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matter.. . -
Goix , closed in New York on Saturday
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Oun:FaItRISBURG LETTER,. always Yalu
al ie, is this morning more than usually in
teresting. It is worth ieading, •if only to
see hoW successfully a Democratic election
eering aiidge has been foiled,'lind how shal
low are tie pretensions'of that party on the
Kent of economy and retrenchment.
_ . .
WE HEARTILY . ENDORSE the eulogy with
which our distingutshed fellow citizen, Hon.
TnomAsNirna.r.s.ms, is recommeatred by the
Harrisluirg Telegraph, for the -highest place
in the . legal counells . of the government.
At: an carly.day . ive•‘hcipe. to be- able to re
print thatirdcle in. Widah.. our cotemporary
pays a well merited Aribute to the proles
siotalAbility amtsterlin,g patriotisni of the
present Representative. from the Twenty
,.
ME=i3====l
r fiLtT ARKANSAS has adopted her, new
Cfiastitution; is so probable that we are
almost inclined to announce it as a fact.
Alabama is now out of the .woods. Georgia
and North Carolina promise their accept
ance by.large majorities. And, in the other
States, the ',friends of 'the Viden will. find
victory the easier since Congress has taught
an effectiyelessonjoihell . 'oppOitents. The
experience of .A.labaaa will now serve as .4
caution rather than as an encouragement.
..NTpfrt: 2..WATIONAL BANIS ilftTe found it
convenient, if not indispensable; to the ac
ceptable prosecution of, business; to keep
considerable amounts of-money on deposit
at one or more commercial centers, to which
theiiieSPective vicinages are tributary. This
enables them to sell sight drafts to their cus
tomers, in sums to suit, and to redeem • their
circulatinit notes without subjecting holders
who - wish to convert them to' the expense
and delay of sending them borne. On the
weekly average of these deposits the banks
draw interest at a low rate. The Senate
shows a disposition to prevent the taking
of this interest,--upon. wbat considerations
of lilt blic utility we fail to see. Gen. CAmE
rum-, actuated by:long experience as a bank
er, makes vigorous oppositiO to the 4
- ' • •
ON SATITItthLY- the t Cour of
~Quarter Ses
sions of this ,
county made a decision upon
the appli9tion of Mr. Vesniiix- - , a• colored
gentleman, teacher of a pubie::. - schoo - L in
Allegheny; for admission to its bar, on the
ground - of 'comity, he haVirig 'formerly been
a practitioner in the' Supreme Criurt.,.of New
York, and holding certificate' tri.that effect.
The application was denied.
Judge STOWZ held that the applicant had
not brought himself within the rule of corn
.
ity, and so could - not avail •hiniself of it.
He then went on to declare that all •that was
said on the matter of color, when this case
was first under consideration, Was altogether
irrelevant: - thought - and said so at the
thne, but, the Judge did not then agree with
us In. opinion. We feel complimented that
he has, to that - extent, finally , adopted our
view of the case. • •
Notwithaianding 114s.isS1°.Pgexpression
on tha-Part. of judge.S.rowx, his colleague, I
Judge : Mr - LTA-7, 5 , sa)ir-props-;.% g,o . ,"outside:
of the in j long
and turgid disqpisition upon
._the propriety
s
of blacks parhcipating with whiies „ in mak
ing and trilmiriitterinether.lawri. :- Ilemain
fahied that blacks and whites ought to be
entirely seiirated in self iction,qad'hence
would not grant o, application og ; the
ground of comity, nor unless compelled by
positivelaif,2i4ideli'lii could nafilisitig c tird.
Since he feelt l / 4 110,11Ye fkKe‘xotolorly<lie has
put his sentiments on record
-.4-p? •
2 11: THE TRIAL -TODAY
ii(Con today the t r ial 4 1 1 1) 7 1 Ew Jonic
Solt . *M coMm,ence.hefore . o. o S e nate. , "Tho
Proeeeffiogli vill 1) 9; hilth4edATA4 4 ite4e.`
gen, in whose behalf General Bunatt" wili
open ttitfetiiefoi , tiiViiedpie, in hrtaigtirakit
I °ll ,
and exhaustive. . Bc . win De followe d, stouot
leak althon4h:rietYt,lay,-"b, counsel
'aointsovr, after whieb, , as the 'trial
coeds, will come the introduction of - that,
evidence, on either gad : 'Upon , the extent•
and-iixted , chi] . icicier of this testimony hang
all spectilitions as to the probable duration
of: the trial: When thk,iladehee A4llllOl,
be hi; the' arguments' of towisai
up and iuid4119.05,t4e •,, , ?so for submission
to the court" cannot probably occupy more
&We bein g
than'a I reels r fortunately some
limit'tolaai fidplrqsical capacity. As
to the" probable duration •of the entire pro
cee'dingi4 tiveßo7ol, fine um° It =
tIrAY a yiigidihf siieofogoil4 l 4 l 3iiii•ia.
rybigr4ol to, six ,weeks.'
ITO . :oo*.,l ) n4*** - 1 1 1 ',#4lo.•'hl the' wa,tot,
imPelwAg°9l4e,§.9tilti sOMPreied ., .. Ntlg
that / Weil% I shall proceed with all despatch
and from day to day, Sundays excepted,
=ail cumpleted.
