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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 'IS, -1868
We print on the inside pages of. this morn
ing's GAZE'rrE : Second page = Wanted,
Some Pleasure, Labor and Rest, Table Talk
and many otter, items. ThirdzingeL—Findn
cial Hatters, .liver News, Markets by .Tele
graph'and Imports. , Sixth
,page--. Finance
and Trade 741 Cnnimercial Intelligence.
Seeenth page Adrasement Directory, Spring
_Fashions, llf ~ Senator Sprague and Andrew
Johnson, a 8 , icycontiibution from the pen of
- .1101.- Jane 0 Swilshelm.
Goi close. yesterday_ id New York at
139.'
TEXAS calls a Convention, the vote in its
'favor having some 4,000 majority. Of the
ninety delegates, nine are colored. !Gov.
Hamilton is,elected a member.
• UNLESS' GEN. HANC'OEK is misrepresented
by late telegrams, his last days of command
in the Fifth District;Will gain its little credit
for him as the first The friends of recon
struction in - LOnisiana and Texas make bit
ter complaints against hint of nntairness, and,
of an obstinate perversion of his power, in
carrying out the election clauses of th 6 laws.
THE. Northern 'streams are, everywhere
welcoming the spring, by throwing off their
icy, shields and filling , up their full banks
with the volume of rains and melting snows.
The Allegheny marked twenty-two feet and
rising yesterday, and the llonongahelalS•
aboliCthe qsame, but'we hear of no serious
damage done by either. The. Susquehanna
is booming high, overflowing the low-lands
-below Harrisburg, and has even reached the
railway tracks. The Hudson and tribu
taries, the Conneeticut and many of, the lea
awl.' streams 'are alsO 'swollen and their ice is
running out, *ithmore or less deetruction of
: property on the banks.
OPENING „op •THE CANVASS.
If there is one point rclatiye to political
concerns in which the people of the United
State's are in substantial -unison ; _ it is in
maintaining that the presidential campaign
now opened, is of most unumial importance.
'it:mighty storm has passed oi - ePthe rePub
lie. The *ayes of agitation have not yet sunk
to repOse. In some_ partienlats thcy. vise
higher than .when the winds of rebellion
- howled fiercest. Axid this is accordant with
all the analogies of nature.
National' life, like all other forms of life,
is, not stationary, but full' of vicissitudes.
When a nation ceases to grow—that is, to
adapt its itiStitutions to the development of
hiumin existenceit necessarily' begins to
decay and
. disintegrate. This shows the
.folly of that .conception of government in
which the Medes and Persians indulged—
that laws, whether organic or statutory,
ought ndtto change ;•othat rules suited to, one
condition or era of society, must necessarily
be applicable to all times and, circumstances:
Perhaps the Medesfind F:erehtn.s did the best
that ever hai s heenlttone 4 alth that notion_,
but' all their' efforts did not'avert the corn
mon lot= that attaches equally to communi
. ties as to individuals. Revolutions beset all
nations apount of courage, and, no ac
cumulatiOn of wisdom, has Aeon able to es
,cape.convulsions th'at shake and rend and
transmute political structures: As well at-
tempt so to conduct the processes of nature
as to • dispense with thunder and lightning,
storm and tempest, pestilence and earthquake.
enitidvatives, doubtless, fancy "such an or
. deting of the . ftirces inherent in nature would
be of superior excellence to,that which now
prevails ;. but however *much they.may long
for it, or •repine at the ongoings of the uni
- veise; neither their , complainings or wishes
will make-the slightest alteration in the pre
-- determined and customary evolutions of the
great civil world. `, - •
Revolutions'are mot Mord pleasant to' en
.::counter than the, great agitations that sink
navies, topple , dowtk cities, or devastate wide
territories. But when they have spent their
fury, and excitentaiits haire - sa : cooled that a
• jggt:esfirnate can be Fade of,7hat they have
'lsrvilght, it is a:n(sst invariably perceived
kilifif the 'elementslave beenpurified; that
. ,
J; encumbrances have been removed out of
the way; that new and beneficial develop:
merits have been, imparted to ideas, recognia
,
id, it, may*, -but_ mostly dormant; and that
fresh germs have been planted, destined to
finetify, blossom and mature fruit for ages to
come.
=VoiserVatives:coMplain that our govern;
,ment is beipv,revolutionited. They per
,: ceive changes - frOtthe .regulations devised
by.t4e framers of the , original, ConstitUtlon,
sn 'they repute all th,bdifications"or'substitu
,
liOneto - beforihi. worse andAriot' for the bet
ter - 41rhitt great clumges have occurred is
~;.I%.4*. o 3. . y..ppdeniable,"bilt a matter for pro
',''''..•44ll.l)4..e(WatuttitiOl3:::-51avery, and all that
W
ai;cognitetheietO; hasperisiied, never to
Tiiii'eliminatioh of
thlit systeM a . (- vast- change; and
fur.Oitmueitoir sharact i er. It deeply
. touched" the , habits, , the - passions ' the:inter-,
ests, and not inerely - of
- promineriC a,asses, bitt ` of_whole sections.
