be never I sxhlbits himself to the gaze of admiring mortali, except when newspaper men nave little else to talk about. The latest rod most veritable witness that has been Ilaced upon the stand by the enterpris •ng editors of the Chicago ?pumas is a Mr. klunzen, a fisherman. Here is' the picture drawn from his description: As we have said, Ma estimate of the length, which, he .informs us, was five I times the length of his boat, very nearly tallies with the previous accounts, while his estimate of the circumference Is equally confirmatory. The general color of the animal lease bluish black, darkest in the center, graduating nearly ton blue toward the head and tail. The, un der side of the animal was only tights, as he lifted his head and tail occasionally, and this appeared to be of a grayish I white, resembling the color of the dog , fish somewhat., The head was a little larger than the human average bead I , growing smaller toward the mouth, and sloping gradually toward the neck, some. I what liken gesPri. Toward the snout, which was triangular In shape, the head wee very much depressed, and on the extreme end of the snout Mr. Muhlke thinks there were barbels, but of this he Is not sure.. No teeth were visible. The eyes were large, larger than the human eye, but of their colorer shape Mr.. M. i could loan no idea whatever. Only a portion of the neck was visible.: This -.preened to he roman , and along its I upper surface and extending nearly to tts tail, was a series of 'what looked mks the bony plates of a sturgeon. This ridge extended over the first section of I the animal which Mr. M. saw apart but apa from this there was no appendage viol. hle oe the forward part of the animal. Mr. M.. however, is confident that there 'were either flea or legs, toward• the head and under the water, esthete was a cot 'omit wash of ilmcwater on either . slde of Ohm near that point, as if ['ewes imitate thg tits huge bulk by the motion each appendages. - A - few feet forward of the tat: ttiere was AI well developed finer a greenish boo, corresponding with the dorsal flu of the eiurgmb, but many times larger, and evid.otly very power , tol The entire fin bed a lateral motion, and the various spines of which it was composed had an individual longitudinal motion, se that sometimes the tin almost closed op like is fan. Immediately be neath this was en anal fin, possessing the same characteristics, but different in shape, being very long, and the spines of equal length. Itrinunfiateiy in front of this fin were two well developed legs. Mr. IC thinks they ended in a web foot. In any event, they were Jolntleas, bet so flexible that the animal could drew them up to the belly when they were net in use. By analogy, therefore, wed:mid Infer that the animal had similar legs at his other extremity, wbtch favors the Suppositionthat he sear c h times MI the bed of the like, Inof his prey, and at once banishes the supposition that be might be of the sturgeon family. The tall itself was of great size and strength, very unsymmetrical in Shape, with something resembling long hair cover. fag its entire upper surlkee, the ender surface being diversified with sharp - ridges,-radiating to the outer edge. The artist haa overdone it. Fine, and a tali "of great size and strength," and legs, are too much for one animal. A New En TEllrifllle.—fin I ppsn Point. on the Sound, shoot sir hoar and a half. from New York, was-sold the other day t o a company of wealthy gentlemen, who propose making it the moat attractive place of residence in the United State'. Over one million dollars was paid for the hand alone, and the plan for improve- ments fe of the most lineal character. Cars will run directly from the Point to - New York city, and a steamboat will make daily trips. • A magnificent hotel Will be erected, controlled by en tape rienced Manager.