. CUSTODY OF PUBLIC MONEYS. These provisioner: authorities , '•.s 'Will '. as
- Mr. Bum., of Philadelphia,' has - brought i sumo control ' of the State affairs, and
before the House of Representatives at liar- - i their first • duty will be to . submit
a
risburg a scheme for creating a, Board of Igain to the people, for its sanction as the
Coninfissieners to • take care of !the pitidie 1 pertnanentloreMit law, the same Constitu
moneys. Of this Commission the Governor, -
I tion which was once approved, but which
did not meet the unwise conditions referred
Auditor General and State Treasurer are to
be members. The:- TreaStifer hi to have ti !=to. When „that Constitution and .accom
salary of five thousand dollars a year, and r i panying ordinances shall be adopted, when
to lude tie incidental' 0101in-dents:--Dbribt- the Legislature shall have ratified the four
less, this - scheme had its origin in the poi I
t- teenth amendatory article, .and when Con:
lar
r iinpressiOn. that State Treasurers, for t gress shall have aceepted the Constitution as
years past, have made vast gains by deposit- Republican in form, the . State will : once
- ing public Moneys entrusted to their keep- I more find itself re-established in all its fed-
Mg in,bants, and diaiving interest, it great- I eral rights.
er or less rate, thereupon. - . I This measure saves tile Congressional pol
- During or shortly after the Treasurership! icy of reconstruction; it meets the necessities
of Mr. MCGri.kw a. law was ,passed topre- of the Union people of Alabama; it strips
vent this use of the public funds.
This was.! the, presentmilitary protectorate of 1 all its
.possible dangers; it abolishes the mischies
owing.to the belief that lin had made - tom- I
siderable gains by loaning the surplus in his'l--ious creations of ANDREW JOHNSON ; the
President and his "policy , : ytulishing to
custody- That' law, if we mistalw not, is
e f,l,gether from - the sight of a patient and
unrepealed, though probably, in point
long
practice, a dead letter. -
State Treasurers 'are' -re•Parisibleler t h e I biotic heart soli, reasons for the hope that
safe keeping of all moneys committed to
the obqchrit 3- of the Southern night is now
1
cldsing in a bil la a d Cheering daWn.
them. Heavy:bondS -- aie - given by'iliera to ;
•_ I . : •--4 r.----
make the. Commonwealth secure against
loss. How shall a Treasurer keep moneys
for winch he is answerable? Shall he keep
it in his pocket, or bed-room
, burmu, or.
office safe, or in .banki`? - . lt is natural for a
Treasurer 1.6 keep public moneys as he would
keep his own. If, he is. n prudent business
man, and has a lark balariee tineinPleYeil,
he will deposit it in one or more bants', such
as itefinty select, and on the best terms he
can make, This, we doubt not, is what all
State Treasurers do, law or no ,law. Why _
should 'a law exist to prevent thein from do:
ing this? As they and. their bondsmen are
liable-to make till losses good, it would seem
. to folloW, as' a naturalright, that they should.
be at -adopt- such means for sate
- keeping as may comport - with their best judg
mente it Would benefit the banks:to_ re"quire
them to deposit the public moneys there
in; if at all, without interest; but W e do
not see wherein that arrangement could ad
vantagnthn State„ 'According to .the tenor
of the existing law this is what Treasurers" ,
are directed to do in ease they use • banks
at ell. :.. ~ r ,,, , .:., -,
It it is thought well to - have interest re
alized from , deposits of public moneys accrue:
to the emolument of the TreasitrY rather
than of thiTreasurer, then some coMpetent
authority ought to designate what hanks"
shall be euiployed,. and on what cork4ition.
It wcpld neceasarilyfollow that tip,Treitsus
er shOuld to relieved froni reSponsibilities.
in case of the failure of n bank or - bank.:
holding-such deposits. To put n. Treasurer
under constraint, and still hold him answera
ble, - would viOlate id , the lentiments, , of
equity.' . , - • .
Beyondthese several schemes, another is
practicable. A Sub-Tremury can he created
with one or more Commissiouers,to.preside
over it. tinder this scheme the State would
provide a place -for the custody 'of the
moneys, incur the expense of watching it,
• and bear the loss in case of burglary. ' What
the Commissioner or Commissioners would
be answerable for would be for putting all
public moneys coming into their bands into,
thin Place, and paying it `ant upon proper
vouchers., As the ballances on . hand would
remain idie,:no increase would come' from
them.
This latter system has been tried, and with
most , satisfactory results, in Ohio, and has
even been applied , to, the, custody of county,
funds as well as to those belonging to the
State. The Governor is 'empowered, from
time to time, as often as he may see proper,
to appoint Inspectors - to- overlutul the Sub-
Treasury, count the cash, examine the
vouchers, go over Alias books, and, do hall o i
other acts and things requisite thoroughly;
to sift the condition of the establishment,
We ate inclined 'to - think tido Is .decidedly
the best system yet proposed. But it will
be Swell for the Legislature to . consider` the
• ,
whole matter before mucallY ureaking in
upon the existing system..
10.
LIGHT i[N,AXABAMA.