It was in'' itself, li:reVelutioii,
, faure f ro ni-the:pastlyn - )lino•.never to' be'
iirsitid. - 3, - Iniits consequences, • it -put2the
' l l3/ . .iterrlt , ona" new !track...! For more than"
71- 0406:2 0 1 a:fifde ' iiciof.4 1 e;viifia4.
"ministrations, - notwithstan.(ll4 l ,_atl profes
sions tbc,,Fontrary, toiards
aristocracy iha'ifelipcabaiiiiilVl was
Leitilkibiryrialtigreat political
P9WeroliteVlPtcoMit: At•liike;4l2. ll6o o,
eJrt
=I
forces into 'its osvnlikenessomd . most social
forces as well.. Freedom has now gained, and
ever more will hold, the ascendant.
Thoughts, feelings, usages, lairs .and insti
tutions,._ Must conform thereto. That this
may be done, much rubbish from the de-
MoliShed structure must be carried away or
buried o.tt of sight, and the new edifice
Must be completed, full, harmonious and
symmetrical in all its. parts. 1 ..
For nearly three -Yeats . President „TOTIN.-
SON has stood in the way Of this consum
mation. Whether he was,-from the outset,
as many affirm,. aCtually. on the side of the
rebellion, anti only maintained an appear
ance of loyalty from prudential reasons, is:
not materialltere; '' The violence of his pat
riotic protestatiens on assuming the Presi
dential, office‘justly created suspicions as to..
his absolute intentions; and these suspicions
he speedily, verified, and substantiated by
inter Posing all his authority; and by assuin
ing, powers not conferred On him, for the
express purpose of preventing a reconstruc:-
tionrof the Union' in the interests of Liberty,
of 'Repose, and of Progress. ' This was why
we lifted up the first voice heard in thiS na
tion in favOr of his_ipmeachtnent„ and why,
amid all the - lincttiations of • public opinion,
whether disclosed in Congress or elsewhere,
we have adhered
_to that: . measure as not .
merely just but also as indispensable. When ,
it shall be accomplished; the chief obstacle to
the complete and speedy restoration of the
national unity will,be remoVed, anti the new
movement, the precious product gained
by an incalculable expenditure ofblood and
treasure, will. run thenceforward unob- .
structed, its, predestined course... • .
These are the considerations, in the main
and . outline, that• make tho 'Presidential can
s-ass, which has already begun; of unusual
consequence to the people of this repub
lic and to all mankind: Shall the'nation go
forward, remodelling its institutions on. the
basis of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity?
Or, shall it gO bacliward. raking with bony
fingers in the asheS of the great. war, seek.:
ing to reconstruct demolished..CaSto and
Despotism? There ought to be, but one
answer to these , . questions. There be
but one. The nation will not dishonor it
self by going backward.. The' loyal masses
are not inclined to disquiet 'the' corpses of
hundreds of thousands 'of martyrs, resting
in bloody graves, by an act of unptralleled .
treachery and baseness.. They have their
eyes steadily on the goal of 'their desires,
and. Will not Test until ,they attain it.
Thisisthe meaning of what has recently
transpired in _New Hampshire. The first
gun of the presidential battle reverberates
in victorious 'tones tirtonghout the nation.
It attests not only a point gained, but preph
ecies a grand consummation :in harmony
therewith. ' • •
. .
The spirit that animated our ;own State
Republican Convention-is to the sMne im
port. On the great issue our friends are
once more cthicardant. resolute anduncon
querable., 'They haVe not drawn out the
battle to lose it. Victory, absolute and final,
.
is within their reach, and th,ey will grasp it.
Henceforward, until the polls snail close.
in November, let every Reputilican'be pre
pa .
red to do his whole duty. Let us' in Peng
sylvania lift the banner that We trailed last
autumn, into cOnspicuity Sanshine,
welcoming it with cheers and - efforts that
shall givelt r increasing luster throUgh many
years to come. •
THE PRESIDENT *AND 'HIS
CESSOR. .
The Republicans•- of Massachusetts;iu
State Convention, on the 11th. were ad
dressed by . their Chairman,. Hon. D. IV.
Goocn, forilieyly.aßepresentative in Con
grass, In a very- eloquent speech, frOm which
ice eltract the annexed . paragraphs. The
story of one's man treachery is adtuirOly
told,,while the rcference M the Civil services
and the avowed opinions Of-,the other will
be read 'with the liveliest interest.' Mr.
Goom said: ••
• . •
."Within thirty days; after Abraham Lin....
coin entered upon his second term ;of Office.