- •The wile of property forprivate residences wiU be restnmed to each as Will render the property, if not a "colony of aristocrats," at least an attractive neighborhood for gentlemen , 'of taste, mesas and culture, I THE SALE OF OUR MONITORS-A PRO ma..T. - dia , roussr r August 10, 1567. &axons Gazgrva - :—I trust you will open your columns to one who is deeply Interested in the welfare of his country, in ordgg that he may protest in strong language against the wholesale destruc tion of our navy, by agents of our Gov ernment. I refer to the sale of our val. ttable fleet of iron-clads to foreign pow , era, which may on the morrow turn them against ourselves:. That there is sootething wrong in the sale of these valuable auxiliaries to the welfare of our commerce, is patent to the least casual observer, and much more so to the prac tical. engineer, who ;mows the value, the strength and completeness el- every vessel found in the navy. The sale of the Dunderberg,* although - practically speaking it was never in the actual own ership of the Government, excited no particular surprise at the time, inasmuch as it was pronounced unseaworthy by officers -of the naval department, who were not presumed to be ignorant of the matter in which they made decision. But when the telegraph flashed word across the ocean that the Dunderberg hail made a marvellously brilliant pas sage to Europe, the public wondered why such a vessel should have been per mitted to pass out of the possession of our own awborities. The ordinary an- ; nouncement that Br. Webb, the builds r, hod made nearly n million dollars by the refusal of the naval authorities to accept his vessel, let some light into th trans action; and the existence of a ring of speculators at once suggested tself to . the minds of many practical • 'taking men. Only a few days after th , follow ing grave announcement ma made through the Associated Press, r garding, one of the best monitors in our t avy, the Onondaga: "The iron-clad monitor 0 ondagn, which was recently purchased of the United States by the French swarms meat, sad which started last -eels tar France, returned to New York on Fri• day lost, disabled. Sbe left Sandy Hook on Wednesday last, =its tow of - the steamer Alercedita. On Thursday after noon the ,Onondaga became quite en. ' manageble making hut very little head way, then being only eighty miles from Sandy Hoek. She would not obey the helm, QS .Mumps would not work, sad elm was'oo deeply laden that the sea was constantly washing_ over her, carrying the watgr through the hatchways Into the hold; As it was deemed unsafe to confine the voyage, the Captain of the -Merced;a ordered the fleet to return." Now' h have full knowledge of at vessel, ve served my country on board of het.,es one of the engineers, under command of Commander Homer C. Blake, ond Chief :Engineer Alexander Renders ere, and know whereof I speak when: I 'denounce the statement con tained inithat Item as maliciously false. No bettsr or more seaworthy monitor 'Over clanked on the Wares, and certainly no morti formidable craft exists in the world. Jler service during the rebellion is well kOtown to ell loyal men, awl by 'the late Jebel foe; and why our Govern. meet 'herald have been . so blind to its owe, int4rest as to dispose of hr to.a foreign tistwer is a deep mystery ' to me. The' sto4y told of her unseaworthmess la mode /p to deceive the people se to her real [worth, and, perhaps, to tilde a huge swindle perpetrated in the very . face of our authorities. The Oaondago., be t is new at: powerful, and should never have sold out of our navy. Ifj France °yid become involved in a I war wit as, we have . placed In her' hands a sseapon by which she could sweep our merchantmen from the high seas, ! Invade fur harbors, and destroy our • seaboard cities, for she is invulnerable to shot and we have nothing felt which ; could combat her. ' Than was the same lion in her Bale, and doubtless the same ; circle or clique who combined to pro- l comes, the Dunderburg unseaworthy, I hare likewiem joined veices to condemn . the Onondaga. Row is it that such a nation as France, which certainly has In . her Naval Department the ablest eget. I nsers of the world, en. be duped into 1 the purchase of !monitors sod Iron clads deemed worthless by the United States ' authorities? France knows what she is I about, and our authorities are strength. ening perhaps the arm which may one day be tamed against themselves. I -At Bessie, at the present time, the monitor Mientanomie is cruising, and we may expect ere lung to have It an- nonneed that she too is worthless, pre paratory ' to a job being put LID with Basta for her purchase. It is high time to raise the alarm, and I trust that other ~ naval engineers in the count y may Join ; with me in openly denouncing the par- 1 ties engaged in deprecating noble vessels I of our navy 'in order to reap prods by ; Placing them in the hands of rival fors' else powers, at fabulous prices. Our' country i . strong', but must eventually • suffer by such a blind policy. : G V. 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