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A question of great difficulty to our frlenda
in Congress, - -a question in fact second' only
in importance to impeachment—has been
and in a degree continues to be this :—What
shall be Alone with Alabama?. The claims of
the loyal population of that State to recog
nition, the.obstacles effectively, opposed to
restoration by the aucces'sful tactics of her
unreconstructed rebels, the clamors with
„which her Northern alliei 'have assailed the'
'Policy of Congress as'a failure, the dangers
inherent in' any proposition which looks to
an indirect abandonment of that "policy by
its friends, and the universal wish of all
- • , , _
true patriota that :e . .very - State of the talon
shall be, as speedily as may be safe, restored
to all its practicalrelations,--all these con
sideration:46yd iinbainiKed, this qtiestroil
with difficulties for which there seemed to be
no hope of a successful and lust solution.
We have now to thankJudge' Spalding of
Ohio, for' presenting a bests' for - the adjust
ment of this serious,question which ishon
orable, just, constitu.tiopalvapdF practical:,
His bill, offered as a substituteen saturdaY,
although at first acceptedwith. some
_natural
reluctance* / 7 ihher gentlemen -of eqittilly
distingutshed ability and patriotism; at last
thic!floiise by the
affirmative yob:g! gyery Reintblictm Member,
and has r gone up .s .to the. Benats. ;We are
eonfident that it 'Will be approved by .thitil
body, PAls!V*,. kimv PererßiblY week
closes.
The text of the bill is fhlly reported in
our dispatertels: , APsweept way thehtigsl,
nnoonetitiitibisal -creaticm:of .44 inY rkilicyli
ln the shape of civil government, which an.
usurping Preiddent - cille,dittio - lAng in nisi
Stated reserves to Congress, and VlM
gress in MO same bill executes,"*.emuititn
tiomiLtbiiistpipAding A, I►PalltrY civil;
antlioritrt9o. l 4l:Pe..9PlP,L TileM* o l 2 A
gov enunent thtu)esta,pe r tmXll < tre,Upon
'lite Constitution
'and ordlignicesldopted
.tbe late 60C 6 4i.1vT0.1 1 ,10/grt t Y chts
Voters o,EpnifitifitittirWitfAivntild. iMve ec
-63m0184*.i-,40011,0°,1!0 Venl3:a-
Item authority , '* ads not been :for--
bidden by an unwise requirement in
the reconstruction law, since repealed.
PrITSBITRGIT ZETT_ rflt - Y -2 "'tft, - Reit! - 3" ,
I,Ju 1
t. "7 ,
THU: - nIcIAT., 'UNCTION of.? Tit E i went, and to liegin it there'. If was abso
. sc. ATLI. - - I lately. essential that retrenchment shmild be
i
The proposition - that the Senate should I established; that the expenditures of the
Surrender its constitutional function in ins- 1 State should be - brought within the limit of
I
peachment trials, anddescend,frorn its high i its menus. We mmt put our feet down
judicial prerogatives, to become merely the firmly, hue are .lov:. :nut cut off all tin
-1
Oury which receives, from a Chief Justice on I necessary expo s , :. Tile Republicans took
-the bench, the law on all !points which may r him 1
at his worci a:.1• the 'reduction Was .
"arise whether interlocutory or final, is a made—twenty-six to five.
tolerably bold presumption upon the igno. But In ! when, shortly after the Senate
ranee °Odle good nature of Senators. Yet I reached the section fixing the pay of the
it has been recently propounded by. Mr. Suprerne Judges at $5,500, and a motion
JonNsoN's friends, who declare that It was made to increase it to $7,500, and when '
meets...the sanction of Judge . ('lrAsr,.. and of it was earnestly opposed by Mr. Errett and
the majority ofchis•fellow judges •of the Su- Mr. Brown, of Northampton, as a willful
, .
preme Court., waste of the public money, paying to our '
We do not know which is most to be ad- Judges, salaries $1,500 higher than those
Mired, the impudence or the absurdity of paid to the Judges of the Supreme Court of
this proposition. It is impudent, . because it the United . States, up jumps Mr. Wallace,
is ofibred only as a short and .
di rect cot to so rampant. just now for retrenchment, and
1 ur.*ed the adontion . of the amendm
the complete exclusion of the Senate • from I- ' • - -' e P
„
the function, Which, by the Constitution, 1 on $5,500 pez, year, and that it is the duty
,
reposes in its body alone. • This otter is of i, of-the State to give them enough to enable
course made in the. interest of a heped for them to lay up a fortune before they retire.
1 . Mr. Errett urged that if there good
rel e ase of the accused through the rulings . reasiiiii WIN 'I
for retrenchment any whe're ‘ it\vas
of the Court which are anticipated to be 1 good here. The Supreme Court Judges are
friendly. It ls absurd, because it divests an I not compelled to live in Philadelphia, they
impeachment of all its peculiarrproviLee. its i nre not compelled, either, to set up expel-.
i Sive establishments on fashionable streets in
'power - of investigation, its littitUde of spin- ! ' . • -
, houses costing ~000 a year rent. nor to
ion, its breadth and scope of regard for the li ve in the style of nabobs; and if they
highest public interests, its exalted freedom dioose to indulge in this luxurious style,
from the miner obligations,which must. con, the State is not compelled to blot the bill.