Richmond lead fallen; the rebels were fly
ing before the victorious Grant; and the re
bel leaders were ready to acknowledge that
all was lost, not merely . the government
which they had attempted to establish, but
the principles on which that government
eras to rest, and that nothing remained for
them but to - ."accept the' - situation." At
that time all loyal men felt that the hour of
danger was passed, and that . all questions
for the future could be safely entrusted to
the President and to. Congress', of whose
wise and . harmonious action. there could be
no doubt. :But the dealings of Providence
with nations, as, with individuals, are often
mysterious.. While loyal. men. were thus
- resting,'filled with hope fOr the future, and
reposing full confidence in that great, and
good man who had led the . nation succeSsful
ly through its great struggle, the' assassin's
bullet opened the way for the . accession of
Andrew Johnson.. Although this inan,who
'would never have been thought of fer the
Presidency, had seriously compromised
himself at the late inauguration, still, as lie
promised to do.. all things for the public
good, the:people freely forgave what they'
thought might have been the accident of an
hour; and generously gave him their confi
dence And support.' *E'er a short .:time he
'seemed -to merit such confidence and to
take counsel from the loyal inen in
whom the people had' long confided.. .But it
soon became apparent to those who watch
ed closely the doings at the capital during
the Summer and:Autninn of 1865, that the re
bels and their sympathizers were readily ad:
mitted and long detained in the Tresident'a
rectption room, while loyal: men were kept,
long in waiting, or even asked in vain for
admission: It soon hecame . elear that he in
tended to take into his own hands the whole
great
_question of
. rec,onatruction. - And With
out regard to the plainly expressed wishes of
loyal men, and without waiting for or giving
an f ipportnuity to :Congress to tike any =-
don thereon, lie determined, through" thein
nstrumentillty of Provisional GOVernmentS—
which he had no more right to establish than
he had to establish mbruirchiel-,--to organize
goveriunentsin those States and have their
Beiiatbris - and Representatives :at the - doors of
Congress demanding admission ,• when .it
,should again *assemble. He even flattered'
himself that his object was
. aecomplished,
and whiriCongresS met, coolly informed the
-Senate and House of Representatives, in his
Annual Message, that: it milk' remained for
them to judge of the ;election returns and
qualification of the Merithers from the States,
which pia had: called into ;existence . . during
the recess. -; He had not deprived , them of
.that lioWer; but all the - lest , he .had Settled
according to his own good will and, pleasure.
ntiiknatois and :Representatives who dared
toed! in question his ?lea thietd 'do; 4,6 zm.
PITTSBURGH GAZETTE : WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1868
•
mediately denounced by name in :his speeches
and harangues as traitors to the Government;,
and the rebels and sycophants wham he:had
culled about him shouted their applamie,
When the Thirty-ninth Congress. expired,
these States Were in arms against the Gov
ernment. When the Fortieth Congress aS
sernbled,• at the earliest day at Which it could
assemble • without- a call by the'President,
they found that Andre* Johnsion, the man
who had become President during the recess,
had assumed to organize Governments in
these States., and to settle all the great ques
tions-At issue between the National Govern
ment and the Rebels. As I look back upon
this Usurpation. on the part of the Executive,
tt almost seems that Congress ices wanting in
self.-respect in not instituting proceedings for
his immediate impeachment. Bin ,the (ies
dons at issue were of such vital importance
that Congress felt, called Upon to make every
effort to-avoid a conflict between the difibr
ent departments of the government.
The Convention to which the delegates
you select here to-daY are to be sent will
noininate as Candidate for President den.
Grant. (Applause.): It will nominate itifn
because he represents the-principles of the
Republican party, and because he can' ren
der fo his country in that office.: better ser
vice than any other liVino• man.' The fame
which he carried in the field has been height
ened by the bold, straighttbrivard, and . judi-,
cions manner in WhiChlie, has - performed
every duty which has ;devolved upon :him-in
the trying - and difficidt positions in which lie
has been placed since the close of the War.
In every position : he has sought only his
country's good, regardless of: consequences'
to himself; He has met and defeated Rebel
strategy in the Cabinet no less successfully
. than lw did in the freld. I hardly knew for
which we are most indebted to him-411s
k serVices during the - war, or hisservices
'
since the war. . I , tremble when I reflect
what might hare been the consequences had
some other man held his . position
during the trials through which the Govern
ment is now passing, and through which it
has been called upon to Pass since.the Heath
of Abrahani Lincoln. • Early in Aprinist,
immediately atter the• adjournment of the
first session of the present Congress; I
called on General Giant at . his cifliee in
Washingten. He had that morning been
;informed . . of the questions proposed to be.
raised by the President and the Attorney
'Gimeral in relation to the Reconssruction
act then just passed. 'After stitting them he
remarked: `'Congress ought not to have
-. adjourned without some provision by which
itcould, assemble at any time," and : ' also
added, "they have passed laws by which
ten States are to be reconstructed, and - it is
reasonable to suppose that some 'further
. legialatiOn'may be necessary." I then said
to him: "Perhaps this is not the first time
we have suffered betanse Congress was not
in ssion when , it • ought to have been.."
He asked to what • I referred: I replied
"There should have been a session of Con
gress immediately after the overthrow of the
rebel armies." He . timented, and I added
further, "if there had been, it is possible
Ihntthe Present conflict between the-Execu
tive and Congress might have- been avoid
ed." • After a moment's reflection lie re
plied: "On the NOwle - I think it is better as
is if it had not been for that conflict it is
Possible that reconstruction might have been
accomplished without securing negro suf
tinge.' I fat then that he fully recognized
the act that the war had established not
only the power of the Government to main-
fain its own, existence; but also the equality
of the rights - and privileges of all men un-
der it. • 'i . • ,
The Impeachment Trial:
It is evident that_the President and his
friends are not sn' sanguine of his acquittal
rinw,as`they 'were in the Sunate in Friday.
His counsel are•engaged in preparing affida
.
vits front different sources, to be- presented
next Monday, when the. case conies up.
They again declare that. it will lie impossible
to obtain the necessary evidence to proceed
Without further delay. and— hope to make
!..mood their thilure in their - hit etiOrt to obtain
it., The tact dila : the Managers carried their
point on Fridayriit:Succeeded in obtaining
an early day tOr the filing of the answer,
Ca as Well as their evident determination
to prevent any further procrastination; as
evinced particularly in Gen. Butler's speed',
has demoralized the Administration to no
small extent. The President himself. had
great hopes that a sufficient munber of R.
publicans would join with the Democratic
Senators in the vote to grant him forty days
time, but being disappointed is now inclined
to doubt the final result as he' luiS never
doubted it before. .
The statementilia.s.,been made hi positive
terins.that,
.in . theseeret. deliberations of the
S'enate on FridaY'on .the question of how
much time should be granted Mr. Johnson
in which to make answer, four Republican
Senators voted with the )envoi rats in favor
of granting the, fall limit asked—forty days.
I do.not. knoW that any one whitht have a
right tO iMpugn their AtotiVes, era NV Vre it
true; inn Utterly 'anti*, it . should 13
corrected. The facts are that the motion tbr
fOrty daYs was not even voted on. A prop
osition to-allow until the 20th instant, .one
Week, Was first adopted by avote of twenty
eight yeas sto twenty nays._ Mr. Trumbull,
who voted in the affirmative, then moved to
reconsider,' hi order that he, Might offer as a
substitute a proposition to fix the dine for
the 23d instant, three days later, making ten
days the time to be allowed. • Four Senators
who . bad. voted in the majority on the first
propOsitiom chinged their votes. The recon
sideration was carriekand Mr Trumbull's
proposition, - - was agreed to.—Waskington
Correspondence S.. Y. Times:
T4irty . Perpions . Lost in a Storms
Thejl'euifotimilander says: "A snow storm
like that, of Monday, the 3(.1 February, has
often been folloWed by* melancholy conse
quences to travellers in this country; but
this last one has produced a calamity the
most distressing of its nature that we can re
member. It appears :that some thirty per
sons are known to have been travelling that
evening between Heart's Content and Har
bor Grace; and that-tip - to yerterday thirteen
dead bodies had been diseovered, while there
is every reason to believe that the remaining
seventeen, yet unaccounted for, have met a
sintilar.ead Searching parties have been
on the track since Tuesday, and do do - WA,
'their search will be continued till the further
extent of this dreadful visitation has been as
certained. Meanwhile, it seems vain to hope
that their perseverance .can affect anything
beyond recovering the corpses of those who•
have been. suddenly snatched .away,—many
of them, too, in. all likelihood; .from.families
dependent upon, them
,for support. Further
partiCultirs will doubtless soon be forthcom- .
mg; - - .. but remembering the present condition.
of so many of our poor, it is MUeh to be'
feared that want was in most cases the evil
'that drove those untapiT victims from their
'homes .on that fital - day. . The weather was
such that even the bkt fed and clothed who
were 'long - OxpOsed toip_ would. have.: sue
cumbed,.- and it is easy - to understand - how
soon such hardship would prostrate 'those.
who:Perhaps for weeks or-months had been
without- 'food' or clothing, half sufficing for
nature's demands in this trying winter. 'The
occurrence - is in all respects one of a Most
painful character, forcibly reminding u's of
sufferings:the, and trials of our poor -and of
their'claims-upon the - utmost practical sympa
thy we can •
, .
Rumors of a Ilepel. eonaOracy.
. .
The following diselostire is made. by, the
Washington correspondent of The Syracuse
Journm: -
Whoeter believes the accidental .President
will remain quiet until the trial is ended, •
may know human nature, ,but he certainly
does not understand thaC Of A. J. One
thing is ; certain, 'that quiet as all appears
on the surface, thcl areatest apprehensions of,
a serious collision here are felt by parties'
who have the best means of judging, and the
largest silken/ the contest. Perhaps I' may
be considered sensational, if I say that
Secretary Stantor,has e.reellent reasons for,
apprehending an (Oenpito obtain control by
force of hisllepar tnien .
ou ,i)7et, What I, state
i t
is the simple truth. Y' may rest assured
that. Mr. Stanton is . .
well informed of the
I movements.going on ii this city and vicini,
ey. They are clan erous: Of that there
can beno doubt. Tto President. has . detin-
Rely taken another s ep forward in the cer
tain and direct Collis on which he evidently
seeks. As you know, the:Adjutant-General
took his 'seat afthe Cabinet meeting, in his
ad interim character, At the Cabinet Mr.
Johnston demanded of his Secretaries that,
they fail to recognize Mr.' Stanton. It is
understood that Thomas tvi 1 issue orders
looking to a forcible occupation of what he
calls "My DepartMent;". also, that in re
lieving Hancock; „he will, as Secretary of
War," issue an - ord r, - forming the Military
Division of the. tie, and plaee the Gen
eral in command. G ant will, it islielieved,
refuse to promulgat theni; Thomas will
'persist in issuing; t ism. - GMnt . is 'te be
placed Under arrest 1 n. .disobedience, Gen.