- • • The salary - of ''.) 500 is abundant for any
trot a petit jury in the consideration :of - - ''' . '. ' • .
Judge content to live in Republican sim
offetices which . the law has PreSiselY de- plicity; 'and if Judges have expensive tastes
fined. It would grant the whole ituestion— they should gratify them at their own cost.
I that impeachment can lie only . for an indict- Mr. Wallace, however, brought up the
bulk of his Democratic strength to the sup
! able offense, and would at one breath blow
port of this motion; to increase the salary to
• • '
aside every consideration of the public. safe- $7.500, and it passed by the following Tot°,
.
ty,
of the national life.. Impeachment is - - Yeas—Messrs. Beck, Burnett. Coleman,
the process of peaceful revolution, by w hiei, . Connell, Davis, Fisher, • Glut; Lowry. Mc-
Candless, McConaughy t Mclntyre, Nagle,
our fathers provided that the' Republic
• . Randall, Ridgwa,y, bearight, Stinson, al
-1 might free itself front a confessed enemy to lace-17.
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the public peace, without resortin , r to the .21Irys—Messrs. 'Billingfelt, - Brown, (Law-.
violent expedient of armed resistance trot. rence,) Brown, (Mercer,) Brown, (North
n-
ampton,) Cowles,. Errett, Jackson, La
forcible expulsion. Yet this proposition
don. Linderman, tshoemaker, Stutzman,
would submit the question of the guilt or. Tivior, Worthington, Graham, Speaker-14.
innocence of an usurping ruler to the dis- It will be seen that every democrat but
cretion, not of the highest tribunal of the pco- I three (Jackson, Linderman and . Brown, of
-• ' - .Ntirtliamptono voted with Mr. Wallace for '
ple,.but ct a single judge." Admit that one •
this donation of $lO,OOO to the Judges of the
shall thus interpret the law, and no amount Supreme Court. This, then, is the demo
of proof of guilty acts could overbear his cratic idea of Retrenchment-4o take off $3OO
decisions. To his integrity;: alone would be front , -n poor clerk and add $lO,OOO to the
b salaries of the Supreme Judges. . ,
entrusted tie peace, the very life of the na- When'the section was reached, fixing thc
don. No i•lan lives who should be, or was i salaries of the President Judges throughout
,intended.tobe; exposed to such a temptation: - i the State, Mr. Burnett, (democrat,) moved
What the. Constitution means is that, in the to raise their set trie"i: from $3,500 to $4;9 00 ,
aflinger Mr. i
Mr.-, c earn) r.ttc.utioh to this as the le:
coming of any mt. emergency of dnng
•gitnate result of the ncrease just voted. to
. .
from an incompetent or an usurping ruler, Vo l e Supreme Court. The Senator from
the question of lira,.retentionOf .iiiiiiiisilinr, Clearfield could make eloquent speeches in
shall be remitted only to - that tribunal of, favor of reducing clerks' salaries; but lie
the people whieWiethe hig
lieit &legged rej r. and Isis ... frie . nds on that side of the House
~. I could not resist • the temptation to increase
pository of its- so,vereignippWer• bitch is . i the salari"Sof those who already had enough.
'the Senate, and such are the functions i This brought out Mr. .Wallace,., who at
which it noW.prOcecds to exercise._ .-. I once took. the back track, and finding-that
--- - ,--------imi-.• .--...---- ------- . 1 the adoption of the amendment would-.be a
oA: sum of mono} was appropriated, last stinging comment upon his Retrenchment
Year, amounting to many thousands of dot- speech, - opposed it. The amendment did
lars, in aid • of,a charitable institution in not prevail; and a similar effort to increase
one of the wesern,cities of this State, and the salaries of Associate Judgesfirst.to $5OO
was shamefully misapplied, not more than . and then to $4OO, also failed. '
halfdt several thousand dollars coming to A
-long fight took place on the appropria-.I
the object for which the xiholi amount was tion to complete the military history of the
appropriated. The reason for this is, that State. The Democrats opposed it, on the
to
no responsibility is attached the disburse- ,as Mr :
. Searight said, that they du ,
meat, of such funds. rime State receives no ground
military history of, the btate. ,
account of US faithful application, and if; riot N . ant a
They:would:gladly,
,lie sold,. wipe out "all
the parties into whose . hands it falls, are
dishonest, they eau steal what'tifey_want of record of it, And forget that it had ever a ll
dishonest,
funds, and there IS no power in exis- ken place. ~ The ,appropriation,' however,
-tome to call them to trial or punish them was made. Mr. McCandless and Davis, :
for the aet."-- 7 State Guard. : Democrats,:did not concur in this .view of
We have no idea what .t.charitable insti-
• Mr.. &aright's: ' - . . • .
tution” is referred to. above,' and sincerely-, •
" • 'When the appropriation to Dixmont Hos
- • . . . . pital was. up, Mr. Lowry, Dr: Worthington.
hope the imputation rests upon a , material and _others,. Without opposing the . appro
-1 misapprehension of essential facts; but in. priation - urged the necessity of a Bureau of
' dependently of this case, and upon ' general State'Cliarities, - to examine 'into the man,
entorall institutions receiving S tate
principles, ice think . public: moneys ought nee' ,
. , ._ _ - ai,.fluitthe Legislature might have rehable
.not to ,be appropriated to private establish- evidence upon which to- base its henefac 7
I ntents, or to any eatablisiaaellia over the Bons.' This discussion was long and, interi,
managenient of,which the Commonwealth esting; and the Senate Committee, lately . op 7
. pointed for that purpose, will doubtless re-,
not . full sand 'undisputed emi . trol.. Even , ,
then, a system of rigid accountability "ought I
no in favor ot tie establishment of gue i a
rtl'' ' I I '
ureau: .., .. - . . ' • . ~ • .
to be enforced. •'- . ~. The appropriation of' ten - thousand dot
tars to the , Northern, Rome for Friendless
.