Emory,; it - l - s. tinders °cid, is to be placed in
\.
this positionfirst: l - .General - . Gordon Gran
ger has been here for some. weeks. He is in'
thorough sympathy with - Andy. • Hancock
will soon be here. The commandant of this ,
post (not Ernor, Who
. .cOmmands the De
„partment) is also` reported to be in sympathy
with Andy. It, is declared, on good,. anthor
ity, too, that among the schemes which
have been • seriously discUssed, is . one'
for ,the seizure of the Capitol, and the pre
venting of Congress' from assembling. - All
'these, and many others of a similar mature,
are not Made public. The effort is. to keep
them• qpiet. They come to Me through
credible channels. - I do not vouch for them,
,
but only mention them as among the strong
probabilities of the sit - nation. There is one
suspicious fact.. The town is full of Mary
land rebels,. as , well as numbers from, the
extreme South. Two-thirds of- the visitors
here are of that section. The "down-the
Potomac' Sintigglers, mail carriers arid
omerrillas•of the Rebellion have been repre
rented here quite largely. Men who-were
trained in the secret service declare that
scores of_ the most notorious of these men
have, been and are in the cityy Persons
known to be in the must confidential rela 7:
tions with the President have :heen seen in'
conaimmication with such men. When I
say that at the 'War Department and Army
Headquarters these things are known,
watched and_ prepared for, I_ only speak
with due-moderation. It is known that on
one occasion, at least, and others are report
ed, Generals Grant and Howard were sum
moned to Headquarters after midnight; the
reason being the gathering at different points
near the War Departmcni - of, several bodies .
of-men, in groups of, from tvo to six, and'
the fact that - communication was 6 - hie/lily
going,on among them by . me: 'is of signals,
such as whistles, calls, &c., Within a short
time, a new secret Copperhea 1 organization
has been started here. Oiniellis Wendell
is the prime mover in it.. There are three
:divisions,' or "chapters” as they are termed,
already organized. Two of them are com
manded by ex-Rebel Colonels. - They give
out their deSign to be protection against a
negro raid, Which they declare Will. occur
when the Impeachment trial begins.. These
things, and many others we know of, :ire
straws which serve to show the pUblic what
is talked of at least. Thay . are worth noting
at-any rate. because they show how abso
lutely essential to the peace and; welfare of
the country it is to compass, legally, the re
moval . .iof. Johnson. "Impeachment is
Peace."
•
Hideous Outrages in the Interktr of Mexico
—A Chapter of IlorrorA.
[Correniondellet: 1 . 4* the NOV YOTli. Her:0.1.15
The Guadalajara correspondent of the
Ranchero Mexican News Associntion,' fur
rushes us with hews to the 16th inst., and
although that city and the State of which it
is the Capital are renowned for deeds Of,l
blood. and, every crime known in the crim
inal Ikts4 we have never until at-present
seen such deeds of incarnate fiends placed
on record. , The crimes of Clemente Ruiz,
the Jalisco fiend, who ILO but recently been
executed for `violating the three young girls
.
of an Pedro de Piedro' Gordo, murdering
them and throwing their mutilated and
Wand bodies into a well, and the violation
-and - devilish - murder of the two young ladies
of Patzturtro, have been, were it , possible,
..Outdone by the brigandleader Leon Chavez;
'dilllatelY started rut on a new 'crusade,
was inaugurated. In the folloWing
manner : • ;a.
Tepatitian, a place of .
4. - ; • 000 inhabitants,
on the national highwaYtNits_assamited on
the 11th inst.. by 350 of Leon Chavez's men
and iliken. They obtained nearly $BO,OOO
from all the merchants and eft; carrying off
all the horscS. and 'several merchants and
wealthy peopleprisotiefs. • -
Leon - Chavez, the unsubdued and appar-'
ently Unconquerable revolutionist and high
way robber, is out on the plains of Jalisco
again. He lately attacked, took and burned
a _part • of Colomillia plantation buildings.
Besides .burning, the . larger number of the
houses; he- robbed' all the people and killed
.overseer Don Crispane Marquez.! . ]._ -
By the latest mail we have the following,
for which, if any search . for a parallel, let
him turn at once to the blackest black deeds
of the merciless inquisitionary tortures.
Chavez' And his band; after - disappearing.
from - before Mazatlan, were not heard from.
for several days. The night before 'last,
while attending a dance in one of Ahe San
Pedro gardens,. 'several or - the beautiful
daughters of our wealthiest families were .
seized by a large number of masked villains
and . carried away. _This .morning Inez de
T. was_fontid at the same garden - a, raving
lunatic; her hair had . been . shaven, her
breasts cut open and her person violated,
and reason dethroned throughber sufferings.
She Was 'nearly naked. On her was found.
'a letter from Chavez, saying' that unless
$200,000 in: gold'was sent to his,cam i'in the
mountains 'west of Guadalajara al 'of , the
other five ladies would . be' similarly, treated.