Children, which is regarded as a 'State, and
note local charityi.dalled out a long 'debate.
. ' MrL:Glati Melted to reduce It to $5,000,' and
atriontothers;3lr.Wallaact
. urged this re-,.
duction 'Strongly. Seveinl , gentlemen I op-I
posed this reduction, inch - Ohm Mr: Ver.:
thingtorii I ..Mr. ' Lowry; , Mr. 'Fisher, and'
others,. all: of whore. spoke' strongly and
-ablY; and Mr. Errett, said - he Aheught 'Mr;
'Wallace'it . 'speech , (en' the ground of re
trenclinient) would have, been much;
Mori."
pertinent if made before the , vote was taken
on the motion adding. ten thousand dellars
to the salary of the Supreme :Judges.-. It
seemed queer economy to take fivethougand '
from the:poor orphans; and give double the I
amount to Judges already in , the receipt of
comfortable -salaries. .The' . - amendment,
however; did 'not preVail: - ,--,- -- . •-, , I..' , i'
~., On.thre local charitiee, nal have said,therO
was a prolonged skirinieh, but their:di *grit '
through, by a vote of - about trientyAite3O
sevOrt,:Mr. Wallace, and another DetaOcrat,
andilve 'liepublieans, constituting ilia' Mi. ,
nor•
. en the bilifeame.up;:this.itorning„_" .in t,
Its dial, I paSsage,, . it -waLeykkiid, that .M.r4
' Willaceivas big with a speecliovliich he in
tended to use: as .a campaign.;:docuMent,
charging. that the bill Was extray , , 2 , . t faits'
appropriations, that it -was *se. hy4Tio4::
pubilain legislature, andthat - thitt party,
'
ithemibm, 'were responsible for it: I': The, pre
?yionii queetiorWwwliti :consequence, stilled
and carried,, ,thnilatithg , off'dilivelooineny
epeeelv; Me.yhdhi be idol 4/4314441 0 ; get:
in iCiiiiitioa to gO , iiitO )- VOunalttO - -OruisA'
Whole for spea4 , , 4unendmenvadas 0) ' re , •:.:
duce the appropriations. hoping .:Aci ‘-get a
party vote on It, atut make it a part of :his
RHODE Isi,arn elects a Governor and
Legislature on Wednesday. - Connecticut
and Wisconsin rhold elections next week,
the firat or'the State and Legislative offices,'
and.the secondfor a Chief Justice and As
`,societe Judges of the Supreme Court.
WE beg the Post to excuse us Observation
had induced uppn us tho o; ,impression that
"swearing „ was a Democratic accompiish
.
went
i.By Telegraph to the rlttettoph Gazette.)
CarcAoo L March 29.—The linseed oil
'works of Guld Brothers ere destroed
by tire 'this- mornin. The w establishment
was ono of the most extensive in the coun
try, having a capacity ;of threo thousand
bushels per day" and ohnployibg about forty,
men. The loss is variously estimated but
'cannot be less than ie.-quarter of a million
dollars. The machinery tdohe was valued
at 4100,000.
Nine Persons Burned to Death.
(By Tolegtopttio the Ilttaburigh 91,„trtt0.3
OTTAWA,' Mardi 28. Th - house of a
farmer netted Lialkbert, at Wareham, twen
ty-Sve miles from tete, took lire Wednes
day night. Mr. LaMbert, with seven of his
children and a man servant were burned•to'
tdeath:Gl l- 1)41 .f.t. ti;17 1 .1.1" ,-
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"-Eire's* Boston: •
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iinwrozr, March Methodieti
.%11100:0;WinIterj#1440 in the Harlan
Ailltrieti•and tivo a ldwellings adjoining,
weredestroyed by Are this morning. Loss
MOOR. •
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6 `4Z"
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tinseed . oll VVortlit Destroyed.
LETTER FROM 'HARRISBURG.
(Speria: Correbpoadence to ritt,..burgll Ctizette.]
- . . H.Annisnuno, March:27, 1668.
The appropriation bill has been up.in the
Senate since Tuesday. havin,,,, ,- occupied
three days; morning and afternoon: It Was
materially amended, mainly by, increasing
the salaries of the Statcfoillcers;,and adding
a great - many, small appropriations for local
charities. Considerable fight Was made on
theSe local charity appropriations, the vote
being generally twenty-five to seven; but as it
was rendered certain that all these appropri
ations would have to be given up, in Com
-1 mittee of Conference, if the bill reached ,
there, the voting of them into the bill wagl
more anevidence on the part; of the Senate'
of its willingness to grant them, if it could,
than a determination to adhere to them.