The -money. Wile sent, and after Chalvez 4e-.
ceived itand it had to.be carried tojiiim oit
.
a mule with- a single servant -he and' hisi ,
companion fiends fell. upon the ladies; and
outraged.theth. They ;then tied them•on to
mules and left them in - charge of theseivant,
who brought . them the money 'lt has not
yet been made public who all of these deplo- :
ruble creatures are, nor would We give their
names to the world. : For' fiendishness, for,
inhumanity, for brutality—for all that is bad,
•ditninable, awful in crime—this overwhelms
thein all. ~ Words cannot ' tell its'hertors ;-
curses cannot expatiate; and no. punishment
known to mankind is adequate to:these
—A passenger from. Vera Cruz, arrived
at Havana states some' Mexican Congress
men were 'discussing the expediency of ex
pelling all Spaniards from-;Mexico,:unless
they became naturalized • citizens. Nearly
all the parties engaged in the conspiracy
are Spaniards, • -
, ,
Topics and Gossip at the Capital:
The policy of the" House Afariage,
foreshadowed in Butler's speech of Friday,
is to cut the defense short, by:tidnritting
nearly all that they propose to prove in the
President's behalf.
The President,, if convicted, will go on a
speaking tour through the country, -coin
meneing at New. York and extending . to
the far West, during which he will attempt
his own vindication. ' . _ _
The Supreme Court has ;granted leave to
tile the bill in the - ease of the Stateof Geor
gia against Gens. Grant, Meade and Ruger.
The Court also 'rendered a decision. which,
It is thought, will apply to the tax leVied.by
the-States of Maryland and New Jepiey up
on passengers on roads crossing ..those
States.
,The ease was that ofCrandal,against
i the State of Nevadautil the law of that
State, which imposes a capitation tax of one
dollar upon passengers leaving the State,
was pronounced unconstitutional.
Advieqs from Texas show a - vote of 57;000
for !the Convention, hging a majority of the
! registered votes of dearly '4,000. Ninety
delegates were elected, nine of whom were
colored men. GOvernor Hamilton and his
brother Morgan:Fr With many leading Union
!'men, are ' elected as delegates. The Re
: publicans of , . that State fear, unless
I General Hancock is .removed, that they
I will fail to, ratify the Constitution. He
has removed the troops froth all the
rampant neighborhoods, and sent them to
thelfreutiers, thus leaving Union men and
freedmen to be overawed. The loyal regis
tration boards appointed by. Sheridan have
all been removed. A'.circular from Gen. '
Pltncock's HeadOuarters; Written to the
Cl airman of the rebel State ConVentien in
Texas, sent by them to the new regis
ters, makes his appointees judgeS of the
law and the fact in the twitter of the right
to register.
The. Committee aPpohated by the Louis
iana COnstitntional. Cofitention, recently
waited upon General Hancock to confer
with him in relation to- holding the election
for State officerS on the sante day that the
new - constitution is voted upon. General
Hancock:distinctly refused to order or pro
tect any such election, unless - ordered to do
so by General Grant. The Convention have
ordered such election to be held, and have
appealed to General Grant to issue the ne
cessary orders to Hancock.
I Mr. IlancroWs treaty with-the German
;States will probably.he ratified by the Sen
ate in a few days, aslit is warmly supported
the promident )SenatorS., -- The versions
it which have been published are ficitni
the Gernian newspapers, translated here. '
There is considerable speculation here as
the President's object in ordering Gen.
ttilaneock to ;WaShington; It seems,,how
'ever, that Mr. Johnson did not use his ad,
inter-ha Secretary in this case, but sent the
dispatch to' Hancock through the proper
military channels. -
'Rumors of trouble in Tennessee have lint'
a slight foundation. Gen. Thomas is pre
pared- for any insurrection the Tennessee
rebels may undertake. Be will obey such
requisitions as Governor Brownlow may
.make upon him; but the fact that the de-7
signs of the rebels are unmasked will prob,
ably cause their abandonment.
- .
!The three weeks' interval before the Con
necticut election will be devoted by the
Republicans to a thorough and searching
canvass for the recovery of that State front
the Democracy. LetterS from Republicans
in Hartford and New Haven are confident.
They represent that old party feuds are
heated up, and that Republicans are united
tOr t4rant and Impeachment...
It is generally supposed that if the Pres
ident's counsel show cause for a further
gostPonement on the thenty-third, that a
wEiek,and possibly ten days willbe ordered
by the Senate. Au extension will be
earnestly asked. ' It will be pushed to a
Conclusion by the middle of May. Two or
three ofthe President's most zealous advo
cates blame the Chief Justice because he
did not say in open Semite that, in his opin
ion; : the President should have forty days.
Several of the Republican .Senators are
confident Vint the President will file his
answer on tim2Xld, tmd, resign On the 2-Ith.
The Justices of the Supreme Court are
much annoyed by the clandestine i'atSstige
of im Act on Friday afternoon, denriving
them of juridiction in the McArdie case,
and similar cases. •
Advices received from .Mis r sissippi state
that the new Constitiltion will be adopted
by n large majority.'
General Spinner.