When the appropriations for clerks in the
Adjutant General's office were reached, Nr.
Wallace made one of his usual speeches,
i
k .
moving tp cut down the salary
. fromsl,Bo9
to, SIJIOO. He said that the ,1 ar , was now
over, and the heavy labors of he Adjutant
GeneraN . office . were alsoover. Now,
*therefore, was the time to egin retrench-
IZE
I
campaign documentu ; but the previous rues
{ tion was too nittch for him. • .
p 'lt now - became apparent .that the - demo
i crane Senators, tinder the lead of - Mr.' Wal
latt—, intended-to vote in a body against the
I bill, on the ground of extravagance, and to
I try and Make,party capital of it, although
neatly every democrat voted for every ap
propriation in it, and had thereby made it
extravagant. Quite a ntunber of our friends,
therefore, determined to break up this
scheme, and accordingly, wheal tbe.vote was
taken on the bill by yeas and nays, voted
with the- democmts; ,thus killing the bill.
,They were resolved that the appropriation
' bill 'should notbe made a subject of Party
capital, and let the demotrats takeAlte re
sponsibility of letting it stay dead, or resume
it by a Motion to reconsider. , ..
What the result will be, , it is hard, just .
now, to tell. , The bill is dead;unless,a mo
tion is made within five days to reconsider:
and if this motion is not made a new bill
will have to -be framed.---In that, case the
final adjournment - will hot come 'before the
'FirSt of May. ' • ALLEGITEICY.
Leglslatlvo Jobbing%
We have always opposed, -upon the sim
plest and plainest - grounds of principle,
what is usually and properly characterized
as "special legislation." We have held
that the existing body of the statute law, in
.
any of its general -provisions, should be
-
approached, by way of amendment or re
peal, only after the experience of the Courts,
the general sentiment of the profession, and
the ,Coneurring opinions of citizens, shall
have established the propriety of a change.
Yet more decidedly,: have we ever disap
proved, and felt it our duty to denounce, the
of the high law-making prerogative,
in! prostituting it to private- special interests.
`Whenever welia.*6 observed—and it has been
quite too often in Pennsylvania—the influ
ence of individuals or :corporations brought
to bear upon the State Legislature, to
procure, either openly • and, - confessed
ly, or under that specious show of
vague generality, which is the more usual
concomitant of these, attempts at fraud upon
the common and equal rights of the entire
people of the commonwealth,. we have con
sistently and promptly protested. We pro
test in the name of the public integrity, of.
the settled and well-known principles of the
taw, of the Prerogatite of sovereignty which
is thus made merehandize and parceled out
to the highest bidder. We have pretested
that such an abuse of the high trust which
- ve have confided to our law-makers only
Or the greater good: of the entire people,
Should not be permitted to unsettle and
shatter tlw very foundations of. private
rights and put each .or any of them at the
nervy of the profligate legislation
niougers whose corruptions. are the "curse
of more Capitols than ours. We protest,
again, that the laws of our Commonwealth
this day recognize and protect not one single
right of person, reputation or property which
special legislation, if permitted at all, may
not snatch for him in a day and for is price.
We make no special/charges orcorruption,
or of undue indulgence for ,private or spe
cial interests, against the present or any
Other Legislature of Pennsylvania. Nor do
We refer to any specific instances of its disre-
Ord of the essential principle of public ice
...cessity which alone justifies any legislation
whatever. , For all law, primarily, Infringes
upon a greater or less degree of private
rights ; but the consideration of the general
heeds entities the majority of the people to
govern the whole by its enactments. But
the evil of which we speak and to whith
alone our remarks are now directed, is wide-
Spread and, of long-standing. Other States
than ours, other Legislatures than that now
sitting at our 7Citpitol are . equally,
and perhaps more, amenable to this
just complaint. We wish we could,
]name a Legislature of any State, •in
: any year of the last score, and of whatever
,party, that has been spotlessly free from this
: great crime, for crime it is—of legislation-.
mongering, cutting off laws by the small to
suit private interests and to the damage of
other interests bbth private and public: And
we trust that the people, of all parties,' will
mallt and reinember with its condemnation,
that man, be he whOm• he may, who thus
forgets his high station and becomes the paid
broker of a private intrigue.
DISASTROUS FIRE
Cibiton Iron Works in Monongahela Bor
ough Destroyed 'Loss 6(30.0(0--aver
One Hundred Men Thrown Out of Em
,
ployment. ' •
A fire,•more disastrous in its c•Jusequ'eu
("es than any that litis preceded it for a
considerable time, occur.red in Monongahela
Borough about nine o'clock Saturday night
at the extensive nail and sheet iron works
of Messrs. Graff, Bermett d: Co., known .as
the Clinton Iron „Works, situated nearly
opposite the foot of Wood street. 'When
the fire was first discovered tho flames had
spread over the greater portion of the build
lug,. and so rapid was their progress that the
entire structure was one sheet of flames be
fore any effort could be made to cheek the
devouring element. 'fhe alarm was •given
from Box 4, at Ferry and Short streets, and
several of the fire companies from the city
repaired to the scene of conflagration; but
owing to the fact that the nearest fire plug
was fully a thousand feet distant, and , it of
only sufficient capacity to supply one en
gine, they could otter but little resistance
to the work of destruction. Some of the
steamers, after considerable delay, suc
ceeded in obtaining EL supply of.
water hem the river, of which
they made excellent use in preventing the
fire from spr•aading to the, adjoining build
ings. The 'entire department deserve the
highest praise for the energy displayed in
endeavoring to - overcome the difficulties.
With which they were surrounded to pre
vent the. destruction of the contiguous
property. Several Members of the Eagle
Company escaped Be r ions injury, and per
haps inStant'dmith, by the falling of one of.,
the - huge smoke'stacks while they were
directing a stream of water on the burning
buildingg
The Toss to Graff, Bennett & Cmpany
will not fall '•far-short of sixtythousarid
dollars, not More than one-half of which,
we are informed, is covered by insurance,
the prhicipalpart of which is in the follow
ing - Companies: ' Manufacturers, Eureka,
German llorth American, Pittsburgh, and
'Boatmen's. ' • • ;
The building was a frame structure, eigh-t
ty by one htindred and thirty feet, and con
tainettfortY-three nail,inachines, in. addi
tion to rolls, shears, and in fact; all the ma
chinery necessary for manufacturing nails
from iron in its raw'state :• ' ' •
The origin of the fire is a mystery, which
can -way be explained by supposing It to
haVe been the work of an incendiartr.' The
works always stopped at noon on Satulday,"
when the' tires are all reraived: and on' last.
Saturday . 'there was - but one fire intithe
'building during the` day; which vos In' the
sibluing room, and" previously the fire *as removed from it at rioimi all the other
.fires having' been drovined out the night
before.
The. , greatest sufferers_ by . the -*disaster
will be : the employes, of the establishment,
• nearly a hundred of - whom ;will be thrown
out of employment for T weeks at, least, and
perhaps many of ,them have
!trainee .depending.uponAlleir , daily labor
for • ) ,stlppnrt,,.. , t•An...e.xeellent neld..le here,
, 010Ot4.1fporit , 40 , Woalt philanthropist,., to
fAra; l l . s his ficißeAlicam-desireforiinello ra t e
aqtreraftpla , ••Tekrq,44 o ifiroP9 3 l4
wants of his fellow men.
The building destroyed was erected in
Ottober, 1866. The similar structure occupy-
-~x,.~:
_,,~ ~~~ _
.'
ing the ground prt. dons to that tithe wl
destroyed: by 'fire in September of that year,
The view of the conflagration front the
north bank of the river was grand in the
extreme, and while the spectator doubtless
deprecated the destructiOni he could not
but admire the magnificent grandeur of the
spectacle. -
We learn from a member of the firm
that the disaster Will not interfere With their
contracts in any way, as they have suf
ficient stock On hand to fill all outstanding
orders, and that it is their intention to re
build immediately.
Young
: Men's Christian Asseciation-an- •
• • tereiting
. Meeting
The young Men's Christian Association
held a regular monthly meeting at their
moms Saturday evening . last. • Mr. H.
Porter 'presided, with E. T. Cook as seere- •
tary. • : • , • • •
•
Among those in attendance (7.vhich was
quitelarge,) we notice& Bey. M. B. Pugh,
F. A: Noble, Harry Mcirehouse, and Col.
Doty, of Springfield, Ohio: • •
Hoff an hour was sPent in devotional ex
ercises. •
Minutes. of last meeting read, and ap
proved. ' •
The several committees haying in charge -
-the difierent prayer meetings reported con
-tinned success, and encouraging prospects.
the President's suggestion, Harry .
Morehonse, the young English -Evangelist; ,
Was unanimously elected tohonorary mem
bership. . I_ , •
Mr. Morehouse being called upon said he
could answer a political - question to-night.
He had been asked whether an American •
Could whip a Britisher, and from practical •
experience he could anSwer, yes, for he was
a Britisher and they had whipped him, had
heaped coals of fire upon hiS 'head and
whipped 111111 with kindness and love. He"
was glad to see from the large attendance,
and the reports which had been received,
that the spirit of the Bles•sod Master seemed
to be hi. their midst, and urged the necessi
ty and duty• of continuance in the good
work. They were all ambitiolis, but if thdy
looked. at nothing higher than this earth,
they might climb the ladder of their
ambition to its • topmost round. or scale
the mountoin of their . highest hopes;
and pluck the flower on its _very summit,
and what had they for their toff Nothing
but a flower that withers and fades in their
grasp. Did they wish their labors to en
dure? He would giye them a mofto. It had
been read to them to-night: "Preach the
'Word." In all their lives and characters,
in their conversation, :lag - and influence,-
"Preach the Word.'! In the Market-place,
on the crowded streets, or in' the by. Ways of
- life, "Preach the. Word." All else would
fail, the flowers...of earthly- hope..would
fade, the brightest dreamS of earthly glory -
would vanish, all that was of .earth would
perish; hilt "the Word Of the 'Lord endur,
eth forever'., • „ • • -
The gentleman proceeded in this Manner
for some length of time but want -of space
prevents a fuller report. Suffice it to say
that! the whole speech was replete :with
beauty and sparkled with eloquence.
At the conclusion Of Mr. Moorphouse's
speech,
.shork addresses, breathing. the spirit
of an earnest and active ehristianity, were
made by Col. Doty and. Rev. F. A. Noble,
and at a late hour the - meting adjourned.