The Treasurer of the United States is the
'winches!: man on earth, as any one can see
by referring to his likeness on the fifty cent
poStage stamps: When I was introduced
to ihim at breakfast, he smiledand it
broke a saucer. In .the ceurse his re
marks he chanced to smile hgaiiiand it
Broke a plate. Out of sympathy for the
I stopped such miscellaneous
:cheerfulness by deftly changing the shb
ject to funerals. But it was another matter
I wished to. speak of. Now, many people
are not aware of it, outside of his church,
but General Spinner is a devout and sensi- , .
tively 'Conscientious Methodist in religion,
and in politi6i a Radical. But even the
pureat of us, are not safe froth calumny,
as
I know frem-my own experience. Itbe
gan to be wispered aropud that, -under very
trying and extraordinary .eiretnstanees;
General, Spinner - was guilty of swearing a
little sometimes. The Church took the
matter in hand as quietly as possible, and
appointed a 'discreet sister ( the grieving
mourner of a hukband and three gallant
brothers slain in' the ear) to inquire into
the matter. Instead of gathering evidence
at..seetind hand, :the went to headquarters;
She—posted herself among a Crowd of wait
inetiffe*An the General's office. The old
than was absorbed in business, andivorking
away like a steam engine. File after file of
men passed before him, and he shot his
decisions at them in sharp, curt sentences
as 'they moved on. Finally; a tall and
_handsome man approaehed and handed in
his-documents for examination. TbO,Gen
oral ran his eye down the pages;'And
thunder cloud settled-portentiously upon his
countenance. He throw down the papers
and shaking his fist fieteely in the man's
'PO, said: .
Yea come to me, with this. • You, you
sneaking I limmd of a deserter. You bring
a paper hero, signed by the President Of
'the United States, setting fourth, that when
you deserted - from the regular army, to go
and. fight four years against your comdry,
there verb four months' pay coming to you
;from; the government you so outraged, and
ordering me to pay those arrearagesl: I'd
see you and the President a -hundred Miles
in the hottest hole first!" ' . -
Au Awkward Episode.
, A. young man of Liberty comity, Miss.,
who, a short time previous, won the heart'
and hand of 'a neighborhood girl, denuded
himself of his fig-leaves for the very pleasant
object of 'taking a bath in the creek.
Scarcely had he subnierged his heated .
frame in the cooling Waters, ere he heard the"
crackling of twigs and the silvery ring of
girlish laughter, and, looking up, ho saw—
horreadion nionstrion. , --the object of his
affection and a female companion approach
ing. .Quicker than thought, and unper
ceived; he made -for the bank, mid running
nimbly up a tree, there waited the end of
the predicament. The young ladieS ap
proach—our hero's heart thumps—they
stop, beneath the tree, that holds him, and
very ,ziaturally start with surprise when
they .see..a man's clothing on the ground
,and no wearer' about. 'Our friend above
shudders at their curiosity, and desiring to
'make his retreat more secure, moves can
thiusly higher up, but accidentally puts his
whole weight upon 'a decayed limb, which
breaks, and drops him, with all his blush
ing; charms,:pop in the, midst of the girls.
He, of
i course, spins off at a tangent like a
bursted shell n one direction, and they re
treat equally as fast and horrified in an
other.
—A hill will be introduced in the State
Logial.iture to abolish the office of Recorder
of the city of Philiidelphia., , '
ouse Entered by an Army of Bits.
couple
.of nights ago-ii small anal or
rats, seemingly met log - ether by concert,'
created no small sensation in the house of a
poor woman on Elizabeth - street, by a Very
singular-proceeding.. The °man was lying:
in bed asleep with her two, hate ones, when
She- was aroused by the screams of the chil
dren. -On awaking shewas horrified to find
the bed fairly covered with rats,- while the
floor of the room !Was- almost black with
them. Her children at. her 'side were
screaming Wildly, not alone throngh terror,
but through pain alSo, - for the vermin had
seized them'by the nose, ears and cheekS,
and Were rapidly settling tnemselves 'down
on- every -hart of their faces. Of course,
with a Mother's instinct, the woman imme
diately rescued her little ones, while the rats
scampered - off hi all directions and quickly
disappeared. The faces . Of the children Were
cut and bleeding in several places, and the
wthinds of the nose of One of them were
so serious that Dr. 'Lawler 'Was called in,
and in his hands the little ones have been
well cared for, and 'are no* doing Well. It
is supposed that the invasion.was Caused by
the heavy rains that prevailed at the time,
which, floodingAhe drains and other places
in the rats make their homes, drove
hem out and forced them to seek food-and
shelter elsewhere. Had the children been
alone they would certainly have been eaten
alive, as the rats were around' them in hun
dreds, and would shortly have; attacked their
ilirOats, when death would have resulted,in
a Very few minutes—Toronto. Telegraph,
March 9:
—WHILE a young girl of fourteen years
of age was gathering chips in a woci , :, yara
in Quebec, reCently . , she thoughtessly
darted forward to pick a.,bloak of wood
froni under the. descending axe of one of
the, laborers.. While in the act of grasping
the piece of wood she receiVed the full
weight- of, the bloW of the axe upon her
shoulder, and was literally nearly cut in
two. •
—The Ohio State : Board• of Agriculture
held its session yesterday at Columbus, and.
examined bids for the next State Fair. The
contest was between Toledo, Cleveland - and
Dayton. - It was decided by a vote of six to
accept Toledo, which offers five thousand
dollars per year for two years and the free
use of hay acres of ground within one
mile of the depot.
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HAVE Yor A COLD?
Dr. Sargent's Cough Syrup will cure you
ILV.E YOU _ACUTE OIL CIIIIONIC BiONCEUTIS
, .