33
EDITORS GAZETTE,:- - 1 was surprised to
see my name mentioned in your paper of
March 27th, in connection with the State
Senatorship. I have no desire for office, and,
beg leave to ask , that my name shall• not be
used in the approaching canvass. •j •
• I Respectfully, •
March '2B, 1868. :Tom; B. °TARN.
Congressional !
EDITORS GAZETTE: Some gentlemen. - -of.
great simplicity and political sensitiveness
have found fault with the brevity of my
"card" in vour paper. Will you please add
the formsf--"Before the 'Union RepUblican
ConVention." .ours
S.NEGLEy..
GOOD lIBALTH
IS THE GREATEST OF BLESSINGS
ln , l to preserve It Is the I . )eltege . natit ' , lilt.; of ali.
DR. SAIMENT'S
A.NTI-DYSPErTIC AND LIVERTILLS
Are the great severeign, speedy and RII re cure of the
age, for Dyspepsia, either In Its mildest or worst
stages, and hundreds who have long suffered under
the inflictions of this most annoying and dangerous
disea4e, have by the use of this invaluable medicate
been restoretto health and the enjoyinent•of life.
Is your Liverina torpid condition “/f Inaction;
thereby deranging the whole ? '
DR. SARGENT'S LILTI;'MLS
Will speedily rentore tbe secretions and restore
. It
to a liealtliy tale.
yott troubled witly los4 of appetite, foul stom
ach, eructatl.ms of wind, sick Itead:iclitt and general
derangenient of the dliosttre orgftus
„ ,
DI:. SAIIGEN'r'S LIVER PILLS
Are a sure,- safe and permanent reniedY , and by, their
.
Mild but certain action :will - eleante, renovate and
velnvigorate tire systeni.
DR: SARGENT'S LIVER PILLS stand - high as
one of the standard medicines of the age: 'For the
cure of all diseases arising from a disordered state of
'the liver, at can, be attested by the certificatet of
large numbers el a
m& eltizenwlio ha ve been bene
fited and cured by their use.-
ThesiPillacan be - obtained, either Plain - or Sugar
Coated, from all Druggists In the conntry.
IT IS AMAZING
That the feeble should totter, with uncertain steps,
Over the face of the earth, in danger every day of
falling victims to the Morbid Influences bi which wo
are all surrounded. when 'a tested Mid PrOVen arege
table tonic, capable of endowing them' with the
vigor they need,.is procitrable An every city; town
and settlement, It might reasonably be. thought
that after the twelve years' experience which.tho
world has had of HOSTETTER'S 711TTF11.9,...air.
would know that its effect isle prevent dikase..
At this season the atmosphere Is surcharged with
the seeds of lutenuitten La, remittents, rheumatism,
pulmonary disordem bilious complaints and the
like. Persons whose nervous systems are relaxed
are the first to succumb to these,distempers.. Brace
'op the physical. atienties then with Hits potential
vegetable tonic. It is the most powerfulreguperant
which the botaMe kingdom has;ever 'yielded to pa-_
tient. research and experiment. Try it_ :the blind
est disciple of the old medical tiostmas will at least
admit that a tonic and `alterative; v 011110121104 of
approved. herbs. vans and barks .ean'do no ham.
while the testimony of thousands Writes a trial of
its virtues. - Vigor is the thing most needed in these
• cases, - as well as in dyspensia and nervous affec
ileum and HOSTETTEIt'd BITTERS is tho safest,-
I n i 3 oTtilt l i na° lllll:lll c lt i o n ;el t c r o e n ngti gl in . g
Hundreds orphysiciaus•htivo abandoned a l t the
officinal receipts and prescribed this harmless tonic
SS a preventive and CUM for All cases of Chili and
ANOTHER CURE pF. DEAFNESS.
I lost my hearing `during the' last '; . Part of
the time I was totally, !leaf. ; In Apr l of,this year
„t ,
'was induced, 'foam an adrertisemeut,', to make ap.
plication to Dn. llmvintit. llicl[Pean !street; Plits! . .
burgh. After having trie!kirarlous medicines from
doctors, without any benoilt. Iliavo,beeu under Dr.
Reyser s treatment now for neitlytwa Months, and
am entirely restored to my hearing; no that I can
hear a . pla drop ; 101IN-11.CANI.AN,
Coal Itinlfe. Washingtoyk Pa.
AX7IIIEX•CIME,
.
A lean; called to-day at Ecyaera ore G)
in
form.huai ouzo m l 4 7i. ll " l .liN9CF* 9 l or -
-
P . utatortAßT Reareitanvx. , ; Wesel:eines
arc madewlthlhe - Docuire preparations, tie desire' =:
tato be dtatlectly uadergtood that:most of 14a:ineat, -
eprea.o
accordance ;with 0, ratoblished
laws that govern the seletted Jot medicine in .whlch
he has bees engaged thr the Oat, trenty4liti years t!
Last elf, he was ;,1# F ecelp f r f !ett4r pan, /
.vieriymai In ' the, State of Ohis 4
t.,"0.94 .viot4er
,niostyiondtrtal cure..
BEY RESIDENT .08NSULTIN18,01.4.1
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