Dr. Sargent's Cough Syrup,will cure you.:.,
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HAVE TOE OPPRESSION IN THE CREST? '
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; • ,
you WEAR Lt;:•:Gs ? .
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HAVE 1 - 01.7:A. SORE THROAT?
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HAVE YOU ANY DISEASES OF TIIETLIIIOAT. LUNGS
Ott Cl
. .
Dr. iiirgetri•zi Cough Syrup is the best preparation
fin such diseases you can take.
For sac hy al: Drriggiits
FITT'S' CENTS PER BOTTLE.
A FALLACY.
Some people think that Chronic Dyspepsia may be
cured-by exercise .and diet alone. This .is •a mis
take. The must be stimulated and'regula=
ted. and the liver and thedliseharglkw, organs put In
good working order before a cure •can be effected.
Such is the operation of HOSTETTIt'S BITTERS.
"They tone the stomach. set the liver right,
And put the stomach in Such healthful plight,
That good d.igestion waits on appetite• . •
•. .
Many persons fancy that Fever and Ague caiibe
avoided by adopting unusual wecautions against
damp and cold. .N6ver was there a greater fallacy.
There i=.. no absolute safeguarkagainst malations
maladies. cccept HOSTETTEIrSiIiTTERS. •
"To brace the frame, and make it ague-proof,
Ts kdep the causes of disease aloot,"
There is nothing like this genial vegetable
rani. So, too, in cases wherethere is a predisposi
tion to biliousness; the constitutional tcndency is
combated 'and held In check by theralterriate action
of the BITTERS. - . •
Diet and regimen are powerful alllus Of judicious
medical treatment when the preservnatin othealth
'in insalubrious loCalitles is the object intview; hitt
they veil( 'not answer the desireti,eild alone. Use
them asaids to the 13ITTERS, but do not rely upo
er
the cmcaey of any formula' that does; 4 ltot ineitide
this admirable tonic. The 13ITTEILO:bnalSt of'*
unadulterated vegetable essence (unrlvidled•anuhair
stimulants.) medicated Solely with herbs and roots
Of acknowledged virtue as tonics. It Is.'nertealalff
to the taste and perfectly harmless. Even-So-chil
dren of delicate constitutions it may be given with
perfect impunity.. In fact, with these. as with
those of older growth, its• wonderful recuperant
properties are at once apparent. . . ,
ANCYFEER CURE OF DEAFIVESSa
I lost my hearing during the last year. , Pnieqof
the time I was totally deaf. In April of this 1:04. x'
Was induced. from an adrerosement, to. ranieAto
plication to Dn. KEYSER. 120 Penn street:" ritts
lirgla. ...ifter haring tried arioui medlelues . Wom
. „
doetOrs, without any benefit, I hare Wen under Dr.
Keyser's treatment now for nearly' two months, and
am entirely restored to My tearing.. So that I can
hear a pin drop
Walvington Co.. Pa.
1N .47;! -- .'• • .
A man called to-day at Dr.' Keyser's office to in
form him era great Cure made by hislirtm e titE, ,, or
PillaiONA lit- 7 "STOlt..l.'t I VE. Whilst the4e cures
are made with the Doctor's preparations, be desires
It to be distinctly understood that:most of his great
cur are made. In accordance with' the established
I.‘als that govern the science:of mdlcine: to which
he has been engaged for the past . t Tnt,y-tive years.
Ls: st week he was also in receipt o a letter from a
f ,
clergyman In the State of Ohio, detailing 'another
most wonderful cure. , 1 .
DR. SEICSF.R , S RESIDENT CONSULTING OF
FICE ronLtrsGEXAmni - ATioN AxaTR:F;AT
3LENT[OF CIIRONIC DMEASES : No. 190FENN
STREET, FROI 31. IpkTIL
; NOTICES.
3lA)itltzsTgli SAYINGS
Allegheliy, Pa., March itohlS. 5
_ELECTION ' FOR PRESI•
bi T and SIX lilltECTitlitt of tliellttn
checter Savings Batik will be held at their Manking
'louseou SAT .5.17
UICD, the 28tAttilar of March, be
tweeii'the hours of 1 and 3 coelor4,. _
mhittinvid ' TIIOS.'II. LIPIAti.E, Cashier.
POLITICAL
Mr''CONGRESS--22d - DISTRICT.
Gen. J. S. NEGI..EY
IS A CANDIDATE FOA,NOXINATION
"TRIAIIILE79 r
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VARIETIES THEATRE.
GRAND EXTRA OCCASION'
BENEFIT OF CHAItLEIF GARDIN.ER.
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THURSDAY EWENTNAH ,inure,
19th:' on which
occasion a flplentritt liaSheen.prepnred...
THE vARitTrEs 'MINSTRELS;
111 PICNV Songs, Glees, 411orusses, do•
The great drama of the
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CROSS ROADS Or LIFE, or THE ROTS OF THE
ROLLING HILLS.. •••
Come oixly. taht3
T AHD 'OIL.
Ito bbls. - Winter No., 1..;
5 - ' No. 1. .Extaa;
Now landing from steamer N. C. Grar,for sale
mkt/ ,- ISAIAH .010 KEY 00.
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